Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 610: Astral Journey
Noshier's next target was a vicious green hag named Ethel. He found the hag's rotten stronghold in a large-scale illusion called [Sunlight Wetlands]. The moment they met, he chopped off the disgusting head of the fey monster with an axe, and then used his own power to capture and destroy Ethel's spirit that wanted to escape.

After the death of this vicious monster, the illusion disguise of [Sunlight Wetlands] became invalid, revealing a foul-smelling swamp corrupted by the witch. However, now that the witch is completely dead, the environment here will probably soon return to its former glory and become the real Sunlight Wetlands again.

Then he went to the Underdark again, helped Asdalen and the others solve the troubles of being vampire spawn, and used his own abilities to help them leave this dark and dangerous underground world, allowing the Nephalem race to appear on the continent of Faerun for the first time, and Noshir was also looking forward to seeing what this race would become in the distant future.

After that, he first found the Adamantine Furnace in the Underdark and destroyed the ancient Adamantine Construct inside, then came to the secret space under the Wyrmrock Fortress in Baldur's Gate and put Ansu, who had become a Skywretch, to sleep again, and then found and destroyed the entire heart of a Mummy Lord hidden inside Baldur's Gate, completely killing this absolutely evil creature.

Noshir even found traces of the Monarch, the hero who once built Baldur's Gate, but had already been devoured by the mind flayer's thoughts, his flesh and soul completely devoured, and he became a monster that feeds on the brains of humanoids.

Although the will that once belonged to Bodran still restrained him, causing him to instinctively make some restrictions on his diet and only devour the brains of thieves and criminals, his behavior of controlling the Duke of Sterme, hiding behind the scenes and trying to monopolize power, as well as his various performances in the game, were enough to show how great the potential risk would be for the people still living in this city if this monster continued to live.

"No! What are you going to do! No! Wait! I have long been separated from the main brain, I am not his slave--"

"rest in peace."

The gray and desolate flames instantly enveloped the monarch. In less than a breath of time, his body was burned into ashes by the flames condensed by divine power, and then scattered in this dark underground space.

The clerk of the Lord of Death, Jaeger, once said that the mind flayers have no souls at all, and Noshiel has verified this with his own eyes. The former sea hero Baldran had long been dead, and now in this skin is just a monster named Monarch.

"Now, at least as far as I know, there are no threats inside or outside Baldur's Gate, so it's time."

Noshil raised his head, his deep and brilliant gaze penetrated the soil and bricks and reached the distant starry sky. In that endless and gorgeous starry sky, an unfulfilled contract was waiting for him.

"This is going to be fun."

——Time flies like flowing water, and several years have passed in the blink of an eye. Noshir, who had fully fulfilled the contract two years ago, is walking on the streets of Turanas.

The environment here has improved a lot compared to two years ago. The Githyanki used to be known as astral pirates. Since they live in the astral plane, they are almost immortal and have no other rigid requirements except to be loyal to the queen. This makes their daily life extremely boring, so for them, the only way to kill this boredom is to follow the army and participate in looting.

This leads to the fact that they will not cherish the looted items at all. They will throw all the looted items, whether it is books, armor, captives and slaves, or other things, away on the streets of Turanas like garbage. So although Turanas was once known as the main city of the Githyanki, it looks more like a garbage dump at first glance. The reason for this situation is of course all thanks to Vlaakis.

Because the Lich Queen only cares about her own power, her essence is no longer a Githyanki, but a psionic lich that can only increase its own strength by devouring its former tribesmen. Such a monster does not care about the spiritual culture of the Githyanki at all. Under the indulgence of Vlaakith, the Githyanki have become bandits and robbers who only desire new things and hope to have new entertainment methods to make them happy every time they return from a robbery.

This thirst for new things has created the frivolous culture of the Githyanki. They dabble in a wide range of artistic creations, but never delve into them deeply. They have plundered the treasures of countless worlds, but have never learned to appreciate them. The Githyanki frequently change their ways of playing, but never work hard to study a particular field.

Tu'narath is littered with half-carved sculptures, half-painted murals, and other unfinished works. The Githyanki always give up a personal hobby when they get bored, and it always happens, but this situation changed after Orpheus returned to power.

Under the teachings of Orpheus, the Githyanki began to face up to their history and took the initiative to contact the Githzerai. They freed their attention from endless fighting. Although the time is still short, the Githyanki have not made any drastic changes except that the streets have become cleaner, but they have indeed begun to gradually form their own culture, all of which stems from the guidance of Orpheus and contact with the Githzerai.

Contact with the Githzerai brings about a huge change in their thinking. The Githzerai follow a lifestyle of absolute order. Each Githzerai is a determined philosopher and an unremitting ascetic.

They are of one mind, which comes from their respect for great heroes and their imitation of the virtues of the elders in their daily lives. This firm persistence is exactly what the Githyanki lacks. If all the Gith can reach a spiritual unity, then I believe that it won’t be long before, with the efforts of the leaders of both sides, there may soon be no distinction between Githyanki or Githzerai in the world.

At the same time, of course, a large part of the credit for all this going so smoothly should be attributed to Nohill.

(End of this chapter)