Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 425 Search
Nosher activated the shadow ability of his belt again. At this time, he was just a formless shadow. He sneaked into the compartment on the right without attracting any attention, and then slowly moved along the corner of the wall to an inconspicuous shadow. Only then did he slowly begin to change back to his original form.

Originally, with the unique skill of the legendary ring, he no longer needed to be as cautious during the infiltration process as before. However, he guessed that he might find Xie Nian in this room. Xie Nian was the true son of God and the evil descendant with the blood of Baal flowing in his body. So Noshir was so cautious.

After entering the room, Noshir first slowly walked out from the corner of the shadow, then stopped behind a towering supporting stone pillar, and finally slowly stuck his head out to observe the movements in the room.

"It's not here... well, it's understandable."

Looking at the mess in front of him, Noshir couldn't help but frown slightly. He knew that when Evil Thought came to Moonrise Tower again, he would definitely bring some werewolf pets with him. After all, this is what happened in the original book. But at that time, Noshir only found three werewolves in the game, but now he saw hundreds of them!

These gnolls were scattered in various corners of this space. The ground was littered with leftovers, bloody bones, and feces. A small number of gnolls were curled up in the haystacks to rest. Those sleeping gnolls seemed to have big stomachs and looked very full, while others were simply fighting each other.

Noshier was still wondering how could such a barren place like the Cursed Land of Shadows have enough food to provide for these gnolls? But when Noshier saw with his own eyes a defeated gnoll being bitten on the neck by his companion, tearing open his blood vessels, and then being rushed by other gnolls who were watching the battle and quickly divided up this feast in their eyes, Noshier's doubts disappeared.

This environment is more like an animal pen specially designed for gnolls than a residence. According to Noshir's understanding, Xie Nian is not a person who cares about the cleanliness of his environment, but he feels that even Xie Nian would not be able to tolerate the feces everywhere here.

As the chosen one of the God of Murder, he had to maintain some status when he went out. No matter what, it was impossible for Evil Thought to live in such a place.

"There are more than a hundred gnolls, which is a strong force. Although no evil thoughts were found, the information about these things is still worth recording."

After all, Jaheira and his men had not discovered these guys before, so Noshir naturally had to fill this intelligence gap. He first estimated the specific number of the jackals, and then identified their status and position based on their physique, characteristics, and the weapons they held.

'A Flinder Gnoll leader holding a broken bone magic flail. It is said that being hit by this thing will cause magical paralysis. More than 20 Gnoll Scavengers, holding either long swords or spears, and more than 80 Gnoll Hunters. Daggers, slings and ox horn bows are their basic weapons.'

The physique of the gnolls is higher than that of ordinary humans. If ordinary soldiers are asked to deal with these gnolls, on the condition that the basic qualities are not much different, the human side must besiege them with at least three times more people than the gnolls, so that they can be eliminated relatively safely.

After remembering this information, Noshir continued to move forward. Although these monsters did not pose much threat to Noshir, to some extent, Noshir actually did not need to deliberately record the news about these monsters. After all, they could not cause any effective harm to him. As long as he used all his strength, these 100 jackals might not even last five minutes before being slaughtered by him.

But in fact, it is impossible for Noshier to do everything by himself. The targets he really cares about are only those high-level generals, or even the two chosen ones. Those ordinary monsters and undead also need others to deal with. What Noshier can do now is to collect the specific strength and power of the opponent in advance before killing those high-level monsters and even the overall decisive battle, so as to create some intelligence advantages for himself.

Noshil continued to move deeper into the room on the right. He remembered that there seemed to be a staircase leading down to the basement of the tower, but in this animal pen, Noshil did not see the handrail as he remembered.

This may be the difference brought by the real world, but the journey to the dungeon is very important to Noshier. Even if he can't find Xie Nian and Keseric, he must find the route to the Moonrise Tower dungeon. So Noshier had to continue moving forward.

He first swaggered over these gnolls, passed through the room, and squeezed out from another door crack in the room. After reaching the next room, Noshir finally breathed a sigh of relief, where he found the stairs leading to the dungeon under the Moonrise Tower.

Walking through the dungeon below can lead directly to the residences of the Mind Flayer and the Mastermind, which means that Noshier can go and take a look at the specific situation of the Mastermind right now.

Because the voters had fought fierce battles with these mind flayers before, if nothing unexpected happened, the Mastermind, as the loser, must have suffered heavy losses in its subordinates. It is estimated that the current Mastermind has not had time to replenish even the ordinary mind flayer guards, which means that the door is wide open.

If there is only the Mainbrain under the gathering place of the Mind Flayers at this time, then for Noshir, this is a perfect opportunity to steal the home. If he can seize the opportunity, he may be able to launch a sneak attack and severely damage the Mainbrain, and it is not impossible to take advantage of this opportunity to directly strip the crown from the Mainbrain's head!

But looking at the dark and deep stairs in front of him, Noshier finally rejected the idea of ​​going down to explore now.

"...No, let's search this tower first. The Mastermind has no ability to move long distances before it evolves into the Nessermind. It must rely on the brine pool specially made by the Mind Flayer to survive. Even if we put it here, it won't be able to escape for a while, and..."

Noshir shook his head and turned away. He did not see Catheric on the throne in the hall on the first floor, nor did he find any trace of evil thoughts in the room full of gnolls.

It seemed that these two chosen ones of the Three Gods of Death had disappeared in this tower, but Noshir knew that this was not the case.

(End of this chapter)