The Swordsman of Faerûn

When the child abandoned by his biological mother was found by her father, he was not treated kindly.Kostchurch tortured this poor and unfortunate child with the most cruel and terrifying methods, sacrificed her essence that belonged to both the Joseph Garden and the abyss to the existence in the dark, and cast this building that can stably lead to the Joseph Garden. permanent portal.

Many people call this portal Stoddt's Gate, which means the gate of the forever desperate girl.

Kostchurch has invaded the home of the giants in Joseph's Garden countless times through this portal. He has killed, spread fear, and plundered everything he wants.

This permanent portal is also watched by all demon lords, who are eager to gain this precious passage to the soul harvesting farm (the demons regard other civilized worlds as soul farms).

It's a pity that Kostchurch doesn't want to share his property with others, which also makes him one of the most hated demons in the abyss, hated equally by both good and evil.

The town of Utgard is home to Kostchurch's most loyal frost giant generals, who guard the passage to Stoddt's Gate.

When William and Phinea brought their legion to this city which is called a town in name but should actually be regarded as a huge fortress, the expected formed Abyss Frost Giant Legion was nowhere to be seen. The abyss frost giants didn't show much hostility, and even welcomed them.

Then everyone knew that due to the sudden madness of the angry lord Koschurch, the elite abyss frost giants who were originally stationed here were actually transferred away not long ago, which made the defense of the remaining guards against the passage leading to the portal very serious. big vacancy.

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The town of Utgard is so empty that one can't help but wonder if there is something wrong with this huge town.

William and his party consisted of nearly 200 people, including the frost giant's cubs. This was a very powerful force.Any frost giant child who has learned to walk will not be inferior to adult humans in terms of strength or stature.

And let them be fully armed and form a decent battle formation, even the adult frost giants dare not underestimate these innocent juvenile giants.

A frost giant as tall as two Williams (about thirteen feet) suddenly ran out from the depths of the town. Wearing a simple breastplate that can only protect the vitals, and carrying a long-handled wheel ax in his hand.

This is a typical abyssal frost giant. The magic lines on his body represent that he is infected by the power of the abyss, and his soul essence is marked. If this abyssal frost giant is killed outside the abyss, then he will be in a certain area of ​​the abyss was resurrected.

The temper of the abyss frost giants is just like the lords they are loyal to, full of tyranny and anger.The evil giant rushed to William and the other leaders in a few steps.When he passed by, he used the long handle of the wheel ax that was lifted upside down in his hand to sweep William, who seemed to be a little in the way, and stared greedily at Phinea with eyes full of malice. .

Then the abyss frost giant asked Foxis in an almost scolding tone: "Stupid guy, is this the supplementary regiment you sent?! They are all brats who haven't even grown their hair yet. There are girls! You are actually thinking of using them to fill the poll tax?! Damn it! It seems that we have to clean up those tribal leaders who are obedient and vicious!"

Foxis really wanted to say, brother, you have misunderstood the person, I am not the leader of this team, but his clever mind allowed the son of the crow queen to grasp the essence of the emergency, and he pretended to be sad and said: "I'm sorry Your Excellency! All the adults of our tribes have been conscripted to fight the frost invaders, even the women and the elderly are not spared. These children are already the oldest tribesmen we can cobble together .”

Foxis was the only giant in William's group that was taller than ten feet, and he was also a male, so he was regarded as the leader of the team by the abyss frost giant that came out of the town of Utgard.

As for Feniya, the real leader of the Frost Giant Cub Legion on the bright side, sorry, in the eyes of the Abyss Frost Giants, females are only suitable to be used as tools for fun and reproduction, and they are not qualified to be qualified Frost Giants.

The so-called Zhengding is a saying among the frost giants of the abyss, which can be understood as a qualified warrior.Zheng Ding has a lot of rights, and enjoys a series of qualifications such as plundering spoils, keeping servants (frost giant cubs), and attaching to female frost giants. Of course, there are thresholds for obtaining such qualifications. It must be more than twelve feet, and then there is the consideration of combat effectiveness.

Although the abyss frost giant in Utgard Town was very dissatisfied with the "sent" group of people, he decided to accept them very happily. After all, having a bird in hand is better than nothing.

