The Swordsman of Faerûn

The Shadow Plane is almost the sister body of the Material Plane, and her natural scenery is almost identical to the Material Plane.It's just that the shadow plane is a magical transformation form, and all parts of it are constantly flowing to other planes.

As a result, the terrain of the Shadow Plane is constantly changing, and only a few special regional signs can barely maintain their general appearance.

The shadow plane always presents a gloomy taste, and all the colors in the environment are grayed out, just like the last lingering afterglow of dusk after the sun sets, except for black and white, you can hardly see any redundant colors.

The mountains here are black, the trees are black, the earth is light black, the water is dark black, the flowers and plants are gray black, and only the sky is gray white.

The Shadow Plane has no sun, but a dim moon for a few days each month.

Despite the lack of light, the Shadow Plane is inhabited by an abundance of flora, fauna, and humanoids.

Because the creatures here have been immersed in the shadows for a long time, their appearance and interior are basically distorted into another look. Cruelty and bloodthirsty are almost common problems of all shadow creatures.

When William and his party came to this gloomy world, they immediately felt the malice from the shadows.

Shadowhounds are the best hunting assistants of the Shadow Spirits. They always smell the traces of outsiders first, and then use secret and weird howls to remind hunters that prey from other dimensions has appeared.

Then came the vicious and insidious Sons of Darkness. These cunning guys are always good at killing infamously. It is much more dangerous than a serious halfling.

By the way, the Dark Ones like to live with the Shadowlings, just like halflings on the Material Plane like to settle next to humans, elves, and dwarves, but the Dark Ones are better at offering their loyalty to their neighbors, although Most of this loyalty is not very reliable.

When these small monsters with dry skin, gray eyes, and oversized pointed noses appeared near William and the others with a mouthful of ferocious rotten teeth, they couldn't help but make a weird "quack" laugh Voice.

Although the shadow hounds are more sincere to their shadow spirit masters, they cooperate more skillfully with the sons of darkness. With a few weird howls, the sons of darkness created a lot of dark fog, making these who can obstruct the sight Miasma spread around William and the others.

William took a deep breath of the foggy air, but he inhaled a mouthful of coke powder.

The monsters circled around William and his group. These guys from the shadow world kept testing the defense loopholes of William and the others. Sometimes they approached silently and then moved away, and sometimes they approached with a louder sound on purpose, and then swaggered leave.

This kind of temptation of being far and near is undoubtedly a terrible psychological oppression and suffering for most of the besieged with limited vision.

But William and the others were not disturbed by such small tricks. Almost every one of them can be regarded as an elite who has experienced many battles, even the weakest link-the little thief Selina , that is also a cunning character who can get along like a fish in water in the chaotic and chaotic crawling city of Jiaoyan Hell, and darkness is also her best protective color.

The first to launch a surprise attack was the Shadow Hound. This kind of black dog monster has teeth that can crush steel armor. When it bit William's ankle almost silently, what he ushered in was terrible kick.

William, who has regained his real body, is more terrifying than Brunhilde imagined, and the strength that penetrates the brain makes the Shadowhound burp silently.

Compared to William's ease, the battles of others seemed a bit flustered. Although Brynhildr, Dove, and Ulminster also repelled the sneak attacking Shadowhounds, Brynhilde, who had the best record among them, , and only slightly injured the opponent.

Only the enemy Selena faced was not the Shadowhound, but the Son of Darkness holding a dagger.These insidious little men regarded Selena as the prey they wanted to win. They attacked Selena's legs with thrown daggers, trying to paralyze her ability to move. Silent footsteps approached Selena's flank.

Let's go and give it a try. 】

Selena is more capable than everyone (including her companions and opponents) imagined. She first used a somersault to avoid the enemy's throwing attack, and she also grabbed the thrown dagger with her leather gloved hands , and throw them back in reverse.

Selena didn't expect her back throw to win the battle, it was just a means she used to draw the enemy's attention. With the help of the silent boots under her feet, she quietly left her original position and sneaked into the black mist like a ghost. middle.

