One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 207 Earthquake

"[Quick preparation], [Light Extinguishing Technique], [Secondary Spider Form], [Spider Form], [Advanced Spider Form], [Spider Elf Form], [Magic Recoil], [Shadow Yarn], [Double Shadow], [Terror Devouring]...the dark elves who have lived in the Underdark for more than 10,000 years have indeed created some quite interesting magic."

After Zuo Si probably finished flipping through two spell books, a playful expression appeared on his face.

Among these spells, [Quick Preparation] can allow the subject to obtain a small amount of information about the enemy and make full preparations for the upcoming battle.

[Extinguishing Light] can extinguish any non-magic light source, creating the most favorable combat environment for drow who likes to launch sneak attacks in the dark.

The three spider forms allow the caster to become a medium-sized, large and giant purgatory spider respectively, which are very suitable for the complex underground world just like turning into a spider elf.

[Magic recoil] can instantly make the enemy who is casting the spell suffer backlash damage. The higher the level of the spell released, the greater the damage.

[Shadow Veil] can allow drow who are afraid of strong light to cover themselves with a mass of darkness, which can not only prevent blindness and weakness caused by strong light, but also provide a certain concealment effect.

[Double Shadow] is to create a hazy phantom similar to yourself to attack the enemy. If the other party believes it, then this spell will cause corresponding spiritual damage, and may even lead to spiritual death.

[Terror Devour] is basically equivalent to creating a gelatinous monster to devour the target, causing it to die of suffocation or strong acid corrosion.

Perhaps because of the strong magic resistance of their dark skin, dark elves' original spells are generally biased towards transformation, conjuration, prophecy, and illusion, and basically none of enchantment and evocation.

Especially [Magic Recoil], which does not require any spells at all, and can be released on the enemy who is casting the spell with only one gesture.

If it is a high-level spell, the backlash damage caused may even interrupt the concentration, causing the enemy to fail to cast the spell.

It is simply the most practical type of magic in spell duels.

And it only needs a mere second-level spell to memorize.

"How, are these two spell books worth?" Dwarf Ruger asked enthusiastically.

Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "Of course. If there is no accident, they can all be sold for more than 10,000 gold coins. But I suggest that it is best to take it to the Tower of Order to participate in the weekly auction. Among them There should be some high-ranking mages who are interested in the few dark elf spells, so they will pay a lot of money to buy them."

"Hey! I understand this. Those high-level mages don't care how much they need to spend to get what they are interested in." The dwarf grinned treacherously.

"So far, how much have we earned from this venture?"

The poet Kers also came over at some point, his eyes glowing green like a wolf.

"If the equipment of the dark elves does not depreciate, it will cost more than a hundred thousand gold coins."

The dwarf roughly calculated the booty harvested along the way, and quickly gave a relatively conservative figure.

no way.

After all, it is difficult to make an accurate valuation of things like loot before they are actually sold.

Because the buyer is likely to give a price much higher than the original price of the item for their own reasons, or deliberately suppress the price, so that the adventurer can only sell it at half price.

"Hundreds of thousands? Damn it! So we're going to make a fortune this time!"

Kers excitedly performed the classic "fly rubbing hands" action, as if he had seen himself holding a large sum of money to seduce all the married ladies who had been eyeing before.

As well-known scholars of Faerûn quipped, many bards are "beasts" who think with their lower bodies.

Among them, the men are either showing their "magnificence" on the bed, or they are on their way to the next bed.

And women are also either seducing a target they are interested in, or looking for the next prey.

Seeing that Kers looked like the mud couldn't support the wall, the dwarf immediately rolled his eyes: "Don't think too much. More than half of the money belongs to South. Because he contributed the most in the adventure, and more than once let him The team saved the day, so it is only natural to take the lead. As for you... You still owed more than 5,000 gold coins plus interest last time and have not paid off."

"Ah! I forgot if you didn't mention it! God! Doesn't it mean that I don't get much money at all?"

The mood of the poet fell from heaven to hell in an instant.

Although he is already considered a high-level adventurer, due to his hobbies and chaotic private life, he has been living on foreign debt, and it is a usury with a monthly interest rate of more than 30%.

In other words, in a place like Faerun, as long as it is a loan, it is 100% a usury with rolling interest.

No one wants to take on such a large amount of debt unless the business is struggling or life is really hard.

