Arcane Journey

Chapter 129 The Battle of the Rock Bunker

The new moon is in the sky, sharp and thin as a knife.

In the falling night, Brian led Graal and the others towards the rock bunker in Mokou Town.

He didn't bring many people with him, except for Graal and his son Lando, the only one who followed him was the old sword saint Baleris.

In the eyes of the enemy, this kind of lineup may not even be able to turn over a wave.

The Rock Bunker is a dark black castle with a simple shape. It is located on a steep hill overlooking the entire town. It is equipped with battlements, watchtowers, and moats for defense.

At this time, the drawbridge over the creek-like moat was lowered, and the gates of the castle were left open.

There are a total of ten castle guards wearing chain mail and steel helmets. They are like statues, guarding both sides of the city gate, and their long black cloaks are flapping.

The guards escorted them across the drawbridge into the castle, shutting behind them the bronze-rimmed oak gates that were twenty feet high.

Brian glanced at the surrounding environment and found many heavily armed soldiers patrolling the walls and gates, among them were many mercenaries from the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group.

Without any hesitation, he walked in directly.

There was still a long way to go from the other end of the hall, and the current master of the Rock Bunker, Angus the Darkguard from the Zhentarim, had set up a trap for them to jump into.

Although Brian had visited Mokou Town many times, he had never set foot inside the castle, let alone the lord's reception hall.

The walls, floor, and ceiling of the hall are artfully assembled from planks of wood, on which various dark creatures are depicted.

On his way up the ledge, Brian stepped over ghouls, skeleton warriors, and zombies, low-level undead creatures hidden among the jagged rocks and the ruins of the ruined castle, the walls on either side were a murky grayish white, and shadow dragons hovered In the high sky of the castle, dormant pseudomonsters and dark mantle monsters lurk in the rocks and ruins. On the high arched windows are hordes of shadows, bound spirits and ghosts. Higher places draw images similar to the shadow plane. Desolate scene.

There were a lot of people in the hall at this time, and the black guard Angus sat on the main seat made of obsidian, wearing a gorgeously carved black armor, and a heron feather helmet was placed on the armrest.

Fifty heron knights surrounded Angus in a crescent shape. They were fully armed, covered from head to toe in black armor and helmets with heron feathers, long black cloaks fluttering behind them, dark shields tied on the left arm.

Salo, the dragon vein warlock of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group, and a dozen of Bane's dark priests stood beside Angus. Behind them, there were [-] dark guards with long swords hanging from their waists, hanging from their shoulders. A bright red cloak, and a jet-black steel helmet on his head.

Brian also found that on the walls on both sides, under the tapestry depicting the dark king Bane, there were nearly a hundred members from the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group, each of them was holding a crossbow in their hand, Well everything is ready.

Seeing this scene, even though Brian had already prepared himself, he couldn't help being shocked.

Not to mention Graal who was following behind.

He could even feel the rapid breathing and the tense heartbeat of the other party. If his son Lando hadn't supported him, his legs would have been too weak to walk.

"Glar, you are finally here."

Angus, the black guard, stared coldly at the bloated businessman, "Since you are here, you should know what to do. Kneel down! As long as you kneel down and swear allegiance to the Lord of Darkness, I will allow you to continue in the desert. Kouzhen peaceful old age."

"You allow him?" Brian met his gaze, and asked in the same tone in a cold voice, "Excuse me, in what name did you allow him?"

Seeing Brian's fearless look, Angus frowned slightly.

However, when he noticed from the corner of his eye that all his subordinates were around him, the last trace of worry disappeared without a trace.

He said in a majestic tone of a superior, "In the name of the lord of Mokou Town, the end of my rebellion is death. What are you, dare to disobey my order."

He could feel that Graal seemed to be headed by the half-elf wizard, and what made him wonder was what the other party relied on for his reassurance.

This made him doubt the real identity of the other party. I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems on the surface.

For some reason, an inexplicable uneasiness hovered deep in his heart like a poisonous snake.

