Arad's Sword

Chapter 466 Opening of Dragon Castle

Thirty-six selectors stood out, plus fourteen recommendation places, a total of fifty Menzoberranzan fighters, and the dust finally settled.

There was no grand ceremony, and there were no cheering crowds. Two days later, these fifty fighters, led by the elders and priests of their respective families, quietly arrived at a place about [-] kilometers away from Menzoberranzan City. in a canyon.

This canyon is called Snake's Ridge Valley. From a distance, it looks like a huge long snake coiled in the depths of the Dark Region.

From the canyon, gusts of cold wind would blow out from time to time, icy to the bone, and mixed with various impurities.

The concentration of dark magic power here is very abnormal, sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes as thick as a spring of magic veins, and sometimes as low as a forbidden magic area.

Even Midi, who is used to absorbing the essence of darkness from dark magic, dared not make a mistake in this mysterious area.

Apart from fifty fighters, only the patriarchs, great elders and priests of the selected families were eligible to come to the Snake's Ridge Valley, and the total number of them was not many.

But those with less than 200 people are the most elite, most powerful, and top few rulers in Menzoberranzan City.

Only these people can really go deep into the most valuable area of ​​Menzoberranzan City.

The Patriarchs of the Death Scorpion, the Red Blood Bat, the Flame Snake, and the Two-headed War Wolf had all arrived ahead of time, and Verna and other high priests of the Black Dragon also appeared here at the same time.

Without any extra politeness, these priests immediately chanted complicated and profound incantations at the same time.

Then, in the depths of the Snake's Ridge Valley, along with the rhythmic incantation, one after another runes that spent countless manpower and material resources engraved on them gradually appeared hundreds of years ago.

A huge dragon's head appeared directly above the Snake's Back Valley.

But unlike the blood oath that Midi was familiar with before, this time the dragon head did not simply watch from above, but let out a deep and soul-stirring dragon chant.

Then, Midi suddenly discovered that something seemed to have entered her body following the dragon's chant.

Midi closed her eyes, looked into the body, and suddenly saw something like a broken token sinking in the body.

"Is this the Black Dragon Remnant Order?" Midi couldn't help but glanced a few more times.

Before, in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, when Midi entered the "spiritual labyrinth", there was a similar scene.

However, when entering the maze of the mind, the "token" that entered the body was a prop set by the eighth apostle Rotes to calculate points and status.

But at this moment, the "Black Dragon Remnant Order" that entered Midi's body does not have any calculation and monitoring functions.

Its only use is to prevent the owner from being directly excluded from the small world where the Crystal Dragon Castle is located.

In other words, only those who have been injected with the "Black Dragon Remnant Token" in their bodies can enter the Crystal Dragon Castle.

However, this access is not unlimited.

To put it bluntly, the "Black Dragon Residual Order" is nothing more than a little breath that a group of priests jointly sought from the Dark Dragon God.

As long as the fighters enter the Crystal Dragon Castle, this breath will start to be consumed. If it is not replenished, it will be completely exhausted in just a few days, and then the "Black Dragon Residual Order" will be lost. People will be sent directly out of the castle, and the exploration is considered to be over.

In addition, this "Black Dragon Remnant Order" is only valid for people under the age of 30, and once one is accepted, no second one will be awarded.

Because of this, a fighter has only one chance to enter Crystal Dragon Castle, and there is no possibility of re-entry.

Now, Midi has the Black Dragon Remnant Token in his body, which means that his entry into Crystal Dragon Castle is a certainty.

However, how long he can stay inside depends on his own ability.

Is it to form a team to fight together, or to be a lone ranger who comes and goes like the wind?
Or, is it hiding in the dark, waiting for the opportunity for the crane and the clam to fight?
Everything needs to be adaptable.

While Mi Di was thinking about it, the dragon head had already awarded the "Black Dragon Remnant Order" to all fifty fighters.

Then it let out another long growl.

Amidst this sound, the entire Snake's Back Valley began to change.

The bottomless canyon was originally bottomless, but now there are countless rays of light surging from the bottom, like a rising tide.

And through this light, Midi can vaguely see that there is a huge forest on the opposite side of the light.

There, it is in the small world!
Soon, the white light of Snake's Ridge Valley gradually stabilized, forming a huge vortex.

"The entrance has been stabilized, all Menzoberranzan warriors, please." The Patriarch of the Death Scorpion, the speaker of the Menzoberranzan City Council, glanced at everyone present, and spoke loudly. He said in a deep voice, "I sincerely wish you all the best that you can successfully pass the test and become the top fighters, and then, for the sake of Menzoberranzan, enter the Black Dragon Conference!"

