Chapter 669: Maara, the God of Hunting

The total time he spent dealing with the shadow plane and the etheric plane in his previous life was not as much as one month in this life. Especially the five days of spell training that had just ended gave him a deeper understanding of the etheric plane. The spiritual plasticity of the etheric plane allows it to be entangled with the material plane far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. They are dealing with the etheric plane all the time, but they are not aware of it - such as the dreams formed in their sleep. , is the temporary overlapping area created by the interweaving of itself and the etheric plane.

"I didn't expect the general to have such research on the transparent world. Compared to illusion, I am more inclined to this situation." Crown Princess now also has her own ideas, "But this situation will not occur naturally, it will only have a magical effect. To create a powerful magic effect, especially the magic effect that engulfs the entire Luji Town, it is not something that ordinary magic can do, at least it must be a legendary spell."

"It is impossible to draw accurate conclusions based on the intelligence of outsiders' investigation of this kind of matter. The simplest way is to confirm it in person. Whether it is illusion or plane overlap, it will involve a large amount of magic power. Ordinary people can sense it. No, we can sense it, and maybe we can find clues from it," Gavin suggested.

"That's true." Crown Princess agreed with Gavin's suggestion. "For safety reasons, the preliminary investigation should be conducted from the air. I wonder if I will be lucky enough to invite the general to accompany me."

"Okay." Gavin readily agreed. When he made this suggestion, he had no intention of leaving himself out. This might be an opportunity to establish a deeper friendship with the Crown Princess.

War and adventure have always been a good way to quickly build deep friendships.

Gavin and the Crown Princess are both action-minded, and they started taking action after a little planning.

Gavin recruited Luna, the half-moon pony, and Tynarasta recruited her own royal griffon.

The two men were also riding along the logger's trail. They were even less familiar with the environment here and needed a reference point.

The Loggers Trail lives up to its name. Not to mention it can accommodate vehicles. Even if you are riding a horse, if you want to pass through here, you have to be careful not to go too fast. If you are not careful, you will be attacked by the dense tree trunks and branches. It was swept down immediately.

Following this kind of forest path from the air is a very challenging thing in itself. Fortunately, Gavin has Luna, a half-moon horse. She has half of the fairy wilderness blood, which makes her very capable in nature. Powerful, blessed by the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, relying on Moando's seeds to build the Corruption Furnace, and starting the Druid profession, her abilities in this area were brought to an extreme, and all animals Plants can become her eyesight, and there is no such thing as getting lost.

After only flying three kilometers, Gavin said in an unusually sure tone: "What is shrouded here is not illusion, but ether energy. This place has serious overlap with the ether plane. Many things we see now, They are no longer in the material plane. No matter how we fly, there is no way to reach it. We must enter through the interior of the forest, where there should be an entrance reserved for us. "

This smell that seemed like a dream but not a dream, a combination of reality and reality was so familiar. It was very similar to the aura of Filancini, which made Gavin immediately confirm the situation here.

"Even if you want to join the game, you can't completely follow the opponent's plan." Crown Princess shook her head and said, "As long as we determine where the problem lies, the rest will be easier to handle. Flying skills, traveling in different worlds together."

Tynarasta first cast a flying spell on herself to escape from the royal griffon, then dragged Gavin and cast a nine-ring spell. As the magic power surged, their bodies and their equipment It began to vaporize and turned into a thin layer of mist.

After transforming into spirit bodies, the forest that originally shut them out was once again opened to them.

In other words, they entered another world.

The body that had just been transformed into a spirit body for less than a minute was transformed into a physical state again. The body was like a lump of iron and fell straight from the air. However, it did not hit the ground heavily, but followed it. As if the Feather Falling Technique was applied to his body, his feet landed lightly on the ground.

"Roar...the prey has arrived, and the hunting has begun."

A huge, wild roar sounded over the entire forest.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Roars came one after another from the depths of the forest, which were also filled with a strong wild atmosphere, but mixed with bloodthirsty excitement. Countless branches swayed, and there seemed to be endless monsters heading towards Gavin. and Tynarasta rushed over.

"No, something is not right here. This is not a simple etheric plane. It is shrouded by a special law. Everything has been heavily reshaped according to the other party's will. Compared to the etheric dream, this place is closer to The material plane. "The Crown Princess is also a frequent visitor to the etheric plane and knows very well what the real etheric plane is like.

This place does not look like the mist of the etheric plane. On the contrary, it is more material than the material plane, just like they came back after entering the etheric plane.

But a series of signs showed that they were still in the etheric plane.

