The knight in the abyss

Chapter 754
After the scholar withdrew his spellcasting concentration to maintain the breeze, the fire in the forest quickly subsided and extinguished at a speed far exceeding the natural state. It seemed that the shadow pervading this level itself had the power to suppress the flame.Everyone didn't stay in place for long, and set off again after a little tidying up.

As Kalarin introduced before, the Shadowfall Underworld is a kind of dark, twisted reflection of the Material Plane, so there are roads and bridges here as well.Relying on the observation of the little Isa who turned into a bat and flew to the sky, he quickly found a wide road for his friends. Afterwards, Lancelot, Karaline and Aramiel each summoned their own mounts and walked along the road. The main road headed towards the location where the hags intercepted the souls not long ago.

Even in the main material plane, the roads in the wild are not very safe. It is easy to encounter robbers, wild beasts, and wizards with malicious intentions on the road, and the situation in this plane is even worse.Everyone encountered a battle almost every few miles, most of them were wandering undead creatures, they were everywhere like low-level demons in the abyss, the difference was that there were more of them here, and Lancelot didn't You can't scare them away by letting out breath.

Fortunately, although these skeletons and zombies are annoying, they can't really pose any threat to the partners. Needless to say, Lancelot, the hammers of dwarves and elves are also particularly effective against undead creatures as blunt weapons. Well, this hasn't allowed little Isa, who has been in the air to inform them, to take action, otherwise the efficiency of the battle will definitely be higher.

Occasionally, they encountered less aggressive passers-by: once they encountered a marching band of undead led by a death knight on a skeletal steed.Lancelow and the others were all ready to fight, but the other party just passed by them calmly. The death knight even nodded coldly at Lancelow as a greeting, and then disappeared in the In the depths of the mist.

"This is really rare." Brutal turned his head to look at the direction where the group of undead disappeared, "On the material plane, we must have almost knocked out our brains..."

"In Candlekeep there was an archmage named Urlant, who wrote a book called "The Shadowfall's Guide to the Underworld", which begins with, before you continue reading, repeat this line until it is engraved on the In your mind: 'I don't understand the Shadowfall, and I'll never really understand'." Kara Lin said softly to his companions, "The danger of the Shadowfall is that it looks different from the main world in many ways. The Material Plane is so similar that our subconscious minds assume things will play out in a familiar pattern, when things are often quite different.”

"Uh, it sounds so complicated." The dwarf glared at the scholar sadly, "Can you explain it in a simpler way? Suppose I am a child who is only five years old..."

"Remember that mastiff that can attack without a head?" The elf priest patted his companion on the shoulder, "Every time you feel that you have killed the enemy, recall that scene and confirm whether you did it or not. not enough."

"It's easy to understand, I understand."

Because they were constantly interrupted by the battle, they walked intermittently for another three hours, and advanced about forty miles. At this moment, they were only ten miles away from the position predicted by Kara Lin's magic, but Lancelo called to stop his companions. Ladies and gentlemen, announce that today's adventure is over, and the team prepares to camp.

The one who reacted most violently was Brutal, who was already so close to the goal, and he didn't want to wait any longer, but Lancelot rejected the dwarf's proposal very seriously—the partners were already very tired, priests and scholars The remaining number of casting spells has dropped to a dangerous level, and even Brutal himself can no longer enter a berserk state. It is not a wise move to face a strong enemy in this state.

Although Brutal was eager to save his father, he still listened to the truth. After confirming that he could not move on, he went to clean up the campsite without saying a word.The partners found a small hillside far away from the road, and set up a bonfire on the leeward side. Alamiel and Karalin worked together to build a big tent that was big enough for three people to rest at the same time, while Lancelot A formation with the functions of concealing breath, sound and light and shadow was arranged, hoping to reduce the probability of them being attacked at night.

Before the break, Lancelot asked Kara Lin to cast a three-ring communication technique to contact his succubus lover in the abyss.This spell can only transmit 25 words, so he just told the other party that he met the king of the dead, and now he found clues in the shadow world, and the suspects were three hags.And Tijana's reply is also very simple: all hags are extremely cunning and dangerous creatures, it is recommended to kill them first and then interrogate them, take care.

There is no alternation of day and night in the shadow plane of the underworld, and the surroundings are always in that kind of gray state. If you don't pay attention, you will easily lose your perception of time.Except for Lancelot, the other four people in the team took turns to watch the night (the three slept in the tent, and the little Isa slept in Lancelow's dimension bag), while the human knight who was meditating by the campfire always kept a trace of divine sense to pay attention to the surrounding situation .

Perhaps the array arranged by Lancelot had indeed worked. They spent seven hours without incident, and everyone got a full rest. Karalin and Aramiel spent an hour preparing the spell or sending a message to the party. Their respective goddesses prayed, and even little Isa muttered in the corner following their example, while Brutal, who was in charge of keeping the last night shift, got into the tent and went back to sleep.

When they set off again, everyone had recovered to their best condition, but everyone seemed to be in a bad mood. They all said that although they couldn't remember the details, the depressive atmosphere in the dream still lingered in their hearts.

The partners rode again for an hour and a half, experienced two low-intensity encounters in the middle, and finally arrived at the destination.But just as Lancelow expected, the hags had already left, and there was only one stone circle in place, which was the same as in the prophecy magic, proving that they had found the right place.

"What should we do next?" Brutal looked at the others sullenly, "Kalarin, do you want to try that spell again? This time I'll get you more blood..."

"No need." Kara Lin shook his head, "The three hags are not monsters that can be encountered anywhere, they must have a lair nearby, let me find someone to ask..."

"Who are you looking for? Your god?"

"Of course not, God doesn't know about this kind of thing." Kara Lin took out a scroll, "But if there is a creature who knows the answer and is willing to help us, magic can summon him..."

(End of this chapter)