A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Is this done?"

Wilmes swooped down from the sky, with an expression of surprise and disbelief on his face.

Because she is a giant dragon, she can feel that this woman holding the secondary artifact [Arch Mage's Staff] has very powerful spellcasting ability.

Not only does he have constant spells such as [Arcane Vision], [Dark Vision], and [See Invisibility] on himself.

And he also used the super magic skill at the moment of being attacked - spell instantaneous, releasing the four-ring magic [Secondary Spell Invalid Barrier].

This is followed by the five-ring instantaneous spell [Life Guard], which ensures that no matter what kind of damage you suffer during the period when the spell is in effect, you will not really die.

Finally, there is also the fifth-level spell [Power Wall] that is instantaneous, creating an invisible wall in front of you that no creature can pass through.

As everyone knows.

Metamagic skills - spell prompting, which requires four levels to be upgraded based on the original level of the spell.

In other words, the fifth-level magic requires nine-level spell slots to memorize, and the fourth-level magic requires eight-level spell slots.

From this alone, it can be judged that Lei Yin's spellcasting level is definitely not as simple as just obtaining a nine-level spell slot.

Because according to the habits of most high-level mages, if two nine-ring spell slots are used to prepare instant magic, then there will inevitably be two nine-ring spell slots used to prepare real nine-ring magic.

Four nine-level spell slots, this is already just one step away from becoming a legendary spellcaster at LV20.

After all, the rarity of magic equipment that can increase the nine-ring arcane power is not much worse than the [Arch Mage's Staff].

Unfortunately, Lei Yin focused her attention on the spell casters including Zuo Si and completely ignored the threat from behind.

As a result, he was instantly taken away by a [Demon-Breaking Arrow] from Huntington who was ambushing in the tree crown.

If her [Power Wall Technique] were placed behind her instead of in front, she would definitely be able to block the arrows.

After all, [Force Wall Technique] can block almost all physical attacks or impacts, and its strength is even much stronger than fine gold.

Ordinary magic weapons, there is no good way to use this thing.

In addition, it is completely immune to the effects of dispelling magic. Only the sixth-level [Dissociation] and the ninth-level [Great Disintegration] can destroy it. Therefore, many mages like to use this trick to protect or divide the battlefield.

However, Lei Yin's reaction was not beyond Zuo Si's expectations.

Because he discovered a long time ago that most high-level mages in this world have an almost stubborn arrogance and prejudice.

I simply look down on warriors, thieves, and barbarians, professions that have no ability to cast spells and rely entirely on their bodies to survive.

Therefore, during battle, as long as they still have enough protection, high-level mages will subconsciously ignore the threat of "choppers" and target mages, warlocks, druids, priests, and bards who are also spell casters. on the poet.

Although this way of thinking cannot be said to be completely wrong, after all, the threat of the spellcaster is always much greater than the "chopper".

But from a "God's perspective", if the "Choppers" have powerful enough magic weapons and equipment, the threat they pose is actually not small at all.

Today’s [Devil-Breaking Arrow] is the best example.

Thinking of this, Zuo Si couldn't help but sigh slightly: "We must be more cautious in the future. Otherwise, despising any enemy in battle may be very fatal."

"I think you are cautious enough..."

Half-orc Rhett couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Because since following Zuo Si, except for the first time he participated in dragon slaying in Mylatma and suffered a relatively serious injury, the rest of the battles were basically one-sided crushing games.

In the face of Zuo Si's careful arrangements, planning, and insidious methods, most enemies would lose most of their combat effectiveness under the influence of poison even before the battle began.

Coupled with a large number of magic equipment, healing potions, and even a lot of protective and strengthening BUFFs before the war begins.

Many times it's just killing the chicken with a knife.

If that wasn't cautious enough, Rhett didn't know what was.

"No, it's not enough. You don't understand how many dangers are hidden in this world. If you are not careful, Lei Yin's fate will be a lesson to others."

With that said, Zuo Si took out a blank card, raised his hand and activated the power of the planeswalker's spark, directly together with the [Archmage's Staff], made this woman into a card.

Along with the bright and dazzling light, a card appeared out of thin air in the palm of my hand.

[Creature Card: Tiefling (Purgatory Bloodline) - Archmage]

[LV6 blue card (temporarily not upgradeable, lacking legendary spells and related knowledge)]

[Card quality: precious]

[Effect: Summon a female tiefling mage named Reine (LV15 conjuration specialist mage/LV5 archmage) to serve the planeswalker.

