After the Blue Flame Tribulation, the activities of the Red Robe Mage Society in various realms went underground.

Because all the surviving red-robed mages know that if they don't hide as soon as possible, soon, not only Sazastan's minions, but also the avengers who have smashed the blood-lettered signboard of the red-robed mage will come to the door first, and the current red-robed mage will have lost the rampant and domineering capital of the past long before being burned by the blue flame.

Now that the former red-robed mages were gathered in a few secret strongholds, the heavy blows they had suffered and the unprecedented difficulties they had encountered had made the red-robed mages who had previously belonged to various factions temporarily let go of their hatred, and they did not have the heart to think about anything else when they still had pain from the wounds they had not licked clean.

One of these secret strongholds is located in the Raven Cliff of Hantu - Searle originally built a concession here, and among the Searle Concessions in various places in Faerun, this concession has a relatively long history, and the red-robed mages also have good communication with the local political axes, and now although the concession has been closed, the red-robed mages have not left here - the new stronghold is located under the large library in a castle in the Raven Cliff.

It was also home to the fiancé of a countess, a former red-robed mage named Hughes Trofidi, who unfortunately lost all of his mana in the Blue Flame Raid, and still often falls into a drowsy and needs several attendants to take care of his life.

Now a piece of news has brought the Earl's wheelchair to the underground stacks of the library - under the temporary transformation of the red-robed mages, this place has been transformed into an underground palace of considerable scale, and it can be said that the underground buildings are not inferior to the scale of the above-ground library, with spiraling staircases, horizontal and vertical alleys, large and small rooms and halls.

There are forty-one official red-robed mages and more than two hundred and sixty apprentices living here, according to Hughes's judgment, about one-fifth of all the surviving red-robed mages in the whole of Searle live here, in this blue flame catastrophe, the most deaths are the middle and high-level wizards with spell casting ability in the third to eighth rings, and the mortality rate of wizards with low mana or very high mana is relatively low in the blue flame - the former is not deeply connected with the source sea, and the damage caused by the blue flame is limited, and it is close to the edge of the source sea Masters often have a strong ability to adapt and adapt, and their control over the source force is also perfect, and those who survive in the Blue Flame may have a higher surname than the low-grade wizards.

Therefore, the composition of the surviving mages in the Hantu stronghold is also polarized: two ** divisions- One is the former Neveron's cronies, the second seat of the Spell School Nieldron is the leader here for the time being, after Neveron was killed by Sazastan in collusion with Penny, he knew that a catastrophe was coming, and quickly fled from Serre, and the other is the former head of the Cerla Noble Council, Lulan Boire, the patriarch of Serre's oldest wizarding aristocracy, the second seat of the former Protective School, nominally has considerable power in Serre, but often acts as a marionette for the chiefs.

Now that Sazastan has cleanly smashed the table of the Red Robe Mage Society, he is also very aware of the direction of the wind and runs away quickly-of course he does not want to surrender to the crazy necromantic chief - Sazastan has even destroyed the Red Robe Mage Society, who knows what he will do next?

The remaining members of the stronghold, in addition to the seven junior Ring Mentors, are a large number of low-level wizards or apprentices, which is about one-fifth of the members of the Red Robe Mage Guild now.

To add that, fifteen of the forty-one official red-robed mages are in a state of impaired mobility or impaired spell casting ability.

The number one wizarding organization in Faerun, which once had more than a thousand full-fledged wizards and six thousand apprentices, now has about one-fifth of all the remaining members, who are now living in the secret stronghold of Raven Cliff.

Every time he saw the twenty-six red-robed people sitting in the hall, Lulan Bouvre couldn't help but sigh, remembering his past annual meeting at the top of Mount Ser: at the largest annual meeting of the Red-robed Mage Society, the eight chiefs of the Red-robed Mage Society, twenty-three seat teachers, and nearly a hundred high-level ring teachers would attend.

What kind of excitement is that?

In any region of Faerun, a wizard who can perform the arcane skills of the sixth ring is considered a great person, but above the annual meeting of Serre, a senior ring mentor of this level needs to fight for even the qualification to enter the main hall of the conference.

