Arcane Journey

Chapter 342 Ancient Stonehenge

Just outside the town of Shadow Valley in the northwest direction, there used to be the most powerful druid order in all of Faerun. They used to hold secret rituals here every year to strengthen the power of the forest.

However, until now there has been definite evidence that this druid order has been disbanded after the turbulent year.

Although the powerful druids who once belonged to the order occasionally return to visit this ancient clearing and ancient Stonehenge, no one has ever talked about the current whereabouts of the order.

This forest is located on the hillside to the north of the farmland belonging to Storm Silverhand.

There are countless huge and ancient stone pillars dotted in the forest.

These stone pillars were once engraved with magical words and magical symbols, but now they have become smooth as a mirror under the carvings of time and wind and sand.

The oak trees in the forest are covered with lush parasites, layer after layer, densely packed, which is amazing.

Even the local residents of the valley couldn't tell whether this phenomenon was due to the long-term haunts of the druids in the past, or because this place was originally suitable for the growth of parasites.

According to legend, in the Year of Shadows in 1358DR, when the followers of Silvanus, the god of nature, found the eastern wilderness of the Shadow Valley difficult to tame, they abandoned this increasingly prosperous valley and never lived in this once natural place. One of the centers of faith haunts the place.

What the residents at the bottom of the valley don't know is that the Druid Forest is a transmission node that has been little known for many years, that is, the area where the land magic nodes of the Faerun continent meet-in short, it is the transfer station of the portal.

Contrary to the distorted and chaotic space around the ruins of the Elminster tower ruins, the space here is very active, which can increase the teleportation efficiency of spellcasters by more than 50%.

Accompanied by a flash of light from the magic circle, Brian's figure appeared in the ancient stone formations in the Druid Forest.

The bleak moonlight fell down, casting jagged shadows on the Stonehenge.

This time he didn't run away in a hurry, but stood still and looked around.

Although this place has long been abandoned by the most powerful druid order in Faerun, whenever Brian is in the stone formations, he can always feel the free and natural breath in the air.

There is no doubt that the woods are full of natural forces.

After all, there are many secrets hidden in the ancient standing stones that even he does not know, some of which can even be used to help him fight the enemy.

"How is the plan going?" Azara walked out of the shadow of the stone formation with a vigilant expression, and beside him was a golden elf man with pale golden white hair.

This golden elf holding a thin-edged sword is exactly the elf sword mage Xavieril who was rubbed by a female bear in the dark region that Brian met in the Underdark.

As the vanguard of the Expeditionary Force on Evermeet Island, after he quelled the civil strife in the Highest Forest, he brought his own troops to Comanthor to support the newly appointed 'Crown Wearer', so as to restore the former capital of the Elven Empire: Mystery S Drorno.

Now, as the Zhentarim Society and the drow family invaded the Shadow Valley, the elf expeditionary army, who knew the truth of death and coldness, naturally came to support them with all their strength.

Among the elven reinforcements, the 'Wearer' Il Severi led the troops and the armed forces of Shadow Valley to resist the Black Hope Legion of the Zhentarim, and Severil was left alone by Brian to help him deal with it Prince of Shadows.

"Already hooked, ready to close the Internet cafe." Brian felt the spatial fluctuations of the Druid Forest through psychic powers, and said to Azara.

The reason why he risked his life to play a teleportation spell chase battle with the shadow princes in the valley of shadows was to confuse them and finally attract them all to this stone formation.

Although he doesn't know much about this mysterious stone formation, and it's impossible to use its hidden power to help him deal with the enemy, but he is not alone. His teammate Azala is the choice of the forest goddess Melika, as The goddess of the natural pantheon naturally knows how to mobilize the natural energy hidden in this woodland.

Azara nodded slightly, muttering a few divine incantations with a dignified expression.

In the bleak night, with the emergence of a little bit of divine light, the ancient forest gently swayed the bleak branches and leaves, making a rattling sound.

A group of pale green rays of light emerged, and amidst the trembling buzzing of the ancient stone circle, a distorted magic circle burst out suddenly.

At the same time, Agrela and the others who were chasing Brian on the other side stepped into the opened teleportation circle, and suddenly noticed that the magic circle seemed to be out of control, being dragged by a huge gravitational force, and sucked into it. In a vortex of terror.

Accompanied by shocking whirls, Agrela was surprised to find that her teleportation circle was forcibly distorted from the teleportation track, and came to a forest surrounded by Stonehenge.

Immediately afterwards, the four of them were thrown into the woods from a high altitude like garbage that had been thrown out.

