Chapter 207 Earthquake (a 10,000-word chapter, please subscribe)
"[Swift preparation for war], [Light Extinguishing Technique], [Secondary Spider Form], [Spider Form], [Advanced Spider Form], [Spider Transformation] [Shape of Elf], [Magic Recoil], [Shadow Veil], [Double Shadow], [Terror Devouring]... The dark elves who have lived in the Underdark for more than 10,000 years have indeed created some quite interesting things. Magic. "
After roughly flipping through two spell books, a playful expression suddenly appeared on Zuo Si's face.
Among these spells, [Swift Preparation] allows the subject to obtain a small amount of information about the enemy and be fully prepared for the upcoming battle.
[Light Extinguishing] can extinguish any non-magical light source, creating the most favorable combat environment for drow who like to launch sneak attacks in the dark.
The three spider forms allow the caster to turn into medium, large and giant purgatory spiders respectively. Just like turning into a spider elf, they are very suitable for underground worlds with complex environments.
[Magic Recoil] can cause the enemy who is releasing a spell to suffer backlash damage in an instant. The higher the level of the spell being released, the greater the damage.
[Shadow Veil] allows drow who are afraid of bright light to cover themselves with darkness, which can not only protect them from blindness and weakness caused by strong light, but also provide a certain concealment effect.
[Double Shadow] creates a hazy phantom similar to yourself to attack the enemy. If the other party believes it to be true, then this spell will cause corresponding psychic damage and may even lead to mental death.
[Terror Devour] is basically equivalent to creating a gelatinous monster to devour the target, causing it to die of suffocation or strong acid corrosion.
Perhaps because of their dark skin and strong magic resistance, the original spells of dark elves generally tend to be in the transformation, conjuration, prophecy and illusion systems, and there are basically no enchantment or evocation systems.
Especially [Magic Recoil], which does not require any spells at all and can be released to the enemy who is casting the spell with just one gesture.
If it is a high-level spell, the backlash damage caused may even interrupt concentration, causing the enemy to fail to cast the spell.
It is simply the most practical type of magic in spell duels.
And it only takes a second-level spell to memorize it.
"So, are these two spell books valuable?" Dwarf Luger asked enthusiastically.
Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "Of course. If nothing else, they can all be sold for more than 10,000 gold coins. But I suggest that it is best to take them to the Tower of Order to participate in the weekly competition. Auction. There are several unique dark elf spells that should be of interest to high-level mages, so they will pay a lot of money to buy them. "Hehe! I understand. What you are interested in doesn't matter how much it costs." The dwarf grinned with a sly smile.
“How much income have we made from this adventure so far?”
The poet Kells also came over at some point, his eyes glowing green like a wolf.
"If those dark elves' equipment did not depreciate, it would cost more than hundreds of thousands of gold coins."
The dwarf roughly calculated the loot harvested along the way and quickly gave a relatively conservative figure.
No way.
After all, it is difficult to accurately estimate loot before it is actually sold.
Because the buyer is very likely to give a much higher price than the original price of the item for his own reasons, or deliberately suppress the price, resulting in the adventurer being able to sell it at half price.
"A hundred thousand? Damn it! So we are going to make a fortune this time!"
Keers excitedly performed the classic "fly rubbing hands" gesture, as if he had seen himself holding A large amount of money was used to seduce all the married ladies he had targeted before.
As a well-known scholar in Faerûn sarcastically said, many bards are a group of "cattle" who think with their lower bodies.
The men are either showing their "virility" in bed, or they are on their way to the next bed.
Women are also either seducing someone they are interested in or looking for the next prey.
Seeing Kers's expression of being unable to support the wall with mud, the dwarf immediately rolled his eyes: "Don't think too much. More than half of the money belongs to Soth. Because he contributed the most to the adventure, and more than once he let The team saved the day, so it's natural to take the big shot. As for you... you still owe more than five thousand gold coins plus interest on foreign debt. "
"Ah! I forgot about it! Now! Doesn’t that mean I don’t get much money at all?”
The poet’s mood fell from heaven to hell in an instant.
Although he is already considered a high-level adventurer, due to his chaotic hobbies and private life, he has been relying on foreign debts to live off, and the monthly interest rate is as high as 30% or more.
In other words, in a place like Faerûn, any loan is 100% usury with compound interest.
Unless the business is in trouble or life is really unbearable, no one would want to take on such a heavy debt.
