Chapter 400 Snake Man's Lair
"The intact Mithron Core? It's a bit interesting..."
Brian's expression showed amusement, and he did not express his inner feelings immediately. Doubtful, but remain skeptical and silent.
In any case, it is an indisputable fact that Seth, the other avatar of the Serpent of Creation, is an evil god. Naturally, he will not just believe what the other person says. He must have his own Judgment, otherwise I am afraid that I will be sold and help the other party count the money without even knowing it.
“Are you doubting the judgment of an ancient god?” Seth’s clone snorted coldly, his old voice still extremely weak:
"That's right. You have to know that when Netheril fell, many floating cities collapsed due to the magic network, resulting in the destruction of the Mytha core, the source of power, thus triggering the unimaginable disaster. But in Netheril, Before Riel's fall, there were still many Miser energy cores that had just been produced. Before they started to function, the magic network collapsed, and naturally they were preserved."
"That's what it said. "Yes, I really can't refute it," Brian said calmly, "But it's not enough to convince me."
In fact, he already believed most of it.
Because this kind of situation like what Seth's clone said has not happened before. When he was in the game world, he heard that in Icewind Dale, there was a story about the goddess of winter. Complete Mithron core.
Although without the support of the Demonic Network, the Miser Energy Core could not operate normally, it was activated by a chaotic magic power, causing it to self-destruct, and the terrible energy generated almost destroyed the entire Icewind Valley.
After Brian visited Iolum, the former father of Nether not only gave him a complete method of making Mysel energy cores, but also gave him a core that could support the rise of the floating city. The complete Mysser energy core.
Originally, there was no temptation for Brian because this secreter could check. But thinking that he might face the memory tower of Felin Demon Kui next, he thought that he might be able to use the secreter to check it. Use nuclear power to destroy the lair of these ancient monsters.
The reason why he did not immediately agree to the request of Seth's clone was mainly because he was wary of the other party's true intention of giving him the Miser Core for no reason.
Seth's clone seemed to have guessed Brian's thoughts at the moment. He said slowly:
"Then I will tell you the truth, although the snake people in this city mainly believe in snakes. Marshak, the God of Man, but I still feel a weak power of faith.”
While following the footsteps of the lizard chief, Brian communicated with Seth's clone through thoughts, and said thoughtfully: "So you plan to conquer this group of snake people and let them switch to your command."
< br>If the other party only has this idea, then it is worth the risk for him to give it a try if it is mutually beneficial to both parties.
"That's right." Seth's avatar said sincerely:
"Besides, you are the envoy of Mystra. You have appeared in the Chultan Peninsula and the Supreme Glacier successively. You are definitely carrying a lot of responsibility. It's an important mission. As for what it is, I'm not interested, and I don't have the strength to participate in the battle between Mystra and Shar, so I don't have any reason to frame you.
If you do. If you don’t believe what I just said, you can arrest a snake prisoner and interrogate it, and you can find out the specific situation inside.”
"Okay, I'll believe you for now." Brian nodded slightly.
What the other party said does make sense.
After all, the Haruha Kingdom is not far from the Chultan Peninsula. As a clone that does not even have a real body, the most important task at the moment is to hide in the Wuji Spire to accumulate strength. How can it dare to come out and act like a monster.
Is Setti, the evil god of the Mulhorand pantheon, no longer willing to take action? Or are you no longer interested in the remaining divine power?
As the two of them continued to move forward, Brian had clearly noticed the great changes in the surrounding environment.
First there was the air. The wind in the tunnel was always eerie, blowing on my body as if I had fallen into a bone-chilling ice cellar.
But now, the wind blowing in the face is not only getting warmer, it has even reached the point where it can be called 'hot', and there is also a faint smell of sulfur in the wind.
The second is the passage.
If only the indigenous lizard chiefs could feel the so-called traces of artificial modification before, now these traces have reached the point where everyone can see them.