She masters powerful nine-ring magic including "Wish Technique", "Gate to Another World", "Time Stop", "Confinement Technique", "Ninth Level Monster Summoning Technique", "Teleportation Circle", "Hell Legion" and so on.

At the same time, master many metamagic skills such as spell prompting, spell potentiation, spell maximum effect, spell upgrade, spell delay, etc., as well as the unique advanced arcane abilities of the archmage.

He is also very good at the eight-ring magic "Advanced Alien Oath Binding". He can use this spell to summon more powerful alien creatures and order them to work for him for a long time by paying a certain price.

In addition, Reine is also proficient in "Counter Spell Control" and "Powerful Summoning".

The former is the Archmage's advanced arcane ability, which can reflect a spell directly onto the caster after successfully countering it;

The latter can summon stronger and more powerful monsters (summoned creature's strength and constitution +4).

She possesses a secondary artifact, the "Archmage's Staff," as well as many powerful magic items.

Lei Yin can understand any language you speak and obey every command you give until she dies or cancels the summons]

[To use this card, you need to pay fifteen points of general magic power, or fifteen points of blue magic power]

[When the Tiefling Archmage is killed, the card automatically enters the graveyard to wait for rebirth for ten days]

"Sure enough, as I expected, Lei Yin's spellcasting level has reached LV20, and she is also a typical conjuration system specialized mage. And she almost exceeded LV6 level and reached the legendary level..."

Looking at the detailed instructions on the new card in his hand, Zuo Si couldn't help but smile proudly.

After all, the higher Rein's spellcasting level is, the greater the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction she will get from successfully assassinating her.

There is a direct proportional relationship between the two.

It's like some gamers always like to take unconventional routes and use various special props and skills to easily kill bosses that should be a tough battle.

In contrast, Zuo Si didn't find it too strange that Lei Yin, who always looked like a human woman, was actually a Tiefling.

Since the constant [True Seeing] on the ring can see through the deformation effect, he has long known the other person's true appearance.

Because if I remember correctly, Shangla, the Lord of Talisman, was also a tiefling during his lifetime.

Maybe Rein and him might be related to each other, or they might just be their descendants before they became lichs.

In slave-owning Calishite, devil-devil hybrids are not as rare as elsewhere.

Many slave owners would hire wizards to summon a demon or devil to forcefully mate with human women and then give birth to offspring.

Not only do these hybrids have an exotic appearance, but they are also far stronger physically than pure-blooded humans and can be sold for a higher price.

If trained and cultivated from an early age, they will become very good warlocks, mages, warriors and thieves.

No hesitation!

After reading the detailed information on the card, Zuo Si immediately summoned Lei Yin again.

In the blink of an eye, a Tiefling woman with reddish skin, slightly raised horns on both sides of her forehead, and a tail extending from her robe appeared out of thin air. She did not have wings or many other characteristics of purgatory blood. It seemed that Not that kind of first-generation hybrid, but at least three generations later.

You know without asking that this is what Lei Yin really looks like.

The previous human image was the effect of some permanent advanced transformation magic.

"Owner."

As soon as she was summoned, Lei Yin immediately put one hand on her chest and bowed deeply.

"You already know what you should do, right?" Zuo Si asked bluntly.

Lei Yin replied without thinking: "Of course. While controlling the Emerald Society, I will use my identity to lurk around Shangla, the master of the talisman, to collect intelligence and figure out every move of the entangled talisman."

Zuo Si nodded with satisfaction: "Very good. Since you know what you are going to do, I can safely hand over the four high-level mages and the dragon lich Barisriat to you as helpers. Remember. , your first task is to find out the names, identities and origins of all the talisman masters. The second is to integrate the resources of the Emerald Society, especially the gem vein they control."

"Don't worry, I will do my best to complete this task." Archmage Tiefling vowed.

I'm afraid Shangla would never have dreamed that the disciple she had cultivated with great difficulty, Lei Yin, who was destined to become the new master of talismans in the future, would be directly made into a card by Zuo Si, and then her identity would be directly reversed and turned into a fatal spy.

But unfortunately, everything has become a foregone conclusion now.

