Arcane Journey

Chapter 123 The Secret of the Nine Swords
After convincing the red dragon Argotus, Brian cast a teleportation spell and returned to the manor in Mokou Town.

The room Graal had arranged for him was spacious and airy, solitary and quiet, hardly disturbed by anyone.

It was past midnight in the surface world at this moment, and he learned through a magic message that the matter he entrusted to Silver Dragon had been done.

So he planned to rest for a while, and when it was dawn, he went to the Salamander tavern and persuaded the old paladin to work for him.

Just when Brian was about to push the door open, his expression suddenly tightened, and he stopped subconsciously.

Because he hadn't reached the door yet, he passed the warning circle set up in the room in advance, and the slight vibration in his mind made him aware that someone had broken into his room.

As a spellcaster who is proficient in magic circles, no matter how safe the environment is, he will take the trouble to set up magic circles to ensure his own safety.

What's more, the enemies he faced were followers of the Lost Lady Shar and the caster group from the City of Shadows.

Especially the Shadow Guard Assassin who made him afraid.

Therefore, when he returned to the surface, he did not teleport to his room immediately, but appeared at the door of the attic, and then walked up slowly.

The purpose of doing this is to prevent people from being left on the sidelines.

After all, the moment he stepped out of the teleportation circle belonged to the time when his defense was the most empty.

In this case, the most correct solution is to prevent the enemy from capturing the foothold of their teleportation.

So, humming an old-fashioned little tune as if nothing had happened, he turned the doorknob and opened the room.

You can't see your fingers inside.

For Brian, who has elven blood, this is not the case.

He stepped through the door with extremely slow movements, and then carefully closed the door tightly.

The moment he turned around, the dark shadow twisted, and two daggers surrounded by shadow energy pierced fiercely towards his neck and heart respectively.

—— "Dimensional Jump!"

Facing such a deadly attack, Brian had expected it, so before the opponent showed up, he had already activated the fastest teleportation spell in advance.

Accompanied by dim light particles spinning and dancing around him, two sharp daggers pierced in a cloud-like halo and flew into the air.

——"Shadow Leap!"

The black shadow hidden in the hood was startled, retracted the double blades in time, turned into a twisted shadow, and disappeared with Brian.

The moment Bryan landed, he suddenly judged the location where the assassin appeared through the shadow jump through his familiarity with shadow magic.

——"Krugul Flame Arrow!"

——"Arcane Missile!"

He immediately waved his staff, and the flame arrows emitting orange light and five magic missiles composed of force field energy rushed towards him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!."

Facing the sudden attack, the two daggers in the hands of the black shadow who couldn't dodge it in time danced out impenetrable sword shadows to disperse all these attacks.

"boom!"

However, when the assassin's weapon flicked away the flaming arrows, the explosive properties attached to Brian's staff burst out suddenly, blasting out a magical flame.

Seeing his little trick work, Brian smiled.

The function of the Arcane Missile is just to hide the eyes and ears, so that the opponent has no time to judge that an ordinary flaming arrow actually has the explosive property.

Then, not daring to waste time, he immediately took out a ruby, injected a stream of magic energy, and crushed it.

The moment a light red arcane energy overflowed from the gemstone, a terrifying scene happened.

On the four walls of Brian's room, runes flashed with luster.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, his room seemed to fall into a dazzling flare, and the dazzling light burst, filling every corner of the room, occupying every shadow.

Flash array!

This was set up in advance by Brian when he lived in this house.

The function of the magic circle is to erase all shadows in the room, including his own shadow.

Also reveals any invisibility spells cast through supernatural abilities, spell-like abilities, or arcane and magical spells.

This is the most effective defense in duels against various shadow energy-wielding enemies such as Shadow Dancers, Shadow Guard Assassins, and Ghost Dancers.

In the flashing circle, all their hiding and shadow-based flashing surprise abilities are invalid, and the effects and damage of supernatural or spell-like abilities released will be greatly reduced.

However, if you want to pinch the enemy in front of you, a flashing magic circle is not enough.

Therefore, he also made second-hand preparations.

Seeing the assassin appearing from the smoke of the flame arrow explosion not far away, facing this unexpected encounter, he suddenly became a little out of control.

