It was still the same sleigh pulled by several snowfield horses and speeding across the ice field. Edkin, Simon, Holgay and Doric left without stopping after obtaining the important information.
After arriving at Icewind Dale Prison, we are now heading towards the Far North Path along the 'Iron Road'.
Speaking of which, it was only then that they discovered that traveling on the ice sheet was much faster than traveling on ordinary grasslands and roads?
Therefore, in three days at most, they can successfully reach Luskan City at the intersection of Black Beach, and then turn south from Luskan and follow the highway past Zhongbei Port to the city of Neverwinter!
If you take a carriage all the way, it will take up to a week to return to Neverwinter City?
At this time, since they were already tired of seeing the ice and snow and the howling cold wind in the northern part of Icewind Valley, when they returned, of course, no one of the four had the heart to open the window and look outside. The four of them just
They were curled up in the carriage, each wrapped in a blanket and taking a nap or daze.
"Why!"
"It's so hard to be on the road like this..."
"Simon!"
"How great would it be if there was a spell that could directly teleport back to Neverwinter?"
I don’t know how long I stayed in the speeding and slightly swaying carriage. Maybe it was a day, maybe it was half a day. In short, the Druid girl Doric, who was dozing on Simon’s shoulder, suddenly stretched out and
He opened his mouth and sighed softly.
"ha?"
At this time, Holgai, who was leaning against Edgin, was awakened by Doric's sigh, and then he joked with a smile:
"You'd better stop thinking about it!"
"Didn't Simon say that?"
"The farthest distance of his teleportation staff is only half a mile. It can only allow us to pass through some rugged roads or cliffs. Do you still want to teleport directly back to Neverwinter City?"
"Dream!"
"That is absolutely impossible, there is absolutely no such magic!"
However, judging from her sharp tone and hearty laughter, it is very possible that she never fell asleep at all?
"wrong!"
"Holgay, that kind of magic actually exists!"
However, before Doric could say anything, Simon spoke first and retorted:
"In fact, there are many long-distance teleportation spells or portals, and they can easily bring us back to Neverwinter City."
"There are even teleportation spells that can transcend planes!"
"You should have heard of the ancient Netheril Magic Empire and the story of the 'Lost Seven Gods', right?"
"I have read a book, and there is such a content in it..."
"On the eve of that ceremony, the arcane archmage Xia Duo was absent. He took his entire city and fled into the Shadow Realm?"
"He used some kind of extra-dimensional teleportation spell to take him and an entire city away. That's the power of the Arcane Archmage!"
"Later, it was because of that ritual that the goddess of magic was created, that is, the mysterious lady performed the ritual on behalf of Shado, and then the entire Netheril Magic Empire collapsed and was destroyed by that failed spell."
When talking about the Magic Empire of Netheril and the 'Lost Seven Gods', Simon couldn't help but sigh and admire them.
It can be said that the arcane masters of the Netheril Magic Age have completely reached the level of gods and ascension to gods, which is something that low-level wizards like Simon and others will always be out of reach!
In Simon's opinion, the great arcane masters of that era should have almost the same mana and destructive spells as the so-called gods. The only difference may be that they do not have the 'divinity' and 'immortality' of the gods.
Just ability?
"so?"
"That is to say..."
"Our little Annie from Neverwinter, maybe she also has that kind of ability?"
I think of a bad little girl who is known as the most, most, most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful arcane archmage, and think of their Queen of Neverwinter, Huo Huo, who only knows how to play all day long.
Ergai suddenly sat up straight and continued to ask Simon.
"Then I don't know!"
"But since she can easily suppress Sofina, I think it should be possible."
"Anyway, you have also seen her little bear Tibbers. The giant dragon Hibberchard can be defeated easily. And with such an exaggerated magic pet, I believe her ability must be far stronger than it, right?"
"But I don't know the specifics. It's not like you don't know. She seems to rarely use spells."
"Besides, I was not present when she suppressed Sofina. I have no idea what kind of magic she used."
As he spoke, Simon slumped his shoulders and did not continue.