Soon, under the leadership of Reine, four high-level human mages, a dracolich, hundreds of skeleton warriors without self-awareness, plus a few golems and other constructs at the bottom of the box organized by the Emerald Society, and that's it. Under the influence of teleportation magic, he returned directly to his lair in K'Zula.

Since only one of the five senior leaders died, a few people joined forces and quickly completed control of the entire organization from top to bottom without much effort.

In this way, the Emerald Society, which secretly rebelled against the Masked Mages Guild in Amn, had unknowingly changed its owner.

Zuo Si also opened the portal and packed up all the temporarily summoned helpers such as the Iron Golem, Giant Mutated Hound, Alena, Orc Rhett, Wilmes and Strange Objects and sent them back to the Mage Tower.

The black dragon will return to its lair, hand over all the treasures it has collected, and see if there are other similar nests near the swamp.

If there are, then he will record the location of these nests, and then wait for the time to knock on the door.

The dragon was directly beaten into half-damage and made into cards, and the treasures were snatched and thrown into the private "small vault".

The main reason why he dismissed all the helpers was that Zuo Si felt that he would not encounter any large-scale battles in the remaining half of the journey. At best, they would just be some monsters and robbers who blocked the road.

Because the closer you are to Waterdeep, the less likely you are to encounter trouble.

What's more, so many people are too eye-catching, and he doesn't want anyone to recognize him along the way.

Only the little devil, the familiar, stayed and became a member of the team.

Through previous battles with vampires, Zuo Si discovered that this guy could use [invisibility] on himself without restriction every day and was born to be a spy and assassin.

If combined with enough strengthening and protective magic, you will not be at a disadvantage even if you are facing the enemy head-on.

Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He still ordered his familiar to remain invisible forever, and not to appear in front of anyone else or make even the slightest sound unless permission was granted.

The little devil did not dare to disobey the orders given by his powerful, evil, cold and cruel master.

Because it understands that if it dares to do something small and treacherous, it will 100% be thrown into hot liquid silver and die slowly in the most painful way.

In addition, the severing of contact with the direct superiors of Baator Hell also gradually freed him from most devils' sense of belonging to Hell.

Soon, under the starry night sky, a group of people walked through the battlefield with a strong smell of blood but not many corpses (all the corpses were eaten by mutant hounds), and came to an open space near the roadside to camp and rest.

As for the cart and the horses pulling it, they had already been used as bait and "sacrificed" in the enemy's first round of frenzied spell bombing.

Before arriving at Dragonspear Castle, it was basically impossible to buy transportation tools anywhere.

Because of this, Zuo Si was so eager to take a quick rest, and when he got up tomorrow morning, he would use a spell slot to remember three [Summoning Mounts] of the conjuration system.

Although this spell is not of high level, it can summon an ordinary horse every time it is cast, and it also comes with a bridle and saddle. The duration is two hours per caster level.

Zuo Si's current arcane spell casting level is nine, and the summoned horse can last for eighteen hours, which is completely enough.

Moreover, the summoned horse does not need to rest or eat, which is far more useful than buying it with money.

But Zuo Si didn't know that every move he made before was watched by a legendary undead creature - the winter ghost.

At present, it has quickly returned to the private room at the headquarters of the Masked Mage Guild of Askatra through a teleportation magic item to report to its master, Shane VII.

After listening to everything, the powerful necromancer who had taken over Zenora's body suddenly had an expression of surprise and surprise on his face.

"You mean... Soth has some kind of ability that can absolutely control a person, and then turned Shangla's most trusted and best disciple into a spy who in turn broke into the entanglement talisman?"

"That's right! At least that's what it looks like to me. In fact, he seems to have the power to make people or other creatures into magic props. I personally saw him turn a black dragon, four high-level mages of the Emerald Society, and Rein herself made something like a card and then summoned it."

The winter ghost bluntly told everything he saw.

Due to the lack of necessary magic knowledge, it couldn't even tell whether Zuo Si used divine magic or arcane magic.

"Could it be the electorate's ability?" Xia En VII touched his chin and guessed.

In fact, there is currently no good way to confirm other than speculation.

After all, Zuo Si has only been a voter for too short a time, and he is also a visitor from another world.

It seems that no one knows whether the ability he uses is a special magical skill from another world, or a chosen power given by Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease.

In addition, divine power can block most detection magic. So far, many interested organizations only know Zuo Si's approximate arcane and divine spellcasting levels.

