"A ghost immersed in the past, don't care about him!" Dugu Feng commented lightly, looking indifferent to this.

The Lord of Shadows was a powerful* mage of the Elven Empire of Ilfaran, when the Nethrel Empire, at its peak, was constantly invading the ancient and declining Elven Empire of Ilfaran. In order to defend his country against Netheril's invasion, the Lord of Shadows had to perform a powerful magical ritual to infuse the energy of the magic net into his body, and after 40 days of torment, he turned his flesh and blood into an energy body, which was similar to the state of the cultivator's primordial god, which brought him great strength, allowing him to successfully repel the army of the Netherel Empire and defend the territory of the motherland.

However, with the Neserel Empire's Grand Arcanist Karthas replacing the Goddess of Magic with an unprecedented twelve-level spell "Incarnation of Karthas", the priesthood of mastering magic webs and magic, forcing the Goddess of Magic to sacrifice herself and cause a magical catastrophe that swept the entire realm.

In the short time that the magic web is in chaos, the Shadow King, who has been transformed into a magical energy body and is closely connected to the magic web, is faced with a choice, either to die in the chaos of magical energy, or to accept the transformation form and receive the energy infusion of the shadow demon network.

As the only remaining powerhouse of the Ilpharang Empire, in order to protect his country, he resolutely chose to accept the power of the Shadow Demon Network and fused himself with the shadow plane.

However, the decadent and barren nature of the shadow power has made the personality of the Shadow King completely assimilated by the shadow power, and the Shadow King has completely lost the feelings and desires that he should have as a human being, he has become more and more cold and cold, and under the influence of his power, the people of Ilfarang have lost hope and motivation, the dwarves have made the furnace cold, the elves have made the forests barren, most of the people are like walking corpses waiting for death, and the more capable people have fled to the borders of the empire to try to fight back.

It's just that although the Lord of Shadows has lost all his feelings and desires, he has retained his original obsession, that is, to defend the Ilfarlang Empire wholeheartedly, and anyone who attacks it or the territory of the Ilfarlang Empire, whether it is an outsider or the Ilfaran Empire's own troops, will become the enemy of the Ilpharang under the leadership of the Lord of Shadows.

So the Lord of Shadows did not hesitate to defeat the people of the former Ilpharang Empire, but as in many stories, the evil boss blackened by the hero will always end up being killed or sealed.

After several defeats, the Shadow Lord's enemies gathered the remnants of the Ilpharang Empire, as well as the Crystal Dragons and thousands of Dwarven forces as allies to buy time for the Empire's mage forces. In the end, they succeeded in sealing the King of Shadows in the Shadow Half-Plane, and won a partial victory.

It's just that with this civil war, the last of the Elven Empire of Ilfarang was completely depleted, and the entire empire perished.

These are things that happened more than 1,000 years ago. However, although the Ilfarlang Empire perished, the Lord of Shadows was only sealed. More than 20 years ago, the Lord of Shadows gradually broke through the seal, only to find that not only the Ilfarlang Empire had already been destroyed, but even its old enemy, the Nethrel Empire, had also been reduced to history. In its former land, there have already been several civilizations and kingdoms.

However, the King of Shadows, who has lost his "protection target", still stubbornly maintains his obsession with protecting Ilfarang, and imagines all the countries that now occupy the territory of the former Ilfarang Empire as imaginary enemies of Ilfarang, and decides to destroy them to "defend".

The first target it is aimed at is, of course, the "Deep Water City" that occupies the capital area of the former Ilfarlang Empire, but although the King of Shadows is powerful, Deep Water City is also a city as its name suggests, and I don't know how many strong heroes lurk in it. So it stands to reason that the Lord of Shadows' revenge plan failed, and it disappeared because of it.

It's just that I didn't expect it to appear here again after 20 years.

"The Lord of Shadows' primary enemy is Waterdeep, followed by the remnants of Netheriel, and we don't know when it will be our turn at Baldur's Gate!"

Dugu Feng said lightly, he was not worried about the comeback of the King of Shadows at all, there were so many legendary powerhouses in Deep Water City, Neverwinter City and the Northland, and some of them had people to play with this King of Shadows.

"Yes, the appearance of a Shadow King is indeed not worth so much worry about by the big men of the Northlands!"

Lifar Silvermoon nodded, and continued to report, "The bigger trouble is in the northeast, though. The elves of Ephrisca were in serious trouble, and the Wall of Taryn, the magical barrier used to imprison Felin Mosunai under Ainoog, was inadvertently destroyed, and a large number of Felin Mosuni swarmed out. The monsters that had destroyed the Netherel Empire had reappeared on the continent. ”

"In the first round of the conflict, the elves of Efrisca were defeated, and the Ferin Demon Sunflower had begun to spread to the Greypeak Mountains, the Supreme Forest, the upper reaches of the Serpent's Tail and Meandering Rivers, as well as the entire West Hartland region and the Northlands. The elves of Ephriska had to turn to Waterdeep and all the powerful forces around it for help. The Grand Duke also received a request for help from the elves......"

