Arcane Journey

Chapter 14 Leyline Lost City
Brian was a little sleepy.

This is understandable, he was locked in the stone room for more than three months.

Thinking of the fate of a small world resting on him, yet he wasted such a long time as a prisoner, he couldn't help feeling a little bitter in his heart.

Because of this, out of concern for his own safety, his heart was suspended from beginning to end, so that he was never able to sleep peacefully.

It is not an exaggeration to describe his current situation as physically and mentally exhausted.

At this moment, his injuries have been fully recovered under the healing of the priest's divine arts, and his tiredness has also flooded his gradually relaxed body, making it difficult to lift his eyelids as if there were lead weights hanging from them. .

In this bewildered state.

Under the double rational blessing of the wizard and the psion, it helped him successfully resist this temptation and chose to endure it.

He sat up on the bed with his hands supported.

Under his guidance to Santilla, the blood sacrifice ceremony of the drow ended more smoothly than he had imagined.

As the mistress of the Tux family said, Santilla washed her hands with the blood of the enemy at the end, which is simply a stroke of magic.

The most important thing is that this method was thought up by the other party on his own initiative.

He could vividly recall Santilla showing her blood-stained hands to Mistress Tux sitting on the throne, and then declaring her sovereignty with cold and challenging words.

He could even imagine a group of drow elves who stick to tradition, when they saw this scene, their jaws were stunned.

To be honest, not only the drow were stunned by the situation at that time, even Brian's own heart was almost in his throat.

This was completely beyond his expectations.

What this unreliable teammate did, even a little carelessness might cause them to die in Rose's temple on the spot.

After all, what they were facing was not only Rose's high priests, this desecrated ritual would even alarm a certain distant existence.

Trying to find a breach in the spider queen's web of chaos is more terrifying than dancing on the tip of a knife.

Fortunately, the behavior of this drow girl who didn't follow common sense was approved by Mistress Tux, allowing him to survive this crisis without any risk.

Not only did he get the antidote to the 'Poison Heart Spider' curse as he wished, but he also got a lot of upgrade experience.

Even so, it doesn't mean that he can really leave the city of Ancient Orens unharmed and return to the surface.

Because there is still the last difficulty waiting for him right now, as long as he overcomes this most dangerous level, he can truly escape and ascend to heaven.

The next person to greet him will be the craziest drow wizard in Ancient Orens City.

Brian rose from a soft bed with a silk mattress.

After putting on the magic elf boots, his feet sank into the precious carpet, he got up and put on the drow cloak again, and after fastening the belt of his tunic, he subconsciously looked around again.

The walls of the room were richly decorated with exquisite works of art, a huge gilt chest stood beside it, and a low study table was furnished with silver candlesticks and expensive tallow candles.

He saw black travel coats, heavy-duty boots, and a variety of weapons and equipment filled the open wardrobe, stacked in random pairs, and even a few dresses, underwear, and nightgowns were thrown on the carpet. curled up in a ball.

Seeing this, Brian couldn't help showing a smile.

In fact, he had already seen from Santilla's words and deeds that she was a slovenly drow.

Now, when he witnessed in her bedroom that the other party treated his clothes as indifferently as the skin that shed, he immediately confirmed his suspicions.

Although he is not a clean and tidy person, at least he can organize his room to make people see it.

Of course, the main reason is the convenience brought by magic.

Cleaning the room or tidying up, for him, is often done easily with just a glance or a finger. Even if the clothes are torn, they can be repaired intact.

A sloppy wizard like Santilla made him wonder how she organizes the spell-casting materials she needs to cast spells.

When everything is ready.

Well, in fact, he doesn't have anything to prepare right now, he belongs to the kind who can just put on a piece of clothes and leave in style, and he doesn't even need to carry the bucket.

In fact, in the small world where he was reborn, he had obtained a piece of precious ancient equipment.

Unfortunately, in the process of traveling in the astral world, they encountered the 'astral pirates' githyanki.

At that moment of crisis, out of consideration for his own situation, he temporarily threw this piece of equipment to his fellow psion, and asked her to keep it for him.

Facts have proved how wise his original approach was.

Otherwise, this piece of ancient equipment that has a deep bond with a plane that is no less than Toril's world - Atas, is likely to be lost, and it will be too late for him to cry.

