Broad World

Just as the entire principality was undergoing vigorous construction and reform, Henry brought the Terminator and the Scroll Golem to a village called Ugos Beard in the north of Baldur's Gate. This is a small fishing village full of bizarre legends. He came this time to clear up a few tasks here. Especially the tower of Durag, there are quite a lot of experience points that can be obtained there.

As soon as he entered the village, a middle-aged man with a thin face and no eyebrows noticed Henry. He quickly walked over and performed a mage salute. "Hello, dear sir. I don't know if I can excuse you, but I need help very much right now. Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sandara, and I am a mage who lives here."

"No problem, please speak. As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely not refuse." Henry made a gesture of listening attentively. He knew that this should be the task of finding the cloak, the difficulty was not too high, but he had a lot of experience.

Sandra nodded with a smile on her face. "Thank you very much. I lost a cloak on a small frozen island. I hope you can help me get it back. There are some animals unique to cold regions, and a few mages who are not quite normal. Of course, I won't let you do it for nothing. There are many magic items there, and you can collect them as a reward."

Henry secretly laughed at this stingy mage. This is a typical example of wanting the horse to run fast without giving the horse grass. But for the sake of experience, he still agreed. After Sandara took out an enchantment stone, she used magic to teleport Henry to a small island surrounded by a sea of ​​ice.

After observing the natural environment around him and the white bear basking in the sun lying on the ice in the distance, Henry immediately determined his current location. This is the sea of ​​floating ice at the northernmost end of Icewind Dale. He came once when he killed the white dragon. Blessed himself with a spell to resist the cold. Then let the Terminator walk into the cave to open the way.

Inside the cave is an underground labyrinth dug out by humans. There is a torch blessed with "Immortal Flame" every ten meters on the wall. The ground is all crystal clear ice bricks. Although I don't know who the builder is, the spellcasting level must have exceeded the sixteenth level.

Going straight along the tunnels of the maze, you soon come across a pack of winter wolves. These poor fellows are skinny and look like they haven't eaten for a long time. Henry could tell at a glance that these wolves were starving and crazy, and there was no way to communicate at all, so he let the Terminator rush up and kill them all.

After the killing, Henry had the Terminator sow the winter wolf's hide. After simple cleaning, all stuffed into the dimension bag. He also plans to use these precious furs to make several coats for his two children. After a while. The brother and sister, together with their mother, are going to settle in Baldur's Gate. It was much colder there than Blewwent, and for two children who had grown up in a warm environment, the first winter was always extremely difficult.

After putting away the fur of the winter wolf, Henry continued to move forward. It didn't take long before I met three mages who were fully alert at a corner. One of them stood up cautiously and shouted: "Hey, newcomer. Tell us how you found this place. It's best not to lie, I just felt the fluctuation of space."

"Why don't you tell your story first, maybe I'm trapped here just like you." After speaking, Henry shrugged and made a helpless expression.

The mage looked up and down suspiciously for a moment. When he noticed Henry's age, he spat and cursed fiercely: "Bah! Another trapped idiot. This place has some kind of magnetism. If your mana is strong enough to cast a teleportation spell across the sea, then. The mana will have some connection with the gravity of the ground, and then trap the caster here. This damn island will capture energy! If you want to live, you must first learn to eat seabird eggs."

"Who built this place? And for what purpose?" Henry asked curiously. Because the entire maze is already equivalent to a small fan lock, and the escape conditions set are also very interesting.

The mage scratched his hair annoyedly, then glanced around with malicious eyes. "Who built it? I'm sorry we don't know. Maybe it's just a joke made by a certain god, or an ancient trial site, and of course it's not ruled out as a natural phenomenon. But this underground tunnel was built by us to pass the boring time. Remember, if you want to stay sane here, you have to find something to do for yourself. After talking so much nonsense, now call out all the magic equipment on your body."

Henry saw greedy gazes in the eyes of the three mages. These guys probably wanted to collect enough magic items and then break through the restrictions on the island to escape. He snapped his fingers with a sneer, and the Terminator rushed forward. Not to be outdone, the three mages immediately activated the "Accident Technique" and "Spell Sequencing" to protect themselves heavily with magic.

But they underestimated the ability of the terminator. This terrifying magical creation ignored the burning flame shield at all, and smashed the head of a mage who was not blessed with the "Stoneskin Technique" with a single axe. Henry quickly prepared the fifth-level magic "cracking technique" and directly stripped the protection of another mage, and the scroll golem took the opportunity to use the touch of damage to drain the little vitality in his body.