For example, the blood moon hanging high in the sky is the biggest difference. In the material plane, the sun has just turned west. Although the sun in October is no longer harsh, it can at least provide wisps of warmth, unlike now. , some are just biting cold.

The blood moon, like a huge eye, was watching them with ill intent, as if it wanted to eat them to the last drop of their bones.

Gavin took a deep breath and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this is a dream, a real dream that combines dreams and reality, but this dream is not of one person, but of a god, the hunting god Maara. From now on, we are the prey in this dream, and everything is a supreme hunt for us."

He was certainly not guessing, but the real eye of the insight gem was taking effect. The blood moon hanging in the air was just an appearance. The real image was a beast claw with brown fur, and the end of its curved long claw was fresh red blood.

This was the holy emblem of the hunting god Maara. Combined with the information conveyed previously and the understanding of the real dream, it was not difficult to draw a conclusion.

Malar is one of the furious gods, representing the evil twisted side of nature. He is also known as the Beast Lord, the King of Beasts, the Black Blood Panther, the Bear God, and the Plundering Bear. His duties mainly include hunters, predatory beasts and monsters, blood, killing desire, tracking, and evil beastmen. Although he is only a weak god, his origin is very ancient, his beliefs are widely distributed, and his evil deeds run through the entire history of Faerun.

His evil reputation in Faerun is mainly brought by various beastmen, especially those evil beastmen who like to hunt and kill under his banner, which lures many other bloodthirsty, evil and intelligent creatures to join this ranks and enjoy the pleasure of killing.

Even some beastmen who are not particularly evil sometimes conduct supreme hunting under his witness. This is a sacred ritual for beastmen to release their hunting nature. The sacredness of duels to beastmen is like that of duels to human nobles.

Before this, Gavin and Tynarasta considered many possibilities, but they didn't consider that this place was actually combined in dreams, and it was a dream of a god.

"My spellcasting ability is limited, and I can't cast any spells." The Crown Princess' words were full of panic. The legendary spellcasting ability was her biggest trump card. Once she lost the spellcasting ability, a super warrior would be enough to kill her.

"My spellcasting ability is also limited. They really want to hunt us like animals." Gavin's face was a little dark, because he was restricted not only in his spellcasting ability, but also in his connection with Vizeme Manor.

This means that his biggest trump card, the Undead Vengeance Field, will be greatly discounted. He only has the most basic ability of cumulative revenge, and there is no way to summon the Real Shadow Legion to help.

This situation did not happen because the other party consciously targeted and banned it like they did with Tynarasta. It was purely due to the nature of the real dream here. Although it was still in the material plane and in the King's Forest of Cormier, it had been changed by the powerful will and etheric energy, forming a new world that was separated from the material plane - temporary.

In other words, Gavin's ability to summon the real Shadow Army using the Undead Vengeance Domain was only effective in the Shadow Plane and the Material Plane. It was invalid whether entering the Ether Plane, the Fey Wilderness, or the Astral Plane, because these transparent realms themselves had no connection with the Shadow Plane. On the contrary, this ability might still be available in other material planes or lower planes, but the specific situation could not be judged yet. We had to try it ourselves to know.

You don't need to look to know that the summoning ability of the Blood Oath Banner must not have been used, because it was a portable teleportation array, limited to teleportation in this plane, and there was no way to teleport across planes, not to mention that they were now in a real dream.

The only thing that can be used is to summon demons. Gavin, who has the real name of the six-armed snake demon, is equivalent to mastering the essence of the demon. He does not summon the demon, but uses the essence of the demon to temporarily reshape it. He uses the power in the current environment, which is naturally not subject to any restrictions.

Before Gavin can fully figure out which of his abilities are restricted and which abilities can still be used normally, a black shadow has silently jumped down from a tall tree behind him.

"Be careful!" Tainalasta shouted while pulling out the long sword in her hand. The crystal crown on her head flashed. She has completed the combat outfit, which is the golden dragon scale dragon armor that Gavin first saw her. If someone does not know her background, he would think she is a warrior.

Never underestimate the combat power of a spellcaster. If you think that limiting his spellcasting ability will turn him into a farmer with multiple life dice and can only be slaughtered in close combat, if you really have this kind of mind, you are basically not far from death.

All spellcasters, even if they are not like Gavin, whose melee ability is stronger than their spellcasting ability, will not completely give up on strengthening their melee ability. This kind of strengthening is not limited to training like a warrior, but to make up for it with unique spells and powerful magic equipment, in order to prevent the current situation from happening (casting ability is restricted).

