Chapter 308 ‘Father of Nese’ Iolum
The warm sunshine has never shone on this land, not even the gentle moonlight can enter.
The only thing here is darkness. Under the light of those stupid intruders, only the cold stone walls and hard rocks announce their existence.
The Lost City of ‘Elaineto’.
The most evil races are gathered here. The existence of darkness seems to have loosened the valves of all desires. Those races that accidentally broke into this place or were forced to come to this city are struggling to survive in this ancient evil. live in the city.
Brian was standing on a rocky island. The island was about 100 meters in diameter and surrounded by a wide deep trench.
Beside him were other creatures, including a small group of goblins and a few haggard elves that had evidently been tortured for too long by the mind flayer's mind-bending powers.
They were sitting or standing, with empty eyes and expressionless faces, as if they were waiting for something.
Brian soon understands that they will all become dinner for their cruel master.
A spiritual light flashed through the teleportation circle, and the figure of the ghost prince Brenas appeared in front of Brian.
"The old gentleman said you can go in." Brenas, dressed as a scholar, walked up to Brian and said, "Let's say goodbye here. I want to go back to Sultansa as soon as possible."
"I understand." Brian met the Prince of Shadows' eyes that were still bright and wise in the darkness, and said sincerely, "Thank you for your help in bringing me here."
"You know "Yes, what I need is not your gratitude." Brianus stretched out his right hand and said with a smile: "But a promise from you."
"I will not forget it." The Prince of Shadows shook his hand and replied, "In the same way, I also hope that you will not forget to agree to my conditions."
In the game world, the High King of Shadow City and Iolum have never touched each other. face, so he was curious about what kind of chemical reaction would occur when Brenas brought this news back.
"I will keep it in mind and try my best." Brenas nodded slightly, waved goodbye, opened a portal and disappeared.
Brian retracted his gaze and looked down at the far end of a long and narrow cave.
There, many stalactite towers form a castle of the mind flayer tribe: Elianto City.
Although it was dark in front of him, Brian could still distinguish the figures running back and forth on the rock castle through his own vision, and could clearly hear the tapping of the tools in their hands.
This is the slave of Eliento City. Almost all underground and surface races such as underground gnomes, gray dwarves, goblins, and kobolds can be seen here.
All under the control of psionic powers, they use their skills in rock processing to serve their mind flayer masters and continue to expand the huge rock fortress complex in the Underdark.
Feeling the deep depression and the beating echo of the castle complex like the heartbeat of a ferocious beast, Brian took a deep breath of cold air, used the levitation spell, and flew towards a huge tower standing at the core of the castle. go.
It was hollowed out and transformed into a giant stalagmite with a diameter of about 50 meters, and the most important members of Elianto City are entrenched in it.
This giant stalagmite is surrounded by a series of stone chambers and spiral staircases. Each level is inhabited by mind flayer lichs or mind flayer ghosts, and the bottom is a circular room without any decoration. , living inside is the most important core of this mind flayer city - the mind flayer mastermind.
The entire mind flayer society is bound together by its psychic energy.
The master brain is also the storage body of the mind flayer's knowledge. It guards the outer cave with its spiritual eyes. For the mind flayer society, the master brain is the center that coordinates all their actions, and its status is equivalent to their god.
The person Brian is looking for lives in the circular room at the bottom, which is the legendary: Echo Chamber.
The person who lives in the 'Echo Chamber' is Iolum, the great arcanist of the Netheril era.
As the greatest human arcanist that has ever appeared in the world of Toril, Iolum is the main promoter of the magical art of Nese. He has trained more than 3,000 arcanists in his life.
Mythor Core, Floating City, Iolum Immortality, these achievements that pushed Netheril to glory were all made by him. Because of this, he is also called: Netheril. The father of color.
Dozens of centuries ago, Iolum foresaw the destruction of Netherzer through prophecy, and he understood that the destruction of Netherzer could not be saved by the power of magic.
So he gave up his floating city and left Nese, trying to find new power.
