Chapter 261: The Githyanki Intelligence Queen's Secrets and…… Spells

Prepared, Xia Zhi also began to wander aimlessly through the wilderness.

The Wizard Robe was somewhat worn, carrying more or less traces of the wind and frost of the years……

The Pointed Hat drooped slightly, not standing so straight, and thus lacked much sharpness……

But precisely because of this, he appeared all the more mysterious.

At a glance, one would understand this was absolutely a profound and unfathomable powerful Wizard.

With such an appearance, he leisurely gripped his staff, walking slowly across the wilderness, and then…… naturally encountered trouble.

The Emerald Plains were not very safe to begin with; even the roads merchants often travel occasionally see accidents, let alone those places rarely visited by people.

Or perhaps one cannot say it is the Emerald Plains.

Rather, the whole of Faerûn is like this, with its own national conditions.

After all, as the center of the Toril World——

Dozens of kingdoms, hundreds of city-states, countless tribes, villages, and gathering places dot this continent.

From deserts scorched by the blazing sun, to deep dense jungles……

From steep treacherous mountains, to inland lakes with rippling blue waves……

The vast continent possesses diverse races and ecologies; in every region, there may be traveling performers, peddlers, merchant caravans, soldiers, Sailors, and adventurers with firm wills.

However, even so, the areas belonging to civilization and enlightenment are ultimately only a small part.

Most parts are undeveloped wilderness lands; dangerous geographical environments become natural protective barriers for various fierce beasts or dangerous plants.

Even those farms or pastures only a day's journey from Deepwater City may have monsters running rampant.

In short, even well-known roads are not absolutely safe; once you deviate from the main roads, it is absolutely dangerous.

Although in others' eyes, this is a Wizard mysterious enough from appearance alone.

However, monsters do not necessarily have such concepts.

Especially those with insufficient intelligence, who allocated no points to the Intelligence attribute when creating their characters, understand this even less.

Perhaps in their eyes, a Wizard emitting no dangerous aura whatsoever is at most just a moving piece of meat.

Xia Zhi did not mind their offense; whatever they were, he swung his staff——

Precisely one staff strike sent them on their way.

The staff's exterior had wood grain, but it was actually all painted-on coating; in essence, it was a metal staff forged from a nano version of Mithral.

——And it was solid.

From the design concept, it was obviously a staff very suitable for Wizard use.

Even if spell slots were used up, it didn't matter; as long as he swung it hard and smashed the target's forehead with a ruthless hammer blow, even a bear goblin would have its skull split open.

Xia Zhi thought this was good, and decided in the next vest identity to elevate its status to the Church's internal standard-issue weapon.

Hmm, just say the Clerics in the Church all use this……

Probably after swinging the staff a few times, the Wandering Wizard's body was more or less stained with some bloodiness, and gradually nothing dared to approach anymore.

Powerful monsters do not spawn everywhere; they prefer to occupy dangerous areas with prestige, those places are their paradise.

Most places' monsters or fierce beasts are actually quite ordinary.

Randomly walking on the road and encountering a Dragon or such, this idea is actually a certain taken-for-granted impression the public has of adventurer stories; in reality, it does not happen……

"Roar——!!"

A deafening roar reverberated through the air above the wilderness.

From within those rolling cloud layers, a massive figure broke through the sky. It was a dark-red Red Dragon; it stretched its huge wings, casting a massive shadow in the sky.

That majestic momentum was enough to make any beast hear the wind and lose their courage.

"……"

"……"

Tsk……

The youth disguised as a Wandering Wizard raised an eyebrow, then slightly lifted the Mithral Wood-grain Staff in his hand.

However, after thinking slightly, he still did not blast that grandstanding big lizard in the sky down with a Fireball.

The Mithral Wood-grain Staff's shaft merely lit up faintly, then faded again; those light patterns were the internally engraved energy circuits……

Although they looked dense, faintly resembling integrated circuits.

That Red Dragon soared past from mid-air; on its back rode a figure, face gloomy, looking like it was patrolling the wilderness below.

Immediately, that figure's gaze noticed the Wandering Wizard below.

The Red Dragon also quickly circled twice, then descended toward Xia Zhi's position.

Wind pressure naturally kicked up clouds of dust; the Red Dragon's body size was enormous; a single claw alone could compare to an adult.

The moment it landed on the ground at close range, the ground seemed to faintly transmit a slight dull vibration.

Until it folded its wings and stopped flapping, those gusts of wind pressure stopped.

"Wizard?"

The figure on the Red Dragon had a tall thin build, yellowish skin, ears pointed and long, face covered in dense freckles, nose flattened, slightly Voldemort-like feel.

This Githyanki nimbly jumped down from the Red Dragon's back, then frowned and sized up the youth, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes:

"The Weave has problems now, yet you still travel alone in the wilderness?"

"……"

"……"

"May I ask——what business do you have?"

The Wizard before him had a calm expression, with no intention of answering, but directly counter-asked.

"……"

"……"

The Githyanki's brow furrowed once more, but for some reason he faintly felt that the Wizard before him seemed not easy to provoke.

After all, with the Weave struck by mysterious power and all conventional magic ineffective right now, a Wizard who still dared walk alone in the desolate wilderness……

Either he possessed arrogant confidence, or he possessed the strength to control everything, which was why he could be fearless in the face of the status quo.

