The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 311

The place where the round platform reaches is a columnar hall surrounded by carved stone walls on all sides. The exit of the hall is on the ceiling, and a stone staircase winds up against the wall.

"This is the central control tower of Sinrenal, the most important place in the entire city—" the undead of Owo introduced their location to William with his piercing voice while walking.

"City?" William noticed the words used by the Lich. In the common language, the word "city" is used very strictly. Today, there is no city in Faerun that is qualified to be called a city (including Waterdeep City. ).And the cities that were once qualified to be called cities are all historical cities that were crowned for a while in their respective civilization eras, like the city of Alinaar in the Netheril era of humans and another city that was replaced by it.

Of course, William only knew that the word "city" should not be used indiscriminately. If he was asked to name the cities in Faerun's history, William really didn't have that ability.However, William didn't think that the place he was in was qualified to be called a city, unless it was a famous city in ancient times, or a super metropolis from another plane.

William followed the lich step by step, and asked, "Sinrenal, is this city famous?"

Owo said: "Of course! This city used to be one of the two most famous floating cities in the Netheril era. The world thought that it also crashed in the fall disaster, but in fact it was replaced by another floating city. Sinneral."

Even an idiot like William, who knows little about the history of the rise and fall of Netheril, couldn't help but say "I don't care". up.
William asked unconsciously: "So what you saw just now is not the whole of this 'city'?"

Aowo undead said: "Of course not. What you see is not even as good as the whole Sinrenal. Most of her buildings are on the alien plane, and some of them are underground."

The Lich led William through the ceiling and into a long corridor. Ovo stopped and made a series of complicated gestures to the stone wall beside the corridor. Secret language.William guessed that Ovo was doing some kind of identity verification, but he didn't expect the defense system here to be so cumbersome. He waited for [-] heartbeats, and even with William's determination, he got a little impatient. Ovo ended this kind of operation similar to identification.

Such tedious work is a bit strenuous even with the Lich's super long spiritual power. Aowo subconsciously wiped the sweat that did not exist on his forehead, and said a little tiredly: "Don't worry, this place is inconspicuous, but there are many people gathered here." The most quintessential arcane defense knowledge in the entire Netheril era. The folding and extension of the space used by this seemingly short corridor alone is enough to make the fastest flying bird in the world fly for tens of thousands of years without finding an end , and there are more traps and defensive arcanes, even if the gods come in person, they can only stay away."

William stared wide-eyed at the normal corridor, but he still couldn't see any problems. Although he didn't quite believe what Ovo said in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, but asked noncommittally: " So how do we get there?"

Owo took out a washbasin-sized metal disc from under the cloak and laid it flat on the ground, and said to William: "I have opened a safe passage just now, you stand on this floating frisbee and follow me."

William looked at the lich in doubt, and tentatively stepped on the metal disc. He didn't want the metal disc to float up with a "buzz", holding William a foot away from the ground and floating quietly.But William was startled, and he jumped down immediately. Who would have thought that the metal disc "flickered" and ran to William's feet again to support it again.

The undead of Owo immediately explained: "This frisbee used to be one of the indispensable toys for children in Upper Netheril. As long as you give instructions in your heart, the frisbee will move according to your wishes. Unless you order the frisbee to land , otherwise it would never let you fall. It's a pity that most of the floating frisbees back then were quasi-magic items, otherwise it wouldn't."

Perhaps because he was unwilling to mention the past, the undead of Owo immediately changed the topic: "The safe passage does not include the four walls of this corridor. Once we touch any point of the wall of the corridor, we will be arrested. Immediately banished to the outer plane randomly. So you have to levitate forward on a floating Frisbee. I believe some people should be impatient to wait, let's go quickly."
William nodded, watching the lich flying into the corridor, he weighed the floating Frisbee under his feet, but felt his throat a little itchy, subconsciously coughed lightly and spit on the floor of the corridor.

"No—" Who would have thought that as soon as the spit fell to the ground, the corridor suddenly became brightly lit, and the Awo undead screamed immediately, and with the flash of blue light, the screaming disappeared, and the corridor returned to calm again, but the poor But the lich was gone, and he was banished.

Looking at the empty corridor, William couldn't help whistling, and said in horror, "Damn it! Is it true? Why did people disappear all of a sudden? An outer plane? It sounds like a space outside the planet. Well (of course this idea is wrong). I wonder if this poor Mr. Lich can live in a vacuum?"

