Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 483

The Rolling Street District is a very standard outer city area, and among all the ten outer city districts in Baldur's Gate, the main parts of almost all of them are built along the Bay Coast Road that winds around the foot of Dusthawk Mountain.

The outskirts of the small hill, Dust Eagle Mountain, have therefore become a very important transportation hub, providing convenience for merchants coming and going from all over the world.

At the same time, this hill surrounded by cliffs on all sides is also the last known refuge for the Dust Eagles of the Jonsa River, which is why the mountain is called Dust Eagle Mountain.

Dusthawks were once common birds of prey, but their populations have declined dramatically over the last century due to regional unrest and the expansion of slums outside Baldur's Gate, which has reduced their habitat.

When the dukes of Baldur's Gate realized that the dust eagles were on the verge of extinction, they immediately drafted a law declaring the hill to be a closed territory from that point on, in order to protect the dust eagles' cliffside nests and their hunting grounds from being disturbed.

The dukes' original intention might be good, because the number of dust eagles in the Jonsa River did increase after the decree was issued for a period of time, but directly blocking the mountain and restricting people's steps to the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain was undoubtedly very stupid.

This was equivalent to voluntarily giving up the right to rule the territory. Just like that, unsurprisingly, in a corner that no one could see, a huge vampire family settled here quietly.

This vampire family is the Zaar family. The Zaar family has settled in Baldur's Gate and has a history of hundreds of years. In the beginning, when the family's power was still weak, they strictly obeyed and took advantage of the legal loopholes in Baldur's Gate. They built their nests under the shadow of the mountains and hid themselves in the legal loopholes in Baldur's Gate.

Silently, it devours bit by bit those ordinary people who want to escape the terrible environment of the outer city and settle in the mountains, or those poachers who are eager to hunt dust eagles and exchange these rare birds of prey for money.

Occasionally, they would go down the mountain on their own initiative and capture some peasants from the outer city to use as food or slaves. Real vampires had the ability to hypnotize ordinary people, so it was very easy for them to take some people away quietly.

Such behavior would not cause them any trouble, because they were arresting people from the outer city districts. After all, the residents of these outer city districts, strictly speaking, were not citizens of Baldur's Gate. No one would speak for them in the government, and they could not benefit from the city's security forces.

The Flame Fist rarely patrolled outside the city, and even if they did appear, it was usually to arrest residents of the outer city who had committed crimes within the city walls. This further contributed to the development of the Zar family, and with an abundant supply of blood, the sprouts of darkness soon began to expand wildly.

Until the family's power grew into a towering tree, the Zar family also became rich and stylish. They fostered agents in the city, and through deliberately controlling the number of dust eagles on the mountains, they smuggled these expensive beasts in exchange for a lot of money.

And wealth can bring power. With the advantages of vampires and their unique charisma, the Zaer family soon gained a great reputation in the underground world of Baldur's Gate, but they are still mysterious... No one knows their true identity.

Vampires are very cunning creatures. They always create confusions and use their powerful strength to recruit other famous dark creatures and push them to the front as shields.

To this day, there are still legends in the Outer City that the werewolves have been hiding in the sea caves under Dusthawk Mountain, disguised as common smugglers or ordinary animals, plotting a new round of conspiracy and massacre in the city.

Whenever a horrific murder case arouses the imagination of the people of Baldur's Gate, someone is always quick to claim that it must have been done by a werewolf from Dusthawk Mountain. When the time came to nearly a hundred years, the Zaar family also lost most of its bloodline in a series of changes. Now the Zaar family has only one master, the only head of the family, and that person is Kazador Zaar.

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hours ago.

"This harvest is great. The master will definitely be happy! He will definitely reward us!"

The one who was speaking was a brown werewolf who was carrying a child in one hand and running forward quickly on three feet with the other hand. Around this werewolf were a dozen or so werewolf companions similar to him.

Each werewolf carried a child and ran forward at the same speed. All the werewolves were very excited because their harvest this time was really huge.

Now that the master's appetite has increased greatly, the master will definitely be very satisfied with their harvest. Maybe they can win the master's favor because of this, so that in the future, maybe a few more human fingers can be added to the dinner.

"Shut up! You disgusting guard dogs! I'm about to go back to "home", and I don't want to hear you idiots say stupid things in front of the master! If you anger the master... Anyway, all of you just shut up!"

A young man who had been leading the way, tall and strong, with well-groomed brown curly hair, suddenly turned around and roared at the werewolf behind him.

This young man seemed to have a very high status. At least the werewolves did not dare to go against his wishes and all kept their mouths shut. Seeing this, the man said no more and immediately turned around and ran forward at the same speed.

It is worth mentioning that although he had just scolded the werewolves bluntly, he was just like them, doing hard labor, carrying an unconscious child on his shoulders and running quickly towards "home". Next to the brown-haired man was a taciturn elf with white curly hair. He seemed to be accustomed to this scene and looked very calm and numb.

The group advanced quickly in the mountains and forests for about five minutes, and finally, before the first ray of daylight broke, they successfully rushed into the depths of the dark woods, and then rushed into an extremely real illusion under the shadow of the valley inside.

In that instant, the whole world seemed to become more depressing. It was almost daytime, but the place was still as dark as ink. There were only a few scattered torches on both sides of the road, illuminating the tall and dark castle ahead.

The two leading vampire spawn gradually stopped, and the werewolves' running speed also began to slow down.

They have arrived "home".

(End of this chapter)