The abyss frost giant hates the quiet atmosphere in this empty town. They like excitement, even if it is a terrifying excitement. It is undoubtedly a blessing for the abyss frost giant to have a few delicious little servants for it to torture at will. A good pastime.

The vicious big eyeballs of this abyssal frost giant have already begun to search for a suitable "cub servant" among the crowd, and the first thing it is targeting is Phinea, who has the most unique temperament among all frost giant "cubs".

Confident, high-spirited, fearless, and vigorous, these beautiful words that cannot appear on the frost giant cubs in the abyss, are vividly displayed in Feniya, making her quite a kind in the entire team of frost giant cubs. Her outstanding temperament also made her look particularly dazzling in the eyes of the frost giants of the abyss.

Just when this vicious abyssal frost giant was about to capture Phineya directly, Foxis grabbed its arm and asked, "I wonder how many guards are left here? I can assign people to you."

The Abyss Frost Giant impatiently punched Foxes in the face, and shouted: "Don't bother me to pick slaves! You poor fellow! If you want to know how many people are here, go and count them yourself." !"

Lesser brutins are the undersized male frost giants, as well as other adult giants who are not of the frost giant race but who have sworn allegiance to Kostchurch.

Foxis grabbed the opponent's fist and stepped forward with a knee bump, causing the abyss frost giant to howl, then he threw the abyss frost giant to the ground, then broke its arms, and put its knees against the abyss The frost giant's back neck (see the beautiful kneeling press for details), restrain it.

The Abyss Frost Giant was a little confused at this time. It didn't expect that Foxis, an outlying giant who looked like a scumbag, would dare to resist a higher-level Frost Giant. It can be said that he did not have any psychological preparations. was subdued.

This made the failed giant quite annoyed and unconvinced. It tried to resist, but found that there was no possibility of escape except for the possibility of breaking its own arm.It can only intimidate Foxis with foul language, trying to make him panic and give up its restraint.

Feniya and William gathered around, looked at the abyss frost giant with its head on the ground, and asked, "Tell me! How many guards are there?"

But without waiting for the Abyss Frost Giant to answer, William cut off one of its ears with a single knife.

The giant howled miserably, struggled vigorously, howled and cursed, but still couldn't get rid of Foxes' suppression.William unceremoniously chopped off the nose of the abyss frost giant. The severe pain caused the demonized giant to even break his own arm bone, writhing like a runaway maggot.

However, upon hearing Phinea's order, some of the stronger frost giant cubs immediately stepped forward to help out. They stacked up like Arhats and tightly suppressed the giant's limbs. Kaoyi, William's servant, was at this moment With some strength, she condensed a giant ice spear, directly penetrated the chest of the abyss frost giant, and nailed it to the ground.

At this moment, the Abyss Frost Giant finally understands his situation. These little bastards are so ruthless. This is the rhythm of killing me!

So when William put the tip of the knife in front of the basketball-sized eyeballs of the abyss frost giant, the evil giant finally begged for mercy in a low voice: "Please forgive poor old Bancaan, no matter what you want to ask, I will answer you." Say it endlessly. Oh, let me think about the problem just now, there are still two fingers missing as many guards as one."

Most of the abyss frost giants have no culture, and their mathematics level can only calculate addition and subtraction within ten, including counting up to twenty, because their hands and feet add up to only twenty fingers.

Just like what this abyssal frost giant said, there are only nine abyssal frost giants guarding the entire town of Utgard to Stoddt's Gate. It can be said that this is the worst time since the establishment of Stoddt's gate. up.

Of course, don’t think that the poor defense here means that Koschurch doesn’t pay attention to it, and this is the core area of ​​the frozen ruins. There are giant tribes loyal to Koschurch within a radius of tens of millions of miles. Anyone from other abyss The lord's army can't reach here without a sound. As for those infiltrators who are single-handed or in small groups, the full-member guard formed by abyssal frost giants in Utgard town is enough to make their infiltration a death game.

The real threat to the safety of Stoddt's Gate is actually from the Joseph Garden forces on the other side of the portal, but the giants there are not very united, and many tribes even have hearts for Koschurch. It is difficult to organize a strong enough army to counterattack the abyss, most of the stupid guys are not even far away from the radiation of the abyss.

