"Cheers, salute to the great Princess of the Sword Dance!"

According to the etiquette of the meal, all the guests raised their silver cups and greeted Dugufeng loudly.

Dugufeng also raised his glass slightly and gestured, which was regarded as a response to everyone's respect.

After the ceremony, the atmosphere of the table came alive, and everyone began to satisfy their taste buds with exquisite and delicious food, while chatting softly, happily enjoying the rare gathering attended by the lord

In this breakfast, except for Dugu Feng and Shi Ji, who were sitting in the host's seat, only Vilia Roland, who came from afar, was regarded as an outsider, and the others were Dugu Feng's knights and followers.

Among them, sitting in the first place on her right is the old knight Grant, he is the head of the Silver Shield family, has served the entire Silver Shield family for a lifetime, and is now about to retire, half in Dugu Feng's territory is for the elderly, half for Dugu Feng to train the lord guards in the territory.

The second behind Grant is a young man with long black hair, a man's attire, no Adam's apple, no chest, and looks androgynous. He was a Xianglong man from the Karatu continent in the East, who came to Baldur's Gate five years ago on a merchant ship from the East, and even caused a sensation for his unusual Oriental appearance.

And Dugu Feng was very interested in the Karatu continent, which is said to be very oriental, and wanted to know what kind of customs the east of this western fantasy world was, so he specially hired this traveler from the east as a tutor and asked him (she?) Tell some oriental stories that Dugufeng is interested in.

This Xianglong man named Wright is actually not so young, but only looks very young because of the unique Taoist cultivation method in the East. When he came to the Faren Continent to travel, he didn't interrupt settling in the Gate of Bode, but in the exchange with Dugu Feng, he was attracted by Dugu Feng's profound knowledge beyond the imagination of mortals, and took the initiative to stay and discuss with her the difference between the power systems of the East and the West, and correct some shortcomings in his own cultivation. So it has remained at Baldur's Gate all these years.

Dugu Feng learned about the situation of the Karatu Continent in the East from Wright, and knew that the Karatu Continent was also the same as the Feilun Continent, but in terms of civilization and social system, the countries of the Karatu Continent had already walked ahead of the Feilun Continent, at least they had basically crossed the era of city-states and slave society, and entered the era of aristocratic feudalism and imperial imperial unification.

Moreover, the national strength of the countries of the Karatu Continent is relatively strong, and there is no scattered sand situation like hundreds of kingdoms and city-states scattered on the entire continent on the Faren Continent. The barbarians of the Xianglong, Tulong, Wakoku, Sakura, Tabron, Goryeo, Laccady, Barwa, Malitra, and the Horse Plateau are independent and have their own customs.

They are also in civil war with each other, and the war is endless, but it is much better to live with the human race and the alien race on the side of Faeron, and the wilderness is occupied by a large number of robbers and monsters. At least human civilization has the absolute upper hand in the struggle against aliens, and there is no need to spend the energy of watching to entangle with the monsters in the wilderness.

The power system of the Karatu continent is also very interesting, similar to the "path of enlightenment" of the unity of Confucianism and Mahayana Buddhism, which is a peculiar way of practice that integrates personal enlightenment and belief in the gods, similar to the unity of heaven and man in Confucianism, the idea of governing the country and the world with the Mahayana Buddhism of universal sentient beings, forming a kind of personal comprehension of the teachings of the gods, in the process of governing the country and leveling the world and educating the people, gradually the unity of knowledge and action, the realization of Shinto, and the unity of God and self.

This strange way of practicing makes them both practitioners and priests who use deities. And the gods of Karatu do not seem to attach as much importance to faith as the gods of the Faren Continent, and the practitioners of the "path of enlightenment" feel more like true believers who agree with the path of the gods and practice the path of the gods, rather than ordinary believers who only provide the power of faith.

In addition, there is also a kind of practice group called "Taoism", which is similar to the combination of traditional Taoism and Theravada Buddhism, which is a combination of theology related to belief in gods, animistic thought of primitive witchcraft, and philosophical speculation similar to Wei and Jin metaphysics, and developed to the extreme.

And Wright's practice is the method of a branch of the "Taoism" based on animistic thoughts, and he has a lot of status in the Karatu continent, but later he was involved in a series of whirlpools of the struggle for hegemony among the countries, and after experiencing things such as rabbits and dead dogs cooking and burning the heroes' buildings, in order to avoid trouble, he left the Faren continent.

Opposite Wright, two drow elves, one named Vandis and the other named Viconia, are a brother and sister who have escaped from the Shadows. Viconia is said to have been the priest of the Rose Spider Queen, but because of the innocent babies in the sacrifice ceremony, the faith of the Rose Spider was shaken, so after angering the Rose Spider, she had to sneak out of the Dark Realm under the pursuit of the Dark Elves.

