If there is any city along the Sword Coast that can surpass Baldur's Gate in all aspects of prosperity and power...

Undoubtedly, there is only Waterdeep!

Not only the coast of the Sword Coast, but also the entire Northland, and even the entire plane of Ashan, is powerful, prosperous, rich, and Waterdeep is second. I am afraid that no other city dares to say that it is. Be the first!

In this metropolis, which is even known as the "Glory City", it is said that the business district never closes. There is one bus during the day and one bus at night. And every night, under the countless lights, even Under the illumination of the extinguishing flame...this is the real city that never sleeps!

This city.

Many temples converge here.

Countless dark forces have never stopped greedy for it.

There are more forces of law and kindness, defending the order here with their lives.

The rulers here, or, to be more precise, the governors, are a council composed of sixteen lords.

Moreover, because the lords of Waterdeep City are naturally hostile to countless dark forces, except for a powerful paladin of the "God of Justice" who is an openly identified lord, everyone else is a masked lord who hides his true identity. identity.

Speculating on the identity of the masked lord has always been one of the daily entertainment methods for the citizens of Waterdeep City.

Undoubtedly, a few days ago, the identity of a masked lord, or a former masked lord, was completely revealed, and he revealed it himself!

Of course, even if he didn't reveal it himself, in fact, according to the information that Isaac has mastered, many people guessed that this person should be one of the masked lords!

The Archmage of the Black Staff, Kelben Orosan!

One of the leaders of the Harpers!

He is also one of the most powerful mages in the Ashan plane.

However, in Waterdeep City, this "one" still exists!

after all……

Although the mage guild of Waterdeep City, the "Anmin Mage Guild", is basically headed by the "Black Staff Tower"!

Although the dark side of Waterdeep and what kind of evil power exists in the underground Skull Port cannot be fully revealed!

But, just the legendary Lost City, just the "mad mage" who created this legendary place...

No spellcaster dares to say that he can surpass this "mad mage" in the depth of the magic field, at least, when he is awake!

Except for this crazy mage.

Isaac has been secretly paying attention to it all these years. It is very possible that one of the two people the Dragon Queen pointed out is hiding here.

also……

The chosen one of the Magic Goddess who has been recuperating in Waterdeep City in the past few years, Ms. Leila from the "Seven Sisters of the North", is undoubtedly at this level!

Therefore, even if he is as powerful as the Black Staff Archmage, he can only be described as "one of the most powerful mage" in a place like Waterdeep City.

Of course, "one of the strongest" is definitely correct.

However, if you want to add another word on top of it, "the strongest mage combination"...

"These two old guys, who are hundreds or even thousands of years old and have children, have actually become a couple!"

"The two of them are together, as well as Kelburn's right-hand man, Archmage Malchow, whose spellcasting level has probably exceeded level 25..."

Among the information, in addition to the Black Staff Archmage announcing his resignation as Lord of Deep Water, there is also news of his true union with Ms. Leila!

These two come together, and with the power of the Black Staff Tower...

Even though Isaac didn't have any direct thoughts about that, his eyes wrinkled slightly for a moment.

This tight combination...

"Now that Lei Loren is in trouble."

"I'm afraid only the combination of the strongest elector and the Storm Queen can be slightly better than them!"

Thinking of those two people, something strange flashed in Isaac's eyes.

The goddess of magic is famous for her large number of voters.

The most powerful elector is said to be a person from a thousand years ago.

There are even rumors that all the "Seven Sisters of the North" were raised by him!

Then...he became a couple with the "Storm Queen" from "Seven Sisters"!

"The combination of Kelben and Laila, the 'Tower of the Black Staff', and the 'Tower of Order' of the Anmin Mage Guild, are just not suitable for direct visits!"

After all, neither Kelben nor Laila, according to the Dragon Worship Cult's information, is the kind of person who will only fight back after being offended.

