Arcane Journey

Chapter 308 Prophecy
The pink torch transformed by magic is thrown between the dancers with the sound of drums and trembling flute. Whenever the two torches cross and fly in the air, a succubus will spread its bat wings and spin gracefully from it jump over.

The dim light of the fire illuminated the girl's oiled limbs, tail and wings.

Against the background of the pink glow, the succubi twisted their waists, wings and tails, and they were constantly swinging, throwing out attractive trajectories.

On the exquisite and beautiful face, there was a warm and lovely smile. Any man who saw such a smile would probably be heartbroken.

But Yada, the second prince of the City of Shadows, remained expressionless. He sat upright on the silk cushion, completely motionless.

His seventh-ranked brother, "Phantom Sword Master" Oripa, holds his ancient ghost sword in his arms. His body is completely hidden in a black robe, standing behind a pillar like a statue, and the face inside the hood , covered by a veil of shadow, unable to see any expression.

In Oripa's life, he has two goddesses, one is the lost lady, and the other is the ancient ghost sword in his arms, and he doesn't pay attention to anything else.

Not to mention the performance of the succubus.

But not everyone can.

The sixth boy, Lamorac, opened his mouth exaggeratedly, drooling while watching the performance with all his attention, and he had a wretched look on his face, which was obviously pretended on purpose.

This made him realize that this guy must be thinking of something else.

On the other side, the eldest Ekasia, the only ghost ranger among the Yada brothers, was dressed in maroon silk and gold silk robes. He was talking with the people around him, but his eyes never left the scene of the succubus.

If one of Yada's brothers was the calmest, it would naturally be his tenth brother Agrila.

He is tall and thin, with extremely thick brown eyebrows and eyes, wearing a black floor-length robe with exaggerated sleeves, and often holding a long staff with a magic crystal at the top.

Facing the performance of the succubus on the stage, Agrila never raised her head from the beginning to the end, and focused her eyes on the contents of a simple magic book placed on her knees.

Before the death of Netheril and the birth of young Brenas, his father had proudly claimed that Agrila's arcane talent was the highest among his brothers.

In the dozens of centuries since the floating city of Sultanza entered the shadow plane, he inadvertently learned from Brenas that his father once regretted that if Agrila did not spend a lot of time to practice the lost Lady's divine arts, his arcane attainments can even surpass himself.

Moreover, among Yada's many brothers, even he himself had to admit that the tenth Agrila was similar to their father, Supreme King Telamante, in terms of words and deeds, behavior style, and even appearance.

Of course, the premise is that he can completely get rid of his poisonous tongue... He couldn't help thinking with a slight headache.

At this time, Agrila was gracefully biting a piece of thinly sliced ​​sweet orange, and her deep eyes seemed to be shining against the backdrop of the torch.

Whenever the voice of the old eight Ecacia and the female leader of Sambia became louder, Agrila frowned slightly.

What is he resenting?This should be an obvious thing to do.

The drumbeat of the stage gradually became more intense, and pink smoke rose on the stage.

Three girl-like succubi flapped their bat wings and danced gracefully over the sparkling pink flames. Whenever the flute trembled, the succubus would arch their curvy backs and beat the flute continuously to the rhythm of the music. whip.

During the period of Netheril, Yada used to see this kind of performance in the Floating City Opera House of a great arcanist who specialized in transformation field, and even had heavy tastes.

It is said that the Grand Arcanist's Floating Void City once caused all the people in the Floating Void City to be forcibly transformed into female goblins due to an accidental experimental accident...

Although Yada had seen many interesting performances in the debauched Floating Void City, this was indeed the first time he had seen a scene where succubi and music were mixed.

Even though he has lived for thousands of years, he still feels his face is a little hot. This must be because of the wine, he told himself in his heart.

He involuntarily turned his attention to the 'Sister of Glory' Terina and Mirabetta, the female leader of Sambia.

Although there was an accident in the floating city, Rui Valan set up an ambush, and the plan to kill the mad witch Simbu failed, but in this battle, they accidentally learned the true identity of Terina.

This matter should be fully attributed to the young mage lord in Mokou Town.

If he hadn't chased and beat Terina fiercely, forcing her to show her real body and run for her life in embarrassment, even 'Black Veil' Illyrel would have been kept in the dark.

The daughter of the succubus queen Meicanxiet from the bottomless abyss, Yada didn't think that they just came to the material plane to seek excitement.

Fortunately, the High Priest of the Lost Lady, 'Hei Sha', assured them that at least until the completion of the Goddess' plan, this nun of Hui Yao would never make any mistakes.