Because Arthas is a cruel world with a lot of psychic power, and almost everyone there has the ability to cast psychic spells.

The ultimate professions such as Dragon Transformation Secret Art, Extraordinary, Magic Dragon Transformation, etc., which can continue to upgrade even after reaching the legendary level, all come from the world of Atas.

Therefore, if he wanted to make his psion profession continuously stronger, he would inevitably need to refer to the advanced knowledge of these ultimate professions.

His ancient equipment is a key to the world of Atas.

Moreover, his elven bloodline could have been traced back to the world of Atas, otherwise, he would not have been able to obtain spiritual talent.

After tidying up, Brian prayed to the goddess of luck without piousness, only hoping that his underground adventure would end smoothly.

At this time, the door of the room hit the wall with a 'bang', and Santilla opened the door with vigor.

The young drow wizard rushed into the room like a gust of wind, his joyful expression was completely different from the drow elves in the blood sacrifice ceremony.

Santilla tossed her wild, bushy white hair and set up a soundproofing circle around the room, then put her hands on Bryan's shoulders and looked up with a playful smile.

"How about it, are you satisfied with my behavior at the ceremony, did it scare you too?"

Brian shook off the girl's hand on his shoulder calmly, changed the subject, and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Is that why you're so eager to have a 'spider kiss' with me?" Santilla said with a smile, her blue eyes gleaming with amusement as she gazed at Brian nonchalantly.

"According to our prior agreement, the 'Spider's Kiss' can be avoided directly." Brian met her gaze and replied in a slightly cold tone.

The so-called 'kiss of the spider' means that every female drow must sacrifice the mated male to the goddess Lolth when she sacrifices her first time.

Usually, it is thrown to the spiders in captivity as food.

That's why when the mistress of the Tux family heard that Santilla was going to perform a 'spider kiss' on her body, she would directly choose to let him go.

Because according to drow tradition, he ended up feeding spiders.

This was a deception he had thought of in order to escape.

Hearing the obvious alienation in Brian's words, Santilla smiled indifferently, but her heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of loss.

As a dark elf who grew up in the city of Ancient Orens, she knew that at this moment, besides a familiar field that could be used to vent her emotions, she had no idea at all what other means could deepen the relationship between the two before parting. The relationship between.

Therefore, she wanted to thank him in her own way, and wanted him to remember his drow elf friend in Ancient Orens City even more impressively.

However, his refusal so flatly made her feel a little overwhelmed.

"ok, I get it."

Santilla quickly dropped a sentence, turned around and lay down on the bed, hiding her disappointed expression, then put her hands on her cheeks, and laughed and teased, "Mother Tux's law enforcement team is outside the door, the ceremony is over, They'll throw you in a cave to feed the spiders."

Brian frowned upon hearing this.

This is the plan he discussed with Santilla in advance.

Taking advantage of the end of the 'Spider Kiss' ceremony, he escaped while being escorted by the law enforcement team to the spider cave.

However, when he heard that if his plan failed and he would end up being thrown into a cave to feed spiders, he still felt shuddering.

"Then what else do you need to prepare?" He thought for a moment, looked at the drow girl lying on the bed with her legs dangling, and asked.

She seemed innocent, but Brian knew very well how cunning and fickle this girl was, and she even liked to act rashly when she did things.

He always believes that such a teammate with too many uncertain factors is the most unwelcome existence no matter how strong she is.

After all, in Rose's temple, she almost killed him.

It is hard to imagine that she has survived to this day in this drow city full of conspiracy and betrayal.

Even without his participation in the blood sacrifice ceremony in the previous life, she still passed smoothly, and her strength finally reached the legendary realm.

Simply unbelievable.

"You just need to put on these handcuffs, and then I will kick you out of the room disheveled and dejected. The law enforcement team guarding the door will naturally escort you to the spider cave."

Santilla sat up from the bed, patted the dimension bag on her belt, and a pair of blue metal shackles jingled in her hands.

This is a handcuff made of magic-blocking gold. After wearing it, it has the property of suppressing magic power, and it is specially for the caster.

"This is the key of the shackles, you hide it close to your body." She took out another key, a map and a magic scroll, and said:

"When the law enforcement team throws you into the cave, you immediately tear up the magic scroll, and the teleportation spell inside will teleport you to the streets of Ancient Orens City, and then you can follow the instructions on this map to escape. gone."