The Crown Princess takes the path of equipment enhancement. Whether it is her armor or the long sword and round shield in her hand, they are all top-level equipment in the mortal world. In particular, the golden dragon scale armor is a sub-artifact. It not only has a stronger damage reduction ability than combat armor, but it is also a golem armor. In addition to being able to fight away from its master like a golem, it also has its own strength and agility value like the plundering and destroying arms. When someone wears it, if the wearer's strength and agility are higher than it, it will be based on the user's. If it is lower, it will be based on the golem armor itself. The basic attack bonus, number of attacks and number of moves are all in this case.

The golem armor also has its own health value, which will also be superimposed with the user. If the golem's health value is reduced to zero, its magic function will stop immediately, and the wearer will be regarded as a set of ordinary mithril full body armor until it is recharged and repaired again.

As for the Crown Princess's own melee ability, there should not be too much doubt. As a proud girl who has lived in countless halos since childhood, especially a proud girl with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, how could Tainalasta allow herself to have obvious weaknesses and shortcomings?

She received not only the most orthodox battle mage education, but also completed the Purple Dragon Knight training course with excellent results. She just lacked the bonus of the warrior template profession. In terms of skills, she is an experienced warrior. With a set of powerful equipment, it is undoubtedly a pipe dream to be on par with warriors of the same level, but it is no problem to fight against several extraordinary warriors without being killed quickly.

Boom!

Gavin's reaction speed is faster than Tainalasta's shout. Before her words fell, the huge roar and roar had already echoed in the King's Forest.

The hunter who originally pounced on Gavin, the slender body pounced on the spot, and even flew back dozens of centimeters before continuing to fall, and the bright red blood was like a fountain, spraying wildly.

The power of the Death Roar is as powerful as ever, especially against these unarmored beasts. It is really very useful. As long as it is hit in the vitals, it will definitely be killed.

The one that fell to the ground was a forest leopard, with a slender body of more than two meters, dark fur without a trace of color. The neck of this jungle killer has disappeared in half, revealing the folded neck bone. The eyes that are losing vitality are not the orange-yellow color of ordinary forest leopards, but red, revealing an endless desire for blood, hunting, and killing.

The reason why the real dream is called the real dream is that many things here are real, at least all living creatures are real, and the black forest leopard killed by Gavin is real.

But there are also elements of dreams here. The state of the black forest leopard is obviously abnormal. No matter how ferocious the animals are, they will only hunt to fill their stomachs, and will not deliberately kill for fun, especially those who seem to be not easy to provoke. This black forest leopard is infused with a stronger hunting desire in the dream, hunting for hunting, killing for killing.

It’s just that the relationship between hunters and prey has never been static, but depends on the strength comparison of both parties. It is normal for a hunter to become a prey in the previous second and the next second.

In this case, the black forest leopard is definitely not an exception, but all creatures in this real dream are subtly affected by this hunting desire. The longer they stay here, the more affected they are, because this is the dream of the hunting god Mala, and naturally they will be affected by his divinity. The whole real dream is turning into a hunting ground.

And Gavin and Tainalasta are the prey in this carefully planned hunting ground.

"Get on the horse, let's go, the hunters are about to surround us." Gavin jumped off the half-moon colt and sent the Crown Princess up.

Tenalasta's royal griffin, like Regina's, was a magical creature summoned by magic items. It did not follow the Crown Princess into the real dreamland, but the half-moon colt followed.

Death Roar is powerful, but it also has a huge defect of movement and noise, which is equivalent to sending a location to the hunters.

On the other hand, these hunters are all believers of the hunting god Mala, who has the priesthood of tracking and is good at hunting and tracking. Whether there is a death roar to guide them, they will run up by smell.

What's more, Gavin is not the kind of real, powerless prey. After hearing the noise, he can only flee in embarrassment. Who is the prey and who is the hunter? Everything is still unknown!

But Gavin would not stay there foolishly, waiting for those hunters to come and fight them. Who knows how many hunters are hidden in this real dream, what is the root cause of this real dream, and how much the God of Hunting has intervened in this matter. They have not figured it out yet. Breaking the real dream, summoning their own soldiers, and launching a counter-hunt against them is the kingly way.

"No, although my spellcasting ability is limited, I am not as weak as I thought. I can't be eaten by one or two beasts." The Crown Princess' voice was cold like steel, which was affected by the golem armor. The long sword in her hand stabbed out like lightning, a scream came from the darkness, and then she quickly retreated into the depths of the dense forest.

The next second, even more shrill screams and countless excited howls came from not far away. Just by listening to the sound, Gavin could imagine what happened over there and the bloody scene. A seriously injured bleeding monster was torn into pieces by countless bloodthirsty monsters that swarmed over and then eaten on the spot.