Chapter 341 Ancient Stonehenge
Just outside the town of Shadow Valley in the northwest, there used to be the most powerful Druid order in Faerûn. They used to hold secret meetings here all the year round. ritual to enhance the power of the forest.
However, until now there is definite evidence that this Druid order has disbanded after the turbulent years.
Although the powerful Druids who once belonged to this order occasionally come back to visit this ancient clearing and ancient Stonehenge, no one has ever talked about the current whereabouts of this order.
This forest is located on the hillside on the north side of the farmland belonging to Storm Silverhand.
The forest is dotted with countless huge and ancient stone pillars.
These stone pillars were once engraved with magical words and magic symbols, but now they have become as smooth as a mirror due to the carvings of time and wind and sand.
The oak trees in the forest are covered with prosperous mistletoe, layer after layer, densely packed and amazing.
Even the local residents of the valley cannot tell whether this phenomenon is due to the long-term presence of druids in the past, or whether this place is originally suitable for the growth of parasitic parasites.
Legend says that in the Year of Shadow 1358 DR, when the followers of the nature god Silvanus found the eastern wilderness of the Valley of Shadows untamable, they abandoned the increasingly prosperous valley and never returned. Haunt again in a place that was once one of the centers of nature worship.
What the residents at the bottom of the valley don't know is that the Druid Forest is a teleportation node that has been little known for many years, that is, the area where the magic nodes of Faerûn land meet - simply put, it is a transfer station for teleportation gates.
Contrary to the twisted and disordered space around the ruins of the Elminster Tower, the space here is very active and can increase the teleportation efficiency of spellcasters by more than 50%.
With a flash of light from the magic circle, Brian's figure appeared in the ancient stone formations in the Druid Forest.
The pale moonlight fell down, casting uneven shadows on the stone formation.
This time he did not rush to escape, but stood there and looked around.
Although this place has long been abandoned by the most powerful Druid Order in Faerûn, whenever Brian is in the stone formations, he can always feel the natural atmosphere floating in the air.
There is no doubt that this forest is full of natural power.
After all, there are many secrets hidden in the ancient standing stones that even he does not know, some of which can even be used to help him fight his enemies.
"How is the plan progressing?" Azala walked out of the shadow of the stone formation with a vigilant look. Beside him was a golden elf man with light golden white hair.
This golden elf holding a thin-edged sword was none other than the elf sword mage Severil whom Brian met in the Underdark who was pinned down and rubbed crazily by a she-bear.
As the vanguard of the Evermeet Island Expeditionary Force, after he quelled the civil strife in the High Forest, he took his troops to Cormanthor to support the newly appointed 'Crown One', in order to regain the former capital of the Elf Empire: Mystery. Si Drono.
Now as the Zhentarim and the Drow family invade Shadow Valley, the Elven Expeditionary Force, who know the truth of death and death, naturally come to support them with all their strength.
In the elven reinforcements, 'The Crowned One' Ilseveri led the troops together with the armed forces of Shadow Valley to resist the Zhentarim's Black Hope Legion, while Severil was left alone by Brian. Go down and help yourself deal with the Prince of Shadows together.
"I've taken the bait and am ready to close the Internet cafe." Brian felt the spatial fluctuations of the Druid Forest through his psychic powers and said to Azara.
The reason why he risked his life and played a teleportation chase battle with the ghost princes in the Shadow Valley was to confuse them and eventually attract them all to this stone formation group.
Although he doesn't know much about this mysterious stone formation, and it's even less likely that he can use its hidden power to help him deal with the enemy, he is not alone. His teammate Azara is the choice of the forest goddess Melikai. The goddess of the natural pantheon naturally knows how to mobilize the natural energy hidden in this woodland.
Azala nodded slightly and murmured a few magical spells with a solemn expression.
In the bleak night, with a little bit of divine radiance emerging, the ancient jungle gently swayed its bleak branches and leaves, making a rustling sound.
A ball of light green light emerged, and the ancient stone formation suddenly erupted into a distorted array of brilliance amidst the trembling hum.
At the same time, Egrila and others who were chasing Brian on the other side, as soon as they stepped into the opened teleportation circle, they suddenly noticed that the magic circle seemed to be out of control, being pulled by a huge gravitational force. Dragging and sucking into a terrifying vortex.
Along with the frightening rotation of the formation, Agrela was surprised to find that her teleportation circle had been forcibly distorted, and she came to a forest surrounded by stone formations.
Then, the four of them were thrown from a high altitude into the woods like trash.
