Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 877 The Advanced Artifact in the Blood Pool

Hill resisted the urge to look back at the moonlight pool, and just nodded with gratitude.

So, this should be some evil artifact?

How could it fall into the hands of a group of undead with low IQs... All artifacts have IQs!And all of them are proud.

Hill was a little confused, and really couldn't think of anyone whose artifact could bend so much.

The 'Xue Yunfeng' on the giant screen walked to the wall with doubts and took a look: "Yunyan, try using the attack magic."

Yunyan fired a scorching ray at the blood pool without hesitation, the blood pool shook violently, and let out a hissing and lung-piercing scream. The nearby undead couldn't help covering their ears.

"#! Why does Toril always come up with these strange things? This TM is alive!" 'Xue Yunfeng' turned his head and shouted: "Mages of the light department joined the queue, except for the Sun God Priest who switched to attack magic , the rest will continue to rain."

About [-] light mages quickly joined the battlefield, and scorching rays were thrown out from the group of priests in all directions... However, there was no sound from the blood pool.

It seems that Yunyan himself was lucky just now... The artifact hidden in the blood pool was directly attacked by his scorching rays without any defense.

The undead's efforts finally paid off two hours later, a strange silver crown burst out of the pool of blood and flew directly into the distance.

Although some quick-response mages and priests all cast attack spells, four bony horns and a silver headband inlaid with a black diamond stretched out from the surrounding area, and it still quickly pierced through the air.

Hill opened his mouth wide in surprise, and murmured after a while, "Mirkor's Horned Crown! Why is it here?"

This high-level artifact preserves part of the divinity and intelligence of the former Lord of Skeletons, Melko. It is an evil item with self-awareness, and its only purpose in the world is to constantly spread evil and pain.

Then Hill realized...why not here?
It is true that the Crown of Horns will be far away from Mystra's sphere of influence, but even if everyone knows that it lives under Waterdeep, the Midnight Chosen will not easily venture into the Underdark... Shar will not let them go.

This blood pool will be so strong, so there is no need to doubt anything... The death aura that can kill nearby people and the undead black flame that burns souls are originally the inherent functions of this artifact... If it is worn on someone's head In the future, it will be much more terrifying than it is now.

If it weren't for the souls of the undead, it wouldn't be affected by looking directly at the blood pit, otherwise, they might have been confused and jumped directly to fight for the crown... No wonder he has been hiding in the blood pool and won't leave, just Waiting for the undead to kill each other for that kind of temptation!
However, there was no chance at all, and it was all light spells that made Death Artifact feel uncomfortable. Crown of Horns had no choice but to leave and look for victims elsewhere.

The undead are not upset that the weird-looking artifact was not left behind: for them, anything they can't get is just a dog plotting and killing plots.Especially this kind of thing that seems to be related to the plot at first glance, it is a miracle to touch it.

With the departure of the crown of horns, the blood pit quickly and slowly bottomed out... The sacred rain finally had the effect it should have.

A dwarf skeleton with a gray-black glow appeared at the bottom of the pit... The blood pool hiding the horned crown is stronger than the corrosive power of strong sulfuric acid!
Hill couldn't help but stood up. He suspected that this guy was the idiot who came to the Underdark with the crown of horns... So it is understandable that the Angel of Decay would be so strong and that such a complete defense system would be established under the Bone Mountain.

That is the residual power of the Skeleton God. You must know that the Crown of Horns can actually be possessed.

The wearer will also gradually transform into an undead creature under the two-year curse... Even if it is too late to regret, only Melkor can take off the crown... However, Melkor is dead long ago, and only This remains on the Crown of Horns.

But if the crown of horns can completely control this dwarf, it probably won't sink itself in the pool of blood... It can resist a high-level artifact with divinity, which ordinary legends can't do... and flicker from that bone Judging by the black light from the black light, this should be a demigod chosen by a certain god.

That's why Hill is so concerned. He really wants to know which demigod did such a stupid thing... The crown of horns is not some unknown hidden artifact. High-level professionals in Toril saw it It's instantly recognizable.

Demigods don't have the problem of being confused, they only wear them voluntarily... Hill really doesn't know which god would choose a lunatic as his voter.

"That's the king of the wicked dwarves..." The misty voice came again, "You don't know much about the abyss, do you? The alliance between Erdren and Mrs. Fungus is real~"

Erdren is a neutral, asexual creature, a mass of vicious evil and destructive unconscious force born from the heart of a dwarf, and it is the epitome of the evil impulse that rules some dwarves... Hill has never understood Why did this kind of god appear... All the evil and fear of a race turned out to be their worst enemy.

The twisted gnomes are the twisted descendants of gnomes who succumbed to Erdlen's pollution, and they are monsters repelled by all living things in the Underdark, only because of the relationship between Zugmoy, the 'fungus demon lady', and Erdlen. There is a strange alliance to survive on the fungi and lichens of the Underdark.

This made Hill understand why a group of decayed angels knew how to use those mushroom creatures, especially the powerful and special gray-bearded mushroom.

Hill frowned, watching the undead on the screen trying to set fire to the corpse...Under the purple flames, the dwarf's skeleton didn't respond at all.

