From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 398 Split up
"A lousy bard, far inferior to you. Is it really necessary for us to save him?" Laizer said impatiently.

It didn't take too long to rescue Varo, as the True Soul was supreme in this temple.

After rescuing Varro from the cage, he drank a bottle of invisibility potion and left. This guy who wanted to study the Supreme God was not unaware of the danger of the goblins, but he trusted his own life-saving methods too much.

"He's not a bard." Ivy was reading the note that Volo had written in prison. "He should be a wizard, the worst kind."

"Look at this, Gale." Ivy waved the note in his hand. "It's written to Elminster, the Wise of Shadow Valley."

“Elminster!” Laizel was surprised. “Even the Githyanki in the Astral Plane have heard of the name of the Sage of Shadow Valley. He is amazing.”

"'An indispensable member of the goblin tribe'? What a boast... Well, I know which Varro he is." Gale smiled and shook his head, "A great writer at the Yawning Tavern and a good friend of Elminster. Now he has another nickname - 'Varo who almost married a goblin'! Haha!"

"Pfft - hahaha..." Kalak smiled and waved his hands, "Your nickname-giving skills are much worse than Will's, Gail. To be honest, I quite like the nickname 'Strange Wizard'."

"Really?" Gale asked, "I thought the 'Hell Champion Warrior' would prefer the style of the 'Magic Web Master'."

"Actually, that one is not bad either, hahaha!" Kalak's laughter echoed in the cell, reflected on the wall several times, and reached the ears of Xie Nian and others on the other side of the temple.

In order to speed up the exploration of the Broken Temple, the eight-man team split into two groups after rescuing two prisoners. Ivy acted together with Gail, Kalak and Laizer, while Xie Nian took Asdeln, Yingxin and Will to secretly carry out sabotage.

Although this division brought the two main spellcasters together, it was actually the result of Gale's strong request.

"Believe me, it's much better for me to stand up straight than to squat on the ground! And always bending over to sneak is not good for my back, and it will also dirty my robe... Even if I just imagine the scene of kneeling on one knee on the ground, my knee starts to hurt..." This is what he said.

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"...The Zhentarim also purchase slaves from the goblin camps? That's really new." Xie Nian looked at the halfling in front of her, Roa Moonlight. She recognized her identity from the badge on the halfling's chest.

"At least until these guys become followers of the Supreme God and start sending prisoners to Moonrise Tower."

"But there's nothing to complain about - the tobacco powder I just sold is enough to make up for the loss tenfold."

"Smoke powder? What do goblins need smoke powder for?" Xie Nian's eyes lit up. She had planned to use fire wine barrels and smoke powder to create chaos. If there were more explosives in this camp, she might be able to take this opportunity to kill a large number of goblins. "It's none of my business anyway. I just need money. Speaking of this - do you still want to buy something?" Roa Moonlight was already getting impatient with the beautiful woman who kept asking questions.

"You know what? I saved one of your companions not long ago. Maybe you can give me some extra help." Xie Nian tried to say, "Snake is short and shadow is long. Have you heard of this code?"

"It's possible that they are Zaris's men, and it's a code for a hidden base... Did he tell you where to find this place?" A very hidden displeasure flashed across Roa Moonlight's face, but it was still noticed by Shadow Heart behind Evil Thoughts. Through the "intra-brain communication" of the Mind Flayer Tadpole, Evil Thoughts also knew this detail.

"It's the resting place of Woking, but it's now a sea of fire - I'm sure no one survived, so I wanted to try my luck with you." Xie Nian noticed that Roa Moonlight relaxed again.

"What a pity!" Luoa Moonlight smiled hypocritically. "Anyway, you saved our people. I will give you a discount."

"Great, where can I get some tobacco powder?" Xie Nian smiled generously and naturally.

"Smoke powder? I've already told you, I sold all the smoke powder to the goblins. Maybe you can ask them to share some with you..." Roa Moonlight showed a look of astonishment on his face, but soon, this astonishment turned into horror.

Because a sharp dagger pierced through her back and was stabbing out from her chest. The two bodyguards behind Roa Moonlight were affected by Shadow Heart's dark magic and were killed by Will in the blink of an eye without even a scream.

"My dear, I hope that next time we do this, we can switch positions." Asdeln rubbed the dagger on Roa Moonlight's clothes. "I can see the desire in your eyes, and I also hate the feeling of wasting blood. What do you think?"

"Search her for the key! The smoke powder is in the door behind her!" Xie Nian turned his head to observe the movements of the goblins in the hall. Seeing that they were still gathered in front of the priestess' throne to receive the branding, he felt relieved.

"Throw the bodies in as well! No goblin will care about the disappearance of a few smugglers." Xie Nian ordered his companions to hide the bodies of the three Zhentarim members, and then hid in a warehouse where a large number of tobacco powder barrels were stored.

Through the power of the Mind Flayer Tadpole, Xie Nian found the answer from Roa Moonlight's mind when he asked Yanfen, and then planned the robbery with his teammates through "brainstorming".

"This amount of smoke powder is enough to blow down the entire temple." Yingxin nodded with satisfaction, "Fortunately we didn't bring Kalak with us, otherwise we would be the ones flying into the sky."

"We just need to make some minor modifications to these barrels so that the stupid goblins won't recognize their true appearance. Then we can put them under the load-bearing structure of the temple. Finally, please ask Kalak to snap his fingers. Boom! Everything goes up to the sky!" Xie Nian said excitedly, "How about it, Asdaelon, no need to dirty your clothes and no need to get close to the stinky goblins."

"It sounds good, but I just hope we won't be buried under the ruins." Asdeln sighed sadly, "I haven't taken a bath since we were put on the spaceship by the Mind Flayer. I might be covered with sticky odor... Civilization is so far away from us... But if we blow up these goblins who represent barbarism, maybe we can get closer to civilized society."

(End of this chapter)