Chapter 410 Understanding (4000)
“Done.”
As the last ghost was chopped away by Nohir with an axe, he felt the coldness and weakness that had been surrounding him before. It also faded away rapidly at the same time until it was completely unfeelable.
After entering the shelter, Nohir looked around curiously, and then he immediately saw the familiar courtyard and the fountain in the center of the courtyard. In the game, there will be a flame fist and a harpist next to the fountain. While chatting, he remembered that Yan Fist had a bad mouth, so he still had an impression of him, but of course there would be no Yan Fist soldiers here.
The interior of the barn in the distance was dark. There were no livestock or the blacksmith he was familiar with. And as he looked more carefully, he found that the shelter's area was too large. I expected that even though I didn't feel it in the game, if this shelter in reality could be repaired, it would probably be okay to house five or six hundred people.
"I didn't expect to meet you again so soon, Nohir. Although the scene is a bit wrong, it's really great to see you at this time."
Leon spoke with a familiar face Walking in front of Nohir, the half-drow dragon-born monk's handsome face showed a friendly smile, and at the same time he slowly raised his right hand, wanting to say hello cordially, and Nohir also came back to his senses, He also stretched out his right hand and shook it heavily.
"It seems that I came in time, but I didn't expect that you would come to pick me up. I communicated with the master once using the sound transmission stone on the way here. The master said that you were seriously injured. But it seems to be okay now?”
“Haha, Ilmet, you really couldn’t have come at a better time, but if you want to explain my injury or something else... Hey, you still have to do it. Come with me first, I will take you to find the master.”
“I am not very good at explaining these things, so let the master do it. I will introduce you to a lady by the way. Our savior, if we hadn’t met her..."
While Leon was talking, he led Nohir towards the double-storey main building in the middle. Nohir also listened and followed quickly. Leon did not tell him about their experiences in the past few days, but he kept talking. Talking about Isobel, the priest of Selûne.
According to Leon, if this priest hadn't suddenly appeared when they were in dire straits, used healing magic to hang their lives, and then used teleportation spells to teleport a few of them here." "Safe" location, he and the others would probably be dead long ago.
Nohir was noncommittal about Leon's remarks. If Jahira had not exaggerated Leon's injuries before, he would have been able to recover from serious injuries to a level that would not affect the battle in such a short period of time. Based on this alone Points are indeed enough to prove Isobel's healing ability. Although the priests of Silver Virgin are all powerful healers, it is still quite an exaggeration to be able to reach the level of Isobel.
Nohill listened like this and followed Leon into the huge two-story building. Then he finally saw a tired face, standing next to a table and carefully looking at the map on the table. Master Jaheira.
Next to Master Jaheira, Nohir also saw two people who looked like civilians, but held crossbows and staffs. They wore the emblems of the silver moon and the harp around their necks, which were obviously similar to Masters are also regular harpists.
‘Besides Leon and the others, are there other Harpers here? It's a bit similar to the game, but there are too few Harpers. There are only three masters, which is a big difference from the game. ’
‘It seems that this place was not used as a stronghold by the Harpers from the beginning. These Harpers should also be outsiders who came with Master Jaheira and the others. ’
The brainstorm passed by in a flash, but it did not affect Nohir in reality at all.
“We meet again, Master.”
Nohir stepped out, and Jaheira also raised her head. The originally frowning expression instantly relaxed after seeing him. cut.
"You came so quickly, Nohir, and at the right time."
Jahila breathed a long sigh of relief, walked out from behind the table, and came to Nohir.
In Jaheira’s eyes, Nohir is an irreplaceable supporter. With him, all problems can be solved, and Nohir is also very eager to know about Jahira. What exactly happened to Sheila and the others? Only by obtaining enough intelligence could he carry out targeted actions.
"...In short, that's it."
After a long conversation, Nohill finally learned about their trip experience from the master. In short, most of their experiences and Nohill's previous guess.
