Chapter 122 The Secret of the Nine Swords
After convincing the red dragon Agtus, Brian cast a teleportation spell and returned to the manor in Mokou Town.
The room Graal arranged for him was spacious and airy, remote and quiet, and would hardly be disturbed by anyone.
It was past midnight in the surface world at this moment, and he learned through magic transmission that the matter he had entrusted to the Silver Dragon had been completed.
So he planned to rest for a while, and as soon as daybreak, he would go to the Salamander tavern to persuade the old paladin to serve him.
Just when Brian was about to push the door open and enter, his expression suddenly became tense and he stopped subconsciously.
Because before he even reached the door, he noticed someone breaking into his room through the slight vibration in his mind through the warning circle set up in the room in advance.
As a spell caster who is proficient in magic circles, he will take the trouble to arrange magic circles to ensure his own safety, no matter how safe the environment is.
What's more, the enemies he faces are the followers of the Lost Lady Shar and the spellcaster group from the City of Shadows.
Especially the Shadow Guard Assassin who he is afraid of.
Therefore, when he returned to the surface, he did not teleport to his room immediately. Instead, he appeared at the door of the attic and walked up slowly.
The purpose of this is to prevent people from waiting for others to do so.
After all, the moment he stepped out of the teleportation circle was the time when his defense was at its most empty.
In this case, the most correct response is not to let the enemy capture the foothold of your teleportation.
So, pretending to be nonchalant, he hummed an outdated ditty, turned the doorknob, and opened the room.
You can't see your fingers inside.
For Brian, who has elf blood, this is not the case.
He stepped in the door with extremely slow movements, and then carefully closed the door tightly.
The moment he turned around, the dark shadow twisted, and two daggers surrounded by shadow energy stabbed fiercely at his neck and heart respectively.
——“Dimension jump!”
Faced with such a fatal attack, Brian had already anticipated it, so before his opponent showed up, he had already activated the fastest teleportation spell in advance.
As dim light particles swirled and danced around him, two sharp daggers pierced into a cloud-like halo and flew into the air.
——"Shadow Leap!"
The black shadow hidden in the hood looked startled, and retracted his double blades in time, turning into a twisted shadow and disappearing with Brian.
The moment Brian landed, he suddenly used his familiarity with shadow magic to determine the location where the assassin appeared through shadow jumping.
——"Krugul Fire Arrow!"
——"Arcane Missile!"
He immediately waved his staff, emitting orange light fire arrows and five force field energy The magic missiles formed rushed towards him.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!."
Faced with the sudden attack, the two daggers in the hands of the black shadow, who could not dodge, danced out a series of airtight sword shadows, killing these All attacks are dispersed.
"Boom!"
However, when the assassin's weapon deflected the flaming arrow, the pyroblast properties of Brian's staff suddenly exploded, exploding into a sheet of magical flames.
Seeing that his little trick worked, Brian smiled.
The function of the arcane missile is just to deceive others, so that the opponent has no time to judge that an ordinary flame arrow actually has pyrotechnic properties.
Then, not daring to waste time, he immediately took out a ruby, injected a burst of magic energy, and then crushed it into pieces.
The moment a light red arcane energy overflowed from the gem, a terrible scene happened.
On the four walls of Brian's room, lustrous runes flashed simultaneously.
"Boom!"
Then, it was as if a dazzling flare fell into his room, and the dazzling light exploded, filling every corner of the room and occupying every shadow.
Flash magic circle!
This was set up in advance when Brian moved into this house.
The function of the magic circle is to erase all shadows in the room, including his own shadow.
Also reveals any invisibility spells cast through supernatural abilities, spell-like abilities, or arcane and magical spells.
This is the most effective defense method when dueling with various enemies that possess shadow energy, such as Shadow Dancers, Shadow Guard Assassins, and Ghost Dancers.
In the flash circle, all their abilities to hide and rely on shadows to flash and attack are completely invalid, and the effects and damage of supernatural or spell-like abilities released will also be greatly reduced.
However, if you want to grasp the enemy in front of you, a flash circle is not enough.
So, he also made second-hand preparations.
Seeing the assassin emerging from the smoke of the flame arrow explosion not far away, facing this unexpected encounter, he suddenly lost his sense of proportion.
