Chapter 668 Shock

Entering the gate, a group of people followed the silent Iron Warrior inside. They looked around and found that there was only a desert - yes, there was no grass, no woods, and no trace of life. Everything seemed to have been wiped out, not even a single insect alive in the soil could be found.

Looking around, only those huge steel warriors are the only moving things here - not even a bird in the sky.

"The stone is on top. What is going on in this ghost place?"

The dwarf gripped the battle ax tightly and looked around uneasily. The elves are even more ugly. As a race that has always lived in the forest, they have become accustomed to mountains and flowing water, lush greenery, and darkness like this is simply the biggest nightmare deep in the heart of every elf.

"There is no breath of life here, it is simply a dead place."

The elf ranger whispered.

"In the name of Corellon, the Lost Lands were not like this before! What did the Inquisition do here?"

"I think I can only ask Miss Amelia this question."

The leading warrior stared at Emilia with a dissatisfied expression.

"Miss Amelia, you seem to have known all this for a long time?"

"I can guarantee that I don't know much more than you do. I just know a little bit about the Tribunal."

Facing the suspicion from her companions, Emilia could only respond helplessly.

"When the city of Neverwinter encountered disaster, it was the Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal who stepped in to save the city... We are just pawns around him. To put it bluntly, we are more like flag bearers, just to give He waved the flag, but in fact, we didn't do much. Of course, if Mr. Cassim and Miss Rosia hadn't recovered the lost antidote, there would be no way to save Neverwinter."

As she spoke, Emilia smiled slightly at Cassim and Rosia, who were a little embarrassed. To be honest, after being baptized in the Dark Territory, they were no longer just fledgling adventurers. They had already become I have matured a lot, and I am still a little embarrassed to hear being praised.

"I don't object to this at all."

Luo Qixi said with a grimace now.

"Just like Miss Amelia said, that guy is the hero who saved Neverwinter..."

"This really surprises me..."

"You shouldn't be surprised. I think you have heard the bards singing..."

"ah……………"

At this moment, a bard walking behind seemed to have thought of something and began to sing softly.

"In the dark night of Neverwinter City, when the cold wind hit, five heroes stood up and stopped the spread of nightmares.

One of them is a paladin who serves Tyr. The radiance of her Blade of Faith illuminates the darkness.

The other person is a mage who has read many books. She controls magic to avoid the invasion of evil.

The twins from the wilderness went hand in hand and bravely embarked on a journey to find the antidote.

And the tall warrior in black armor wielded his war hammer and destroyed all obstacles in front of everyone... uh..."

After singing this, the bard also reacted, or at this moment, everyone reacted. After all, the plague in Neverwinter City is the biggest news in the North during this period, and everything about it has long been covered by the bard. The poet sung it, and it was popular in every pub, enough to top the Northland's hottest pop music charts...

Indeed, according to this content, if you think about the news received from Silver Moon City, it is a tall warrior wearing a black armor...

Um……………

"Is that why you guys came?"

"We're not sure, but now, at least we can be sure."

Emilia nodded, and everyone finally understood why these people appeared here.

"Then, I think you can at least introduce us to what kind of existence this force called the Tribunal is."

At this moment, the leading soldier also became serious. He was the official representative of Silvermoon City personally sent by Alustriel. He came here not only to carry the task of investigation, but also to shoulder the political mission. As for the other adventurers, they were mostly here to fight. At least for now, the two sides should not be able to fight, so he hoped to get some information before he fulfilled his duties.

Of course Amelia would not refuse. Fortunately, when they were traveling with Duanmu Huai, they had already been "popularized" by Duan Muhuai about what kind of organization the Tribunal was, and now they also gave it in detail. answered.

After listening to the introductions of Emilia, Cassim and others, the expressions of the group looked very...weird.

"Protect humanity at all costs, and destroy all alien, heretical and demonic organizations that dare to threaten humanity?"

The bard frowned.

"This...well, I can understand their thinking, but...isn't this too extreme?"

The Harpers Alliance is a similar organization, except that they protect kindness rather than humans, and the Harpers Alliance more often operates in secret, playing a role similar to a "mecha deus ex machina". For example, when some heroes are surrounded by evil enemies or monsters and have no way to escape, "suddenly" a Harper will fall from the sky and point them to a way to escape.

The Harper Alliance almost never appears in public. To be honest, they are almost like spies many times. It is no wonder that the leaders of various cities hate these all-pervasive rats.

But a naked human supremacist organization like the Tribunal...well, it is really rare in Faerûn.

"Hmph, so we have to thank them for classifying us as demi-humans?"

The dwarf snorted unhappily. The dwarves are originally a race with high self-esteem. They have always believed that humans are humans and dwarves are dwarves. Dwarves have never wanted to become humans. Of course, there are quarrels between humans and dwarves. For example, dwarves think humans are stupid and timid, while humans think dwarves are stubborn and inflexible.