Sister Terina of Glory is wearing a dark, tight-fitting black dress, with a black velvet lining with pleats and piping, and a close-fitting, straight long-sleeved jacket, which perfectly complements the bumpy appearance of this innocent girl The shape of the body, the hollow pattern on the cuffs and the snow-white bottom have a gorgeous charm.

The knee-length skirt and black silk stockings perfectly set off the girl's slender legs.

On the other side, Mirabetta, the leader of the Sambian women's university, is wearing a white dress of the opposite color, which is different from Jielina's slightly luxurious clothing. Although Mirabeta's clothes are similar to Jielina's , but in subtleties, it is more conservative.

Her skirt is longer than Sister Hui Yao's, and the sleeves are not open hollow patterns, but tight and simple cuffs.

The pink smoke was misty, and the dancers from the bottomless abyss knelt on their knees, spread their bat wings, raised their slender tails, and touched the ground with their heads.

"You danced very well, little cuties." Ghost Ranger Ekasia said with a smile, "It's rare to appreciate such an elegant and moving dance. Take the guests from the bottomless abyss to the bathroom, wash them off the dust, and then send them food and Drinks, and wait like a frightened fawn."

Sooner or later, she would die on a woman's body, Yada commented on her eighth brother.

His playful and infatuated younger brother is currently pursuing a female barbarian from the Bedai barbarian crazily, and kidnapped her to Sacross, trying to impress her with his true feelings.

Yada really couldn't stand it anymore, so she let her go secretly, guiding her that if she wanted to survive, she could go through Guangze and take refuge in the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Ecasia held out his goblet to be filled by the servant, and the wine was sweet and strong, spicy with spices from the land of Karatu, much better than the light Vale-elf Aryan wine he had been drinking lately.

After drinking the wine, the younger brother who enjoyed it the most carefully selected the plate for a long time, finally took a slice of sweet orange, took a small bite, and pursed his lips again, "It's so sour."

"Do you want sweets, sir?" the head of the women's university asked softly with eyes rolling.

"No, I've been tired of sweets for a long time. Sour fruit and succubus are the sweeteners of life." Ecacia took another bite, chewed carefully, and swallowed, "Mirabeta, the sweetest Queen, I can't describe how joyful it is to bask in your glory again. I still remember vividly when you left the capital Uudulin as a child, lovely and lost. I always worry about you walking all the way to the grave. , only to find that you have ascended the throne and become Mistress of Sambia."

"It's great that you can come to visit me." The women's university commander said with a smile, "I am very happy to see you again, my friend."

You won't trust us, but right now you need us, without us, you can't be elected as the leader by the Supreme Council of Sambia, Yada saw through her lies.

"I have to come." Old Ba's voice was languid and languid, "As far away as Sultanza, terrible rumors have already reached my ears. Those rumors made me cry all day long. I heard that you were almost killed. The Lord Protector of Cormyr. You know, if you have bad luck, the whole world will be eclipsed."

Yada saw that Agrela, who was concentrating on the book, frowned even deeper.

"Your Excellency really cares about me." The female leader said in a sweet voice, "It's a pity that I am not a queen, but a young woman who doesn't know how to govern the country, but the elders and wise men of the Supreme Council warned me that if I want to keep Sambi Asia, you must control the interior, Selbo, Darren, and Malhesen."

"Your land doesn't matter to me, I only care about your own safety." Ecacia leaned over the table, "Let's talk about love, about dreams, about desire and Mirabetta, are you The most beautiful woman in the world, I am fascinated by drinking your beauty."

The female Grand Commander seemed to be familiar with the exaggerated compliments of the Ghost Ranger, "If you are fascinated, it may be due to the wine."

Out of the corner of Yada's eyes, Yada noticed that Agrila's hand had already grasped his staff, and he subconsciously moved his body in the opposite direction of Ecacia.

"No wine is as intoxicating as half your beauty. If you really leave, my room will be as empty as a tomb. The floating city of Sultanza, the greatest city, brings me joy. Will dissipate like dust in your mouth, don't you have the heart to abandon me? I believe you are not a cruel queen, after all, my humble ranger is like a gravel, under your slender feet wearing jeweled high heels .”

"Oh, okay." The female commander was unmoved, she picked a cherry from the bowl on the table and threw it on his nose, "I may be just a young woman, but I'm not stupid enough to like a cherry." A man who is more interested in fruit bowls than my body, I see you must be staring at a dancer of which gender!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, a huge fireball exploded between Ekasia and the female university leader, and the scorching air wave overturned everything around.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on this place.

"Agrila, are you sick?" In the dissipated thick smoke, Ecacia, who was covered in scorching marks all over his body, hurriedly extinguished the flames on his clothes, and angrily shouted at Agrila who was holding the staff: " Why do you spoil my good things every time, do I have a grudge against you?"

