"So what are your plans? If you want to return to Evermeet, I suggest you go to Waterdeep to find Lord Khelben. He has always had close contact with that place."
Zuo Si gave the sun elf in front of him some fairly reliable advice.
You have to know that Khelben is a half-elf, although he does not have obvious elf features on the surface, such as pointed ears, unique pupils and hair color, etc.
But his father, Oran Meldrem, was a member of a noble family in the famous elven city, Myth Drannor, and his mother was a human ranger, Erelinda.
Since Khelben's appearance was more inherited from his mother's human bloodline, it is said that he was discriminated against by the elves when he was young, and he did not even have his own name until he was twelve years old.
Peers who studied magic at school even gave him many extremely insulting nicknames, such as "Bill".
In Elvish, this pronunciation means "garbage" and is generally used to refer to hybrids of elves and humans.
The nobles called him "Zenar", meaning less than half, as an insult to his appearance that had no obvious elven features.
However, no one at that time would have thought that such a half-elf who was looked down upon, discriminated against and humiliated would eventually become the chosen one of the goddess of magic and one of the most powerful legendary wizards in Faerun after the destruction of Myth Drannor.
Although he had been treated very unfairly when he was young, Khelbourne did not hate the elves for it. Instead, he was grateful to the elves for opening their doors and teaching him magical knowledge and techniques.
He has always maintained a certain connection with Evermeet Island, and occasionally accepts and helps teach some elven magic apprentices.
"Eternal Gathering Island?"
The unknown sun elf blinked in confusion, obviously unfamiliar with this geographical concept.
"Don't you even remember Yongju Island?" Zuo Si looked puzzled.
You know, even the wild elves who are isolated from the world know that there is an island in the distant ocean where only elves can enter and live.
It's spring all year round there, and there are magnificent buildings built with high-level magic everywhere. They look so exquisite that they look like handicrafts and works of art.
Moreover, as long as you enter Yongju Island, you can get rid of poverty, hunger and disease forever. Even if you do nothing, you can still enjoy delicious food every day or indulge in pleasure.
The Sun Elf shook his head gently. "I'm sorry, I really don't remember anything. Perhaps the only thing I haven't forgotten is my archery, magic, and martial arts. In short, I don't know anything else now except fighting and killing. As for the Evergrande Island mentioned earlier, could you please help me find out about it?"
"Why do you want to ask? As an elf, I believe the elves there will welcome you to join them."
Zuo Si could clearly feel that the reaction of the magic archer in front of him was very strange.
Especially when Yongju Island is mentioned, there is always an inexplicable rejection and resistance.
"I... I don't know why, but I just don't want to go to Evermeet Island. If you don't mind, can I travel with you for a while? Maybe I can remember something on the way." The Sun Elf took the initiative to request to join the team.
Zuo Si nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I welcome a magic archer who can shoot dragons to join me. But I have to make it clear in advance that everything in my team must be done according to orders, and you are not allowed to act without permission."
"No problem. I promise to follow your instructions. I don't need any money or spoils. Just take care of the accommodation and food."
The magic archer shrugged his shoulders in a very casual manner.
Of course, judging from his luxurious weapons and equipment, we can tell that he is definitely not an ordinary elf civilian.
Moreover, there were two quivers behind him, one of which was filled with high-level enchanted arrows, including penetrating arrows, fatal arrows and magic-breaking arrows.
As for the other one, it is the famous "Endless Quiver".
In other words, the arrows in this quiver will never run out.
A quiver that is never empty is a rare treasure for any archer.
What's more, the arrows drawn from this quiver are not ordinary arrows, but +1 magic arrows.
"Then what should I call you? You have to give yourself a temporary name or nickname. Even if it's Anonymous, Chanem or something like that." Zuo Si reminded in a half-joking tone.
"Hmm...why not just call me Lantis?"
The Sun Elf Magic Archer lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally uttered a word from his mouth which meant "wandering person" in the Elf language.
"Okay, Lantis, you and the others can rest here for a while. I still have a lot of work to do. Once we're done, we'll immediately return to the surface."
After saying this, Zuo Si no longer paid attention to the other party. He turned and walked into the conch shell ship to help the summoned mind flayers prepare for the ceremony of transforming the main brain.
With the connection to the psychic generator on the dam, the Snail Shell now has sufficient energy supply. It is time to complete the last step.
