Arcane Journey

Chapter 167 Despicable Saza and Terror Mogan

According to the instructions of the Harper scout, Brian came to the back garden of the temple.

An iron fence covered with ivy surrounds the garden.

He winds along a dirt road among scattered trees, flowers and stone benches.

When he came to the center of the garden, he found that it was more like a fitness field, with various weight irons, wooden poles and heavy sacks scattered on the ground.

Then, he noticed a sturdy gray-bearded dwarf holding his head in his hands, squatting profusely with sweat, and a burly and strong barbarian was playing a tug-of-war with an animated tree man.

At the same time, there is also a vigorous moon elf, holding a chain in his hand, doing rope skipping exercises.

He couldn't help thinking back to the intel exchanged with the Harper scouts.

Under the guise of one of the elven sisters, Azieltha, the green hag Vile Saza uses the garden as a place to exercise and torment guests with physical training.

The trees in the garden are animated trees under her control, which she uses to aid in her workouts and to protect herself when attacked.

Any guest who comes to this back garden can voluntarily participate in the hag's exercise.

If someone looks weak or skinny, Vile Sazza will be the first to single them out and try to prod them into joining.

"Strength is the only thing that is respected." Alzisa, the golden elf transformed from the green hag mean Saza, said to everyone who was exercising:
"What I despise the most is the weak. If someone can complete all three of my trainings, then under the witness of Sune, I will let him taste the gorgeous and violent sports produced by the flesh tonight."

This is a strong golden elf with coppery hair. She wears a gorgeous breastplate and a red fur cloak, and she speaks with a confident and optimistic voice.

As soon as the words fell, the exhaustion on the faces of the squatting dwarf, the tug-of-war barbarian, and the jumping rope-jumping moon elf quickly faded away, and they worked harder like chicken blood.

"Oh, there's another guest." The golden elf Alzisa noticed Brian appearing, and quickly greeted him with a smile on his face.

At the same time, others cast hostile glances at him.

"Dear guest, are you also here for fitness?" Alzisa introduced the fitness and health services to Brian in a professional tone:
"You have to know that fitness can not only lose weight and remove excess body fat, but also increase muscle content and shape a perfect body. With a perfect body, you can enjoy pleasure, maintain a happy mood, and be happy Enjoy every day with your heart.”

Brian remained silent, pretending not to be interested at all.

"If you really want to exercise." The golden elf Alzisa obviously saw what he meant, and said with a smile on his face:

"As long as you complete squats, tug-of-war, and rope skipping, we will not only give you a bottle of hill power magic potion, but at night, we will also provide you with additional special services."

Of course Brian knew what the other party meant.

This green hag is nothing more than trying to drain every exerciser's physical strength through high-intensity training, and become slaughtered at night.

He pretended to think for a moment, then turned around and looked at the dwarf who was lying on the ground with all four feet in the air, as tired as a dog, smiled mysteriously, and said to her, "I'm not interested in these trainings of yours, because I have better skills." way of exercising, do you want to try it?"

"Oh?" The golden elf Alzisa raised her beautiful eyebrows and asked curiously, "What kind of exercise?"

"This kind of thing." Brian flipped his palms and showed him the gold-plated weapon on the barrel, with the muzzle pointing towards her head.

The moment the bright gold-plated muzzle pointed at Alziza's forehead, she quickly sensed an inexplicable danger and subconsciously wanted to dodge.

Unfortunately it was too late.

Brian lightly pulled the trigger, and eleven bolides, whizzing, shot towards her forehead.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!."

The scorching flame exploded in the hag's wail, and the heart-piercing scream was enough to pierce a person's eardrum.

Brian was about to throw the glowing silver holy water when he suddenly sensed a wave of teleportation spell floating in the smoke.

Being able to disappear in place so quickly through a teleportation spell, Brian didn't think it was a long-distance teleportation spell.

So he quickly looked around, searching for the other party's foothold.

Sure enough, he saw the figure of the green hag appearing next to a thick tree, and her appearance had changed into a hunchbacked image at this moment.

One of her arms was muscular, the other shriveled and atrophied.

She had catlike eyes and rust-red hair on her hair, hunched back, and arms.

Her fangs were indistinct in her anguished wail, which sounded like a snake-like hiss and screech.

The most eye-catching thing is that on her haggard and shriveled head, it was bloody and bloody by more than a dozen bolides, and the red and white things flowed down like a spring.

In this case, the other party did not die on the spot, and Brian could only secretly lament the tenacity of the hag's vitality.

