Chapter 88 Gray Dwarf Prince
The thick and spacious stone chamber hall has only a few vents. In the middle is a huge Zeke wood table with several brass candlesticks that have begun to turn green.
The candles covered with hard wax lumps flickered, adding a little light to the dark hall.
Under the guidance of two gray dwarf guards, Brian and Hesiah stepped into the hall.
He glanced around the empty hall casually, and finally fixed his gaze on a wall.
There were weapons hanging there, including adamantine shields, crossed swords, war hammers and adamantine battle axes, heavy swords and javelins.
Another wall is occupied by a huge fireplace.
The fireplace is filled with souvenirs of prey - the heads of minotaurs and gyrfalcons, their horns casting wild shadows on the grinning faces of swamp bears, basilisks and direclaws , next to it are the stuffed Ixi rays and dormant pseudo monsters.
The most conspicuous place is a giant dragon's head, which is dyed the same gray-white color as the gray dwarf's skin, and the skull cavity is filled with dried fungal plants.
But the dragon's swept-back horns, the protruding nostrils at the snout, and the outline of the crown of thorns still allowed Brian to clearly determine that this was the head of a red dragon.
He looked at the red dragon's head carefully and guessed from the size that it was a red dragon that had reached adulthood.
This unexpected news further confirmed his suspicion about the relationship between red dragons and gray dwarves.
"That was killed by my father when he became the King of the Deep."
In the empty hall, a majestic gray dwarf took the initiative to speak, holding a glass of wine. He was fully armed, With a unique emblem, there were two gray dwarf guards in black cloaks standing behind him.
If you don’t observe carefully, you might even think that these are just two shadows.
"This is an adult red dragon, according to the tradition of our Steel Shadow clan."
The gray dwarf said to Brian while stuffing a huge Zekewood mushroom handle towards the fireplace, "Only Only with the strength to challenge an adult red dragon can he be qualified to become the Deep King of Aldus King City."
"A tradition that is enough to intimidate people." Brian turned around and looked at the gray dwarf in front of him. The warrior said with a smile, "Salute to the King of the Deep who is both wise and brave."
He saw the gray dwarf in front of him with a long walrus-like beard and a bald head like the butt of a newborn baby. , almost every piece of clothing was stained with traces of wine stains.
Most gray dwarves, including female gray dwarves, have some uniform appearance characteristics: bald head, and gray-white skin.
The earthy brown clothing and simple jewelry they wear not only reflect their rigorous and pragmatic style, but also allow them to blend in with the surrounding rocky environment and remain unnoticed.
While observing the gray dwarves, Brian secretly used telepathy to tell the sword mage next to him to be vigilant.
Hisaya nodded slightly, his right hand unconsciously placed on his slender waist, and a pair of bright silver-gray cold eyes quietly locked on the two guards behind the gray dwarf warrior.
"Let me introduce myself, a human from the surface. I am Eddie Steel Shadow, the supreme commander of the Kavora Cavalry." The gray dwarf commander was also looking at Brian and the two, and he continued. :
"Let me tell you first, surface people, you are nothing in King Aldus City. I can sell you two as slaves and let you work as the cheapest laborers."
"However." The gray dwarf commander took a sip of the dark beer and added: "I think you two are quite interesting. Tell me, what can you do for your own freedom?"
Erdy ·Steel Shadow, the only heir to the Deep King.
Brian recalled things about the gray dwarf prince.
Because the Deep King was affected by demonic corruption, the entire Aldus King City was in chaos.
So, the gray dwarf prince wanted to imitate a certain death knight holding Frostmourne and perform a usurpation drama of "a father is kind and a son is filial".
The final result was of course a complete defeat.
After all, the backstage of the Deep King is the incarnation of the demon lord of the bottomless abyss, so how could he, a little gray dwarf, be able to challenge successfully.
However, that will only happen three years later.
At this time in Aldus King City, the demon lord's plan is still brewing, and most of the clans and derro dwarf rebels are still tolerant. The gray dwarf prince and the king of the deep are still loving fathers and sons. filial piety.
If what he expected was correct, the King of Deep Earth at this moment had been seduced by a succubus that turned into a gray dwarf, and was trapped in the Land of Gentleness from which he could not extricate himself.
He must help the gray dwarf prince in front of him to eliminate all the evil forces and demons in Aldus King City before the incarnation of the demon lord arrives.
“I can bring you rights and status.” Brian smiled slightly and slowly spoke out amazing words, “Don’t you want to be the new King of the Deep, Erdi Steel Shadow VII? ?”
Silence fell suddenly.
The candlelight kept jumping in the darkness, reflecting little bits of light in the crystal clear beer glass in the hand of the gray dwarf, and the tears of wax flowed on the candlestick like a small waterfall.
“Hahaha”
After a long silence, Gray Dwarf Erdy's laughter seemed to tear down the roof, and even the dark beer he had just drank spurted out, causing him to cough and gasp.
After he finally recovers.
He raised his head and looked at Brian with mocking gray eyes, "Tall surface man, tell me honestly whether you hit your head when you just came in."
