Master of Spells from Faerun

Chapter 154 Infiltrating into the Magic Crystal Tower

"We have to find a way to sneak into the Magic Crystal Tower tonight, and get rid of Kessell before the sun rises the next day." Drizzt said with a serious face. He and Imric stood on the top of Cairn Mountain, looking at the monsters under their feet The army and the huge magic crystal tower.

Imrik nodded. He guessed that the magic crystal tower needs to absorb sunlight as energy. After it is used up today and before the sun rises tomorrow, the power of that crystal is at its weakest. According to Ertu, Kessell himself is just a magic apprentice, he can be destroyed easily, so he must seize this opportunity.

He thought of the powerful power of the Crystal Shard during the day, and shuddered. If it regained its strength tomorrow, he might have no choice but to retreat.

"I will hide the two of us, in order not to scare the snake away and let Kessell escape, and then I will follow your command." Imrik decided to sneak into the enemy's camp. This is Drizzt's unique skill. Since he alone cannot fight against the remaining power of the Crystal Shard, he will even choose not to be a drag on him.

【Advanced invisibility】.

Imrik cast a spell to make them both invisible, then stepped off the level ground, and walked quickly towards the Bremen Pass.

Drizzt and Imrik entered the outermost part of Kessell's camp, and the dark elves were very happy to see that the disturbance in the camp had calmed down. Time also honestly rested.

A lone half-orc guard was leaning wearily on its gun, looking at the empty black horizon in the north, Drizzt and Imrik relied on the convenience of [Advanced Invisibility], Swaggering past him.

"Report!" An order came from somewhere in the distance.

"No anomalies!" the guard replied.

Drizzt heard the check signal ringing at different distances, and when he was about to advance, Imric raised his hand to stop him.

"There is magic that detects invisibility ahead, the disc in that guard's hand is a switch, can you find a way to get it?" Imrik's voice sounded in Drizzt's heart.

Drizzt took a look, and sure enough there was a disc-shaped thing in the guard's hand in front of him, he gestured ok, and then activated the magic of the dark elves, a shadow darker than night surrounded him, and then [Advanced Invisibility] has been removed.

He quietly walked under the guard at the watchtower in the dark, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and slammed it on the guard's neck quickly and mercilessly. The precise technique even cut off the guard's voice, and he didn't even make a sound. When it was sent out, it fell into darkness and fell down the watchtower.

Drizzt was at his side in an instant, catching him quietly to keep him from falling hard and making a sound.The dark elf yanked his dagger from the goblin's throat, and lowered him gently to the ground.

Drizzt took the disc from the guard's hand and handed it to Imrik. The mage chanted a few incantations lightly, and the invisibility detection spell on the disc was dispelled instantly.

The two then moved on, crossing the only line of defense to the north, walking easily among the sleeping tents.They could slay dozens of orcs and goblins, and even many giants, but time was running out, and their greatest enemy, the Dawn, was about to rise in the east.

The two ignored the many monsters and moved forward quietly. When they were about to reach the destination, they found a large group of ogre guards who were ready to fight surrounded the magic crystal tower, blocking his way.

"Damn, what to do, Imrik." Drizzt was a little flustered, he was a little afraid that they would not be able to achieve today's goal.

Imrik also had some headaches. He could kill these ogres at will, but he couldn't kill them without attracting attention. This was simply impossible.

"Attention." Imrik suddenly thought of something, and then he said to Drizzt: "Wait for me here."

The figure of the mage disappeared in an instant, and he was teleported to nowhere. Not long after, a warning shout came from a distance, causing the ogres to leave their posts several strides away.Drizzt thought at first that the orc guards he had killed had been found, but the cries were coming from farther to the east.

Soon there was the clash of steel on steel in the pre-dawn air.A battle is on.Drizzt guessed that rival tribes were fighting, but he had no way of seeing which ones from so far away.

When the ogres heard the sound of fighting getting louder, they all left their posts and headed east. At this time, Imrik also teleported back.

"What did you do?" Drizzt asked with a smile, he had a hunch that this was a good thing done by his partner.

Imrik smiled slightly and said, "I summoned many monsters farther away, and let them cause riots and fights in the camp. Since it is impossible not to attract attention, it is better to simply create a bigger riot and hide us."

