The Swordsman of Faerûn

So after a whole day, Aidara and her companions accumulated a lot of anger in their hearts. If it weren't for their special beliefs, any saint or believer from another sect would have rolled up their sleeves and didn't know how to confuse the demons. How many times.

When night fell, all the workers stopped working and entered the rest time.Full of anger, Aidara came to William, and she glared fiercely at the demon who was hiding beside the lord, and then said to William in an angry and elegant manner: "Your Excellency, I request you to work under me. Keep this shameless demon away from my side for as long as I can!"

William raised his eyebrows, and said directly without thinking: "Please forgive me for refusing! Ms. Edara. But I want to know what Hathaway did to make the lady so angry?"

However, Aidala was rejected directly by William, and her anger was blown away in an instant.He stared at William in a daze for a while, and then, in plain language, described what Hathaway had done during the day without embellishment, and then turned around and left without waiting for William to reply.

William looked at Aidara's back in a little surprise, this woman is not simple.

Chapter Seventy-Four

Even a scrap of paper has its place to play a role, not to mention a sect with a complete philosophy that can be logically self-consistent.

As I said before, William doesn't like the sect of the Spring and the Goddess of Peace, because the foundation of this sect's philosophy is incomplete, but this does not prevent William from using it, such as letting them go to the registered abnormal biome Spread the teachings.

Of course, the construction of fountains and the sacred circle is only an introduction to the contact between the two parties, and the deliberate embarrassment of Aidala and others by the demon is the beginning of mutual temptation between the two parties.

The day after Aidara's unhappy meeting with William, a disturbing rumor began to circulate in the camp.It is said that there is a terrible demon lurking beside the lord, and this cunning demon is trying to confuse the lord.

Hathaway's identity was not an untouchable secret in the camp. Many people knew that she was a demon. When this rumor started to spread, some insiders began to feel uneasy.

So they began cascading with each other, and in a short time three representatives were chosen to try to raise their concerns to their lord.It can only be said that William's previous intimidation methods were relatively effective. At least these people temporarily did not have the active idea of ​​evading the lord or helping the lord to "clear the king's side".

In the face of the representatives' admonishment, William acted very sagely and wise. He received them cordially and listened carefully to their opinions and concerns. He even called back the demon in front of these representatives. Hathaway strictly ordered her to follow Aidara's side every step of the way, and she was not allowed to set foot in the lord's tent without being summoned.

William vaguely explained Aedara's identity to the representatives, claiming that she was a high-ranking powerhouse whose personality was close to that of a god. In the past, it could usually be understood as a demigod who had not completely completed the transformation of divine power. Now it is used to refer to a saint. Not bad.With such a big shot watching the demon Hathaway next to him, no one thought anything could go wrong.

The representatives left the lord's tent contentedly, not only because of the lord's explanation, but more importantly, the lord's attitude towards them, the admonishers, just as the saying goes, a leader who humbly accepts advice is popular wherever he goes.

Not to mention the praise and recognition of William from the people under his command, when the construction of Falls Town was on the right track, William was quickly separated from the complicated affairs.

A capable team was assembled, including the powerful Baird, the dwarf Bonog Steelfoot, the half-elf guardian Cheval Starcloak, and of course Phinea and two little girls.Celur also wanted to participate, but William ruthlessly rejected her, because the little guy couldn't sit firmly on Mo Xiao's saddle, which made the somewhat competitive little Celur very unhappy.

Bonog Steelfoot was also very unhappy, and of course it was none other than his adventure companions.

The work-for-work policy formulated by William set relatively generous salary standards. Its purpose is to help people who have become impoverished by the floods to get rid of poverty as quickly as possible, which makes stable urban construction Work has become a good job that almost everyone flocks to, which not only absorbs most of the labor force in the camp, even the guards in charge of security secretly go to work as brick movers when they are not on duty.

Those adventure partners of Bonog have also become glorious brick movers. The tragic adventure experience made these poor people no longer want to follow the former adventure leader to go to the wild to suffer and suffer, including the dwarf of Bonog. same idea.