Of course, he was just an assistant and observer in this process.
Those mind flayers are the real main force.
When he arrived at the brain pool, the first thing Zuo Si saw was the densely packed brains of the mind flayers soaked in liquid.
There are both surrendered prisoners and those who were killed before and brought back by the Heart Destroyer.
All in all, there are almost dozens of them.
The brain in the center constantly releases spiritual energy to the surroundings. Without asking, you know it is Ish Amidon's brain.
At some point, something like tentacles grew out near the uneven thalamus of this guy's brain, and they were capturing the Mind Flayer tadpoles in the brain pool to replenish and increase their own strength.
Not only his, but the brains of other mind flayers also underwent similar changes.
However, the tentacles that grow from the brains of ordinary mind flayers are too weak and are not yet strong enough to catch tadpoles for food.
Obviously, unlike most creatures that will die if their heads are cut off, the mind flayer's brain can exist independently from the body.
"How are the preparations going?" Zuo Si asked directly.
"It's almost done, Master. In another fifteen minutes, we can begin the ceremony. Here, please take this skull. It was peeled off from the body of Isemidun and has a very close connection with the brain itself. I secretly did some tricks inside the thalamus. If the new main brain tries to resist, you can use this thing to punish or forcibly control it."
As he spoke, the leading mind flayer presented a uniquely shaped skull with both hands.
Through special magical vision, Zuo Si could clearly see the spiritual energy covering the skull, and a satisfied expression immediately appeared on his face: "Well done. If you can satisfy me this time, I don't mind spending a little mana to upgrade you to the level of Heart Destroyer."
Hearing this, the Mind Flayer's eyes suddenly flashed with ecstasy, and he immediately bent down and bowed deeply: "Please rest assured, I promise that there will be absolutely no accidents in the entire ceremony."
"Then I'll wait and see..."
Just like that, more than ten minutes later, when all the summoned mind flayers returned to the cabin where the brain pool was located, they quickly fished out all the immature tadpoles inside and temporarily stored them in another sealed container.
After doing all this, several mind flayers formed a circle around the brain pool.
The guy in the lead was the first to connect the energy transmission line to the outside world.
In the blink of an eye, a dazzling and intense light emanated from the psychic device beneath the brain pool.
The brains immersed in it seemed to be stimulated. They became extremely active one after another. The amazing mental energy even formed a translucent liquid on the surface that looked like substance.
"It's now! Let us let down our guard, open our hearts, and merge our spirits and consciousness into one." Another mind flayer shouted loudly through telepathy.
The next second...
All the mind flayers participating in the ceremony waved their tentacles to release their psychic energy.
I saw thousands of psychic energy threads intertwined together, gradually merging into a huge network, covering the entire brain pool.
The brain in the brain pool seemed to feel this amazing resonance and released psychic threads as well.
Although the whole process sounds very simple to describe, it actually took a long forty or more hours.
The moment the huge network was completely woven, the brains in the brain pool began to converge rapidly towards Isemiten's brain.
By observing with the naked eye, one can clearly see that at the edge where the brains touch each other, the cells have begun to devour and fuse with each other.
Just like making a web before, this process is also extremely slow and consumes an extremely high amount of energy.
The bright and dazzling transmission lines are the best proof of this.
Almost all the energy generated by the psychic generator near the dam was sucked in, so that all other psychic devices and hibernation chambers stopped working.
The snail-shell ship was in a state of no protection at all.
No wonder Isemiden didn't dare to hold the ceremony to transform the mastermind before.
Zuo Si dared to guarantee that if the Gisyanki on the sixteenth floor sensed such a strong fluctuation of mental energy, they would definitely rush over at all costs to eliminate their most hated enemy once and for all.
But now, all the Githyanki in the star port are under his control, and they will not easily launch an attack without orders.
After a long period of fusion, the brains of dozens of mind flayers slowly merged into a huge and extremely complex main brain.
This thing doesn't look much different from an enlarged version of the human brain, but it gives people a strong sense of oppression.
Obviously, this feeling of oppression is a manifestation of the powerful psychic power of the main brain.
Most of the time, when an adventurer accidentally breaks into the location of the main brain, he or she will be captured and lose consciousness in an instant before he or she even has time to see what the main brain looks like.