"You have affected me." Agrela said softly without raising her head, "This is a public place, if you want to have sex, get out, I can see that your cerebellum is very developed, but don't use your brain All the land is taken."

"You hit me with a fireball, and you still curse?" Ecacia kept a distance from Agrila, pointing at his nose in embarrassment and said:
"This is not your ghost tower. Everyone knows that the dance party is a place to relax and relax, but you hide here and read books. You are simply unreasonable. I suggest you, if you want to learn, find a place where no one will read it." Wherever you go, get out! Don't influence us here."

"After so many years, you still haven't changed." Agrela got up from the chair, put away the books, held the staff, tapped the ground, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito, "Sweet talk like you, Like a licking dog, a person who speaks without thinking about his brain is really pitiful."

"You don't understand anything." He raised his eyelids and glanced at Ghost Ranger, "It seems that you have said a lot of sweet words to please people, but in fact, what is the difference between you and a vegetable who can only move your mouth? "

"You..." Before Ekasia finished speaking, the female commander who walked out of the fire safely said to Egrila with a bad expression:
"In this case, then I will trouble you, a magical creature that lives with shadows, a half-dead with rotting vitality, stay away from us, I think you don't understand anything."

"Heh, I'm a half-dead with rotting vitality, so what are you two?"

Agrela snorted softly, and didn't even bother to look at the female Grand Commander and Sister Hui Yao, "Can I think that you are like whitewashed tombs? It looks beautiful on the outside, but in fact there are only rotten flesh and dry bones inside. To put it bluntly, it is A group of rotten KDs pretending to be noble!"

"You... what did you say?!" The female commander looked annoyed, a faint light flashed in his cold eyes, and his whole demeanor suddenly changed.

"Forget it, don't be as knowledgeable as this kind of person, do you still want to be scolded by him again?" Sister Jie Linna, who was beside her, pressed her shoulder and said:
"You have to know that this kind of person looks like an old pedant pretending to be noble and full of wisdom, but he is actually the most perverted in his heart, because he must have missed fighting, chasing girls, and Perfect time to drink and have a good time, that's why you put on a sick look all day. Poor pathetic."

After finishing speaking, Sister Hui Yao led the female commander and disappeared into the light of the teleportation circle.

"What a fucking bad luck!"

The ghost ranger Ecasia on the side also shook his sleeves angrily, turned and left.

Shadow Sword Saint Oripa has quietly left without knowing when.

In a blink of an eye, only Yada, Agrila, and Lamorac were left in the empty hall.

"Dear brother, you're really amazing." Lamorac floated in front of Agrila like a cloud of dark smoke, "To tell you the truth, I've been annoyed by these two women for a long time, good scolding! "

"Who is your brother?"

Agrila stared coldly at Lamorac's body surrounded by smoke, "Sixth, who are you insulting? Don't you know? Not only do you like to gossip like a gossip, but you also like a skeleton every day." Wriggling in front of me, it's already very annoying, why do you want me to hear the sound of your goblin-like yelling?"

"Agrila, don't be ignorant of good and bad." Lamorac said angrily, "You are a dog, whoever catches and bites whoever. I didn't see that I am going to stand with you."

"Same faction? Hehe, your position is uncertain. Did the two sons you killed agree?" Agrila chuckled in a mocking tone, turned her back to him again, and tapped the staff. The ground said lightly:
"If you have time, look in the mirror more. Without you, who else can set off the beauty of the world? Don't you always wonder why your luck is so bad? I suggest you look in the mirror more and take a good look You know, after all, as long as it is gold, it will always shine, and glass scum like you will only reflect light."

As soon as the words fell, he and Yada left through the teleportation spell, leaving only Lamorak standing in a mess.

Back at Agrila's Shadow Tower, Yada finally couldn't help persuading and said:

"I still think that you should change your temper. The Lost Lady's plan has reached the most critical moment. If you offend Sister Hui Yao and the female leader of Sembia because of your words, it will end badly. Moreover, you are also in charge of maintaining the Floating Void City together with Lao Liu..."

"You don't understand anything, Yada." Agrela, who was sitting on the chair, raised the quill in her hand, interrupted Yada's words, and said softly:
"Do you know? Among our many brothers, you and De Sude should be regarded as the most honest and responsible, but you only lack De Su De's insight. Some things are definitely not what you see on the surface. It's as simple as that."