"Although Erdren likes to use the Mole Man as his avatar, he will occasionally pick a little dwarf... This dwarf will naturally become the king." Selûne said lazily, "The only ability of its avatar is to be strong. The skeleton and claws of the mortal fire cannot burn it."

Hill finally couldn't help looking at the Moonlight Fountain... Although Selûne hid her existence according to AO's will, she just planned not to show her face!
Talking so frequently, the fluctuation of divine power cannot be hidden. As long as it is powerful divine power, it can be seen at a glance... Hill's mythical lock and various isolation circles can still prevent peeping with medium divine power.

But Hill with medium power is not afraid... What if he sees Hill scolding them?

Noticing that the moonlight was flickering faster and faster, the silhouette of a girl was almost appearing... Hill slowly turned his head.

So as long as you don't get caught, it doesn't matter if anyone can guess that Selûne is here?

The fluctuation of divine power is so obvious, all the goblins have noticed it!They didn't dare to speak for a long time... They just couldn't figure out which god was staying here.

Selûne has been using the powers related to the priesthood she lost at the beginning, and the goblins are a bit strange.

Hill felt that she still misunderstood the meaning of the moon girl yesterday... As long as she didn't speak out and chose to remind her family of her existence by hinting, she would definitely not have any objections.

The undead who found that they couldn't deal with the dwarf skeleton at the bottom of the pit got together to discuss for a while, and soon a mage came out and floated the thing from the bottom of the pit and threw it into a small space bag.

'Xue Yunfeng' grabbed a few mages and solemnly took out a big wooden cup and two six-sided dice: "Okay, the person with the lowest score takes that bag and finds a corner to bury it!"

Then he took the lead in throwing the dice... In exchange for a burst of wild laughter: "Two o'clock!"

"Ahahahaha!"

"The old dog wants to bet on his luck! It's the biggest joke I've ever heard in my life!"

The face of 'Xue Yunfeng' gradually turned livid: "What's going on? My dice..." He swallowed the words with difficulty.

"Ah... old dog!" Yun Yan said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Didn't you read William's settings? The fake dice that you can roll as many times as you want can only be used by yourself.

Once you compare your size with others, all cheating methods cannot be used!
It is impossible to plan to give liars a chance... Why are you so stupid all of a sudden? "

"I'm so impatient to lose too much!" A mage participating in the gambling game responded joyfully, grabbed the dice tightly held by Xue Laogou and threw it into the wooden cup, "Tsk, bad luck, only 8 points."

Several other sorcerers also attacked one after another, 'Xue Yunfeng' looked at it with a tense face... hoping for another one or two.

Unfortunately, the unluckiest person also has four points.

He could only take the bag by himself with a sad face, and flew straight into the sky.

Not mentioning the snow commanded the final tragic ending... The undead quickly filled up the mountain and built their second base.

Perhaps considering the danger of the Underdark region, the undead were engraved with magic circles from the foot of the mountain.

The resurrection point on the top of the mountain was also placed in an alchemy castle... Outside the castle, the undead also built a tall city wall around the top of the mountain.

Most importantly, on the steeple of the castle, an oil painting is firmly placed in the secret room where the steeple is.

A sentence floated behind Hill: "The Sun God and Silver Moon Goddess in your world really have a good temper.

Much kinder than me..."

Selûne's unfinished tone was full of envy... She seemed to feel that she was so kind to everyone, but why was she always being deceived and used... The god of the sun and moon in the Hill world didn't even have an oil painting with his own image on it. Willing to give, but nothing happens.

So this Moon Maiden is a little out of balance.

Hill couldn't help scratching his head...Because of the relationship between the God of Time and Space, Trasil's god doesn't have any airs of being a god at all...Even the scumbag God of Nobles no longer cares about how others discuss him.

But this is different from Selûne's behavior, and having no airs does not mean that she has no brains.

　When Melkor was killed by Midnight, he used his dying power to pass through the heavy defenses around the Black Rod Tower, recast the fragments of the Horned Crown, and poured his remaining divinity into it, and then Teleport away.

The person who wears this crown will gain the following powers:
˙Possess a fear aura with the same effect as a lich.

˙Have spell resistance 25 when resisting necromancy spells and magic effects.

˙Possess the ability to repeal or command undead creatures with the same effect as a level 6 priest.This ability stacks with her cleric level, if she already has it.

˙The Unmistakable Teleportation can be performed once a day, and it is limited to teleporting the wearer and his equipment.

˙Aura of Death: It can be cast once every 10 minutes, and the range of influence is a 40-foot cone.This is the instant death effect of the necromancy system.

˙Hand of Melkor: Once a day, the wearer can make one of his hands covered with black flames.Using these black flames will be treated as a touch spell, the instant death effect of the necromancy system.

The wearer's alignment is instantly transformed to neutral evil.
˙This crown cannot be removed unless Melkor agrees.The crown of horns can cast a suggestion on the wearer once a day; the crown of horns can possess the wearer for up to 1 minutes per day.

The wearer will be gradually transformed into an undead creature under the curse for up to two years.Each use of Aura of Death and Hand of Melkor will speed up the process.

˙When the crown of horns is worn, all creatures within 100 feet of the crown must pass a will check, otherwise they will be tempted by the crown to try to put him on their own heads.

　
(End of this chapter)