The Swordsman of Faerûn

Yasuna said with a serious face: "The impact of the destruction of the Moon Bridge is too great, this bitch Elastriol will definitely go crazy, even if Xieren is her own sister, she may not be able to stop it, let alone Hillen isn't here either. We can't help but get out of town."

William stomped his feet resentfully and said angrily: "Oh! It's really fucking bad luck. I don't think that I will get into trouble everywhere I go. Is it true that I am a bastard, and I can't kill God?"

Just as he was talking, a straight line of fire suddenly appeared in the sky, dragging a long tail flame straight to the highest palace in Silvermoon City, Yasuna exclaimed: "Alastriol's flame chariot! Could it be Helen, why did she run back?"

William looked at the lingering line of fire in the sky with a cloudy expression, and after a long silence, he said coldly: "Let's go! Let's go back and find a way to get out of the city first."

Yasuna said uncertainly: "Should we wait any longer? Maybe Helen will have a way to persuade Alustriel?"

William walked and said, "No way! You said just now that Helen might not be able to stop him, and I don't want to place my hopes on uncertain guesses. After all, this is someone else's territory. It's better for us to leave early. "

Yasuna narrowed her eyes and showed a smile: "Well, everything is up to you!"

The two quietly bypassed several groups of patrolling guards, and hurried to the home of the frustrated, but William couldn't hide the bitterness in his heart: Could it be that my escape path was repeated again?

Chapter 22 I'll play with you

There was no danger along the way, and William and Yasuna returned to the Home of the Lost smoothly. However, William always felt that something was wrong, as if something was peeping at him. When he looked back, he found nothing.

After stepping into the home of the frustrated, William finally knew who the peeping man was.A woman, a middle-aged woman with green hair and green eyes, was sitting in the hall talking to Misha and Finia with a smile on her face. Her words seemed very funny, which made the little girl laugh out loud.When seeing William enter the door, the green-haired woman made a few gestures lightly, and a few weird big eyeballs silently appeared behind William, and quickly flew towards the green-haired woman.

The green-haired woman seemed to enjoy the surprise of everyone, and she even deliberately directed her little thing to do a few complicated movements in the air to attract the attention of the people present.But she couldn't laugh anymore. When these disgusting eyeballs approached Misha'er, she seemed to lose her power suddenly, and fell to the floor in the form of free fall, smashing into several puddles of even more disgusting sauce. .

"No! Oh, my little cuties, what's the matter with you? No—!" Many times, people often encounter some accidents where joy turns into sorrow. The middle-aged woman who looked kind and amiable immediately changed her eyebrows With a vicious vertical eye, "Damn it! You executioners who destroyed the Moon Bridge, I knew it would be bad to meet you. I want...uh!"

A strong and powerful hand directly grabbed her slender and beautiful neck, causing the woman's threatening words to be held back in her throat.William took a closer look at the captive in front of him. She was definitely a beautiful and dazzling woman. Although her age has passed, her skin is still well maintained. If it weren't for the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, William would even think it was a real woman. A girl in bloom.

But Lin Kesi's feeling is not so wonderful.She just felt that the "iron tongs" on her neck were getting tighter and tighter. The strength she was usually proud of was now as helpless as a rootless duckweed. Scratching his neck, trying to get rid of the extremely frightening feeling of suffocation.Her heart was filled with infinite panic and fear, and all the triggering spells on her body were useless, including the trump card she used to save her life.

Links begged intermittently: "No... Please... don't kill me, I'm a woman... lady... Links, Hellen... Hellen's..."

William held Links' slender and beautiful gooseneck with one hand. He only needed to exert some force with his fingers, and the beautiful woman in front of him would immediately disappear.There is a tyranny hidden deep in everyone's heart, a faint pleasure from the destruction of beautiful things, and William felt this faintly at this time.

Linx, who had already started to suffocate, suddenly showed a hint of joy, because when she saw the person walking in from the door, she couldn't help showing a look of hope on her already swollen purple face.

"William, stop! Put Links down quickly."

William's body couldn't help but tremble when he heard the words, and the palm holding Links trembled, "Crack!" With a crisp sound of bones breaking, Links fell limply on the floor, her neck showed an astonishing twist , eyes wide open, with obvious horror and disbelief.