After William and the others tortured a lot of information about Utgard and Stoddt's Gate from the mouth of the abyss frost giant, they directly executed this unlucky guy.

Then William began to assign tasks to everyone without any concealment. A hunting team consisting of himself, Brunhilde, Foxis, Kaoyi, and several shadow spirits was responsible for killing the remaining abyss Frost Giant, after the guards have been cleaned up, the old mage and Dove are responsible for checking whether the Stoddt Gate can be activated.

As for Phinea and a group of frost giant cubs, they were in charge of ransacking their homes in the town of Utgard to search for the supplies left by the abyss frost giants.

Relying on their incomparable perceptual ability, the plan of William and his team to attack and kill the frost giants in the abyss went very smoothly. Nine targets died under their surprise attack almost without incident, which made everyone respect William's command. Ability to be shocked.

The old mage even secretly lobbied William, saying, "William, you have such a talent, you shouldn't waste it on the mundane career of a human prince like 'unifying the valley and establishing a kingdom'. You should have a greater pursuit."

William squinted at Elminster and asked, "What is the greater pursuit?"

The old mage said excitedly: "For example, maintaining the balance of good and evil in the world, the ebb and flow of order and chaos, the rise and fall of various planes, etc."

William gave the old mage a contemptuous look, and said, "I'm sorry, old man. I don't have such a big heart to bear these illusory things."

The old mage went to Stoddt's Gate to study the portal with some regrets. Not only Dove accompanied him, Brynhilde, Foxes and the shadow spirits also followed to watch the excitement.

William, Selena, and Kaoyi returned to the town of Utgard. Phinya and the others searched for too many supplies. The frozen fresh meat alone almost piled up into a mountain of meat, and there were countless heavy weapons. Dozens of Abyssal Frost Giants have heavy armor all over their bodies.

This is the super heavy armor that the abyss frost giants in Utgard Town will wear when they set foot on the battlefield. Each pair is invaluable, especially for the frost giant tribe on the main plane.

There are also a large number of gold and silver artifacts, jewelry and so on.

With the cub army under Phineya alone, they wouldn't be able to get all these supplies even if they moved them a hundred times, let alone one trip.

Most of these frost giant cubs come from the Ice Plane, which is notoriously barren. The lack of food and clothing is definitely not just talking. Crazy, they moved out desperately, even reluctant to leave even a trace of meat residue, even so, there are still countless frozen meat piled up in the grain depot of the abyss frost giant.

William was also a little troubled by such a rich harvest. Those weapons and armor, gold and silver utensils, and treasures were easy to deal with. At worst, he opened the gate of flames and temporarily stored them in the world of flames.

Only frozen meat is not easy to handle.These frozen meats were the food that Koschurch led the abyss frost giants to repeatedly invade Joseph's Garden, and snatched them back.The giant's territory in Joseph's Garden is extremely rich in products. All kinds of gigantic creatures supply the almost bottomless appetite of the giants. Among them, a super-giant beef cattle is the most popular among the giants.

This super-giant beef cattle is a bit similar to the giant bison that William once encountered in the Taoyuan Secret Realm, but its meat is more delicious and chewy. It is the favorite domestic animal of the giants, and it is also the food that the abyss frost giants like to plunder.

The climate of the frozen ruins is extremely cold, but these meats can be preserved for a long time.

But in the flame world where the temperature is very high, these frozen meats may go bad if they can't be stored for a day.

Fortunately, Kaoyi solved the problem of storing frozen meat for William in time. This beautiful servant who came from a place of inexplicable beauty actually had a demiplane in a severe cold environment as a storage room, which surprised William inexplicably.

After Kamai became William's servant, she has always behaved well, and her requirements are not high. She doesn't need William's dedication for the time being, and it is enough to inject a group of gentle flame energy into her body every day.

It's just that it's a bit troublesome to open the demiplane. Kaoyi hasn't opened it for a long time since the magic net was disconnected, because she couldn't open it.

To open the demiplane, but need the help of the old mage Elminster, so William went to Stoddt's Gate to find the old mage.

Stoddt's Gate is an arched giant stone portal covered in hoarfrost. It stands in the middle of a black ice hill, and it looks particularly conspicuous from the sky.

