The purple-robed priest, the supreme leader of the Dragon Worship Cult's secret stronghold, obviously didn't know about the "big imagination" of the two men at the entrance to the cave above.
Because Zuo Si and his party did not touch the warning runes and traps placed near the cave entrance, but carefully avoided them with the help of detection magic.
At this moment, this man who looked to be about fifty years old was standing in an empty natural cave, staring at the special envoy sent by the Zhentarim high-level officials a few meters away, and confirmed again: "Ms. Clarice, this time you
The target is just a box, right?"
"That's right! All we need is a box and the contents inside it. Apart from that, all the goods in the entire caravan belong to your Dragon Worship Cult."
The woman in a blue robe, known as Clarice, answered in the affirmative without thinking.
She always had a faint smile on her face, and she didn't feel impatient or bored at all because of the other person's repeated inquiries.
"I don't understand. What exactly is contained in this box can actually make you so aggressive that you are even willing to give up goods worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins." The purple-robed priest carefully probed.
Although in Faerûn, the Dragon Cult is as terrifying and famous as the Zhentarim.
But in terms of intelligence collection and transmission, the former is not worthy of carrying the latter's shoes.
In addition, the organizational structure of the Dragon Worship Cult itself is also very loose.
Therefore, the purple-robed priest does not yet know what happened in Calim Port in the south, let alone that the Cyric Church has lost an important box.
The only thing that is known is that Bertorgas and several high-level mages in the stronghold all died near the monster camp outside Mylatma City.
The one who took action was a powerful spellcaster named Soth.
This is also a prerequisite for the two evil organizations to reach trust and cooperation, because they both have a common enemy.
Clarice responded with a slightly playful tone: "Sorry, this is a secret and I can't tell you. But I think the caravan's goods worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins should be enough to dispel your unnecessary curiosity.
Right?"
"Of course. Please forgive my offense."
Seeing that it was impossible for the other party to tell him the truth, the purple-robed priest immediately gave up and continued to test.
After all, no matter what is contained in that box, it is far less important to the Dragon Worship Cult than the treasures and goods worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
With this wealth, they can lure more evil dragons who regard wealth as their lives to become allies of the organization and expand their sphere of influence in the Xingxuan Mountains.
If you can successfully persuade those dragons who are about to reach the end of their lives, or are seriously injured and about to die, to agree to transform themselves into dracolich, it will definitely be considered a great achievement.
Moreover, Dracolich, like the Lich, can be reborn indefinitely as long as it protects its phylactery.
The panic and destructive power they can cause is far more terrifying than real dragons.
If we rely on the Star Swirl Mountains as our rear area, capture Zazespor, an important port city on the west coast of Ferenc, and then insert our hands into the civil war in the Kingdom of Tethyr, we might be able to establish a kingdom ruled by the dragon after death as predicted by Sammaster.
country.
Thinking of this scene, the purple-robed priest trembled with excitement.
Just like that, after a short conversation, the two sides fell into silence again.
Because they are all waiting, waiting for the men who are ambushing on the cliffs of "Lucky Valley" to bring back the good news that the ambush was successful.
But unfortunately, these people may never wait for the so-called "good news".
Just when Clarice was about to use her communication magic to inquire about the progress of the matter, a loud noise suddenly echoed throughout the cave.
Boom!!!!!!!!!
Accompanied by the violent tremors of the earth and mountains, the ground at the foot of their cave suddenly cracked without warning, and extremely hot red magma spewed out from deep in the earth's core.
Countless members of the Dragon Cult who had no time to react, as well as many Zhentarim guards, all let out heart-piercing screams.
Those who fell into the hot lava were lucky, because the maddening pain lasted only a few seconds before they died.
In contrast, those unlucky ones who did not fall in but were splashed by the lava would have to endure the pain for a longer period of time.
【Deadly Lava】!
A conjuration magic of up to eight levels.
In order to prove her own worth, the Lich - Vanessa, launched her ultimate move right from the start, giving the opponent a small surprise of "100 million points".
But this isn’t the end yet!
Alena followed up with a follow-up shot of [Fireball], killing a group of Dragon Cult members who luckily escaped the influence of the magma.
At this time, the purple-robed priest finally discovered that his lair had been invaded. He immediately used magic items to protect himself and asked sharply: "Who? Who dares to break into this sacred place?"
