Mithril Throne of Forgotten Realms

"Chong!"

"Ah... bang!"

Poor Fang Yi was hit again, but fortunately he was not hit by the sword edge, but was slapped on the scimitar by the spine of the opponent's great sword.Fang Yi had no way to resist this kind of attack at all, the Thunder Fury handed out was directly blocked back, and slapped Fang Yi's shoulder fiercely!

The force of the attack was heavy, Fang Yi flew out like a kite with a broken thread, his back hit the wall hard again, and a burst of dust filled the air.

Fang Yi rolled on the ground and stood up, immediately put a bottle of healing potion in his mouth, looked at the figure of the master standing by the sword not far away, and spat bitterly.

Now Fang Yi was sure that the other party had no intention of killing him.Because the lizardman sword master's skill is too powerful, Fang Yi can't hold on to the opponent's hand for more than 1 minute even if he tries his best. This purely absolute difference in fighting level makes Fang Yi suddenly feel powerless. .

It was like challenging the human assassin Hope in Yuanwang Town back then. The gap in strength was too obvious. All Fang Yi could do was delay the defeat as much as possible, and there was no possibility of winning at all.

Of course, Fang Yi has not yet used skills such as magic scrolls, props, and visual hiding. So far, he has been relying on the two weapons in his hand until now.

It's not that Fang Yi is stubborn, but from the beginning of the battle, all his skills and items have become gray and unusable!Besides, the undead sword master said just now: "Mages rely on their brains to fight, but we rely on our hands", such an obvious reminder.Fang Yi, a veteran of the game, naturally heard it in his ears and remembered it in his heart.

Since there was a plot, Fang Yi couldn't give up easily, so Fang Yi never left, but insisted on being abused by the opponent here.

From being defeated in the first 20 seconds, to being able to persist for more than 40 seconds now, Fang Yi has roughly figured out the opponent's fighting methods in these five or six minutes, and if he persists for a few more games, it shouldn't be wrong to persist for 6 minute. question.

I just don't know where the passing line for this highly random "test mission" is, in case the condition for triggering the plot is to defeat the opponent.That would really vomit blood...

"Hmm. I've made a lot of progress, stand up and continue!"

There was no expression on the face of the Lizardman Juggernaut, but Fang Yi could still hear the obvious excitement in the other party's tone. "You are much more interesting than those people!"

If Fang Yi, who was covered in scars all over his body at this time, knew that the "group of people" mentioned by the other party was the group of people from the Trinity Alliance.I don't know if I will smile or not.

And if Jiandang Tianxia knew that the Lizardman Juggernaut he tried to avoid might have hidden missions.I don't know if I will rush to the lake city in such a hurry.

***

The city lord's mansion and the administrative hall of the island city in the center of the lake are basically integrated, and can be regarded as two courtyards at the front and back.The administrative hall in front is a self-contained castle-like building, which looks extraordinary from a distance; the city lord's mansion in the back looks very ordinary.It's just one size bigger than ordinary houses, and there are more houses. I think the city lord back then was not a person who liked luxury.

On the roof of a building less than half a mile away from the City Lord's Mansion, a group of players were standing densely at this time. The command center of the Trinity Alliance's large force was set up here, and all the heads gathered here.

But right now, Jiandang Tianxia, ​​the big boss of the guild, was standing quietly aside, with a very focused expression, as if he was listening to what the female lizard in front of the crowd was talking about.

At this time, Jiandang Tianxia already knew that the beautiful lizardman in front of him was named Atona Brightfin, and she came from a medium-sized lizardman tribe.

Originally, the tribe that Atona belonged to lived in an underground cave not far from the city. There were plenty of plants and space to raise Roth beasts there, as well as clean water. It was a very suitable place for the tribe to live.

The most important thing is that there is a hidden underground river in the cave, which connects this sealed mithril vein with the outside world - it is hidden, will not be disturbed by outsiders, and has sufficient food and a humid and cool environment. Therefore, the Lizardman tribe living here is quite rich, and they have always lived a life of indifference to the world.

Until not so long ago...

"...About half a year ago, these mind flayers discovered this place, and began to clear out the creatures around the mine in a planned way, bit by bit eating away at the surrounding forces until they occupied the city,"

The female sword saint's voice was low and clear, and she looked up at the tall stone building in the administrative center in the distance, with a stern expression, "Our people can't resist the attack of the mind flayers, and most of them have become controlled by them. Slaves, only a few escaped like me..."

Hearing this, Jiandang Tianxia's eyes moved slightly, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't speak rashly, but continued to listen to the story of the female sword saint seriously.

"The mind flayers are too powerful, and their actions this time are very well-organized. It is likely that they are the army sent by the mind flayer mastermind of Drowning Land!"

Atona paused when she said this, her expression was quite excited, and her steady breathing was also a little disordered, then she turned her head and stared at the dark knight beside her, "This place is too far from the drowning place, the slaves they caught are not There is no way to send them all back to their main city, so I built a... captivity base nearby, and more than 200 people from my tribe were trapped there..."