Brian seized the opportunity and saw through the slender figure wrapped in the cloak that the other party should be a woman.

To his surprise, those purple eyes hidden in the hood gave him a feeling of deja vu.

Is it her?

He nodded thoughtfully, and crushed an emerald again.

Accompanied by a light green breath floating in the air, although there was no change in the room, there was a slight sound like a lock.

Dimensional blocking circle.

Activating this magic circle means that everyone within the range of the magic circle (including the person who arranged the magic circle) will lose any ability to release teleportation spells.

——"Krugul Flame Arrow!"

With a wave of Brian's staff, a flaming arrow galloped away.

He has already seen that the other party is not only a shadow descendant who has been transformed into a ghost, but also a shadow guard assassin who has advanced from a sword mage.

If her identity is as he guessed, then this shadow guard assassin has also worked part-time in another Nine Swords system inherited from the ancient eastern country, mastering the sage sword of the shadow hand sect.

Although the shadow guard assassin couldn't see in such a dazzling environment due to the racial characteristics of the shadow descendants, she still avoided Brian's attack in time by twisting her slender waist through the scorching breath flowing in the air. spell.

"boom!"

The flaming arrow hit the wall, and there was a bang, and stone chips flew, creating a pit the size of a washbasin.

——"Arcane Missile!"

Seeing that his spell had successfully interfered with her, Brian threw five magic missiles at her again.

The reason why he chose to cast low-level spells was mainly because he was aware of the mobility of the shadow guard assassins. Even if they lost their shadow abilities, the speed at which they burst out in an instant still could not leave enough time for him to cast spells.

And he was also worried that if the other party really inherited the Sword of the Sage from the Shadow Hand School.

Just as he expected, facing the galloping magic missiles, the shadow guard assassin easily defeated them one by one.

However, his attack did not stop because of this.

As he moved quickly, interfering with the opponent's lock on his position, he kept throwing fast attack spells.

After all, facing a shadow guard assassin who was temporarily blind and lost his shadow ability, to him, it was like a wild beast in a cage, allowing him to slaughter.

Just when Brian was preparing new magic again, he suddenly saw that the Shadow Guard Assassin not only didn't panic, but also recovered his composure as quickly as possible in the face of such successive attacks.

Immediately, he swung his swords to protect his left and right sides, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

Seeing this, the hairs all over his body stood up in an instant, and without thinking about it, he rolled on the spot and hid under the table behind him.

Two flashes of sword light flashed where he was standing, and the two-inch thick oak table was split into four sections by her.

——"Pyroblast!"

Bryan also released the persuasion magic without showing any weakness, and a turbulent flame gushed out from his body, like a raging wind, swept towards the shadow guard assassin holding two swords.

The Shadow Guard Assassin jumped forward, performed a gorgeous backflip, and successfully avoided the attack of the flames, and then pointed her dagger at the direction where Brian was standing.

——"Shadow Twister!"

A rope made entirely of shadow energy wrapped around his body with a whoosh.

Sure enough it was her!

Recognizing the opponent's means of attack, Brian immediately confirmed her identity.

He quickly changed his attack plan and prepared to capture him alive.

Faced with this strange attack, he put away his staff at a fast speed, took out the legendary weapon 'Dawnbringer', the scorching blade of light, and suddenly chopped the entangled shadow rope.

——"Shadow Blade Technique!"

The Shadow Guard Assassin's attack did not stop, she quickly swung her double swords with fine movements, turned into a black shadow, and attacked towards Brian.

Seeing the four sharp swords surrounded by shadow energy stabbing towards his vital parts, Brian quickly stepped back a few steps to distance himself.

——"Astral Construct!"

Then, he immediately drew out his volley sword to block between the two of them.

"Clang clang clang!"

A flash of cold light flashed, and while the volley sword scattered the two phantom swords, it also successfully blocked two truly deadly attacks.

However, as soon as he retreated like this, the shadow guard assassin's sword light slashed at his figure continuously.

The sharp sword wind danced one after another phantoms, sticking to the corner of his clothes like tarsal maggots, it was impossible to tell that the shadow guard assassin at this moment was attacking with his eyes closed.

The swordsmanship that Brian was so proud of, faced the attack of the shadow guard assassin at this moment, and for a while, it was even at a disadvantage.

