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An ancient bronze ring was fidgeting on Lu Yuan's fingertips. The ring was thick and rough without any decoration, making it look more like a boxing finger.
This was the ring that Lu Yuan grabbed from Anta Yindun's substitute before he jumped off the building. If he hadn't fully understood the substitute before casting the illusion, he would have ignored this magical ring. Now this is his biggest achievement in Baldur's Gate, bar none! He was right to trade this ring for the mage tower. He never thought that in the world of Baldur's Gate, he would encounter something that would make him desperate to get it.
For Lu Yuan, this ring is better than a divine weapon.
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"The Roaring Ring"
This bronze ring is quite simple, but it contains powerful magical power. An unknown demigod dragon created it and relied on it to win many battles. In old age, persistent throat problems forced him to give up the ring. He traded the ring with a legendary magician in exchange for a demiplane where he could spend his old age peacefully.
Since then, this ring has been passed down to many people. People cannot recognize it just from the surface, only when those heroes who have made great achievements are troubled by throat diseases in their later years. People will suddenly realize it.
Equipment capabilities:
Magic resistance +10%
Immunity to disease and toxins
Roaring Spellcasting: Spell saving throws are more difficult when cast with more than normal voice.
Gnomes, halflings: +0
Humans, elves: +5
Ogre, Golem: +10
Red Dragon, Storm Giant: +20
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The previous magic resistance and immunity to toxins and diseases were pretty good, but the best part was still the last part.
The bottom four categories are comparisons of sound intensity.
Excluding those tedious calculations, 24 intelligence (after eating the book), when Lu casts the three-ring spell "Fireball", the saving throw difficulty is about 20. I won't mention the specific explanation. When humans speak loudly normally, the saving throw difficulty increases by five. This is already very advantageous. If Lu Yuan always shouts "Look at my fireball!" every time, it will be unfortunate. Humans will not be able to stop him.
If he could roar to death at the top of his lungs, roar until his vocal cords burst, roar until his throat bleeds, and achieve the effect of increasing the difficulty of the saving throw by ten, then the dragon would also be a little scared.
Anta Silver Shield thinks this ring is a trap, just because the effect of the ring looks beautiful. Unfortunately, remove the situations that require silent and whispered spells, and remove those spells that do not require sound, and this ring becomes less practical. What's more. The loudest sound a human can make is a loud roar. To achieve the "+10" effect, you need to use secret techniques for many years of special training, and you also have to pay for the health of your voice!
As for the roar of a dragon and the thunder of a storm giant...are you dreaming? ! It's not like no one has ever thought of putting a sound amplification spell on themselves and then casting it. It's a pity that it's useless. The dragon who created the ring didn't leave this backdoor at all, so the magically amplified sound has no effect.
However, everyone knows that among the seventy-two unique skills of Shaolin, there is one called "Lion's Roar". You can train your voice to an incredible level...
I thought that every time I cast a spell in the future, I would have to shout out the name of the move with great emotion!
Lu Yuan covered his face. Have I gone further and further on the path of humanizing youth? !
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Things at Baldur's Gate are finally coming to an end.
How should I put it, many things were beyond his expectation.
Before entering the real big world, he came in with the mentality of traveling, nostalgia, and bringing new people along, because Baldur's Gate is likely to be his last leisure time.
In Alona's growth system. There have always been two parallel growth routes: self-improvement and external reference. There is no doubt that the danger in the big world is greater, and he must fight for his life like an ordinary reincarnation! But the big world can provide Nana with more growth, so he must go. All his "character building" is also prepared to enter the big world to fight!
Just looking at the harvest that Lu Yuan brought back from the world of the Iron-Blooded Alliance - after digesting the harvest, Alona immediately grew to the point where she could create a semi-material plot world and a kingdom of gods. The progress was not small. But what is there in the world of the Iron-Blooded Alliance? No magic, no high technology, not even heavy weapons...
So what if Lu Yuan enters a magical world? What about entering a future high-tech world? To what extent will Alona grow?
But sneaking into a world of high demons from the beginning? Obviously not, that would be the same as asking him to die. It’s not just the problem that Lu Yuan’s strength doesn’t match that of other reincarnations, but also the principle of equal strength between the main gods. To put it simply, if Lu Yuan wants to "pretend" to be a reincarnator and venture into the world of other gods, he also needs Nana to have the ability to "disguise". If you can only send Lu Yuan in, and you can't accept the mission, and you can't pick him up after the mission is over, then what's the point?
