Master of Spells from Faerun

Chapter 145 The Eaten Dwarf
For the next few days, Drizzt led Wulfgar through rigorous and painstaking martial arts training. The dark elf was surprised to find that the barbarian's talent was so good, and many of his difficult martial arts were quickly defeated by the opponent. learn.

Imrik also lived in the valley of the dwarves. He made a transaction request to the dwarves to buy equipment and weapons in bulk, and was in the process of haggling with each other for several days. The mage's bargaining ability is also not easy to mess with.

On the other side, under the cover of the blizzard blowing from the eastern tundra to Ten Towns, the team led by the frost giant is crossing the giant cone of Cairn and heading to the place where the people live in the south. Ready to drive the next day.

At night, when the demigiants in the team were patrolling, two uninvited guests broke into the area where they camped.

"There are spies!" said a sub-giant.

"How stupid! Come to reconnaissance and light a fire." The other end said.

"Go smash 'em!" said the first subgiant to speak, and it began to walk toward the orange fire.

"The leader told us not to act rashly!" The third reminded the other two. "We are here to observe them, not to smash them!"

They came down the stony path as stealthily as possible to the little dwarf's tent.So the sound they make sounds just like rolling boulders.

The two dwarves had already noticed something approaching.They drew their weapons for readiness, but they thought it might be Wulfgar, Drizzt, or fishermen from Kekkoney who had seen their campfire and were coming to join them for supper.

When the sub-giant came near the camp, the dwarves were already standing there with weapons in hand.

"We've been found!" said one of the giants, and it immediately dodged into the nearby darkness.

"Shut up!" said the other end.

The third giant, who knew the dwarves as well as the second, didn't know who they were, grabbed the second by the shoulders and smiled evilly. "If they've spotted the Ogre," reasoned the subgiant smartly, "then the Ottoman has no choice but to smash them!"

The two dwarves looked at the three huge creatures in front of them in horror. They swallowed their saliva and clenched their weapons tightly, ready to look for a chance to escape.

But the sub-giants picked up the wooden sticks in their hands, smashed the two dwarves to death, carried them on their shoulders, and prepared to take them back to the camp to cook, but they didn't know that a certain mage was triggered when they left. The magic alarm left here, a magical eyeball was born in the night, silently looking at the figure of the departing giant.

Kessell, who was far away on the spine of the world, was imagining that his exploration force would go deep into the enemy's heartland to complete the mission, but he didn't know that the giants he trusted had exposed themselves just at the beginning, just like the Crystal Shard and Errtu guessed.
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The next day, there was a commotion in the dwarven valley. After Imrik stepped out of the room, he found many dwarves in a hurry as if they were looking for something.

He knew that this must be related to the scene observed by [Mysterious Eye] after the magic alarm he left outside the dwarf valley was triggered last night. He saw three sub-giants leaving in the middle of the night carrying something, and there was a battle on the spot Mark of.

Imrik was too lazy to meddle in his own business. Too many creatures in Icewind Dale were attacked by frost giants in the wild. These ogre monsters would eat anything for food.

But what happened at the Spine of the World, and the monster army glimpsed in the memory of the frost giant, gave Imrik a bad feeling. He was a little worried that maybe the high-ranking mage really had something to hide People's secrets, planning to invade Icewind Dale?

Bruno passed by him at this time, and said anxiously: "Two dwarves have disappeared, Imric, can you find them?"

Imrik had a conclusion in his mind, nodded slightly and said, "Go outside the valley, there are clues there."

Then he reached out and grabbed Bruno, and the two disappeared instantly. Imrik used [Teleportation] to instantly arrive at the place where he saw the sub-giant last night.

Bruno immediately noticed that the surrounding rocks were full of blood, and there were three giant footprints extending into the distance.

In the distance, the figures of Drizzt and Wulfgar also appeared, they walked along the footprints, and said in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Then Bruenor told them of the disappearance of the two dwarves, and Drizzt and Wulfgar looked at each other gravely.

"We saw human skin by the stream, covered with beards." Drizzt said in a low voice, only one humanoid had so many beards.

Bruno froze for a moment, with sadness in his eyes, he took a deep breath and said coldly, "Take me there."

When they came to the stream, there was indeed a blood-stained human skin on a sharp stone, covered with beards. Bruno took the human skin away and put it away solemnly. He recognized that it was a dwarf's skin. Skin, I'm afraid the two dwarves have already died in the giant's mouth.

Bruno sighed, this is the status quo of living in the ice field, all kinds of monsters emerge in endlessly, looking forward to the flesh and blood of humans and dwarves.

The dark elf reminded at this time: "We need to know more about what happened here. Tonight may be our only chance. These giants are just passing bandits, or is their lair nearby? Are there other monsters? ?”

Bruenor didn't speak, he was still in grief, Wulfgar hesitated for a moment, sat beside Bruenor, stroking the old dwarf's back with his hand.

Imrik looked towards where the stream was flowing, and said softly, "The sub-giants are nothing more than that. What I'm worried about is what we saw at the Spine of the World."

Drizzt froze for a moment, he also thought of this, but even the mage was suspicious, which made his heart feel even heavier. Icewind Dale has already suffered too much, and he can't bear any more. The monster army The strength is more than several times that of the barbarians, plus the powerful mage that even Imrik has no confidence to solve
Bruno also raised his head at this time, and looked at Drizzt with doubts. The dark elves told Bruno the monster army they saw at the Spine of the World: "We were also attacked by frost giants at the Spine of the World, and they claimed that they Have a mage master, and the other party has formed an army of monsters."

The dwarf's face changed drastically, and he stood up abruptly: "I have to go back and inform the people to prepare for the battle. I would rather kill by mistake than let it go. If we encounter this group of monster army without preparation, we will be doomed forever!"

Drizzt nodded and said, "Go ahead, the three of us will solve the sub-giants, I hope all this is just our guesswork."

(End of this chapter)