"Camila the viper has said harsh words. If you can't pay back the money within three weeks, someone will send you to her shop to sell your ass. It is said that some people in Waterdeep City have special hobbies. The rich merchant is already eager to try it. So I suggest that you better not think about reneging on your debt or running away, otherwise the consequences will be very, very serious." The halfling Cora reminded pretending to be kind.

"Okay, okay, can't I pay off the debt as soon as I get the share?"

Kers was obviously frightened, and couldn't help but shivered while clutching his butt.

Seeing his appearance, the two "bad friends", the dwarf and the halfling, immediately burst out laughing, and the air was filled with joy.

But soon, Zuo Si brought the topic back and asked directly: "How much do you know about the eleventh floor?"

"Eleventh floor?"

Luge stroked the bushy beard on his chin and thought for a moment, then quickly replied: "I just heard Dunan mention that there are mainly a large number of troglodytes on the eleventh floor of the Lost City.

And the dark elves who try to capture them as slaves and cannon fodder.

The latter is very likely to be the Evander family they met before.

Other than that are trolls that feed on troglodytes and a green-footed dragon snake.

But that was years ago, and no one knows if anything has changed. "

As we all know, the monster passages in Leyline Lost City are not static.

Just the opposite!

Whether it's the mad mage Helast Black Robe, his apprentices, or invaders from the depths of the Underdark, all levels will change drastically every once in a while.

This also means that all the intelligence and information about the Lost City of the Leylines often have a certain timeliness.

Any information more than one or two years ago can only be barely used as a reference.

If you really prepare according to the above description, 80% of you don't even know how you died.

In addition, from the eighth to the ninth floor underground, portals and teleportation devices leading to other levels will be hidden in some inconspicuous corners.

If it is accidentally touched, a living person will be transported from a familiar level to another completely unfamiliar level in minutes.

Due to the prohibition of prophecy magic, the teleported person cannot reach his current position and depth at all.

"It doesn't sound like too much danger. Why don't we take a short rest and start as soon as possible to finish this floor within four hours." Zuo Si glanced at the passage leading to the eleventh floor and suggested.

The dwarf nodded quickly: "No problem! Listen to you."

You don’t need to ask, because Zuo Si has completely won the 100% trust of his teammates because of his outstanding performance and keen judgment along the way.

Ruger would immediately adopt any of his suggestions without saying a word.

In this way, the team rested near the entrance for about half an hour.

When the physical strength was almost recovered, he stood up and entered the next floor.

As expected, the people did not go far after entering the eleventh floor, and found an outpost built by the dark elves, which imprisoned about two dozen captured troglodytes.

On the gate of the outpost, hangs the emblem that symbolizes the Evander family.

Without any hesitation!

Zuo Si directly used the old trick again, first using [Deep Darkness] to completely plunge the outpost into darkness.

Immediately afterwards, he used the stone blessed with the silence technique, making the entire area fall into a state of silence.

Finally, the Shadow Legion attacked and killed all the dark elves and lizard men inside.

Because neither of these two races is a good thing.

The so-called war lizard is actually a lizard that is about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall, intelligent and walks upright.

As the name suggests, they are a group of savage, cruel and reckless guys who will use all creatures, including their own kind, as a source of food.

So there is no psychological burden for Zuo to kill.

After the battle, the careful halfling Cora found some gem-studded badges, rings and ceremonial daggers from the corpse.

It is estimated to be worth more than two thousand gold coins.

In addition, there are four or five boxes containing undistributed weapons, equipment, crossbow bolts and bottled poison, as well as special military dry food made by the dark elves.

You don't need to ask to know that these things are supplies for those patrols and hunting teams.

Just when the poet was a little curious and picked up a piece of military dry food to taste, Zuo Si immediately warned: "If I were you, I would not touch any drow food. Because when food is scarce, they will occasionally take Some intelligent creatures also put it into their own recipes."

"What? You mean... there might be human flesh in these things?" Kers' eyes widened in disbelief.

"That's right! Some dark elves are said to be extreme pragmatists. The lack of food in the Underdark determines that if you want to survive here, you must learn to be cruel and cruel. They don't care about ethics and morality. As long as it is nutritious and delicious, you will eat it without hesitation."

Zuo Si stared at the cake-shaped dry food made of shredded pork, mushroom powder and a small amount of moss, and said meaningfully.

