Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 410 Understanding (4000)

"It's done."

As the last ghost was chopped apart by Noshil's axe, the feeling of coldness and weakness that had been enveloping him also rapidly faded away at the same time until he could no longer feel it at all.

After entering the shelter, Noshir looked around curiously, and then he saw the familiar courtyard and the fountain in the center of the courtyard at a glance. In the game, there would be a Flame Fist and a Harpist chatting next to the fountain. In his memory, the Flame Fist was a bit foul-mouthed, so he still had an impression of him, but of course there would be no Flame Fist soldiers here now.

The interior of the barn in the distance was pitch black. There were no livestock, nor the blacksmith he was familiar with. Moreover, with more careful observation, he found that the area occupied by this shelter was larger than he had expected. It did not seem so in the game, but in reality, if this shelter was renovated, it would probably have no problem housing five or six hundred people.

"I didn't expect to meet you again so soon, Noshir. Although the scene is a little strange, it's great to see you at this time."

As Leon spoke, he walked familiarly up to Noshir. A friendly smile appeared on the handsome face of the half-drow dragon monk, and he slowly raised his right hand as if to say hello. Noshir also came to his senses and stretched out his right hand to shake hands with him.

"It seems that I arrived just in time, but I didn't expect that you would come to pick me up. On the way here, I communicated with the master using the sound transmission stone. The master said that you were seriously injured, but it seems that you are okay now?"

"Haha, God of Ilmet, you really came at the right time, but to explain my injuries and other things... Hey, you should come with me first, I will take you to see the master."

"I'm not very good at explaining these things, so let the master do it. I'll also introduce you to a lady. That lady is our savior. If you hadn't met her..."

As Leon spoke, he led Nosir towards the two-story main building in the middle. Nosir listened and followed quickly. Leon did not tell him about their experiences in the past few days, but he kept talking about Isobel, the priest of Selune.

According to Leon, if this priest had not suddenly appeared when they were in desperate situation, saved their lives with healing magic, and then teleported them to this "safe" place with teleportation spell, he and the others would have died long ago.

Noshir did not comment on Leon's statement. If Jaheira had not exaggerated Leon's injuries before, then he could recover from serious injuries to a level that would not affect the battle in such a short time. This alone was enough to prove Isobel's healing ability. Although the priests of the Silver Mother were all powerful healers, to be able to reach Isobel's level was still quite exaggerated.

As Noshir listened, he followed Leon into the huge two-story building, and finally saw Master Jahira, who looked tired, standing next to a table and carefully looking at the map on the table.

Next to Master Jaheira, Noshir also saw two people who looked like civilians, but were holding bows and crossbows and staffs. They wore the emblem of the silver moon and harp around their necks. It was obvious that they were regular harpists like the master.

'Besides Leon and his friends, are there other harpists here? It's a bit like in the game, but there are too few harpists. There are only three including the master, which is a far cry from the game.'

"It seems that this place was not used as a base by the Harpers from the beginning. These Harpers should be outsiders who came with Master Jaheira and his men."

The brainstorm flashed by, but did not affect the reality of Noshir at all.

"Hello again, Master."

Noshir leaped out, and Jaheira raised his head. His originally gloomy expression instantly relaxed a lot when he saw him.

"It came so quickly, Noshir, and just in time."

Jaheira breathed a sigh of relief, stepped out from behind the desk, and came in front of Noshir.

In Jaheira's eyes, Noshir is an irreplaceable ally. With him around, all problems can be solved. And Noshir is eager to know what Jaheira and the others have encountered. Only by obtaining enough intelligence can he take targeted actions.

"...Anyway, that's it."

After a long talk, Noshil finally learned from the master about their experiences on this trip. All in all, most of their experiences were the same as Noshil had previously guessed.

First, the group passed by this place on their way back to Baldur's Gate, and were attracted by the danger signs drawn by the local Harper members. In the end, they simply stayed there and investigated the anomalies in the Shadow Land directly on the spot. Noshier's guess was almost correct, and the subsequent developments were no different.

While exploring here, the group found the source of the unusual movement, which was the Moonrise Tower, but an accident occurred when they wanted to conduct a more detailed exploration.

They were discovered, but unlike what Noshiel had originally guessed, it was not Catheric or the undead under Catheric who discovered them, but a group of mind flayers.

That's right, the mind flayers, the most dangerous species in the entire material plane, were a powerful enemy they could not have anticipated. As a legendary druid, Master Jaheira could have used spells to help them block the senses of the undead, allowing them to easily explore the entire Moonrise Tower. However, the appearance of the mind flayers was an unexpected event that no one had anticipated.

In just a moment, an entire team of ten mind flayers suddenly appeared in front of them using the ability of teleportation, followed by a quick and violent mind explosion!
At the same moment, a large amount of violent purple mental energy fluctuations rushed towards them like a tsunami!

A single Mind Blast is difficult to deal with, let alone 10 Mind Flayers launching this skill together. The power would be even more terrifying. Mind Blast is the forte of the Mind Flayer race. It is fast, powerful, has a wide range, and is very difficult to resist. These are the advantages of this skill.

With low power, it can easily suppress large-scale slave riots, and with high power, it can easily kill people. Just this wave of surprise attacks almost wiped out the master and his army. If the master had not reacted in time and activated his own defense props the moment the Mind Flayer appeared, helping everyone to block most of the damage from the first wave of surprise attacks, they might have really overturned there. At that time, Jaheira wanted to announce a retreat. When he found that the Tower of the Beginning was the base camp of Keseric, Jaheira was already very shocked and became 12 points alert.