"For example, the plan of the lost lady." He continued, "I don't think my words and deeds will affect the success of the plan. Your eldest brother Rui Valan took a magic ship to the 'pirate paradise' Bra star, and the goddess The high priest 'Black Shade' Illyrel is personally responsible for the task of destroying the nodes of Tivanton's magic net, as for us, we only need to repair the floating city."

"Whether the floating city can be repaired or not will affect whether we can win the Kingdom of Cormyr." Yada said solemnly, "Without the help and support of the Sambia army, we cannot reduce our losses in attacking Cormyr. Besides, Mokou Town..."

"You mean to say that the mage lord of Mokou Town got the help of the Harua mage group, right?" Agrela said frivolously:
"Although the Harua also claim to be the descendants of Nether, on the eve of the empire's demise, they were just a group of civilians on land, and they were led to escape the disaster by Laukma, who had never even seen a Nether scroll, and a man who only The lich who will sigh, I have been to Halrua, and their awe and humility towards magic makes me not worry at all. Besides, we still have plans to tear apart the floating city and the magic net. Taking a step back, even if it is The sky is falling, and there will be taller people to top it, it's none of my business."

"What about Lamorac?" Yada asked, "He has already started to waver his position, why do you refuse?"

"Because I hate him instinctively, it's as simple as that." Agrela said in a disdainful tone, "You don't understand anything, you don't even know what happened."

"I don't understand anything, but I can listen with all my ears," Yada said.

"You want to listen, why should I tell you?" Agrela replied.

"Actually, even if you don't tell me, I probably understand." Yada pondered for a moment, and said, "The conflict between the two of you was nothing more than a midsummer festival banquet."

"That's right." Agrila nodded slightly, and said with a gloomy expression, "At that time, we were still living in Karthus, and I had just mastered a ring of spells. A meeting held by the priests of the god Amanatar."

"During the banquet, Lamorac used an insulting ballad, which sharply exacerbated the conflict between the arcanist and the priest. At the end, the sentence 'You cast magic like a dancer, so you must be a priest' even more triggered A scuffle. The tavern shed was burned to the ground. The law enforcement team finally came to mediate and announced: The priest, I and Lamorrak are jointly responsible for the destruction, and also responsible for the people behind the fields after the chaos. An underage girl found in the bushes, stunned by a spell."

Yada didn't continue to ask, because he had already guessed the final result.

"Yada, do you know what is human nature?" Agrela held a quill and kept silent for a long time before looking at the sheepskin scroll, then suddenly raised her head and asked inexplicably.

"Just tell me directly." Yada didn't bother to guess, he knew that with Agrila's personality, even if he said it himself, the other party would draw his own conclusions, so he simply didn't say anything.

"Before the empire was destroyed." Agrila sighed, put down the quill, pushed the sheepskin scroll aside, a trance appeared in his expression, as if recalling some long-term memories, and said slowly:

"Someone predicted the imminent disaster and famine, so she told her friends to hurry up and stockpile food for emergencies. Those people thought she was crazy, a psychopath, and must be engaging in conspiracy theories. Later, Disaster and famine really came, and they ran out of food quickly, but they knew that this person must have food in the family, so they went to her to grab food and killed the family."

"Are you alluding to Miss Polaris, Blakes?" Yada nodded thoughtfully, expressing her guess.

As far as he knew, Agrela had been crazily infatuated with this woman who was nearly a thousand years older than him for a period of time. She was a great arcanist who specialized in the spiritual field. Did not give up.

"That's right." Agrela said, "During the time she fell into madness and insanity, I had the honor to accompany my mentor Karthus to her floating city, and I learned this information by accident."

"Ms. Polaris said this to my mentor during the short period of sane sobriety: Don't predict disaster to a stupid person, because he is a disaster in himself. When you are surrounded by stupid people, no matter how clear you are. Difficult to extricate oneself.

No one is willing to admit their mistakes and stupidity. Arcanists all regard their own face as more important than the truth of spells. Poor self-esteem and emotions are the biggest obstacles preventing them from obtaining the truth.When disaster really comes, stupid people will not thank and admire the whistleblower who warned, but will hate him even more. "

"At this time...you suddenly mentioned this matter." Yada stared at Agrila with strange eyes, with a hint of disbelief in her tone, "You probably predicted what will happen in the future, right? "

Agrila is a shadow magician who specializes in prophecy and illusion, and is also a legendary priest of Shar. In the entire City of Shadows, his divination skills are second only to the High King.

"I don't know." Agrela shook her head in distress, as if she was a lunatic, "I don't want to know anything, just pretend I'm expressing my feelings."

"Then what's the point of you telling me this." Yada said curiously.

"It doesn't make any sense." Agrela said, "It's as if mortals are mortals, so why do they still have the meaning of living? The answer is: it doesn't make any sense, just to live."

