Chapter 258 Banquet
As a time traveler, although Brian could guess what would happen next, hearing it from the head of Arabe's 'intelligence agency' still made him frightened. .
Because at this moment, he had just ended an orc war that put him in danger, and then he faced a greater challenge than this war.
He was not even prepared for disaster.
This reminded Brian of the scene in the Underdark where he once rescued Hesiah from the purple worm.
At that time, he thought that with his identity as a time traveler and the ability of Austrian Fire that was comparable to a plug-in, he thought that he could change many things in the Kingdom of Cormyr and allow this kingdom to continue.
Who would have thought that as Mokou Town gradually gets on the right track, his little butterfly flapping its wings has unknowingly set off a storm.
If it is said that the Dragon Worship Cult and the City of Shadows have formed an alliance in advance, and the devils of Baator Hell have reached a cooperative relationship with the Five-Colored Dragon Queen in advance, there are still traces to follow.
So for the Stormhorn Mountains, the ‘Great Sage’ of the orcs.
This war shaman, whose strength has reached the level of mid-level legend, a strong man who will not appear for at least five years, has led an army of cultivated orcs to invade the Kingdom of Cormyr in advance. He simply cannot guess who it is. For what reason.
Even if he wanted to go to pieces, he still couldn't figure it out. This great orc sage, known as the "Sixth Old One" among their players, was waiting for the opportunity in the Stormhorn Mountains, but he was the first one to show up.
Otherwise, Cormyr will lose a king at most.
But the current situation is that all the towns in the entire Forest of Kings area have been destroyed by orcs.
Brian sighed deeply. Whether it was mixed with regret, helplessness, exhaustion, or other emotions, I'm afraid even he couldn't figure out.
The only thing he knows clearly is: when the soldiers come, they will block it, and when the water comes, the soil will cover it up.
He did not answer Hesaya's question, nor did he reply to the head of the intelligence agency, Keveril, about his thoughts at the moment. Instead, he slowly turned around and looked down at Long Lake.
He needs to sort out his chaotic thoughts and figure out how to fight against the third counterattack of Ghost City next.
Brian learned from Kevril that Cormanthor of the Ancient Elf Court, the demon elves from Far Mountain City, the Zhentarim, the Dark Elves and the Purgatory Family had united to defeat the demon elves from The elven expeditionary force of Evermeet Island continues to march towards the throne of Holy Cormanthor.
This news has little impact on the current situation in Mokou Town, but in the long run, it is related to the battle for the magic network between the goddess of night Shar and the goddess of magic Mystra.
So, he specifically asked the female lord of Arabe to help him find out about Comanso.
Because if the coalition of dark forces really captures Mis Drannor in Cormanthor, it means that in the battle for the magic network, the goddess of magic will be completely at a disadvantage.
As for the forces over there, Brian naturally cannot change it. He can only pray that a certain boss hidden in Mis Drannor who is said to have the highest magical attainments can reverse the situation.
After all, if we follow the normal trajectory of the timeline, this boss not only helped the Elf Expeditionary Force defeat the dark forces, but also allowed the elves of Evermeet Island to completely establish themselves on Cormanthor, known as: The Year of the Elf Revival .
If the matter about the Elf Expeditionary Force had little impact on Brian, then the next few pieces of news that Keveril told him made him unable to sit still, and he wished he could tear them apart now. Portal, return to Mokou Town.
First of all, the Yinhun Mage troops led by the first and second princes of Yinhun City defeated the ocean race coalition represented by the Loka fish in the Falling Star Sea, allowing the floating city of Shaman, which had been lost for dozens of centuries, to Cross, successfully flying in the sky.
At the same time, a high-ranking priest of the Lost Lady Shar, with the assistance of traitors from the Sembian royal family, completed a huge dark ritual, summoning a beam of light over the capital of Sembia, Cormyr's eastern neighbor. Interdimensional rift.
Countless creatures from the shadow world poured into the capital of Sambia, destroying this large city with a population of nearly 200,000. Most of the residents were killed in this disaster and were resurrected into an undead army. Sweeping power, conquer the entire Kingdom of Sambia.
There is no doubt that their next target is Cormier.
Because there is still a ritual similar to that in the capital of Sembia before tearing the magic web, and the location of the ritual was positioned by the priestesses of Shar in the city of Tifanton, east of Mokou Town.
