For those ordinary soldiers, they were a group of top legendary powerhouses who stood at the pinnacle of the secular world and had already stepped into the realm of demigods. They were too destructive.
If Yamen Khan had not taken the initiative to force the five Leatherman witch councilors out of Lake Asen just now, the huge wave they rolled up would not be able to withstand the huge waves they made, let alone these improvised tools for crossing the lake. , even those carefully crafted flat-bottomed boats can be easily overturned and smashed to pieces.
Lake Asen is not a small lake. Strictly speaking, it is the largest inland lake in Faerun.
Although the areas of Steam Lake and Dragon Lake are far larger than it, they are both connected to the sea. They should belong to the sea like the Moon Sea.
Asen Lake is shaped like a boomerang, thin at both ends and thick in the middle. It has more than 600 kilometers of water from north to south, as much as 100 kilometers from east to west at its widest place, and more than 50 kilometers at its narrowest place. The deepest water depth is more than 100 meters.
The place where the Tukan people launched their attack was not the narrowest part of Lake Asen. It was either still in the hands of the Leatherman Kingdom, or it was not suitable for large-scale launching or large-scale landing.
We did not choose the widest water area, but along the gray-white forest that is neither wide nor narrow.
Because the simple tools they used to cross the lake were made by cutting down trees in this ancient and sacred forest.
It was not until the Tukan people entered the center of Lake Asen that the Leatherman Kingdom launched a counterattack. Countless small witch boats that could only carry three or four people appeared on the lake out of thin air like ghosts. superior.
There were not many in number, just over 200 ships. They were like sharp arrows, rushing towards the Tukan slave army with nearly 5,000 boats to cross the lake.
That situation is like a mantis trying to control a chariot.
Those Tukan slave soldiers obviously thought so too. They screamed excitedly, rowed their rafts and boats desperately, and rushed forward.
The strength gap between the two sides is really too big.
Even if they use ramming, they can overturn these 200 small boats.
The first to react from the Tukan army were the Tukan Eagle Knights. They flew in groups of three to five to meet the witch boats. Before anyone arrived, the whistling sharp arrows arrived first, and the arrows never left the witches who were operating the boats. Crucial.
All the people on the witch's boat turned a blind eye to these long-range attacks.
Most of them missed directly. Even a small number of them hit the witch boat, but they were blocked by an invisible magic barrier and bounced away.
These boats are called witch boats because they are not ordinary boats, but witches' magic tools, and all the people riding on them are witches and their apprentices.
Each boat is composed of four witches, one is responsible for steering the ship, one is responsible for protection, and the other two are responsible for offense.
The speed of these witch boats was astonishing. Although they could not completely escape the Tukan Eagle Knights, most of the various magics they threw from the air failed. Only a small part hit. For a while, there was no way to hit them. Shatter the protective shield supported by the Leatherman witch who specializes in protective spells.
Of course, not all Tukan Eagle Knights are archers who are only good at archery, there are also a large number of shamans.
Because the previous deployments were all air combat confrontations, the Tukan Eagle Knights who specialize in bows and arrows are better at this, so they are more famous. When it comes to air-to-ground combat, it is the spellcasters with large-scale group killing spells who are more famous. Advantages.
The bombardment of the witches' boats by these Tukan eagle wizards did not last for several rounds before an overwhelming number of birds swarmed over and harassed and besieged them.
These birds include vegetarian birds such as geese and swans, as well as raptors such as forest hawks and owls, as well as ferocious species such as dire hawks and dire owls.
The biggest threat to Tukan's Eagle Knight is the Leatherman witches among these birds. They can change back to their original form at any time, deliver a vicious backstab or magic attack to the enemy, and then turn into birds again and escape.
With the use of a large amount of magic and control magic, let alone birds, even those soldiers would betray the other side's camp from time to time and fight against their allies or masters.
The sky is full of these birds fighting and chasing each other, and it will be difficult to tell the winner for a while.
It is difficult for Tukan's air force to provide magical support to the troops crossing the lake, and this is the purpose of the Leatherman Kingdom.
Two hundred witch boats were like two hundred sharp arrows, piercing into the Tukan army's troops crossing the lake, charging rampantly, and various group attack spells spewed out like a tide, including fireballs, lightning beams, ice storms, and roars. Techniques and so on.
The most commonly used spell is fireball, and this area-of-effect spell is the best to use.
It has enough destructive power, and it is enough to envelope the entire clipper and raft, destroying them.
The target of the witch boat's attack was not the soldiers on the boat, but the lake crossing tool they were riding on. As long as it was destroyed, they, who had penetrated deep into the center of Lake Asen, would have no way to swim to the other side or return the same way.
Even if they were not drained of body heat by the unusually cold lake water and drowned alive, the aquatic creatures below the surface would not let them go.
The navy of the Leatherman Kingdom has never been known for its boats. The native aquatic creatures living in Lake Asen and Lake Mosantir are the real main force.
There are a lot of Nick spirits, sea nymphs, etc. living here.
