A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Klaus! Are you ready to pay the price for being stained with the Blood of the Harper?"

A human warrior roared and was the first to rush forward. He raised a double-edged ax that was as white as ice and snow and jumped up. He wanted to use gravity acceleration to make his chops more destructive. It would be best if he could Cut off the huge dragon head in one go.

Obviously, the magic weapon used by this guy has extra cold damage, which is the best choice to deal with the "weak cold" characteristic of the red dragon.

In other words, the equipment and weapons of everyone in the entire crusade team formed by the Harpers' senior leaders are basically the same.

The weapon attributes either provide extra damage to dragons or evil camp targets, or can produce a cold effect. Most of the armors also have a certain degree of fire resistance to weaken the power of the flame breath.

It's a pity that Klaus is not a vegetarian either.

Although it suffered a certain amount of damage from falling from a high altitude and hitting the ground, especially the cursed arrow that was shot into the abdomen, which was aimed at dragon-like creatures, it made this ancient red dragon feel weaker than ever before.

But "Scar" is still the "Roaring Dragon" who dares to fight the enemy desperately in all battles and even die together.

Klaus suddenly opened his wings and used dragon wings to attack the human warrior who was jumping.

The next second...

boom!

Click!

The double-edged ax exuding cold air was deeply embedded in the wings of the ancient red dragon, and the hot and dazzling dragon's blood immediately flew everywhere.

But the human warrior was also violently beaten by the flapping dragon wings. A large piece of the solid mithril breastplate was instantly dented. At the same time, the ribs and chest were also severely damaged by this blow. The whole person was like a kite with broken strings. Blood spurted out from his mouth and nose crazily, and flew straight back.

If you think that's the end of it, you'd be wrong.

Klaus has far more combat experience than other red dragons.

Taking advantage of the opponent's gap in mid-air, where there was no room for dodge or parry, he suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a deadly breath of flames.

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

Everyone around him felt a burst of suffocating flames and heat waves instantly envelope the poor human warrior.

When the latter flew back out of the range covered by the dragon's breath, his body had been roasted to a semi-burnt state.

If it weren't for the legendary warrior's powerful vitality and his helmet's certain fire resistance, 80% of his body would have been wiped out by the dragon's breath.

"Grice!"

Seeing that his companion was dying, the priest in the team immediately rushed over to treat him.

Unfortunately, Klaus had no intention of showing mercy to his enemies.

He first quickly waved his claws to push back several senior Harpers who stepped forward to interfere, and then used the staff with small bat-like claws in the middle of his wings to perform a follow-up attack.

A flash of frightening green light flashed, and the seriously injured and unconscious human warrior was immediately disintegrated into a puddle of worthless powder by the magical power.

The six-ring change spell [Dissociation]!

Obviously, creatures killed by this spell can only be resurrected using the highest level of divine magic, let alone treatment.

Less than a minute into the battle, "Scar" took the lead in taking the first blood by virtue of his unparalleled combat experience and the overwhelming advantage in strength of the ancient red dragon.

Due to long-term training, he can not only skillfully use various magic equipment and weapons, but also use the small claws on his wings to activate the spells stored in wands, staffs, and scepters.

Therefore, Klaus actually has four hands, not just two front claws for ordinary dragons to attack or cast spells.

He can completely use the wand and staff held by the small claws on the dragon wings to release spells while launching the claw attack.

Coupled with the red dragon's signature routines such as flame breath, dragon wing slap, and tail sweep, high-level and even legendary warriors who lack sufficient protection can often be killed instantly in one round.

When Zuo Si first practiced using the small claws of the dragon wings to activate wands and staffs in the dragon form, he got inspiration from "Scar".

Later, he also taught this technique to his subordinates such as the Flame Dragon Knights Davian and Culremus.

It's a pity that the Harper executives obviously don't understand this, or there are so few people who fought with Klaus and survived, so the information related to him is very limited.

"No!!!!!!!"

Seeing his teammate die in his arms, the pastor's eyes suddenly shone with extreme sadness, anger and hatred.

Several other Harpers who were about to rush forward to launch a siege also stopped, with expressions of shock and disbelief on their faces.

They obviously didn't expect that people on their side had already died just after the battle started, and you are still the most resistant and tenacious warrior.

"Despicable little bug!

Just because you want to challenge the great Roaring Dragon Klaus?

