Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 77 The Binder of All Known Things

Selune's words gave Nemesis a bad feeling. The moonlight on his body became more and more intense, as if it were real, and finally condensed into a silver frost-colored cloak that was stuck between his wings. As his wings spread, it covered the sky and the sun.

"Accept the blessing of the moon, little dragon. From now on, the power of the night will no longer be your enemy, and the shadows will avoid you."

As the voice rang out, the information transmitted by the magic network appeared in Nemesis' mind. This was a divine weapon that had already been synchronized with him!

Moon Cloak
Grade: Artifact.

Effect 0: Under moonlight, the holder's agility will be greatly enhanced (the holder's agility attribute will be temporarily increased by 10/20/ points when there is no moon, a waning moon, or a waxing moon).

Effect 2: The Moon Cloak protects the holder and makes him immune to shadow spells.

Effect three: Any number of times a day/[Moon Blade], [Moon Net], [Moon Path], [Moonlight Wall], three times a day/[Holy Aura].

The effect of the artifact is very good and powerful. Not to mention the outrageous agility blessing under the full moon, the eight-ring magic [Holy Aura] three times a day is precious enough.

If he had been blessed with this divine art before, those cowardly demons would have been burned to death by the power of the holy light before they could even get close to him.

At the same time, there is a series of Selûne's priest-limited divine spells that can be used at will. Nemesis can only sigh again - very good, very powerful.

It was for this reason that he was even more wary of the "duty" that Selune mentioned.

"Xiaolong, this is the most support I can give you. I hope you can fulfill your responsibilities in the upcoming turmoil."

"My responsibility?" Nemesis frowned and retorted.
"Your Majesty, I think you may have misunderstood a little. I didn't make this decision out of any guilt in saving Degen City, and I have no interest in changing my neutral camp."

"Hehe." The female voice chuckled, and didn't seem to blame Juan Celong for his refusal.

"Don't get me wrong, little dragon. Neutral or good, it makes no difference to me, because the two are natural allies."

The female voice said mysteriously, "So-called kindness, so-called neutrality, even evil, are nothing more than tools to dismember "chaos."

Nemesis was confused by Selune's words, but she did not explain too much: "Don't worry about it. When you join our ranks in the future, you will understand what I mean."

"Like I said, I said this matter is your responsibility, it has nothing to do with your camp, but because it is indeed your responsibility."

"Nemesis, the ancient demons of Imputu cannot reappear on the land of Faerun. The power of the gods can no longer descend on the earth at will. Mortals alone are nothing but fish on the chopping board when facing them."

"Your responsibility is to prevent this possibility from happening in the future. As for why... well... you'll know after you finish talking to that nerd." After saying this, Selene smiled playfully and fell silent.

The moonlight disappeared at some point, and it was obvious that the mysterious goddess had left this world.

Nemesis frowned, stood in the air in a daze, and kept thinking about Selune's words.

The purpose of preventing the reappearance of ancient demons is easy to understand and is in line with the ideas of Selûne, the goddess of chaos and kindness.

The reason is easy to understand. The power of the gods cannot descend to the earth, and mortals facing the immortal legendary demons alone will probably suffer countless casualties.

As for why the power of the gods cannot descend upon the earth again, this is actually a reason known to everyone in Faerun.

A global event that occurred hundreds of years ago - [Saint Catastrophe].

However, overnight, all the gods in Toril's sky turned into meteors and were knocked down to earth by a being called "The Great One". That day was also called "The Day of the Fall" by people in later generations.

The real reason has long been unknown, but the reason passed down by word of mouth is that the gods neglected their duties and sent down avatars to start a war between gods in order to seize the faith of Toril, disrupting the world and ultimately leading to the loss of an artifact belonging to the Great One.

The angry great one cast the gods down to earth and ordered them to walk on the earth with weak bodies, which also created a strange era.

In that era, the gods waged brutal wars against each other. Their weak bodies had long since lost their immortality, and many gods fell into the mortal world during that time.

Even among the mortals of Faerûn, there are bold ones who seek to claim godhood.

The event ends with the death of the old god and the birth of a new god.

Disputes, deaths, murders, three powerful evil gods who stole the Great One's artifacts fell in the [Saint Catastrophe]. The Great One promoted three mortals and elevated them to become new gods, and the gods returned to their own kingdoms.

The god of death - Kelanvor.

The God of Lies - Cyric.

The goddess of magic - Mystra III.

From that day on, the gods could no longer project their power at will, or even descend upon Faerun incarnate, unless there was a legitimate reason - such as blasphemy.

After thinking for a long time, Nemesis still didn't know why Selune claimed that this was her responsibility.

"It seems that I have to talk to that person."

The dragon spread its wings and disappeared into the sky. The citizens of Degen City knelt on the ground for a long time before they stood up. They had to hide their sorrow and search for more survivors. The disaster was over, but there were still many tasks left for the living.
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In the forest outside the city, Nemesis returned to the abandoned little tower. He did not bring anyone with him except Pumbaa who had always been with him.