According to legend, the number of members of the Leatherman Witch Council is not eight, but nine. This mysterious ninth member not only rarely appears in front of the world, but rarely even participates in the Witch Council, but her influence However, the power has penetrated into every aspect of the Leatherman Kingdom, and no one can ignore it.
Because this witch only appears in Asen Lake and surrounding areas, many people speculate that this witch is not an ordinary witch, but an aquatic creature, possibly a kind-hearted lake spirit, who rules the entire Asen Lake. All water creatures.
There is also speculation that she is a powerful water spirit who, like other spirits in the Leatherman Kingdom, is responsible for guarding the watery portion of the country.
No matter what the facts are, one thing is certain, that is, all the aquatic creatures in Lake Asen are firmly on the side of the Leatherman Kingdom and fight alongside them.
When the Witch Boat launches an attack from the surface, the attack below the water surface also launches.
Huge backs suddenly rose from the water, larger than the simple boats and rafts filled with people. The boat was destroyed on the spot, and the Tukan slaves who fell into the water swam desperately, trying to stay away from this place. , but how could they run past those creatures in the water? In the desperate howl, they were dragged into the water, and circles of bloody waves rippled.
Tentacles that were astonishingly thick and long rose directly from the water, dragging the simple lake crossing tool and the soldiers on it into the water.
One after another, flexible figures flew quickly through the water, and the ropes binding the raft were cut. The slaves watched in despair as their loads gradually decomposed. They would soon be dragged into the water like the monsters that fell into the water around them. In deep water, when they came up again, their throats had been cut, or they had been chewed to pieces, and there were even many that never floated again.
When the beautiful singing sounded over Lake Assen, many slave soldiers did not even have the chance to despair. Many of them had obsessed and weird smiles on their faces, drew their swords, and started fighting against their fellow shipmates. Some even Holding his companion in his arms, they jumped into the cold lake water together.
It was a one-sided massacre.
The swords in the hands of ordinary slave soldiers have no power to fight back against these underwater creatures. Even if there are spellcasters among them, the effect they can have is very limited. After all, most magic cannot be used underwater. Yes, if a fireball hits it, water will splash out in most cases, and it will not hurt an enemy at all.
The only thing Tukan's slaves crossing the lake could do was to flee in all directions, or continue to advance towards the west bank in a panic, or change direction and row towards the east bank where they came from.
In this case, there is only one thing they need to do, and that is to run faster than their companions, so that they can help them hold off the enemy and buy themselves time to escape.
The first battle across the lake launched by the Tukan lasted less than seven hours, of which less than an hour was spent on the confrontation.
The first three hours were spent waiting for the lake crossing troops to enter the depths of Lake Asen.
The next three hours were used by Leatherman's navy to pursue and defeat the defeated enemy.
The 50,000 Tukan slave soldiers who crossed the lake were almost completely wiped out. Less than a hundred rafts and boats escaped back to the east coast. All of them were dragged to the side of Lake Asen by the furious Yamen Khan. They were treated as deserters and chopped down. To scare the slave soldiers who are ready to move.
After this battle, the Tukan people completely gave up the idea of crossing the lake by means of transportation.
With the patrolling and guarding of these aquatic creatures, there is no possibility for them to sneak across. No matter how many tools they build to cross the lake, their lives will only be destroyed. It is just a matter of persisting for a while longer.
…
Another confrontation took place on the border of Cesk.
It's just that the smell of gunpowder between the two sides is much lighter.
A huge rectangular banquet table was placed in a deserted wilderness. Not only was it equipped with matching tables and chairs, it was also filled with a dazzling array of food, including water-stained fruits, steaming bread and hot soup, as well as There are all kinds of rums, wines, etc.
Those wine glasses even fill up automatically and are delivered to those in need, allowing them to take it themselves. This is the credit of those invisible servants.
This banquet is not an ordinary banquet, but a sixth-level magic hero banquet.
This kind of banquet created by magic can not only satisfy people's appetites and provide people with daily consumption needs, but also has many healing effects. As long as those who have participated in this banquet just need to sit down in their seats. , even if they do not eat any food, their common ailments, nausea and other diseases will be cured, and they will be immune to toxins for the next twelve hours, and gain a certain degree of temporary life.
If one has eaten enough of the banquet food, his morale will be greatly improved, he will have an advantage on attack rolls and Will rolls, and he will be immune to fear for the next twelve hours.
Before many adventure teams set out to deal with powerful evil or go on great adventures, they usually ask someone to cast this spell to provide them with blessings, which makes this spell more worthy of its name.
This spell obviously does not have this role here, but serves as a negotiation table.
The people sitting on both sides of the dining table, just picking one out and stamping their feet can make the whole of Faerûn tremble.
Sitting on the west side of the dining table is a middle-aged man, neither tall nor short, with a short black beard on his face. He is not angry and intimidating. He is wearing a set of gold armor with a purple dragon showing off his power on his chest.
This person is none other than Assan IV, the supreme commander of the Faerun Alliance and the king of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The wise old man sitting on his left was none other than his right-hand man, the court mage Vongeldahast.
