The total time he spent dealing with the shadow plane and the etheric plane in his previous life was not as much as one month in this life. Especially the five days of spell training that had just ended gave him a deeper understanding of the etheric plane. The spiritual plasticity of the etheric plane allows it to be entangled with the material plane far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. They are dealing with the etheric plane all the time, but they are not aware of it - such as the dreams formed in their sleep. , is the temporary overlapping area created by the interweaving of itself and the etheric plane.
"I didn't expect the general to have such research on the transparent world. Compared to illusion, I am more inclined to this situation." Crown Princess now also has her own ideas, "But this situation will not occur naturally, it will only have a magical effect. Only powerful magic effects can be created, especially the magic effect that engulfs the entire Luji Town. It is not something that ordinary magic can achieve, at least it must be a legendary spell."
"It is impossible to draw accurate conclusions based on the intelligence of outsiders' investigation of this kind of matter. The simplest way is to confirm it in person. Whether it is illusion or plane overlap, it will involve a large amount of magic power. Ordinary people cannot sense it. But we can sense it, and maybe we can find clues from it." Gavin suggested.
"Indeed." Crown Princess agreed with Gavin's suggestion. "For safety reasons, the preliminary investigation should be conducted from the air. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to invite the general to accompany me."
"Okay." Gavin readily agreed. When he made this suggestion, he had no intention of keeping himself out of the situation. This might be an opportunity to establish a deeper friendship with the Crown Princess.
War and adventure have always been a good way to quickly build deep friendships.
Gavin and the Crown Princess are both action-minded, and they started taking action after a little planning.
Gavin recruited Luna, the half-moon pony, and Tynarasta recruited her own royal griffon.
The two men were also riding along the logger's trail. They were even less familiar with the environment here and needed a reference.
The Loggers Trail lives up to its name. Not to mention it can accommodate vehicles. Even if you are riding a horse, you have to be careful not to go too fast if you want to cross here. If you are not careful, you will be attacked by the dense tree trunks and branches. It was swept down immediately.
Following this kind of forest trail from the air is a very challenging thing in itself. Fortunately, Gavin has Luna, a half-moon horse. She has half of the fairy wilderness blood, which makes her very capable in nature. Powerful, blessed by the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, relying on Moando's seeds to build the Corruption Furnace, and starting the druid profession, her abilities in this area were brought to an extreme, and all animals Plants can become her eyesight, and there is no such thing as getting lost.
After only flying three kilometers, Gavin said in an unusually sure tone: "What is shrouded here is not illusion, but ether energy. This place has serious overlap with the ether plane. Many of the things we see now are It is no longer on the material plane, no matter how we fly, there is no way to reach it, we must enter through the interior of the forest, where there should be an entrance reserved for us."
This smell that seemed like a dream but not a dream, a combination of reality and reality was so familiar. It was very similar to the aura of Filancini, which made Gavin immediately confirm the situation here.
"Even if you want to join the game, you can't completely follow the opponent's plan." Crown Princess shook her head and said, "As long as we determine where the problem lies, the rest will be easier to handle. Flying skills, traveling in different worlds together."
Tynarasta first cast a flying spell on herself to escape from the Royal Griffin, then dragged Gavin and cast a nine-ring spell. As the magic power surged, their bodies and their equipment It began to vaporize and turned into a faint mist.
After transforming into spirit bodies, the forest that originally shut them out was once again opened to them.
In other words, they entered another world.
The body that had just been transformed into a spirit body for less than a minute was transformed into a physical state again. The body was like a lump of iron and fell straight from the air. However, it did not hit the ground heavily, but followed it. As if the Feather Falling Technique was applied to his body, his feet landed lightly on the ground.
"Roar...the prey has arrived, and the hunting has begun."
A huge, wild roar sounded over the entire forest.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Roars came one after another from the depths of the forest, which were also filled with a strong wild atmosphere, but mixed with bloodthirsty excitement. Countless branches swayed, and there seemed to be endless monsters heading towards Gavin. and Tynarasta rushed over.
"No, something is not right here. This is not a simple etheric plane. It is shrouded by a special law. Everything has been heavily reshaped according to the other party's will. Compared to the etheric dream, this place is closer to The material plane." Crown Princess is also a frequent visitor to the etheric plane and knows very well what the real etheric plane is like.
This place does not look like the mist of the etheric plane. On the contrary, it is more material than the material plane, just like they came back after entering the etheric plane.
But a series of signs showed that they were still in the etheric plane.
For example, the blood moon hanging high in the sky is the biggest difference. In the material plane, the sun has just turned west. Although the sun in October is no longer harsh, it can at least provide wisps of warmth, unlike now. , some are just biting cold.
