One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 219 The Beholder's Lair

boom! ! ! ! !

Accompanied by a loud noise, near the entrance to the south of the beholder's lair, dazzling flames and violent explosions suddenly erupted.

A dozen or so beholders who relied on their natural magical ability to float about one meter above the ground were swallowed by shock waves, heat waves and flames on the spot.

Before they figured out what happened, the hard shell was instantly shattered, turning into big bloody balls and falling to the ground.

Since the explosion site was located in the narrow tunnel at the bottom of the sewer, the space was extremely limited, and the lethality was far more terrifying than the open terrain.

In addition, there was nowhere to hide, so all beholders in the center were blown to death on the spot.

And those guys who were affected also spurted blood from their big mouths full of fangs. They looked dizzy, and they would fall again as soon as they flew up, unable to maintain their balance at all.

As for the Elder's Eye following behind the queue, although it was also affected by the shock wave due to the relatively long distance, fortunately, its huge meatball-like body and the hard shell covering its surface successfully resisted and absorbed most of the shock waves. Partial damage, so not dizzy like other beholders.

Just the opposite!

After realizing that it was under attack, it immediately blesses itself with several protective magics including [Stone Skin Technique] as quickly as possible, and stares vigilantly at the dark tunnel in front of it.

Sudden!

In the silence, there was a sound of ping-pong from far and near, as if something was rolling down.

After about a few seconds, the eyes of the elders saw a huge metal pot with a height of one person and a thickness of half a meter rolling over.

Chi -

The valves at both ends of the tank suddenly began to emit a large amount of unknown gas, which quickly filled the surrounding environment.

Before the mighty beholder could figure out what the gases were, a strange contraption at the top of the jar released a silvery arc with a snap.

Next second!

boom! ! ! ! !

Another explosion exactly the same as before swept every corner of the entire passage.

The metal that was blown into pieces was like a rotating sharp blade, splashing in all directions in the confined space.

Even the beholder's hard shell, which is strong enough to withstand ordinary swords, was easily torn apart, and inserted deep into the fragile internal organs, causing a terrible bloody wound.

All of a sudden, no matter whether it was the dead beholder or the injured beholder, they were all cleaned up in the second explosion.

Their astonishing fleshy ball bodies with a diameter of two and a half to three meters and a weight of more than two tons are like tattered rag dolls. He fell down, completely without a trace of vitality.

The Elder's Eye, who found that the situation was not good, did not hesitate for a second, and immediately wanted to use teleportation magic to escape.

Unfortunately, at this critical moment, a green light directly hit its body.

【Dimensional Anchor】!

Without any accident, the teleportation magic failed on the spot.

Realizing that the enemy hiding in the dark wanted to kill him, the Elder Eye immediately turned around and fled back to the intricate lair.

No sooner had it entered the dark passage on its front legs than Zuo Si and Irenicus came out of their hiding places on their back legs.

The latter inspected the degree of injury of those beholder corpses with great interest, and immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "What are those jars you used just now? How could they produce such an astonishingly powerful explosion? It’s not that the walls and ceilings around here have been strengthened by magic, maybe even the passage will be blown down together.”

"It's nothing, it's just some alchemy creations." Zuo Si shrugged pretending to be casual.

In fact, what is contained in that jar is not something made by magic at all, but high-purity hydrogen and oxygen obtained simply by electrolyzing water.

It is then stored in liquid form by pressurization.

When using it just like before, roll directly in front of the enemy, and then activate the closed valve through a simple trigger spell, so that liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen can be quickly ejected, vaporized, and fully mixed in the air.

In the end, all it takes is a small electric arc, and a terrifyingly powerful explosion will be produced immediately.

Moreover, this explosion is different from [Fireball] and Seven Rings [Delayed Burst Fireball], which only burn with high-temperature flames. Its main damage comes from the shock waves and shocks produced by the expansion of air.

Therefore, whether it is energy absorption and resisting spells, or anti-magic force fields, almost none of them have very good effects.

Only force field protection magic such as the force wall technique, shield technique, and Bigby's protective palm can successfully weaken the power of the shock wave, or even completely block it.

In fact, at the beginning, what Zuo Si wanted to do was nitrated starch, a more portable solid explosive.

But the problem is, I don't know if the process is wrong, or the quality of nitric acid and sulfuric acid produced by the alchemists in Faerun is not up to standard, or it is because of the ubiquitous magical energy.

