A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

As the most influential and widest coverage area in the entire Amn region, it is generally regarded as the most honest and impartial law enforcement agency by the people.

Although the Knights of the Burning Heart are very small in number, with less than 150 official members, and the rest are basically trainee knights or retinues, they have extremely high execution and efficiency.

As long as they find something that may pose a huge threat to the people, they can gather a dozen paladins and thirty trainee members in a short time, and then cooperate with a small number of priests to launch a conquest against it.

In order to fulfill their oath to protect the weak and eliminate evil, many paladins spend 90% of their time in highly stressful work and battles throughout the year, often without a chance to visit home for several months. Children, wife or husband.

In modern society, the 996 and 007 are simply too weak compared to their terrifying work intensity and attendant dangers.

After all, modern people can at least return to their residences after get off work, have a hot meal, and then lie on a soft bed and sleep comfortably.

However, these paladins often camp in forests where wild beasts and monsters are frequent. If they are not lucky enough, they may have to risk death at any time by entering ruins and ancient dungeons for a short rest.

It is precisely because of the selfless dedication and dedication of these people that Ascaltra and its surrounding areas have been able to successfully survive great crises one after another, and continue to this day in a world filled with terrifying monsters and supernatural forces.

This can be seen from the stone tablets in the hall of the Knights that are engraved with the names of heroes and victims.

From the moment they took the oath to join, many paladins were mentally prepared for their names to be engraved on the stone tablets at any time.

In fact, not a single official member of the Order has survived to retire and die of natural causes.

Basically, they died heroically in battle or their faith was shaken during the long-term mission, and they eventually went down the path of darkness and depravity.

After Zuo Si came to Ascatla, he immediately had a comprehensive understanding of the Knights of the Hot Heart.

Therefore, after taking power, he not only did not suppress or weaken the power of this paladin group, but also increased the allocation of funds and entrusted it with important responsibilities, giving the other party the authority to review and arrest the bureaucracy.

Even in many cases, the Knights often stand on the opposite side of politics and sing the opposite tune.

Because the Knights of the Hot Heart are an important force in maintaining order, alleviating social conflicts, improving the overall moral level and even curbing corruption.

The most important thing is that their words and deeds are consistent, and they will never engage in any collusion or political conspiracy in private.

Although Zuo Si and these paladins had some differences in values ​​and camp tendencies, the two sides were still able to maintain a close cooperative relationship in the general direction.

In particular, authorization to scrutinize and arrest officials was clearly impossible to obtain during the Six-member Panchayat rule.

Because during the rule of the Six-person Council, Amn followed a typical route of integrating politics and business, and once developed in the direction of capitalization.

Anyone who knows something about the integration of politics and business and capitalization understands that money and power trading and corruption are inevitable and must exist in this system.

After all, both business and capital need to gain political influence to ensure their personal and property safety and to protect further monopoly expansion.

If power cannot be bought with money, then capital will not be able to gain a sense of security. Otherwise, it may be targeted by the bureaucracy that holds power, and eventually become a fat pig to be slaughtered.

Therefore, when the Six-person Council was in power, the Knights of the Burning Heart had no law enforcement power at all when it came to nobles and wealthy businessmen. Instead, they had to report it to the court or even the parliament for processing.

Not to mention the nobles, they don't even have a good way to deal with the Shadow Thieves, a criminal organization on the surface.

But now, the Knights of the Hot Heart not only have the power to investigate and arrest officials, but they can also arrest and try the shadow thieves who committed crimes without mercy.

This is undoubtedly a huge improvement in judicial justice.

Not only has it greatly improved the social security environment, but it has also made it impossible for wealthy and powerful people to escape legal sanctions after committing crimes.

Moreover, with the promulgation of the Religious Management Law, the situation where originally hostile churches in the city were constantly fighting each other, often causing bloody conflicts and assassinations, has been greatly curbed.

Those evil believers and priests who like to cause trouble no longer dare to easily carry out assassinations and incite riots under the threat of this set of laws, otherwise they may be expelled or even encircled and suppressed by the army.

No god would be willing to give up this excellent missionary location that is increasingly becoming the largest city in Faerûn and may attract hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in the future.

Therefore, even though they knew that Emperor Zuo Si was an out-and-out tyrant, the Knights still recognized the legitimacy of his rule and felt that he was an excellent monarch and a politician with a long-term vision.

Although the Grand Captain Witherland had just been reprimanded in person, he did not slack off in his work because of this.

Just the opposite!