It turned out that the opponent had already mastered the blind combat and perfect two-weapon combat expertise at this time. Brian, who was a little difficult to deal with, found out the situation and was secretly startled.

Perfect two-weapon combat is the most difficult of all agility professions to learn, and it takes time to settle.

Professionals who have mastered this kind of specialties, their continuous attack speed is very fast.

If there is no obvious suppressing ability, it will be beaten by the opponent's continuous attacks and there is no chance to fight back.

If it wasn't for the psicrystal manipulating the volley sword to attack from both sides, one after the other, he might have been succeeded by this storm-like attack.

In this case, he can only choose to use his own protective magic to resist the opponent's blow after finding a flaw, and then take advantage of this to counterattack.

——"Shadow Explosion!"

At this moment, the shadow guard assassin's twin swords suddenly turned into solid darkness, and the moment they touched Brian's light blade, they exploded into a cloud of shadow energy.

Although the shadow quickly melted away under the action of the flashing circle, the shadow guard assassin still seized this opportunity.

——"Night Walker!"

I saw her leap forward, with her double swords crossed on her chest, like a predator in the night, she appeared from the shadow of Brian, sticking out two sharp swords that shone with cold light.

"clang!"

Facing this strange and quick attack, Brian only parried a sword.

When the other sword pierced his chest, most of the damage was blocked by the protective force field, but a wound was still cut on his chest.

A splash of blood made Brian break out in a cold sweat.

He had mobilized more than half of the arcane energy as much as possible to strengthen the arcane barrier, but he was still successfully broken through by the opponent's dagger.

It can be seen from this that the quality of these two short swords is absolutely legendary.

The Shadow Guard Assassin's attack did not stop because of this.

——"Five shadows entangled!"

After being stabbed in the chest by the dagger, five gray shadows that were extremely blurred by the flashing magic circle surrounded her like a halo of light, rolled along her right arm holding the dagger to the blade, and pierced into it. Into the wound stabbed by the dagger.

"hiss……"

Bryan immediately sensed a coldness made of shadow energy pouring into his body along the wound, and rushing towards his legs, arms and heart along his blood vessels at an extremely fast speed.

There was a sense of powerlessness.

He felt that this weird energy was rapidly taking away his strength, stamina and energy.

—— "Secondary Restoration Technique!"

He didn't panic because of this, but calmly activated the special ability attached to "Blessing of Tianjie Mountain" in a flash of his mind.

A sudden warm current, like a tide, quickly drove away the invading shadow energy.

After regaining control of his body, Brian didn't show it, but stepped back pretending to be exhausted.

Seeing this, the Shadow Guard Assassin was overjoyed, and immediately accelerated his attack rhythm.

Just when her twin swords stabbed again, the ready-to-go volley sword, under the control of the psicrystal, activated the whirlwind attack, like a sharp-edged fan spinning at high speed, blocking the two stabbing short swords.

——"Psychic explosion!"

Brian was highly concentrated, and with a thought, an invisible ripple shot out, passing across the Shadow Guard Assassin's body, causing her to pause suddenly.

Taking this opportunity, he bowed to avoid the collision range between the double swords and the volley sword, and at the same time kicked one foot on the ground violently, his whole body crashed into the shadow guard assassin's arms like an arrow flying from the string.

The instant burst of power directly knocked the opponent flying upside down, and slammed into the wall fiercely.

Her slender body was like a broken doll, sliding along the wall and falling to the ground.

A painful groan came, and the Shadow Guard Assassin covered his chest with one hand, supported the ground with the other, and sat up with difficulty.

There was also a palpable sense of panic on her face, which was shadowed by the hood.

Apparently, this shadow guard assassin didn't expect that a spellcaster could not only fight him in close quarters for so long, but also unleash such a powerful force after being hit by his own shadow hand's strongest move, "Five Shadow Entangling". , and even mastered the psionic power of surprise attack.

——"Five Rings Spell: Lazuli Binding!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Instant Spell!"

Seeing that the attack was successful, the 'Dawnbringer' in Brian's hand suddenly disappeared, and then he took out a silver ring, injected it with arcane energy, and threw it into the air.

