Chapter 128 The Battle of Rock Bunker
The new moon is in the sky, as sharp and light as a knife.
In the falling night, Brian led Graal and others towards the rock bunker in Mokou Town.
He did not bring many people with him. Apart from Graal and his son Lando, the only person following him was the old sword master Balerius.
In the eyes of the enemy, this kind of lineup may not even be able to make waves.
The Rock Bunker is a dark black castle with a simple shape. It is located on a steep hill overlooking the entire town. It is equipped with battlements, watchtowers and moats for defense.
At this time, the suspension bridge on the creek-like moat was lowered, and the gate of the castle was also open.
There are ten castle guards wearing mail and steel helmets. They guard both sides of the city gate like statues, their long black cloaks flapping.
These guards escorted them across the drawbridge and into the castle, then closed the twenty-foot-high oak door with bronze edges.
Brian glanced at the surrounding environment and found many heavily armed soldiers patrolling the city walls and gates, including many mercenaries from the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group.
He walked in without any hesitation.
There is still a long way to go to the other end of the hall, and the current owner of the Rock Bunker, the Blackguard Angus from the Zhentarim Order, is setting up a trap waiting for them to jump inside. .
Although Brian has visited Mokou Town many times, he has never set foot inside the castle, let alone come to the lord's reception hall.
The walls, floor and ceiling of the hall are cleverly spliced with thick wooden boards, on which various dark creatures are depicted.
On the way to the high platform, Brian stepped over ghouls, skeleton warriors and zombies. These low-level undead creatures were hidden among the jagged rocks and ruins of the dilapidated castle. The walls on both sides were dark. Gray and white, the shadow dragon is hovering high in the sky of the castle, while dormant pseudomonsters and dark veil monsters are lurking in the rocks and ruins. On the high arch windows are groups of shadows, bound spirits and ghosts. Painted higher up A desolate scene similar to the shadow plane appears.
There were many people in the hall at this time. Dark Guardian Angus was sitting on the main seat made of obsidian, wearing a richly carved black armor, and a heron feather helmet was placed on the armrest.
Fifty heron knights surrounded Angus in a crescent shape. They were fully armed, covered from head to toe in black armor and helmets with heron feathers, and their long black cloaks were shaking. Behind him, a dim shield was tied to his left arm.
The dragon warlock Salo of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group and a dozen of Bane's dark priests stood beside Angus. Behind them, there were twenty dark guards with swords hanging from their waists. , with bright red cloaks hanging on their shoulders and helmets as black as ink on their heads.
Brian also discovered that on both sides of the walls, under the tapestries depicting the Dark Lord Bane, stood nearly a hundred members of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group, each of them holding a weapon in their hands. The crossbow was ready for everything.
Seeing this scene, even though Brian had been mentally prepared for it, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Not to mention Graal who was following behind.
He could even feel the other person's rapid breathing and tense heartbeat. If it weren't for his son Lando supporting him, his legs would have been too weak to walk.
“Gral, you are finally here.”
Dark Guard Angus’ cold eyes fell on the bloated businessman, “Since you are already here, you should know how to Do it, kneel down! As long as you kneel down and swear allegiance to the Lord of Darkness, I will allow you to continue to live in peace in Mokou Town."
"You allow him?" Brian met his gaze with the same expression. In a cold tone, he asked, "Excuse me, in what name did you allow him?"
Looking at Brian's fearless look, Angus frowned slightly.
However, when he noticed from the corner of his eye that he was surrounded by his subordinates, the last trace of worry disappeared.
He said in the majestic tone of a superior, "In the name of the Lord of Mokou Town, resistance will only lead to death. Who do you think you are, dare to disobey my orders."
He could feel that Graal seemed to be led by the half-elf wizard, and what puzzled him was what the other party was relying on for his confident appearance.
This made him a little suspicious of the other party's true identity. I'm afraid it was not as simple as it seemed.
For some reason, an inexplicable uneasiness circled deep in his heart like a poisonous snake.
