Chapter 268 The Giant-Eyed Tyrant
The five eyes flashed suddenly, watching them with all their attention.
These eyes are connected to a sphere by snake-like tentacles that are constantly dancing. A large mouth full of fangs opens below the sphere. In the center of the floating sphere is a huge one-eye, burning with excitement. of light.
“Long time no see, Victor.”
Brian held down Santila’s little hand, motioning her not to act rashly, and looked at the observer beholder, “I didn’t expect that. I’m actually able to meet you here.”
He was mentally prepared to encounter the Observer Beholder in this magical demiplane, but he didn't expect to meet him not long after he appeared.
Moreover, he could clearly feel the vigilance in Victor's five little eyes.
Recalling that the Harper leader told himself that this demiplane was occupied by a group of beholder tyrants, he probably guessed the reason why this observer beholder, who was once the familiar of the evangelist mage, appeared here.
After receiving Brian's reminder, Santila stopped trying to take out the weapon, and just locked a pair of vigilant blue eyes on the beholder.
"There are many things you didn't expect, Brian." The Observer Beholder floated next to Brian and Santila, circling the two of them with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Brian, you are really haunted. You must be jealous that Victor is the most perfect creation of the 'Great Mistress', so you want to persecute Victor, and then you tracked him all the way from the Underdark. By the way, Steal Victor’s treasure again, right?”
“Actually, like last time, this is just a coincidence.” Brian looked at the Observer Demon spinning slowly around him. "I came here mainly for this magical demiplane, you have to know..."
"The demiplane belongs to Victor!"
The Observer Beholder interrupted excitedly After hearing Brian's words, he said in an almost roaring tone, "The demiplane was created by Witek in his dream. No one can take away Witt's demiplane."
Hearing this, Brian recalled something.
Because he was short of time, he once asked his tower spirit, Ms. Polaris, what kind of spells or extra-dimensional spaces could slow down the flow of time.
The answer Ms. Polaris gave him was that he needed to find a beholder whose strength was in the legendary realm.
Because beholders are embodied alien creatures, powerful beholders can even manifest the other-dimensional space they want through thinking.
If Victor’s words are true, doesn’t it mean that this guy’s strength is at least in the legendary realm.
However, Brian learned from Storm that this demiplane was created by the legendary elf mage Silinci, not the beholder in front of him.
Thinking of this, Brian immediately understood the context.
Obviously, this demiplane was not created by the beholder. The reason why Victor claimed that this demiplane is his own is probably because he once entered this demiplane in the form of a dream. .
So, this shameless guy thought that this demiplane was his own creation.
After all, beholders can not only change reality when they dream, but even their reproduction occurs through dreams.
Although the demiplane was not created by the beholder, Brian guessed that the different time flow rates between the demiplane and the main material plane were probably caused by their dreams distorting reality.
After figuring out the problem, he couldn't help but wonder what role those beholder tyrants played in this demiplane.
“You said this demiplane is yours.” Brian asked: “Then tell me...”
“The demiplane is originally Victor’s, there is nothing wrong with it. Explained." Victor interrupted him again and said excitedly, "The demiplane was created by Victor in his dream. No one can take away Victor's demiplane."< br>
"What I mean is, this demiplane..." Brian patiently explained to Victor.
"Viktor doesn't care what you mean, this demiplane belongs to Victor." His words were interrupted again by the excited Observer Beholder.
"I know the demiplane is yours..."
"Nonsense, this is Victor's!"
"...Nah." Brian felt like he was in the same boat as this. The demon couldn't communicate at all, so he motioned to the drow girl next to him with his eyes.
“I’ve long disliked him.” Santila muttered, looking at the beholder who was still circling around the two of them, and waved her hand coldly.
In an instant, emerald green vines burst out of the ground, dancing like a wild snake, wrapping the unsuspecting observer's flesh ball into a rice dumpling, leaving only four eyes on the tentacles. , showing a panicked look.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Brian, Victor knows you have bad intentions." The beholder's four little eyes stared at Brian angrily, "Viktor is the most perfect creation of the 'Great Mistress'. How could you be trapped by the tricks of a drow girl like you? Let you see Victor..."
As the eye demon said this, four tentacles with small eyes immediately branched out. Get ready to unleash the supernatural ray.
Then, he suddenly seemed to see something scary, and the four tentacles quickly softened, hanging in the air like vines.