Ecacia was unlucky enough to crash into a hard boulder. If he hadn't reacted in time and instantly disappeared into a black mist, blood would have been spilled on the spot.
Stabilizing her body, Agrela quickly opened the shadow field she controlled, and carefully felt the changes in space and environment through detecting magic.
He suddenly and incredibly discovered that the natural energy here had become stronger than he imagined, and the space was even more flexible. As long as he had a thought, he could teleport himself away at any time.
But he did not choose to do this. The teleportation accident just now made him instinctively feel that if he really planned to escape through teleportation spells, the consequences would be disastrous.
Agrela looked around calmly, motioning the other three to stay alert and feel the intensity of the natural energy, and said to the silent woodland:
"This is what you have worked so hard to put into place. Is it a trap of my guidance? If so, I regret to tell you that your wish will really come true."
While speaking, he had already contacted La who was guarding the Haunted Soul Tower. Morak asked him to use the Eye of Arcane to assist him in investigating the surrounding situation.
"Really?" Brian led Azara and Severil out of the forest, kept a certain distance from the four ghost princes, and said calmly, "I have to say, 伱You are calmer than I thought. Seeing your confident expression made me retreat in my heart. ”
Although he said this, he kept instructing Azara and Severil beside him in his mind to gradually activate the ancient stone formation one by one, trying to trap them all here.
With the appearance of the three people, Yada and Ecacia focused their vigilant eyes on them. The shadow sword master Oripa, who had always been silent, unabashedly killed the full body. His interested eyes fell on Brian.
"It seems that you have learned the lesson of self-knowledge quite well." Agrila calmly received the information about this forest from Lamoramo, while speaking calmly. The tone delays time.
"However, you obviously haven't understood what it means to overestimate your capabilities. Do you think you can keep us here after finding two helpers? Although you have the assistance of the Stone Formation, this four-pair battle will be difficult. The battle of three is not an advantage, but it is always beneficial. In this world, anyone should seize every bit of grace given by the gods. I learned this lesson at a great cost in the shadow plane. Now I will tell you Listen, to show your sincerity."
While finishing speaking, Agrela also had a detailed understanding of the surrounding situation. Based on the information detected by Lamorak, he learned that this In addition to disrupting the location of space transmission, this stone formation also hides a huge force of nature.
However, with the disappearance of the Druid Order and the passage of time, the power that was once preserved by the God of Nature, Silvanus, is slowly disappearing.
So, in Agrila's view, it is simply impossible to stop them with just the three Brians and this stone formation. Thinking of this, he immediately informed his three brothers of his information and prepared to fight at any time.
"Then I still want to thank you for your sincerity." Brian was unmoved, and then showed a mysterious smile, "It's a pity that your honesty is useless, because it's not I have just learned the subject of self-measurement in advance, and I want you to preview it again."
As soon as I finished speaking, there was a subtle rustling sound in the silent stone formation.
Agrela followed the direction of the sound and saw an elegant gentleman in a black cloak walking out of the darkness. He was carrying a bundle of scrolls wrapped in black cloth and two fist-sized statues. The suit was shining with a faint milky white light, floating around him.
On the lapel of his left chest, there is a unique pattern composed of three mountain peaks and a moon-like silver light ball embroidered with gold and silver thread. Anyone who sees it will be deeply impressed.
This naturally includes the ghost prince Agrila and his three brothers.
“Brenas.”
Egrila tried her best to calm down the shock in her heart and said in as calm a tone as possible:
"What a surprise, my dear little brother, I knew that such a day would come, and I had imagined the occasion on which this day would appear. But I didn't expect that it would come so quickly. It was so fast that I was caught off guard."
As he said, he did not expect that his brother would actually help the mage lord of Mokou Town to deal with them.
Among Agrila's many brothers, apart from Revalan, the only ones he really feared were Desude and Brenas.
Because with Brenas's strength, he can completely tie him down and create a favorable space for Brian and others to use the ability of the ancient stone formation to deal with the other three people.
He forced himself to calm down and contacted Lamorak, thinking about ways to break the situation.
"I'm sorry to tell you that not only was I not surprised, but I also made adequate preparations in advance." Brenas nodded slightly to Brian and others, and looked at his four brothers, "As you may have thought, I The purpose of coming here is to stop your plan, nothing more. I will regard anyone who blocks it as my enemy."
While the two were talking, Brian immediately used the psychic link. , contacted Myrcella who was guarding the tower, and he knew that the current situation had become favorable to him. If Agrila wanted to break the situation, she would definitely rely on the power of the Haunted Soul Tower. He must be prepared in advance.
