A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

There is no doubt that the "small conflict" between the gray dwarf caravan and the Kuo-Toa fishmen was obviously not the key to attracting the attention of the dark elf scouts.

Because situations like this kind of robbery or gangsters are so common in the intricate tunnels of the Underdark, it is not a big deal at all.

Especially Vinal, the leader of the team, had sneak attacked and robbed no less than six caravans on their way to the surface, and only successfully arrived at Luskan, the City of Thousand Sails, relying on the precious survival supplies they seized from each other.

What's more, gray dwarves themselves are not a good thing.

Although they always behave well in front of the dark elves, and are even occasionally bullied, blackmailed, and blackmailed, they are out-and-out bullies in front of other races.

Some gray dwarf caravans that are large enough don't mind looting some small gathering places, turning the captured underground gnomes, goblins and orcs into slaves and taking them to the next city to sell them.

So even though the situation of the gray dwarf caravan looked very bad, Zuo Si and Drizzt always stood aside and had no intention of intervening.

In addition to these two groups of people, there is also a group of monsters that look like a mixture of bulky beetles and apes hidden in the darkness.

These guys have a scientific name called "earth monsters", and they are one of the most dangerous monsters in the entire underdark.

Its hard outer shell is as protective as the strongest plate armor, and its barb-like claws can tear a person in half from the middle.

The reason why they were not controlled by their instinctive desire to eat and rushed directly to kill them was because behind the earth giant monster were seven or eight mind flayers waving tentacles like octopuses.

Obviously, this is a good show in which the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole stalks behind.

When the Kuo-Toa and gray dwarves began to suffer a large number of casualties among themselves, the Mind Flayer controlled the earth monsters to swarm forward, and without saying a word, first threw a bunch of mind blasts into the most densely populated areas.

As a result, the unprepared Kuo Tao fishmen were the first to be hit, and they were all frightened by this psychic attack and were unable to move in place.

In contrast, due to the gray dwarves' inherent psychic resistance to a certain degree, only about one-third of them were affected.

The rest quickly activated their innate ability [Great Transformation], which allowed them to rapidly increase their size, and at the same time their strength attributes were also strengthened to a certain extent. They all launched a charge like little giants.

Because they all know very well that if they don't strike first when facing the Mind Flayer, they will soon be controlled and captured by powerful psychic powers, and eventually become slaves and puppets controlled by the other party.

Some gray dwarves also activated another innate ability [Invisibility], first disappearing from the opponent's sight, and then looking for opportunities to use the crossbows in their hands to launch cold arrows for sneak attacks.

Even the stingy caravan owner didn't care about saving at this moment. He immediately took out a magic scroll exuding a strong elemental atmosphere from his pocket and chose to activate it without hesitation.

I saw a flash of dazzling earth-yellow light!

A huge stone elemental giant immediately rose up from the ground, waving its fist as big as a sandbag and knocking the earth monster rushing to the ground with a bang.

Judging from the size and strength, this is at least a giant earth element that can only be summoned by sixth- or even seventh-ring magic.

With the addition of the giant earth element, the gray dwarf caravan, which was originally at an absolute disadvantage, immediately began to fight back like a chicken.

The guys who had previously used invisibility to hide now emerged from the dark corners, aiming at the mind flayer and shooting crossbow arrows coated with poison.

Two mind flayers who had not blessed themselves with protective spells were struck by sharp crossbow bolts piercing their bodies and heads on the spot. They fell to the ground screaming and began to violently withdraw, and then breathed their last breath.

But the Mind Flayer was obviously not a vegetarian. He immediately began to activate his innate psychic abilities, either trying to invade and charm the gray dwarf warriors, or controlling the frightened Kuo-Toa murlocs, causing them to continue to flow. Continuously joining the battle as cannon fodder.

Suddenly blood splattered everywhere, and the original confrontation between the two sides turned into a three-party melee. The scene was a complete mess.

"What do we do now?"

The female leader of the dark elf team, Vinal, asked Zuo Si in sign language.

"I think we should help the gray dwarves. At least these guys can still talk and communicate, but those terrible mind flayers are obviously only interested in capturing slaves and eating brains."

Drizzt also quickly expressed his views in sign language.

In his opinion, although gray dwarves are not good things like dark elves, they can at least be classified as intelligent creatures.

As for the Mind Flayer, although it also possesses a very high level of intelligence, it has always been classified as a monster like the Beholder.

"Help those gray dwarves? Don't be kidding! There are at least eight earth trolls and almost ten mind flayers over there. If we really take action, even if we succeed in sneak attack first, we will still have to sacrifice three to four people. Life as the price." Vinal unceremoniously rejected the ranger's proposal.

"What do dark elves usually do when they encounter this kind of situation?" Zuo Si asked with interest in sign language.

