The Red Mage

Surrounded by all the darkness beneath the Shining City, Skull Harbor is known as the Shadow of Waterdeep, and Waterdeep's famous thieves' union, Enassar, is located here, and to be fair, it's not as chaotic as the outside world thinks, as there are many dark transactions going on here, so a certain order must be maintained.

In the underground tavern here, you can also see rare dark elves, they are shorter than the surface elves, and their small facial features show a charm that is very different from their close relatives on the surface, but they still do not forget to hang a scimitar on their waists when they carry a plate and wine jug between the cold wine tables, reminding the guests that if they don't pay for the drink, they don't want to get out alive.

Correspondingly, like a normal black shop, this tavern does not have a price code on the sign or menu.

However, Penny is not worried about people who don't have long eyes to trick him, and usually only a black shop owner who has a funny brain or only air left in his pocket will take the risk of attacking a wizard with a lot of shì.

However, looking at the corpses around him and the groups of thugs squatting on the side of the street, noticing the fierce stare in their eyes, Penny was also a little skeptical that if he couldn't come up with the money, they would really pounce on him and kidnap the ticket.

Perhaps this group of bold dark inhabitants really had the courage to be fearless from heaven to earth, so the wizard reminded himself that when snacks and drinks were served for a while, he must pay attention to check whether there were any méng sweat pills or other things inside, no matter which plane of black shop, this kind of thing is indispensable.

However, business is still about making money in a friendly way, and in the face of a group with a mage, the shì servants of the tavern have been greeting the méng-faced wizard all the time, and Helast is there to give orders to the shì of the tavern through the mouth of the wizard, and Penny can't help but want to laugh, as if his foreign trade is too unconvincing, so that the people here regard this puppet, who doesn't even know whether he knows whether he exists, as the most authoritative of them all.

And Helast's black robe was obviously willing to cooperate with this misunderstanding, which made the scene in front of him look extremely weird.

Nephies blinked as she watched a group of dark elves grovel in front of the puppet who couldn't speak without the control of Hylast's black robe, her eyes were full of curiosity and amusement, she still hadn't fully accepted the fact that this boy who seemed to be the same size as herself was Hylast's black robe, and it was also possible that this name didn't carry much weight in her heart After all, she was just a child.

"Can you take off its mask and show us? She whispered to Helast's black robe.

The haughty archmage, Lord Helast, glanced at the child with contempt, cocked his nose, and turned his head to the side.

Nephies suddenly pursed her lips, and the cow chirped into Penny's arms, and the wizard laughed and pinched the little girl's face, and she immediately let go of her displeasure, and turned her head again to look at the black robe with curious eyes.

Waiting for the time to serve the tea, Penny watched the scenery around the skull harbor not to be beautiful, yīn was terrifying, and in some places there were fresh corpses, and the west side of the skull harbor was connected to the trench, and a gust of wind blew, bringing a rotten fish-like smell.

And the thugs' gaze like a fat sheep made him even more unpleasant, so he quickly lost interest and put his eyes back on the table, only to notice Lanny, whose suspicious expression was not looking at the black robe, but at the méng-faced mage behind the black robe, who was obviously a puppet slave.

"What are you looking at?" asked Penny.

"Nothing, nothing. She shook her head, but whispered in Penny's ear with a twinkle in her eyes, "This méng-faced guy looks a little familiar." But her whispered words could not hide the ears of the black robe, as a product of the legendary level reincarnation ceremony, the new body of the black robe of Hylaster was perfect: "Familiar?"

He frowned, and the méng-faced wizard lifted the veil, and in the faint light, the face of a man in his fifties could be seen.

Pale, serious, and his eyes are empty, but the lines at the corners of his eyes are inherently heavy with two points, which makes people feel intimidated at a glance.

This man was certainly not a small person at one time, and almost at this moment of sight, Penny had such an idea. ,

And Lanny's reaction was even more exaggerated, her face immediately pale, two tuǐ and one soft, and a pair of eyes shot out of a huge panic, as if the deepest nightmare in her heart was awakened, and fell weakly on the wizard's body.

This reaction surprised everyone.

"Do you know this person?" said Helast Black-robed Wizard with a méng mask and a frown.

And Lannie also seemed to notice her gaffe, but her face didn't look much better, she shook her head: "Oh it's amazing, I know a guy who has the exact same face as this guy, but he shouldn't be here, and his strength doesn't seem to be so weak." "Oh? Interesting, in fact, his strength is not so weak. "This guy broke into my nest more than a decade ago, trying to take advantage of my illness to manipulate me, but of course I won't let him succeed, especially at the critical moment when my ritual is about to begin." ”

"So you're making him a puppet?" asked Penny.