Brian seized the opportunity and saw through the slender figure wrapped in a cloak that the other party should be a woman.
What surprised him was that the purple eyes hidden in the hood gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
Could it be her?
He nodded thoughtfully and crushed an emerald again.
Accompanied by a light green breath floating in the air, although the room did not undergo any changes, there was a slight sound like a lock.
Dimensional sealing circle.
Activating this magic circle means that everyone within the magic circle (including the person who arranged the magic circle) will lose any ability to release teleportation spells.
——"Krugul Fire Arrow!"
Brian waved his staff, and a fire arrow flew away.
He has already seen that the opponent is not only a shadow descendant who has been converted into a ghost, but also a shadow guard assassin who has been upgraded from a sword mage.
If her identity is really as he guessed, then this Shadow Guard assassin also works part-time as a sage sword of the Shadow Hand Sect in another nine-sword system inherited from the ancient Eastern country.
Although the Shadow Guard Assassin was unable to see in such a dazzling environment due to the racial characteristics of the Shadowborn, she still used the hot breath flowing in the air to twist her slender waist and move in time. Avoided Brian's spell.
"Boom!"
The flaming arrow hit the wall with a loud bang, stone chips flying, and a pit as big as a washbasin.
——"Arcane Missiles!"
Seeing that his spell had successfully interfered with the other party, Brian threw five magic missiles at her again.
The reason why he chose to cast low-level magic was mainly because he knew the mobility of the shadow guard assassins. Even if they lost their shadow ability, their instant burst of speed still did not leave him enough time to cast. .
Moreover, he was also worried about the possibility that the other party really inherited the Shadow Hand Sect's Sage Sword.
Just as he expected, facing the magic missiles that were speeding towards them, the Shadow Guard Assassin easily defeated them one by one.
However, his attack did not stop.
While moving quickly to interfere with the opponent's position, he continued to throw out attack spells that were released very quickly.
After all, facing a shadow guard assassin who is temporarily blind and has lost his shadow ability, to him, it is like a caged beast, at his mercy.
Just when Brian was preparing new magic again, he suddenly saw that the Shadow Guard Assassin faced this incoming attack. Not only did he not panic, but he also regained his composure as quickly as possible.
Then he waved his swords to protect his left and right sides, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
Seeing this, he suddenly felt chills all over his body. Without thinking, he rolled on the spot and hid under the table behind him.
Two sword lights flashed where he was standing, and the two-inch-thick oak table was forcibly split into four pieces by her.
——"Pyroblast!"
Brian also released his dissuading magic without showing any signs of weakness, and a raging flame spurted out from his body, like a raging wind, sweeping towards the shadow guard assassin holding two swords.
The Shadow Guard Assassin jumped up and performed a gorgeous backflip, successfully avoiding the fire attack, and then pointed her dagger towards the direction where Brian was standing.
——"Shadow Twist!"
A rope made entirely of shadow energy wrapped around his body with a whooshing sound.
It is indeed her!
Recognizing the opponent's attack methods, Brian immediately confirmed her identity.
He quickly changed his attack plan and prepared to capture him alive.
Faced with this weird attack, he put away his staff at a very fast speed and took out the legendary weapon 'Dawnbringer'. The hot light blade suddenly chopped off the entangled shadow ropes.
——"Shadow Blade Technique!"
The Shadow Guard Assassin's attack did not stop. She quickly swung her two swords with delicate movements, turning into a black shadow and heading towards Brian. Attacked.
Seeing four sharp swords swirling with shadow energy, all stabbing at various vital parts of his body, Brian quickly took a few steps back and distanced himself.
——"Astral Construct!"
Then, he immediately drew out his volley sword and stood between the two of them.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
A cold light flashed, and while the volleying sword scattered the two phantom swords, it also successfully blocked two truly fatal attacks.
However, as soon as he retreated, the shadow guard assassin's sword light continued to strike at his figure.
The sharp sword wind danced out phantoms one after another, clinging to the corners of his clothes like tarsal maggots. It was impossible to tell that the shadow guard assassin was attacking with his eyes closed at this moment.
The swordsmanship that Brian was so proud of was at a disadvantage when faced with the attack of the Shadow Guard assassin.
