Lord of Spells from Faerûn

Cyric frowned and interrupted the boss: "Boss, you mean that the druids in the forest are all dangerous murderers?"

He expressed doubts about this. In his impression, most druids were neutral and environmentally friendly. At most, they were vegetarians who couldn't bear to eat meat. How could there be murderous druids?

The boss patted the table exaggeratedly, widened his eyes and said, "Of course! Why did I lie to you? I advise you to be careful when entering the forest. Never trust any creatures with long ears. They are not good things."

Kelanvor and Cyric looked at each other, and the danger level of Neverwinter Forest was raised again in their hearts. However, the treasure was so touching, and the generous reward of 10,000 gold coins made them grit their teeth and persist.

They rested in the tavern for the night and set off for the Neverwinter Forest early the next morning.

The Neverwinter Forest is the best-preserved forest in the Sword Coast region. In the Sword Coast region where trade routes are developed, the Neverwinter Forest is the only forest that has not opened any trade routes.

Many legends speak of a dark force claiming Neverwinter Forest as their home, but there are no confirmed facts to prove the truth.

It is said that a group of guardians watch over the glade, but no evil people live there. These woods have not been cut down by humans, because the natives avoid it out of fear, and even the orcs can only take another route and never pass through the middle of the forest, but they usually have to do so only after suffering casualties.

As for the depths of the Neverwinter Forest, it is even more mysterious. Kelanwo once heard that there were signs of a mysterious Druid tribe surviving here, but as the boss said about the Shadow Druids, it was a bit exaggerated.

The temperature in the Sword Coast in early winter was very low. The cold wind blowing from the far north to the high glaciers and the ocean currents near the sea caused light snow to fall in the Neverwinter Forest. Kelanvor was wearing heavy armor, and his strong and powerful body made him The heavy armor was filled with cotton clothes without any burden. On the contrary, in order to ensure the flexibility of his body, Cyric only wore underwear and a set of light armor to maintain necessary warmth.

The weather of more than 30 degrees below zero made Cyric's hands and feet stiff with cold. He held his hands with the heat from his mouth and moved forward in the silver-covered forest. His sharp eyes like an eagle kept looking around, looking for rare beasts. Mark of.

"In this weather, the beasts may be hiding. Without food supply, the magical beasts may also fall into a deep sleep." Sirik, who has a history of hunting in Sambia, has some understanding of the surrounding environment. Kelanwo judged.

This rugged man seemed not to be affected by the wind and snow at all. He walked calmly and slowly in the ice and snow while whispering: "The boss said that there is a kind of ooze-type magical beast near the swamp. Maybe we can go there." Let’s look around.”

Cyric nodded. In this case, we can only try our luck based on what the locals said. After the two agreed, they set off together to the swamp deep in the forest.

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"There is a swamp area ahead, be careful." Kelanwo said softly.

Along the way, they were very lucky to encounter a rainbow deer. After Kelanvor and Sirik captured it, they collected a little of its blood and released it. In the ice and snow, the blood of the rainbow deer was very convenient to preserve. High-energy blood containing magical energy can reduce the possibility of explosions in cold weather.

Cyric frowned as he looked at the swamp area covered with white snow in the distance. This piece of snow was probably filled with swamps that would cause him to fall into it if he stepped on it. Cyric walked deftly and explored the direction step by step. The path he set out in, with Kelemvor following closely behind him.

"There is absolutely no sign of a living thing here, be careful!" Before Cyric could finish his words, a yellow tentacle suddenly shot out from under the white snow on the side, with a large number of saw teeth growing on the top of the tentacle.

At the critical moment, the muscles in Kelanvor's arms became thicker. He raised the giant sword with force and slashed at the tentacles. The metal collided with the saw teeth on the top of the tentacles, making a hard collision sound. The huge force caused Kelanvor's His face turned red from holding back.

"Ah!!" Kelanvor roared, and a burst of power came from nowhere in his body. He swung his sword and split the tentacles, and then violently penetrated the tentacles from top to bottom, straight into the hard flesh. in the land.

Cyric on the side took out a flaming arrow, aimed at the wriggling tentacle stuck on the ground, and shot it straight at it. Kelanvor immediately rolled to avoid it, and then a ball of flames exploded where the flaming arrow hit, and the tentacle It seemed to be in great pain after being burned by the flames. The body of the tentacle monster in the swamp began to surge. The black-green swamp liquid broke through the white snow and revealed a huge monster.

"Damn, what kind of monster is this? It looks so disgusting." Cyric said with disgust in his eyes, and took out another flame arrow from his backpack and aimed it at the monster.

The creature looks like a swollen egg supported by three thick, short legs. A vine-like eyestalk is located about 2 feet high on its swollen body. 4 thick tentacles extend from the sides of the body. The monster's terrifying mouth stretches across the entire front half of its body, containing several rows of jagged teeth. The monster's rough skin twists and covers its weird body, seemingly imbued with its own terrifying power.

