"His Majesty!"
"Owner!"
Returning to the kingdom, Isaac has already returned to human form.
And when his figure appeared in the "Demiplane of the Tower of Shadows".
Several mages stationed here, as well as more dragon-shaped kobold guards, naturally paid their respects to meet them.
"Is Archmage Eugene here?"
Isaac nodded slightly and looked at the leader of these mages. He was a man in dark robes with a cold temperament. He seemed to have a certain degree of integration with the essence of the shadow world in this half of the plane. Even the whole figure, They are all a bit blurry in the surrounding dark environment. High-level mage.
It was Maches who was under Eugene's sect and was as famous as Barnard. He had already completed his inauguration as a "Shadow Follower". This was also the disciple who had followed Eugene during the "Eternal Life Club" and could gain Eugene's complete trust.
It is precisely because of this that he is qualified to take charge of the defense of this heritage base.
Isaac looked over, and the shadow mage leaned forward slightly again, with the courtesy of an apprentice, and replied: "There have been some changes in the salt water lake in recent days, and it is suspected that the aboleths have shown signs of returning. , so the teacher has been stationed at the underground city in recent days."
Aboleth?
Isaac was already walking towards the Tower of Heritage, but his heart couldn't help but move.
Back then, after they teamed up with the Githyanki to capture Dundrum from the illithids.
Although the aboleths under the salt water lake have reached a peace agreement with them, they still don't trust them too much. From various indications, most of the aboleths have gone to other places through underground tunnels. Dark Sea.
Now this means...actually coming back again?
If the aboleth returns, and Stat and Rodnik are not there in the dungeon, it would really be necessary for Eugene to personally take charge, lest those ancient monsters can't help but have thoughts that they shouldn't have.
Isaac nodded slightly, but did not continue to ask, and just walked into the Tower of Heritage.
Soon he passed through the magic door and appeared directly in Eugene's private mage tower.
For the private mage tower, especially the key area where the plane magic gate is located, Eugene has heavy monitoring and protection arrangements.
As soon as Isaac walked out, even because of the "hidden" and "confused" effects of the "function card", all surveillance could not capture his existence at all.
However, Eugene was alerted immediately.
Before Isaac could even walk out of the teleportation secret hall, an arc of light flashed by, followed by a slender young shadow dragon on the left, and a shadow raven flapping its wings above his head. Eugene's figure teleported over.
When he saw Isaac, he dropped his guard, but there was a slight look of surprise on his face. While greeting him, he said: "I noticed some movement here, so I guessed that His Majesty was back. These days, Your Majesty, The trips back and forth are quite frequent."
He was not surprised that the magic restriction could not capture Isaac's existence.
Surprisingly, in recent times, this is Isaac's fourth time entering and leaving the demiplane base, right?
"I was still busy in the North with Barrett, but I received some news related to the Harper, so I came back again."
Isaac also nodded slightly in greeting, and gave a little explanation, then changed the topic: "I heard Maches mentioned, what are the actions of those aboleths?"
As he spoke, his eyes turned slightly from Shadow Dragon and Shadow Crow.
This shadow dragon actually has some signs of entering adolescence, and its growth rate is obviously much faster than the other one.
Even though there is a "Tower of Ghosts Dungeon", because it is constantly intersecting with the Shadow Realm, and there are environmental factors that are very suitable for the growth of shadow dragons, this little thing named "Archibald" is still a bit strange. Same as usual.
When he looked over, the young shadow dragon shrank his head unconsciously, and his dark body quietly hid behind Eugene, as if he was a little timid.
On the other hand, the shadow crow flying above Eugene looked a little unconvinced when he saw Isaac's eyes turning around, and let out a croak.
Although he had been forcibly transformed into the guardian spirit of the dungeon by Isaac and the others.
However, because this dungeon is mainly controlled by Eugene, the command talisman that controls the Shadow Crow has always been in Eugene's hands.
As time went by...this little thing actually forgot about his awe!
There was a croak from the shadow crow.
Isaac was about to look away from it, and then... his eyes stopped moving, and he just stared at it calmly.
