The adventurers left the shadow under the stone. This time, Victor was in front, and he would lead them to the group of monsters he found.
There are many winged humanoid races in Faerûn, such as dragonborn, eagle people, winged people, harpies, and maybe some demons, little devils, thorn devils and the like.
Various bat-men, bird-men, dragon-men, demons... can all be humanoid creatures with wings.
Anyway, there seems to be no reproductive isolation setting in the world of Toril. As long as they have some kind of protist bloodline with wings, everyone may be able to give birth to wings...
For example, a Dragon Vein Warlock can grow wings after his bloodline awakens to a certain level.
Therefore, through Victor's appearance description, adventurers cannot directly determine the race of the winged monsters.
But when he said that those things were forcing some indescribable behavior on someone
Everyone can react. They are a group of harpies, also known as Harpies. They are also called harpies in some places.
The harpy is a hybrid creature with the body, legs, and wings of a vulture, and a human torso, limbs, and head. Vicious avian claws and bone clubs make it a terrifying threat in combat, and its eyes
Reflecting the absolute evil of his soul.
There are many theories and versions of the story about the origin of this monster. Some say it is a fallen elf, some say it is a cursed human woman, but each one is related to the gods.
"So after comparing the anatomy, the mages believe that they are more likely to be some kind of cursed elves?"
Victor listened to the information about the sorceress and his "popular science" about the harpy. He had roughly understood the setting of this monster in his previous life, but he had almost forgotten about it - he only remembered reading some stories related to it.
Curious book…
"It's just that the structure of the fetal brain is closer to that of elves, but it has been distorted by some force since birth."
Sorceress Shatara said calmly:
"I have only read relevant content in a book in Candlekeep. It is an experimental essay by a high-level mage who specializes in the necromancy school. It may be just his personal opinion.
However, his summary of the harpy's habits is very accurate, and our team can prove it - we have dealt with this kind of monster more than once."
The harpy is a maleless creature that can only rely on capturing other humanoid male creatures to "reproduce" - this reminds Victor of the setting of "Goblin Slayer"
The goblins in "Brother Kill" do not have females, so they can only rely on capturing females of other races to "reproduce through fetuses"
In fact, there is a similar human race in Faerûn, the Amazon female warriors mentioned above.
On some tropical islands in the Traceless Sea, there are indeed some Amazon tribes led by women. It is said that they once established an Amazon kingdom.
That kingdom has now disappeared into history... Few people know the reason for the disappearance of the Amazon Kingdom. Mages speculate that it may be related to their belief in the moody goddess Amberli...
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Because Victor had already sensed through his hegemonic power that the group of harpies had stopped infringing on that person - after satisfying their desires, the group of harpies just tied him aside, and his situation was in a short period of time.
won't get worse
So everyone was not in a hurry and rushed to rescue them.
The current time is afternoon, the sun has tilted, and the sun is no longer harsh. However, after a morning of exposure, the cliffs on the seaside have become hot, and climbing on them is much more difficult now than in the morning.
"Just below, there is a cave on the cliff below. There are eight harpies and a human inside."
At this distance, Victor could already "see" the specific situation of the victim. He was a middle-aged man with some bald hair. He was quite strong, but he seemed to be in bad condition now.
"Phew, the rocks here are hotter than Al's baking pan."
By this time, Dosuo had returned from his investigation. After nodding towards the holy warrior, he said in a joking tone:
"It is indeed a nest of harpies and a human. Oh, the situation inside is really terrible, but guess who the human is? You know him, and we have made a deal with him!"
The halfling waited for a while and found that even Tia, who was usually most likely to compliment him, did not respond to him. He could only finish the rest of his words together.
"It's bald old Tom, the profiteer from Black Deer City. He was stripped naked and tied to a stone pillar, haha! Like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered!"
Tom was a merchant they met in Black Deer City. When they met, he was selling several magic items, including the [Silent Incense Burner] used by the adventurers before.
However, the price he asked was too high. John and the others did not buy the incense burner when they were in Black Deer City.
Until he met the down-and-out old Tom again in Misty Town. He turned into a magical object in Black Deer City to save money, and purchased a large amount of local goods with the intention of transporting them to Misty Town for gambling.
Unfortunately, some formalities seemed to be missed before setting sail. Unfortunately, his ship encountered sahuagin bandits. Only Tom arrived at Nanzalu Port under the protection of two guards. His goods and treasures were almost lost, and the two
A guard also abandoned him at Nanzalu Port.
No matter how Tom tried to retain him, or even threatened him, the two barbarian guards had fulfilled their agreement, and Tom could not afford to hire them next.
Old Tom could only find a way to run from Nanzalu Port to Misty Town - he still did not give up his dream of getting rich. During that time, too many Heilu Port businessmen brought back a lot of money from a "trip to Elf Country".
Get rich overnight with valuable elven handicrafts
Watching his former rivals, and even the down-and-out targets of his ridicule, rise to great heights, deeply stimulated him.
Even if he had nothing, he still had to reach Misty Town. That was the only belief that supported him at that time.
However, after arriving in Mist Town, he found that almost all channels for trading with elves had been monopolized by a few businessmen. Having lost almost all his wealth, he could only watch as they made huge profits, but he could do nothing.
Desperate, he had to sell off the two remaining magic items in order to pay for his return to Black Deer City.
However, his old opponents did not intend to give him a chance to make a comeback. Although Mist Town was the territory of the elves, they did not dare to kill him in public. Eighty percent of the human shops in Mist were the minions of those big businessmen. They had a problem.
Hundreds of ways to play around with this newcomer
One of his magical items was stolen by thieves, and this [Silent Incense Burner] was accused of being a counterfeit product - he had no way to prove its efficacy, and the only two shops selling magic spices in Mist Town were "out of stock"
"
Although someone can see the magic aura on the incense burner, the only two appraisers in the town are unwilling to appraise him for free, even if he is willing to mortgage the incense burner - what a farce
Selling counterfeit and shoddy products violates the rules set by the elves. He will face the punishment of depriving his property and being expelled from the mist forest - outside the mist forest is the Chult jungle, which is full of dinosaurs and other vicious primitive creatures. Only
Tom, who is a low-level thief, is waiting for him in the jungle. Death is the only thing waiting for him.
When the elf guards were about to pronounce Tom's fate, the passing paladin brought his teammates to justice. They proved the effectiveness of the incense burner and spent money to buy it.
In John's [divinely informed] intuition, Old Tom is definitely not evil, but has some aura of kindness. Buying low, selling high, and bargaining are just the duties of a businessman.
However, several big businessmen who were watching the show had an evil aura about them.
The following story, of course, is that the paladin investigated the conspiracy of several monopoly businessmen and revealed that they were members of a blasphemous priesthood and had the task of corrupting Mist Town...
Under the exposure of the paladin, the elves re-formulated their trade rules, and the town became more open and prosperous...
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This was already seven months ago
After listening to what Tia and Doso said, Victor’s comment was: There are so many crooked intestines!
Surviving in this world may require more thinking?
Of course, the next thing the adventure team should consider is how to save him
