The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 335 Entering Enoch for the First Time
In the first quarter, enter Enook
It has been two days since William and his party entered the desert. The environment here is so monotonous, except for sand, it is still sand.Looking up from a distance, all you see is rolling yellow sand, dry and lonely, except for the six of them, you can't see a single animal, tree, or short grass. There is no trace of life here, which is called life. The restricted area is not too much.

As creatures of the cold subspecies, Yasuna and Finiya are extremely unaccustomed to the dryness and depression here.The other two little girls were also dejected and lost their playfulness.William glanced at the distance, sighed: "Is this the Enook Desert? It looks so weird, it doesn't seem to be formed naturally."

The Ennook Desert is the largest desert in all of Faerûn.It extends in all directions from the ruins of ancient Netheril, dividing the entire northern part of Faerun into east and west parts.People usually call it "the vast desert" or "the huge sea of ​​sand".

In fact, Ennook was almost the best geomantic treasure land for Toril in the early days. The most powerful (creator) civilizations recognized by Faerun in the past dynasties were almost all based on this land. The birthplace of their civilization and the center of their community.

Every change of the times is centered on this place.Just like the Central Plains in ancient China, "compete for the Central Plains and win the world", only those who win the Central Plains are eligible to be called a dynasty, otherwise, no matter how powerful your army is, no matter how broad your national power is, you will be just a barbarian That's all.

It's a pity that such a blessed land, which must be contested by military strategists, was completely destroyed by a group of evil magic monsters Felin Mokui with evil spells and turned into a barren land where life is forbidden.After the Ennook Desert annexed the ancient empire of Netheril, and then in the process of its gradual formation, it further eroded many prominent kingdoms and forces around it, and the local residents and species were forced to migrate to the surrounding areas escape.In fact, the damage caused by the desertification of Ennook to the whole of Faerun is almost immeasurable. This is not only reflected in the topography, climate, ecology or civilization, but also has deep connotations.

As the Felin Mokui was imprisoned by the seal of the Sharon Spirit, thousands of years have passed, and the Enook Desert has stopped encroaching on the surrounding areas. The largest nomads - the Bedai barbarians appeared in this desert.These places are connected together in the form of oases, which is the main commercial route that runs through the Great Desert of Ennook - the Black Road.

Of course, there is not only such a way to cross the Ennook Great Desert. There is a road through the highest glacier in the northern part of the desert, but there are too many monsters there to bear.However, the ethnic conflicts near the passages in the southern part of the Jianmo region are too prominent, and the local humanoid races will rarely let any foreign race pass through, and it is also an area where conflicts between the two major forces of the Valley and the Kingdom of Cormyr frequently occur.

The black road can be unblocked, and it has made an outstanding contribution to the cultural exchanges and cooperation between the eastern and western civilizations in the Faerun continent.Of course, in a certain aspect, it is all thanks to the Zhentarim Society.This organization, which has been advertised as an evil force by many organizations, is essentially an alliance group advocating power politics and the supremacy of interests.For nearly half a century, the Zhentarim fought with the Bede barbarians and various monsters. It took a lot of manpower and material resources, and countless blood and lives to explore such a road that can "safely" cross Ennook. A shortcut to the great desert, they established a series of business travel stations and strongholds along the black road filled with yellow sand.

The most precious things in the desert are not gold, silver and jewels, but water sources and herds.

Since the Felin Sorrel was sealed, in order to revitalize the Great Desert of Ennook, the warlock kings tamed an extremely huge king of slime monsters - Lord Black Emptines, who came from the mud element The demigod of the plane is said to be one of the descendants of Gulamba (the god of the earth element) and Istia (the god of the water element),

Lord Black Emptines is always in a state of uncontrollable hunger. He can eat any tangible substance, and then turn it into viscous mud and excrete it.Legend has it that Lord Black Empdins was the first mud-shaped monster in the entire Toril world. His birth led to a rich and beautiful plane being transformed into a filthy mud elemental plane. Originally, Black Empdin Lord Star's body is as big as a planet. After he completely infects the entire plane of his birth, almost half of the entire plane becomes a part of his body, while the remaining half is his body. excrement.

After being defeated by the Warlock Kings of Netheril, Lord Black Emptines had to delay his entry into the Pantheon, and was forced to make an unchangeable covenant——the yellow sand of Ennook will never die a day. At the end of the day, Lord Black Emptines had to break free from his bondage and return to the elemental plane of mud.

