"Help! Someone can help me! I'm injured!"
"Ahhh! Guards! There's a demon here!"
"Damn it! Who can tell me what happened? How did these dark elves enter the city?"
"Tyr, the great god of justice, please send down divine punishment to kill these evil monsters."
"It's not good! Several blocks to the east have been completely destroyed. If this continues, we will all die."
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Along with all kinds of calls for help and shouts, Neverwinter, the Pearl of the North, has completely ushered in its darkest moment.
Although due to the previous plague, strong iron gates were installed at the passages between several districts. After noticing that something was wrong, the nearby guards immediately chose to close and cut off the connection between the city areas.
But this is obviously of no use to demons with the ability to teleport and fly.
Dark elves can also come and go freely within the city through magic and sewers.
The only people who were stopped were the fleeing people and the criminals whose dark sides were magnified in the chaos and began to burn, kill and loot.
And because the incident happened so suddenly, and because there were not many defenders in Neverwinter City and they were scattered on the streets patrolling to maintain law and order, it was impossible to organize an effective counterattack.
What's even more terrible is that the premeditated assassinations by the drow assassins resulted in the deaths of all the senior officials of Neverwinter who had the authority and ability to stand up to stop and lead the soldiers.
Even the temple of Tyr, the god of justice, was besieged by demons.
Many low-level officers such as captains have no idea what to do and can only lead a few soldiers to wait for reinforcements or provide some protection to civilians.
Of course, all of this was a "man-made disaster" deliberately created after private discussions between Aribes and General Taylor.
They all want to take this opportunity to eliminate the original forces in Neverwinter headed by Lord Nasir, so that they can be completely brought under the control of the empire.
So after the Leicester Port was invaded, we knew it might be a trap, but they also worked together to deliberately create the illusion that the imperial army was dispatched to rescue. The two airships before were just forwards, and ground troops would follow later.
The ship set off from the port in order for Deszell to take action boldly.
It's best to clean up the area together with the nobles in the Black Lake District.
In this way, the upper echelons with political power in Neverwinter will completely disappear.
But in fact, there are a thousand fully armed guards hidden in Neverwinter Castle alone, and there are several gunboats and dragon knight legions on standby above the clouds in the sky above.
But General Taylor remained motionless even as he watched the whole city become chaotic.
Although Aerion Zhende wanted to help those citizens, he did not have the authority to command the army and could only watch.
The only ones trying their best to quell the chaos and drive out the dark elves and demons were Dumbledore and Vanswick.
They first killed the dark elf assassins who came to assassinate them, then helped a group of guards to banish the demons back to their hometown in the abyss, and then took these people to support other places.
By continuously gathering scattered effective forces and simultaneously attacking those enemies who caused chaos, it didn't take long for the situation in the central area of ​​the city to be stabilized.
Looking at the scene of the Beggar's Nest with flames soaring into the sky in the distance, Dumbledore frowned subconsciously and murmured in a doubtful tone: "Strange, why has there been no response from the castle until now? This is not like Soth.
That’s the way it’s always been.”
"what are you saying?"
Vanswijk had just helped an injured person treat and bandage his wounds and immediately turned around and asked.
Although he still has a lot of healing spells, he can also convert all unused spell slots into positive energy healing spells as needed (an exclusive ability for good camp god priests, while evil camp converts them into negative energy damage spells).
However, considering the current unoptimistic situation, there must be many seriously injured people who need treatment, so minor injuries are usually treated simply to ensure that there is magic that can save lives in the case of serious injuries and near death.
As the priest of Tyr, the god of justice, although Vanswijk is not outstanding in combat, he is an out-and-out expert in treatment and disease prevention. He can always reasonably allocate magical treatment and ordinary medical care to minimize the risk of disease.
Mortality rate of the injured.
"Don't you think the reaction from the castle is a bit strange?
Under normal circumstances, if something like this happened, they would immediately send out their elite troops to repel the enemy and restore order.
But now the castle gate is closed and the troops are waiting.
It's like waiting for the arrival of a powerful enemy."
Dumbledore looked at the Neverwinter Castle towering in the distance and expressed the doubts in his heart.