Anyway, he only knows that the mages who dare to call themselves and have the title of 'Arcane Archmage' are all very, very extraordinary existences. Each one of them is a legend, which he currently dare not look up to.
"There's no need to discuss this matter anymore, right?"
"Annie is already very strong!"
"I told you when I first met you, but you just didn't believe me!"
At this time, Doric also spoke next, and refuted Holgai and Simon's words with some dissatisfaction, saying that the matter did not need to be discussed further.
"Instead of talking about those, why not talk about something else, such as..."
"What is the Dragon Worship Cult?"
"Simon?"
"Tell me?"
Then, after seeing that no one refuted his point of view, Doric thought for a while, then looked at Simon and asked with interest.
"this……"
"Although I do know about the Dragon Cult, I think Edkin should know better than me?"
"Right?"
"As far as I know, the Harpers have often had conflicts with the Dragon Cult in recent years!"
Surprisingly, Simon, who always had the title of 'know-it-all' in the team and knew almost everything, did not rush to answer this time. Instead, he looked at the man who was wrapped in a blanket and leaning silently on the side of the car without saying anything.
Edkin asked what he was thinking about.
"??"
"Edkin?"
In this regard, Holgai and Doric were indeed surprised when they heard Simon's words, so they also turned to look at Edkin.
"..."
Edkin looked at the three of them, but did not answer in a hurry. Instead, he frowned slightly and pondered.
"Yes."
"Simon is right!"
"Back then, when I was still a member of the 'Harpers', I did have lots of dealings with the undead mages from the Dragon Worship Cult!"
"They are no more trouble-free than the red-robed wizards!"
"Anyway..."
"The Dragon Worship Cult is a notorious cult organization. They are accustomed to pursuing the power and wealth of dragons through various unjust means."
"It is said that their leader is a guy named Sammaster?"
"He believes that dragons will eventually rule the world and then tries to achieve some evil goal by awakening the evil dragon god?"
"In addition, the Dragon Worship Cult also has some famous members, such as the dark witch Mansun and a certain green dragon incarnation, etc."
"Anyway!"
"That is a secret organization composed of evil dragons and humans. They gain power and wealth by worshiping and enshrining dragons. They are not easy to deal with at all!"
"At that time, what we 'Harpers' always found strange was that the Dragon Worship Cult actually deliberately dispersed the sect into different independent organizations. They did not govern each other but were moving towards a common goal?
"
"correct!"
"Their symbol is a flame with eyes burning on a dragon's claws, which is very easy to recognize!"
"Then, we did hear that there was a grassroots organization of the Dragon Worship Cult in Leilong Town. However, given that the place was a border area and the relationship with the Swamp of the Dead, the situation there had always been complicated, so at that time
The Harpers have been inactive."
"As for how the Dragon Worshipers colluded with the Serres, and why Sazastan got mixed up with the Dragon Worshipers, I don't know."
"After all, I've been away from the Harpers for a long time, more than ten years, and I don't know what's going on now."
At this point, Edkin smiled bitterly, and then did not continue.
"Simon!"
"Do you know who Sammaster is?"
After listening to Edkin's words, Holgay thought about it and suddenly asked Simon.
"of course I know!"
"That's a legendary archmage who was once a chosen one by the goddess of magic, Mystra. He's as legendary as my ancestor Elminster Omar!"
"However, his story is too long. I probably couldn't finish it in three days and three nights. And I don't remember some of them very clearly. I will tell you again when I have the opportunity."
"I didn't know he was still active, it's unbelievable!"
Simon hesitated for a while, then finally shook his head and did not continue.
Because he knew that if the matter was really related to the Dragon Worship Cult and that 'Sammaster', then things would be terrible.
Coupled with the addition of Naser's Sazastan, he just felt that the hair on his hair stood on end, and he felt a shuddering fear.
Fortunately, their city of Neverwinter is not very weak. They also have a dragon (although it is a bit puffy?) and an arcane archmage (although she looks a little unreliable?) plus the legendary Hunk.