In short, the power is a bit unsatisfactory, far less amazing than imagined, it feels like a big firecracker.

After experiencing several failures, Zuo Si decisively chose to give up and turned to making simpler and rougher hydrogen-oxygen hybrid bombs.

After all, there is a transformation magic such as [Shrink Object Art] that can shrink items to only one-sixteenth of the original size, directly making up for the shortcomings of large metal gas tanks that are not easy to carry.

However, although he has come up with this "big killer" that can be mass-produced, Zuo Si has no intention of promoting or selling it at all.

Because he knows very well that if this thing is really going to be deployed in Ferenc, it is estimated that apart from increasing the severity of wars and battles and the number of casualties, it will not be able to promote the development of science and technology at all.

And the ones who benefit the most from it must be the red-robed wizards.

When they invade other countries, they won't need to be as troublesome as they are now, and they will have to cooperate with a large number of low-level mages and apprentices.

Just order the necromancers to control the low-level zombies and skeletons, and rush to the place where the crowd is densest with the jars on their shoulders.

What's more, in addition to this, there are direct threats from the gods.

It is true that the promotion of new technologies and new knowledge will be supported by gods like Oghma and Gond, but it will also attract the hostility of other gods.

For example, Tempus, the god of war, despises the use of "skillful and obscene" things in war and battle.

In addition, there are many gods of neutral or even good camps, such as the gods of nature and the gods of elves, who will have strong dissatisfaction and even hostility towards this.

As for those evil gods, there is no need to say more.

Therefore, in a world full of gods like Faerun, if anyone wants to engage in "materialism" and imitate the modern society of the earth to vigorously develop technology and popularize education, if he wants to enclose himself on a small island That's all.

If you still dare to spread the word, you must think that you didn't die fast enough, or died badly enough.

Therefore, when Zuo Si uses purely technological items, he is often very careful, trying to ensure that it will not be seen by others and successfully copied.

"Does the force field hurt? It seems that the alchemy creation you made is not simple." Irenicus said meaningfully.

"Do you still have the time to care about this? If I were, I would hurry to chase that Elder Eye now. Otherwise, if it runs away and comes back with more beholders to take revenge, then don't expect to feel at ease." Do research." Zuo Si also reminded meaningfully.

When Irenicus heard these words, his eyes suddenly became sharper, he directly blessed himself with a few protective magics, and then chased in with several golems.

Because of the Chosen ability blessed by Zuo Si, he now doesn't have to worry about the deadly viruses, bacteria, and toxins carried by the dead bodies in the lair.

As for Zuo Si himself, he followed behind to pick up those beholder corpses that were fairly well preserved, and planned to go back and make them all dead-eyed tyrants, which would be used as an important force for the mage tower to defend against enemy invasion.

After all waste is shameful!

Especially for a strange corpse as powerful as the beholder and able to retain all its abilities after death, it must be fully utilized.

However, when Zuo Si followed behind to pick up the leak, Irenicus, who rushed to the front, fell into a huge crisis.

When this powerful elf mage caught up with the enemy, he suddenly found that what he was facing was not one Elder Eye, but two.

Moreover, the main eye of the second Elder's Eye has been stabbed blind, and can no longer release the terrifying ability of anti-magic force field.

But it was replaced by a higher and more terrifying spellcasting level.

There is no doubt that this eye magician is the highest leader in the entire eye socket.

The leader that Irenicus thought at first, the Elder's Eye, was nothing more than the latter's deputy.

"Damn it! It's troublesome now..."

Irenicus carefully hid behind the huge steel golem, with strong fear in his eyes.

You must know that it is quite troublesome to deal with one Elder's Eye, not to mention adding two together.

Just when he was trying to send a help signal to Zuo Si and Lei Yin and Badi who were at another exit with the zero-ring magic [messaging technique], a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Mage! Are you also here to find the artifact?"

"Artifact?"

Irenicus decisively chose to play dumb, trying to delay a little more time.

The beholder obviously didn't realize this, and immediately asked in a puzzled tone: "Since it's not for the artifact, why did you attack us?"

"Because you blocked my way forward."

Irenicus gave the answer straightforwardly.

"The way? Your goal is also the temple hidden deep underground?" The beholder's tone was filled with strong doubts.

Because it couldn't understand why the other party was looking for this lost ancient temple if it wasn't for the artifact.