The dwarf Kimmel Durind did not join this team either. As William's most trusted "person of his own", he wanted to stay in Falls Town to represent William to exercise part of the lord's power of attorney.

This team, which can be called the most elite combat force in the entire camp, was assembled. Its main function was to supplement William's personal combat power and solve some things that were not easy for him to deal with alone, such as before. The work of cleaning the battlefield in Lathander Light; perhaps the possible future refugee escort work also needs their help.

In this team, the two little girls are undoubtedly the more prominent stars, because they have their own means of transportation. Misha'er is wearing the Seven Wind Feather Armor, and there is also a Pegasus Mo Xiao who can ride. Of course, she and the little girl The partner Miluna is also responsible for the air reconnaissance mission of the whole team.

Miluna has a fairy cloak with a constant [Feather Fall], which allows her to act as a Pegasus rider with Misha'er most of the time, and sometimes she will drive a cloud car on the ground.

But it didn't take long for Miluna to lose the right to use the cloud car, and of course the ownership was still hers.

But it is the think tank of the elite team - Cheval Xingpao believes that the cloud car with excellent cross-country ability has certain strategic value, such as carrying the logistics materials of the entire team, transporting injured people, etc., even if the number of cloud cars If there are enough, and the speed is faster, it has great value as a legion-level transportation mount.

Of course, William knows the value of the cloud car. To be honest, he really regrets it now. He regrets why he didn’t search for this thing more in Calimport. You must know that such a cloud car cannot be said everywhere on the streets of the core area of ​​Calimport. They were all, but they were not rare items. At that time, William didn't know the value of this item. Except for picking up one as a loot, almost all the rest were smashed and burned by the violent guys of the Flame Legion.

Apart from Calimport, perhaps only the home of the djinn - the Air Elemental Plane, can find a similar cloud car.

William was riding an ordinary war horse, which was the only mount in the entire team besides the Pegasus Mo Xiao.Originally, William didn't want to ride a horse, but everyone agreed that the lord's trip must be dignified, such as riding a horse, or accompanied by a waiter.

Maya who wanted to be a waiter was driven back by William, and riding a war horse became his inescapable privilege.Theoretically, the Pegasus Mo Xiao is the mount that can best demonstrate the majesty of the lord, but since they need to go on dangerous wild adventures, people have fully demonstrated their pragmatism, and no one has mentioned the Pegasus.

The former female sorcerer apprentice Diya became the driver of Yunche, but now Diya is a qualified junior mage. She acts as the deputy of Cheval Starcloak in the team, serving as a supporter for the entire team when necessary. Provides magical support.

Diya is also a little unhappy, because the half-elf protector always likes to usurp her hand job. In fact, most of the elite team members want to do it. After all, driving the cloud car is so much fun.

William and the others explored the Dagger Hills area on the south bank of the Tessa River.

The Dagger Hills occupy almost two-thirds of the entire Dagger Valley. It is an undeveloped area composed of various hills and mounds and some small valleys. There are lush vegetation and a variety of species, including various ferns and trees. Forests, thickets and thorny grounds, and host a large number of different kinds of animals.

Also due to the complexity of the landforms in this area, it has become a habitat and hunting ground for wolf monsters, vampires, owlbears, lycanthropes, and even beholders.

All in all, Dagger Hills is pretty much a stronghold for monsters.

It is not that the people of Dagger Valley have initiated the development of the hilly area. After all, the land here is equally fertile, but that was a long time ago. With the invasion of Zhentil Castle, Dagger Valley has been unable to continue to support the reclamation area. So much so that the land they once developed was re-occupied by monsters and bushes and thorns.

William and his party are walking on the road developed by the predecessors. This road that once carried the blood, tears and hope of the former Dagger Valley people is now mostly infested by several special thorns, which are as tough as steel wire. General toughness, spikes containing plant toxins, and relatively strong fire resistance, at least ordinary bonfires and burning fires are hard to deal with them.

