Chaos Crown

Chapter 90, Earth Druids and Strong Orcs
PS: He's gone...

A few days later, on the western border of Cormyr, the Stormhorn Mountains.

The Horn of the Storm Mountains are located in the west of Cormyr, and are generally considered to be Cormyr's national border. There are steep and huge peaks separating Cormyr from the western border. All possible aggression from the west also blocked the expansion direction of the kingdom in the west.

"Some people think that if it weren't for the Stormhorn Mountains, Cormyr might have conquered the Sword Coast long ago, but some people think that if it weren't for the Stormhorn Mountains, Cormyr might have been gone long ago."

—— Opinions expressed by Cormyr scholars
There are only two places in this mountain range that can be passed relatively easily, namely the High Horn Pass and the Gnoll Pass. The Purple Dragon Kingdom has established garrison castles at the two passes to protect caravans, collect taxes, and also guard against possible outsiders. Invasion of forces.

There are a large number of orc tribes fighting with Cormyr in the Stormhorn Mountains, and there are also some primitive human tribes who are friends and foes with Cormyr. Many tribes often trade spirits, food and gold with Cormyr in the form of ore, animal skins and meat. , but they also often attack passing caravans.

Aaron, wearing a brown cloak, was walking on the desolate mountain road. He led his traveling horse "Pearl" and strolled at the foot of the Horn of the Storm Mountain Range. It is full of farmland that has just finished harvesting. Farmers are enjoying the joy of the harvest, and at the same time they are drying the hides and slaughtering the livestock to prepare for the winter.

I have to say that although the Queen Regent is dictatorial and autocratic, causing displeasure among the nobles and citizens, she is very good to the peasants. At least this year can be a good year. Because many nobles died in the Goblin War, many civilians were able to recover As a self-cultivator, he farms the land for himself.

Aaron could clearly see his destination—the Cape of Storm Mountain Range, which was still far away from him at this time. From the foot of the mountain, it looked like red clouds wearing white hats.

After becoming an inner court knight, the negotiations between Aaron and Fojar had better results—considering Aaron's promising future development, the sudden surge in power in his hands, and the "persuasion" mixed with threats, the dwarf artisan was Forced to change his mind.

The snake man's snake skin and snake scales will be divided between three and seven, and the commission for the dragon skin armor will be refunded in full.

And it is not divided into seven dwarves and Aaron three, but three dwarves and Aaron seven.

Faujar just set a "death number", that is, Aaron could not give him the snake skin and scales of less than three snake-hating people. Aaron agreed to this request, and the two sides met in the dwarf king Moradin. The contract was signed in front of the god's statue.

He still decided to take a look at the snake man ruins.

After these months of activities, Aaron is now very sure that taking risks is the best way to improve his strength, and taking risks is also the easiest way to obtain wealth and adventures. If he lives in Susa every day, his strength will increase very slowly.

Of course, the Snakeman ruins are very, very dangerous, and no one knows if there will be a Sarukh Lich inside, but the dwarf craftsman has sworn to guarantee that Aaron can barely trust him once, and according to the dwarf, this information Although only the dwarves know about it at present, their exclusive time will not be so long. If Aaron doesn't go, maybe other adventure teams will find out soon.

Furthermore, Aaron also considered one thing - last time he troubled Slaanesh to come down once, is he going to offer a little sacrifice to his good brother this time?

It's a pity that the last time I faced the old ruler's courage, I also failed to unlock the power of Khorne.

Aaron's conjecture is this: Khorne never asks the source of the blood, but the premise is that if Aaron does it himself, the confrontation against the old ruler is the incarnation of Slaanesh, and it has nothing to do with Aaron.

Moreover, Khorne has always hated Slaanesh's frivolity and debauchery. The closer he is to Slaanesh, the easier it is to be disgusted by Khorne, and it will be more difficult to unlock Khorne's power.

"Hello, Lord Salian?"

A flirtatious and playful voice reminded him that following the inner court knight and Viscount Salian was a woman in a coat and high boots, with amber eyes and long blood-red hair. She was very relaxed. Strolling at the foot of the mountain: "If you want me to say, you are quite famous! Huh? Goblin Slayer?"

The tall, slender female wanderer is called Eleonora, a partner introduced by the harpist Samir Morningstar.

Aaron did not call Eleanor on this journey, because it would be a very dangerous adventure. What he needed was not a turret or a powerful melee fighter, but a rogue who could provide covert detection.

