The Swordsman of Faerûn
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To judge how many kinds of ray abilities a beholder has, generally you only need to look at how many tentacles the beholder has. Each tentacles represents the specialization of a beholder's ray ability.
The rays fired by this beholder are like laser weapons, but the target that is aimed at is basically impossible to hide. No matter how fast your evasion speed is, can it be faster than the speed of light?
In fact, the beholder's ray ability is still second in terms of lethality, and it is those strange auxiliary abilities that make opponents most disgusted or frightened.
Maybe you are fighting a terrible monster side by side with your companion. Sometime, your companion received a [Beholder Ray] and hit you with a backhand unexpectedly.
Or you are about to raise your shield to resist the monster's head-on attack, but you don't want to be hit by a [Beholder Ray], and then you will fall into a state of sluggishness or dizziness, and you can only be severely injured or killed by the monster in a daze. die.
Or you are counting on a companion to come forward to help you, or defend your line of defense, but you don't want him (her) to get a [Beholder Ray] and run away screaming and terrified.
……
All of these things illustrate one thing, how frustrating and frustrating it is to encounter beholders in positional battles or line-ups on the battlefield.
Although William has never seen a real beholder, he has already understood the danger of beholders from what Kagal and others told him, so he naturally has some ideas on how to fight against beholders.
Especially after combining several battles with the monster army under the beholder, William suddenly had a plan in mind, and decided to cast a white rainbow piercing the sun on the beholder.
What is the matter of the white rainbow penetrating the sun?
"Husband Zhuanzhu's assassination of King Liao, a comet strikes the moon; Nie Zheng's assassination of Han Kui, a white rainbow pierces the sun; Lianzhi's assassination of Qingji, a warehouse eagle strikes at the palace."
William decided to take a risky blow and assassinate the beholder among the crowd.
Therefore, William ordered all his soldiers to retreat into the depths of the underground labyrinth, but he stayed alone in the hall of the barracks.
After an unknown amount of time, groups of monsters poured out from the labyrinth passages on the ground and gathered in the hall.They ignored the orc and ogre corpses that piled at the door, except for the one that had once belonged to the orc warlord.
The orc warlord Uduru Urk was beheaded and killed by William at the same time. At this time, its two body and head were propped up by broken weapons, presenting a "victim" on the pile of corpses. "Big" shape.
In particular, Uduru's eyeballs were gouged out, and then they were nailed to the orc warlord's forehead with wooden thorns, like a pair of ridiculous horns.
Everyone knows that beholders hate blind people, but few people other than beholders know that this piercing shape is the biggest curse and ridicule for the beholders.
So when the beholder appeared in the hall, almost all the hundreds of monsters crowded in the hall were silent, waiting for the crazy wrath of this terrifying monster master.
The appearance of this beholder is as ugly as a nightmare. Its spherical body is suspended in the air. Located in the center of the head and the front of the body is a huge one-eyed eye. What caught people's attention was the ten sinuous and twisted whiskers on the sphere, each with a small eye at the end, and each eye was fixed on any disturbing existence around it.
Suddenly, one of the small eyes discovered the shape of Uduru Urk's corpse, and all the beards suddenly turned around in unison, and the ten secondary eyes fixedly stared at the head of the orc warlord.
Endless anger reverberated in the beholder's mind, and its main eye swelled up like a protruding toad. Suddenly, the beholder let out a stern howl, and a terrifying invisible shock wave centered on the beholder and spread all around. spread out.
The impact of [Spiritual Oscillation] from the beholder caused most of the surrounding monsters to fall into a stupor or even a coma, and then fell to the ground in pieces.
[Spiritual shock] is not magic, but the irregular tremors of mental power caused by the changes in emotions of those powerful beings.
This kind of phenomenon similar to the impact of group spiritual magic is not worth advocating, because it is not only less powerful, but also consumes a lot of energy, and it is also very harmful to the initiator (it can be regarded as a random item of intelligence, perception, and charm) 4 Punishment, depending on the main attribute of the profession, lasts for one day), is a behavior that is not worth the candle.
