Master of Spells from Faerun

Chapter 149 The Legendary Spell of the Magic Crystal Shard
On the top of Kane's giant cone, Ertu quickly flew towards the human city, and he was going to scout the human's movements.

Imrik felt that an extremely evil force was rapidly approaching, and activated [Advanced Invisibility], and the figure disappeared into the invisible.

A huge flame beast flitted past the peak of Cairn, and Imrik saw that the monster was covered in flames, with a pair of hateful bat-like wings, and a fist of energy composed of flames and lightning hanging from its waist. big sword.

"Baluoyan demon?" The mage muttered to himself. Although this monster is bigger and bloated, its appearance is very consistent with the description of the Balolo in "Abyss Plane Knowledge". In the [Abyss], there are all the highest existences, every Ballow is a cronies of the demon lord, or they are the demon lord themselves.

Balor's challenge level is as high as level 20, which is equivalent to a 20th-level warlock, and each Balor holds a terrifying beheading sword. He is a very terrifying warrior, even the strongest among true dragons. Existence—Golden Dragon, must also reach the stage of Immemorial Golden Dragon to be sure of defeating the opponent.

What's even more frightening is that each balolo can summon its own kind—another balolo to help fight, although most of the time the summoned balolo will be extremely angry and attack the summoner first.

Imrik stood in the cold wind, silently watching the back of Balor's rapid flight, thinking about how to kill this abyssal beast. Obviously, this important task can only be entrusted to himself and Drizzt , everyone else is not an enemy of this terrible demon.

At this moment, Imrik is extremely thankful that he has learned the four-ring magical spell [Death Barrier], otherwise, facing the magic-like ability of Balor Balrog, which is comparable to the nine-ring instant death spell - [Implosion], I am afraid that he will not be able to do so at all. No chance to face each other.

Imrik activated [Teleportation] and left the Cairne Cone. He needs to remind the army in Bryn Shander to get ready.
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When Drizzt arrived at Bryn Shander in the early morning light, the sight before him was not pleasant, and there was a frenzied clamor from the distant town of Tamarin, which Drizzt knew was the town by Lake Dulden They have all fallen into the hands of the enemy.

The army of Ten Towns gathered in Bryn Shander, and the rest of the places were naturally temporarily abandoned.

The sky before dawn was slightly blue, and what appeared in front of Drizzt was an army of goblins and orcs as numerous as a sea of ​​sand, interspersed with a large number of giants, but this was not the most distressing thing for Drizzt Yes, when he saw that the barbarian king led the barbarian army into the monster, even though he had been an enemy, he still thought it was an insult to that brave warrior.

"How many goblin tribes have you gathered, Akar Kessell?" he sighed. "And how many giants call you master?"

The walls of Bryn Shander were already full of people. They looked at the army of monsters outside the city in horror, and waited anxiously for the opponent's attack.

Imrik was mixed in the crowd at this time, he felt the evil magic power hidden in the army, the Balor, he was walking towards the head of the army.

Numerous goblins divided the two sides, leaving a blank road. Everyone on the city wall saw that just like Moses divided the Red Sea, the hateful demon came out of the army, and a powerful supernatural magic power gathered in his hands. It's like some unknown life form is beating alive in the devil's claws.

"What's that?" Regis asked, pushing his way into the crowd on Bryn Shander's Wall.

"A demon," Imrik replied. "A very powerful demon."

The demon bowed deeply, concentrating on the ritual of drawing out the crystal's mana.It stood the crystal on the grass, stepped back, and chanted vague ancient incantations, the chants growing louder, while the sky began to lighten with the rising sun.

"Is that a glass dagger?" Regis asked, dazed by the rhythmically pulsating object.

Then, the first rays of dawn pierced the horizon.The crystals began to shine and attract light, bending the path of sunlight and absorbing its energy.

The Crystal Shard shines again.As the sun appeared in more and more parts of the eastern sky, its pulsations became stronger and stronger, and this was only a copy of the hungry Clinshinibon.