It turned out that the opponent had already mastered the blind combat and perfect two-weapon combat expertise at this time. Brian, who was having a hard time dealing with it, was secretly shocked when he found out the situation.
Perfect dual-weapon combat is the most difficult of all agile professions to learn, and it takes time to settle.
Professionals who master this expertise have very fast continuous attacks.
If you don’t have obvious suppression ability, you will be beaten by the opponent’s continuous attacks without any chance to fight back.
If it weren’t for the Spirit Crystal Servant manipulating the Sky Sword and attacking from both sides one after the other, he would probably have been succeeded by this violent attack.
In this case, he can only choose to use his protective magic to resist the opponent's blow after finding a flaw, and then take advantage of it to counterattack.
——“Shadow Explosion!”
At this moment, the Shadow Guard Assassin's swords suddenly turned into physical darkness, and the moment they touched Brian's light blade, they exploded into a cloud of shadow energy.
Although the shadow quickly melted under the action of the flashing circle, the shadow guard assassin still seized this opportunity.
——"Nightwalker!"
I saw her leaping up, crossing her swords on her chest, emerging from the shadow that enveloped Brian like a predator in the night , and took out two sharp swords that shone with cold light.
“Clang!”
Faced with this strange and swift attack, Brian could only parry a sword.
When another sword stabbed his chest, the protective force field blocked most of the damage, but it still opened a wound on his chest.
A splash of blood made Brian break into a cold sweat.
He had already mobilized more than half of his arcane energy as much as possible to strengthen the arcane barrier. Unexpectedly, he was still successfully broken through by the opponent's dagger.
It can be seen from this that the quality of these two daggers definitely reaches the legendary level.
The Shadow Guard Assassin's attacks did not stop.
——"Five shadows!"
As she was stabbed in the chest by the dagger, five gray shadows that were extremely blurred by the flashing circle surrounded her like a halo. The whole body, along her right arm holding the dagger, was rolled up to the blade, and penetrated into the wound stabbed by the dagger.
"Hiss..."
Brian immediately felt a coldness composed of shadow energy flowing into his body along the wound, and moved toward each other at an extremely fast speed along his blood vessels. Legs, arms, and heart surged.
Waves of powerlessness came.
He felt that this strange energy was rapidly taking away his strength, stamina and energy.
——"Secondary Restoration Technique!"
He did not panic because of this, but calmly activated the special ability attached to "Blessing of Heavenly Mountain" in a flash of thought.
A sudden warm current, like a tide, quickly drives away the invading shadow energy.
After Brian regained control of his body, he did not show it, but pretended to be exhausted and backed away.
Seeing this, the shadow guard assassin looked happy and immediately accelerated his attack rhythm.
When her two swords swung again, the volley sword that was ready to go activated a whirlwind attack under the control of the spiritual crystal servant. It was like a high-speed rotating blade fan, blocking the two thrusting swords. dagger.
——"Psychic blast!"
Brian was highly concentrated. With a thought, an invisible ripple shot out and passed through the shadow guard assassin's body, causing her to jerk violently. There was a pause.
He took this opportunity to bend down to avoid the collision between the two swords and the volleying sword. At the same time, he kicked one foot on the ground. His whole body was like an arrow from the string, and he crashed into the arms of the shadow guard assassin.
The instantaneous burst of power knocked the opponent upside down and hit the wall hard.
Her slender body was like a broken doll, sliding along the wall to the ground.
A painful groan was heard. The Shadow Guard Assassin covered his chest with one hand and supported the ground with the other, sitting up with difficulty.
Her face, shrouded in the shadow of the hood, also showed an obvious look of panic.
Obviously, the Shadow Guard Assassin did not expect that a spell caster could not only engage in close combat with him for such a long time, but also be able to explode with such powerful power even after being hit by his Shadow Hand Sect's strongest move, "Five Shadow Haunting". , and even mastered the psychic ability of surprise attack.
——“Fifth Ring Spell: Lapis Binding!”
——“Metamagic Specialty: Instant Spell!”
Seeing that the attack was successful, Brian The 'Dawnbringer' in his hand suddenly disappeared, and then he took out a silver ring, injected it with arcane energy, and threw it into the air.