I'm going to kill all of you nasty Harpers and leave no one behind!

Come, come and feel the burning flames of doomsday!

The whole Northland will begin to burn because of my wrath! "

Along with the majestic declaration of the ancient red dragon, the chanting of dragon language magic began to echo in the ears.

By the time the Harper executives reacted, it was already too late.

Although the elf magic archer standing on the distant roof fired several enchanted arrows in succession, they were unable to interrupt "Scar's" spellcasting concentration.

After all, the dragon's physical attributes are already frighteningly high, and its vitality is many times that of humanoid creatures.

Unless it directly hits sensitive places such as the eyes, heart, nose, etc., it is almost impossible to interrupt their spellcasting concentration.

The moment Klaus's spell preparation was completed, the sky above his head instantly turned a creepy blood-red color.

A mage seemed to have recognized this amazingly powerful energy-shaping magic. His face suddenly changed and he shouted to the people around him: "It's Fire Storm! Run!"

But it's too late!

"Scar" directly activated the [Spider Web Technique], [Grease Technique] and [Aivar Black Tentacle] in the magic storage ring on the dragon horn.

Almost one-third of the Harpers' senior leaders were trapped in place, and only those who wore rings of free movement or were blessed with free movement spells managed to escape.

As soon as they left the area of ​​influence of the fire storm, rain of fire fell from the sky, covering a large area around them.

Although the Harper executives carried a lot of equipment to increase magic resistance and fire resistance, they were still burned and screamed again and again.

Let alone fighting back, even struggling to stand up was a problem.

After all, although the flame burning destroyed the effect of the spider web technique, the non-burning grease was still spread on the ground, making it difficult to maintain balance even without being attacked, not to mention the severe pain caused by the flame burning.

"Death! Despicable little bugs! Your wails and death are the most beautiful music in the world to me!"

Klaus unceremoniously used the characteristic of his red dragon to be completely immune to all fire attacks, and rushed straight into the rain of fire to massacre the senior Harpers who had lost the ability to resist.

In the blink of an eye, three more people fell into a pool of blood. Their torsos, limbs and heads were completely separated, and not even the complete body parts could be preserved.

"Scar" proved with practical actions that even if he has been silent for so many years, he is still the most powerful and destructive red dragon king in the North.

A few minutes after the twelve Harper elites fought with the ancient red dragon, one third of them were already dead.

The remaining eight finally realized why all the previously sent teams were killed without exception.

Klaus is completely different from the evil forces they have dealt with before. He is a creature that truly stands at the top of the world's power pyramid.

In particular, the ancient dragon's inherent astonishing magic resistance gave the two archmages in the team a headache.

The spells they successfully cast several times were either directly resisted or exempted, or caused some painless damage due to the effect of magic resistance. Spells lower than the third level simply did not work.

On the contrary, the spells released by Klaus can cause huge threats and damage to oneself every time.

If it were normal times, after realizing that the enemy's strength is much stronger than expected, and the large number of troops on our side is reduced, the chance of winning is very low, the Harpers' senior leaders will definitely have issued a retreat order and made a new plan.

Unlike the die-hard people who believe in Tyr, the God of Justice, Tom, the God of Loyalty and Courage, and Lathander, the Lord of the Morning, they never advocate head-on confrontation with overly powerful enemies, and even if they die, they must die on the road to charge.

Just the opposite!

The purpose of the Harpers Alliance is to achieve maximum results at minimum cost.

For this purpose, whether it is eavesdropping, stealing, deceiving, assassinating, ambushing, using criminal means not allowed by law to spread false news, using unknowing third parties to achieve goals, etc., everything is allowed.

This is also the reason why they are always criticized by others even though they do a lot of good things.

For no other reason than the fact that the Harpers were so dirty in their execution of their missions that anyone with a slight sense of morality would think they were a group of potential thugs and dangerous elements.

Those social groups that advocate order and law feel that their existence itself is even more serious than the damage caused by many evil forces.

The wider the spread of his idea of ​​using any means to achieve his goals and the more people are willing to believe it, the more the world will slide towards the abyss of chaos and disorder.

It's a pity that the Harpers' senior leaders currently believe that Klaus attacked Miraba to find them, so they can't choose to retreat directly as usual.

In that case, the mining town in the North below would be burned down and turned into ruins under the wrath of the ancient red dragon.