Vandis is Viconia's elder brother, and like Feron's world-famous two-knife ranger Trist, he is an outlier among the dark elves, he not only has a rare kindness among the drow elves, but also cherishes the family affection that is scorned by the drow elves, and when his sister Viconia was captured by the family and sent to the altar after sacrificing the Rose Spider, he rushed out to save his sister.

His profession is rather strange, and he is one of the few mages and warriors who have a dual profession. It is said that when he was a child, he inadvertently rescued a powerful legendary warrior monk from another world, known as the "Golden Ring", who taught his profession and beliefs, a school of warrior monks called the "Wisdom Dragon Elephant Beast", and the teachings of a great deity called "Buddha".

After they left the underworld, because of the identity of the drow elves, they once ran into walls everywhere on the surface, although because of the strong strength of Vandis, they did not suffer much, but the reality of being discriminated against and ostracized everywhere made them wander everywhere.

It wasn't until they came to Baldur's Gate that they heard about Dugufeng's reputation as the "Killing Princess", and knew that she was a powerful warrior, and that she and her "Sword Throne" mercenaries were great people who had been committed to fighting evil, eradicating robbers and monsters, and also had a reputation for justice and tolerance, so they tentatively joined in. Then he was accepted by the Throne of the Sword and stayed here.

In addition to these people, the others are also the best among Dugu Feng's family knights and followers. However, it is a bit of a pity that there are few of them whose personal potential and prospects can compare to Wright, Van Dis, and Viconia.

There is no rule at the table that you don't eat or sleep, so everyone chats while eating, and the atmosphere is very lively. Although Shi Ji usually dislikes the social interaction of nobles the most, she likes this atmosphere of gathering with knights and adventurers. Because here, she can often hear many interesting stories and adventures. Especially after she heard the story of the knight king's round table knight from Dugu Feng, she has always wanted to learn from the knight king to make a round table meeting, so that the knights can tell their adventure stories around the round table.

"Miss Roland, can you ask where you're from?" The curious Shi Ji set her eyes on Ms. Ville Rolland, who she knew all of the people here, but only Ville Rolland was a guest, and there would be many interesting experiences or stories.

"There's nothing to say about it!" Veria Roland scooped up a spoonful of aspic with a spoon, ate it elegantly, and said, "I'm from the Abyssal Black Sun City, which is an abyssal plane that is frequently connected to the main plane, and it is a gathering point for many visitors from the main plane to the abyss. ”

"Really? What does the abyss really look like? Is it very different from the main plane? I've heard that many places in the abyss have extremely harsh environments, either volcanoes full of sulfur or blackwater swamps full of putrefaction...... "Shi Ji was the first time she had really seen someone who came out of the abyss, and she was immediately aroused by Roland's words, and asked with great interest.

"Yes, most of the Abyssal Plane environments are harsh, at least for us humans and most of the creatures of the Main Plane. After all, the demons live in a very different environment than we do, and you can't ask them to like clean air and green earth as much as we do! Roland shrugged his shoulders slightly, casually talking about his experience in the abyss: "However, the abyss plane where Black Sun City is located is slightly better, at least the environment is similar to the main plane, except for demons and devils, there are more ......"

Most ordinary people in the main material world have always had the impression that the abyss is only there, it is the most terrifying place in the world, and there are countless terrible demons and devils. Even the knights present knew very little about the abyss, so when they heard Roland tell about their experience, they all listened curiously.

“…… There are many adventurers in the abyss, humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, drow, Teflin and almost all races, not only the people of the main material world, the shadow realm, the outer plane, and even the divine envoys from the Heavenly Mountain may see ......"

"Oh my God, it's incredible, how could those glorious Supreme Good Divine Envoys on the Heavenly Mountain go to such a filthy place as the Abyss?"

"Hehe, although it sounds incredible, but it is true, there is almost nothing in this world that is impossible......" A sarcastic smile escaped from the corner of Veria Roland's mouth, and at the same time said: "The opposition between good and evil, order and chaos camp makes the struggle between Heaven Mountain and Hell, the upper realm and the abyss almost endless, although it is not as shocking as the bloody battle between the abyss and hell, but their struggle has a wider scope." ”

"Oh, it turns out that outside the main plane, there is also a constant war like our world!" Shi Ji seemed to feel a little disappointed, and asked curiously, "Is there any interesting story in the abyss?" An adventure story like the Great Sage of the Valley of Shadows, like the Seven Sisters......"

"The Seven Sisters of the Goddess of Magic?" The corners of Ville Roland's mouth curled slightly, and she said with a pleasant expression: "There are no seven sisters in the abyss, but the Abyss Maharaja Demo Gogen has a pair of twin sons, and their stories are not many, but they are also very interesting!" ”

Then Veria Rolland tells the story of a daughter of the Maharaja of the Abyss who performs a magic ritual to summon the strongest otherworldly race ever to be a demonic pet, but the portal opens, only to summon an otherworldly human.