"Then what are your plans? If you want to return to Evermeet Island, I suggest you go to Waterdeep City to find Lord Kelben. He has always had close contact with him there."
Zuo Si gave the sun elf in front of him a fairly reliable suggestion.
You must know that Kelben is a half-elf, although on the surface he does not have obvious elf characteristics, such as pointed ears, unique pupils and hair color, etc.
But his father, Oran Meldrim, is a member of a noble family in the famous elf city of Myth Drannor, and his mother is a human ranger, Arilinda.
Since Kelben's appearance is more inherited from his mother's human blood, it is said that he was discriminated against by the elves when he was young, and he didn't even have his own name until he was twelve years old.
My peers who studied magic together in school were even given many extremely insulting nicknames, such as "Bill".
In the Elvish language, this pronunciation means "garbage" and is generally used to refer to hybrids of elves and humans.
The nobles called him "Zenar", which means less than half, as a humiliation for his appearance without any obvious elf characteristics.
However, no one would have thought at the time that such a half-elf, who was looked down upon, discriminated against and insulted by others, would eventually gradually become the chosen one of the goddess of magic and the most powerful people in Faerûn after the destruction of Myth Drannor.
One of the legendary mage.
Although he suffered very unfair treatment when he was young, Kelben did not hold any grudge against the elves. Instead, he was grateful that they had opened their doors to teach him magical knowledge and techniques.
He has always maintained some contact with Everjum Island, and occasionally accepts and helps teach some elven magic apprentices.
"Eternal Judgment Island?"
The unknown sun elf blinked in confusion, obviously very unfamiliar with this geographical concept.
"Don't you even remember Yongju Island?" Zuo Si showed a confused look.
You must know that even wild elves who are isolated from the world know that there is an island in the distant sea that only elves can enter and live in.
It is like spring all year round, and there are magnificent buildings built with high-level magic everywhere. They look as exquisite as handicrafts and fine arts.
And as long as you enter Yongju Island, you can get rid of poverty, hunger and disease forever. Even if you do nothing, you can enjoy delicious food every day, or indulge in pleasure.
The sun elf shook his head slightly: "I'm sorry, I really don't remember anything. Maybe the only thing I haven't forgotten is this archery, magic and martial arts. To put it simply, I don't know anything except fighting and killing.
No. As for the Yongju Island mentioned just now, could you please help me find out more about it?"
"Why are you asking? As a Sun Elf, I believe the elves there would welcome you to join them."
Zuo Si could clearly feel that the reaction of the magic shooter in front of him was very strange.
Especially when it comes to Yongju Island, there is always an inexplicable rejection and resistance.
"I...I don't know why, but I just don't want to go to Evermeet Island. If you don't mind, can I travel with you for a while? Maybe I can think of something on the way." Sun Elf
He made a proactive request to join the team.
Zuo Si nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I very much welcome a magic archer who can shoot dragons to join. However, I must declare in advance that everything in my team must obey orders, and no one is allowed to do anything without permission."
Act without authorization under the circumstances.”
"No problem, I promise to obey your orders, and I don't need any money or trophies. I just need to take care of accommodation and food."
The Magic Archer shrugged his shoulders in a very free and easy manner.
Of course, you can tell from the luxurious weapons and equipment that he is definitely not an ordinary elf civilian.
Moreover, one of the two quivers behind him is filled with high-level enchanted arrows, including penetrating arrows, sure-kill arrows and magic-breaking arrows.
As for the other one, it is the famous "Endless Quiver".
In other words, the arrows in this quiver will never be used up.
A quiver that can never be empty is a rare treasure for any archer.
What's more, the arrows drawn from this quiver are not ordinary arrows, but 1 magic arrows.
"Then how should I call you? You have to give yourself a temporary name or nickname. Even if it's Anonymous, Chanem or something like that." Zuo Si reminded in a half-joking tone.
"Well... let's just call him Lantis."
The Sun Elf Magic Archer lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally spit out a word from his mouth that meant "wandering person" in Elf language.
"Okay, Lantis, you and the others will rest here for a while. I still have a lot of work to deal with. After finishing it, we will immediately set off to return to the surface."
