Chapter 390 Creator Race
The Chultan Peninsula, located in the southernmost part of the continent, is considered by most people to be a backward area that is difficult to live in. The inland is very poor and backward, with dense jungles, epidemic diseases, and dinosaurs. , Hydra, jungle python and many other terrifying beasts. Just hearing rumors about this place is enough to scare away most adventurers.
However, there are still adventurers who are not afraid of death and go deep into Chult again and again, in order to find the legendary gold veins there, gems as big as a human palm, and the treasures deeply loved by Amn and Kalin. The collectors and nobles of Shan, Sembia, Waterdeep and many other kingdoms took risks to acquire exotic plants, spices and many other luxuries.
In fact, the richness of Chult has not been exaggerated at all.
The governors of Calimshan, across the sea from Chult, have never given up on sending slaves and offering heavy rewards to adventurers, allowing them to go deep into the jungle, cut roads, and cross the fast-growing vines. Use vines and crawlers to reach mouth-watering mineral veins and ancient ruins.
With the flickering light of the magic circle, Brian's figure appeared in the deepest part of the Chult jungle.
Of course, the purpose of his appearance here is not for the so-called treasure, but because he has more important things to do.
The moment the light of the magic circle converged, Brian suddenly felt a wave of heat coming towards his face, followed by the moist air, making him feel as uncomfortable as if he had been showered with light rain in an instant.
It can be seen that even Brian, a legendary strongman, cannot be exempted from the harsh climate here and has to walk cautiously in this tropical jungle.
After all, this is the most deadly and dangerous area in the entire world of Toril. The Amazon tropical jungle in the real world is in front of it, and even my younger brother is not worthy of it.
In the dense jungle, every bush and vine that grows is a deadly, poisonous monster that devours flesh and blood with its mouth wide open. Under every large bush, there may be thousands of monsters lurking. Brutal beasts covered in scales and ruthless reptiles.
Of course Brian didn’t dare to be careless about this.
After he put on various protective spells for himself, the hot and humid air disappeared. Hiding in the defensive barrier, he felt as refreshed as if the air conditioner was turned on.
Then, with a thought, a fist-sized ball of light shone with blue-white light and floated quietly in mid-air.
“Do I think this is reliable?”
The voice of the golden dragon Palalandusk sounded in Brian's mind, "Can we really find the remains of the witch's spire in this damn jungle?"
"Otherwise, what else can we do? We can do it." Brian looked at the light ball in front of him and said a little helplessly, "This is our only way."
"But I always feel that this third generation named 'Midnight'. The goddess of magic seems a bit unreliable." Jin Long said a little depressed: "We were in the temple, and our original plan was to ask her to point out the location of the Wuhu Spire, but then what happened? A bunch of useless nonsense, it almost moved me to tears, but in the end, it was like sending someone away, just throwing you a ball of light and throwing us here."
"As a person with powerful divine power. "The goddess of magic, can't she even do a simple positioning in the material world?" He complained again, "If it were me, if I knew the location of the Wuhu Spire, I would definitely be able to bring you to the tower in an instant. ”
"Because what we encountered was not the true form of the goddess Mystra, nor her incarnation." Brian added a trace of magic energy to the light ball suspended in front of him, making it as bright as a searchlight in the dark forest. , he said without paying attention, "It's an insignificant memory she left in Mount Taras."
"Besides, this is the Chultan Peninsula." With the help of the prophecy attached to the light ball, Ability, he carefully observed the tropical jungle like a deep sky, guarding against dangers that might appear at any time, and said thoughtfully:
"To a large extent, it was inspired by the belief of Uotah, the father of the dinosaurs. Domination, no god’s power can penetrate into this primitive jungle.”
As he spoke, he noticed at least a dozen dormant pseudo-monsters’ eyes locked on him, hunting wolf spiders and hydra snakes. The lizard also took advantage of the cover of the jungle and quietly moved towards here.
Faced with this situation, he showed a little bit of the spiritual pressure of the psychic, and frightened the predators into fleeing in panic.
"Why?" Faced with his answer, Paralandusk asked curiously:
"Is Uota, the father of the dinosaurs, so powerful? Even other gods dare not touch this place. Although this area There are not many settlements in the primeval forest, but the number of followers of that god who despises him is increasing."