The spectators on the ramparts stared blankly in horror, wondering if Akar Kessell had power over the sun itself.Only Imric associated the power of the Crystal Shard with the light of the sun.

"Is it absorbing the energy of light? Interesting, an evil artifact that feeds on the brightest light."

Under Imrik's watchful eye, the magic crystal began to grow.

Every time its pulse reaches its peak, it expands, and then shrinks a little when the next beat is about to start.Everything nearby is in shadow as it greedily consumes all the sunlight.

Slowly, it grew in size and its top began to rise high in the air.Neither the people on the city wall nor the monsters in the field could stare at the radiant power emitted by the magic crystal tower.Only the dark elves standing in the distance and the demons who are not afraid of strong light saw the scene caused by Clinshinibon.

The third magic crystal tower appeared, and when the ceremony was completed, this tower also released its control over the sun, and in an instant all places were bathed in the morning sun.

The demon roared at the success of the spell, and then strode proudly into the magic crystal tower.

The besieged inhabitants of Bryn Shander looked at the incredible structure with a mixture of awe, admiration, and horror.They could not resist the out-of-this-world beauty of the Crystal Tower, but they knew the consequences of its presence: Akar Kessell, master of the goblin and giant armies, had arrived.

At the beginning, there was a flashing red light inside the transparent wall at the bottom of the magic crystal tower, which began to spin and go up.Then the top of the tower also began to flash blue light, turning in the opposite direction and walking down.They slowly rotated and moved, merged into a green when they met, and then separated and went their own way.Everyone who saw this anxious show began to feel uneasy, not sure what was going to happen next, but what was certain was that this vision must represent some kind of great power coming.

The rotating light is getting faster and faster, and its intensity is also increasing as it accelerates. Soon the entire base of the tower is surrounded by a ball of green light, so bright that people can't look directly at it. A slender figure with fingers painted in black Nail polish, a man in a sleek red robe steps out of the light.

Immediately the goblins knelt down again, burying their heads in the ground.Here comes Acar Kessell.

He looked up at the direction of Cassius on the wall, and a haughty smile appeared on his thin lips. "It's great to see a spokesperson for Bryn Shander!" he said with a chuckle. "Welcome to my beautiful city!" he smiled sarcastically.

Cassius, the leader of Bryn Shander, did not doubt that the wizard had singled him out, but he did not remember seeing the man, nor did he understand how he had been recognized.He looked to Regis and Imrik for an explanation, but both shrugged.

"You know me," Cassius said to the strange man. "But I don't know Ni. Seems like you're taking an unfair advantage."

Kessell sneered and said, "Is this important? From now on, I will replace you and become the master of Bryn Shander and even Ten Towns!"

Cassius frowned and said, "Leading Ten Towns requires outstanding talent and character, and you are not worthy."

Kessell was furious, he stomped his feet impatiently, the smile on his face turned into a frown of displeasure, he stretched out his hands, and made a self righteous declaration: "Look at Akar Kessell, tyrant of Icewind Dale," he shouted. "People of Ten Towns, your master has come,"

"Don't talk too soon..." Cassius began, but Kessell cut him off with a scream of rage.

"Don't interrupt," shouted the wizard, the veins in his neck throbbing and his face flushing like blood.

Then Kessell seemed to recover a bit of composure as Cassios said nothing in the midst of the wizard's psychotic gesture of doubt. "You should learn your lesson, Cassius," he threatened, "learn your lesson!"

He turned to the Magic Crystal Tower and read out a simple command sentence.The tower went dark for a moment, as if it refused to let out the reflected sunlight.Then it began to glow, and the light seemed to come from the depths, and the light emitted was mostly not like a reflection of the day, but as if it was emitted by itself.As the seconds passed, the tower's hue began to change, and the light began to swirl and rise along the strange wall.

"Look at Akar Kessell!" The wizard looked proudly at the people on the distant city wall.

"Look at the splendor of Clinshinibon, and give up all hope!"

