Chapter 668

Most of the power absorbed by the massacre of demons in Dunmov last time was consumed by Ren himself. Raistlin used more than 300 grids to solidify the "Crown of the Balrog", leaving about 1,200 grids left. With so many Kou Tao murlocs, the power in the soul pool returned to 1,600 grids.

He planned to save the power for Ren to advance to the legendary high level, but he never used it.

"The capacity of the soul pool is still too small."

Raistlin thought to himself.

Barack rushed over excitedly, searched for the loot from the corpses of the three legendary Kou Tao murlocs, and soon came back cursing.

"These paupers don't even have anything of value." The Holy Gun Ranger let out a piss, and washed his hands with disgust by the river.

Daunsos laughed: "If they are rich, they don't have to come out to plunder."

"That's not so shabby." Barack thought thoughtfully, "Unless this is their first robbery, um..."

He saw that Izzet was also looking through the corpse of the Kuo Tao fishman priest, and seemed to have found something.

"There is a problem with these Kou Tao murlocs." Izzet turned around and said to the crowd.

Barack cheered up: "What's the problem?"

The dark elves are most familiar with the Underdark and the creatures living in the underground world. They stood up and said slowly, "The first time I passed a cave was 120 years ago, and I have walked through it many times since then. I discovered it very early. The nearby Kou Tao murloc tribe, but they did not launch such a large-scale ambush like this time, and they were easily bypassed by me."

"The Kou Tao murlocs will indeed plunder people who pass by, but they all act in small groups of murlocs, rarely more than thirty."

"So many murlocs are almost members of the entire tribe."

"They are also intelligent, and they won't do such a stupid thing unless they have to." Izzet showed a pensive look on his face, "Kuo Tao fish people generally live near dark rivers, with plenty of food, and the goal of plundering is treasure. and magic items."

He pointed at the murloc corpses everywhere, "But look at these Kuu Tao murlocs, their weapons and equipment are very primitive, even the legendary murlocs..."

Barack reacted.

"You mean, they were forced out and plundered, and the wealth was handed over to the serving master?"

"That's right." Izzy nodded: "This is a very common thing in the Underdark. Drows, beholders, and illithids are the most commonly used methods to control slaves, serve them, and collect wealth. This Kou Tao The murloc tribe should have been enslaved by one of these three."

"Which one do you think it will be?" Athena asked.

Izzet thought for a while, "This is the upper level of the Underdark. Illithids generally only work in the middle and lower levels, so drows and beholders are more likely. Drows cherish the lives of slaves. After all, slaves are It is also a 'wealth' in their eyes, drow will order them to do a lot of work and squeeze out every drop of labor, instead of dying in vain like this."

"Is the beholder controlling the kuo-toa murloc tribe?" Raistlin asked suddenly.

"It's very likely." The dark elf nodded.

Raistlin was suddenly interested.

Beholders are one of the most famous and powerful creatures in the Underdark. They belong to a kind of strange monsters, and they are born with many spells.

These monsters look like a levitating big eyeball, and their appearance is enough to make people have nightmares, but they actually possess very high intelligence. They are not native species of Allenus, and their origins are unknown. They claim that their ancestor was a great existence comparable to the gods. Without a name, they are called "The Great Mistress".

All beholders are descended from the Great Mistress, and at the same time, all beholders are hermaphrodites.

Beholders believe that they alone are the wisest and most powerful and that all other creatures are inferior. This attitude, along with their inherently powerful abilities, make conquest and domination the highest goal of beholders.

They achieve their goals by enslaving other creatures.

Beholders are also very arrogant, each thinking of themselves as a role model in the beholder race, and that all other beholders are inferior copies. When two beholders meet together, as long as there is a slight difference in appearance, even if it is only a difference in the patterns on the case, they will fight to the death, until one dies and the living one declares victory.

However, beholders are a very complicated race with dozens of branches. Just as there are no two identical leaves in the world, there are no two identical beholders in the world.

One beholder is strong, but a pack of beholders is a disaster.