The exercisers screamed in fright when they saw the hag with a terrifying face, dropped the fitness equipment in their hands, and ran wildly out of the garden.

Even the dwarf, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, jumped up from the ground and ran as if he had been drugged.

For a moment, his speed surpassed that of the barbarian.

However, just when they were about to escape from the scattered trees, flowers and stone benches along the only dirt road, the surrounding trees quickly came to life, the branches swept across, and slapped the dwarf who was running in the front with one blow, firmly blocking it. in their escape path.

Brian naturally ignored this group of people. The moment the hag appeared, his spell was ready, and a dozen shadow tentacles broke out from the ground and bound her tightly.

Afterwards, he threw an "Advanced Dispel Magic" to break through her defensive force field.

The astral construct, which had been waiting for a long time, flashed a sharp sword light, beheading the hag's broken head, ending her pain.

"Stay here and don't move around!"

After the battle, Brian immediately yelled at the fleeing guests, then took out his staff, and released flaming arrows one after another, cleaning up more than a dozen activated trees.

Seeing Brian's neat fighting style, everyone was terrified and kept silent, not daring to make a sound.

"Now you have seen it." Brian pointed at the corpse of the green hag Saza with his staff expressionlessly, and said to them:

"This is a temple occupied by hags. If you want to survive, stay here and don't run around. I will clean up these evil creatures."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the group of people and quickly set off to walk in the direction of the last hag.

Brian came to the lounge.

There are many cushioned chairs in this open room.

Soothing music and floral scents fill the air.

A bar occupied one corner of the room, and adjacent shelves were filled with expensive wines, spirits and baskets of fresh fruit.

Along one wall are two tables with scissors, scissors and bottles of nail polish for pedicures and manicures.

There are two young and beautiful staff members in the room, who are filling the cups of the resting guests from time to time.

From the surface, and from the service and guards outside the bathroom, Bryan could tell that they hadn't noticed that the other two hags had been killed by him.

After all, it was daytime, and this group of hags was not as harmonious as imagined. Usually, they only gathered at night to report their respective situations.

Thinking of this, Brian turned his gaze to the green hag horror Morgan next to the bar, and walked over calmly.

In disguise, the hag is Morgana, a tall, lanky moon elf with sleek black hair and gleaming sapphire eyes, focused on running the business of the baths.

"Dear guest, is there any dissatisfaction?" Seeing Brian approaching, she greeted warmly.

Her voice sounded hoarse and charming, "I have been observing you for a long time. You have been walking around the temple, but you have never found a service that satisfies you. Is this the case?"

After finishing speaking, she put her hands on her plump chest, and flung a seductive look at Brian provocatively.

"That's right." Brian looked at her thoughtfully and said with a smile, "As you said, you really don't have any satisfactory service here, so..."

He moved his eyes to places he shouldn't have seen, showing an expression you should understand.

"I see, you need special service." The moon elf Morgana chuckled, nodded knowingly, straightened up from the armchair, and warmly introduced to him:

"Then you have found the right person, dear guest, our special service here can bestow a magical favor on everyone."

"Really?" Brian immediately showed interest and said to her, "What kind of magical favor is that?"

"The magical favor here can increase physical strength and mental agility, or return you to youth." Moon Elf Morgana introduced: "If you want, we can even let you change your gender, race and Appearance. Of course, the premise of all this is that you can afford the price."

"Price is not a problem, as long as it can meet my requirements." Brian glanced at the surrounding environment, and found that there were many guards nearby, and it was obviously impossible to kill them as quickly as possible.

In this case, he can only choose to lead the other party to other places.

After all, hags are proud and conceited, and always feel that they are the smartest in the world, and everyone else is lowly and inferior creatures.

But despite this, they are willing to communicate with mortals as long as they are respected and obeyed enough.

During their long lifespans, hags have accumulated a large amount of information, which involves a wide range of information (local anecdotes, information about dark creatures, and even various magical knowledge), and in some cases, they even use it to communicate with other people. trade.

Because hags like to watch mortals commit suicide, it is very dangerous to trade with hags.

Such transactions often require the trader to compromise principles or give up what he loves-conditions that usually reduce the value of the knowledge a trader acquires.

Brian naturally knew that the so-called 'special service' was definitely related to this dark transaction.

Then, led by the moon elf Morgana, the two walked along the corridor of the temple to a studio.

After seeing Brian come in, the hag immediately closed the door cautiously.

Looking at the vigilant look on the hag's face, Brian faintly felt that she was more worried that the prey she got would escape or be snatched away by her companions.

