Lord God Investigator

Can ships sail without crews on the continent of Faerûn?

Things that are impossible to achieve in the real world, Faerûn has magical magic, but it can be done.

Whether you use necromancy spells to summon the undead to steer the sails, or use the animated object spell to turn the helm and sails into living creatures, you can make a ship sail steadily without a crew.

The archmage guessed that the high-level adventure group probably had a mage of a high level who could control several uncrewed fleets to sail to Calimshan. That mage was probably the woman Hathaway mentioned. Adventurer.

However, the archmage and the elf general did not fight the female mage. Before entering the cabin, the female mage was shot to death by the elf soldiers.

This is also very likely because she replaced all the spells in her spell slots with magic to control the fleet, so that she was unable to shield herself and fight.

This fleet was not a bait specially arranged by Bredlow. It was the private fleet of Hathaway, the nominal leader of the rebellion, who was intercepted by the Elf Navy by chance, betrayed Bredlow, and escaped quietly.

The Dame and her last group of followers wanted to escape to Calimshan, another prosperous commercial city on the mainland, hide there incognito, change their identities, and live as merchants again.

It cannot be said that Dame's idea will never be realized.

Calimshan is also a chaotic and evil city. The power of the good gods is not obvious in that city. The influence of the goddess Watkin in Calimshan is not low. The Thieves Guild is the most powerful in that city. organize.

The existence of cultural differences has also caused that city to stay outside the countries of Faerun and rarely participate in the affairs of Faerûn.

The Dame pressed the mechanism and made a "kata" sound, and the Archmage's ultimate shield took effect at the same time.

Ditra originally wanted to use the legendary spell Time Stop, which is the most effective way to stop it. However, the problem with this time-stop spell is that it cannot be cast silently or instantaneously. Time-based spells, unless they are pre-prepared time-stop traps, , otherwise there is no possibility of instantaneous casting.

Even if you are equipped with a legendary item that reduces the casting time, you cannot compress a legendary spell that requires nine rounds of casting actions and incantation into an instant cast.

Gods may be able to do it, but legendary mages don't have this ability.

What's more, the Ring of Free Movement can resist the stagnation effect of time stop and can move at a slow speed even after time stops.

If you can't stop it, you can only save your life first. The Archmage guessed that the mechanism was probably the switch that detonated the magic crystal bomb. Just like he used the ultimate barrier technique to block the explosion of the magic crystal grenade before, the Archmage believed that he could do it this time too. Protect yourself and Elgon.

Unfortunately, the elven soldiers who are still on the ship probably cannot be saved.

As expected by the Archmage, there is a secret cabin at the bottom of this smuggling ship. The curved keel cabin was originally only filled with ballast stones to stabilize the ship, but it was modified by the smuggling captains and the ballast was taken away. During normal navigation, smuggled cargo is used instead of ballast stones to balance the load.

Fires rose, and the secret cabin was filled with magic crystal bombs. After detonating, huge shock waves and flames engulfed everything nearby.

Propping up the shield, under the protection of the shield, the Elf General Elgon and the Archmage watched as the dazzling flames filled their bodies.

The flames also engulfed the evil statue held tightly by the Dame.

Just before Hathaway was burned to ashes, the magic network caused by the violent explosion collapsed and tore apart the suppression of the world's rules. The statue actually came to life. It responded to the queen's kiss and stretched out its powerful His arms hugged her tightly, trying to protect her with his body.

Io's mechanical body briefly regained mobility in an instant. The mechanical body, which lacked the command of a soul core, acted instinctively based on the three principles of robots. When he saw humans around him and surrounded by flames, he took protecting human safety as his first goal. committed such behavior.

Just before she was swallowed up by the flames and lost consciousness forever, the Dame felt the tight embrace of her beloved Io. She was surprised to realize that the living statue was really alive.

She had dreamed of Io coming to life in countless beautiful dreams, but she never expected that the same thing would happen in reality.

The moment before death, the dream comes true.

The Dame leaned on Io's chest and smiled sweetly. She felt that she was not stupid. She knew that Io would definitely survive. Everything she had done and paid had been rewarded.

The two people hugging each other were finally engulfed by the flames, and the lady's fragrance disappeared in an instant. Even though Io protected her and blocked the debris and shock waves for her, the ubiquitous high-temperature flames still vaporized her instantly, turning her into a The black carbon shadow printed on Io's chest.

The high temperature and pressure caused by the explosion of a huge amount of magic crystal bombs exceeded the limit that Io's mechanical body could withstand. The high temperature resistant bionic materials were burned away, revealing the Edman alloy skeleton. The alloy skeleton became red at high temperature and looked like a head. Flame skull monster.

The female human in his arms vaporized in the high temperature, and the weak AI system of the mechanical body began to scan the surrounding environment, and it discovered the two people hiding in the shield.

"Discover new targets and initiate human protection procedures..."

The red-hot metal skull made a distorted electronic sound, turned on the vector nozzle, and slowly floated toward them against the erupting flames.

The Archmage and Elf General hiding in the ultimate barrier saw this scene.

"Sure enough, what is hidden under the human skin is the core of the monster!" Elgon exclaimed: "Is it the legendary monster 'Ghost of Fire' from hell? It wants to kill us, destroy it!"

Archmage Ditra also felt horrified. He had rich knowledge of monsters and did not think that the red skeleton was a ghost of fire. He could only determine that it was an advanced construct.

A terrifying shell, an extremely solid material, a creation of the devil. The Archmage concluded that it was a devil's construct, an extremely evil thing that should not exist in the main material world!

Time was running out and without hesitation, the Archmage recited a spell and used the legendary Mordenkainen Disintegration Technique, which was the best magic to destroy the construct.

The green disintegrating light ball hit the chest of the red skull. There was a disc-shaped device there. The device emitted extremely dazzling incandescent light. The Archmage believed that it was the core of the construct and shattered the core. The construct will disintegrate.

That device is indeed the core of the mechanical body - the palladium element reactor.

The fission critical temperature required for the palladium element is very high, and the thousands of degrees of high temperature that can burn the Edman alloy shell red-hot is not enough. Mordenkainen cracking technology has helped a lot, turning the reactor shell into a reactor shell that can withstand temperatures of 10,000 degrees. Turned into ashes, the palladium element furnace core decomposed into palladium atomic dust.

Archmage Ditra personally detonated a small palladium nuclear bomb.

The magic crystal bomb detonated by Hathaway was not very powerful. It only destroyed the merchant ship. Even the elf warship next to the merchant ship was protected by a magic shield and was not completely destroyed. Only one side of the ship was blown apart. , the sail caught fire, but the hull remained intact.

The elf soldiers were organizing manpower to extinguish the fire and treat the wounded, but they saw the burning wreckage of a merchant ship on the sea. A bright light flashed, and the endless light drowned everything. All the ships on the sea, including the elf warships holding up the magic shield, were all in one place. Disappeared in an instant.

Huge water pillars rose from the ground, the roar spread, and the clouds in the sky were blown away.

A hundred-meter-high white mushroom cloud rose from the sea. Air waves and strong winds swept everything on the sea, followed by huge waves set off by the explosion.