Unluckily, Ecasia slammed into the hard boulder. If he hadn't reacted in time and disappeared instantly into a black mist, he might have really spilled blood on the spot.

Agrela, who stabilized her figure, quickly opened up the shadow field she had mastered, and carefully felt the changes in space and environment by detecting magic.

He suddenly discovered inconceivably that the natural energy here has become stronger than he imagined at some point, and the space is more flexible. As long as he has a thought, he can teleport himself away at any time.

But he did not choose to do this. The teleportation accident just now made him instinctively feel that if he really planned to escape through the teleportation spell, the consequences would be disastrous.

Agrela looked around calmly, motioned the other three to be vigilant, felt the intensity of natural energy, and said to the silent woodland:
"Is this the trap you have tried so hard to guide me into? If so, then I regret to tell you that your wish may really come true."

While speaking, he had already contacted Lamorak who was guarding the Shadow Tower, asking him to use the Eye of Arcana to assist him and investigate the surrounding situation.

"Really?" Brian led Azala and Severil out of the woodland, kept a certain distance from the four ghost princes, and said calmly, "I have to say, you are bigger than I imagined." Calm down, seeing your expression of winning, I couldn't help but retreat from the bottom of my heart."

Although he said so, he kept instructing Azara and Severil beside him in his mind to gradually activate this ancient stone circle one by one, trying to trap them all here.

Following the appearance of the three of them, Yada and Ecassia locked their vigilant eyes on them one after another. The Shadow Sword Saint Oripa, who has always been silent, even more unabashedly cast his murderous eyes on them. on Brian.

"It seems that you are doing well in the subject of self-knowledge." Agrila calmly received the information about this woodland from Ramolamo, while delaying time in a calm tone.

"However, you obviously haven't realized what it means to be overestimated. Do you think you can keep us here with two helpers? Although you have the support of Stonehenge, this four-on-three battle is not a big deal. What an advantage, but there is always an advantage. In this world, anyone should seize every bit of grace bestowed by the gods. I learned this lesson a lot in the shadow plane, and I will tell you now to show my sincerity .”

At the same time as he finished speaking, Agrila also had a detailed understanding of the surrounding situation. According to the information detected by Lamorac, he learned that in addition to disrupting the location of space transmission, this stone circle also hides With a huge force of nature.

However, with the disappearance of the Druid Order and the passage of time, the power that was once preserved by the God of Nature, Sivanus, is also slowly disappearing.

Therefore, in Agrela's view, it would be impossible to stop them with just the three of Brian and this stone formation.

Thinking of this, he immediately informed his three brothers of his information, and was ready to fight at any time.

"Then do I still have to thank you for your sincerity?" Brian was unmoved, and then showed a mysterious smile, "It's a pity that your honesty is useless, because I just learned the subject of overreaching in advance And I will let you preview it again."

As soon as the words fell, there was a slight rustling sound in the silent stone formation.

Agrela looked in the direction of the sound, and he saw an elegant gentleman in a black cloak coming out of the darkness, carrying a bundle of scrolls wrapped in black cloth on his back, two fist-sized structures Dressed up, a faint milky white light shone, floating around his body.

On the placket of his left chest, a unique pattern consisting of three mountain peaks and a moon-like silver ball of light is embroidered with gold and silver threads. Anyone who sees it will be impressed.

This naturally also includes the ghost prince Egrila and his three brothers.

"Brenners."

Agrela tried her best to calm down the shock in her heart, and said in the calmest tone possible:

"It's really surprising, my dear little brother, I knew there would be such a day, and I had imagined what kind of occasion this day would appear on, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, It caught me a little by surprise."

As he said, he really didn't expect that his younger brother would help the mage lord of Mokou Town to deal with them together.

Among Agrela's many brothers, apart from Rui Valan, the only ones that really made him afraid were De Soude and Brenas.

Because with the strength of Brenners, he can be completely involved, create a favorable space for Brian and others, and use the ability of the ancient stone formation to deal with the other three.

He forced himself to calm down, contacted Lamorak, and thought about a way to break the situation.

"I'm sorry to tell you, not only was I not surprised, but I also made sufficient preparations in advance." Brenners nodded slightly to Brian and the others, and looked at his four brothers, "As you think, I The purpose of coming here is to stop your plan, that's all, any blocker, I will regard it as my enemy."

While the two were talking, Brian immediately used the mind link to contact Myrcella who was guarding the tower. He knew that the current situation had become favorable to him. If Agrila wanted to break the situation, he would definitely use the power of the Shadow Tower , he must prepare in advance.

