The Swordsman of Faerûn

Just looking at the torn and tattered temple robes on the ground, they were stained with countless filth, but it was difficult to hide the holy emblem of the gods on the surface of the robes, but they could still tell that the predecessor of these poor puppets was this The clergy of the temple, including Lathander's priests and paladins, a whole temple was corrupted and seduced by demons, which is a great shame for any god.

It was at this time that the gods were unable to monitor and respond to their own sanctuary because they had descended into the mortal world, otherwise, the Lord of Dawn would definitely send down the destructive holy flames to purify the entire desecrated temple into fly ash.

For William, this Temple of Light of Lathander, which has been regarded as a devil's lair, naturally cannot be kept, otherwise, if this place is run by the devil as a devil's den, the first person who will be unlucky at that time is not far away. at the town of Dagger Falls.

Of course, before starting to kill, William had to find out the bottom of this place first. The unique experience of chasing and killing the Feathered Serpent God in the narrow chaos told him the importance of a wise saying from his ancestor in the previous life in another world.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

There are so many strange monsters in this world, it can be said that they are as numerous as stars, and no one can predict what kind of strange abilities some unknown monsters will have.When we want to deal with this kind of monster, if we can't investigate clearly in advance, we will definitely have to pay the price of blood to travel.

Even an extremely tyrannical master like William, if he rashly provokes an unknown monster, he may capsize in the gutter if he is not careful.

William hid his breath and walked through the various rooms and buildings of the temple. Every place that should be sacred, such as the pulpit, the bookcase of the holy words, the icon of the dawn, etc., has traces of desecration by demons.But there are also more corpses of priests abandoned in the shadows. Of course, they can no longer be called corpses, but a pile of degenerated undead monsters—Boda corpses.

Bodak's body looks very weird. Its skin and flesh are shriveled and almost powdered, and it has a layer of luster from another world; its body proportions are strange and gender-neutral, its hair has faded, and its face is almost flat.

The mutilated and corrupted souls of the bodaks have long been harvested by demons, and their awakened corpses hide unbearable venom—they know that they are twisted monsters in this world.They are happy to impose the misfortune they have experienced on other creatures, such as a human being who suddenly appeared-William.

Bodak's eyes were nothing but a pair of deep black holes, and as they stared at William, rotting smoke kept rising from them.At the same time, William felt an aura full of malice entangled him, and he couldn't avoid it silently, so he could only endure it abruptly.

However, as soon as the breath of death touched William's essence, it dissipated in an instant, and then the stunned Boda corpse was shrouded in curse fire, turning into a pool of pale ashes in the blink of an eye.

William eliminated countless Bodak corpses along the way, and it was hard for him to imagine what kind of means the demon used to transform the entire sanctuary into such a desperate monster.

When William came to a room second only to the main hall of the temple, he found a well emitting golden light, of course it could also be called a pool, and a strange figure was sitting on the edge of the pool, muttering words.

This is an old man with a ruddy complexion wearing the sacrificial robe of the Lord of Dawn. When William approached and listened carefully, he found that the old man was reciting poems praising the sun.

The Lord of Dawn is only the God of Dawn, and cannot represent the Sun God. It is obviously inappropriate for a priest of the Lord of Dawn to directly praise the sun.

However, William didn't bother the old man, because although the old man looked like a living person, he had the same body as a normal person, and seemed to be breathing and had a heartbeat, but William knew that he was not a real living person. people.

There is the sound of breathing and the movement of breathing, but there is no flow of breath in the air. There is the sound of heartbeat, but there is no unique tremor of heartbeat. All these are just a hint similar to hallucinations, a kind of spiritual information. transfer.

The old man seemed to have noticed William. It stopped praising the sun, then looked back at William, and asked solemnly, "Young man, why did you come here?"

William's heart moved, and he said, "I am William, the new lord of Dagger Falls. My town has been attacked by demons."

But the old man said: "My lord's temple is also being desecrated by demons!"

William continued: "My companions and I slew the invading demons, but my people were terrified by what they saw."

The old man said with a full face of frustration: "My students and I failed to see through the true face of the devil in time. When we discovered the truth, it was too late. Falling has become the ultimate destiny that we cannot refuse."

William said: "I need a priest, or enough holy water to heal the wounds in the hearts of my people."

The old man said: "The fact that the Light of Lathander has been desecrated has become a disgrace to my lord. I need a powerful hero to destroy all the evil things that exist in this desecrated sanctuary!"

