The Swordsman of Faerûn

William's spirituality told him very solemnly that the result of intruding rashly would never be friendly, and he had no taste for abuse.Fortunately, the mystic enchantment in the core area is not without loopholes. For example, there is a small permanent teleportation altar in Hanun Manor, which can teleport three or two people into the core area at a time. Only the original ability can open the teleportation array.

When William proposed to borrow the Hanun family's teleportation array, Ladaya readily agreed, whether it was because she was afraid of William's killing, or because she had been dissatisfied with her family for a long time, it was all the same for William. a good thing.

Before entering the teleportation array, William first went back to the flame world.To his surprise, Tuermu had already assembled all the troops under his command and was ready to go, which made William mutter involuntarily.

When he asked why Turme knew what was on his mind, Turme's answer surprised William.

"Master! Your entry into Calimport has long been known at a higher level, but all powerful people with some status know that it is a place of disaster for you. Hong Kong will become the cemetery of the Flame King recently. A lot of damned guys even made a handicap for you, I have written down their names, and I will take revenge one by one when you are free in the future."

While William was surprised, he couldn't help admiring this subordinate who seemed to be more than rough and lacking in wisdom. He really didn't expect Tuermu to have a meticulous side.

He didn't expect that what he thought to be a secret action turned out to be a joke in the eyes of others, which can be said to have greatly affected William's self-confidence.He couldn't help asking: "Turmu, since you also know that there is my death, why don't you dissuade me, but follow me to die together?"

Unexpectedly, Tuermu laughed loudly, and he said: "No one understands the strength of the master better than me, and Calimport without Karin will never be the end of your journey. Even if death really comes as scheduled, it will be me Tulmu died before his master."

William froze for a moment, then subconsciously asked: "I remember you were afraid of death? How did you become so brave this time?"

Turmu said a little lonely: "Compared with death, I am more afraid of being enslaved forever. If death is inevitable, I will gladly accept the arrangement of fate."

William suddenly laughed, leaning forward and backward, quite presumptuously, he said: "I thought you really changed your nature, so you still care about it! Don't worry! You die this time." No! I will not go to the pole to send someone's head thousands of miles away.

Let me ask you, are there many guys in our neighborhood who know about this?Don't those guys who compete with us for the celestial phenomenon of flames know it? "

Tuermu shook his head, and said: "They are not qualified to contact that level of news, that is, as a fire dwarf, I can use the intelligence network of my family, and there are big people who pay special attention to the news about the master, deliberately A lot of inside information was revealed to me, so I can know the details in advance."

Of course, there is one thing that Tuermu didn't say, and William didn't mention it on purpose, that is, under certain conditions, the fire djinn can obtain the secret knowledge related to the contractor through the token.

William said: "Tulmu, the residents of the flame world should be very eager to visit the main material plane?"

Turmu nodded and said: "Of course, who wouldn't want to explore that rich and firewood-filled world? Just think about it, just a little shaking of the body can ignite and purify countless souls and substances. That's right It is the best reward for any Fire Lord."

William nodded and said: "That's good, you can contact those fire kings who are eager to explore the main material plane, and ask them if they would like to ignite an ancient and still prosperous place that has stood on the main material plane for nearly ten thousand years. City. By the way, tell them that there may be a small number of djinn lurking there."

Tulmu knew very well that there was a djinn in Calimport, and this was no secret to the fire djinn. After all, the men left by Karim and Mennon would confront each other in the skies of the Karin Desert every once in a while.

He looked at William with full respect, and looked at the master who had just woven a conspiracy, and couldn't help but admire: "Master, you are so cunning. If those guys really plunge into the main material plane, they will definitely be desperate If they act recklessly, they will definitely provoke a crazy counterattack from the powerhouses of the main plane. In this way, the flame king who died... ahahahaha——I can’t say more.”

Tuermu patted his chest and promised: "Master, don't worry, they will definitely be willing to go! Moreover, I will contact more crazy guys, and I will definitely find enough helpers for the master."

William looked helplessly at the fire djinn elder who was more enthusiastic than him, shrugged and said, "Then do as you please! As long as you don't mess it up, it's fine. When the time is right, I will release the positioning signal over there, You go directly to the gate of the other world."

After speaking, William opened the door as if fleeing and ran back to the main material plane.