The walls and ceiling have obviously been reinforced, the floor is getting smoother, and some ancient patterns and patterns even appear.
Brian felt that this place was becoming less and less like the wilderness or the underworld of the underground world. Instead, it was constantly changing and clearly presented the appearance of a magnificent ancient underground city.
And it is not a ruin that has been abandoned long ago. There are still traces of the survival of intelligent civilization inside.
When the two of them sped up and turned three corners, entering an alley that had no natural traces and was completely filled with heavy stones, Brian could already see that there was something there. To the exit of the alley a hundred meters away, it was like a spacious avenue that gathered many other similar alleys.
At the same time, he suddenly heard a few strange words in an area not far away.
The weird conversation is getting closer and closer, but no footsteps can be heard at all.
In just a moment, the swaying firelight first cast several black shadows to the ground, and then completely exposed the true face of the holder to his sight.
This is a strange creature with a human body and a snake's tail.
They twisted and meandered on the road, their eyes shining with an evil aura, and their clawed hands held an extremely sharp trident tightly.
There is no doubt that this is the snake man.
The kingdoms have a long history, and they are also cunning and ruthless cold-blooded barbaric races, and this place is obviously a snake man's lair.
The history of human civilization is generally accepted to have begun about fifteen centuries ago, although it was allowed by the Elf King to colonize open areas in the forest.
This year is known as the 'First Year of the Foundation of the Valley'. From this year on, humans began to develop rapidly, and the position of the dominant race in Faerûn was determined.
However, the 'Valley Founding Calendar' is not the oldest calendar of mankind, and the glorious history of mankind is by no means only more than a thousand years old.
About fifty centuries ago, in order to fight against the attacks of orc bandits, seven small fishing villages formed an alliance with each other and claimed to have established a country called 'Sevington'.
The country was soon renamed 'Netheril', and later changed from a kingdom to an empire. The great and prosperous era of Netheril, with its magical achievements unprecedentedly powerful, thus began, and has lasted for nearly thirty centuries.
The initial year when the seven small fishing villages formed an alliance with each other was the 'First Year of Netheril'.
Looking back further, ten thousand years ago was the century of the elves.
The five powerful kingdoms of the elves rule the entire continent of Faerûn. But the country of the elves is almost the same as the countries established by humans and other intelligent creatures. It is also full of all kinds of conspiracies and turmoil.
The Elven Civil War, known as the ‘Crown War’, lasted almost throughout the entire history of the Elven Kingdom.
And even before the elves, there were several other intelligent civilizations called "creative races" that emerged in the "Dawn Age" of the world of Toril.
Among them, the most powerful is Saluk Wuhu.
They are the masters of all scaly races, except the dragon race.
They created all scaly life, including Naga, lizard people, and the snake people who most directly inherited the blood of the Saluk people.
Today, the kingdom established by these scaly people has long since disappeared.
And most of them themselves have disappeared.
Only in the southern dense forests and swamps of the Faerûn continent can you occasionally see traces of them.
But when Brian went thousands of meters deep into the highest glacier canyon in order to find the lost ancient city of Orlem, he never expected that he would actually find an ancient Saluk witch dragon here. Another underground city ruins, as well as the snake people entrenched here.
Brian still knew about the snake-man creature. Before he set off, he had done enough research at the ‘Crown Palace’ in Susal.
I have seen detailed records about some of these reptilian creatures.
Snake people are divided into three types: pure snake people, mixed-blood snake people, and demon snake people as leaders. The group of snake people patrolling in front of them seem to be mixed-blood snake people who are in the middle class and are the main members of the group.
They seemed careless, meandering forward and talking to each other, not focusing on searching for abnormalities around them.
It seems that the peace that has lasted too long has lowered their vigilance, and even the patrol missions related to the safety of their own ethnic group have become just routine.
The snake people have their own language. Although no one can understand what they say, the sound sounds similar to the 'hissing' sound made by a poisonous snake when it sticks out its tongue, which is creepy.