First, the group first passed by this place on their way back to Baldur's Gate, and then they were attracted by the danger signs drawn by the local Harper members. In the end, they simply stayed there and directly investigated the Land of Shadows on the spot. Abnormal, Nohill guessed this absolutely accurately, and the subsequent development was no different.
While exploring here, a group of people found the source of the abnormality, which was the Tower of Moonrise, but something unexpected happened when they wanted to explore in more detail.
They were discovered, but unlike Nohir's original guess, it was not Kesrick or his undead men who found them all over the Moonrise Tower, but a group of them. Mind Flayer.
That’s right, mind flayers are the most dangerous species in the entire material plane. This is a powerful enemy that they cannot predict. As a legendary druid, Master Jaheira can completely cover them with spells. Those undead senses allowed them to easily explore the entire Moonrise Tower, but the appearance of the Mind Flayer was an unexpected surprise.
In just an instant, a whole team of ten mind flayers suddenly flashed in front of them with the ability of teleportation, followed by a rapid and violent mind blast!
At the same moment, a large amount of violent purple spiritual energy fluctuations rushed towards them like a tsunami!
Mind blast alone is difficult to deal with, let alone 10 mind flayers launching this skill together. The power is even more terrifying. Mind blast is the specialty of the mind flayer race. Speed It's fast, powerful, has a wide range, and is very difficult to resist, these are the advantages of this skill.
Activating with low power can easily suppress large-scale slave uprisings. Attacking with high power can easily kill people. Just this wave of raids almost wiped out the entire army of the master. If the master hadn't reacted in time and activated his defense items the moment the mind flayer appeared, helping everyone block most of the damage from the first wave of attacks, they might have overturned directly there. At that time, Jaheira wanted to announce her retreat. When she discovered that the Tower of the Moon was Kessrik's base camp, Jaheira was already very shocked and became extremely vigilant.
Because she has fought against Catheric before and knows how cruel and cunning that guy is. Now he has come back from the dead and is involved with the Mind Flayer. , it must be a bigger conspiracy. Being able to find out some of his details today is worth the price of admission. The next thing to do is to evacuate as soon as possible, but the guy from Minsk is up to it!
It's been like that since before. Once a fight breaks out, this guy will become careless! Even if Jaheira had asked him to come back as soon as possible, Minsk, who was already deeply surrounded by the mind flayers at that time, would not be able to withdraw in a short time even if he wanted to obey.
There was no other way. Jahira and Leon could only go up to support him. In order to quickly evacuate from the danger, Jahira started with an ice cone technique that almost covered the entire hall. The fierce offensive not only disrupted The mind flayer's rhythm also gave us an opportunity to attack.
Leon, a monk who barely touched the ground, ignored the smooth surface, flew in the air, and quickly killed two mind flayers with his elegant posture and sharp punches. Minsk also used his The invincible sword knocked over two mind flayers, and the victory at this moment had opened the way for evacuation.
The three people present were not interested in fighting. Even Minsk chose to retreat under Xiaobu's dissuasion. But even such a delay was enough for the crisis to surround them again at lightning speed.
A large number of undead surrounded their retreat, and Catheric also appeared in person, and Cetheric was accompanied by his right-hand man, the necromancer Balthazar, and Balthazar's twin Brother, a flesh and blood golem called Flesh.
Almost in an instant, the situation reached its worst situation. Because of Minsk's recklessness, even though their response was very quick, they still wasted the best time to evacuate. They had to take advantage of the encirclement before it was completely formed. Directly start a Jedi battle royale.
Those ordinary undead skeletons are not a problem. Jaheira only needs to transform into an owlbear, and she can directly use her arrogant body and strong arms to smash these ordinary skeletons into debris, but that name The flesh golem named Flesh was like a big mountain, blocking their key escape route. Behind them were the magic of the necromancer, and the death knight Keserik, who was pressing closer.