Irenicus nodded slightly, and explained through the spiritual connection: "Yes, my goal is also that temple, but not for the artifact, but for the saint hidden in that temple."

"Holy one?"

The beholder obviously didn't quite understand what the strangely dressed mage in front of him wanted to do.

But just when it was about to continue asking questions, a violent wave of magic suddenly came from not far away.

Immediately afterwards, a Barlow demon holding a beheading giant sword and a flaming whip rushed over and attacked without saying a word.

Seeing this, the two elder eyes immediately stopped their conversation and entered into a fighting state.

The one with the dominant eye intact immediately released an anti-magic force field, trying to use this powerful magic-like ability to wipe out the Baluo demon who was obviously summoned by the nine-ring spell [Gate to Another World].

Because within the range of the anti-magic force field, all creatures summoned by conjuration magic will be temporarily repatriated to the corresponding plane, and will not reappear in the previous position until the anti-magic force field disappears.

As for a legendary creature like Balor, even if it is summoned with [Gate to Another World], it usually won't last long.

So there is no need to fight him desperately, just wait patiently for the duration of the spell to expire.

Unfortunately, the Elder's Eye obviously underestimated the magic resistance of the Ballow Balrog.

As a result, when the anti-magic force field formed by the main eye enveloped Balor, the powerful demon resisted the effect of the anti-magic force field, rushed forward with a stride, and slashed down with the beheading sword.

You must know that anyone who is hit by this weapon blessed with vicious magic power has a certain probability of being "beheaded" instantly.

Although the whole body of the beholder looks like a ball of meat, it actually has a head.

That's why the Elder's Eye didn't dare to take it hard at all. He closed the main eye to turn off the anti-magic force field, and immediately released the fourth ring [Any Door] to escape.

And when it closed its eyes, the anti-magic force field disappeared immediately.

Irenicus, who was originally unable to cast spells, completed the nine-ring magic [time still] with extremely fast movements.

In an instant!

His body was forcibly accelerated to an unbelievable degree.

The people around seemed to be completely still at this moment, unable to even move at all.

Without any hesitation!

Without further ado, Irenicus first threw a nine-ring [Big Crack] to the Elder's Eye who was not blind in the distance, preparing to destroy all the magic protection on the opponent.

Then, using the little time left, he summoned two [Mage Swords] with seven rings, also known as [Magic Duncan's Sword].

Because this spell, like the previous [Great Crack], was invented by the world-renowned legendary mage of Gray Eagle next door, the magician Duncan.

It's just that the function of the former is to strip away all the magic protection on the enemy's body, and at the same time destroy all magic-related equipment, items, and even artifacts.

Of course, how much can be destroyed depends entirely on the level of the magic item and luck.

If the caster is lucky enough, then one shot will definitely make the enemy feel heart-piercing pain and despair.

Nothing can make mages and warlocks feel more desperate and miserable than a body full of top-level magic equipment turning into waste in an instant.

As for [Mage's Sword], like [Wall of Force], it is a force field type of evocation magic.

Its effect is to shape the force field into the shape of a sword, and then automatically attack the target according to the caster's command.

Because of the force field, this thing is almost immune to all forms of physical attacks, and only magic and energy damage such as disintegration can destroy it.

For a beholder with thick skin and amazing physical defense, the [Mage Sword] can deal more damage than most enchanted weapons.

When Irenicus finished casting three high-level spells, the effect of [Time Stop] disappeared instantly.

The world that had remained static seemed to come to life all of a sudden.

Before Elder Eye could even react to what happened, he found that the protective magic effects such as [Stone Skin], [Mage Armor], and [Shield] on his body disappeared without a trace in an instant. .

Several lenses equipped on the eye stems to enhance the power of the rays also shattered in an instant, completely useless.

Although not all the magic equipment on the whole body was destroyed, the loss was also not small.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain came from the crack of the soft shell on the side.

By rotating one of the eye stalks, it was surprised to find that its body was pierced by a sword-shaped force field that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye, and a large amount of blood continuously flowed out from the wound.

Almost at the same time, another [Mage Sword] also stabbed directly at the huge main eye, obviously intending to abolish this big eye that can release the anti-magic force field.

It's a pity that the Elder's Eye reacted quickly, and made a rolling motion in mid-air by rotating the huge meat ball body, barely staggering the main eye.