"You want us to save your relatives?" Before Atona could finish her words, someone in the crowd had already spoken, with a slight hesitation in her tone.Jiandang Tiantian raised his eyes and glanced at the speaking player, but didn't speak, because he wanted to ask this question himself.

"That's right!"

Atona glanced at the crowd, raised her head and said, "As long as you can rescue my people safely, I can tell you a secret!"

"Do you know how many octopus heads are guarding there?" Someone in the crowd immediately asked.

"It's much less than here, at most twenty." Atona frowned and thought for a while, before replying uncertainly, "But there is a mind flayer elder there, whose combat power may be even higher than the mind flayer here. Some……"

"Damn it! What are you talking about! Elder Mind Flayer!?"

"Damn. Just kidding!"

As soon as Atona's words came out, there was a loud bang in the crowd, and almost five or six players shouted at the same time, as if they heard something incredible, some players who didn't know the situation asked the people around them, After reading the insider's description, his complexion also changed, and the way he looked at Atona changed a little.

The so-called mind flayer elder is a general term for a kind of monster.

There are probably hundreds to thousands of mind flayers living in each mind flayer city, and a very small number of special members of these mind flayers will mutate—the probability of this is no more than one percent— Become a mind flayer elder.

Common mind flayers rarely live beyond 150 years, but elders are not bound by this.As long as there is a sufficient supply of psychic essence (that is, the psychic energy that mind flayers consume when they consume the brains of sentient beings).Without encountering a deadly foe, the creature is almost immortal.

The long ages have given mind flayer elders unrivaled psychic abilities, including a frighteningly high magic resistance (mind flayers gain 1 all-spell resistance per level, and 2 points per level after reaching Legendary. point spell resistance. Up to 85 points).Almost crazy spellcasting ability (mind flayers generally double-time warlocks) and so on.

The reason why the players of the Trinity Alliance were as surprised as seeing a naked beauty.It's because of another well-known bug skill of the mind flayer elder - there is no limit to the number of spells of Charm Human and Charm Monster!

In other words, as long as the mental power is sufficient and the spell is not resisted.It can control as many slaves as it wants.Now Atona said that there is an elder mind flayer whose level is unknown in the captivity base. There are less than [-] players in the Trinity Alliance.

The mind flayer elder's intelligence attribute is so high that everyone can more or less imagine that it is impossible for these people present to resist the opponent's spell.

The players around were in a mess, saying anything.Some people suggested that they simply kill them and use their lives to pay for them. Anyway, mind flayers are well known for their weak melee combat ability, as long as they can get close to them, they can say anything.

Some people also raised concerns, if they worked so hard to wipe out the mind flayers, and their own people died almost as well, wouldn't that be wedding dresses for those players who were eyeing the outsiders and preparing to fight the autumn wind?

However, Jian Dang Tian Tian, ​​who stood at the front of the crowd, didn't make a sound, but lowered his head and thought about something.Seeing that their boss looked like this, everyone's buzzing discussion gradually died down.

"I have two questions for your explanation, Miss Atona,"

Seeing that the scene became quiet again, Jiandang Tianxia raised his head and said, "If your answer satisfies me, I will agree to your terms."

"Please speak." The female sword saint said simply and neatly.Right now, Atona's people are in dire straits. If these people can save everyone, Atona doesn't mind telling them the secrets about this place.

"First, how can I be sure that the secrets you possess can help us repel these mind flayers?"

Jian Dangtian put his hands on his beautifully decorated chain armor belt, and said calmly: "In other words, since you know this secret, why don't you use it to expel these monsters?"

"This……"

Atona groaned, hesitated for a moment, then bit her lips and said: "This involves a big secret of this city, we all swore like the patriarch that we would never reveal it to outsiders, but I can tell you, think To expel the mind flayers from here, we can only rely on a magic circle under the city... yes! It is the magic circle."

Speaking of this, Atona's hesitant expression also disappeared, as if she had finally found the most suitable rhetoric, she explained with a little excitement: "Once the number of mind flayers reaches a certain scale, it will be difficult for wisdom Biologically speaking, it is a disaster. With all due respect, you adventurers are indeed capable and well-equipped, but you are definitely not opponents of hundreds of mind flayers, are you?"

"Do you have a way to activate this magic circle? What kind of magic circle is this?" Jian Dangtianxia's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately asked.

"Well... this magic circle... once activated, it will repel all creatures and enemies that are not recognized by it," Atona organized her words, "and I can tell you how to activate it and get its recognition! Well, that's right, that's it!"

Hearing this, the players present all involuntarily showed puzzled expressions.

Magic circle?Repel unrecognized enemies?

Let me go, the more it sounds, the more it sounds like a special formation in those virtual games based on ancient Chinese fantasy legends!Could this girl be swaying us?

Just when someone in the crowd was about to speak, Jian Dang Tian Tian raised his right hand, motioning for everyone to be quiet, and then gave Atona a meaningful look: "Okay, I believe you. Then... the second question. Listen to what you just said. It means that your ethnic group has lived here for a long time, so can you tell us what the purpose of the mind flayers is to capture this city with great fanfare?" (To be continued...)