On Eugene's side, the Dark Hydra was imprisoned, and on the other side of the Brain-shaped Castle, it seemed that the departure of the mastermind had affected the Brain Golem to a considerable extent, and Start and the others quickly ended the battle.
Afterwards, Lampas, one of the two Githyanki commanders, rode the red dragon back to the battlefield, and led the students to clean up the remaining green-footed dragon snakes, as well as the fleeing dark elves and gray dwarves .
Commander Sauron, along with Isaac and the others, entered the crypt under the castle.
With the same idea, they are not in a hurry to search the mage tower, nor are they in a hurry to search the castle. The location of the mastermind's final breath is the first place they need to investigate thoroughly.
The illithids have retreated, and the Hydras and Purple Insects have all been taken down. Although the cave is deep and intertwined, except for some insignificant dark creatures, there are no accidents.
Not long after, at the deepest point of all the tunnels, a deep saltwater pool shrouded in darkness appeared in front of them.
Extremely powerful psychic aura!
This deep pool of salt water actually exudes an aura similar to the spiritual field, which seems to be... full of some kind of life energy!
"It's the pool of brainworms!"
Commander Sauron immediately recognized its origin.
This is where the illithid breeds brainworm tadpoles and reproduces the offspring of the race!
But at the same time of recognition, his eyes also became serious.
Even with the help of the spiritual light from the Silver Sword of Gith, he could only barely sense the bottom of this deep pool.
The size of this brain pool is so huge...
Since the overthrow of the illithid empire, their entire race has rarely encountered a brain pool of this size!
Looking again at the pool of my mind, I didn't even see a tadpole...
Commander Sauron's solemn gaze slowly withdrew, and then looked at the people and dragons around him. He said in a deep voice: "Everyone, although these illithid monsters have retreated, their own strength has not been damaged much. As long as you give them time, they will develop again sooner or later.
And with their ability to teleport to another world, it is almost inevitable to return here when the time comes!
We can't be together all the time, let alone beware of them all the time.
To completely resolve this threat, the only way is to directly hunt them across planes before they develop a new puppet army, and completely destroy them!
I don’t know what you think? "
Kill the illithid back?
Isaac's eyes couldn't help but move.
If the illithids come back, his Red Kingdom will probably bear the brunt. From this point of view, it really should be completely solved!
but……
He quickly shook his head in his mind.
At least for the time being, he didn't want to move.
After this war, he was prepared to lurk for a while to fully absorb the "contribution" of the illithids.
Before that, no matter what it was, don't let him step out of the Rift Mountains, let alone pursue him across planes!
Moreover, Start and the others will continue to conduct research in Dubizlante. Even if the illithid is really killed, it will just be another battle!
At that time, he, including Start and others, would only be stronger than now!
Besides... he doesn't want to move, and Stat and the others probably don't want to move either, but these Githyanki are different!
Having discovered such a powerful group of illithids, how could these guys be able to sit still!
The strength here is not enough to pursue them, but behind them, there is the Star Empire!
With a thoughtful look in his eyes, Isaac nodded slowly: "You are right, these illithids should be completely destroyed to make people feel at ease. But..."
His eyes wrinkled again, and his words changed at the same time: "At least for a short period of time, I can't leave here. I have a sworn enemy who has been staring at this side for years. There are also several opponents, who are also here. Peeping secretly."
He didn't just say it casually.
Such as the Black Dragon Envoy, the Harper, and even the Evil King's sect... There are really not just one or two who are watching him secretly.
The Green Dragon was the first to decline politely. Without any exchange of glances between Stat and the three of them, Eugene said: "Sorry, we also have other important matters. If you are in this plane, you can still take some time to come out, but you have to move out of position. noodle……"
Eugene said, slowly shaking his head.
Now he, along with Start and Rodnik, are only heading towards the legendary level.
As for killing the illithid back...
When he comes back, he will also kill on the green dragon's territory!
He ran away, and it was just the Gith who was worried!
Commander Sauron's expression turned gloomy after the two expressed their opinions.
When he pulled them, his gesture was cordial. He first went through Chiavendra, and even crossed planes to greet them warmly!
But now, things have just concluded a stage, and things have changed so quickly!
However, from the previous battle, he knew firsthand the power level of these guys, but Commander Sauron couldn't turn his face away. He simply used his spiritual energy to gather the "storm of stars" with the silver sword of Gith.
