"【Swift Battle Preparation】, 【Extinguishing Light】, 【Lesser Spider Form】, 【Spider Form】, 【Advanced Spider Form】, 【Shadow Elf Form】, 【Magic Recoil】, 【Shadow Veil】, 【Double Shadow】, 【Devouring Terror】... The dark elves who have lived in the Underdark for more than 10,000 years have indeed created some very interesting magic."
After Zuo Si finished flipping through two spell books, an amusement expression suddenly appeared on his face.
Among these spells, [Quick Preparation] allows the recipient to obtain a small amount of information about the enemy and be fully prepared for the upcoming battle.
[Extinguishing Lights] can extinguish any non-magical light source, creating the most favorable combat environment for the drow who like to launch sneak attacks in the dark.
The three spider forms allow the caster to transform into a medium, large, and giant purgatory spider respectively. Like transforming into a spider elf, they are very suitable for the complex underground world.
[Magic Recoil] can instantly cause the enemy who is casting a spell to suffer backlash damage. The higher the level of the spell cast, the greater the damage.
[Veil of Shadow] allows the drow who are afraid of strong light to cover themselves with darkness, which can not only protect them from blindness and weakness caused by strong light, but also provide a certain concealment effect.
【Double Shadow】 creates a hazy phantom that is similar to yourself to attack the enemy. If the opponent believes it, then this spell will cause corresponding mental damage and may even cause mental death.
[Terrible Devour] is basically equivalent to creating a gelatinous monster to devour the target, causing it to die from suffocation or strong acid corrosion.
Perhaps because their dark skin has a strong resistance to magic, the spells created by the Dark Elves generally tend to be in the areas of transformation, conjuration, prophecy and illusion, with almost no enchantment or evocation.
Especially [Magic Recoil], which does not require any spells at all and can be released to the enemy who is casting a spell with just a gesture.
If it is a high-level spell, the backlash damage caused may even interrupt the enemy's concentration, causing the enemy to fail in casting the spell.
It is simply the most practical type of magic in spell duels.
And it only takes a second-level spell to memorize it.
"How about it, are these two spell books valuable?" asked the dwarf Ruger interestedly.
Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "Of course. If nothing goes wrong, they can all be sold for more than 10,000 gold coins. But I suggest that you take them to the Tower of Order to participate in the weekly auction. There are several unique dark elf spells among them, which should be of interest to high-level wizards, so they will pay a high price to buy them."
"Hehe! I understand this. Those high-level wizards don't care how much money they have to spend to get what they are interested in." The dwarf grinned with a cunning smile.
"How much have we earned so far from this adventure?"
The poet Kels also came over at some point, his eyes glowing with wolf-like green light.
"If the dark elves' equipment hadn't depreciated, it would have been worth more than 100,000 gold coins."
The dwarf roughly calculated the spoils he had gained along the way and quickly gave a relatively conservative figure.
no way.
After all, it is difficult to accurately estimate the value of spoils of war before actually selling them.
Because the buyer may offer a price much higher than the original price of the item for his own reasons, or deliberately lower the price, causing the adventurer to sell it at half price.
"Hundreds of thousands? Damn! So we're going to make a fortune this time!"
Kels excitedly made the classic "fly rubbing hands" gesture, as if he had already seen himself taking a large sum of money and seducing all the married ladies he had previously targeted.
As one of Faerûn's leading scholars has quipped, many bards are "animals" who think with their lower bodies.
Among them, the men are either showing off their "prowess" in bed or on their way to the next bed.
Women are also either seducing someone they are interested in or looking for their next prey.
Seeing Kels' hopeless look, the dwarf immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Don't expect too much. Most of this money belongs to Soth. He contributed the most in the adventure and saved the team from danger more than once, so he deserves to get the lion's share. As for you... you still owe more than 5,000 gold coins plus interest."
"Ah! I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it! Oh my God! Doesn't this mean that I won't get much money at all?"
The poet's mood instantly fell from heaven to hell.
Although he is considered a high-level adventurer, due to his hobbies and chaotic private life, he has been living on foreign loans, and the monthly interest rate is as high as more than 30%.
In other words, in a place like Furen, any loan is 100% usury with compound interest.
No one would want to take on such heavy debt unless the business is in trouble or life is really difficult to sustain.