Suddenly, there was an indescribable pressure. The elemental essence form of Shadow Crow could hang in the air without any movement, so the wings that were flapping deliberately suddenly froze.
Eugene felt clearly about this, but he just didn't realize it.
In recent years, with the increasingly dense shadow environment in the dungeon, the power of this earth spirit has not only been restored, but has also been further improved.
He had already noticed that in addition to deliberately avoiding him from time to time because he was under his control, Shadow Crow actually dared to be arrogant in front of other people, even some high-level mages in the organization.
He already had it and was ready to concoct its meaning.
This time, he actually dared to provoke Isaac, which gave him a reason.
However, he had already made the decision to concoct the Shadow Crow in his heart, but Eugene remained calm as he smiled slightly towards Isaac and said, "Yes, those guys are indeed returning to the Salt Lake, but for now, , they are relatively stable for the time being. From some of my negotiations with them, this is a war between the chosen people of the Ocean Goddess and another chosen one of the demon god, and they have retracted from the deep ocean trench to the salt water lake."
The chosen one of the Ocean Goddess, this should be the only leader of the "Squid Community". He not only controls the largest army of fish monsters in the Traceless Sea, but also has innumerable connections with the coastal city-states of the Sword Coast, and is even regarded as He is the powerful wizard who is the oldest giant squid in the deep sea.
Those who are qualified to become his enemy and start a war are even more likely to be avoided by the aboleths...
"The chosen one of the devil?"
"Is it the one who took away the 'Horn of Storms' and polluted it into the 'Horn of Disaster'? Saxton is the same deep-sea giant squid clan as the Chosen One of the Ocean Goddess?"
Isaac's first association was with the deep-sea giant squid that broke free from the control of the "Storm Horn" in his early years. It was also considered to have broken away from the control of the Ocean Goddess, and also took refuge in the Ocean Goddess, a mortal enemy of the demon god.
If these two deep-sea giant squids were to engage in an all-out war, they would indeed have a perfectly normal reason, and they would indeed be a terrifying threat that would make even the aboleths retreat.
"It's these two!"
Eugene nodded and confirmed: "It is said that Saxton used the power of the 'Horn of Disaster' to pollute and control the huge army of sea monsters. At this time, not only was he at war with the sea elves, but even Slakrisel didn't think about it. Fisherman Zhili actually joined forces with the sea elves in a tacit understanding and directly launched an all-out war against him."
Slakrisel, this is the name of the chosen one of the ocean goddess.
Isaac pondered for a moment and agreed with the information revealed by the aboleth.
Of course, all of this should happen in the deep sea.
But in such a huge war, as long as you pay attention, you can always detect the signs.
The aboleth's intelligence is not enough to make a joke about this kind of thing.
However, there is a certain at the same time...
But Isaac slowly shook his head, facing Eugene's slightly doubtful gaze, and said slowly: "It is true that the aboleths are afraid of these two, but if you want to say that they are safe, just I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case. I remember that there were illithids and aboleths in Slakrisel's 'squid colony', enslaved by him!"
Creatures like the deep-sea giant squid not only have strong willpower and can directly ignore the likes of illithids and aboleths. They are best at mind enslavement. They also have extraordinary intelligence and can be called the most terrifying monster in the deep sea.
The chosen one of the Ocean Goddess not only brought a terrifying life energy level due to his ancient age, but he was also a legendary level wizard.
This combination of power...
Isaac is absolutely certain that the ancient dragon is far behind this one.
Even if he were to attack alone and be fully prepared on both sides... it would be hard to say what chance Isaac would have before he mastered the "Corruption Crystal".
With this person's power, if he could enslave the aboleths in the saltwater lake, there would be no problem at all.
And after enslaving these aboleths, he also made them "retreat" to the salt water lake...
Isaac has always known that the "Squid Community" not only controls a huge army of sea monsters and fish monsters, but also has pervasive intelligence penetration into all the city-states along the coast.
Although the Red Kingdom has no port, it is not considered a coastal city-state for the time being.
