Chapter 424 The Army of the Undead
Nohir cast his sights at his feet. He did not forget that there was a huge hidden space under this tower.
In the years when Catheric was not resurrected by Melkor, the Moonrise Tower was not completely abandoned. Perhaps it was due to chance or other reasons. In short, the Mind Flayer After they drove their Nautilus battleship from the outer star realm to the land of Faerûn, they fell in love with this tower.
From then on, the mind flayers were here. They established their own community under a high tower. They cultivated and thrived in the darkness, multiplied and grew stronger. If nothing unexpected happened, this group of mind flayers would only need to develop for a while. The psychic technology of the Empire era, that is, a dozen Nautilus hull ships, suddenly dominated the entire Northland.
But it’s a pity that these guys were unlucky enough to run into Keswick, who had returned from resurrection and wanted to retake his base camp. The disputes and battles between the undead and the mind flayers brought each other down. With the development of both sides, it was not until the evil thoughts arrived some time ago with the crown of Karsus and put the crown on the head of the mastermind that Kesrik truly became the master of the Moonrise Tower again.
'The power of the Mind Flayer should not be underestimated, but both sides experienced a big battle some time ago. Both sides must have consumed a lot of each other's strength in that battle. At least the Mind Flayer must have suffered a loss. After all, they were defeated. On one side, even their own mastermind is controlled by Kesrick's group, which is a very dangerous signal. '
'With the level of loyalty of ordinary mind flayers to the master brain, once the war is lost to the point where even the master brain will be threatened, then few ordinary mind flayers will probably be dead. Maybe the master It's possible that the ten mind flayers they encountered before were all re-cultivated by them during this time. '
'As for the losses on Kesrick's side...well, if you look carefully, there seem to be many undead souls on both sides of the hall whose limbs are a bit uncoordinated. These undead souls should have suffered injuries before. Serious trauma, maybe the undead he sees now are the combined undead that were put back together by Balthazar after that battle. ’
This is very likely, but for Nohill, this is not a good thing. After all, the advantage of undead is that there are more of them the more you fight, and it is very simple to replenish them after the battle.
Nohir is certain that when Kesrick and Xie Nian joined forces to deal with the mind flayers, these undead souls must have been scrapped more than once, but looking at it now, as long as these skeletons are not broken into pieces, they can't even be fought. If you get up, it's not a loss at all.
As long as you clean up the battlefield after the battle, and then use necromancy spells one after another, you can instantly create a large group of new living combat forces.
'So, if you want to deal with the army of undead, the most critical thing is to kill their leader first, and Balthazar is the chief necromancer under Kesric, so killing him is the first priority. The level can be said to be the highest. Although Catheric is Melkor's chosen god and has the power to resurrect the undead, he is not qualified to be the chosen one of the god of the undead. '
He is not a professional necromancer. Even resurrecting ordinary undead requires him to consume the divine power given to him by Melkor. There is no doubt that this is a very wasteful move, and the undead army only needs to participate in the battle , then whether it is the enemy or himself, the losses on both sides will be very tragic. If every battle requires him to personally expend his strength to restore the undead, he will be dragged down by himself before long.
After all, Catherick was a general before his fall. His duty was to command the entire army, not to do logistics. Catherick would hand over these tasks to Barca, who specialized in necromancy. Zal will do it, but if Balthazar dies...
'I remember that guy's laboratory is upstairs, but now the tower is more than 2,000 feet high, and this guy's position has also changed. I'm not sure anymore. It's unlikely to find his laboratory in a short time. In this case, let's search the bottom floor first. Nohir flapped his wings and flew up. There was plenty of space in the hall on the first floor. The distance between floors was more than ten meters high. Such a large space was enough for Nohir to fly. He just bypassed the hall. Densely packed skeletons and undead flew through the first half of the hall on the first floor.
Yes, there are obviously thousands of undead blocking here, but these undead only filled the first half of the hall on the first floor of the Moonrise Tower. In the center of the hall, a stone wall blocked it. In order to block the path of these undead, there is a door frame seven meters high and five meters wide on the left and right sides of this stone wall.
Relying on the shadowing ability of the shadow demon on his belt, Nohir got in through the door frame on the right, and then saw the majestic throne made of stones at a glance, but at this moment, There is no trace of Catheric on this throne, and the chosen one of the God of the Dead is not here.
So Nohir looked around again. On both sides of the throne, there was a spiraling stone staircase on each side. Those two stairs were also the only ones that could lead to the upper level, but Nohir didn't want to go up directly just yet.
He moved his eyes to the left and right sides. The hall in the back half of the Moonrise Tower looked much narrower than the front, but this was because the designer divided the back into three independent spaces. , in addition to the place where the throne is placed in the middle, there are also vacant rooms on the left and right sides.
Nohill remembered that in the game, if you take the right one, you can find a staircase leading directly to the underground cell, and you can meet a drow pharmacist on the left. In the game, the pharmacist can provide several very good potions, but now in this timeline , the pharmacist is definitely not here, so Nohill plans to explore the area on the right first.
As Nohir approached the room on the right, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from that room.
First I heard a series of sharp giggles, then the roars and whimpers of beasts, as well as the sound of something being knocked over, and the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.
‘…It’s a jackal. '
Yes, it is definitely a Jackal. The laughter and movement are the most identifiable things about Jackals. Nohill has encountered this kind of monster in the wilderness before. For them, The voice was all too familiar.
'Gnolls... Ordinary gnolls can't survive in the Moonrise Tower, but I remember that Xie Nian likes these bloodthirsty beasts very much, and even thinks that they have a unique beauty... Tsk, I really believe in Bal's belief, these Jackals must be pets kept by evil thoughts, which means...'
(End of this chapter)