What's even more terrible is that if this matter spreads, the Harper Alliance's increasingly bad reputation in the Northland will completely fall to the bottom and become as smelly as a cesspool.

People will not only blame the Harpers for the destruction of Mirabar, but will also intensify the use of force against the druids, rangers, and elven villages that are the Harpers' traditional allies in the wilderness.

If it goes wrong, it will develop into an all-round suppression and liquidation of the entire organization.

Therefore, these high-level officials cannot leave at all, at least before Klaus himself leaves, they must let the residents of Mirabar see their heroic feat of never flinching against powerful evil forces.

In this way, the eight people who were cornered no longer had any reservations. They showed their trump cards one after another and began to consume various expensive potions, scrolls, and magic items regardless of the cost.

For a while, he actually had a back and forth fight with "Scar Man".

The high-level arcane and divine spells released by both sides continued to flicker over the residential areas that had been reduced to ruins, and flames and explosions were constantly heard.

A very high-level druid summoned dark clouds all over the sky, and lightning as thick as a person crackled and danced wildly in the battle area. Elemental elders who were four to five meters tall were also summoned one after another.

But in front of the powerful Klaus, these can only delay a little time at best.

He can often clear the field directly with one breath of fire, no matter you are an earth element, wind element, or water element.

As for the fire element...

Any spellcaster with any semblance of sense would never choose to summon them during a battle with a red dragon.

The reason is simple.

Although the fire element is completely immune to the red dragon's breath, the problem is that its attacks are also unable to cause any damage to the red dragon.

Therefore, the red dragon can completely ignore what the fire element should do.

While a group of Harpers were fighting with Klaus, there was a three-story building more than 200 meters away.

Harid III, who had personally planned all of this, and Shimamon, the controller of the Zhentarim's dark intelligence network, were watching the show with great interest, side by side.

After several minutes, the former commented meaningfully: "It was a wonderful death battle, what do you think?"

"Haha, I totally agree.

There is nothing more wonderful than seeing these self-proclaimed Harpers, who always like to stand on the moral high ground to accuse others and meddle in other people's business, gradually entering despair and death.

And before they die, they will help us weaken Klaus, a powerful enemy.

When Culremos takes action, this last hidden danger can be completely solved and control of the wilderness world of the Northland can be completed.

By then, whether it is those self-righteous druids, or the monsters and barbarian tribes scattered in the mountains, forests and wilderness, they will inevitably become our chess pieces.

From Icewind Dale to the mountains of the Spine of the World, to the Everwild and the High Forest, our command will unleash a mighty wave. "

While saying these words, Ximanmeng subconsciously pulled the black cloak on his body to block the sunlight shining on his head as much as possible.

As a vampire lord, although he won't be burned directly in the sun like ordinary vampires, he doesn't like the feeling of being burned by positive energy.

If he hadn't rushed over to watch this great show, he would actually prefer to stay in his dark fortress in the Sunset Mountains and wait until dark before coming out for activities.

"What is Culremus busy with? I remember that according to the plan, he should have arrived at the scene and prepared to clean up the mess."

Hared III frowned and asked.

The corners of Xi Manmeng's mouth turned up slightly, and he shrugged his shoulders with a helpless look: "There's no way, things change faster than planned.

Because something went wrong, Kurremos had to rush over to deal with it.

What's more, haven't you discovered it yet?

The senior Harpers sent a signal for help shortly after the battle began.

But why haven't the two electors Elminster and Storm Silverhand rushed over to support him? "

moment!

Harid III seemed to understand something, and the corners of his mouth also raised slightly: "Ah! I understand.

It turns out that Culremus held back the two most troublesome guys to ensure that our plan can be implemented smoothly.

But I'm a little curious, how on earth did he hold back Elminster and Storm Silverhand?

You must know that these two chosen ones of the Magic Goddess are not easy characters to deal with. "

"Sorry, I don't know much about this. But what is certain is that your master gave him great support and help."

Having said that, Ximanmeng ignored the ally beside him and began to concentrate on admiring the high-level fierce battle between the two sides. From time to time, he used a prophecy magic to detect Klaus's vitality.

Behind him, six elite teams were fully armed and entered combat mode, among which the number of light mages reached twelve.

Just waiting for an order, these people can use Xi Manmeng as the core to perform amazingly powerful magic rituals to deliver the final devastating blow to the enemy.