The fundamental reason why the Princes of Shadows and the priests of Shar in the City of Shadows were able to cause such a terrible disaster unscrupulously was because of a team led by High King Telamant Tanshur himself. The Assassin and the Shadow Sage sneaked into the Shadow Valley and attacked the mage tower of Elminster, chosen by the goddess of magic. The old man, known as the most powerful wizard among mortals, was defeated and disappeared with serious injuries, never to be seen again in the world.
In fact, the voters of the Goddess of Magic knew about the attack immediately, but they were completely unable to rush to support as usual.
Because all the teleportation spells to Shadow Valley have failed.
In the end, Elminster's mage tower became a pile of ruins.
Although another ranger elect of the Goddess of Magic named Dove Hawkhand, and her husband, Florin, the elect of the Forest Goddess Melika, in the first place when the teleportation spell failed, Time took the knights of Mis Drannor under his command and went to support as quickly as possible.
However, when they arrived in the Misty Valley, they were attacked by two other ghost princes, and most of them died in the ambush.
Vatik, one of the twin ghost princes, died together with Dove Hawkhand, the chosen one of the goddess of magic, in this battle. The battle was extremely brutal.
Subsequently, the top military commander of the Zhentarim fortress, Zhentil Keep, personally led his army to occupy the Valley of Shadows. The dark elf army from the Underdark also took the opportunity to rush out of the surface and occupy the Twisted Tower.
At this point, the elves' Cormanso and the human kingdom of Sembia have all fallen into the hands of the dark forces.
As for the valley located northeast of Tifanton, in addition to the Misty Valley, Suizi Valley, Battle Valley, Scar Valley, Deep Forest Valley and many other areas are all occupied by the army of Ghost City.
The fundamental reason why only Misty Valley did not suffer the same fate is that all the chosen people of the Magic Goddess who once tried to support Shadow Valley gathered here.
Not only that, forces from the Harper Alliance, the Northland Ranger Organization, the Church of the Moon Goddess Selun, and people from the Elf Court also all united to try to use the Misty Valley as a base to resist the invasion of dark forces.
Brian knows that once the Misty Valley is occupied by the City of Shadows, it will directly threaten the city of Tiffanyton in the Kingdom of Cormyr.
If we follow the timeline, Misty Valley was indeed lost, and Tiffanyton was not spared, and also fell into the footsteps of the capital of Sambia.
For the failure of Hadjhorna's operations against Arabe City and Mokou Town, Shadow City is likely to use the floating city of Sacros to fly in the sky again to complete its revenge.
This is what he is most worried about right now.
If he is really taken advantage of by the Floating City, he will face not only the army of the Shadow City, but also the mage tower built by the Shadow Princes on the Floating City. He will hardly have much advantage.
That’s why he believed that compared to the disaster from the City of Shadows, the just-ended Orc War was nothing more than child’s play.
Of course, compared to these bad news, the head of the intelligence agency also brought him some pretty good news.
As he expected, although the Dragon Cult's Dragon Madness Mystery Lock experiment was successful, its influence was not comparable to that of Sammaster, the founder of the Dragon Lich. It aroused the hostility of most dragons.
Because Severin was seriously injured and escaped from Arabe City, the Dragon Well, the headquarters of the Dragon Cult in the Sunset Mountains, including the Dark Fortress they occupied, all became low-key.
"Thank you for bringing me this news in time." Brian came back to his senses, turned to Kevril and said, "Please tell Miss Myrcella that I will return to Mokou Town soon."
"It's my duty to say goodbye!" Kevril said neatly and disappeared into a shadow. "Are you leaving now?" Hesiah came to Brian's side, her beautiful silver-gray eyes flashed with complex emotions, and asked slightly uneasily.
“No rush.” Brian’s frown gradually widened and he shook his head slightly.
Although many things were weighing on his mind, which made him feel a lot of pressure, his mentality was not as bad as he imagined, and he also knew that going too far was not enough.
After all, having a scowl won't solve any problem.
"I promised you something, and I will naturally not break it." He looked into Hisaya's eyes, gave her a reassuring look, then smiled, and left side by side with her.
On the evening of the second day after the memorial service, Brian came to the banquet hall of Suzal Palace.
As soon as he entered the hall, he clearly felt the eyes of many nobles on him.
This is conceivable. After all, in this orc war, he was not only the supreme commander of this battle, but also won the war.
His constructed army and mage tower fired a magic pulse cannon at the ancient green dragon, which turned the entire battle around.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most dazzling genius wizard rising in the Kingdom of Cormyr. Some people have even begun to secretly discuss what kind of reward this young mage lord will get.