"Camilla the Viper is saying harsh words. If you can't pay back the money within three weeks, she will send someone to take you to her shop to sell your butt. It is said that Waterdeep City Some wealthy businessmen with special hobbies are already eager to give it a try, so I suggest you don't think about defaulting on your debt or running away, otherwise the consequences will be very serious," the halfling Cora reminded in a pretentious manner.
"Okay, okay, why don't I pay off the debt as soon as I get the share?"
Keers was obviously frightened and couldn't help but cover his butt. Shivered.
Seeing his appearance, the two "bad friends" the dwarf and the halfling immediately laughed loudly, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
But soon, Zuo Si brought the topic back and asked directly: "How much do you know about the situation on the eleventh floor?"
"The eleventh floor?"
Ruger He stroked the thick beard on his chin and thought for a moment, then quickly replied: "I just heard Dunan mention that the eleventh floor of the maze on the ground is mainly occupied by a large number of troglodytes.
There are also attempts to capture them. The dark elves who use them as slaves and cannon fodder are most likely the Avand family they encountered before.
Other than that are the trolls that feed on troglodytes and a green-footed dragon snake.
But that was several years ago, and no one knows if anything has changed now. ”
As we all know, the monster passages in Leyline Labyrinth are not static.
On the contrary!
Whether it is the mad mage Halaster Blackrobe, or his Apprentices, or invaders from the depths of the Underdark, cause drastic changes on all levels at regular intervals
This also means that all intelligence and information about the Lost City of Earth are often time-sensitive.
Any information that is more than one or two years old can only be used as a reference.
If you really prepare as described above, you probably won’t even know how you died.
In addition, starting from the eighth to ninth floors underground, portals and transmission devices leading to other levels will be hidden in some inconspicuous corners.
If touched accidentally, a living person will be transported from one familiar level to another completely unfamiliar level in minutes.
Since prophecy magic is prohibited, the person being transported cannot reach his current location and depth at all.
"It doesn't sound like there's much danger. Why don't we take a short rest and set off as soon as possible to finish this floor within four hours." Zuo Si glanced at the passage leading to the eleventh floor and suggested road.
The dwarf nodded quickly: "No problem! I listen to you."
You know without asking, because of his outstanding performance and keen judgment along the way, Zuo Si has completely won the My teammates have 100% trust.
Every opinion he put forward, Ruger would immediately adopt it without saying a word.
In this way, the team rested near the entrance for about half an hour.
When his physical strength was almost restored, he stood up and entered the next floor.
As expected, after everyone entered the eleventh floor and walked not far, they discovered an outpost built by the dark elves, which contained almost twenty captured troglodytes.
On the gate of the outpost, hangs the coat of arms symbolizing the Avand family.
No hesitation!
Zuo Si directly used his old trick again, first using [Deep Darkness Technique] to completely plunge the outpost into darkness.
Following this, he used stones blessed with silence, making the entire area fall into silence.
Finally, the Shadow Legion attacked, killing all the dark elves and troglodytes inside without leaving a single one behind.
Because neither of these two races is good.
The so-called troglodyte is actually a kind of lizard that is about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall, intelligent and walks upright.
Just like their name, they are a group of savage, cruel and reckless guys by nature, and will regard all creatures, including their own kind, as a source of food.
So Zuo Si had no psychological burden when killing.
After the battle, the attentive halfling Korra found some gem-encrusted badges, rings and ceremonial daggers from the corpse.
It is estimated to be worth more than two thousand gold coins.
In addition, there are four or five boxes containing weapons, equipment, crossbows and bottled poisons that have not yet been distributed, as well as military rations specially made by the dark elves.
You don't need to ask to know that these things are supplies prepared for patrols and hunting teams.
Just when the poet was curious and picked up a piece of military dry food to taste it, Zuo Si immediately warned: "If I were you, I would not touch any drow food. Because when food is scarce, , they occasionally put some intelligent creatures into their recipes."
"What? You mean...there might be human flesh in these things?" Kers stared in disbelief. Eye.
"Yes! It is said that some dark elves are the ultimate pragmatists. The food-scarce environment in the Underdark determines that if you want to survive here, you must learn to be cold and cruel. They don't care about ethics. As long as it is nutritious and delicious, you will eat it without hesitation."
Zuo Si stared at the cake-shaped dry food made of shredded pork, mushroom powder and a small amount of moss, and said meaningfully. .