Then the two saw the tower gate, and the two of them entered without hesitation for a second. The ogres didn't even notice that two dark shadows had entered the tower they were originally guarding.

As Imrik walked through the doorway of the Crystal Tower, he felt a strange sensation, a humming vibration, as if he had entered the guts of a living thing that made up the walls and floors. It is a strange crystal substance. Obviously, this is the special feature of that artifact. The magic crystal tower it generates is just like itself, so various spells can be cast through the magic crystal tower.

This made Imrik think of the Mage Tower. If he got this artifact, it would be equivalent to carrying a Mage Tower with him.

The two walked on and found themselves in a square hall, the lowest room in the building of four rooms.This was where Kessell used to meet his field generals, the main audience room for all but the highest ranking generals.

Drizzt examined the dark shapes in the room and the shadows they cast.Although he didn't see anything moving, he knew he wasn't alone,
Kessell saw the room as a buffer between himself and the chaotic world outside.It was a room he rarely visited, the room of Akar Kessell's trolls.

Imrik made a "shh" gesture, and they approached those figures, only to find that they were a group of trolls. Fortunately, they were equipped with [Advanced Invisibility], so they did not arouse the vigilance of these trolls.

They carefully crossed the troll's area and went to the spiral staircase on the second floor
There is a landing above the stairs, which is rectangular and has nothing on it except a mirror.

The mirror illuminated a tapestry on the wall directly opposite, the surface perfectly smooth, without any cracks or handles to suggest that it was a secret door.Drizzt sheathed his weapon and ran his hand across the length of the mirror, looking for handles that his piercing eyes couldn't see yet, but the smoothness of the mirror only made him more certain of what he saw.

Imrik turned on [Detect Magic], and the mirror emitted a magical aura, forming a picture similar to a scepter, which was obviously a mechanism.

"Look, there's a poem here." Imrik pointed out a tiny spot under the mirror.

If you want to come, come

come inside to party
but you need to find the lock first
Although you can see it, you can't see it
Although it exists, it does not exist

It was a doorknob that flesh and blood could not hold.

"Exists and does not exist. This seems to refer to Urgusa Foka?" Imrik said uncertainly. He had seen it in "Abyssal Plane Knowledge", which represented a great demon who spread the plague. real name
The elves on the surface had been attacked by this demon's plague and died countless times, but they refused to admit that it was the devil's doing. Hence this proverb, Imrik saw a tiny err on the wall opposite the mirror. Image of Gusha Foka attacking the elf, with bare hands.

Drizzt said as if remembering something: "Urgusa Foka has a weapon! A scepter!"

Imrik suddenly realized that in the screen of [Detect Magic] aura, a scepter appeared in the center of the mirror. He raised his hand to hold the scepter, and with a "click", the mirror shattered, and a door appeared In front of the two, they walked in.

This seems to be Kessell's bedroom, with pillows and quilts everywhere, and thick mattresses on the floor.

Suddenly, the humming that Imrik had heard when he first entered the tower returned, gathering strength as if its singing came from every wall of the tower.Drizzt looked around for any possible source.

A set of chiming clocks hanging from the ceiling of the room began to tinkle eeriely.The flames of the torches on the wall began to dance wildly.

The powerful magical forces began to wake up, and Imrik knew that the time had come.

The building itself came to life, and the fields outside were still in the shadows of night, but the first rays of dawn were already on the tip of the tower.

The door leading to the third floor opened suddenly, which was the main hall where Kessell's throne was located.

"Come in!" cried the wizard.He stood behind the crystal throne at the bottom of the room, holding an unlit candle, facing the open door.

Kessell looked at the two with false faces, a dark elf and a mage, he was fearless, with the help of the Crystal Shard, he was not afraid of anyone, even though the Crystal Shard was in the stage of starving to absorb sunlight , even if its power is only enough to use another nine-ring spell.

"Hello, Akar Kessell." Imrik looked at him calmly and said, facing Kessell at this moment, he was convinced that this is an ignorant idiot, a shit luck Scum.

"Hand over the Shard of Magic Crystal." The mage looked at Kessell expressionlessly, and ordered indifferently.

Kessell's originally calm attitude was furious when he saw the condescending look of the mage. He sneered and said, "Are you dreaming? The Crystal Shard only admits that I am his only master, and even the devil cannot conquer it!"

(End of this chapter)