V7.Chapter 43

Glax City.

This city is not very famous in the Underdark. Compared with this rather majestic city of gray dwarves, perhaps the people of the Underdark are more familiar with its lord.

—Greybeard!

This is an outstanding figure that is rare to see in a hundred years.

There will always be some outstanding heroes in each race, such as Eugene of the orcs, Cui Tepe of the drow, the Griffin king among humans, and so on. Graybeard is such a character. He was born in the wilderness. It is said that both his father and mother were slaves controlled by the elder mind flayers. In his childhood, he was controlled and tortured by mind flayers as an experiment. This torture changed his mind, and while giving him great pain, it also advanced him into a powerful psionicist.

Maybe a little sad.

The gray dwarves' fate has been turbulent. They have been enslaved for a long time. Although they finally resisted and defeated the mind flayers, this tragic history still brought many pains to their race. The minds of many gray dwarves have been so distorted that evil lunatics often appear in this race.

Greybeard is such a product.

But his talent is amazing, and this painful experience finally made him everything!

Greybeard remained under the control of the mind flayer for a long time, until when his power was strong enough, he freed the enslaved grey dwarves and led them into a head-on battle against a mighty mind flayer lair.

Greybeard became famous!

Not only did he destroy this evil mind flayer base, but he also successfully killed those mind flayer elders.

certainly.

The cost is also very serious.

Graybeard's mind was severely damaged, and his mind would occasionally fall into a terrifying state of madness. Two scars were permanently left on the back of his head, which were wounds left by the tentacles used by the mind flayer. Elder Mind Flayer tried to suck off Greybeard's brains, but he didn't wait for it to succeed. Greybeard suddenly violently split its head with a battle axe.

Since then, there has been one more legendary gray dwarf psionicist in the Underdark.

Graybeard is not only a legendary psionicist (class level 21 and above), but also a multi-level 5th-level berserker and 5th-level wizard at the same time.

The torture of the mind flayer didn't know what kind of power it brought him. But there is no doubt that he will be a very dangerous enemy!

Glax City.

This majestic city of gray dwarves was dug directly underground, and the population here is not very large. There are only about ten or twenty thousand, but there are a large number of slaves of other races here.

This is the tradition of the Underdark.

Any city in the Underdark likes to capture slaves, who are free labor and consumables for them.

The city of the grey dwarves is a bit chaotic.

This is similar to other dwarves, because dwarves like to drink, to be lively, and to fight. As long as they don't cause death, no one cares if they drink in a tavern and get beaten up. Most dwarves are rough-skinned and thick-skinned. Fighting was nothing at all. Sauron had just passed a tavern when he saw a drunken grey dwarf thrown out. The products of the Underdark region are still rich, and the gray dwarves rely on the weapon trade to live relatively well, and Sauron knows that Glex City is actually very rich.

the reason is simple.

There's a mithril vein here!

Thinking of this, Sauron couldn't help but look up at the city lord's fortress in the distance, where there was an erected furnace, and a dazzling fire could be seen from a distance.

The fire here has not been extinguished for more than ten years!

About ten years ago, the city's gray dwarves discovered a vein of mithril with a large reserve in the process of mining minerals. This is quite an amazing wealth, and if it is leaked, it may even lead to a frantic attack from the drow. Therefore, the ruler of Glyx City [Greybeard] blocked the news for a while, and restricted all the grey dwarf craftsmen who knew the truth and prevented them from leaving. Since then, the fire in Glax City has never been extinguished. Greybeard is using these mithril mines to forge a powerful piece of equipment.

An artifact-level mithril chainmail!

The production of mithril has always been very low, and it is quite difficult to refine, even if Graybeard controls a mithril vein. The production of this equipment has only recently been completed. [Note: The mithril chain mail worn by Frodo in the Lord of the Rings is almost equivalent to the reserves of a dwarf kingdom for hundreds of years. 】

Greybeard's ambitions are still great.

As a spellcaster part-time berserk warrior, he has always hoped to exert his most powerful power!

but.

This situation is difficult to achieve in ordinary circumstances. Because if he casts spells, he cannot pierce armor, and if he pierces armor, there will be a very high chance of casting failures.

The chance of failing to cast spells is 80-90% for plate armor, 60-70% for half body armor, 40-50% for chain mail, and 20-30% for leather armor. %about.

Once the casting fails!

It is directly to suffer from spell backlash, which can be understood as transferring spell damage to oneself.

so.

Few spellcasters could cast spells with armor, and it was because of this that Sauron never even wore leather armor.

This is a congenital defect.

Graybeard faced the same problem as Sauron. No matter what, he couldn't use his strongest strength, and he couldn't wear armor if he wanted to cast spells. If you want close combat, you must rely on strong equipment protection. To this end, Graybeard spent a lot of energy to solve the problem. He defeated the mind flayer lair, gained knowledge of an ancient empire from it, and finally found a little bit of direction.

Mind Flayer Empire!

An ancient ruined interstellar empire!

The mind flayers have also created a brilliant psionic civilization. Their innate psionic energy (called [net energy] in the era of the mind flayer empire) has established an interstellar empire spanning many planes of the star world and the sea.

This empire may have a higher civilization than the Githyanki, and the Thorium Age probably hadn't even begun.

The evil nature of mind flayers brings them destruction.

This ancient empire did not leave too many clues, so it disappeared into the sea of ​​​​the star realm. It is said that the destruction of this empire is related to a kind of cosmic beast in the star realm that can never be killed.

even!

In the Thorium era, the materials needed to capture the divine power of the goddess of magic were also related to this astral beast.

This is how the Mind Flayer went into decline.