Thanks to the help of the Eye of Knowledge, he could easily see that a large proportion of the fibers in the meat should belong to humanoid creatures.
Maybe it’s goblins, maybe gray dwarves, maybe orcs, or kuo-toa fishmen.
Even mushroom powder is probably ground up from the corpses of myconids.
The latter is a plant intelligent life similar to a large mushroom, which is widely distributed in the dark areas.
“Damn it! Fortunately I didn’t put it in my mouth.”
The poet cursed in a low voice and immediately threw the dry food in his hand to the ground.
After sweeping away all the valuables in this outpost, the team continued to walk through the darkness along the intricate tunnels.
Because Zuo Si completely released the Shadow Army, he killed wantonly within the range where he could extract mana and life energy.
So there are almost no encounters along the way.
Most of the enemies were killed by countless shadows before they even noticed the adventuring team approaching.
Even if occasionally a spellcaster succeeds in blessing himself with a protective spell that can withstand attacks from incorporeal creatures, the shadow assassin Yelnia will personally take action and stab the opponent's neck or back with a sharp dagger containing poison.
Under this snowballing expansion, the number of the Shadow Legion has reached an astonishing more than fifteen thousand.
Unless a large number of deaths are caused by high-level positive energy magic, the number will continue to increase.
With the harvested mana, Zuo Si continued to make those newly learned spells into magic cards.
He is even ready to use the [Enlightenment Undead Creatures] recorded in the "Book of the Dead" to imbue them with advanced shadow wisdom after mastering the seven-ring magic, so that they can learn and train. Become stronger.
After searching for a long time along the intricate maze, the team finally found the most powerful monster on the eleventh floor, a green-footed dragon they had encountered in the Carlin Desert, in an area full of broken bones in the southwest corner. snake.
After the two sides met, they started a head-on battle without even a word of nonsense.
Zuo Si directly issued an attack order, letting the huge lava element take the lead in charging.
Feeling the heat wave coming towards his face, the green-footed dragon snake did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately opened its mouth and spit out a lightning breath that was very close to the blue dragon.
Pop!
Accompanied by the dazzling white electric light, a large hole appeared on the lava element.
But unfortunately, this damage is obviously not enough to destroy it, and it cannot even hinder the charging speed at all.
Realizing that it was difficult for his attack to kill such a huge elemental creature at once, the Green-footed Dragon Snake immediately activated the arcane mark left on himself by the mad mage.
I saw one of the scales suddenly flashing with a dazzling arcane aura.
The next second...
Its huge body completely disappeared.
【Invisibility】!
Obviously, this is not the spell-like ability that the green-footed dragon snake should have, but is given by the scar-like mark.
However, with the weight of the blue-footed dragon, it is obviously impossible to move quietly like a thief in an environment of broken bones.
When it started to run away to the side, it immediately made a clicking sound, accompanied by the sight of bones being crushed and flying everywhere.
As a result, the lava element immediately changed direction and chased after him.
Zuo Si and the poet began to chant almost the same mantra at almost the same time.
After just a few seconds, a large ball of oil flew out from their fingertips and lay directly at the feet of the Green-footed Dragon Snake, which remained invisible.
Due to the sudden decrease in friction, this giant creature immediately fell down upon impact.
The giant lava element took the opportunity to pounce directly on it, crushing it like a mountain.
boom! ! ! ! ! ! !
Wrapped in the splashing hot magma, the Green-footed Dragon Snake suddenly let out a painful scream, while frantically using lightning breath and sharp tooth bite to fight back, while releasing a blast like [Colorful Jet] Energy rays.
You don’t need to ask to know that all these spell-like abilities originate from the mark engraved on the scales.
In order to prevent the overheated magma from burning out the scales engraved with the mark, Zuo Si quickly stopped the attack of the lava element and followed the [Spell] that had lost a chosen one.
On the spot, this monster with a low intelligence attribute was turned into a fool with only a little bit left.
At this moment, not to mention continuing to fight, the Green-footed Dragon Snake may even have lost its self-awareness and awareness of the things around it, and it just remains standing motionless.
Seeing this scene, Zuo Si skillfully took out the blank card and sealed it.
At this point, the road to the twelfth floor is finally opened.
In the pit behind the Green-footed Dragon Snake's lair, the adventure team also found a pile of gold and silver coins and gems that seemed to be cast in the Underdark.