But the beholder, who was dazzled by anger, didn't care at all about the catastrophic consequences caused by the mental violence and the harm it caused to himself.It frantically rushed to the corpse of Uduru Urk, its twisted tentacles like a python tore it to pieces, even if the broken sword pierced through the corpse stabbed the tentacles of the beholder, this furious king of monsters But also careless.
Under the body of Uduru Urk are the corpses (bodies) of two ogres, which serve as the base of the entire victim, and even one of the ogres still has a little remnant breath.
After the angry beholders tore up and devoured the remains of the orc warlord, they still tortured the bodies of the two ogres without comprehension.
The scream of the ogre, which was still a little alive, when it was torn apart and tortured, undoubtedly made the beholder even more excited and relieved.Some kind of enemy made a hole the size of a washbasin on the ogre's fat belly, and many intestines and internal organs flowed out from the wound, but they were scattered all over the ground.
The beholder viciously stretched its tentacles toward the ogre's wound, slowly tore at the wound, and comfortably admired the ogre's distorted appearance due to the severe pain.
Suddenly, with the wound as the center, the ogre's belly ruptured completely like a broken leather, revealing a curled up figure inside.
The beholder stared at the figure in surprise, and exchanged a glance with those cold abyss-like eyes, but only felt a bright white rainbow light piercing into the bottom of his heart.
The beholder's ten sets of eleven eyeballs did not suffer any physical damage, but they were blinded by the invisible rainbow light for some reason, and could not see anything.
This is William's almost perfect eye sword technique. In fact, this eye sword technique has no significant attack effect on creatures with too strong mental power, which is just compared with the spiritual gap caused by the beholder's [Spiritual Oscillation] just now. That's why he was almost powerless to resist the blow of the sword.
No one thought that William would hide himself in the belly of the dying ogre. The remaining vitality of the ogre concealed his life fluctuations, and the bloody smell of the corpse and internal organs concealed William's human breath (actually William A body that is nearly leak-free and has no breath leakage).
When the beholder began to tear the ogre's belly, William knew that the time had come. He burst open the ogre's belly directly, and attacked the beholder's spirit first with the eye sword technique, followed by a blow Deadly pick.
Autumn Water Knife pierced directly into the beholder's main eye, and the terrifying knife intent split the monster's almost substantial mental power and shattered its consciousness.
This was the first time William used the autumn water knife to kill an enemy in the past month since the battle with the saints of the God of War family.Today's Autumn Water Knife has become more pure, it is like the embodiment of William's will, almost more than ever.
Immediately after William cut off the secondary eyes of the beholder one by one, this terrifying beholder was completely deprived of the ability to resist before it even had time to exert any power.
The beholder died, and fell under William's knife in an extremely aggrieved way.
William was naked and covered in the blood and stench of the ogre. This was the price he paid for ambushing the beholder. In fact, for any professional killer, this price was almost equivalent to nothing.
The monster servants who once belonged to the beholder woke up from sluggishness and daze. They looked at the spherical body of the beholder lying on the ground in bewilderment. This was the first time the monsters saw the beholder falling to the ground. cost.
Of course, what frightened the monsters even more was the blood man stepping on the corpse of the beholder. A guy who could kill the beholder was definitely an extremely terrifying existence.
More monsters came to their senses, some of them rejoiced at the death of the beholder, and of course some felt uneasy or even terrified.
William ignored these monsters. He turned himself into a stream of flames and passed through the crowd of monsters. He burned countless unlucky people along the way, and then disappeared at the entrance of the underground labyrinth.
William's departure directly detonated the melee among the monsters. It should be noted that among these monsters that are still alive, except for a small part of the monster army directly under the Yulas security force stationed in Zhentil Castle, most of the remaining monsters are The slaves were temporarily collected by the beholders. Now that there is no enslavement and suppression by the beholders, these restless monsters naturally want to seek their own freedom and vent the anger and unwillingness accumulated due to the beholder's abuse.
As a result, the monsters who broke out in civil strife fought selflessly in the hall on the ground, while William, who returned to the ground, watched the play happily with Kagal and the monsters underground, how comfortable it was.