"You sent people to ambush me, and now you have the nerve to ask me who I am?"
Zuo Si slowly walked out of the darkness, his whole body flashing with dazzling arcane aura, obviously blessed with many protective spells in advance.
"It's you?!"
Clarice's pupils suddenly dilated, and her whole body suddenly became extremely nervous.
Because she had seen Zuo Si's portrait and detailed description from the information collected by the Zhentarim.
Know how dangerous this human boy who looks about ten years old and has an oriental sentiment is.
Whether it was the famous Captain "Bloody Hand" who was defeated when he appeared on the desert island for the first time, or what he did in Calim Port, they all showed quite astonishing and terrifying potential.
The most important thing is that the other party doesn't care about laws, rules and the like at all, and will never be bound by any rules.
As long as it is confirmed to be an enemy, it will kill and destroy it mercilessly. It is so ruthless that even many Zhentarim assassins are afraid.
If Manson, one of the founders and top leaders of the organization, had not personally ordered it, Clarice would not want to be an enemy of such a dangerous guy.
But unfortunately, although her status is much higher than those of low-level spies and assassins, she is not yet a member of the "inner ring".
When an order from a higher level is given, it must be carried out no matter how dangerous it is.
"Hello, Ms. Clarice. If I guess correctly, you and the evil master behind you should want this, right?"
Zuo Si took out the box made of fine gold from his satchel and shook it gently with a smile.
Instantly!
The Zhentarim envoy's face changed, and he asked nervously: "You...you opened it?"
"No, I don't have the ability to open the box sealed by so many magical runes, but someone else opened it. As for the things inside... it has been completely destroyed."
With that said, Zuo Si opened the box and showed the empty interior to everyone.
As for the heart that has lost its divine power and dried up, it has long been placed in another new container that blocks magic detection.
He plans to use this heart as the core to create a powerful undead creature after he settles down.
Although he no longer has any divine power, he is still the heart of Baal, the God of Murder.
"What? Destroyed? This is impossible! No mortal can destroy murder..."
Perhaps because she was too emotional, Clarice almost spilled the beans.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and stopped at the most critical place in time.
Otherwise, God knows how the purple-robed priest of the Dragon Worship Cult next to him will react.
After all, that is the heart of God!
Although he was expelled from the mortal world by the god Io in the Year of Turbulence, strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as a "saint" form.
But the power contained in his body is not adulterated at all.
This can be seen from the fact that they can grant magical spells to the priests around them.
There are not many things in this world that can truly harm God.
Clarice completely does not believe that Zuo Si has the ability to destroy the remaining heart of the late God of Murder Baal.
She even believed that the other party opened the box through some unknown method, found the heart containing the power of killing, and then hid it.
You must know that since the death of Bane, the god of tyranny, the Zhentarim has split into two factions.
One group supports converting to Cyric, and believes that this new god who has obtained all the priesthood and power of the three gods of death is the one who can lead the organization to defeat the Harper Alliance and the chosen ones of the Goddess of Magic in the future.
This faction is growing at an unimaginable speed as Cyric has become one of the most powerful gods in the entire Faerun continent.
The other faction firmly believes that Cyric's behavior is too chaotic and may bring devastating disaster to Zhentarim.
The latter united around Bane's elector Fuzor Chambery, and together they took refuge under the command of Bane's son of god, a demigod, Achitu Shivim.
Clarice's master, the titular lord of Zhentil Keep, the original founder of the Zhentarim, and the famous legendary mage in Faerûn - Manson, obviously does not like Cyric of the Chaos camp at all, and his followers.
An ambitious and crazy believer.
In order to prevent the organization he founded from falling into the hands of the Cyric Church, Manson has begun secretly planning to transfer the effective forces of Zhentil Keep and the Zhentarim Order, and at the same time collect things that can fight against Cyric.
Clarice took a huge risk this time and came to the Star Swirl Mountains to cooperate with the Dragon Cult in order to obtain the heart left by the murder god Baal for Manson.
She simply couldn't imagine what the evil and cruel master would do to her if she failed.
Zuo Si, who had blessed himself with the [Detect Thought] magic in advance, was keenly aware of the panic and fear in the heart of the woman in front of him, and asked with a smile: "What if the person who opens this box is not a mortal?"
"Not a mortal?!"
Clarice's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly had a very bad premonition.
To be continued...