Although most of the high-ranking wizards at the meeting implied that they had bad stomachs and were scheming with each other, no one dared to deny the strength and prosperity of the red-robed mage society.

This bleak and withered scene in front of him made Loulan Boire miss the memories that once gave him a headache, perhaps the wizard's feelings were mostly very indifferent, but he was by no means a stagnant heart, and he could still feel the sadness brought by that period of nostalgia.

"Alas......"

Lulan Boire's eyes turned slightly, looking at the ** master Nieldron who sighed, the two eyes were together, so that each other had a sense of kinship at the same time, Hughes Trofidi's wheelchair was pushed into the basement by two young apprentices, the two ** masters nodded to him, and then looked at the ceiling again, immersed in that sad emotion.

"Ahem...... The two masters ......" The pale Hughes coughed, it stands to reason that he is not qualified to speak in terms of mana or qualifications, but the current red-robed mage will not be too particular about it, not to mention that he has played a huge role in the establishment of this stronghold, so although he has lost his ability to cast spells, he can still speak: "That news...... You hear that......"

"I hear you. Luran Boire nodded, then stared at the ground not far away and began to mutter, "...... Is that 'wizard' back? What a great idea to turn a stupid aristocrat who took advantage of the fire into a frog...... Trofidi, you are said to have a good relationship with him?"

"That's true...... cough, cough...... Ladies and gentlemen. Hughes coughed twice, and the violent vibration of the trachea was transmitted to his head, making him dizzy for a while, before he gasped slightly and said, "We used to be close colleagues, best friends. ”

"Oh......" Loulan Bouvard had a look on his face that abruptly appeared, and he quickly fell into deep thought again.

Penny Sean, Penn Diesel, Dante Moore...... How many names does he have?" Neil Delon snorted, "Lulan, why do you care so much about this?"

"Of course I have to care, it's for our future. Loulan Boire raised his index finger and tapped lightly on the arm of his chair, and he looked sideways at Nildron: "We should not hide in this underground for the rest of our lives......

"And what do you want to do, and what does it have to do with that little wizard?" Neil Deron frowned.

"You know what I'm thinking, Neil Dron, you're knowingly asking. Lu Lan also showed a displeased look on his face: "Don't pretend to be confused, you know what kind of spell can turn hundreds of people into toads at the same time." ”

Neil Deron snorted.

"We need to carefully discuss the reason and purpose of this wizard's appearance in Ximen City. Lu Lan shook his head: "His identity is very sensitive, and there is a very important connection between us; ”

"The key is that this guy is still unclear, he was an accomplice of Sazastan when he was Ser, and after a while he appeared in Silvermoon City, and the stupid birds who tricked the harpists attacked the City of the Netherworld, and then suddenly disappeared, and now he has reappeared, who knows what he is doing, and what is his relationship with Sazastan?" Hell, there are so many things I don't know, after being kicked out of Searle, we all seem to have become blind, Lulan, I have to remind you, that kid's behavior is strange everywhere, if he still maintains a relationship with Sazastan, we have to think about it, he appeared in Simon, is he planning some kind of plan to kill us all, you still want to contact him?"

"Hmm......" Lu Lan's eyebrows tightened.

Due to the blockage of information, the red-robed mages in various strongholds of Faeron still have doubts about Penny's behavior and position, there are almost no bystanders who survived to the end of the battle on the top of Searle Mountain, and there are also almost no Searle people who know that Penny and Sazastan have broken up, and what will happen next in the upper realm is of course difficult for them to touch, and the prophets who were originally good at obtaining news had no time to care about anything else in the Blue Flame Tribulation, so they could not get any news from the upper realm, so in the eyes of many red-robed mages, Penny's behavior seemed to be very confusing。

Many red-robed mages have different opinions on this, some believe that Penny has turned his back on Sazastan, and another influential opinion is that Penny has been doing things for Sazastan, such as what he did in Silvermoon City, which was to help Sazastan weaken the good faction and fuel the flames in the war, causing the outbreak of the Blue Flame Calamity.

