For most adventurers in Faerûn, creatures like goblins have never been a threat or a difficult enemy to deal with.
Quite the opposite!
Unless encountering a large group of hundreds or even thousands, any experienced team can easily kill ten times the number of goblins.
Because these little monsters are so weak, their physical fitness may not be even half of that of most ordinary adult human males, and their weapons are very crude.
As long as the latter puts on a suit of chain armor of better quality, he can rush into the goblins and open up unparalleled, completely ignoring the attacks of those simple knives, daggers and sticks, and kill them one by one.
So when the goblin team sent by Fairkrag found the location of Zuo Si and his party, they were all killed in less than ten seconds.
There was only one person who took action, and that was the demon elf assassin—Feed.
This extremely dangerous and cold-hearted woman took advantage of the darkness at night to maximize her stealth and backstab skills.
There were a total of twelve goblins, ten of whom had their mouths covered from behind silently, while a sharp dagger was inserted into the bone seam on the side of the mandible, directly destroying the brain.
Due to their extremely fast speed and lack of any sound, when the last two goblins realized that their companions were missing for no apparent reason, they realized that the situation was not good and wanted to turn around and escape.
But unfortunately it's too late.
Before they could take a few steps, they tripped over traps placed along the way and fell into the dirt in a state of panic.
Just as I was about to get up, I found that my neck felt cold, and then the sharp dagger came as expected, and then my eyes went black and I didn't know anything.
In front of assassins who are skilled in stealth and assassination, these goblins who lack training and anti-stealth capabilities are like wheat waiting to be harvested in the field.
When the battle was over, Fede quickly found the scrawled map on one of the goblin corpses, widened his eyes and exclaimed: "Unbelievable! That dragon actually gave us a map of the entrance to the ruins?"<
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"I said that the biggest difference between Felkrag and other red dragons is that he is very good at using various conspiracies and tricks to achieve his own goals, rather than simply using violence."
With that said, Zuo Si took the map, glanced at it twice, and quickly discarded it on the ground.
Because there are demon elves who are responsible for leading the way, there is no need for such things as maps.
"So, our whereabouts have been exposed. That dragon is currently waiting in its lair for us to come to our door?" Feide's face became obviously ugly.
As an assassin, what she hates most is that her every move is exposed to the sight of others.
What's more, it's a powerful, evil and cunning red dragon.
Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "That's right. To a certain extent, this is actually a good thing. At least Felkrag has allowed us to enter his lair. As long as he doesn't show too much strength, he will
Waiting for us in the deepest part of the lair."
"So...a game?" Isadora's eyes shone slightly.
"Haha, yes, this is a game of cat and mouse. In Feikrag's eyes, we are just those insignificant little mice. But in my eyes, he is not the same?" Zuo Si smiled meaningfully.
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Arrogance is a common problem among all true dragons!
Whether it's a five-color evil dragon or a kind-hearted metal dragon.
As long as you make good use of this weakness, you can gain some advantages even when facing ancient dragons.
Although so far, Zuo Si has never seen a giant dragon of the ancient age, let alone how powerful the most famous dragon kings in Faerûn are.
But one thing can be confirmed, that is, Felkrag's strength is very close to the level of the Quasi-Dragon King.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t dare to build your nest within the range of activities of Balagas’ “Flying Flame”.
In addition, according to some records, this dragon reached adulthood hundreds of years ago and was active in the Amn area. It once wandered around in human form, went on adventures, and made allies. It even changed its name to Gildan.
I married a human woman at a gathering point in the far north and wanted to try to taste the taste of love.
In short, Fairkrag's behavior and actions are closer to an evil and lawful blue dragon than a chaotic and evil red dragon.
"Master, what should we do with those two guys?"
The werewolf girl pointed at two soldiers not far away whose lower bodies had been forcibly sewn together with needles and threads and were still bleeding. They were lying on the tree trunks, sweating and moaning in agony.
She did not show any discomfort or shyness towards such a scene.
Because when we lived in the sewers of Calimport, there were many ratmen who didn't wear clothes, so we were used to it.
On the contrary, Isadora, who had received a noble education since she was a child, took a look, immediately blushed and turned her head to hide behind Zuo Si.
"Kill...kill me! Kill me quickly! Please!" Thors was obviously tortured by severe pain.