In addition, there are some magic items and gadgets.
For example, a scorpion brooch made by gray dwarves can quench the wearer's weapon once a day;
An ancient elf-style music box, as long as you gently tap the green gem inlaid on the box, it will Play different music;
Finally, there is a steel helmet that can make people's eyes emit a terrifying red light when worn.
Of course, this helmet does not have any other magical power attached to it. It is simply used to scare people, making the wearer look like some kind of lower plane creature or undead.
"Hahaha! That's why I love adventure. There's nothing better than killing a powerful monster and then finding the treasure it collected. Look at these shiny coins, total It's almost worth seven or eight thousand gold coins. Those gems, music boxes and magic items can also be sold for a lot of money." The dwarf laughed happily.
"I completely agree..."
Zuo Si stared at the creature card he had just finished making in his hand, with a meaningful smile on his face.
Because these three temporary teammates have no idea that the most valuable thing in this trip to the Lost City has already been collected by him.
Compared with these creature cards and a lot of mana, the money, gems and magic items are nothing.
Take the Blue-footed Dragon Snake as an example. The arcane marks on its scales should be left by the mad mage, which allows this guy to cast [Invisibility] and [Colorful Jet] with just one thought. ] and [Sleep] ability.
Although they seem to be low-level spells, the magical knowledge and technology contained in them are definitely worth spending time to study.
Once the research is successful, Zuo Si will be able to add some additional spell-like abilities to all summoned creatures, including himself and Wilmes, that can be released with just a thought without the need for spells or gestures.
At this moment, he finally understood why Earth Maze is so dangerous and why so many adventurers are willing to come down to explore it every year.
Without him!
The benefits are simply too generous.
Warrior professions can find their coveted magic equipment and countless wealth in it, while spellcasters, especially mages and warlocks, can obtain a variety of magical knowledge.
Since all the enemies and monsters on this level were basically killed, the team quickly cleared an open space in the Green-footed Dragon Snake's lair.
After simply washing his hands and face, Zuo Si directly released the six-ring magic [Heroes' Banquet], creating a long table filled with all kinds of delicious food and drinks, as well as a dozen chairs out of thin air. .
Obviously, with his current spellcasting level, he can feed more than ten people in one summons.
Looking at the unprecedented delicacies on the table that made people drool, the dwarf immediately licked his lips and sighed: "No matter how many times I see this magic, it is still so shocking. ”
"Yes! But does it really matter if you use high-level magic to satisfy your appetite at will? I heard that other priests are often very cautious when using magic, for fear of causing dissatisfaction with the gods they serve." Halfling Korra asked in an uncertain tone.
"It doesn't matter. The goddess who gave me magic is very generous. She won't mind these little things."
Zuo Si shrugged indifferently and was the first to sit down and tear off the roasted chicken legs. Eating it with relish.
After all, compared with the divine power and various powerful elect abilities given by Talona, a mere six-ring magical hero banquet is probably not even a drop in the bucket.
What's more, he has already found Ogma, the God of Knowledge, as his successor, so he doesn't panic at all.
Compared with ordinary priests who serve the gods with trepidation, Zuo Si is undoubtedly an alien among aliens and has no respect for God.
"Are you really the favorite of the gods? Your life is really enviable."
The poet murmured in a low voice, and sat down to enjoy the food and wine. As for the rude-looking dwarf, he had already taken advantage of the moment to clear a plate and was pouring the finest wine into his mouth with a flask in his hand.
It wasn’t until the bottle of wine was finished that he wiped the wine stains on his lips and beard, and said with a satisfied look on his face: “It’s so enjoyable! I probably won’t even tell you about it. Some people believe that such a luxurious banquet can be eaten in the Lost City of Earth. ”
"Of course! The Hero's Banquet is a six-ring magic. It is estimated that the chief priests of some small local temples may not be able to reach this priest level. What's more, even if they reach it, they will not be willing to use the precious six-ring magic slots to memorize A spell specifically for eating and drinking," explained the halfling Cora, sucking her greasy fingers.
Just when the dwarf was about to say something, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook slightly for no apparent reason.
Following this, the entire Leyline City began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.
Boom, boom!
Everyone who was only halfway through their meal was thrown around.
The long table was overturned in an instant due to the violent vibration, and food and drinks were scattered on the floor.
"Damn it! What's going on?" The poet asked loudly in fear.