“If you want to know my identity, then I will tell you, lackeys of the Lord of Darkness, please listen to me.” Brian showed the purple dragon seal ring that symbolized his identity, “Now, In the name of the Cormyr and Ancestor kings, the guardians of the Purple Dragon Kingdom, and the Obaisqil family, I, the new lord of Mokou Town, hereby order you to hold high the banner of the Purple Dragon and assist me in taking down these evil groups. Cultist!”
Brian’s sonorous and powerful words were like the fireball spell released by the wizard, exploding into the crowd in the hall and becoming chaotic.
Immediately afterwards, a magical light flashed in the dim hall, and a purple flag transformed by magic fluttered in the air.
“It’s the purple dragon flag!!!”
Waves of shouts and shouts of surprise came from the crowd.
“It turns out they are from the Kingdom of Cormyr.” Angus looked at the magic flag with a purple dragon on it, and the purest hatred flashed in his cold eyes.
"Since you dare to take the initiative to send it to the door."
He was instantly blinded by anger. He didn't care to think about why the other party was so confident. He stood up suddenly from the obsidian seat and raised his hand. He broke a glass wine glass and shouted: "Give me a hand and kill them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Salo, the dragon vein warlock standing next to Angus, took out his long sword as quickly as possible. Warhammer.
As the dark red runes on the war hammer flowed, the scorching flames instantly engulfed it.
“Bang!”
The powerful and heavy warhammer was wrapped in blazing flames, and with unrivaled force, it suddenly hit a man next to Salo who was about to chant a magical spell. The dark priest.
"Crack!"
A sound like breaking glass sounded, and the shield that the dark priest had propped up in panic instantly broke.
He looked in disbelief at his allies who were discussing plans with him a moment ago.
I suddenly felt as if I had hit a siege cone. The smoking body flew back and up like an arrow from the string, hitting the ceiling of the opposite wall, and then slid away. Come down, leaving a trail of rapidly cooling blood on the stone.
After Dragon Vein Warlock Salo successfully killed a dark priest whose strength reached the third level, the flaming war hammer came out of his hand, spinning and hitting another dark priest.
His head was smashed into pieces like a burst watermelon, and the blood was evaporated directly by the scorching heat before it spilled out.
——“Half-Dragon Transformation!”
After eliminating the two opponents in the plan, Salo roared, and his body suddenly became extremely burly, like a humanoid dragon, erupting with a terrifying aura.
A golden light burst out of his eyes, a pair of wide blood-red dragon wings spread out from behind, and the exposed skin was covered with a layer of staring dark red dragon scales at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After catching the long-handled warhammer that automatically turned back, his wings shook violently and flew into the air, avoiding the flanking attacks of the Heron Knights who reacted around him.
——"Fire Breath!"
At the same time, he took a deep breath, and hot flames spurted out from the Dragon Vein Warlock's mouth, sweeping over the panicked group. Among the heron knights.
As a Dragon Vein Warlock, Salo is not afraid of the blazing fire in the crowd. He holds his own flame war hammer and slaughters all enemies around him like a fire storm.
The Dragon Vein Warlock's attack was like a sign. Nearly a hundred mercenaries hidden on both sides of the hall raised their crossbows almost at the same time.
The cold crossbow arrows are directed at the Heron Knight, the Dark Guard and the Dark Priest.
With the continuous clicking sounds, the air-piercing crossbow arrows ruthlessly poured into the enemy group.
In an instant, the dark priests who received special care were pierced through the temporary shields with carefully prepared magic-breaking crossbow arrows and shot into their fragile flesh and blood.
Just one round of shooting.
More than half of the dark priests were killed or injured, and only two or three were still relying on divine spells and magic scrolls to support themselves.
After a brief panic, the heavily armed Black Guards and Heron Knights pulled out their weapons, raised their shields, methodically resisted the dense crossbow bolts, and began to counterattack.
The two torrents collided together, the sharp blades collided fiercely, causing sparks, and the metal screamed in protest.
“Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group!!!”
Looking at the changes that happened in front of him, dark guard Angus' forehead popped with veins, and he roared, his cold eyes full of violence.
Obviously, he was caught off guard by the sudden betrayal of this group of mercenaries, and was hit so hard that his absolute advantage instantly fell into a disadvantage.