With the help of the Eye of Knowledge, he could see that a large proportion of the fibers in the shredded meat should belong to humanoids with little effort.

Maybe it's a goblin, maybe a gray dwarf, or maybe an orc or a kuo-toa.

Even the mushroom powder might be made from the corpses of mushroom people.

The latter is a kind of plant intelligent life like a large mushroom, which is widely distributed in the dark area.

"Damn it! I'm glad I didn't put it in my mouth."

The poet cursed in a low voice, and immediately threw the dry food in his hand to the ground.

After clearing the outpost of all valuables, the team continued to walk through the darkness along the intricate tunnels.

Because Zuo Si completely released the Shadow Legion, killing wantonly within the range where he could draw mana and life energy.

So there were almost no encounters along the way.

Most of the enemies were killed by countless shadows before they noticed that the adventure team was approaching.

Even if occasionally a spellcaster successfully blesses himself with protective spells that can resist the attacks of incorporeal creatures, the Shadow Assassin Yelinia will personally take action, stabbing the sharp dagger containing poison into the opponent's neck or back of the heart.

Under this kind of snowball expansion, the number of Shadow Legion has reached an astonishing fifteen thousand.

Unless a large number of deaths are hit by high-level positive energy magic, the number will continue to increase.

With the harvested mana, Zuo Si continued to make those newly learned spells into magic cards.

He is even ready to use the [Enlightened Undead Creatures] recorded in the "Book of the Dead" immediately after mastering the magic of the seven rings, to endow some advanced shadow wisdom, so that they can become more powerful through learning and training.

After searching for a long time along the intricate maze, the team finally found the most powerful monster on the eleventh floor in an area full of broken bones in the southwest corner, a green-footed dragon they had encountered in the Karin Desert. snake.

After the two sides met, they started a frontal battle without even saying a word of nonsense.

Zuo Si directly issued an attack order, allowing the huge lava elemental to charge first.

Feeling the coming heat wave, the green-footed dragon snake didn't dare to neglect at all, and immediately opened its mouth to breathe out a lightning breath that was very close to that of the blue dragon.

Snapped!

Accompanied by the dazzling white electric light, a big gash appeared on the body of the lava element.

But unfortunately, this amount of damage is obviously not enough to destroy it, and it can't even hinder the charging speed a little bit.

Realizing that it would be difficult for his own attack to kill such a huge elemental creature at once, the green-footed dragon snake immediately activated the arcane mark left on him by the mad mage.

I saw one of the scales suddenly flashing a dazzling arcane aura.

next second...

Its huge body completely disappeared.

【Invisibility】!

Obviously, this is not the magic-like ability that the green-footed dragon snake should have, but it is bestowed by that scar-like mark.

However, with the weight of a blue-footed dragon, it is obviously impossible to move quietly like a thief in an environment full of broken bones.

When it started to flee to the side, it immediately made a crackling sound, accompanied by the scene of bones being crushed and scattered.

Ever since, the lava element immediately turned around and chased after it.

Zuo Si and the poet started to chant almost the same mantra almost at the same time.

After just a few seconds, a large group of oil stains flew out from their fingertips, and directly spread under the feet of the green-footed dragon snake that remained invisible.

Due to the sudden decrease in friction, this huge monster immediately fell down with a touch.

The giant lava element took the opportunity to pounce on Mount Tai directly.

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

Wrapped in the hot magma splashing in all directions, the green-footed dragon snake screamed in pain. While crazily using lightning breath and sharp teeth to fight back, it released energy rays like [Colorful Jet].

No need to ask, all these spell-like abilities all come from the mark engraved on the scale.

In order to prevent the overheated magma from burning the imprinted scales, Zuo Si quickly stopped the lava element from attacking, and immediately threw a [Curse of the Chosen] in the past.

On the spot, this monster with a low intelligence attribute was turned into a fool with only a little bit left.

At this moment, let alone continue to fight, the green-footed dragon and snake may even lose their self-awareness and cognition of the surrounding things, and just keep standing still.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Si skillfully took out a blank card and sealed it.

So far, the road to the twelfth floor has finally been opened.

In the pothole behind the green-footed dragon snake's lair, the adventure team also found a pile of gold and silver coins and gems that seemed to be cast in the dark region.

In addition, there are some magic items and gadgets.

