Dr. Green Dragon

On the coast of the Sword Coast, if there is any city that can surpass Baldur's Gate in all aspects of prosperity and strength...

Undoubtedly, there is only Deep Water City!

Not only the coast of Jianwan, but also the entire Northland, and even the entire Ashan plane. If you want to say that it is strong, prosperous, rich, and Waterdeep City is the second, I am afraid that there is no other city that dares to say that it is its own. Be the first!

In this metropolis, which is even known as the "City of Glory", it is said that the business district never closes. There is one shift during the day and another shift at night. Under the light of the extinguishing flame... this is the real city that never sleeps!

the city.

Many temples meet here.

Countless dark forces have never stopped greedy for it.

There are more lawful and good forces, defending the order here with their lives.

The rulers here, or, more precisely, the rulers, are a council of sixteen lords.

Moreover, because the lords of Waterdeep City are naturally hostile by countless dark forces, except for a powerful paladin of the "God of Justice" who is an open lord, everyone else is a masked lord, hiding their true identity. identity.

For a long time, speculation about the identity of the masked lord has been one of the daily entertainment methods of the citizens of Deepwater City.

Undoubtedly, a few days ago, the identity of a masked lord, or a former masked lord, was completely revealed, by himself!

Of course, even if he didn't reveal it himself, in fact, according to many people's guesses, this person should be one of the masked lords according to the information Isaac possessed!

Black Rod Archmage, Kelben-Olosan!

One of the leaders of the Harpers!

He is also one of the most powerful mages on the Ashan plane.

However, in Deep Water City, this "one" is still there!

after all……

Although the mage guild "Anmin Mage Association" in Waterdeep City is basically headed by "Black Rod Tower"!

Although the dark side of Waterdeep City, what kind of evil power exists in the underground Skull Harbor, certainly cannot be fully revealed!

But, it's just the legendary leyline lost city, and it's just the "crazy mage" who created this legendary place...

No spellcaster dares to say that he can surpass this "crazy mage" in the depth of the magic field, at least when he is awake!

And except for this mad mage.

All these years, Isaac has been secretly paying attention to the fact that one of the two whom the Dragon Queen pointed out back then, is very likely to be hiding here.

also……

The elector of the Goddess of Magic, who has been recuperating in Waterdeep City a few years ago, Ms. Leila from the "Seven Sisters of the Northland", is undoubtedly at this level!

Therefore, even if he is as powerful as the Black Rod Archmage, in a place like Waterdeep City, he can only be described as "one of the most powerful mages".

Of course, "one of the strongest" is definitely right.

However, if you want to add another word on top of it, "the strongest combination of mages"...

"These two old fellows who are hundreds of thousands of years old and have children and descendants, they really make a pair!"

"The two of them together, and Kelben's right-hand man, Archmage Malcho, whose caster level has probably surpassed level 25..."

Among the materials, apart from the announcement of the Great Master Black Rod's resignation as the Lord of Deep Water, there is also news that he and that Ms. Leila are truly united!

These two come together, and with the power of the Black Rod Tower...

Even though Isaac didn't have any direct thoughts about that side, for a moment, his eyes wrinkled slightly.

This tight combination of...

"Now when Ray Loren's accident happened."

"I'm afraid only the combination of the strongest elector and the Queen of Storms can slightly beat them!"

Thinking of those two, Isaac's eyes flashed with strangeness.

The goddess of magic, which is famous for having a large number of voters.

The strongest voter is said to be a person from thousands of years ago.

There are even rumors that all the "Seven Sisters of the Northland" were raised by him!

Then...he became a couple with the "Storm Queen" from "Seven Sisters"!

"The combination of Kelben and Laila, the 'Tower of the Black Rod', and the 'Tower of Order' of the Anmin Mage Association are not suitable for direct visits!"

After all, whether it is Kelben or Laila, in the materials of the Dragon Cult, they are not the kind of people who will only fight back after being offended.

