Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 452 Retreat
Legend has it that this weapon was made from the blood of Baal. Before Baal ascended to become a god, when Baal was still a mortal, he committed the first murder of his life in the city of Baldur's Gate.

But he failed in that murder. As a new and lousy assassin, Baal's blood flowed into the land of the lower city of Baldur's Gate along with that failure. After he ascended to become a god, the dried blood coagulated in the land into this weapon.

In the sect of the God of Murder, many blasphemous assassins knew the story of this weapon, and all the assassins who heard this story thought it was just a legend, but Xie Nian knew that it was not some imaginary story.

This story is true. This weapon was indeed born from the purest holy blood of Baal, just like Evil Thought himself (if we talk about seniority, this dagger should be Evil Thought's brother?). It and he are of the same origin, and this weapon also carries Baal's deepest blessing.

Anyone pierced by this weapon will have no way to survive. With just a slight stab, the blood of the God of Murder will flow through the wound and flow freely in his body, stabbing and cutting, starting from his internal organs, and bit by bit, cutting his body into minced meat and residue.

Only the children of the God of Murder can withstand this test, only the children of the God of Murder can survive the test of holy blood. Apart from them, anyone stabbed by the bloodthirsty god will not be able to escape death!
"Oh... I seem to have heard some noise."

The evil thought suddenly stopped while moving forward. He leaned against the wall and listened carefully... It was indeed not an illusion. Something was moving towards this side at a fairly even speed.

The footsteps of the person coming were somewhat heavy, and the sound of the footsteps proving that the person coming was obviously a four-legged creature. Xie Nian had no impression of the sound made when he walked, as he had never heard any similar sound from a four-legged creature.

However, considering that this is the Underdark, in this ghost place, you might encounter anything, so Xie Nian did not think much about it. The four-legged creature did not fit Xie Nian's goal of this action. He just regarded it as an undiscovered emerging animal.

If it is a normal situation, Xie Nian will come up to take a look with great interest. If he finds that the other party is really rare, then Xie Nian will add a few more collections to his study. The collections include the brand new brain, heart, and smooth fur of the new creature.

But now, he just wanted to find his stolen crown as soon as possible. He was not sure whether Gotash knew that the mastermind was killed and the crown was stolen. But even if he didn't know, the alliance between the three gods of death could basically be said to be in name only.

As time went by, the collapse of this alliance was almost inevitable, but before it really happened, Xie Nian still wanted to take back the crown first, take the initiative, and then ask Gotash if he could come up with any new ideas that could be realized with the crown, so that their ship, which was about to capsize, could continue to sail.

But if even Gotash doesn't have any good ideas, then Xie Nian will have to take back the property he has obtained with great difficulty, and find a way to spread Baal's reputation through the crown.

Xie Nian hid his entire body in the most inconspicuous corner inside the tunnel. At the same time, his figure became transparent until it completely disappeared. He planned to wait for the unknown creature to leave before moving on.

However, as time went by, Xie Nian suddenly realized that things were not that simple. As the heavy footsteps got closer and closer, Xie Nian first saw a flashing red light rushing up from deep underground, followed by the continuous sound of blades cutting through rocks, and a strange burnt smell came from the air.

All these strange visions made Xie Xin have very bad associations, but when he saw the source of all this, he finally confirmed his guess.

"…What kind of monster is this?"

Xie Nian saw a huge feline predator made of steel. The animal was covered in strong armor, and hot flames were coming from the gaps between the armor. He also saw his partner.

The arrogant General Catheric Som, a dignified general and the majestic Chosen One, was now like a bone toy held by a dog, hanging in the air, following the rhythm of the iron beast, swaying and occasionally emitting a little fire. Xie Nian did not see Catheric's head, but just by looking at this scene, he could understand what kind of fate Catheric's head was suffering.

He also saw the enemy he had been thinking about, Noshir, who had killed the mastermind and stolen the artifact. He was now sitting on the monster, carrying a huge axe on one shoulder and playing with a slender scarlet dagger in the other hand.

Evil Thoughts recognized the true identity of the dagger. It was Olin's weapon, a legendary dagger called "Scarlet Trick".

If one cannot confirm whether this person is Noshir just by looking at his appearance, then from the moment the dagger was taken out, Xie Nian had already completely locked onto this enemy. And the moment he determined the enemy's position, Xie Nian began to approach Noshir silently, but he had just stepped his invisible body out of the shadows.

"Who's there?"

The predatory beast suddenly stopped moving forward, and Noshil immediately flapped his wings, flipped over and jumped off the beast. Seeing this, Xie Nian also stopped his next move.

The dark and silent cave became even quieter for a moment, but both Xie Nian and Noshir felt an inexplicable chill.

With the powerful perception granted by the crown, the barbarian's dangerous instinct, and the extraordinary sixth sense of the wolf totem, Noshir felt something unusual within a few seconds when the evil thoughts attempted to attack.

Even though it was just a very weak feeling, and even though he still hadn't determined the enemy's location until now, and wasn't even sure if there was really any danger here, after all, he didn't see anything, but even so, Noshier still chose to trust his intuition and took a response posture.

Noshir stood where he was, put away his giant axe and dagger, and faced the unknown opponent in the darkness with his bare hands and the lightest fighting posture.

The evil thoughts in the darkness also stopped further actions. Like Noshil, as the son of God, he was born with the dangerous instinct of seeking benefits and avoiding harm. The moment Noshil got off the predator, he also sensed an unspeakable sense of crisis.

Obviously, the enemy had put away their weapons, leaving only their empty fists, but Xie Nian still had a feeling. That feeling was that as long as he took a few steps closer, as long as he showed a hint of attacking tendency, as long as he entered the dangerous range, then he would be greeted with a torrential blow!

This feeling was so strong that for Noshil and Xie Nian, resistance to danger was an instinct. But now the instinct between the two was like a sharp needle piercing their hearts.

Their sixth sense is frantically telling their respective masters, before both of you take the next step, can you accept the final bitter consequence?

Regarding this point, the warning that Xie Nian's sixth sense brought to him was much more serious than that of Noshier. After all, in an assassination operation, if the target of the assassination was not on guard, the assassin would undoubtedly have the advantage, but once the target was on guard, the assassin would go from active to passive.

If we launch an attack at this time, as long as the difference in level between the enemy and us is not too big, the opponent will most likely be able to react. In this kind of battle, if the enemy can react...

(End of this chapter)