Twenty Sided Dice

They are almost always on the road day and night, and they rarely rest at night. Siegel felt like his whole body was about to fall apart in the swaying carriage, so he admired these stoic dwarves even more. Fortunately, every time they pass a dwarven sentry, they can get supplies from here, such as food and water. But in the following days, in addition to these, they also received the scorn and curse of the dwarven sentry.

"It's these two guys who attacked the Eastern Outpost? They're even more hateful than orc maggots!" The dwarves were very excited.

"The matter has not yet been concluded, please wait for the results of the investigation." Gerald will come out to explain at this time to appease the emotions of the others: "The Furnace Palace will judge this matter fairly in Rado Town."

'So Lado Town is where we're going. ' Siegel noted. The motorcade went west along the Cape Avenue, and when they passed a small town, they stopped.

"It's here, we arrived early." Gerald said loudly, "Let's park the car in the shade, and I'll inform the people in the Furnace Hall."

Both Siegel and Leah adjusted their clothes to make their tired self look refreshed. These days, they have explained to these dwarf guards many times that they are not the so-called murderers. But these guys who are as stubborn as stones don't pay attention to these words at all, and just keep on their way. Now that it's finally here, hopefully there's a chance here to explain.

Three dwarves in gray robes and Gerald came out of the town, their expressions serious and silent. Siegel almost laughed when he saw this scene—it was so much like a furball with three bags of potatoes. He kept reminding himself that these guys were the ones who could decide fate, so he forcibly held back his smile and sat in the prison cart.

All three potato bags wear the holy emblem of the patron saint of dwarves—a slap-sized stone slab with the symbol of a hammer inscribed. They stood in front of the prison van and scrutinized the two suspects. They first looked at the elf, said something to each other in Dwarven, and then heard them announce: "This elf is innocent, let her go."

Gerald jumped into the car, took out the key and opened the cage. And the three venerable robed dwarves--Siegel no longer thought they were potato bags-- came to another van, and muttered. Siegel felt a warm energy swept away from him, and it felt similar to the first time he faced the Knox Common Mage, so he guessed that the dwarf cast the spell. Then I heard one of the dwarves say: "The identity of this person is unknown, the suspicion is serious, and he will be locked in the dungeon immediately!"

"Hey, why didn't you let me go with your potato bag!" Siegel shouted, "We didn't attack the post!"

Elf Leia came to the dwarf to explain, but it was of no use, but attracted a few dwarf warriors to separate her. Gerald told Leah that this was not the final result, it was just a screening, and there was a chance to defend it. Then came four dwarves, directly carrying the cage, including Siegel inside, and took them to a stone house.

The door of the house was closed, but the voice of the Elf Leia could still be heard outside. Stubborn dwarves are not so easily persuaded, they still rigidly enforce every rule. Siegel had a clear conscience, but was only worried about the health of his elf master, and regretted his wasted training time.

There was nothing in this room except the cage in which he was imprisoned and the straw in the corner. The only window let in light, and now it is time to read. Siegel picked up the cipher book and found that the book had changed.

Originally, the cover of the book read "Jia Kun's Daily Notes" in common language, but now it has become "Dragon City" in Elvish language. Once opened, the jumble of lines and intricate imprints on the paper began to rearrange into a map with words: directions for mountains, rivers and forests, caves in brown, tunnels in light grey. The text next to it records the passphrase and passwords that Jia Kun had discovered during his expedition.

Siegel was very surprised and quickly turned to the second page. This time there is no map, but a spell is recorded. According to the above statement, this spell can open the secret lock that originally limited the bloodline; or "deceive" those items that rely on bloodline identification to be used, so that they can be used by others. This spell is very complex, in addition to involving spells and casting actions, it also needs to configure potions and prepare rituals. Although Siegel is not a mage, he still sees it with relish.

After that, there is another spell, the lock breaking technique. The records related to this spell are five times as many as the previous ones. Since a smart lock was found in the Dragon City indicated on the map, ordinary spells are powerless, so Jia Kun came back to study this lock breaking technique.

Before reading the entire content of this spell, all the words swayed, and then changed back to the original lines and runes. Siegel didn't understand why, but thought the book was amazing. He looked over again.

Since he had already read the previous things, even if the book was only some cipher text now, the cipher text answer still appeared unconsciously in Siegel's mind. After a while, relying on extraordinary understanding, he has found the key to the mystery, and the whole book has lost its protection to him.

'It must have something to do with the spell cast by the potato bag. I have to say, it is really convenient to know magic! ' Siegel thought as he read.