The sudden disappearance of one of the most famous figures and legendary heroes has plunged Netheril into chaos.
After a rebellion, Archmage Karthus cast his famous 12th-level spell "Avatar of Karthus", which completely destroyed Netheril.
After the destruction of Netheril, Iorum quietly continued to select apprentices from promising Netheril refugees.
Out of curiosity, he also took on apprentices from the nearby mind flayer city of Elianto.
These mind flayer apprentices allowed him to learn the secrets of psionic energy, and he began to use the mind flayers in Elianto City to do some of the things that the great arcanists loved to do.
Also known as experimental research, which includes turning mind flayers into lichs and ghosts.
Then the first batch of mind flayer lichs and ghosts appeared in the whole world, and even mind flayer vampires.
With the success of batches of experiments, Iolum set the experimental target on the mind flayer mastermind in Elianto City.
He tried to transform the mind flayer mastermind into a lich, becoming the mind flayer mastermind lich.
His bold attempt was naturally unacceptable to the mind flayers.
After all, the mastermind is the leader of the mind flayer society, and the brain pool is the place where they train their next generation. However, what the mind flayers cannot accept even more is that Iolum has no regard for this new form of life. Very satisfied and decided to integrate with it.
During this fusion ritual, most of his apprentices died, and only a few escaped.
Iolum, on the other hand, completely controlled the body of the mind flayer mastermind in a similar way to body seizing, becoming a being that reached the pinnacle of arcane and spiritual powers.
The few mind flayers who escaped not only spread this story of collapse and fear for the mind flayers, but also let the mind flayer society in the underground kingdom learn about the creation of the mind flayer lich. secret.
Today, in the form of the Elder Elder Brain Lich, Iolum is known as the sage of Elento.
He hides deep in this abandoned ancient city, thinking about ways to revive Netheril all day long. The few people who have the opportunity to meet the sage Elaine will also get some information about Netheril. magical knowledge.
But so far, no one knows that this ‘sage’ was once the legendary great arcanist Iolum.
It was also in the last year of the game that Brian learned that someone had accidentally found the location of Iolum hidden deep in this abandoned Mind Flayer city through the library of the Inscribed Valley.
It was precisely for this reason that he began to think of finding the other party.
When Brian approached the range of the giant stalagmite tower, he suddenly found that his body was captured by an invisible magical energy and he was unable to move.
This feeling was like being caught in a mysterious net woven by shining energy, and he was as helpless as the prey caught in the net.
The world was spinning.
Brian was shocked by the scene that reappeared in front of him. This is no longer a deep and dark world, but instead is an extraordinary and magnificent city.
The city spreads along the hillside, as if growing out of the mountain.
In Brian's opinion, this city is an ingenious combination of metal and stone, where nature and ingenuity are integrated. He does not fully understand what kind of scene he is seeing. But he could appreciate the harmony.
The camouflage spell faded, and the entire city revealed its tranquility and grandeur.
Everything he saw caught his eye.
A series of huge stone steps lead up to the distinctive houses and towers. The steps are wide and gentle at the bottom, and become narrower as the steps rise.
One house made Brian feel like a conch shell, and the other looked like a mushroom. This mix impressed him.
Bathing in the afterglow of the setting sun, the sharp outlines of the stone steps soften, while those domes appear more rounded.
Seeing this, Brian realized that the place he came to was probably not the Echo Chamber in Elient City, but the demiplane he created.
“Welcome here.” An elegant Mind Flayer ghost appeared in front of Brian, with a slight smile appearing on his lips under six lavender transparent tentacles, “Please follow me. Mr. Bryan.”
Brian nodded slightly and followed.
Although this place is obviously different from the scenes transmitted by players in the game, Brenas has already informed him of the scene here in advance, so naturally he will not lose his composure or become confused because of this.
Follow the mind flayer ghost and walk along the polished stone pavement.
As he got closer to the city, Brian discovered that the city continued to extend up the hillside.
The architecture here has a Netherese style.
