Chapter 339 Game
Brian followed the path through a forest covered with grass in Shadow Valley, and what he saw was a gurgling river.
Both sides of the river are tidal flats covered with pebbles. The water is cold and sweet. From time to time, wild deer and rabbits can be seen emerging from the woods and running to the river to drink water.
It was dusk at this moment, and the orange sunlight slanted down the earth, giving the fields an intoxicating warm tone.
It has been the second day since Brian rescued Ranger Azara last night. Just as he expected, Azara will reveal her true identity as the son of the elect. After Ba's fall, the residents of the valley responded to his call and joined the fight to regain the Valley of Shadows.
At the same time, armed forces hidden in the dark, Harper scouts and elven reinforcements from Cormanthor also joined one after another. The battle lasted from early morning to noon the next day, and finally recruited the occupying forces of Shadow Valley and the Dark Trade Network The mercenaries and mercenaries were all cleaned up.
As the Valley of Shadows was recaptured, Dark Guardian Seluer learned the news and immediately led his Black Hope Legion to prepare to unite with the forces of the Shar Church and the Drow family hiding in the Valley of Shadows. Get up, cooperate inside and outside, and take it back again.
Thus, a battle to defend the Valley of Shadows began again.
In the upcoming battle, Brian will not participate in it because he has more important tasks to do.
His plan is naturally to take this opportunity to sneak into the lair of the lich Arokar and destroy the dark ritual of the lich and priestess Esweil to tear apart the magic web.
Soon, Brian came to a ruins located on a hill in the north of Shadow Valley.
Facing the cool breeze, he could see from a high position, ushering in the brief peace of Shadow Valley. In the fields far away, several children were playing among the haystacks, and the scarecrows in the fields were playing in warm colors. Under the bright sunshine, it no longer looks scary, but becomes a bit more cute.
Thinking of his next dangerous mission, Brian withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath of cold air to refresh himself, and walked towards the ruins without hesitation.
This was once the ruins of a city called the 'Hard City'.
In Valley History 834DR, the Year of the Leaping Lion, an army calling itself the 'Shining United' came a long way and built a castle here despite hardships and dangers.
They hope to use this place as a base to expel the drow rulers from this land.
Since then, battles have continued on the surface and underground here, and this castle has also been called: the harsh city.
In this way, about thirty years passed, and finally, in 864DR, the year of broken branches, Shining United still failed.
Most of the castle was destroyed by a huge explosion in the final battle, and most of the remaining ruins have decayed with the passage of time.
Today, few people visit the long-destroyed ruins, although Zhentarim occupying forces occasionally patrol here.
In fact, the basement of the castle has long been secretly occupied by the witch demon Arokar, and a lich lair like a labyrinth full of dangers has been quietly established.
Brian cautiously stepped into the ruins. He turned on detection magic and looked for the way to the Lich's lair based on the intensity of the negative energy floating in the air.
However, before he could conduct a comprehensive search, something unexpected and shocking happened to him.
As if he felt something strange around him, Brian raised his head out of instinct and suddenly saw a large cloud that was darker and more oppressive than the dark clouds. In an instant, it condensed into shape and enveloped him. Above the head, all the dim light in the sky was blocked, turning the surroundings into darkness.
Feeling the rapidly dropping temperature, Brian's expression suddenly became highly alert.
Although the space he is in has been completely obscured by something like "Deep Darkness", he has the legendary favor of true vision and can even see the creatures hidden in the etheric plane, not to mention this darkness formed by magic. .
Obviously, at this moment, he was ambushed by the enemy. Someone had predicted in advance that he would search the lair of the lich Arokar, and had laid a trap here in advance, waiting for her to jump in.
After figuring out the cause of the problem, Brian's originally slightly nervous mood calmed down. After all, he had anticipated this situation before setting off.
What he was most worried about was that all the enemies were hiding in the Lich's underground palace, using the concealment of the lair and the complex terrain of the underground palace to stop him.
In this case, it is undoubtedly a huge challenge for him. After all, the nest carefully arranged by the lich is absolutely as dangerous as the caster's wizard tower.
But the enemy foolishly chose to ambush him outside the lair. If it weren't for their inflated self-confidence, then Brian would have doubted whether their heads accidentally hit the wall of the lich lair.
"Jie Jie Jie..."
As the shadows shrouded, the densely packed ghost creatures made various sounds: deep or sharp, whining or howling, and various A cry of pain or ecstasy, like a raging tide, all came to Brian at once.
Facing this kind of crowd tactic, Brian, as a legendary spell caster, was not afraid at all. As soon as he thought, his heart flashed, and blue-white flames transformed from the energy of the curse fire surrounded him. All around him, all the ghosts within 1 meter of him let out sharp and painful wails, turning into light smoke and dissipating in the air.