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The permanent teleportation array built by the djinn for its descendants is very exquisite and gorgeous, and there are multiple protective measures. However, Calimport has been at peace for a long time. In the thousands of years, except for one or two limited accidents, such as Disasters, most of the disasters that claim to be enough to overthrow the entire city, their audiences are basically limited to civilian areas, and there are only a handful of serious incidents that have affected the elite areas.

In addition, the race of the djinn is notoriously frivolous, impatient, and always likes to do things as they please, so they have long forgotten the original intention of building the teleportation array. No one would have thought that the disaster would come The interior descends.

Every building in the core area of ​​Calimport has its own owner, and it belongs exclusively to the djinn general Hanuen Yimi (title, meaning the leader of the kings), who is also the ancestor of the bloodline of the Hanuen family. The building is one of the two magnificent arenas.

The Fairy's Howl Grand Arena, here every once in a while there will be a grand competitive game, countless blood and pain, souls and deaths are sacrificed to his audience, those audiences from all planes who like to watch the excitement .

This is also one of the reasons why the Hanun family got involved in the slave trade. The slave industry can provide Hanun's large arena with many high-quality and cheap gladiators, which is a convenience that other industries cannot provide.

Tonight, another fierce competitive match is about to begin. It is said that the two sides of the battle are a temporary combination of illithids and beholders, and the other team is a githyanki company from the sea of ​​stars.The loser among them would be the main course of the sacrifice, while the victor would be rewarded with glory and riches.

Of course, before the official competitive battle begins, some appetizers are needed as a warm-up.For example, a certain unlucky guy who entered through the teleportation array, that is, William, was enshrined as a blood sacrifice and joined this unique competitive game.

As soon as William showed up, a lot of detection spells fell on him, reading all his detectable information.For example, his strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, he possesses the power of flames, his weapon is a rare adamantine sword, etc., although it is all superficial information.

But just the information on the side of the road is enough to make the host of this competition feel a little heartbroken when he is overjoyed. This is a main course player who can support another big competition. It is undoubtedly a shameful waste in an insignificant padding game.Because the gladiators who participated in the padding match will become the stepping stones for the players in the main match no matter whether they win or lose.

The purpose of the detection spell to read information about unfamiliar gladiators is to match them with relatively evenly matched opponents. Otherwise, the gap between the two sides is too large, and a one-sided competition is undoubtedly very unpopular to the audience. of.

When William faced his opponents, he was undoubtedly in a state of confusion, and his opponents were even more confused.The reason is very simple, William's opponents are all people he is familiar with, those four silly birds from the north, Drizzt and his partners who traveled thousands of miles to give away their heads in order to save their little friends.

When these four saw the appearance of their opponent clearly, apart from being happy, they couldn't help feeling uneasy.Speaking of which, if the two sides really fight, regardless of the fact that the four of them have the advantage of being a large number of people, they may not be able to deal with it. William is a big hanger!

William was a little curious about why they came here, so he immediately asked, "Drizzt, why did you come here to be thugs?"

Drizzt was a little embarrassed, he didn't want to say that his group was kind enough to save people, but they were bitten back like poisonous snakes, and a few brats knocked them down with a bowl of soup, and then became the leader of a certain gang. Prisoner.After going through a lot of grinding and being stripped of all his money and equipment, he was sent to the Howl of the Goblins arena to become a cannon fodder player.

Drizzt was wielding only a pair of shoddy cast-iron scimitars, Wulfgar was carrying a large wooden hammer the size of a water urn, Catti-brie was holding a cork bow, and as for the dwarf king Bruenor, This guy lost his usual heavy armor and precision-cast steel hammer, and could only hold a stone hammer with a wooden handle and a leather shield for appearance.

Even though Bruno lost his equipment, he still did not change his loud voice, saying: "Boy William! Why are you here? Could it be that you were also killed by those despicable guys?"

William shook his head and said with a smile, "I came in voluntarily. By the way, did you save your companion?"

This is completely like putting salt on people's wounds on purpose.

Drizzt forced a smile, and said vaguely: "Well, there was a little accident, and I haven't had time to save Regis yet." After speaking, he looked worriedly at the girl beside him.