For example, a scorpion brooch made like a gray dwarf can poison the wearer's weapon once a day;

An ancient elf-style music box, as long as you gently tap the green gemstone inlaid on the box, it will play different music;

Finally, there is a steel helmet that can make people's eyes glow red when worn.

Of course, this helmet is not attached to any other magical powers, it is simply used to scare people, making the wearer look like some kind of lower plane creature or undead.

"Hahahaha! That's why I love adventure. There's nothing more satisfying than finding the treasure it collected after taking down a powerful monster. Look at these shiny coins, they're worth around seven or eight thousand in total Gold coins. Those gems, music boxes and magic items can also sell for a lot of money." The dwarf laughed happily.

"I totally agree……"

Zuo Si stared at the just-made creature card in his hand, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Because the three temporary teammates didn't know at all that the most valuable thing in this trip to the Lost Land Leyline City had already been taken by him.

The money, gems, and magic items are nothing compared to the creature cards and the amount of mana.

Take the green-footed dragon snake as an example, the arcane mark on its scales should be left by a mad mage, giving this guy the ability to cast [Invisibility], [Colorful Spray] and [Sleep] with just one thought. Ability.

Although they seem to be low-level spells, the magic knowledge and techniques contained in them are definitely worth spending time studying.

Once the research is successful, then Zuo Si can add some additional spell-like abilities to all summoned creatures, even himself and Wilmes, that can be released with just one thought without spells and gestures.

At this moment, he finally understood why the Lost Land Leyline City is so dangerous, and there are still so many adventurers willing to explore it every year.

Without him!

It's just that the benefits are simply too high.

Warrior professions can find their dream magic equipment and countless wealth in it, and spellcasters, especially mages and warlocks, can get all kinds of magic knowledge from it.

Since the enemies and monsters on this floor were basically wiped out, the team quickly cleared an open space in the green-footed dragon snake's lair.

After simply washing his hands and face, Zuo Si directly released the six-ring magical technique [Hero Banquet], creating a long table filled with all kinds of delicious food and drinks out of thin air, as well as a dozen chairs.

Obviously, with his current spellcasting level, one summon can feed more than ten people.

Looking at the delicious food that had never been seen before on the table, the dwarf immediately licked his lips and sighed: "No matter how many times I see it, this magic is so shocking."

"Yes! But is it really okay to use high-level divine arts to satisfy your appetite? I heard that other priests are often very cautious when using divine arts, for fear of causing dissatisfaction with the gods they serve." The halfling Cora asked in an uncertain tone.

"It's okay. The goddess who bestowed my magic is very generous, and she won't mind these little things."

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and was the first to sit down and tear off the grilled chicken leg and ate it with relish.

After all, compared with the divine power and various powerful elector abilities given by Talona, ​​a mere six-ring magical hero banquet is probably not even a drop in the bucket.

What's more, he has already found Oghma, the god of knowledge, as his "next home", so he doesn't panic at all.

Compared with those ordinary priests who serve the gods tremblingly, Zuo Si is undoubtedly an outlier among the outliers, and he has no awe of God at all.

"Is it really the darling of the gods? Your life is really enviable."

The poet muttered something in a low voice, and then sat down to enjoy the food and wine.

As for the rude-looking dwarf, he had already cleared a plate in a short while, and was pouring the best wine into his mouth with a wine jug.

He didn't wipe the wine stains on his lips and beard until the pot of wine was full, and said with a satisfied face: "It's really enjoyable! I guess no one will believe that such a luxurious banquet can be held in the ground." Eat it in the Lost City."

"Of course! The Heroes Banquet is a six-ring magic spell. It is estimated that the priests of some small local temples may not be able to reach this level of priest. What's more, even if they reach it, they will not be willing to use the precious six-ring magic slot to remember A spell designed for eating and drinking." The halfling Cora explained, sucking on her greasy fingers.

Just when the dwarf was about to say something, the ground under his feet suddenly shook slightly for some reason.

Immediately afterwards, the entire Lost City began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Rumble!

The people who had only eaten half of their meal were thrown back and forth.

The long table was overturned in an instant under the violent shock, and food and drinks were scattered all over the floor.

"Damn it! What's going on here?" The poet asked loudly in horror.

"I think there are only two possibilities. One is that a large-scale collapse occurred below, and the other is that the lunatic Helast Black Robe is making large-scale adjustments to the structure of the Leyline Lost City." The dwarf gritted his teeth and said his own guess.