Immediately afterwards, Brian seemed to sense something. He stretched out his finger and saw a washbasin-sized blue-white fireball formed by the energy of the curse fire. Shadows approaching him with the help of shadow energy.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise, the fireball shone with blue and white flames. In an instant, it burned with raging fire in the shadow energy cloud, burning the surroundings at a speed visible to the naked eye. Darkness dispelled.
But soon a huge dark energy that made Brian feel suppressed, like a galloping horse, rolled over, extinguished all the burning flames around him, and turned into the deep darkness again. A cold dark space.
“Not bad, not bad.”
With the slight squirming of a mass of shadow energy, a figure wearing a black robe, holding a staff, and his eyes shining with a faint red light appeared in front of Brian In his sight, "I didn't expect you to have mastered the control skills of curse fire so quickly. It's really surprising."
Seeing clearly the symbol embroidered on the figure's black robe: a monocle was placed in a black vortex on a dark orange background. Brian immediately recognized that the enemy who attacked him was Agrilla, the tenth prince of the City of Ghosts.
In the game world, he has never even seen the opponent actually take action. Even the players who have joined the forces of Ghost City have only seen him in public a handful of times.
Now the identity of the sneak attacker appeared in front of him.
Based on some of the information he had, he roughly knew that Agrila was also a spellcaster with dual cultivation of Sinnoh, but unlike Brenas, he was not a dossier scholar, but worked part-time as Shar priest.
"So it's you." Surrounded by blue and white flames, Brian looked around vigilantly at the dangers that might appear at any time. When he spoke, he tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.
At this moment, he has realized that the space here has been blocked, and it is obviously impossible to escape through normal means.
But this is not a threat to him. After all, he has another profession: Psion. This is what he relies on to have confidence when facing Agrila.
"It seems that you know me, and you must have done a lot of research in advance. After all, a legendary strongman like me is a presence that makes enemies feel afraid at any time." Agrela calmly said Looking at Brian, he said with a slightly proud voice:
"But the only thing that surprised me was that you were so calm when you saw me, even if you showed a slightly surprised expression. , and it can also satisfy my vanity. Why, young mage lord, tell me, why?”
“Can showing a surprised expression help me increase the success rate of escape?” Ryan knew that the reason why the other party was so bratty was that he was deliberately delaying time and planning some way to deal with him.
He secretly prepared the spell and said in a relaxed tone, "If this is really the case, my jaw will definitely drop when I see you next time. What do you think?"
"Not so much. "Like this." Agrela snorted, and then sneered, "Because you have no next chance."
After the ghost prince finished speaking, his shadow suddenly collapsed and disappeared.
And his true body, outside the shadow, has taken out the staff inlaid with phantom crystals and is preparing his spells calmly.
Seeing the disappeared Agrila, Brian instinctively felt that the shadow space shrouded in darkness was becoming more and more oppressive. It was obvious that the other party was probably preparing some powerful spell.
And as the shadow space became increasingly dark and depressing, even making people a little breathless, Brian also noticed that the purple dragon seal ring he was wearing was also heating up with the changes in the space.
Immediately afterwards, he suddenly noticed that the shadow energy behind him suddenly became thicker. A rolling black cloud was also wrapped in a sharp sound of breaking through the air and powerful power.
Obviously, Agrila was not the only one who ambushed here to attack him.
——"Arcane Sequence!" Brian did not turn around, but watched the surrounding environment vigilantly. His staff suddenly hit the ground, and the enhanced version of the stone that he had set in advance in the Arcane Sequence Wall spells are all activated.
Behind him, solid walls emerged out of thin air, blocking him tightly and protecting him without leaving a single gap.
The rolling shadow energy turned into a strong warrior wearing black armor. He was like an arrow from the string, rushing towards the stone wall rising from the ground at a dizzying speed like a broken bamboo.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
With the sound of dozens of rocks shattering, all the fireballs attached to the shattered stone wall exploded, blasting the people behind them. The attacker was drowned in a sea of fire.
At this moment, Brian had no time to check who the attacker behind him was, and immediately faced another group of rich shadow energy on his left.
As soon as he raised the staff, he was horrified to see that in the rolling shadow energy, a rainbow sword energy condensed from dark energy soared into the sky, and struck him head-on with a fierce momentum.
The terrifying energy roared in, and Brian passed a will immunity test on the spot. If it weren't for his high will attribute, he would definitely be frightened by this sword energy and let the opponent slash at him. On one's own body.
This allowed him to instantly recognize that the enemy attacking him was definitely Oripa, the prince of Ghost City.
If the ghost of an inaugurated sword master is really smashed firmly into the defensive field by the opponent, he will definitely die on the spot.
——"Mordenkainen's Disintegration!"
Brian did not dare to be careless and held his breath. When the whistling sword energy was approaching, he stretched out his finger without hesitation. A faint golden light appeared in the dark space, instantly locking the sword energy that came out of thin air.
