The Swordsman of Faerûn

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Speaking of the origin of the fire dwarves, it is said that they were a group of ancient dwarf slaves in the age of giants. They were not freed like other close brothers, but were brought to the world of flames by some giant masters who liked to be close to flames.

After tens of thousands of years of evolution in the flame world, the fire dwarves and fire giants have formed a unique subordinate relationship.

When a tribe of fire giants wanted to conquer a tribe of fire dwarves and make the fire dwarves their slaves, it was impossible to achieve their goal directly by force.

Even in many cases, the blaze dwarves (the masters of the fire dwarves) who are proficient in metal golem casting technology can beat the fire giants to shit with their carefully crafted works.

The only way for the fire giants to conquer the fire dwarf tribe is to compete with the fire dwarves in metallurgy or forging, which the fire dwarves are best at.

As long as the fire dwarf tribe lost the game, even if they were reluctant, they would obediently serve as slaves to the fire giant like a robot whose program code was locked.

Unless an outstanding flame dwarf master can emerge among these fire dwarves, who can recover the previous defeat at the technical level, they can be freed from the state of enslavement.

Including the fire dwarves who have been turned into slaves, as long as one of them can obtain a technological breakthrough, they can regain their freedom and save the entire tribe.

And if the fire giant fails, at most it will lose a group of available slaves, but its own will not be affected.Of course, sometimes the unstoppable fire dwarves want to take revenge on the former slave owners, and cut down the fire giants with their backhands.

Therefore, when the flame dwarves and the flame giants are both working for William and wielding sledgehammers, if the flame dwarves do not want to be suppressed by the flame giants, they have to express themselves desperately.

In this way, the products handed in by the flame dwarves are basically high-quality products, and it is difficult to find relatively inferior unqualified products.

Therefore, Joim Swifthammer praised his crafting skills almost every piece of equipment he used, and it was almost difficult for him to find out which ones were better, because every piece of equipment was excellent.

After experiencing the torment of choice difficulty almost like a hand-picking party, the six adventurers finally reluctantly chose the most suitable equipment for them.

Warriors, barbarians, and priests all wore the thickest full metal plate armor, rangers wore the most shining scale armor, and the only halfling thief chose the flame copper wire armor made of fine metal wire. From the dwarf's point of view, this piece of silk armor should be the most precious of all armors.

Others such as knives, axes, swords, daggers, bows, crossbows, shields, flails, the six adventurers can equip as much as they can, but they have truly armed themselves to the extent of teeth and assholes.

Then they rushed into the ruins of the city with a guilty conscience under the contemptuous eyes of the survivors of Yulas.

William watched the figures of the six adventurers disappear into the depths of the ruins, but there was a meaningful smile on his face.

Of course, William is not a fool who has no brains. He rewarded these six adventurers not because he lost his mind, but because he played the routine of "a thousand gold and a horse bone".

As the saying goes, routines are not afraid of getting old, as long as they are useful.

Yakir Brenas and the other six are quite well-known in the adventure business, so they are naturally not lone wolf-style lone rangers. In fact, in the world of adventure mercenaries, lone wolves can't eat at all.

All six of them have their own relatives and friends, partners and confidants.

Originally, these six people did not intend to shake people, but when they entered the depths of the Yulas ruins, they found that the terrain inside was complicated, there were many monsters, and the loot was rich, but it was only a few of them who were far away. Far from being able to play around.

The first ruined building explored by Yakir Brenas and others was a mansion that once belonged to a wealthy Yulas merchant.When they entered the ruins of the mansion in the form of an exploratory team, the first thing that greeted them was not vicious and cunning monsters, but flowers on the floor, piles of gold, silver and jewels, and a luxurious long table covered with fine cashmere cloth, filled with All kinds of food and wine.

A graceful woman in gorgeous robes and a group of handsome servants greeted them with smiles.