Lord Black Emptines, who was summoned to the main material plane, is actually just a clone, but he has not been able to maintain two bodies at the same time, and his main body in the mud elemental plane has to temporarily sleep .

In order to prevent this terrifying monster that could destroy the world from losing control, the warlock kings contracted the size limit and eating speed of the Great Lord Black Emptines who came to the main material plane (this makes the slime monsters) The king hates his contractors), but his clone cannot grow and expand infinitely like the main body.

For the residents of the Ennook Great Desert, the excrement of the king of slime monsters is undoubtedly the best source of oasis.The Bedai barbarian tribes are based on tribes, driving herds to follow the footsteps of the king of slime monsters (of course, it is more appropriate to describe it with a series of excrement remains)-new oases, they are constantly migrating from one oasis to another An oasis that rarely stays in the same area for long.

William and his party did not prepare enough water because they left in a hurry.William and the others underestimated the disturbance of the magical power of this land. The consumption of [Water Creation] in this desert is almost ten times that of the outside world. Reserve your strength to deal with possible emergencies in the desert.Although William has a powerful [Asylum] scepter in his hand to provide a perfect shelter every ten days, William's water storage is not optimistic.

Because according to Tabari, the places they were going to were all along the arid sand sea and wasteland, and there was no oasis for docking at all. William and the others had to find another way to find additional water sources.

"Brother, I want to drink water—" Misha'er, who was sitting on Mo Xiao's back and playing with Miluna, suddenly lifted the gauze covering her head, shaking her little head, and said abruptly.Even under the extremely dry hot wind of the Enook Desert, the little girl was still as fresh as a flower fairy in the garden of life, and there was no sign of thirst on her delicate and charming face.

William kept turning his head and asked, "Where's your kettle?"

Misha begged for a palm-sized water jug ​​from Finia next to her. The small water jug ​​was carved from the shell of a hard-shelled emerald nut and wrapped with some kind of thin and tough ivy thread. The braided straps are embroidered with gorgeous and exquisite patterns and patterns, clearly carrying the demanding and gorgeous style of the elves.

Misha'er shook the delicate little kettle in her hand, indicating that it was empty.

William looked up at the sky, there was no cloud, only the sun endlessly releasing his enthusiasm.For desert creatures, this is indispensable and in many cases fatal.

He looked at Finia who looked slightly tired behind him, and Yasuna who also looked tired, and shook his head helplessly.He took out a thick wooden barrel half as tall as a person from the ring of space, pulled out the cork, and a stream of clear water gushed out. William pulled the plug of the small kettle with his other hand and gently connected it, and the water flowed into it without leaking. In the small kettle.Although the small kettle looks small, it has a unique hole inside, and it takes half a bucket of clean water to fill it up.

When Yasuna and Finia saw William's movements, their eyes immediately brightened, and the tiredness on their faces was swept away.Sure enough, William handed over the remaining half of the barrel of clear water without hesitation, and the mother and daughter took the thick wooden barrel and drank it one after another. This scene has been performed several times today.
For creatures of the cold subspecies such as frost giants, the Great Desert of Enook is definitely an unimaginable nightmare for them. In fact, the blood of frost giants becomes very unstable above the freezing point. As a frost giant with natural frost power, its own magic resistance suppresses this, allowing the frost giant to live normally even in warm places.It's just that the Great Desert of Ennook interferes and hinders the magical power extremely powerfully. The frost giant's own magic power can no longer regulate the temperature of the body fluids normally, so Yasuna and Finia need to consume a lot of water every day to suppress their body fluids Seething pain.

William handed the small jug full of water to Misha. He knew that the jug of water would eventually be shared by Finia and Yasuna, but he couldn't refuse Misha's innocence and kindness, even if that kindness existed in many places. Time for another dose of poison.Because for William, it was the bond that Misha made him cherish and care about the most.Similarly, William could not bear to watch the two women who lived together day and night being tortured and remained indifferent. His ruthlessness only blossomed for the enemy, and his ruthlessness burned with blood.

William really didn't expect Enook's influence on Yasuna and Phinea. The clear water that was originally prepared for several months was consumed by their mother and daughter in three to five days. There is also an increasing trend of consumption.

In fact, William was not worried about their desert trip. The lack of water was a big deal and he gave up and returned to the lonely wasteland, because he felt that the danger behind him had gone away, but the road ahead felt a little uneasy.

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