William showed a slight smile and asked, "Old man, what kind of existence are you?"

The old man said with a sad face: "I am an unwilling ghost, a victim of injustice. I should have become an evil ghost, but the power of the sun god protected me and kept the memory of my life. , and the nature of order.”

Chonggui are souls who have unfinished business in life, or come back to the world to seek revenge (usually this kind of hatred is not personal enmity). There is no doubt that Chonggui is evil. They keep the face of the living, They also have the ability to communicate normally with ordinary people, but they also have no scruples to inflict the pain they suffered during their lifetime on others.

Ghosts cannot be permanently destroyed in the usual sense. Only when the reason for their existence is unraveled, ghosts will have a chance to rest in peace.

Due to the protection of divine power, the old man can only be regarded as half a ghost. He has the thinking and memory of a normal person, but he also has the behavior pattern and immortality of a ghost. When William appeared, the old man had already planned to plot against him. As the exchanges between the two parties unfolded, one person and one ghost discovered that they needed each other, and both had the ability to help each other solve problems.

So a deal that has nothing to do with justice and evil, and everything is just for equivalent exchange is reached.

Pointing to the golden pool beside him, the old man said, "This is the most precious treasure of the Light of Lathander - the Prophecy Pool. In the past, we could even get the oracle of the Lord of Dawn through it, but now..."

Speaking of this, the old man sighed sadly. Indeed, losing contact with the gods (represented by the inability to use divine magic) is undoubtedly a catastrophic blow to all believers. Brokenness is also commonplace.

The old man continued: "The sacred object from the sun god is stored in the prophecy pool. With the blessing of the holy object, the prophecy pool can provide a thousand ounces of high-strength holy water every day (it can be mixed with clean mountain spring water at a ratio of 1:2) , forming three times the ordinary holy water), if necessary, you can take out the holy objects stored in the prophecy pool, and purify everything with the holy flame of the sun."

William asked curiously: "Why don't you purify this place with the power of the holy object?"

The old man shook his head with remorse and said: "By the time I discovered the problem, it was too late. I, who was about to fall, could no longer lift the sacred object with my own hands, and could only turn into filthy ashes under the shroud of divine power .”

William asked again: "If I want to bring the holy relic back to the town, will you object?"

But the old man said slyly: "After you purify the evil here, let's talk about this issue."

William shrugged and said, "Tell me about the evil here, what kind of existence are they?"

The old man's complexion changed, and he said a little nervously: "You have to be careful, human lord. The evil here is very powerful. It is a twisted and evil stunner that even the gods are frightened by."

William asked, "What's that? A succubus?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No! That is a terrifying existence that is more evil and cunning than the succubi—the demon. The demon is ever-changing, and they even need a hug to control you, making you become it without knowing it. Puppets and eyeliner, you must be careful and stay away from those who are too beautiful. Demons can even imitate magic spells and seamlessly disguise themselves as a real priest or paladin. This is what makes us lose our vigilance and ignore the excessive The true meaning of perfect things must backfire.”

After expressing a lot of emotion, the old man continued to introduce the information about the demon to William. The content was very detailed. It seemed that this unwilling soul had put a lot of effort into it.

The succubus is the advanced form of the succubus, just like the pleasure demon is to the erinia.Succubus have greater power, more twisted forms, more cunning tactics, and greater ambition than succubi.

Demons have a unique ability. They can mark a willing or defenseless being with a simple touch (such as a hug or kiss), and cast a power called "Gift of Demons".

The marked life will leave a tattoo-like mark on a certain part of the body, which is the name of the demon written in the abyssal language (the marked person cannot see this tattoo).

As long as the effect of the deterrence gift is still there, the deterrence can know the situation and location of the target creature, as if she cast [contemplation] on the creature.

She can connect telepathically with the character no matter the distance (even across planes), and as long as she remains focused, she can use the character's five senses to observe the world as if she were there.

A demon can cast divine spells from the demon and trick domains.She cannot spontaneously cast [heal damage] or [deal damage] series of spells, nor can she dispel or rebuke undead creatures.

The demon can hide its own alignment, which is also a natural ability of the demon. The spells and spell-like abilities with the good description will regard the camp of the demon as good. For example, the [detect goodness] spell will mark the demon Good creatures, including those similar to magic items, are also fooled by this ability.

Before the demon voluntarily revealed his identity, the demon was even more perfect than the kindest human mother.