But treating them as nakedly subhumans like this...that's another matter.

Doesn't that mean that the dwarves are a lower race than humans?

Now the grumpy dwarf couldn't bear it anymore.

"I advise you to be careful what you say."

At this moment, the Elf Ranger also interrupted.

"Don't forget, just now, they blew the brains out of that stupid Priest of Helm because of what he said, because...'The Tribunal does not allow any questioning or hostility'."

"This is like a tyrant. Is this really not Bane's base camp?"

"I think this might be a little different..."

Amelia felt that she had to stand up and explain at this time.

"As far as I know personally, the Grand Inquisitor hates the Church of Helm... very much and has no good impression of him. When he first arrived in Neverwinter, he claimed that Deszell, a Paladin of Helm, was It was a joke with the gods he believed in... The two sides almost fought at that time..."

"Oh, I like that."

The mage couldn't help but whistle. Generally speaking, rulers would like the Church of Heim, because in the eyes of rulers, Heim's faith is simply the most obedient and useful dog.

After all, Helm is lawful "neutral", not lawful "good".

The paladins of Tyr would not tolerate aiding others, but the same could not be said for the followers of Helm.

"So the Inquisition has a grudge against the Church of Helm? Is their creator a powerful mage?"

It has long been a daily routine in the continent of Faerûn for Helm believers and mages to fight each other, and everyone has long been used to it.

"That's impossible to say."

The Elf Ranger moved his ears and glanced around. The Iron Warrior leading the way didn't seem to care about their little exchange at all.

"But I can be sure that these... warriors are not living beings, because I don't feel the fresh breath of life from them."

"Ah, I discovered it too."

The mage nodded.

"Transplanting the soul into the armor to create a perfect mechanical servant is very similar to the necromancer's method."

"So the next thing we're going to see is a necromancer?"

The warrior frowned with a serious look on his face. Most of the spell casters had weird tempers, but that was no problem, but the necromancers... to be honest, they were really the most dangerous group of all spell casters.

"Mr. Duanmu is not a necromancer."

Amelia shook her head, but quickly added.

"But he is indeed a mage, please remember this."

"Do you even need to say this?"

Faced with Emilia's reminder, everyone was a little confused. We could tell at a glance if he was a mage?

Only Luo Qixi was giggling in the background and said nothing. Of course she understood why Amelia said that, but it had nothing to do with her. Luo Qixi just watched the show.

While talking, a huge building appeared in front of everyone, and just seeing the building in front of them shocked them.

"Oh, this is really..."

Looking at the group of metal churches in front of them that radiated brilliance under the sun, the warrior was dumbfounded. Silver Moon City is known as the most prosperous cultural city in the North. There are all kinds of buildings there, and any artist or architect can They displayed their talents wantonly, but he had never seen such a majestic and majestic huge building, full of holiness and majesty.

The dwarf's observation angle is even more peculiar.

"The stone is on top, are you humans mentally ill? You actually made such a huge building entirely out of metal?"

"What?"

Hearing this, everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then looked carefully, and soon they discovered that, as the dwarf said, these buildings were completely made of metal from top to bottom!

There isn't even a stone visible on it! !

This is appalling!

Even a dwarf would not be able to do this! Even if all the metal they produced were used to build buildings, it would not be possible to cause this!

Well, considering that dwarves live underground, they don't need to either.

“I didn’t expect that the Inquisition could be so powerful.”

"Perhaps we should re-judge the strength of this organization."

The warrior's expression was solemn and serious. It was unimaginable to be able to collect so much metal and use it to create such a huge church complex. This shows that this organization called the Tribunal is very powerful - even if it is a It is difficult for a great mage to achieve this level.

"Perhaps we should think more about where this strange thing came from."

The elf ranger complained uneasily.

"My sister and I visited the Lost Land a few years ago. At that time, it was empty and there was nothing here!"

Well, as the Elf Ranger said, Duanmu Huai couldn't create a city out of thin air.

But there was no need.

As we all know, the Imperial warship just installed an engine under the church, right?

So what Duanmu Huai did was to blow up a huge pit, then summon a warship to put it on the ground, and then bury the lower part.

Well, perfect!

Look, didn't such a church appear?

Praise the ancient saints, fortunately their webway ignores all obstacles, and fortunately the Chaos Evil God cannot use these webways, which gives Duanmu Huai a small advantage.

The closer they get to this huge metal church group, the more depressed and silent they become. At a distance, they have no idea about the size of these buildings, but when they come to the foot of the church in front of them, the overwhelming grandeur and hugeness still completely shocked these Faerun natives—they are not even as big as a nail on this panel!

"I can't believe what I saw."