On the contrary, these two people are often active in various schemes, and when necessary, they even cooperated temporarily with the evil camp.

If you go directly to the Black Rod Tower... Although Isaac has enough self-confidence, he is not so arrogant!

"So the group in Waterdeep City...Maybe the Lost Land Leyline City is the only target!"

His eyes swept across quickly, quickly reading all the information.

In Isaac's mind, a decision was soon made.

Leyline Lost City, which was created by the "crazy mage" Helast in the endless dark region.

It is said that there are countless levels inside, not only the level of the Underdark, but also various demiplane connections.

All the treasures of the "crazy mage", including all his magic research, are hidden in it.

Of course, there are more, and there are countless monsters and structures created, summoned, and enslaved by the "crazy mage".

This is a well-known place for exploration in Waterdeep City, and even the entire Northland.

The "crazy mage"'s attainments in the field of magic are definitely not inferior to Kelben.

Since the "Black Rod Tower" is not suitable for visiting for the time being, taking a step back, perhaps the "Lost Vein City" is more suitable for him.

After all... "Crazy Mage" doesn't care if there are any taboos when it comes to magic research!

With this in mind, he collected the information and looked at Beasley: "How much of our involvement has there been in the deep water? Is there anything related to the 'Lost Leyline City'?"

Knowing that the next stop would be Waterdeep City, Beasley was already prepared: "We mainly have three parts to get involved there."

"In the business district, there are quite a few real merchant spies that we only carry out trading activities. Some of them used to belong to the Dragon Worship Cult, and some were specially developed by the Kingdom Security Bureau."

"The port area and Skull Harbor are the dark places of Waterdeep City. Naturally, there are our spies lurking there, especially the Exantha Guild who was expelled to Skull Harbor. According to our lurking and infiltration over the years, some clues point to , the high level of this thieves' union may be related to the beholder, and furthermore, it may also have something to do with the Zhentarim Society and the Church of the King of Darkness."

"In addition, we have also infiltrated the city guards and the Adventurer's Union."

"Related to the 'Lost Leyline City', it can be explored from two aspects."

"On the one hand, adventurers have never stopped exploring the Lost Land Leyline City. From within the Adventurer's Union, if you pay some gold coins, you can gain certain information."

"On the other hand, the Skull Harbor has an underground water area directly connected to the Leyline Lost City. If you need it, as long as you mobilize those lurking spies to dig out some information related to the Leyline Lost City, there should be no problem. "

Beasley introduced clearly.

Isaac nodded slightly: "I'll leave it to you. Let's start from two aspects together."

He doesn't have much time to slowly solve the puzzle in the Lost City of Earth Leys.

Beasley took the lead.

After a while, he also left the room.

...

Early the next morning.

With the sound of a horn.

Leaving the pier and heading towards the ocean at a constant speed, the four of Isaac would definitely not miss it.

Relatively speaking, the air route between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep City, the two major city-states, is obviously more stable and safer than the air route between Baldur's Gate and Amn.

All the way to the north, after three or four days.

Following the outline of Waterdeep City, it gradually became clear in the distance.

Along the way, not to mention pirates, even murlocs and sea monsters in the sea, they didn't encounter anything.

On the contrary... Twice, I have met the fleet patrolling back and forth in the Sword Coast waters!

From this, it can also be seen that the Sword Coast region, especially the two powerful city-states Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep City, still has considerable stability.

Whether it was the sea monsters in the sea or the pirates in the north, few of the pirates related to the Luskans dared to act openly here.

Of course, that didn't have much to do with Isaac, and he didn't care about it.

At this moment, following the reminder from the crew, and with the city of Deep Water in sight, he was also looking at the one in the distance, which completely surrounded the entire bay and continued to extend inland. It is still far away, and it can be easily seen that this is an unprecedentedly large-scale building, whether it is Baldur's Gate, or his natural green, including Calimport and Askatra, which he has visited, and even The two major cities in the north and south of Enser... No city can surpass this one on this scale.

and……

While looking into the distance, Isaac squinted slightly, and took a long breath, as if he was distinguishing certain breaths that spread from there.