William wasn't sure if he should wait for Mr. Owo or his companions to lead him out. After all, it seemed that there were too many unknowable dangers here, and even William's spiritual sense could not detect it.But after thinking about it, he decided to go through this corridor first, after all, just waiting here is not an option.I just hope that Aowo didn't lie just now, as long as he doesn't touch the four walls of the corridor, there will be no danger.

William first carefully checked his whole body to prevent any odds and ends from being lost in the middle of the journey, otherwise it would be a lot of fun to end up with the undead of Owo at that time, William did not survive in a vacuum ability.After being sure everything was safe again and again, William stepped on the floating frisbee, silently commanding the frisbee to move forward in his heart, and sure enough, the frisbee slowly floated forward according to William's thinking.William manipulated the floating frisbee in the small safe area in front of the corridor, experimented for a long time, and even performed a lot of difficult movements in succession, but everything was satisfactory.

This floating frisbee is really a good thing, a good item.William decided in his heart that when he left, he would search for a few more Frisbees to go back, whether they were used for traveling or as toys for little girls.

William carefully walked through the corridor on a floating Frisbee. As Allo said, after opening the safe passage, as long as he didn't touch the walls of the corridor, there would be no danger.William had only traveled a hundred meters before the corridor came to an end, but at the end was a vast hall, and a huge crystal sphere was suspended in the center of the hall.William felt that the big crystal sphere looked familiar, and he felt as if he had seen it before.Its diameter is nearly several hundred feet, and the sphere emits a very bright light, which feels as dazzling as looking directly at the sun, but there are some dark shadows wandering on the surface of the sphere.

Below the crystal sphere is a gorgeous pedestal made of jade-like material.Standing on the pedestal are quite a few figures in cloaks, most of them are suspended like Aowo undead, and of course there are some normal human beings at first glance.All in black robes and black cloaks, whether they are humans, liches or other existences, when William stepped into the hall, all people (demons or liches) turned their eyes.

A voice that was almost as harsh as Owo's voice sounded: "You should be William. Come here, young man!" This voice is very similar to Owo's voice, but it will never be confused with Owo's voice .In fact, almost all lich voices are almost harsh and unpleasant, but no one will confuse them, because there is naturally a very special will in the lich's voice, telling the listener unconsciously, The speaker is definitely not another lich, unless the speaking lich deliberately shields this will, but he absolutely cannot imitate the will fluctuations of another lich.

William walked forward with some guilt, and was about to say something to explain the whereabouts of poor Mr. Owo.Unexpectedly, a somewhat impatient human being on the pedestal ran up to William first, crossed his arms and folded his chest, and unexpectedly gave William a welcome salute.Most of the etiquettes of human beings are basically in the same line as the elves, and have not changed much for thousands of years. William, who had learned some from Santilla and Hillen, stumbled and gave a substandard response salute. .

"It's an honor to meet you, young William!" The "impatient" salute was a woman, and William was thinking about whether he should say something polite to show his modesty, but the first person who spoke had already been squeezed away by his companions .

"I have been following your heroic journey, young William"

“It was a pleasure meeting you here”

"Strong lad."

Everyone (the Lich) came forward to greet William in a friendly manner, and said some words of politeness or praise. Although the tone was mostly a sense of appreciation, it still made William feel that he was a great celebrity.This made William feel a little elated in addition to being confused. The feeling of being paid attention to and praised by others is really good for his hot mother. No wonder so many guys wanted to be famous in the previous life.

However, not all the people were so friendly. One person didn't greet William, but looked at him with disdain, then turned to look elsewhere.It's just that after seeing everyone greet William endlessly, even a few shameless old women stretched out their "chicken paws" to touch William's muscles, almost drooling, this person who has a bad impression of William Finally couldn't help but speak.

"Where's my great-grandfather? Why didn't I see my great-grandfather?" Sharp, mean, and cold, William's first thought was that this was a carrion jackdaw.

At this time, everyone noticed (or had noticed but did not say it on purpose) that the undead of Owo was missing, and one of them asked, "William, where is Owo?"

William shrugged pretending to be relaxed, and said, "Oh! The old man thinks the air here is a bit bad, and he went to another plane to relax just now." He would never say that the poor old witch was hurt by his saliva. The fact that the demon fell into the trap.

(End of this chapter)