But the mouth was stabbed on the spot and a section of tongue was cut off.

You don't need to ask, it probably won't be able to continue chanting spells for a while.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

The severe pain drove this powerful beholder spellcaster completely crazy, and the ten small eye stalks instantly aimed at the [Mage Sword] that was close at hand, frantically shooting out dissociation rays and damage rays.

After a while, the two sword-shaped force fields were completely destroyed.

But when it was about to fight back against Irenicus who had hurt itself, it suddenly felt that there was something behind it, and immediately turned one of the eye stems with anti-invisibility ability to confirm.

But before the eyes turned away, he felt a terrifying force coming from behind.

The huge impact sent the Elder's Eye flying more than ten meters away on the spot, and slammed into the wall next to it.

I saw Zuo Si rushing over from behind, first used a [Bigbee Flying Palm] to knock the Elder's Eye into the air, and instantly released the [Deep Darkness Technique] to shield the opponent's vision.

Then the Shadow Legion took action, making it inevitably fall to the brink of death.

Although during this process, almost dozens of shadows were hit by the beholder ray, and they were wiped out on the spot.

But also managed to turn a mighty Elder Eye into a captive who failed to breathe and fell into a coma.

Seeing Zuo Si's swift and flowing spell connection and scalp-numbing insidious tactics, Irenicas immediately understood why the emerald society executives attacked twice before, but failed to cause any damage to him.

It's not that the latter is too weak, it's that the chosen one of Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, is too strong.

Even without relying on the God-given ability of the Chosen, Zuo Si is still a fearsome spellcaster, and he is also a dual-cultivator of divine and arcane arts.

But because there is a more powerful Elder's Eye, so Irenicus didn't care too much, and immediately turned around to help Badi and Lei Yin.

As soon as he left with his front foot, Zu Si made a card of the unconscious Elder's Eye on the ground with his back foot.

[Creature Card: Beholder—Elder's Eye]

[LV7 multi-color card (upgradeable)]

[Card Quality: Precious]

[Effect: Summon an Elder Eye with LV16 Warlock Level to serve the Planeswalker.

This terrifying outsider possesses the highest eighth ring of arcane magic.

And it has ten eye stems that can rotate freely and release various magic rays.

It can release at least three rays in an instant, and its power is equivalent to that of a LV13 arcane spellcaster.

In addition, when the main eye of the Elder's Eye is opened, it will release a cone-shaped anti-magic field within 45 meters in front of it.

When the main eye is closed, the anti-magic force field will disappear instantly.

The beholder is equipped with a "magic storage ring" that can store spells of six levels, a "range-extended prismatic crystal" that can increase the distance of eyeball rays, and an additional spell slot that provides the wearer with fifth, sixth, and seventh rings. A "Ring of Witchcraft" each.

At the same time, it also masters some super magic skills.

The eyes of the elders can understand any language you speak, and obey all the orders you give, until you are killed or cancel the summon]

[When using it, you need to pay 15 points of blue mana and 10 points of black mana, or 25 points of general mana. 】

[When the summoned Elder Eye is killed, the card will automatically enter the cemetery and wait for rebirth for fifteen days]

Undoubtedly, with the Warlock level as high as LV16 and the creature level of the beholder itself, this card, like the dracolich, is an out-and-out legendary creature.

Don't look at the Elder's Eye being quite embarrassed by Irenicus just now.

But if Zuo Si didn't make a sudden attack, it is estimated that the magic duel between the two will continue for a while before the winner can be determined.

After all, the Eye of the Elder has a powerful anti-magic force field, which is definitely an overwhelming disadvantage to any spellcaster.

What's more, it can be switched anytime, anywhere.

For example, close the main eye when you cast a spell, and then open it when the enemy casts a spell.

In short, there is another hole card that is enough to reverse the situation at a critical moment.

"The harvest of this trip is really good."

Zuo Si quickly put away the cards, with a satisfied smile on his face, and quickly turned his attention to the battle on the other side.

If he guessed correctly, this powerful beholder who is fighting against Lei Yin, Badi and Irenicus at the same time by himself is the "blind eye" who will establish a sect in Askatra in the future. He is also the supreme leader of this group of beholders.

Just like the name, this guy took the initiative to blind his main eye, gave up the innate anti-magic force field, and then gained a powerful spellcasting ability.

