The Swordsman of Faerûn

"Oh? You brought back people? How is this possible?" Sanyu couldn't believe it.

Holding the fantasy boat pendant in his hand, William opened a void gate in the open space, and then Monaco III and 28 survivors walked out of it one after another.

When these people stepped on the real earth, looked up at the open sky, and felt the warmth of the sun and the breeze, they finally felt the true meaning of life, and they all burst into tears.

Sanyu looked at the excited crowd with dumbstruck eyes, opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak: "This...this...they...all...?" He looked at William in horror, wanted to ask something but didn't dare to speak, It can only be indicated by the eyes.

William nodded and said, "It's just what you think, they are all elites from the past. Now I am a little bit embarrassed, how should I arrange them?"

Sanyu shook his arm violently a few times excitedly, then gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "You must not reveal the background of these people! Otherwise, you will be in great trouble, William. Let me think, let me think! That's right! Find Iolum, only He can perfectly hide your secret."

William nodded in agreement, the ability of that boss is indeed breathtaking.Not to mention other things, just the garbage He made piles up into mountains, and every piece of it is almost priceless treasure in this world. With such financial resources and abilities, I really don't want to be second-guessed.

William asked, "Should I contact Tabari? She is a student of Iolum."

Sanyu shook his head and said: "No! You can't contact her! William, you can't have anything to do with this matter on the surface. You have to leave here quickly and take your family with you. The rest is up to me and Monaco III to deal with."

"Okay then! Mr. Sanyu, everything is according to your arrangement. I will take my family and leave now. You have to take care. Unfortunately, the duel between us may have to be postponed!" William said jokingly .

But Sanyu said solemnly: "Mr. William, don't worry. As long as you are here, the members of the Salamander will come out of the void one after another and return to the world. As for the contract between you and me, you should treat it as a life-saving trump card. But, that will guarantee that even if you are killed, you can stand up again."

The two of them talked about some things and gossips. At this moment, Misha'er beckoned to William for the barbecue. He was a very useful barbecue stove with a super-intelligent fire control system.

Blue sheep is a kind of animal full of movement and vitality. They shuttle and jump between the mountains and mountains, so the muscles, bones, skin and flesh are very strong, which is a test of the teeth of the eaters.

After having a meal of roast blue sheep with some taste, William's family said goodbye to Sanyu and the survivors, and embarked on a journey to the eastern region.

Volume [-] I am a human being in turbulent times

Chapter 1 Refugees

The frontier forest is a paradise for fey creatures, but not a paradise for humans.

William's family walked on the lush forest avenue, surrounded by towering old trees with luxuriant foliage, the dense canopy covered the sunlight of the sky, leaving only dark shadows, accompanied by all kinds of ubiquitous The hissing and roaring of birds, beasts and insects makes people feel like they are walking on the road of hell.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how daring a traveler is, he would not dare to walk alone on this dense forest road.There is no gang of 50 people, and there is not enough mercenary guards as a base, and the caravan does not dare to rush into this area where danger and opportunity coexist.

Monsters, beasts, robbers, and the guardians of the forest are the enemies of those who pass by.

The four of William and his party have encountered no less than ten attacks on this road, four of which were attacked by goblins known as wilderness pests. Of course, many of their accomplices deeply felt the fireball greeting from Misha.

Since leaving the Ainuooke Great Desert, both William and Mishaer have discovered that they have the power from their blood, and those spell-like abilities have become much better. Not only are the spell-like abilities faster and more powerful when used Large, and the number of spellcasting has also increased a lot, and there is no such thing as the 50% spellcasting failure that can be called a tiankeng.

As for the other attackers, there are ferocious moonbeasts, cruel orc robbers, and mischievous fey creatures.Among them, except for the prank-based goblin William, who didn't do anything ruthless, the other attackers were basically killed by William and his family.

I have to say that after more than a year of adventure travel, Misha'er has really grown up a lot. Even though she is still a child, she already has the demeanor of a senior little adventurer. As her little friend, Milu Na didn't give up too much.

Unless William has a premonition that there is a deadly threat (to the two little guys) ahead, he will arrange for them to take turns as pioneers to scout the way ahead.