Moreover, this is a newborn mastermind that has just completed the transformation. It is several levels inferior to those mature masterminds that have lived for who knows how many years and have integrated hundreds of mind flayer brains.
Therefore, Zuo Si felt that most of the guys in those adventure stories who broke into the lair of the Mind Flayer and finally succeeded in killing the Mastermind were liars.
Because even legendary spellcasters cannot be sure that they can escape unscathed when facing the mastermind, not to mention those warriors with well-developed muscles but low intelligence.
"Master, we succeeded."
The leading mind flayer took a short breath and reported through the mental connection in a slightly tired tone.
"But why doesn't it have any reaction?" Zuo Si frowned subconsciously as he stared at the silent main brain.
Another mind flayer quickly explained, “Because we cleansed Isemidon’s subjective consciousness during the transformation process, and only retained the knowledge and mental energy it recorded.
Therefore, the current main brain is like a newborn baby, which needs to be guided and grown slowly, and finally a new personality can be formed.
Please rest assured that we will be responsible for following up.
In a month or two at most, it will begin to have the intelligence and comprehension abilities of a human child, and in a year or two it will quickly mature and become your right-hand man.”
"I see. If that's the case, let's get started on our journey home. This conch shell ship should be able to move now, right?"
Zuo Si stared at the passages and cabins that were severely damaged by the iron balls and asked in an uncertain tone.
The leading Mind Flayer answered without hesitation: "Of course. In fact, the main parts of the spacecraft have been properly repaired. It just looks a little damaged on the outside, which will not affect its flying ability. But the problem is that the passages in the underground maze are generally narrow, and it is difficult for the huge spiral shell ship to pass through."
“You don’t have to worry about that.
I will personally open up a road to the star port, and then use the star port as a transit station to teleport directly back to the underground of the Mage Tower in Athkatla.
This way, you can set up a base in the underground kingdom I excavated.
Moreover, there are enough goblins raised there, and humanoid creatures such as orcs, gnolls, and hobgoblins can often be captured.
Whether it is used as food or to transform mind flayers, there is sufficient guarantee."
Zuo Si had apparently already thought of the entire plan when he captured the Snail Shell.
When the main brain grows to a certain size, he will make it and the entire psychic spaceship into a card of the planeswalker, and will never give the opponent any chance to escape his control.
Zuo Si was extremely wary of a unique life form like the Mastermind.
Because he understands the growth potential of this thing better than anyone else.
Ilsensin, the god of the mind flayers, has proven what astonishing heights a mastermind can reach when it is powerful enough.
After simply packing up all the property, psychic devices and other miscellaneous things that might be useful on the seventeenth level - the deep sea, even the psychic generator on the dam was not spared, Zuo Si let the Mind Flayer drive the Conch Shell to the next level.
You have to know that the Mind Flayer has been entrenched here for so many years and has already collected a large amount of valuable property and magical items.
However, they were not interested in anything other than psychic powers, so they treated them as miscellaneous items and threw them into the warehouse, intending to use these things to exchange for more valuable slaves when slave traders passed by.
Yes, in the eyes of the mind flayer, things like gold, silver and jewelry are not as important as slaves.
Therefore, these octopus heads are very generous to underground merchants and caravans who can sell slaves to them regularly and in large quantities, and will even provide them with a batch of necklaces that are immune to mind invasion and control as an additional reward.
Similarly, slave traders can also earn a lot of gold coins from the other party, as well as profits of up to ten times or even dozens of times.
Some of these slaves are extremely rare or have extremely high IQs, and can often be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins each.
Now, all these things fell into Zuo Si's pocket.
He even found a small hand crossbow with an enchantment level of +3 among the magic items. It did not require arrows or the effort of pulling the bowstring. All he had to do was pull the trigger to shoot out a flaming arrow made of energy.
The firing rate can reach one shot every three seconds, making it a pretty good magic weapon.
In addition, there is a statue that can summon a small cat, which is not sure whether it is a bobcat or a lynx.
Of course, in Zuo Si's opinion, calling it a pet would be more appropriate.
Unlike ordinary mountain cats or lynxes in the material plane, its eyes seem to contain some kind of mysterious magical energy that can sense and see through many traps and bad guys.
Moreover, there is no time limit after it is summoned; it can exist permanently as long as it is fed regularly.