The five people sitting opposite King Asan were dressed exactly the same, wearing bright red mage robes. Regardless of male or female, there was not a trace of hair on their heads, including their eyebrows. They were replaced by cyan magic tattoos of various shapes. It's different. The energy fluctuations emanating from above can clearly tell which type of magic they are good at.
These five red-robed mages can be on an equal footing with King Asan. Of course, they cannot be ordinary red-robed mages, but five of the eight chiefs of the Red-robed Mages Association.
"King Yasang, what exactly do you want to discuss? Can we start now?" The tall red-robed mage at the head asked impatiently.
This person's name is Aznar Taharu Luo, he is the chief of the red-robed mage's energy evocation department. You can tell by looking at where he is sitting. The energy evocation mage department ranks very high among the red-robed mage, at least it can be ranked first. Entering the top four, the four mage departments in front of him are headed by him.
Among the red-robed mages, there is no such thing as humility and harmony.
The overt and covert struggles among the eight major mage families are famous throughout Faerûn.
There is a very famous proverb in Faerûn that only competing red-robed mages can restrain each other. When all the red-robed mages unite, either they will be destroyed, or they will unify the entire continent of Faerûn.
"Chief Aznar, don't be anxious. There is still a guest who has not arrived. It's not too late to talk together after this guest arrives." King Asan responded with a smile, "You're welcome, we can eat and wait. When the guest comes, we can just change the table to a new one."
While speaking, King Asan did not stop holding the knife and fork in his hand. His movements were impeccable and graceful, but very fast. In the blink of an eye, a large amount of food entered his mouth, and his stomach was like It's a giant dragon hidden inside, without any change at all.
"Who is so arrogant? Let us wait for so long?" The person who spoke was the red-robed mage sitting at the end of the left side, named Lauzoril, who was the chief of the enchantment department.
The thin and gloomy red-robed chief mage seemed a little impatient from the beginning.
He was forcibly pulled out of one of his important experiments to make up for the loss. If nothing else happened, when he returned, the experiment would basically end in failure, and his millions of experimental materials would be in vain. .
He didn't feel bad about the money. What he felt bad about was that he had invested a lot of time and energy in the early stage and had to start everything from scratch.
"Can't I?" A slightly hoarse female voice sounded in the air.
A teleported magical aura flickered not far away from King Asan, and a tall figure jumped out of it. She had long frilly silver hair and wheat-colored skin, and wore a pair of adventurous shoes that covered her entire calf. The boots and the tight black long dress that looked a bit like an evening dress were in tatters, especially at the hem of the skirt. There were several big holes, and one big hole even had sparks that had not been completely extinguished.
Even with this slovenly appearance, there is still no way to cover up her beauty.
After coming out of the portal, she walked to the dining table in a hurry, picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp. She picked up a basin and poured the clean water in it onto her long skirt, removing the last sparks from it. extinguished.
She just looked at the head of the enchantment department again and asked in a cold voice: "Lozoril, do you have any objections?"
"It's this crazy woman."
"I knew it would be her!"
Although the red-robed mage present did not jump up from his seat in shock, his expression became serious and highly nervous.
Because this person is none other than Aglalon's Witch Queen Arathia Silverhand, but she now more often uses the name Xinbu. She is one of the seven sisters, a chosen one of the magic goddess Mystra, and is nicknamed by others. Storm Queen, this nickname refers not only to her best magic, but also to her temper.
As neighbors of the country she rules, the red-robed mages in Sayre know this very well, because the two sides have fought each other more than once, and even if several of their chief mages join forces, it will be difficult for them to gain favor in front of her.
If the Kingdom of Leatherman relied on its collective strength to prevent the Kingdom of Cyre from moving north, then the Kingdom of Aglalon relied on the power of one person in front of it to force the Kingdom of Cyre to change its national policy.
The chief of the enchantment department, Lauzoril, who was targeted by her, was particularly stressed. He felt as if he was in the center of a storm circle, surrounded by overwhelming storms, and he felt that they would be completely swallowed up in the next second.
Even the arrogant chief mage in red robe had to lower his arrogant head and said: "I didn't know it was a lady who was coming. If I had known earlier, I would have waited a little longer. After all, madam. We must run for the safety of our Faerûn.”
Bowing in front of the Storm Queen is not a very shameful thing among red-robed mages. After all, not only one or two of the chief red-robed mages died in her hands, but many of them were destroyed physically and mentally, even by their own arrangements. None of her resurrection plans are effective. Several of the current chiefs are able to take office because of her influence.
"Where's Sazas? Why didn't he come?" What saved Lauzoril was not Xinbu's kindness, but the diverted attention. She was very dissatisfied when she didn't see Ser's first chief.
"Chief Sazas, there is no way to get out of trouble. If you have any problems, just talk to us. We will inform the First Chief afterwards." Aznar replied expressionlessly.
But secretly he was on high alert, magic power was gathering around him, and he secretly formed a seal with his hands, ready to face the opponent's sudden attack at any time.
(End of chapter)