In the surge of arcane energy, the silver ring suddenly turned into an azure halo, firmly trapping the shadow guard assassin who just got up.

——"Five-ring spell: chain of sighs!"

Afterwards, he quickly chanted another spell, and pointed at the struggling shadow guard assassin.

A force field chain emitting silver-blue light, with the rapid rotation of his fingers, tightly wrapped around the Shadow Guard Assassin's body like a snake.

The Shadow Guard Assassin twisted her body crazily, and the loud sighs from the chains flooded into her brain like a tide, sending out bursts of sharp pain.

"The more you struggle, the more pain the chains inflict, until death."

Brian put away the psicrystal and astral construct, poured a bottle of healing potion, walked up to the shadow guard assassin, and sized her up with interest.

In fact, when he was fully prepared, he had many ways to kill or seriously injure him, but he chose the most dangerous method.

The reason for doing this is naturally his intention.

"Mortals are mortal."

The shadow guard assassin stopped struggling, and found that the pain really disappeared, she raised her head, resisted the dazzling flashing magic circle, and looked at Brian with cold purple eyes, "If it falls into your hands, I'm not as skilled as others. "

"Mortals are indeed mortal. This sentence is true, but whether you die early or late, how to die, is not something you, a prisoner, can decide."

Brian shrugged calmly, showing a playful smile, "Actually, I wanted to kill you at first, but when I realized your true identity, I suddenly realized that it would be a pity to kill you , a woman like you is of some use to me."

"Did you say so, Miss Crisanna from the Tanshul family?" He reached out and forcibly lifted the smooth chin of the other party, and asked with a smile.

Krisanna Tanshul.

The eldest daughter of the shadow prince De Sude, she is not only a shadow guard assassin appointed by a sword mage, but also a proficient shadow fighter who has learned the most profound nine swords in the Xianglong Empire inherited from the Eastern Kara Tu Continent Pai's Sage's Sword (kendoist).

The most glorious achievement in her life was that after her strength had reached the legendary level, she followed the oracle of the lost lady Shar and joined hands with five ghost princes to sneak into the Valley of Shadows.

Not only did Elminster, the most powerful spellcaster on the mainland, the Goddess of Magic Chosen, be seriously injured, he had to hide in Bator Hell in embarrassment, even Elminster's wizard tower was destroyed into ruins and pushed to the ground. into another plane.

"Who the hell are you?" Krisanna said coldly, turning her head away from his hand, "I've never seen you in Sultanza."

"This is not something you need to worry about." Brian withdrew his hand, "You just need to know that you are in my hands at this moment, and if you want to survive, you must listen to me."

"You killed my sister." Krisanna still had a cold expression, "Do you think I will let you go?"

"You mean Miss Natasha." Brian said indifferently, "Come on, I never saw that the plastic sisterhood between the two of you would be so deep."

Although Krisanna didn't know what the so-called "plastic sisterhood" meant, she still heard the meaning of Brian's words, which made her even more shocked.

She snorted coldly and chose to remain silent.

"Choose to be silent, do you think I can't cure you?" Brian's eyes flickered, showing a hint of a smile.

This inexplicable smile surprised Krisanna, and a bad premonition filled her heart.

"There is a proverb in my hometown: no tears will be shed without seeing the coffin." Brian looked at her and said in a gentle tone, but his eyes were meaningful.

In fact, he didn't want to talk so much nonsense to her at all. As a time traveler, he certainly knew the soft and hard character of this shadow descendant who was not afraid of death.

If you want to persuade her, you can only use other methods.

I saw him waving his hand, and the force field chains emitting silver-blue light changed from entanglement to binding her limbs, and the cloak and upper body clothes were also shredded by him mercilessly.

Brian looked at the woman who had been transformed into a shadow descendant with unscrupulous eyes.

Of course, she is very beautiful, and she is also very beautiful. Her long black hair hangs loosely on her shoulders, faintly covering the fullness of her chest, which is faintly visible and quite seductive.

As a descendant of shadows, her skin is different from the black pearl-like color of the dark elves, and more like a faint black jade, radiating luster from the inside out.

It's hard to tell whether this luster is inherent or caused by the dripping sweat from the fierce battle between the two of them just now.