"I'm not kidding you." Brian replied calmly.
"Since you are not joking with me, then don't blame me for being rude, you arrogant surface person." The gray dwarf Erdy threw the glass wine glass in his hand towards the ground and shouted: "Do it ! ”
With a crisp sound of 'bang', more than thirty fully armed gray dwarf warriors appeared in the empty hall.
A duergar is as strong and sturdy as his dwarf cousins.
In addition to their strong bodies, gray dwarves also have an extremely strong mind tempered by the enslavement of the illithids.
The Underdark is filled with powerful magic.
Since the days of being enslaved and imprisoned, gray dwarves have been continuously absorbing these weird magic powers, which eventually gave them some strange abilities.
They can increase in size for a short period of time, becoming a powerful warrior equivalent to the size of an orc. When facing powerful enemies or monitoring creatures invading the territory, you can also hide and act in the dark.
Because of this, the gray dwarves' invisibility plays an important role in their society.
Invisible spies are everywhere, and the potential pressure they create keeps the duergar honest. It is precisely because of this invisible monitoring that slaves rarely try to disobey their masters in words or deeds.
Feeling the sense of oppression brought by more than thirty powerful gray dwarf warriors, Brian stood calmly and watched like an outsider.
Almost the moment the gray dwarf warrior appeared, Hesiah pulled out the rune sword from his waist, and the surging arcane flames suddenly engulfed the blade with crisscrossed arcane symbols.
——"Flame Wave Assault!"
The sword mage's beautiful face was reflected by the flames. His long reddish-brown hair was flying, and his silver-gray cold eyes locked onto the enemy. His graceful figure turned into a beam of flame to command the enemy. At a dizzying speed, a guard wearing a black cloak appeared behind Gray Dwarf Erdy.
The gray dwarf guards looked shocked and hurriedly prepared to draw out their weapons to resist.
"Pfft!"
Unfortunately, it was too late. The rune sword wrapped in arcane flames in Hesiah's hand stabbed the gray dwarf guard cleanly in the chest.
In the blink of an eye, raging flames burst from the chest of the screaming gray dwarf, mercilessly engulfing his struggling body in the sea of fire.
The companions beside the gray dwarf guard looked at the sword mage with flying long hair in horror. He forced himself to stay calm and concentrate.
——"Psychic Any Door!"
A wave of psychic energy appeared in the air, and the gray dwarf guard quickly stepped into a translucent portal that happened to appear in front of him. . Looking at the escaping guards, Hesiah lowered his eyes and sneered.
——"Lightning hook!"
With a whisper, a crackling lightning beam suddenly appeared in her left hand, and it quickly bounced into the disappearing portal.
"Zizzizi"
The jumping lightning hook of the electric light ensnared the gray dwarf guard's entire body, and a white light connected to the caster's left palm.
Hesiah raised his left hand and pulled the white light. The guard caught in the lightning hook appeared uncontrollably from the portal that had just disappeared, hanging off the ground and struggling in mid-air.
His sparse strands of hair stood upright, twisting like the snake on Medusa's head, and his bony body trembled convulsively.
As a wave of lightning surged out, the gray dwarves died in painful wailing.
Hesiah lifted the magic, raised the sword and retreated behind Brian, letting the body scorched by the explosive energy fall to the ground.
Brian nodded to the sword mage, and with an inadvertent movement, he took out the weapon he had taken out to prepare for a last strike and put it back again.
Obviously, even he did not expect that the other party could complete the task assigned to her so well that she did not even have a chance to gain experience from him.
He secretly whispered in his heart that he had found a treasure in the Underdark, and then looked at the stunned gray dwarf commander Erdy Steelshadow not far away with a cold expression.
“Now that our audience is no longer here, does that mean you should also end your performance.”
“How do you know they were sent by my father to monitor me? A black-handled agent?" The gray dwarf Erdi looked shocked and waved his hand with a look of disbelief on his face, signaling for all his men to retreat.
Brian did not answer, but secretly mobilized a bit of spiritual energy, glanced at Erdy, and let him feel this unique spiritual energy fluctuation.
The duergar black-handled agents are psychic agents in the Deep King's secret army.
Their main purpose is to travel around with the gray dwarf merchants of Aldus King City, or appear in the family territories of major clans.
The true intention of these psychic agents is to carry out the work of supervisors and spies.
Because King Holga Steel Shadow VI of the Deep is a ruthless and shrewd ruler. In order to consolidate his powerful rule, he will hold secret talks with the council and clans in the city, and Make them suspicious of each other.
The existence of the black handle agent is to make him unexpected and unprepared when he takes action.
Even in order to consolidate the power of the kingdom, they will use middlemen at all costs to hire assassins from the "Empty Scabbard Killer" organization to deal with potential troublemakers.
Apparently, the duergar prince had realized that he was being watched by his father.
So, when Brian revealed his intentions, although he was secretly happy, he couldn't show it directly because of the presence of psychic agents.
Then the scene just happened.
Brian could even guess that when he sent his men to arrest him and Hesiah, not only would the other party not kill them, but they would secretly meet with them to discuss their plans.
