Chapter 2442 (￣～￣) A bolt from the blue?
Two days later, Edkin, Simon, Holgai and Doric, who had gone to Icewind Dale to interrogate Fudge to obtain important information, finally returned to Neverwinter City after a long journey.
"!!"
"What?"
"You found the Lost Mines and burned the dracolich Dogothos?"
"you!"
"Did you also see the God of Dawn descend in person and eliminate Sammaster, the founder of the Dragon Cult?!"
Then, after tea and dinner, when Edkin and the four of them overheard what Annie had done in Vendulin and all kinds of bizarre 'encounters', of course they all exclaimed, their faces full of disbelief.
look.
"this……"
"We were still worried on the way back, but!"
"But you just solved the Dragon Worship Cult like this?"
Edkin still couldn't accept it.
You know, a few of them went to Icewind Valley and back again. After going back and forth for half a month, they barely got the idea that the Ser people might have some connection with the Dragon Worship Cult entrenched in Leilong Town.
important information, but in the end, a certain evil Queen of Neverwinter suddenly killed the founder of the Dragon Worship Cult and the most important Dragon Lich of the Dragon Worship Cult in the territory of Neverwinter City?
If they had known that the other party was so powerful, so auspicious, and could solve the big trouble that day by just going out to play, they would still have had to go all the way to Icewind Dale Prison, go to the 'End of Pleasure', drink the northwest wind, and have an affair with Fudge.
Do cunning guys compete with each other in a battle of wits and courage?
"Drogothos..."
"That's the ancient Black Dragon Lich. Have you burned such a terrifying existence?"
"And Sammaster, that guy is even more legendary than Dogothos..."
“Unbelievable!”
"I shouldn't have gone to Icewind Dale with Edkin. What have I missed?"
While the others looked shocked and disbelieving, Simon also muttered to himself in a daze.
He knew what that meant better than anyone else, and seemed to regret going to Icewind Dale with Edgyn instead of staying in Neverwinter with Anne to witness the kind of event that was great enough to record Faerûn's mistakes.
Of course, even he himself knew that even if he stayed in Neverwinter City, some bad little girl probably wouldn't take him with her if she went to play by herself?
"correct!"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"Also, those priests, the priests called Lord of the Morning?"
ヾ(⌒⌒*)
"There were hundreds of them, each of them a paladin like Uncle Henk, who went to besiege the Samat. In the end, they were beaten miserably. Many died, and only a hundred came back alive in the end.
Come on."
(^o^)
"And if they hadn't successfully summoned the God of Dawn in the end, and that guy named Lathander came, they would all have died!
(゜▽＾*)
Seeing how excited the four people in front of her were listening, Annie thought for a while and then recounted the exciting fighting scene she saw at that time.
Of course, she completely selectively ignored the fact that she was with the Samat at the beginning and that she sat back and watched the two groups fight.
(…)
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"It's not Samamat, it's Samaste!"
"He is a legendary magic master and a chosen one of Mystra. But I don't know why he went crazy and fell into darkness later."
When he heard that Annie even said the name of a legendary magic master incorrectly, Simon quickly corrected her.
After all, no matter what, no matter why that Sammaster fell to that point, Simon only knew that the other party was as legendary as his ancestor Elminster Omar, even if the other party did
The same goes for certain things that are not so respectable.
"Aren't they all the same?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Anne curled her lips and was a little unhappy, because, in her opinion, 'Samaster' or something like that was still too difficult to pronounce. It would be easier to remember the abbreviation of 'Samaster'?
"okay!"
"Dear Simon, I don't care about Samath or Dogothos. What I care about now is..."
"Annie!"
"Those hundreds of paladins like Hunk combined couldn't defeat that Sammaster, and most of them were killed by him. Is that true?"
"It must be fake, right?"
"What's so great about that guy?!"
After first asking Simon to stop, Holgay exclaimed and continued to look at Anne and confirmed.
Because she knows that the four of her, Edkin, Simon and Doric combined can't defeat Henk, and hundreds of paladins like Henk cannot defeat him together.
Enemies, she simply couldn't imagine them.
"Roughly the same?"
(`)
"Anyway, people have seen that some of the guys in that large group are indeed better than Uncle Hunk, and some are a little worse?"
(*^▽^*)
Although the strength of the pastors of the Lord of the Dawn that day was indeed uneven, Anne was still very sure about this.
"It can't be wrong, Holgai, you don't know, right?"
"As far as I know, the priests of the Lord of the Morning usually work part-time as paladins, and the powerful members among them are also qualified exorcists or demon hunters!"
"It's really easy for them to gather hundreds of priests from Lansendre."
Before Holgai could ask further questions, Simon explained and told what he knew.
"If it's Sammaster, there shouldn't be anything wrong!"
"Otherwise, the Lord of the Dawn would not have come in person."
"You think about it, is it possible to deal with a being who can bring a powerful god like Lansander, the Lord of the Dawn, to personally come and destroy him?"
"remember!"
"From now on, when you see a mage like Sammaster, the first thing you think about will always be to run away!"
"me too!"