What impressed Brian the most was actually her pair of icy purple eyes. If you look carefully, you can find that there are dark and deep pupils like the night sky in the middle of her eyes.

The look reminded him of the statue of the Lost Lady Shar.

In fact, he is not alone in thinking so.

Most of the male compatriots also think so, and there are even many players who regard her as a substitute for Shar, the goddess of the night.

It is said that at that time, many male compatriots joined the forces of the City of Shadows, trying to change the friendship of this iceberg beauty from indifference to medium.

"What do you want to do?"

The moment the clothes were torn off, Krisanna immediately felt the coolness coming from her upper body. She exclaimed, her delicate body trembled suddenly, and she glared at Brian angrily.

"I'll say it one last time."

Brian withdrew his gaze and said in a slightly cold tone, "My request is very simple, if you want to survive, help me send a letter to your father, Desoud Tanshul, and record your piece of paper. Give me the jade slip of the Desert Wind School, that's all."

The biggest threat to Mokou Town and the Kingdom of Cormyr is the City of Shadows, and it is the Hand of the High King, Hajhorna, and the Prince of Shadows, Desood, who are responsible for the invasion.

He also knew that De Sud, who had remained neutral from the beginning to the end, would fully support Hajhorna's intention to attack the Kingdom of Cormyr because of the ownership of the floating city salvaged from the Sea of ​​Falling Stars.

Therefore, he must find a way to break their alliance.

"You can send letters." Krisanna suppressed the shock in her heart, resisting the shame and humiliation of being scrutinized by the other party's eyes, and said coldly, "I didn't record the jade slips of the Mofeng school. "

"It seems that you don't plan to cooperate well." Brian's bright eyes gradually showed coldness, which made the latter shrink back in fright.

The Desert Wind School also belongs to the Nine Swords System.

The shadow characteristics of the ghost people prevent them from performing this kind of fire elemental swordsmanship, so this jade slip inherited from the Eastern Xianglong Empire has always been stored with Krisanna.

"I've heard it a long time ago, you ghost people who have transformed into shadows"

Under Krisanna's vicious and angry eyes, Brian's fingers slid down those curves that didn't know where to go, like flowing water, and kept sliding down in various ways.

Although Krisanna twisted her delicate body and tried to dodge, his hand was still clinging to her soft and cold skin like a maggot.

"Although your bodies are cold and bone-chilling, as long as you train them patiently, the desire emanating from your cold bodies will be as strong as a hot flame. To be honest, I have long wanted to try whether this statement is correct. Since you If you give me this chance, then I will not be polite."

He was right.

The so-called ghost people are actually a bit similar to the female ghosts in the movie. Their bodies exude a cold and biting aura from beginning to end.

If the foreplay is not enough, if you go in directly, you will forcibly trigger the saving throw for shadow energy erosion.

Failed the physical saving throw, the feeling was the same as if he had just been haunted by five shadows.

"Don't. Stop!"

Krisanna's expression changed, and she finally stopped pretending, and her cold face turned into the purest fear, "I, I agree to your request."

"Very good, I said it earlier, so there won't be so many things." Brian chuckled, and while retracting his hand, the torn clothes and cloak returned to their original shape and were worn on her body.

Then, with a thought, he reached out and touched the chain that bound Krisanna's right hand.

The force field chains emitting silver-blue light disappeared instantly.

"Take it out, I know that swords of sages who are proficient in the shadow hand sect all have their own shadow space."

Brian watched her vigilantly, as soon as she showed killing intent, he would strike immediately.

Krisanna was about to make a move, but Brian pointed out her professional characteristics, and suppressed the killing intent in her heart.

She knew that at this moment, she couldn't escape the palm of the other party, and fearless resistance would only bring more serious consequences.

"How do I know that you will keep your promise after handing over the things to you." Krisanna said in a cold tone.

"I swear in the name of the arcane." Brian said calmly, "As long as you give me the things and send me a letter, I will let you go."

Krisanna heard from his calm words that the other party did not seem to be perfunctory to herself. She gritted her teeth. In this case, she could only take the jade slip that recorded the desert wind sect's swordsmanship from her shadow space. , handed over.

Brian took the bamboo-like jade slip, nodded slightly, and immediately put it away.