During the surge of arcane energy, the silver ring suddenly turned into a blue halo of light, tightly trapping the shadow guard assassin who had just stood up.
——"Fifth Ring Spell: Chain of Sighs!"
Then, he quickly recited a spell and pointed at the struggling Shadow Guard Assassin.
A force field chain emitting silver-blue light, with the rapid rotation of his fingers, tightly wrapped around the shadow guard assassin's body like a snake.
The Shadow Guard Assassin twisted her body wildly, and the loud sighs coming from the chains suddenly poured into her brain like a tide, sending out waves of sharp stinging pains.
“The more you struggle, the more painful the chains will be until you die.”
Brian put away the Psychic Servant and Astral Construct, drank a bottle of healing potion, walked up to the Shadow Guard Assassin, and looked at her with interest.
In fact, when he was well prepared, he had many ways to kill or seriously injure him, but he chose the most dangerous method.
The reason why he did this was naturally his intention.
"Mortals are destined to die."
The Shadow Guard Assassin stopped struggling and found that the pain had really disappeared. She raised her head, resisted the dazzling flashing magic circle, and used her cold purple eyes to He looked at Brian and said, "If I fall into your hands, my skills are inferior to others."
"Mortals are indeed destined to die. This sentence is correct, but whether you die early or die late, how you die is not something you, a prisoner, can decide."
Brian shrugged calmly, showing a trace of With a playful smile, "Actually, I wanted to kill you at first, but when I discovered your true identity, I suddenly realized that it would be a pity to kill you. A woman like you is still important to me. It’s somewhat useful.”
“You say so, Miss Krisana from the Tanshur family?” He stretched out his hand to lift the other person’s smooth chin and asked with a smile.
Krisana Tanshur.
The eldest daughter of the ghost prince Desude, she is not only a shadow guard assassin employed by a sword mage, but also learned the most profound Nine Swords in the Xianglong Empire inherited from the eastern Kara Tu continent. , a Sage Sword (kendo expert) who is proficient in the Shadow Hand Sect.
The most glorious achievement in her life was that after her strength reached the legendary level, she followed the oracle of the lost lady Shar and teamed up with five ghost princes to sneak into the Valley of Shadows. Not only did Elminster, the most powerful spellcaster on the mainland, Elminster, the chosen one of the goddess of magic, be seriously injured and had to hide in Baator Hell in embarrassment, Elminster's mage tower was also destroyed into ruins and pushed to the ground. Enter another plane.
“Who are you?” Krisana turned her head and shook off his hand, saying coldly, “I have never seen you in Sultansa City. "
"This is not something you need to worry about." Brian retracted his hand, "You just need to know that you are in my hands now and you must obey me if you want to survive."< br>
“You killed my sister.” Crysania still had a cold expression, “Do you think I will let you go?”
"You mean Miss Natasha." Brian said indifferently, "Come on, I have never seen that the plastic sisterhood between you two can be so deep."
Although Kelly Shanna didn't know what the so-called 'plastic sisterhood' meant, but she still understood the meaning of Brian's words, which made her even more shocked.
She snorted coldly and chose to remain silent.
"Choose silence, do you think I can't cure you?" Brian's eyes flickered and he smiled.
This inexplicable smile made Krisanna look surprised, and a bad premonition filled her heart.
"There is a proverb in my hometown: no tears until you see the coffin." Brian looked at her and said in a gentle tone, but his eyes were meaningful.
In fact, he didn't want to talk so much nonsense to her at all. As a time traveler, he certainly knew the character of this shadow descendant who was not even afraid of death.
If you want to persuade her, you can only use other methods.
I saw him waving his hand, and the force field chains emitting silver-blue light changed from entangled to binding her limbs. The cloak and upper body clothes were also stabbed mercilessly by him. It shredded with a sound.
Brian looked at the woman who had been transformed into a shadow descendant with unscrupulous eyes.
Of course, she is very beautiful, and her long black hair hangs loosely on her shoulders, faintly covering her full breasts, which is looming and tempting.
As a shadow descendant, her skin is different from the black pearl-like color of the dark elves. It is more like a light ink jade, glowing from the inside out.
It is difficult to tell whether this luster is inherent or whether it is caused by the sweat from the fierce battle between the two just now.