In fact, the appearance of Brenas was also an accident for him.

Just when he rescued Azara, he was thinking about how to break into the lich's lair with a headache, and whether to let Myrcella or Elder Haruah Arad rush over to help him, the little prince of the City of Shadows suddenly contacted After leaving him, while expressing Hirosawa's apology for missing the appointment, he was also willing to do his best to help him stop the Missing Lady's plan.

"Then you really have no conscience." Aigre stretched his hand to stop Yada who was about to answer, and said calmly: "You even unite with outsiders to bully your brother."

"Don't you feel that your behavior is excessive?" He met Breners' gaze and continued:

"It seems that you have completely forgotten who took you to escape from the floating city of Marsir in the mountains of the Gods Legion. You got a girl's belly big in the floating city, and she has five big hunks of arcane magic. Brother, they are looking for you everywhere in the Floating Void City, threatening to give you a castration spell, and then smear you with honey and throw it into the nest of dire bees."

"Also..." Agrila was chattering for time, complaining about Brenners' dark history, and at the same time was distracted and quickly communicated with Lamorac who was sitting in the tower.

"Well, has the investigation been clear?" he said to Lamorac.

"It has been investigated clearly." Lamorak replied, "The attack of the pulse cannon can ignore the distortion of the teleportation space, and this stone formation will not affect us."

"That's good. Are you sure you can kill the three of them at once?" Agrila secretly let out a sigh of relief, and glanced at Brian, Azala, and Severel abruptly.

"I'm not sure." Lamorac said: "The target is too far away. During the period of accumulating energy, such a big movement will definitely be noticed by the opponent in advance, unless you are willing to cooperate with me and control them for at least 2 seconds. I have confidence."

"Very good, please bring out my Shadowsteel Golem." Agrila nodded slightly, and said in a slightly cold tone, "Always be ready and follow my command."

Listening to Agrila complaining about Breners' dark history, Brian was naturally aware of the other party's intentions. Not only did he not stop him, but he was also secretly communicating with Myrcella.

"Bryan, be careful, I've locked onto the location of Sacross, the floating city." Myrcella, who was sitting in the wizard's tower, said in a worried tone, "A wave similar to a pulse gun is gathering in the ghost tower of the floating city." Power may be launched towards you at any time."

"I know." Brian nodded slightly, and said calmly:

"Since they want to play long-range strikes, let's have fun with him. We also prepare pulse guns to carry out long-range strikes against them at any time."

"Is it interesting to say this?" Breners interrupted Agrila's words, "You and I both know that these topics that are boring enough to make people fall asleep will not affect my mood at all. Don't waste your time. I But I have long been looking forward to finding an opportunity to fight against you."

"It seems that you can't wait for me to teach you a lesson." Agrela snorted coldly, "I have already seen that you are a person with a weight of 130, but you have grown a bone of 160. It is time Let you see..."

"Brenners, you let me down!" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yada. The second prince of Shadow City looked at his youngest brother indifferently, "Are you planning to help Outsiders, kill us here together, right? Just tell me, yes or no!"

"You think too much, my dear brother." Facing Yada's indifferent gaze, Brenners thought for a while, and then smiled at him, "If you know some truths, maybe you will change your views on some matters , and can understand whether what I am doing right now is correct or not.”

After finishing speaking, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he was conveying some message to Yada.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw that Yada, the second prince of the City of Shadows, stared wider and wider. In the end, he suppressed the impulse in his heart, looked at Agrila and the others with complicated expressions, and then looked at Brenners. In a low, hoarse voice, "Is that true, Breners?"

"This is what I saw with my own eyes, and there is absolutely no lie." Breners assured him, "Don't you know me yet?"

"Very good." Yada withdrew his gaze, then raised his head and glanced in the direction of the City of Shadows, and said with a gloomy face, "I will trust you one last time, and when Rui Valan comes back, I will personally find him to confirm the matter True or false, farewell!"

The Shadow Prince left a word, turned into a shadow without looking back, and disappeared from everyone's sight on the spot, making them all look confused.

Even Brian, who was discussing the details of the plan with Myrcella, was surprised by Breners' operation.

Unexpectedly, the little prince would help him eliminate an enemy who threatened him second only to Agrila with a few words, so that their next actions would be much smoother.

At this moment, Azara and Severil told him at the same time that the ancient Stonehenge had been successfully activated.

After hearing the news, Brian knew that the chatting time was over, so he gave the attack command without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)