"Because only the power of Uotah can suppress the terrible threat from the depths of the Flame Peak. " Brian used the control magic of the natural system to make the dense shrubs automatically clear the way for him, walked forward slowly, and explained the reason to the golden dragon:
"As a condition for protecting this place, the gods Not only did he acknowledge the existence of the Father of Dinosaurs, but he also made a tacit agreement not to attack the Chultan Peninsula. "
Actually, Paralandax was wrong about one thing.
In fact, there are no fewer intelligent races in Chult Jungle than in other areas, but they are not mainly humans.
Except for the rare humans, there are countless other intelligent races here.
These include Batili, a kind of green-skinned goblin who is particularly good at tracking, agile wild dwarves, lizard people, pterodactyl people, snake people, and the snake people's old enemy Quetzalcoatl, etc. wait.
They multiplied in large numbers in the Chult jungle and respected dinosaurs very much. Sometimes they even regarded these super-large reptiles as the incarnation of Uotah, the father of dinosaurs.
"What kind of power is it that even the gods are afraid of?" Jin Long looked surprised and asked curiously.
"I don't know about that." Brian used his eyes to scare away an adult Rex riot, and replied perfunctorily.
As a time traveler, he naturally knows what kind of power the gods are afraid of. If he could time travel a year later, he might be able to participate in this big event.
A large part of the reason why he wanted to pursue the magic kingdom of Halua was because of the place protected by Uota, the father of dinosaurs.
Because in a few years, the threat from the Flame Peak will break through the seal of Uota, the father of the dinosaurs, and appear in the world of Toril.
Hidden there are a group of wild gods that are ancient enough to date back to the beginning of creation. Once the wild gods of the Flame Peak break through the seal, what follows will be the twin world of Toril, and the return of Abel. .
At that time, the gods will face the most severe challenge in history, or in other words, the world of Toril, dominated by the gods, will face the greatest crisis.
If you are not careful, you may be replaced.
Brian no longer thought about it. Under the guidance of the blue-white light ball, he walked silently towards the depths of the Chult jungle.
As he knew, the Chult Jungle was many times more dangerous than Brian imagined. Purple worms hung upside down under trees hundreds of feet high, and flesh-eating mushrooms were everywhere where the sun could never shine. Squirming and crawling in the endless darkness, a python with several heads swam and soared in the sky.
Giant sun-avoiding spiders, a mind-numbing number of army ants, carnivorous scavengers, hydra-headed snake lizards that can spit lightning, fire and ice, various types of nana Jia and so many other savage and ferocious beasts are overwhelming.
He even witnessed a strong and burly ferocious bear being sat on its butt by a super-large Triceratops into a bear biscuit. If Brian's strength hadn't already reached the legendary realm, walking in this dangerous forest would have put his life in danger if he wasn't careful.
After about two hours of hard walking, the light ball guiding the road finally stopped.
What appeared before Brian's eyes was a solid stone tower wrapped in bloodthirsty vines.
In the gaps between the dense vines, he was keenly aware of the dense and ferocious wolf spiders sitting in their nests, patiently waiting for his arrival with the cold eyes of predators.
"This is already the most central area of the jungle." The golden dragon's voice echoed in Brian's mind, "Obviously, it should be the so-called Witch Spire."
Brian nodded slightly and agreed. Golden Dragon's view.
Because the blue-white light ball that guided him has disintegrated and disappeared into the air.
Based on his experiences along the way, he understood that if it hadn’t been for the ball of light given to him by the goddess Mystra, and with his own ability, unless the Wuji Spire took the initiative to appear in the world, he would never have been able to find it in his life. location.
"I remembered." Just as he was thinking about how to enter the tower, Paralandusk seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly said:
"This minaret should be the relics left by the Mershok Empire of the Saluk witch race."
He continued, "As far as I know, Mershok was the last to perish. Empire, with the demise of the other two empires one after another, although Mershok did not make any fatal mistakes, it gradually declined for some reason, and the entire ethnic group slowly fell into dormancy. In the end, all their cities fell into Under the control of the snake people."