Then, he turned his eyes to the location of the bay port, and some vague sensations made his eyes move slightly: "Water Deep City also has the temple of the goddess of the sea?"

The mind and will are sensitive enough, there, the place closest to here, has a little familiar atmosphere!

"It should be the place where the sailors in shipwreck and those widows prayed to him."

"It should not be called a real temple, and it should not be compared with the Temple of the Water Queen in Baldur's Gate."

It wasn't Beasley who answered, but Barrett.

After all, among the well-known temples in Waterdeep City, these "temples" formed by sailor widows have no influence at all, and it is not enough for Beasley to know about them in advance.

On the contrary, Barrett has enough adventure experience, and he still has a certain understanding of such things.

Isaac pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Shipwreck, which goes hand in hand with ocean trade and ocean adventure forever.

Whether it is because of natural disasters at sea, pirates, or sea monsters, no port city can dare to say that it can avoid accidents at sea.

And every time there is a shipwreck...it often means that everyone on the ship is in disaster.

Therefore, they were originally together, and the wives and children of these sailors naturally got closer. Over time, they spontaneously prayed to the goddess of the sea, and gradually transformed into the temple of the goddess of the sea. , is also reasonable.

And from Isaac's perception of the strength of certain breaths over there, it also matches Barrett's statement.

Without further ado, he looked out of the harbor from the bay, and the terrain rose rapidly, like a mountain city in the castle area.

This should be the original urban area of ​​Waterdeep City, and it is also the most central urban area now.

It is said that this castle area, especially the Waterdeep Castle located on the top of Waterdeep Mountain, has many powerful catapult arrangements.

The power of this catapult is far beyond imagination. It is hard to say whether it is combined with some magical craft. In short, all attacks from the sea, whether it is a pirate fleet or a sea monster, including those sahuagin, including those deep-sea squid and aboleths Fish, no one from the ocean has ever broken through their fire bombardment.

Also, Beasley's profile.

The headquarters of the two armed forces of Waterdeep City, the city guard and the city sentry, should also be in this castle area.

And the only open lord, the "God of Justice" paladin Piergalen, lived in the center of the castle district, the Waterdeep Fort on the top of Waterdeep Mountain!

Separated by the castle area.

On the bay side is the port area.

Then there is the southern area of ​​the transportation center.

From the left to the right, they are the seaside area in the center of the nobility, and the commercial area of ​​the city that never sleeps in the commercial center.

Continuing to the north, it should be the northern area where the wealthy class and minor nobles live.

also……

go down.

There is also the dark skull port that connects to the sea area of ​​the Underdark.

And the even more mysterious Leyline Lost City.

In a short time, Isaac's eyes, according to Beasley's information, completed the division of the distant city,

then……

Looking again, the port that is gradually approaching...

"The development ideas of these lords..."

A strange color appeared in Isaac's eyes.

Not the same as the port at Baldur's Gate.

Even Port Wellen is better than that.

In this famously prosperous city, the mess and roughness of the port area are like two different worlds compared with the urban area in the distance, or even compared with the adjacent transportation center.

There are only a small number of guards in the huge port, and wild dogs can even be seen wandering among the chaotic small houses.

"Is it because of concerns about the attack of sea monsters that the transportation center was moved northward and the southern area was set up?"

"Or... is it because of the never-ending obstruction of the underground Skull Harbor?"

After all, Skull Harbor is known as the dark side of Waterdeep City. All kinds of smuggling and evil will never stop.

The port area is in conflict with the interests of Skull Harbor!

Or... maybe it has something to do with those people who control the transportation industry in the southern district, right?

in the divergence of thought.

The horn of the passenger ship berthing and docking was also humming.