Chapter 668： Elder Beholder

Most of the electricity absorbed by the demon slaughter in Dunmerford last time was consumed by Ren's body, and Raistlin used more than 300 grids to solidify the "Flame Demon Crown", leaving about 1,200 grids, and now he killed it. With so many koo-too murlocs, the power in the spirit pool returned to 1,600 bars.

He intends to keep these electricity for Renn to advance to the legendary high-level, and he has not used it.

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

Raistlin thought to himself.

Barack went over excitedly, scoured the corpses of the three legendary kuo-toos for loot, and soon returned cursing.

"These poor **** don't even have anything of any value." The Holy Spear Ranger snorted and washed his hands with disgust by the river.

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

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

He saw that Izzet was also looking at the corpse of the kuo-toa priest, and seemed to have found something.

"There is something wrong with these kuo-too people." Izzet turned back and said to everyone.

Barack was refreshed: "What's the problem?"

The dark elves are most familiar with the Underdark, and know the creatures living in the underground world very well. They got up and said slowly, "The first time I passed through a cave was one hundred and twenty years ago, and I have walked many times since, and discovered it very early. The kuo-too tribes nearby, but they didn't launch such a large-scale ambush like this time, and I was easily bypassed."

"The Kou-too murlocs do loot those who pass by, but they all act in small groups of murlocs, rarely more than 30."

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

"They are also wise, and they won't do such stupid things unless they have to." Izt looked contemplative, "The kuo-too usually live near the dark river, with plenty of food, and the target of looting is treasure. and magic items."

He pointed to the murloc corpses everywhere, "But look at these kuo-too murlocs, their weapons and equipment are very primitive, even the legendary murlocs..."

Barack reacted.

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

"That's right." Izzy nodded: "This is a very common thing in the Underdark. Drow, beholders and illithids use this method 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.

Izt thought for a while, "This is the upper layer of the Underdark, and illithids generally only operate in the middle and lower layers, so the possibility of drow and beholders is higher. Drow relatively cherish the lives of slaves, after all, slaves are in They also see a 'wealth' in their eyes, and the drow will order them to do a lot of work, draining every drop of labor, instead of giving it away in vain."

"Did the beholder control this kuo-too tribe?" Raistlin suddenly asked.

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

Rasling suddenly became interested.

Beholders are one of the most well-known and powerful creatures in the Underdark. They belong to a kind of eccentricity, and they are born with many spells.

These are like monsters with large floating eyeballs. Their appearance is enough to make people dream, but they are actually very intelligent. They are not the native species of Ellenus, and their origins are unknown. They claim that their ancestors are a great being with abilities comparable to gods. Without a name, they are called "Big Mistress".

All beholders are descendants of the Great Mistress, and at the same time, all beholders are hermaphrodites.

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

They achieve their goals by enslaving other creatures.

Beholders are also very arrogant, each of them thinks that he is a model in the beholder family, and other beholders are inferior replicas. When two beholders meet, as long as they are slightly different in appearance, even if it is just the pattern on the case, they will fight to the death until one party dies and the one alive declares victory.

However, the beholder is a very complex 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.

A beholder is strong, and a group of beholders is a disaster.

Therefore, beholders fight alone, occupying a territory, and it is almost impossible to form alliances with other beholders, and it is impossible to form a powerful beholder kingdom.

Even the beholder breeding offspring is done alone.

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

If the cub is a mutant, it will be even harder to survive.

Raistlin had read the information about beholders in the Book of Thousand Souls. It was very long and introduced more than a dozen common beholders. Such as Beholder Tyrant, Elder Beholder, Eye of the Nest Mother, Eye of Deathblow, Eye of Tongue Chisel, Eye of Warlord, Eye of Insight, etc. Each beholder has unique abilities.

However, most beholders have three common spells, mind control, eye beam, and anti-magic field.

Especially the anti-magic force field!

This powerful spell is very hard to find. There are only three known creatures with anti-magic field elements, and one is rarer than the other. The beholder is the easiest to find, and the other two don't even know where to meet them.

Ren had thought about it a long time ago that he was following the path of a melee wizard. If he could master the anti-magic force field, then it would be really incomprehensible.

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

The last time I was in Nothrael, I saw the anti-magic field of the blood elf spellbreaker, which made Ren even more tempted.

Since he came to the Underdark, there might be a beholder nearby, so he couldn't miss it.

Hearing Izt's words, Raistlin did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Find this beholder, I need its demon soul."

"Do you want to strip away the elements of the beholder and make it into a seal?" Dawnsos misunderstood at once, and so did other teammates.

Until now, no one knew that Raistlin was a mage.

He didn't explain much, just nodded.

"The beholder will be very careful to hide its lair, and its territory is also very large, and it is not easy to find it." Izzet said: "They are natural spellcasters, and secretly control slaves, so are the slaves in the lair. The most powerful ones are numerous and dangerous."