If Lu Yuan really exposed his identity, death would be a trivial matter.
If it weren't for the arrival of Annie and Ding Mumu, he might have started fighting in the big world now. Every time, it starts with an absurd reason and ends with an ideal result. He believed that in the next world, Nana would still give him a reason like a joke. As for the things behind it, Lu Yuan did not need to know, and he had no intention to care. Compared to the Lord God, he was as fragile as a baby, and that was not a world he could touch.
This time in the world of Baldur's Gate, he didn't want to go to such an effort. so. When he first started, he was traveling around, falling in love, flirting with the protagonist, and collecting equipment. It could be described as a romantic and happy life.
Then when did it start? It seems that after Elminster saw him, this hateful old man and Gillian, this unfinished guy, began to plot against him behind his back. Let him contribute to the battles between the sons of Baal again and again, and even use him as a mirror for Chanem to reflect the truth in Xiao Cha's heart.
How abominable! Although he didn't actually catch the hand, Lu Yuan believed that with the strength of the legendary assassin. And the Harper Alliance's habit of "hiding behind history and manipulating history", just looking at the results, you know that they must have intervened - because Chanem is becoming more and more powerful!
After that, Habaser Delin and Anta Silver Shield tried to use him as a pawn; Grand Duke Iltan of Flame Fist chose to use Anne as a pawn, while Rita of the Iron Throne tried to manipulate Ding Mumu... If it weren't for the chief priest of the Forest Church Knowing their relationship with Ms. Alona, he might even be excited to find ways to manipulate them - the strong and powerful people in this world seem to have the same virtue.
What made him especially intolerable was their involvement in Evening Star! Evening Star is not a reincarnator. She lacks a tempered (or riddled) mind, so she can be easily influenced and instigated. The five silver coins she met in the market... and the bard from Baldur's Gate! You must know that Northland Most of the bards in the world are harpists! They were assassinated just after listening to the poems. Don’t you think it’s a bit of a coincidence?!
So, from that moment on, Lu Yuan has been looking for and planning opportunities to give all these bastards a hard blow! Yes, this is revenge! I want to make those bastards who try to manipulate reincarnations like us suffer a lifetime of pain!
Now? Things are basically done... Want to stop him? It needs to start from the time when he handed Chanem a letter in the friendly arms! Now, it's time for him to harvest and laugh.
"They are almost here..." Alex came in and said that he might as well start working under Lu Yuan now. Anyway, Baldur's Gate is now in chaos and the city gates are closed. There are no jobs to be found anywhere.
"Let's go", Lu Yuan stood up. He strode toward the city gate.
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When they were approaching the city gate, the place was full of Iron Throne guards, and Angelo Toussaint was nervously arranging the defense there.
A little further away, there are a large number of citizens hiding and watching the excitement. Last night, news came from the major temples that the Iron Throne conspired to rebel and defeat the temple forces of the Troll Legion. The general will command his troops to counter the rebellion. The Iron Throne did not dare to say that the Temple Armed Forces were "rebels", but only vaguely released news that there were a large number of Amn insiders within the Temple Armed Forces. For example, the famous xxx was from the south, etc... At this time of critical survival, we must Only after screening one by one can they be released.
So there must be a good show in front of the city gate today.
Everyone dared to come and watch because they couldn't fight. The three arms of the Flame Fist, the Temple Arms, and the newly emerged Iron Throne Guards, to put it bluntly, are mostly from Baldur's Gate. If you kill the armed forces in your hometown and bleed them into rivers, I don’t know how many people will hate you to the bone! Baldur's Gate is only about 50,000 people. There are always some relatives and neighbors between people, so we can't ignore it.
In order to avoid misfire, the guards of the Iron Throne today all carry close combat weapons. Military crossbows, longbows, etc. were piled in bundles on the city wall. They would only be distributed if there was a real war. Anyway, there was still a bridge gate, so everything would be available in time.
The temples in the city are too weak to resist the Iron Throne, but the Iron Throne will never attack the temples directly. The temple alliance outside is very powerful, but with the "Baldur's Gate" guarding the Wanlong Bridge, the guards in the city are not worried about this at all.
The final result must be that the Iron Throne re-elects the temple closely related to them and replaces the Temple of Helm as the leader. Then everyone went back to their respective homes. Even if they were in the Temple of Helm, they wouldn't lose too many benefits - as long as the gods in heaven didn't start a fight, the churches on earth wouldn't fight to the death. Now that the result is known, the citizens are gathered here, waiting to see a wonderful verbal battle.