"Viper Camilla has threatened that if you can't pay the money within three weeks, she will send someone to take you to her shop to sell your butt. It is said that some wealthy businessmen with special hobbies in Waterdeep are already eager to try. So I suggest that you better not think about refusing to pay or running away, otherwise the consequences will be very, very serious." The half-orc Korra reminded kindly.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay off the debt as soon as I get my share, okay?"
Kels was obviously frightened and couldn't help but shiver, covering his butt.
Seeing his appearance, the two "bad friends", the dwarf and the halfling, immediately burst into laughter, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
But soon, Zuo Si brought the topic back and asked directly: "How much do you know about the situation on the eleventh floor?"
"The eleventh floor?"
Ruger stroked his thick beard and thought for a moment, then quickly replied, "I just heard from Dunan that the eleventh floor of the ground maze city is mainly inhabited by a large number of lizardmen.
There are also Dark Elves who attempt to capture them and use them as slaves and cannon fodder.
The latter is most likely the Evander family we met before.
In addition, there are trolls who feed on troglodytes and a green-footed dragon snake.
But that was several years ago, and no one knows if anything has changed since then.”
As we all know, the monster passages in the underground maze are not static.
Just the opposite!
Whether it is the mad wizard Halaster Blackrobed, his apprentices, or invaders from the depths of the Underdark, each level will cause drastic changes every once in a while.
This means that all intelligence and information about the underground maze city often has a certain timeliness.
Any information older than one or two years can only be used as a reference.
If you really prepare according to the description above, you probably won't even know how you died.
In addition, starting from the eighth to the ninth underground floor, portals and teleportation devices leading to other levels are hidden in some inconspicuous corners.
If it is touched accidentally, a living person will be teleported from a familiar level to a completely unfamiliar level in minutes.
Since prophecy magic is forbidden, the person being teleported has no way to reach his current position and depth.
"It sounds like there shouldn't be much danger. Why don't we take a short break and set off as soon as possible to finish this floor within four hours." Zuo Si suggested, glancing at the passage leading to the eleventh floor.
The dwarf nodded quickly: "No problem! I'll listen to you."
Needless to say, Zuo Si has completely won the 100% trust of his teammates due to his outstanding performance and keen judgment along the way.
Ruger would immediately adopt any suggestions he made without saying a word.
In this way, the team rested near the entrance for about half an hour.
When his strength was almost recovered, he stood up and went to the next floor.
Just as expected, not long after entering the eleventh floor, they discovered an outpost built by the dark elves, in which about two dozen captured Lizardmen were imprisoned.
On the gate of the outpost hangs the emblem of the Evander family.
Without any hesitation!
Zuo Si used the same trick again, first using [Deep Darkness] to plunge the outpost into complete darkness.
Then he used stones with silencing magic to make the entire area silent.
Finally, the Shadow Legion attacked and killed all the dark elves and lizardmen inside without leaving a single one alive.
Because neither of these two races is good.
The so-called lizard man is actually a kind of lizard that is about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall, has intelligence and walks upright.
As their name suggests, they are a group of savage, brutal and reckless creatures by nature, and will treat all creatures, including their own kind, as a source of food.
Therefore, Zuo Si had no psychological burden when he killed.
After the battle, the attentive halfling Korra found some jewel-studded badges, rings and ceremonial daggers from the corpses.
It is estimated to be worth more than two thousand gold coins.
