Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 20 Pursuit
  Two days have passed.

During this period, Nohill has successfully hunted a cave bear and completed the wilderness ritual of the bear totem. When entering a violent state, the bear totem will appear on the chest in the form of a positive, strong and stable brown bear. superior.

The bear tooth is now strung on the necklace together with the wolf tooth. Of the three major totems in the plan, only the eagle has not been obtained.

It is difficult to find a habitat for eagles in the forest. Even the tallest tree in the forest seems a bit too small for them.

But walk north from this forest, turn east after exiting the forest, and continue walking along an opened mountain road. It only takes half a day to reach the main fortress of Dawn. The terrain of the fortress is built on high mountains. There must be an eagle perched nearby.

Or you can go west and take the path of promotion through the green forest to Wo'jin's resting place. From the resting place, follow the mountain overflow and you will encounter two forked roads. One of the bridges leads directly to Baldur's Gate, but in the game Destroyed by the Red Dragon, but not here yet, another path leads to Vol'jin's Rest.

If you take Wojin's Sleep, the terrain will become steep from this section onwards. The buildings here are located in huge canyons, and there are many isolated peak-like weathered stone peaks standing between the valleys.

Here you can take a cable car directly to the building complex on the opposite side, or you can take a long detour.

If you choose to take the cable car, you can enjoy this magnificent natural wonder. If you take a long way, you have to climb the surrounding cliffs yourself.

But the final destination is the same. Just like the main fortress of the Dawn in the East, on the opposite lone peak stands the magnificent monastery of Lathander, the God of Light, which is the one in the game.

[Guichen Monastery]

"Guichen Monastery, there must be an eagle there, I have encountered it in the game, but what is really important is the legendary weapon hidden in the monastery."

"[Blood of Lathander], this legendary Morning Star Hammer should still be hidden in a secret place under the monastery. I am familiar with the decryption process there. If I go there, I may get this one without any effort. Legendary weapon.”

This weapon is the first and easiest legendary weapon that players can obtain in the game.

“Well, the relaxing concept is that you have to be alone or form your own team, first kill all the Githyanki who are entrenched there, and then complete a series of puzzles to slowly and happily explore. The monastery.”

"...It's impossible for me to do it at my current level."

In the original game, there were a large number of Githyanki living there. I didn’t pay attention to the exact number when playing the game, but there should be at least 40, and in reality, this number may be several times higher.

“But the game plot hasn’t started yet, maybe it’s not occupied by the Gith yet. I remember that the reason why the Gith invaded the Sword Coast on such a large scale was because the Astral Prism was stolen, so they used the monastery as a stronghold and moved around. Send troops to search.”

"...It's so confusing."

"Going east, I will definitely be able to easily obtain the Eagle Totem. Maybe I can also rescue some fleeing Eltoril residents along the way and restore the tiefling's image in their eyes."

"Go west. Although you can definitely get the Eagle Totem, the distance is a bit far. It would take me three days to reach it at full speed. It is possible to get legendary weapons, but there is also the possibility of running into these astral pirates head-on."

Nohir muttered to himself in the cave. Next to him was a huge dead cave bear, weighing more than 700 pounds.

It took him a whole day yesterday to find this giant beast. Because it was too heavy to be transported, and the cave was large enough and much safer than the broken house, Nohill held the ceremony directly here. ceremony.

"It is better to follow the original plan and go directly to the main fortress of the Dawn to replenish our strength, and then go to the area near the fallen Eltoril to see what is going on there before deciding where to go next."

"Go and ask those two little squirrels if they want to go with me."

"Zhizhi - Xi'er! Xi'er!"

Suddenly a little squirrel ran in in a hurry, shouting as he ran.

Nohir, who had just wanted to find these two little guys, suddenly coughed twice when he heard this title.

"Ahem - don't call me that! I told you many times yesterday, you can call me Nohir or Temariti. Even if you really want to call me Hill, you have to pronounce it more standardly!"

"Xier! Protect me! Xier!"

The squirrel screamed and grabbed his pants. Almost instantly, it ran into Nohir's arms and did not dare to move. His whole body was still trembling. Seeing that the little squirrel was so frightened, Nohill stopped worrying about the name, held it in his hands and asked carefully.

"What's going on, Guozi? What happened? Where is Mumu?"

After hearing this, Guoguo stopped trembling. It hugged Nohir's finger anxiously and pointed outside.

"Mumu is injured! There are many two-legged beasts, they are being chased, there are monsters, Mumu is in the tree hole! Bleeding! So much blood!"

"You stay here."

Nohir put the fruit down, immediately picked up the giant ax placed next to him, flapped his wings and flew straight out. These two little guys were the scouts he hired yesterday after spending a whole day in the granary used by Cave Rats for the winter. Soldier, I didn’t expect that something would happen on the first day of duty.

Guozi was completely frightened on the ground. It wasn't until Nohir flew out and disappeared that he finally regained his composure.

It looked left and right, and suddenly noticed the miserable cave bear in the cave. A huge wound directly smashed its head, and all the sharp teeth disappeared. A pair of dull eyes stared blankly. Looking at the fruit in front of you.

“Squeak squeak squeak squeak!!!”

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Nohir quickly flew in the direction of Mumu. The tree hole where the two of them lived was not far from here, and the straight-line distance was probably less than 2000 feet (more than 600 meters).

According to the squirrel's short legs, the incident must have occurred for more than five minutes when it ran over.

First to determine the extent of Mumu's injuries, Nohir immediately waved his wings and headed to the tree hole in the area where they had been.

"Nohir! Here! Here!"

Mumu squeaked at Nohir in the sky in an open space, and it didn't look like he was hurt.

"Are you okay, Mumu, Guozi said you lost a lot of blood."

After landing in the open space some distance away from Mumu, Nohir asked doubtfully and warily.

"Blood? No, not my blood, Twoleg's blood."

"The big tree fell. Guozi was frightened by the sound of the falling tree. I fell on a stone and was injured. Guozi dragged me into the tree hole and went to find you."

"I see."

Some monsters will change into other forms to trap prey, but they will rarely turn into creatures as small as squirrels.

Unless it's an illusion or a professional druid, only these two can appear like a harmless little squirrel.

Other deformed creatures that pose a threat to humans will never turn into objects as small as squirrels. Their size has already determined that they cannot do so.

"Guoguo said there are monsters, have you seen them? What do they look like?"

"I saw it, a purple-skinned monster with many tentacles on its face, three in total. They rode another big monster and knocked down the tree, and then they chased another group of wingless two-legged beasts over there. .”

Mumu pointed in a direction, and Nohir also noticed the marks on the ground at this time.

"Is this... a crawler track?!!"

(End of this chapter)