Moreover, these thorns grow extremely fast, and in some cases, they can even occupy a large piece of farmland in just one night.

It is this unique plant that turned the dagger valley people's land reclamation into a ridiculous and sad tug-of-war. The high cost made the lack of support from the rear, and the pioneers faced various monsters After all, they had no choice but to withdraw from this area sadly.

These thorns also plagued the elite team under William, making their progress somewhat difficult, even with special druids opening the way ahead.A veteran druid, Conger Wolf Soul, who has studied plants, claimed that these thorns are not a product of nature, but a magical creation mixed with evil forces.

William believed the druid's words. He took out a bottle of high-concentration holy water, or should be called holy oil, and poured some holy oil on the thorns, but unfortunately there was no reaction.

This was a bit embarrassing, and William stared at Conger Wolf Soul with strange eyes, motioning him to give himself a reasonable explanation.

Conger's mind is also a little dizzy, lord, that's what I said, you are really a needle!You said it was a mess, didn't you? !

It's a pity that Mr. Druid is not a quick-spoken person. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to respond to William. On the other hand, Cheval Starcloak cleverly relieved the embarrassment for the two of them.

The star robe said: "Your Excellency, the evil power in the eyes of druids is not the same as the evil power in our usual cognition. For all the children of nature (here refers to druids, rangers and others who maintain the harmony of nature) For natural sect priests, heterogeneous), any force that causes damage to and distorts nature is an evil force, even those evil druids who also use the power of nature also fall into this category."

William finally understood that the evil that Druid spoke of was the definition of all actions that disturbed nature, not the attributes of those powers themselves.

He glanced at Kanger Wolf Soul and said: "Don't talk about 'evil' and 'evil' in the future, talk about things when you have something to say, and talk about problems when you have problems. Druids are about seeking truth from facts. What is the meaning of slogans that are not there!"

A few words were irritating, but Kang Geer's face was swollen, and his eyes were red, that is, the guy's full beard, which made it impossible to see the change in his face.

William continued: "Conger, since you said that these things don't come naturally, then tell us, where are the problems with these thorns."

When it came to the druid's professional issue, Conger immediately restrained the embarrassment in his heart. He said: "These are mutated plants produced by the force of nature. For example, this one is called iron wire thorns. Their vines are more The steel wire is even tougher, it cannot be cut by a knife, and it is difficult to break by an axe, but it is often used by many high-level druids to bind the enemy's assistants. This kind is sleeping thorns, and its thorns have a unique The toxin, the person who is pierced will soon fall into a coma.

This kind of dark brown thorn is called Fire Trapped. It is a variant of a plant that grows in volcanic areas. It has excellent flame retardancy and heat absorption properties. General natural flames will not burn it to death, but will stimulate the trapped Fire thorns grow rapidly.

this is……"

Conger's knowledge about thorns is indeed clear and clear. He knows almost all natural or unnatural plants here. According to Congel, among the monsters that drove the pioneers back, there must be one or even several evil ones. Druids exist.

For this news, William felt a little inexplicable anger.The predecessors cut through thorns and thorns to open up a homeland for future generations. The hardships involved need not be repeated, but those so-called evil druids scrambled to help monsters counterattack the human race's pioneering area. This is obviously the kind of Picking up the bowl to eat, putting down the chopsticks to scold your mother is a shameless act.

The reason for saying this is because it involves a characteristic of druid inheritance.Druids are called the children of nature. In fact, they cannot live alone in a circle outside of civilized society. They wander on the fringes of society. They need to be close to nature, but they cannot open the shackles of civilization. It is a relatively contradictory existence.

There is no need to say much about being close to nature, the key is the fetters of civilization.This is the rule that any druid has been taught in the early days of his inauguration. Druids cannot forget their own civilization attributes.There used to be a group of druids in history. They gave up their civilization marks and completely integrated themselves into the embrace of nature. They thought they could use this to grasp the true meaning of natural power. Then they became owl bears, and again The one that can't be changed back.