You must know that for the human body, the more densely packed the nerves, the more intense the pain will be after being attacked or injured.
Especially the eyes, tongue, gums, nose, lower body and other areas, they often lose their ability to resist in an instant if they are touched.
Not to mention being repeatedly pierced by needles and threads like this, and then finally sewn together.
If their limbs and other joints hadn't been forcibly removed, they would have probably committed suicide to end this pain.
"Kill you?" A very cold expression appeared on Zuo Si's face. "Those female adventurers who were brutally violated and killed, did you let them go when they begged for mercy? If not, then why do you have such extravagant hopes?
Will I give you a treat? Oh, I almost forgot, in order to prevent you from bleeding to death, it would be better for me to treat you."
With that said, Zuo Si instantly completed a magic spell to treat minor injuries, and aimed it at the lower bodies of the two people who were sewn together and released it.
Instantly!
The wounds that were still bleeding have all healed.
Because no matter how painful it is, being punctured by a needle or thread is just a skin injury, and a treatment is enough to heal the bleeding wound.
But at the same time, those knotted threads are also deeply embedded in the flesh, and they look like twists intertwined together. If you want to take them out, you will definitely have to endure a pain that is even more terrible than inserting them.
"Devil...Devil! You are simply a devil!"
Thors fell completely into hysterical despair, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
But before he could spit out vicious curses from his mouth, Fede rushed forward and directly stuffed the kettle filled with spring water into it.
After a while, this guy was forced to drink a whole pot of water.
Immediately afterwards, the demon elf said in an extremely cruel tone: "Do you know what is the most terrifying part of this kind of criminal method? Or do you think it's over just by sewing those things together?
No, no, no, the real fun starts when you drink a lot of water and start wanting to pee.
Believe me, choosing between bursting your bladder and enduring unimaginable pain to drain your bladder will definitely drive a person crazy.
And this process will last for several days, until you are starved to death or eaten by wild beasts that smell the smell of blood.
In addition, since there is only water and no food, the strong hunger will make you drink more water.
Now enjoy the retribution you deserve, bastard!"
It has to be said that the hatred and cruelty shown by Feder towards these two guys simply subverted the playful and cautious image he usually maintained.
In the same way, she also exposed many of her truest sides, as well as the little secrets she had hidden.
In the end, the two warriors who committed despicable crimes were abandoned beside a creek, and what awaited them was an extremely painful and slow death.
As for the others, they moved to a safer place to sleep for eight hours, and did not get up until dawn the next day and headed towards Felkrag's lair.
Around noon, we finally arrived at the entrance of an ancient and huge underground ruins.
Looking at the weathered stone pillars standing nearby, the demon elf quickly compared it with the map in his mind and said without thinking: "It should be here. This ruins was originally a mausoleum built by King Strohan III for himself.
, was later found and occupied by Firkrag as a lair. However, he only occupied about half of the space, and the other half was still safe and sound under the protection of magic."
"Strauhan III? I seem to have heard someone talk about this king and his country when I was young." Isadora frowned and began to search her memory.
"From the collapse of the Calimshan Shane Dynasty to the establishment of Amn, there were countless kingdoms and city-states that rose and fell in this land, and the Kingdom of Strahan was just one of them. However, judging from the records of Candlekeep,
This country seems to be ruled by a group of mages and warlocks, and both the king and the ministers have strong spellcasting abilities. So it is not surprising that they have the ability to build a luxurious tomb."
Zuo Si explained while reading the ancient writing on the stone pillars that was completely different from the common language.
From the unique letters and words on these stone pillars that are different from ancient Calimshan script and modern common language, it is easy to see the evolution of language and writing in Amn and even the entire continent of Faerûn.
Among them, the ancient Calimshan language is a text created by combining the human language and the djinn language at that time.
But as time went by, the rule of the djinns completely collapsed, and most of the languages ​​​​used by the djinns were slowly eliminated, replaced by a combination of elvish and dwarven languages.
By the time of the Strohan Kingdom, the writing was very close to the modern common language, but some words and sentences were still a bit strange.
However, anyone who has received systematic education can convert these words into common language for understanding and reading.
So Zuo Si easily understood the meaning of the text on the stone pillar. It was nothing more than a warning to those who tried to rob the tomb. There were countless traps and immortal guards inside. If you don't want to die, get away.
To be continued...