除此之外，还有四五个箱子里装着尚未分发下去的武器、装备、弩箭和瓶装毒药，以及黑暗精灵特制的军用干粮。
不用问也知道，这些东西都是给那些巡逻队、狩猎队准备的补给品。
就在诗人有些好奇，拿起一块军用干粮想尝尝味道的时候，左思立刻警告道：“如果我是你，就不会碰任何卓尔的食物。因为食物匮乏的时候，他们偶尔会把一些智慧生物也放进自己的菜谱中。”
“什么？你的意思是……这些东西里可能会有人肉？”克尔斯难以置信的瞪大了眼睛。
“没错！说有的黑暗精灵都是极致的实用主义者。幽暗地域食物匮乏的环境决定了，想要在这里生存下来就必须学会冷酷和残忍。他们可不在乎什么伦理道德之类的东西，只要营养好吃，那么就会毫不犹豫的去吃。”
左思盯着用肉丝、蘑菇粉和少量苔藓制作成的饼状干粮，意味深长的说道。
由于拥有知识之眼的帮助，他几乎不费吹灰之力就能看出肉丝中的纤维，有很大比例应该是属于类人生物的。
也许是地精、也许是灰矮人，也有可能是兽人、寇涛鱼人。
就连蘑菇粉，搞不好都是用蕈人的尸体磨成的。
后者是一种类似大号蘑菇一样的植物智慧生命，在幽暗地域有着非常广泛的分布。
“该死！幸亏我没放进嘴里。”
诗人低声咒骂了一句，立刻把手里的干粮丢到地上。
扫荡完这个哨站所有值钱的东西，队伍继续沿着错综复杂的隧道在黑暗中穿行。
由于左思彻底把幽影军团放出去，在自己能够抽取到法力值和生命能量的范围内肆意杀戮。
因此一路上几乎没有什么遭遇战。
大部分敌人在还没有察觉到冒险小队靠近，就被数不清的幽影杀了个干净。
就算偶尔有施法者成功给自己加持上可以抵挡虚体生物攻击的防护法术，幽影刺客叶利尼娅也会亲自出手，将蕴含剧毒的锋利匕首刺进对方脖子或者后心。
在这种滚雪球式的膨胀下，幽影军团的数量已经达到了惊人的一万五千多。
除非遭到高阶正能量魔法的打击大量死亡，不然的话还会继续增加下去。
凭借收割来的法力值，左思继续把那些新学会的法术制作成魔法卡牌。
他甚至已经准备好，等掌握七环魔法之后，立刻就利用《死者之书》上记载的【启蒙不死生物】，赋予一些高级幽影智慧，让它们可以通过学习训练来变得更加强大。
沿着错综复杂的迷宫找了半天路，小队最终在西南角的一片满是碎裂骨头的区域，找到了十一层最强大的怪物，一条曾经在卡林沙漠中遇到过的青足龙蛇。
双方碰面之后连一句废话都没有便开始了正面战斗。
左思直接下达攻击命令，让体型巨大的熔岩元素率先发起冲锋。
感受到那扑面而来了的热浪，青足龙蛇根本不敢怠慢，立刻就张开嘴喷出跟蓝龙十分接近的闪电吐息。
啪！ 伴随着刺眼的白色电光，熔岩元素身上出现了一个大口子。
但遗憾的是，这点伤害显然不足以将其摧毁，甚至无法对冲锋速度造成一丁点阻碍。
意识到自己的攻击很难一下子杀死这么巨大的元素生物，青足龙蛇立刻启动了疯法师在自己身上留下的奥法印记。
只见其中一块鳞片突然闪烁着刺眼的奥术灵光。
下一秒……
它庞大的身躯整个消失了。
【隐形术】！ 很显然，这并不是青足龙蛇该有的类法术能力，而是那道疤痕一样的印记所赋予的。
不过以青足龙色的体重，显然不可能做到像盗贼那样悄无声息在遍地碎骨的环境下移动。
当它开始朝旁边逃窜的时候，立刻便发出一阵咔嚓咔嚓的响声，同时还伴随着骨头被踩碎四散飞溅的景象。
于是乎，熔岩元素立刻调转方向追了上去。
左思和诗人几乎在同一时间，开始吟唱几乎一模一样的咒语。
短短几秒钟之后，一大团油渍从他们的指尖飞出，直接铺在保持隐形状态的青足龙蛇脚下。
由于摩擦力骤减的关系，这个庞然大物立刻碰的一下应声摔倒。
巨型熔岩元素则趁机直接扑上去来了个泰山压顶。
轰！！！！！！！ 在四散飞溅的滚烫岩浆包裹下，青足龙蛇顿时发出痛苦的惨叫，一边疯狂使用闪电吐息和利齿撕咬进行反击，一边释放出像是【七彩喷射】一样的能量射线。
不用问也知道，所有这些类法术能力全部都源自于那个刻在鳞片上的印记。
为了防止过热的岩浆把刻有印记的鳞片烧坏，左思很快让熔岩元素停止攻击，紧跟丢了一个选民能力的【降咒】过去。
当场把这个智力属性原本就不怎么高的怪物，变成了只剩下一点的傻子。
此时此刻，青足龙蛇别说是继续战斗，恐怕就连自我意识和对周围事物的认知都消失了，仅仅是保持站立姿势原地一动不动。
看到这一幕，左思十分熟练的掏出空白卡牌将其封印。
至此，通往第十二层的道路终于被打通。
在青足龙蛇巢穴后面的坑洞内，冒险小队还找到了一堆像是幽暗地域铸造的金银货币和宝石。
除此之外，还有一些魔法物品跟小玩意。
比如说一个像是灰矮人打造的蝎子胸针，每天可以为佩戴者进行一次武器淬毒； 一个古代精灵风格的音乐盒，只要轻轻拍打盒子上镶嵌的绿色宝石，就会演奏出不同的音乐； 最后还有一顶戴上后可以让人眼睛散发出骇人红光的钢铁头盔。
当然，这顶头盔并没有附着其他任何魔法力量，仅仅只是单纯的用来吓唬人，让佩戴者看起来像是某种下层位面生物或者亡灵。