"I think there are only two possibilities. One is that a large-scale collapse occurred below, and the other is that the madman Halaster Blackrobe is making large-scale adjustments to the structure of Leyline Labyrinth." The dwarf He gritted his teeth and expressed his guess.
Because this is not the first time something like this has happened.
For adventurers, in addition to various traps and monsters, the mad mage himself is the most dangerous thing in Leyline City.
After all, this huge mystery-like area formed by magic network nodes was built by him.
So the latter can often expel a person or a team directly with just a thought, or teleport to any corner of the dungeon.
In addition, Halaster Black Robe can also modify the structure of any one or several levels according to his own wishes.
Because he is a complete madman, he does not consider the safety of the various creatures and adventurers inside when transforming.
Zuo Si, who had [Walking in the Air] as a voter, had already lifted his feet off the ground and stood about one meter high in the air, and was very cautious in assessing the possible impact of severe vibrations.
But before anything could be seen, the ground near the eleventh floor leading to the twelfth floor suddenly reversed.
The dwarves, halflings, poets and Davian accidentally fell into the dark hole and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
“Gan!”
Zuo Si quickly canceled the volley and quickly rushed in to chase his teammates and summon creatures.
He was not sure whether the poet had memorized the first level of [Feather Falling Technique] today.
If he hadn't remembered and failed to catch up in time, the four people who fell might have died alive.
The free fall continued like this for several minutes, and one could even hear the whistling airflow and the roar of the monster when passing through certain levels.
Zuo Si finally saw the four people who had just successfully performed the [Feather Falling Technique] and landed on the ground.
He himself quickly took out a card and cast [Feather Falling Technique] on himself, and it fell down like a feather.
It must be said that when falling from a high place, using the [Feather Falling Technique] quite tests the caster's psychological quality.
Because the trick with this spell is that it must not be released too early or too late.
If it is too early, if the height from the ground is still too high after the spell ends, there is still the risk of falling to death on the spot or being seriously injured or disabled.
As we all know, people fall very fast.
It was almost 100 meters away in the blink of an eye.
So if it is too late, you will accidentally miss the best opportunity to use [Feather Fall Technique] and hit the ground directly into a mess of blood and flesh.
Usually it is used when it is about twenty meters above the ground, just enough to fall steadily.
Fortunately, the poet, who usually seems a bit unreliable, finally performed exceptionally at the critical moment and saved all his teammates.
He was pale at the moment, lying on the ground and vomiting. It was obviously a stress reaction caused by being too nervous.
Of course, others are not much better.
The dwarf's legs have been shaking uncontrollably, and he can barely keep standing by holding on to the wall.
The halfling Cora was lying on her back on the ground, swallowing hard, her eyes revealing the deep fear from deep inside her heart.
Only the fearless dragonborn knight Davian adjusted his condition immediately, walked straight to Zuo Si and asked: "Master, where are we now?"
"No. I know. Judging from the time of free fall, this place is at least about ten kilometers away from the eleventh floor, which should be a deeper level in the Lost City. And I can start to feel the amazing energy emitted by the magic network nodes." Zuo Simi. He answered with his eyes raised.
Yes!
After wandering in this huge underground maze for several days, he finally reached the level where the magic network node is located.
Due to their close proximity, the sparks can even draw amazing amounts of magical energy from the surrounding air.
It can be foreseen that if this land card is successfully produced, the mana it can provide will definitely not be comparable to any previous one.
"In other words, this level is the end of this adventure..."
Davian subconsciously glanced at the crystallized walls, ceiling and floor in front of him, as well as the colorful bright magic. illumination.
Different from any previous level, this place does not look dark at all. A large number of valuable crystals can be seen everywhere. It is like a maze transformed from a crystal vein.
And standing at the entrance is a three-meter-tall structure made of crystal, which is emitting bright and dazzling light. It looks a bit like a Githyanki warrior.
"Be careful! I think the main enemies on this level are most likely the Githyanki and their mortal enemies, the mind flayers." Zuo Si reminded in a low voice.
He didn't really care about the crystal golem guarding the entrance.
Because this inferior construct has no merit at all except that it can release a strong flash of light to temporarily blind the enemy.
The hardness of the crystal that makes up its body is also quite poor. It only takes a few hits of an adamantine weapon to break it into pieces and turn it into a pile of worthless fragments.
"Understood!"