Because this is not the first time something like this has happened.

For adventurers, apart from various traps and monsters, the mad mage himself is the most dangerous thing in Leyline Lost City.

After all, this huge mystic-like area formed by magic net nodes was built by him alone.

Therefore, the latter can often expel a person or a team directly with just one thought, or teleport it to any corner of the dungeon.

In addition, Helast Black Robe can also modify the structure of any one or several levels according to his own wishes.

Since he is a complete lunatic, the safety of the various creatures and adventurers inside would not be considered at all during the transformation.

Zuo Si, who possesses [Walking in the Sky] in the ability of the voter, has already left her feet off the ground and stood in the air at a height of about one meter, very cautiously assessing the possible impact of the violent vibration.

But before he could see anything, the ground from the eleventh floor to the twelfth floor suddenly reversed.

The dwarf, the halfling, the poet, and Davidian accidentally fell into the hole of the black hole, and disappeared in the darkness in the blink of an eye.

"Damn!"

Zuo Si hurriedly canceled the volley and quickly rushed in to chase teammates and summoned creatures.

He wasn't sure if the poet memorized a ring of [Feather Falling Technique] today.

If I didn't remember, and I didn't catch up in time, then the four people who fell might fall to their deaths.

In this way, it kept falling freely for several minutes, and could even hear the whizzing airflow and the roar of monsters when passing certain levels.

Zuo Si finally saw the four people who had just successfully cast [Feather Fall] and landed on the ground.

He himself also hurriedly took out a card, cast [Feather Fall] on himself, and it fell down like a feather.

It has to be said that when falling from a high place, using [Feather Fall] is quite a test of the caster's psychological quality.

Because the pitfall of this spell is that it must not be released too early or too late.

If it is too early, if the height from the ground is still too high after the spell ends, there is still a risk of falling to death or being seriously injured or disabled on the spot.

As we all know, people fall very fast.

Almost one hundred meters passed in the blink of an eye.

So if it's too late, one accidentally misses the best time to use [Feather Fall], and hits the ground directly into a bloody mixture.

Under normal circumstances, it is used when it is about 20 meters from the ground, just enough to fall steadily.

Fortunately, the poet, who usually seemed a bit unreliable, finally performed supernormally at the critical moment and saved his teammates.

His face was pale at the moment, lying on the ground and vomiting non-stop, which was obviously a stress reaction caused by being too nervous.

Of course, the others were not too strong.

The dwarf's legs were shaking uncontrollably all the time, and he could barely keep standing by leaning on the wall.

The halfling Cora was lying face up on the ground, swallowing saliva non-stop, her eyes revealing the deep fear from the bottom of her heart.

Only David, the fearless dragon-born knight, adjusted his state immediately, went straight to Zuo Si and asked, "Master, where are we now?"

"I don't know. Judging from the time of the free fall just now, this place is at least ten kilometers away from the eleventh floor, which should be a relatively deep layer of the Lost City of Earth Leylines. And I can begin to feel the amazing energy emitted by the magic net nodes." Zuo Si narrowed her eyes and replied.

yes!

After wandering in this huge underground labyrinth for several days, he finally reached the level where the magic net node is located.

Due to the close proximity, sparks can even draw amazing magical energy from the surrounding air.

It can be predicted that if this land card is successfully produced, the mana value it can provide is definitely not comparable to any previous one.

"In other words, this floor is the end of this adventure journey..."

Davidian subconsciously glanced at the crystallized walls, ceiling and floor in front of him, as well as the colorful and bright magic lights.

Unlike any previous level, this place doesn't look dark at all, and a large number of valuable crystals can be seen everywhere, just like a labyrinth transformed from a crystal vein.

Moreover, at the entrance stands a three-meter-high construct made of crystal, with bright and dazzling glare emitting from top to bottom, and looks a bit like a Githyanki warrior.

"Be careful! I think the main enemies on this floor are most likely the githyanki and their nemesis, the mind flayers." Zuo Si reminded in a low voice.

He didn't care much about the crystal golem guarding the entrance.

Because this inferior construct has no merits at all except that it can release a strong flash of light to temporarily blind the enemy.

The crystals that make up its body are also of poor hardness, and it only takes a few blows from an adamantine weapon to shatter it into a pile of worthless shards.

"clear!"