"If you want to know my identity, then I'll tell you, lackeys of the Lord of Darkness, listen to me." Brian showed the purple dragon seal ring that symbolizes his identity, "Now, with the Cormyrs and Mr. King Min, guardian of the Zilong kingdom, in the name of the Obeszier family, I, the new lord of Mokou Town, hereby order you to hold high the banner of the Zilong and help me take down this group of heretics!"

Brian's sonorous and forceful words, like a fireball cast by a wizard, exploded in the crowd in the hall and became chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, a magical light flashed in the dim hall, and a purple banner transformed by magic fluttered in the air.

"It's the Purple Dragon Banner!!!"

Shouts of surprise came from the crowd.

"So they are from the Kingdom of Cormyr." Angus looked at the magic banner painted with a purple dragon, and the purest hatred flashed in his cold eyes.

"Since you dare to take the initiative to deliver it to your door."

He was instantly dazzled by anger, and without thinking about why the other party was so confident, he suddenly got up from the obsidian seat, raised his hand and smashed a glass, and shouted: "Give me a hand, kill them!"

As soon as the words fell, Salo, the dragon vein warlock standing beside Angus, took out his long-handled warhammer as quickly as possible.

Along with the flow of dark red runes on the warhammer, the scorching flames instantly engulfed it.

"boom!"

The mighty warhammer, surrounded by raging flames, suddenly hit a dark priest beside Salo who was about to chant divine spells with unrivaled momentum.

"Crack!"

A sound like glass shattering sounded, and the shield that the dark priest who was caught off guard in the panic broke instantly.

He looked in disbelief at his allies who were still discussing plans with him a moment ago.

Immediately, I felt as if I had hit a siege cone. The smoking body flew back and up like an arrow from the string, hitting the ceiling of the opposite wall, and then slid down, leaving a hole on the stone. The next bloodstain that cooled rapidly.

After the dragon warlock Salo successfully killed a dark priest whose strength had reached the third level, the Flaming Hammer came out of his hand and spun and hit another dark priest.

His head was like a bursting watermelon, smashed to pieces, and before the blood spilled, it was directly evaporated by the scorching heat.

——"Half-dragon transformation!"

After finishing off the two opponents in the plan, Salo let out a roar, and his body suddenly became extremely burly, like a giant humanoid dragon, bursting out with a terrifying aura.

A golden light jumped out of his eyes, and a pair of wide blood-red dragon wings stretched out from behind, and the exposed skin was covered with a layer of staring dark red dragon scales at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After catching the long-handled warhammer that turned back automatically, his wings shook violently, and he soared into the air, avoiding the pincer attack of the Heron Knight who had reacted all over his body.

——"Fire breath!"

At the same time, he took a deep breath, and hot flames spewed out from the mouth of the dragon vein warlock, sweeping into the group of panicked heron knights.

As a dragon warlock, Salo is not afraid of the raging fire in the crowd, holding his own flaming hammer, and slaughtering all the enemies around him like a firestorm.

The Dragon Vein Warlock's attack was like an omen. Nearly a hundred mercenaries hidden on both sides of the hall raised their crossbows almost at the same time.

Sen Leng's crossbow was aimed directly at the Heron Knight, the Black Guard and the Dark Priest.

Accompanied by continuous clicking sounds, one after another piercing crossbow arrows poured mercilessly on the enemy group.

In an instant, the dark priests, who were under intensive care, were easily pierced through the temporary shield by the carefully prepared magic-breaking crossbow, and shot into the fragile flesh and blood.

Just one round of shooting.

More than half of the dark priests were killed or injured, and only two or three were still struggling with divine arts and magic scrolls.

The heavily armed Black Guards and Heron Knights drew their weapons and raised their shields one after another after a short period of panic, resisting the dense crossbow arrows in an orderly manner, and began to launch a counterattack.

The two torrents collided together, and the sharp blades collided fiercely, sparking, and the metal screamed in protest.

"Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group!!!"

Looking at the changes in front of him, the black guard Angus roared with bulging veins on his forehead, his cold eyes were full of tyranny.