Although it is of no great use to Zuo Si himself, it is definitely a good gift to give to others.
He planned to give this thing to Hermione as a birthday present when Hogwarts started next semester.
I believe this girl who loves cats will be very happy.
In order to allow the Snail Shell Ship to sail out of the seventeenth floor, where all the passages along the way were not large enough to accommodate this behemoth, Zuo Si would personally take action or summon the earth element elders, or use various kinds of magic to temporarily widen the passages to a point where the Snail Shell Ship could continue to move forward.
After almost two days of slow progress, they finally reached the sixteenth floor.
However, given the size of the original portal leading to the starport, it is obviously impossible to accommodate the Snail Shell Ship.
So Zuo Si directly mobilized the Githyanki spellcasters and mind flayers stationed on the asteroid, and with the help of his own strength, he managed to build a super-giant portal that was just big enough to accommodate them.
If someone outside saw this scene, their jaw would drop in shock.
After all, the Githyanki and the mind flayers are known to be mortal enemies.
But Zuo Si not only made the two races coexist peacefully, but also worked together to complete a task.
Considering that the space inside the asteroid was also very crowded, when the snail-shell ship slowly moved out, it directly entered the sky outside the starport.
Looking at the huge psionic ship floating in front of them, the supreme commander of the Githyanki, Erron, couldn't help but sigh slightly: "Master, I didn't expect you to really do this.
Because when they realize they are doomed to fail, they will often simply choose to blow up their spacecraft, creating a terrifying energy shock and perishing together with the enemy."
"Isemiten must have had the same idea. It's a pity that he lost completely before he could even take action. Just like those high-ranking Githyanki people living in the Astral Plane, they would never have imagined that this outpost for nurturing offspring would continuously provide them with the spirit of resistance and the spark that promotes social change." Zuo Si pursed his lips meaningfully and said.
"Yes! And I can also take the credit for the disappearance of the Deep Sea Mind Flayer on the 17th layer, and use this as an achievement to apply for more assistance from above, both in terms of manpower and materials. If you are interested in the specialties of the Star Realm, you can give me a list. As long as there is a chance, I will apply to my superiors."
Erron was obviously harboring evil intentions, and immediately began to think about how to fleece the core of the empire.
“Hmm - why not get me some more astral matter. There should be plenty of this stuff in the Githyanki’s lair.”
Zuo Si lowered his head and thought for a moment and quickly made a decision.
Because the properties of astral matter are so special, it looks like a ball of silver translucent colloid and can be molded into various shapes and even forms of energy.
Many psionic spells are achieved by shaping astral matter.
Therefore, if you want to gain a deeper understanding of psychic energy, starting with astral matter is undoubtedly a very good entry point.
What's more, now we have a spiral shell ship and a new main brain, which can use astral matter to create a lot of interesting psychic equipment.
Isadora and Qiwu also need some astral materials to make weapons for themselves.
Moreover, it is difficult to obtain large amounts of astral matter in the material plane.
If traveling to the astral plane through astral projection is too dangerous, it would not be worth it.
Now that there is an opportunity before him, Zuo Si naturally would not let it go easily.