Or perhaps both.

Better to have one less matter than one more.

The Githyanki quickly changed his mind, and his tone also became calmer: "……I am looking for an object. It is a polyhedron, engraved with our people's sacred Runes…… Have you seen it?"

"……"

"……"

The young Wizard feigned slight contemplation, then calmly shook his head, giving a negative answer: "No——"

"……"

"……"

The Githyanki observed the Wizard before him in detail, trying to find some clues from the other's expression and gaze, but seemed to have discovered no valuable information, which couldn't help but make him feel some disappointment.

"If you discover anything, I hope you can tell me. Our clan will certainly give you a generous reward."

"If you need to contact me later, you can go to Baldur's Gate. I hope you will bring good news……"

"By the way, regarding the Weave's changes, I suppose you also have no related clues?"

After confirming one last time, this Githyanki gave the solitary Wizard before him a deep Casual Scan, as if wanting to deeply engrave the other's face, bearing, and aura in his heart.

Then he once again agilely leapt onto the Red Dragon's back, preparing to ascend and depart.

Just subconsciously he raised his head to glance at the sky, and the Sun's angle made a subtle sense of discord suddenly flash through his mind.

Like ripples left when wind blows across a water surface, it flashed by in an instant.

But the Githyanki did not immediately grasp this feeling; after all, now was not the time to linger and ponder deeply.

The pressure brought by the heavy Mission left him no leisure to linger; the urgent pressing imminence made him even less free to think carefully.

The Red Dragon flapped its powerful wings, ascending once more, leading the Githyanki to swiftly Rush into the clouds and soar toward the distance.

"……"

"……"

Xia Zhi stood quietly in place, thoughtfully watching the small black dot at the Horizon's End disappear.

This matter seems to be getting more and more interesting——

Judging from the Intelligence just forced out of this Githyanki through Charm, these Astral warriors indeed seem inseparable from that Nautiloid that crashed earlier.

And just like the Supreme True God Sect side, they are all intentionally searching for a weapon, a relic……

The Supreme True God, or that Mind Flayer Elder Brain, is extremely wary of and values it, while these Gith claim ownership of it.

"Heh, Wei La Ji Si, Bu Si Nu Wang…… interesting."

The Magic User chuckled lightly, murmuring with playfulness.

Through the forced confession of that Ke Slave Ke Bai Zhang Chang Wo Si just now, he easily grasped some especially secret Intelligence——

For instance, regarding the Githyanki's current predicament……

And that Bu Si Nu Wang's conspiracy……

Commanding a vast army in the Astral fortress, the one all Githyanki serve——or at least pretend to serve——is a Lich Queen of thousands of years.

As far as the present situation goes, that Lich seems to have already become a Tumor parasitic on the Githyanki race, maintaining her Rule by eating people.

Through the Ritual gloriously named "Promotion", she devours outstanding warriors of her own kind, maintaining her immortal body.

This Ke Slave Ke Bai Zhang Chang Wo Si, precisely because he felt Despair at such a racial Prospect, was determined to take advantage of this opportunity to search for the relic to try to do something.

The Magic User was very interested in this, so he left a little backdoor on this Bai Zhang Chang——

Then he lifted the Charm state, and by the way erased the memories of that period of time just now.

In this Bai Zhang Chang's view, he might have just asked a few questions swiftly and resolutely, then hurriedly left, without realizing he had encountered anything.

Xia Zhi thought casually on one hand, and on the other leisurely made some Preparations.

This timing is actually just right——

Just finished the Githyanki plot, and immediately the protagonist group's plot triggers, making it appear very "natural and spontaneous", Traceless.

After all, I stayed here because of the Encounter with the Githyanki……

Not because I was specially waiting here for them, right?

Thinking this, he turned his body, lifted his eyes, and gazed toward that distant place.

The next moment, several black dots appeared in his Vision.

Rushing out from the Forest, Tafu led his teammates Running All the Way, faces pale, gasping for breath, yet not daring to stop for even half a step.

Because behind them came a rumbling sound, a Hill Giant roared while waving the giant club in its hand, rapidly approaching with great strides; its weight and heavy steps would make the ground tremble.

No need to doubt at all; if that club came down solidly, any one of them would be instantly reduced in dimension.

Not to mention their current washed-state, even at full power it would be impossible to Endure such a blow with mere flesh and blood bodies, right.

"Fr-front…… someone……"

Tafu ran somewhat breathlessly; dangerously he caught sight of that figure standing on the wilderness ahead.

"Seems to be a Wizard too……"

Gale spoke while panting; his eyes were sharper, quickly discerning the features of the figure ahead, and hope instantly ignited.

Simultaneously in the depths of his eyes, however, there was a trace of hard-to-detect Fear.

Finally ran into a colleague, but if this colleague has also lost magic, that would be truly Despair.

He simply dared not imagine that terrifying future.

Mors However——

That figure did not disappoint Gale's expectations.

The Magic User watched the Mors People's Mors Gallop approach, Glanced at that Rear About To Stride catch-up Mountain Hill Giant, and raised the Wood-grain Staff in hand.

Released a Spell.

A Spell that made Gale Subconscious feel at ease, Immediately followed by a bewildered expression Spell.

"——Chu Shou!"

(Chapter End)