Scales of Eternal Order

“Leaving the plane of Acid Mist Canyon, my luck has improved. The first successful experimental case in my entire academic career was when I stepped on that remote material plane. Appeared on the first night.

After rigorous practical tests, the high spirits brewed by ogre is actually a high-quality biofuel that has not yet been discovered. This liquid energy is filled with steam-powered furnaces The energy released by the combustion of the fuel tank is enough to drive my mechanical prosthetic body, which is designed and manufactured by Mr. 21 and His Excellency Rick Naz, and weighs more than 300 pounds. It operates normally with more than 48 hourglasses.”

——”Sneijder’s Private Research Notes”

Alcohol can help to talk about, and the fine wines in the ogre Bulu collection are particularly special. Of course, what Bulu took out at this time was not a poison-like spirit like “Viper’s Blood”. In order to take care of the ordinary person present (that is, the desert elf Blatche), he took out some low-alcohol wines that were proven to be really non-toxic for everyone to drink. But even so, these wines brewed from materials unique to the lower realm are not comparable to ordinary things such as Zaoli.

Blatch, the “tongue puller”, who has not drunk alcohol for decades because of the practice of the art of sound and speech, just drank a few sips of Bulu’s fine wine and completely released himself. Under the stimulation of alcohol, this long-depressed elf even confided all the jokes about flying eagles and running dogs with his Anda friend when he was a child.

When Blatche recounted the past, no one else was idle. The bazaar night market in Koptik city is rich in various materials far beyond everyone’s imagination. Under the silver coin of Ogre Bulu, the big benefactor, various delicacies are gathered here one after another. In addition to the roasted camel meat featured in this restaurant, roasted grouse, fried locusts, charcoal-smoked snakes, assorted bisque… There is even a desert that is extremely rare and only produced in this World’s northern tundra All of the musk ox have been brought to everyone’s tables.

Of course, with three ogre and a giant dragon sitting at the center, these foods are not at all wasted. This meal can be regarded as a feast for the three brothers of Ques and Ogre. It was eaten from the evening of the previous day to the morning of the next day. When everyone set foot on the road again, the eternal blazing sun of the plane of ashes hung directly above everyone’s head.

The elf who fell asleep after singing loudly in the middle of the night is now placed in the pavilion on the back of a sand rhinoceros. The high temperature at noon caused some sweat from his body and took away a lot of drunkenness. Blatche struggled to get up from the cushion, and slightly pressed his forehead, which was stinging from the hangover. He has not indulged in this way for more than 50 years. The last time he drank, he drank his allegiance to Hajar Khan at the coming-of-age ceremony officially becoming a great warrior.

“Drink a potion of righteousness–Mr. Witch Doctor said this was the name changed by Your Excellency Ques. It turns out that this medicine is called a potion of energy. It will help people who are drunk.” Too smooth plane lingua franca, a small water sac was reached in front of the elf who had just woke up from a hangover by the speaker.

Under the instinct of the body, Blatche, the “Tongue Puller”, has a slight bulge in his muscles-I haven’t noticed it yesterday, but now when he is by his side, the wizard warrior can easily detect it This coarse gray robe is out of the ordinary human body-his body muscles work extremely smoothly, and the posture and habits that are inadvertently revealed between movements, all delicate hair was completely shown, showing that he is a skilled fighter. expert.

Paladin Jensen is of course an expert. Few mortals are capable of injuring a demon lord and retreat all over. It’s just that he has now become one of Ques’s employees, and in the future, he will use pay for work to pay off his debts.

After purchasing a few adult sand rhinos at the Koptik City Animal Trading Center, the young Blue Dragon and the Ogre three brothers joined forces to vote against the crowd. (Only Sneijder disagrees, but based on the principle of the minority obey the majority, the objection is invalid.) Everyone decided to pretend to be a caravan and set off for an adventure before returning to the dragon’s nest to repair.

As for the content of this adventure, it really has something to do with the elves that Ques rescued yesterday.

Sand rhinoceros is a kind of giant camel beast commonly seen in desert caravans. Except for its docile character and strong endurance, the weight of this giant beast is also amazing. This “caravan” of Ques is composed of six sand rhinos heading one after another, one head is responsible for releasing materials purchased by Bulu and Palu in Koptik; the other is composed of Paladin Jansen and the hangover awakened elves. The “tongue puller” rides together; ogre Gourmet Bulu and his Witch Doctor brother Palu share a mount for trimming; ogre blacksmith Nalu, an astounding weight, rides one alone; the remaining sand rhinoceros walks in the line as the leader of the caravan At the forefront, the humanoid blue dragon and steampunk half Lich stayed in the pavilion on their backs to direct the direction.