"It's an energy-draining scavenger!" Kelanvor, who was well-informed, immediately revealed the identity of the monster. This is a monster that lives in a decaying environment. Its skin has good spell resistance and can also absorb healing properties. The spell effect forcibly seizes the power of healing to heal itself.

Cyric shot another flaming arrow, and the Drain Scavenger's reaction proved the monster's fear of fire. Sure enough, seeing the flaming arrows coming at a rapid pace, the Scavenging Scavenger showed great vigilance. It waved its tentacles to try to push the flaming arrows away, but the next moment the flaming arrows hit the tentacles and exploded again. The gushing flames engulfed the smaller half of the Drainer's body.

"Roar!!"

The Drainer scavenger roared in pain, like a baby crying, and it immediately used its intact tentacles to dip into the thick mud of the swamp in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

Seeing that the monster was distracted, Kelanvor immediately took the opportunity to rush forward. He swung his sword hard at the Scavenger and inserted it into its mouth accurately. Black blood sprayed out along the wound, causing the monster to become more violent. Big wail.

Then, Kelanvor jumped into the air with a running start, and his body changed rapidly. A large amount of hair grew from his body, and his bones made a crackling sound. Kelanvor turned into a living black panther in a few seconds!

Like lightning, the black panther rushed from the air towards the Scavenger Scavenger. While easily passing over the monster's head, its fangs bit off the vine-like eyestalk of the Scavenger Scavenger.

The monster that had lost its vine-like eye stalks seemed to be in a rage. It let out a violent roar and stretched out its tentacles to whip the black panther regardless of the flames still burning on its body.

The black panther walked deftly and quickly, easily dodging the monster's whip, and returned to Cyric with the loot in his mouth.

"Bah!" Black Panther spat out the eye stalks from his mouth, and also spat a few mouthfuls of saliva and said, "It tastes really disgusting."

Cyric grabbed the eyestalk, put it into the material bag, and then pulled out a flaming arrow again and shot it.

The monster had no choice but to raise its tentacles to resist, but the target of the flaming arrow was not it.

"Retreat!!" Cyric said loudly, and then Kelanvor and Cyric retreated tens of meters away!

The flaming arrow penetrated deeply into the liquid of the swamp, but the power of the spell could not be blocked by the soil. A muffled sound and an explosion were heard in the swamp.

But this was not Cyric's purpose. With the explosion of the flame arrow, a large amount of flammable gas accumulated in the swamp was instantly ignited, and the swamp under the monster instantly erupted into a violent explosion.

"boom!!!"

A huge sound came from the ground. The explosion broke through the soil, and the flames shot straight into the sky. Black soil was splashed everywhere, and the ground even cracked. The energy-draining carrion monster standing on the swamp had already been swallowed up by the fierce flames, and fell wailing into the smoke.

Cyric breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he bought some flame arrows from the witchcraft shop in Neverwinter City before setting off, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with this rough-skinned guy.

"Finally, we've solved this big guy. Is its eyestalk considered a mission requirement?" Cyric asked.

Kelanvor nodded and said: "Of course, the energy-draining scavenger is a monster with a challenge level of 8, and its eye stalks fully meet the requirements for rare beast parts."

The two were just about to stop and rest for a moment when a blue portal suddenly appeared beside them, and a very old-looking human woman stepped out of the door.

The woman wore a dirty robe and a tattered cloak. The hands stretched out from under the cloak had long sharp nails, her skin was a sickly pale green, and she had dark hair that was tangled and twisted like a vine.

"You two damn little guys actually killed my pet and made a mess in my garden." The old woman looked at them sinisterly, her voice as rough as sandpaper.

Kellanvor and Cyric looked at each other and thought to themselves that the woman in front of them looked so iconic. She was a green hag! A kind of hag that only exists in desolate swamps and forests!

The hags are all powerful spellcasters and are proficient in various spells. They are not at the same difficulty level as the monsters they just solved! More importantly, there are no spellcasters in Kelanwo's team, so they are at a natural disadvantage when facing a hag.

Kelanwo quietly took out a silver mirror, carried it behind his back and said, "Dear Madam, we did not know in advance that this Scavenger was your pet, and we had no intention of attacking it."

The hag grinned widely, her sharp teeth looming. She stretched out a long finger, and a faint arcane light lit up on her fingertips: "It's really annoying. Grandma Bamana is not an unreasonable guy, but If you kill my pet, you must replace it as my pet! Until I find a new pet."

Without saying a word, Cyric immediately shot a flaming arrow. He knew that the hag in front of him would never give up easily, so it was better to attack directly and catch her off guard!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival dear readers, due to family dinner today, the update is a little late.