He approached Samir Morningstar and asked him to introduce a powerful rogue, and Samir introduced this Eleonora. According to him, Eleonora was a follower of the fallen god Phantom Goddess Laila , who was forced to join the Harpers after Lyra was killed by Cyric.

"Our luck may not be very good, young man." The female wanderer Eleonora seemed to be always in high spirits, she could easily distinguish the footprints on the road: "Well, there are quite a lot of people walking this road .”

"A group of merchants, three to fifty people, using carriages and pack horses, and some armed guards."

"A group of guards, less than 20 people, riding military horses, with heavy weapons."

"There is also a group of adventurers, about a dozen of them, who are not good at it, and some are wearing heavy armor."

"A lone druid, oh, we'd better stay away from him."

At first, when Samir introduced this female wanderer to help, Aaron was a little reluctant. Eleonora is a female wanderer from the chaotic neutral camp. This type of person has always done whatever he wants and is unwilling to accept restraint, but now Aaron Glad I took it.

The tall half-elf had a wealth of tracking knowledge and the sharpest senses Aaron had ever seen.Considering the tasks assigned to him, the Inner Court Knight really needs these help.

"Why a war horse?" Aaron also stopped and checked the traces on the road.

"The horse walks fast, the pack horse walks slowly, the horse's pace is messy, the pack horse's pace is neat, the war horse's pace is big, and the pack horse's pace is small." The female wanderer showed off her detection skills: "Want to learn, Goblin Slayer?"

"I see." Aaron nodded.

He envied the vagrant for her investigative abilities, just as the vagrant envied his reputation.

Suzal's little rookie now has a new nickname, called "Goblin Slayer", this nickname mainly comes from his feat of three people destroying two battalions last time, killing Hobgoblin Adan-Heavy Hammer, After two months, Aaron's name began to spread around Cormyr, and he was nicknamed "Goblin Slayer" in the official narrative as the protagonist of the story.

Goblins are goblins, the former is a transliteration and the latter is a free translation.

Apparently the news spread in the kingdom is not as fast as Aaron's previous life. Even most of Cormyr has not heard of him summoning the incarnation of the gods to repel the incarnation of the old ruler. Now his name It just spread with the elimination of goblin camps.

Even so, Aaron is considered well-known in Cormyr territory. It can be seen that the female wanderer is very envious of his fame, and at the same time envious of his deterrent power.

Cormyr troops often patrol these border areas. As long as they see any strangers, the army will treat them as "Zhentarim spies" first, which is often accompanied by endless troubles.

But in the face of Aaron Salian, who was an inner court knight, and the Obeszier royal coat of arms on his chest, all the patrolling troops could only obediently dismount and salute.

Eleonora, the wandering woman, is also very interested in this system of honor and inferiority.

Yes, she is not envious, nor is she jealous or eager to replace it, she is simply interested, as if seeing something new that she has been longing for for a long time, and finally has the opportunity to touch it, she must experience it for herself.

"Lone Druid?" Aaron frowned.

Historically, lone druids have been the source of a series of troubles, because when a druid decides to walk alone, then he often has some important mission to complete.

For druids, the important mission is often to represent "mortals and nature", the so-called "wrath of nature".

Aaron has always believed in the saying that "people can never understand each other", so even though the lone druid and him belong to the neutral and good camp, there is still a high probability of conflict between the two sides.

He's here to take risks, not fight!
"Let's speed up."

"Okay~"

"Oil the soles of the feet", "Stride running", "Feather fall technique"

Since he planned to speed up, Aaron no longer saved mana. He raised his hand and cast a few small spells on himself and Eleonora respectively, and quickly disappeared into the mountains with the figure of the female wanderer.

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At the same time, not far from the place where Aaron and others disappeared, a druid as strong as a giant bear was divination by burning animal internal organs.

The weather is getting colder, but the druid is still half naked. His sharp black eyes reflect the information brought by the divination of animal internal organs. His height of more than two meters makes him look like an iron tower, with strong muscles all over his body. A long necklace is hung with many miscellaneous items, and a long staff made of oak wood is inlaid with a skull.

Breathing deeply the air of the flames, the druid felt the will of the Oakfather.

Yes, that's right, in the depths of the Cape of Storm Mountains, there is a remnant of the Snakeman Empire, and it is about to be seen again.

Great Father of the Oak, I am sorry that your loyal servant, Rhodok the Earthwalker, had to make such a move.

Cormyr's humans are so arrogant!
Look at them, what have they been doing in this sacred forest for hundreds of years? !