More rays of light shone in the walls of the tower, shaking rapidly, condensing, spinning and dancing frantically inside the tower, begging to be released.Gradually these lights gathered at the top of the tower, and suddenly they glowed like fire, changing colors one by one according to the spectrum, until the white flame was as bright as the sun.

Kessell yelled like a god.

Fire, was unleashed.

It became a thin line and shot towards the unfortunate town of Targos in the north.Many watched from the walls of Targos, and though the Tower was farther from them than from Bryn Shander, it seemed but a bright spot on the plain.They did not know what had happened to the main city, but they saw a flash of fire coming towards them.

Everything is too late.

Akar Kessell's wrath poured into the proud city, leaving a trail of destruction.Fire flared up from this deadly line.People on this route were directly vaporized before they had time to shout.But those who escaped this initial attack, those who had faced death more than 1000 times before, including women and children, screamed as much as the men who had been tempered by the tundra.Their cries were heard across the lake in Lonelywood and Bremen, to the joyous goblins of Tamaran, and across the plains to the terrified witnesses of Bryn Shander.

Kessell waved his hand, slightly changing the angle of the released energy, causing the destructive energy to sweep across the entire Targos.Every major building in the city was burned, a large number of people were burned alive or their heads were directly cut off by energy rays, and the few survivors rolled helplessly on the ground trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, or they were desperate. Trying desperately to find air to breathe amidst the smoke.

The whole city was cut into two halves by this spell.

Kessell was very satisfied at the moment.

But suddenly he felt a nameless shiver go up his spine, the tower seemed to shake, and the wizard gripped the Crystal Shard, realizing that he had overused Crenshinibon's power.

In order to satisfy his arrogant and show-loving character, Clinshinibon gathered a large amount of energy, which was enough to release 10 nine-ring spells at one time, releasing this energy ray that destroyed a city.

On the Spine of the World, Kessell's first tower crumbled into a heap of rubble.The same goes for the second tower on the distant tundra.The Crystal Tower has withdrawn from other areas of its influence, destroying the image of the tower that absorbed its power.

Kessell also became very weak due to this whole influence, and the peripheral vision on the magic crystal tower gradually weakened.The emitted light flickered on and off, and finally disappeared completely.

Imrik looked at Targos's horror in shock. Is this the power of that artifact?This kind of power has already surpassed the existence of mortals. Even the nine-ring spell can't do it. He destroyed a city with a snap of his fingers, and he didn't have any preparations for casting time and casting materials. This made Imrik feel a sense of deja vu.

"Beyond Nine Rings. Legendary level power?" Imrik looked into the distance silently. This kind of power will not be released without cost. Even if it is an artifact, I am afraid that this level of power can only be used once a day. This mage is really stupid, just use his power to massacre a group of civilians.

When the invasion first began, Kemp and the other pompous leaders of Targos made a pact with the populace to fight until the last man fell, but now even the most obstinate speaker understands that they have no choice but to flee. of choice.

"Watch what you see here, people of Bryn Shander!" Kessell said with a contemptuous smile. "I bow down to your master, otherwise, the same fate will befall you. There is no lake behind you! You have nowhere to escape!"

Under Kessell's order, the monster army was dispatched.

Imrik looked at the crowd of monsters in the distance, and in a flash, he appeared beside Drizzt outside the city wall. He had already seen the figure of this dark elf.

"Drizzt," Imrik said solemnly.

"You have to find a way to find the power to destroy that magic crystal tower. I will resist the monster army here. Can I trust you?"

Imrik knew that this sensitive dark elf knew how to sneak into the situation better than himself, not to mention that no matter how strong a mage was, he would have his own weaknesses. He believed that this stupid mage must have greater weaknesses. It's just that they don't know it yet.

If Drizzt fails, Imrik will immediately give up Ten Towns and activate [Plane Travel] to return to the demiplane. He cannot rely on his own strength to deal with an existence that can release legendary spells.

Drizzt nodded lightly, turned around and walked into the distance. The dark elf didn't say a word, but his firm back was enough to tell everyone that he was determined to die.

(End of this chapter)