He saw that today's protagonist, Graal's son Lando, had taken off his armor and was wearing a formal suit. The bride standing next to him was also wearing an elegant dress.

As the half-elf poet said, this Miss Natasha from the City of Shades is not a transformed Shade.

The beautiful bride has a proud and slender face and long black hair. Her lips and eyelids are sprinkled with sapphire powder, and she wears a black dress dotted with purple patterns.

As she spins, it looks like ever-changing shadows.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure, Brian couldn't help but recall the information about her.

Natasha Tanshur, daughter of the ghost prince Desud.

Her profession is level 5 Netherese Arcanist/Level 10 Shadow Mentor, and she also works as a 5-level Shar Priest. (Note: Arcanist comes from the name of wizards during the Netherese period.

Therefore, whether it is a warlock or a wizard, the City of Shadows follows the ancient tradition and calls itself an arcanist.)

In addition to participating in the shadow wedding in Mokou Town, Natasha...

The most famous thing is that after the fall of the Kingdom of Cormyr, she and her sister were secretly summoned by the High King. During a communication banquet composed of young spellcasters from Shade City, they transformed another patient into a lich.

The old man of Thriel, Ravok, an old lich whose strength is comparable to that of the High King, is attracted here.

When the old lich tried to appear and deprive these young spellcasters of their souls and minds, he fell into the trap of the High King and was almost killed on the spot.

Although the Netheril Empire has long been destroyed, with the fall of the floating city and the failure of the immortality spell, many powerful great arcanists died.

But there are also a few who survived by transforming lichs, such as Iolum, Ovo, and Larok. These lichs with a challenge level of 35 or above are still alive today.

When another remnant of Netherese, the Halrua from the south of the continent, predicted that the return of Toril's twin world Abel would lead to the destruction of the Halrua kingdom.

In order to avoid disaster, they came to the Enook Desert again.

Suddenly, the entire desert became lively.

The three forces of Netheril, the lich, the wraith, and the Halrua, are like a swarm of demons dancing around, fighting traditional battles in the Aynorok Desert.

Of course, in addition to competing for orthodox status and territory, the fundamental reason is due to the melting of the Supreme Glacier. Many intact ruins and strategic fortresses from the Netherese period have surfaced, and there are even stories about the three major creations.

The ancient city of Saluk Wuhui, one of the race.

This is also the reason why Brian set his target in the Enoch Desert.

Although he was facing the City of Shadows, he resolutely made his choice.

After all, as a force in the evil camp, Yinhun City inevitably has a tradition of involution and intrigue within it.

In his opinion, the degree of involution of these ghost princes was only a little worse than that of the red-robed wizards in Ser.

There are even some ambitious ghost princes who try to replace the High King.

It is obviously impossible to get such a group of people to work together.

He also clearly knew that the ghost forces responsible for the invasion of Mokou Town and Cormyr, in addition to the ghost prince Desud Tanshur, also had the High King's deputy Hajhorna, a shadow mage who had also reached the legendary realm.

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Desud Tanshur's profession is a level 15 Netherese arcanist/level 10 shadow mentor.

He is the most silent among the 12 princes, and his silence has been famous in the City of Shadows for a long time.

Because he rarely speaks directly to others, and when he does, his tone reflects wisdom and insight.

Within the royal family, he was more of a peacemaker, with the other 11 princes often seeking his advice on vexing issues and secret quarrels.

In these problems, he is rarely biased, but analyzes the situation in detail and then proposes insightful and reasonable solutions.

The High King often appointed him as a member of military or political committees, and among his compatriots he was the second most powerful person after the Great Prince.

This most silent prince has never been heard of taking a step outside the City of Shadows.

Hajhorna's profession is level 12 Netherese Arcanist/Level 10 Shadow Tutor.

Evil, ruthless, and scheming, although Hajhorna is not the son of the High King, he has climbed to the top of the powerful hierarchy in Shade City by relying on his talents, decisiveness, and manipulation of hostile forces.

At the same time, he is also the personal messenger and spokesperson of the Lord of Yinhun City.

From the two legendary mages sent by the High King to deal with the Kingdom of Cormyr, we can see how much they attach importance to this kingdom.