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When William and his party and the monster came out from the ground, the hall was already littered with corpses.
Hundreds of monsters engaged in the cruelest and most desperate fight in the world in a crowded space. They couldn't even tell which monsters around them were enemies and which monsters were companions, so they could only attack almost indiscriminately.
This fight is like countless Gu worms mixed in the Gu urn to bite, all the monsters lost themselves in the fight.
Most of the monsters were killed or dying in the melee, but the lucky few who are still alive have already fallen into madness. They instinctively look for opponents to fight and continue the meaningless battle, but they don't know In fact, I can leave this terrifying bloody hell at any time.
In the end, William cut off those monsters that were still alive but lost in the slaughter, and purified their bodies with flames.
The impact of this brutal battle in Kagal's lair even affected Yulas's ruins cleaning plan. Most of the monsters hiding in the ruins of Yulas were forcibly gathered by the beholders and sent to Kagal Turned into a corpse in the labyrinth lair.
As a result, during the following expeditions, the expedition work of the adventurers was overwhelming, and soon a large number of buildings that had lost the monsters' entanglement were cleared out.
And with the passage of time, more adventurers came here and participated in the work of exploring the ruins of Yulas.
Since then, there have been basically no major twists and turns in the clean-up work of the ruins of Yulas, and William felt that it was meaningless to stay here any longer. Plan your next trip.
Originally, William went all the way north, but his destination was to go back to Dagger Valley along the Tessa River, and open up the Tessa River-Moon Sea-Rees River-Giant Dragon Bay-Falling Star Sea channel.
Now he occupies the line of Yulas, a distant mountain city, and wants to enter the waterway of the Tessa River, but there are two checkpoints to break through. In the middle of the Shahe River, Taisway, a town controlled by Zhentilbergers, was also the capital of the former valley city of Bangtsen Valley.
In general, William's plan was blocked by the people of Zhentil Castle, but it was not easy for him to break through the blockade of the people of Zhentil Castle.
The people of Zhentil Castle are very strong. Don't look at their army's repeated attacks on Shadow Valley, but it would be a big mistake to underestimate the city because of this.
Take the Zhentil Fort army that was defeated not long ago in front of Shadow Valley Town as an example. That team was just a private army temporarily gathered by priests who followed the Dark Lord. Even though almost all of this army was lost in Shadow Valley, it still In a few days, Bane's disciples could still muster a larger army for the expedition against Tanrith.
By the way, don't think that the official statement that Zhentil Castle has a population of more than 5 people means that there are really only 5 people living in the city. In fact, the [-] people just refer to Those who have the legal status of citizens of Zhentil Keep, more people with lower status, such as slaves, servants, followers, etc. are not actually counted.
A standard Zhentil Castle army will basically have about 2000 orthodox Zhentil Castle citizens as the core, and then recruit five to ten times as many servants as auxiliary troops and cannon fodder.
Notice!If this [-]-strong army is wiped out by the enemy, the people of Zhentil Castle will not count the servants when counting the number of casualties.
Anyone who knows something about Zhentil Fort's military strength will say this: Zhentil Fort has more soldiers than ordinary citizens.
There are actually two explanations for this sentence. One is that the servant army in Zhentil Castle is much more than the orthodox citizens of Zhentil Castle.
Another explanation is that among the ordinary citizens of Zhentil Castle, there are many more citizens who serve as soldiers than those who do not serve as soldiers.
It may be a little too much to describe the people of Zhentil Castle with the phrase that all the people are soldiers, but it is absolutely appropriate to use the poor soldiers to redeem the army of Zhentil Castle.
At a certain point in the future, in order to fight against the sudden invasion of the demon lord Orcas and his demon army, a total of [-] local soldiers died in Zhentil Castle, and the dead servants even died. Ten times more than that.
Moreover, the military strength of Zhentil Castle is not limited to the city of Zhentil Castle. Whether it is Taisway in the west, Raven Fortress in the north, or Fuenla in the south, they are all loyal allies of Zhentil Castle. Most of the cities around the sea also openly or secretly support the Zhentilburg people (of course, many so-called "supports" are actually derived from the efforts of the Zhentilburg people's spies or spies.)