Above the silver sword, bright stars are rapidly born and gathered.
"Wait!"
The undead archmage, who was always cold and rarely spoke, took a step forward at this moment.
He could see the purpose of this Githyanki commander.
When it comes to destroying the pool of brainworms!
However, this thing seems very interesting!
The powerful and strange life energy inside was something that even he couldn't see through for a while.
Later, I obtained the research information on the illithids, and maybe I will be able to use it too!
Rodnik took a step forward and said: "General Sauron, now that the brainworms here have been taken away, there is no point in destroying this salt water pool.
It is better to keep it and see if it can be used in related research.
I'm very interested in it. "
…
Underground, Isaac and others are exploring the crypt.
Inside and outside the city, the Githyanki are clearing out. Not only did they not accept any surrender from the illithids' slaves and puppets, but even those who escaped were hunted down by them.
No one sensed it, and a black shadow sneaked into the mage tower.
Sometimes in the form of half shadow, he directly crosses some magic traps.
Sometimes with clever tricks, not even magic secret locks can stop his progress.
When he encountered some particularly tricky places, he took several rare magic props with him.
Exploring layer by layer, but barely touching anything inside, the black shadow is rapidly approaching the core of this mage tower.
Surprisingly, it is the legendary shadow assassin Barrett!
From start to finish in a war, this guy didn't even show his face, let alone take action.
But at this moment, he quietly touched into this most important place, at least one of the most important ones!
"Golden Scroll!"
"Hold Zoro down below and find him as soon as possible to avoid more accidents!"
…
It's not just Barrett who has other agendas.
In the underground passage which is not very far from Dundrum.
Troll army! An army of kobold rogues! Greendramon team! Logistics army!
What’s more, Sylvia, the green dragon in her prime!
This army was advancing slowly, but suddenly, a shadow beacon suddenly rippled out from one of Sylvia's paws.
"So fast?"
It's the promised signal, but at this time...
There was a look of surprise in Sylvia's eyes.
But the surprise and doubt [ ] return to surprise and doubt, now that the signal has come...
"Speed up the march! As fast as possible!"
"Dundrum is already waiting for us to ransack their homes. Don't fall behind those Githyanki, or we won't get anything good!"
The dragon mother roared, and although it did not arouse the power of the dragon, it gave the army a rush of blood and quickly increased its marching speed.
…
Neither Isaac nor Stat or the others have ever thought about leaving all the looting to the Githyanki!
These astral pirates who accompany the red dragon have always been known for their cold-bloodedness and greed.
Of course, Dragon Mother will lead her army to follow, not just to search for loot.
If, just if!
If there's something wrong with the Githyanki and their red dragons... this army could be repurposed, which would be something convenient!
Of course, normally, Isaac wouldn’t want to use it for a different purpose, after all, the Githyanki Star Empire is not someone to be trifled with!
These days, he has learned a lot more about the Githyanki Empire.
For example, the divine red dragon that formed an alliance with them is said to have been entrenched in their imperial capital!
For example, the one who made the alliance with the divine red dragon was not the one who overthrew the illithid empire and founded the Githyanki Empire, taking the name "Gith" and making it the name of the race and the name of the empire. .
Instead, a powerful, mysterious, and even more brutal Lich Queen!
It is said that the Lich Queen is even still establishing her personal beliefs within the empire!
Just by looking at the word "faith", Isaac can imagine how difficult this person is to mess with!
Therefore, unless there is something wrong with the opponent's brain, Isaac does not want to lift his pants and deny recognition. Even if only part of Dundrum's loot is allocated to the other side, it must be a huge number.
then.
When everyone calmly explored the crypt, walked around the brain-shaped castle, and came out again.
The Githyanki don't even have time to slaughter all the illithid slaves.
On the other side of the connecting passage, Dragon Mother has led a large group of green dragon beasts and flew in, followed closely by another continuous army.
The Githyanki have obviously become more vigilant with the appearance of this army, even the red dragons, wary of turning against them.
After all, it is not uncommon for the Evil Alliance to fall out after a victory!
"The old villain has succeeded!"
But what they were wary of was a telepathic message from Eugene, and the kindness reappeared on Isaac's face.
Barrett succeeds!
Of course I got the golden scroll!
This legendary assassin deserves the name "Old Thief"!
