Broad World

Piercing the skin of the corpse with a dagger, Henry was surprised to find that the corpse was still alive. Although there is no soul, the various organs of the body are still functioning. As expected of an ancient vampire who has lived for thousands of years, even the corpses left behind are so unique. He laid the corpse flat and conducted all-round tests, and the results showed that not only did he have a very strong magic resistance, but also the recovery ability of the muscles and internal organs was amazing.

Shandier took the dimension bag and searched around the tomb. Not only a large amount of gold coins, gems, and jewels were harvested, but also several magic items and staffs were found. It seems that this ancient vampire should have been a mage during his lifetime, and the magic puppet standing motionless on the side is the best evidence.

After sweeping through the entire cave, the two returned to the Earl's Mansion with the corpse and the vampire puppet servant using the seventh-level magic "group teleportation". The biggest reward of this adventure is not the piles of gold coins, jewels and magic items, but the corpse of the ancient vampire and the magic puppets he made.

After systematic testing, Henry found that the vampire servant was permanently blessed with a magic similar to "wish". As long as you pay the corresponding value of gold coins and gems, you can simulate most magic and divine spells below level six. Of course, the cost of simulation is very high, ten times the price of magic and divine spell scrolls of the same level. This servant is closely associated with the weapon "Vampire's Revenge". As long as you hold this cursed weapon in your hand, you can call him to your side at any time.

The creative inventions of ancient vampires amazed Henry and Sandy who were doing research. They quickly understood this alchemy technique, and then began to conduct various experiments on the corpses of ancient vampires. First, two people took a tube of blood and injected it into the mouse. In the blink of an eye, the mouse mutated. Not only the volume rapidly expanded several times. And his personality has become extremely irritable.

Henry tried throwing a chicken into the cage. The mutated mouse rushed forward, bit the chicken's neck and sucked the blood greedily. In just two minutes, a chicken was drained of blood and died. This phenomenon immediately aroused the interest of the two casters. Normally, only when a vampire voluntarily engages in a first embrace will a new vampire be born. Forcibly withdrawing it like they do, and then injecting it will not cause any reaction.

Obviously this common sense does not apply to the corpse of this ancient vampire. In the following time, Sandyr kept using spells to test the subject to conduct a series of tests such as immobilization, paralysis, positive energy, negative energy, flame, strong acid, sound wave, and freezing. After getting the specific data, she took the mouse to the sun, and the vampire was burnt to ashes by the strong positive energy within a minute.

All evidence points to it. The blood in this ancient vampire's body has the ability to create vampires. However, Henry's time is a bit tight, and there is no time to do more experiments. Since it has been three days since he left the team, Apodel should be arriving at the gate of Candlekeep soon. He handed over all the experimental matters to Sandy, and hurried through the portal by himself.

The sorceress had a cruel smile on her face after seeing Henry leave. Now she can finally let go and catch some ordinary people for experiments. Anyway, it's such a mess outside now, no one would care if a few beggars died casually. After the past few days of getting along, Shandier has become very clear about her master's character. At that time, as long as the research results can be obtained, it is nothing to die a few people.

Thanks to the precise positioning of the noble emblem, Henry accurately teleported to the road only ten meters away from his teammates. Seeing him appearing out of nowhere, Apodel laughed and ran over to hug each other. "You've come on time. We're a few hours from Candlekeep. Tell me. What have you found?"

"Haha, I came here at the right time. Here. This is your book, and this weapon is the secret hidden in the book." Henry smiled and took out the ancient book and "Vampire's Revenge" and told what happened. Of course, the corpse of the ancient vampire was selectively ignored. Everyone sighed when they heard that he not only solved the riddle in the book in just three days, but also obtained a treasure that was widely spread.

Henry, who had already been prepared, directly took out one-sixth of the gold coins in the treasure, which was a total of 150,000 gold coins. However, these are gold coins from ancient times. If they are converted into modern gold coins, they are worth between 250,000 and 300,000 yuan. Getting a lot of money out of thin air instantly boosted everyone's morale. Apodel even suggested that perhaps he could try to smash the leader of the Iron Throne to death with gold coins.

The group headed towards Candlekeep talking and laughing. Henry put "Vampire's Revenge" back into the dimension bag. Obviously, these people did not see the value of this sword. You must know that as long as there are enough gold coins and gems, the puppet servant can release magic and divine spells infinitely. If there is no legendary spellcaster among the enemies, he can use money to smash the opponent to death.