Obviously, he was caught off guard by the sudden betrayal of this group of mercenaries, as if he had been hit hard, so that his absolute advantage fell into a disadvantage in an instant.

In order to reverse the irreparable situation of the battle, he immediately looked at Brian, who was standing at the back of the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, Angus raised his two-handed giant sword, activated the teleportation magic on the ring, turned into a black light and disappeared in place, and suddenly appeared in front of Brian.

——"Breaking Good and Slashing!"

Angus roared and held his sharp sword high, the dark aura around him gathered like real threads, lingering around him, dazzling like a corona halo.

—— "Four Rings Spell: Lightning Lance!"

Facing the Blackguard's assault, Brian unhurriedly took out a metal spear, imbued it with arcane energy, and shot it out at lightning speed, piercing through the chest of the last dark priest on the battlefield, causing him to Successfully surrendered to the embrace of the Lord of Darkness.

Seeing that the opponent ignored his own attack, Angus felt a nameless anger rise in his heart, and the great sword that struck him also used [-] points of strength.

"boom!"

At this moment, a flash of sword light flashed, and the dark lightsaber of the stern-looking old sword saint Baleris slashed at Angus' chest at a dizzying speed.

Although the protective runes erupting from Angus's pitch-black full-body armor offset the damage of this blow for him, the powerful impact still made him groan, and stepped back five or six steps in a row. Only then did he stabilize his body.

He looked at Brian, who hadn't moved a step from the beginning to the end, and then his eyes fell on an old man in linen clothes with loose gray clothes next to Brian.

When he saw that this hale and hearty old man turned out to be the lame owner of the 'Salamander' tavern, he was shocked in place.

——"The strength is surging!"

At the moment when he lost his mind, Balleris' whole body was shaken violently, and the invisible energy in the air crazily gathered on his thin body and the flickering sword blade.

His piercing eyes became as sharp as a razor.

"Surge of Power" is the most powerful buff move of the Juggernaut profession.

This move can make these sword masters who practice Qi energy concentrate their spirit and energy in an instant, and burst out with powerful strength.

——"Lifting Qi and Slashing!"

The moment Balleris swung the dark lightsaber held in both hands again, his vigorous body was like an arrow flying from the string, and the swift attack speed made the air shriek, and the air flow was squeezed out.

Before the lightsaber arrived, a gust of wind like a sharp blade attacked Angus first.

"boom!"

The burly and majestic body of the black guard Angus was once again sent flying by Baler's powerful blow. The heavy armor rubbed against the hard marble floor, drawing deep and long marks.

Although under the protection of the protective runes engraved on the full body armor, let luck save his life.

But this unstoppable blow made him feel as if he was suddenly hit by a siege cone advancing at full speed, and his whole body seemed to be falling apart.

"Pfft!"

Angus' throat was sweet, and he couldn't help but spit out a stream of blood.

——"Storm of Vengeance!"

Balleris' attack did not stop because of this, he quickly spit out a high-spirited divine spell from his mouth, and pointed the dark lightsaber at the dark guard who just got up from the ground not far away.

"boom!"

A vertical dark beam of light, accompanied by a deafening roar, descended from the sky, precisely enveloped Angus' body, and knocked him to the ground.

The bursting flame of darkness made Anguston feel cold all over, and his whole body was in severe pain, as if being bitten by an invisible beast.

All his limbs were suffering from unbearable pain, his body trembled involuntarily, his limbs convulsed, and he groaned in pain.

Only darkness knows how to deal with darkness.

Seeing Balleris displaying the ability exclusive to the Holy Avenger, Brian couldn't help but recall this sentence.

The weak Angus looked at Balleris who was approaching every step of the way. He took out a magic scroll at an extremely fast speed, tore it open, and suddenly his whole body was wrapped in dark energy and disappeared in place.

"Catch him, he didn't run very far, I want to live."

Seeing this sudden situation, Brian immediately told Balleris that he would ignore the leader of the Zhentarim Society.

Because he already felt that a bigger threat was approaching him.

- "Supernatural Ability: Endless Vengeance!"

——"Four Rings Divine Art: Any Door!"