Paladins, a lot of wealth and soldiers, so Simon felt that he should be able to make do with it.
Otherwise, he would probably have to propose that Edkin, Doric and Holgai run away with him now.
…
When Edkin and others were riding in the sleigh and carriage all the way south, Neverwinter City, they were just talking about a terrible thing...
...The most powerful arcane archmage is no longer in the city, but is having fun in a border area south of the Neverwinter Forest!
Just as Simon, Doric and others said, Anne can indeed teleport over long distances. Therefore, no matter where she goes to play, she can usually go back to sleep at a fixed time at night. Then
There won't be any problems at all.
However, just like Simon and others, the maids and guards in Neverwinter Castle had never noticed that she had used spells in front of everyone. They all just thought that she was somewhat elusive, and her whereabouts were similar to that of the supposedly very powerful person.
A very strong force is also very mysterious?
Of course, none of those things matter!
"Huh huh huh..."
(｀)
For Annie, as long as she can enjoy the pleasure of playing freely, what others think does not matter to her.
Speaking of which, ever since she became the Queen of Neverwinter, she seems to have been closely monitored by that Henk and Uncle Edgkin. They bother her with trivial things every day, and they also find people to ask and search for her every day.
His whereabouts troubled her greatly!
But now, that paladin, Uncle Henk, took that 'fat orange' dragon to perform a certain mission. I don't know where he is now, while Edkin and the others went to Icewind Dale to drink.
The northwest wind has gone, so that no one will bother her anymore. It feels so uncomfortable!
then!
Unknowingly, Annie came to the Sword Mountains area in the south, which was already the southern border of her Neverwinter City territory. As long as she crossed the Sword Mountains, she would reach Red Pine Town, which was the territory of Waterdeep.
Although it was not impossible to go to other people's sites, since Annie had not even finished visiting her own site, she naturally put it in the backup options, and then prepared to see if there was some interesting dungeon cave or something nearby.
of.
"Hello!"
(ω)
"Tibbers, tell me, where can there be an entrance like that around here?"
|ω`)
Anne, who was riding on Tibbers' shoulders, began to look around.
Although she could obviously use the direct scanning method, she just didn't use it. She just liked the stupid way of searching and the pleasant surprise when she found it.
Remembering that Uncle Henk had taken her and Uncle Edkin into the dungeon world from a certain entrance in the Jiuyuan Forest south of the Sword Mountains, so Anne felt that the sword she was dangling was
There must be a cave or passage in the underground city somewhere north of the mountains?
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have one. The worst case scenario is that she can teleport it directly, or simply explode one?
There was nothing that could be done about that kind of thing. Who told her that she had been sleeping all the time and couldn't remember the specific location of the entrance to the underground city in the Jiaoyuan Forest south of the Sword Mountain Range?
(…)
(●￣￣●)
(However, Tibbs felt that it was useless even if he was not asleep... because, if he did not use other means, just using his eyes and memory, Tibbs himself would not guarantee that he could still find the original male human Hunk.
The secret dungeon entrance they found, not to mention a bad little master who often gets lost.)
"Eh?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"Why are there voices in the front? Who is fighting?"
(°ー°〃)
However, while she was wandering, Annie suddenly heard bursts of shouting and the sound of weapons clashing in front of her, and there was even some kind of magic wave from casting a spell?
Then, feeling a little strange in her heart, she couldn't help but quickly stood on Tibbers' shoulder and looked into the distance.
"ah!"
(￣ε￣*)
"It turns out it's a group of undead that are causing trouble!"
(′～`●)
Then Annie soon discovered that there seemed to be a small town in the distance?
As luck would have it, a group of undead seemed to be attacking the town there. As for how they came and how the two sides started fighting, Anne still had no idea.
What's even more unfortunate is that that small town seems to be her territory of Neverwinter?
Thinking about it, I wasn't sure. Of course Anne reached out directly, opened a small portal, grabbed a certain map from a desk in the meeting hall of her Neverwinter castle, and spread it out carefully.
