Chapter 379: Goodbye, Prince of Shadows
After reading the contents on this metal sheet, Brian fell into a brief thought.
Although the content inside was a bit confusing to read, it had no impact on him.
As can be seen from the record of the content, this mainly tells the story of an adventure-loving halfling warlock who accidentally broke into the ruins of Netheril with her companions, and was cursed and turned into a ghost.
Obviously, this ruins is likely to refer to the hiding place of the mad Olgathra, which is the ruins of the floating city in Netheril. It also mentions another person: Paralandusk .
Brian was still somewhat impressed by this person.
To be precise, the other party is not a person, but an ancient golden dragon wizard, the former guardian of Neverwinter City, known as: Dragon of Glory.
As an ancient golden dragon, he is also a knowledgeable wizard. Not only did he upgrade his wizard level to legendary, he also spontaneously developed a powerful legendary spell: Paralandusk's Dragon Flame Breath. .
Once this spell is cast, the caster can gain the terrifying ability to breathe dragon flames in a short period of time like an ancient golden dragon.
These information were all heard by Brian from the residents there when he visited Neverwinter City, and these residents were passed down orally from generation to generation by their elders.
It can be seen that this ancient dragon has an extraordinary status in Neverwinter City.
However, although Paralandusk once served as the guardian dragon of Neverwinter, no one has ever known how he disappeared.
A relatively common theory is that Paralandusk was killed by Luskan's Arcane Brotherhood, or was transformed into a Dracolich at the hands of the Cult of the Dragon.
Whether that statement is true, it is inevitable to think that Paralandusk is dead, because five thousand years have passed since the birth of this ancient golden dragon.
Even if no accident occurs, he cannot break free from the shackles of life limitation and eventually dies due to exhaustion of life span.
What Brian didn't expect was that this golden dragon was hiding here and was cursed by the ghost of the Netherese arcanist, turning it into a ghost.
I just don’t know if I will have a chance to see this ancient golden dragon in the next adventure.
Seeing that there was nothing worthy of investigation around him, Brian no longer wasted time. He used teleportation spells to reappear where he found the traces of Master Laurian and his party. He then quickened his pace and headed towards them. Rushed over.
While walking, Brian gradually realized that he had actually walked into a gloomy cave and tomb.
Because along the way, elven tombstones exuding weird auras appeared in his sight, which made people feel numb. Even a person with a big heart like him couldn't help but feel a strange smell. The chill spread silently.
It can be seen that the elf priest who brought him here did not tell the situation in detail.
They only told him to catch up with Mage Laurian and the Mystic Guards and help them expel the foreign enemies. He did not tell himself at all that this cave was actually the cemetery of their elven clan.
As for the specific reason, Brian didn't bother to investigate. After all, whether it was a cemetery or not, it had no essential impact on him.
Half an hour later, he passed through the tomb group unimpeded and appeared in front of a passage that looked like a newly excavated passage.
This passage is about two meters high and doesn't look like anything strange, but the scene inside is a dark world shrouded in purple magic light.
With a thought, Brian stretched out his hand to feel the faint magical light mist, and then detected it carefully and cautiously through detecting magic.
About ten minutes later, he finally came back to his senses from the light curtain in front of him, and a look of surprise appeared on his face hidden in the hood.
The energy emitted by this magical light curtain is very similar to the aura of the other eleven peaks in the Everesca Valley.
This allowed him to judge that this was most likely the result of the elf mages mobilizing the power of the Mystic Lock and forcibly exerting it.
As for the purpose of doing this, it is nothing more than to suppress the energy of magic backlash.
After Brian stood there and pondered for a moment, he looked straight into the passage with his deep gaze, as if he wanted to penetrate it, and then stepped into the magic light curtain without hesitation.
The moment he entered the dark passage, just as he expected, he clearly felt that the active chaotic energy in the air disappeared and was replaced by rich magical energy.
He no longer hesitated and continued walking deeper.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Brian took a step forward and stepped onto the steps, a sharp, thin-edged sword was quietly pressed against his neck.
“Don’t move!” A cold female voice came from behind Brian.