Because she had fought with Catheric before and knew how cruel and cunning that guy was. Now that he was resurrected and mixed up with the Mind Flayer, he must be plotting a bigger conspiracy. It was worth it to be able to find out some of his details today. The next thing to do was to evacuate as soon as possible, but Minsk was getting crazy!

It has always been like that. Once a fight starts, this guy will become reckless! Even if Jaheira had asked him to come back at the first opportunity, Minsk, who was already deeply surrounded by the mind flayers at that time, could not withdraw in a short time even if he wanted to obey.

There was no other way, Jaheira and Lion could only go up to support him, and in order to quickly evacuate from danger, Jaheira started with an ice cone spell that almost covered the entire hall. The fierce offensive not only disrupted the rhythm of the Mind Flayer, but also created an opportunity for his side to attack.

The monk Leon barely touched the ground, ignoring the smooth surface, and flew into the air, quickly killing two mind flayers with his graceful posture and fierce punches. Minsk also chopped down two mind flayers with his invincible sword. The result of this instant battle has opened the way for evacuation.

The three people present did not linger in the fight, and even Minsk chose to retreat after being persuaded by Bush. But even this delay was enough for the crisis to surround them again at lightning speed.

A large number of undead blocked their retreat, and Catheric appeared in person, and with him were his capable subordinates, the necromancer Balthazar, and Balthazar's twin brother, the flesh golem called Flesh.

In almost an instant, the situation reached its worst point. Because of Minsk's recklessness, even though they reacted very quickly, they still wasted the best time for evacuation. They had to start a battle royale before the encirclement was completely formed.

Those ordinary undead skeletons were not a problem. Jaheira only needed to transform into an owlbear and use his sturdy body and strong arms to smash these ordinary skeletons into pieces. However, the flesh golem named Meat was like a mountain, blocking their key retreat route. Behind them was the magic of the necromancer and the death knight Catheric who was pressing them step by step.

Such a dangerous situation almost makes people despair, but the three people present are not ordinary people. Minsk, who knew that he had caused trouble, chose to make meritorious service while serving his sentence, and single-handedly blocked most of the pursuers from behind.

Leon chose to use a powerful resonant air to deal with the Flesh Golem, using the unique property of air that can attack the body, causing internal damage and negative effects. Leon successfully paralyzed the golem, and Jaheira took this opportunity to pick up the golem in one breath, and then used it as a boulder to smash through the outer wall of the Moonrise Tower.

Just like that, they managed to escape successfully. Although in the process, Minsk was hit in the chest by Keseric's hammer and broke several ribs. When Leon was dealing with the Flesh Golem, his body was scratched by its right arm meteor hammer, which took away several pounds of flesh. Even the Master's owlbear form was pierced with arrows, but they finally managed to escape from the tower.

They successfully reunited with the other two Harpists outside the tower, and during the subsequent escape, they met Isobel who appeared in front of them. Then Isobel used a teleportation spell to bring them here and settled them in the Endlight Inn. It was not until then that Master Jaheira had time to check the message sent to him by Noshir.

"...It's really hard for you to encounter so many dangers."

"That's how it is when I operate with Minsk. I thought I was used to it, but he's been gone for over 200 years and I'm not used to it anymore... Alas."

Noshir was speechless. Jaheira and Minsk had known each other for more than 200 years. They were close friends who had experienced countless life and death adventures together. Even though the master was blaming Minsk in his words and deeds, in fact, their friendship could not be destroyed so easily.

In the game, Minsc was controlled by the Mind Flayer for a period of time and became a stone lord who wreaked havoc in the underworld of Baldur's Gate. When the player led a team to defeat the stone lord, Jaheira would even go against his usual practice and keep saying not to kill him, saying there must be other ways to remove his control. Only then could the player feel the strength of their friendship from Jaheira's sharp words.

"Master, where are Minsk and Xiaobu? Why can't I see them?"

"They are upstairs, staying with our savior. That guy's injuries are a bit serious and he is still recuperating. It's best not to disturb them for now. Instead, let's discuss what to do next."

It was indeed very important to plan what to do next, because they currently had too few people, and for safety reasons, Jaheira and his companions did not bring too many ordinary Harpers when they explored here.

The danger here was not something that ordinary people could handle, so they only brought two extra personnel with them. They were the initiators of this mission and the two most powerful harpists in the group, the man and woman next to the master.

The female one is called Sandra, a warlock of about level seven, and the male one is called Jonas, a ranger of about level four.

Judging by Noshir's standards, none of them can be considered strong. However, in this world, any professional can fight ten to one against ordinary people. Although the actual combat capabilities of these two are a bit weak, they are definitely not useless, at least they will not be a drag.

Noshir also wanted to get to know them, but when Noshir looked at them, he saw a hint of panic and defensiveness in their eyes and movements.

For a moment, Noshir seemed a little surprised by their attitude. He hadn't seen other people show this expression to him for a long time, but when he thought about it carefully, it was normal.

The more remote the village they came from, the less they knew about tieflings. What's more, Noshir was a special species with wings. In the eyes of most ordinary people, a tiefling like him was no different from a devil.

Although Noshir's reputation has spread throughout the North during this period of time, even so, it is difficult for these ordinary people to trust him at the first time without seeing him with their own eyes. What's more, they are now surrounded by a large number of bound spirits and ghosts. Even if the master has explained it to them in advance, they can't just let down their guard.

In fact, the North is relatively good. At least there are quite a large number of Tieflings. After hundreds of years, even if there is discrimination or fear against Tieflings, they will not be beaten or killed right away. But if you go a little further east and come to traditional countries like Amn or Cormyr, Noshir will be hanged directly based on his appearance.

(End of this chapter)