Therefore, beholders fight alone and monopolize a territory. It is almost impossible to form an alliance with other beholders, and it is impossible to form a powerful beholder kingdom.

Even, beholders reproduce by themselves.

When the beholder cubs they give birth to grow up enough, they gradually find that they are different from themselves, and they will probably kill the cubs.

It's even harder to survive if the cub is a mutant.

Raistlin had read about beholders in "Book of Thousand Souls". It was very long and introduced more than a dozen common beholders. For example, Beholder Tyrant, Beholder Elder, Eye of Nest Mother, Eye of Dead Blow, Eye of Tongue, Eye of Warlord, Eye of Insight, etc. Each beholder has unique abilities.

However, most beholders have three spells in common, mind control, eye ray, and antimagic field.

Especially the anti-magic force field!

This powerful spell is very difficult to find. There are only a few known creatures with anti-magic force field elements, and each one is rarer than the other. Beholders are relatively easy to find, and the other two don't know where to meet them.

Ren considered it a long time ago. He is taking the path of a melee wizard. If he can master the anti-magic force field, there will be no solution.

Battle wizards and anti-magic force fields are a perfect match!

Last time in Northril, I saw the anti-magic force field of the blood elf lawbreaker, which made Ren even more tempted.

Now that you're in the Underdark, there might be a beholder nearby, so you can't miss it.

Hearing Izzet's words, Raistlin said without any hesitation, "Find this beholder, I need its demon soul."

"You want to strip the elements of the beholder and make it into a seal?" Dawnsos immediately misunderstood, and other teammates thought the same.

So far, no one knew that Raistlin was a mage.

He didn't explain much, just nodded.

"Beholders will hide their lair very carefully, and it has a large territory, so it is not easy to find it." Izzet said: "They are natural spellcasters, they control slaves in secret, and the slaves in the lair are also The most powerful ones, there are many, and the danger is not small."

"We even killed Balor, why are we still afraid of a beholder?" Barack said with indifference.

"Too."

Izzy laughed twice.

He had just been promoted to a holy demon hunter, and his positioning of his own strength was still at the level of a legend, and he couldn't change it for a while.

Beholders are extremely talented, and adults are legends, but it is very difficult for them to advance to the holy rank like all creatures. There may not be many holy rank beholders in the entire Underdark. This is only the upper layer of the Underdark region, and the beholder who controls the Kou Tao murlocs is more than ninety percent legendary, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

The dark elf pointed to the far side of the cave, "There should be some clues in the tribe of the Kuu Tao murlocs."

"let's go."

Raistlin swung his staff and cast mass teleportation.

The scene in front of them changed, and a group of people walked through the forest to the edge of the cave in an instant. The river formed a large lake here. Fleeing in a hurry underwater.

They also participated in the ambush just now, but they were lucky enough to be outside the range of the Burning Cloud Technique, and escaped to the bottom of the river.

"We go into the water?" Barack asked.

"No need."

Raistlin opened the all-seeing eye to track the fleeing Kou Tao murloc, the underwater darkness receded, and the murloc's route was clearly captured.

Following the trail, he looked up and saw through the rock wall.

He locked the position and opened the portal. On the other side of the door was a large piece of darkness, and there were bursts of screams.

Izzet and Athena rushed in head-on.

By the time Raistlin came out of the portal, the two had already started killing, and there was blood everywhere. This is a closed damp cave with a diameter of only two to three hundred meters. The river runs through the middle. There are caves built on the rock walls along both sides of the river, and simple dwellings are built of wood.

This cave is the tribe of the Kou Tao murlocs.

The only entrance and exit is the bottom of the river, and you have to dive for at least a thousand meters to get in. It is safe and hidden, but today it ushered in disaster.

When Raistlin came out, he cast the mirror image technique, and twelve mirror images appeared together.

A pale white ray shot out from the main body and the mirror image, and immediately, the river in the cave was frozen, blocking the escape route of the Kou Tao murloc.

There are more than 300 Kou Tao murlocs in the cave, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

But they are no less ferocious than any evil creature. With nowhere to escape, they launched a suicide attack on the enemy, just like an egg hitting a stone, and the result was no surprise.