Everyone present was shocked by this sudden change. No one expected that William would suddenly kill the killer. The person who had just entered the door hurriedly stepped forward to check Links' "corpse", and then stared at Lin Kesi's "body" in horror. Looking at William: "William! You...you...how dare you kill Links? You...you..."

William sneered and said: "Didn't you already leave? Why are you coming back, Hellen!" The person who came was Hellen. He was in high spirits, but couldn't hide his tiredness, as if he had traveled a long way.

Helen looked at William coldly and said, "I came back to... Forget it, what's the use of talking about it now! William, do you know who Lynx is and why she's so impulsive? You...you..." She stroked Links' cheek blankly, her heart full of regret and remorse.

William gently pulled out Autumn Water Broken Dreams, stretched out his arms and hugged Misha, and glanced at the people who were sitting in the hall. Most of the guests, including the waiters, were sullen and drew their weapons to step forward. Someone has already arranged manpower here.William said with a sneer on his face, "So what if you kill him? Humph, at worst, just kill him and turn the world upside down."

Helen glared at William and said, "You? Hello, very good! This is..." Helen and William looked at each other, and suddenly there was a sudden shock in his heart, "You go! Go far away, forever Leave Silvermoon City, leave the Northland, and never come back!"

William turned around with a sneer and was about to go out, but the ambushing people around were unwilling to let them go, they all stepped forward to block the way, when Yasuna and Finia saw each armed with weapons, they were ready to fight.Helen shouted angrily: "Raggett! Let them go!"

One of the bearded men holding a dagger said unwillingly: "But! Ms. Xillen, they killed Mrs. Links!"

Helen roared hoarsely: "I say, let them go!" The passers-by reluctantly moved out of the way, watching William and the others walk away with resentment.

The bearded Raggett stepped forward and said angrily, "Ms. Hillen, do you just let them go?"

Hellen closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, "Raggett, go and gather the air rangers, stare at them from a distance, and report back as soon as they leave the city. Remember! No one is allowed to come within [-] feet of them, including The sky." Raggett paused and left.

Helen then ordered the others: "Take Lin Kesi's body and let's go to the Ladies' College. Alustri is waiting for news there."

Walking on the street, although there were people staring at it from time to time, the road was unimpeded. The direction William and the others were going was the east gate of Silvermoon City.On the way, Yasuna said worriedly: "William, you actually killed Links, she is a woman with a lot of background."

William smiled with interest: "Oh? Tell me, what's her background?"

Yasuna said bitterly: "Now you are still in the mood to laugh, but I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh even if you want to. Linx's father and sister were both the chief supreme mage of Silvermoon City. Her father She even died fighting to protect Silvermoon City. Her mother was an elf princess who survived the destruction of Myth Drannor, and she has a very high influence among all the surface elves. The most troublesome thing is Linx and her My elder sister, Amaina, is the founder of the best magic school in the Northland, Ladies Academy, and has been controlling that school until today. I don’t know how many students have graduated from there for hundreds of years and have become their most loyal supporters. .”

William grinned and said, "Hey! You really have a lot of background, hahaha!"

Yasuna said angrily: "You can still laugh now? You...you still think about what we should do in the future?"

William said indifferently: "Of course I'm out of the city. I'll find a village outside the city to live in. I'll talk about other things later."

Yasuna said weakly, "William, I don't even know how to say hello."

"Okay, don't worry about it. Since Xillen showed up, it means that Yueqiao has been suppressed by her. Besides, even if Links is really dead, isn't there still [Resurrection]?"

Yasuna said: "You don't understand. Although resurrection spells are effective for ordinary people, they don't work for Sisters Hiron and Sister Linx who have been labeled by the gods or violated the balance of laws. Reviving them is a thousand times more difficult than reviving an ordinary person."

William rubbed his chin lightly against Misha'er's small forehead and said, "Oh! There is such a thing, no wonder Xillen looks sad, it's really interesting. Hehe, Xillen, Xilen, want to plot I have to pay the price, this time I will teach you a little lesson!"

Yasuna widened her eyes and said angrily, "This is not a small lesson, okay?"

Helen smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry! I acted with discretion. I just broke that girl's neck, and didn't really kill her."