It can be seen from this that Zhentil Castle has a strong foundation, and it is definitely not a small force that William can deal with alone. He wants to break through the obstacles of Zhentil Castle, but he needs some strategies and more background support.
And William's next plan is also very simple and straightforward, that is to take down Fuenla and open up the connection between Yulas and Shadow Valley, so that the shadow valley-Fuenla-Yulas-far The northern avenue with the mountain city as the main line.
The manpower and material resources of the entire valley can be gathered here through the Asaba River and the sea route, and form a fairly reliable closed loop. Next, whether it is rebuilding Yulas or going north to attack Zhentil Fort, you can get strong logistical support. .
Although Fuenla is just a small town with a population of less than 2000 people, this fortress-like town is the biggest sufferer preventing the people of Shadow Valley from going north.
In history, the people of Shadow Valley have organized armies to conquer the north countless times, but most of them fell under the walls of Fuenla.However, in the previous battles between Shadow Valley and Fuenla, people on both sides have accumulated blood feuds that are difficult to resolve.
So much so that the people of Faunla would rather endure the heavy tax plunder from Zhentil Castle than support the various unfriendly activities of the mercenaries in Zhentil Castle in Shadow Valley.
So when Hillen, on behalf of William, conveyed the decision to deploy troops to attack Fuenla to the temporary consul Storm Silverhand who presides over Shadow Valley and Ms. Charenty, the military director, the actual leaders of the two Shadow Valley did not even hesitate. , and directly agreed.
Even when Storm and the others recruited troops, those Shadowvale people who hadn't recovered from the nightmare of their broken homes responded without hesitation. They thought it was a battle of revenge, and any sentimental Shadowvale No one will escape.
Not to mention how many troops Shadow Valley can send to attack Fuenla, the troops led by William are not very satisfactory in terms of numbers.
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The expedition personnel under William included a 50-man guard who belonged to William alone, a 20-member Kagar monster team, a 100-member mixed force composed of soldiers from Yuanshan City and Yulas survivors, and 40 people There are about two hundred temporary mercenaries in total.
Of course, the true strength of this army should not be underestimated either, not to mention the strength of William's family, which also includes several professional spellcasters, an adult red dragon Iberna Frimos, a top-equipped version of the Golem Mech.
With such a strong team, even if William doesn't make a move, it is basically a certainty for them to break through the city wall of Fuenla.
Speaking of the red dragon Ibonna Frimos, or it is more convenient to call it Ilim, her meeting with William is quite dramatic.
When William's family came to the camp with a group of monsters with their families and their families, some restless little red dragons were patrolling around the camp in the form of giant dragons.
Although the red dragon is arrogant by nature, he is not a fool, nor is he ignorant of the world. It's just that ordinary people who are like ants are not worthy of the red dragon's kneeling. Changing the arrogance of the red dragon, he showed his worth to the whole camp—especially Helen—with great graciousness.
For example, act as an amateur scout or sentry.
However, the return of William and the others happened to bump into Yilim's dragon's mouth. This overly active red dragon regarded their team, which consisted mostly of monsters, as a real monster, and unceremoniously launched an attack on William and his party. raided.
Needless to say, the result of this unexpected conflict broke out. Yilim was not unexpectedly suppressed by William, which meant that William had a feeling and did not kill the little red dragon directly. Otherwise, William and his party would probably accept the second The corpse of a red dragon.
As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, and it is precisely because of this almost oolong-like conflict between the two sides that the little red dragon Yilim deeply understands what kind of face-to-face level a real godslayer is. exist.
It was a real humanoid tyrannosaurus, literally. If it hadn't woken up in advance and begged for mercy, Yilim even felt that it might be beaten to death by William on the spot.
And with the strength comparison at the beginning as a base, the humility and respect that Yilim showed in front of William was quite sincere from the heart.This also laid the foundation for the further development of bilateral relations.
Of course, this "relationship between the two parties" is a more serious relationship of employment and employment, and does not involve some indescribable transactions. This is not to say that William's nature has changed, but that he really can't enjoy Elim. dignity.
