Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 342 Magic Addiction
Emerald Tower, No.12 floor.

The goblin wizard Malvisa sat on a chair beside the dark blue marble table, her pale red eyes quietly staring at the magic crystal ball floating in front of her eyes.

Although the magic crystal ball floats motionless in mid-air under the guidance of the magic circle on the table, the scene inside the crystal ball rotates with the fist-sized light on the top of the tower, slowly changing various scenes in all directions of the waterfall town. scene.

The majestic and upright Snow Mountain of Warners, the endless Sea of ​​Neverwinter, the rolling Dajianshen Mountains, the Emerald River passing through the entire Emerald Field, etc., are continuously displayed in this magic crystal ball.

The "Eye of Insight" of the Emerald Tower can observe the scene within a radius of [-] kilometers at the farthest under the condition of automatic operation.

Due to the support of the element pool, as long as it is not overdrawn, there is never any need to worry about the sudden strike of the "eye of insight" one day.

Except that this kind of reconnaissance device cannot penetrate solid obstacles, hallucinations, darkness, and fog cannot stop its peeping.

The main function of the magic crystal ball floating in front of the goblin wizard is to display the scene observed by the "eye of insight" on the top of the tower in the crystal ball. In modern terms, it plays the role of a display screen.

Malvisa stared at the crystal ball in silence for a long time, then slowly stretched out her small hand hidden in the wide sleeve, and gently brushed over the shimmering crystal ball.

The 'Eye of Insight' has been operating normally for two days. It is impossible that this conspicuous magic device has not been noticed by the hostile forces in the Emerald Field.

Therefore, in the past few days, she must carefully investigate whether there are hidden existences around Fallshang Town that could pose a threat to the Emerald Tower, and then take precautions in advance.

In the bright room, Malvisa's little hand could only see a faint magical aura flashing.

With the flash of inspiration, the magic circle on the dark cyan marble table under the magic crystal ball suddenly burst into dark blue light.

Although the "Eye of Insight" is in the state of automatic operation, it can only observe the scene within 50 kilometers at the farthest.

But under human control, as long as the element pool has sufficient energy, it is easy to detect images thousands of miles away.

The moment the light burst out, all the scenes inside the magic crystal ball disappeared without a trace, and what appeared in front of Malvisa's eyes turned into a scene somewhere in the Forest of Tranquility.

At this time, in a wide area deep in the forest, densely packed hobgoblin warriors and countless slaves are rapidly gathering...

"Is it finally about to start action?" Malvisa whispered to herself, and then raised her voice and shouted: "Thorn, come here."

"Okay." Thorn, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner, opened his eyes and answered, then got up and walked to the goblin wizard.

Ever since the 'Eye of Insight' was activated, he has been sitting here on standby under Malvisa's suggestion.

The current time is about one o'clock in the morning. On the twelfth floor of the tower, except for Andelina who has gone back to her room to rest under his persuasion, he, the goblin wizard and the mind flayer Vel'Koz are the only ones guarding here.

"Look at the situation here." Malvisa pointed to the picture of the crystal ball after noticing Thorn walking over.

"It seems that the hobgoblin Hruk is preparing to attack the town of Waterfall." Seeing the assembly picture inside, Thorn, who instantly understood the meaning, said something, then frowned slightly, and said: "I'm afraid things are not that simple. .”

"How to say?" Malvisa answered.

"Their purpose is not really to attack Fallstown, I think it's more like preparing to attack our wizard tower."

Thorne carefully observed the assembled hobgoblin warriors and messy slaves in the picture, and found that this time the hobgoblin troops did not even carry siege weapons, and the number was not as large as last time.

The Hobgoblin Hruk entrenched in the Forest of Tranquility, Thorne knew from the information brought back from the Emerald Garden from time to time by the Druid Cleaner Master, that their real intention was to integrate the Lizardmen of the Bottomless Swamp first.

In the bottomless swamp full of death and decay, due to different beliefs, the Lizardman forces are divided into two groups, and they are still in the same situation.

The lizard people living in the bottomless swamp originally believed in the god of lizard people, Samuany, and were absolutely neutral humanoid creatures. They rarely wandered outside the bottomless swamp.