Balleris immediately locked on Angus' figure through the power and magic of the Holy Avenger, drilled into the portal, and disappeared.

Seeing his guard disappear, Brian didn't dare to be careless, and immediately began to prepare his own countermeasures under the cover of Lando.

On the chaotic battlefield, faintly evil spells were murmured.

A dark red evil magic circle overflowing with black air suddenly rose in the hall, and the dark red lines interweaved into a huge six-pointed star array.

"Roar!"

The eerie roar echoed in the hall, which was spacious enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and a sickening stench came to the nostrils in an instant.

The expressions of the fighting mercenaries changed. Under the influence of the stench, their physical strength was rapidly drained. Those who were not determined even left their opponents and bent over to vomit.

A stream of blood splattered.

In the blink of an eye, half of the fighting mercenaries were slaughtered by the Heron Knight and the Black Guard who fought fiercely.

When the light of the blood-red magic circle dissipated, the five were covered with scales, their backs were covered with spikes, their wide mouths had rows of powerful teeth, and they landed on all fours, like huge and strong humanoid toads. The demon came out.

The breath from the bottomless abyss entangled the monster, and a nauseating stench came to the nostrils again.

"Invaded by the stench!"

"Fortitude saving throw in progress..."

"Fortitude save successful!"

"You are immune to the debilitating nausea effect of the stench!"

……

Rao Brian had been prepared for a long time and successfully counteracted the attack of the stench, but he still felt a rolling twitch in his stomach.

Berserker!
Smelling the familiar smell, he immediately recognized the name of the abyssal demon.

Berserkers serve as infantry in the demon race of the bottomless abyss. Although they are physically strong, they have low intelligence.

Because of this, berserkers are often duped into fighting by more powerful demons or evil spellcasters.

Berserker

large demon
Challenge Level: Level 13

属性：力量21、敏捷10、体质17、智力14、感知14、魅力14
Special Feats: Blind Fight, Cleave, Power Attack, Half Damage

Supernatural Ability: Stench
Spell-Like Abilities (cast at will): animate object, profanity, blink, chaos hammer, deep darkness, desecrate, detect good, detect magic, counter good, counter good magic circle, burn Fire Art, Flying Insects, Precise Teleportation, Gaseous Form, Evil Shadow Strike (3/3 times per day), Demon Summoning (1/1 time per day)
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——"Spell-like ability: Evil Shadow Strike!"

——"blasphemy!"

——"Hammer of Chaos!"

——"Deep Darkness Technique!"

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The moment five berserkers who were good at close combat appeared, they roared and roared at the nearest mercenaries, releasing all kinds of evil magic filled with black energy.

Their forelimbs left the ground, and they ran quickly with their legs like humans, then waved their arms with sharp claws, and rushed towards the enemy in sight.

In a short while, most of the mercenaries were killed or injured, completely losing the advantage of suppressing numbers.

Salo, the dragon vein warlock, was even more aggressive with the attack of three black guards whose strength had reached the third level and two berserkers.

In this precarious situation, a dazzling golden light rose from the hexagram circle arranged by Brian.

"boom!"

In an instant, a wave of sacred magic energy rose up, interweaving a picture scroll from Tianjie Mountain in the midair.

The moment the fighting black guards and abyssal demons saw this picture scroll, the purest fear suddenly appeared in their scarlet eyes.

As the light of the magic circle dissipated, a large owl with a height of more than 3 meters appeared in everyone's sight.

It stretched out wide wings with white and charcoal black, and its big round eyes shone with a silver-white sacred brilliance.

Followed by three guardian angels who are as tall and majestic as the ogre.

"The patron of the Heavenly Boundary Mountain!"

The large owl creature exuding a sacred aura was suspended in mid-air, nodded slightly to Brian, and said in a majestic voice with a little respect: "I am the Night Owl God Envoy of Tianjie Mountain, the scout captain of the Archon Throne, I feel I have heard your call, and answered it."