"I think this may be related to the fact that Aribes led the army to rescue Leicester Port. At present, the imperial army has basically left, and the defense force in the city is very empty, so they can only prioritize ensuring the safety of the castle."
When he mentioned his fiancée, Vanswijk's eyes dimmed, and a look of pain and struggle appeared on his face.
But Dumbledore shook his head: "No, this is wrong. How many imperial troops were stationed in Neverwinter before? How many troops were taken away by Erebes? I always feel that there must be something hidden in this."
Vanswijk replied with a wry smile: "Except for Aribes and General Taylor, no one knows how many reinforcements the empire has sent.
According to the statement given by the castle, basically everyone was sent out.
I think the enemy must have gotten this information, so they launched a surprise attack on Neverwinter City.
After all, Deszel was once the leader of the Church of Helm, and he must have left quite a few informants in the city."
"That means we can't be sure whether all the empire's troops have been sent out?"
Dumbledore had obviously noticed something, and there was a strange glint in his eyes.
"You don't mean to say that there are enough troops in the castle, but they just do nothing and watch the city fall into chaos, right?"
Vanswijk's eyes widened as if he couldn't believe that Aribes would become so ruthless.
"It's not clear exactly what happened, but I'm 100% sure that not all the empire's troops were sent out. Because based on my understanding of Soth, he is not the kind of person who would put all his efforts into action."
When saying this, a playful expression appeared on Dumbledore's face.
There is no doubt that the adventures during this time in Neverwinter made him feel extremely satisfied.
Whether it's a battle of wits with Deszell, a fight with those cultists, or finding a compatible partner, these are things you can't enjoy on the magic earth.
The most important thing is that he once again tasted the freshness and freedom that cannot be described in words.
"Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire is a cautious person, but Irebes is obviously not. Now under her leadership, there is no guarantee that Neverwinter will not take some extraordinary actions." Fanswijk guessed in an uncertain tone.
"No, no, no, you don't understand.
Soth is the kind of person who tries to keep everything under his control as much as possible.
He may give Irebes the right to make the decision, but before that he must give clear instructions or let another person restrict it.
If I guessed correctly, the person responsible for controlling Irebes should be General Taylor.
So the sudden closure of the castle must be preparation for something.
You wait here, I want to go over and take a look."
After that, Dumbledore directly blessed himself with [High Mage Armor] and [Stoneskin], and walked alone along the empty streets in the direction of the castle.
But before he could reach the main entrance of the castle, a group of heavily armed dark elves and more than thirty high-level demons suddenly emerged from the darkness.
Especially for demons, there are six legendary Balor Balrogs alone, and the rest are basically ruthless characters such as six-armed snake demons, enchanted demons, and fighting mad demons.
The most frightening thing is that three of these demons are mutated evolved forms influenced by the Eldrazi.
One of them is covered with hundreds of beholder-like eyes, and his body is a huge and hard ball of flesh, floating in mid-air;
The other one is completely like an octopus, with thick and huge tentacles densely growing underneath, and inside the tentacles are sharp poisonous hooks;
The third one looks like an abstract giant mushroom, with its face covered with glowing wriggling sprouts, and under the umbrella are twisted tentacles of different sizes. It is obviously inherited from the eldest sister of the three Eldrazi Titans, Emrakul.
Characteristics.
If the previous war between the Will of the Abyss and the three Eldrazi Titans left any legacy to this universe, it was undoubtedly these half-demon creatures with Eldrazi characteristics and some abilities.
Due to the chaotic nature of the Abyss, no one knows what they are and what abilities they possess.
Therefore, its dangers and accidents are directly maximized.
It is said that even many secondary demon lords died at the hands of their strange abilities.
At present, all demons are afraid of these gadgets created with the blessing of the will of the abyss during the war, thinking that they are not their own kind at all.
A small group of Obirith demons who wanted to cause trouble even claimed that these new species were precursors for the will of the abyss to replace the Tanar'ri, and then encouraged the Tanar'ri to start large-scale wars and killings with them.
As a mage who has channels to learn more about the current situation of the Abyss, Dumbledore activated the cloak's invisibility ability the moment he saw the demons and dark elves, hoping to avoid this encounter with almost zero chance of winning.
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But unfortunately, in the dark night, both drow and demons have far better vision than humans.
To be continued...