Cormyr was once known as the Kingdom of the Forest!The forest here is dense and prosperous, and the shade is everywhere, exuding vitality!

However, after human beings got this precious land, they committed the most serious crime against the forest!
Today, Cormyr's forest area is only one-third of what it was when the country was founded. The green land is swallowed up by the withered yellow wilderness, and a large number of fragile farmland has replaced the positive cycle of the forest.

What a stupid and short-sighted human being, it's time for you to experience the wrath of nature again!

Druid thought bitterly.

In recent years, the conflicts between the extremists in the Druid Church and the mortal kingdom have become more and more frequent. For example, in Cormyr, due to the increasing deforestation of the forest, the forests that used to cover the entire territory are now only left with the Forest of Kings and the Forest of Hurek. In addition, humans built roads and outposts, cutting the original forest into pieces.

The conflict between civilization and nature is an eternal theme in Kingdom.

But Rhodok the Landwalker couldn't bear it anymore, he decided to give the Cormyrs some color and let them know the price of offending the forest.

Unfortunately, most of the druids of the Church of Sivanus in Morningstar do not agree with him.

It's not good for him to confront Cormyr directly. The frequent conflicts between the Natural Church and the Mortal Kingdom have caused many people to disagree.

Then wake up the snake man!

Snake people know how to protect nature better than you humans!

Putting up his staff, the druid tower-like figure stood up from the wilderness. He suddenly roared, startling a large group of flying birds around him, turning into a giant bear with a body length of more than 3 meters, and galloping towards the Cape of Storms mountain range.

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On the west side of the Stormhorn Mountain Range, a group of orcs are also coming.

The leader was wearing a half body armor, with long knives behind his back, his black hair tied into a sky braid, his slightly green skin was covered with scars, and his two sharp fangs were exposed.

Obviously, he was a half-orc.

There were pure orcs and hobgoblins moving with him, and of course half-orcs were the most numerous. There were about a dozen of them in a group, carrying bags.

"Doherty." An orc called the head half-orc's name: "Are you sure, can we find something to extend the life of Chief Hauge?"

"I'm not sure," said the strong orc dully.

There was a burst of complaints from the team.

"But if we don't come, there is absolutely no chance."

The complaints in the ranks immediately subsided.

"This is the last resort." The half-orc looked at the Stormhorn Mountains in the distance: "Even if we can't find anything in the end, we can use a battle, a slaughter, a grand sacrifice, A final tribute to Chief Hauge!"

The team became restless.

Scars, strength, battles, victories.

Gruumsh watched us.

For blood and glory!

In this way, three groups of people, in three directions, headed towards the remains of the Snakeman Empire at the same time.

However, Aaron, who has the exact location, is much faster than the druids and orcs who are still groping in the mountains.

According to the marks made by the dwarf craftsman, he found a serpentine mark on a rock wall, took out a stone that Fojar gave him and stuck it on the rock wall, and the solid stone immediately turned into Mud falls.

An unfathomable cave is exposed in front of Aaron and the wandering woman.

"Ms. Aileu." Aaron nodded calmly. He immediately released a detection magic towards the surroundings. After confirming that there were no enemies, he turned his gaze to the female wanderer: "Please."

Darkvision!Aaron also gave himself a "dark vision" spell.

"Got it." The female vagrant skillfully drew two daggers from her thighs and stepped into the darkness.

The inside of the cave was pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers. As two people entered the cave one after the other, the passage behind them was also closed.

Groping forward in the dark, after about 100 meters of walking, a pyramid of the Snake Empire carved out of huge stones appeared in front of the two of them.

Then there were two dwarf corpses at the gate of the pyramid.

"These two corpses are still very fresh!" the female wanderer licked her lips and said with interest: "Wait, Your Excellency Salian, didn't you say that this is your exclusive news?"

"That's right, because as long as a person dies, the news will naturally be exclusive." Aaron turned his cold gaze to the female wanderer.

For a moment, the female wanderer felt that there was a huge strange bird behind Aaron, spreading its wings and looking at her with unsuspecting and treacherous eyes. Her whole body was cold, and her originally very confident smile turned into an awkward one: "Say, That's right."

The companions of the chaotic neutral camp are very unreliable, so they must be beaten all the time.

"Listen to my order, or we will all die inside." Aaron squinted his eyes, and 99 plans were turned in his emotionless heart in an instant.

Just let the planning begin.

Praise Saint Tzeentch!
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(End of this chapter)