Among the four, Catti-brie was undoubtedly the most depressed. This poor girl can be said to have seen the greatest darkness in the world in the past two days.First, there was a luxurious servant wantonly trampling on human life. He tried to heal the poor child with kindness, but he was rewarded with kindness and revenge. He experienced the routine of a farmer and a snake.As for the things she experienced under the hands of those street gangs, at least she did not experience the greatest tragedy of being a woman. She was just beaten a few times. After all, she was a tribute that needed to be offered.

"That's just right, I have plenty of free time now. I just want to hear about the little accident you guys have experienced." William called a few people to sit on the soft sand in the middle of the arena, ready to listen to the tragic experiences of these "old friends" , so that I can be happy.

Ever since, an unprecedented bizarre event happened. The five people sat idle in the middle of the arena's playing field like an outing, talking about their daily routines like no one else around, and didn't care about the eagerly awaited spectators in the auditorium.

If it can be booed, the boos all over the sky are enough to submerge William and the four friends of Mithril to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench. Fortunately, the audience in the auditorium is quite qualified, and they are very "friendly". "Screen" uses all sorts of fragrant words that don't bother the "match" people in the arena.

However, the person in charge of presiding over the arena is not a fool. After he found that the development of the matter showed signs of getting out of control, he immediately activated a backup plan-to let the main players of this competitive competition appear in advance.

After the sound of horns sounded, the passage to the main arena of the grand competition was opened at the same time, and the two parties that officially participated in the competition also walked out of their prison rooms one after another.

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There are two passages, one of which is a group of humanoid creatures lined up in a battle formation. They are all fully armed, or wearing exquisite mail armor, or wearing sturdy and gorgeous plate armor. Their weapons are all silver-white There are heavy swords and slender long swords. These armored men move forward in different ways according to their different equipment.

On the other side of the passage, a large meat ball with many tentacles floated out of its body. On the main body of the big meat ball was an eyeball that took up almost one-third of its body size, and a huge canine tooth. Scary big mouth.What's even more frightening is that most of the tentacles of the big meatball also have a smaller eyeball at the end. When these eyeballs stare at a person at the same time, it is definitely a nightmarish experience.

This kind of monster is called a beholder, and it is the nightmare of all adventurers, but it is not it that can really attract the attention of the team creatures on the other side, but another black-robed humanoid monster walking behind the beholder.It was a purple-skinned monster with an octopus head and four tentacles growing near its mouth. When it appeared, it was like a taunt, and it immediately aroused the incomparable hostility of the other team.

These two are natural enemies, githyanki and illithids (also known as mind flayers).Regarding the hatred between them, it can be said that it has a long history. A long time ago, the ancestors of the Githyanki—the Gith people were once slaves under the control of spirit suckers. Later, they escaped from the slavery of spirit suckers. Some of the descendants differentiated and evolved into githyanki.The githyanki deeply remember the hatred of the past, and they can be said to kill illithids as soon as they see them.

However, if these two groups of opponents want to fight, they need to get past those stupid humans who are sitting idle in the middle of the field.As a monster who is proficient in all kinds of ray spells by nature, the beholder is supposed to rely on output to make a living in the back row, but what it likes to do most is to enslave some weaker slaves for melee.And illithids are also spiritual masters who rely on eating brains (literally) to dawdle, especially their ultimate opponent is a whole company of Ghis remnants, and it is really possible to overturn if they don't make more cannon fodder.

Therefore, the two equally ferocious monsters have reached a cooperation agreement in silence. The beholder is responsible for stepping forward to control the few ready-made "temporary workers", and the task of the illithid is to find more assistance. The use of summoning spells.No way, if illithids (including beholders) want to fight against hordes of githyanki, they have to rely on cannon fodder tactics.

In fact, the division of labor between illithids and beholders is not the optimal solution. They are actually the best skills of their companions, but they are just a temporary combination. It is normal to have low trust. The githyanki's taunting ability, it is really afraid of being sold by the beholder to block the gun.

The beholder used its tentacle eyes to shoot [Charm Ray] at William and the others, but the effect was not very good. William dodged the spell ray that was shot at him in advance, and blocked Wulfgar for the stupid big man with the autumn water knife. Another launch line.Drizzt narrowly avoided another ray, only Bruenor and Catti-brie did not dodge the attack, but the stubborn dwarf king resisted the spell's control with his rocky will.