Everska is the main settlement of the Sun Elves and Moon Elves who remained on the continent after the Great Elven Retreat. Known as the "Fortress Home", this elven city is safely surrounded by twelve peaks that resemble natural walls, and is guarded by a powerful "Chain" that represents the highest magical achievement of the elves. They are stationed here, keeping an eye on the Ferin Demon Aoi sealed beneath the Anook Desert.

It's just that the creatures that are said to have been born from the distortion of the magic net are born with a group of evil mages, and the old Feilin Demon Kui is even naturally a level 15-20 warlock, which is a group of creatures that are more troublesome than dragons. Their natural energy absorption skills can not only absorb the magical power of the enemy, but also absorb the vitality of nature and life, and wherever they go, they can destroy the magical defenses of the city, absorb the vitality of nature and life, and turn fertile fields into deserts and forests into wilderness.

This strange creature is simply a deliberately created mage nemesis, and it is normal for the Netherel Magic Empire, which was at its peak in the past, to retreat in the aggressiveness of this group of creatures, and now Averysca, who also relies on magic, is also defeated in front of this group of mage nemesis.

"Feren Demon Kui, it's really a little troublesome......"

Dugu Feng was not surprised by this news, in fact, before receiving Lifar Yinyue's report, Dugu Feng had already learned about everything from the trade winds from the north. The combat power of the Ferin Demon Sunflower is secondary, and the key is that their ability to directly destroy the natural ecology and turn fertile land into a desert is too disgusting. This kind of almost natural disaster-like power, although the direct lethality is not strong, but the threat to a civilization and country is too great.

"Well, since my father has summoned me, I guess I will have some ideas!" Dugu Feng asked directly.

"Yes, Lord Duke wants you to make a trip back to Baldur's Gate, and he wants to hear your opinion on whether or not to rescue the elves of Ephrisca!" Lifar Silvermoon nodded and reported truthfully.

"In that case, let's go back!"

Although separated by the Supreme Wasteland, the Dragon Forest, the Riverbank Forest, and other places, the Faeron Demon Aoi is currently not much of a threat to Baldur's Gate. But since there is a desire to unify the West Hartland region, it cannot really sit idly by. Therefore, after thinking about it, Dugufeng still made a decision.

……

Just do what she says, Dugu Feng has never dragged her feet, since she decided to go back to Baldur's Gate, even if it was snowing heavily, it couldn't stop her trip.

With Dugu Feng's order, the entire castle was completely busy. The knights packed up their departure and arranged the defense and order of the castle. The coachmen set up the wagons and equipped them for snowy travel. The servants were also busy packing up their things, putting the stoves, blankets, tarpaulins, and other items into the wagons.

The number of people traveling this time is of course not as large as the last time, except for some necessary entourage, most of the knights and soldiers continue to stay in the castle, which is already the core of the entire territory, and naturally it will not change easily.

Soon, the carriage drove out of the castle. Passing through the newly renovated high city gate, it was as if you had stepped into a world of ice and snow.

Thick layers of snow cover the land, turning the whole land into a white world. Goose-feather snowflakes kept falling from the sky, and the distant scenery was blocked by the snowflakes falling from the sky, and only the vague outline of the scenery could be faintly seen.

In the midst of this white world, four carriages slowly but steadily advanced on the snow-white ground. Thick snow covered the ground, making the carriage less bumpy than usual.

Although the heavy snow continued to fall, all the carriages were covered with thick tarpaulin, which did not penetrate the breeze at all, and the especially thickened carriages withstood the bitter cold of winter, and the small red stoves burning in the carriages, as well as the thick and soft fur furs, brought people a different kind of peace of mind and warmth.

"It's so cold, I've never had such a big snow before."

Shi Ji looked through the glass of the car window, looked at the heavy snow outside, and couldn't help but say, "Why do we want to make a carriage and go back?" Isn't it fast to go through the portal? ”

"Because of the portal, you are wrong with such a beautiful scenery!"

Dugu Feng looked at the silver-covered world outside, as well as the snow-covered, fairytale-like castle, and said with a smile: "Although the purpose is important, sometimes, you might as well enjoy the scenery on the side of the road while you are in a hurry!" ”

"Oh!"

Shi Ji didn't seem to understand, but her interest was soon attracted by the endless snowfields and the romantic snowflakes flying in the sky.