I could only hear the woman say in a kind and enthusiastic voice: "Warriors are welcome to Tesco's luxurious manor. I am Mrs. Bai Ruizhi, the hostess of this manor. Dear friends who have gone through hardships, Tesco Manor It will be your most intimate resting place, the most wonderful happy house.

Please put down your heavy weapons, take off your scarred armor, and enjoy everything here! "

If this kind of scene was encountered before yesterday, even if Yakir Brenas and others realized that something was wrong here, it might be difficult to refuse this almost dreamlike scene.

At that time, they were poor and tired, and the long-term wandering made everyone feel flustered, and too negative emotions would make them addicted to this false dream and couldn't extricate themselves.

However, William's generosity and heroism, as well as his well-known ambition and the reality of his imminent success, made the six workers seem to be healed the moment they were hired by William.

They feel that they have found the coordinates of life and become a part of the new Valley Kingdom in the future. This is something that anyone who is capable or not is quite looking forward to.

This kind of thinking may not seem very good to us, and even many people don't think so, it's just because we have already enjoyed this blessing that is quite out of reach for them since we were born.

For Yakir Brenners and others, it is a wonderful vision to be able to eat as much as one likes every day, sleep with a safe bed and pillows, and be able to talk and do things without being disliked or even despised by others.

Not to mention the complete set of precision weapons and armor that everyone is currently equipped with, they give the six senior adventurers the greatest confidence and sense of security.

The half-elven cleric Taras Byrnar was the first to answer the mistress of the manor, with his spell.

This is a very miraculous thing. Since midnight last night, almost all spellcasters in William's camp felt that they had regained their connection with the magic net.

Although the "link" is not very strong, compared to before the goddess of magic unplugged the network cable, now they need to pay more energy and spell slots to use spells normally, and the chance of spell failure is also very high.

Including William also felt that the spell-like spells mastered by himself as a flame lord have become usable now, but the number of spell-like spells used has been reduced by at least half compared to the previous normal time, and the spell-like spells have become more stable. Difference.

However, there was a vague guess in William's mind. Maybe it was because he used the hot weapons of the Flame Legion on a large scale to get down on the saints of Moander, which caused some kind of imbalance of dark forces, so some big bosses couldn't help it. Do not partially release the power of the magic net to balance.

However, after thinking about it for a while, William gave up this idea. He is a mere "little person", and he has been very honest for a while, so how can he attract such a big trend.

Um!Someone must have done it!This man can't carry it back!

Regardless of the truth of the matter, at least for the six adventurers, the partial recovery of spells has greatly improved their ability to deal with crises.

The pastor held up a hollow scepter made of fire copper and steel, and slammed it on the marble floor, and at the same time shouted angrily: "In the name of the Wind Rider (another name for the god of travel and exploration, Darker)! I declare !Anyone who can hear my voice must not lie!"

The universal divine art [Field of Honesty], within a limited range, no one or monster can tell lies, and the existing illusion effects will also be removed.

When the hollow scepter hit the ground, an invisible wave suddenly spread.But seeing the gorgeous and beautiful scene in front of everyone's eyes suddenly had a subversive reversal.

The resplendent buildings turned into cobweb-destroyed ruins, the flowers and roses all over the ground turned into black and ferocious thorn bushes, and the piles of gold, silver and jewels turned into piles of dead bones covered with bite marks and tooth marks.

And the long table that was previously filled with all kinds of delicacies turned into a chopping board made of rotten meat and rotten mud, covered with all kinds of poisonous insects and rotten maggots.

Looking at the graceful lady again, there is no change, but the handsome servants around her have lost their beautiful appearance, showing their ugly and hideous appearances, vine monsters wrapped in vines, and spore-covered monsters. Fungimen, and corrupt gnolls with fangs and sores.

There is no doubt that this is a trap, if the adventurers cannot see through its truth, then they will be buried here and become the blood food in the mouth of the monsters here.

The barbarian Rhinesa let out a battle roar as soon as the enemy showed his true form. Although this Uthgard barbarian from the Black Lion tribe is not as violent as his other tribesmen, he is still an opponent Filled with fanatical fighters.

