Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 311: Leatherman attacks the Red Robes and the Red Robe Council (two in one)

Heading to Cyre to sabotage the deal sounds dangerous, but it's actually very easy to pull off.

Because Nemesis has attracted the attention of the witch country - Leatherman.

When Ambassador Leatherman to Imbutu, under the control of Nemesis's psychic power, conveyed to his motherland the news that "Sel will reach a secret cooperation with Imbutu, and Sazas Tan may use Sel's refined gold to control the ancient demon of Imbutu," Leatherman was obviously crazy after hearing this news.

The ancient demons sealed underground in the Kingdom of Imbutu were no secret among the top leaders of many powerful empires. The fact that the former chief of Spell Department of Sel sneaked into the Kingdom of Imbutu ten years ago in order to control those demons but was stabbed to death by Sazas Tan also shocked the surrounding countries.

The death of a near-legendary chief was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Red Mage Coven, but Sazas Tan used some mysterious means to obtain a living wolf-snake demon from the Kingdom of Imbutu as his servant!

That powerful and immortal demon played a very important role in the front-line battle between Sel and Leatherman. Leatherman even secretly dispatched five high-level witches to try to assassinate the wolf snake demon on the battlefield and seal it.

Unfortunately, Sazas Tan discovered their intention and rarely revealed his true form on the battlefield and killed the five witches.

Leatherman suffered heavy losses and subsequently launched several operations against the wolf-snake demons. Unfortunately, Sazastan was already on guard, and every time a wolf-snake demon appeared, it was surrounded by a large number of high-level red-robed wizards to protect it.

Under such circumstances, Leatherman naturally couldn't sit still when he heard that Sazas Tan was actually planning to obtain more ancient demons from Inbutu again.

A level 20 wolf snake demon was already giving them enough headaches. If a more powerful demon escaped the seal, even...
If it was the powerful Balrog.

There is no need to fight this battle.

Not to mention that the demons are already very powerful enough to crush mortals of the same level, every one of the demons underground in the Inbutu Kingdom is an immortal being that is a real headache for people.

Otherwise, the gods would not have sealed them underground.

Leatherman simply didn't have the courage to face an immortal Balrog. If this situation really happened, they might have to be prepared to sacrifice the most powerful "Supreme Witch" in the kingdom to resolve the incident.

Of course, the news sent back by the ambassador was not true.

After all, the queen was going to establish the [Eternal Night Curtain], and was obviously planning to make Inbutu her own kingdom. How could it be possible for Sel, who had always been eyeing Inbutu, to get such a big boost?

She did agree to give Sel a demon in exchange for a huge amount of gold, but it was not the Balrog that Leatherman feared, but a pseudo-legendary six-armed snake demon.

What a coincidence, the six-armed snake demon was exactly the ancient princess in Degen City.

As for the residents of Degen City who will be completely wiped out due to the unsealing of the demons,
The vampire lord wouldn't care.

At this moment, Marash Teville, a high-level red-robed wizard who was following the escort team, turned the school's seal ring on his index finger, and the deep blue sapphire of protection flickered on the ring.

Hexagonal amethysts were suspended above the carriages, closely protecting the huge black boxes on the backs of the carriages, and burning the falling snowflakes into sulfur-smelling ashes.

“Speed ​​up!” His voice had the hollow echo of a necromancer. “We must get the adamantium across the Bridge of Sighs before the Moon Orbit moves to the Scorching Flame.”

Three hundred slaves dragged a twenty-ton cart of adamantium, the pain runes on the chains flickering with their steps. Twelve red-robed wizards were on both sides of the convoy, their robes were not uniformly bright red - the corners of the robes of the master of spells were embroidered with astral silver threads, the masks of the illusionists flowed with rainbows, and Marash's shoulder pads were inlaid with prismatic crystals that could deflect magic.

"We are about to leave the border of Sesk. What on earth are you thinking, my lord? Why are you going to give so much shiny white gold to that vampire bastard Inbutu?" A necromancer was indignant beside Marash.

In his opinion, undead creatures like vampires are nothing more than slaves of wizards. How could they be worthy of possessing such precious magical materials?

The red-robed wizard did not answer, but his expression became serious because he heard a sound of ice breaking coming from underground.

Seven protective shields were deployed simultaneously. The demonic left hand of the Conjuration Mage Goretam was drawing runes in the air, and the Shaping Force Field Wall instantly enveloped the first five mine carts.

"Ice Witch! Three o'clock!" His warning was mixed with the trembling language of the Abyss.

Leatherman's raiders descended from multiple dimensions at the same time. Seven white-robed witches rode giant owls made of frost and mist, followed by twenty female warriors in cold iron armor, with wolf totems engraved on their shields. On top of the staff of the leading witch elder, ice crystals were reorganizing into three-dimensional runes of the Book of Eva.

