Mount & Blade: Wind of War

[Kill the mind flayer Celestino Walker, experience value +8865. 】

[You have obtained 1,700 dinars, the source of the soul. 】

"The higher the personal level is, the harder it is to improve. However, the spiritual source core is a good thing. It repairs mental damage and strengthens mental power. For me, it speeds up the completion of wisdom enlightenment."

"Oh, by the way, Kress..."

Except for the bandit who was knocked unconscious by Rhodes, all the other bandits in the camp were basically dead. After the mind flayer was killed, its mental control over Kress was released.

Soon, Kress woke up in a daze.

"Ah, sir, my head hurts."

"It's normal. You were just mind-controlled by that monster. If you didn't fall into a violent state, it wouldn't be that easy to control you with your current intelligence attributes." In fact, if Rhodes takes out the spiritual source core at this time and gives it to Ke If Les takes it, his headaches due to mental exhaustion will soon be relieved, and his intelligence attributes will also be improved.

However, this psychic source core is very difficult to explode. It would be too wasteful to take it with Kress's current attributes. What's more, if you can endure this kind of pain yourself, it will also have certain benefits in improving your spirit. So Rhodes thought about it and kept it secret. He didn't say anything.

The bandits who were still alive were tied up and taken to the village.

"These people must have wasted your food and property, and now they all belong to you. Every one of them has arms and legs. If they eat your cows, they will be used as cattle, and if they eat your dogs, they will be used as dogs. Don't be too polite to the robbers, just prevent them from counterattack. "

The village chief and a group of villagers looked at each other at Rhode's logic, but they still took in the bandits. As long as they are willing to use it, they will quickly realize the benefits.

"Two knights, I have asked you to take risks and work hard. Please rest in our village for two more days. We will treat you well."

"No need, we still have urgent matters to deal with." Rhodes was eager to return to Lonely Mountain Castle and would not stay here too long.

"That's really a pity. Besides, this quiver is an heirloom of my family!" As he spoke, the middle-aged village chief took out an ancient green quiver.

"Although I have never seen anything magical, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has been here for at least two hundred years. It has not been broken yet. It should have some magic. Bar?"

Rhodes reached out and took the quiver handed over by the village chief. He could not tell what the material was, but because of this, Rhodes was sure that it was a good thing.

Many ancient artifacts left over from the extraordinary era do not have any magic power due to the lack of magic power in the surrounding environment. However, as time goes by and the total amount of magic power in the entire world rises, their power will gradually reappear.

The villagers watched the pair of knights ride away on their mighty griffins. Then, they turned around and looked at the tied robbers.

"Master, what kind of monster did we encounter this time? How did that monster get out of the body of the bandit leader?"

Anyway, there is nothing to do on the way, Kress asked while rubbing her forehead, and the gryphon she was riding also made a low cry, seeming to echo.

"That creature is called a mind flayer. It should have been extinct or dormant for thousands of years in the history of civilization. Their initial form was only as big as an egg. When humans were captured by the mind flayers, the mind flayers It will place its own eggs into the brain of the host. These egg sacs are often on the inner edge of the brain pool, with a smooth and lumpy appearance. After a period of time, when the eggs hatch, the larval tadpoles that emerge from them will roll. Slide into the brain pool below."

Listening to Rhodes' explanation and description, Kress swallowed and subconsciously touched his head.

"Don't worry, I checked and you are not being boarded. There will be some obvious characteristics in the early stages of boarding."

"Because mind flayers have the ability to control minds and tamper with memories, many adventurers are captured and released by them. Those adventurers will think that they are lucky or escaped for other reasons. During this time, they are busy escaping for their lives. "

"Once the egg stage is passed and the mind flayer larvae slides into the brain pool, it will devour the human brain and gradually grow. The smarter the creature, the stronger the mind flayers bred by the brain pool will be. Therefore, ordinary-quality mind flayers will The eggs of the mind demon will be put into the brains of animals, and for relatively rare and powerful humans, the eggs of the elite mind flayers will be put into them.”

"When this war started, the humans whose brains were devoured still had clear consciousness. I heard that in the most extreme state, some hosts had more than 80% of their brains devoured and still acted as normal. There is nothing strange about him, but he is actually no longer him. The mind flayer who occupies 80% of his brain has higher body control authority than him."

"The mind flayer we killed is almost mature. In other words, even if we don't kill the bandits, it won't be long before the bandits will be killed by their mind flayer boss and his brains will be eaten. ”

"Master, please stop talking. This race is so scary!" Cress, who has always been bloodthirsty and murderous, felt sick when he thought of something eating his brain in his head.

"You don't have to worry so much. There are very few evil creatures like the Mind Flayer. Although each adult is very strong and difficult to deal with, most people don't have many chances to encounter them." Although he said so, Rhode's mind instantly recalled the patriarch of the Eye of Judgment in the capital Fastel. Although there are some differences, the two still look similar.

"Could it be that the entire high-level of the Eye of Judgment has been occupied by the Mind Flayer? Impossible, the extraordinary people in the capital are not all incompetent fools. If this is true, they can't be unaware of it."

As the griffin flew fast, Rhode couldn't figure out this problem.

But he didn't decide to solve this matter. This world is not so fragile that it will fall into destruction without anyone. At least, Rhode is not so important now. Rhode is very clear about this.