It sounds plausible, but without hard evidence, it's really hard to refute.

"My lords, I know Sean, so allow me to say a few words. Hughes coughed, saw the two ** masters make permissive expressions, organized his words, and said: "He is by no means a crazy person, and he is not keen on killing and destruction, so it is unlikely that he will assist Lord Sazastan to do so many crazy things." ”

"And what happened to Lord Neveron's death?" Neildron squinted at Hughes.

"That's revenge. Hughes replied in a tough tone.

This answer gave Neildron a depressed and annoyed look on his face, and he glared at Hughes fiercely: "You are talking about the past, Trofidi, what if he changes? What if he is still following the orders of Sazastan and is preparing to kill all of us in Simon?"

I can answer you on this point, and the answer must be no. A voice that sounded unfamiliar to Nildron and Lulan Boire suddenly appeared, and their eyes shifted to the direction from which the voice came, and they were immediately shocked.

The other red-robed mages who had been silently listening to the discussion between the two ** masters and Hughes also found in this shock that there was an extra red-robed mage they didn't know in the room, and he naturally took a chair and sat down in the middle of the hall, and his invisible bearing and confidence radiated with his sitting, as if he had replaced the two ** masters and became the host of this meeting.

"Everyone, can I speak?" he asked, his gaze swept over the faces of the red-robed mages present, whether surprised, frightened, or curious.

"Trofidi, did you bring him here?" Neil Deron stood up irritably, shouting at Hughes, who was overexcited by the presence of the red-robed mage, rolling his eyes as if he might faint at any moment.

"Be gentle with your patients. Penny waved his hand in displeasure, "I found it myself, and since I'm already here, what's the point of asking how I found this place?"

Nildron stared at Penny with a pair of red eyes, "What are you here for? Help Sazastan kill us? You are too bold to come alone, do you think you can get out of here alive by yourself?"

"Why is there such a deep hostility? I said that I no longer do anything for Lord Sazastan, on the contrary, in our hostile positions against him, we are now the same, Mistress Nildron, and Mistress Boire. Penny looked at Loulan Boire, who had been silent since he appeared, "I'm here to ask for your help. ”

Nildron and Bouvre were silent, and Penny patiently explained, "I don't think you know what Lord Sazastan is doing, he foresaw the outbreak of the Blue Flame Catastrophe a long time ago, and tried to use this time when the gods and arcane are weakened to unlock the power of the ancient evil Pendrim, so as to recreate the world...... You know what that means, so we have to stop him. ”

This astonishing news made the red-robed mages present shocked and inexplicably restless.

The news was truly shocking to them.

For the remnants of the Blue Flame Catastrophe, the cause of the Blue Flame Catastrophe is not a secret, and the war between Mystra and Shar has long been known, so although not many wizards know the details of the battle and Penny's role in it, most of them know that it was Shar who broke through Mystra's kingdom and caused the magic web to collapse.

However, they do not know the cause of the Blue Flame Catastrophe or the role played by the scheming legendary wizards in this catastrophe, and not many people still know about Sazastan's plan hidden behind the Blue Flame Catastrophe.

Now Penny broke the news, and of course they were shocked.

“...... Hehehe......" The discussion ended in silence for a moment, and soon Neil Delon laughed: "Oh, this seems to be the story of the savior, it is really vulgar and old-fashioned. 'My lord', you can't tell us this, we can't have made it up from the bards in the taverns down the street? ”

Penny narrowed his eyes, sensing the old man's target.

"Proof, Sean. Lulan Bouval frowned and said: "What happened between you and Sazastan, we don't know anything, you know, no one dared to stay on the top of Serre Mountain at that time, even me, it took a lot of effort to escape there, and then I didn't dare to stay in Serre for even a minute or a second, we need to determine the real surname of your words, so that we can understand who to trust and who not to believe?"

"Proof? It's too simple, two adults. Penny smiled slightly, and a figure appeared in the hall with the light of Dao teleportation magic, causing another wave of surprise.

(To be continued)