In order to reverse the irreversible situation of the battle, he immediately looked at Brian who was standing at the back of the crowd.
Immediately afterwards, Angus raised his two-handed giant sword, activated the teleportation magic on the ring, turned into a black light and disappeared on the spot, and suddenly appeared in front of Brian.
——"Destroy the good and kill!"
Angus roared and raised his sword high, and the dark aura around him gathered like a solid thread, winding around him and dazzling like a corona halo.
——"Fourth Ring Spell: Lightning Spear!"
Facing the attack of the Black Guard, Brian calmly took out a metal spear and infused it with arcane energy. At lightning speed, it shot out and penetrated the chest of the last dark priest on the battlefield, allowing him to successfully surrender to the Lord of Darkness.
Seeing that the other party ignored his attack, Angus felt a surge of unknown anger in his heart, and used all his strength to slash at him with the giant sword.
“Bang!”
At this moment, a sword light flashed, and the dark lightsaber of the stern-looking old swordmaster Balerius struck Angus's chest first at a dizzying speed.
Although the protective runes erupted from Angus's dark full-body armor offset the damage of the blow, the powerful impact still made him groan and retreat continuously. After taking five or six steps back, he stabilized his body.
He looked at Brian who had never moved a step from beginning to end, and then his eyes fell on an old man next to Brian wearing linen clothes with loose gray.
When he saw that this energetic old man was actually the lame owner of the Salamander Tavern, he was immediately shocked.
——"Surge of strength!"
At the moment when he lost consciousness, Balerius' whole body shook violently, and invisible energy in the air gathered crazily on his thin body and the shimmering sword blade.
His piercing eyes became as sharp as razors.
"Surge of Power" is the most powerful buff move for the Juggernaut profession.
This move allows these sword masters who practice the energy of Qi to concentrate their spirit and energy in an instant and burst out with powerful power.
——“Raise Qi and slash!”
When Balerius once again swung the dark lightsaber held in both hands, his strong body was like an arrow leaving the string, and the speed of the attack made the air scream, and the airflow was squeezed out.
Before the lightsaber arrived, a strong wind carrying a sharp blade struck at Angus first.
“Bang!”
The burly and majestic body of Dark Guard Angus was once again knocked out by Balerusi’s powerful blow, and the heavy armor rubbed against the hard marble There were deep and long marks on the ground.
Although under the protection of the protective runes engraved on the body armor, he was lucky enough to save his life.
But this unstoppable blow made him feel as if he had been hit by a siege cone moving at full speed, and his whole body seemed to fall apart.
“Pfft!”
Angus’ throat felt sweet and he couldn’t help but spit out a stream of blood.
——"Storm of Revenge!"
Balerius's attack did not stop because of this. He quickly spit out a high-spirited magical spell from his mouth, and the dark lightsaber pointed at the ground. The Dark Guardian just got up from the ground not far away.
"Boom!"
A vertical pillar of dark light, accompanied by a deafening roar, fell from the sky, accurately enveloped Angus' body, and knocked him to the ground.
The exploding flames of darkness made Angus feel cold and severe pain all over his body, as if he was being bitten by an invisible beast.
His limbs and bones suffered unbearable pain. His body trembled involuntarily, his limbs spasmed, and he let out bursts of painful moans.
Only darkness knows how to deal with darkness.
Watching Balerius display the ability unique to the Holy Avenger, Brian couldn't help but recall these words.
The weak Angus looked at Balerius who was pressing closer and closer. He took out a magic scroll at an extremely fast speed and tore it open. Suddenly, his whole body was wrapped in dark energy. disappear.
“Catch him, he hasn’t run far, I want to live.”
Seeing this unexpected situation, Brian immediately told Balerius and ignored it. The leader of the Zhentarim.
Because he already felt a greater threat approaching him.
——"Supernatural Power: Endless Revenge!"
——"Four-ring Magic: Any Door!"
Balerius immediately passed the ability and magic of the Holy Avenger, Locking on Angus' figure, he got into the portal and disappeared.