“哈哈哈哈！这就是我喜欢冒险的原因。没什么比解决掉一个强大的怪物之后，再找到它搜集的财宝更令人感到高兴了。看看这些闪亮的硬币，总计差不多能值七八千金币。那些宝石、音乐盒和魔法物品也能卖出不少钱。”矮人开心的大笑起来。
“我完全同意……”
左思盯着手中刚刚制作完成的生物卡牌，脸上浮现出意味深长的笑容。
因为这个三个临时队友根本不知道，这次地脉迷城之行最有价值的东西，早就已经被他收入囊中了。
同这些生物卡牌和大量法力值比起来，那点金钱、宝石和魔法物品根本微不足道。
就拿青足龙蛇来说，它鳞片上那道应该是疯法师留下的奥法印记，赋予了这家伙只需要一个念头就能施展【隐形术】、【七彩喷射】和【睡眠术】的能力。
尽管看起来都是低级法术，可其中所蕴含的魔法知识和技术，绝对值得花费时间去研究。
一旦研究成功，那么左思就能为所有的召唤生物，甚至包括自己和维尔梅斯身上，额外附加一些无需咒语和手势，只要一个念头就能释放的类法术能力。
此时此刻，他终于明白为什么地脉迷城如此危险，每年还有那么多冒险者愿意下来探索。
无他！
就是单纯收益太过于丰厚。
战士类职业可以在里边找到他们梦寐以求的魔法装备和数不清的财富，施法者、尤其是法师和术士，则能从中获得各种各样的魔法知识。
由于这一层的敌人和怪物基本被杀了个干净，所以小队很快便在青足龙蛇的巢穴中清理出一块空地。
简单的清洗了一下手和脸，左思直接释放六环神术【英雄宴】，凭空制造出一张摆满各种美味食物和饮料的长桌，还有十几把椅子。
很显然，以他现在的施法等级，一次召唤差不多能喂饱十多个人。
看着桌子上前所未见，散发出令人忍不住流口水的美味佳肴，矮人立刻舔着嘴唇感叹道：“无论看多少次，这个神术都是那么的震撼人心。”
“是啊！不过这样随意使用高阶神术来满足口腹之欲真的不要紧吗？我听说其他牧师在使用神术的时候往往都十分谨慎，生怕引起自己所侍奉神明的不满。”半身人蔻拉用不是很确定的语气问。
“没关系。赐予我神术的女神很大方，她不会介意这些小事的。”
左思无所谓的耸了耸肩膀，第一个坐下撕下烤鸡腿津津有味的吃了起来。
毕竟与塔洛娜给予的神力和各种强大选民能力相比，区区一个六环神术英雄宴估计连九牛一毛都算不上。
What's more, he has already found the God of Knowledge Oghma as the "next buyer", so he is not panicked at all.
Compared with those ordinary priests who served God with trembling fear, Zuo Si was undoubtedly an outlier among outliers, and he did not have the slightest fear of God.
"Are you really the favorite of God? Your life is really enviable."
The poet muttered something quietly, then sat down and began to enjoy the food and wine.
After finishing the whole bottle of wine, he wiped the wine stains from his lips and beard, and said with satisfaction, "It's really enjoyable! I guess no one would believe that such a luxurious banquet can be enjoyed in the underground city."
"Of course! The Heroes' Banquet is a sixth-ring spell. The chief priests of some small local temples may not be able to reach this priest level. What's more, even if they have reached it, they will not be willing to use the precious sixth-ring spell slot to memorize a spell specifically for eating and drinking." The half-ling Korra explained while sucking her greasy fingers.
Just when the dwarf was about to say something, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook slightly for some reason.
