Chapter Twenty-Five: Arlando
Arrando Schindler, a rare Arcane Knight, was originally a level 17 Arcane Knight in Cornus (a famous city in the Northlands bordered by Icewind Dale to the north and Neverwinter to the south. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info It straddles the mouth of the Miral Glacier, is the entrance to Miraba's rich minerals, is also known as the City of a Thousand Sails, is a dangerous place, a port full of pirates and bloodthirsty bandits), he has a high status, and even has a small gang in this underworld city.
The Black Peak Knights led by him are even known as the First Knights of the Underground World, although they claim to be knights, but what they do is the opposite of chivalry.
The Knights of the Black Peak basically burn, kill, loot, and do everything evil, the biggest of which is to capture slaves, and they are the largest source of slaves in Kanlus.
It wasn't until he wanted to get rid of the greedy slave traders and get involved in the sale himself, that his world changed drastically.
His former partners all turned their faces, his own men betrayed him, and he was stabbed in the back by his closest brother. It was because of that man's betrayal that his staunchest followers, those brothers who did not waver in the most critical moment, all died in that final battle.
And the biggest blow was that the family members who had been sent to other cities for refuge were also found by that group of people, and then they were killed one by one in front of him. But what's the use of living alone, one's own career, one's own ambitions, one's own brothers, one's own family, it's all over, what's the point of living alone.
In the most desperate moment, he thought about dying a hundred times, and perhaps, he could still see them in the underworld. But he is unwilling, he is unwilling, and his family and brothers die worthless, so he wants revenge, and he must take revenge before he dies.
So Arlando sneaks back to Canlus, and he wants revenge. But he first had to know who wanted to ruin his family, and why, he just wanted to meddle in the slave trade, and there was no reason for others to kill them all.
Upon his return to Canlus, he found his old friend, John the Halfling, an intelligence merchant. From his mouth, Arlando knew that the cause of all this was actually the largest organization in Kanlus, the Arcane Brotherhood.
It's an ancient mage organization, dating back even to the distant days of Netheriel, though Arlando thinks it's. But this organization is indeed very old, they have been secretly manipulating the situation in Kanlus, and even operated in the city thousands of years ago when the city was still called Luskan in the Dark Ages, but Arlando really can't figure out how he has offended this organization.
He clearly knows how terrifying this organization is, all the gangs or underground organizations in the city have to make offerings to it, and he has honestly handed in his monthly offerings. Don't look at him as a level 17 Arcane Knight, but for this ancient mage organization, he is a hairy man, and the Arcane Brotherhood will not bother him for such a small slave trade.
When I asked John Sr., he didn't know why, only that the Arcane Brotherhood was looking for something, and they thought it was on Arlando's, and it seemed that they wouldn't give up.
Knowing why, Arlando immediately fled from Canlus, he knew what the Arcane Brothers were looking for, they were looking for - the Eye of the Arcane, something that Arlando had not stumbled, it wasn't some magic item, or artifact or anything like that, Allando had only seen it as a rare jewel at first, and he only knew the name, but now it seemed that it was not that simple.
Since his enemy is the Arcane Brotherhood, it is clear that he will not be able to take revenge. However, since they cared so much about this arcane eye, even if they died, they would not be able to let them succeed.
So he began to hide, but he knew that this was only a stopgap measure, with the strength of the Arcane Brotherhood, they would definitely find themselves in the end, you must know that there are legendary mages in the Arcane Brotherhood, and it is only a matter of time before he is found, but there is no way for the heavens to be found, and he knows a place that will never be discovered by the Arcane Brotherhood, and that is the place where the Heroic Spirit is sheltered - Avalon.
In the Northlands, many people know about this legendary place, Avalon, but no one can say exactly where Avalon is. Some people think it's a paradise, and many more think it's a complete fabrication, but Arlando knows that Avalon really exists.
And Avalon is protected by a mysterious force, and no amount of prophecy or magic can predict and probe this place.
Arlando knew about Avalon because he had a friend from there, and that friend was an Avalon orc. He ventured everywhere as a young man, befriending the Avalon orc along the way. He even saved his life in an adventure, and although they were separated later due to ideas, the orc still gave himself a small totem, as long as he used this totem, he could find this legendary place in the spine of the world, and then find him to return the favor of the year.
