Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 532: Inside the Prism
Noshil didn't dare to say how high his intelligence was, but with the enhancement of the Crown of Domination, his normal intelligence attribute was enough to be maintained at a full 16 points. This level of intelligence was enough to even allow him to be a mage. If he studied hard, he would be able to go a long way on this path.

So Noshir quickly mastered the method of traveling in the astral realm through his thoughts. He closed his eyes and tried to visualize in his mind the corpse of the god who blocked out the sky and had four bony arms, but whose real name was unknown.

Because Noshir had a very deep impression of this plot when he played it before, he quickly found his destination in this limited star space. His thoughts merged into the silver thoughts that were everywhere in this space. Then, his body disappeared on the spot with a flash of silver light. When Noshir opened his eyes again, what appeared before his eyes was the scene that he was very familiar with.

A pile of dry bones that covered the sky and the sun, the remains of a god, and also the last proof of His existence. Noshir didn't know how many tens of thousands of years He had been wandering in this lonely star realm. He only knew that there was no trace of flesh and blood on His appearance, and even the only remaining skeleton had completely turned into a rock-like texture.

Looking down from his current perspective, Noshir could see His entire appearance at a glance. He could see the mountain-sized skull with a golden crown, His giant ribs that were as jagged as rugged mountains, and His four giant arms with giant golden bracelets in different postures.

Noshir did not see what the god's lower limbs looked like, because the bones of that part of his limbs had long since turned into flying stars and meteorites that were scattered all over the ground. But just by looking at this scene, he also felt an indescribable shock.

Looking at the corpse of the god, he was deeply shocked not only by his mountain-like size, but also by the artistic conception conveyed by the fall of a god. Although Noshir was shocked by the majestic sight when he first realized in the game what the character he controlled was standing on, when he really saw it with his own eyes, he realized that the shock he felt back then was not even one-tenth of what he feels now.

“The beauty of desolation.”

Noshir muttered to himself involuntarily, but quickly came to his senses with his strong will, flapped his wings slightly, and flew towards the direction of the god's skull.

Noshir knew that the person he was looking for was there. That was where Orpheus was imprisoned. With his powerful eyesight, he could even see the two huge hell blood crystals standing in the god's eye sockets, as well as the phantom shield protected by the blood crystals.

Orpheus was sealed inside that cover, which was exactly the same as what was shown in the game. However, what surprised Noshil was that in the original plot, the skull of the god should have been surrounded by a larger shield that was large enough to cover the entire skull of the god, but Noshil did not observe that thing.

Apart from the small shield that sealed Orpheus, there was nothing else more conspicuous here, but he quickly reacted and figured out why.

You know, in the original plot, the ones who stole the Astral Prism were a commando team ostensibly commanded by Gotash, consisting of a large number of mind flayers and some followers of the goddess of darkness, Shar. But the truth is, all of this was a conspiracy of the Mastermind. After the death of Evil Thought, the Mastermind, which had regained a certain degree of autonomy, used its boundless wisdom and psychic powers to create a big drama in order to break free from control and pursue greater power.

After the commandos successfully seized the Astral Prism, the person who took the initiative to keep the Astral Prism was the Monarch, who was specially selected by the Mastermind. The Monarch's predecessor was Baldur's Gate, the founder of Baldur's Gate, one of the greatest adventurers in the world. The Mastermind knew his nature very well. Even if he was transformed into a Mind Flayer, he could not suppress his unrestrained heart that pursued freedom.

The Mastermind made good use of this characteristic of Bodean. He deliberately made the monarch one of the leaders of this operation and let him take the initiative to contact the Astral Prism. As a result, he was affected by the power emanating from Prince Orpheus' Astral Prism and directly broke free from the Mastermind's control.

After breaking free from the control, the monarch, with his vast knowledge, instantly realized the importance of the Astral Prism, and thus found a way to enter the Astral Prism before the plot began, and through some unknown means, he lured away the prince's guards and set up a barrier to drive them out of the skull, giving him time to master and guide the prince's power.

It has to be said that no matter whether it was the Mastermind or the Monarch, in their original timeline, the completion of their plans could be described as perfect. However, in today's worldline, the Mastermind has long been dead, and the Monarch is currently at a loss. In the past ten thousand years, the Astral Prism has not received a second visitor other than Noshir. Without the Monarch's mischief, the giant shield that blocked Prince Orpheus's guards would naturally cease to exist.

After figuring this out, Noshil landed directly on the jawbone of the god's corpse. After sorting out this problem, he also had some guesses about why Gotash and others obtained the information about the Astral Prism. He estimated that this was also a good thing done by the main brain.

Noshier suspected that before the death of the main brain, it might have used its telepathic ability to tell them the news that might be helpful to Gotash and the others, and hoped that they would kill him directly after getting the Astral Prism.

If this is true, then we have to say that the Mastermind has lost both the wife and the army. Not only has the plan not been completed, but the Astral Prism has fallen into his own hands. What he is going to do next is something that the Mind Flayers definitely do not want to see.

Nosher took out the Hammer of Orpheus from the space box, turned it around in his hands twice, swung it, and then ran directly from the bottom to the top with the hammer in his hand towards the skull.

The star realm does not have much gravity, but these meteorite skeletons floating in the star realm all have some relatively weak gravitational force, allowing Noshil to jump around happily here with light steps as if he was under the influence of feather falling magic. The speed is not slow, but just when Noshil is about to completely leave the jaw area and enter the skull area.

"...By the way, where are the guards here?"

"Phoenix Flame!!!"

(End of this chapter)