Only the poor Icewind Dale girl, this silly girl who was at the bottom of her emotions and will became the beholder's puppet, she waved a soft bow and rushed straight to the githyanki company at the other end of the arena, which can be called a reckless one. Compare.

Fortunately, Catti-brie is not fighting alone, and her real teammates are still very powerful.William stepped forward, slapped the out-of-control girl unconscious, and handed her to Wulfgar.

Then he directed the crowd to retreat to the edge of the arena, away from the edge of all enemies.Although unexpected, it is also reasonable that neither Bruno nor Drizzt, nor Wulfgar, who was carrying Catti-brie, raised any objections to William's "usurpation" of command , but obeyed orders without saying a word.

At this time, the battle formation of the githyanki was still slowly advancing, while the illithid opened a summoning door, and a huge Baror jumped out from inside, standing on a sturdy body twelve feet high. A muscle-packed demon with a long-horned ape head and a pair of hoof-like feet, its body is covered with crimson scales and pungent sulfur smoke, and it has a pair of scorpions on its arms. Claw, when it set foot on the main material plane, the first sentence was: "Drizzt Do'Urden! Damn bug! When I set foot on this land, the first breath I took was mixed with yours. odor!"

"Face me! Dark elves! Face your nightmares! Your enemies! Face your fears!" The demon roared and rushed towards William and the others. This made the beholder who missed the start and the summoner The illithids were caught off guard.

"Obey me!" The spirit sucker tried to reverse the demon's appearance with its own will, but it failed, because the demon's thoughts or hatred were too strong, and it directly ignored the summoner's order.

The demon spread its huge bat wings, and a pair of pillar-thick hooves jumped into the sky with a sudden kick, and rushed straight towards its target.

When Drizzt heard the roar of the demon, the running figure froze suddenly, and his face became ugly at the same time, not only him, Bruenor and Wulfgar also stopped with solemn expressions, Wulfgar put him in a coma Catti-brie handed it to William, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. William, if we are all killed, please help us protect Kelly!"

William pushed Catti-brie to Wulfgar again, and said with a smile: "Compared to taking care of girls, I prefer to charge on the battlefield!" After that, he raised his knife and came in front of everyone, facing the sky huge demon.

Drizzt looked at William, and then shouted to the sky: "Errtu! I have killed you once! At this time, you should be imprisoned in the Demonic Abyss, and it is impossible to return to our world!"

The demon Errtu flew over their heads and laughed loudly: "Stupid black elves! This is not your world!" At the same time, he swung a long sword made of lightning and threw himself down on the head.

William confronted his opponent head-on without fear, and the Autumn Water Knife was burning with an inconspicuous curse fire, which directly collided with the Lightning Longsword. For a moment, the flames and electric arcs scattered in all directions, and the huge wind pressure forced Drizzt and William beside him. Bruno stepped back again and again, and the sand under William's feet was even more sunken.

Just when Ertu was amazed that the humble human being in front of him could resist his all-out attack, William had already dodged and slashed with a knife, cutting off Ertu's scorpion pincer arm.It wasn't that William didn't want to chop off the demon's head, it was just that Errtu was too tall, so he had only one choice for the time being.

As the Barlow demon who has been fighting for many years, it is not that Ertu has not had his limbs cut off. Injuries are commonplace, but he has never experienced such pain. The pain is so painful that the demon who is almost used to pain can hardly Bear.

It howled miserably and retreated again and again, and at the same time activated the [Flame Regeneration Technique] that belonged exclusively to Balor, in order to repair its injured arms. After all, Balor's combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced if he lost his arms.

It's a pity that after a flame full of vitality burned and shaped, the newborn scorpion pincers that formed did not behave like usual, but lost control limply, as if they were paralyzed.

Ertu is indeed a well-informed demon, and he immediately shouted in shock and anger: "Damn it! It's soul cutting!"

The so-called soul cutting means that when a certain part of the soul of a creature is cut off, the body function represented by the cut off part will lose its effect accordingly. Unless the cut soul is restored, even if the body of the creature is intact, it will not The corresponding capability cannot be enabled.

