From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 432 Conflict
“Most nurseries wouldn’t give this child a fair chance, but I will. What’s hatched in the eggshell might be something great,” said the nursery officer, Koku, staring at Ivy.

“If everyone in this nursery agreed with you, you wouldn’t look as tired as you do,” Ivy said, looking at the eggs in the acid pool.

The last remaining egg was a fluorescent green color, with strange patterns and a cuticle on its shell, making it look like a rough emerald just mined from a mine.

“You’re right, I… can’t protect it for much longer.” Keeper Koku sighed. “Perhaps in a few days, Kith’rak (Kith’rak centurion) Sezern will order me to destroy it…”

“There is only one way to save both yourself and it from Kith’rak (Kith’rak Centurion).” Ivy surveyed the furnishings of the Kith’rak incubator, mentally calculating the cost of replicating these conditions. “Let it leave this incubator and incubate it somewhere that Kith’rak (Kith’rak Centurion) can’t reach.”

"Do you think you can take care of it?" The caretaker, Koku, made no attempt to hide his doubt. "You completely lack the instincts of a caretaker. If... I mean... if I entrusted it to you, what would you do?"

“Let it incubate in a more relaxed environment.” As he said this, Ivy was thinking about his laboratory in the basement of Streihaven, wondering if Kmina had changed the nutrient solution for the clones he was cultivating on time.

“That’s unlikely…” Koku shook his head pessimistically. “No nursery is more spacious than the Irelia nursery in Faerûn… Even so, I still won’t be able to witness its hatching…”

“Take it with you, my fellow countryman. But remember this: if this child suffers any harm, I will find you, pin you to this pool of acid, and let the strong acid burn your body until you die in agony…”

Before Koku could finish his threat, a muffled thud came from the other side of the wall, followed by a slight tremor in the ground.

"What happened!" Koku shouted angrily, anxiously checking the condition of the egg. "If it's damaged because of this accident... I... no... there's nothing I can do, no one will agree."

“Take it with you before I change my mind, my fellow countryman.” Koku waved wearily.

Ivy had been waiting for him to say that, so before Koku could speak again, he used telekinesis to retrieve the fluorescent green giant egg from the acid pool.

“You’re not only a warrior, but also a powerful Fiend… I hope I made the right decision.” Koku shook his head before directing the Gith Yankee warriors standing by the hatchery door, “Go! See what happened!”

The Gith Yankee warrior by the door nodded, but as soon as he opened the door, a young Gith Yankee man in leather armor rushed in.

His flat face wore an expression of fear mixed with excitement as he shouted, "Ghaik! Ghaik! In the treatment room! The medic said a group of our comrades have been infected for too long and there's no chance of saving them! She's demanding that all conscious soldiers join this battle!"

“Ghaik?” Koku repeated in surprise, “In our nursery? There are no more unhatched eggs here! All guards! Go to the treatment room and kill those Ghaik!”

The guards stationed throughout the incubation facility left their posts and headed towards the treatment room. For the Githyanki, hunting Mind Flayers and their unformed offspring was the highest honor, and no one would refuse such an order.

“Fellow countryman.” Koku then looked at Ivy, who was holding the egg in one hand. “Although I don’t know your name yet, the upcoming battle has bound us together! Vlaakith gha’g shkath zai! (Giseyanki: For the glory of Vlaakith!)”

But instead of Ivy's equally loyal salute, he was met with a ghastly green lightning bolt.

That's a sixth-circle transformation spell, Disintegration.

The thin lightning bolt from the Disintegration spell struck not only Instructor Koku, but also another Gisyanki guard standing by the door. Ivy applied the supermagic effect of the Twin Spell to the spell, redirecting the single-target spell to the second target.

Ivy's attack came without warning. The two people hit quickly began to fade, and their bodies began to lose vitality, turning into a handful of fine gray dust in a very short time.

All that remained of the caretaker, Koku, and the silver-armored warrior by the door were the magical items they carried: a pair of boots, a Githyanki crossbow, and a silver greatsword.