Immediately afterwards, the entire underground maze began to shake violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.
Boom boom boom!
The people who were only halfway through their meal were thrown all over the place.
The long table was overturned in an instant due to the violent shaking, and food and drinks were scattered all over the floor.
"Damn it! What's going on?" 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 madman Halaster Black Robe is making large-scale adjustments to the structure of the underground maze." The dwarf gritted his teeth and expressed his guess.
Because this is not the first time something like this has happened.
For adventurers, besides various traps and monsters, the Mad Mage himself is the most dangerous thing in the Underworld.
After all, this huge maze-like area formed by magic network nodes was built by him.
Therefore, the latter can often expel a person or a team directly with just a thought, or teleport them to any corner of the dungeon.
In addition, Halaster Black Robe can also modify the structure of any one or several levels according to his own wishes.
Since he is a complete lunatic, he did not consider the safety of the various creatures and adventurers inside when making the transformation.
Zuo Si, who possessed the ability to "walk in the air", had already lifted his feet off the ground and was standing in the air about one meter high, carefully assessing the possible impact of the violent vibration.
But before anyone could figure out anything, the ground leading from the eleventh floor to the twelfth floor suddenly reversed.
The dwarf, halfling, poet and Davian all accidentally fell into the black hole and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
“Fuck!”
Zuo Si quickly canceled his Flying Sprint and rushed in to catch up with his teammates and summoned creatures.
He was not sure whether the poet had memorized the first level of [Feather Falling Technique] today.
If I didn't remember and I didn't catch up in time, the four people who fell down might have been killed.
I kept free falling like this for several minutes. I could even hear the whistling air flow and the roars of monsters when I passed certain levels.
Zuo Si finally saw the four people who had just successfully performed the [Feather Fall Technique] and landed on the ground.
He also quickly took out a card and cast the [Feather Fall Technique] on himself, falling down lightly like a feather.
It has to be said that using [Feather Fall] when falling from a height is a great test of the caster's psychological quality.
The tricky thing about this spell is that it cannot 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 danger of falling to death on the spot or becoming seriously injured or disabled.
As we all know, people fall at very fast speeds.
Almost a hundred meters was gone in the blink of an eye.
Therefore, if it is too late, one will accidentally miss the best opportunity to use [Feather Fall Technique] and fall directly to the ground and turn into a pool of bloody and fleshy mixture.
It is usually used when it is about 20 meters above the ground, so that it can land steadily.
Fortunately, the poet, who usually seemed a little unreliable, performed exceptionally well at the critical moment and saved all his teammates.
His face was pale at this moment, and he was lying on the ground vomiting continuously. It was obviously a stress reaction caused by being too nervous.
Of course, the others weren't much stronger either.
The dwarf's legs were shaking uncontrollably, and he could only stay standing by holding on to the wall.
The half-orc Korra was lying on the ground with her back facing up, swallowing her saliva continuously, her eyes revealing the deep fear from the bottom of her heart.
Only the fearless Dragonborn Knight Davian adjusted his state immediately, walked straight to Zuo Si and asked, "Master, where are we now?"
"I don't know. Judging from the time of free fall just now, this place is at least ten kilometers away from the eleventh floor. It should be a deeper level of the underground maze. And I can begin to feel the amazing energy emitted by the nodes of the magic network." Zuo Si narrowed his eyes and replied.
Yes!
After wandering in this huge underground maze for several days, he finally reached the level where the magic network nodes were located.
Because of the extremely close distance, the sparks can even absorb amazing magical energy from the surrounding air.
It can be predicted that if this land card is successfully made, the mana it can provide will definitely not be comparable to any previous one.
"In other words, this floor is the end of this adventure..."
Davian subconsciously glanced at the crystallized walls, ceiling, and floor in front of him, as well as the bright and colorful magical light.
Unlike any previous level, this place doesn't look dark at all. Large amounts of valuable crystals can be seen everywhere. It's like a maze transformed from a crystal mine.
And at the entrance stands a three-meter-tall crystal construct, emitting bright and dazzling light all over its body, and its appearance is a bit like a Githyanki warrior.
"Be careful! I think the main enemies on this floor are most likely the Githyanki and their mortal enemies, the mind flayers." Zuo Si reminded in a low voice.
He didn't really care about the crystal golem guarding the entrance.