He turned his eyes to Commander Sauron and smiled: "General, the war is basically over. You and I will clean up and count the harvest together, and then we will see how to distribute it?"
There was some questioning in his voice.
At this time, Zoro is no longer as indifferent as when he first came.
He forced a smile on his face and nodded.
"That's how it should be."
"Let's act together and end this as soon as possible. Then, I will take some children and return to the empire immediately. I will ask the Queen personally for instructions on whether to continue to hunt down the illithids."
Everyone is a sensible person, so in his words, he also inadvertently mentioned the "backing pillar" a little bit!
"This really needs to be stepped up." Isaac nodded without realizing it, "I'll ask the servants to take action immediately."
The two only exchanged a brief moment before the kobold army and Githyanki came together one by one and quickly took over the battlefield and the city.
Isaac and the others entered the mage tower first with the two commanders and the red dragons.
…
The scale of Dundrum is much larger than that of Dubizlant.
Even though the army was mowing down, it took three days to clean up and count.
There are countless treasures, especially magic materials, and quite a lot of them may not be produced in this plane. At least there are no relevant records in Isaac's knowledge base.
However, magic materials are indeed precious, and the various research materials and research records obtained from the three mage towers, at least in Isaac's eyes, are even more valuable than them, or even far above them!
"Mind Demon Seed! An eighth-level spell created by the Master Brain! Using the flesh buds of the Master Brain or the tentacles of the illithids as casting materials, it can semi-parasitize living creatures. The souls of the parasitized creatures will be naturally close to the illithids. Creatures without intelligence can even be born with minimalist intelligence."
"Purple Insect and Hydra should be manipulated in this way!"
"However, their dark magic power should be related to the research here!"
"The mastermind can actually directly utilize the ubiquitous dark magic power in the Underdark! Although the efficiency of utilization is not high and the cost is quite high, but... this is a direction! If you understand it thoroughly, you may be able to directly use the origin of the concept Go up there! If this is the case, this research data is even more meaningful than the Golden Scroll!"
The more he looked through and backed up the illithid research data, the more serious Isaac became.
Not only him, but he was also flipping through it eagerly and secretly recording it. The three Starters were also extremely focused.
"Hiss~~"
Another piece of heavyweight information, Isaac couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he took a deep breath.
"Psion Spell List Replacement Research!"
A warlock's spell list is generally fixed.
For example, psychics basically focus on the area of psychic spells.
Like their green dragons, the range of spells to choose from at each level is also very limited.
Precisely because the spell list is limited, once someone finds out the basics, the warlock will be easily targeted.
But the retreating mastermind actually figured out a way to replace this spell list!
"The ninth-level spell Prismatic Barrier! The eighth-level spell Mind Demon Seed! The sixth-level spell Chain Lightning!"
"This guy is really... a brain-eating monster! After eating countless illithid brains, this guy's intelligence and inspiration are simply beyond imagination!"
"It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to sit down with this guy and have a good conversation face to face."
While pondering the nature of this information, Isaac couldn't help but see a little admiration in his eyes!
He has always respected people with knowledge, especially those who can bring him goals and point out the direction!
Since the illithid can replace the spell list of the psion, then... is it possible to replace the warlock-like spells embedded in their green dragon?
Also, the nature of the operation of the illithids...
"Don't say that the illithid retreated on its own initiative. If we had known that there was so much and such high-level research information, even if the mastermind came out to fight to the death, we would still kill it at any cost!"
"The golden scroll is the main direction, and so are these. First, use the golden scroll to raise the mage level to the second level, and then through the study of these materials, use dark magic as the entrance to advance to the conceptual level step by step!"
At this time, neither Isaac nor Stater had much thought, and they were too preoccupied with the distribution of the spoils.
The distribution with the Githyanki was quickly completed, and then these astral pirates launched the starship directly and quickly left the plane of Ashan along with the red dragons.
Long Ma, who was on an empty trip, also didn't stay long. She also brought a batch of treasures with her and quickly left the Fissure Mountains.
Isaac, along with Stat and his companions, stayed for a long time in Dubizlant and Dundrum.
Research the new golden scroll together!
Let’s explore the secret code of illithid wisdom together!
A lot of experiments, a lot of progress, and, from the summary of the experiments, their own direction, or method, gradually emerged!
Stand on the shoulders of others and make your own way!
Time alternates with time, and time flies by like water.
