Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 84: Frontline Situation and Shadow Steel Golem

The sudden lightning frightened everyone. The surrounding soldiers drew their weapons and looked at the two people in front of them warily.

"Put down your weapons! Surrender!"

Facing the warning, Nemesis waved his hand and said to Segna, who opened her mouth wide beside him: "Sometimes, when trouble makes me feel unhappy, I will also solve it violently."

He cleared his throat and said to the soldiers around him, "I suggest you lay down your weapons. I don't want to cause too much commotion. That gentleman has brought disaster upon himself. He dared to speak ill of a mage and should bear the consequences. Your city lord will be here soon. Your best option is to wait patiently."

The power of the mind has already called upon its apostles, and Colette and Loslien are rushing here quickly.

The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. The mage's calmness made them feel unsure. They had also seen the officer's performance just now. It was just a matter of waiting for a while. If the city lord did not come in a while, they would naturally make this arrogant pretty boy pay the price.

Soon, a hurried sound of footsteps approached the gate, and a blonde girl in a gorgeous white dress hurried out. When she saw Nemesis, her eyes lit up, and then she coldly shouted at the soldiers around her.

"Who allowed you to treat my distinguished guest like this?! I will report today's incident to General Cologne! Take this idiot away immediately!"

Colette's words made everyone look at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that this underage boy was actually the city lord's guest. They guessed obscenely in their hearts that this boy might be Colette's lover.

Seeing that the soldiers didn't respond, Collette's face turned even colder, and she said word by word, "Do you still need me to treat you? I promise, if you stay here for another second, I will report to General Colon and have you all transferred to the front line!"

Several soldiers hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and carried away the officer whose life or death was unknown. The rest of the people exchanged glances with each other and seemed to be whispering in secret.

Colette's expression changed slightly. She walked up to the two of them and was stunned when she saw Sgena. She had never seen a black dragon in human form before, and wondered if the other party was the master's new follower.

"This is not the place to talk, Mr. Nemesis. Please follow me." Colette signaled with her eyes and said with a smile.

Nemesis narrowed his eyes and nodded. The situation seemed to be worse than he thought. The city lord's authority was so weak that he could hardly command the soldiers. Was Colette going to be dismissed?

Juancelong sighed, none of these followers were worry-free.

The group walked into the reception room. Losrien had been waiting inside for a long time. When he saw Nemesis appear, he hurried forward and saluted: "Greetings, Master."

Nemesis nodded and went straight to the point: "What exactly happened? Why has Degen City changed so much? And those soldiers, where did they come from?"

Loslien and Colette looked at each other, and then the half-elf wizard sighed and said, "Master, a year after you fell asleep, a war broke out between the Kingdom of Inbutu and the Cesk Business Alliance."

"Degen is a border city. After the Kingdom's army arrived here, they took over all matters in the city. This place has become a military control zone. Even with Colette's orders, they often cannot command the soldiers belonging to the military."

Nemesis was speechless. He finally took control of a city, and before he could enjoy the benefits, a big man came and stood on his head. The key point was that he couldn't do anything. Should he drive away the army and face Cesc's army alone? What a joke.

Just as he was about to say something, the door was suddenly pushed open and a resolute middle-aged man walked in. He was wearing a military uniform with six gems inlaid on his left shoulder, black hair, emerald eyes, and a strong nose. He was a handsome man with a majestic aura without even getting angry.

As soon as he walked in, he looked at Nemesis and was surprised by his young age and handsome face. Then he asked expressionlessly, "Is this the man who injured my officer?"

Colette hurriedly explained: "General Cologne, Mr. Nemesis is a senior wizard whom I hired at great expense, and..." Hearing Nemesis's message in her mind, Colette was stunned and then continued to add:

"And he's a powerful priest who worships Oghma, the god of knowledge!"

Colette's words made General Cologne stunned. The status of a senior mage was already good, but compared to a senior priest of a true god, it was nothing. But why would the priests of Oghma intervene in the war of mortals?
In the continent of Faerun, most churches will not interfere in the wars and rise and fall between the major kingdoms, except for a few special gods required by the priesthood, such as the god of war, the god of tyranny, etc.

This is of course due to the requirements of the Great One. What belongs to the gods belongs to the gods, and what belongs to the mortals belongs to the mortals. Even the most powerful priest is not qualified to command the king of any small country.

But what is special about Nemesis is that he is not a priest of Oghma, but a profession imposed on him, so he does not follow those cumbersome doctrines.

Seeing that General Colon's attitude had improved, Collette continued to accuse him, "As a person of such a noble status, Mr. Nemesis was verbally insulted by that officer! This is not only a disrespect to Mr. Nemesis himself, but also a disrespect to the God of Knowledge, Oghma!"