When William saw the portal, he saw that it was in operation. Accompanied by a horrifying female scream, the brilliance flashed when the teleportation spell took effect, but he saw Fokker standing in front of the portal. There was no trace of the Sith and a few of the specters, they were all teleported away.

William was a little worried about the whereabouts of Foxes and the others, so he asked loudly, "Where did Foxes go?"

The old mages looked back at William in a panic, but Brunhilde said: "They have already gone home!"

At this time, Brunhill had recovered the appearance of the apostle of the star realm, with a pair of golden wings fluttering behind his back, which seemed to be full of sacred aura.

William floated down in front of everyone, and said a little displeased: "Really? Did Foxis leave in such a hurry? He didn't even say hello!"

Dove knew that William would be difficult to be deceived, she said: "William, we are adjusting the coordinates of this portal, the first stop is to locate the shadow plane, Foxis and the others tried it in advance as the pioneers of the pathfinding. Next In one step, we will locate the Shadow Valley in Faerun, and the door of the ladder there may allow us to go home directly."

At this time, a voice sounded from the arched stone wall of the portal: "Good people! Help me! Help me, this poor and desperate soul."

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William looked up at the buttress of the portal, only to see a strange colorful relief appearing on the originally glorious stone wall at this moment.

This relief has a very special shape, half of which represents a beautiful angel shape, with a sacred wing, half of a pure face and radiant skin, while the other half of the body presents an ugly side, yellow-brown hard The skin, the ferocious claws, the ferocious half of the face, and a distorted bat wing, these two forms representing different extremes, are actually combined almost perfectly to form a distorted existence.

William looked up at the nearly alive relief on the buttress, and asked, "Is it you talking?"

"Yes." The embossed said with a sad face: "Save me! Kind man, I was abandoned by my mother when I was born, but my father tortured and killed me even more cruelly, and let me live in There is no release from eternal pain."

William asked thoughtfully: "You say you are a desperate soul, what proof do you have?"

Hearing this question, the relief couldn't help being stunned. How to prove that he is a desperate soul is a bit embarrassing for it.

The old mage next to him was also choked by William's question. They thought that with William's character, after hearing the emboss's complaints, they would definitely not stand idly by. Who would have thought that he would not play cards according to common sense.

The relief was silent for a while, and said again: "Human, I don't know how to prove myself, but I can tell you my past. My mother is a Valkyrie from the heavens. She has a great reputation and peerless beauty. , but in a battle between good and evil, she was unfortunately defeated and captured by an evil demon lord, who raped her, and then I was born.

I have faced misfortune since I was born, my mother refused to nurture me and denied my real name, she called me Caesthunster, which means twisted chaos..."

The relief Caesdonst tells her tragic past in an emotionless tone, as if she is not telling the story of herself, but an irrelevant passer-by.

Of course, the experience of the daughter of the angry lord Kostchurch is indeed tragic, and it makes people feel very uncomfortable after hearing it. William is also willing to shed a sad tear for her, but that's all.

To put it bluntly, this poor man is an unfortunate offspring of war and hatred. Similar situations exist not only in Faerun, even in the era known as "humanities and charity" in William's previous life.

It's just that the situation of the child of the angel and the devil is more special.

William said: "Poor friend, I sympathize with your misfortune. But I don't know how to save you. Maybe you should seek help from other more capable people instead of me, an ordinary mortal."

Cameos screamed, "It's you! It's you! They say you're the only one who can save me, you won't lie to me!"

William couldn't help narrowing his eyes, and asked in a concentrated voice, "Who? Who said I could save you?"

Embossed Caies covered her face with her hands, and pretended to cry: "No! I can't say it! I promise not to betray the identity of the person who pointed me out to anyone. However, I can't lie to you either. Good people, I can't say."

Of course, the embossed can't really cry, she's just putting on a show.

William didn't mean to embarrass Caius, he looked back at the old mage and Brunhilde, and said, "Tell me, who gave her the idea."

The old mage looked at William's almost cannibalistic eyes, and said a little ashamedly: "It's not me. Although I also sympathize with this poor soul, but it's not enough for you to completely offend a real devil because of her." Lord."