The tomahawk with a jagged edge severed the main body of a creeping monster. It was as smooth as a hot knife cutting butter. Reinsa couldn't even feel the impact of the monster's body on the weapon. block.

Learn about high-frequency oscillatory weapons. Although the masters of the flame dwarves do not understand the principle of high-frequency oscillatory weapons (maybe), it does not prevent them from using their superb skills and rich experience to explore the fact that they have learned how to rub this super sharp blade by hand.

Reinsa happily kissed his sawtooth battle axe, and he named her "Lion's Tooth" to praise her for being as sharp as Black Rhine's fangs.

Black Lion is one of the original beast spirits that Uthgar, the god of Uthgard barbarians, once defeated and subdued, and is also the tribal totem of the Black Lion tribe of Uthgard.

Although most members of the Black Lion tribe today have abandoned their belief in Uthgar and his servant Black Rhine, they are still proud of the mighty power of their tribal totem.

The other adventurers also pulled out their own weapons and fought with the monsters that finally reacted, except for Priest Taras Byrna.

Taras Byrna is really under a lot of pressure now, because the leader of the monster opposite, the graceful Mrs. Bai Ruizhi has been watching him with a smile.

The half-elf priest couldn't see through Madam Bai Ruizhi's disguise, so he couldn't make a targeted response, which was extremely dangerous for any adventurer.

So Taras Byrna had to concentrate on confronting Mrs. Bai Ruizhi and leave the other monsters to his companions to deal with.

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Thanks to the generosity of the owner, William, six adventurers had to fully change their equipment before entering the ruins to explore.

With their sharp weapons and excellent protection, Yakir Brenas and the others killed those ferocious and cunning monsters.

Corrupted gnolls with rough skin and thick flesh can't stop the sharpness of fire, copper and steel weapons, and creep monsters covered in vines and tentacles can't withstand the cutting of high-frequency oscillating blades. They can only be cut in pieces like scarecrows in the field. The only ones that pose any threat to the big guys are the myconids covered in spores.

But the halfling thief Gina Hardingdale ingeniously ignited all the mushroommen with a phlogiston-filled crossbow bolt. The mushroommen are notoriously afraid of fire, and the hot molten bolt made of molten iron is exactly The best nemesis of these monsters.

Only a machine crossbow made of fire copper and steel can allow halflings to normally launch hot melting arrows that flesh and blood can hardly touch.

When the last monster was killed by the barbarians and dwarf warriors together, the five adventurers gasped for breath to relieve the fatigue caused by the fierce fighting, while cautiously came to the priest's side, and together they faced the The leader of the monsters where the old gods are.

Madam Bai Ruizhi looked at the six adventurers with a malicious smile. She didn't care about the death of her servants, but she said in a seductive and profane voice: "The ridiculous hyena (many people and monsters treat the adventurers Your disparaging name)! You have failed the generosity of the Tesco Manor! Now, use your cheap flesh and small souls to pay off the debt you owe!

Praise be to the gazing Lord Gargauth!Come out!Hounds from Hell! "

After Madam Bai Ruizhi's words fell, the six adventurers could not help but shudder, and their expressions changed drastically.

Yakir Brinas couldn't help but cast a [Monster Identification Spell] on her, but the feedback of the spell failed.He whispered anxiously: "Retreat! This is not a demon we can deal with! Taras! Set up an obstacle barrier! Gina! Set up a blocking trap! I will cover the enemy's sight!"

Yakir Brinas used the spell [Change Terrain] to raise a stone wall as tall as a person between them and Mrs. Bai Ruizhi, and then everyone came to the exit of the hall of the manor. The halfling Gina moved some Things like caltrops and mousetrap were scattered where they walked.

When the half-elf priest Taras Byrna came outside the hall, he inserted the hollowed-out scepter into the broken floor with some pain, and then he blessed the hollowed-out scepter with an anti-evil circle .