Now the mind flayers on many planes have almost degenerated into primitive races. They simply rely on innate psionic power to fight. The study of knowledge has long since fallen into a bottleneck. This is how Greybeard got a little knowledge from the mind flayer lair, some very ancient psionic knowledge, and he was going to use his psionic power to enchant Mithril chain mail. Completely eliminate its interference in the casting process.

According to the original history, he finally succeeded!

and.

The time period is now.

The entire Glax City defense is very tight. Graybeard has been preparing for this for more than ten years, and now that the artifact is almost completed, I am afraid he will be more careful.

Sauron's disguised gray dwarf aroused the guard's alert before he approached.

However, he pretended to pass by very well and walked directly near the city lord's mansion. The guards in this area were quite strict, and Sauron found at least a dozen patrols with his god-level perception.

And that doesn't include the lurking enemies!

Where the furnace fire was lit, Sauron could sense a trace of psionic energy fluctuations, as if there were spell traps inside.

"It's a little tricky."

Sauron also had a slight headache at this time. But soon he figured out a way.

He plans to upgrade to another level!

As his strength became stronger and stronger, Sauron needed more slaughter experience to improve his professional level. At his current level, his professional level alone could not improve his combat power much.

All abilities are almost comprehensive, and the combat power of the god template is more important.

This is a watershed.

Only when Sauron's occupation level was raised to level 30, or even above level 40, would he clearly feel that the power of the occupation level had gradually caught up with the power given by the template of the gods.

Sauron currently has nearly 2.3 million killing experience!

These slaughter experiences are only enough for him to raise the arcanist class level by one level, but it allows him to increase the rogue class level by two levels.

Thieves need a lot less killing experience to upgrade!

A row of data emerges in front of you:

"The thief profession has been raised to level 9."

"Gain 45 (Agility 36 + (Intelligence 27-10) * 0.5) skill points, and increase HP by 15 (Professional HP 6 + (Physical 27-10) * 0.5)."

"You gain a feat point!"

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"The thief class level has been raised to level 10."

"Gain 45 (Agility 36 + (Intelligence 27-10) * 0.5) skill points, and increase HP by 15 (Professional HP 6 + (Physical 27-10) * 0.5)."

"You got a free attribute point!"

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no doubt.

Sauron added free attribute points to his agility, and now his agility value has reached 37 points.

As for this specialty. Sauron had almost nothing to think about, so he chose the passive ability [Legendary Reflection].

"Legendary Reflection [Epic feat]: You have an unimaginable reflection ability, which allows you to face any attack. Whether it is a spell attack or a physical attack, you can get an extra 4 points of reflection bonus. The The ability can be superimposed with any reflection feat, automatically replacing the effect of [Lightning Reflection], and any evasion ability will receive an additional bonus!"

"Finally finished!"

After obtaining this legendary feat, Sauron could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Legendary Dodge, Legendary Reflection, Legendary Combat Skill, Epic Dexterity, Mastered Reflex Avoidance, Mastered Intuitive Avoidance, Rolling Avoidance, Flexible Movement...

Except for the [Sixth Sense], which was the most difficult to obtain, Sauron had almost filled up all his passive evasion feats.

"It's just [sixth sense]!"

Sauron looked at his attribute page, shook his head and sighed, if all the evasion feats of the rogue were taken, he would use a data-based analogy. That is to superimpose the dodge value to more than 95%!

certainly.

Reaching such a high level requires the [Sixth Sense] feat or the [Super Sixth Sense] feat.

Sauron is not yet.

If all the evasion feats are calculated digitally, his current evasion value should be around 75-85%. Great Dexterity provides an additional dodge bonus. If he completes the [Sixth Sense] specialty ability, then his evasion value can almost certainly reach more than 95%!

Basically dodge to this extent. Physical attacks are basically not a problem, and even magic attacks can be avoided.

"Sixth sense!"

"How can a rogue gain the expertise of the sixth sense? This thing can't be trained at all!"

Sauron looked at his expertise and then turned his attention to other aspects.

currently.

Sauron's evasion ability should be at the top of the material plane, and looking at the multiverse, there should not be much higher than his evasion.

It is too difficult to stack to the limit, so you don't need to put too much energy on it for the time being.

Because the combat power is not only on the dodge now!

"Stealth is currently 415 points."

Sauron quickly focused on his own stealth. The purpose of his trip was to steal instead of fighting, so he did not hesitate to put all his skill points into stealth.

The basic skills have reached his current level, and it is very difficult to improve by himself.

Currently it can only be improved with skill points.

It seemed to have reached a certain critical point. When Sauron's stealth skill increased to 500 points, the space around him seemed to be slightly distorted, and then it returned to normal.

The power of shadows!

When the sneak breached the critical line of 500 points, Sauron seemed to have disappeared.

Do not.

He didn't disappear, he didn't even enter the stealth state.

Sauron still stood there, and others could see him with the naked eye. But what was different from just now was that Sauron could be seen, but not felt.

All the breath disappeared.

There is almost no way to feel his existence in any way, and the 500-point stealth has reached an incredible level, and it is difficult for even the gods to perceive Sauron's existence.

"Finally a basic skill has been raised to 500 points."

Sauron sighed softly, and then disappeared in place, without any trace, and no change was noticed, as if he did not exist at all.

500 base skills is a watershed moment.

Reaching this level of any basic skills is already equivalent to stepping into the [God's Domain]!

Looking at the entire multiverse, only some old-fashioned gods can improve to this level, and the limit that mortals can achieve even if they are legendary figures is more than 400 points.

Sauron completely disappeared.

No one can perceive his existence, even the [Lord of Shadows] can hardly find Sauron in stealth state now.

He passed through the guards as if no one was there.

Sauron quickly approached the location of the furnace fire. All the guards were just a decoration for him. Now the only thing that needs to be vigilant is the spell trap.

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