However, Brian naturally would not choose to be so passive.
He asked Hesiah to kill the Deep King's secret agent directly, so that the gray dwarf prince in front of him could forcefully break with the Deep King and express his position.
In this way, he can quickly make his next plan.
“That’s it.”
Feeling the fluctuations of spiritual energy, the gray dwarf Erdy nodded in realization. He touched his bald head and looked at Brian in disbelief, “No. Thinking that you are not only a wizard, but also a psychic."
"You all get out!" Gray Dwarf Eddy ordered, signaling all the guards to exit the hall.
"Now, please allow me to introduce myself."
Seeing everyone retreating, Brian deliberately kept a distance from each other, took out the Purple Dragon Seal Ring he had received from Hesiah in advance, and showed it Give it to him and say:
"We are the War Mage Legion from the Kingdom of Cormyr in the surface world. My name is Brian, the colonel of the War Mage Legion. This is my deputy Hesiah."
< br>Looking at Brian's serious lie, Hesiah rolled her eyes depressingly, and her active thoughts began to wander.
"Please take a seat, two friends from the surface world." After listening to Brian's introduction, Erdy greeted the two of them to sit down, and then said in a slightly solemn tone, "Your Majesty's intention and purpose of coming, Wei Ci has told me everything.”
"I'm looking forward to you making the choice you think is the right one." Brian didn't choose to do it. He remained vigilant and said in a calm tone.
After all, the strength of the gray dwarf prince in front of him is as high as a fourth-level warrior. He doesn't even know whether the other party has a part-time job in the psychic profession, so he still cannot take it lightly.
"Of course, I will make the wisest choice." Gray Dwarf Erdy wiped the wine stains on his beard and greeted the two of them, "My two new friends, are you hungry?"
"Indeed, respected master." Brian nodded and sat down with Hesiah at the Zeke wood table in the hall.
"Very good, then let's talk while eating." Erdi nodded and gave an order to the guard outside the door.
It won't take a while.
Tin and silver cutlery and plates were brought out one after another by the halfling chefs, and the aroma of food began to fill the air.
"Your Excellency should be able to feel the current situation of Aldus King City."
During the chat with Brian, the slightly drunk Erdi suddenly changed the topic, "The reason why I The fundamental reason for the rift with my father was the disagreement over the city system."
Hearing what the other party said, Brian's expression changed, and he put down the wine glass that was about to be handed to his mouth, and raised it. interested.
"In fact, I have lived in the surface world for nearly fifty years."
Erdy glanced at the two people and continued, "It is precisely because my vision is broad enough that I truly realized that Odu Huge flaws in King Si City.
In the hierarchical King City of Odus, the landowners of each clan control their own territory, guide their own clan members, and operate their own trade and crafts.
< br>In order to develop the economy significantly, they pursue surplus value with the greatest desire. In my opinion, this system with huge flaws is a kind of pathological prosperity, and it is impossible for us gray dwarves to develop in the Underdark. Stronger."
After the gray dwarf finished speaking, he took another sip of wine and continued, "When I heard about the Kuo Tao Fishman Town, I immediately contacted many weird people in the city. Things come together.
Obviously, those damn demons are also affecting this place, and my father, the King of Deep Earth, was addicted to women two months ago. He did not care about any affairs in the city and allowed the major clans to squeeze out the last of the city. value. "
"Although I want to change this situation, the Cavora cavalry in my hands cannot fight against the coalition of major clans, as well as the stone guards and Saron spearmen in my father's hands. "
Erdi looked at Brian expectantly, "If you can transfer the Purple Dragon Knights and War Mage Legion from the Kingdom of Cormyr to help me fulfill my wish to rule the King of Aldus City, I am willing. Become an eternal cooperative ally with you. "
Hearing this, Hesiah looked at Brian with interest, waiting for his answer.
Although she did not believe that he would agree to this condition, she still wanted to Know how Brian should reply to the dwarf prince
"The span between the surface world and the underground world is too large. An operation of this scale will definitely be discovered." Brian waved his hand, rejected his idea, and said: "Compared to the Battle Mage Legion and the Purple Dragon Knights, in fact, I have a better choice."
"A better choice?" The gray dwarf stared at Brian with two big eyes.
“Have you forgotten the flame guardians of the ‘Dragon Blacksmith’ and the stone giant clan of the Smoky Quartz Cave?” Brian put down his wine glass and showed a confident smile.
"Of course I know." Erdi said to him slightly disappointedly:
"How could I not know these forces, but the dragon of 'Dragon Blacksmith' Mr. Agtus The egg has been lost, and it has become hostile to our gray dwarf clan. As for the stone giant clan in the Smoky Quartz Cave, it is even more impossible, because they have always remained neutral since they settled here."
"You don't have to worry about it, I will convince them." Brian took out a parchment scroll, let it fly to Erdi, and said to him:
"If you agree to my proposal Under these conditions, I will convince the 'Dragon Blacksmith' Argotus and the stone giants in the Smoky Quartz Cave to help you gain control of the Aldus King City and drive away the abyss demons entrenched here."
< br>(End of this chapter)