Master of Spells from Faerun

Chapter 283 Bane and Melkor’s Plan

While the knights were fighting, the archers above the canyon rained arrows wildly on the tentacle brain in the center.

But Imrik had no reaction. He just raised a tentacle and waved it quickly, catching all the arrows. Some of the arrows hit the brain, and a trace of brain fluid leaked out, but it had no effect.

This is due to another hidden effect of body change. The creature transformed by the caster is not his true body. Even if the transformed creature is killed by someone, it will change back to its original form without any impact, just like a Physical armor is average.

Level [-] power——[Crystalization]!
Imrik pointed his tentacles at the archers above the cliff, and the huge spiritual power stirred up the astral matter, turning several archers into immovable crystals.The surrounding archers rushed forward to check, but they were unable to change them back to their original state.

Level [-] power——[Crystal Hail Technique]!
The tentacles waved again, and the spiritual power penetrated into the crystal bodies like detonators, detonating them.

"boom!!"

The crystal emitted a violent explosion, and countless fragments flew around along with the high-pressure gas, deeply inserted into the bodies of all the surrounding shooters. The sharp fragments even directly penetrated their bodies under the powerful impact, cutting into pieces. Below the head and limbs, only fragments of severed limbs were left.

After dealing with the archers, Imric once again focused his attention on the knights in front of him. The Dark Knight was finally unable to defeat the four hands with just two fists, and was quickly defeated. Knowing full well the terrifying dispersion of the mind flayer's control power. The Knights of Tilburg calmly cut off the Dark Knight's head completely to prevent him from breaking free again.

"Damn monster!" The knights gnashed their teeth and cursed, but they did not dare to strike preemptively. The terrifying spiritual power of the mind flayer mastermind brought strong pressure. The brave knights did not even know if they had the courage to raise their long swords at the opponent. sword.

All of Imrik's tentacles were raised, mottled shadows covered the ground, the purple brain glowed slightly, and blue cracks even faintly appeared in the surrounding space. He wanted to eliminate all the knights at once.

The tentacles suddenly rose, and huge spiritual power continued to flow out from an unknown place. A small black spot appeared among the knights, and soon, a black-red vortex was formed.

The vortex was like a black hole, sucking everything around it in. The knights inserted their swords into the ground to prevent themselves from being sucked in, but the suction force was so strong that it even distorted their armor.

With a "click", the twisted armor broke the joints of the knight's body wrapped in the armor.

"Ah!!!" The severe pain caused them to scream, and soon they lost the strength to hold the sword. Their bodies were sucked into the black hole. The narrow hole compressed their bodies infinitely, and the huge pressure would Their fragile flesh was crushed into flesh, and when the black hole dissipated, all the knights disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

"The psychic power of the Mind Flayer mastermind is really useful." Imric floated to the place where the knight died. Seeing the power of the black hole, he couldn't help but sigh. It is indeed a terrifying monster with a minimum challenge level of 25.

After the battle was over, Imric transformed back into his original form and mounted his mount, and slowly and leisurely rushed into the distance. In front of them was the forest outside the Valley of Shadows, and they should not encounter any danger.
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Zhentil Keep, New Shura Temple.

Bane and Blackthorn stood alone in the throne room, the latter standing next to the huge door.Amber clouds filled the center of the room, and the phantom of a huge and mottled skull hung in it.

"I'm curious, Melkor, why do you still think I will listen to your ideas?" The Lord of Darkness paced back and forth, "As you reminded us, our last cooperation can hardly be called a success. And in my case After the battle with Mystra, you just laughed when I asked for your help. In other words, I was polite enough to answer your call in the middle of the night."

"What does time mean to you and me?" said Melkor. "Will you still listen to my proposal?"

"Yes, yes, keep talking!" Ben yelled impatiently, clenching his hands into fists.

Melkor cleared his throat, "I believe we should join forces again, and it is only now that I understand that your plan to combine the powers of the gods also has merit."

"Why?" Ben walked tiredly to the throne and sat down, yawning, amber clouds following him. "Are you as tired of the bondage of this hateful body as I am?" "That is one of the reasons," Melkor said. "I also know where you can find the Holy Steps of Heaven. You need it to enter the divine realm, no? ?"

"Continue." The Lord of Darkness said, tapping his fingers on the armrest of the throne.

"You told me about your plan to invade the Vale, but did you know that the Holy Steps are outside the Temple of Lathander in Shadow Valley?"

"Yes, Melkor, I know," said Ben, "and thank you very much for your efforts."

The Lord of Darkness laughed secretly. The news that the Holy Order was in the Valley of Shadows was not new to Bane, but its exact location was precious information.Of course, Bane would never let the Lord of Bones discover that he had discovered useful information.

The shadowy skull closed its eyes, "How on earth can I make up for my failure as an ally, Bane? I want to help you as much as possible."

Ben raised an eyebrow and stood up, "You still refuse to join the fight directly, so what else can you do?"

"I still have some control over the dead. I can... absorb the power of a human's soul when he dies."

Bane approached the floating skull, "And make that power work for me?"

The skeleton nodded slowly.

After careful consideration, Ben spoke: "I have a condition. You must collect the souls who died on the battlefield and deliver their energy to me."

"What then?" Melkor asked.

"You must be ready to participate in my attack on the Pantheon at any time. When the time comes to climb the holy steps, you must stand side by side with me. We first send the believers who survived the battle to attack the guardian god. Man’s killing only weakens himself, strengthens us, and hastens his destruction.”

There was no expression on the skull in the mist, and at the end, Melkor nodded. "Okay, we will return to God's Realm together, and then, maybe we can usurp Io's throne."

Bane raised his fist, "No maybe, Melkor, we will destroy Io!"

The amber cloud cleared, Melkor left, and Bane walked to where the skull had been hovering. "As for you, Melkor, we will be allies as long as you are useful."

Bane laughed, the rituals required to give Bane the power he needed would have exhausted the Lord of Bones and most of his priests.So when it came to climbing the holy steps, Melkor had to rely on Bane's strength. He could not predict Bane's betrayal.

Now, everything is ready, he only needs to send the army, and everything will be under his control.

"Mystra, no matter what, you still can't stop me!" Ben said with a laugh.

(End of this chapter)