What impressed Brian the most was actually the pair of cold purple eyes. If you look closely, you can find that in the middle of her eyes, there is a pupil as dark and deep as the night sky.
This look reminded him of the statue of the lost lady Shar.
In fact, he was not the only one who thought so.
Most male compatriots also think so, and there are even many players who regard her as a replacement for the night goddess Shar.
It is said that at that time, many male compatriots joined the forces of Ghost City, hoping to improve the friendship of this iceberg beauty from indifferent to middle-aged.
“What do you want to do?”
The moment her clothes were torn off, Krisana immediately felt the chill coming from her upper body. She exclaimed and her delicate body jerked suddenly. Trembling, he glared at Brian angrily.
"I'll say it for the last time."
Brian withdrew his gaze and said in a slightly cold tone, "My request is very simple. If you want to survive, help me give your father Desude Tanshu I’ll send you a letter and give me your jade slip recording the Mofeng sect, that’s all.”
The biggest threat to Mokou Town and the Kingdom of Cormyr is Yinhun City, which is responsible for the invasion. The ones are Hajhorna, the Hand of the High King, and Desud, the Prince of Shadows.
He also knew that Desud, who had remained neutral from beginning to end, would fully support Hajhorna's intention to attack the Kingdom of Cormyr because of the ownership of the floating city salvaged from the Sea of Fallen Stars.
So, he must find a way to break their alliance.
"You can send the letter." Krisanna suppressed the shock in her heart and endured the shame and humiliation of being looked at her body by the other party's eyes unscrupulously. She said coldly, "I don't have any jade slips recording the Mofeng School. "
"It seems that you are not going to cooperate well." Brian's bright eyes gradually radiated coldness, making the latter shrink in fear.
Mofeng School also belongs to one of the Nine Swords systems.
The shadow characteristics of the ghost people prevent them from practicing this kind of fire element swordsmanship, so this jade slip inherited from the Eastern Xianglong Empire has always been stored with Krisanna.
"I have heard about you ghost people who have been transformed into shadow descendants"
Under Krishanna's vicious and angry gaze, Brian's fingers continued to slide down along the curves that led to unknown places, like running water, using various techniques.
Although Crysania twisted her delicate body and tried her best to dodge, his hands were still clinging to her soft and cold skin like maggots attached to the bone.
"Although your bodies are bitingly cold, as long as you patiently train them, the desire emanating from your cold bodies will be as strong as a hot flame. To be honest, I have long wanted to try this statement. That’s right, since you gave me this opportunity, I won’t be polite.”
He was not wrong.
The so-called ghost people are actually somewhat similar to the female ghosts in the movie. Their bodies exude a cold and biting aura from beginning to end.
If you don't do enough foreplay, going in directly will forcibly trigger a saving throw against shadow energy erosion.
Failed the Constitution saving throw, it felt like he had just been haunted by five shadows.
“Don’t stop!”
Krisana’s expression changed, and she finally stopped pretending, and her cold face turned into the purest fear, “I promise you. Request."
"Very good, if you had said that earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome." Brian chuckled and retracted his hand. At the same time, the torn clothes and cloak returned to their original shape and were put on. On her body.
Then, with a thought, he reached out and pointed at the chain that bound Krishanna's right hand.
The force field chain emitting silver-blue light disappeared instantly.
"Take it out, I know that the swords of the sages who are proficient in the Shadow Hand Sect have their own shadow space."
Brian looked at her warily, as long as she showed her If you have the intention to kill, take action immediately.
Crisana was about to take action when Brian pointed out her professional characteristics and suppressed the murderous intention in her heart.
She knew that she couldn't escape from the opponent's grasp at this moment, and her fearless resistance would only bring more serious consequences.
"How do I know that you will fulfill your promise after handing things over to you." Crysania said in a cold tone.
“I swear in the name of arcana.” Brian said calmly, “As long as you give me the things and send me a letter, I will let you go.”
< br>Crisana heard from his calm words that the other party did not seem to be perfunctory with her. She gritted her teeth. In this case, she could only remove the jade slips recording the swordsmanship of the Desert Wind Sect from her shadow space. He took it out and handed it over.
Brian took the bamboo-like jade slip, nodded slightly, and immediately put it away.