"That's a person on the same level as my ancestor Elminster Omar, and to some extent even more terrifying?"
Then, Simon, whose face became more and more ugly the more he talked, gave serious instructions to Edkin, Holgay, and Doric, who were stunned after hearing this.
"Where's Hunk?"
"I think he has to hear these things!"
Holgai's face changed as she suddenly remembered something. Then, as a standard outspoken barbarian, who was simply called a 'brainless' barbarian, she naturally wanted to get Henk, the guy who usually plays a big role, to come too.
Listen.
She had no other intention, she just wanted to ask if the other party was also a paladin who believed in the Lord of the Dawn. If so, what would it be like after hearing that so many paladins could not defeat a mage?
expression?
"Stop looking for it!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"He and Fat Orange went to that Leilong Town and that Leilong Town and the Swamp of the Dead to investigate."
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"As for what to investigate, I have forgotten it!"
()hey-hey!
Anne answered confidently.
After all, she had just eaten and had a lot of fun that day, so when she was in a happy mood, she would naturally not take those boring things to heart.
Of course, the same won’t happen when you’re unhappy!
Anyway, this is: She, Queen Anne, doesn’t care about anything that she doesn’t care about, whether it’s important, unimportant, or very, very important?
(…)
(￢￢.)
"Is that so?"
"I should have gone to investigate the Serres' conspiracy and the Dragon Worship Cult."
Nodding, Edkin, who was slowly calming down, pinched his unshaven chin, which had not been shaved for several days, and analyzed it.
"only……"
"I don't know if the Dragon Worship Church will fall apart after the destruction of Sammaster and Dogothos?"
"What a pity. It would be great if there were more sources of intelligence!"
For the first time, Edkin regretted withdrawing from the Harper alliance, because if he was still a member of the Harpers, maybe now he could ask and ask the Harpers to help pay attention?
Of course, it’s too late to regret!
After all, his daughter Kira is now more than ten years old, and he himself has been separated from the 'Harper' for more than ten years. Although the other party has no intention of expelling him, it would be shameless for him to take the initiative to go back.
It's unlikely after all.
"You still want the Dragon Worship Cult to fall apart?"
"That's impossible!"
Fortunately, although the warlock Simon was not very capable, his knowledge reserve seemed to be very qualified. Therefore, under the gaze of everyone, he quickly sat up straight and told what he knew at the dinner table:
"It is said..."
"The organizational structure of the Dragon Worship Cult is very special. It is a different independent structure. The organizational leaders in each place are different, just like the different kingdoms and territories in Faerûn?"
"So, I can assure you that the death of those two people will definitely not affect the Dragon Worship Cult."
"and……"
"I think those two of them are not dead yet!"
As he spoke, Simon suddenly expressed a certain judgment of his with a solemn face and a solemn tone, which made Edkin, who had just been talking about the destruction of the dracolich Dogothos and Sammaster,
, Holgai and Doric were all shocked.
"??"
"not dead?"
Hearing this, Edkin and Holgai's faces froze, and then they looked at each other subconsciously.
"impossible?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
"that is!"
"Both of them were burned to ashes, how could they still be alive?"
Then of course Edkin and Holgai looked unbelieving, and loudly refuted Simon's speculation that they thought was simply impossible.
"I didn't say anything nonsense!"
"Liches are hard to kill!"
"unless……"
"You can find and destroy his phylactery!"
"But in fact, with just us people, even if their life boxes are thrown in front of us, we won't be able to destroy them!"
"So, I am sure that they will be resurrected in a short time in the future?"
First pointing at himself, and then at Ergan, Horgai and Doric who were listening attentively, Simon once again taught the three of them basic common sense that most official mages in Faerûn knew.
"certainly!"
"Although he is not dead, he is definitely not resurrected!"
"As for the specific time of their resurrection, I don't know. Maybe it will be a few years, maybe decades, or hundreds of years later?"
With his shoulders slumped, Simon first smiled and signaled the three of them to relax under the astonished and disbelieving looks on their faces, and then patiently and simply told him what he knew about the lich and the phylactery.
Liches are pure immortal creatures that do not need to eat, drink, or sleep. They are generally transformed into the form of lichs by mages after undergoing evil rituals, and possess all the memories and personalities of their lives.
The body of a lich usually does not carry the soul and consciousness of the lich, so it is no big deal even if it is burned to ashes.
Because the lich's true soul and consciousness will remain in an existence called a 'phylactery'. As long as there is no problem with the 'phylactery', the lich's skeleton or mummy's body can be replaced at will, that is,
Said - the lich can be resurrected at any time!
Of course, resurrection requires certain conditions, and some of the original things after resurrection, such as certain equipment and magic props, will definitely not be recycled. And the strength of the body is said to also affect the strength of the lich?
Simon didn't know exactly how. After all, he was still a young warlock, far from the level where he needed to study necromancy and wanted to transform himself into a lich to continue his 'existence'.
Anyway, he only knew that for safety reasons, almost all lichs would hide their 'phylactery' in a safe place known only to themselves.
And the lich's 'phylactery' can be any object, it can be a box, it can be a brick, it can even be a living creature or even an artifact?