“This is the equivalent that Blatche gave me to offset the ransom, a map recording the location of the soulbound mage laboratory.” Ques opened the space belt and placed a map with The brocade box was taken out. This adventure has the participation of Sneijder in the field of spells. Naturally, consultation with experts is indispensable: “I checked this map, and there is only a simple array of protection schools on it. Its role is only to protect the map itself from Normal damage.”

Manipulating the mechanical prosthesis to take the brocade box and take out the map in it. Half-Lich Sneijder gently stroked the corners of the map with his fingers, and took a moment to feel for a while, and stretched out a thin fiber in a place that Ques hadn’t noticed before.

“What is this?” Ques asked curiously, looking at what his spell consultant had found.

Sneijder used two other small spells for identification and repeated confirmation before replied: “This is the thread of Resentful Soul. To be precise, it should be about one-tenth of the thickness of the Resentful Soul. Silk.

As the name suggests, the Silk of Resentful Soul is a kind of silk extracted from the Resentful Soul formed after the death of a person with a strong obsession. This thing is also a kind of more partial Necromancer’s necessary spelling materials.

During the process of casting, the silk of Resentful Soul can be used to solidify obsessions, and the solidified obsessions can be used by the caster again. As a carrier, so as to achieve the purpose of directly affecting the behavior of the subject.”

After listening to Sneijder’s description, Ques was puzzled: “But I have used many spell detection methods to check before. Except for the simple protection school array, there is no other spell fluctuation feedback at all?”

“This is precisely where the person who casts this spell is brilliant. The thread of the Resentful Soul I just discovered, the diameter It’s only about one-tenth of normal. Even if you look closely, it’s easy to mistake it for fiber burrs on the map scroll.

The reason is that the original map with the spell enchantment effect was It is caused by uncovering layers of artificial ground.

I have to say that this technique is very ingenious-it not only destroys the integrity of the original spellcasting material, and prevents the spell previously attached to it from being effectively detected. I also concealedly split the Resentful Soul thread with obsessions into about ten brand new maps.”

Nor see this half-Lich who is patiently explaining the delicate design on the map. There are other actions, just manipulating the mechanical prosthetic body to pick up this slightly thin parchment curling corner, and shake it gently-the previous “tongue puller” Blatche needed to use a soul dagger to harvest a living human life to inspire The spell map came alive instantly.

Lines like blood vessels emerge from the scroll, drawing a path to the research laboratory of the ancient soulbound mage.

“Obviously, this is a trap. These maps are probably distributed by the soul-bound mage himself, and the purpose is to lure more people to his laboratory.”

The steampunk half-Lich, who was exactly the same as the famous detective, just took a pipe, said exactly: “Although I don’t know the origin of the soul-bound mage very well, after your description, I guess that this kind of spellcaster is somewhat Similar to a warlock.

Making synthetic beasts is only a means of exploring the mystery of the secret technique, not the ultimate goal.

Those desert elves can be found in the lab marked on the map. The large-scale reproduction of the production nest of the Fiery Shadow Beast is like a trap in itself.

And this kind of painstakingly set traps just shows his current behavior. Dilemma-The soul-bound mage should be very weak at the moment, and even has to use tricks to attract some people to go hunting for treasure, and then try to turn it into his own puppet, or even a carrier of resurrection.”

Sneijder’s words really awakened Ques, “The ants bully the tiger, and the stone beats Vajra” is not common in the multiverse. Several ordinary desert elf tribe warriors, can they escape from the various countermeasures of a powerful spellcaster research laboratory?

Please, they are not the protagonists of the story.

The only explanation that can make sense is that the ancient soulbound mage wanted to put a long line to catch a big fish, so he deliberately released the water.

And this is truly good news for Ques entire group. It’s like the ogre blacksmith’s motto that I don’t know where to learn: “An axe is only a stick without a blade. .”

According to the route marked on the map, the distance between Koptik City and the research laboratory set as a trap by the soul-bound mage is not far away. Starting from the city in the center of the desert, it took about three days to reach the target location with the power of sand rhinoceros.

Only this route will pass through the area controlled by the Sashan tribe. The general caravan will choose a detour to avoid the desert elven tribe that has been dragged down like hungry wolves by the long tribal war.

But for Ques this “caravan”, this is not too much trouble. In fact, the young Blue Dragon and Half Lich, who led the way, didn’t even consider this issue.

Everyone rode the sand rhinoceros to the north. The farther away from civilization, the sand dunes became more towering. Its undulating appearance is like the sudden freezing of the sea that has been ravaged by a storm, under the eternal sun. Reflecting the gorgeous golden light.

Originally, merchants in the desert seldom choose to drive during the day, and the terrifying high temperature will accelerate the consumption of the drinking water they carry. Most of the time they choose to go out at night, relying on tents to resist the scorching sun during the day. Of course, if there is an oasis not far ahead, a short rush during the day is also acceptable.