Every time, the fully armed little guy will walk at the front of the team, keeping a distance of 20 meters from William, who always walks in the second position. This distance is the best distance carefully calculated by William. Guys are prone to dependence and cannot play the role of exercise.If the distance is far away, William may not be able to rescue him in time if he is really in danger, which will cause the little guy's exercise to become a fatal three thousand, then it will be a real Barbie Q.

After all, he doesn't really need the pathfinding ability of the little guys. A qualified pathfinder must go hundreds of meters forward at least to provide enough early warning distance for the adventure team.

Pathfinder, also known as scout, is a profession with the highest casualty rate, but it is also the profession that exercises people's abilities the most, because you don't know which direction a cold arrow may shoot, which grass or stones will jump out of a group of goblins Or a robber, and then rushes up to attack you with teeth and claws.

Therefore, road-finding pioneers must concentrate all their attention and mobilize their vision, hearing, smell, and even intuition similar to the sixth sense as much as possible, so as to find and discover all dangers on the roadside.

In most of Faerun's adventure teams, the role of pioneers or scouts in the wild is usually filled by rogues (rogues) or rangers.

Rangers are masters of survival in the wild, and some even have animal companions as sentinels, but professional counterparts as scouts.

Rogues or rogues are another story.Ordinary rogues are poor and orphans at the bottom of society, and they become professionals under the training of certain lords with ulterior motives, thieves' unions, and gangsters.Most of them have no freedom, their social status is very low, and the pressure of competition is extremely high. In every prosperous place in Faerun, the number of poor people is always the largest.

It can even be said unceremoniously that rogues are the cheapest consumables among all adventure professions.So they are always hired by some mature adventure teams, and then act as the most dangerous vanguard role in the adventure process. If they die, they will be killed, and maybe they can save a lot of money.If you are lucky enough to survive, then continue to fuck them to death.

Misha'er was wearing a well-fitting little leather armor, covered with a little cloak made of green goblin flannelette as a gown, and was wearing hard-soled buckskin boots.In one leather-gloved hand she clutched a small twisted wire shield and in the other a small gold-lacquered staff that no one but William would know had once belonged to a god.

Her fine gold rapier [Pricking Star] is hanging on Misha'er's waist belt at the moment. As long as she wants, Misha'er can immediately throw away the shield in her hand, and then draw out the [Pricking Star] as quickly as possible. 】Meet the enemy.

Misha'er skipped over a section of fallen dead tree trunks, her pair of beautiful big eyes scanned the surrounding places where people might be hiding.

Along the way, she has been raided three times by goblin boys. Although each time she was basically safe and sound, it really frightened her usual playfulness.

After all, a dozen or even dozens of dangerous little men who were about the same size as him appeared at once, and no one had to panic.

Suddenly, Mi Sha'er pointed at a dense grass with a short stick in her hand, and shouted crisply: "I see you! Scoundrels! Don't hide anymore! Come out and die!"

As soon as Mi Sha'er finished speaking, five figures, three big, two small, etc., stood out from the grass. They were actually five human beings, and they looked like they were still a family.

However, the situation of these five people does not seem to be very good. Two of the adults are a middle-aged couple. behind.

The other adult is a thin young man. He looked at Misha'er with greedy eyes. After all, whether it's Misha'er's clean and beautiful appearance, which is much better than that of a rich lady, or her body The obviously expensive equipment and clothing are enough to make this young man have some bad thoughts.

Misha'er stared at the five uninvited guests without any fear. She waved her short stick and asked loudly, "Who are you? Are you trying to rob us?"

Just as the thin young man was about to speak, another middle-aged man tore his clothes, and even tore his already filthy single clothes.

The middle-aged man glanced behind Misha'er, then stroked his chest and bowed and said, "Greetings, honorable lady! We are the victims from Dagger Beach, and we lost our homes due to a sudden flood. and all their possessions, had to be lost in this dangerous goblin forest in search of food."

"Please forgive our unreasonable offense, we don't want to cause trouble." The middle-aged woman next to him also interjected.

After finishing talking, the middle-aged woman was about to leave with her two children, while the middle-aged man grabbed the thin young man's arm and wanted to leave too, but the young man broke away when he didn't want to. He said angrily: "Father! We have two I haven’t eaten a proper meal in days! It’s still cold and tired! We need enough food, clean and warm clothes, and weapons to protect ourselves.”