The blood moon was like a huge eye, peering at them with malicious intent, as if it wanted to eat up all their bones.
Gavin took a deep breath and said: "If I am not wrong, this is a dream, a real dream that blends dreams and reality. However, this dream is not for a person, but for a god. , the god of hunting, Maura, from now on, we are the prey in this dream, and everything is hunting us supremely."
Of course he was not making random guesses, but the real eye that could see into the gem was taking effect. The blood moon hanging in the mid-air was just an appearance. The real image was an animal claw with brown fur, and the long curved claws had a band on the end. with fresh red blood.
This is the holy emblem of Maura, the God of Hunting. Coupled with the information previously conveyed and the understanding of real dreams, it is not difficult to draw the inference.
Maura is one of the Furious Gods, representing the evil twisted side of nature. He is also known as the Beast Lord, the King of Beasts, the Black-Blooded Leopard, the Bear God and the Plundering Bear. His priesthood mainly includes hunters, plunderers and predators. The beasts and monsters that eat food, blood, the desire to kill, tracking and evil lycanthropes. Although he is only a weak divine power, his origin is very ancient, his beliefs are spread widely, and his evil deeds have been throughout the world. The whole history of London.
His evil reputation in Faerûn is mainly brought about by various lycanthropes, especially those evil lycanthropes who like to hunt and kill under his banner, which lures many other bloodthirsty, evil and intelligent creatures to join this group. In the ranks, enjoying the pleasure of killing.
Even some lycanthropes who are not particularly evil will sometimes carry out supreme hunting under his witness. This is a sacred ritual for lycanthropes to release their hunting nature. It is sacred to lycanthropes. The degree is just like a duel for human nobles.
Before this, Gavin and Tenarasta considered many possibilities, but they did not consider that this place was actually combined with a dream, and it was also a god's dream method.
"My spellcasting ability is restricted and I cannot cast any spells." There was unconcealable panic in the words of the Crown Princess. Her legendary spellcasting ability is her biggest trump card. Once she loses her spellcasting ability, a super warrior is enough to defeat her. Kill her.
"My spellcasting ability has also been restricted. They really want to hunt us like animals." Gavin's face was also a little dark, because he was restricted not only in his spellcasting ability, but also in his connection with Wei. All connections between the Zeme estates were severed.
This means that his biggest trump card, the field of undead revenge, is greatly reduced. He only has the most basic ability to accumulate revenge, and there is no way to summon the real shadow army to help.
This situation occurs not because the other party consciously targets the ban like Tynarasta, but purely because of the nature of the real dream here. Although it is still in the material plane and in the King's Forest of Cormyr, it has already Changed by the powerful will and etheric energy, a new world separated from the material plane was formed - temporary.
In other words, Gavin's ability to use the realm of undead revenge to summon the real shadow army is only effective in the shadow plane and the material plane. It is invalid whether entering the etheric plane, the fairy wilderness or the astral plane, because these channels There is no connection between the penetrating world itself and the shadow plane. Instead, it is in other material planes or lower planes. This ability may still be available, but there is no way to judge the specific situation now. You must try it yourself. I found out later.
You don't need to look at it to know that the summoning ability of the Blood Oath Battle Flag must have never been used, because it is a portable teleportation circle, which is limited to teleportation in this plane. There is no way to teleport across planes, let alone where they are now. In a real dream.
The only thing that can be used is to summon demons. Gavin, who has the true name of the six-armed snake demon, is equivalent to mastering the essence of the demon. He does not summon the demon, but uses the essence of the demon to temporarily reshape it, using the current environment. The power in it will naturally not be subject to any restrictions.
Before Gavin could fully understand which of his abilities were restricted and which ones could still be used normally, a black shadow silently jumped down from a tall tree behind him.
"Be careful!" Tynarasta warned loudly as she pulled out the long sword in her hand. The crystal crown on her head flashed. She had completed her battle attire, which was the golden dragon scale dragon she wore when Gavin first saw her. A, if someone didn’t know her details, they would think she was a warrior.
Never underestimate the combat effectiveness of a spellcaster. If you think that your spellcasting ability is limited, you will think that he has become a farmer with multiple hit dice and can only be slaughtered by melee combat. If you really have this intention, In mind, death is basically not far away.
All spellcasters, even if they are not like Gavin, whose melee combat ability is stronger than their spellcasting ability, they will not completely give up on strengthening their melee combat abilities. This kind of enhancement is not limited to training like a warrior, but using unique skills. Spells and powerful magic equipment are used to make up for it, in order to prevent this situation from happening (spell casting ability is restricted).
