Arcane Journey

Chapter 259 Banquet
As a time traveler, even though Brian could guess what would happen next, he was still terrified to hear it from the head of Arabe's 'intelligence agency'.

Because at this moment, he had just ended a dangerous orc war, and then faced a bigger challenge than this war.

He wasn't even ready for disaster to ensue.

This reminded Brian of the scene where he saved Sisaiah from the purple worm in the Underdark.

At that time, he thought that he could change many things in the Kingdom of Cormyr by relying on his status as a time traveler and the ability of Aohuo, which was comparable to cheating, so that the kingdom could continue.

Who would have thought that as Mokou Town was gradually getting on the right track, he, a little butterfly flapping its wings, had unknowingly set off a storm.

If it is said that the Dragon Worship Cult and the City of Shades have formed an alliance in advance, and the devils in Baator Hell have reached a cooperative relationship with the plan of the five-color dragon queen in advance, there are still traces to follow.

Then for the Stormhorn Mountains, the 'Great Sage' of the Orcs.

This battle shaman whose strength reached the middle legendary level, who would not appear until at least five years later, led a rejuvenated orc army to invade the Kingdom of Cormyr ahead of time. He couldn't even guess what caused it.

He wanted to scratch his head, but he couldn't figure it out. This orc great sage, who was called the "old six" by their players, was the first to come out of the Horn of the Storm mountain range, waiting for his opportunity.

Otherwise, Cormyr would at most lose a king.

But the current situation is that all the towns in the entire Forest of Kings area have been destroyed by the orcs.

Brian sighed deeply. Whether it was remorse, helplessness or exhaustion, or other emotions mixed in it, I'm afraid even he himself couldn't figure it out.

The only thing he knows is: when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up.

He didn't answer Hisaiah's question, and he didn't reply to the head of the intelligence agency, Ke Fulier, what he was thinking at the moment. Instead, he turned around slowly and looked down at Longhu from a high position.

He needed to sort out his chaotic thoughts, and figure out how to fight against the third counterattack of the City of Shadows.

Brian learned from Cavlier that Comanthor of the ancient elf king's court, Far Mountain City, Zhentalin Society, dark elves, and demon-born elves of the Purgatory family united to defeat the elf expedition from the island of eternal gathering. Army, continue to march towards the throne of the holy Cormanthor.

This news has little impact on the current situation in Mokou Town, but in the long run, it is related to the battle for the magic net between Shar, the goddess of night, and Mystra, the goddess of magic.

Therefore, he specifically asked the female lord of Arabey to help him find out about Comanso.

Because if the coalition forces of the dark forces really occupy Comanthor's Myth Dranno, it means that in the battle for the magic net, the goddess of magic will be completely at a disadvantage.

Regarding the power over there, Brian naturally couldn't change it. He could only pray that a certain master who was hidden in Myth Draenor and who claimed to be the most skilled in magic could turn the situation around.

After all, if the normal trajectory of the timeline is followed, this boss not only helped the Elven Expeditionary Army defeat the dark forces, but also allowed the elves of Yongju Island to gain a foothold in Comanthor, known as: the year of elf revival.

If it is said that the matter about the Elven Expeditionary Army has little effect on Brian, then the next few pieces of news that Cavelier told him will directly make him unable to sit still, wishing he could tear open the portal now and return to Mokou town.

First of all, the ghost mage troops led by the first and second princes of the ghost city defeated the coalition forces of the sea races represented by the loka fish in the falling star sea, and let the floating city Sacross, which had been lost for dozens of centuries, successfully fly in the sky. Sky.

Meanwhile, a high priest of the Lost Lady Shar, assisted by a traitor to the Sembian royal family, performed a vast dark ritual to summon a horde over the capital of Sembia, Cormyr's eastern neighbor. Interdimensional rift.

Countless creatures from the shadow world poured into the capital of Sembia, destroying this large city with a population of nearly 20. Most of the residents were killed in this disaster, and they were resurrected as an army of undead, sweeping away and conquering the entire city. Kingdom of Sambia.

There is no doubt that their next target is Cormier.

Because there is still a lack of a ceremony that is the same as the capital of Sembia before tearing the magic net, and the location of the ceremony was located by the priestesses of Shar in the city of Tivanton, east of Mokou Town.