This is an Elvish language with an ancient Elf accent.
Brian was about to activate the triggering spells around him and prepare to fight back. After hearing the Elvish language, he calmed down and thought about it secretly. Then he turned his back to her and said calmly:
"Please don't get me wrong, we are not enemies. I accept the invitation of the crowned Ilseveri and come from Myth Drannor."
Faced with his explanation, the woman There was no response from the elf.
The thin-edged sword etched with ancient elf runes was still resting motionless on Brian's neck, shining with sharp magic light, as if he could be killed in an instant if he made even the slightest movement. The head fell to the ground.
Although the other party was silent, Brian had a rough guess about the identity of the female elf holding the sword.
If he guessed correctly, the opponent should be Everesca's Mystic Lock Guard, and he is also a professional in the legendary field.
So, with a thought, he used his telekinesis ability to wrap the badge given to him by the elf priest before leaving, wrapped in weak magic, and slowly suspended it into the air.
“Buzz!”
With a subtle trembling sound, the badge was activated, and a ball of lavender light filled the dark passage in an instant.
Seeing that familiar light, the female elf finally relaxed her vigilance and took back the thin-edged sword on Brian's neck.
However, the moment she retracted the sword, she suddenly discovered that Brian's figure twisted strangely and disappeared out of thin air.
"Is this a fake body?" The female elf was stunned on the spot. Unexpectedly, with her own strength, she did not see that this was an illusion.
She immediately came back to her senses, looked around, and found that the other party's true form had appeared not far from her at some point.
He just stood there quietly, but the moment his calm eyes looked at the female elf, she could clearly feel the faint light mist emerging from the soft eyes, which suddenly melted. As a sharp sword, it pierces the heart without any warning.
This unexpected psychic attack made the female elf's mind sting, her delicate body trembled, and she broke into a cold sweat.
She glanced at Brian with a fearful expression. Unexpectedly, as a legendary professional, she felt that she had no way to fight back in front of this uninvited guest, as if her death was only a matter of a thought. .
Although she had confirmed that he was their ally through the badge displayed by the other party, she still unconsciously distanced herself from him and allowed herself to be hidden by the surrounding magical mist. Brian, who had successfully transformed into another person, simply gave the female elf a lesson, then stopped and took the opportunity to size her up.
Although the other party was already hidden in the dark mist, he had already locked her position in advance, so he could easily see her figure clearly.
This is a female elf with a figure as strong as a leopard.
Two strands of golden hair flowed out from the hood, tight black leather armor wrapped around the curvy body, and a black and gray cloak hung behind the shoulders.
Even the delicate face is covered with a mysterious black veil, only two light green eyes are exposed. If you don't observe carefully, it seems that it will melt into the darkness and disappear at any time.
This is Evriska's Mystic Guard, also called the Silent Guard.
They possess a special ability that can integrate all their traces into the mystery. This is why Brian did not notice the other party immediately when he stepped into the magic light curtain.
Now that the leader of the Mystic Guards has appeared, it means that there must be other Mystic Guards hidden around him.
Brian raised his head and scanned the surroundings, and as expected, found that in the twisted dark fog, several other Mystique guards in the same clothes were also hidden inside.
In an instant, he felt at least a dozen pairs of eyes looking at him.
However, he didn't care.
As the badge flashed with lavender light, the tense atmosphere in the passage instantly relaxed.
The female elf who recovered from the fear glanced at Brian with fear, took the initiative to walk out of the twisted dark fog, completely exposed her graceful figure to the air, saluted slightly to Brian, and said: "I'm sorry, Brian." Mr. Lane, Master Laurian ordered us to be stationed here, and we have to intercept every intruder."
"So, where is Master Laurian?" Brian asked straight to the point.
Since the other party has guessed his name, it means that they know the purpose of his visit.
"The master is..." Before the female elf could finish her words, she was suddenly interrupted by a violent vibration coming from deep underground. Her strong body was also affected by this vibration. Shaking slightly.
Immediately afterwards, a storm visible to the naked eye set off the magical mist in the passage, rolling in like a wave, engulfing everyone without mercy.