Any druid who has forgotten his own civilization imprint will inevitably end up as a natural monster, without exception.Therefore, the druids who have basically achieved something are all born in relatively strong and advanced civilization groups, such as humans, elves, dwarves and other civilized races.

Obviously, those evil druids who helped the monsters drive away the pioneers of Dagger Valley did something very unreasonable. Proper people - rape, elves - rape, dwarves - rape.

William couldn't bear the obstacles blocked by these thorns any longer. He rolled up his sleeves and opened his palms, turning half of his arm into a pillar of flame tens of meters long. The temperature reached a high temperature enough to melt steel and rocks, and then he controlled the pillar of fire to sweep over the thorns. Whether it was iron wire thorns, poisonous thorns, or fire-resistant thorns, they all turned into scorched ashes in an instant.

William's way of opening the road is indeed faster, but it leads to a sharp increase in the drinking water consumption of the entire team.Even if the members of the elite team stayed far away, they still had to endure the high temperature and residual heat. They were sweating profusely so that they had to replenish a lot of water, especially Phiniya.

Chapter Seventy-Five: The Battle with Monsters

Under William's control, the flame seemed to have life, obediently burning out a passage of ashes more than ten miles long, but it did not cause even a forest fire to spread, but it made all the subordinates admire And quite sigh.

Fire Lord!Sure enough, it lived up to the name of the leader of the flame series of creatures.

When William and the others came to a flat valley, they saw many dilapidated and collapsed houses. These were the relics left by the original pioneers. They once built villages here to reclaim farmland and wanted to develop Dagger Hill into a The civilized area suitable for human habitation, but the great cause collapsed in the middle of the road, leaving only a bleak ruins to tell the aspirations of the ancestors of Dagger Valley.

The vegetation in the valley was sparse and scattered, and there were no annoying thorns blocking the way, so everyone dispersed into several combat teams and entered the valley to investigate.Each squad is a fully equipped combat team, except for William, who is serving as a reserve team, Phinea and two little girls, Cheval Star Robe, and Druid Conger Wolf Soul are All members of his group.

After a few days of working in groups, Feniya found that she still preferred to charge by William's side, leaving the two little guys behind because William was worried about separating them, because he already felt a faint crisis pervading the air. In all directions of the valley, even the air is not very safe.

As for Cheval Starcloak and Druid, they are two unstable additions. Whether they want to rebel or plan some small calculations, at least under William's nose, these two are not weak. The guy shouldn't be able to make waves.

Everyone didn't find any problems in the abandoned village. Except for the footprints and remains of wild beasts, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

But when William and his group stepped into the ruins of the village, the situation became different.

William kicked away a pile of rotten wood, revealing a covered cellar.Opening the entrance of the cellar, a strong stench came to the face, accompanied by a beast-like roar.

Cheval Starcloak cast [Light Art] on a wooden stick, making it emit bright light like a fluorescent stick, and then the half-elf threw the glowing wooden stick into the cellar.

The magical light illuminated the dark cellar, presenting the situation inside to the eyes of William and others.The cellar is full of incomplete bones. These bones include beasts and humanoid creatures. Most of them have turned into white bones covered with bite marks, but a small part is rotting, and several of them are terrifying. The monsters were crouching in the pile of carrion, devouring the carrion while staring at the cellar mouth with evil charcoal eyes.

It turned out to be a group of ghouls, and they were still being raised.

Ghouls look a bit like the lickers in Resident Evil, but they are smarter. They retain all the wisdom and knowledge in life. When they transform from living creatures to evil monsters, their minds become more intelligent. Concentrated, and therefore more cunning and ferocious.

The only thing that can limit the wisdom of ghouls is their unquenchable hunger for the flesh and blood of living creatures, but this does not mean that ghouls will eat fresh meat alive, on the contrary they will kill their prey first, Then eat the flesh of the dead body, which is rather strange.

It's not uncommon for ghouls to live in abandoned cellars, but it's not unusual for them to be able to live comfortably in a closed cellar, even if it's filled with rotting flesh.