For Selena, it is the easiest thing to identify the enemy and the enemy. She is almost the same size as the children of darkness with her lowered figure. Target.

When a son of darkness passed by Selena, the matte dagger in the little thief's hand cut off the opponent's neck with just a touch.And this little monster who was caught off guard finally realized before he died that the guy with a weird figure beside him was indeed not his own kind.

When a Dark Child dies, his body explodes into a black cloud of shadow force, blinding all surrounding creatures (if they need to use eyes to see).

Before William and the others entered the Shadow Plane, they had already focused on understanding the intelligence of most of the monsters here, so she closed her eyes in time, which made the Son of Darkness' counterattack at the end of her life useless.

The real hunting target of the Sons of Darkness is actually on Selena. For them, an opponent of similar size is undoubtedly easier to deal with. Whether it is capture alive or assassination, it is easier to do. Of course they I still hope to capture this target, after all, flesh and blood creatures from the main material plane seem to be more interesting to play with.

It's just that when the three most agile children of darkness touched the position where Selena should be, they found that their prey had disappeared, and one of the unlucky ones accidentally fell into the trap set by the girl in advance. Like a mousetrap device, the poisoned teeth tore through the tough, calf-like skin of the Dark One, causing the poor little monster to scream before it was slain by two cruel companions. wiped the neck.

Killing those of the same kind that have been affected by injuries is the hunting law that most of the children of darkness follow.

However, after the two sons of darkness realized that something was wrong, after cutting off the same kind that was in the way, they were about to use the cover of darkness that erupted when their companions died to change their positions and escape from the current dangerous position. They killed directly on the spot.

The dark mist formed by charcoal powder can't perfectly cover the figure, but the power of shadow that erupts one after another makes the surrounding environment more and more difficult to see.

It didn't take long for the Sons of Darkness to realize that something was wrong, and their numbers were rapidly decreasing.A cautious Son of Darkness specifically avoided an approaching "companion", and then a piercing crossbow bolt chased it, wounding it, but not killing it immediately, and the little monster immediately screamed.

"Be careful! There is a hostile creature lurking among us! It is killing us!"

This warning from the Son of Darkness not only did not bring the expected warning to its companions, but instead opened a Pandora's box.The Sons of Darkness will never be merciful to killing their companions. When they heard the warning, they unceremoniously attacked all the short figures around them.

Indiscriminate killing, although this makes Selena's fish in troubled waters difficult and dangerous, she has fought against a difficult dwarf three times, this is an opponent who is good at using machetes and daggers, Selina Na tried her best, but she still couldn't completely suppress the opponent, and she also narrowly escaped death several times.

But more children of darkness died at the hands of their companions. Even after killing each other, they realized that their opponents were allies, and the children of darkness didn't have the slightest thought of keeping their hands. They still harvested the heads of the losers. .

This is the Son of Darkness, a typical representative of humanoid intelligent creatures in the shadow plane, cruel, bloodthirsty, and advocating embracing death.

Selena finally killed the Son of Darkness who was entangled with her by virtue of her equipment. Of course, she also paid the price. One palm was pierced by the opponent's dagger, and a machete was cut on her shoulder.

If it wasn't for Selena's dagger being sharp enough, if it wasn't for the activation rope secretly entangled one of the opponent's legs, making the child of darkness involuntarily slow down for a while at the most critical moment, Selena's best ending would be the same. It's just dying with the other party.

After all the Dark Sons who were still alive consciously killed a companion, they finally stopped unnecessary killing. They quietly left the battlefield, leaving only the shadow hounds who were not very smart and continued to besiege William and the others.

The Shadowhounds are indeed more difficult than imagined. Except for William, the others can't even find an effective way to kill them for the time being, because these dogs can only be regarded as medium-sized guys among dogs, but they are far stronger than ordinary people imagine. (Double 18 in strength and constitution), and they are sensitive in movement, and their bite force is super amazing (biting attack can be regarded as 4 magic damage), they are simply born devil muscle dogs.