Cologne frowned at Colette's nonsense. He glared at her and said, "Don't talk nonsense! The Imputu Kingdom respects the existence of any righteous god. As for that officer, when he wakes up, I will ask him to come and apologize to Lord Nemesis in person."

Then, he looked at Nemesis, stretched out his hand and said, "Welcome to Degen City, Lord Nemesis. Oghma, the God of Knowledge, has always been one of the true gods I admire." Nemesis also stretched out his hand and shook it, smiling and said, "I am here at the invitation of Lord Count Rosa, who is a little worried about the safety of Degen City."

Cologne pondered for a while. The pastor was obviously very interested in intervening in the affairs of Degen City, so he asked tentatively, "Are you interested in joining the military as a hired gun?"

Nemesis tilted his head and squinted his eyes to look at the other party. The power of his mind continued to penetrate into the other party's heart. Although the other party's will caused great obstacles, he still successfully read everything.

A fourteenth-level warrior, no, a fourteenth-level [War Transformer], this general from the royal capital possesses extremely terrifying strength.

At this moment, he was thinking about whether he wanted to join in? To be rewarded with magical knowledge?

Nemesis was very interested in the information he had discovered. With his current strength, although he could not control a war, he was definitely able to protect himself. Because the Butu royal family had been passed down for thousands of years, there must be many precious spell models. Having just been promoted to the fifth ring, he urgently needed various fifth ring spells to enrich his strength.

"It's my honor." Nemesis said with a smile.

The priest's decisiveness surprised Cologne. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "The Kingdom of Inbutu thanks you for your help. Any contribution to the army will be converted into military merits. You can use your military merits to exchange for anything in the reward library."

"It just so happens that the Military Intelligence Department is discussing the battle situation on the front line. Why not join us and listen?" Cologne suggested.

Nemesis readily agreed, and several people came to the Military Intelligence Department. There was a lot of noise inside, and many senior officers with four or even five gems on their shoulders were discussing with each other in the room.

"We must retreat from the front line!" an old and gloomy old man shouted, pounding the table.

Another handsome young officer threw the pen in his hand toward the wall and said angrily: "We have worked so hard to build a battle line with our soldiers, and you are just giving up like this? Albert, you are a coward!"

Another middle-aged male officer beside the old man was also ignited with anger after hearing this. He stood up suddenly and shouted at the young officer's face: "Coward?! Little bastard, when old Albert went to the battlefield, you didn't even know where you were sucking milk from your mother's pacifier!"

The young man sneered, stood up and said, "At least I, Anderson, will not let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain!"

The old man shook his head, as if he saw a child making trouble for no reason, and said sarcastically: "Then please tell me, great and noble Anderson, how should you deal with those iron things that suddenly appeared on the battlefield!"

"Do I need to remind you? That's the [Shadow Steel Golem] that those damn mages spent a lot of money to build! One of those golems is enough to face an army of hundreds of people, and they have five of them!"

"Not to mention the endless army of undead creatures coming from Cyre. They are just a bunch of cheap garbage, but we paid with living people!"

Anderson choked. Feeling suffocated, he unbuttoned his uniform and slumped back into his chair.

Cologne, who had been standing at the door for a long time, coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention, and the scene became quiet in an instant.

He pointed at Nemesis and introduced him to everyone, "This is our new military advisor, His Excellency Nemesis. He is a very powerful priest and wizard, so next, we need to take his opinions as a reference."

The young man's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked at Nemesis and asked anxiously, "Sir Nemesis, do you know anything about the [Shadow Steel Golem]?"

Juan Celong raised his eyebrows. Did he understand? Golems were the most common thing in Juan Celong's memory. He knew how to make almost all of them. Unfortunately, since the minimum requirement for making a golem was to be a 14th-level spellcaster, he was powerless.

"Of course." Nemesis nodded slightly.

Seeing this, the young man hurriedly asked: "I want to know, is there any way to destroy the Shadow Steel Golem? The Sesk Alliance suddenly took out five golems on the front line, and our entire army was almost destroyed by these golems."

In response to the young man's question, Nemesis shook his head and replied in his disappointed eyes:

"Golems are extremely powerful constructs, and are powerful machines created by true great mages. Even the weakest golems require the cooperation of at least four level 9 professionals to destroy them."

"Not to mention the [Shadow Steel Golem] you mentioned. It is a mechanical monster made of Shadow Steel, a magic ore collected from the Shadow Plane, combined with a large number of high-level spells."

(End of this chapter)