Chapter 537

Illithids!

Ren was slightly taken aback. He had read information about this race before.

Perhaps at the time this book was written, more than five hundred years ago, illithids were unknown. But these days, most wizards have some knowledge of illithids.

Because, the branch of psykers created by Duke Redstone was inspired by illithids.

Illithids are also called mind flayers. They may be one of the oldest races in the world. It is rumored that in distant times, they controlled a large empire spanning multiple world planes, and conquered and enslaved countless intelligent races. Later, for unknown reasons, the rule of the illithids was overthrown, their empire fell apart, and some of them fled to the main material world, living in the dark region deep underground in the New World.

They look like half-humans with octopus heads, without any hair on their heads, with smooth skin, four winding snake-like tentacles growing around their mouthparts, and the most powerful illithids have six.

Illithids use their tentacles to grab prey, usually some kind of intelligent creature, and suck their brains, absorbing their memories, personalities, and inner fears.

Illithids are natural spellcasters, able to cast psionic spells from birth.

Each adult illithid has its own slave, controlling many creatures, and they generally avoid direct combat with the enemy, letting the slave attack instead.

The slave acts as an extension of the illithid's body, standing between the enemy and its master.

This combat mode is a bit similar to the All Souls Wizard, the difference is that the All Souls Wizard controls the dead demon souls, while the Illithid controls the living slaves.

These are things Ren knew before.

However, there are some more in-depth contents recorded in the "Strange Memo".

The author is a legendary wandering wizard who has been adventuring in the New World all year round, and has been in and out of the dark region many times. He has an incomparable familiarity with the huge and deep underground world.

He once got acquainted with a spirit sucker and became friends with him.

The peculiar illithid even invited him to visit a city of illithids called Hellfire City. This hidden city is located in an underground lava canyon and rarely visited by intelligent creatures other than illithids. .

He was the first visitor to Hellfire City not as a slave.

The author lived here for six years and came into close contact with the ancient and evil race of illithids. They recorded their cultivation, birth and growth, their social structure, class and rule in detail, and wrote this book. This "Strange Memo".

Ren watched it with gusto. This is a different race, and it feels like an eye-opener.

And on page 43, the book mentions a feature of the ghost-sucking society.

Every settlement or city where a group of illithids is located is subordinate to and dedicated to a "Master Brain". The Master Brain is hidden in the most central lair of the city or community. The author has no chance to go in and see what the Master Brain looks like with his own eyes.

But he learned from the illithid friend that all the illithids in the city are the subjects of the mastermind, and to some extent, the illithids are also slaves of the mastermind.

The mastermind can control the illithids from a distance, communicate with them spiritually, and gain insight into everything they think.

The entire illithid society is like a hive, and the mastermind is the queen bee!

The main brain maintains the operation of the illithid city, builds a brood, breeds new illithids, promotes and punishes, coordinates, and imparts spells. Its nature is similar to that of a chip in a computer.

When Ren saw this, he roughly understood it.

The hint given by my future self is clear enough that the answer to the miniaturization of the Titan's furnace lies in the mastermind of the illithid!

He searched the library for the Mastermind, and only got a few fragments.

"Book of Thousand Souls" and other books about the elements of demonic souls do not record what elements the main brain possesses, and most of the books do not even know the existence of such a creature as the main brain.

The most in-depth record is this "Strange Memo".

Ryan carefully read the chapter introducing the illithid in the book from beginning to end, and found that the author did not disclose the location of the city of hellfire, probably because he was concerned about the friendship of the illithid friend.

"It looks like I'm going to a new continent and enter the Underdark."

He closed the book and his mind became active.

The Underdark is an underground world located in the New World. Its area is extremely large. It is said that it is no less than the surface of the New World. The environment is dark and complex, and there are a lot of evil creatures. The most famous ones are the dark elves, also known as drow.

There are also duergar, stoneblind barbarians, dylo dwarves, beholders, kuo-toa murlocs, ogres, night goblins, and more.

Because of living underground without sunlight for a long time, the races in the Underdark have various degrees of deformity and mutation, and they hate the creatures on the surface extremely.

Hatred breeds crime and killing, so the Underdark is also a breeding ground for followers of evil gods.