The dwarf's body was shaking and almost collapsed, and the others were silent. Indeed, there are similar magnificent buildings in this world. But they are more dependent on the natural environment nearby, such as a high mountain or a cliff, and they are artificially transformed by using the natural environment.

But these churches, every piece of glass, every nail, and every wall on them, declare to everyone without any dispute that this is a product of human hands.

"I can't believe what kind of organization and what kind of power can build such a huge and respectable building."

"Maybe it was not humans who built them, but a group of demons."

The dwarf muttered in a low voice, but his tone was obviously mixed with the emotion of "jealousy". Dwarves have always been the best in metal smelting and forging, but the metal building in front of him has completely shattered his self-esteem as a dwarf, leaving nothing behind.

"This is not like the devil's blasphemous creation... because it is so magnificent and sacred..."

When the bard was immersed in the emotion, a door with a huge skull inlaid on it hit him in the face.

"Well... I admit that some of this is not easy to accept..."

Although Emilia has introduced to everyone why the Inquisition uses skulls as a symbol, for most people in Faerun, using skulls as a symbol is still a symbol of evil and barbarism.

Well, or it is the case in most places in this galaxy.

"Maybe they are from another world."

The wizard said lightly.

"So it's not surprising that our ideas are biased."

No one objected to this. In fact, this kind of thing has happened before. When returning for the second time, an island suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​Faerun. Later, it was found that the island was suddenly teleported to Faerun from other worlds. Maybe this city is the same.

"But I dare not imagine how terrible the power of the Inquisition is."

Walking up the steps, looking at the huge cannon muzzles on both sides of the stairs, the warrior shuddered.

"Each of these cannons looks as big as a fortress. I can't imagine what kind of existence can withstand such an attack."

I'm afraid not even Silvermoon City can.

Finally, the warrior silently added in his heart.

Fortunately, this terrible metal city is located in the Lost Land, quite a distance away from Waterdeep, the High Forest and Silvermoon City. They should not worry about this thing hitting their city.

Well, at least they think so.

The facts are another matter.

When they walked into the gate, passed through the corridor with prosperous decorations, and came to a gate under the guidance of the Night Guard, even the most relaxed bards tensed up at this moment. They could feel that there was a terrifying pressure slowly spreading from the door.

"This reminds me of a dragon I met before."

The mage wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered.

"To be honest, if we really see a dragon in here, I won't be surprised."

"I just want to get out of here as soon as possible."

The Elf Ranger was also trembling slightly. On the one hand, it was because she sensed the terrifying pressure. On the other hand, this place made entirely of metal made her very uncomfortable. There was no breath of life here. For elves... it was definitely not a good place.

At this moment, the door slowly opened.

Then, a roar came from it.

"An, if you cheat again, I won't play!"

Soon, another girl's voice came.

"I didn't cheat! Mr. Knight!"

"How is it possible? I obviously have Rabbit by my side, but I lose every time I draw a card. Is this normal?"

"Ah, now you admit that you cheated!"

"Can luck be called cheating?"

"You cheated if you do it on purpose!"

Walking into the hall, everyone saw a tall warrior in black armor playing some kind of card game with several girls at the table on the high platform full of sacred patterns... Well, this discovery made them somewhat at a loss. They originally thought they would see a cruel monarch or a terrifying king.

Maybe a dragon.

The black-armored warrior who was arguing with a girl was indeed beyond their expectations, so that everyone didn't know where to put their hands for a while.

"Hey, you are here."

Fortunately, Duanmu Huai also saw their arrival at this time, and threw the cards aside and left the game decently, while An made a face at the side, and was very disgusted with Duanmu Huai's behavior of running away from the battlefield.

"Long time no see, Emilia, Luo Qixi, Kasim and Luo Xia, I'm glad to see that you are all okay."

Duanmu Huai walked down the steps and greeted everyone, and Emilia also hurriedly returned the greeting.

"You too, Mr. Duanmu. To be honest, when we were in the Underdark, we were really worried about your safety..."

"Oh, I'm really sorry, but the Underdark is no big deal to me, otherwise I wouldn't let you go first... Well, what about these followers who followed you?"

Duanmu Huai glanced at the people behind Amelia and asked.

"Well, because there was a big explosion in the Lost Land a few days ago, Deep Water City, Supreme Forest and Silver Moon City were all affected, so the lords sent representatives to investigate together..."

Speaking of this, Amelia looked at Duanmu Huai carefully.

"Does this matter have anything to do with you, Mr. Duanmu?"

"Yes, I did it."

Duanmu Huai nodded very readily.

"I thought you all knew it."

"I guessed a little, but... why did you do this?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

Duanmu Huai spread his hands.

"I just came to purify this place a little bit in the name of the Inquisition."

"……………………Huh?"