I saw seven or eight meandering snake tails stopped swinging at the same time. A dozen bright red lights turned to look into the depths of the alley. The scaly arm raised the weapon and aimed it at the seemingly The darkness of nothingness.
As if sensing the existence of Brian and the Lizard Chief in the darkness through the sense of heat, the Snake Man's forked tongue hurriedly moved in and out of his foul mouth, making bursts of threatening 'hissing' sounds.
The cunning and suspicious Snake Man, once he discovers an abnormality, will never let it go easily and take things carelessly.
Their snake tails slapped against the stone slabs on the ground a few times, and they were about to jump forward. Suddenly, Brian, who was the first to take action, used the 'Standing Technique' to stop the group of opponents. The scaly race, who was extremely sensitive to danger, was so shocked that he did not dare to move even an inch of muscle in his body.
Brian only left one alive and cleared out all the other snake people.
Then, he interrogated the prisoner carefully for a long time through various manipulation magics, until he really could not dig out any information from the prisoner. Then he nodded with satisfaction and stood up, turning the snake, who only wanted to die, into Kill people.
He learned from the intelligence that this was indeed the ruins of an ancient Saluk witch.
This once powerful scaly race established the underground city they are currently in called "Salukeda" almost 20,000 years ago.
In its heyday, the Istofisel Empire once had tens of thousands of Saluk witches and the secondary scale slaves they created living here. As the land declined, the city gradually turned into ruins.
About twenty centuries ago, a group of snake people wandering in the Underdark discovered "Salukeda" and settled here since then.
The level of civilization of the snake people was originally far lower than that of their founding race.
However, during the exploration and excavation of the ruins, they unexpectedly discovered that there were actually several remaining Saluk witches in the city.
They did not die, but entered hibernation.
To ordinary snake people, the Saluk Witch is almost like a god.
After temporarily awakening, these 'gods' provided various guidance for their creations, imparting knowledge to the snake people so that the snake people could survive and reproduce better, and then Entered hibernation again.
Since then, the snake people have settled in the ruins. Using the technology taught by the Saluk Witch, they have raised many kinds of scaly monsters as guards to protect themselves, so their safety can be guaranteed.
Also because they obtained the magic of ancient civilizations, the greedy snake people created many powerful weapons and organized them into plundering teams. They went to the surface and deeper into the dark areas to plunder wealth, and even defeated the Egyptians guarding the Grand Canyon many times. As a result, the Sebi Lizard people became prosperous.
In the end, the snake-man god Masak became aware of this powerful snake-man kingdom. He took the initiative to lower himself into a clone and made the snake-man leader his chosen one, and then killed the sleeping Saruk witch. Build a temple and establish a priestly organization.
With the support of Saluk’s magic and the snake-man god, the Ethiopian lizards are naturally no match for them and can only be forced into the harsh environment of the Grand Canyon to continue to follow their mission. .
Now, there are about ten thousand snakemen in the city, living scattered throughout the ruins centered on the temple dedicated to the snakeman god Masak.
In addition to the most powerful snake-man priest in this ethnic group, the temple is also where the treasure house is located.
"All the problems have been sorted out." Brian communicated with the golden dragon Paralandax through his mind:
"As the other party said, before the fall of Netheril, there were indeed many "Misers" "Energy Core" had just been created and before it started to function, it encountered the catastrophe that destroyed the entire empire.
This group of snake people must have sent a plundering team to the surface around that time and brought one of the Mysser energy cores back to their lair.
But they didn’t know how to activate it, so the Miser Energy Core remains silent to this day... Of course, this can be considered a good thing. Because once the Mysser core is activated, it cannot be moved or closed, and the unstable energy may even cause a horrific explosion. And no matter who comes into contact with the operating Myser energy core, they will be killed immediately. Then we will not have the chance to get this unexpected harvest this time. ”
(End of this chapter)