The middle-aged man called father also said angrily: "Yordel! Do you want to hurt this noble lady? Look behind her, is that something we can deal with?"

What the middle-aged man was talking about was William and Phinea. These two guys are taller than the other. They are obviously ruthless characters who can stand on their fists and run horses on their arms.It's just that the unscrupulous brother and sister-in-law didn't "bravely" come forward to help support the scene when their sister was in "trouble".

The observation of my "unreliable" brother and sister-in-law directly fueled the weeds in some people's hearts.

The thin young man said with flickering eyes: "Those two big guys are a little far away from us, as long as we are fast enough, we can directly grab the little girl in front of us, and use her to threaten those two idiots! a sum."

"Also, you should have noticed, right? My father." The thin young man's eyes became more and more complacent, and he continued to analyze self-righteously: "Look at those two big men who sent such a little girl to scout the way ahead, which means that they The relationship between them is not close. I suspect that this little girl may be a lady from a rich family who sneaked out to play adventure games. As long as we catch her, we will run away immediately, maybe the two strong men behind will ignore us at all.

When we send this little girl home, maybe we can get a reward. "

I have to say that this skinny young man is a talent. He just said a few words about his honest father, and his eyes were full of eagerness and greed when he looked at Misha, and then he looked at the station again. William and his wife, who were watching the play, asked themselves with some hesitation: "Is this really the case?"

The thin young man couldn't wait to encourage him: "Of course, I will never be wrong. My father, I have done this kind of thing several times with those powerful guys from Zhentil Castle. Although I am in charge of the wind every time, But I have also accumulated a lot of experience.”

Hearing this, the old father couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said angrily, "I've warned you several times! Don't associate with those bad foreign species, you just don't listen! Sooner or later..."

The thin young man waved his hands impatiently: "Stupid father! Stop your useless nagging! Now let's think about how to get out of the current predicament."

The old father hesitated to speak, but then shut up and remained silent.

Seeing that his father was speechless, the thin young man was overjoyed and said, "I'll catch this little girl!"

Of course, Misha'er has heard the ill intentions of the skinny young man, but she is not afraid of the bad guys in front of her, not to mention that she has a handy guy, and her brother behind her will also provide timely support and protection when necessary she.

She glared at the skinny young man who was grinning, and puffed up her face and asked, "Bad guy! Are you harboring ill intentions towards me?"

The thin young man rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Of course not! Honorable lady! Do you know? Honorable lady, because you left without saying goodbye, your parents were terrified, and they mobilized many people to find you back! Please come with me, beautiful lady, and I will take you home!"

"Ah? What the hell are you talking about?" Misha'er was a little confused, this guy who didn't look like a good person was talking about messy things.

The skinny young man thought his scheme had succeeded, and while approaching Misha'er calmly, he continued to bewitch him: "Noble lady, look at this disgusting jungle, there is no exquisite food, no gorgeous houses, There are no warm quilts and clean and refreshing bath water. There are only countless trees, endless bugs and dirty mud."

Chapter 2 Who is to blame for the flood

While weaving confusing words, the thin young man sneaked close to Misha'er, while the little guy tilted his head and looked at each other in confusion.

When the distance between the two sides was less than four or five steps, the thin young man's face suddenly changed, and he looked behind Misha'er in horror, and the little guy couldn't help turning his head to look back.

At this time, the skinny young man took the opportunity to fit himself up and rushed up, and ran straight at the little guy. In his opinion, he might just need a collision to stun the little girl, and then took the opportunity to cover her mouth and hug her and fled the scene.

After all, he has seen this kind of situation countless times. Those fierce Zhentil Castle patrols used this method to kidnap and abduct many young women and children.

It's a pity that what happened next was completely different from what the thin young man Yodel had expected.For a moment of shock, a small shield made of twisted metal was firmly imprinted on Yoddle's cheek.

Accompanied by the sound of slapping watermelon, Jodl only felt that half of his face was numb, and then his whole body became unwell, and he twisted his body and was slapped down on the ground.

Jodl didn't feel much pain, he just felt that his mouth was wet, as if his mouth was full of sand and pebbles, and his mouth was a little suffocated.He couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of "sand", but what he didn't want to spit out was a mouth full of broken teeth and blood.

