Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 429 Cooperation
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A team of 12 skeleton undead wearing elite armor and holding sharp spears are walking on the wall trail on the 13th floor of the Tower of the Moon.

These undead are loyal guards, with neat steps and strict discipline. They will not make any other noise except the sound of their footsteps. They will only strictly follow the orders given by Catheric and patrol their posts day and night.

There are nearly 20 patrol teams like this on each floor. With such a patrol density, ordinary thieves will never be able to escape from these undead as long as they dare to come. After all, the undead who do not need sleep to rest do have a unique advantage in guarding and patrolling.

But at this moment, a gray smoke suddenly floated past the feet of these undead soldiers. Although the mist looked very suspicious, strangely, these things did not attract the attention of any patrolling undead.

The gray-white smoke was naturally from Noshil who had drunk the vaporization potion. After his entire body turned into smoke, he entered a very strange state.

In this state, Noshir's consciousness was still intact, but his body had indeed turned into gas. And the magical thing was that although there was no trace of those equipment at all, the magic equipment on his body could still function in this state.

Noshil didn't know what the exact principle was. He guessed that perhaps the atomization process involved interference in latitude, or perhaps it was not the case, but other reasons. However, no matter what the reason was, it did not affect Noshil's continued use of the ring's psychological invisibility ability to help him continue searching this vast tower.

"We're already on the 13th floor. We only need to search the remaining floors to finish searching the surface of the tower. But it's really strange that we've searched so many places, but we haven't seen any trace of Catheric."

In fact, it's not just Catherinek. So far, Noshil has explored about 80% of the space of this tower, but has not found the target he is looking for.

The empty warehouse, the deserted dormitory, the abandoned kitchen, the armory with few weapons, and the treasure room without treasure, these rooms that don’t have much meaning, let’s not talk about them for now. As for other places including Balthazar’s private laboratory, Catheric’s private chapel, and the bedroom, there was no trace of them. Not only Catheric, but even Balthazar was not in this tower.

"It seems that it is unlikely to find Catheric and his men in this tower. Could it be that, as I previously speculated, they have really fled to the Mind Flayer colony under the tower?"

After floating out of an empty room again, Noshir had to start thinking about his next move.

After all, if Catheric and his group really ran to the Mind Flayer colony under the tower, then he really had to think carefully about whether he should go down there to explore the way.

"If the opponent is just a mastermind who has just worn the crown, I think I can still deal with it easily, but with the addition of an immortal Chosen of Melkor..."

Noshil shook his head vigorously at the conscious level. It was no longer a question of whether he could deal with it. If he really encountered this combination, even if Noshil wanted to escape, it would probably be a big problem.

After all, his psychological invisibility ability is not invincible. If he encounters a target with divine power, he may be able to see through his disguise. Both Catheric and the main brain have the possibility of seeing through his invisibility ability.

The crown of Karsus was attached with the magic net created by Karsus in the brief moment when he succeeded in becoming a god. Although the magic net was not complete, it was undoubtedly a divine power. So perhaps as long as he approached the main brain to a certain distance, the main brain in the process of transformation might be able to discover his whereabouts. As for Keseric, as the chosen one of the God of the Dead, he undoubtedly had the divine power bestowed on him by Melkor, and Keseric, blessed by divine power, was also very likely to see through his psychological test and invisibility.

If his invisibility was really discovered, then battle would be inevitable, but facing off against Catheric and the Mastermind at the same time would be a huge challenge even for Noshir at his current level.

This doesn't mean that he will definitely lose, but it is also impossible for him to win. After all, there are more than just the two of them in danger in this tower.

"There is still Xie Nian who is still in the Moonrise Tower. The fact that his group of gnoll pets are still in the Moonrise Tower proves that Xie Nian has not left here. If we encounter him and other chosen ones in the intricate tunnels below..."

Try to avoid fighting. If there is only the main brain under this tower, Noshir will definitely not hesitate. He will immediately launch an attack on the main brain in order to eliminate this most powerful threat in advance. But if there is a helper of the level of the Chosen One beside the main brain, continuing to fight will only alert the enemy and add variables to tomorrow's formal raid.

"… Let's search a little further. If I really can't find Catheric and Xie Nian in the tower, then I will give up searching below the Moonrise Tower. But if I can find either Catheric or Xie Nian in the tower, then I will continue with my original plan…"

Noshir thought as he drifted, and just as he drifted to the door of a remote room.

"...You are a lost dog. Haha, Enver Gotash, what qualifications do you have to continue to mention the word cooperation in front of me now?"

Gotash? Collaboration?!

Realizing something from this sentence, Noshir immediately moved closer to the wall more cautiously, and then slowly slipped into the room through the gap in the wall. When he completely entered the room, Noshir finally saw the familiar white dragon face.

"…It is you after all, Evil Thought."

Even though this was only the first time they met, he was extremely certain that the dragonborn in front of him was Xie Nian himself, because Noshir would never mistake that familiar white dragon face!

'I didn't expect to find him here. Great! This guy didn't go down with Catherinek, so I can do a preliminary exploration of the underground while avoiding fighting as much as possible! ...But what are they talking about?'

Discovering the evil thoughts in the tower was undoubtedly a surprise to Noshir, but what was even more surprising was that he seemed to have arrived at a special time.

Gotash actually contacted Xie Nian on his own initiative? This was really strange. If nothing unexpected had happened, all his followers in the factory at Baldur's Gate should have been wiped out by the Flame Fist, but he could actually still speak now.

(End of this chapter)