And judging from the number of spells he has mastered, he should be an eye magician, not a warlock like other elder eyes.

In particular, the blind main eye can absorb spell energy from the enemy after being transformed by some kind of magic ritual.

Whenever it is successfully absorbed, the guy's blind central eye will emit a fiery red light.

It is precisely by virtue of this powerful ability that it is able to remain undisturbed under the siege of three powerful enemies, and it can also counterattack non-stop.

Those eye stalks that were supposed to release rays are now almost all tentacles used to cast spells.

Whenever the eye stalk starts to shake, it means that the "blind eye" is preparing a spell.

In addition, there is an extra modified eye stalk at the end, which can actually release a chilling [advanced dispelling magic] ray.

With a spellcasting level that is likely to exceed LV20 or higher, every time it is released, it can instantly strip away most of the enemy's protective spells, which makes Irenicus and Lei Yin very troublesome.

In the end, Lei Yin finally couldn't bear the pain of being stripped off as soon as she put on the protection, so she simply made a mistake without protection, and directly absorbed it with the sub-artifact - the Staff of the Archmage.

Every time she absorbs a spell released by "Blind Eye", she will calculate the energy level in her heart, and then either release direct damage magic, or save it up and use [Level 9 Monster Summoning Technique] to summon powerful elemental creatures and alien creatures come to help.

As for the Barlow flame demon summoned through the [Gate to Another World], he was sent back to his hometown in the bottomless abyss by the [Expulsion Technique].

Because these guys who participated in the battle were basically not legendary mages, or archmages and vampire queens who were only one step away from legendary mages.

Therefore, various spell countermeasures, confrontations, predictions, and complex calculations can be said to be quite exciting, making Zuo Si, who has never seen Faerun's real high-level spell duel, very addicted.

He didn't rush forward to help, but instead added a [Advanced Invisibility] to himself, and hid in the dark to watch the battle silently.

In particular, Irenicus's spellcasting habits, as well as his memory and preferred spells, are all in his mind without exception.

The moment the two turn their faces and become enemies, this information will become very useful and deadly.

yes……

Zuo Si, who likes to be fully prepared for everything, has already begun to plot against Irenicus, who is still an ally.

In fact, it is not only Irenicus, but also the Lord of Runes, the chosen ones of the Goddess of Magic, Manson and Fuzol Chamberri of the Zhentarim, the chief of the red-robed wizards, the devils from hell, etc. , he has made a lot of preparations.

Although these preparations may not necessarily come in handy, having them and not having them are two completely different things.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Zuo Si feels that his way of thinking seems to be becoming more and more similar to a certain "master".

The only difference is that he is a selfish person, and everything he does is purely for himself, and there are no other lofty ideals.

After all, if something like an ideal is not strong enough to support it, it will collapse like a castle on the beach when it is gently washed by the waves.

While Zuo Si was hiding in the dark and observing, the magic confrontation between Blind Eye and Irenicus and others gradually came to an end.

Although the former relied on the [Advanced Dispel Magic] released by the last eye stalk, he achieved one against three in a short period of time, and even once had the upper hand.

But with the exhaustion of advanced spell slots, the situation finally ushered in the expected reversal.

I saw that Lei Yin, who had the staff of the archmage, was the first to attack, and the bullying opponent was blind and unable to release the anti-magic force field, so the energy stored in the staff of the archmage was exhausted in one breath, and through the [level 9 monster summoning technique] from the bottomless Three Berserkers were summoned from the abyss.

As soon as the latter came out, he immediately released the spell-like ability [Hammer of Chaos], summoning energy from chaos to strike the enemy.

Since the beholder is usually lawful evil, which happens to be in conflict with chaos, it takes a surprising amount of damage right away.

You can even see the bloody froth coming out of the huge mouth full of fangs.

Fortunately, the vitality of the blind eye is strong enough, and at the same time, it also has a high magic resistance. If it is replaced by an ordinary beholder, if it eats three [Hammer of Chaos] in an instant, it will 100% die suddenly on the spot.

Zuo Si himself had eaten the [Hammer of Chaos] released by the Berserker Demon, so he was quite aware of the power of this magical spell.

If the target is a lawful camp, then the damage and range caused by this spell are almost the same as the three-ring fireball, and it can also cause a magical effect similar to the slow spell for a few seconds to ten seconds.