"I want to know how you learned about the desert wind sect's swordsmanship." Krisanna glanced at Brian unwillingly, took a deep breath, and asked.

"Haj Horner." Bryan said a name, and immediately took out a sheepskin scroll, writing quickly.

"Impossible!" Crysania looked at Brian incredulously, "It is absolutely impossible for the Hand of the High King to do such a thing."

"Believe it or not, otherwise, how could I know that you will assassinate me and prepare in advance." Brian didn't bother to talk to her, and handed over the written parchment scroll.

He hadn't intended to make the other party believe his unscrupulous lie.

The purpose of doing this was just to leave a seed of doubt in her heart.

Although the City of Shadows is one of the most powerful spellcasting groups in the mainland, its interior is also a mess.

Desoud Tanshul, the low-key shade prince, has been thinking about how to escape the control of the Lost Lady Shar from beginning to end.

And the content recorded in his sheepskin scroll is a clear way for him.

As for whether the other party will believe it or not, you only need to try it out.

"Miss Krisanna, if one day you suddenly have nowhere to go, please remember that the territory of Mokou Town welcomes you at any time." Brian waved his hand, released the control of the chain, and extended an invitation to her without sincerity.

After speaking, he looked warily at the freed shadow guard assassin.

Once the opponent dared to act recklessly, he would directly kill him on the spot.

Under the shackles of the double magic circle, he has this confidence and this ability.

"If there is such a day, I will kill you first."

Thinking of the humiliation she experienced just now, Krissanna put on her hood, gritted her teeth and left a word before breaking through the door.

Brian watched the opponent's figure through the secret magic eye set outside the door, until he confirmed that she had really left, then he withdrew the magic circle and took out the jade slip that recorded the desert wind sect's swordsmanship to check.

He immediately poured his spiritual power into the jade slip, and checked the contents inside:

I am Yan Zhen, Sword of the Sage, and people sometimes call me 'Iron Dragon'.

I once defeated the High Inquisitor of Tiamat at the Dragonskull Temple.

Also slayed the demon lord Varash Kalla in the Ebon Tower.

Three years ago, my comrades-in-arms and I foiled the mind flayer's plot in the Dark Valley at the cost of two tragic sacrifices.

This is my experience.

I have been wandering in this world for 20 years, in order to study the supreme way and seek the true standard of being a fighter and a human being.

I think I am a little wiser than when I first started my studies, but I must leave it to others to judge.

I am now teaching others as a way to mark the path of my life.

Some of my students have given up on the pursuit of supremacy and moved on to other goals.

Some became champions of goodness and justice.

Others are using my teachings to bring harm to the world.

But anyone who seeks the highest path should be taught, for swordsmiths need not consider whether the blade they forge will drip the blood of the wicked or the innocent.

Like all knowledge, the Supreme Law can be used for good or evil.

Now I want to talk about Nine Swords.

They're not legends, young man—I've seen both of them in my travels.

This is the beginning of their story.

Three generations ago, a young human named Chen Guangli went to study at the Goblin Monastery in Saranda.

The goblin sword masters conducted brutal tests and challenges, and the result surprised them: Chen Guangli survived.

They thought he had to be taught, so they let him stay.

From them, Chen Guangli learned the secrets of the most fierce and difficult school of swordsmanship in the world, Iron Heart.

When he became Master of Ironheart, he chose to leave and travel to the Great Golden Desert, sacrificing himself to the wind ascetics of Andramar.

When he mastered the desert wind school, he went to the island beyond the dawn to study the way of the sunset.

In just three years, Chen Guangli has achieved what others cannot do: he has mastered all nine martial arts schools.

In Chen Guangli's time, the unique schools, ideas, and traditions that we now call the Supreme Way were scattered irregularly around the world.

The followers of each school are the fiercest contenders, each trying to prove his school's superiority over the others.

But after mastering all nine genres, Chen Guangli set out to end this rivalry.

He returned to each place where he had studied, and made the most eminent apprentices of each school his own.

He took his nine apprentices to Risheng Mountain and built the Nine Swords Temple there.

Over the years, Chen Guangli and his nine masters have sought the path of perfection farther than anyone before or since.

Hundreds of apprentices also joined them and learned much from their temple.