Taras yelled to everyone with a bitter face: "Go! My spell has expanded the protection range, and it can only last for a moment (about 6 minutes) at most!" Of course, the half-elf priest was not happy, because he was about to lose himself. But the precious hollowed-out scepter that has not yet been warmed up.

There were also many monsters in the yard outside the hall, and more monsters laughed and screamed cruelly from inside the hall, which came from the hounds in purgatory—the hama demon, also called the spiked demon.

Here I want to talk about the difference between the hound hama from purgatory and the real hellhound.

Both are also devils from purgatory, but hellhounds (especially three-headed hellhounds) are jailers and guardians that only high-level devils can raise and control.

Although they have stronger tracking and hunting abilities, and their amazing tracking and hunting abilities even surpassed the barrier of death, they are not the hounds from purgatory that those who have studied or even cooperated with devils think.

Because it is difficult for ordinary people to borrow the power of hell dogs.

But the hama demon is different. Although these spiky devils do not look like hounds, they can do many things that hounds should do, including tracking, guarding, hunting and so on.

For example, hama devils can perform vigilance and surveillance tasks under the strict and evil orders of their employers, and they can also bravely engage in fierce close-to-hand combat. Hama devils love the warm blood flowing between their spikes. sense; even they gather for their employer, like hounds, whatever riches and treasures they can find.

The monsters in the manor yard are actually a group of rotten wights, evil monsters that look like zombie mummies, but they are actually living flesh and blood constructs.

The dwarf, the barbarian, and another human warrior swung their weapons and shields, knocking down the rotting wights that blocked the way, and opened a passage for the three rear companions to escape.

When the six of them were about to rush out of the manor, the barbarian Reinsa suddenly felt a palpitation. He suddenly turned around, only to see a female lion with a dark body like forging slowly pacing. The pupil stared at the barbarian, full of cruel intent.

Reinsa, who was out of control, fell to the ground with a battle ax and a lion's teeth, and couldn't help screaming: "No! This is not true! Great Black Lion! Are you here to punish me?!"

The experienced priests and rangers immediately set their sights on the barbarian, and then they looked around, and immediately found the culprit behind the assassination of the barbarian, another terrible devil, the ugly and dangerous Stitch Demon.

Stitches are a construct that only old hags know how to make.

Old hags like to walk through the battlefields where devils fight (especially bloody battlefields), and pick and collect the remains and limbs of those dead devils, and then sew them together with the silk thread spun by mixing the hair of human girls and evil souls. , and finally revive these sutures through profane and evil dark rituals, and what is born in this way is the suture demon.

Stitch Demons are born killers and tacticians. They will choose the strongest-looking enemy on the battlefield and cast the spell-like [Phantom Killer] on them.

[Phantom Killer] creates a phantom phantom, whose shape is condensed from the fear in the target's subconscious and means that the consciousness can visualize something: the most terrifying monster.

Only the target of the spell can see the phantom killer, and the caster sees only a vague shape.

The target of the spell needs to recognize and be convinced that the phantom is not real.If the target of the spell believes the phantom is real, the phantom attacks the target of the spell, and if the target is frightened, he or she (it) is terrified to death.

Of course, this spell also has a negative backlash effect on the user.

If the spell target of [Phantom Killer] successfully breaks the spell (based on the reality of the phantom), and has [telepathy] ability or wears [telepathic helmet], he can command the monster to attack the caster instead.And the caster must pass the test of disbelief in its authenticity, or be the target of a terrifying attack of terror.

Apparently, the barbarian Reinsa was hit by the Stitch Demon's [Phantom Killer].

This is the negative effect brought by the link of the magic net. Not only the adventurers have a hole card to save their lives, but the monsters have also become more dangerous and deadly.

Priest Taras quickly blessed the barbarian with the protective divine spell [Iron Will], and its regular spell version is called [Mechanized Mind].The effect of this spell prevented the barbarian from being frightened to death after all, but Reinsa also lost his fighting power because of it. He even needed the help of two strong companions to escape from the battlefield.