Seeing his guards disappear, Brian did not dare to be careless. Under the cover of Lando, he immediately began to prepare his own means of responding to the enemy.
On the chaotic battlefield, evil spells were whispered.
A dark red evil magic circle filled with black air suddenly rose up in the hall, and the dark red lines intertwined into a huge six-pointed star array.
"Roar!"
The eerie roar echoed in the hall, which was spacious enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and a disgusting stench instantly hit the nostrils.
The expressions of the fighting mercenaries changed. Under the influence of the stench, their physical strength drained rapidly. Those who were not determined would even abandon their opponents and bend down to vomit.
A stream of blood splattered. In the blink of an eye, most of the fighting mercenaries were killed by the Heron Knight and Black Guard who fiercely counterattacked.
When the light of the blood-red magic circle dissipated, five of them were covered with scales, their backs were covered with spikes, their wide mouths were equipped with several rows of powerful teeth, and they were lying on all fours, like huge and strong monsters. The humanoid toad-like abyss demon came out.
The breath from the bottomless abyss surrounded this monster, and the nauseating stench hit his nostrils again.
"Invaded by a foul odor!"
"Fortitude saving throw in progress..."
"Fortitude save successful!"
"You are successfully immune to the debilitating and nauseating effect of the stench!"
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But Brian was prepared and successfully counteracted it. The stench invaded me, but I still felt a twitching sensation in my stomach.
Fight against the devil!
Smelling the familiar scent, he immediately recognized the name of the Abyss Demon.
The Berserkers serve as infantry among the demons in the Abyss. Although they are strong, they have low intelligence.
Because of this, the Berserker is often deceived by more powerful demons or evil spellcasters, and fights with his life for them.
Crazy Fighting Demon
Large Demon
Challenge Level: Level 13
Attributes: Strength 21, Agility 10, Constitution 17, Intelligence 14, Perception 14, Charisma 14
Special Feats: Blind Combat, Cleave, Power Attack, Damage Halved
Supernatural ability: Stench
Spell-like abilities (cast at will): Animate object, blasphemy, flash, hammer of chaos, deep darkness, blasphemy, detect Detect good, detect magic, counter good, counter good magic circle, fire, flying insects and beasts, precise teleportation, gaseous form, evil shadow strike (3/3 times per day), demon summoning (1/per day) 1 time)
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——"Spell-like ability: Evil Shadow Strike!"
——"blasphemy!"
——"Hammer of Chaos! ”
——“Deep Darkness Technique”
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The moment five berserk demons who were good at melee combat appeared, they roared and roared at the nearest mercenaries, releasing all kinds of evil magic filled with black energy.
They leave the ground with their forelimbs and run quickly on their legs like humans. Then they wave their arms with sharp claws and rush towards the enemy in sight.
In a moment, most of the mercenaries were killed or injured, completely losing their advantage of numerical suppression.
Dragon Vein Warlock Salo even withstood the attack of three Black Guards who had reached the third level of strength and two Berserker Demons.
In this precarious situation, a dazzling golden light rose in the six-pointed star array that Brian had arranged.
"Boom!"
In an instant, a sacred magical energy rose up, intertwining a picture from Tianjie Mountain in the mid-air.
The moment the warring Black Guards and Abyss Demon saw this scroll, the purest fear suddenly appeared in their scarlet eyes.
As the light of the magic circle dissipated, a large owl over 3 meters tall appeared in everyone's sight.
It stretched out its broad wings of white and charcoal black, and its big round eyes shone with silver-white sacred brilliance.
Following them were three garrison angels who were as tall and majestic as the ogres.
"The favored one of Tianjie Mountain!"
A large owl creature exuding a sacred aura was suspended in mid-air. It nodded slightly to Brian and said in a majestic voice with a hint of respect: "I am the Night Owl Divine Envoy of Tianjie Mountain and the scout captain of the Archon Throne. I feel your call and respond."