The words "Black Dragon Conference" seem to have magical powers, making the fighters' eyes shine.

"Go in!" the Patriarch of the Red Blood Bat shouted.

Accompanied by this sound, one Menzoberranzanian warrior after another jumped off the edge of the cliff in Snake's Spine Valley, fell directly into the light, and then disappeared into it.

Midi jumped down too.

At the moment when she passed through the white light, Midi felt an overwhelming sense of oppression spread all over her body.

This is exactly what it feels like to travel through two different dimensions, commonly known as "interdimensional stress."

And the more obvious this feeling of pressure, the greater the energy of the small realm connected to the main world.

Obviously, although it is only a "Dragon Castle", the world inside the Crystal Dragon Castle is definitely not small, and may even form its own system, which is definitely not comparable to the single inheritance that is artificially set up in the mind maze.

The next moment, a lavender light appeared in front of Midi.

This is a vast forest.

However, it is not the green forest on the continent of Arad.

The plants and trees here are all made of lavender crystal-like substances, connected together to form a huge sea of ​​trees.

And from these crystals, Midi can feel a strong and surging aura mixed with magic power and dragon power, spreading to the outside world.

Now he finally understands why the small world controlled by Menzoberranzan is called "Crystal Dragon Castle".

Midi looked around and at the same time fully activated her psychic ability "half-scene sensing", but found no trace of other fighters.

However, this is to be expected.

Different from the teleportation circle at a fixed location, when passing through the small world, the wind of the dimension will blow everyone to a different landing point. A small deviation may cause people to be separated by hundreds or even thousands of kilometers after entering the small world .

Fifty fighters sprinkled in this sea of ​​crystal trees is simply a drop in the ocean, and the chance of meeting each other is very small.

In addition to the five core disciples of the Death Scorpion family this time, there are also three fighters who have passed the selection, making a total of eight people.

According to the strategy formulated by the high-level family, after entering the Crystal Dragon Castle, the eight fighters must identify their location as soon as possible, and then look for the entrance of the "Dragon Tower" buried underground in the Crystal Forest.

Then, the eight people should gather at the entrance and break into it together, so that they can take care of each other in the form of a team, so that they can go further and deeper.

And only by going farther and deeper, will there be greater chances, more resources, and the "Black Dragon Stele" that the Death Scorpion family most desires.

However, now that she has arrived here, of course Midi will not simply act in accordance with the strategy formulated by the family.

Because that only represented the interests of the family, but definitely not his own interests.

If 50 fighters can form a team of eight, they can definitely be regarded as an unmatched behemoth, but this behemoth will never act according to Midi's will.

Midi figured out with her toes that as long as there is the 67th-level "fighting king" Thor, there is no doubt that none of the other seven people can make their own voices. In the end, everyone can only act according to Thor's will.

Not only that, the Underground Dragon Pagoda is undoubtedly the focus of attention of the major families, and the most ambitious core disciples will undoubtedly swarm there.

Entering the Dragon Tower means being involved in the biggest battlefield of Crystal Dragon Castle, and having to face strong men like Simon and Alex.

Midi is not afraid of Simon, but if he is caught in this kind of continuous battle, and it is still a chaotic team battle, it will not benefit him to improve his own strength, and he will only fall into a state of exhaustion.

In the worst case, he may become Thor's cannon fodder.

As a commander, Midi certainly doesn't like being commanded by others.

But if you want to have a certain right to speak, you must get rid of the current situation of low rank and poor strength.

Midi is very clear that he is not qualified to bargain with Thor now.

Therefore, he didn't want to go to the underground dragon tower right away.

On the contrary, Midi has to try to obtain resources in this crystal forest, so that he can go one step further from the level 63 state!
In the Crystal Forest, there are actually a lot of rare materials, but compared to those in the underground dragon tower, they are too scattered, and most of them are under the protection of monsters, so it is not easy to obtain them. Cannot be used on the spot.

Therefore, for fighters in Menzoberranzan who specialize in combat, those materials are useless.

But Midi is different. Midi received more than just combat training. He is a natural adventurer and has 20 years of rich experience in relics and small world exploration.

Not only that, but now, he is also a master alchemist who is proficient in pharmacy and mechanics, and many materials can be refined on the spot and taken.

This crystal forest, which is rather useless to the fighters of Menzoberranzan, is an inexhaustible treasure house in Midi's eyes.

"Then, let's start hunting." Muttering to himself softly, Midi disappeared into the depths of the crystal forest like a puff of smoke.

(End of this chapter)