“星界物质？”厄隆先是愣了一下，紧跟着立马给出肯定答复。“没问题。我稍后就会去跟上司联系，争取给您整满满一船的星界物质。”
他之所以答应的这么痛快，就是因为这玩意在星界多到几乎泛滥的程度。
除了心灵术士和心灵武士，没人会对它感兴趣。
当然，擅长制作魔像的厄隆还是非常喜欢用星界物质来制作魔像的。
尽管这些魔像并不像钢铁或者岩石那样坚固，但却可以让许多第一次面对星界物质的施法者手忙脚乱。
两人站在星港的码头聊了一会儿关于星界的见闻，左思立刻便发动火花的力量强化自己与法师塔之间的联系，然后直接把螺壳舰传送到位于法师塔地下的龙巢。
当巨大的螺壳舰凭空出现的刹那，原本还在懒洋洋打瞌睡的维尔梅斯瞬间惊醒，还以为是遭到了外敌入侵，立刻张开嘴就要喷出致命的烈焰吐息。
但下一秒，她就看到左思直接从里边走了出来。
“该死！下次你闹出这么大动静的时候能不能提前打个招呼？要知道我刚才差一点就发动攻击了。”红龙摇晃着脑袋没好气的抱怨道。
左思不以为意的解释道：“不好意思，事出紧急我忘记了。现在，立刻召集一批地精和亡灵，让它们把靠近最底层的坑道开辟出一个足以容纳这玩意的空间。还有，稍微增加一点地精繁衍数量的上限，确保夺心魔和他们的主脑拥有充足的食物和宿主。”
“知道了，我会让那些奴隶去办的。”维尔梅斯干脆利落的答应下来。
反正她只是个监工，又不用自己去干。
至于这项工程会死多少个狼人地精，这条邪恶的红龙才不在乎呢。
安置好了螺壳舰，左思又立刻带着人马不停蹄的传送回位于深水城的宅邸，去拜访凯尔本说明了一下精灵魔射手兰提斯的情况。
在听完他的描述后，这位魔法女神的先民浮现出感兴趣的表情，低声询问道：“你确定他真的使用死亡箭，一击就解决了一条成年黄铜龙？”
“不，不是一条，而是两条，而且无一例外是一击毙命。虽然这其中有魔法物品和装备的功劳，但其个人等级和实力绝对不容小觑。我怀疑他是一名传奇魔射手，像这样的人即便是在日精灵贵族中也肯定相当罕见。”
左思没有任何掩饰，大大方方说出了自己的观点。
“好吧，我记住了。过几天，我会亲自去一趟永聚岛，询问那边是不是有什么个贵族家庭的重要后代失踪了。”凯尔本主动把这件事情揽下来。
要知道即便是在精灵中，魔射手也是不折不扣的稀有职业。
因为想要进阶魔射手必须同时满足两个条件，即可以释放最低一环奥术并且熟练掌握长弓跟短弓。
这也就意味着任何魔射手都拥有成为诸如法师、术士和吟游诗人等施法者的资质。
尤其是以日精灵对于魔法力量的痴迷，在得知自己拥有魔法天赋后，几乎不会再去接受格斗和弓箭训练。
至于接近乃至达到传奇等级的魔射手更是凤毛麟角，只要去询问一下肯定会得到线索。
“那就拜托了。另外，我还有一件事情想要请你帮忙。”
说着，左思打开随身携带的一个小箱子，从里边取出十几枚大小不一、颜色各异的蛋摆在桌子上。
“请麻烦帮我把这些东西转交给疯法师海拉斯特·黑袍，告诉他这是一些来自异世界魔法生物。作为深水城的领主之一，你应该跟他有联系的渠道，对吧？”
“哦？你为什么要这样做？”凯尔本十分好奇的问。
左思笑着回答道：“因为我从地面迷城中带走了许多有趣的生物和财宝，因此在力所能及的范围内给他这个主人一些回馈不是理所当然的事情么。更何况，我听说疯法师是一个睚眦必报的人，可不想听到有一天自己的法师塔被他入侵。”
“哈哈哈哈！看来你对海拉斯特很了解。好吧，我会帮忙转交的。”凯尔本笑着点头答应下来。
而他的反应恰恰证明了左思对于深水城和疯法师之间关系的猜测。
这两者肯定有什么不可告人的秘密PY交易。
所以在又寒暄了几句之后，他很快起身告辞，打算先去一趟银月城，然后再去一趟无冬城，分别拜访这两座城市的统治者，搞清楚他们对于路斯坎的态度。
不过左思并不知道，就在自己前脚刚走没多久，后脚一个看起来冷静、沉着、彬彬有礼的老人便从一个书架后面的秘门走了出来。
他甚至没有理会身为主人的凯尔本，而是径直做到桌子前，把那些神奇动物的卵拿起来放在眼前仔细观察。
过了好一会儿，才嘴角微微上翘露出玩味的笑容。
“如何，你对索斯提供的回报还感到满意吗？”凯尔本似笑非笑的问。
老人轻轻点了点头：“当然满意。因为这些魔法生物每一个都是我闻所未闻、见所未见的。如果以他们为母体与其他魔法生物进行杂交，肯定会产生许多非常有趣的变种和后裔。看来你对的，他的确能给我带来很多新鲜有趣的东西。”
凯尔本微微感叹道：“是啊。不仅仅是有趣的魔法生物，还有非常多来自异世界的魔法技术。女神非常看好他，甚至赐予银火将其提拔为自己的选民。对了，他这一次进入地脉迷城，又从你那里带走了什么东西？”
“他几乎把第十七层的夺心魔屠戮殆尽，然后带走了那艘被我捕获的螺壳舰。”老人不加思索的给出答案。
不用问也知道，他不是别人，正是地脉迷城的建立者，伊马斯卡帝国最后的遗民——海拉斯特·黑袍。