Just like the demon who occupies the light of Lathander at this moment, before it appeared in the light of Lathander, this demon even stayed in a remote and poor mountain village for 20 years as the most devout ascetic monk For a long time, it worked conscientiously and without fear of hardships to solve the problems of those poor mountain people, preached the teachings of the dawn, spread the glory of the gods, and achieved the ultimate that a priest of Losander could do.

In the end, the old man also told William a secret. The glabra, who used to pretend to be a female priest named Hayley Serve, had a glabra lover. When this glamor was in crisis, the terrifying glamor would probably Show up to help.

Indeed, for the vast majority of mortals and even many famous legendary figures, glabrats are undoubtedly a kind of demon with destructive combat power, not to mention their cunning wisdom.

But for William, the glabra was not too difficult to deal with.

William said to the old man: "I will destroy the demons entrenched here, but many places in this sanctuary have been desecrated and polluted by demons. I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep them intact during the battle."

The old man said excitedly: "Just fight as hard as you want, hero of mankind. It doesn't matter if you turn the entire temple into ruins. When the evil is purified, the new sanctuary will be rebuilt under the watchful eyes of my lord." stand up."

William curled his lips secretly, turned around and walked out, and at the same time said in his mouth: "This is the best! Then I don't have to worry about letting go of my hands and feet to do a big job."

William walked out of the only remaining building that could be kept holy, and turned around to see a figure lying on the ground waving at him at the corner of the corridor.

A beautiful and suffocating girl, she was wearing a slightly old priest's gown, which was a little loose, so that many scenes that should not be looked at directly were faintly presented, and they caught William's eyes.

A half-covered temptation can arouse a mortal's desire more than directly serving hard dishes. Obviously, this girl's outfit is well versed in this truth.

She raised the corner of her charming mouth, and shouted in a low voice full of magnetism: "This little brother, please help me, my ankle is sprained."

Speaking of which, the girl stretched out her almost delicate and perfect little foot, which is the top pure natural fetish that will not make people bored even if she plays with it for a lifetime.It's just that there is obvious redness and swelling on the ankle of this crazy gift of God, and it really looks like a sprained ankle.

William's face showed a look of a pig brother, drooling and smiling happily: "Okay, okay! I'll rub your feet for you!"

As he said that, he rushed over in a hurry.

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The girl didn't let William touch her, but avoided it lightly.

Of course, you can't dodge it, after all, if a knife is slashing in front of you, it's a fool if you don't dodge.The girl is certainly not a fool, on the contrary she is very shrewd and cunning.

She lightly landed on the railing of the colonnade by the side of the corridor, as easily as a warbler standing on a branch. The girl walked back and forth on the railing with a charming gait, and looked at William with a smile, provocatively. Said: "Little brother looks so fresh! But I don't know when you sneaked in?"

William flicked the Qiushui knife with his sleeves, and rolled a knife, but his face showed a dignified expression.Although he didn't really want to directly attack and kill this amazingly beautiful girl here, he couldn't help being shocked by her reaction speed. Even William himself could Some pale in comparison.

He sighed and said, "Of course you walked in through the door. Your Excellency should be Hayley Serve, right? I've heard of your reputation, a saint-like figure worthy of everyone's respect. It's just that I didn't expect it What's more, you are so beautiful and have such a powerful fighting power, it's unbelievable that you are so perfect."

But the girl smiled and said, "It's so cute that you lie, little brother! Don't tell me that stubborn old guy didn't say anything to you, or do you really think I'm like a saint?"

William said: "The ghost did tell me that you are a demon. But I find it hard to believe that there are demons as beautiful as you in the world. Aren't the demons in legends all monsters with strange appearance and ferocious faces? ?"

The girl stretched out her tongue which was several times longer than normal people, and said with a smirk: "Cunning man, you are even more interesting than those annoying devils who are full of lies. What do you want to see a real devil look like? Maybe I can satisfy your request."

While talking, the girl suddenly shouted a few words in the obscure Abyss language, and then said: "Come out! My darlings! Let this lying human see our true colors!"

Immediately, more than a dozen figures sprang out from the buildings that had been desecrated by the demons. They included a Flo demon in the shape of a night owl, a fat wild boar that looked like an upright, a soul demon with a pair of small wings on its back, and Like a strong toad walking upright, but with horny thorns growing on its back, there is a berserk demon. Among these grotesque demons, there is the most prominent leader, a demon type that William is quite familiar with-the glamor.