The small tower could hardly contain his huge body, so he curled up as best he could and finally lay down on the second floor where he had lived for five years as a dragon hatchling.

Nemesis looked at the surrounding walls with complicated eyes. He never thought that this tower would be his "hometown" when he first arrived in the main material plane.

He recalled the conversation he had had with the god who had been watching him the day before.

"O Lord of Knowledge, God of Wisdom, Binder of all things known."

"I, Nemesis, a scroll dragon from the true dragon family, am here to ask for your guidance."

A day ago, he prayed like this, and at that time, a simple blank scroll appeared in front of him. There was obviously no writing on it, but the moment Nemesis saw it, he seemed to see the truth of the universe.

That is the emblem of Oghma, the god of knowledge.

"Finally, Nemesis, I've been waiting for you for a long time." These words appeared on the scroll.

Nemesis was surprised to see the God of Knowledge appear before him so quickly, even though he had a premonition.

The scroll dragons are indeed a race favored by Oghma.

"Your Majesty, the respected God of Knowledge, I have many questions that I would like to be answered." After Nemesis talked with Selûne, there were too many questions that he was confused about. The biggest question was why it was his responsibility to prevent the devil from returning.

Rows and rows of words slowly appeared on the writing.

"To answer your question, Nemesis, you need to first understand that I have been watching you for a long time. In fact, I have been watching you since the moment you were born."

"I have seen your growth, and I have also seen your outstanding talents in arcane and psionics. There is no doubt that you are an outstanding alien dragon."

"But what I care about most is your pursuit of arcane knowledge. Even if you are not as obsessed with all knowledge as a normal scroll dragon, that is enough."

"I want you to be my chosen one, Nemesis."

Nemesis was not surprised by this proposal. The so-called Chosen Ones were the chosen ones of God, and almost the vast majority of the Tome Dragons had been asked by Oghma whether they were willing to become his Chosen Ones.

There are many benefits to becoming a chosen one, including immortality, gaining access to some of the authority of the God of Knowledge, and having all of your body's attributes immediately increased to more than 25 points, gaining immunity and resistance to a large number of elements, which is almost equivalent to the evolution of your entire life level.

But almost no volume dragon agreed, except for the dying ancient dragons and great ancient dragons.

Because becoming a chosen person means losing the chance to become a god, unless the main god is merciful and splits the godhood, consumes the divine power, and promotes them to a subordinate god.

But it goes without saying that there are only a few gods willing to do this, even among the gods of goodness. The only known chosen one who became a god in Faerun is Azuth, the god of mages and the former lover of the Goddess of Magic II.

Of course, this lucky chosen one has not responded to the believers' prayers for hundreds of years, and the pastor is almost certain that the other party has fallen for some reason.

Nemesis didn't want to brag, but he didn't think that becoming a chosen one, stopping at being a legend or a god would satisfy him. Even an ordinary scroll dragon would have enough pride to refuse, let alone him who possessed the Infinity Gems?
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty the God of Knowledge, I have no intention of becoming the chosen one of any existence." Nemesis apologized.

The scroll seemed to hang its head in dejection, and a mature male voice sounded in Nemesis' ears.

"I knew that you scroll dragons are such cold creatures. Why can't you let me have a scroll dragon elect!"

The owner of the voice sounded mature, but the tone of his complaint was too childish. In response to this straightforward condemnation, Nemesis curled the corners of his mouth and said.

"You should understand that even among the Dragon Gods, there are only a few chosen ones, and those chosen ones are just ordinary five-colored dragons and metal dragons."

When Nemesis mentioned other dragon species, his tone carried a subtle sense of superiority. He was no longer the same as he was when he was a young dragon. From this stage on, the combat effectiveness of an ordinary scroll dragon would be no match for even a golden dragon of the same age.

"That's true. The rarer you are, the more arrogant you become. Especially those powerful dragons. Humph, you treat gods like your peers. You have no respect at all."

The man complained in a condescending voice.

Nemesis blinked his dragon eyes. Power dragon? One of the three legendary dragon species? Do they really exist?
"You are going off topic," Nemesis corrected him. "What does this have to do with my responsibilities?"

"Ah, patience, Nemesis, you have such a poor patience." The God of Knowledge said jokingly.

Before Nemesis could roll his eyes, the God of Knowledge dropped a bombshell.

"Have you never wondered why you were born in the Prime Material Plane instead of in the Mechanical Realm?"

"Your father, my former chosen one, and your mother were killed by the monarch of the abyss, Demogorgon, four hundred years ago. Before they died, they used up their last strength to send you into the turbulent space, which led to your wandering to Faerun."

　These two gods are both lively and talkative. Not to mention that they don’t look like gods, Selûne is even more naive than I wrote her.

　　In addition, I know that this chapter is densely packed with information. If there is any content related to this chapter later, I will explain it in detail again.

　　As for the [Saint's Catastrophe], I won't go into detail, but it is part of the important historical fragments of Faerun.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)