Brian saw that the drow girl beside him had taken out a long bow at some point and attached a sharp arrow that shone with silver luster.
This elegant composite longbow is made of sorbet wood and is inlaid with silver elf-style patterns. The ends of the bow corners are covered with silver, and the handle in the middle is wrapped with blue metal wire.
As the bow string was gradually stretched by Santila, a bone-deep chill filled the air.
"Could it be..." Seeing this piece of equipment, Brian recalled one thing.
It is said that the Elf Lord Corellon Larethian made the first Elf Winter Moon Bow of legendary quality dozens of centuries ago and gave it to an Elf hero.
As time passed, Corellon's priests forged several weapons of exceptional quality based on this legendary composite bow.
When the first elf player received this excellent quality composite longbow in Corellon Temple due to his outstanding military exploits, he learned through the history of the weapon that it turned out that Corellon was the first legendary sword made by him. The high-quality composite bow is also a replica, copied from an elven artifact that has been lost long ago.
Seeing this legendary compound bow imitated from an artifact, Brian's last doubt about Santila's true identity completely disappeared.
"Tell me, why don't you continue talking?" Santila looked at the Observer Beholder who was trapped like a rice dumpling by the vines with a half-smile.
Feeling the sharp cold light of the sharp arrow, Victor shrank his eyes and was too frightened to speak.
He quietly stretched out a tentacle, and the eyes on it blinked crazily at Brian, as if sending him a distress signal.
Brian turned a blind eye.
He could feel the beholder's fear of Santila's weapon, because the sharp arrow, which was placed on the bowstring and engraved with mysterious elven runes, not only restrained the strange monsters, but also hit the body. Produces an effect similar to "dissociation".
“Actually, I really want to give you a blow from close range and see your expression.” Santila playfully continued: “But you really stink, so I plan to use arrows to deal with it. You."
"Don't worry, I won't miss it." She deliberately showed a scary expression unique to the drow clan, and said in fear:
"My arrows are always on target, but I can guarantee that you will not be killed by the first arrow, nor the second one, because I will work hard to ensure that you can feel the arrival of your death."
The drow girl's azure blue eyes radiated a bone-chilling chill, making it impossible for Brian to tell whether her words were a joke or not.
"Brian, what are you doing standing still?" The beholder was so frightened that he collapsed, baring his teeth and claws, swinging four tentacles with small eyes, and yelled at Brian.
“Hurry up and save Victor! This drow girl is so scary, even scarier than the human girl you were with last time. Victor can feel that she really wants to kill Victor. Oh! Victor is the most perfect creation of the Great Mistress. You can't bear to see one of the most perfect creations missing from this world. Don't forget, you wouldn't have gotten it without Victor's deliberate betrayal. The items left behind by the preaching mage..."
Brian was about to stop Santila's actions, but the other party had already put away his weapons.
The drow girl suddenly caught another piece of information in the beholder's words and asked: "The human girl who was with him last time? Who is she? Where did you see her?"
"Of course it's in the Underdark!"
The Observer Beholder secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly answered Santila's question, "Brian and a human girl came to the place where Victor was guarding his master's treasure. ”
As if sensing the subtle changes in Santila’s expression, Victor’s four eyeballs rolled around, wandering between Brian and Santila while adding embellished information. Said: "You have to know that the relationship between the two of them is very close. Sometimes they hold hands, sometimes they hold each other in their arms, and they even kiss each other when they are happy... even Victor is envious of him."
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Brian's head was covered with black lines, and he was about to speak to interrupt the beholder who was going off topic. The drow girl beside him turned around with her thick white hair and looked at him, with strong curiosity shining in her eyes, "What he said is Really? Who is that human being?”
“Is it necessary to ask?” The beholder quickly answered, “It must be his lover, Victor has been guarding the Dark Area for hundreds of years, of course. You know the depressing environment there best. Do you even have to think about what a lonely and widowed woman can do while adventuring in the dark area? Oh, they must be..."
"Brian, what he said is that. Isn't it true?" Santila looked at him with resentful eyes.
“Of course what Victor said is true!”
The Beholder pointed a tentacle to the sky, “Viktor can swear to the gods that everything Victor said is true. , if Victor lies, let Victor...let Brian die badly!"
Hearing these words, Brian suddenly had the urge to go up and strangle Victor.
But when he thought about it carefully, this foul-mouthed beholder had really guessed the relationship between him and Hesaya, which left him without even a chance to defend himself.
