Even the legendary team encountered in the Kuo-Tao Fishman Town did not dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they could kill a wizard in their own secret room.

Hesiah looked at Brian in surprise.

She originally thought that the arrival of the incarnation of the demon lord Demogorgon was just the result of the joint efforts of the Ixi Rays and the Kuo-Toa people, but she did not expect that the problem had become so serious.

Does this mean that if the Underdark cannot stop this power, the next target of the Abyss Demons will be the Kingdom of Cormyr in the surface world?

She felt unbelievable at her amazing idea.

But her subconscious told her that when she returned to the surface world, she must make preparations in advance.

"That's it." The Stone Whisperer raised his head and stared at the glittering runes on the stone wall, muttering to himself:

"No wonder Leawood, who has always been calm and down-to-earth, has undergone such a big change. It turns out that this evil force has slowly penetrated from the rocks into the depths of our hearts."

"Although the madness caused by the demon lords has not completely affected the Aldus King City, some evil entities hidden in the city have begun to make early preparations for the arrival of madness." Brian took the stone appropriately.

The words of the giant old man said to him:

"They began to worship demons and used corrupting rituals to accelerate the spread of madness symptoms in the city, thereby expanding the area and social class touched by the influence of the demon lord, because these cultists had already planned to dedicate the entire city to their upcoming master."

Brian had encountered two incarnations of the demon lord one after another, and he had to admit that this demon lord's approach was obviously smarter.

He was not in a hurry to show up, but instead used the surging energy radiated from the earth's veins to let the cultists who believed in him take advantage of the city's chaos little by little and slowly penetrate it until everyone in the entire city was affected by this power.

Influenced and completely driven into madness.

As expected of the demon lord who is said to be the most like the devil king, he thought to himself secretly.

"Then how should we fight against this force?" The wise and knowledgeable old stone giant sighed softly and sincerely asked Brian for advice.

"The cultists hiding in the dark have corrupted the King of the Deep." Brian met the old man's turbid gaze and said to him, "Their next target is you. I don't need to say this. You should be able to feel it now.

The only way is to find the cultists' hiding place and destroy their corrupting rituals."

"You know where they are hiding." The old man looked at Brian.

"That's right." Brian nodded.

"So, you need my help." The Stone Whisperer pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked at the calm-looking surface man.

"To be precise, you should need my help." Brian shook his head slightly, corrected his words, and then said:

"Because you should have felt that this power is corrupting your people a long time ago. Although you can still resist with your current ability, Liwood's madness has shown me that you are starting to lose strength. So, instead of being passive,

Defense, why can't we take the initiative and directly uproot the cultists hiding in the dark?"

"Tell me your conditions, fugitives from the surface." The old man was silent for a while, revealed the identities of the two people, and said meaningfully:

"Although I cannot leave the Smoky Quartz Cave in order to resist the spread of evil power and its impact on my people, the strength of my stone giant clan is such that no landowner clan in the entire Aldus King City dares to underestimate it."

"I can destroy the evil ritual used by the cultists to corrupt the entire city, and you stone giants must, under the command of the gray dwarf prince Erdi, forcefully break into the Deep King's fortress and kill this king who has been completely corrupted by the devil.

Kill all the demon messengers."

Brian weighed the plan in his mind, briefly informed the old stone giant, and then said: "As you may think, there is no free lunch in the world. The reason why I help you is mainly based on two conditions."

"Please tell me." The old stone giant looked at Brian thoughtfully and nodded without any surprise.

"First, I need a Stone Whisperer Crystal." Brian calmly stated his first condition and his intention, "because this crystal is the key to the Engraved Valley."

The Engraved Valley is a legendary library.

Carved from the skeleton of the world by stone giants long ago, protected by ancient and powerful magic, it also possesses a sense of self.

The mission of the three stone giants who live in the library is to record and maintain the knowledge of their race, as well as the echoes of the past, present and future that permeate the halls.

The reason why he wanted to go to the Engraved Valley was not only because he longed for the rich knowledge there, but also because he wanted to find the whereabouts of an illithid mastermind lich with a challenge level as high as level 68 during the Netheril era.

Of course, with his current level, he would not dare to try to enter this legendary library.

Only when his strength reaches level 4 paragon or above can he withstand the chaotic echoes of time and space in the Engraved Valley and find the person he wants to find.

However, in order to enter the Engraved Valley, in addition to joining the Guild of Light, the simplest way is to obtain a Stone Whisperer Crystal personally made by a priest from the Stone Giant clan who believes in the God of Stone Giants.

"You actually know about the 'Engraved Valley', the holy land of our Stone Giant clan." Hearing Brian mention the 'Engraved Valley', the old Stone Giant man was moved, and his eyes when he looked at him were full of shock and disbelief.

"I agree to your request." He thought about it for a moment, weighed it in his heart, and nodded slightly.

"Originally, I only had one condition."

Seeing the old man nodding, Brian thought about his words and said to him, "But seeing your current situation, I think that once the threat of abyss corruption is resolved, you can completely move your family to other places and avoid it completely.

The disaster brought about by the demon of the abyss."

"Smart surface people."

There was an inexplicable smile in the old stone giant's cloudy eyes, and he said to Brian, "Thank you for taking so much trouble to consider our clan. It seems that you must have helped us find a more suitable place to go, right?"

"That's right." After someone saw through his thoughts, Brian replied calmly without blushing.

"In the north of the Kingdom of Cormyr, in the rocky wasteland of the Stormhorn Mountains and the Mokou Mountains, there is a new town called Mokou Town. I think this Mokou Mountains, which is strong enough to withstand the fierce winds of the Enook Desert, is of great help to you.

In terms of the development of the stone giant clan, it is undoubtedly an oasis in the desert."

"Of course I know about the Mokou Mountains." The old man nodded slightly, recalling the past events and told him:

"The former dwarf kingdom of Tesyama once occupied the entire Mokou Mountains. Unfortunately, seven hundred years ago, it fell into the hands of orcs, ogres, evil wizards and demons, and the demons are still lurking there today.

Among the mountains. The last king of Tethyama died in the city of Arabel in the Kingdom of Cormyr in 1369 of the Valley Era. Before his death, he still dreamed of regaining the lost kingdom."

After the stone giant old man finished recalling, he shook his head slightly and looked at Brian suspiciously, "Similar to the fate of the dwarf kingdom Tesyama, Mokou Town was no longer a small town in the Kingdom of Cormyr ten years ago.

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Brian stretched out his hand to stop Hesiah, who was a little annoyed by the old man's words and was about to answer. He slowly took out the purple dragon seal ring that had not yet been returned, showed it to him, and said firmly:

"As long as the purple dragon's flag still flies, it will always belong to the territory of the Kingdom of Cormyr."

Hearing this, Hesiah looked at Brian with a complicated expression.

Although she had hinted to Brian many times about Mokou Town, the tone of his words always made her feel like he didn't care about gains and losses.

Therefore, she didn't know whether what Brian said to the old stone giant in such a firm tone at this moment was sincere.

Thinking of his lofty goal of conquering the Anorok Desert and his actions to win over the gray dwarves and stone giants, she vaguely felt something.

Hesiah secretly looked at Brian from the corner of her eye.

She felt that if it was as she thought, she wouldn't mind making the decision she had already begun to consider when she returned to the surface.

"In that case, it won't be too late for us to talk about cooperation after you capture Mokou Town." The old stone giant narrowed his astigmatistic eyes, looked at Brian, and said softly.
Chapter completed!