Vinal answered without thinking: "If we follow the way of thinking of the dark elves, we should sit here and wait patiently for them to fight until both of them are injured, and then attack them all. Kill all the mind flayers, and then take the rest. The duergar captives were turned into slaves and took everything from the entire caravan.”

Zuo Si touched his chin and thought for a few minutes, then quickly responded in sign language: "Since I am playing a dark elf mercenary group now, let's do it according to the dark elf way. Let your people prepare. , watch my instructions later."

"As you wish, my lord."

The corners of Weiner's mouth raised slightly, revealing a very evil and cruel smile. She was obviously very satisfied with Zuo Si's judgment and choice.

Because she knows very well that in the cruel underworld, only by completely abandoning unnecessary compassion and morality can she survive better.

What's more, this female drow has already obtained a promise from Zuo Si. As long as she completes the journey safely, she can escape from the control of the Municipal Council and directly become a subordinate intelligence agency in the Mage Tower after returning to Luskan.

Not only does he have more privileges, but he can also secretly recruit troops and give full play to his and his men's specialties of stealth, tracking and assassination.

Therefore, Vinal hopes to reduce and avoid dangers as much as possible and use the safest method to deal with all kinds of troubles more than anyone else.

Soon, under her command, a dozen dark elf warriors and assassins quickly gathered and began to quench the weapons in their hands.

The skilled movements of these people, as well as the strange light glowing from the poisoned weapons, made Drizzt, a ranger, unable to help but frown.

But he was not a paladin after all, so he did not stop this behavior which was definitely despicable and shameless in the eyes of the paladin.

When almost half of the gray dwarf warriors on the battlefield were dead or injured, and the entire battle line was about to collapse, Zuo Si, who had watched the show for a long time, finally gave all the dark elves a signal to prepare for an attack.

Then, under the stunned gaze of everyone around him, he completed a large number of enhanced magic and divine blessings at an extremely fast speed.

[Blessing Technique]!

[The tenacity of the group bear]!

[The power of group cattle]!

[The elegance of group cats]!

[Anti-evil magic circle]!

[Group advanced magic weapon]!

[Group advanced demonized armor]!

[Group Mage Armor]!

[Group Stoneskin Technique]!

[Group Acceleration Technique]!

…

In just a few seconds, the dark elves present realized that they were strengthened by various powerful magical powers.

The level of some divine spells was so high that even the family matrons and high-level priestesses they had once loyal to were unable to perform it, so they all showed expressions of shock and disbelief.

After all, any magic with the prefix "group" is basically no lower than the sixth ring.

Because spell slots above the sixth level are often very tight and scarce, regardless of whether they are magic or divine arts.

Most high-level mages and priests would choose to memorize more powerful spells instead of memorizing a bunch of group strengthening spells that they don't know whether they will be useful.

What's more, in the eyes of spellcasters, the profession of warrior is basically equated with "cannon fodder".

Except for a very small number of high-level warriors, ordinary warriors are not qualified to enjoy the blessings of divine magic.

But Zuo Si was good. He armed everyone from head to toe with just one spell cast before the battle. At the same time, he also fully displayed his powerful arcane and divine spell-casting abilities.

"attack!"

Feeling that her body had become extremely powerful under the influence of magical power, Vinal gave instructions to all her subordinates in sign language without saying a word.

The dark elf warriors and assassins quickly took advantage of their racial advantages, dispersed at an extremely fast speed, and used their powerful stealth skills to quietly approach their chosen targets.

When they reach the designated location, they immediately release their own spell-like ability - demon fire, marking the enemy with purple flames without any damage ability.

Immediately afterwards, another racial spell-like ability-darkness was released, completely shrouding the enemy in darkness that made him unable to see his fingers.

In this way, these natural assassins and killers can not only easily hide all their whereabouts, but can also use the light produced by the demon fire to locate the enemy.

As a result, in the first round of fatal sneak attacks, the hearts and heads of four mind flayers were penetrated, and they died on the spot before they could even scream.

As for the remaining mind flayers, they relied on their psychic powers to sense the thoughts of the dark elves in advance and successfully avoided these deadly poison weapons. In turn, they wanted to use their tentacles to pry open the attacker's skull to taste it. Those delicious brains.

But unfortunately, with the blessing of protective magic such as mage armor and stone skin, they could not even pierce the outermost stone skin, and were kicked away by the dark elves whose strength and agility attributes were greatly enhanced. , or tear off the tentacles forcefully.

As for the legendary ranger Drizzt, he rushed into the middle of the earth monster immediately, wielding two magic scimitars, and turned on the violent mode as if the god of death was coming.

