Lord of Spells from Faerûn

"Go and see where that ladder leads," Imrik said to Apollo.

The black-armored warrior climbed up the ladder. The ladder was in disrepair and creaked, making people worry that it might break at any time.

Apollo opened the shaft cover, and a noisy sound came instantly. He stretched his head and looked at it a few times, then closed it and climbed down.

"It's a tavern where all the customers are drinking. When we come back, we can go straight up here and don't have to walk so far out." Apollo said happily. He didn't want to walk in this smelly ditch again when he came back. Many hours.

The two continued to walk forward along the marked fork in the road. The tunnel led to a circular space. Two shooting holes were dug out on the outer wall of the space, facing each other on the northwest and southeast sides of the space.

There is a tunnel entrance on the south and north sides, and a stone platform on the west side, with a stone door standing above the platform.

Apollo was about to move forward when Imrik made a gesture and whispered: "Wait a minute."

After chanting in a low voice, the mage cast an invisibility spell on himself and secretly walked toward the stone gate. Sure enough, there were two sleeping goblins guarding the door. If they had been awakened just now, they would probably attract more enemies. .

"Scorching rays." Three rays shot out from the center of the mage's outstretched palm, penetrating the hearts of the two goblins, and they died in their sleep.

Imrik made a gesture and asked Apollo to follow him. He also blessed him with the invisibility spell. The two of them opened the stone door and walked inside.

Behind the stone door were empty rooms with some beds and clothes inside. They were probably the dormitories of the Zannasa Guild. The two of them kept passing through these rooms and encountered several sleeping gray dwarves. They were also quietly killed by Apollo with his sword. He wiped his neck silently.

After passing through the dormitories, the two came to a long corridor. There was a room with an open door in front of the long corridor.

A long unthreaded curtain covered the east wall of the gallery. In the center of the room, a strong orc wearing a gray robe stood in the middle of the room, with one foot on the chest of a man with golden-red curly hair. The orc's clenched fists were wrapped in blazing flames, while the man at his feet was crying and groaning feebly.

Imric recognized the figure at the orc's feet. It was Fulen. Just as he was about to continue walking forward, he noticed that there was a monster next to him!

Sitting on a pedestal to the south is a nightmarish figure. Revealed under the black robe are huge white eyes and rubbery purple skin, with four tentacles extending around its inhuman mouthparts. Like a mother caring for a newborn, it used the tentacles stretched out from under its robe to tenderly hold an indescribable thing - a creature that looked like a brain with legs.

"Mind Flayer!" Imrik's heart trembled. He did not expect to encounter such a legendary and terrifying monster in the sewers of Waterdeep City.

It is said that the mind flayers are a kind of extraterrestrial creature. They are born as tadpole-like creatures. They survive and grow by parasitizing on the bodies of other intelligent creatures and sucking the nutrients from their brains.

Every mind flayer is a natural psychic, possessing powerful psychic powers.

This powerful power is similar to spells in many ways, but its essence is the spiritual power that the caster taps into his heart. Through this power, the psychic can simulate the effects of many spells and can also perform many spells. Something that cannot be done.

Of course, the power of the psion is not without flaws. The use of psychic powers by the psion requires the consumption of power similar to spell slots, called power points. Compared with the wizard, the power that the psion at the same level can use is relatively less. There will also be far fewer spells used.

After all, no matter how powerful a person's mind is, it cannot be compared with the magic network covering the world.

As for the other half-orc, from Imric's current perspective, it is not difficult to see that he is only at the first or second level at most and is not something to be afraid of.

But this mind flayer.

He was unable to determine what level this mind flayer had reached. The mind flayer had an innate ability, mind blast, which was the spell used by the Mother of Goblin Spiders.

But the power of the Mind Flayer is that once he reaches a certain level, he can use this terrifying psychic power unlimited times a day, and the range is greatly increased.

Imrik was thinking about how to defeat this mind flayer. First of all, the monster summoning series of spells could no longer be used. The mind flayer was born with the spell-like ability to charm monsters that could be used unlimited times a day. Using this spell, I can only make myself sick.

While he was thinking in his mind, the Mind Flayer sitting on the pedestal suddenly spoke: "Two little bugs, why don't you come in?"

It sees through invisibility! The two looked at each other, and Apollo picked up his sword and rushed over.

When the orc saw the intruder, he roared and began to cast spells. Imrik recognized that he was using a magic missile with a level of spell, and he also recited the spell.

"Counter-spell." The half-orc's spellcasting was interrupted by the black-robed mage. The spell's backlash made him bend over and vomit in nausea, but the half-orc's strong physical fitness allowed him to recover after a while and try to stand up again. stand up.

"Mayouf's Acid Arrow." A green sphere condensed from Imrik's hand, and a green liquid with a strong sulfuric acid smell shot out from the sphere, hitting the orc before he could stand up.

"Ah!!!" The orc wailed and fell to the ground. The severe pain of being corroded by sulfuric acid made him unable to move. He could only watch his body turn into a carbonized black object.

After solving the orcs, Apollo also fought with the mind flayer on the other side. As a spellcaster, the mind flayer didn't like close combat, but it was still not something that Apollo, a sixth-level warrior, could contend with. He just stretched out his finger, A wave of spiritual energy spread out from his body.

"Mind blast!" Apollo was struck by this powerful psychic power and stood sluggishly for a moment. The Mind Flayer continued to point at the wine barrel next to him, and used telekinesis to grab the barrel and hit Apollo. On Luo.

"Peng!" Apollo was hit by the heavy barrel against the wall. Fortunately, he wore well-made armor and did not suffer much damage. However, the mind-blasting attack made him unable to participate in the battle for the time being.

Imrik looked at the Mind Flayer in the distance cautiously and did not approach easily. He had to stand as far away as possible to guard against the Mind Flayer's mind blast.

"Now, it's your turn, little bug. Just go ahead and capture it. I promise I will enjoy your delicious brain with a grateful heart." The Mind Flayer said indifferently.