Dong Gui shook his head slightly: "Sorry, I don't know. But one thing can be confirmed, that is, Soth has no good impression of the entangled talisman. Quite the opposite! He is full of wariness of this organization, so he chose to strike first. To be strong. With Rein as a spy, I think we can consider how to cooperate. Because if nothing happens, Soth will soon figure out the names and identities of most of the talisman masters."

"Do you think it's a wise choice to show off your identity to him now?"

Xia En VII asked in an uncertain tone.

"Cooperation does not necessarily require revealing one's identity. Since Soth has actually mastered the Emerald Society now, you can give this organization a cover, provide various information, or even promise to make him a Mongolian one day in the future. The de facto master of the Facemage, in exchange for establishing an alliance against the Entangled Talisman."

Donggui didn't make any excuses and simply stated his thoughts.

Because it knows that its master's real goal is to kill all the enemies and return to Calim Port to restore the glory of the Shane Dynasty.

As long as this can be achieved, let alone the control of a mere masked mage guild, it doesn't matter even if Amn, the original border land of the empire, is ceded.

"What's the reason? What reason and purpose should I use to ask for information about the entangled talisman?"

After pondering for a moment, Shane VII directly raised the most critical trouble.

You must know that the Entangling Talisman is not like organizations such as the Harper Alliance, Zhentarim, Dragon Cult, Red Robe Wizards, and Arcane Brotherhood, which wish to make themselves known to everyone in Faerûn.

This is an extremely secretive organization, and most outsiders cannot even confirm whether it actually exists.

This also means that the identity of anyone who knows the entangled talisman is quite suspicious.

"It's very simple. You don't even need to give any reason at all, you just need to show that you are the enemy of the entangled talisman. With a common enemy, there will naturally be consistent interests. I think Soth has no reason to refuse. ."

After saying these words, Dong Gui turned back to the cabinet in the room and slammed the door.

Xia En VII maintained his original sitting posture, motionless like a wax figure, not knowing what he was thinking.

But one thing is certain, he is very excited about the proposal of his subordinate Donggui.

…

In fact, it was not just Shane VII who noticed this battle that took place at the junction of the Troll Roaring Forest and the High Wasteland.

The Harpers Alliance and the Zhentarim, who have spies in every corner of Faerûn, also noticed.

After all, the Emerald Society made too much noise for this ambush.

Just by controlling so many trolls, hobgoblins, bugbears and wolves with charm, it would be impossible to hide it from the druids and rangers in the forest.

Many druids and rangers are staunch allies of the Harpers, or are simply members of the Harpers.

So after the "fierce" battle ended, someone immediately followed the smell and came looking for him.

When they saw the ground stained red with blood, countless broken limbs and broken arms scattered among the soil and gravel, as well as various "small bits and pieces" such as eyeballs and intestines, as well as large traces of powerful magic bombings, a Everyone was shocked and speechless.

The first man dressed as a druid exclaimed in an unbelievable tone: "Something's wrong! Why did such a large-scale battle leave only a few mutilated corpses and fragments? All the other corpses were gone Where?"

"Maybe... he was transformed into an undead creature and taken away?" Another young woman next to him guessed in an uncertain tone.

But he was quickly denied by the leading man: "There is no such possibility. Because I can't feel any signs of erosion and pollution by strong negative energy in this land. If it is a large-scale undead transformation ceremony, how could it be possible? Leave no trace.”

"Damn! Listening to what you said, things seem to be getting more creepy." An elf dressed as a ranger couldn't help but shudder.

"Look! What did I find? The dust left behind after some vampires were killed by powerful positive energy!"

"There are still traces of the fight between two giant dragons here!"

"And this! There are several evil summoning circles here that have not been activated!"

"Silvanus, the father of the oak tree, is on top! Look at this footprint! I bet its owner must be at least seven or eight meters tall and may weigh more than fifty tons."

Suddenly, the people who had just dispersed to investigate the entire battlefield reported the abnormal conditions they saw.

Especially the terrifying footprints left by the mutated hounds directly made this group of druids who claimed to know everything about various animals and plants in nature completely dumbfounded.

Because they simply cannot find any creature in their memory that can match this kind of footprints.

A female druid carefully took out a handful of thick and hard exfoliated cuticles from the soil of the footprints, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "I...I think we seem to have discovered something extraordinary. You guys See? Even if these cuticles fall off the skin, they are still as hard as rocks, and the cells are not necrotic and are still trying to repair and regenerate."