"Impossible! How could Links hide from the experienced Hillen whether she was alive or dead?" Yasuna exclaimed in disbelief.

William gesticulated with his little finger and said, "A little esoteric trick. Haha, Hellen is also concerned about it, but he can only hide it from her for a while at most, and it won't be long before the truth is revealed."

On another street, Xillen was leading a group of people to carry Linx's "body" to the Ladies' College. At this time, the woman who was usually full of wit and tricks was in a mess of mind. I really don't know how to choose. Of course, from a rational point of view, giving up the William brothers and sisters is a wise choice.When they reached the River Raven, Xillen took Links alone and flew to the center of the academy castle.

Anxious Alustri was already waiting there. When she saw Xillen, she stepped up to meet her and asked anxiously, "Is something wrong with Links?" Xillen nodded frustratedly while hugging Links.

Eraszhuo showed a stern face and said: "Come on! Go and inform Senas, and call all the silver knights immediately. So everyone is equipped with spears and crossbows. I want..." She was talking, and Xi Lun was pregnant. Linx suddenly let out an almost inaudible howl, and soon the sound became clearer and clearer.

Alaszhuo said pleasantly: "Hellen, look quickly... Links... Links..."

Helen also exclaimed in ecstasy: "I see, Links is still alive! Hahaha! Links wake up."

Links opened her eyes in a daze and said to herself: "Am I dead? Where am I? Damn it, oops—! My neck hurts so much, why can't I lift my head?"

Chapter 23 Temporary Seclusion

Beside a sparse forest path outside Silvermoon City, the four of William, who were supposed to find a place to abscond, sat on the side talking and laughing, stopping to rest.

Yasuna asked puzzled, "William, how can you be sure that Helen is plotting against you again this time?"

William said with a smile: "I can still tell the difference between a person who has exhausted himself after a long journey and a person who pretends to be. Although Xieren looks very similar, the blood (not blood) in her body is abnormally abundant, definitely not Those who rush back after a long journey can have it. What's more, there is some information you provided, which can be easily judged after a little analysis."

"Oh?" An inexplicable color flashed in Yasuna's eyes, "I don't know what you mean by 'blood energy', does it refer to physical strength?"

William said ambiguously: "Well, it counts!"

"Then what are your plans next?"

"Are you planning?" William couldn't help but sighed, but he didn't answer Yasuna's question directly, "I think I'm new here, the world is unknown, and I should have kept my behavior low-key, but because of my carelessness, I got involved in the affairs of several big forces. In the midst of right and wrong... Sigh! At first I wanted to pretend to be a fledgling fool, but now that I think about it, I miscalculated. If I am a cowardly and ordinary person, how can I be miscalculated? Always remember."

Yasuna said: "I really don't understand what you are talking about."

"Okay, you and Xillen are both good people, and you know what you think in your heart best. Hmph! Although I don't know why Xillen is behind the scenes this time, I think I need help with something, but Lian Yueqiao and the couple Such an important building in Silvermoon City can be sacrificed, so it can be seen that the picture must be no small matter. If I really continue to pretend to be stupid and follow her wishes, I am afraid that I may lose my life in the end. To fall out is to jump out of the situation and take the opportunity to escape."

"You mean you're not going to help Helen and the others?"

William shook his head and said with a smile: "We still have to help. After all, it's rare to meet each other. We have to show some kindness. It's just that I have the final say on how to help and how much to help."

Yasuna then asked, "Then what should we do now?"

William looked up at the black dots hovering in the sky in the distance and said: "I think the woman whose neck bone was broken by me is almost awake at this time, and these 'followers' should also be sent back soon." Order, after this incident, Helen should not bother me in a short time. Let's go, let's find a place to settle down and live a peaceful life."

In the castle of the Ladies' College of Silvermoon City, Hieren said to Alastriol: "It seems that it was just a false alarm. Now Links is safe and sound, let's call everyone back."

Links, who was deaf and moaning non-stop, said angrily, "What is a false alarm? My neck is broken like this, so I'm safe and sound? Do you know that bastard really wants to kill me?" , damn it, I will never spare him. I must send someone to bring back that damned William. Ouch——! It hurts me so much! It hurts..." The over-excited Links accidentally touched the offset His neck bone immediately screamed in pain.