The other guards in the incubator were stunned by this sudden turn of events, but Ivy's attack did not stop.

The stone platform where he and the caretaker Koku were located was in the center of the incubator; if the guards on the inner side wanted to get to the door, they had to pass through this stone platform.

As Ivy launched her Disintegration attack, a Gieseyanki guard wielding a crossbow jumped into the air, landing precisely on the platform where Ivy was.

The poor guard's position was perfect for Ivy to launch an attack. The gleaming blade of the Beastbite Sword emitted a dazzling blue light. It had long disliked these green-skinned creatures, but Ivy kept reassuring it, so it didn't keep emitting a wary light towards the green-skinned creatures.

The speed at which the Beast-Biting Sword severed the guard's head was no slower than the speed at which the nanny Koku was disintegrated into dust by the Disintegration spell.

In the blink of an eye, half of the six guards in the incubator disappeared, while the other half were still in a state of shock and confusion.

The Beast Bite Sword, having just secured a kill, shone brightly with blue light, but vanished from Ivy's hand the next moment.

That was another of his signature spells, a fifth-ring conjuration spell called Steel Wind Strike.

The vast disparity in strength led to a rate of annihilation that was difficult for the Gieseyanki to comprehend.

The Beastbite Sword, glowing with blue light, flashed three times in succession, cleaving the Gith Yankee Blaze with silver rings in two, destroying the Gith Yankee warrior wielding the longsword along with his sword, and freezing the expression on the face of the Gith Yankee youth who had not yet raised his weapon.

Ivy teleported outside with the egg he had just acquired; there were no living creatures left in the incubator behind him.

Although Ivy didn't know why the team that went to purify the Mind Flayer tadpoles ended up fighting the Githyanki in the incubator, preventing reinforcements from arriving on the battlefield was clearly a responsibility he should share with the team.

Based on his experience playing the game, although the healer's purification machine could be destroyed by the Netheril magic contained in the Mind Flayer Tadpole, it didn't seem like it would lead to an immediate battle, right?

Wouldn't all the carefully planned disguise magic be wasted? You see, Ivy originally intended to use the Gith Yankees' disguise to mislead Vairakis, making her believe that the team that took the Astral Prism belonged to the underground forces developed by Voss.

Although it might not be able to fool Vairakis for too long, as long as it can fool him for a while, Ivy's fifth-circle spell slot will not have been wasted.

While Ivy dealt with the enemies in the hatchery, a fight broke out in the treatment room as well.

The treatment room in the Elekk Nursery is connected to the dormitory area, which is why the person who came to the incubator seeking help was a Gisyanke youth.

This place is, after all, just an incubator. Although it is responsible for training warriors, it mainly serves children and young people who have not yet graduated.

Before being suppressed by the mind flayer tadpole parasite, the adventurers accompanying Ivy were already formidable fighters. Their many days of battles and adventures had allowed them to gradually regain some of their power. Of course, this excludes Gale, whose power and talent had been largely taken away by the Destruction Orb.

Compared to the adventurers, the Githyanki youths and children, who were only training in weapons, were clearly not strong enough.

After Ivy eliminated the other Githyanki who had gathered in the corridor after hearing the commotion, the adventurers in the treatment room were all freed.

Clad in heavy gold armor, Mingsara kicked the wooden door to pieces, preparing for the next battle. However, what appeared before her was a hellish scene.

“By Aeo… this is nothing short of a massacre…” The former Paladin of Rose was speechless. “Even in the cruel Underdark, I have never seen anything like this…”

The once spacious corridor has become extremely crowded, with almost no room to stand.

The Gisyanki's silver armor was cut cleanly, and the decorative rubies had shattered from hitting the brickwork.

Blood splattered everywhere on the walls and ceiling, and now the blood was pooling together due to gravity, leaving more marks on the walls, as if it were weeping blood.