After learning that an ancient evil lich was hidden in the sewers of Askatra, he immediately summoned twelve experienced formal members with his old friend Sir Kedon, and at the same time sent a message to the temple of Tyr, the god of justice. Asked for help.

After the latter obtained the specific information, he immediately sent four high-level priests without saying a word.

In this way, in less than an hour and a half, the expedition team was formed.

Different from the relatively loose and chaotic rule during the Six-person Council period, the West Coast Empire pursues the ultimate order, so even the smelly sewers that no one usually goes to have complete maps.

The original part of the old city was discovered by the Masked Mage Guild through detecting magic and enchantments, while the new city drew the drawings directly before construction and then built them according to them.

Therefore, the expedition team did not need to grope their way through the dark sewers like before. They went directly to the municipal department to get a backup copy of the map of the temple area, and easily found the location of the sarcophagus.

Looking at the eerie decorations and furnishings around him, as well as the spiral staircase leading deeper underground, a middle-aged paladin couldn't help but complain: "Damn it! I have lived in this city for almost forty years. This is the first time I know that there are so many unknown places hidden in the sewers. Where do you think those stairs lead?"

"I don't know. Maybe after we resolve the crisis here, we can consider going down and taking a look."

Sir Kaidong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He had always thought that the number of various caves, ruins and tombs around Luskan in the North was outrageous enough.

But now it seems that the sewers in my hometown of Ascatra are no less impressive.

"Don't talk about those useless things. Let's detect the coffin first."

Witherland turned and glanced at the priest behind him.

The latter understood it and immediately raised the holy symbol in his hand and began to sing hymns in praise of the gods.

After a while, a golden light shot out from the holy symbol and shone directly on the lid of the sarcophagus.

Before anyone else could react, a thick fog exuding a black and cold aura spewed out, instantly covering everything within a dozen meters.

The priest's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately shouted: "It's the lich! He was alerted by the magic! Everyone is ready to fight!"

moment!

The paladins and other priests who were on guard one second began to perform various enhancement and protective spells the next second.

Especially the holy warriors with a high enough level have added the famous [Holy Sword Technique] to the weapons in their hands.

This is a four-ring divine technique that only paladins can master.

Although the level is not high, it can instantly give their weapons a +5 enchantment level and cause extremely high additional damage to creatures of the evil camp.

In other words, as long as it is blessed with [Holy Sword Technique], even an ordinary steel weapon with a blank slate can instantly gain the lethality of a legendary or even divine weapon.

Moreover, weapons blessed by this spell will emit golden light and look extremely cool.

As for those who are not level enough and have not yet obtained the fourth-level divine spell slot, they can only make do with the first-level [Blessed Weapon].

While everyone was preparing nervously, in the dark and cold fog, an undead man whose whole body had rotted and withered to the point where only a skeleton was left slowly pushed open the lid and crawled out of the sarcophagus.

He had obviously been sleeping for at least hundreds of years. After discovering the group of paladins and priests from the good camp in front of him, he immediately frowned and asked in a very ancient and jerky language: "Why do you want to disturb my sleep? Are you? Is it to seize the golden skeleton and release Kangas?"

But unfortunately, no one present can understand this language that has been lost for a long time, not even the high-ranking priests.

On the contrary, Sancho, who was hiding under the spiral staircase and secretly observing the situation, had learned some ancient languages ​​and understood what the lich was saying. He immediately lowered his voice and translated for his teammates behind him without looking back.

"What did this Kangas do? That he was sealed by two other lichs?"

Imoen asked with wide eyes and curiosity.

The boy shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Well... I don't know exactly what he did. The teacher didn't explain it clearly.

According to the results of the prophecy magic detection, it seems that a very ancient organization of spellcasters is involved.

Maybe it's revenge, maybe it's internal fighting, but no matter what, it doesn't stop us from defeating him.

Another thing that is basically certain is that this guy must be extremely evil and dangerous. "

"You are right. It doesn't matter what Kangas did. What matters is that the master wants him to die."

When saying these words, the succubus Loli's eyes flashed with a red light, and the tail behind her butt kept swaying slightly from side to side.

Since there were no outsiders present, she had long since removed the disguise of transformation magic, revealing her true face transformed by divine power, divinity, demonic frost-forged dragon blood, and purgatory power.

Imoen quickly shook his head and corrected: "No, no, no, you didn't understand what I meant. I'm not saying that this demi-lich shouldn't die, I'm just simply interested in the story behind it. Don't you all like interesting stories? ?"