"Could it be that those disappeared corpses were all eaten by this unknown monster?" The ranger next to him couldn't help but trembled.

A huge beast that seems to have the ability to gain near-infinite regeneration by devouring corpses?

Just thinking about it makes people despair!

Although he didn't know what exactly happened, the number of trolls in the Troll Roaring Forest would probably not return to its previous level within ten or twenty years.

It can be said that the remaining scenes and clues around can be called a "war" rather than a battle or ambush.

In order to figure out what happened, the druids and rangers who joined the Harper Alliance began to send out requests for help from other surrounding strongholds through various channels, hoping that there would be some arcane spellcasters who were proficient in prophecy magic. help.

As old enemies, not long after the Harpers obtained first-hand information, Zhentarim spies quickly learned the specific situation by intercepting the information.

About a few hours later, this information was placed on Manson's desk.

This powerful legendary mage glanced at it twice, then raised his head and asked his most trusted disciple: "Xi Manmeng, what do you think of this matter?"

"Me? I'm sorry, teacher, because there is too little information, I can't deduce what happened yet. But one thing can be confirmed, this elect of Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, 100% has the ability to create a The ability to cause a massacre. He is very strong, much more powerful than we expected."

Ximanmeng gave his opinion without thinking.

Thousands of trolls…

Hundreds of hobgoblins and bugbears…

Dozens of vampires were burned alive and turned into dust by positive energy...

There are also countless controlled forest beasts...

Plus four or five high-level mages join forces...

To be honest, if Ximanmeng himself was ambushed like this, he would not dare to say that he could successfully escape, let alone drive away all the enemies in turn.

"It seems that we need to send a few spies to conduct on-the-spot investigation."

Manson was obviously very interested in this matter.

Since he has been competing with Fuzor Chambery, the elector of Bane, the god of tyranny, for control of the Zhentarim, he has a certain understanding of the power of the "elected" group.

For example, Fuzor Chamberry has a body that never ages, and his divine power will give him strong physical and magical resistance. His shadow is controlled by him like a shadow, and he can summon the Dead Eye Tyrant to help him at any time. Attack the enemy, use [Command Technique] at will without restriction, and your body will always be blessed with [Psychic Barrier], [Endure Elemental Damage], [Protection from Negative Energy] and other magical effects.

In addition to this, there are a host of spell-like abilities, as well as the special powers "Divine Hands" and "Blast Heretics."

It can be said that it is precisely because of the powerful power given to the elect by God that Fuzoul Chambery is qualified to compete with Manson.

Otherwise, how could a mere priest with a magical casting level of less than LV20 be a match for a veteran legendary mage.

"Don't worry about this. I have already arranged for people to go there. However, since the Harpers are active in the area now, our people may need to lurk for a while."

Ximanmeng kept the Zhentarim's dark intelligence network in order as always.

This is why he has been able to remain in his current position, and no matter how fierce the internal factional struggle is, he can still deal with it calmly.

After hearing this, Mansong immediately nodded with satisfaction: "Well done. It doesn't matter if the information is a little slow, but it must be accurate and detailed. By the way, regarding the plan to deal with those restless Cyric Church members, we will proceed now. How's it going?"

Ximanmeng quickly replied: "I have almost made the list. The next step is to arrange a random task, and then our allies will take action to clean them out once and for all. However, as Cyric's belief in Santi Erbao is growing rapidly, so this method may only temporarily alleviate the tense confrontation, and conflicts will still break out in a few years."

"It doesn't matter! Let's delay it for a few years and see how it goes."

Mansong waved his hand indifferently.

He believed that his friend and rival Fuzoul Chamberlain could handle the matter of faith.

What's more, the foundation of belief of Bane, the god of tyranny, in Zhentil Keep is far beyond what a new god like Cyric can match.

…

After a full night's rest, Zuo Si opened his eyes early the next morning, took out the spell book from the satchel he carried with him, and began to memorize and prepare today's spells.

After eating a simple breakfast, he immediately used [Summon Mount].

In the blink of an eye, three relatively strong horses appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.

The dragonborn knight Davian chose the strongest one as his mount, while the archer Huntington chose the second strongest one.

The last horse was shared by the lighter Zuo Si and Isadora.

As for the little devil, just fly slowly behind the horse.