The fundamental reason why the ghost princes of the ghost city and the priests of Shar were able to cause such a terrible disaster unscrupulously was that a team of assassins and shadow sages led by the supreme king Telamant Tanshur personally sneaked into the city. Shadow Valley attacked the mage tower of Elminster, the goddess of magic. The old man, known as the strongest wizard among mortals, was defeated and disappeared with serious injuries. He never appeared in front of the world again.

In fact, the voters of the Goddess of Magic knew about the attack immediately, but they couldn't rush to support them as usual.

Because all the teleportation spells to Shadow Valley are invalid.

In the end, Elminster's wizard tower became a pile of ruins.

Although another ranger elector of the Goddess of Magic named Dove Hawkhand, and her husband, Florin, an elector of the Forest Goddess Melikai, immediately took their fans with them when the teleportation spell failed. Knights of S Dranno, go to support as quickly as possible.

However, when they reached Misty Vale, they were attacked by two other Shade Princes, and most of them died in the ambush.

Vatik, one of the twin ghost princes, died in this battle with the goddess of magic, Dove Hawkhand, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Afterwards, the supreme military commander of the Zhentarim Fortress Zhentil Castle personally led the army to occupy the Shadow Valley, and the dark elf army from the Underdark also took the opportunity to rush out of the surface and occupy the Twisted Tower inside.

So far, Comanthor of the elves and Sambia Kingdom of humans have all fallen into the hands of the dark forces.

As for the valley to the northeast of Tivanton, except for the Misty Valley, many areas such as the Spike Valley, the Battle Valley, the Scar Valley, and the Deep Forest Valley were all occupied by the army of the Ghost City.

The reason why Misty Valley alone did not suffer the same fate is that all the electors of the Goddess of Magic who tried to support Shadow Valley gathered here.

Not only that, the forces from the Harper Alliance, the Ranger Organization of the Northland, the Church of the Moon Goddess Sulun, and the people from the Elven King's Court all joined forces to try to use the Misty Valley as a base to resist the invasion of dark forces.

Bryan knew that once Misty Valley was occupied by the City of Shadows, it would directly threaten the city of Tivanton in the Kingdom of Cormyr.

If we follow the timeline, Misty Valley did fall, and Tifington was not spared, and also fell into the footsteps of the capital of Sembia.

The failure of Hajhorna's actions against Araby City and Mokou Town, the City of Shadows is likely to use the floating city of Sacross to fly in the sky again to complete its revenge.

This is what worries him the most right now.

If he was really beaten by the floating city, then he would not only face the army of the ghost city, but also the mage tower built by the ghost princes on the floating city, and he would hardly have much advantage.

That's why he thinks that compared to the disaster from the City of Shadows, the orc war that just ended is nothing short of child's play.

Of course, compared to these bad news, the head of the intelligence agency also brought him some good news.

Just as he expected, although the dragon cult's Dragon Maniac experiment was successful, its influence cannot be compared with that of Sammaster, the creator of the dracolich, so much so that it caused most of the giant monsters. Dragon hostility.

And because Severin was seriously injured and fled in Araby City, the Dragon Well, the headquarters of the Dragon Cult in the Sunset Mountains, including the Dark Fort they occupied, all became low-key.

"Thank you for bringing me the news in a timely manner." Brian came back to his senses, turned and said to Cavrill, "Please tell Miss Myrcella that I will return to Mokou Town soon."

"It's my duty, farewell!" Cavelier dropped a sentence neatly, and disappeared into a shadow.

"Are you leaving now?" Hesaiah came to Brian's side, and asked a little uneasily with mixed emotions in her beautiful silver-gray eyes.

"No hurry." Brian's frown gradually opened, and he shook his head slightly.

Although many things fell on his mind, which made him feel a lot of pressure, his mentality was not as bad as he imagined, and he knew the truth of too much.

After all, frowning doesn't solve any problems.

"What I promised you, I will naturally not break my promise." He looked into Hesaiah's eyes, gave her a reassuring look, then smiled, and left side by side with her.

On the evening of the second day after the memorial service, Bryan came to the banquet hall of the Suzar palace.

As soon as he entered the hall, he clearly felt the eyes of many nobles on him in an instant.

This is conceivable, after all, in this orc war, he was not only the supreme commander of this battle, but also won the war.

His constructed army and the mage tower released the magic pulse cannon on the ancient green dragon, which turned the whole battle situation even more.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most dazzling wizard genius rising in the Kingdom of Cormyr. Some people have even started to secretly discuss what kind of reward this young mage lord will receive.