After all, although he likes girls, he is not a scumbag enough to deliberately hide it. Faced with this situation, he quickly calmed down.
He did not intend to explain anything, but began to change the topic and said to Santila with a straight face, "Now is not the time to discuss this issue. Let's complete the current task first. That’s the most important thing.”
"Look, look, Victor has guessed everything, so he has to change the topic because he feels guilty. That human girl must have had an affair with him." The beholder pointed with its tentacles with small eyes. Brian, yelled at him.
"Bryan, you shameless person! You actually deceived such a beautiful and innocent drow girl. Let me state in advance that Victor did not deliberately stir up trouble, Victor was just doing it for..."< br>
“Boom!”
A roaring fireball hit the booing beholder, drowning him in the smoke, and a painful wail came, “You shameless bastard, how dare you Sneak attack on Victor!"
"Brian, did he guess everything correctly?" Santila's blue eyes flickered slightly, looking at him curiously, "So, I am also curious about this. Who is the human girl? ”
"Absolutely." Brian didn't hide anything and told Santila truthfully.
“That girl you should know is the Queen Regent of Cormyr. She was the one I met when I escaped from Ancient Orens City and returned to the surface.”
“It turns out that So." After hearing his explanation, Santila nodded thoughtfully, with a playful smile on her lips.
“Actually, when I learned the news about you from Teacher Storm, I was still wondering why you could be named the Lord Protector of Cormyr. It turns out that it is this relationship, um... In this case , I’m relieved.”
“What are you relieved about?” Brian was stunned and asked.
"I can beat her." The drow girl raised her elven compound bow, raised her chin arrogantly, and said to him matter-of-factly, "One day, my strength will surpass that of Silver Moon in the North. City Lord."
"...Does this have something to do with strength?" Brian looked at her with a dumbfounded look, and warned in a serious tone, "You must not mess around."
After hearing these words, he suddenly realized that he had ignored the fact that the seemingly naughty and cute drow girl in front of him came from the ancient Orens city of the dark elves.
When it comes to using intrigues and tricks, I am afraid that no one among the women he knows can compare with her.
In fact, from the moment he met Santila, including his relationship with her and his escape from the ancient city of Orens, he regarded the girl as an unexpected encounter and did not take her seriously. .
After all, he was relatively familiar with the promiscuous personality of the dark elf, and he didn't think that the other party would really emerge from the mud like a lotus flower.
Who would have thought that he still underestimated the reincarnation of Eilistraee.
The three books he gave to Santila and the note he left subconsciously turned out to be self-defeating, causing this strange drow girl to keep him in her heart.
So, in this situation that is not exclusive, if you can bring this reincarnated boss of the god into your harem, it will naturally be a happy thing.
Although he had always wanted to have a harem in this world, but after careful calculation, there are only a handful of girls that he really approves of, and he is already satisfied with this. There is no such thing as falling in love with every one he meets. I can't walk when I'm a woman, and I haven't thought about adding new members because of this.
Therefore, he is still a little worried that if this drow girl is too possessive...
"Oh, Shura Field!"
The beholder appears from the dissipating smoke. , "Viktor likes to watch the Shura Field the most. Victor has seen the most exciting Shura Field at his master's place."
"Hey!" The Observer Beholder looked at Santila, "Miss Zhuoer, Victor didn't deliberately stir up trouble. Look at Brian like this, aren't you angry at all?"
"Ah!!!"
Santila raised her little hand, and a bone-chilling ball of frost exploded. While Victor was wailing, layers of frost condensed on the surface of his body at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“Don’t worry, I won’t mess around.” Santila glanced at Brian provocatively, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then quickly disappeared, “My curiosity has already Satisfied, let’s get back to the topic.”
“What’s going on in this demiplane?” Brian asked the observer who was shivering due to Santila’s magic with a serious expression.
"Half...the demiplane belongs to Victor!" At the mention of the demiplane, the beholder shouted excitedly again, but when he saw the unkind looks in their eyes, Immediately scared.
“The demiplane was created by Victor using his own dreams. Wisteria Valley and the residents here were created by Victor. This is Victor’s paradise and toys. As long as you stay here, Victor will feel extremely satisfied and happy, and no one can drive Victor away and occupy Victor’s half of the plane.”
"Then are there any other beholders here?" Brian continued to ask.
“No!” Victor said without thinking, “There is only one beholder, Victor, and there are absolutely no other beholders.”