Since he had gone out on missions more than once when he was in the floating city tower and was forced to participate in some dangerous trials, Zuo Si's riding skills were pretty good.

At least it can prevent the horse from falling off when sprinting at full speed.

In contrast, the girl who had almost never traveled far since she was a child had no riding skills at all.

In addition, she was wearing a beautiful silk skirt, so there was no way to spread her legs.

He could only sit sideways on the saddle in front, and hugged Zuo Si who was behind him and was responsible for driving the horse.

However, Isadora liked this kind of close contact very much. She had a slightly happy smile on her face throughout the whole process, and she even hoped that this journey would stay like this and never end.

After walking forward along the road for about six or seven hours, a huge ruin consisting of dilapidated high walls covered with weeds, as well as various broken walls and abandoned towers appeared on the distant horizon.

There is no doubt that this is the famous "Dragonspear Castle" on the west coast of Ferenc.

Its founder was Delos Dragonspear, a famous adventurer in the Northland more than 130 years ago (DR1225), a half-dwarf with a big beard (it is said to be half human).

At first, Delos Dragonlance was just to help a friend he met during the adventure, Haltethera, a powerful copper dragon, to fight against the endless orcs and goblin bandits in the wasteland who wanted to steal treasures. .

However, with the establishment of the castle, many dwarves and humans came to settle near the castle, establishing a town with a population of thousands.

After all, in Faerûn, a strong castle means that it can resist monsters and beasts from the wilderness, and can provide shelter to civilians who have little ability to resist.

What's more, Delos Dragonlance will ride his friend the copper dragon Haletasera, and will regularly patrol around the castle to eliminate all enemies that may pose a threat to the settlement.

So for a long time, Dragonspear Castle was very safe.

In addition, due to its geographical location right between Waterdeep and Baldur's Gate, it was the only place where caravans could stop and rest along the way, so it didn't take long for it to become very prosperous.

But soon, the treasures of the copper dragon and the treasures obtained by Delos Dragonlance during the adventure attracted the prying eyes of countless evil mages.

One of them, a Calishite mage named Isatarus Kasalia, successfully created a powerful magic that could put dragons into sleep, and then secretly set up a magic machine deep underground in Dragonspear Castle. A portal.

By creating the illusion that the copper dragon was sleeping, the cunning mage successfully lured Delos Dragonspear to the portal, and then killed him mercilessly.

By sacrificing the souls of powerful mortals, a permanent portal to the first level of Baator's Hell called Avernus was opened.

Some demons soon discovered the portal and launched a surprise attack on Dragonspear Castle.

Dragonlance Castle also immediately organized manpower to counterattack and tried to drive the devil back to the other side of the portal.

The underground battle between the two sides caused the defense forces outside the castle to be exhausted.

Isatarus Kasalia took the opportunity to join forces with three other evil dragons to launch an attack on the copper dragon's lair.

As expected, the besieged copper dragon Haletasera was killed.

The mage took advantage of the dragons' fighting skills to take away the most precious and valuable things in the treasure.

When one of the most powerful black dragons returned to the dragon's nest after the battle, he found that there were only a few gold coins left in the mountain of treasures, and he immediately fell into uncontrollable rage.

He felt that he had been tricked, so he quickly found the mage and attacked him without hesitation, using his acid breath to corrode the defenseless guy until he didn't even leave a body.

In the end, under the joint attack of the evil dragon, the demons emerging from the underground portal, and various monsters from the wasteland, Dragonspear Castle was completely reduced to ruins.

Those who originally chose to settle here basically died and fled, leaving only the abandoned castle that still looks majestic now.

Dragonspear Castle was even once occupied by a hobgoblin chieftain, who used it as a base for plundering passing caravans.

It wasn't until the two trading city-states of Waterdeep and Baldur's Gate couldn't tolerate this behavior that they jointly sent troops to completely annihilate it.

But unfortunately, the hell portal located underground cannot be closed easily.

Therefore, the coalition forces could only hand it over to the Church of the God of War who volunteered to take over.

The current Dragonspear Castle is actually controlled by the priests of Tempus, the god of war, and a large number of adventurers who want to become famous and rich.

Since the former provides corresponding medical services, and also allows and encourages the latter to kill nearby unwelcome residents of the underground world and plunder loot from them, the number of adventurers and mercenaries has always been large.