The Crown Princess takes the path of strengthening her equipment. Whether it is her armor or the long sword and buckler in her hand, they are all top-notch equipment. Especially the golden dragon scale armor is a sub-artifact. It not only has more than Combat armor also has powerful damage reduction capabilities. It is also a golem armor. In addition to being able to fight away from its owner like a golem, it also has its own strength and agility like plundering and destroying its arms. , when someone wears it, if the wearer's strength and agility are higher than it, it will be based on the user's. If it is lower, it will be based on the golem armor itself. The basic attack bonus, number of attacks, and This is the case for the number of moves.
The golem armor also has its own health points, which are also superimposed with the user's. If the golem's health points are reduced to zero, its magic function will stop immediately, and the wearer will regard it as a set of ordinary secrets. Silver remains in the armor until it is recharged and repaired.
As for the Crown Princess's own melee combat ability, there should not be too much doubt. As a proud daughter of heaven who has lived in countless auras since she was a child, especially one who has severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tainaras How could Towers allow itself to have obvious weaknesses and shortcomings?
She not only received the most orthodox battle mage education, she also passed the Purple Dragon Knight training tutorial, and with excellent results, she only lacked the career bonus of the warrior template, but she is a seasoned warrior in terms of skills. Coupled with powerful equipment, it is undoubtedly a dream to stand shoulder to shoulder with warriors of the same level, but there is still no problem in fighting against several extraordinary warriors without being killed quickly.
boom!
Gavin's reaction speed was faster than Tynarasta's shout. Before her words could even hit the ground, a huge roar echoed in the Forest of Kings.
The hunter who originally pounced on Gavin stopped on the spot with his slender body. He even flew backwards for tens of centimeters before continuing to fall. The crimson blood sprayed like a fountain crazily.
The power of the death roar is as powerful as ever, especially against these unarmored beasts. It is really not easy to use. As long as it is hit in the vital part, it will definitely be killed in one blow.
What fell to the ground was a forest leopard, with a slender body of more than two meters, and dark black fur without a trace of color. Half of the jungle killer's neck had disappeared, revealing its folded neck bones, and its vitality was dissipating. The eyes are not the orange of ordinary forest leopards, but red, revealing the endless desire for blood, hunting, and killing.
The reason why real dreams are called real dreams is because many things here are real, at least all living creatures are real. The black leopard killed by Gavin is real.
But there is something like a dream here. The state of the black leopard is obviously abnormal. Even if they are ferocious animals, they will only hunt to fill their stomachs and will not kill deliberately for fun, especially those who do not look like animals. An existence that is not easy to mess with, this black leopard was instilled with a stronger desire to hunt by the dream, hunting for the sake of hunting, and killing for the sake of killing.
It's just that the relationship between the hunter and the prey is never static, but is determined based on the comparison of strengths between the two parties. It is normal for a hunter to be a hunter one second and become a prey the next.
This black leopard is definitely not an exception, but all the creatures in this real dream are subtly affected by this hunting desire. The longer they stay here, the more severe the impact will be, because This is the dream of Maura, the god of hunting. It will naturally be affected by his divinity, and the entire real dream is turning into a hunting ground.
Gavin and Tynarasta are the prey in this carefully planned hunting ground.
"Get on your horse and let's go, the stalkers will be surrounding you soon." Gavin jumped off the half-moon colt and sent the Crown Princess up.
Tynarasta's royal griffon, like Regina's, is a magical creature summoned by magic items. It did not enter the real dream world with the crown princess' companions in the spirit world, but the half-moon pony followed.
Although the death roar is powerful, it also has a huge shortcoming of movement, which is equivalent to giving positioning to those hunters.
Then again, these stalkers are all believers of Maura, the god of hunting. He has the tracking priesthood, and they are all good at hunting and tracking. If there is a death roar to guide them, they will run up after smelling it.
What's more, Gavin is not the kind of real, helpless prey. After hearing the noise, he can only run away in confusion. Who is the prey and who is the hunter is still unknown!
But Gavin won't stay there stupidly, waiting for the stalkers to come around and fight them. Who knows how many stalkers are hidden in this real dream, and what is the root cause of this real dream? , they have not yet figured out how involved the God of Hunting is in this matter. The only way to break the real dream is to summon his own soldiers and launch a counter-hunt against them.
"No, although my spellcasting ability is limited, I'm not as weak as I thought. Not one or two beasts can eat me." There was a coldness similar to steel in the voice of the Crown Princess, which was influenced by Affected by the golem's armor, the long sword in his hand stabbed out like lightning. A scream came out from the darkness, and then he quickly retreated into the depths of the dense forest.
The next second, more screams and countless excited howls came from not far away. Just by listening to the sound, Gavin could imagine what happened over there and the bloody scene. A seriously injured and bleeding monster was killed. Countless bloodthirsty monsters swarmed up, tore it into pieces, and then ate them up on the spot.
(End of chapter)