Night Owl Divine Envoy (Arcon Protoss)
Large alien creature (lawful good)
Challenge Level: Level 13
Attributes: Strength 16, Dexterity 20, Intelligence 17, Wisdom 25, Charisma 15, Constitution 18
Celestial Creature Traits: Threat Aura, Damage Reduction (Evil), Immunity to Petrification and Electric Shock, Dark Vision, Anti-Evil Magic Circle, Alien Creature Traits, Sensitive Smell, Spell Resistance, Teleportation, Intuitive Dodge, Unmistakable Analysis
Spell-like abilities (any use): Soothe Animal, Charm Animal, Dispel Magic, Detect Detection, Detect Thoughts, Locate Creature, Detect, See Invisibility, Defeat Enemy, Brilliant Curtain (3/3 times per day) , Advanced dispel magic (3/3 times a day).
Supernatural ability: Petrifying Ray
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“Destroy these demons from the abyss!” Brian gave instructions to the Night Owl Archangel and the three Guard Archangels.
“I am willing to serve you!” The Night Owl God screamed happily.
——"Spell-like ability: Brilliant Curtain!"
As the eyes of the Night Owl God erupted with dazzling silver-white holy light, fixed vertical light curtains composed of brilliant light appeared out of thin air among the fighting mad warriors, surrounding them and trapping them tightly. in.
The sudden change and the uncomfortable divine aura caused the demons to abandon their opponents and turn around, looking at the curtain of divine light in horror.
“Bang!”
A furious fighting madman bumped into the light curtain, and his whole body was instantly burned by the sacred energy, billowing smoke erupted, and he let out a shrill wail.
——"Ella Ella explodes with glory!"
The three Guard Gods roared, and the sacred light with celestial energy spurted out from their bear claws, covering the besieged Berserker Demon and the few surviving Black Guards.
“Explode!”
The Night Owl Divine Envoy hovering in the air let out a long cry of joy, and the fixed vertical light curtain suddenly bloomed into a dazzling holy symbol, illuminated by the sacred light. Within the shrouded curtain of light, the shrill screams of the Abyss Demon and the Dark Guard rang out.
They are like a piece of raw meat being thrown directly into a boiling oil pan, making a scalp-numbing sizzling sound.
——"Fireball!"
The escaped Dragon Vein Warlock Salo looked relieved and immediately shook his broad dragon wings and flew into the air. At the same time, he threw fireballs as big as a basin and smashed into the remaining Heron Knights and Black Guards. , bursts of violent explosions broke out.
Seeing the sudden reversal of the battle situation, the remaining mercenaries were greatly boosted in morale. Under the leadership of the Night Owl God and the Guard God, they attacked the few surviving enemies.
Brian is not idle here either, because he has already targeted the cultist who summoned the demon and started a fierce spell battle with him.
This person is the female Drow Siren from the ancient city of Orens.
Although as a wizard, she received the blessing of the Dark Lord Graz'zt, which allowed her to forcibly upgrade her strength to the fourth level paragon, but in Brian's view, she seemed to have nothing. A person who can use force but cannot be flexible.
Therefore, even if he deals with the opponent alone, there will be no problem at all.
——"Advanced Dispelling Magic!"
With rounds of counterattacks and confrontations of magic, the Night Owl Archangel hovering in the sky finally seized the opportunity, and passed through Brian's mind. Under Yin's command, bursts of ripple-like magic aura erupted from his big round eyes.
Xirin, whose whole body was shrouded in black robes, was caught off guard, and there was a cracking sound of layers peeling off her body.
——"Ma Youfu Micro Meteor!"
Brian immediately took out two pistols and unleashed twenty fist-sized bolides on Sireen who had lost her protective magic.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A stream of fire exploded, erupting into brilliant and hot magical flames.
——“Fifth-level spell: Chain of Sighs!”
——“Metamagic feat: Instant spell!”
Looking at the crumbling figure in the smoke, Brian waved his staff, and a force field chain emitting silver-blue light wrapped tightly around the opponent's body like a snake.
"Bryan! You thief, my Lord Graz'zt will never let you go!"
Knowing that there was no hope of escaping, Shireen smiled maliciously and pointedly The cry was extremely sad, "Don't be proud for too long, even if you kill me, I will still come back for revenge!"