Lu Yuan walked over with a few people. From a distance, Master Habaser Delin came over with a large number of his followers.
"I'm very happy to receive your letter. I have accepted the little girl you recommended as a disciple. Should you consider coming back?" Habaser Delin said expressionlessly. For a master, this is , it’s a rare softness of wrist. He hadn't spoken to someone so gently in decades.
"I won't go back..." Lu Yuan shook his head, "I'm here to talk to you about cooperation."
"Cooperation? Do you want to open your own store?"
"Okay, Master, how long do you plan to detour?" Lu Yuan glanced at the people around him helplessly, lowered his voice and said a name, "Dear Duke Bert."
Habaser Delin paused for a moment, then looked at Lu Yuan with fierce eyes and said in a different voice. "How do you know?! Besides, even if I am the Grand Duke, what leverage do you have to impress the Grand Duke 'Bert', one of the Four Consuls, who controls commerce and guilds?"
"I almost guessed it from the moment I learned that you paid Anne 300,000 gold coins. Haha, I was bored and calculated the annual trade volume of Baldur's Gate before. It may not be very accurate. Do you want to know how much it is? ? Only seven times the amount of money you took out! So I have been asking myself, who can take out one-seventh of the proceeds of Baldur's Gate at once? Except for the Grand Duke 'Bert', I can't think of anyone. Any reason. As for the chips, you’ll see right away!”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a large-scale commotion near the city gate, and the temple coalition troops outside the city arrived.
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Wei was awakened by the quarrel outside. She jumped out of the carriage in casual clothes, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Standing next to her carriage, a young man with a foul complexion bit his lip for a long time. When he saw Wei looking straight at him, he reluctantly said something. "Your Majesty Commander, we have arrived at Baldur's Gate. The city gate is currently closed, and we need to set up camp first."
Wei looked at his reluctant look and smiled a little proudly. Thinking of what it was like that day, I also felt confused.
That day, when she woke up again, she saw James, the knight commander of Heim. With his bodyguard, Kenny, the preparatory paladin, stood guard at her bedside. Looking at their standing postures, Wei was really shocked. The two of them were actually posing as guards! One was the deputy leader of the Knights of Helm, and the other was a new paladin. Wei Ke couldn't imagine letting them serve as bodyguards.
Fortunately, the old paladin had a kind look on his face, which was completely different from the dark face he always had when watching her command, which made Wei a little flattered. As for Kenny's adoring, silly look, well... I've seen it a lot when Wei was directing, and it seemed that young people all looked like this when they saw her, so satisfied.
Seeing that she noticed Kenny, the old paladin Smith asked with a smile, "What do you think of Kenny?"
"Very good, a very nice young man." Unknowingly, Wei began to get used to speaking in a commander's tone.
"Well, since you feel good about it, let Kenny protect you from now on! Let him be your knight." The old man said a very remarkable thing in a light tone.
"Ride, knight!" "Me, mine!" The young men and women pointed at each other and shouted!
"Commander!" the old man said with a serious look, "Your skills... need training. Kenny has been studying with me for three years. His swordsmanship is pretty good, and he will definitely protect the commander." It's official!" But what's that evil smile on the corner of his mouth? ! Sure enough, as Sister Anne said, old guys are all old scoundrels!
"But, but, knights and stuff are a matter between two people! Kenny has to be willing, right?" She could only change the focus of her firepower, but Kenny seemed reluctant anyway. Guardian knights and the like often develop into couples or have sex, which is no longer the traditional meaning in the past, and it has taken on the pink atmosphere early. It is said that if Wei wasn't so incompetent, he would have thought of becoming Anne's guardian knight. "Kenny, you don't agree either, right?" Wei looked at Kenny expectantly.
There is no doubt that the young reserve paladin Kenny is still a man with a sense of justice. He immediately nodded and said, "Of course! How can you be so rash..."
"Shut up!" Old Man Smith interrupted him with a glare, "What's wrong with protecting the commander's safety? Didn't you admire the commander before?!"
Kenny opened his mouth to retort again. Let's not talk about Wei's identity as the commander - she was originally a fake, but now she has been replaced by Annie. Although everyone still calls her commander, this has become an honorific title, and the command power has been transferred to Anne. Of course, with Wei's command record, she would definitely be the first choice when Annie is away. Everyone loves victory.