Similarly, Hared III also bribed four elite adventurer teams that tended to be lawful evil and lawful neutral, and could hunt down the defeated Harper leaders at any time.

Since Zuo Si, who was wealthy and powerful, was secretly supporting them, both of them had ample funds to cultivate their direct lineage.

These are the results of recent development and growth.

"Owner……"

Something strange flashed in Hared III's eyes, and he quickly shut his mouth and stopped asking further questions. Instead, he concentrated on the development of the battlefield situation.

Because with the consumption of magic items, scrolls and potions, the Harper side has shown a very obvious decline.

Among them, the only two archmages in the team, one was swallowed by "Scar" in one gulp. He must have been almost digested by the dragon's terrifying stomach acid at this time.

The other one was so frightened that he used short-distance teleportation magic to escape two to three hundred meters away, with a frightened expression on his face.

After all, reality is not a game. There will not be a BOSS that ignores the squishy ones in the back row and only focuses on the MTs that are responsible for fighting monsters with high HP and high blood pressure.

How could an ancient red dragon like Klaus, who had gone through countless bloody battles to build its reputation, not know that mages were a far greater threat than warriors.

Therefore, whenever a warrior rushed forward, he would often just slap the dragon wings away and chase the mage, priest and druid to kill them.

The first high-level spellcaster to die was the Archdruid, who transformed into a super-large earth elemental to provide cover for his teammates. He was burned to death by the flame breath on the spot, and he didn't even have the chance to transform back into human form to heal himself.

The second person to die was the priest who had exhausted the life-saving skill [Sanctuary Technique]. His whole body was bitten into two sections from the waist with a click. His upper body was swallowed by the ancient red dragon, and his lower body remained on the edge of the battlefield. It looked extremely miserable and bloody.

As for the third one, it was naturally the Archmage who was swallowed whole just a few seconds ago.

After taking care of the most threatening spellcaster in one go, Klaus then turned to deal with the remaining warriors, magic archers and bards.

"Damn! It seems our failure is a foregone conclusion! What should we do now?"

The elf magic archer relied on the effect of the acceleration spell to avoid the tail swept by the dragon when it turned around, and asked loudly to his companions at the top of his lungs.

Although he had already shot almost forty enchanted arrows, his arms were now so tired that he could hardly draw the bowstring. He could almost be said to be the MVP with the highest output among the team.

But Klaus just released a powerful healing spell through the unknown magic item on his body, immediately causing all the damage that had been accumulated so hard to be wasted.

There is no way, this is the crushing advantage brought by the ancient dragon's powerful vitality, defense, and magic resistance.

As long as there is no way to cause serious injury and death in an instant, the opponent can use healing spells and potions to recover.

And the further you get to the later stages, the fewer spell slots, scrolls, and various consumables, and this advantage becomes more and more obvious, so obvious that you feel desperate.

"Don't ask me! I sent out a signal for help shortly after the war started, but Elminster and Storm Silverhand haven't come yet. They must have encountered some trouble."

The bard drank the last bottle of healing potion, with unconcealable tension and anxiety in his tone.

Obviously, today's encounter was completely different from their plan to sneak into "Scar's" lair, lock the target, prepare all protective spells in advance, and then launch a wave of raids to kill him. the concept of.

Because if it is the latter situation, the Harpers' top management is prepared to fight against the unprepared, and firmly holds the initiative tactically.

At the same time, there is no need to worry about the dragon's most troublesome flying ability in a cave environment, and the chance of winning will naturally be greatly improved.

But now?

First, their hiding place was suddenly ignited by the dragon's breath falling from the sky, and they had to rush out. There was no time to cast spells before the battle.

Later, the magic archer successfully shot Klaus down. In order to prevent the dragon from taking off again, everyone had no choice but to fight. As a result, they suffered heavy casualties in two or three rounds.

The spell caster was chased and beaten by "Scar" throughout the whole process. He was too busy running for his life and adding protective spells to himself, so he had no time to BUFF others.

In fact, the reason why this group of Harper elites can hold on until now is that they are waiting for Elminster, the great sage of the Valley of Shadows and the first chosen one of the goddess of magic, to come to rescue immediately after receiving a signal for help.

But what everyone never expected was that even though they had lasted for so long, Elminster was nowhere to be seen, and even Storm Silverhand was nowhere to be found.