The glabra has a body stronger than that of a giant, a pair of giant pincer arms, and a ferocious appearance. Of course, these are just appearances. Under the armpits of the glabra's pincer arms, there is also a pair of equal proportions. The enlarged human arms, this is the most dangerous limb of the glabra, it can use these arms to cast various vicious spells like a human spellcaster.

William pretended to be flustered with a stubborn expression, and shouted: "Ha! Is this your subordinate, demon? There are too few of them, not even a dozen. I can kill them with a little force." light them!"

The girl, or the demon in disguise, grinned and said, "Don't worry, little human brother. After these idiots catch you, you will see more demons, I promise!"

Of course William understood what this demon meant, it wanted to send him alive to the bottomless abyss.But for the time being, William has no plans to travel to the bottomless abyss, so naturally he will not show mercy to these ugly demons.

William moved to dodge Flomo's flying pounce, and then dodged the peck of its beak, and then cut off the other's bird's head with a knife.

Immediately after, the Judgment Soul Demon rushed up. This kind of clumsy demon has a flexibility that is not commensurate with its size, especially the ridiculous pair of small wings on the back of the Judgment Soul Demon, which can actually drive the heavy body of the demon quickly. flight.

However, the Necromancer did not end well either. William opened the ugly monster with an autumn knife, and large groups of filthy blood and foul-smelling viscera flowed out of the Necromancer's stomach and shook it. It's all over the place.

The severe pain of disembowelling made the demon almost unbearable, and the Nabassa howled like a wild boar. It directly activated the unique ability of the Nascara—the halo of fear. An invisible wave impacted William, but did not cause any damage to him. any impact.

William ducked down to avoid the grapple attack and bite of the soul demon, and then pierced the demon's chin and skull with a knife, giving the demon a chance to rest in peace.

The death of these two demons finally made the other demons feel that something was wrong.It should be noted that under normal circumstances, demons killed on the main material plane will not really die, but will be expelled back to the bottomless abyss, like a small black house, unable to set foot in the main material plane for 100 years. It's not easy to boil.

For demons, the world of the main material plane is like a ticketed cafeteria, full of delicious souls. These souls can be harvested as wealth more valuable than gold and silver treasures, or they can be eaten as delicious food. Enjoy a delicious meal.

Being sent back to the dark room in the abyss is equivalent to temporarily revoking the admission ticket to the cafeteria, which is an extremely painful loss for any devil.

Of course, the loss is the loss, at least it does not lose its life. The devil will only feel heartache when facing this situation, and there is no real fear of life.However, at this moment, all the demons found something horrifying. The real names of the two demons killed by William disappeared.

While all demons have common names, all demons, including demon lords, keep a secret real name.As long as this real name is known, even a mortal can use some special rituals or ceremonies to drive demons to do certain things to a limited extent.

A real name is equivalent to the materialization of information about the essence of a demon. For any demon, whether it is his own real name or the real names of other demons, it is undoubtedly a top-level precious wealth.

Of course, it is difficult to obtain a demon's real name by coercive violence, because involuntary demons cannot tell their real name, only those who are charmed can automatically tell their real name, obviously this pair is good at charm It is not difficult for the deterrence demon.

However, now Shi Mo and several other demons who knew the real names of the two death demons found that they had forgotten the real names of the two hapless devils.And this situation only means two possibilities. One is that the essence of the two demons has undergone transformation, such as obtaining sublimation and salvation, and advanced to the existence of lawful goodness that is opposed to the previous chaotic and evil demon essence.

Of course, this possibility is almost impossible to happen, unless a certain boss who disappeared after the creation of the world returns, or the two demons realize the lofty spiritual realm of great enlightenment, great freedom, and great freedom.

As for the other possibility, the two demons are dead, really, completely dead, their essence failed to return to the abyss, but was wiped out by the main material plane and turned into a monster. Became part of the Prime Material Plane.

For the entire abyss, although this kind of loss is not even a drop in the ocean, but in terms of the cost of a single unit, it is undoubtedly a big loss.

Now these living demons who know the truth are also faced with two choices, one is to recklessly kill William, the "thief" who stole the property of Abyss, and eliminate this great harm for Abyss, (the one present) Any demon who achieves this achievement will be rewarded by the abyss (not necessarily rich).

Another option is to give up all illusions, try to save the demon's life as much as possible, and quickly send a special express delivery back to his hometown to stop the loss in time for Father Abyss, just like the demons on the execution ground in Falls Town did.