What's even more exaggerated is that Simon has read in some documents that some lichs will even make it out of an inconspicuous stone in order to ensure that their only weakness, the phylactery, will not be found or destroyed.
Phylactery' and then throw it into the astral world?
Then there is the origin of the famous saying, "I don't even know where my 'life box' is, let alone my enemies."
"It took hundreds of years for him to be resurrected?"
"Aha!"
"Maybe I'll be dead by then!"
"Maybe you could dig up my grave, bring me back to life, tell me the news, and ask me five questions?"
After listening to Simon's words, Holgai, who knew that it would not be easy for the Lich to be resurrected, relaxed again and moved to look at Edkin teasingly.
"rest assured!"
"I will definitely be dead by then."
"However, when that time comes, I don't want Simon to resurrect me at all!"
"Don't dig my grave!"
With slumped shoulders, while rejecting Horgai’s ‘good intention’, Edkin also stated with certainty that people like them would definitely not live as long as mages!
"No matter what!"
"The legend of Sammaster's life is incomplete and mysterious. Most of the records about him were destroyed. He was a sinful guy!"
"I only know some fragments, and if it weren't for my grandfather, I'm afraid I would be just like you, not knowing some of his origins at all..."
"Actually, I'm as surprised as you are!"
"He actually still exists, and he still has a problem with the dragon lich Dogothos?"
Simon continued to tell some things he knew and sighed with Edkin, Doric and Holgai.
"Then what?"
"Annie!"
"What happened next?"
"yes!"
"any left?"
"Tell me quickly?"
After sighing with emotion, the four of them continued to eagerly ask Anne, who was slowly eating dinner, expressing that they wanted to know more.
"Then?"
(**;)
"Um……"
(O ^~^ O)
Anne was startled for a moment, then she blinked and tried to remember.
"Then……"
(~)
"Then I had a conversation with the Lord of the Dawn..."
(_)
"And then……"
(ー`ー)
"Are you sure you really want to hear it?"
()°
After thinking about it, Annie suddenly stopped when she thought of something important, looked at the four people who were waiting eagerly, and asked.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Edgin, Holgay, Doric and Simon didn't speak in a hurry, they just waited expectantly and signaled Anne with their eyes to tell Anne not to tease them at such a critical moment.
"And then……"
(**)
"They started to quarrel with him."
(^▽^)
"Then people thought he was a little annoying, so they burned him!"
(゜▽＾*)
Anne doesn't want to say more about how she did it specifically. Anyway, it's all in the past, and that Lathander was indeed burned by her, there is no doubt about it!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"!!"
"What?!"
"You, you burned the Lord of the Dawn?"
"No way?!"
The next second, as if they had heard something terrible, the four of them all opened their eyes in fear and stood up and exclaimed.
"What's so great about it?"
(ˇˇ)
"Isn't it just an incarnation? Just burn it!"
(ˇεˇ)
Anne curled her lips in dissatisfaction and glared at the four of them, thinking that the four of them were making a fuss and there was no need to be startled over such a trivial matter.
"Oh My God!"
"Now..."
"It's a big deal!"
However, what seemed like a trivial matter to Anne was like a bolt from the blue to Edkin, so much so that his face turned green and he began to think about whether to resign immediately or something.
"Ha ha!"
"here you go!"
"My Queen of Neverwinter, I have to admit that your tricks are much better than mine!"
"In comparison, I would rather let the people of our tribe know that I took you to dig our ancestral graves?"
Holgai, on the other hand, started laughing heartlessly after being surprised. He didn't know if he was frightened or if he was really nervous.
"..."
The druid girl Doric said nothing.
However, her frown and worried expression well explained her current mood.
"!!"
"Where are the priests? Were they burned too?"
However, unlike the three people's reactions, Simon thought for a while and hurriedly asked a more important question.
"of course not!"
()
"After burning that rude guy, they teleported back by themselves. How can we care about them?"
()
"I'm not familiar with them!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Anne thought that those people should have left after healing their wounds and collecting the bodies. After all, that place was not a good place.
"It's over!"
"This is just great!"
"Except for Ser and Sazastan, the Lord of the Dawn and his priests will not let us go easily!"
Simon couldn't help but lamented when he heard that Annie still didn't deal with it after doing that kind of thing.
He admitted that the bad little girl in front of him was indeed very strong and could cause trouble, but... what he couldn't figure out was how the other party could achieve the neutral and kind-hearted power of even the Lord of Dawn and Lian Lansander.
To the extent that all the gods are provoked and broken?
As he said that, he couldn't help but look at a certain troubled little girl with that weird look in his eyes, and then he really wanted to try the detection camp to see if the little girl in front of him was chaotic evil or chaotic.
Good, or chaotic neutral?
Otherwise, how could you do something so outrageous?
Burning their gods in front of countless priests, and then not killing people and silencing them afterwards, what are you doing with so many spells?
Therefore, Simon felt that maybe she might be more ill-intentioned than Holger, or even simply lack-sighted?!
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(ω)Monthly ticket~
Chapter completed!