Because this inferior construct has no redeeming qualities other than the ability to emit strong flashes of light that temporarily blind the enemy.
The crystal that makes up its body is also of very poor hardness, and adamantium weapons can shatter it into a pile of worthless fragments in just a few hits.
"clear!"
Davian had already learned how to deal with golems, and after his master had bestowed upon him a host of strengthening spells, as well as the [Veil of Shadow] that could protect him from blindness caused by strong light, he immediately rushed forward and took the lead in launching an attack.
This time, he did not use his standard +2 flaming sword, but instead took out the magical adamantium hammer that he had previously used to knock over the lich's life box.
Bang! With a muffled sound, the Dragonborn Knight jumped high after finishing his charge, raised his hammer and smashed it hard on the head of the Crystal Golem.
Crash!
The latter's head shattered on the spot, with most of it turning into crystal fragments and flying everywhere, and the remaining half of the face was covered with dense spider-shaped cracks.
Obviously, with his strong muscles and the amazing power attributes brought by magic, Davian is now like a human Tyrannosaurus Rex, and he cannot be resisted by a mere crystal golem.
Although the latter released a strong flash of light the moment it was attacked, its huge body was like an extremely large strong light bulb, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.
But unfortunately, the [Shadow Veil] developed by the drow elves can offset it.
As a result, the man and the golem fought fiercely at close range for half a minute. The crystal golem finally lost its ability to move and fell to the ground, turning into a pool of worthless broken crystal.
Zuo Si unceremoniously absorbed the mana contained in it, turned around and asked the other three temporary teammates: "How is it, do you feel better now?"
"Ugh—no! I don't feel well at all."
The poet's stress reaction seemed not to have passed yet, and he immediately began to feel nauseous as soon as he opened his mouth to speak.
The dwarf was in a similar situation, he had no strength in his legs.
The thief Korra seemed to have lost all perception of the outside world and did not respond at all.
"Okay, then you guys just rest here for a while, and Davian and I will go in and explore first."
After saying that, Zuo Si stepped directly over the wreckage of the crystal golem and entered the colorful hall at the back.
Because all the crystals are glowing, and the color of the light changes every once in a while.
Therefore, the first thing you need to face when exploring at this level is the astonishing light pollution.
Zuo Si rummaged through his bag 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 Karin Desert.
I didn't expect it would come in handy again now.
When you enter the hall, the first thing that catches your eye is the tunnels that extend in all directions around it.
After a simple investigation, it was found that the four passages led to the pits on the left and right sides respectively.
The left side looks like a training ground or something, with several targets in the shape of mind flayers placed there.
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the place where the Githyanki are training.
In the entire multiverse, no creature hates the mind flayers more than these guys, and they hunt them down in every dimension.
In contrast, the right side is much more lively. Four Githyanki warriors are working in groups of two, boxing each other to kill time.
"Go! Kill them!"
Zuo Si directly gave the attack order to the Dragon Knight beside him.
In his opinion, the astral bandits Githyanki are essentially no different from the dark elves. They are all crazy people who want to conquer and enslave other races including humans, and have completely forgotten their own tragic experience of being enslaved by the mind flayers.
For those guys who turned from dragon slayers into evil dragons, it’s always a good idea to kill them one by one when you see them.
"As you wish!"
Without further ado, Davian changed his weapon to a flaming sword and immediately charged, appearing in front of the four Githyanki at lightning speed.
Before the opponent could react, he killed every kid with one sword.
In the blink of an eye, the four unlucky guys all fell dead in a pool of blood.
Two of them were beheaded with a sword, and the other two had their hearts stabbed through.
One of the guys even tried to raise his arm with an arm guard to block, but his entire arm was chopped off and dark red blood splattered everywhere.
Because the killing was so fast, they didn't have time to make any sound or alarm.
Next to the huge pit, Zuo Si saw a carving of a Githyanki riding a red dragon.
Needless to say, this piece of art is meant to depict the most famous red dragon rider in the Githyanki Empire.
It is said that their queen had reached some unknown deal with the dragon god Tiamat, so the Githyanki could recruit relatively young red dragons to join their army.
In this collaboration, the relationship between rider and dragon is equal.
Young red dragons can also use this opportunity to hone their combat abilities, and follow the Githyanki to plunder and gain a lot of treasure.
But as the dragon grows older, it will choose to leave on its own.
After all, red dragons are born tyrants and it is impossible for them to serve a certain person or force for a long time.