Allando relied on that totem in the spine of the world, searched for almost a year, and finally entered Avalon, but Arlando thought that his friend was completely blowing to himself back then, saying how good Avalon was, but Arlando himself felt that this place was no different from the rest of the Northlands, the same heavy snow, the same all kinds of monsters in an endless stream.
For example, now, a monster that has never been seen before is attacking him, this monster looks a bit like a bipedal wyvern, and looks like a bird, fast speed, great strength, and high spell resistance, and Arlando has nothing to do with this monster, but it's a level 17 arcane knight, and it's no problem to protect yourself, but it's really a little difficult to kill this monster.
Just when Allando was in a bit of a dilemma, he noticed that someone was approaching, and Arlando immediately thought that that person should be an Avalon orc, after all, this place is only inhabited by Avalon orcs. Although he hadn't encountered any Avalon orcs for so many days, there was no other possibility for the figure approaching at this time other than the Avalon orcs.
But in Arrando's heart, he is still 100,000 careful about those who come close, he has lived in deceit all his life, and those who approach at this time may not have any ideas in their hearts, although his friend told him how simple and enthusiastic the Avalon orcs are, although he does not believe in his friend, although his friend is indeed a real man. But then again, the gap between people and people is bigger than the gap between people and dogs. Not every Avalon orc is like this. So be careful, on the surface, Arlando didn't notice the person, but secretly he was prepared.
Speaking of Solam, he will, still crawling forward in the snow, you must know that Xuelong is very alert, so you must calm down, if it is discovered, it is not allowed Xuelong to turn the gun head, and deal with Solam, although he is not afraid, but it will be very troublesome.
Allando was always paying attention to the approaching person, and when he saw that person, sneaking towards the blind spot of the snow dragon's vision, Arrando's heart was at least half relaxed, at least this person was the first to attack, and it was definitely this monster.
Look at it like this, the person who came is preparing to sneak attack this monster, Allando weighed it, anyway, his biggest threat now is the monster in front of him, and joining forces with that person is also very beneficial to himself, as for cleaning up this monster, when the time comes, will he be afraid? Anyway, he is also a level 17 Arcane Knight, and he is also a strong outside, he is still very confident in his strength, if the person who comes really has any bad intentions, he will definitely make him look good.
Although Allando was thinking about things in his heart, he was not slow in his hands, and under the snow dragon's pounce again, while dodging on one side, the blade in his hand was snatched, leaving another wound on the side of the snow dragon, but the skin of the snow dragon was really tough, and each attack could not leave it with a deeper wound.
Arlando didn't have the idea of killing with one hit, the most important thing at this time was to attract the attention of this monster to himself, and create conditions for that person to sneak attack, otherwise if the monster found that person, there would be no chance of sneak attack.
Solam also noticed that the black shadow was attracting the attention of the snow dragon, and immediately praised him in his heart, understanding people, it seems to be an old Jianghu. Unlike those rookies, they shout when they see people, and they can't hold their breath at all.
However, Solam and Arlando thought very well, but the snow dragon did not plan to cooperate, and the snow dragon directly launched its own spell-blizzard.
This type of spell has no attack power, but only causes a small blizzard to erupt around the snow dragon, so that the enemy is obscured by the dense snowflakes, so that they cannot lock onto themselves, and then it is advantageous to sneak attack or escape.
The effect of this spell is still quite powerful, at least, Soram is shrouded, Soram is now full of snowflakes in front of him, and he can't see the situation in front of him at all, but Soram is not completely helpless.
Solam closed his eyes, highly concentrated, and used the "communication" ability with all his might, and immediately formed the surrounding scene in his mind, which is a new method of using the "communication" ability, a bit like the "heart eye" in the film and television drama in the previous life, you can observe the surroundings without eyes, the range is not large, but there are also more than 500 meters in radius, and the observation is not limited by the terrain and environment, which is a bit of a delusional meaning. With this ability, Thoram can easily spot things that are difficult for others to spot with the naked eye, such as traps, dangers, and so on. So as long as Solam goes out with the hunting team, he can find danger or prey in advance.
Now in the picture in my mind, the snow dragon did not run away, but gently landed not far behind the figure.