"Sort of, but it's a pity that his strength is not much weaker than mine, and I couldn't control my strength when dealing with him, and accidentally played him badly, so he became like this. Hylaste scratched his head, a little interested: "Oh, his methodology is as crippled as his mind under my attack, and he can only be used as my puppet." ... ，

"You can't control your power when dealing with him?" Penny frowned, staring at the méng-faced wizard, even more suspicious of this guy's original identity.

Looking at the entire Faeron, the mana of Helast's black robe is definitely among the best among legendary mages, not to mention the ordinary mages who are still struggling outside the source of the source, even the average legendary spellcaster is definitely not the opponent of the former crazy old man, and this person can force the black robe to "can't control the power" when fighting the black robe, which shows that this guy's strength is absolutely extraordinary.

"Oh, anyway, that's all in the past, and now, he's just a dog under my command, go, crouch on the ground and bark twice. As soon as Helast's black robe waved his sleeve at the méng-faced wizard, the wizard immediately crouched down humbly and barked twice as loudly as a dog.

Whether it was Penny, Nephes, Lannie, and Arnell, the corners of their mouths cramped at the sound of these two dog barks, and the tavern shì saw the object of their compliment, and now the little boy covered in a black cloth crouched on the ground and barked like a dog at the sound of an order, and suddenly his body seemed to be petrified, except for his constantly twitching mouth and eye sockets.

Helast looked around at the reaction of those shì people, and seemed to be very satisfied with this effect, and laughed happily, the leader of those shì people who had just given the most diligence seemed to be annoyed and angry because the object of their compliment just now was undoubtedly a dog, which immediately made them feel humiliated, and several shì people got together and began to whisper, not knowing what kind of tricks they were discussing, and after a while, the ruffians and hooligans who were acting as thugs outside looked at Penny and his party with even more ill-intention。

didn't do it immediately, probably because he was afraid of the strength of this group of people, the shì in the tavern was never carried away by anger, no matter how strange the whereabouts of this group of people were, they all came out of the leyline mí city, and they should definitely not be underestimated.

People who live in such places and don't have long eyes usually die quickly.

The prank had a good effect, and Mr. Blackrobe was very satisfied, and all Penny could do for this kind of thing was shrug his shoulders, and even after recovering from his madness, the archmage still maintained some bad temper.

And he will have to endure this in the future.

In Leyline Mí, Penny promised to be a temporary hostant of Hylast, in exchange for the mad mage's vast knowledge and experience, and it is not surprising that this deal was reached, and despite the loss of power, Hylaster is still worth a fortune. And for Hylast1

This wizard who can speak the Loshoon language also seems to be worth taking advantage of, he does not dare to continue to stay in the already uncontrolled leyline city, his old man has settled outside the city of Deep Water to this day, and has been crisscrossing Faren for more than a thousand years, with a mad and unscrupulous style, there are far more enemies than friends, of course, he needs a way to create a better way for himself to gain power, then a wizard who can speak Loshoun is obviously a good choice, and after some dealings underground, Helast believes that this junior may not be untrustworthy. ,

Penny thought about the agreement the two reached underground, shook his head, and looked at Lannie with a ridiculous expression: "By the way, you haven't said yet, who is the person who looks exactly like this puppet?" "No, no, no, that person is not here, and it can't be him, but that person also has a lot of power." Lannie frowned, the puppet's antics under the manipulation of the mad mage made her feel much less terrified by that face, and the ridiculous emotions mixed with suspicion and residual fear, making her expression look very strange: "He must still be in Santil Fort in the Moon Sea, I saw him once when he was sealed in the Black Hand Sanctuary, he was once our supreme leader and the famous archmage of the entire Moon Sea. "You mean Manson?" Arnell, who had been listening, blinked, and suddenly interjected in a low voice.

Penny's hand paused, in Faeron, the name was not known under the black robe of the mad mage Helast, especially in the Moon Sea region, he was the founder of the Santarin Society, the chief archmage under the command of the Black Hand Tyrant, and the Yīn shadow and nightmare that had shrouded the Moon Sea region for countless years.

"Yes. Lannie nodded and answered Arnell's inquiry.

"You're saying this man has a face that looks exactly like Manson's?" Penny looked at the puppet and then at Lanny, his expression becoming more and more strange, "And when you were sealed, this puppet was already under the hands of our black-robed adult, and something was obviously not right. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that, my little friend. Anel's gaze fell on the puppet: "Don't be suspicious, if I'm not mistaken, this puppet is Manson." Penny was even more confused.

However, he frowned, and suddenly realized that what he was talking about seemed to belong to the secret, and quickly and simply channeled a magic spell to cut off the sound transmitted to the outside.

"It sounds like a joke. Lannie raised her eyebrows and looked at Arnell: "Mansong of the Moon Sea still controls part of the power of the Santarin Society, is that person a fake?"

"Don't call me a third-rate poet, you're right, of course he's fake. Arnell frowned: "Actually, this is also fake, but they are all Manson." ”

"You mean cloning?" Penny came to his senses, but it was Hylast's black robe who pointed it out first.