Errtu immediately understood that the opponent in front of him was very unusual, not to mention the damn drow beside him.The demon immediately modified its battle plan, and it began to call its own race and more subordinates in a profane language (Abyssal language).

And the spirit sucker that lost control of the summoned object didn't stop, it was still summoning more demons to appear in the arena.

Not long after, two Balor demons, several berserk demons, a glamor demon and more than a dozen slaughter demons appeared on the dark brown sand. Their evil aura made everyone tremble, including the participants. The two protagonist teams of the competition.And these demons didn't stop, they were even summoning more of the same kind.

Except for William, his eyes were cold and full of murderous intent, looking at these strange monsters like pork waiting to be sold on a butcher's chopping board.

He felt that the time was ripe, so he pressed the fire spirit armband on his arm with one hand, and chanted the spell to summon Turmu: "My servant! Come out with our army, and let the boundless flames purify the land that is flooded. land of evil!"

As soon as William's words fell, a ball of flames emerged from the armband, burned through his sleeves, and then fell to the ground, burning and expanding in an instant to become a huge flame arch.

The first thing that rushed out of the flame arch was a group of flaming griffins. They passed over everyone's heads like a shock machine, setting off bursts of scorching heat.Then came the Fireborn warriors riding flame horses. They wore flame armor and held flame swords or halberds. They lined up and rushed out of the flame arch.

Then there was a group of robed Pyromancers riding flamingos. After they rushed out of the flame arch, they didn't stay away, but started to expand the flame arch to almost half the arena.

Then, more army of flames rushed out from the huge gate of flames, endlessly.

At this time, not only were all the opponents and demons participating in the battle dumbfounded, but even many demons retreated hastily as soon as they emerged from the alien passage.

Even the guys who were aloof, enjoying the competition with great interest, panicked.

Chapter 3000 How can [-] years of happiness be enjoyed alone

The second giant flame gate is unfolding, then the third one, and the fourth one... A sea-like army of flames surged out, flooding the entire Goblin Howl arena.

Whether it is a demon known for its violence and bloodthirsty, or an arrogant and cruel githyanki, or a terrifying beholder and illithid, they are like sand sculptures on the beach in front of the army of flames.

It is not that there are no powerful spellcasters who came to prevent the opening of the gate of flames. An archmage with a magical aura came from the void. He first withstood the impact of the flame griffin and released many impact magic bullets. Dozens of griffins smashed into sparks.But this is the record of this powerful spellcaster. Just before he was about to bear the impact of more flame griffins, he intended to tear apart the priceless magic scroll and cast [Space Imprisonment], shutting down all the passages from other worlds. When it was sealed, a flaming meteor suddenly passed by.

Wearing wings of flames, William directly used [Rocket Flight] to launch a surprise attack. Before everyone could react, he cut open the archmage's protection with the Qiushui knife instantly, and decapitated this powerful spellcaster. A series of protective spells either failed immediately or had not yet been activated.

This sudden turn of events frightened the other spellcasters. The two legendary spellcasters who also emerged hurriedly blessed themselves with more protective spells. However, to wait for them to calm down, William turned into an arc of light again, Qiushui The knife cut open the body of another caster again, but it cut a lonely one without thinking.

Although what William hit was only the phantom of the target this time, it still scared the opponent into a cold sweat. If she hadn't left her original position by stealth a second earlier, she might not have escaped being torn to pieces.What's more, even if this lucky caster escaped once by chance, he still couldn't escape the crisis, because William had already rushed to her hiding place at a faster speed.

Not only William was obstructing the enemy's destruction of the Flame Gate, Tuermu led a group of young fire elves soldiers under him out of the Flame Gate, and then an even bigger, even ridiculously large figure came out At that time, the outcome of this battle to open the door was already doomed.

Mutras, the Flaming Titan, is a giant as tall as a mountain. His body is as tall as ten frost giants combined. He has a copper-colored skin, strong muscles layered like mountains, and a bronze body almost as thick as a city wall. Scales protect the soft parts of Mutras' body.

He is an invincible hunk on the battlefield, and he is also an excellent master of flames. When the flames of burning clouds enveloped everything, no one would dare to approach the gate of flames at the risk of being smashed into meat by the flame titan.

The second caster had a leg cut off by William, and then became his prisoner. As for the third legendary caster, he opened the portal and ran away directly when William chopped up the phantom.