Broad and steep stone steps lead to buildings with gentle curves. The long streets are paved with white stone slabs. Sparkling gems can be seen everywhere, and there are also light brown metals that Brian has never seen before. There are a surprising number of them.
They walked on the streets and passed by many mind flayers. These were not lichs and ghosts, but real, flesh-and-blood mind flayers.
Unlike the mind flayers in the Underdark, the octopus head with six lavender tentacles has been replaced by a human face.
These people have kind faces and delicate faces, with long dark purple or dark green hair, and pointed ears higher than their heads, longer than elves.
What shocked Brian the most was that he actually saw a female Mind Flayer in the crowd.
She is slender but tall. She is dressed in a neat and elegant white dress. Her faint arcane radiance flashes with the owner's movements, showing a mysterious beauty.
When Brian met her eyes, she seemed a little surprised, and then a smile appeared on her lips, her lavender face flushed, and she lowered her head shyly.
Brian discovered that a mind flayer could be so pretty, and he smiled back at the mind flayer girl.
He followed the mind flayer ghost through the winding streets, over the hills at the foot of the mountain, and towards the huge building built on the top of the mountain.
These square, solid stone steps seem to have no end.
When he finally reached the top and was about to look at the tower's architecture with great interest, the mind flayer ghost said: "You can look back."
Brian subconsciously turned around and looked down. Overlooking the whole city.
He almost forgot to breathe. Below him, the city was like gems scattered on the grass.
The last rays of the setting sun dye the city a fiery red. As the sun sinks into the horizon, everything is submerged in shadows of purple and gray.
Lights lit up in the houses. To Brian, it seemed like the stars in the night sky had fallen to the ground.
"I don't mean to brag, but I'm proud of our people and our city," the Mind Flayer Ghost said proudly, "We've put in a lot of hard work. We love it here, and I never thought I'd have the chance to be with a material plane The residents shared these thoughts. The path of destiny is really strange."
When the mind flayer spoke, a deep and long-lasting sadness seemed to appear on his illusive purple face. He shook his head and waved away these emotions. , showing a forced smile.
Feeling the sad expression on the ghost's face, Brian calmly withdrew his gaze.
Led by the mind flayer ghost, he finally arrived at Iolum's room.
The scene in front of him was so shocking that he almost lost the ability to speak.
His young mind was opening to all the sights, sounds, and smells of this unfamiliar environment.
Brian was led into the room, and the rich and gorgeous decoration made him feel restrained.
The curved walls of the room looked so charming from the outside, and looked no less impressive from the inside, but they seemed to restrain rather than embrace him.
In the center of the room is a circular blood pool made of pure bones.
In the blood pool covered by a pale red crystal, there is a mass of brain tissue without any bones, about twenty feet in diameter, pulsating constantly, and the soft tissue rich in blood vessels, slightly Ups and downs, as if breathing.
On the walls of the room, in addition to sculptures of mind flayers of the opposite sex and shell ships, there are also densely packed tadpole inscriptions that make people dizzy just by looking at them.
Because when you focus on the tadpole writing on the wall, you can clearly feel that these densely packed tadpoles seem to be swimming, emitting a spiritual energy that confuses the mind.
“Are you also interested in the history of the Mind Flayer?” A guttural voice like flowing water, as if from a foreign land, came from behind Brian.
Brian first glanced at the mastermind of the blood pool, and after realizing that it was not what it said, he slowly turned around and looked in the direction of the source of the sound.
This is a human ghost.
This was the first thought that came to Brian's mind when he met the speaker's eyes.
His hazy body was wrapped in a soft, curly light brown robe, and his slightly glowing skin had a warm marble color.
His eyes are deep and wise, shining with bright purple light, and are surrounded by deep wrinkles, which means that he is not only very old, but also from ancient times.
His messy gray hair hung behind him, revealing his pale head, and his beard was like a pulsating silver waterfall, almost hanging down to his waist.
When Brian felt those shining deep purple eyes fixed on him, it gave him the feeling of looking straight into his soul.
He looked... almost outside of time.
(End of this chapter)