However, it was only for a moment, and then the nobles withdrew their gazes and began to talk eagerly.
At this moment, the banquet has not started yet.
The nobles were talking and waiting in the hall, but no one came up to chat with Brian, and he had no intention of joining those noble circles.
Although nominally speaking, he is now indeed a member of the nobility, but he only has an additional title of lord in the name of the Purple Dragon Seal Ring Pioneer, and has no actual title, not even a family name.
Furthermore, it was Brian's first time to step into the city of Susar, and he was not very familiar with these nobles.
He has been busy running his own territory. Naturally, he has no time and leisure to invite those nobles to his territory as guests to connect with each other, let alone visit them from time to time to drink tea and chat with them.
So, even if some nobles wanted to make friends with this outstanding mage lord, they would have to give up because the two parties were not familiar enough.
Not to mention, when Brian brought Hesiah to Susar City for the first time, his performance of forcing his way into the prime minister's mansion had already made many people see that he was a tough and dangerous character.
He is vaguely regarded as the opposite of Susar's rear party forces.
For the shrewd aristocratic group, it is best not to act rashly before this kind of person understands his hobbies and stance, otherwise it will only be counterproductive.
Because of this, many nobles wanted to communicate with him, but in the end they carefully chose to keep a distance from him.
For this situation, Brian was also happy to see the outcome and was not angry because he was ignored.
On the contrary, he enjoyed this quiet time.
At this moment, he was far away from the crowd, leaning in a relatively remote corner of the hall, closing his eyes and concentrating. The only person following him was the red dragon Agtus who had transformed into a human form.
Although this is a very serious occasion, the behavior of this fat red dragon is not serious at all.
In Mokou Town, what this guy likes most is the excitement and food. It is not lively here now, and the banquet has not started yet, and there is no food in sight.
So, Agtus simply lay down on a bench next to him like a puppy, resting his head on his folded hands, and fell asleep.
This does not look very elegant, but luckily he is in a remote corner and not many people notice him.
Even if someone saw it, they would just smile helplessly and would never touch the trouble of a giant dragon because of such a trivial matter.
In the war with the orcs, all the participants knew that the mage lord of Mokou Town raised a fat red dragon. Not only did he kill an adult green dragon, he also sprayed nearly three points of the orc to death with one breath of dragon breath. One of the Winged Dragoons.
Anyone who is not a fool can tell from Argotus' human size that he is an adult red dragon.
As time passed, more and more nobles came to the hall, including some famous nobles. Everyone gradually gathered around and started chatting with those nobles.
Brian opened his eyes, leaned against the wall, looked at the nobles, and frowned slightly.
He could see that these people were happy and thankful for the end and victory of this war.
But for him, this didn't make him happy at all.
When the floating city of the ghost force presses on the heart of the Kingdom of Cormyr, I am afraid that few people can laugh.
He didn’t know whether Hesiah was a good ruler, let alone what would happen to the people under her?
After all, he still hopes to rely on the Kingdom of Cormyr to lay a solid foundation for his march into the Eno Oak Desert.
If Hesiah is willing, it is not impossible for him to even plan to let the magical civilization of the Kingdom of Cormyr flourish and gradually transform it into a magical kingdom.
Thinking of this, Brian felt that it was necessary to give her some guidance before he left Susar.
As the beautiful music sounded, everyone in the banquet hall stopped talking. They turned around and stared ahead with serious expressions.
Under the gaze of everyone, the thick white door inlaid with golden patterns slowly opened, and then, Hesiah's figure appeared in front of everyone.
The Prince Regent walking on the red carpet was wearing a flawless white dress. The flowing golden lines shone with hazy brilliance. Through the translucent gauze at the slit hem below, one could clearly see See her two slender legs.
Her long brown-red hair was carefully braided and let down. From a distance, her white dress was very close-fitting, and her flowing and beautiful figure was perfectly displayed.
The dress has no collar, the bare shoulders are as white as snow, and the jade neck is fragrant, looking particularly dazzling under the faint light.
Her lips were also painted with cherry-colored lip makeup, which made her white cheeks look very beautiful, and her silver-gray eyes were as bright and moving as ever, so pure that they seemed to be able to absorb Brian's soul. Absorb life and death.
In Brian's opinion, Hesiah is an impeccable work of art.
She walked over quietly, giving him a strange feeling that he could not recognize her at all, but yet clearly knew every detail of her body parts.
(End of this chapter)