In fact, the appearance of Brenas was also a surprise to him.
When he had just rescued Azara and was having a headache thinking about how to break into the Lich's lair and whether to let Myrcella or Halrua elder Arad rush over to assist him, this Ghost City The little prince suddenly contacted him and expressed Guangze's apology for breaking the appointment. At the same time, he was also willing to help him to stop the missing lady's plan.
"Then you really have no conscience." Agrella reached out to stop Yada who wanted to answer, and said calmly: "You actually joined forces with outsiders to bully your own brother."< br>
"Don't you feel that your behavior is excessive?" He met Brenas's gaze and continued:
"It seems that you have completely forgotten who took you to escape from the gods. In the floating city of Macil in the Legion Mountains, you got pregnant with a girl in the floating city, and she had five big arcanist brothers. They looked for you everywhere in the floating city, threatening to give you a spell. Castrate, smear your body with honey, and throw it into the nest of the ferocious bee."
"And..." Agrilla kept talking about Brenas' dark history while stalling for time. Distracted and quickly communicated with Lamorak who was sitting in the tower.
"How about it? Is the investigation clear?" he said to Lamorak.
"It has been investigated clearly." Lamorak replied, "The attack of the pulse cannon can ignore the distortion of the teleportation space, and this stone formation cannot affect us."
"That's good, are you sure we can kill the three of them at once?" Agrila secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Brian, Azara and Severil coldly.
“Not sure.” Lamorak said: “The target is too far away. During the period of accumulating energy, such a big movement will definitely be noticed by the opponent in advance, unless you are willing to cooperate with me and at least control them. In about 2 seconds, I feel confident."
"Very good, bring out my Shadowsteel Golem." Agrela nodded slightly and said in a cold tone, "Always be ready. , act according to my command.”
Listening to Agrella talking about Brenas’ dark history, Brian was naturally aware of the other party’s thoughts. Not only did he not stop him, he also talked with Mi. Sara communicated secretly.
"Brian, be careful, I have locked the location of the floating city of Sacros." Myrcella, who was sitting in the wizard tower, said in a worried tone, "There is a gathering of energy in the ghost tower of the floating city. A force similar to a pulse cannon may be fired towards you at any time.”
"I know." Brian nodded slightly and said calmly:
"Since they want to play long-range strikes, then let's have fun with them. We are also ready with pulse cannons to carry out long-range strikes on them at any time. "Blow."
"Is it interesting to talk about this?" Brenas interrupted Agrilla, "You and I both know that these topics that are boring enough to make people fall asleep have no effect on me at all. Don't waste your efforts, I have long been looking forward to finding an opportunity to fight with you."
"It seems that you can't wait for me to teach you a lesson." He snorted coldly, "I have already seen that you are obviously a person who weighs 130cm, but you have a long bone of 160cm. It's time for you to see..."
"Brennas, you are too conceited. I'm disappointed!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yada. The second prince of the Ghost City looked at his youngest brother indifferently, "You are planning to help outsiders and kill us together. Here, right? Just tell me, yes or no!”
"You think too much, my dear brother." Facing Yada's cold gaze, Brenas thought for a moment, then smiled at him, "If you know some truths, maybe you will change your views on some matters. , and you can understand whether what I am doing is correct or not."
After saying that, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if to convey some message to Yada.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw that the eyes of Yada, the second prince of the Ghost City, were getting wider and wider. Finally, he suppressed his inner impulse and looked at Agrela and others with a complicated expression, and then Looking at Brenas, he said in a low and hoarse voice, "Are you serious, Brenas?"
"This is what I saw with my own eyes, and there is absolutely no lie." Brenas said to him Guaranteed, "Don't you understand me yet?"
"Very good." Yada retracted her gaze, glanced up in the direction of the City of Shadows, and said with a gloomy face, "I will never believe you again. Once, when Revalan comes back, I will go to him personally to confirm the authenticity of this matter. Farewell!"
The Prince of Shadows left a word, turned into a shadow without looking back, and disappeared from everyone's sight on the spot, making them all look confused.
Even Brian, who was discussing the details of the plan with Myrcella, was shocked by Brenas's operation.
Unexpectedly, with just a few words, the little prince helped him get rid of an enemy that was second only to Agrilla, so that their next actions would go much smoother.
At this moment, Azara and Severil told him at the same time that the ancient Stonehenge had been successfully activated.
After hearing the news, Brian knew that the chatting time was over and gave the attack order without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)