Even with Brunhilde's fighting power, a hammer slammed on the Shadowhound's body, it could only smash those muscle balls into a roll, and then get up as if nothing had happened and continue to walk around, waiting for an opportunity to launch the next wave of raids.

Four shadow hounds had already fallen beside William. When the fifth shadow hound faced him again, the big dog finally showed a little hesitation. It stared at William from a distance and whined.

William suddenly turned his eyes to the darkness on the other side, his eyes suddenly became serious, and the mastiff, taking advantage of William's distraction, suddenly rushed up and bit William's calf with its mouth open.

Unexpectedly, William turned around and slapped the cunning Shadowhound on the forehead, killing it on the spot, and then William strode into the darkness, completely ignoring the surrounding fog.

Because at this time Selena has fallen into the greatest crisis in her life, and she has encountered the most terrifying enemy——Shadow.

Shadow spirits are humanoid creatures that live in the depths of the Shadow Plane. They are attached to darkness and shadows. Their appearance is similar to that of humans, but they have gray skin and black eyes shining like crows.

Shadow spirits are cold, evil, and ruthless by nature. Their thirst for power is almost as famous as their disregard (or emphasis) on death. Anything cruel they do is to reap death, whether it is the enemy's or their own. Death is something that the shadow spirits are proud of.

According to legend, the shadow spirits serve an ancient evil god-Naira. Of course, people are always more willing to mention her another name, the Raven Queen.

There are two main versions of the origin of the Raven Queen. One is: the Raven Queen was once a mortal warlock who died of a plague. A god of death called Naraku was attracted by the pure soul of the Raven Queen and forcibly killed her. He married her as his wife and gave her real name Naira.

In order to accommodate this "beautiful" wife, Naraku built a magnificent palace in the deepest part of the Shadow Plane, and created a unique kind of creature—the Shadow Spirit as the servant of the Raven Queen.

Another version is that the Raven Queen was once a beloved Elven Queen of old, and when a civil war among the elves, the War of the Crown, broke out, the Raven Queen used the souls and magic of her people to temporarily elevate herself to The position of the gods, Corellon Larissian, the leader of the gods who helped the elves at a critical moment, defeated the rebellious elf goddess Aluoshi, who later became the spider queen Rose.

When rewarding meritorious deeds after the war, the Raven Queen received the priesthood of Aluoshi as a reward.From then on, the Raven Queen has the title of "Weaver of Destiny".And the elves loyal to the Raven Queen, the ancestors of the elves who were later called the Shadow Spirits, wanted to follow the Raven Queen to enter the kingdom of the elves—the kingdom of Avandor.

The Raven Queen obliviously agreed to the request of these loyal followers, and then they held a great magical ceremony, trying to open a road to the kingdom of Arvandor through the Fairy Wilderness.

Unfortunately, this ritual was used by a group of evil mages, who tried to absorb the souls of the shamans for their own purposes.

This led to a magical catastrophe that sent the Raven Queen and the Shadowlings to the Shadowfall, and the mages became Nagapa (a terrifying magical monster).

Whatever the circumstances of the Raven Queen's origins, it is undeniable that the Raven Queen has her most loyal followers, the Shadow Spirits, behind her.

These local residents of the shadow plane rule the entire shadow world. When these elites who advocate killing and death appear, despair is the only emotion their enemies have.

A ghost appeared in front of Selina, it was a scary guy wielding a long thorn chain, he suddenly appeared like a ghost, and then disappeared suddenly, in this short period of time, Selina was captured by that The elusive enemy left three cruel wounds on her body, which were caused by the thorn chain attack. The thorn blade tore the skin of Selena's legs and back, scraping off a large amount of flesh and blood.

But the terrible pain enough to make people crazy did not destroy Selena's nerves and will. She still calmly put the dagger in front of her neck, and let the enemy's attempt to scrape her neck artery and throat come to an end. null.

Of course, if the fight continues like this, Selina's ending is basically doomed. It is absolutely impossible for her to survive the next round under the hands of that shadow spirit on her own.

Fortunately, Selena is not fighting alone.