Seeing that the enemy was slowed down by the [Hammer of Chaos], these ferocious-looking Berserkers immediately swarmed up, ready to tear the blind eye to pieces.

But unfortunately, when they approached, they realized that they were isolated by an invisible force field.

No matter how it hits, there is no way to get even one step closer.

Seeing this, Ba Di immediately activated a [Great Crack] spell scroll, instantly destroying the wall of force, and at the same time stripped off the magic protection of the blind eye.

"Quick! Now! Kill it!"

Irenicus gave orders to the Berserker and the living golems around him.

But only a second later, the body of the blind eye suddenly released a surge of terrifying energy, sweeping everything within tens of meters around in a way visible to the naked eye.

Whether it's the Berserker, or the golems of the constructs, they were all crushed into dust flying all over the sky in an instant.

I saw that beside this powerful beholder, there was a half-like scepter floating impressively.

And the energy that spewed out just now was released from this half scepter.

Artifact!

This idea popped up in the minds of everyone present.

Because apart from artifacts, there is no other magic, items, or other things that can kill so many creatures with not low magic resistance at the same time in an instant.

What's more, the way of death of the three berserkers and the golem is so strange and unbelievable.

But after a successful blow, the blind eye did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Just the opposite!

It began to retreat slowly.

You don't need to ask, you know that the blow just now almost used up half of the energy stored in the artifact, and I'm afraid it won't be able to be used again in a short time.

But the problem is that both Irenicas and Badi were overwhelmed by the terrifying power of the artifact.

They didn't dare to gamble, so they could only watch helplessly as the blind eyes retreated slowly, disappearing into the dark passage.

As for Lei Yin, she simply got Zuo Si's order, so she didn't take the risk of chasing her.

After the blind eye was completely gone, Irenicus's tense nerves relaxed a little bit, and he said in a tone of lingering fear: "It's a terrible destructive power! No wonder Sous wants to get this artifact."

"What should we do now?" Badi asked with frowning.

Although she is a vampire with almost unlimited recovery ability, when she thinks that she has provoked such a powerful enemy, she will inevitably feel her scalp go numb.

Once the blind eye seizes the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, it is estimated that it will not even have the chance to transform into a gaseous state and escape back into the coffin to recover from its injuries.

"Don't worry, someone will help us solve it. Didn't you notice that Sous, who rushed over early, disappeared completely after the short shot before?"

Irenicus reminded with a blank face.

"Damn it! I said it seemed like something was missing."

Only at this time did Ba Di realize that there were four people acting together, and now there are only three left.

She couldn't believe that Zuo Si was able to hold back from such a good opportunity just now.

But Irenicus explained meaningfully: "Sos obviously knew that the beholder might be carrying a divine weapon, so he was very careful from the beginning, and would only choose to make a move when he was sure. And... Just as I used him to his advantage, he used me to his own."

"What a terrible guy. Now I seem to understand why Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, chose him to be her voter."

A trace of strong fear flashed in Ba Di's eyes.

Because no matter which god's chosen one, its power must be very restrained against undead creatures.

Especially the high-level and even legendary priests of the evil camp can even use the power bestowed by God to force a powerful vampire like her to obey orders.

At the same time, in the west passage about several hundred meters away from the beholder's lair.

Blind Eye, who had just escaped from death, was carefully passing through this place full of ghouls, zombies, skeletons, and ancient mummies. He planned to return to the upper level of the sewer first, and then find a place to rebuild a new lair and make a comeback.

A failure or two is nothing to a creature like it.

What's more, the beholder is a very strange creature.

Although they can also produce offspring through mating, most of the time they rely on dreams while sleeping.

When a beholder dreams of another beholder while sleeping, the latter will come out of the dream and become a real existence.

I have to say that this way of creating the same kind out of thin air is really very, very weird and incredible.

Because no creature other than the beholder can do that.

Some say that when beholders dream of another beholder while sleeping, they are actually spiritually connected to the Great Mistress.

Therefore, the "big mistress" who created the entire beholder race would immediately create an identical beholder according to her dream and send it to the former.

But all of this is just an unfounded guess by some powerful spellcasters who have studied beholders in depth.

As for what the truth is, I'm afraid even the beholders themselves can't tell clearly.

After safely passing through the huge area full of undead creatures, the vigilance of the blind eyes dropped significantly.

Although the ten eye stalks are still constantly rotating, conducting a 360-degree investigation without dead ends.