Just as the poet and the magic archer were talking, Klaus suddenly grabbed a gap and waved his claws to forcefully sweep away the warrior who was holding the shield at the front. Then he took advantage of the moment when the opponent lost his balance under the impact of the huge force and pounced. He went up and opened the tower shield with strong fire resistance, and opened his mouth to reveal a ferocious smile.

The warrior only saw a faint fire suddenly emerge from the dragon's throat, and then his eyes were shrouded in dazzling white.

And this white light was the last thing he saw before he died.

As for the others, what they saw was the warrior being burned alive after losing his fire kang shield.

"Retreat! Retreat immediately! Otherwise we will all die!"

The only surviving archmage's psychological defense had obviously completely collapsed, with panic and fear in his eyes, and he was about to teleport away without even thinking about it.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that he had already been targeted.

The moment the teleportation magic took effect, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him out of thin air.

Before he could react to what was happening, two sharp fangs clicked on the aorta in his neck.

Gudong!

Gudong!

Gudong!

Along with the sound of swallowing blood, the archmage's body began to twitch uncontrollably, and then the color of his skin began to become paler and paler, eventually turning into a corpse without any vital signs.

"It tastes really good. Now, I have another descendant with good strength..."

With a low and hoarse voice, the black shadow finally stepped out and revealed his true face. It was Xi Manmeng himself who took the initiative to transform into a vampire.

For him, a great mage like this who masters nine-ring magic is simply the best prey in the world.

Not only can you gain extra power when sucking the opponent's blood, but you can also resurrect the corpse as a new vampire or spawn within one to four days, and retain all the spellcasting levels of the deceased.

On the other side, Ximanmeng's men and Harid III also began to hunt down the other top Harpers.

No mercy!

No mercy!

No forgiveness!

Some just show the greatest respect to the enemy, that is, kill them all without leaving any one behind.

Hared III even prepared evil magic rituals in advance, intending to transform all the senior Harpers into undead under his control, ordering them to raise their butcher knives against their former companions, and continue to degenerate in pain and despair, eventually becoming The form that I hate and hate the most.

"Elminster! What the hell are you doing?"

The poet shouted out the torture from his soul at the moment of being captured.

But what she didn't know was that the situation of Elminster and Storm Silverhand was not optimistic at the moment.

The two of them rode horses all the way south across the Dessarin River, and just approached the edge of the High Forest. They planned to find out the news from the local Druid sect, but they were attacked in advance.

The ones who launched the attack were none other than Kurremus, Agatha, Varis, the Silver Dragon who had just been forcibly transformed into a Dracolich, and a group of Dragon Cult members who were roped in as cannon fodder.

Because the battle started with a surprise attack, the insidious and cunning "Otai Duozi" did not select the experienced battle Elminster as the target of the fire, but focused on Storm Silverhand, who was relatively easy to deal with.

Although the latter has a total professional level of up to LV28, the professional composition is very complicated, including LV1 thieves, LV4 warriors, LV12 warlocks, LV8 bards, and LV3 Harper scouts. It is simply a hodgepodge. Therefore, it is not strong in terms of magic protection.

Coupled with the fact that he is wearing armor, there is still a 20% failure rate when casting arcane magic.

If any player dares to build a character like this in the game, he will definitely be evaluated as a waste who can't do anything.

But this situation is very common among the local indigenous people in Faerûn.

After all, as long as they are interested and have studied and exercised accordingly, they can obtain the corresponding professional level.

The LV1 thieves of Storm Silverhand and the LV4 warriors must have acquired them unintentionally from children to adults.

The LV12 Warlock is due to the blood of the second-generation Magic Goddess flowing in his body. The LV8 Poet and the LV3 Harper Scout are the paths he chose when he grew up.

Because she possesses so many skills, she has become a mentor to countless Harpers, teaching those newcomers how to become a good spy.

Under normal circumstances, with the extra power and silver fire brought by the chosen ones, Storm Silver Hand can easily suppress most eighth- and even ninth-level spellcasters, and is also immune to all lightning-type attacks.

But unfortunately, today she encountered a powerful enemy she had never seen before.

Kurremos directly launched a sneak attack with an instant burst of disintegration, stripping away all the protective spells on Storm Silverhand in an instant.

Even the Elven King's cloak, +2 protection ring, magic storage ring, lucky sword, wishing ring with only one shot left, and +5 natural armor amulet equipped on him were all scrapped and scrapped, and those who were suppressed were suppressed, anyway, they were all Lost its effect.