Along with the surrounding space, waves of subtle, shattering sounds sounded. This frightening sword energy shattered into pieces with a 'bang', dissipated in the air, and revealed itself. An ancient Netherworld sword engraved with dark runes came out.
"How is it possible? Why can his lysis technique neutralize my attack?"
The seventh prince Oripa, who showed his emaciated figure, looked at his 'goddess' in shock. A slight crack appeared, and the dark face was full of heartache.
However, at the moment when he lost consciousness, the Shadow Swordsman, known as the strongest glass man, had been seized by Brian to counterattack, and the "Meteor Explosion" in the legendary staff was instantly activated by him.
Four meteorites burning with raging flames, trailing thick smoke trails, hit the Prince of Shadows.
“Get away!” Behind Brian, the second prince Yada, who had just escaped from the shackles of the flames, quickly shouted at Oripa.
The seventh prince came back to his senses and broke into a cold sweat. He promptly activated the shadow shuttle feature of the ghost, turned into billowing black mist, and disappeared.
"Boom!"
Four meteorites fell to the ground like meteors, erupting with an earth-shattering sound. The terrible explosion turned the entire ruins into ashes.
Seeing the ghost prince hiding away, Brian secretly said it was a pity.
If your spell hits the opponent, it will definitely kill them instantly.
The reason why his disintegration technique can neutralize the opponent's attack and even leave traces on his natural weapon is due to the gift given to him by Azuth, the God of Mage.
The hidden attributes of these two legendary spells allow his disintegration, dissociation, and dispelling magic spells to have a faint trace of divine power, which can cause unexpected effects.
As the Seventh Prince avoided Brian's spell attack in time, in another dark corner, three sharp arrows surrounded by countless screaming souls shot out of the air, carrying the wails of the souls. Shot towards Brian.
The pitiful wails of the dead souls were like sharp arrows piercing into Brian's mind, and then all bounced back by the psychic barrier he had blessed in advance.
——"High-level protective arrows!"
Facing the three sharp arrows that shot through the air, Brian made a thought, and a polyhedral diamond-shaped barrier glowing with cold light enveloped him. .
"Ding! Ding! Ding!..."
With three crisp sounds, all the sharp arrows were deflected and shot into the distance.
But what surprised Brian was that the countless dead souls on the sharp arrows all adhered to his defensive barrier and launched a steady stream of psychic attacks.
In the blink of an eye, he felt that his mental barrier was obviously starting to dim.
He activated his teleportation triggering technique without hesitation, trying to forcibly escape from the space blocked by the ghost princes.
A ray of light flashing with spiritual energy appeared.
Immediately afterwards, dense black mist suddenly emerged from the space enveloped by shadow energy, turning into a web of darkness, completely covering Brian.
At the same time, the attacks from the second prince Yada and the seventh prince Oripa came one after another, carrying powerful force and hitting Brian's body almost at the same time.
"Crack..."
As the layers of the protective barrier shattered, Brian's body turned into little bits of light and mist and disappeared the moment it came into contact with the sword blade, leaving only A withered oak leaf slowly fell to the ground.
"Huh?" Seeing this situation, Agrila, who had just raised a smile on his lips, suddenly frowned. He forcibly stopped the legendary spell that he was about to complete, stretched out his finger, and landed on The withered oak leaf on the ground flew into his palm.
“I was careless, he actually had a dodge, no wonder he dared to look for Arokar’s lair alone without fear.”
Agrela stared at the oak leaves and murmured to herself, "I thought that by blocking the transmission space of arcane and spiritual energy, I could completely kill them through legendary spells."
As a spell caster , he naturally knows how difficult it is to kill a wizard whose strength reaches the legendary realm.
What's more, the other party is also a legendary psychic, so in order to prevent Brian's soul from escaping after being killed and reborn through cloning or psychic stardom, he carefully prepared a soul-grabbing method for the other party. Magic circle.
If he had successfully released his legendary spell in the battle just now, he would not only be able to kill the opponent completely, but also gain access to the arcane knowledge stored in his mind, as well as the secrets about cursed fire. .
Obviously, he failed.
"Who is this leaf?" Second Prince Yada came over and asked.
"It looks like... the method of the forest goddess." Agrela glanced at the veins on the leaves of the tree, threw them away, and said in a calm tone: "Obviously, this kid also brought helpers ."
"Then what should we do next?" Yada asked for his opinion.
“Don’t worry, he can’t escape from my grasp.”
Agrila calmly took out a dark orange lens and put it on her right eye. If there is Staring thoughtfully at the spatial coordinates where Brian disappeared, he said with murderous intent: "Since he wants to play the same game as us, then I will play with him."
"Notify Lamorak." He gave the order to Yada, "Let him open the arcane eye of the floating city, build the astral network leading to the Shadow Valley, and make every effort to prepare for remote support."
This is the purpose of letting Lamorak, the sixth child, take charge of the floating city, to prevent such accidents.
(End of this chapter)