When it floated and moved to the spiral upward spiral staircase, a huge and incomparably black shadow suddenly descended from the sky and landed steadily in front of it.

Through the innate dark vision, the blind eye clearly saw the opponent's appearance, a deformed creature with a human upper body and a scorpion lower body.

And with the opponent as the center, it is surrounded by anti-magic power fields within a few meters around it, so that it cannot release any spells at all, nor can it activate the magic items worn on its body.

I have to say, this scene is quite ironic.

Because the beholder, who is best at using anti-magic force fields, was completely suppressed by others with anti-magic force fields.

You don't need to ask to know that this half-human, half-scorpion creature is the warrior and mage named Mural that Zuo Si captured in the Leyline Lost City of "Mad Mage" Helast Black Robe.

Apparently, since the guy's tactics are perfect for dealing with Blind Eye who has lost most of his ray abilities, Zuo Si is called in for a head-on confrontation.

No nonsense!

There is no need for a so-called conversation!

From the moment Mural fell, he immediately swung the [Sword of Solid Stone] to attack the huge meat ball in front of him, and from time to time he would manipulate the poisonous tail thorn to sting the opponent.

After several unsuccessful attempts to distance himself, Blind Eye decisively opened his bloody mouth to bite off the former's head.

The two powerful spellcasters gave up their magic in this way, and staged a brutal and bloody close quarters fight in the anti-magic force field.

Blood splattered all of a sudden!

Whether it is Mural or the blind eye, there is only one purpose, and that is to kill the other party.

Just when the two sides were fighting inextricably, the Shadow Legion ambushed nearby finally launched a siege under Zuo Si's order.

In just a few seconds, hundreds of shadows rushed out of the darkness, rushing towards the blind eye.

The vast number immediately frightened the latter out of his wits, trying his best to climb up the floating height to avoid being touched, and at the same time frantically fired a large number of rays to bombard these creatures.

Unfortunately, how could Mural let him get what he wanted, quickly suppressing him back to the ground through jumping and chopping and other combat techniques.

In the end, under the touch of a group of shadows, this powerful eye magician was made into a LV7 card by Zuo Si just like the previous Elder's Eye.

However, although the card levels are the same, the combat power of the blind eye is obviously at least one level higher than that of the elder eye.

In particular, the last eye stalk it transformed by studying magic power can release [advanced dispelling magic] rays indefinitely, allowing itself to have an advantage when fighting spellcasters.

This point can be glimpsed from the previous spell confrontation.

If it weren't for Irenicus, Badi and Lei Yin who consumed almost all the high-level spell slots in the blind eye, it might not be so easy to succeed with just one Mural.

After a battle, Zuo Si not only swept the entire beholder lair to gain a lot of mana, but also made several seven-ring magic cards such as [Delayed Explosion Fireball], and also took the two strongest beholder leaders Become a summoned creature.

Even the corpses of the dead beholders were collected and prepared to be brought back to the mage tower to be made into dead-eyed tyrants.

Most importantly, Zuo Si got half of the artifact before Irenicus.

Looking at this cylindrical metal object engraved with countless strange symbols and characters, he couldn't help but rubbed his chin and said to himself: "It's strange... I haven't seen any of these characters and symbols. Even Candlekeep There are no records in many books."

"Master, this is not a character or symbol used by any race or civilization known in Faerun. If there is no accident, I think it should come from other planes and crystal walls." Mural carefully expressed his opinion .

Anyway, he is also an apprentice of the "crazy mage", and he has lived for more than a thousand years through magical transformation, so he still has a say in this regard.

"An artifact from a different plane? Then why did it appear in Faerun? And it was still kept by the ancient sun god Amaunata?" Zuo Si asked back, frowning.

Mural shook his head lightly: "Sorry, it's hard for me to analyze the results due to the lack of information I have obtained so far. But one thing is certain, that is, there must be some ulterior motives hidden in this temple. secret."

"In that case, let's go meet the saint who remains in the material world from the ancient sun god."

After finishing speaking, Zuo Si put away half of the artifact and led Mural straight towards the underground temple without notifying Irenicus who was still waiting for news in the beholder's lair.

His purpose is very simple, that is to find out the origin and specific function of the artifact before the other party, and how the energy shock released by the blind eye using half of the artifact just now was achieved.

(end of this chapter)