Such a dangerous situation almost makes people despair, but the three people present are not ordinary people. Minsk, who knew that he had caused trouble, chose to take advantage of his crime and blocked most of the pursuing troops from behind.
And Leon chose to use the powerful resonance energy to deal with the flesh golem. The energy can attack the body, causing internal destruction and negative effects. Leon successfully knocked the golem out of the stupor, and Jaheira also Taking advantage of this opportunity, he picked up the golem in one breath, then used it as a boulder to smash through the outer wall of the Moonrise Tower.
In this way, they successfully escaped, although in the process, Minsk was hit in the chest by Kesrik with a hammer, breaking several ribs. When Leon was dealing with the flesh golem, he was The meteor hammer on its right arm scraped its body, taking away several taels of meat. Even the master's owlbear form was full of bows and arrows, but they finally managed to escape from the tower.
They successfully reunited with the other two Harpers outside the tower, and during the subsequent escape process, they met Isobel who took the initiative to appear in front of them. Next, Isobel used a teleportation spell to bring them along. After arriving here and settling down in this Final Light Hotel, it was only then that Master Jaheira had time to check the message Nohir sent him.
"...It's really hard for you, you have encountered so many dangers."
"It's like this when operating with Minsk. I thought I was used to it, but he left After more than 200 years, I am not used to it again..."
Nohir was speechless. Jahira and Minsk had known each other more than 200 years ago, and they had experienced it together. They are close friends who have gone on countless life and death adventures. Although the master is complaining about Minsk now, in fact, their true friendship cannot be destroyed so easily.
In the game, Minsk was controlled by the mind flayers for a period of time and became the stone lord who wreaked havoc in the underground world of Baldur's Gate. When the player led a team to defeat the stone lord, Jaheira would even uncharacteristically continue to He said not to kill him, there must be other ways to release him from control, and only then can the player feel the strength of their friendship from Jaheira's knife mouth.
"Master, where are Xiaobu and Xiaobu in Minsk? Why haven't you seen them?"
"They are upstairs, staying with our savior. The guy's injury is a bit serious and he is still recovering. , it’s better not to disturb them yet. Rather than this, let’s discuss what to do next.”
It is really important to plan how to act next, because they currently have too few manpower. For safety reasons, Jaheira and the others did not bring many ordinary Harpers with them when they explored here.
The danger here is not something ordinary people can deal with, so they only brought two extra personnel. They were both the initiators of this mission and the two most powerful of the group of Harpers, namely The man and woman beside the master.
The woman is called Sandra, a warlock with a professional level of about level 7, and the man is called Jonas, a ranger with a professional level of about level 4.
According to Nohill's standards, they are not considered strong, but in this world, as long as they are professionals, they have the combat power to be as good as ten when facing ordinary people. Although the actual combat ability of these two is a bit weak. , but it’s definitely not useless, at least it won’t be a hindrance.
Nohir also wanted to get to know them, but when Nohir looked at them, he saw a trace of panic and defensiveness in their eyes and actions.
Nohir seemed a little surprised by their attitude for a moment. He hadn't seen other people show this expression to him for a long time, but it was normal if he thought about it carefully.
The more remote and small villages they come from, the less they know about tieflings, not to mention that Nohir is a special type with wings. In the eyes of most ordinary people, tieflings like him are Lin is no different from the devil.
Although Nohir's reputation has spread throughout the Northland during this period, even so, without seeing it with their own eyes, it is difficult for ordinary people to have an impression of him in the first place. Trust, not to mention that they are still surrounded by a lot of bound spirits and ghosts. Even if the master has explained to them in advance, they cannot let down their guard casually.
In fact, the Northland is pretty good. At least there are a lot of tieflings. After hundreds of years, even if there is discrimination or fear towards tieflings, they will not fight them as soon as they come up. He wanted to kill him, but if he went a little further east to a traditional country like Amn or Cormyr, Nohir could be hanged directly based on his appearance.
(End of this chapter)