Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 267 Shadow Alliance
Shana looked at the murals with a gloomy face. Cade's random guess hit the nail on the head.

Eight years ago, Shana, who had already relied on herself to become the disciple of her former Transfiguration mentor, discovered an ancient book in her mentor's laboratory.

The book mentions that in a corner of the Amn Empire, there is a portal leading to a demiplane.

This relic belonged to a powerful man whose name had long disappeared in history.

A demigod lich who once crossed the realm of legend - Arthurlek.

Over the past thousand years, countless adventurers have entered the demiplane shrouded in shadows, and most of them have lost their traces forever. But there are always some lucky ones who escaped from the demiplane and left records about it in the Amn Empire.

It is said that in the Empire of Amn, there exists an evil group hiding in the shadows - the Shadow Alliance.

The Shadow Alliance hates sunlight and races that live in the sunlight, and most of its members can manipulate shadow energy.

After Shana discovered the book, her former mentor told her openly that he had collected the book unintentionally.

The masked wizard would come forward at that time and express interest in purchasing the book, but the mentor hoped to find the legacy left by this quasi-god-level spellcaster, so he refused.

And it was also on that night that Shana saw again the nightmare she experienced when she was 14 years old.

The man who killed her parents and cut off their heads appeared again. Unlike before, the man with a long scar on the left side of his cheek slaughtered the mentor's house. Before her mentor died, he tried his best to let her escape with the book.

"Be careful. Shadow Alliance"

These six words were the only words her mentor left for her before he died.

Once again, Shana lost her home.

Over the years, Shana has been searching for the Shadow Alliance that her mentor mentioned before his death, using every possible means.

She suspected that the man who killed her parents and mentor was from this so-called Shadow Alliance.

After years of investigation, Shana found some clues about this organization, but was surprised to find that this unknown organization actually controlled almost the entire dark side of the Amn Empire.

After only a preliminary investigation, Shana attracted the attention of the organization, which sent many killers to search for her. One of them was the man with a scar on his face.

Fortunately, although Shana was young at that time, she was cautious enough and often disguised herself to meet people, so she escaped from danger.

After this, she knew that she couldn't go looking for clues so brazenly.

So, she turned to join the Masked Mages, the most powerful unofficial group of mages in the Amn Empire, as her own umbrella of protection.

Shana's eyes were a little dazed as she continued to recall the memories of these years.

After joining the Order of the Masked Mages, she had continued to secretly investigate matters concerning the Shadow Alliance, but she did not dare to make any drastic moves, so there had been no further progress in the past few years.

Later, he got the throne, and in order to improve his own strength, he threw himself into the study of magic like crazy. He left the Sword Coast and embarked on the journey to the new world.

She even seemed to have forgotten the memories that were buried in the winter.

Until a month and a half ago.

She received a message and learned that the Shadow Alliance had appeared and had almost brazenly massacred an aristocratic family in a small town.

Shana didn't hesitate and immediately decided to return to Amn, because she knew this was her closest chance to contact the Shadow League.

After returning to the Amn Empire, Shanama went to the city without stopping to investigate the situation of the murdered family. He was surprised to find that more than a month ago, this family had spent a large amount of money at an auction to buy a book describing the relics of ancient liches.

Shana immediately realized that this so-called "book" was probably the one collected by her mentor. At that time, she was still young and inexperienced, so she wanted to keep the legacy left by her mentor, but she lost it during an adventure mission.

She thought she would never find it in this lifetime, but unexpectedly she saw it again here.

This also made her immediately understand why the Shadow Alliance killed her mentor and this noble family.

I'm afraid it's just to seize that book.

At that time, Shana was confused and relieved. She was confused about why her parents were killed by the Shadow Alliance. She was relieved that although she lost the book, she still remembered most of the contents of the book.

Including the location of the portal.

The portal is hidden in the basement of the Temple of Woking in Port Levip, the second largest city in the Amn Empire.

The Temple of Wojin - the most powerful force in the Empire of Amn, bar none.

For ordinary adventurers, it is extremely difficult to sneak into the underground of a Woking Temple.

But fortunately, Shana is no longer the down-and-out wizard apprentice who wandered the streets.

She became a disciple of Sefar and had a 13th-level wizard level. Her years of hard training had paid off for her.

Shana took a lot of effort but finally entered the underground of the temple.

There, she saw a portal and several assassins on duty near the portal.

Shana recognized at a glance that these killers were wearing the same clothes as the people sent by the Shadow Alliance to search for her, which meant that the portal had been controlled by the Shadow Alliance.

Her only rational decision was to turn around, seek help from the dragon, and make long-term plans.

But in her impulsiveness, she could no longer wait to finally meet the object of revenge she had been seeking for many years.

She acted decisively, killed the assassins around the portal, and entered it. The world was spinning, and when she woke up again, she had entered this half-plane.
"Xia Nai? Xia Nai?"

Shana Yagami heard the call and woke up from her memory with a start. She saw Erbis's worried look and forced a smile: "It's okay."

But, how could it be okay?

A professional of the Shadow Alliance, the dragon that was corrupted by the shadows in the book. She didn't know how to escape from here with her own strength.

"I'm glad you're okay. We should continue on our journey." Ebis looked at Shana meaningfully, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Who is this female mage and why does she know so much about this place?

"it is good."

The few of them continued walking towards the end of the corridor. There were more and more murals, but they all depicted the same person.

The master of this demiplane, a scholar who controls shadows and arcane magic - a demigod lich named [Arthur'lek].

The few of them came to the end of the corridor, and a black door appeared in front of them. Ebis took the lead and pushed the door open without hesitation.

The cold north wind blew back, and heavy snow blew in from behind the door. Erbis rubbed her eyes and looked at the scene outside with her mouth wide open.

"Oh my god, who made this?" Cade said in shock.

(End of this chapter)