The castle guards who had repaired themselves became particularly respectful towards the protagonist group, bowed slightly to them, and said in an admiring tone:
"Young warriors, congratulations on successfully passing my test!"
"You have proven with your strength that you are qualified to challenge my master. Now please come with me. I will take you to visit the beautiful and noble Ms. Glinda."
After hearing his words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, put away their weapons, and followed the castle guards into the castle gate.
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As soon as the screen changed, the game stage switched to the first floor of the castle.
The spacious and bright hall was arranged as a competition arena, with a row of weapon racks placed against the wall on the left, and various armors and human-shaped targets for practicing bows and arrows on the right.
Glinda, the owner of the castle, sits on the throne.
This famous southern witch is tall and beautiful. She wears a golden crown, a fiery red robe with patterns of lightning and clouds, and a thin sword at her waist.
On the armrest on the left side of the throne, there lies a fairy dragon as big as a cat. Its fine scales shine with an iridescent halo, and its wings are almost transparent, resembling the membrane wings of an insect.
This little thing is Glinda's familiar. While enjoying the caress of its owner, it looks curiously at the visitors who follow the castle guards into the hall.
"Kind Ms. Glinda, I came to Quedlin Township from the distant Emerald City to visit you, and I want to ask you for a favor."
From the moment she walked into the hall, Ma Yun lost control of the heroine Dorothy Gale and could only watch her bow to the witch on the throne and express her feelings.
"You want to ask me to use teleportation magic to send you back to your hometown in another dimension?"
Glinda stood up and slowly walked down the throne. Her eyes fell on the silver shoes on Dorothy's feet, and a strange smile appeared on her lips.
"Little girl, it's hard for you to come all the way to me. In fact, it's not difficult to realize your wish. But having said that, my help cannot be in vain. How much are you willing to pay to go home?"
"I'm willing to pay any price!" Dorothy replied without hesitation. Then she felt it was inappropriate and quickly added: "The prerequisite is that I can't hurt my friends."
"Haha... little girl, I like your strength and persistence, and I have heard rumors about you. Since you have defeated the Witch of the East and the Witch of the West, why don't you challenge me, the Witch of the South?"
Glinda still had a smile on her lips, but her eyes became as fiery as fire, showing her aggressive character.
"Let's make a bet. If you can defeat me in the contest, not only can you get my help and return to your hometown safely, but you can also copy your favorite magic from my spell book."
"On the other hand, if you lose in the competition, you will have to hand over your spell book to me and be a maid in my castle for a whole year until today next year when you get the chance to challenge me again."
"Little girl, do you dare to challenge me?" Glinda said provocatively.
Dorothy hesitated for a moment and said awkwardly: "Dear Madam, I knew before I came that if I want to get your help, I must first get your approval on the fighting field. However, the problem is... there are only two of us.
A duel, or can I bring my magic pets and the constructed servants I made?"
"You've got the point right." Glinda smiled lightly, "I have two challenge modes here. You can choose whichever mode you think has a higher winning rate."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ma Yun regained control over the heroine and received a system prompt asking her to choose between a one-on-one fight or a group fight.
A: duel mode
The heroine and Glinda have a one-on-one duel, and neither party can bring magic pets or constructed servants.
B:Team battle mode
All members of the protagonist group challenge Glinda's pet, the dragon castle guards.
"Brother Fei! Sister Feng! Should I choose a one-on-one fight or a group fight?"
Xiao Ma asked a question in the Astrolabe team channel.
"Rich man, don't make a choice in a hurry. I'll investigate Glinda." Gao Fei replied.
This time the astrolabe provided more information than expected.
Glinda, the Witch of the South, is a level 13 eladrin mage with a challenge level of 13.
For a level 13 human mage, the challenge level is usually not higher than level 10. Glinda's challenge level is particularly high. In addition to the bonus brought by the powerful racial talents of the eladrin, her gorgeous equipment must also be taken into consideration.
This great witch wears a "Sage Crown" with an intelligence attribute of 6 on her head, "Flying Wing Boots" on her feet, and a "3 Sharp Edge Armor-Breaking Sword" on her waist - this one has "Armor-Breaking Sword"
"When an enchanted rapier stabs an enemy, 9 points of armor or natural armor level will be deducted automatically, similar to armor-piercing bullets.
Glinda's red robe is actually an "epic" magic weapon called the "Summer Robe"!
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Midsummer Robe (epic level): Wearer's defense level and saving throw resistance are 2; immune to fire damage; automatically recharges 10 times a day, and every time 1 energy is spent, it can be used to instantly cast 1st-level "Thunder Wave" or 2nd-level "Thunder Wave"
"Wind-making Technique".
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"Summer Robe" is immune to fire damage, which gives Goofy the biggest headache. After a fight, "Scorching Ray" will be useless.
The eladrin automatically gains the "Strong" feat in the summer, and Glinda is also blessed with "false life", which increases her health to 151, which is quite high for a mage.
In addition to the super high intelligence attributes, 18 points of strength, 22 points of agility and 18 points of physical fitness are all far beyond the level that a mage should have.
This is because the physical attributes of the eladrin will be greatly strengthened every summer, commensurate with its brave and aggressive character.
In the column of Glinda's special abilities, in addition to the professional abilities expected of a 13th-level mage, Gao Fei also saw the three talents revealed by Janet the tigress - "Fairy Steps", "Extraordinary Elegance" and "Fear Aura"
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In addition, Glinda also has damage-reducing armor of 10/magic cold iron.
It's a pity that Gao Fei and others don't have magical cold iron weapons.
This means that any attack against Glinda will automatically deduct 10 points of damage.
Glinda has a ridiculous amount of expertise!
Goofy took a quick look and found that Glinda's expertise could be divided into two categories.
The first is spellcasting expertise, including "combat spellcasting", "spell counterattack", "skilled spellcaster" and six metamagic feats——
"Spell expansion", "Spell delay", "Spell range increase", "Spell silent release", "Spell fixed release" and "Spell enhancement".
Summer Eldest will also awaken a bunch of additional combat feats, including "Dexterous Movements", "Weapon Proficiency", "Combat Reflexes", "Tit for Tat", "Great Cleave" and "Multiple Attacks".
From the perspective of specialty configuration, Glinda can be said to be a master of both magic and martial arts in the standard sense, and is worthy of being the final boss of the module!