Let’s talk about admiration and stuff... I also had an admiration for Lila Janus who was in her fifties! Why don't I see you making arrangements? ! You should look at things like longing from a distance. Being a couple is too much! Besides, didn't you hear her subconsciously reject it just now? ! Everyone knows that she likes Anne Knight, right? But I am very hurt!
"Commander will not have any security problems in the short term..."
"Little bastard!" When the old man saw that Kenny still dared to retort, he became furious. He took off the scabbard of the sword on his waist and was about to draw it away. Wei was so frightened that he pulled on his arm tightly. He simply didn't really want to fight, so he let Vera stay. Kewei was still scared - why would he hit someone if he disagreed? The old man is too scared! When he followed me with a black face before, he didn't want to hit me, right? !
"How dare you refute what I'm saying?! Try talking again! Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death! Anyway, your brother is an adult, and I've been putting up with you for a long time, you know, right?!" the old man said angrily.
"You. You..." Wei gestured confusedly.
"My son!" The old man slapped Kenny.
"My father," Kenny said dejectedly. He was threatened and beaten by his father in front of the woman, and he was humiliated.
"Stand up straight!" The old man glared. Since his identity had been revealed, he didn't hide it anymore. "Why are you crying in front of the commander?! Your father is dead!"
Kenny and Wei looked at each other and smiled bitterly, this is an old gangster! Looking at Kenny's pleading look, Wei could only hold on with numbness and said: "That... is a very... serious matter. Do you want to ask Annie about the ceremony and so on..."
"That makes sense." Old Knight Smith nodded, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they can get through today.
The old man glanced at them, turned and walked outside. Just when they thought the matter was over, they saw that the old man did not leave. He just opened the door of the barracks and shouted outside, "What are you two talking about? Come in quickly, it's your turn!"
Then Wei and Kenny watched dumbfoundedly as the smiling Annie walked in with the High Priest Heim.
Then? Without resistance, they were manipulated.
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"Who is that?"
As the army camped outside Baldur's Gate. Kenny saw a man, two women, and three people galloping into the camp on horseback, and then Commander Anne looked very happy and greeted them.
"It's Luna, the deputy leader of the Knights of the Forest Goddess Church. There are also Danahei and Minsk, who are our partners in the fight in the Cloak Forest." Wei introduced. Speaking of that battle, it was actually not that big in scale. But in the hearts of the young people at Baldur's Gate, victory is still something people long for. If it hadn't been for this great victory, Kenny would have been one of the envious and hateful people.
The two people stood beside the carriage, watching from a distance.
Luna was visibly happy to see Annie again. She didn't care that she was covered in dust. She went up and hugged Annie tightly, and kept twisting her body, making comfortable meows from her mouth... Danahei and Minsk beside her both turned their heads in embarrassment. Annie also waited until she was done making trouble before catching her like a kitten. Luna still looked unsatisfied.
Kenny turned his head and saw Wei also clenching her hands into fists, twisting her body and looking happy, as if she was the one who jumped towards him. He couldn't help but asked strangely, "Aren't you angry? Jealous? Jealous?"
"Why?" Wei turned around and looked at him strangely.
"They are so...close. Just look at it and you will know that she also likes Annie!"
"Yes," Wei said nonchalantly, "Luna, Alice, and everyone else, we all like Annie! Is there any problem?"
Kenny's mouth twitched, what kind of love do you guys have! He tentatively said, "I heard that Lila Janas doesn't like Annie..."
Wei's brows immediately wrinkled, "Who is this person? He's so annoying!"
Kenny is frustrated, this man is one of the Grand Dukes of Baldur's Gate. If you like someone, you want everyone to like you... Are you a child? "Wei, this is just like you, not love. I heard that Annie has a husband who is a magician? Then why do you..."
When talking about her favorite topic, Wei was like a little girl again, her face radiating with happiness, "I know, we all know that Annie belongs to Lu Yuan, and Annie will follow him and leave sooner or later... But. That's it. I like it so much.”
Kenny suddenly turned his face to the other side. He felt that his face was as hot as fire, and his heartbeat had never been so fast... The commander's profile at this time was really beautiful.
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Taking the small cloth bag handed over by Luna, Annie carefully opened it, revealing a silver knife. The workmanship was very exquisite, but it looked like... a table knife?