Brian was too lazy to talk nonsense to her, and used his blue and white arcane fire to kill her. shrouded.
Driven by his thoughts, the Austrian Fire burst out with scorching heat.
In a moment, the other party was burned to ashes amidst mournful wails, leaving only a crystal overflowing with dark energy.
After finishing off his opponent, he immediately sealed the evil crystal in the essence through the "Extraction Technique", preparing to keep it for the uncorrupted red dragon egg.
Suddenly, a faint shadow solidified behind him.
Aware of the alarm coming from the Purple Dragon Seal Ring, Brian turned a blind eye.
Because from Salo's intelligence, he had long known that there was a vampire killer in Angus' team.
Not only was he always on guard against the opponent, but he also prepared a luxurious death package for this undead creature with obvious weaknesses.
——"Advanced Pyroblast!"
The moment the vampire killer in red robe solidified, he was about to wipe two daggers towards Brian's throat, and the raging flames came from him. Spewed out from his body.
The powerful air wave shocked the vampire killer, and he quickly transformed into a group of fist-sized bloody bats, preparing to flee.
——"Psychic blast!"
Brian had already anticipated the vampire's attack method. He concentrated and with a thought, he instantly stunned the group of bats in place.
"Lando!" he reminded immediately.
Lando, who had been waiting for a long time, had already reacted in time when the vampire killer appeared.
He quickly took out a large bottle of silver-colored liquid that Brian had given him in advance and threw it into the group of blood bats.
“Bang!”
The magic bottle burst automatically the moment it was thrown into the air, and dense silver holy water poured down.
“Ah!!!.”
A shrill scream suddenly came from the spacious hall.
The screams were so pitiful that even the few mercenaries who escaped from the battle couldn't help but look sideways.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Brian's spiritual crystal servant immediately took over, stretching out his chubby little claws excitedly, and quickly controlled the volleying sword that had been smeared with holy water in advance. A series of sizzling swords flashed through the swarm of blood bats that were emitting thick smoke. Light.
——"Burning Hands!"
Brian waved his staff, and hot cone-shaped flames spurted out.
The vampire killer, who was corroded by the high concentration of holy water until only his bones were left, turned into a pile of ashes before he could even see his true face, and was so dead that he could no longer die.
At the end of the battle, Brian smiled and gave Lando a thumbs up. Just as he was about to assist the Dragon Vein Warlock Salo in cleaning up the remaining soldiers, a portal suddenly appeared, and the figure of Balerius appeared in front of him.
"Bang!"
Dark Guard Angus, who was still moaning softly, was thrown to the ground by Balerius.
"Fortunately, he still has breath." The old sword master looked at the dark guard on the ground, leaned slightly towards Brian, and said respectfully.
Brian looked down and saw that the Zhentarim leader's armor was torn to pieces by a sharp sword, his chest was bloody and bloody, and his exposed heart could be vaguely seen.
This guy has been able to persist until now entirely because of his strong will and strong body.
However, even if he didn't go after him now, the opponent would die within a few minutes.
Brian waved his staff and harvested the opponent's life.
As the battle in the hall came to an end, the last seriously injured Dark Guard ran desperately towards the door.
As soon as he arrived in front of the door, the door opened suddenly.
Pulanda, the deputy leader of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group with a smile on his face, rushed into the hall first, holding two scimitars that were still bleeding, followed by more than a dozen vicious mercenaries. They all hold long-handled heavy axes in their hands.
The Blackguard was decapitated by two axes while wailing.
"Sir, according to your instructions, the members of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group have cooperated with Zander to open the gate and occupy the entire castle." Ranger Puranda immediately reported the situation to Brian.
Brian nodded slightly and said to everyone, "Leave fifty people to clean the battlefield, and the remaining people to blockade the entire town. Graal, after dawn, you summon all the slave owners and merchants in the town to come to the bunker. , If anyone refuses to obey, he will be killed without mercy!"
"Lando."
He looked at the young warrior beside him and told him: "Hang the prepared purple dragon flag. On the city wall, tell everyone that Mokou Town will always belong to the Kingdom of Cormyr.”
(End of this chapter)