After saying this, Zuo Si ignored the other party, turned around and walked into the shell ship to help the summoned mind flayers prepare for the ritual of transforming the master brain.
With the psychic generator connected to the dam, the shell ship has now received sufficient energy supply, and it is time to complete the last step.
Of course, he is just a facilitator and observer in this process.
Those mind flayers are the real main force.
When arriving at the brain pool, the first thing Zuo Si saw was the mind flayer's brain densely soaked in liquid.
There are surrendered prisoners here, as well as those brought back by the Heartbreaker after being killed before.
All in all, there are almost dozens of them.
The brain in the center is constantly releasing spiritual energy to the surroundings. You can tell that it is the brain of Isi Aimiton without asking.
I don't know when, but tentacle-like things grew out near the undulating thalamus of this guy's brain. They are catching the mind flayer tadpoles in the brain pool to supplement and strengthen his own strength.
Not only his, but other mind flayers' brains also experienced similar changes.
It's just that the tentacles grown from the brains of ordinary mind flayers are too weak to catch tadpoles for food.
Obviously, unlike most creatures that will inevitably die if their heads are cut off, the mind flayer's brain can exist independently from the body.
"How are the preparations going?" Zuo Si asked directly.
"It's almost done, Master. In another fifteen minutes, we can start the ceremony. Here, please take this skull. It was peeled off from the body of Ith Amidon and is very closely connected to the brain itself.
The connection. I secretly made some tricks inside the brain thalamus. If the new mastermind tries to resist, you can use this thing to punish or carry out coercive control."
With that said, the leader of the mind flayers presented a uniquely shaped skull with both hands.
Through special magical vision, Zuo Si could clearly see the spiritual energy covered on the skull, and an expression of satisfaction suddenly appeared on his face: "Well done. If what you did this time satisfies me, I don't mind spending a little mana."
It’s worth raising you to the level of a mind-destroying demon.”
Hearing these words, a flash of ecstasy suddenly flashed in the Mind Flayer's eyes, and he immediately bent down and bowed deeply: "Please rest assured, I guarantee that there will be absolutely no accidents in the entire ceremony."
"Then I'll wait and see..."
Just like this, another ten minutes later, when all the summoned mind flayers returned to the cabin where the brain pool was, they quickly fished out all the underage tadpoles inside and temporarily stored them in another airtight container.
After all this was done, several mind flayers formed a circle around the brain pool.
The leader took the lead in connecting the energy transmission line with the outside world.
In the blink of an eye, the psychic device under the brain pool emitted a dazzling and intense light.
And those brains soaked in it seemed to be stimulated, becoming extremely active one after another, and the amazing spiritual energy even formed a translucent liquid on the surface that looked like substance.
"Now! Let us drop all our defenses, open our hearts, and integrate each other's spirits and consciousness." Another mind flayer shouted loudly through telepathy.
The next second...
All the mind flayers participating in the ceremony waved their tentacles to release their psychic energy.
Thousands of psychic threads were intertwined and gradually merged into a huge network, covering the entire brain pool.
The brains in Naochi also seemed to feel this amazing resonance, and they also released psychic threads one after another.
Although the whole process is very simple to describe, it actually took more than forty hours.
When the huge network was completely woven, the brains in the brain pool began to quickly converge towards Isemiton's brain.
Through naked eye observation, you can clearly see that at the edge of contact between brains, cells have begun to engulf and fuse with each other.
Like the previous network building, this process is also very slow, and the energy consumption is extremely alarming.
Those transmission lines that emit bright and dazzling light are the best proof.
Almost all the energy generated by the psychic generator located near the dam was sucked in, so that all other psychic devices and dormant chambers stopped functioning.
The shell ship is in a state without any protection.
No wonder Yisi Aimiton didn’t dare to hold the ceremony to transform the mastermind before.
Zuo Si can guarantee that if a Githyanki on the sixteenth level notices such a strong fluctuation in psychic energy, they will 100% kill them at all costs, eradicating their most hated enemy once and for all.
But now, the Githyanki in the starport are under his control, and they will not attack easily without receiving orders.
After a long period of fusion, the brains of dozens of mind flayers slowly merged into a huge and extremely complex mastermind.
To be continued...