But there are also many Lizardmen tribes who left the Lizardman God for another powerful belief-Seth Inek, a reptilian demon lord who intends to corrupt and control the Lizardmen.

Compared with those lizardmen who remain absolutely neutral, the lizardmen born in this group of lizardmen will be larger and more aggressive than other lizardmen, and belong to the chaotic evil camp.

When Thorn followed the tiefling caravan to Stolman Town, he met the lizardman who believed in Seth Inek.

The hobgoblins are also united by this group of lizardmen from the chaotic and evil camp. When all the lizardmen forces in the bottomless swamp are integrated, it means that the hobgoblin's ambitions will begin to lock into the Emerald Field.

Therefore, at this time, the hobgoblins in the Forest of Tranquility will definitely not go to great lengths to attack Waterfall Town.

Then, their intention of attacking Pushang Town with such a large scale is naturally easy to guess.

These guys must be targeting the Wizard's Tower in Uptown.

After all, no one wants to live under the eyes of the enemy, so that all their behaviors and behaviors are clearly seen.

This is like when you are playing a game, you suddenly find a real eye stuck in the bushes while walking, can you resist the urge not to click it?

And the Emerald Tower is a true eye for hobgoblins, but this true eye is harder to pull out than a nail, and it will still fight back.

"That's true." Malvisa nodded slightly, and immediately waved her small hand, the picture of the crystal ball disappeared without a trace, and it returned to the automatic operation state again.

The detection just now has exceeded the conservative range of the 'Eye of Insight'. If it runs for a long time, the energy consumption in the element pool will be greatly accelerated. She is quite clear about these details.

"Little octopus, have you mastered the few runes I taught you these two days?" Then, under Thorne's gaze, the goblin wizard thought for a while and said.

"I'm already very proficient." The mind flayer Vel'Koz was stunned for a moment, then immediately got up and walked to the goblin wizard, and replied with a respectful expression.

"Then you go to the elemental pool and wait for orders. There may be a battle against the invaders later, and then listen to my orders." After Vickers finished speaking, Malvisa ordered, and then she seemed to think of something again, So he continued to ask:
"Your recent behavior seems very strange. Do you have the urge to taste the water of the element pool?"

"Ah... I... thought about it that way, but I forcibly held back it, and I definitely didn't drink it secretly." Vel'Koz, who had reacted, twisted a bit, admitted honestly, and then quickly denied it.

After all, he is a mind flayer who can endure even the temptation of the brain, and the mere elemental pool water is not that serious a problem for him for the time being.

However, he was a little worried in his heart, because this addiction seemed to be increasing at an imperceptible speed, so that he was worried in the past few days.

"Little octopus, I want to warn you that the water in the elemental pool is formed by the condensed energy connected to the four major elemental planes. It can be said to be the purest energy. If you drink it directly without any refinement, you should know the consequences. .”

Malvisa turned to look at Vel'Koz, who was half-bowed beside her, and said meaningfully.

"I know, Teacher Malvisa." Noticing the gaze of the goblin wizard, Vel'Koz's pale eyeballs shrank suddenly, as if a mouse quickly avoided a cat.

"But... I'm afraid that one day, if I really can't help it, what should I do?" After speaking, Vel'Koz hesitated for a while, and finally expressed his thoughts truthfully.

"Don't worry, I have a way to refine the elemental pool water. This energy can not only relieve your symptoms, but also speed up your strength improvement."

After listening to Velkoz's narration, Malvisa pondered for a while, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Of course, you can also choose to resist. It depends on whether your will is strong enough or not."

"Let me think..." Vel'Koz lost in thought.

Mind flayers are a group of races that are extremely eager for the brains of intelligent creatures. Although he used arcane energy to get rid of this hobby, there is a faint tendency to develop into a magic addiction, which makes him have to think carefully.

If he relies on the elemental pool water, his strength can be improved quickly.

But if he chooses to forcibly resist... Vel'Koz couldn't help but think of his miserable experience in the underground bar.

The reason why he doesn't like the brain is not because he is so strong, but mainly because he can't get over the hurdle in his heart, and he has an instinctive rejection of that white brain, which makes him unable to eat it at all.