Alaszhuo smiled gloatingly: "I told you to heal you, but if you didn't listen, you insisted on staying here. Look, it doesn't feel good."

Xieren stepped forward and helped Links straighten her neck while laughing, "William is showing mercy this time. If he really wanted to kill you, why bother breaking your neck and punching you?"

Links, who was being pulled by Xieren's neck bone, was temporarily unable to speak. Whenever she spoke, the wound would arouse severe pain, so she could only let out a weak cold snort.Hellen said: "Don't be unconvinced. I know William's strength best. When he was fleeing on the Spine of the World, even an adult frost giant couldn't withstand two punches from him, and was directly beaten to death. What's more, you This delicate and expensive mage?"

Links, who didn't dare to provoke the wound too much, could only argue weakly: "What does it mean to be delicate and fleshy, I am a powerful magic knight, don't you underestimate me?"

Erastrio laughed and said: "Yes, you are a knight as powerful as Ross, but you don't rely on your sister to give you the constant magic? It's just that although the magic is easy to use, it's all useless in front of the Horn of Cole. It's wasted effort."

Links said angrily: "You are the one who is as powerful as... Wait! What did you just say, the horn of Cole? I heard it right, no wonder, no wonder, all my spells can't be used by that kid Damn it, you sisters kept it from me so hard that you only said it now, but... let me think about it, maybe that little girl is wearing it on her head? Damn it! My Eye of Monadis Ah, it's ruined just like that..."

Helen glared fiercely at Alustriel, who had slipped his mouth, and the latter could only smile wryly.Xilen poured a bottle of special healing potion into Linx's mouth, first laughed and said: "You didn't ask, why did we tell you?" Then he turned his face angrily: "Besides, I haven't settled with you yet. ! Who told you to be so full that you spoiled all the good plans!"

After drinking the potion, the bones had begun to heal, and Linx immediately said with a playful smile, "I'm trying to help. Hehe, hehe! Hey, yes, it is said that Cole's Horn is very mysterious and almost restrains all spells. Since you Having been with that little girl for so long, I must know the true function of Cole's Horn." Xieren rolled her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to this woman who was hundreds of years old and still not in shape.

Alaszhuo said with a bit of a headache: "Now that things have developed to this point, what should I do next? If it can't be done, let's do it directly. My big Silvermoon City is not empty."

Helen shook his head and said, "No! You don't know the Horn of Cole. Not everyone can use it. Although I haven't fully figured out the specific effect, I can make a good guess. According to my observations , all spells that are malicious to Misha will directly bounce back to the caster, and the spells released by people who make Misha angry, afraid, disgusted or have other negative emotions will generally be invalid immediately, of course there are other small problems , I’ll talk about this later.”

"Originally, according to my plan, even if William knew that we deliberately set up a trap, he would have to bite the bullet and sneak in. I know what this kid is thinking best." Speaking of this, Helen glared at Link again. Si, "I didn't expect Links to intervene, and William seized the opportunity to deliberately turn our backs on us. It seems that he has already guessed my intention. Alas! Trouble, if you really want to do it, although it can be successful, it will inevitably happen. Paying a heavy price, and having already made so many preparations, is really not worth the loss." Links was stared at by Xi Lun, shrinking her neck, shaking her head non-stop.

Helen said again: "Let's put this matter aside for now. William is a smart man. They won't go too far. Now withdraw the people sent out first, and then find a few dark men in the harp to watch them , Wait for a while."

Alastriol nodded and said: "Well! That's right, you go back to Shadow Valley first, I have everything here, so you can't miss anything. Drizzt and the others are coming back from Calimshan in the south, and they seem to be with William's We have a good friendship, this time I am going to gather my forces to take back the Mithril Hall completely, maybe I can get Drizzt to invite William to help."

Helen said: "One month, after I finish handling the matter of Shadow Valley, try to come back within a month. It is unnecessary to let William participate in the operation to recover Mithril Hall. He will have more important things to do by then. You know how to proceed."

Elastra smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry! Everything will go according to plan, let's go, I'll see you off." As they spoke, the two sisters ignored Links on the side and walked out.

Links behind said anxiously: "Wait a minute, I still have something to ask, how many things are you hiding from me? Hey! Wait for me!"