Brian and Santila looked suspiciously at the same time Looking at the bewitched.
"Really not." The two men, who were a little guilty, assured, "If Victor lied to you, Victor would be...a puppy."
"As far as I know , but there is a group of beholder tyrants living in this demiplane." Brian looked at him meaningfully, changed the subject, and said in a slightly cold tone, "From now on, you have become a puppy. ”
"Tch!" When the lie was exposed, the observer's beholder retorted harshly: "What's wrong with being a puppy? The puppy is so cute, woof woof..."
Santila on the side was laughed at by the beholder. He looked amused and said with a smile, "I have never seen such a shameless beholder."
"Cut the nonsense!"
Brian said sarcastically: "We are here. The purpose is to eliminate these beholder tyrants, if you tell me honestly, maybe when I feel better, I will not only spare you from death, but also hand over half of the plane to you to manage, otherwise..."
He looked at Santila beside him. The drow girl raised her weapon.
"Don't, don't, don't do it! Can't you tell Victor honestly?" The observer's eyes shrank in fright, and he said dejectedly:
"Actually... this demiplane is not Vick. It was created by Te alone, and other beholders also participated, but Victor contributed the most, and the inheritance rights should belong to Victor. Damn Reckni used his strength to drive away poor Victor. , I want to take it as my own.”
“I believe what you said for the time being.”
Brian nodded thoughtfully, talking to the drow girl next to him. They looked at each other and then asked, "Do you know a ranger named Azara?"
"Of course Victor does." The beholder quickly replied:
"He is a harpist who talks a lot. He thinks about maintaining his own happiness and alleviating his boredom all day long, and then escapes from Wisteria Valley. He also holds a grudge against the harpists who imprisoned him."
"But since the damn Rekni came, he imprisoned Azara, turned into a ranger, and lived in Wisteria Valley." The beholder added the final addition.
Brian learned through magic that the beholder in front of him was not lying.
He thought for a moment and said to Victor, "In that case, how about you take us to find Rekni and we help you eliminate him?"
"No! Wei Kurt won't go!" The Observer Beholder shook his four tentacles and kept shaking his head, "Viktor can't defeat Rekni. Rekni can enslave Victor, but Victor doesn't dare to go there. ”
After hearing this, Brian immediately realized that the Rekni in Victor's mouth was definitely a giant-eyed tyrant.
Among the beholder tribe, the giant-eyed tyrant will suppress his xenophobic tendencies and transform them into a dictatorship.
They will end their solitary life and enslave their own kind and other creatures to build their own huge empire in the name of the giant-eyed tyrant.
The giant-eyed tyrant will also set up his territory inside or underground in large cities, and operate agents at all levels to serve his interests through a network of agents at all levels.
To put it in easy-to-understand terms, a beholder who likes to live alone has evolved into a giant-eyed tyrant who can farm and advance technology.
In the Great Killing Fields of the Underdark, there is a giant-eyed tyrant with unfathomable strength. His territory is even more terrifying than the Lich's lair, and is known as the tomb of legendary professionals.
When the turmoil broke out in the Underdark, even the incarnation of the Demon Lord Yeenoghu, King of the Gnolls, hated it.
Obviously, this demiplane is regarded by the giant-eyed tyrant as his own insignificant and developed territory.
In this case, if Victor is really allowed to follow them there, not only will they not get any help, but an enemy will appear out of thin air.
Even so, he couldn't help but secretly lament the extraordinaryness of the observer beholder in front of him, which could actually escape from the enslavement of a giant-eyed tyrant.
It is indeed the magic pet of a certain preaching mage.
In this case, Brian began to think about waiting for the task to be completed. Whether it was through coercion or inducement, he must deceive this beholder to help him manage the demiplane.
He thought for a long time and said to Victor, "Then you just stay here honestly, and the two of us will go meet this giant-eyed tyrant called Rekni."
"Don't worry, Victor will definitely stay here honestly. Even if you beat him to death, Victor will not pass by." The observer blinked with fear, and then said:
“If you can kill Rekni, Viktor will tell you where Azara is being held, but the prerequisite is that you cannot drive Viktor away, because this demiplane is Victor's. Otherwise, you will never know where Azara is sealed."
"Very good." Brian nodded slightly. He was about to ask about the ranger, but he didn't expect that Victor actually took the initiative to bring it up, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Then, without wasting any more time, he walked towards Wisteria Valley with Santila.
(End of this chapter)