Davidian had learned how to deal with golems a long time ago, and when his master blessed him with a lot of enhanced spells, as well as the [Shadow Veil] that could prevent blindness from being irradiated by strong light, he immediately rushed forward and launched the first attack.

This time, instead of using his standard +2 flame long sword, he took out the magic adamantine war hammer that was specially used to knock the lich's phylactery before.

boom!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the dragon-born knight leaped high after finishing his charge, and swung his hammer to slam the crystal golem on the head.

Crash!

The latter's head shattered on the spot, and more than half of it turned into crystal shards, and the remaining half of his face was covered with spider-like cracks.

Obviously, with his own strong muscles and the amazing strength attributes brought by magic, the current Davidian is like a human tyrannosaur, which is not something that a mere crystal golem can resist.

Although the latter released a strong flash of light as soon as it was attacked, its huge body was like a super-giant strong light bulb, which made people unable to open their eyes.

But unfortunately, the [Shadow Veil] developed by the drow can just offset it.

As a result, one person and one golem fought fiercely at zero distance for half a minute. The crystal golem finally completely lost its ability to move, and fell to the ground and turned into a pool of worthless shattered crystals.

Zuo Si unceremoniously absorbed the mana contained in it, turned around and asked the other three temporary teammates: "How, do you feel better now?"

"Uh-no! I don't feel well at all."

The poet's stress reaction seems to have not passed, and he immediately began to feel sick as soon as he opened his mouth.

It was the same with the dwarves, who could not use their legs at all.

The thief Cora seemed to have lost all perception of the outside world, and did not respond at all.

"Okay, then you guys will rest here for a while, and David and I will go and explore first."

After all, Zuo Si directly stepped over the remains of the crystal golem and entered the colorful hall behind.

Since all the crystals are emitting light, the color of the light also changes every once in a while.

Therefore, the first thing we need to face when exploring at this level is the astonishing light pollution.

Zuo Si rummaged through the satchel for a few seconds, then took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on.

This thing was originally prepared to deal with the strong direct sunlight in the desert when crossing the Kalin Great Desert.

I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Entering the hall, the first thing that catches the eye is the surrounding tunnels extending in all directions.

After a simple investigation, the four passages lead to the potholes on the left and right respectively.

Among them, the left side is like a training ground, and there are several targets in the shape of mind flayers.

If nothing else, this should be the place where the githyanki were training.

In the entire multiverse, no creature hates mind flayers more than these guys, and hunts them down on every plane.

In contrast, the right side is much more lively. There are four githyanki fighters in groups of two, punching each other to pass the boring time.

"Go! Kill them!"

Zuo Si straightforwardly gave the order to attack the dragon-born knights around him.

In his opinion, the star bandits githyanki are essentially no different from the dark elves. They are the kind of lunatics who want to conquer and enslave other races including humans, completely forgetting that they were enslaved by the mind flayers in the first place. Tragic experience.

For these dragon-slayer-turned-dragons, it's a sure thing to see one and kill the other.

"As you wish!"

Davidian didn't talk nonsense. After changing his weapon to a flaming sword, he immediately charged and appeared in front of the four githyanki at lightning speed.

Before the other party could react, a sword struck a child.

In the blink of an eye, the four unlucky guys all fell dead in a pool of blood.

Two of them were decapitated by a sword, and the other two were stabbed through the heart.

One of the guys even tried to raise his arm with the armguard to block, but the whole arm was cut off abruptly, and dark red blood sprayed everywhere.

Because the speed of killing was too fast, they didn't have time to make any sound or alarm.

Beside this huge pothole, Zuo Si saw a carving of a githyanki riding a red dragon.

It goes without saying that this artwork is intended to represent the most famous red dragon knight in the githyanki empire.

It is said that their queen once made some unknown deals with the dragon god Tiamat, so the githyanki could recruit relatively young red dragons into their army.

In this cooperation, the relationship between rider and dragon is equal.

Young red dragons can also use this meeting to exercise their fighting ability, and by the way, go looting with the githyanki and harvest a lot of treasure.

But as the dragon ages to a certain extent, it will choose to leave on its own.

After all, the Red Dragon is a born tyrant, and it is impossible to serve a certain person or a certain force for a long time.

Just when Zuo Si wanted to inspect the surroundings to see if there were hidden compartments, secret doors and other things around, David, who had already entered the front room, suddenly exclaimed: "Master! Look! There are twelve The skull of a mind flayer!"