"Static cloning, to be exact. Arnell took a sip of water: "In fact, the real Manson was killed by a group of believers in the good gods more than ten years ago. ”

"That's a rumor!" Lannie frowned and retorted, "He reappeared later." ”

Of course, many people thought it was a rumor, but he was really dead, and only a clone of him appeared. Arnell spread his hands: "This nine-ring spell called static clone is stronger than the cloning technique of the eighth ring, and the general cloning technique will only play the role of resurrection, but all the clones left by Manson have all woken up under the effect of this spell Due to spell defects and accidents, a large part of them died quickly, but there are some remnants that have inherited, all inheriting his spells and memories, the one in the moon sea and the one in front of him, probably one of them." The people at the table all nodded suddenly, and Helaster looked at the puppet still squatting on the ground with a strange expression: "Oh, I didn't expect him to have such a big background, I always thought he was a delusional idiot." Penny is not surprised, in front of a monster like Helast, probably even a character like Manson does not have much weight, but he looked at Arnell and his expression became troubled again: "But this level of secret, not many people should know about it." ”

Needless to say, Manson's stagnant clone, even Manson's former "death, and" disappearance, are rumored to be rumored in Faeron, so it is certainly surprising that a bard would know so well about such a thing.

"Those who know about it have all blocked the news, and they know how much trouble it would cause if too many people heard that there might be many mansons hidden in various parts of Faeron, and those clones themselves don't want too many people to know about it, they all want to live, or... Continue your own various plans... Oh, most of them would love to go back to where they used to be, but it seems unlikely. Arnell spread his hands: "Don't wonder why I know so much, because I used to be a harpist. ”

"So you're a harpist!" Penny realized that these spies and spies who traveled all over Ferron might indeed know more secrets, "but you don't really need to tell me this." "Well, because I want to live. Arnell's gaze swept over the black robe of Hylast, then over the puppet, and finally landed on Penny's face: "I said brother, this trip is the black robe of Hylaster who has become a child, and the Manson clone who has become a puppet, and the elect of Shar, but I have encountered a lot of things that I shouldn't know, do you think I will die suddenly at some point?",

"Hmm, isn't this rabbit with you?" said Helast's black robe also aimed at Penny.

Penny immediately felt a little confused, and he tilted his neck to look at Arnell, "You should be able to keep it a secret, right?"

"Well, it's better to kill him quietly to safety. Hylast turned her head and muttered......

"Come on, my dear little friend, don't make this kind of suggestion that makes each other feel insecure, after leaving the harpist, I don't want to be born and die in my life, now I just want to live well, I said" Anel smiled bitterly twice, and then looked at Penny's eyes and rolled: "I heard that you have some industries on the Dragon Coast, I don't know if you need a part-time job, you know, I am good at many jobs?"

"Including ascetic work?" Lannie scoffed sharply.

"Heh, he's still a smart man. Hyraster raised an eyebrow, as if she felt a little bored.

"Of course welcome. Penny smiled and nodded, being able to make such a decision that made neither of them embarrassed, and he suddenly had more good feelings for Arnell in his heart.

But I'm also on guard.

"Alright, the gossip is over, we should get out of here, Dragon Coast, I happen to have been there too, and I know how to teleport" Hylast's black robe slapped the table, unfolded a glittering magic scroll, and then beckoned to those tavern shì and thugs: "Hey, goodbye, don't send me." ”

A flash of light flashed, and a table of people disappeared in place.

The thugs and shì hurried around, all of them angry: "Damn bastards, they haven't paid yet!" When the migratory birds flew from the south shore of the Falling Star Sea to the north shore, the weather in Serre was already very good, although the cold snap in the direction of Ice 11 still brought a hint of unseasonable cold, but it complemented the land.

In the astrological room of Eltabor, the silver-haired Archmage Castilee was silent in front of the crystal ball, and her daughter walked in through the doorway, as if puzzled by the archmage's countenance: "Dear Mother, what bothers you?"

"He's moved the unfinished Titan Soldier. Justire's eyes flickered, as if she was constantly calculating, "As far as I can see, it should be far away from here, far beyond the borders of Serre. "So he escaped?" Oseia raised an eyebrow and seemed to exhale, "Mother, what are you going to do?"

"You can rest assured, I won't do anything, and I won't let this news out. ”

Justeri closed her eyes: "My previous approach was to address the assumption that he couldn't leave Searle, and since he had left this realm, he would come back sooner or later......" "So what?"

"Waiting, waiting for him to come back, or he never coming back, and until then, I advise us to forget about him. Justira was silent for a while before she said slowly, "Especially at such a sensitive time. ”

Ossea nodded, his eyebrows stretched, and the long-standing contradictions and worries seemed to be able to be put aside. ！。