Night Owl Angel (Arkon Protoss)
Large outsider (lawful good)
Challenge Level: Level 13

属性：力量16、敏捷20、智力17、感知25、魅力15、体质18
Celestial Traits: Aura of Menace, Damage Reduction (Evil), Immunity to Petrification and Electric Shock, Darkvision, Magic Circle Against Evil, Outsider Traits, Sense of Smell, Spell Resistance, Teleportation, Uncanny Evasion, Unerring Analysis

Spell-Like Abilities (use at will): soothe animal, charm animal, dispel magic, detect scry, detect thoughts, locate creature, scry, see invisibility, true strike, veil of splendor (3/3 times per day), Greater dispel magic (3/3 times per day).

Supernatural ability: petrified ray
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"Destroy this group of demons from the abyss!" Bryan gave instructions to the Night Owl God Envoy and the three Guard God Envoys.

"I'm willing to serve you!" The Night Owl Divine Envoy let out a happy scream.

——"Spell-like ability: Huaguang Curtain!"

Accompanied by the dazzling silvery-white holy light erupting from the eyes of the God Envoy Ye Owl, one after another fixed vertical curtains of brilliant light appeared out of thin air amidst the fighting Berserkers, surrounding them and trapping them tightly. in.

The sudden change, as well as the sacred aura that made the demons uncomfortable, caused them to leave their opponents and turn around, looking in horror at the veil of divine radiance.

"boom!"

A irascible Berserker bumped his head against the light veil, his whole body was instantly burned by the holy energy, billowing green smoke, and let out a mournful howl.

——"Ella Ella's brilliance burst!"

The three guardian angels roared, and the holy radiance of the celestial energy spewed out from their bear claws, covering the besieged Berserkers and the few surviving black guards.

"burst!"

The envoy of the night owl hovering in the air let out a joyous long cry, and the fixed vertical light veil suddenly burst into a dazzling holy emblem, and inside the light veil shrouded in the sacred light, the mournful screams of the abyss demon and the black guard resounded. whistling.

They are like a piece of raw meat thrown directly into the boiling oil pan, making a scalp-numbing sizzling sound.

- "Fireball!"

Salo, the dragon vein warlock who was out of trouble, looked relieved, and immediately shook the wide dragon wings and flew into the air. At the same time, he threw fireballs the size of washbasins and smashed them into the remaining heron knights and black guards. , Bursts of violent explosions erupted.

Seeing the sudden reversal of the battle situation, the morale of the remaining mercenaries was boosted. Under the leadership of the Night Owl God Envoy and the Garrison God Envoy, they killed the few surviving enemies.

Brian wasn't idle either, because he had locked onto the cultist who summoned the demon, and started a fierce spell confrontation with him.

This person is the female Drow Hillin from the ancient city of Orens.

Although, as a wizard, she received the blessing of Graz'zt, the dark monarch, to forcibly raise her strength to the fourth-tier model, but in Brian's view, she is like a person who has nothing but force but is inflexible. man of.

Therefore, even if he deals with the opponent alone, there is no problem at all.

——"Advanced dispelling magic!"

Following rounds of magical countermeasures and confrontations, the envoy of the night owl hovering in the air finally seized the opportunity. Under the command of Brian's telepathic voice, the big round eyes burst out bursts of ripple-like magical aura.

Shirlin, who was covered in black robes all over her body, was caught off guard, and the sound of layers peeling off immediately came from her body.

——"Mayoufu Micro Meteor!"

Bryan immediately took out two pistols, and released twenty fist-sized fireballs at Shireen, who had lost her protective magic.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A burst of flame burst, bursting out gorgeous and hot magical flames.

——"Five-ring spell: chain of sighs!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Instant Spell!"

Looking at the crumbling figure in the gunpowder smoke, Bryan waved his staff, and a force field chain emitting silver-blue light wrapped around the opponent's body tightly like a snake.

"Bryan! You thief, my Lord Graz'zt will never let you go!"

Xierin, who knew she was hopeless to break free, smiled maliciously, and screamed extremely terribly, "Don't be complacent for too long, even if you kill me, I will still come back for revenge!"