Arriving at the gate of Candlekeep, Apodel handed over the ancient book. The gatekeeper briefly recognized the contents of the book, and then let everyone enter the gate. Imoen took a deep breath and shouted, "Candlekeep! I'm finally back!"

Jasila looked around vigilantly and warned the girl: "If I were you, I wouldn't yell. You must know that we are the thorn in the side of the Iron Throne. Maybe their eyes and ears are secretly watching nearby."

"Don't worry! I'm a smart Imoen. Every plant and tree here is very familiar, if there is a stranger, I would have discovered it long ago." The girl turned around and made a face at the others.

Apodel nodded with a smile and said to Jasila, "Don't worry, Imoen has stolen everyone's wallet here. If someone is spying on us, they will definitely not be able to escape her eyes."

While the others were talking and laughing, Henry noticed a silver light flashing in the eyes of several people in the distance. If he was wrong, these people were all shapeshifters. They were obviously a little afraid of the "Konta's Sword" on Apodel, so they didn't dare to get too close, otherwise the magic weapon against the shapeshifter would start to vibrate immediately.

It seems that Salovke has already arranged everything, not only to use their hands to kill the top executives of the Iron Throne, but also intends to completely eradicate his brother Apodel. Although I don't know how much of Candlekeep's power these shapeshifters can control, but trouble will definitely be serious when the time comes.

A group of people walked towards the Candlekeep Inn, and Aberdell and Aimon met many acquaintances along the way. From what they said, the people on the Iron Throne arrived a few days ago. These guys are renting a room for a secret meeting tomorrow. After getting this news, everyone's hanging hearts were finally relieved.

Came to the lobby of the Candlekeep Inn, the boss Winthrop happily joked. "Wow! The robbers are coming! Fasten the door and kill these little rascals!"

"Damn it! It's good to be home! Winthrop, my old man!" Imoen jumped up and hugged the fat boss.

Winthrop patted the girl on the back and put her down, then turned to Aberdell and said, "I'm so glad to see your naughty face again! How have you been outside recently? Have you encountered any trouble?"

"It's not just trouble, it's dangerous." Apodell smiled wryly and found a chair to sit down. "We are investigating the cause of this iron crisis. An organization called the Iron Throne organized and participated in this incident. Do you know anything about them?"

Winthrop frowned slightly. As the only hotel in Candlekeep, he can often hear some news from scholars, nobles and mages who come and go. After thinking about it for a while, the boss poured everyone a glass of ale. "Iron Throne, boy... There is no bigger and more despicable business organization on the entire west coast than them. They only drew a line with the Kingdom of Cormyr a while ago, and I advise you not to get involved with these guys."

Henry pushed his cup to Minsk calmly, and then put Aberdell's latest reward order on the table. "It's not that we deliberately wanted to trouble the Iron Throne. Look at this reward order, it's because they have always wanted Apodel's life. According to the investigation, these guys are not only making trouble in the Baldur's Gate area, but also murdered Grian."

"One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand. My God! Apodel, what have you done? These people actually offered a reward of 10,000 gold coins for your head!" Winthrop's eyes widened and his mouth didn't close for a long time.

"What did you do?" Apodel sneered and clenched his fists. "I ruined all their plans. When I return to Candlekeep this time, I want to thoroughly investigate what these guys are doing. We have already obtained the support of Duke Irtan, and we will arrest them as soon as we have evidence."

Henry shook his head secretly. The Iron Throne is a giant business organization throughout the western continent. If it wasn't for Salovek's tricks, it's not certain who will win with the power of Duke Irtan alone. However, he also intends to take advantage of the chaos to drive this organization out of the land of Baldur's Gate, otherwise it will take a lot of energy to prevent some small moves.

Seeing that Aberdell, Imon, and Winthrop were chatting more and more happily, Henry left the hotel alone and went to the library of Candlekeep for a few laps. He carefully searched for the knowledge he needed, and secretly wrote down the location of these books. In just a few hours, I found more than a hundred books and materials that I had never heard of.

Looking at the rows of bookshelves, Henry only hated himself for being too short on time. There are too many books here, and it will take at least three days to search them all. He really had no choice but to choose books that recorded profound magical knowledge first. In the afternoon, Henry looked through almost all the bookshelves in the magic area, and reluctantly left the library and returned to the hotel until dark.

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