The current situation is nothing more than replacing the brain with elemental pool water...

Seeing Vel'Koz who was deep in thought, and an inexplicable smile on the corner of Malvisa's mouth, Thorn cast his puzzled eyes over there.

Malvisa smiled and shook her head slightly at Thorn, as if to say: You don't need to interfere with this matter, I know it well.

"Mr. Malvisa, I will choose the first method." The mind flayer Vel'Koz made a difficult decision.

Hard resistance?

Without the firm will of a monk, he didn't think he could handle it, and he wouldn't choose to be a part-time monk either.

What he pursued was psionic power and arcane art, how could he waste a lot of time on other things, human energy is limited after all.

"Your choice is correct, because it is impossible for the mind flayer race to resist this kind of temptation, just like people will starve to death if they don't eat."

Seeing Velkoz make a choice, Malvisa nodded and said, "Don't worry, this symptom will disappear naturally when your strength rises to Legend of Destiny."

Destiny legend?

Vel'Koz's hagfish-like mouth twitched slightly, then walked towards Malvisa respectfully, then turned and walked towards the elemental pool at the bottom of the tower.

"This little guy is quite smart. He knows how to use arcane energy to supplement spiritual energy, so that he can completely get rid of the desire for the brain. But the consequences are also obvious. If you want to grow up, you must rely on arcane energy." Seeing Wei Kurz left, Malvisa said to Thorn with a smile.

"It's a pity..." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but sighed with some regret.

"What a pity?" Seeing Malvisa's regretful expression, Thorn became interested.

"It's a pity that he gave up the normal development route of the mind flayer race, which resulted in the loss of reproductive ability and no way to produce tadpoles. If he doesn't resist the desire for brains, under our protection, let him become the mind flayer master brain, It is only a matter of time before an army of mind flayers is formed."

Malvisa explained to Thorne: "In short, there are advantages and disadvantages. The mind flayer route can strengthen the group, but the arcanist route is more inclined to the sublimation of personal strength."

"What are you going to do with the hobgoblin invaders of Hruk?" After listening to the analysis of the goblin wizard, Thorn was not interested, so he changed the topic to the issue he was most worried about.

"As long as they dare to come, I will let them in directly, and then close the door and beat the dog." Malvisa reached out her small hand and gently tapped the rune circle on the dark blue marble tabletop, and said indifferently:
"We are here to use the power of the tower to assist you. All you need to do is to clean up the enemies before they break into the No.12 floor. Is there a problem?"

"Of course no problem." Thorn met Malvisa's gaze, smiled slightly, and said his thoughts after a while: "I plan to ambush in the planting area on the fourth floor of the tower, and leave them all there as fertilizer , after all, the terrain there is more suitable for my performance."

After hearing Thorne's plan, Malvisa nodded secretly, quite convinced of his strength, then seemed to remember something, so she said with a smile:

"But don't forget that the fourth floor of the tower is the planting area of ​​your little girlfriend, and you just ruined all the flowers she planted..."

"Uh... I actually forgot this. At worst, when the battle is over, I'll ask Master Qingchen to restore it." Thorne was stunned for a moment, but he didn't change his plan.

Because the fourth floor was indeed the most suitable place for him to fight, there must be high-level professionals among these invaders, so he believed that Anderina would understand.

"Then you take this with you." Malvisa smiled, and stopped teasing him, and directly took out a magic item similar to earplugs, threw it to Thorne and said:

"This is a simple communication stone, which can only be used in the tower. When the enemy invades, I will assist you to report everyone's location and guide you how to attack."

"I see."

Thorne directly put this simple communication stone into his ears. After all, Malvisa was sitting on the top floor of the tower. With the assistance of the "Eye of Insight", she could be said to have a full range of God's perspective, and she commanded , when dealing with the enemy, it is naturally more handy.

"When you go down, call your little girlfriend up by the way. If there is no intelligent creature like Ta Ling in the wizard tower, it will be very troublesome to control. I need her assistance."

Seeing that Thorn was about to leave, Malvisa reminded her.

(End of this chapter)