The last mage realized that the situation was not good and turned around and wanted to run. Henry chanted a spell loudly, and a huge magic circle began to emerge on the entire frozen ground. When the entire spell was completed, a burst of violent negative energy rushed to the mage's body, directly bursting his body. Blood and minced meat flew everywhere, and the entire wall was stained red. This is the eighth-level magic "Death Seal" he has mastered recently.

After killing the three mages who were already somewhat insane, Henry found two staffs and some messy notes on them. After loading the loot, he continued to explore. Along the way, he encountered several spellcasters who were trapped here, but these guys were obviously crazy, and none of them could communicate properly.

In desperation, Henry had no choice but to give up the dialogue, and along the way carried out the policy of attacking first and then suffering. With the help of terminators and scroll golems, most mages were caught off guard and their heads were chopped off in an instant. Finally, in a dark cave, he found the body of a mage. A cloak full of magical fluctuations was found from the relics beside him. After a simple identification, he found that this cloak was attached with very powerful magic. Not only can it increase two points of intelligence and a fourth-level spell slot, but it can also defend against physical attacks very well.

After getting the cloak, Henry immediately returned to the ground and activated the enchantment stone in his hand. But an accident happened. The magic power in his body actually had some kind of connection with the island, and the magic energy on the enchantment stone didn't work at all. Seeing that he was also trapped on this strange island, he didn't panic, but thought calmly for a while, and then summoned a pterosaur to ride on it.

The pterosaur grabbed the Terminator and the scroll golem with its claws and flew away from the ground with difficulty. After leaving the island for nearly a thousand meters, Henry gradually lost his sense of the strange magnetic field. He activated the enchantment stone again, and the power of magic teleported him and the two magic creatures back to Urgoth Beard. As soon as Sandara saw the portal appear, she ran over and asked, "How is it? Have you found my cloak? Give it to me!"

"Of course I found it, but why should I give it to you. You have concealed a lot of truth from me. You must know that I was almost trapped and could not return." Henry stared at Sandara coldly. If this guy can't give a satisfactory answer, he doesn't mind killing another mage.

Sandra frowned. He didn't expect the mage in front of him to be so difficult to deal with. If he couldn't get a reasonable reward, he might not be able to get back the precious magic cloak. After thinking about it for a while, Sandara finally decided to exchange it with the magic items she always had. After all, that cloak is very important to him, especially the attribute of increasing intelligence, so that he can learn and research magic faster.

Seeing that this guy was still sincere, Henry returned the enchantment stone and cloak. This short adventure resulted in a robe of an evil archmage, a robe of a neutral archmage, several magic scrolls, three wands, and a few potions. After packing these things, he went straight to the only hotel and tavern in the village.

Here Henry meets a dwarf who is recruiting adventurers. Through the conversation, it was learned that this dwarf named Hogan Stonebury wanted to retrieve his ancestor's "soul-recapturing dagger", which was hidden somewhere in Durrag's Tower. He accepted the task without hesitation, and got a dwarven rune stone engraved with special symbols.

Henry knew that in addition to this piece, he needed to find two other pieces to enter the underground of Durag's Tower. In the next two days, he hired several fishermen to buy stones engraved with special symbols. A few days later, the second rune stone also arrived.

Now that all the preliminary work is ready, Henry starts heading south with the Terminator and the Scroll Golem. Since he had never been to Durag's Tower before, there was no way to use magic teleportation. After a week of eating and sleeping, I finally came to this place full of legends.

The tower of Durag was built by the famous dwarf hero Durag Thunder Axe. There are not only many treasures and magic items in it, but also countless death traps. It is said that a group of mind flayers, coveting the riches within the tower, used doppelgangers to sneak in and kill and replace his family. Although the dwarf hero got rid of the monster, he also went mad because of it. He sealed the entire tower, secretly hiding in a corner and weeping.

After all these years, no one has been able to unlock the secrets of Durrag's Tower. Now it has become a holy place for sightseeing, and many people come here to visit this ancient tower. While the subterranean parts are hidden, the few floors above ground are enough to satisfy most curiosity.

As soon as he arrived at this place, Henry felt a strong tourist atmosphere. Several vendors even set up stalls not far from Durag's Tower, hawking all kinds of tourist souvenirs, weapons, armor, arrows, potions, and other things that are useful for adventure. He really didn't know whether to admire the boldness of these people, or to ridicule them for wanting money rather than life. (to be continued..)