After a century of studying and teaching, Chen Guangli called his masters together and told them that he was leaving to travel the world again.

Time never caught up with him, it just dyed his hair white and sculpted his face.

The masters begged him to stay, but he refused.

Still, before he departed, he gave each master a gift—a sword that symbolized the principles, techniques, and philosophies of the recipient's first school.

"As long as these swords are together, this temple will not fall," he told the nine masters, "and now I am going."

So he walked away alone, unarmed, because he had no fear of the world.

No one has seen him since.

A generation later, Chen Guangli's original apprentices died or returned home one by one.

The disciples they left behind became the new masters of their respective schools, and guarded the Nine Swords carefully.

But one night, Rakshasa lord Kazir Seth came to the Temple of Nine Swords.

Kazir Set was entertained at the temple, disguised as a weary traveler.

Kazir Seth stole the Clear Mind, the Sword of Steel Soulflow, and fled into the wilderness with it.

The masters chased after him, but they failed to catch up with the shrewd Prince Rakshasa.

From that day on, the temple began to be destroyed.

At first, apprentices of different schools slowly began to bicker, obsessing over which path was best.

Boasting and quarreling turn into intrigue and belligerence.

After some time, the masters jointly exiled King Tiger Claw and Master Shadow Hand who planned to murder the rest to restore order and harmony.

Enraged by exile, two wandering masters form an alliance with each other, and together they raise an army of monsters in the wild mountains.

A year later, they returned with a fearsome horde and destroyed the temple.

It is said that all nine masters died in the battle that night.

According to rumors, the Devoted Seeker killed Master Shadowclaw and was later torn apart by demons.

Desert Wind King and Master Iron Heart defeat Tiger Claw King before dying in battle against an evil army of giants and dragons.

Many treasures - including the remaining eight swords - were lost among the four winds.

Most were taken by monsters and the Shadow Tiger Tribe, but at least two swords were taken by temple apprentices who managed to escape.

Now you know the beginning of the Nine Swords story.

But as you can see, each sword has its own story, and their stories are not over yet.

It is said that one day the Nine Swords will reunite again, Chen Guangli will end his wanderings, and the whole world will return to harmony.

I don't know which part of the story I'm telling is true, but it's a good story, isn't it?

If you become interested in Nine Swords because of this, join us, young man, and I will try my best to teach you some truths about swordsmanship.

——Yan Zhen, Sword of the Sage

Brian withdrew his mental power from the jade slip. The fundamental reason why he wanted to get this jade slip was not to practice the Nine Swords, but to obtain the Seven Artifacts of the Machine Empire Imasca.

The so-called Xianglong Empire is similar to the ancient empires in the real world.

In 1374 BC, artificer Chen Tan unintentionally unearthed a powerful Imaskar artifact from the ruins of Imaskar.

He assassinated the Sapphire Queen Guan Ying and took the throne of Xianglong Empire.

In Xianglong 1289 BC, under the leadership of the sage Shi Zhi, an uprising broke out against Chen Tan and drove the emperor away from Meilan City.

The second era of Xianglong ends.

After fleeing to the Luoyan Desert, Chen Tan transformed into a lich and began to search for the lost Imaskar artifact.

Until Xianglong calendar 1360.

The Lich Chen Tan summoned an army of undead creatures in the ruined city of Imaskar, Sauron, cast powerful magic from that ancient empire, commanded his undead army to march eastward, and tried to conquer the Xianglong Empire.

In the same year, Chen Guangli, a traveler from the Xianglong Empire, landed in Calimport on the Faerun Continent, collected the jade slips that recorded the secret script of the Nine Swords, opened the Temple of the Nine Swords, and prepared to take out an artifact to deal with the Lich Chen Tan.

That is to say, the jade slip in his hand, which was inherited from the Xianglong Empire, is inseparably related to the opening of the Nine Swords Temple.

The father and daughter Desude and Krisanna didn't know anything at all, they just thought it was a set of swordsmanship inheritance that was passed down.

As long as he uses this object to gain the trust of Chen Guangli and help him deal with the lich Chen Tan who threatens the Xianglong Empire, he will be able to know the whereabouts of the Imaska ​​Seven Divine Artifacts.

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