He looked at the broken teeth all over the floor, but he was a little confused. Jodl didn't think that a little girl would be so powerful, even if he suffered a dull loss when he met each other, he didn't think he would be unable to deal with it. a little guy.The point is that Yodel didn't feel how painful half of his face was. Although they were already swollen and out of shape, they were still numb. This gave poor Yodel enough courage, at least the courage that hadn't dissipated .

Jodl got up from the ground, and with half of his face swollen, he yelled at Misha. With half of his teeth missing, it was already difficult for him to utter a clear sentence.

He opened his hands, like an eagle catching a chicken, and continued to pounce on Misha.Misha'er glanced at Yoddle's half ugly, swollen face like an angry toad with a bit of distaste, and rushed forward with a short body, hitting Yoddle's ankle with a shovel.

The unlucky Yordle felt as if his feet had been hit by a stick, he couldn't help twitching due to the pain, and then fell all over his head, rolling over and lying on the ground two times in a row.

Mi Sha'er, who had just finished shoveling, slapped the little Teng Dun in her hand on the ground, and she turned over by the reaction force of the slap.She took two steps unhurriedly, and came to Yoddle. The short staff in her hand lightly tapped on his shoulder. People limp on the ground like rotten noodles.

The golden lacquered scepter is the treasure that William brought out from the chaotic space. It originally belonged to the divine weapon incarnated by the arrogant lord among the gods of feathered serpents.With the help of the mysterious lady Sophilia, William destroyed the origin of the artifact and turned it into a powerful magic item with power similar to that of the artifact, which can also be called a sub-artifact.

The so-called sub-artifacts refer to those powerful magic tools that have the power close to that of an artifact, but do not have the personality of an artifact.

The power of the golden lacquered staff is very simple, [Bone Crushing] and [Knockback].

【Bone Fracture】——When the golden lacquer rod hits the enemy, the enemy will suffer a fracture damage. There is a half chance of causing comminuted fractures of the target's limbs, and a very small chance of causing comminuted fractures of the target's whole body.

【Knockback】——The small golden lacquer stick can counterattack any flying target like hitting a baseball.Ineffective against targets that are stationary or flying in the same direction.

Obviously, Misha'er's light touch was very lucky to encounter a comminuted fracture of the whole body with a very low probability. This is simply the greatest misfortune for Yodel.

Misha'er was also taken aback by her casual power, she couldn't help sticking out her tongue, and then ran back to William's side.

The middle-aged man was left kneeling beside his son with a terrified face, watching the limp Yodel couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Yordle, my yordle! Poor child! I know something will happen to you sooner or later, but it shouldn't be now! My yordle, you haven't done many bad things, you shouldn't bear this terrible punishment! "

As a resident of the radiated circle of Zhentil Castle, the middle-aged man is very familiar with his son's current appearance.A terrible punishment prevails in the Zhentil army. The executioner can use some kind of magic to pull out the bones of the person who has committed a major fault (hostility), while the person being punished is still alive at this time. Like a pile of limp rotten meat, and then died painfully due to suffocation.

The current appearance of Yordle is very similar to that of Zhentil.

At this time, William and the others had already walked over slowly. The middle-aged man looked up at them, his sad eyes filled with anger and hatred.He uttered a desperate wail, and sprang to his feet to make a dash for William, or for Misha who was hiding behind him.

At this time, there were also several mournful cries from the grass, but it was the middle-aged woman and two children who had retreated earlier.Hearing their voices, the middle-aged man's eyes that were originally filled with anger immediately cooled down. There was still hatred in his eyes, but more worry and helplessness.

He knelt down on the ground and begged humbly to William's family: "Master passing by, please forgive my wife and young child. You have already punished Yodel, if you still don't forgive your hatred, please kill me." .My wife and two young children are innocent, please don't hurt them."

William is not a person who likes to implicate innocent people. Unless he is forced to do nothing, he usually can't do the deeds of exterminating people and killing grass and roots. What's more, although the unlucky young man Jodl is guilty, he is not guilty of death for the time being.

And William has one more thing to ask this family of people who look like refugees.

William said coldly: "I should have killed you highway robbers. But I have some questions for you to answer, and in return, I will spare the lives of you and your family."