"what?"

Zuo Si was taken aback for a moment, then hurried over to check.

Just as the dragonborn knights described it, twelve mind flayer skulls were lined up on a table fashioned from crystal.

Through simple identification, he immediately discovered that these skulls were all necromantic magic items without exception, and they were a complete set.

If someone smashes one of them, the remaining undestroyed skulls will send out a mental scream, causing extremely terrifying and large-scale spiritual damage.

"Interesting... Is this the work of a githyanki spellcaster?" Zuo Si showed an interested expression.

Because this is not an ordinary skull at all, but the soul of the mind flayer who was killed is imprisoned inside.

The principle is also very simple!

All mind flayer souls are linked together by the power of magic.

In this way, when one of them is shattered, its soul will suffer unimaginable pain.

The pain will be shared with the soul connection, and all other mind flayers will feel the indescribable soul pain, thus stimulating the residual spiritual power in their souls to produce ear-piercing screams.

It is estimated that only githyanki who hate mind flayers can do such a frenzied approach.

Because even after death, they hope to let their rivals taste the ultimate pain.

Carefully packing these skulls into the carry-on satchel, Zuo Si took David to continue exploring.

After passing a huge crystal stalactite, he saw a large silver mist hanging over the pit.

Through the partition wall, someone could vaguely hear someone talking in Dragon language not far away.

"Desla, listen to me, give up. No matter how many mind flayers you kill, that cunning guy won't give you what you want."

"But Ashland Sachs, what if we don't even try and someone else takes us first?"

"Ha! Whoever wants to be a fool, let them go. Believe me, Achaiya will never give those precious books to anyone. I think she wants to read them herself to get the benefits."

"Really? Then why did she make a promise?"

"Hmph! It's not to trick a naive knight like you into fighting the mind flayer. You know? Several young warriors failed to come back alive last week. If there is no accident, they have either been taken by the mind flayer by now. The devil implanted the tadpoles, or the brains were eaten clean."

...

Since both Zuo Si and Davidian could understand the language of dragons, after listening to the content of these conversations, they both showed very surprised expressions.

They knew very well that one of the two people talking was definitely a young red dragon.

The other was a githyanki knight.

"Master, do you want to do something?" David asked cautiously in a low voice.

Zuo Si rubbed his chin and hesitated for a moment, and soon turned up the corner of his mouth to show a chilling smile: "Of course! Although I'm not interested in making a card that is too young for a red dragon, it can just be used to upgrade you Improve the blood purity of the dragonborn."

"Understood."

Davidian quickly put away the flaming long sword, and took out the magic adamantine warhammer again.

Against red dragons, flame enchanted weapons obviously have no effect at all.

On the contrary, it is more powerful like an adamantine warhammer that purely increases hardness.

Zuo Si used the magic wand of invisibility to grant invisibility to himself and the Dragonborn Knight, and touched the front lightly.

After a while, they saw a female githyanki straddling the back of a young red dragon on the edge of the pit.

Judging from the sound of the latter speaking, it is estimated that it is also a female.

Since Zuo Si has the blessing of [True Seeing], he can always see Davidian's position.

After the other party arrived at the predetermined location, he immediately activated four magic cards—[Ice Storm] without hesitation.

This is an ice-type group-killing magic that can cover a radius of twelve meters.

Can cause amazing extra damage to fire-type red dragons.

The moment the card was activated, countless bone-piercing hailstones and ice cones fell from the sky like raindrops.

Before the red dragon and her knight could react to what happened, they were smashed head-to-head and face-to-face.

The female githyanki whose vitality was not tenacious was instantly severely injured, and was immediately frozen in place by the biting cold, losing her ability to move.

The red dragon, who was also seriously injured, quickly raised his head and exhaled flames, trying to save his knight.

It's a pity that the breath of the youth dragon may be effective against one or two [Ice Storm], but it is obviously beyond the range of ability against four.

Although the hot breath also managed to evaporate some hailstones and ice cones.

But when the breath ended, hailstones and ice cones fell like raindrops again.

The water vapor formed by the previous evaporation quickly condenses into ultra-low temperature ice slag in the air under the action of a new round of cold air.

The red dragon just took a breath of such air, and immediately began to cough violently non-stop, and blood slowly flowed out along the nostrils and mouth, obviously frostbitten lungs.

(end of this chapter)