When extraordinary people venture in the New World, they will inevitably come into contact with underground creatures. Some soul hunting teams relying on their superb strength will also enter the dark area to hunt.

The two sides have been fighting each other for thousands of years, and it has long been an irresolvable blood feud.

In some ways, the Underdark is more dangerous than the surface of the New World. After all, as long as you don't go deep into the hinterland of the New World and the northern ice sheets, you will generally not come into contact with powerful monsters. The pollution on the east and west sides of the New World is also gradually decreasing, and many safe areas have been opened up, and even new cities have been built.

But for Ren, the Underdark is not that scary, that's all.

No matter how dangerous it is, can it compare to your current situation?

Unless there are terrifying wizards who have reached level 40 in the Underdark!

As for the spirit suckers, Ren was not too worried.

Illithids are born psykers, but they have the will to truth. This legendary element is immune to all spells that target the mind, and it can be called the natural enemy of psykers!

The only trouble is finding the illithids and entering their cities.

One must see the "Master Brain" with one's own eyes, observe its elements with the eyes of the soul, and then one should be able to know how to solve the miniaturization problem of the Titan Furnace.

Ren already had a hunch that he was bound to hunt down the mastermind's demon soul!

"Go to the main body?"

"Or let Raistlin go to the New World?"

Ren thought about it. The most important thing at the moment is the depravity of Master Ogulev. No matter whether it is exposed or not, Wezelan and Nether will probably have a dispute and have a struggle. The storm is likely to sweep the entire empire. It cannot be finished in a short time.

After all, Wezelan was short of manpower, so he couldn't leave before the battle.

I don't know how long it will take to find the cities of the illithids. Even if it is optimistically estimated, it will take a few months. If you are unlucky, it may take a few years.

Whether it was Wezeland, Glamorgan Territory or the Principality of Augustus, he couldn't leave for too long.

"It's just a hard trip for Raistlin."

Ryan happily made a decision.

On the plane of the setting sun, in the pyramid of Anser's Mausoleum, Raistlin, who was meditating to build a spell model, opened his eyes and opened his mouth to curse: "Damn it!"

He has been here for more than two months.

Except for meditating and constructing spells every day, the rest of the time is setting up the cross-plane teleportation array. I only sleep for two hours a day. Finally, the teleportation array is almost perfect and is about to be completed. Next, his original plan was to walk out of the mausoleum and enter the desert outside to hunt down mantids and desert trolls, harvest their souls, and try to attack the holy soul wizard as soon as possible, so as to prepare for his apotheosis.

Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape the fate of being a tool man.

"I want to seal the gods, you go by yourself!"

Raistlin protested in his heart: "The New World is so big, and the Underdark is so dangerous. There are old coins everywhere. I, a crispy mage, died accidentally."

"It's okay, you can be resurrected."

"That's not okay, it will delay my conferment of gods."

"You are me, I am you, we don't distinguish each other, don't make the distinction so clear. There is still a lot of uncertainty about conferring the gods, we can take our time and stabilize first." Ren said earnestly "The persuasion said: "If you are afraid of death, I will arrange a powerful MT for you, and help you carry the monsters on the way, so that you will not die."

"All right, all right," Raistlin reluctantly agreed.

The main body and the avatar are bargaining. The two are essentially one person.

"When you arrive in the New World, let's take a look at the situation there. Be especially careful about those liches and death knights. It would be best if you can find traces of the floating city of Naxus." Ren continued.

He hadn't forgotten the Scourge of the Undead that had ravaged Wedzeland.

Whether it is the death knight of the "Scourge Legion" or the lich of the "Sigil of the Dead Knot", this blood debt will be recovered sooner or later.

There is also the stolen floating city, Rennes has been thinking about it for a long time.

"Understood. There is still half a month to complete the teleportation formation. I will set off as soon as that teammate arrives." Raistlin stopped responding after finishing speaking.

He immediately got up and went to the teleportation array to speed up the progress.

Blue Watts Academy, Ryan walked to the window, glanced at Master Medifer on the tree, the eyes of the soul and the all-seeing eye looked around, everything was as usual.

It was getting light soon.

Ren's heart relaxed a little, and he spent the first night when he was most likely to be attacked. As time went by, the probability of Master Ogulev's attack gradually decreased.