When the ghouls are full, their former wisdom will come back online, and then do some things that normal intelligent creatures usually do, but they will never hide in the cellar and be raised as pigs.

The individual combat power of ghouls is relatively strong. Except for William and his family, Baird, who has improved a lot in terms of personal force alone, is qualified to kill an ordinary ghoul head-on. Aside from spells, there is almost no power that can face a ghoul alone.

William summoned all the combat teams back, and he planned to let these titular elites practice with these ghouls, and this plan was unanimously approved by the big guys. use.

It was very easy to lure the ghouls out of the cellar. Any one of the two little guys showed up at the cellar entrance, which immediately caused a riot among these monsters. Yes, their desire for cubs was even stronger.

What?You asked why you didn't fight ghouls in the cellar, not to mention the small space in the cellar, and the dead bones all over the floor made it impossible for any combat team to use it, not to mention that ghouls don't pay attention to chivalry. The ghost will helplessly watch a companion being beaten by a group of living creatures.

The most deadly point is that if these ghouls rise up in groups, they will be able to tear apart any elite group except William's group in the blink of an eye.

Ghouls are prone to skin burns from the scorching midday sun, but that doesn't mean they can't be active during the day. They hate light but are not afraid.

So when Misha made a small appearance at the entrance of the cellar, the ghouls immediately let out a violent roar, and then they swarmed towards the cellar.

A ghoul jumped out of the cellar and landed on the specially cleaned open space, while the rest of the ghouls were pulled back by William with a stick. They tried several times in a row, but they still couldn't Breaking through William's block, he could only shrink in the cellar, powerless and furious.

And the situation facing the rushing ghoul is not very optimistic, a standard combat team has already been waiting in front of it.

A standard combat team generally consists of two to three sword and shield warriors, one or two strong warriors who use long-handled axes and halberds, and then three rangers who are good at using bows and crossbows. The rest is responsible for providing spells Supported spellcasters include but are not limited to mages, warlocks, druids, or priests.

Of course, in William's team, successful spellcasters are relatively rare. Except for Cheval Starcloak, a high-level mage protector, the only one left is Diya, a newly promoted junior mage who is still reliable, and the others are basically half-baked. Apprentices or poor amateur players, under normal circumstances, they are much more reliable in using crossbows than in casting spells.

The first combat group to meet the test was the one led by Baird. In this group, only Baird and another not-so-strong sword-and-shield warrior acted as the leader, on both sides and in the middle behind him. There are three long-armed warriors, two of them use long forks, the third is carrying a single-edged axe, and behind them are three rangers who are waiting for their bows, as well as the poor warlock Avelda and a German Apprentice Rui.

Evelda is also the older sister of Goreto, another half-baked sorcerer, the so-called cow Bichi in Diya's mouth.

Avelda can use two kinds of tricks, namely [Reading Magic] and [Magic Trick]. It is these two spells that have won Avelda a lot of fame that Diya envied.

Of course, these two spells of Avrilda are basically useless now. For her, a well-stringed steel crossbow can help her teammates more than any spells.

Facing the jumping ghoul, Baird yelled "Wilzer!" and called his sword and shield companions to charge the enemy together.It's a pity that this sword and shield warrior named Wilzer was not as brave as expected. He hesitated involuntarily, which inevitably caused flaws in the cooperation between him and Baird.

It wasn't until Baird rushed in front of the ghoul that he realized that his companion hadn't rushed to where he should be in time.

Facing the stench of carrion and the greedy and cruel gaze of the ghoul, Baird had no time to retreat, so he could only muster up his courage, holding up the fire copper and steel shield and slapping the target covered with pus on the rotting skin.

Pus and carrion slag splashed for a while, but Baird's shield attack did not cause any real blow to the ghoul. The reason is very simple, ghouls are undead creatures, and a heavy blow to the head will not make it sink hysteresis.

The ghoul took advantage of the situation and grabbed Baird's steel shield twice, leaving a few obvious scratches on the shield.But the impact caused by these two attacks made Baird couldn't help taking a step back.