"We've even killed the Balor, and we're still afraid of a beholder?" Barack didn't care.

"Too."

Izzet laughed twice.

He had just been promoted to the holy rank demon hunter, and his position of strength was still a legend, and he was unable to change it for a while.

Beholders are extremely talented, and they are legends when they are adults, but like all creatures, it is very difficult for them to advance to the holy rank. There may not be many holy-rank beholders in the entire dark region. This is only the upper level of the Underdark, and the beholder who controls the Kou-too murlocs is more than 99% legendary and should not be feared.

The dark elf pointed to the far side of the cave, "There should be some clues in the kuo-too tribe."

"let's go."

Raistlin waved his staff and cast mass teleportation.

The scene in front of them changed. The group of people passed through the forest in an instant to the edge of the cave. The river formed a large lake here. The rock wall fell into the water, and the water flowed. Obviously, it led to an unknown space below. Fleeing underwater.

They also participated in the ambush just now, but they were lucky to be outside the range of the burning cloud technique, and they escaped to the bottom of the potential river.

"We go into the water?" Barack asked.

"No need."

Raistlin turned on his all-seeing eye to track the fleeing kuo-too murlocs. The underwater darkness receded, and he clearly caught the murloc's route.

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

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

Izzet and Athena rushed in.

By the time Raistlin came out of the portal, the two of them had already started a killing spree, and there was blood everywhere. This is a closed damp cave with a diameter of only two or 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 made of wood.

This cave is the tribe of the kuo-toa.

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

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

A pale white ray shot out from the body and the mirror's hand, and immediately, the river in the cave was frozen, blocking the escape route of the kuo-too.

There are more than 300 kuo-too people in the cave, most of them are old and weak.

But they are no less fierce than any evil creature. When there is no way to escape, they launch a suicide attack on the enemy, like an egg hitting a stone, and the result is no accident.

Gunshots exploded, thunder and lightning roared.

In less than half a minute, the kuo-too was almost killed. The only one alive was a legendary murloc hunter, who was supposed to be in charge of the tribe who stayed behind. He was stunned by Athena's shield and thrown at the feet of everyone.

A tranquility technique landed on its fish head and woke it up.

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

This legendary fish-man is more than two meters tall, with a strong body, strong muscles under the blue-gray fish scales, wearing simple leather armor, and a pair of round and protruding eyes on both sides of the fish's head flashing fear, not daring to hide it at all. He replied honestly: "It is the great 'Gugo Zerakan'."

What it said was still a strange screeching noise, but with the help of his language proficiency, Raistlin could already understand the murloc language.

"A beholder?" he asked.

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

Raistlin thought, sure enough.

Then he said to Izzet, "You guessed it right, there are indeed beholders behind them." By the way, he gave each teammate a blessing on language proficiency.

Barack immediately continued the interrogation: "Have you seen that beholder? Where is the lair?"

"I've been to the master's lair twice, but it blinded my eyes with magic, so we couldn't find the exact location." The kuo-too were afraid that these terrifying enemies would kill themselves, and timidly replied: " Ladies and gentlemen, 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 an elder beholder."

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

The Elder Beholder is also known as the "Eye of the Elder", a mutant that only appears among hundreds of beholders. It has a longer lifespan than ordinary beholders, and can live for at least five hundred years. The size, strength, and defense of beholder elders are much stronger than ordinary beholders. What is even stronger is their spellcasting ability, and they are known as mages among beholders.

They are extremely intelligent, and their spellcasting abilities become stronger as they age.

The beholder elders are at least legendary, the possibility of intermediate and high-level ones is very high, and they control a lot of slaves. A beholder elder's lair 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 beholder elder must have an anti-magic field and a lot of spells.

Raistlin looked at the Kotoo fish and said lightly, "Take us to your master, and I can save your life."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir!"

The murloc was overjoyed, and without waiting for everyone's urging, it got up and pointed to the end of the frozen river, "Please come with me, lords."

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

Soon and the group left the kuo-too tribe.

In order to survive, this kuo-too did not dare to cheat at all. Along the way, it took Raistlin and the others through dozens of caves, deviating further and further from Izt’s predetermined route, entering unfamiliar areas through some hidden passages, and encountered other underground creatures along the way, almost all of them. Slaves of the Elder Beholder.

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

Then he was killed by Raistlin and the others, and he didn't let them go back to report to the beholder.

After a day of trekking, the Kou Tao yumen finally led the crowd into a huge underground cave, with countless stalactites hanging down from the top of their heads. The terrain was very complicated. There were many openings and forks on the surrounding rock walls, leading to different directions.

"Sir, I can only bring it here."

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

This is the moment that decides its life and death.

Raistlin had been observing the kuo-toa with the soul's eye to confirm that it wasn't lying, and waved, "You can go."

"Yes, thank you sir!" The Kou Taoyu scrawled and ran.

After sending the Koo-toa away, Raistlin began to observe the cave, and soon found the clue.

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