He started to take a look.
"Um……"
(_)
"The town of Phandulin? The mine?"
(ー`ー)
"what?"
(**;)
"Why is there another report here? When was it?"
()
While opening the map, Annie unexpectedly discovered that there was a report document that she had captured along with the map, and she didn't know who put it there?
As for why the document was placed in the conference hall and no one dealt with it, it is not surprising.
Because Anne was not at home, Uncle Hunk was not here either, and Uncle Edkin and the others went to Icewind Dale to drink the northwest wind and never came back, so the files that no one was handling were naturally left behind.
"No matter, let's take a look first!"
o(*^*)o
Anyway, they were all captured, so Anne spread out the document while spreading out the map, and quickly saw what it said...
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Her Majesty the Great Neverwinter Queen:
Five hundred years ago, the dwarf clan and the dwarf clan signed the famous 'Fandulin' Agreement. This contract allowed them to share a certain rich mineral resource under the Sword Mountains. It is reported that the mineral deposit is also rich in powerful magical power.
.
Later, those human spellcasters who were allied with the dwarves and gnomes enchanted and transformed the minerals with magical power into powerful magic items. Because of those magic items, the nearby human town 'Fandulin' also
It was the golden age of the mine as it developed and expanded.
But later, when the orcs swept across the entire northern Faerûn continent and the Sword Coast, that mine was not spared.
At that time, a powerful and profit-seeking orc mage attempted to capture the mines to occupy the large amounts of magical minerals and treasures there. The human mages and their dwarf and gnome allies launched a bloody fight with the orcs in order to guard the mineral veins and enchantment factories.
That battle almost destroyed most of the mines, and the entrance to the underground world was also blown up. Only a few people survived and escaped.
Since then, the exact locations of the pits and veins have been lost.
For hundreds of years, the buried precious treasures and magic items have attracted a large number of treasure hunters to Fandulin, but unfortunately, no one could successfully find the lost mineral veins, and Fandulin also declined for a time.
But in recent decades, after Lord Neverember rebuilt Neverwinter, humans began to settle in that place again, and Fandulin became popular again.
More importantly: The Rockseeker Brothers, three dwarves are reported to have found the entrance to the mine from some ancient documents, and they are preparing to reopen that important mine.
For this reason, the leader of the three dwarves, the one named Gundron Rockseeker, came to the City Hall of Neverwinter and submitted a report, hoping to obtain financial and manpower support from Neverwinter City in searching for the lost mine.
In view of this, I have specially written this report and hope that Her Majesty the Queen will read and approve it as soon as possible.
…
——Secretary level two of Neverwinter City Hall, Hu Nanbi.
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"Alas!"
=(*)
"It seems like it really is someone else's territory!"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
If it wasn't her own territory, Annie might not necessarily want to meddle in other people's business. After all, the undead are not necessarily evil, and humans are not necessarily good. It would definitely be wrong to take action rashly without understanding what is going on.
.
However, if it is your own territory, the situation is completely different.
Since that town belongs to her, Queen Anne, and she, the Queen of Neverwinter, then she doesn’t care who is right or wrong!
All she knew was that the hundreds of undead that were besieging her small town must be wrong. If she said they were wrong, they were wrong. They were right and wrong, and there was no room for doubt!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"All right!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"Let's go!"
*.(^▽^*)*.
"Tibbers, let's go! Let's go over and take a look!"
-
(゜-゜)つ
Just like that, when I found that the situation there was getting worse, when I found that the small town, which was almost as big as the village, was falling into chaos and panic, and when I saw that a large group of undead were continuing to harass the village and attack the villagers,
Anne cheered without hesitation, patted Tibbs on the head and motioned for Tibbs to run over and see what was going on.
()
:Ouch!
Of course Tibbers wouldn't mind if there was a fight to be had!
then!
When the large group of undead on the hills ahead continued to besiege the small village with only a wooden wall and a few arrow towers, it carried a certain heartless little girl lord and disappeared in a hurry.
He ran towards it.
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Chapter completed!