It was this step of retreat that almost caused a catastrophe.

Let's say that Baird's group is responsible for besieging and killing the ghouls, and the remaining groups are divided into four positions, watching the battle to gain combat experience, and being vigilant at the same time.

And the two little girls and Finiya also stood not far away to watch the fun happily.

The vampire's blow delayed Baird's reaction, but he didn't continue to attack him. Instead, his legs curled up suddenly and then jumped up, like a jumping toad, he jumped in front of the sword and shield player Wilzer, a pair of hideous ghosts With a horizontal sweep of the claws, Wilzer was pulled and flew horizontally, and the steel shield he was holding also collapsed.

Just when everyone thought that the monster would continue to chase and kill Wilzer, the ghoul landed on all fours, dodging the ax warrior who hadn't reacted from the shock, then passed the ranger who was caught off guard, and ran straight to The female sorceress Avrilda and the druid apprentice standing at the back of the array.

The druid apprentice subconsciously gave himself a [Like Art] (increase a little temporary life), so that his body would be full of vitality, so that he could get an extra bargaining chip to save his life when he was raided later.

The ghoul's pounce is so fast that it is almost as swift as a big cat on the hunt.When Avelda realized that she was about to be the target of the monster's surprise attack, the ghoul had already mounted her face.

Avelda has the courage not to lose to a man. In the face of a fatal crisis, she did not panic like a coward. Instead, she endured the panic in her heart, and pointed the steel crossbow at the ugly face of the ghoul, and gave it a shot. A face-to-face crit.

The kinetic energy brought by the steel crossbow not only allowed the steel arrow to penetrate half of the ghoul's face, but also brought a glimmer of life to Avelda. The recoil force from the crossbow arm made her fall backwards, but Just avoided the ghoul's belly-breaking grab.

Normally, this didn't give the sorceress any advantage, because she certainly couldn't avoid the next wave of attacks from the ghouls.However, the real target of the ghoul has never been her, or anyone in the entire combat team.

The ghoul's goal has always been clear. It ran out after the human cub who lured it out of the cellar lair. The dessert was right in front of it. How could it "transfer love" if it was so focused.

It's just that the ugly and stupid appearance of the ghoul confuses everyone, making everyone think that it is an undead beast, while ignoring its true nature.

When Avelda lay on the ground, ready to face the attack of the ghoul, the ghoul abandoned her with disdain.Just when Avelda was about to lament that she survived the catastrophe, she heard Baird who turned around and shouted anxiously: "No! Damn monster! Come and face me!"

The sorceress suddenly turned her head, but saw a scene that horrified her inexplicably, and it was also a scene that most of the people present were terrified. The ghoul unexpectedly rushed in front of Misha'er.

Perhaps thinking that he had won the battle, this cunning ghoul flicked its rotten tongue and said in a blunt tone: "Dear... little... baby... get ready... to meet... Daddy's... ...the gift...?"

This monster can actually speak in a common language, which is far beyond everyone's expectations, but now no one is in the mood to express emotion about it, no matter what these people think, they all show grief and panic The expression, the lord's own sister is about to perish in front of them, and the fool will make a mistake at this time.

But, another but, what happened next broke everyone's jaws.

Who is Misha? She is William's own sister, and is his most important bond in this world. The two siblings have always been dependent on each other.In the past two years, apart from the fact that the little guy needed to take care of his body at the beginning, William never let go of teaching Misha in the following days. He almost taught the little guy every step of the way.

Whether it's the development of her own blood or the practice of boxing, with the guidance of William, the guide, Misha'er has almost never made a detour, and the hard life of her childhood made the little guy understand the importance of strength, no matter whether there are people or not. The supervisor urged her that Misha'er has never slackened in strengthening herself.

But the little girl smiled sweetly at the ghoul, and said, "Monster, I have a gift for you too!" As she spoke, she stretched out her white and somewhat rough hand, and spread it on the face of the ghoul. Open, and then, a conical flame burst out from the little guy's palm.