However, the actual control of "Port Willen" and the influence of "United Company" on ocean routes, if this person knows the details of these aboleths, and then uses these aboleths to provide intelligence to this side Penetration, this is not impossible!
"Slavery?"
Eugene's eyes couldn't help but flicker, he pondered for a moment, and nodded slowly: "I know it. If they really come back with a purpose, they will inevitably have to contact us. Then just sit back and wait for their next step. We’ll see what happens next.”
"That's it."
Isaac also nodded, but then continued with a thought: "By the way, if they really take the initiative to contact us, try to test it out and see if they can figure out the situation in the so-called deep ocean trench."
Sooner or later, the Red Kingdom will open a port.
If this deep ocean trench is really connected to the Traceless Sea, it may not be useless.
Moreover, although there is no rush to deal with these aboleths now, in the future, if these guys can be enslaved and used at the port, they will be of some use.
Eugene agreed.
Without saying anything more, Isaac just said goodbye and left.
"You guys come with me!"
Eugene walked to the other side, and his cold voice reached the ears of Shadow Dragon and Shadow Crow without looking back.
Involuntarily, Shadow Dragon and Shadow Crow's eyes flashed, and they exchanged words with each other, as if they exchanged some information silently, and then they hurriedly followed.
soon.
It was Isaac, a familiar person, when he walked out of the mage tower.
"But you still have some sense of proportion!"
He seemed to hear some kind of shrill scream, and saw the dark shadow of the dungeon shaking constantly.
In the depths of Isaac's eyes, there was an invisible indifference, and then he calmed down.
He could certainly tell that this was the earth spirit that was integrated with the dungeon, and was being stripped of its shadow essence layer by layer. This was almost like "peeling off" layer by layer!
"However... this shadow pull, and the transformation of the earth spirit back then, looking back now, there are quite a lot of shortcomings."
"But there's no rush yet."
"Even if we want to improve it again, we have to wait until the drow dragon incident comes to an end, then combine the two, and then consider how to design it!"
His eyes glanced at the shadow level of the city. Isaac, who was already familiar with everything here, quickly saw its many shortcomings.
After all, this underground city was laid out back then.
But back then, he, Eugene and the three of them were completely incomparable to what they are now.
Especially in the past few years, with his achievements in the field of legendary magic and his profound mastery of elven magic and even high elven magic, these arrangements are no longer impressive.
Of course, there is no rush to rebuild this city of shadows.
but……
Isaac's eyes were still looking at the most critical connection points between the city's earth spirits and the nature of shadows, as well as the location of the mage towers in the dungeon, and he took a few more glances.
This crow actually dared to act recklessly in front of him.
It can be seen that weekdays are definitely not a good thing.
This kind of guardian earth spirit still needs to completely eliminate its wisdom. It is enough to simply understand the commands and act like a golem!
And to destroy its wisdom...
"Um?"
Scanning his eyes casually, Isaac's footsteps were already heading towards the brain-shaped castle.
However, just as he was walking, his eyes suddenly jumped, and although his steps did not stop, they slowed down.
There was a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
The transformation of the earth spirit uses the mage tower of Eugene and the others as the core, and combines it with twelve shadow base points to tightly bind the shadow crow to the dungeon.
And because the shadow base point has a strong pull on the essence of the shadow, the magic environment is extraordinary.
Over the years, the high-level mages of the organization have already built mage towers one after another on top of it.
In this way, it not only further strengthens the binding to the earth spirit, but also gives high-level mages a better environment for improvement. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
However, at this moment when Shadow Crow is being "skinned" and punished, and the entire earth spirit is trembling...
His observations are not biased.
There were more than one mage towers that were supposed to strengthen the binding effect. There seemed to be some kind of deviation!
If there is only one, this may be an occasional accident.
But this moment passed...
"Three mage towers!"
"what's the situation?"
There were some suspicions in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged.
Until we entered the brain-shaped castle.
Isaac's eyes flashed slightly.
After a ponder.
Raise your finger.
"True Seeing!"