Not all dragons look so glamorous in their humanoid form, and Ilim is a prime example.
The figure of Yilim in humanoid form has the usual hotness of dragon people, but her appearance is really not flattering. Peach pit, small eyes like almonds, crooked mouth and buck teeth, jagged teeth like a comb, such a distinctive appearance, how ugly it is.
How could such a dignified person fall into the category of William's beating food? !
And Ms. Red Dragon Ugly is also quite concerned about William's indistinct dragon aura. There is no doubt that it is the aura that only the guardian of the dragon has. There is no doubt that it belongs to a metal dragon. .
After communicating with Helen, William learned about Yilim's background, and then directly offered Little Red Dragon a fairly generous employment agreement, and thus William also gained a pretty good job. adult red dragon thugs.
Speaking of the army led by William, in fact, if William is willing, he can recruit a group of people to expand the team. However, in view of Yulas' reconstruction work, William has given up this practice of exhausting resources.
The distance between Yulas and Fuenla is about [-] to [-] kilometers. If you count the twists and turns along the way, the total journey does not exceed [-] kilometers. If you travel alone, you may only need half a day to complete the journey. distance.
But if it is replaced by an army to take this distance normally, it will take at least two or even three days to complete.
Because the march of the army not only includes rushing, but also setting up camp between morning and evening, as well as conserving physical strength to prepare for unexpected situations along the way, it is impossible to be reckless like ordinary forced marches in the wild.
So when William led the team to the outskirts of Fuenla, his soldiers did not have the fatigue caused by the long journey in the wild.
William led the team to set up camp within sight of the guards of Fuenla's city wall. Of course, William and the others could also see the city wall of Fuenla.
The walls of Faunla were taller and more formidable than those of almost any city William had ever seen, perhaps only matched by the future integrity of the unfinished walls of Bowbridge, the southernmost city in the Vale.
The reason why William was able to easily break through Bowbridge City at the beginning was due to the cloud giant siege brigade.Now William naturally doesn't have groups of giants to rely on, but the power of the golem mecha is no less powerful.
However, even with the advantage of the golem mecha, William did not attack the city as soon as he came up. Without him, there were too few soldiers under William, and it was not a wise choice to attack directly.
In the process of building the barracks, William released a scout team composed of the red dragon Ilim and the Pegasus Knight, crossed the wall of Fuenla and went south to find the support army in the Valley of Shadows.
It's a pity that no reinforcements appeared for two days in a row. For this reason, William had to send a Pegasus messenger to Shadow Valley to ask for details, but the results were a bit dumbfounding.
Because the Shadow Valley people signed up too enthusiastically, the preparations for the northward army that Storm Silverhand was forming were a bit too cumbersome. It took them three days just to screen the personnel, and these three days were the time for William's team to march.
Next, there will be a series of tasks such as organizing and training the team, distributing equipment and supplies, training, etc. If Faerun's usual standard for going out is followed, within ten days and a half months, this temporary Shadow Valley army will leave at all. Not to leave the Valley of Shadows, let alone participate in the siege of Faunla.
William was quite helpless about this. This is the disadvantage of non-professional troops. If they can't prepare in advance, it will be difficult for this kind of mob to play a real role when needed.
The same William also understood why the people of Shadow Valley attacked Fuenlabuk repeatedly. If they could take down Fuenla, which was protected by a strong city wall, then how much the people of Shadow Valley would be favored by the God of Victory!
The city of Fuenla has a standing guard of 300 people. Of course, most of the members of this standing guard are soldiers from Zhentil Fort. At the same time, the lord of Fuenla can recruit twice this number of militiamen to participate defense.
So when William's army of about [-] people appeared in the north of Fuenla City, the people of Fuenla were not too alarmed, even though the golem mech, which was more terrifying than a giant in size, Fuenla's spell Consultants can handle it themselves.
What really troubled the people of Fuenla was the red dragon soaring in the sky.
For any city, giant dragons are a catastrophic existence, not only because of their strength and size, but also because they can fly, their mobility is too strong, and they have a powerful breath of dragon breath .
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