The only thing that made Brian happy was that these two legendary arcanists were afraid of the chosen people of the Magic Goddess from the Valley of Shadows and did not dare to leave the City of Shadows easily, so he took advantage of the loophole.

"Dear ladies and gentlemen! You are welcome to come here...and our guests from Sultansa are also welcome!"

While Brian was deep in thought, businessman Grall shook his bloated body and loudly said passionately: "Praise the Lost Lady! Praise the priestesses of the Lost Lady! Your arrival has given us a great honor!"

"Pah! Pah! Pah!..."

Whether it was sincerity or hypocrisy, the thunderous applause instantly drowned out Graer's excited and warm speech.

Brian ignored the clutter and secretly looked at the group of people entering from the door of the banquet hall.

A total of thirty people entered the banquet hall.

Half of them were wearing black heavy armor. The light yellow cloaks of these cold-looking dark knights were printed with the black rising sun symbolizing the power of the shadow prince Desud Tanshur.

The other fifteen people were all dressed in black priest robes with purple borders. From the black disc mark inside the purple border, it can be seen that these people are obviously priests of the night goddess Shar.

At this time, facing the cheers of the slave owners and merchants, Graal in the crowd was as proud as a fat peacock, laughing heartily.

"Since our most distinguished guest has arrived, I declare that the sacred wedding ceremony will now begin!" Graal raised his hands and cheered with trembling fat:

“Let us celebrate the Lost Lady together!”

"Praise to the Lost Lady!"

The shouts quickly spread and spread throughout the entire banquet hall.

Looking at such a lively scene, Brian sneered. As long as he knew enough about Miss Lost, it would be easy to see that this was obviously a conspiracy.

Because Shar, the goddess of the night, has a very strong love for secrets.

To put it simply, Shar's priests can please their goddesses through secret affairs.

Therefore, her priests like to satisfy her need for secrecy through behind-the-scenes manipulation and behind-the-scenes conspiracies.

It is the existence of these dark cabals and organizations that arouse people's desire to be part of elites or important matters, and they are also committed to using and promoting such groups to keep secrets.

With enthusiastic cheers, the priest from Shar, the goddess of the night, walked out of the corner and slowly came to the newlyweds.

They all lifted their hoods, revealing their long black hair, and shouted loudly:

"In the presence of the lost lady Shar, I send you my most sincere blessings. The time has come to witness our loyalty and faith!

The great lost lady.

We have emptied our hearts of hypocrisy.

We have defeated your enemies.

In the darkness, we see your truth.

Embrace us, you loyal warriors.

Hide us in your shadow.

Lead us to victory.

Follow the will of the goddess.

It’s like night falls.”

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Fifteen priestesses of Shar followed Miss Natasha and chanted fanatical hymns together.

It is indeed a night-covered ceremony!

Just when most people in the audience felt something was wrong, Brian had already guessed the intentions of these priestesses.

The most important ritual of the Shar cult is called Night Shroud, which means the coming of darkness.

The ceremony consists of the following: a main prayer, a dance, an accusation from the goddess, a priest, or a black-haired woman through the mouth of a believer, or some inspirational words, and a

A carnival celebration consisting of eating, drinking and dancing together.

Ordinary believers are required to attend at least one Nightfall.

On a moonless night, the coming of night will be called the coming of the goddess, and each believer must perform some major revenge or evil act in the name of the Lady of Dark Night.

In other words, this will be a ritual of horrific slaughter and evil that lasts all night and ends with a feast.

Brian knew very well that these priestesses wanted to use the power brought by this ritual to increase their own strength and at the same time teleport all their men entrenched outside Mokou Town.

Otherwise, they alone would not be able to complete this ceremony.

"Come, great lost lady! Your humble followers pray for your attention! Grant me your favor!" All the priests of Shar raised their hands and shouted in unison.

The sound of fanaticism echoed in the spacious banquet hall.

However, a bizarre scene happened.

During the seemingly long but short wait of countless people, nothing happened...

The expression of the priestess of Shar changed.

Obviously, they didn't know why they worked together to cast a teleportation spell to summon reinforcements, but it had no effect at all.
To be continued...