Brian waved his hand, trying to use the telekinesis ability of "Arcane Hand" to take them all.

However, what puzzled him was that Santilla didn't intend to give him anything.

"Don't worry." The drow wizard gave him an incomprehensible look, then put the item on the table, looked at him playfully, and joked:
"I just entered the room for a while, and you walked out directly. Aren't you worried that they will laugh at you for too short a time?"

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Brian didn't bother to respond to her black humor, and sat down on the chair by the desk without saying a word, and remained silent.

What she said didn't make sense, it was indeed that he was a little ill-considered.

If he came out too fast, it would easily arouse the suspicion of the law enforcement team.

Of course, the object of suspicion is not what Santilla said.

"Hey, while you still have time, tell me something about walking around the temple." Santilla looked at Brian, her eyes flickered a few times, breaking the silence.

"I will find a way to tell you about the detailed information about walking the temple after escaping from the city of Ancient Orens." Brian said calmly after a moment of silence.

The last shrine of the fallen dark maiden, Eilistraee, 'Wandering the Temple', was a deal between him and Santilla.

It took him three days for this transaction to convince this cunning drow to completely trust him.

If Santilla helped him escape, he would tell her the detailed information about the 'walking temple' and the specific location hidden in the Lost City of Earth Leys without reservation.

"You said that this temple was not in Leyline Lost City before, so where is it?" Santilla guessed curiously, "Is it in the forest like the surface elves?"

"Do not."

Bryan shook his head slightly, "Walking around the temple is at the Skull Harbor in Waterdeep City. After the Dark Maiden fell, her followers used the last remaining bit of divine power to transfer her in order to avoid being chased by Priest Rose."

"Skull Harbor?" Santilla pondered for a moment, then couldn't help asking, "Where is it?"

"It's an underground city, much like your ancient Orens city, hidden deep under the largest coastal city, Waterdeep City." A rare memory flashed across Brian's expression.

"Many residents of Waterdeep City don't know anything about the land under their feet, and not many dare to venture into the depths of the ground. And those who dare to venture, almost no one survives. It is dangerous and a lawless place. "

Speaking of Skull Harbor reminded him of the Leyline Lost City hidden deep underground in Waterdeep City.

Leyline Lost City is the largest underground city in the entire continent.

There are [-] floors in total, which not only hide the space passage leading to the astral world, but also the secret base of the 'astral bandit' githyanki, and even the portals to Bator hell and the bottomless abyss.

Any monster in the main material world can almost be encountered in the Leyline Lost City.

From the first floor to the twentieth floor, the challenge level of each floor will increase in turn.

A level 1 player team can even stay in Skull Harbor in Waterdeep City all the time, brush up the copy of Leyline Lost City, and brush up their own level to the legendary level of level [-].

Because of this, Brian knows the Leyline Lost City very well, and also knows the location of the Walking Temple hidden inside.

He originally planned to go to Waterdeep City to develop after reaching the surface.

But after he calmed down, he gave up on this slightly impulsive idea.

Waterdeep City is too messy.

In the next few years, it will also be the focus of a large-scale expansion pack - "The Rise of Tiamat Queen of the Five-Colored Dragon", setting off a catastrophe that almost affects the entire Northland Alliance and the Sword Coast.

In Silvermoon City of the Northland Alliance, in addition to the orcs from the Spine of the World, they also have to face the abyssal demons pouring out of the Hellgate Castle in the High Forest.

After thinking about it, he thought that the Kingdom of Cormyr was the best choice.

Because the northern border of this forest kingdom is the former territory of the ancient arcane empire Netheril.

Although it has become the largest Enook Desert, Brian, as a reborn, knows that with the second revival of the Arcane Empire, the land here and the ancient ruins hidden in the sand sea will be reused, Welcome to new prosperity.

He wanted to develop his power here before the second rise of the Arcane Empire.

Then go to Harua in the southernmost part of the mainland, the magical kingdom established by the survivors of the Arcane Empire, and become the witness and leader of the rise of the Arcane Empire.

"Aren't elves all elegant and noble races?"

Santilla looked at Brian who was suddenly lost in thought, waited for a while, and asked again, "Why is the temple of the dark maiden built in such a place?"

"Because they are most needed there." Brian replied simply.

(End of this chapter)