Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 13 Mysterious Gem
Clangedin spent more than ten minutes explaining their origins.

In fact, this group of gray dwarves only arrived a few years earlier than Nemesis. Before that, they had always been slaves in Orindor.

The city of the mind flayer - [Orindor].

Mind flayers are androgynous creatures that, like the drow and droids, dwell in the Underdark and have terrorized Faerûn with acts of brutality throughout their long history.

These octopus-like monsters are said to come from another world. Each mind flayer is a natural master of psychic power. They are keen on controlling the minds of other creatures, enslaving their bodies, and feasting on their brains.

Yes, the staple food of mind flayers is the brains of intelligent creatures, and the smarter they are, the more they like it.

And [Orindor] is an underground city built by the mind flayer!

In this city, the mind flayers have changed their former brutality. They welcome slave traders and high-level spellcasters, and have strict laws to prevent them from harming these guests at will.

But that's about it.

Except for slave traders and high-level spellcasters, ordinary people who go in will still only end up being enslaved and having their brains eaten.

The gray dwarves are one of the slave races controlled by the mind flayers in the city of Orindor.

Under the day-to-day oppression, Clangeddin suddenly awakened his psychic powers. He used this to break free from the mind flayer's mental control, and helped more than 20 tribesmen to wake up. He then led them to secretly escape from the cave and come here.

"Wait a minute, you mean you came directly to this mine? There are no magic seals in those two caves to block you?" Nemesis asked.

Clangedin felt a little strange. When he was about to answer no, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Ah, when we passed by, some magic runes did suddenly light up in the cave, but they soon shattered. After that, we never saw those runes again."

Nemesis' eyes widened. When these gray dwarves came, the magic seal was still there? Moreover, they didn't come earlier or later. According to Clangeddin's description, the [High Seal Gate] was actually broken when they came?
Damn, is it really a god coming?

The Tome Dragon felt it was very absurd, and he immediately planned to use his mental power to detect the gray dwarf's memory to see if it was true. But the next moment, he was shocked to find that the mental power that had always been invincible disappeared like a stone sinking into the sea after entering Clangeddin's body.

"Master, it's the gem on the axe. It seems to be able to absorb the power of the mind." The voice of the mind reminded Nemesis.

He looked closely and saw that there was indeed a prismatic silver gem on the handle of the axe in the gray dwarf's hand, which was emitting a faint halo.

"Show me your axe,"

Nemesis summoned a [Mage's Hand], and the virtual blue hand followed the caster's wishes and grabbed the axe and floated in front of him.

"Where did this gem come from?" asked Nemesis.

Clangedin was very distressed when his axe was taken away by the scroll dragon, thinking that the greedy young dragon even coveted the materials used to make the axe.

"My lord, I stole this gem from the tower of a mind flayer magician in Orindor. Later, to commemorate those days in Orindor, I melted this gem into my battle axe, which means that the gray dwarves will never forget the days when they were enslaved by the mind flayers."

Nemesis nodded. He really wanted to confirm one thing.

The young dragon raised its claws and spoke in dragon language. An invisible force gathered in the air. The great pressure even distorted the air, forming a faint transparent sphere. Second-ring Shaping Spell [Force Field Impact]!
An invisible force roared out from the dragon's claws, tearing through the air like a savage monster and slamming hard into the gem of the axe.

But nothing happened. The power passed through the gem like a breeze and then disappeared.

"Sure enough, this gem can not only absorb the power of the mind, but can even absorb the power of the arcane. If the mage's hand was not of physical nature, it would probably be absorbed. The [High Seal Door] was probably broken by it."

Nemesis could imagine the scene at that time. When Clangeddin walked in front of the seal, the [Gate of the Higher Seal] should have appeared and refused his entry, but this gem drained the power of the [Gate of the Higher Seal] and completely destroyed the structure of the spell.

The Scroll Dragon couldn't help but get excited. Although he didn't know what the gem was used for, the magical material that could destroy an eight-ring spell must be priceless!
"Ogel!! Come out to me!" Nemesis shouted with full energy.

A few seconds later, after hearing a series of "dong dong dong" sounds, a huge ogre ran out of the cave, looked at him with a silly face and asked:
"Master, what do you want me to do?"

Nemesis swung his dragon claws and threw the axe in front of Oger's feet. He said casually: "Take this gem off for me."

Clangeddin stroked his chest with heartache. As expected, dragons' eyes would light up when they saw gems. Although he didn't feel sorry for the gem, the cold iron battle axe that had accompanied him for several years was about to be destroyed!

Oger raised the big wooden stick happily. He loved nothing more than causing trouble.

"Ogel, smash the axe~! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under the ogre's tremendous brute force, the poor cold iron battle axe soon shattered into pieces. Nemesis grabbed the gem, exhaled, and gently wiped the dust off it with his dragon claws.

"If I hold this gem, wouldn't it be equivalent to magical immunity plus psionic immunity?"

A whimsical idea emerged in Nemesis' mind, but he soon realized that this also meant that he himself could not cast spells.

"Fuse vi lour!"

The Scroll Dragon held the gem in one hand and tried to cast a spell with the other. Sure enough, the moment the [Rock Hail] was formed, the power of the arcane was absorbed by the gem.

Nemesis felt a little regretful. This gem was a bit useless to him.

"Master, I can feel that this gem seems to be in great need of mental power, or similar power, such as the psychic powers that exist in this world. With enough mental power, this gem may have other uses."

"Oh?" Nemesis couldn't help but become curious. He had never seen any magical material like this gem. He originally thought that this was just the material property of the gem, but he didn't expect that it was actively absorbing.

"A man-made magic item." The Scroll Dragon's eyes lit up. This was probably a very rare magic item. Although he didn't know what it was, the power of the mind was a very powerful force. Compared to the psychic energy used by psionic powers, the power of the mind could be said to be a plus version of psychic energy.

This gem can absorb spiritual power, and its nature is definitely not simple.

"Could it be the legendary artifact?" Scroll Dragon began to fantasize as if he was daydreaming.

(End of this chapter)