只不过在地表的时候，他看起来一点都不疯狂，反而给人一种十分睿智的感觉。
“螺壳舰？索斯带走这种东西干什么？那玩意不是只有夺心魔才能操控吗？”凯尔本脸上浮现出疑惑的表情。
“因为他不知道通过什么方法，将一些夺心魔纳入了自己的绝对控制。我甚至看到其中有一个受到他控制的夺心魔，用一柄匕首轻而易举就搞定了伊思埃米顿。要知道这个摧心魔可是个灵能大师，就连我要搞定他都得费一番功夫。”
疯法师没有试图隐瞒什么，直截了当把自己观察到的情况说了出来。
对他而言，整个地面迷城内没有任何秘密。
只不过在地下的时候他总是会不受控制变得疯疯癫癫，所以无法像现在这样保持头脑清醒。
“原来如此。看来索斯是想要研究一下灵能，以及夺心魔们创造的灵能科技。”
凯尔本曾经见识过旅法师的卡牌，所以知道左思掌握着一种就连自己和伊尔明斯特等人都无法理解的强大魔法力量。
但他却并不知道这些力量究竟是什么，又来自于哪里，更不知道“旅法师”这个职业。
因为魔法女神午夜并没有向自己的选民透露左思的真正身份。
“研究灵能？不不不，这个年轻人可不仅仅只是想要研究灵能，而且还利用伊思埃米顿的大脑，通过仪式将其转化成为一颗全新的主脑。知道吗？我本以为自己这辈子什么都见识过了，但像他那么疯狂且毫无顾忌的家伙还是第一次遇到。”
海拉斯特·黑袍咧开嘴笑着给出自己的评价。
“比你在地面迷城的时候还要疯？”凯尔本略显惊讶的反问。
“没错，比我在地下的时候还要疯。因为我的疯狂仅仅只是流于表面，但索斯的疯狂却是来自骨子里乃至灵魂深处。他对于魔法知识、力量的无尽渴求就如同沙漠中的人渴望水一样。看着吧，这个年轻人迟早会做出一些让你感到震惊和难以置信的事情。”
说完这句话，疯法师也不理会凯尔本的反应，直接拿起所有的卵转身通过书架后边的秘门消失得无影无踪。
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与此同时，远在南方安姆首都阿斯卡特拉的地下深处。
艾瑞尼卡斯正在远古太阳神阿曼纳塔的神殿内大发雷霆，整个人陷入无法抑制的暴怒中。
因为经过长达一年对于神力和圣者的研究，他并没有取得任何突破性的进展。
而且阿曼纳塔的圣者也在不断遭受折磨中变得越来越虚弱，体内残存的神力碎片也越来越少。
照这个样子发展下去，在搞清楚神的本质之前，圣者就会因为承受不住而彻底消散。
“混蛋！为什么会这样？为什么会失败！回答我！”
艾瑞尼卡斯冲着被魔法力量束缚在解剖台上的阿曼纳塔圣者厉声咆哮道。
“愚昧狂妄的凡人，你以为就凭自己那点浅薄的知识和想法就能看透神的本质？做梦吧！”阿曼纳塔的圣者毫不留情的发出嘲讽。
After more than a year of getting along, he already understood what this madman who had been deprived of his elven bloodline wanted to do.
"Very good! Since you won't tell me the answer, let's start more experiments. No matter what the nature of God is, I will find out."
Erinikas immediately released a large amount of energy damage of different attributes to the saint through magic devices.
In the blink of an eye, countless flames, strong acids, lightning, cold, sound waves and negative energy surrounded the saints of Amaunator.
The latter's body was covered in wounds in less than a second.
But when the attack stopped, all these injuries recovered as before after shining with golden light like the sun.
After all, as the sun god, Amaunator's best skill is powerful and pure positive energy.
It is precisely because of this that Erinikas could carry out various extremely cruel experiments on him without restraint.
