The knight in the abyss

Chapter 539 Being watched
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"I bet, your sword must have frightened them." The dwarf took off his toad-like helmet and sat down on a boulder with a slight depression in the middle. "After a week, the custodian will obediently pay the money!"

Everyone has returned to the cave where they are hiding at this moment, but they are not in a hurry to enter the demiplane to rest. Too many things happened today, and there are too many issues that need to be discussed.

"Aramir, that frost giant priestess should have been resurrected by Aurul, right?" Lancelot asked the elf priest thoughtfully, leaning against the wall near the cave entrance.

"It should be. Theoretically speaking, a true god is omnipotent in his own kingdom of God, so it is not difficult to reshape the body of a dead believer." Alamel took out a set of cleaning tools and started Maintain your own armor, "but in most cases, the true gods are more inclined to allow the petitioners to assimilate themselves, only in extremely rare cases, some extremely outstanding believers will become God's chosen people, with a special mission Back to earth."

"It's about the same as what I guessed." Lancelot nodded. "The next question, how did He know our whereabouts? Did it come under the guardianship of the Frost Maiden?"

"Very likely." The elf priest nodded, "After all, it is an item directly created by the true god. In the worst case, Aurul can use it to know our every move in real time, but considering that most of you Time puts it in a dimensional bag, so I think there's another explanation."

"By the way, what is the principle of the dimensional bag?" Lancelot looked curiously at the two pockets hanging on his waist, "If you put that amulet in the dimensional bag, won't its creator be able to sense it? "

"The principle of the dimensional bag is similar to the entrance of Tijana's half-plane. Use the portal to sense the situation on the other side."

"Is that so..." Lancelot seemed to have thought of something, his face suddenly changed, "I remember you once said that there are no creatures living in the astral world? Is it possible for the contents of the meta bag to be stolen?"

"The astral world... is different from ordinary planes. You rely on your mind instead of your body to move in the astral world." Karalin scratched his head, thinking about how to explain such an abstract concept to his companions, "If you want to go to Somewhere in the astral world, you have to 'know' that place first, and then move there with your thoughts. The items in the dimension bag are stored in a certain location in the astral world, but the probability of them being stolen from the astral world So low, it's almost impossible to happen."

"Almost?" Lancelot frowned, "This is not a reassuring description..."

"In the multiverse, nothing is absolute." Karaline shrugged, "Dimensional bags are good for temporarily storing materials or loot, but if you have any particularly valuable items, it's best to carry them with you. "

"Okay." Lancelot sighed helplessly. It seems that the storage bag is really not reliable. Fortunately, after the middle stage of foundation establishment, there will be a way to store things in the body, which can solve this problem to a certain extent .He turned to look at Aramir, and continued to ask: "Since Aurul can't sense our situation through the amulet in the dimension bag, how did our whereabouts leak?"

"It's probably the ritual to activate the power of the amulet." Alamiel replied in a rather affirmative tone, "From a theological point of view, the ritual of melting ice with body temperature is essentially a kind of respect to the goddess of winter. worship, and the true gods can immediately know all the worship that is being done to him, as well as everything around the place where the worship takes place, through the perception of divine power."

"You mean, Father God can hear me every time I praise Moradin's greatness?" Brutal's eyes widened in surprise, "Then aren't we... bothering him all the time?"

"Uh... Actually... that's true." Aramir scratched his head, "So in most cases, the true gods don't pay attention to ordinary prayers at all, and only those large-scale ceremonies can attract their attention."

"What about you?" The dwarf squinted at the elf, "As the priest of Sune, does your goddess whisper something in your head from time to time?"

"We do have more opportunities to communicate with God directly than ordinary people, but that is also a very rare situation, and usually very brief." Alamir shrugged, "But it is said that once you become a chosen one, you can communicate with God at any time. Direct communication. If that Getty is really a voter of Aurul, everything will make sense."

"It's really troublesome. We have to rely on the protection of the Frost Maiden to gain cold resistance every once in a while." Lancelow shook his head depressingly, "Fortunately, I had a plan to release my brother Georgard. You can also get some rewards by the way, which can be regarded as a little compensation."

"Then why do we have to wait seven days?" Brutal looked at him with some puzzlement, "Promise that frost giant on the spot and it's over..."

"Because we still have one place to go." Lancelot scratched his head, "Glacier Fortress, we must see the situation there with our own eyes, find a suitable teleportation point, and finally determine the action plan."
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In the early morning of the next day, everyone got on the sleigh pulled by the werewolf again and set off in the direction of the lair of the abyss lord.They headed north first, then turned west, into the rolling hills.Everyone still moved forward along the road built by the abyss lord to patrol the territory, but they had to change directions frequently to avoid the frequent patrols of frost giants.

Although the ground was leveled by thick snow, the steep inclines posed serious obstacles.Fortunately, Kara Lin has a very practical magic: Levitation, a second-ring spell that can float objects up to 10 pounds into the air, and lasts for [-] minutes.While the men and the sled weighed over five hundred pounds, it was enough to get them through some of the most difficult terrain.

In the mountains far away from the road, everyone had other encounters.They encountered frost giants from Warrior Township more than once. These lone warriors were defeated in the battle with the defenders of this layer and hid in the mountains to recover.The immortality effect of this layer applies to all creatures, even enemies of the pit lord.

I don't know what method Getty used. The frost giants loyal to Solem did not launch an attack, and of course they did not show any enthusiasm.Most of the time, they just stood on the top of the hill hundreds of feet away, monitoring everyone's actions with indifferent and vigilant eyes, until they disappeared out of sight.

In addition to frost giants, another kind of frequent encounter is various polar beasts.Due to the characteristics of this level, everyone encountered a white bear weighing more than 1000 pounds, a stag with antlers over ten feet long, and a giant wolf no smaller than old Rip.At Aramir's strong insistence, the crowd would let the elves try to tame these aggressive beasts before doing anything - in most cases the elves were successful, especially after paying some food.

As for the failure, it is naturally an extra meal at night.

Although the above activities have caused a certain drag on their speed, thanks to the good rest conditions at night, the partners can always start again the next day full of energy.By noon on the fifth day, the glacier fortress, a huge building erected between two peaks, had appeared within their field of vision.

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