However, the berserkers, who were aggressive by nature but lacked brains, didn't think about this. Driven by the glamor with ulterior motives, they bravely charged towards William.

The first weapon used by Berserkers to injure the enemy is the ubiquitous stench permeating around their bodies, followed by their strong bodies and fangs and sharp claws.

Berserkers are very strong, and a single Berserker is enough to overwhelm an elite human adventure team (average level 7+). When this kind of demon appears on the battlefield in plural, it is simply a nightmare for their enemies.

Because Berserkers are one of the few demons who are naturally good at tactical coordination among all demons, the reason why they did not become a subversive force that completely overwhelmed the multiverse lies in the inferior intelligence of Berserkers and their greedy nature , It was even once said that a pile of fresh meat is enough to defeat the unstoppable attack of the Berserker Demon on the battlefield.

Naturally, William didn't have fresh meat to tempt the Berserker. Even if he had, he wouldn't want to spend it in this kind of place. The people in the old den were still waiting for food.

He covered his body surface with a thin layer of curse fire, blocking the stench of the Berserker Demon from his body surface. Although this stench couldn't cause much harm to him, if he could have a good breathing environment, Who would want to be in a cesspit?

The three Berserkers attacked William in a double-teaming posture. One Berserker opened his thick arms and performed a grapple attack on him. In one of the directions William might avoid, the other Berserker War Demon opened his ferocious mouth that almost occupied half of his head, ready to attack him with a bite attack at any time.

And the Berserker in the other direction seemed to be a bit too late, and hadn't had time to make up the last gap, but William knew very well that the so-called gap was actually a trap to lure him. If he really avoided it in that direction, Even if he relied on hard power to break the situation and save his life, he would have to be in a hurry for a while. Don't forget that there is a glamor and an even more difficult deterrence waiting to attack.

However, William's mind changed, and he rushed straight to the grappling Berserker. Before the demon could show his joy, a deadly impact crashed into Berserker's body.

The body surface of the Berserker is covered with a thick layer of horny skin, its defense is comparable to that of a giant dragon scale that is about to grow up, and it is comparable to the defense of a double layer of refined steel plate armor (standard plate armor defense plus value +8, adult dragon scale +18, Berserker skin +17).

Normally speaking, if there is no suitable demon-killing weapon, the average person's attack on the Berserker Demon is almost more tragic than the scraping attack.

But William was just an impact similar to the iron mountain, but the collapsed Berserker was completely burned, his heart was about to be torn, and he opened his mouth to spit out a stream of thick dirty blood, which was mixed with a large number of internal organs.

This is exactly the secret technique that William uses to break through the enemy's thick defenses - bone-penetrating strength.The strength passes through the outer skin of the Berserker Demon, using its sternum as the energy gathering point to unleash its dark energy, and launches a fatal blow to its internal organs. The effect is equivalent to Sun Monkey getting into the stomach of a monster to wreak havoc. Get twice the result with half the effort.

The beaten Berserker was truly ferocious in nature, and even though he had suffered such fatal injuries, he still desperately wanted to grab William.Therefore, after one blow was successful, William continued to attack without stopping, and Qiu Shui Knife almost chopped his two arms into pieces.

Immediately afterwards, William dodged to hide behind the battered Berserker, and separated the bites and claws of the other two Berserkers with his large demon body.

At the same time, William also took advantage of this to avoid another sneak attack from the Glacier——[Metamagic Hammer of Chaos].The energy attack full of chaotic power hit the wounded Berserk Demon. Although the demon, which lacked arms and internal organs, couldn't help but spit out a big mouthful of blood, it became more energetic, and the chaotic power For the devil, it is a great tonic.

However, William took the opportunity to give the hapless Berserker a stab, piercing the back of its head where it could barely find it, and turning the demon into a part of the physical world.

The tragic death of their companions did not make the remaining Berserkers timid. They continued to rush towards William, but they were dismembered and killed by him as deftly as a big stupid bear.

However, Lulumo and Demo took the opportunity to recite the spell of the abyss, and each opened a door of summoning full of evil and chaos.If there are enough manpower and magic energy supply, these two gates of summoning can be transformed into semi-permanent gates of the abyss, just like the gate of hell in the highest forest.

A large number of demons rushed out from the door of summoning, and most of the demons were a kind of small-sized species like pig-headed fat men walking upright—cowards.

Others include Berserker Demon, Burning Body Demon (a demon similar in appearance to Balor, but much weaker), Bagula Demon and a series of relatively powerful demons.