Brian didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, so he sacrificed his own blue and white Austrian fire and enveloped it.

Driven by his thoughts, the Austrian fire burst into a scorching heat.

In a moment, the other party was burned to ashes amidst the mournful wailing, leaving only one crystal overflowing with dark energy.

After finishing off the opponent, he immediately used "extraction" to seal this evil crystal in the essence, and prepared to reserve it for the uncorrupted red dragon egg.

Suddenly, a faint shadow solidified behind him.

Sensing the alarm from the purple dragon's seal ring, Brian turned a blind eye.

Because in Salo's information, he already knew that there was a vampire killer in Angus' team.

Not only has he been on guard against the opponent, but he also prepared a luxurious death package for this undead creature with obvious weaknesses.

—— "Advanced Pyroblast!"

The moment the red-robed vampire killer condensed, he was about to wipe two daggers towards Brian's throat, when raging flames spewed out from his body.

The powerful air wave startled the vampire killer, and quickly transformed into a group of fist-sized bloody bats, ready to scatter and flee.

——"Psychic explosion!"

Brian had long anticipated the vampire's attack method. He concentrated, and with a single thought, the group of bats were briefly stunned in place.

"Lando!" He reminded immediately.

Lando, who had been waiting for a long time, had already reacted in time when the vampire killer appeared.

He quickly took out a large bottle of silver-colored liquid that Brian gave him in advance, and threw it into the blood bat group.

"boom!"

The moment the enchanted bottle was thrown into the air, it burst open automatically, and dense silver holy water poured down.

"what!!!."

In the spacious hall, there was an extremely shrill scream suddenly.

The screams were so miserable that even the few mercenaries who had left the battle couldn't help but look sideways.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Bryan's psicrystal immediately took over, excitedly stretching out his chubby little claws, quickly controlling the volley sword that had been smeared with holy water in advance, and among the bloody bats that billowed thick smoke, a series of crackling swords flashed Light.

- "Burning Hand!"

With a wave of Brian's staff, hot cone-shaped flames spewed out.

The vampire killer, who had been corroded by the high-concentration holy water until only his bones were left, turned into a pile of ashes before he could even see his true face clearly, and he couldn't die anymore.

After the battle, Brian gave Lando a thumbs up with a smile, and was about to assist the dragon vein warlock Salo to clean up the remaining soldiers, when a portal suddenly appeared, and the figure of Balleris appeared in front of him.

"boom!"

The black guard Angus, who was still moaning softly, was thrown to the ground by Baleres.

"Fortunately, he still has his breath." The old sword master looked at the black guard on the ground, bowed slightly to Brian, and said respectfully.

Brian looked down and saw that the full body armor of the leader of the Zhentarim was torn to pieces by a sharp sword, his chest was bloody and bloody, and his exposed heart could be vaguely seen.

This guy has been able to persist until now, entirely because of his strong will and strong physique.

However, even if he doesn't make up the knife now, the opponent will die within a few minutes.

With a wave of Brian's staff, the opponent's life was harvested.

As the battle in the hall came to an end, the last black guard who was seriously injured ran desperately towards the gate.

As soon as he got to the door, the door burst open.

With a smile on his lips, Puranda, the deputy head of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group, held two scimitars that were still oozing blood, and rushed into the hall first, followed by more than a dozen mercenaries full of evil spirits, all holding long handles and heavy weights in their hands. ax.

The black guard was decapitated by two axes while howling.

"My lord, according to your instructions, the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Group has cooperated with Zander to open the gate and occupied the entire castle." Ranger Puranda immediately reported the situation to Brian.

Bryan nodded slightly, and said to everyone, "Leave 50 people to clean up the battlefield, and the rest will blockade the entire town. Graal, after dawn, you call all the slave owners and merchants in the town to the Rock Bunker. If there are any disobedient ones, Shoot or kill!"

"Lando."

He looked at the young warrior beside him, and confessed to him: "Hang the prepared Zilong banner on the city wall, and tell everyone that Mokou Town will always belong to the territory of the Kingdom of Cormyr."

(End of this chapter)