In addition, the underground part is connected to the Underdark and Baator Hell, and various specialties and captured monsters and slaves can often be sold for very high prices.

Many people who are confident in their own strength want to try their luck.

Of course, a large number of them never came out after entering the intricate underground maze.

"Finally arrived at Dragonspear Castle. I hope there are better carriages for sale here, not those big carts for pulling goods, otherwise I would rather continue riding." Zuo Si looked at the ruins in the distance and complained softly.

"Is the carriage that pulls goods bad?" Isadora blinked curiously.

"That's right! Especially on a dirt road like this in the wild, which is full of rocks and potholes. The violent bumps of the truck can even shake your brain and make you vomit out everything in your stomach. "Zuo Si described it in slightly exaggerated terms.

On the way back to Amn with Bernard and the caravan, he had already seen the technical level of several mainstream carriages in Faerûn.

Except for the carriages that are specially designed for rich people to ride on with their own levitation magic, the rest of them will definitely not be too comfortable to sit on.

The carriage responsible for pulling the goods was bumping violently along the way, and the shock absorption design was almost non-existent.

Even people who are not "motion sick" will inevitably feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable after sitting in this kind of carriage for a long time.

However, it is definitely impossible to buy a magic carriage in a place like Dragonspear Castle.

Zuo Si could only settle for the next best thing, see if he could buy a decent ordinary carriage, and then make some modifications by himself.

If that doesn't work, you'll have to build one from scratch.

"Master, I think you'd better not have too high expectations." Davian couldn't help but pour cold water on him.

He didn't think there would be any decent carriages in a place like Dragonspear Castle where adventurers gathered.

Just the opposite!

Judging from the general economic ability of adventurers in Faerûn, there are absolutely only a handful of people who can afford a fully enclosed carriage as a means of transportation. It would be good to have more than ten or twenty trucks responsible for transporting supplies.

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Anyway, it's just a chance. Let's take a close look at this fortress that connects the Underdark and Baator Hell, and see if there is anything worth buying."

In this way, a group of four people plus a little devil who remained invisible, after accepting routine questioning and inspection by the guards at the door, were successfully allowed to enter the interior of the towering wall.

Different from the dilapidated and deserted appearance from the outside, Dragonspear Castle is actually quite lively, with many people actually living there.

You can even see the Temple of the God of War standing next to the main building of the castle. There are also several hotels and taverns that provide services to passing caravans and adventurers who venture underground.

In addition, there is no shortage of blacksmith shops, grocery stores, and shops specializing in magic items.

Some adventurers simply set up stalls on the roadside to sell their newly acquired trophies to passing business travelers.

Among them are dead objects such as weapons, armor, gems, ores, books, and scrolls, as well as low-level devils, tieflings, gray dwarves, dark elves, and other unlucky ones who were captured in battle.

Since Tempus, the god of war, is a god of neutral chaos alignment, his priests are not averse to treating defeated captives as slaves.

Just when Zuo Si was looking for valuable things in these stalls with great interest, a loud noise suddenly came from inside the castle.

Immediately afterwards, he saw six or seven fully armed adventurers slowly walking out, dragging a huge, snail-like creature.

This huge creature was obviously dead, and its entire head had been chopped to pieces with a sharp weapon.

I don't know if it was blood or body fluids, but it left a very obvious drag mark on the ground, which quickly solidified into a translucent crystal like glass.

Of course, what really attracted Zuo Si was not the corpse of the killed monster, but the equally huge and beautiful shell behind it that shone with colorful luster.

In this shell, he sensed quite astonishing anti-magic properties.

"Oh my god! They successfully hunted a flail snail? And there was barely any damage to the shell?"

An adventurer who was setting up a stall couldn't help but exclaimed.

Another person next to him said in an envious tone: "What a bad luck! I remember that a complete flail snail shell can be sold for at least five thousand gold coins, right?"

"Of course! That's a small flail snail shell! Considering it's so big, I think it won't be a problem to sell it for 10,000 gold coins."

"Damn it! Why didn't such a good thing happen to me?"

"Shut up! With those two attacks, if you dare to attack the flail snail, you will probably be killed on the spot."

"Yeah! Flail snails are not easy targets to hunt. Only those elite teams can deal with them."

…

Suddenly, everyone around was talking about it.

After all, a situation like this, where you get rich overnight after returning from an adventure, can bring the most intense mental and sensory stimulation.