"I want to know how you learned about the swordsmanship of the Desert Wind Sect." Krishanna looked at Brian unwillingly, took a deep breath, and asked.
"Hajhorna." Brian said a name, immediately took out a parchment scroll, and wrote quickly.
“Impossible!” Crysania looked at Brian in disbelief, “It is absolutely impossible for the hands of the High King to do such a thing.”
“Believe it or not, Otherwise, how could I know that you would assassinate me and prepare in advance?" Brian didn't bother to talk to her and handed over the parchment scroll.
He had no intention of letting the other party believe his lie which could not withstand scrutiny.
The purpose of this was just to leave a seed of doubt in her heart.
Although Yinhun City is one of the most powerful spell caster groups in the mainland, it is also a mess internally.
Desud Tanshur, the low-key ghost prince, has been thinking about how to get rid of the control of the lost lady Shar from the beginning to the end.
The content recorded in his sheepskin scroll was a clear path for him.
As for whether the other party will believe it, just give it a try and you will know.
"Miss Crysania, if one day you are suddenly desperate, please remember that you are welcome to come to the territory of Mokou Town at any time." Brian waved his hand, released the control of the chain, and extended an invitation to her without sincerity.
After speaking, he looked at the freed Shadow Guard assassin warily.
Once the opponent dares to act rashly, he will kill them on the spot.
Under the constraints of the double magic circle, he has this confidence and this ability.
"If that day comes, I will kill you first."
Thinking of the humiliation she had just experienced, Crysania put on her hood, gritted her teeth and left with a few words, then broke through the door.
Brian monitored the other party's figure through the secret eyes set up outside the door. Until he confirmed that she had really left, he removed the magic circle and took out the jade slip recording the swordsmanship of the Desert Wind Sect and checked it.
He immediately poured his spiritual power into the jade slip and checked the contents:
I am Yan Zhen, the Sword of the Sage. People sometimes call me 'Iron Dragon' '.
I defeated the High Inquisitor of Tiamat at the Dragonskull Temple.
Also killed the demon lord Varash Kara in the Ebon Tower.
Three years ago, my comrades and I foiled the Mind Flayer's conspiracy in the Dark Valley at the expense of two tragic sacrifices.
This is my experience.
I have been wandering in this world for twenty years, in order to study the supreme way and explore the true standard of being a fighter and a human being.
I think I am a little wiser than when I first started studying, but I have to leave it to others to judge.
I am now teaching others to honor my life's path.
Some of my students have given up on pursuing the High Way and turned to other goals.
Some people became advocates of kindness and justice.
Others use my teachings to cause harm to the world.
But anyone who seeks the High Way should be taught, for swordsmiths need not consider whether the blades they forge will drip with the blood of the evil or the innocent.
Like all knowledge, the Supreme Word can be used for good or evil.
Now I want to talk about the Nine Swords.
They are not legends, young man - I have met both of them in my travels.
This is the beginning of their story.
Three generations ago, a young human named Chen Guangli went to study at the Evil Goblin Monastery in Saranda.
The evil goblin swordsmanship masters conducted cruel tests and challenges, and the results surprised them: Chen Guangli survived.
They thought he had to be taught, so they let him stay.
From them, Chen Guangli learned the secret of Tiexin, the most ferocious and difficult swordsmanship school in the world.
When he became Master of Ironheart, he chose to leave and travel to the Great Golden Desert to sacrifice himself to the Wind Ascetics of Andrama.
When he mastered the Desert Wind School, he went to the Island Beyond the Dawn to study the Way of the Dusk.
In just three years, Chen Guangli did what others could not do: he mastered all nine martial arts schools.
In Chen Guangli's time, unique schools, ideas and traditions that we now call the Supreme Way were scattered irregularly around the world.
The followers of each school are fierce competitors, each trying to prove that his school is superior to the others.
But after mastering all nine schools, Chen Guangli set out to end this competition.
He returned to every place where he had studied and made the most outstanding apprentices of each school his own.
He took his nine disciples to Sunrise Mountain and established the Nine Swords Temple there.
For many years, Chen Guangli and his nine masters sought the path to perfection, going further than anyone who had ever set foot on the path before or since.
Hundreds of apprentices also joined them and learned much from their temples.