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Bodean's Butter Knife:
Bodean's butter knife is often mentioned. Bodean only uses this utensil to apply seasonings. It is said that on his eighteenth birthday, his mother gave him this gorgeous butter knife as a birthday present.
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"I don't know what Lu means by asking us to find this table knife. You know, we were almost torn to pieces by those werewolves... Forget it, are we both settled?" Dana Hei next to her was dissatisfied. said. Anyone would be angry - I had just returned from an adventure and was about to go to town to have a good rest. He was instructed by a letter to go to the far north and venture to Werewolf Island. Fight the storm and risk being sieged by werewolves. In the end, it was just for such a butter knife?
So what if it was used by Bodean? !
However, they owed Lu Yuan a favor for saving his life, so they had no choice but to do as he was told.
"It's settled, we owe you a favor." Annie nodded and said. Danahei took Minsk without a care and left directly. Luna, who had accompanied them to the Werewolf Island, did not leave. She was holding Annie's arm sticky, not knowing what she had in mind.
Anne held the silver table knife and thought deeply. When the table knife came close to the ring, the two non-magical items, the two ordinary gifts Bodean received when he was eighteen, made resonant sounds with each other. "As expected?"
The Bodean Ring is famous in the city. Considered the symbol of Bodian's legitimate heir. And when Anne saw the key chain from the city gate officer, she was wearing a wedding dress. When I saw the "key" that symbolized the key to the city, I was shocked because it was in the shape of a table knife. Most players who have played the expansion pack of this game can remember that for the adventure on Werewolf Island, you can get a "Bodian's Butter Knife"...
Anne waved her hand, and a young knight immediately ran over. "Commander, I follow your orders."
"Assemble a group of soldiers equipped with large shields, tell others not to camp, form a team, and prepare to enter the city!"
A few minutes later, Knight Commander Smith came to Anne's side with the heavily armed Knights of Helm. Each of them held a large shield as tall as one person and stood in front of Anne like a shield wall. Wei and Kenny also arrived, standing on Annie's left side, while Luna occupied the right side. And the strange thing is that even the high priest of Heim, who had always thought of having both sides before, wore conspicuous clothes this time and resolutely chose Anne's side.
"Go forward!" Anne simply ordered, leading the shield wall of the Knights of Helm towards the Wanlong Bridge.
boom! The actions of the Temple Legion caused an uproar among the citizens on the other side of the river! Everyone couldn't help shouting! Watching rows of knights holding large shields as tall as one person, wearing full-body armor that still has traces of war, walking on the Wanlong Bridge in neat steps! Even though he didn't take out his weapon, a momentum still rose into the sky!
After all, they were the legions returning with a great victory, and their vigor and energy were simply not comparable to that of the Iron Throne guards guarding the gate.
Angelo Duson is going crazy! What's happening here? Should we attack or negotiate? You should give me an accurate answer! Just walking to the bridge in silence like this, did you know that the gun went off? Anne, do you want to start a civil war? !
"Should we start distributing crossbows? Commander!" his adjutant asked hurriedly.
Angelo Dusen hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and took another look.
"Oh my God!" His adjutant shouted, covering his mouth as if he had seen something incredible. But his voice was immediately covered up by the huge exclamations of countless citizens, soldiers, and temple armed forces! Angelo Duson turned around and saw an incredible sight.
When the Knights of Helm approached the heights, the two sides suddenly separated, and the fully armed Anne walked through the armored passage and walked out.
She walked toward the bridge gate on Wanlong Bridge alone.
She just walked at a normal pace, slightly slowly. But as she approached, the iron gate of the bridge gate made an unpleasant "clucking" sound. All the supporting wooden frames and the ropes tied to them were tightened, making various unpleasant noises. As Anne got closer and closer, the huge shaking of the entire city gate was clearly visible.
It seemed that it had finally reached its limit. There was a crash first, and a torn chain drew a half circle and was slapped hard on the river. Then the ropes snapped and the wood splintered like popping beans. Countless people saw with their own eyes that the 10,000-kilogram iron gate on the Wanlong Bridge was raised with difficulty in front of Annie without anyone pulling it!
"As Baldur stepped forward, the Gate rose before him, Baldur's Gate welcoming its true master..."
Everyone present silently recited this verse, and couldn't help but look at the heroic Anne in silver armor who was revealed after the iron gate was raised.
High Priest Heim quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said softly.
"Heim on top!"