And Yakir Brynas used the motivating spell [Heroic Roar], which is a variant spell of [Heroic Art]. Any partner who hears the roar will get a blessing similar to [Heroic Art], but this blessing The time is very short, only three breaths.

Pay attention to the duration of this spell, it varies from person to person, if your three breaths are completed in three seconds, it will only last for three seconds.If you only breathe once in 1 minute, then the spell effect can last for 3 minutes.

So when they heard Yakir's roar, most of the companions held their breath, except for the barbarian who temporarily lost his self-control, he was stunned by the phantom.

After the Stitch Demon plotted against the barbarians, it directly cast the [Advanced Teleportation Technique], which most devils are naturally proficient in, and instantly appeared behind Taras Byrna, waving its huge claws from the Tyrant Demon To the pastor's heart.

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of metal rubbing, Taras screamed and was swept away, but the Stitch Demon, who was the attacker, was also a little puzzled.It should be noted that the claws of this male demon contain extremely powerful purgatory power (can be regarded as a +2 purgatory weapon), it should have easily broken through the plate armor protection of the priest, but the final result showed that the devil's attack did not meet expectations Effect.

A small figure suddenly sprang out from Yakir's side, and instantly came to the Stitch Demon's head, only to hear a hurried "meow", but the Stitch Demon didn't care about continuing to attack other people, and hurriedly drove away Looking at the uninvited guest on the forehead.

It was the Ranger's animal companion, the tabby cat, who launched a harassing attack on the devil.

The half-elf ranger Yakir Brenas took the opportunity to cast the most powerful and last spell he could master on the devil [Exile].

The aura of magic made the devil's figure start to change from virtual to real, which meant that the spell was taking effect, but the devil was resisting the spell.

The crowd didn't care about waiting for the result of the spell. They dragged the sluggish barbarian and the wounded priest, and fled the manor occupied by the devil in a haste.

And at this time, the devils in the hall of the manor broke through the [anti-evil magic circle] set up by the priest, and poured out from the entrance of the hall.

Those hama demons from hell screamed cruelly across the courtyard, chasing the adventurers who had just ran out of the manor.

It's just that when these devils rushed out of the manor, they immediately felt the malice from the main material world.An aura that makes the devil's heart palpitate, it is the aura that can only be produced by mortals who have killed the big devil or the devil's grand duke.

The demons stopped their pursuit, they looked around anxiously, and then saw a human man in light armor and a group of soldiers in heavy armor.

The soldiers rushed to the demons with almost unbelievable quick steps, and smashed them into a puddle of mud with heavy flails and war hammers.

The fighting power displayed by the heavily armored monks is always so amazing.

Devils are all smart and cunning, except Stitcher.

This monster created by old hags is cunning but not smart enough. It always relies too much on visual effects to judge enemies on the battlefield, and never thinks deeply. Those who like to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers are the most dangerous of.

The failure of the Stitcher's first attack, and the damage done to it by the ranger's spells, drove this murderous and bloodthirsty devil into a bloodthirsty frenzy.

It didn't even cast [Phantom Killer], but activated the advanced teleportation technique again, and appeared behind William in an instant.It's just that the first sight that the devil caught his eyes after the teleportation was over was a fist that was being enlarged, and then its head exploded.

William's timely appearance made the six adventurers feel lucky and deeply grateful for the rest of their lives.Without William's support, at least half of the six adventurers would die, and the entire army might even be wiped out.

After the six adventurers returned to the camp, they solemnly expressed their gratitude to William, and William also affirmed their adventure achievements—at least they found out that there was a devil hiding in the ruins.

Next, Yakir Brinas and others treated the wounded, repaired the uninjured, and replenished equipment and adventure props. This is an essential job for any qualified adventurer.

To the great relief of the six adventurers, William did not have any complaints about the lack of their equipment, but instead replenished the missing parts for them and replaced the damaged equipment.