As he spoke, he looked at the unlucky Yodel again. The so-called sending the Buddha to the west and saving people to the end, William thought that since he had forgiven the other family, he should not form an inextricable grudge, let alone that Although the idiot young man deserved to suffer, he could not die for the time being.

He stepped forward to inject some cursefire energy into the dying Yordle, and began to heal his wounds in the form of vitality.

If you want to treat a person with a comminuted fracture all over his body, the energy of the curse fire is not a small amount. However, William has a lot of energy reserves, so he quickly healed Yodel's comminuted fracture. , so that the bones of his whole body are connected again, at least on the surface.

After being treated by William, the emaciated young man Yodel finally had a chance to catch his breath. He breathed heavily, filled with fear and panic.He barely got up from the ground and was about to run away.

Chapter 3 I think I have to redeem myself

William said quietly: "Capital crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes cannot be forgiven. If you are not afraid of the bones in your whole body being broken again, you'd better stay obediently."

As soon as William's words fell, Yodl, who got up and was about to escape, just took a step, when the supporting legs suddenly made a "click" sound, and then the whole person fell to the ground with a scream, while he fell At that time, other parts of Yodel's body also made several similar crisp sounds.

William sneered and looked at the brainless young man lying on the ground crying, and said, "Idiot! You don't think I really healed you completely, do you?!"

The middle-aged couple and a pair of children all looked at William in panic, they didn't even dare to look at the howling Yordel, they just stood there trembling.

William glanced at the middle-aged couple again, and said, "You still won't die! But now the bones in your whole body are more fragile than those of a baby, and they will break with a little force. Therefore, staying quietly is your best choice."

The middle-aged couple hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you! Your magnanimous master, Levi of Falls Town is willing to do anything for you."

William nodded and said, "Very good! I heard from you just now that you lost your homes because of a big flood. I want to know some things about the big flood, such as when it happened and how big the disaster was."

The middle-aged man Levi said modestly: "Levi is willing to serve you, and he must know everything and say everything."

Then he said: "The big flood happened a few days ago. At first, the sky in the mountains in the west was shrouded in red light, just like the fire from the sky. It didn't take long for the water of the Tessa River to rise against the season. We didn't let it go at first. on heart.

But then the red light turned into flames, and the mountains turned into flaming mountains. Some people said that it was the Vulcan being angry. Then, not long after, a great flood suddenly appeared from the upper reaches, and almost overnight the entire waterfall town was submerged, and the houses were washed away. Destroyed, farmland was submerged, and some people were swept away by floodwaters.Survivors like our family had to flee their homes in a hurry and entered the goblin forest (another name for the frontier forest by locals) to find a way out. "

William sighed in his heart, it turned out to be my fault!Unexpectedly, it was just an internal rebellion, but it triggered a disaster that could be called a disaster for ordinary people.If he really left it alone, maybe no one would blame him, but William would always feel guilty.

He nodded with a serious face, and continued to ask: "Apart from Waterfall Town where you are located, are there any disasters in other places?"

Levi said: "It is said that the Dagger Valley on the other side of the river was also flooded, but the people there are very smart and should not suffer too much loss. Only the Tesen Valley downstream of the Dagger Falls, where the terrain is even lower, It has also been oppressed and exploited by the rulers from Zhentil Castle all the year round. Whether it is Taisway or Xuepeng Town, there may be a crisis of destruction.

As for Zhentil Castle, which is further downstream, it is the headquarters of the terrifying Zhentarim Society. It is hard to say whether the evil ruler there will control the civilians who were affected by the disaster. "

William saw the eyes of the middle-aged Levi became a little playful, and he said: "Levi, you seem to have a good vision and knowledge! I'm curious, what did you do in Falls Town?"

Levi said: "I used to be the clerk of the mayor of Falls Town. Later, Zhentarim's Black Sword Legion invaded Falls Town and drove away the previous mayor. I also lost my job as a clerk because of this. Work as an ordinary messenger in the town."

Announcers are also called heralds, similar to the comprehensive roles of yamen servants, janitors, and watchmen. Generally, there will be one or two heralds in towns. They are the eyes, hands, feet, and mouth of the clerk.When the clerks are strong, they will also have a lot of power, but if the clerks are not effective, the heralds are basically the role of being angry.