The wizard exchange competition also entered the second day.

Ren went out to the Phoenix Arena and showed up to watch the game for a while. Master Medifer followed everywhere, and a crow lurked in his shadow, unnoticed by anyone.

The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...

Time passed day by day, and the points match of the exchange match came to an end. The strongest spellcasters in each group gained more and more points, and gradually distanced themselves from the others.

During this period, the middle-level group and the high-level group also held rounds of duels.

Ryan comes to the scene for an hour or two every day. As a spectator, he is still the most eye-catching focus. It wasn't all because of the peak duel on the day of the opening ceremony, but because his four students all stood out in their respective groups.

Dalamar, Polari, and Anvila are in the high-level group.

Fortunately, the three of them were divided into different groups by drawing lots, and none of them lost. All three of them took the first place in their respective groups with a complete victory!

Garu of the middle-level group, this half-orc wizard of all spirits, has been unknown in Wedzeland, and he doesn't show much.

However, he was a blockbuster in the game.

Garu's fighting style is very similar to Elder Harava's. After being possessed by a demon soul, he is powerful in melee combat. His strength, defense, resistance and speed are stronger than most high-level extraordinary people. The demonic soul he summoned is also the "Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts" card group. A variety of demonic beasts form a huge herd, and the number is more than three times that of ordinary wizards. Most of the time, you don't need to do it yourself. Can overwhelm opponents.

Jialu, who won 20 games in a row, triumphed and became the most popular wizard in the middle class!

At the beginning, the audience didn't realize it.

It was only later that it gradually spread that the four of them were all students of Rennes, and they immediately became popular.

Ren's own strength is unfathomable, even if he is known as the number one person under the Holy Soul, even his students are so perverted, all of them are rare geniuses in a hundred years!

It is said that Rennes still has three students, not much worse than the four who participated in the exchange competition this time.

All of a sudden, the news spread like an uproar.

Every time the four students play, Renn will be there to watch, becoming the most eye-catching game in the arena. Every game will be projected into the sky, so that the audience can see it more clearly.

Polaris and Anvila, two peerless beauties are sought after by countless people.

The one who received the most attention was An Weila.

She is a half-elf. She has defeated all opponents with only one exquisite one-handed sword since the competition. She has never cast a single spell. Elf Ranger.

Some viewers who didn't know the inside story also questioned, is she a wizard?

But after hearing that she was also a battle wizard like Teacher Ren, everyone shut up without any doubts.

With so many talents, many people can't help but think that Wezeland's rise is unstoppable!

The points group ran for twelve days.

All four of Rennes' students had achieved unbeaten records and entered the knockout round with the first place.

In the past ten days, no one knew how Ryan got here. Even with the protection of Master Medifer, he did not dare to relax at all, and would only sleep for half an hour every three to four days. Insufficient sleep is the next best thing, keeping vigilance at all times, and long-term high concentration is the most exhausting.

Even with Ren's level of strength, it's a bit overwhelming.

He just has the elements of a man of steel, not a real iron man, but essentially a mortal with a mortal body.

However, the attack, which had been rehearsed countless times, never happened.

After the day of the opening ceremony, the four Nether elders never appeared again, leaving only two legendary junior wizards to lead the team. Affected by this, Nether's participating wizards also did not perform well in the ring, and the number of people entering the knockout round set a record for the fewest in history.

Ren was originally waiting for news from Elder Halava, but he didn't.

Elder Halawa has never been heard from.

The teacher in Wedzeland only sends the same magical message every day: "Keep waiting."

The Nether Floating Void City seemed to have become a silent body, no sound was transmitted from inside, and outsiders could not hear the news. Although the exchange match is still in progress, the legends of the major floating cities and academies have noticed an undercurrent.

The exchange match takes a day off and enters the knockout stage.

On this day, before the knockout match officially started, tens of thousands of spectators were sitting in the arena waiting, when they suddenly heard a clear sound that went straight into the sky.

A huge flame as blazing as the sun rose in Blueworth Academy, just like the rising sun, the sky shone with fire, and even the clouds became red, and this extraordinary scene could be seen from dozens of miles away. elephant.

In the dazzling flames, a huge phoenix was born from the ashes!