Will felt his throat was burning dry, as if it had been roasted over a fire. He swallowed hard and asked in a hoarse voice, "You...did you do all of this by yourself?"

Ivy stood amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The Beast Bite Sword, shimmering with blue light, seemed to let out a satisfied burp, emitting a melodious ringing sound before falling silent.

“The Githyanki are indeed warriors who know no fear,” Ivy said, having cleaned his clothes with magic and now calmly commenting on his opponents’ performance. “They came at me like a tide crashing against a reef. It’s just a pity that Beastbite Sword has been longing for this scene for too long.”

The racial knights with the Beastbite Sword are mostly beyond cure; in fact, their condition is even worsening.

Because no matter what, the Githyanki can't really be considered Orcs. They are more slender, unlike the muscular native Orcs of Faerûn, and they are not as filthy as the Orcs of Arda, who are born from the Beastbiter Sword.

But the Beastbite Sword's destructive properties remained effective as always, simply because most Gith Yankees were green-skinned. After drinking the blood of the first Gith Yankee, this ancient weapon, crafted by the Noldor elves and further refined by Ivy, also did not spare the brown-skinned and yellow-skinned Gith Yankees.

It seems a new race is about to be added to the list of victims of the Beast-Biting Sword.

Ivy is now a little worried that if he develops some kind of potion or magic that can turn the enemy's skin green in the future, will the Beast Bite Sword also activate the racial knight effect?
After casting aside unrealistic thoughts, Ivy looked at the dejected Lyezel and asked, "It seems the process of purifying the Mind Flayer tadpoles isn't going well. What happened? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"

“That Zaith’isk (Gysyanki: Zaith’s Purifier) ​​almost burned me to ashes!” Leezer said angrily. “There must be a traitor in this nursery! He tampered with the Zaith’isk! This is an anomaly that I can’t understand!”

“Even after experiencing failure firsthand, you remained loyal to Vairakis without wavering in the slightest,” Minsara said sarcastically. “I thought you understood that Queen Githyanki wasn’t omnipotent.”

“We should have gone to ch'r'ai (Gisyanki: judge)! But now everything is ruined! All because of that stupid healer!” Leezer ignored Minsara’s sarcasm and unusually complained.

Clearly, Leizer was not as resolute as she appeared.

“The judge you mentioned is not among these corpses.” Ivy sheathed the Beastbite Sword and waved her hand to clear a path through the blood and corpses in the corridor. “I’m certain of that.”

"The Inquisitor is still alive, still in this ward?" Leezel's voice sounded urgent. "We should find him and find out what orders he received from the Great Vyracis... If we can help him carry out the Queen's orders... perhaps we can get a chance to defend ourselves..."

“Don’t be silly, Lyezal,” Shadowheart interrupted. “If you were Queen Githyanki or one of her Inquisitors, would you believe a bunch of guys with mind flayer tadpoles in their brains who slaughtered an entire nursery?”

“No…this is not the same!” Leezel denied in alarm. “I am a devout follower of Vairakis!”

"Look at these corpses on the ground, they don't look like traitors at all." Asdell was very interested in the development of the situation. Although he was not happy that the Githyanki people's purification methods were not working, he was still happy to see some fun.

“I… the great Vairakis will believe me…” Leezel’s words were no longer as firm and powerful as before; they sounded utterly pale now.

“If she really believes you, then she probably intends to squeeze every last bit of value out of you.” Xie Nian said with a sense of unease, “Think about those cultists of the Supreme God. They are used as expendable resources by the chosen people and the True Souls. Even the True Souls are just slightly higher-level expendable resources.”

“Stop talking!” Leezel waved his hand angrily, then looked at Ivy expectantly. “We’re going to find the ch’r’ai (Gisyanki: judge)! Now!”

Ivy stared at her for a moment before turning to the others and saying, “We really should go see the Inquisitor, not for Leezel's sake, but for our own. Don’t forget that the blood of Losanda is sealed beneath this monastery.”

(End of this chapter)