……

A few days later, in the Supreme Palace of Silvermoon City, Erastriol was sitting on a chair and listening to his subordinates' report: "My honorable lady, those people stopped at Hills, and they lived in an abandoned logging building. field."

Eras Zhuowen said: "Well, well done. You've worked hard this time, let's go down and rest."

The guard in charge of delivering the message couldn't help being excited when he heard the words. He opened his mouth a few times to say something, but finally he choked out a sentence: "Yes, honorable lady."

Elastre smiled and watched the loyal guards walk out of the room, turned to the secretary standing aside and said, "Go and inform the Thorn Bird, so that you can accept William. Tell him that you don't have to have any purpose at first, just need Just establish a good relationship with them and take care of these outsiders. Forget it, I’d better go there myself.”

Silvermoon City is a city where multiple sects coexist. The druids who believe in Sivanus and his daughter are quite powerful here. The logging behavior they regard as destructive to nature is extremely resisted, so many logging camps have to be forced to closure.

William and the others settled in such a failed lumber mill. The dilapidated lumberjack lodges looked decayed due to years of disrepair, and many squirrels took this place as their habitat.However, William was not troubled by these. He even knocked down the entire wooden house and rebuilt it. William cut a large strip of wood into a cone shape and smashed it into the soil, which was used to replace the soil to strengthen the foundation.

Huge logs were felled from the woods and dragged here, dissected into thick plank bricks and beams, and the leftovers were stored as fire starting materials.William holds multiple titles such as chief designer, carpenter, master craftsman, etc. Yasuna is his helper, and Finia is a small worker. As for Misha, she is a troublemaker who jumps up and down and causes little troubles from time to time. In many cases, she is quite well-behaved, such as when sleeping.

Although no one here is a professional, William built a decent house after more than ten days of hard work and several failures based on the impression of mud houses built in the countryside when he was a child.

Chapter 24 The Thorn Bird's Nest ([-])

Legend has it that a thorn bird sings only once in its life.

Her singing is euphemistic and melodious, incomparable among all things.

From the moment she left the nest, she has been searching, sleepless, just to find the thorn tree that belongs to her. — Song of the Thorn Bird

Hills is a small village with no more than twenty households and a small grocery store.It is close to Silvermoon City, and most of the residents are working for that beautiful city, such as providing food, milk eggs, wild animals and other materials that cannot be produced in the city.

Wood is also one of the urgent needs, but no one would be foolish enough to offend those mysterious druids for just a few trees, unless you have enough face and ability to get their approval.Obviously, no one in this village can impress those stubborn naturalists for the time being. The logging camp that existed many years ago can only be left there to be abandoned, and few people take care of it.

Now the residents of Hills are starting to care about the lumber mill, because more than half a month ago four strange guys occupied it, three "humans" and a guy who might be a giant, they "brutely" pushed down the original and built a new house in ten days. The style of the house is a bit strange, but it is very beautiful.

The residents are not very worried about the origins of these strangers, because it is close enough to Silvermoon City, even if it takes half a day to walk, the guards of Silvermoon City are enough to protect them, not to mention that Hills also has his own Defensive force - a dozen grown men trained in a simple militia, the people of Hills are more of a curiosity for strangers.

Elm, the owner of the grocery store, is one of the curious ones. For the past ten days, he has taken the opportunity to check the animal traps every morning to take a stroll around the lumber field.Most of the time, Elm will meet the man who often makes strange movements, and occasionally see the woman who is so tall that she is not human. She always holds a delicate-looking tomahawk and gestures. A great fighter, and of course beautiful, just a little too tall.

This morning, Elm routinely went to the woods to check the animal traps again. When he arrived at the place where the traps were set, he found that the traps constructed with leather ropes and iron rings had been destroyed, leaving only a small area on the ground. A pool of blood and some scattered feathers.After Elm took a closer look at the scene, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Based on his past experience, Elm believed that a big guy weighing at least five hundred pounds appeared in the vicinity, and he was also despicable. Steal his prey.

Elm re-examined the old hunting bow he carried with him, and took out a single-shot hand crossbow and hung it by his side.After rearranging the traps, Elm continued to inspect the animal traps at the next location. At this time, he was much more careful when moving.