Just as Zuo was about to check the surroundings to see if there were any secret compartments or doors, Davian, who had already walked into the front room, suddenly exclaimed, "Master! Look! There are twelve skulls of mind flayers here!"
"What?"
Zuo Si was stunned for a moment, then hurried over to check.
Just as the Dragonborn Knight had described, the twelve mind flayer skulls were lined up on a table fashioned from crystal.
Through simple identification, he immediately found that these skulls were all necromancy magic items without exception, and they were a complete set.
If someone breaks one of them, the remaining skull that has not been destroyed will emit a psychic scream, causing extremely terrifying and large-scale psychic 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 killed mind flayer is imprisoned inside.
The principle is also very simple! Connect all the mind flayer souls together through the power of magic.
In this way, when one of them is broken, its soul will suffer unimaginable pain.
The pain will be shared along with the soul connection, and all other mind flayers will feel the soul pain that cannot be described in words, thereby stimulating the remaining mental power in their own souls to produce shrill screams.
Only the Githyanki, who hate the mind flayers so much, could do such a cruel and cruel thing.
Because even after death, they hope to make their mortal enemies feel the ultimate pain.
Carefully putting the skulls into the bag he carried with him, Zuo Si and Davian continued to explore.
After passing a huge crystal stalactite, he saw a large cloud of silver mist hanging over the pit.
Through the wall, one could vaguely hear someone not far away talking in dragon language.
"Desira, listen to me and give up. No matter how many mind flayers you kill, that cunning fellow will never give you what you want."
"But Ashland Sachs, what if we don't even try and someone else gets there first?"
"Ha! Let anyone who wants to be a fool do so. Believe me, Achaiya will never give those precious books to anyone. I think she probably wants to read them herself to get the benefits."
"Really? Then why did she make the promise?"
"Humph! It's just to trick a naive knight like you into fighting the Mind Flayer. Do you know that several young warriors didn't come back alive last week. If nothing unexpected happens, they have either been implanted with tadpoles by the Mind Flayer or their brains have been eaten clean."
…
Since Zuo Si and David could both understand dragon language, they both showed surprised expressions after listening to the conversation.
They knew very well that one of the two people talking was definitely a young red dragon.
The other is a githyanki knight.
"Master, do you want to take action?" Davian asked cautiously in a low voice.
Zuo Si hesitated for a moment, stroking his chin. Soon, he raised the corner of his mouth and revealed a chilling smile: "Of course! Although I am not interested in making a too young red dragon into a card, it can be used to upgrade you and improve the purity of your dragon bloodline."
"Understood."
Davian quickly put away the flaming sword and took out the magic adamantium hammer again.
Against a red dragon, fire-enchanted weapons obviously have no effect at all.
On the contrary, a pure increased hardness adamantium hammer is more powerful.
Zuo Si used the invisibility wand to cast invisibility on himself and the Dragon Knight, and moved forward quietly.
After a while, they saw a female Githyanki sitting astride the back of an adolescent red dragon at the edge of the pit.
Judging from the voice of the latter, she is probably also a female.
Since Zuo Si had the [True Knowledge], he could always see Davidian's location.
After the other party arrived at the designated location, he immediately activated four magic cards - [Ice Storm] without hesitation.
This is an ice-based group-killing magic that can cover a radius of twelve meters.
It can cause amazing extra damage to fire-type red dragons.
The moment the card was activated, countless biting hail and icicles fell from the sky like raindrops.
Before the red dragon and her knight could react to what was happening, they were hit on the head.
The female Githyanki, whose vitality was not strong enough, was instantly smashed and seriously injured. Then she was frozen in place by the biting cold and lost the ability to move.
The red dragon, which was also seriously injured, quickly raised its head and breathed out flaming fire in an attempt to save its knight.
Unfortunately, the young dragon's breath might be effective against one or two [Ice Storms], but it is clearly beyond its ability to fight against four.
Although the scalding breath also successfully evaporated some hail and icicles.
But when the breath ended, hail and icicles fell again as densely as raindrops.
The water vapor formed by previous evaporation quickly condensed into ultra-low temperature ice chips in the air under the influence of the new round of cold air.
The red dragon just took a breath of such air and immediately began to cough violently and non-stop. Blood slowly flowed out of his nostrils and mouth. It was obvious that his lungs were frostbitten.
(End of this chapter)