However, that was only for a moment, and then the nobles withdrew their gazes one after another, and began to talk eagerly.

At this moment, the banquet has not started yet.

The nobles were all chatting and waiting in the hall, but no one came up to chat with Brian, and he had no intention of joining those noble circles.

Although nominally speaking, he is indeed a member of the nobles now, but in the name of the pioneer of the Zilong seal ring, he has an extra title of lord, without a real title, and he doesn't even have a family name.

Moreover, it was Brian's first time stepping into the city of Suzal, and he was not very familiar with these nobles.

He has been busy running his own territory all the time, so naturally he doesn't have the time and leisure to invite those nobles to visit his territory to connect with each other, let alone visit them for tea and chat from time to time.

Therefore, even if some nobles wanted to make friends with this outstanding mage lord, they would have to give up because the two parties were not familiar enough.

Not to mention, when Brian brought Hesaiah into the city of Suzal for the first time, he broke into the prime minister's mansion by force, and many people saw that he was a tough and dangerous character.

He faintly regarded him as the opposite of Susar's post-party forces.

For the shrewd aristocratic group, it is best not to act rashly before such a person has figured out his hobbies and positions, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Because of this, although many nobles wanted to communicate with him, they chose to keep a distance from him cautiously in the end.

For this situation, Brian was also happy to see the results, and did not get angry because he was ignored.

On the contrary, he enjoyed the quiet time.

At this moment, he was far away from the crowd, leaning against a relatively remote corner of the hall, closing his eyes and meditating, while the only person following him was the red dragon Argotus in human form.

Although this is a very serious occasion, the performance of this fat house red dragon is not serious at all.

In Mokou Town, what this guy likes most is excitement and delicious food. It is not lively here now, and the banquet has not started yet, let alone delicious food.

So, Argotus simply lay down on a bench next to him like a puppy, with his head resting on his folded hands, and fell asleep soundly.

This appearance doesn't look elegant, but fortunately he is in a remote corner, and not many people find it.

Even if someone saw it, they would just smile helplessly, and would never touch the moldy head of a giant dragon because of such a trivial matter.

In the war with the orcs, all the participants knew that the mage lord of Mokou Town raised a fat red dragon, which not only killed an adult green dragon, but also killed nearly a third of the orcs' pterosaur cavalry with one breath. .

As long as you are not a fool, you can tell from Argotus's human body that the other party is an adult red dragon.

As time passed by, more and more nobles came to the hall, including some famous nobles, and everyone gradually gathered around and began to chat with those nobles.

Brian opened his eyes, leaned against the wall, looked at the nobles, and frowned slightly.

He could see that these people were happy and grateful for the end and victory of this war.

But for him, it didn't make him happy at all.

When the floating city of the ghost forces weighed on the heart of the Kingdom of Cormyr, few people would be able to laugh.

He didn't know if Hesaiah was a good ruler, let alone what would happen to her people?
After all, he was still counting on the Kingdom of Cormyr to lay a solid foundation for his march into the Ennook Desert.

If Hesaiah is willing, he even intends to make the magical civilization of the Kingdom of Cormyr flourish and gradually transform into a magical kingdom, which is not impossible.

Thinking of this, Brian felt that it was necessary for him to guide her before he left Suzar.

Accompanied by the sound of beautiful music, everyone in the banquet hall stopped talking one after another. They turned around and stared at the front with serious expressions.

Under everyone's gaze, the white and thick gate inlaid with golden patterns slowly opened, and then, the figure of Hesaiah appeared in front of everyone.

Walking on the red carpet, the Prince Regent was wearing a long white and flawless dress. The flowing golden lines shone with a hazy brilliance. Through the translucent veil at the hem of the slit skirt below, one could clearly see her slender two legs. beautiful legs.

Her long brown-red hair was carefully braided and then let down. From a distance, her white dress was very close-fitting, and her beautiful figure like flowing water was perfectly displayed.

The dress has no collar, and the bare shoulders are as white as snowflakes, and the jade neck is fragrant, which is extraordinarily dazzling under the faint light.

Her lips were also painted with cherry-colored lip makeup, which complemented her white cheeks very well, and her silver-gray eyes were as bright and charming as ever, so pure that they seemed to be able to suck Brian's soul away.

In Brian's view, Hisaiah is an impeccable work of art.

She walked over quietly, which actually gave him a wonderful feeling that he couldn't recognize her at all, but he knew every detail of her body parts clearly.

(End of this chapter)