Elminster really thought so too. The soul in front of him is part of the devil no matter what. The devil's affairs have nothing to do with him, the Archmage of Faerun. Faerun is already messed up, and he doesn't want to do it again. Attract the attention of the angry lord to his hometown.

Brunhilde responded without shame: "I said it! William, this child has been a tragedy since birth. Although her bloodline inherited from the heavens was polluted by evil, it still belongs to the heavens. She should not have suffered such a tragic eternal fate. And since abandoning this child, Jershkogul has been haunted by regrets, she should not have abandoned this poor child."

William sneered, and said, "To be honest, don't perfuse me with such nonsense!"

vulgar!Brunhilde glanced at William, then took a deep breath, and said: "Caies's soul has both the sacred nature of the heavens and the chaotic nature of the abyss. Her existence (sacrificed here) Make this portal connecting Joseph's garden and the abyss indestructible.

Joseph Garden cannot close the portal from the other side, and can only passively suffer from the attacks of the angry lord day after day. So far, it is unknown how many residents of Joseph Garden have been killed by the brutal army of anger.

It is the duty of every Celestial Warrior to neutralize the threat to this portal.As a Valkyrie, since I am standing in front of this portal, how can I turn a blind eye.

William, you are a kind warrior, and you have the ability to dispel the curse fire of this portal array. If you can help the heavens dispel this source of threat to the safety of Joseph's Garden, the Heroic Legion of Joseph's Garden will be very happy. Happy to form an alliance with you. "

Before William could answer, the relief on the buttress almost collapsed and screamed: "No! No! No! Caies didn't say anything! Caies didn't betray a good-hearted person! A kind-hearted person already knows that kind-hearted people Caius did not inform! Caius is not an informer! Mother! Don’t abandon Caius! Caius did not inform! Woooooo!..."

William looked up and took another look at the relief, and only then did he realize that this poor soul was not normal, that she was actually a lunatic without sanity, a poor wretch whose sanity had indeed been destroyed by despair.

William sighed, and said, "Brünnhilde, if you don't know how to act, don't teach others to speak. Sometimes talking too much can easily backfire."

William's words were the words that the embossed Caius said when he stopped him, which were obviously not words that a soul with a mental problem could say.

"How can I save this poor soul?" William asked.

Brunhilde and the old mage looked at each other, and the old mage said: "This poor soul has been sacrificed to the existence in the dark, her essence no longer belongs to the world, and she has a trace of immortality." , so it cannot be destroyed by conventional means, including those destructive spells.

Even the portal has indestructible properties due to its association with the essence of this immortal soul.In a sense, this portal is equivalent to a real artifact.

We can't destroy the artifact here, but we can take it away, take away the part of the portal that is connected to Caius' soul, and then find another way to destroy it, so that Caius' soul can escape The bondage of the portal.

Of course, it's up to William that you use the cursefire to temporarily destabilize the portal before we can move it. "

Cursed fire is the most primitive power in this world. It can even affect the stability of the artifact. It is naturally possible to deal with a portal that is similar to the artifact, but William always feels that the old mage and others are hiding something from him.

In fact, for William, helping Caius free from eternal pain is more important to him than removing the source of the threat for Joseph Park.

So he pointed to the bas-relief that had been muttering to himself and asked, "Will this free the poor soul?"

The old mage sighed and said: "Every time the portal is opened, it is a tear to Cai's soul, which is enough to destroy the spiritual pain of any soul.

Originally, under normal circumstances, only one large-scale teleportation is needed, and Caies' soul will be torn into two different essences, transforming into a pair of good and evil twins.

And this is also an excuse for the demon lord to trick the original Caius into accepting the sacrifice. "

At this time, the embossed Caies suddenly interjected: "Dad said, as long as Caies is obedient, he will make Caies look like mother likes, so mother will come back to accept Caies."

The old mage looked at William's calm and inexplicable expression, and continued: "But the sacrifice made Cai's soul immortal, and every time her soul was torn, it would recover again, and she couldn't get rid of the intact state." The state of being sacrificed.

Unless she can find a way to undo the sacrifice, or take back the ownership of Caius's soul from the existence in the dark, otherwise she will still not be able to obtain real salvation, and her soul will not be able to return to the sea of ​​souls. "

"Then what can you do?" William asked.