Different from the situation in the wilderness, the snow in the jungle is not uniform, and there are various bird and animal tracks on it. Elm carefully avoided the animal paths of those large animals and walked along a small path. Stop and go, and observe the surrounding situation from time to time.When he arrived at the second trap setting point, Elm was fortunate to find that the animal trap was still intact and undamaged, and of course there was no prey to harvest.

Elm checked the rest of the traps, and they were all as usual, and he even got an adult rat boar (rat boar: a small rodent, The head is a bit like a wild boar), which is a nice bonus.Elm couldn't wait to rush home and let the lovely Xiaomi Luna share his joy. This thought made Elm involuntarily let down his vigilance, and unknowingly, a terrifying predator began to stare at him. fucked him.

Elm still needs to go to the abandoned lumberyard and take a look at the outsiders from a distance.To be honest, this work is not very satisfying. Elm would rather fight the agents of Zhentarim than waste time on these "non-threatening" people, not to mention he has more important tasks To do, although this task has been going on for more than ten years.

Elm carried the rather fat rat hog and carried his old hunting bow, and walked up a small ramp. The object to be observed was tens of meters away. A very strange movement was maintained in the distance. He was clearly standing still there, but it made people feel that he was doing extremely violent exercise again.There is also a red-haired little girl playing not far from the ramp. The little girl looks about the same age as Xiaomi Luna, but she is much more lively and has the crisp laughter that Xiaomi Luna lacks.The little girl wore a playful little horned helmet on her little head, and Elm thought he should buy one for Miluna later.

Elm looked thoughtfully at the little girl frolicking in the snow, feeling a strange warmth in his heart. At this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong behind him. His past experience made Elm react quickly, and he quickly Turn around and pounce sideways and block the body of the rat hog behind.Elm, who jumped out, only felt his hand tighten and lighten, but it was the rat hog who blocked the attacker's fatal blow instead. Elm let go of the palm holding the rat hog without hesitation, and rolled down the slope .

After a violent tumble, Elm, who had reached the bottom of the ramp, got up a little top-heavy. He finally saw the appearance of the attacker clearly. It was a large jackal-like monster with clusters of gray-black spots on its sides. The bones are bony, and the shaggy khaki fur hides a greedy and evil desire—a ferocious jackal, a predator with an evil nature.

This unusually ugly monster had already swallowed the whole pig, but it was nothing more than a gap between its teeth for its gluttony. The brutal jackal had already turned its target to the two humans down the ramp.

Elm looked at the monster ready to pounce with cold hands and feet, how could such an evil thing appear nearby?Am I going to die here today?

Ferocious jackals are extremely vicious creatures whose close relatives are said to be gnolls, both of which love to feed on intelligent creatures and take pleasure in teasing and torturing their prey before killing them.

Both gnolls and ferocious jackals are used to thinking about things in terms of their bellies. The difference is that gnolls will eat any non-gnoll allies such as bear goblins, hobgoblins, ogres, or orcs as delicacies when they are hungry; Jackals not only eat allies, they even eat other ferocious jackals (including their brothers, mates, and children) as food when they are hungry.

It is said that the brutal jackals used to be the pets of the abyss lord Inohu, but in the end even the lord of the jackals couldn't stand their backlash, and had to exile these monsters who had no loyalty and awe at all from their territory.

Elm knew that a disaster was about to befall the residents of Hills, he suppressed the despair in his heart, turned his head and shouted to the curious little girl not far away: "Child! Run!" He lowered the hunting bow on his body, only then did he realize that the hunting bow had been bitten off by the brutal jackal and could not be used, and the hand crossbow hanging by his side also disappeared.

Elm laughed miserably, holding the broken hunting bow with his left hand, and pulling out the spare dagger with his right hand, preparing to fight the ferocious jackal to the death, at least delaying a little time for the child behind him.He didn't have extravagant hopes that the little girl would escape the catastrophe, he just wanted to attract the attention of others, such as the remaining three people, so that they would have the opportunity to inform the villagers of Hills.

Although the unknown monster not far away looked ugly and ferocious, Misha'er didn't feel scared. She even thought about counting the teeth exposed by the brutal jackal. When Elm yelled to let her When running away, the little girl turned her head and yelled: "William, there is a monster here...uh!" The little girl was startled by the snow wave rising up behind her, which was the snow brought by William when he ran at high speed. pink.