"The idiots from the Evocation School deal with the ice storm!" Ripples appeared on Marash's protective shield. "The Conjuration School summons fire elementals, and the Illusionist interferes with the enemy's vision!" His school's seal ring shot out blue rays, and a spherical hole suddenly appeared in the condensing blizzard.

But the witches' spells went beyond expectations. The third eye of the prophecy witch Eltina opened on her forehead, and frost runes penetrated the mirror maze created by the illusionist. The master of transformation, Linariel, plunged her hands into the frozen soil, and the entire Skeleton Avenue suddenly became alive as a giant frost python, throwing three mine carts into the air.

The red-robed wizards' counterattack was like a magical fireworks show. The Purgatory Mastiffs emerged from the astral cracks torn by the Conjuration Department and fought with the polar ferocious bears summoned by the witches; the chain lightning of the Transfiguration Department blasted charred gullies on the ice surface, but was rebounded by the refraction field of the protection witch; the twelve "Adamantine Chariot Phantoms" created by the Illusionist made the three ice cone spears lose their target.

Marash's protective spell finally found an interval. When the witch elder chanted the third syllable of "Eternal Frozen Prism", the high-level red-robed wizard tore the scroll into pieces.

Nine-ring defensive spell - [Mystra's Veto]! A one-time, large-scale enhanced anti-magic stance magic.

The blue arcane fire that filled the sky forcibly terminated all teleportation magic within a radius of 300 feet. The frost titan that was materializing roared unwillingly and disintegrated into ice crystals all over the sky.

"Now!" The witch elder did not panic, but thrust her staff into her chest, and the dripping blood formed the holy emblem of Uthgar on the snow. All the Leatherman warriors suddenly had blue eyes and entered a berserker-like state of ice rage. They charged against the necromancer's negative energy rays, and their shattered arms regenerated in the ice mist.

The spell of the red-robed wizard Gaillak reached its climax, and the six-armed snake demon crawled out of the burning summoning circle. However, the prophecy witch was already prepared to counterattack - three ice-forged Derro dwarf offering coins drew a perfect parabola and fell accurately into the six palms of the snake demon. The abyss creature screamed and was sent back, which also detonated Gaillak's summoning circle.

When the seventh red-robed wizard fell due to the backlash of magic, the protective shield on the surface of the adamantium mine cart began to flicker. The witch elder's ice staff suddenly split into twelve ice crystal wedges and nailed into the bottom of the mine cart. With the piercing metal whine, twenty tons of adamantium and the mine cart were uprooted and suspended in the ice force field maintained by the witches. "Don't even think about it!" Marash tore off the prismatic necklace around his neck, and the ultimate magic of the protective system [Rainbow Orb] was about to take shape. But a turbulent energy flow from the frenzy magic zone suddenly descended - the magic disturbance spores planted by a prophecy witch who died in battle three days in advance exploded at this moment. The rainbow orb twisted into a chaotic colorful vortex, temporarily trapping the red-robed wizards.

When the adamantium minecart disappeared into the northern sky, the last enchantment witch to leave threw three ice tears onto the battlefield. These tears grew into a hundred-meter-high ice crystal forest the moment they touched the ground, completely blocking the red-robed wizard's pursuit route. Marash looked at the embarrassed reflection on the surface of the ice crystals and crushed the communication gem in his palm in anger.

"Prepare to contact the chief." The high-level red-robed wizard's cold voice made the surviving slaves collectively incontinent, "Immediately report the theft of the adamantium to the headquarters in Sel.
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Cell headquarters, Red Mages Council - Crimson Spiral Hall.

Twelve layers of protective barriers flowed with honey-like golden light on the dome, and the projections of the eight major sects' leaders were suspended on the corresponding rune rings. Basu stood on the third level of the necromancy array, his pale face hidden under the crow feather cloak, and the soul thread that was difficult to see with the naked eye was wrapped around the ring finger of his left hand - this was a secret channel to communicate with the outside world.

"The adamantium transport team was ambushed by Leatherman in the northeastern section of Skeleton Avenue." The virtual image of Marash in the center of the magic circle had burn marks. "The other party used the frost ban chapter of the Book of Aifa, at least three great witches..."

"The resonance curve between the frost rune and the abyss energy is abnormal." The head of the new spell system, Valak Shadowmaw, showed the magic afterimage. The void ray on his shoulder was devouring the ice crystals in the image. "The witches have prepared a time and space anchor for at least three days."

"This was a premeditated raid," confirmed Valak.

The mechanical eye of Tal Prismatic, the head of the Department of Change, swept across the room, and the gear pupils kept adjusting the focus: "The transportation route is only known to the heads of the eight major schools." His voice was accompanied by the sound of metallic friction, "The leaker must be in the circular conference hall."