Gunshots exploded, thunder and lightning roared.

In less than half a minute, the Kou Tao murloc was almost wiped out. The only survivor was a legendary murloc hunter who was supposed to be in charge of staying behind the tribe. He was knocked out by Athena's shield and thrown to the feet of everyone.

A calming spell landed on its fish head, waking it up.

Raistlin blessed himself with "Language Proficiency", and asked, "Who is your master?"

This legendary murloc is more than two meters tall, with a strong body, strong muscles under the blue-gray fish scales, wearing simple leather armor, fear flashed in the round and protruding eyes on both sides of the fish head, and he dared not hide it at all. Honestly replied: "It is the great 'Gugozerakan'."

It was still screaming strangely, but with the help of language proficiency, Raistlin could already understand the underground murloc language.

"A beholder?" he asked.

"Yes, my lord." The legendary murloc nodded repeatedly, the huge fish head was not in harmony with the body, it looked a little funny.

Raistlin thought sure.

Then he said to Izzet: "You guessed it right, there are indeed beholders behind them." By the way, each teammate was blessed with language proficiency.

Barack immediately continued to interrogate: "Have you ever seen that beholder? Where is the lair?"

"I've been to the master's lair twice, but it blinded my eyes with spells, so we couldn't find the exact location." The Kou Tao fish people feared that these terrible enemies would kill them, and replied timidly: " My lords, please don't kill me, I can lead the way to the master's lair."

Everyone was delighted, as long as they were near the beholder's lair, it would be much easier.

Out of caution, Izzet asked again, "What kind is it?"

"The master is the elder beholder."

The dark elf was slightly surprised, and exchanged glances with his teammates.

The elder beholder is also called "the eye of the elder", a mutant that only appears among hundreds of beholders, and has a longer lifespan than ordinary beholders, at least five hundred years. Elder beholders are much stronger in size, strength, and defense than ordinary beholders. What is even stronger is their ability to cast spells. They are known as mages among beholders.

Their intelligence is extremely high, and as they grow older, their spellcasting ability becomes stronger and stronger.

The beholder elders are at least legendary, and the possibility of middle and high ranks is extremely high. They also control a lot of slaves. A lair of beholder elders is equivalent to an extraordinary army!

However, Raistlin was a little surprised.

He thought it was just an ordinary beholder, but he didn't expect it to be an elder beholder, which was more in line with his own wishes.

Because the elder beholder must have an anti-magic force field and a lot of spells.

Raistlin looked at the Kou Tao murloc, and said calmly, "Take us to find your master, and I can spare your life."

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

The murloc was overjoyed, and without waiting for everyone's urging, it got up and pointed to the frozen river, "My lords, please follow me."

"You just need to show the way." Raistlin looked in the direction the murloc pointed, and opened the portal.

Soon, the group left the tribe of the Kou Tao Yuren.

In order to survive, this Kou Tao fishman did not dare to cheat at all. Along the way, it led Raistlin and others through dozens of caves, deviated farther and farther from Izzet's planned route, entered unfamiliar areas through some hidden passages, and met other underground creatures along the way, almost all of them were Slave of the beholder elder.

When these slaves found the enemy, they immediately rushed up in a panic.

Then they were completely killed by Raistlin and others, and they were not allowed to go back to report to the beholder.

After a day of trekking, finally, Kou Tao Yuren led everyone into a huge underground cave, with countless stalactites hanging down from the top of the head, the terrain is very complicated, there are many holes and forks on the surrounding rock walls, leading to different directions.

"My lord, I can only take it here."

Kou Tao murloc's eyes were full of apprehension, "The master's lair is nearby, and one of these passages can be reached, but I don't know which one it is."

This is the moment that decides its life or death.

Raistlin had been observing the Kuu-toa murloc with the eye of the soul, confirmed that it was not lying, and waved his hand, "You can go."

"Yes, thank you sir!" Kou Tao murloc ran away scrambling.

After sending away the Kou Tao murlocs, Raistlin began to observe the cave, and soon discovered something.