"Okay, let's stop discussing this issue."

He regained his original composure, interrupted Yada's words domineeringly, and said seriously, "As far as I know, Guangze is the key point of the whole ceremony. I think it is necessary for us to send people to defend."

"If we send people to defend, wouldn't our place be empty?" Yada expressed his concern.

He still vividly remembers the terrible lesson of the sudden fall of the floating city, and he doesn't want to experience it again.

"You don't have to worry about that at all." Agrila continued, "The leader of the Harpist, Storm, and the wizard queen Simbu of Aglaron are preparing to attack the Valley of Shadows, trying to drive Laroch out of the Realm of the Magic Web. There is no time, and without the help of these two voters, the little lords of Mokou Town would definitely not dare to come here."

"Because of this, I am worried about problems in Guangze." He thought for a while, and said his arrangement, "I decided to let the old eight Ecacia go to Guangze and bring the teleportation device. Once we encounter a strong enemy, we will You can pass through the Shadow Tower at any time, and all rush to support."

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it." Yada nodded slightly, and then said doubtfully, "But, you have to know, even we don't know the exact location of the node that connects Guangze to the Shadow Plane, so why are you sure that the enemy will attack? There?"

"Intuition." Agrela said calmly:
"My intuition won't lie to me. The little lord of Mokou Town gave me a very strange feeling. I still can't figure it out. How did he know that Tiffantton is the node of the magic net, and how did he know the hidden truth? The location of the temple. Until now, the entire city of Tivanton is under his high alert, so that even 'Black Veil' Illyrel can't find an opportunity to take advantage of it for the time being."

"For such a person, I really can't guarantee that he absolutely doesn't know about Guangze." He looked calm and scary, "So, I decided to take precautions in advance to be prepared."

"I can understand your caution." Yada nodded slightly, agreeing with his opinion, and then said:

"But according to the information from Mokou Town, let me know that this morning, our dear little brother, Brenas appeared in Mokou Town after disappearing for more than half a year, and disappeared into the Underdark Region together with the lord. "

"The Underdark? What are these two doing in the Underdark?" Agrila frowned in confusion, with a slight gleam in his eyes, and muttered to himself, "Could it be..."

got windy.

Clouds skimmed across the pale face of the moon like battleships racing to sprint, reaching ramming speed.

The stars are few and far between.

In Sergante Bay, countless long ships rest along the beach, with towering masts, like the forest on the shore.

Mirabetta, the female commander of the Kingdom of Sembia, heard the creaking of the ship's hull resting on the beach, the ropes on the ship were whimpering in the wind, and the flag was fluttering.

In the deep-water bay in the distance, the moored ship swayed up and down, and in the mist, only gloomy shadows could be seen.

In the kingdom of Sembia, the city of Sergante and her sister city of Serlund have been the center of the slave trade for centuries.

Pirates from the Vihon Sea and the Dragon Coast would come here to sell captives, and merchants from other parts of the world would come here to buy slaves.

But now, the chaos of war and the docking of the Floating Void City have made the bustling port city become deathly silent.

She and Terina walked along the coast, at the tideline, away from camps and campfires.

"Tell me the truth, Terina." The female leader said, "What kind of agreement did you reach with Illyrel? I don't want my kingdom to become cannon fodder for the City of Shadows."

"This is related to a change in the Underdark, and we can't say it yet." Sister Terina of Glory replied softly, "I can assure you that the Kingdom of Sembia will never become a tool for the City of Shadows to conquer Cormyr."

"Your promise is worthless to me." The leader of the women's university stood against the wind, with a hint of displeasure in his words, "I just want an accurate answer."

"This answer... I can't give it to you yet." Jie Linna shook her head slightly, her eyes fell on the direction of Guangze in the west, "Because I'm still waiting and watching."

"Wait and see, what are you watching?"

"Wait and see if Miss Lost's plan will succeed."

Sister Hui Yao's eyes flickered slightly, and she whispered: "If we fail, we must plan our retreat in advance, and we must not be buried with these lunatics."

"Damn it, my plan was about to succeed, but it was forcibly stopped by Egrila." She said through gritted teeth, "Once we control Ecacia, we can find a way to take the initiative."

"I heard that their second prince, Yada, secretly let go of a female barbarian that Ecacia captured from the Bedai barbarians." The female commander seemed to think of something, and said thoughtfully, "We ...Maybe you can use your hands and feet on this, what do you think?"

"Where is she?" Jie Linna's eyes lit up, she became interested, and asked.

"Fleeing in the direction of Guangze." The leader of the women's university replied.

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(End of this chapter)