Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

"The Soul Singer..."

"Orest."

Casius read out the name.

The trees in the Lost Valley are tall and twisted, with branches and leaves covering the sky, as if they are always shrouded in a thick shadow.

In the depths of this dark forest, there is an ancient castle built of black stones - Soul Weeping Castle.

The owner of the castle is a lich called Orest.

A few hundred years ago, this place was not called Lost Valley, nor was there a so-called Black Forest. There was only a wizard tower, and Orest was a respected wizard on this land.

In a magical desert like the North, wizards are respected, and great wizards with extraordinary talents like Orest are even more so: people built tall castles for him, and the surrounding nobles offered him thousands of slaves, allowing him to live an extremely luxurious life and treat mortals as grass.

After sinking into such a licentious life for nearly a hundred years, Orest realized that he was about to die.

For the rules of the world, wizards are just one of the mortals.

Even with mysterious powers, death is always around, but it is not inevitable.

So, Orest pursued the method of immortality at all costs. He found the secret ritual in the ancient tomb, proposed a deal with Melkor, the Lord of Skeletons, and sacrificed thousands of slaves in the castle and territory.

In the end, Orest imprisoned his soul in a phylactery through a ritual, drank a transformation potion mixed with venom and the blood of the sacrifice, and let his soul be drawn into the phylactery, while his body was resurrected as a lich.

He died.

Or he has become immortal.

Existing in the world in a new form.

The once lush garden turned into a gloomy and terrifying black forest, the once extremely luxurious castle turned into a decayed and dark Soul Weeping Castle, and the once high-spirited wizard became an undead lich.

But Orest was not satisfied with this. The lich's soul was still trapped in the phylactery-and he wanted to seek true immortality.

So, he began to draw magic circles constantly, creating countless skeletons and undead, preparing to sacrifice the souls of the entire Carter Principality to make himself eternal.

This is the hidden side quest of the Northland in the previous life - [Soul Singer in the Lost Valley]

The process of the quest is a bit cumbersome. The player must first accept the [Haunted Basement] quest of a family in Antonio City to find the traces of ghosts, and then follow their whereabouts to the underground world and find the remains of the mysterious sacrificial magic circle.

Then go to the Great Library of the Northland, find the source of the magic circle from tens of thousands of books, know the real name of "Soul Singer" Orest, and follow the historical records to find the insider.

Then, the player searches and investigates step by step from multiple locations such as the tavern, the office, and the Adventurer's Association, and finally finds an old beggar who knows history and has gone crazy.

The old beggar makes things difficult for the players, asking them to complete a series of difficult and bizarre tasks, such as "bringing back the fresh feces of the chimera", "removing the dirtiest teeth of the hill giant", "grabbing food from the mouth of the ogre", etc.

——This is actually testing the player's strength and credibility.

The old beggar has experienced too much suffering and seen too many people killed by the taboos of the Lost Valley. He wants to kill the lich, but he doesn't want innocent people to sacrifice their lives.

Only after all the tasks are completed will the old beggar give valuable clues and let the players go to the ancient tomb under his guidance.

They will look for clues in the tomb, break through the obstacles of many traps, experience the attacks of countless terrifying undead creatures, and find the lich's life box in the deepest part of the tomb.

Finally, the players can go to the final mission location-the Lost Valley, and completely destroy the lich's conspiracy.

The [Soul Singer in the Lost Valley] series of tasks requires players to complete hundreds of difficult stage tasks, spend several months to complete the long plot line, and find hundreds of various clues and task items.

In the previous life, players affectionately called this series of tasks "the malice of dog planning", "the king of toilet unclogging tasks", and "the hidden tasks that even dogs don't do".

It was not until the 2.0 [Kings of War] stage that players opened up this branch line under the leadership of a player with both perseverance and strength - that player was Singo.

And even Singo invited a full fifty professional players, and the average level of their team reached level 11.

In this way, they barely killed the lich, divided the generous task rewards equally, and even almost got a staff that could be called a divine artifact - this is enough to show the difficulty and disgusting degree of this task.

But Cassius is different from the players.

He is familiar with the plot line, has absolute control over the surrounding area, and has enough power to crush the lich.

It can be said that he was determined to get the lich and was full of confidence, but he was hesitant about how to deal with the lich.

"Orest is not a madman who pursues magic. He is just a coward who fears death and is extremely selfish. The only difference is that he has an unparalleled talent for magic."

"Greedy and fearful, such a guy is best to be controlled."

"Maybe. I can use him for my own benefit."

Casius narrowed his eyes slightly, and the light of fire flickered in his pale golden pupils, but he shook his head as if he remembered something, and couldn't help laughing and sighing.

"Speaking of it, Anzeta is really full of disasters. It is such a remote area, but it is full of talents."

"Dragons, demons, devils, shadows, giants, vampires."

"There is even a lich."

This is not Cassius's personal opinion. Players in the previous life often joked about it. There is even a saying in the forum that "the people of the Northern Land are simple and honest, and Anzeta is full of talents."

Even in version 4.0, there are often advanced players who travel across the star realm to dig out new things from Anzeta, a novice area.

But this is understandable. The Great Wasteland of Anzeta has experienced the rule of dragons, giants, and elves, and once had a glorious civilization.

It's just that this place was completely destroyed by endless wars. The once magnificent and magnificent collapsed, and even the local magic network became fragile. It has become a magical wasteland that is not favored by Mystra-but there are many relics of ancient civilizations buried here.

The current empire has a professional archaeological team, among which there are many players engaged in related industries. This team is nicknamed "Magic Tomb Raider" by players in the forum.

They dug everywhere in the Anzeta wilderness, looking for the lost secrets buried underground, and finding more knowledge and treasures for the Burning Empire.

Casius turned his head, and through the Eye of Heavenly Tribulation and the Eye of All-Seeing, he could see the ancient tomb hundreds of miles away - that was the sleeping place of the former priest of Melkor, and the storage place of the lich's life box.

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack for mortals to find the ruins in the vast wilderness, but Cassius was the emperor of the Burning Empire and had supreme authority in the empire.

"Orest."

"Are you ready for my arrival?"

Casius grinned, revealing a hideous smile. The lich, who was like a nightmare in the eyes of mortals, was like a duck about to be eaten in his mouth, and he was afraid that it would escape. (End of this chapter)