"Then, the father of dinosaurs, Uotachult, established the great city of Meziro. Under his inspiration, a group of people from the unknown continent in the west named The army of winged snakes of the 'Quatted Serpent' arrived in the Chult jungle. "The golden dragon obviously knew a lot of ancient history:
"In the following centuries, the Quetzalcoatl and the snake people were Chult. They fought for control of the Tan Peninsula. In this war, the serpent people retreated steadily, and many strongholds in the west fell into the hands of the feathered snakes. In the end, the two sides used the Hazul Mountains as the boundary, and the war ended in a stalemate.”
While Paralandusk was telling him about the long history, Brian had used powerful fire element magic to clear away all the bloodthirsty vines and spiders on the entire stone tower.
A tall tower etched with ancient runes and full of vicissitudes of life finally saw the light of day, clearly appearing in Brian's sight.
After a burst of magical aura and a detection spell check, Brian had just arrived at the stone steps in front of the bronze door of the tower when he suddenly discovered that unknown mysterious runes on the steps were shining with an obscure light. , wrapped him up and disappeared in place.
The world was spinning.
Brian opened his eyes and found himself in a silent, deep and seemingly endless closed corridor.
With a gentle tap of his fingertips, a soft light dispelled the darkness in the corridor, and he could clearly see that the corridor walls on both sides were engraved with various lifelike patterns.
Brian also discovered that whether it was the Saluk witches, Nagas, winged lizards, or many ancient reptile races such as troglodytes and snakemen on the corridor walls, they all seemed to be looking at him indifferently regardless of the distance. , so that his heartbeat speeded up a little unconsciously.
Realizing that his mind had been affected, Brian quickly used the level 8 ability "Psychic Mind Barrier" to stabilize his mind, making these weird feelings recede like a tide.
Then he calmed down and tentatively touched the cold stone wall, but there was no response from the mural.
"Paralandax, are you still there?" He softly called the golden dragon's name in his heart.
There was silence in my mind, and Jin Long, who had a slight chatterbox syndrome, seemed to disappear out of thin air.
What reassured him was that some of the special abilities given to Arcane Fire by the Golden Dragon were still there, which meant that Paralandusk was only temporarily blocked.
So he began to walk along the corridor and pay attention to the murals.
He discovered that the descriptions on the murals seemed to be telling the origin history of the world of Toril. From the moment the world was born, Io, the 'god above', used primitive elements to create the world of Toril. Affiliated plane.
In the early days of the world, the land was still barren, desolate, and lifeless. However, with the connection between the elemental plane and the main material plane, certain elements have begun to give birth to spiritual intelligence and become The embodiment of the elements.
Later, seemingly due to an imbalance of elements, the entire continent was enveloped in torrential rain. Then the temperature dropped sharply, and it was covered with a layer of glaciers.
Next comes the Thunder era that Brian is more familiar with.
That is, about 37,000 years ago, the glaciers melted, the oceans retreated, and dry land emerged from the water. A long ice age ended, and recorded history began.
In the ancient times before the separation of the continents, the continents later known as Faerûn, Karatu, Maztec and Zakara were just part of the supercontinent called Meru Robros. However, none of the dozen or so common races currently living in the various kingdoms appeared in this distant era.
There are no civilized races on the continent of Meru Robros - elves, dwarves, halflings and gnomes, and barbaric races - goblins, orcs, ogres and their relatives have never appeared.
Although humans had been born during this period, they were extremely primitive, no different from apes, using simple tools and living in caves.
This is the Age of Thunder, and it belongs to Aqua Ter Quesser, which in Elvish means: the race before the people, and can be called: the legendary creator race.
Then there is the history of the rise and fall of several Saluk witch empires.
In the south of today's Mulhorand, the Saluk witches established the Orkos Empire, the Istosefif Empire was established in today's Ainook Desert, and in Chultan On the peninsula, the Saluk witch established the Mershok Empire along the jungles from Larga to Chult.
While Brian was tirelessly checking the history of the corridor, suddenly an unstoppable thought crossed his "psychic barrier" and sounded in his mind:
"Welcome伱, human mage.”
The cold and vicissitudes of voice said: "The spire of Saluk welcomes all intelligent races, but before that, every visitor needs to pass the test we set."
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