Davian has long learned how to deal with golems, and after his master has blessed him with a lot of strengthening spells, as well as the [Vail of Shadows] that can avoid blindness caused by strong light, he immediately rushes He went up and launched the attack first.
This time, he did not use his standard +2 flame sword, but took out the magic adamantine warhammer that was specially used to knock the Lich's phylactery.
Bang!
With a muffled sound, the dragonborn knight jumped up high after finishing his charge, picked up his hammer and hit the crystal golem hard on the head.
Wow!
The latter's head shattered on the spot, with most of it turning into crystal shards and flying everywhere. The remaining half of his face was covered with dense spider-like cracks.
Obviously, with the amazing power attributes brought by his strong muscles and magic, Davian is like a human tyrannosaurus at the moment, which cannot be resisted by a mere crystal golem.
Although the latter released a strong flash of light as soon as it was attacked, its huge body was like a super giant bright light bulb, piercing people's eyes.
But unfortunately, the [Shadow Veil] developed by the drow elves can just offset it.
As a result, one person and one golem fought fiercely at close range for half a minute. The crystal golem finally lost its ability to move and fell to the ground into a puddle of worthless broken crystals.
Zuo Si unceremoniously absorbed the mana contained in it, turned around and asked the other three temporary teammates: "How is it, do you feel better now?"
"Ugh— -No! I don’t feel good at all.”
The poet’s stress reaction didn’t seem to have passed, and he immediately started to feel sick as soon as he spoke.
The situation of the dwarves is similar, they cannot use their legs at all.
The thief Korra seemed to have lost all awareness of the outside world and did not respond at all.
"Okay, then you guys can rest here for a while, and Davian and I will go in and explore first."
After that, Zuo Si stepped directly over the remains of the crystal golem and entered the rear. A colorful hall.
Because all crystals are glowing, and the color of the light will change every once in a while.
So the first thing you need to face when exploring at this level is the amazing light pollution.
Zuo Si rummaged around in his bag for a few seconds, then took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on.
This thing was originally prepared to deal with the strong direct sunlight in the desert when crossing the Kalin Desert.
I didn’t expect it to come in handy again now.
Entering the hall, the first thing you see is the tunnels extending in all directions.
After simple investigation, four passages lead to the potholes on the left and right respectively.
The left side was like a training ground, with several Mind Flayer-shaped targets placed there.
If nothing else, this should be a place where the Githyanki train.
No creature in the entire multiverse hates the mind flayers more than these guys, and they hunt them across all planes.
In contrast, the right side is much more lively, with four Githyanki warriors working in groups of two and punching each other to pass the boring time.
“Go! Kill them!”
Zuo Si directly gave the attack order to the dragon knight beside him.
In his opinion, the astral bandit Githyanki are essentially no different from the dark elves. They are both the kind of lunatics who want to conquer and enslave other races, including humans, and have completely forgotten that they were originally The tragic experience of being enslaved by the mind flayer.
For these guys who have turned from dragon slayers into evil dragons, it is right to kill every one you see.
“As you wish!”
Davian didn’t waste any time. After changing his weapon to a flaming sword, he immediately launched a charge and appeared in front of the four Gith at lightning speed. In front of the Yankees.
Before the other party could react, he struck a child with a sword.
In the blink of an eye, all four unlucky guys fell dead in a pool of blood.
Two of them were decapitated with a sword, and the other two were stabbed through the heart.
One of the guys even tried to raise his arm with a gauntlet to block, but the entire arm was cut off abruptly, and dark red blood spattered everywhere.
Because the killing speed was so fast, they had no time to make any sound or alarm.
Next to the huge crater, Zuo Si saw a carving of a Githyanki riding a red dragon.
You don’t need to ask to know that this piece of art is intended to represent the most famous red dragon knight in the Githyanki Empire.
It is said that their queen once made some unknown deal with the dragon god Tiamat, so that the Githyanki could recruit relatively young red dragons to their armies.
In this cooperation, the relationship between the rider and the dragon is equal.
Young red dragons can also use this meeting to practice their fighting abilities, and also go on raids with the Githyanki to harvest lots of treasures.
But as the dragon ages to a certain extent, it will choose to leave on its own.
After all, the red dragon is a born tyrant, and it is impossible to serve a certain person or force for a long time.