In the thick magical mist, Brian and Everesca's Mystery Lock guards all felt a shocking and powerful will, rumbling in their minds:
"Get out of Ai. Friska, the ghost! ! ”
“Otherwise, die!”
The furious will made a group of Everska Mystic Guards appear from the dark mist. , they all looked pale, and then looked worriedly at the space covered by the magic storm deep in the passage.
"Ghost?" Hearing the voice coming from the mist, Brian's powerful mental defense prevented him from being harmed in the slightest. Instead, there was a hint of confusion in his deep eyes.
In the city of Sultanza, the ghosts led by the great prince Revalan have been almost wiped out by him, and the rest are the ghost forces headed by High King Telamante.
This made him wonder why traces of ghosts still appeared in the isolated Everesca Valley.
Thinking of this, Brian motioned to the group of myth-locked guards to stay where they were and not to act rashly, and then rushed into the depths of the passage without any hesitation.
With this huge and tyrannical coercion of will, terrifying magic storms were constantly set off in the passage. Brian had to hold up a magic shield and reached the scene of the crime with great difficulty.
The moment he passed through the fog, he saw an old elf surrounded by a lavender halo of mystery appearing in his sight.
He seemed to be a golden elf, but he was very old, with obvious wrinkles on his face, and his originally dazzling golden hair was also stained with white frost.
This is one of the few old elves that Brian has seen in this world.
The bright and energetic eyes of the old elf mage were shining with deep purple light. His voice was majestic and directed at a group of shadows not far away, and he shouted coldly:
"Damn it. The ghost of you must have released the Felin Demon Sunflower in the Saron Forbidden Wall, which caused me, Everrisk, to encounter such a disaster. Get out, this is not the place you should come to."
Brian! It can be clearly detected that the elf mage's cold eyes exude the deep-seated hatred towards the ghost.
As the elf mage stopped speaking, the mysterious halo surrounding him suddenly became unstable, like a time bomb that would explode at any time.
The ghost on the other side is obviously not a vegetarian. Groups of dark shadow energy surround the body, and then are condensed into a dark black energy ball that looks like substance, blasting towards the light screen of the elf mage. Go up.
Seeing this, Brian's expression changed when he came back to his senses. The moment the two were about to take action, he immediately put on a thick magic shield for himself and used a flash spell to stop the elf mage. In the middle of the ghost.
"Boom!"
With the violent roar, the entire underground passage shook violently as if a strong earthquake had erupted.
Fortunately, under the protection of the magic light curtain generated by the Mystery Lock, no matter how violent the vibration was, the passage was not damaged at all.
——"Arcana Storm!"
Brian, who actively stood between the two of them, thought, and a stream of energy condensed from the chaos of the four elements flowed from him like a tide. It surged out of his body, like a never-ending roaring storm, spreading violently around him.
Obviously neither the elf mage nor the shadow expected Brian, the uninvited guest, to be thrown away by this terrifying energy.
When the surrounding thick fog dissipated, the silhouettes of the three people gradually emerged.
"Stop it!"
Seeing that these two people were planning to take action again, Brian added the energy of psychic powers to his thoughts, and then let his voice fall on them like a heavy hammer. Deep in the mind.
The Elf Mage and Yinhun paused for a moment, then calmed down and began to observe the surrounding situation.
"Hello, Master Laurian, I am entrusted by the crowned Lord Ilsevere to come to Everesca to help you get rid of evil things." Brian took out the badge and said to The elf mage nodded in greeting.
"It turns out to be Mr. Brian, I'm sorry." Hearing this, the elf mage looked at Brian in surprise, and then politely returned the greeting. A lavender halo of magic appeared around him again, and his face was full of vigilance. Looking at the ghost shrouded in dark energy on the other side.
Brian also followed the old man's gaze and looked at another ghost who was obviously a little embarrassed. After seeing the other person's face clearly, he smiled and took the initiative to say hello:
"It turns out to be Prince Brenas. It's been a long time." No, as far as I know, you are not looking for traces of the Earth Prophet, so how come you are here?”
(End of this chapter)