Elminster was the first to react and immediately wanted to fight back.

But before the spell could be released, Agatha activated her natural ability - subspace window, waving three hands on her three arms to launch attacks from different angles.

Since the Saren spirit can open up to six magic windows at a time, Elminster was immediately forced to scramble. He was instantly hit by the nine-ring [energy-absorbing spell] released by the shadow energy core, and his spellcasting level instantly dropped by four levels.

What's even worse is that these four levels are all advanced professional mages, so many advanced arcane abilities cannot be used.

Appearing to be an elf but in his heart he is actually the phaerinn demon Varis. Taking advantage of Agatha's opportunity to hold Elminster back, he instantly flashed in front of Storm Silverhand and first released the toxins inherent in his body. , paralyzing the opponent on the spot and leaving his feet hanging in the air.

Immediately afterwards, he unceremoniously drained all the magic from the opponent's body, leaving not even a spell slot for the zero-ring trick.

After all this was done, the terrifying monster used the confinement technique as planned, temporarily expelling it from the battlefield.

At this point, Culremus finally completed the siege of Elminster under careful calculation.

Now he can not only let the phaerinn demon Varis absorb any spell cast by the opponent, but he can also use the magic window opened by the Saren spirit Agatha at any time to interrupt the concentration of spell casting.

The most important thing is to capture the key hostage Storm Silverhand.

The "filial son" who thought he had won the victory had a proud smile on his face. Pretending to be elegant, he put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, greeting politely: "Hello, the respected Great Sage of Shadow Valley, Lord Elminster, the first choice of the Goddess of Magic.

As a child who grew up hearing your name and adventure stories, I have long imagined how exciting it would be to meet you one day.

But who would have thought that after so many years, when I was ready to show up, your performance was really disappointing.

I can't understand and I can't figure it out. Where are all the means you used in your adventure stories to turn corruption into magic and always avoid danger and escape calmly?

Why are you so panicked in the face of a small sneak attack? "

"Dragon Cult? Are you Sammaster's subordinates?"

Elminster obviously noticed the guys wearing black robes, masks, and Dragon Cult emblems, so he narrowed his eyes and tried a word.

However, given the various weird abilities that Agatha and Varis had shown just now, he didn't think that an enemy of this strength would join an organization like the Dragon Cult that gathered lunatics and lunatics.

What's more, the opponent clearly had the opportunity to directly kill the incapacitated Storm Silverhand, but he did not choose to do that. Instead, he temporarily imprisoned him with the confinement technique.

No matter how you look at it, these actions are very suspicious.

"You want to use such a mean way to trick me?

Don't waste your time.

I don’t plan to reveal my identity yet, and I don’t want to be remembered by you.

What I have to do now is to keep you here for a while until the top Harpers at Mirabar are driven out and killed by Scarlaus Klaus.

Don't even think about using teleportation magic to rush to the rescue.

Once you leave my sight, then I will release Lady Storm Silverhand, kill her, and imprison her soul to sell to the devil.

This is not a scaremongering or a joke, just a statement of what is bound to happen when you make a choice.

So what exactly are the other seven sisters from the North who are also voters?

Or would she give up her life and even her soul to save the senior Harpers who were being massacred?

I think this is a very difficult choice even for the great sage of Shadow Valley, isn't it? "

When saying these words, Kurremus pursed his lips, showing his extremely evil nature.

Unlike most metal dragons who fall into evil due to various desires and other reasons, this guy is a born evil person, and many evil thoughts were born in his mind when he was still a young dragon.

For example, grabbing food from brothers and sisters, stealing inconspicuous treasures from their parents' lair, teasing the kobold servants who serve them, etc.

Kurremos discovered a long time ago that he could not get satisfaction and pleasure from helping others like his parents taught him.

Just the opposite!

He can take pleasure in torturing others and appreciating their pain and struggle.

No one knows what is going on, not even me.

Moreover, Culremus was very good at disguising himself, and his evil nature was completely unnoticed by his parents and siblings during his growing up years, until one day he could no longer bear to kill his biological sister.

For a while, he even had a vicious idea, that is, whether his mother had secretly been fooling around with an evil chromatic dragon outside his father's back for a while, or had been raped by a chromatic dragon.

And he is the product of this unexpected combination.