Just when Zuo Sisi was about to look around to see if there were hidden compartments, secret doors or anything like that, Davian, who had already walked into the front room, suddenly exclaimed: "Master! Look! There are twelve mind flayer skulls here!”
“What?”
Zuo Si was stunned for a moment, then hurried over to check.
Just as the dragonborn knight described it, twelve mind flayer skulls were lined up on a table made of crystal.
Through simple identification, he immediately discovered that these skulls were all necromancy magic items, and they were a complete set.
If someone breaks one of them, the remaining skull that has not been destroyed will scream mentally, causing extremely terrifying large-scale psychic damage.
"Interesting...is this the work of a Githyanki spellcaster?" Zuo Si showed an interested expression.
Because this is not an ordinary skull at all, but the soul of the mind flayer who was killed is imprisoned inside.
The principle is also very simple!
Connecting all mind flayer souls together through the power of magic.
In this way, when one of them is broken, its soul will suffer unimaginable pain.
The pain will be shared with the soul connection, and all other mind flayers will feel the soul pain that cannot be described in words, thus stimulating the remaining psychic power in their souls to produce a piercing scream.
Only a Githyanki, who hates the mind flayers so much, could do such a cruel thing.
Because even after death, they hope to make their enemies taste the ultimate pain.
Putting these skulls carefully into the backpack he carried with him, Zuo Si took Davian to continue exploring.
After passing a huge crystal stalactite, he saw a large silver mist hanging over the pit.
Through the partition wall, you can vaguely hear someone talking in dragon language not far away.
"Desla, listen to me and give up. No matter how many mind flayers you kill, that cunning guy will never give you what you want."
"But Ashland Sachs, what if we don't even try, and someone else beats us to it?"
"Ha! Whoever wants to be a fool, just let them. Believe me, Achaiya will never give those precious books to anyone. I think she probably wants to read them herself to get the benefits."
"Then why did she make the promise? ? "
"Huh! Not to trick a naive knight like you into fighting the mind flayer. If nothing else, several young warriors didn't come back alive. , they have either been implanted with tadpoles by the mind flayer, or their brains have been eaten clean.”
……
Since both Zuo Si and Davian could understand Dragon Language, they both showed very surprised expressions after listening to these conversations.
They knew very well that one of the two people talking was definitely a young red dragon.
The other one is a Githyanki knight.
"Master, do you want to take action?" Davian asked cautiously in a low voice.
Zuo Si touched his chin and hesitated for a moment, then quickly raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a chilling smile: "Of course! Although I am not interested in making a too young red dragon into a card, it is just right. Used to upgrade you and improve the blood purity of the Dragonborn.”
"Understood."
Davian quickly put away the flaming sword and took out the magic adamantine warhammer again.
To deal with the red dragon, flame-enchanted weapons obviously have no effect at all.
On the contrary, it is more powerful like an adamantine war hammer that purely increases the hardness.
Zuo Si used the invisibility wand to bless himself and the Dragonborn Knight with the invisibility spell, and moved forward lightly.
After a while, they saw a female Githyanki sitting astride the back of a young red dragon on the edge of the pit.
Judging from the sound the latter made when speaking, she was probably also a female.
Because Zuo Si has the blessing of [True Seeing], he can always see Davian's position.
After the opponent arrived at the predetermined location, he immediately activated four magic cards - [Ice Storm] without hesitation.
This is a type of ice-based group-killing magic that can cover a radius of twelve meters.
It can cause amazing extra damage to fire-type red dragons.
The moment the card was activated, countless biting hail and ice cones fell from the sky like raindrops.
Before the red dragon and her knight could react to what was happening, they were hit on the head and face.
The female Githyanki who was not strong enough to survive was instantly severely injured by the smash, and then was immediately frozen in place by the biting cold, losing the ability to move.
The red dragon, who was also seriously injured, quickly raised his head and breathed out flames, trying to save his knight.
Unfortunately, the young dragon's breath may be effective against one or two [Ice Storms], but it is obviously beyond the scope of its ability to fight against four.
Although the hot breath also successfully evaporated some hailstones and ice cones.
But when the breath ended, hailstones and ice cones fell again like raindrops.
The water vapor formed by previous evaporation quickly condenses into ultra-low temperature ice slag in the air under the action of a new round of cold air.
The red dragon just took a breath of such air, and immediately began to cough violently. Blood slowly flowed out along the nostrils and mouth. It was obvious that the lungs were frostbitten.
(End of this chapter)