He read the book carefully, not for the content of the book, but simply to enjoy the joy of solving riddles. It's like a child playing a jigsaw puzzle and a young man spinning a Rubik's cube. It's just that this kind of reading is very energy-intensive, and he fell asleep before dinner was delivered.

The next day, Gerald brought food and news of the elves. According to the dwarves, the Furnace Hall has basically approved the elves' description of the sentry event, and it only needs to wait until the formalities are completed before they can be cast.

But after three days of waiting, Siegel felt like he was going to rust in the cage. He finally uncovered the secrets in the book, and was so bored that he memorized several books over and over again. Because of this, he has absolutely nothing to do and can only be in a daze.

It was a full moon that night, and the night sky was bright. Siegel couldn't sleep under the moonlight, so he woke up in the middle of the night. He felt the cool breeze blowing in from the window, which was rare in the hot summer, and just fit for fantasy. "If only I could cast spells," he said to himself: "Just read a spell and the lock will open, what an interesting thing."

Perhaps I have a talent for spellcasting, the first thought came to Siegel's mind. He hadn't paid too much attention before, or was too focused on the training of martial arts, and only now will he remember some details. If the ball of light floating on the captured long staff can't prove that he has magical ability, then the small flame that killed the troll should be convincing, right?

Siegel wanted to try to see if he could use spells by concentrating his will. But magic is not so simple, and Siegel is still a long way from mastering the tricks. Besides, he is also worried that if he breaks the locks of the cage, will he turn himself into a prisoner, from an innocent person to a criminal? Under such worries, Siegel did it again, temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​casting magic, and lay down and continued to try to sleep.

But magic quickly found him.

First, a layer of twisting black shadows flowed under the door of the house, and slowly climbed to the straw pile in the corner of the cell. These grass stalks were given life, intertwined and stacked on top of each other, and slowly stood up. It has limbs and a head, no eyes but can see, no ears but can hear, no mouth but can recite mantras.

The Straw Monster looked at Siegel who was sleeping, raised an "arm" and pointed at him with a straw stalk. A blue-green light penetrated into Siegel's body and instantly robbed him of his vitality - his heartbeat and breathing disappeared, not even the last struggle of dying. Then the scarecrow went to the cage and reached out and took out several books.

Suddenly, Siegel's "corpse" moved, he suddenly opened his eyes, opened his mouth and shouted, his whole body trembling like a convulsion. Then a black skull-shaped smoke came out from his heart, the skull's eyes were blank, and his mouth opened and closed. Siegel frothed violently, grabbed the railing of the iron cage with one hand, struggled with the other, and happened to hold the scarecrow. The black skull immediately shifted its position, vented out of Siegel, and plunged into the body of the grass figurine.

Scarecrows are just fake lifeforms controlled by puppet magic, and they act according to the will of the caster. So curses and necromancy spells cast on the Scarecrow will directly affect the operator. The taste of being hurt by his own spell was extremely painful, so the man hiding in the town let out a hoarse cry, waking all the sleeping residents around. The scarecrow next to the cell followed suit, screaming at the same time. Siegel escaped from near death.

The hidden spellcaster worked hard to concentrate, and finally resisted the power of the instant-death spell. He didn't dare to waste time, and quickly ordered the scarecrow to grab the books and rush out the door. The straw man is agile and not afraid of any knocking damage. Although it is made of straw, it still uses the power of the black mist to kill the two dwarf guards at the door.

The manipulator's own position was also exposed due to his shouting, and the dwarves stationed here bravely rushed forward. Siegel could only glimpse the light of the battle through the window: fire and lightning raged, setting the town's houses ablaze; on the houses some ugly creatures had been summoned to confront the dwarves. The strong wind ignited the fire, and many adjacent houses were soon affected. Fighting, saving people, putting out fires, everyone is in chaos.

The scarecrow took advantage of the chaos to escape from the village.

Leah and Gerald ran over quickly, and they were relieved to see Siegel safe and sound in the cage. The elf healed the wounded guard with magic, and then ran to help in the battle. As a result, the chaos did not end until the sky was bright.

The night raider was not caught, and no one even saw him. The only certainty is that it is a Ming Mage. He is very proficient in illusion and mind-affecting enchantment. He has a lot of combat experience and can seize the fleeting opportunities on the battlefield. His spells are very powerful, affecting the thinking of many dwarf warriors, and even stealing their minds. In the end, the mage used the scroll to teleport and left the battlefield before the priest of the Furnace Hall arrived.

"That's a short-distance teleportation! He didn't escape too far!" Big Potato Bag shouted on the battlefield: "Form a five-person team and search separately. Report immediately after finding the enemy, and don't fight alone!"