Chapter Fifty-Six: The Calamity Stone
This is the second time that Yakos has followed the clergy army, compared to the last time the team of hundreds of people, this time the scale is even more spectacular, hundreds of clergy troops have blocked the streets of a small town like Belgost, Yacos also saw the Yanquan mercenary group ready to go on the side, it really lined up from the center of the town to the gate of the town, in addition to some high-level mercenary groups and adventure squads mixed in the team, The councils of the Temple and Baldur's Gate put up B-level emergency missions in the Adventure Guild overnight and offered a large bounty, and the quests stated that as long as they did reconnaissance missions and side missions, if the good pay and simple tasks immediately attracted some high-level adventure squads to join them. Of course, although the army was large and mixed, these soldiers were elite and had a strict order, and did not cause any riots.
The whole inhabitants of Belgoust were all alarmed, and they gathered at their doorways and windowsills, the young men with a look of wonder and excitement on their faces, and the older ones with a hint of solemnity and sorrow, those of them who had experienced it knew that the army would not be assembled so easily, and that the elders had heard of such a large assembly had been made centuries before the Baldur's Gate had been built and had opened up into the wilderness.
Yacoste and Ling walked to the front of the team, slowly walking towards the Thousand Needles Forest with the arrows of the army, the warriors at the front of the team are at least second-order professionals, they are the vanguard, and the first group of people to fight with the enemy head-on, in addition to strength, everyone on them is wearing magical equipment, even the old chain mail worn by Yacoste from the trial of the militia of Tuke Town is gone, replaced by the dark red leather armor provided by the Flame Fist Mercenary Group, It is said to be sewn from the tough skin of a petrified lizard, which can withstand the attacks of ordinary swords. As soon as the army moved, gold ten thousand taels was not a word of words, and this operation emptied at least 1/4 of the annual income of Baldur's Gate.
After a while, Acoste led the vanguard to the gate of the other party's camp, here, Acoste didn't have to deliberately explain anything, the priests were more sensitive to the evil and sulfur aura flowing in the air than their own warriors, and the evil aura here was obviously stronger than when he came yesterday, the smell of death and corruption wafted over the forest, the stench made people want to vomit, the reason why Acoste's army didn't make a move, it was to wait for the scout group to explore the way ahead. Generally composed of wanderers and rangers], as long as there is news that there is no ambush ahead, this army will instantly rush forward to destroy evil.
"Your Excellency, Archbishop."
"We did find a huge camp ahead, but there were only a handful of gnolls and ogres in it. We also found something inside that exuded chaos. ”
A wanderer came out of the lush grass, he lowered his head and took out a piece of ore that was black like coal from his arms, thinking that the archbishop Chasim with a kind smile suddenly became angry after seeing this ore, and a powerful inexplicable air flow erupted around him, pushing the people around him straight out a few meters away, Yacoste was in a cold sweat, he was also in the middle of the group of people in front, the unstoppable force of the rage made Yacoste feel very powerless, if the archbishop in front of him went crazy and wanted to kill, I have no ability to resist at all.
"Who is it that dares to do something like this, summoning demons on the main plane! They will surely accept the wrath of the Three Temples [the temple where the three good gods of Tyr, Thom, and Yirmat live]! ”
The bishops in the rear didn't know what Chasim saw so angry, but when Chasim threw the piece of "coal" in his hand on the ground, the other bishops were also instantly angry, and Acoste also recognized the ore on the ground, which was the Calamity Stone, this kind of ore-like substance but not ore can only be found in the depths of the canyon or forest that is dark and perennial, they are very heavy, the density is very small, but the hardness is also very small, and they cannot be used to refine weapons and armor at all, nor can they be used in various productions, The only function of this kind of thing is to construct a magic circle that summons demons, due to some special properties, the grade and number of altars used to summon demons and the time spent in the main plane will be improved [Demon Summoning +1], and over time, the name of Calamity Stone has spread among various high-level professionals.
If you find this kind of thing in the camp, no one will ever suspect Yacoste and Boggs anymore, this kind of thing has almost disappeared on the Feren continent due to the suppression of the clergy and other racial forces, and now that this kind of thing can be found again, it can only mean that the other party has been planning for a long time, and now it is revealing the minions hidden in the darkness.
"If the people are gone, where will they be?" Now in front of everyone is such a question, judging from the information fed back by the scouts, the people in the camp should have just been dispatched for a short time, but in a vast Chiba forest, it is really a little difficult for dozens of wanderers and rangers to find that group of people, and there are already a few rangers who have followed their trails, but if the other party really wants to do something, wait until the rangers track it and then come back to report the situation, and then rush over, then any daylily will be cold.
"They, the Thousand Needles Forest, the Shadow Druids and the Spiders, yes! They're definitely going to trouble the Shadow Druids! Acoste suddenly remembered yesterday that he had helped the stubborn druids fight the spiders yesterday, and that he had indeed found those spiders in the camp at night, and that the other party could go there instead of going there!
"Okay, we're now" "Boom!!" ”
Chasim heard Yacoste's exclamation, and immediately decided to turn with the army, but just as Chasim was halfway through his words, a thunderclap resounded in the air, and the sound was loud like an ancient god roaring, and just as everyone raised their heads and looked at the sky in a daze, a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the originally clear sky and floated in the air at the other end of the Thousand Needles Forest, and then a lightning bolt tore through the sky and fell into the depths of the forest like a long silver snake!
"7 Rings Divine Technique, Thunder Summoning Technique!" The pupils of high-level professionals contracted rapidly, this is the divine art that the druids are proud of, and the biggest difference with the priest divine magic is that the druid divine magic is generally the embodiment of natural power, and the priest's divine magic is different according to the divine priesthood of their own beliefs, such as the priest divine magic of Tyr is mostly a symbol of the holy light of justice, and the priest divine magic of the bone king Mirko is an evil and filthy necromancy. But no matter which one it is, what can be attributed to the 7-ring magic is a powerful magic that is also very expensive, unless it is a battle between legends, high-level professionals will not easily use it until the stage of the war is hot.
"Let's go! The back team is the front team, set off in the direction of lightning, quick! Chasim reacted quickly, he immediately blessed himself with amplification, and shouted in a loud voice, the army of the priesthood also reacted very quickly, they completed the change of line almost in a few moments, and rushed towards the target location.
Before them, Acoste had rushed all the way from the back of the line to the middle of the group, his expression full of anxiety and muttering a word.
"Doris, don't die!"