On the contrary, these two people are often active in various schemes. When necessary, they even temporarily cooperate with the evil camp.

If he goes directly to the Black Staff Tower... Although Isaac is confident enough, he is not so arrogant!

"So this Waterdeep City and the group...Maze of the Earth may be the only target!"

His eyes quickly swept across, and he quickly read all the information.

Isaac soon made a decision in his mind.

Earthline Labyrinth City was created by the "mad mage" Hellast in the endless dark region.

It is said that there are countless levels inside, not only the level of the Underdark, but also various demiplane connections.

All the treasures of the "Mad Mage", including all his magic research, are hidden inside.

Of course, there are more, there are countless monsters and constructs created, summoned, and enslaved by the "mad mage".

This is Waterdeep, and even the entire Northland, a famous place for adventure.

That "crazy mage"'s attainments in the field of magic are definitely not inferior to Kelben.

Since the "Black Stick Tower" is not suitable for visiting for the time being, taking a step back, perhaps the "Maze of the Earth" is more suitable for him.

After all... the "crazy mage" doesn't care if there are any taboos when it comes to magic research!

With this in mind, he collected the information and looked at Beasley: "How much involvement do we have in the deep water? Is there anything related to the 'Maze of Earth'?"

If he had known that the next stop would be Waterdeep, Beasley would have been prepared: "We mainly have three activities there."

"In the business district, we have real business agents who only conduct trading activities. There are not a few of them. Some of them used to belong to the Dragon Worship Cult, and some were specially developed by the Kingdom's Security Bureau."

"The port area and Skull Port are the dark places of Waterdeep City. Naturally, our spies are lurking in them, especially the Aiknansa Guild who was expelled to Skull Port. Based on our lurking and infiltration over the years, some clues point out that

, the top brass of this Thieves Guild may be related to the Beholder, and furthermore, may be related to the Zhentarim and the Church of the Lord of Darkness."

"In addition, we have also made certain infiltrations into the city guards and the Adventurer's Guild."

"Related to the 'Maze of Earth', it can be explored from two aspects."

"On the one hand, adventurers' exploration of the Lost City has never stopped. Within the Adventurer's Guild, a certain amount of information can be obtained by paying some gold coins."

"On the other hand, Skull Port has an underground watershed directly connected to Leyline Maze. If you need it, as long as you activate those lurking spies and unearth some information related to Leyline Maze, there will be no problem.

"

Beasley introduced clearly and logically.

Isaac nodded slightly: "I'll leave it to you. Let's start from two aspects together."

He didn't have much time to slowly solve the puzzles in the Leyline Maze City.

Beasley took the order.

After a while, he also exited the room.

…

Early the next morning.

With a long trumpet blast.

Leaving the dock and accelerating towards the ocean, the four Isaacs would not miss it.

Relatively speaking, the sea route between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep is obviously more stable and safer than the sea route between Baldur's Gate and Amn.

Heading all the way north, it will take three or four days.

As the outline of Waterdeep gradually begins to become clear in the distance.

Along the way, not to mention pirates, we didn't encounter any fish-men or sea monsters in the sea.

On the contrary... twice, we met the fleet that was constantly patrolling back and forth in the Sword Coast waters!

From this, it can be seen that the Sword Coast region, especially the two powerful city-states of Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep, is quite stable.

Whether it's the sea monsters in the sea or the pirates further north who are related to the Luskans, few dare to openly operate here.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Isaac, and he doesn't care about it.

At this moment, following the reminder of the crew and the sight of Waterdeep City, he was also looking at the place in the distance, which completely surrounded the entire bay and continued to extend inland. The continuous buildings were undulating, even if they were separated.

It is still far away, but it can be easily seen that this is an unprecedentedly large scale, whether it is Baldur's Gate, its natural green, including Calimport and Askatra, which he has visited, and even

The two major cities in the north and south of Unse... No city can be as large as the one in front of you.

and……
To be continued...