A chill ran down Basu's spine. The negative energy unique to necromancers circulated in his body for three weeks before he spoke: "Perhaps we should review the astrological report of the School of Prophecy last month." He deliberately let the Soul Binding Staff leak a little bit of netherworld aura, "Some frost omens may be misinterpreted as elemental tidal fluctuations."

The head of the necromance department, Sazas Tan, laughed like the friction of a coffin lid. The lich's jaws trembled and said, "Of course my school will thoroughly review it." The skeleton's palm suddenly slapped Basu's shoulder, and frost spread along his collarbone. "Especially those members who have been in and out of the soul vault frequently recently."

Basu swallowed subconsciously and his mind went blank. Facing the most powerful person in the Red Robe Mage Society, he didn't dare to show any loopholes.

If he knew that I was the one who leaked the route of the Gold Transport Team...
As Tal Prismatic began to reconstruct the energy signature of the leaker, the bloodworms hidden in the lining of Basu's robe began to wriggle. These parasites cultivated with his own bone marrow bit through his skin and drilled into the earth vein cracks with encrypted information - this is a secret technique that uses the resonance of the dead spirit system and the earth vein flow to transmit information.

"I need the memory corridor permissions of all participants." Tal Prismatic's mechanical prosthetic eye locked onto Basu, "Starting from the third level of the necromancy."

The golden staff of the chief of the Department of Transmutation lit up with the rune of Power Word.

The soul fire in Sazas Tan's skull surged: "The tradition of the Red Robe Mages."

The skeleton's fingers lightly moved, and the space was immediately filled with a fog of negative energy that blocked detection. "It's not the turn of the Transformation School to make decisions!"

Seeing this, Basu felt relieved. It seemed that he had escaped for the time being.

The reputation of Sazas Tan is obviously not comparable to that of the new legend Tal Prism, but he and the new chief of the spell system, Valak, are the fresh blood of the Chief Council, and are the only two legendary-level combat forces besides Sazas Tan. Both of them like to challenge the majesty of Sazas Tan in all aspects.

Apart from these three people, the leaders of the remaining five major factions were all pseudo-legends who had been obedient for a long time under the tyranny of Sazas Tan. Naturally, they did not dare to challenge the majesty of Sazas Tan. At this moment, they all watched and kept silent.

Valak on the side said slowly: "Oh? Could it be that Lord Sazas Tan was behind this?"

Sazastan remained indifferent, knowing full well that these two men were challenging his authority.

"The transaction with the six-armed snake demon was initiated by me. Why should I destroy an action I initiated?" said the old lich expressionlessly.

Valak snorted coldly: "Who knows, maybe you are afraid that I will take away your six-armed snake demon?"

As the chief of the spellcasting department, Valak was also very envious of the ancient demon of Inbutu, but unfortunately, Sazas Tan used his power to force the six-armed snake demon to monopolize it.

The old lich's usually gentle eyes narrowed dangerously at this moment. These two people were becoming more and more arrogant, and now they even dared to be so disrespectful to him in front of him.

Thinking of the treasure that was about to be completed, Sazas Tan made up his mind.

"Once the Scarlet Horn is forged, the plan must be launched." Sazas Tan whispered in his heart and looked at Valak with a calm look.

Valak was furious when he saw that the other party ignored him and was very calm. What he couldn't stand the most was the arrogant look of Sazas Tan. They were all legendary wizards. At the beginning, your Red Robe Wizard Association had welcomed him with respect and promised to give him a part of the status of the leader of the parliament. Why did he act like this now?

What is the Red Mages Council? It's nothing more than a one-man show ruled by Sazas Tan.

If Sel was not the only official wizard organization in the entire continent of Faerun that openly belonged to the evil camp, Valak would not have brought money into the group and contributed all his unique knowledge to the Council of Eight, just to get a seat.

However, after entering, he found that it was not as good as he thought. Even though he and Tal were both legendary wizards, facing the power of Sazastan, the other five chiefs treated them as air. For most of the resolutions, as long as Sazastan disagreed, the other five would not agree.

This made them feel extremely depressed.

However, Valak and Tal also knew that Sazas Tan's mage level was higher than theirs. He and Tal were only legendary mages of level 21, while Sazas Tan was already a well-known level 24 mage.

They had no choice but to endure it temporarily.

But forbearance does not mean that they will bow down to Sazas Tan. They are all legendary mages. Even if Sazas Tan is stronger than them, the two level 21 legendary mages are confident that they can fight him together.

The current situation is that Valak and Tal are both afraid that defeating Sazas Tan will benefit the other party, so they are wary of each other.

(End of this chapter)