Just when he was about to continue to torture the saint, Badi, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly walked in from outside and said in a very serious tone: "My descendants have found out where Sos is."
"Where is he?"
Erinikas immediately asked impatiently.
After a year of research without any progress, the powerful elven wizard had to find another way and set his sights on the artifact scepter.
However, Zuo Si has hardly appeared in public in the past year or so. Even if he occasionally appears, it is only for a very short time before disappearing again.
"According to the intelligence sent back from the North, he seems to have just left Waterdeep with a team and is heading towards Neverwinter. If you want to find him, just go to Neverwinter and wait for him." Badi quickly gave the intelligence he had.
After so much development, the number of her descendants has reached hundreds.
In addition to the fifty who are stationed in the Athkatla Cemetery, the rest are scattered in various important cities on the west coast of the continent of Faerun, responsible for gathering news and intelligence.
You have to know that the target of this vampire queen is the Shadow Thieves Guild, so wherever there are Shadow Thieves, she will set up a base and observe secretly.
Once the time is right, they will immediately launch a surprise attack to completely defeat and disintegrate the organization, and then make it their own property.
"Neverwinter? Okay, I get it."
Rather than continue to torture the Saint of Amaunator, Erinikas opened a portal and left the temple.
After the magic teleportation effect completely disappeared, Badi walked in front of the saint with light and graceful steps, stretched out his fingers and gently stroked the other's naked chest and neck, and at the same time stretched out his tongue to lick the tempting red lips, and exclaimed in a seductive voice: "What a perfect body and tempting blood. If it's not too dangerous, I'm actually very happy to spend a pleasant hour or two with you."
"Put your dirty hands here, evil undead." The face of the Saint of Amaunator revealed naked and undisguised disgust.
Especially the amazing negative energy in the vampire's body, it feels like there is a pile of "shit" dangling in front of your eyes.
If he was not imprisoned, he would even be willing to release the last of his divine power to self-destruct and die together with the other party.
Badi undoubtedly sensed the saint's extreme disgust towards him, but instead of getting angry, he placed his entire palm on the saint, feeling the stinging pain from the positive energy slightly burning his skin.
This dangerous and taboo behavior made her feel unprecedented excitement.
After a while, his entire body leaned forward.
There is no doubt that this behavior constitutes very, very serious blasphemy.
So as the actions became more and more outrageous, the entire temple began to be filled with a strange atmosphere. Even the immortal believers outside began to be affected. They no longer wandered around with numb faces, but became extremely excited and agitated as they bathed in the darkness.
Although their cursed bodies had long been broken and dilapidated, the expressions on their faces looked as if they were enjoying something.
Not long after, this temple that originally emitted a faint sacred light began to show the exact opposite scene.
A black fog appeared from nowhere and completely surrounded and swallowed up the place at an extremely fast speed.
In the depths of the fog, you can vaguely see a beautiful and slim female figure.
She was barefoot, wearing only a black gauze, and exuded a mystery and darkness that could not be described in words.
Especially those deep black eyes, which people will never forget after seeing them.
When she saw what happened in the temple, she immediately raised the corners of her mouth into a playful smile, and then quickly disappeared into the black mist.
Unfortunately, Badi, who was increasingly dominated by instinct and desire, did not notice this. She was so immersed in inexplicable joy that she did not realize that the Saint of Amaunator had unknowingly corrupted and degenerated into a black shadow, and injected the last fragments of divine power into her dead body.
When everything was over and the fog had completely disappeared, Badi was shocked to find that the Saint of Amaunator was gone, and he fell into extreme fear and panic.
Because she knew better than anyone how important this saint was to Erinikas.
If the latter comes back and finds that his most important research subject is gone, he will surely explode in rage and will most likely kill his own relatives for the sake of justice.
Badi didn't want to die, and he didn't want to live a life worse than death in the hands of his brother who was becoming increasingly cruel and crazy.
In order to cover up the mistake she had made, a plan of "letting the wolf into the house" suddenly emerged in her mind.
If any enemy attacks the temple, they can be blamed for the disappearance of Saint Amaunator.
Thinking of this, Badi quickly turned into a bat and flew back to his nest in the cemetery.
Perhaps because she was too nervous, the Vampire Queen did not realize that her originally flat belly was slightly bulging, and an evil and terrifying life was growing in her body.
(End of this chapter)