A magical light illuminated the room, heavy curtains shaded the windows, and there was an oversized chair and a large ornate wooden chest.

"Honored guest." The moon elf Morgana took out a blank picture scroll from the large ornate box, spread it on the table, and said enthusiastically to Brian:

"Excuse me, how do you want to change, tell me all your thoughts, and I will complete a perfect painting for you, so that you can become the ideal appearance in the painting."

As soon as the words fell, Brian started directly without saying a word.

He raised his hand and pointed, and a howling flaming arrow galloped towards the hag's body.

The moon elf Morgana looked shocked, and a look of anger floated on her delicate face.

She raised her hand and slammed the table, and the magic runes around the wall were quickly activated, turning into a barrier like a curtain, blocking Brian's tentative blow.

"It seems that he is still an uneasy guest." The moon elf said to Brian coldly:

"Although any beast can frighten people, they have no idea that true fear is an elegant art. Don't worry, I will turn your clever insult into a most magnificent art."

While speaking, the moon elves also revealed their true colors.

It was a scrawny, pale creature with long black hair adorned with ornaments of bone and teeth.

The corners of her mouth were bent at an unusual angle because of a sneer, and her blood-red lips were covered with disgusting blisters and boils.

Brian wouldn't talk nonsense with her so much. When he entered the room, he sensed the defensive force field set up in the room, so he used a simple one-ring spell to test her.

Facing this pre-arranged defense, he didn't have any options. He quickly took out a small metal key and injected arcane energy.

——"Six-ring spell: tear the barrier!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Instant Spell!"

In the blink of an eye, the key came out of his hand and shot at a curtain-like barrier in front of the hag, tearing it open a crack.

Although the crack was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, for Brian, it was enough for him to release the spell and blast the opponent to death.

——"Supernatural Ability: Heart-Catching Gaze!"

The hag horror Mogan roared a word in a shrill voice, and his sickly pale pupils suddenly turned into terrifying black holes full of power.

——"The mind is blank!"

Brian quickly activated his psychic power, enhanced his will save, and easily passed the sleep, panic, and disease judgments attached to the hag's spell.

The hag didn't stop there, or her supernatural abilities were more likely to set the stage for the attack.

——"Spell-like ability: Finger of Death!"

She sneered, stretched out her skinny fingers, and shot a crimson ray at Brian.

Facing this kind of instant death spell, Brian had already prepared himself, and tore open a scroll of anti-death barrier to offset this fatal damage again.

——"Six-ring spell: anti-magic aura!"

At the same time, his spell was ready, and a circle of shining magical aura penetrated into the barrier that was about to close in front of the hag, wrapping around her body.

Immediately afterwards, all the magic around the hag became invalid, and even the defensive force field dissipated.

"Anti-Magic Aura" is somewhat similar to "Anti-Magic Field", but this spell is for enemies or creatures with magical properties.

All creatures covered by the "anti-magic aura" cannot cast magic, and affected creatures with magic cannot attack or use spell-like abilities.

At the same time, magic weapons cannot use the attached special abilities and become ordinary weapons, and all magic circles or force fields around them will lose their effect.

Of course, Brian's spell to attack the hag will also be invalidated.

But he is not worried at all, because he still has psychic powers.

Before the hag could think of a way to disarm the "anti-magic aura", he immediately concentrated on controlling the astral construct while releasing his attacking psychic energy.

After a while, the last hag also died in wailing.

Although he killed the hag cleanly, but in the process of releasing the psionic power, Brian also realized that his attack power was very lacking.

Thinking of this, he felt that when he arrived in Silvermoon City, he must find his psion companion and ask her to teach him a little more psionic power.

After all, in his eyes, this partner who inherited the spiritual power of Atas has almost mastered all the spiritual powers in six domains, from level one to level nine.

For him, it is simply a big encyclopedia.

After the battle, Bryan started looting as usual.

After a while, the half-elf monk contacted him through the communication stone.

"Mr. Brian, how is your side?" He asked first.

"The three hags have all been killed by me, and there are only some miscellaneous fish that have not been cleaned up." Brian said, "Where are you? Have you found those paintings?"

The messenger stone was shocked at first, obviously a little inconceivable that Brian could eliminate the three hags so quickly.

Then he obviously hesitated for a moment, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I found it, but this is the way to restore the curse. In short, I can't explain it clearly at the moment. You can come and take a look and you will understand the cause of the problem."

Brian was immediately aroused by the other party's words, so he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​cleaning up the miscellaneous fish and walked towards the location guided by the monk.

(End of this chapter)