After a century of study and teaching, Chen Guangli gathered his masters together and told them that he was leaving to start traveling the world again.
Time has never caught up with him, it has only dyed his hair white and carved his face.
The masters begged him to stay, but he refused.
Nonetheless, before he left, he gave each master a gift - a sword that symbolized the principles, techniques, and philosophies of the recipient's first school.
"As long as these swords are together, this temple will not fall," he told the nine masters, "Now I am leaving."
So, he was alone He left on foot, unarmed, for he had no fear of the world.
No one saw him again.
A generation later, Chen Guangli's first disciples died or returned home one after another.
The disciples they left behind became the new masters of their respective schools, and carefully guarded the nine swords.
But one night, the Lord of Rakshasha, Qazir Set, came to the Temple of Nine Swords.
Kazir Seth, disguised as a weary traveler, was entertained in the temple.
Kazir Set stole the Sword of Clear Thought, the Steel Soul Style, and fled into the wilderness with it.
The masters chased, but failed to catch up with the shrewd Prince Rakshasa.
From that day on, the temple began to be destroyed.
Initially, apprentices from different schools slowly began to quarrel, obsessing over which path was the best.
Praise and quarrels turn into intrigues and quarrels.
After some time, the Masters jointly exiled King Tigerclaw and Master Shadowhand, who planned the murder of the rest, to restore order and harmony.
Enraged by their exile, two wandering masters form an alliance with each other and work together to form an army of monsters in the wild mountains.
A year later, they returned with a terrible tribe and destroyed the temple.
It is said that all nine masters died in the battle that night.
According to rumors, the Devout Seeker killed the Shadow Claw Master and was later torn apart by demons.
King Desert Wind and Master Ironheart defeated King Tiger Claw before dying in battle against an evil army of giants and dragons.
Many treasures - including the eight remaining swords - were lost to the four winds.
Most were taken away by monsters and the Shadow Tiger tribe, but at least two swords were taken away by temple apprentices who successfully escaped.
Now you know the beginning of the story of Nine Swords.
But as you can see, every sword has its own story, and their stories are not over yet.
It is said that one day the Nine Swords will reunite again, Chen Guangli will end his wandering, and the whole world will return to harmony.
I don't know what part of the story I'm telling is true, but it's a good story, isn't it?
If you become interested in the Nine Swords, then join us, young man, and I will try my best to teach you the truth about swordsmanship.
——Yan Zhen, Sword of the Sage
Brian took back his mental power from the jade slip. The fundamental reason why he wanted to get this jade slip was not for cultivation. Nine Swords, but to obtain the seven artifacts of the mechanical empire Imasca.
The so-called Xianglong Empire is similar to the ancient empire in the real world.
In 1374 BC in the Xianglong calendar, the magic weapon master Chen Tan accidentally unearthed the powerful Imasca artifact from the ruins of Imasca.
He assassinated Queen Sapphire Guanying and seized the throne of the Xianglong Empire.
In 1289 BC in the Xianglong calendar, under the leadership of the sage Shi Zhi, an uprising broke out against Chen Tan and drove the emperor away from Meilan City.
The second era of Xianglong ends.
After escaping to the Luoman Desert, Chen Tan transformed into a lich and began to search for the lost Imasca artifact.
Until the year 1360 of the Xianglong Calendar.
The lich Chen Tan gathered an army of undead creatures in the destroyed city of Imasca, Sauron, cast powerful magic from that ancient empire, and commanded his undead army to march eastward, trying to conquer the Xianglong Empire .
In the same year, Chen Guangli, a traveler from the Xianglong Empire, landed at Calim Port in the Faerûn continent, collected jade slips recording the secret manual of the Nine Swords, opened the Nine Swords Temple, and prepared to take out an artifact to deal with the Lich Chen Tan. .
In other words, the jade slip in his hand that was inherited from the Xianglong Empire is inseparable from the opening of the Nine Swords Temple.
The father and daughter Desude and Crysania didn't know anything about it at all, they only thought it was a passed down swordsmanship inheritance.
As long as he relies on this object to gain Chen Guangli's trust and help him deal with the lich Chen Tan who threatens the Xianglong Empire, he will be able to know the whereabouts of the seven artifacts of Imaska.
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