Chapter 289 Anxiety

When the explosion occurred, the fleet had actually arrived at Fish-Man Island. Archmage Ditra miscalculated the speed. He calculated the normal sailing speed of a two-masted sailing ship, selected the pursuit area on the chart, and intercepted It was Hathaway heading for Calishan.

The red priest has a unique magic - "Sea sailing depends on the helmsman". This magic has the effects of both "navigation" and "sea wing", which can make the ship sail at the highest speed with the wind at all times.

After arriving at Fish-Man Island, the number of people was counted. In this evacuation operation, a total of more than two thousand people were evacuated from Ascatla City. Most of these people were dock workers, beggars in the slums, shadow thieves and their families.

After simple modifications, the gray dwarf priests simply grouped these people into several teams, and led them into the underground world from the entrance to the Underdark on Fishman Island.

It takes a certain amount of time for surface races to adapt to the environment of the Underdark. Just the problem of dim light is enough to make it difficult for surface people to move around in the Underdark.

The gray dwarf priests acted as guides and led the people on a march through the Underdark. There were threatening monster nests along the way that had been cleared by the guerrillas. The most dangerous thing on the road was a mind flayer's lair.

This lair was also completely destroyed by the guerrillas with the help of Luo Feng, Arkanis and Drizzt, three strong men with extremely strong wills and nearly immunity to the mind flayer's mental spells.

The base area of ​​Falling Stone Village has been transferred. After defeating the Dayesho mercenary group led by Jarlaxle, the plan to transfer the base area of ​​Falling Stone Village was put on the agenda. The strongest mercenary group in Menzoberranzan disappeared inexplicably in Falling Stone Village. The vicinity would definitely attract a reconnaissance team from the First Family, and it would be a matter of time before the base was exposed.

Luo Shi Village is not suitable for housing more surface people, so taking this opportunity, Luo Feng decided to choose a new base area and relocate all the gray dwarves from Luo Shi Village. Believers from other villages can also move to the new base area to build An underground city.

When selecting the location for the new base, Blingden Stone City was finally selected. This city was once a large city jointly established by gray dwarves and deep dwarves. Like Falling Stone City, it was also a typical Underdark City that carved a mountain into a city.

At its most populous, the city had twelve thousand duergar and dark gnomes who formed the guardian army.

The gathered dwarves and gnomes decided to work together to resist the dark elves, and they successfully blocked the dark elves' invasion for many years. In the end, the dark elf warlocks summoned dozens of giant hell spider demons and attacked the city, leaving only five hundred deep gnomes. After fleeing, the city became an abandoned city.

We chose this place because, on the one hand, this city once accommodated tens of thousands of people. There must be sufficient water nearby to withstand several large-scale invasions by dark elves. The terrain here is also very dangerous. The fortifications have been repaired. The red warriors and mines guard the fortress. Even if the dark elves repeat their old trick of summoning giant spiders, they can't easily break through the fortress.

On the other hand, even if this kind of dark area city that was carved out of a mountain has been abandoned, the caves and tunnels dug out have not been damaged. They basically remain in their original state before being abandoned. After repairs, they can be quickly used to resettle residents.

The establishment of the new city was complicated, and the resettlement of the people who had fled from Ascaltra City was extremely energy-consuming. The underground party entered a dormant period, suspended all activities, and even stopped exporting magic video discs and brochures to the surface.

At this point, the great riots in Ascaltra City came to an end, and the former capital of gold coins, the capital of miracles, and the Pearl of Faerûn were reduced to ruins.

The six knights completely destroyed this fallen city.

While Ditra was busy dealing with the radiation sickness on Evermeet Island, General Flamefist, who was responsible for completely "purifying" the city of Ascaltra, encountered an accident and died in the city. More than four thousand soldiers died with him. , it can be called a tragedy.

The person who caused this tragedy was the demigod Lich Kangas.

The soldiers who were cleaning up the city destroyed Kanges' lair. The angry demigod lich turned into a golden skull and circled around the city. The Banshee's Wail, which had a large-scale instant death effect, was spread freely and unexpectedly. Soldiers fell to the ground and died in droves, and the mages who arrived were accidentally hit by a ninth-level magic confinement spell and were sent to another dimension.

The demigod lich Kanggus is immune to weapons below +5 and almost immune to all magic. It is the nemesis of middle and low-level paladins and mages. Due to the departure of Ditra, the city lacks high-end combat power, so it was disturbed by it. Everything was turned upside down.

In the end, a leader of the legendary Tire Paladin Knights, holding the "Purifier +5" sword, drank the potion of free movement, and was blessed by a priest with an anti-death barrier before finding the opportunity to rush forward and smash the golden skeleton. .

After the city of Askatra was destroyed, the shadow merchants were also wanted by all of Faerûn. The risks of this business became far greater than the benefits. Many merchants had to change careers and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to make money on the edge of a knife.

The discs and pamphlets that Bradero had spread across the continent were confiscated and piled up in front of the temple to be burned. It seemed that the remaining poison he left behind was being eliminated, and this name would gradually be forgotten by people, or remembered as a devil.

However, the real upper echelons of Faerûn, such as the Grand Duke of Flamefist, the Elf Queen Anriral, Elminster, and Ditra knew that Bradero and his followers had taken root underground in Faerûn. , constantly absorbing nutrients, and one day it will break out of the ground and return to the surface.

While the construction of the new base of Bullingdon Stone City was in full swing, many forces on the surface were also closely connected. The Silver Moon Alliance initiated a meeting of the continental countries to discuss a plan to establish a coalition force to enter the Dark Territory to expedition against the evil Bredlow Party.

However, this time the Continental Congress did not reach a consensus, and the surface coalition was not formed.

Ditra, who was ill, made an impassioned speech at the Continental Congress, stating his interests to the lords and kings of all countries. He spoke thoroughly, and the lords listened clearly.

However, even if it is known that Bredreau has become a cancer in Faerun, if it is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will definitely cause an even greater disaster in the future.

When it comes to sending troops, food, money, and an expedition into the Dark Territory, things are not that simple.

The Knights of the Mystic Fire of the Silver Moon Alliance, the Knights of the Argent Grail of Tethyr, the Flamefist Mercenary Group of Baldur's Gate, the Knights of the Dawn from the Temple of Lathander, the Knights of Justice from the Temple of Tyr, and the Temple of Torm The Knights of the Sacrifice suffered heavy losses in previous operations to suppress the Amn riots.

Some of the soldiers were killed and injured by mortars, while others died under the banshee howl of the demigod lich Kangas, and would not be able to send troops again in the short term.

Except for the most active Knights of the Good God, other countries are not that enthusiastic about annihilating the Bradero gang. Although they give unlimited verbal support, when it comes to spending money to send troops, they shirk all kinds of excuses.

The Red Base is accumulating strength, stepping up the reconstruction of Blingden Stone City, planning and preparing closely, and sharpening its sword against Menzoberranzan.

The crusade coalition of the surface countries has been unable to be formed for a long time, and Ditra is very anxious. He knows that he must take action as soon as possible. The longer the delay, the harder it will be to wipe out the evil Bredero Party, and the situation will only get worse.