William brought the captives to the four friends of Mithril Hall who were almost mad with fright, and handed the crippled female mage to Wulfgar, who had just freed his hands. At this time, Catti-brie had recovered her senses, but her emotions But it became even more depressed. After all, being controlled by a monster is not a pleasant experience.

William said to the ashen-faced female archmage: "Madam, you have two choices now. One is that I will cut off your head directly and make you one of the victims today. The other..."

The female archmage didn't wait for William to continue, and immediately replied impatiently: "I choose another! Another! I am willing to serve you! I am willing to do anything for you! As long as you can spare my life! Great and evil master!"

yeah?What the hell?Have you learned to answer quickly?

Before William could speak, Tuermu, who came over suddenly, sneered, squinting at the old woman who looked like a young woman, but was actually decayed to the bone, and said angrily: "My master will be rare for you? Don't let I laughed so hard! You idiot! Your stench of decay is disgusting! Not just any trash is eligible to be my master's servant!"

William gave the talkative Elder Fire Djinn a hard look, and then said to the female archmage, "Ma'am, I don't need your vote!"

When these words were uttered, the female mage felt as if she had suffered a heavy blow to the head, and her complexion suddenly became distorted, as if the face of an eighty-year-old woman had cramp, but she quickly suppressed the hatred in her heart Going down, he asked obsequiously: "Noble and evil lord, what do you need a poor woman as humble as me to do for you?"

William said: "I should have killed it directly, ma'am! Because your heart is full of hatred for me, it's not good. But I can't take action against someone who is about to work hard, but doesn't put the malice against me into action." People who want to take action. Now, you need you to open a portal to the civilian area of ​​Calimport, and then send my friend there."

The female mage broke out in cold sweat when she heard it. She wanted to forcefully explain a few words, but when she looked into William's eyes, she felt that she was directly seen through. After reading it thoroughly, there is no trace of the hidden feeling of shame.

She didn't dare to continue to distinguish, so she could only bite the bullet and cast spells. After wasting a lot of effort, she barely opened a short-distance transmission channel.

William said to Drizzt and the others: "Go! My friends, go and save your partner who has been waiting for a long time! I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you on the adventure."

The four friends of Mithril opened their mouths, but nothing came out. It was really what William showed that made them unbelievable. Is this still the big boy who just ran out of the small village back then?The four of them had only one word of thanks, and three of them each gave the former boy a hug to show their gratitude.

William patted Wulfgar who was the last to leave, and said to the female mage nestled in his arms: "Ma'am, take advantage of this chance of survival! I hope that next time we meet, you won't give me an excuse to kill you." !"

Before leaving, the female mage said loudly: "Your Excellency! I am really useful! I can extend your lifespan and make you live as long as an elf!"

William laughed loudly and said, "I'm sorry! Ms. I can live for at least another 3000 years. If you really want to extend my life for me, please come to me after 3000 years!"

The female mage was stunned for a moment, and when she understood William's teasing meaning, she was immediately broken. Regardless of the pain in her mutilated leg, she struggled desperately in Wulfgar's arms, as if she wanted to jump down and kick Like William, she yelled loudly like a madman: "My mother has lived for 500 years! You **** bastard! You are a big talker! 3000 years? How amazing is 3000 years? My mother can live another 500 years! 1000 years! My mother There are ways..." The rest are some difficult words, such as "harvesting the long-lived seed", "drinking the blood of the first sunflower daughter", "refining the essence of the potion", etc., which sound very strange. The creepy, jerky and difficult to understand, made everyone feel contemptuous.

Seeing the four friends of Mithril Hall and a crazy female archmage disappear into the portal, William glanced back, only to see Tulmu's face became ugly, extremely ugly.

The face of the elder Huo Djinn seemed to have been constipated for 100 years in a row, and he tremblingly asked with one out of ten thousand luck: "Master, can you really live another 3000 years?"

Tuermu's eyes stared at William's expression without blinking, and he refused to let go of even a glance or expression.Before he could answer, the Elder Fire Djinn already got the answer he didn't want. The strong Fire Djinn knelt down powerlessly on the ground, howled and hit the ground desperately with his head.

Hit hard!Hit hard!This guy actually used his own head to punch a big hole in the ground alive.