However, there is no evidence of Culremus, and he has not shown any chromatic dragon abilities.

But fortunately, after acquiring the purgatory bloodline, he no longer dwelled on these old things, but began to enjoy the ultimate pleasure of being able to show evil openly and release evil.

Especially now, in front of the great sage of Shadow Valley whose reputation is known throughout Faerûn, his two dark jade eyes are shining with excitement and enjoyment.

"So... this is a trap?"

Elminster turned around and cast his gaze at the Silver Dragon Lich not far away, with a complex look of pain, anger and disbelief on his old face.

After a full minute, he took a deep breath, forced himself to stay calm, and asked: "I think you owe me an explanation. Why did you become a dracolich, and why did you deliberately spread the news of injury here? Lead me here?"

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself."

The Silver Dragon Lich lowered his head slightly and did not dare to meet the old man's eyes.

Although she has become the undead she hates most, and her original nature of advocating kindness is slowly being eroded by the instinct of the undead, it usually takes decades or even hundreds of years for those memories and emotions to completely fade away.

"Okay, I think I understand what's going on."

Elminster instantly understood from these words that the Silver Dragon was most likely forced.

After all, there were so many members of the Dragon Worship Cult present, and one could only imagine what they would do to a kind-aligned metal dragon that had lost its ability to resist.

Just when he was still trying to see if he could ask for more details and important information, a signal from Miraba's senior Harpers asking for help suddenly echoed in his mind, interrupting all the old man's thoughts.

At this moment, Elminster finally understood how insidious, cunning and cruel what Culremos had done before was.

If he doesn't go back to save the top leaders of the Harpers, then the already loose organization of the Northland Harper Alliance will inevitably fall apart.

But if he goes back to save him, one can imagine what the other party will do to the captured Storm Silverhand.

Is the fate of the senior leaders of the Harper Alliance more important than the organization's presence in the North?

Or is the life and even the soul of another chosen goddess of magic who has followed him diligently and diligently for many years more important?

Elminster instantly fell into a painful tangle.

He knew very well that the time left for him to make a choice was very limited, maybe only about five to ten minutes.

Once this time passes, it is possible that the ancient red dragon Klaus will destroy the senior leaders of the Harpers, and by the way, Miraba, a major mining town in the North, will be destroyed.

At this time, Kurremos, who was standing aside to watch the show, did not forget to add fuel to the fire and joked: "Your Majesty the Great Sage, there is a saying that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

When faced with no choice, making a random choice is much better than doing nothing.

Because doing nothing means escaping and means you are afraid of losing.

As long as there is a similar situation for the first time, there will inevitably be a second and third time.

After all, your weakness has been exposed to everyone. "

"Who are you? And why do you do this? Did the Harpers or did I sin against you?"

Elminster obviously could no longer control his anger, and silver fire began to flash in his pupils.

If it were any other spell caster, seeing this thousand-year-old old man showing signs of using the silver fire burst mode, he would have been frightened and fled away.

But Kurremos, who was extremely swollen in his heart, did not take it seriously. Instead, he sneered and continued to mock: "Hahahaha! What a childish and ridiculous accusation.

As the most nosy founder of the Harper Alliance in the entire Faerun continent, don't you think these words are quite ironic coming from your own mouth?

Let me ask you, when you interfered in something, did the other party provoke you or offend you?

Especially when towns in the North are booming in pursuit of wealth and a better life, what are you doing?

You try to prevent people from opening up wasteland, cutting down trees, and digging mines, and continue to promote your ridiculous theory of the balance of all things to protect the bullshit nature.

If there is really balance in this world, then why do those who die in various conflicts always be civilians who have no ability to resist, instead of you, an immortal who has lived for more than a thousand years?

So stop pretending to be noble, you and your Harper allies are just clowns immersed in cheap self-impression.

This world never needs balance and interference. What it needs is development and creation.

The most important thing is, as the first choice of the Goddess of Magic, have you done even a little bit of work related to promoting magic?

The answer is obviously no.

The Great Sage of Shadow Valley?

I really don’t understand how you have the nerve to lie around with this title in mind.

If it were me and you, I would have committed suicide out of shame and would have no shame in living in this world. "

"That's enough! What exactly do you want to express?"

Elminster was obviously completely angered by these words that directly poked his lungs. He raised his hand and shot an energy arrow composed of silver fire.