Since he had lived as a barbarian in the Underdark for a period of time when he escaped from Menzoberranzan in his early years, he had mastered the special ability that allowed him to enter a violent rage without any guidance.

Although his basic strength attribute is only thirteen points, with the additional four points of Fury, it reaches seventeen points. With the four points of Bull Power, it reaches an astonishing blackjack.

You must know that this level of power has exceeded that of ogres and reached the level of hill giants.

The strength of an adult earth giant is only twenty points.

Therefore, Drizzt was surprised to find that for the first time in the battle, he actually had the upper hand in a confrontation with strength attributes. He did not need to defend or dodge at all. He could reach a height of more than 2.5 meters in front of him with just the strength of one arm. The behemoth was repulsed.

No!

Not just repelled!

With the enchantment levels of the two magic scimitars and the blessing of high-level demonized weapons, he could actually tear the hard shell of the opponent directly.

Ever since, his dance of death, which was originally full of dexterity and grace, had unknowingly evolved into a brutal meat grinder.

In just ten seconds, three giant earth monsters fell into a pool of blood. Not only were their limbs brutally dismembered, but the carapace in front of the chest was also chopped to pieces with bloody flesh, and blood spurted out from the wounds. Plasma and ground meat.

strength!

A tremendous strength!

Unrivaled power!

For the first time, Drizzt, strengthened by so much magic and divine magic, felt like a tireless, omnipotent god of war.

At this moment, he truly realized how reckless and ignorant it was for him and his friends to travel and take risks without the help of any spellcasters in the team.

If there is a spellcaster like Zuo Si among the enemies who knows how to cooperate with warriors, the result will be disastrous.

Of course, Drizzt obviously enjoys this greatly strengthened feeling now.

In particular, the effect brought by the acceleration technique allowed him to swing the scimitar faster and more quickly, slicing through the gaps in the hard shell of the earth giant at a speed that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

A mind flayer apparently noticed the invincible appearance of the dark elf ranger killing people, and immediately released powerful psychic powers in an attempt to invade his spiritual world.

But before Drizzt felt like he was in a trance, he saw Zuo Si standing on a huge stalactite behind him, raising his hand and shooting a small red fireball.

The next second...

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Dazzling white fire shot into the sky.

The mind flayer didn't even have time to react before his entire body was instantly evaporated by the terrifying heat.

What makes the surrounding dark elves even more unbelievable is that this amazingly powerful fireball did not cause any accidental damage.

The terrifying high-temperature flames and heat waves were like eyes, precisely avoiding everyone within its range of influence.

There is no doubt that this is a fireball technique that uses the metamagic technique "Spell Power" and "Spell Maximum Effect". It also uses the Archmage's professional advanced arcane ability - Shaping Control to change the scope of influence. control.

Its operation difficulty is so high that it has already surpassed the level of three-ring magic.

Let alone an ordinary mind flayer, even a giant mind flayer would be seriously injured if hit by one.

Smelling the pungent burnt smell in the air, Drizzt shook off the blood on his scimitar and couldn't help but whisper: "Damn it! I actually started to feel a little sympathy for these octopus heads, because they encountered A true monster.”

"Hehe! I really like this feeling now. With the powerful magic power possessed by the master, even if she enters the city of Menzoberranzan, she can easily travel among the major families. Because no matron will easily Give up recruiting such talents into your family." Vinal said in a tone full of excitement and expectation, licking her lips.

"Yes! I can already foresee that entering Menzoberranzan will inevitably trigger a bloody storm."

After saying that, Drizzt couldn't help but sigh slightly, and casually chopped off the head of the last earth monster.

The battle started quickly and ended quickly.

When the last mind flayer was pierced through the heart by the dark elf's sword, the mantis stalking the cicada finally came to an end.

The mind flayers and the earth trolls they brought were all killed.

Although two of the mind flayers expressed their intention to surrender, Zuo Si obviously did not want any prisoners, especially the mind flayers with the ability to spy on memories and minds, so he ordered the dark elf warriors to chop off their heads.

As for the Kuo-Toa, most of them died as cannon fodder under the control of the mind flayers. The rest jumped into underground rivers and pools and escaped after regaining consciousness.

Seeing that all the enemies were killed by the dark elves that suddenly appeared, the gray dwarf caravan guards who were more than half dead or injured did not even resist, and directly chose to put down their weapons and surrender.

They are not stupid. They understand how powerful the dark elf team in front of them is. With their own small number of people, they are afraid that they will all die in one encounter.

Being a slave is better than being a dead person. Gray dwarves have always been very aware of current affairs in this regard.

At first, the caravan owner wanted to redeem the carts and the goods on them by paying money, especially his personal freedom.

But after being slapped in the face and having all his valuables and magic items stripped off, he silently accepted the cruel reality that he was already a slave...