"Haha, when you kill these lichs and get their phylacteries, you can have them tell you what happened that year."

After saying that, Viconia whispered into the pink-haired girl's ear like a mischievous voice.

This action of hers instantly made Imoen shudder. He rubbed his ears desperately and quickly took two steps to the side in fear.

Perhaps due to the son of God's innate keen perception, Imon always felt that there was something wrong with the way the moon elf priest looked at him this year, and he often made sudden and overly intimate movements.

Just when the four-person team was ready to launch a surprise attack at any time, the two sides who had been tensely confronting each other for a long time finally started fighting because of the language barrier.

The first one to take action was the Lich.

Because he felt that these guys in front of him were too rude and didn't reply to him for a long time, so he unceremoniously started with an eight-ring enchantment spell [Law: Shock].

A huge mysterious symbol suddenly appeared out of thin air, followed by an explosion.

All the paladins and priests present who were not high enough in level or strong enough in vitality were instantly struck by the invisible magic power, and their whole people fell into a state of sluggishness, unable to move, and unable to think.

The only thing they could do was to stand motionless, with their pupils dilated to the extreme without exception.

"Stop him quickly! Don't let him chant any spells!"

Sir Kaidong roared and rushed forward first, wielding the golden two-handed giant sword to interrupt the opponent's spellcasting.

But the Lich had obviously been prepared for it, and instantly triggered the [Any Door] through the [Accidental Technique], teleporting directly to an unknown place on the spot.

While others were trying to locate the location through the sound of chanting the spell, the Lich had already completed the fourth level of [Advanced Invisibility], and at the same time released phantom sound magic to confuse everyone's hearing.

Obviously, just from this smooth spellcasting, it is not difficult to tell that he has very rich combat experience and is not the kind of academic mage who stays in a tower or a secret base all day long to do research.

Under normal circumstances, when encountering a legendary spellcaster of this level, the paladin basically has no good solution.

But there were not only paladins present, there were also two high-level priests who were not affected by [Law: Shock].

One of them did not dare to hesitate at all and quickly released the eight-ring magic [Perception Position], while the other priest completed the anti-magic force field, which was also an eight-ring magic, at an extremely fast speed.

The former immediately locked the Lich's position the moment the spell took effect, pointed at the dark corner not far away and shouted: "He's right there!"

"give it to me!"

The latter picked up the mace and rushed forward with a vigorous stride.

Due to the effect of the anti-magic force field, when he got close to the lich, the [Advanced Invisibility Technique] on the other party immediately became ineffective. He was hit hard, and cracks like spider webs appeared on the hard skull with a crackling sound.

Obviously, if the anti-magic force field had not also eliminated the strengthening and buffing magic blessed by the priest, it is estimated that this would have knocked half of the Lich out of his body.

But that's okay.

After all, he can still fight hand-to-hand without the blessing of divine power, but a lich is basically useless if he can't cast spells.

Although the lich can also create considerable negative energy damage and paralysis effects through touch, fools all know that the lich's touch radius is the length of its arm, which is much shorter than that of a person holding a weapon.

Maybe before you can touch the other person, you will be hit several times.

Similarly, as the priest rushed forward, several paladins who could still move quickly followed up to surround the lich from all directions.

Seeing victory in sight, the members of the expedition team showed undisguised joy.

For them, being able to take down an extremely powerful Lich without any casualties is definitely a rare honor in their career.

But at the last moment, the lich suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a syllable.

The next second...

boom! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The sarcophagus exploded without warning, and countless broken stone slabs and sharp stones flew in all directions.

Four or five paladins and priests who were too shocked to dodge were almost killed or maimed on the spot.

Some had their entire heads forcibly smashed open, and their brains and eyeballs were mixed together and flowed all over the floor. Others died after sharp rocks were inserted into their eyes and their throats were slit.

Especially the priest, who had no protection at all in the anti-magic force field, was stabbed into his calf from behind by a sharp stone pillar that flew out sideways. He knelt on the ground and lost the ability to move on the spot.

In short, the scene looks extremely bloody and violent.

The rest of the people were also more or less injured.

This sudden change not only caused disbelief to the members of the expedition team who were expected to win, but Sancho, who was hiding in the dark, was secretly glad that he did not rush up to confront him rashly.

With magic explosions and traps of this scale, with their small bodies, he and Imoen would not even have any suspense, and they would be killed immediately.

While all the enemies were stunned by the damage caused by the sudden explosion of the sarcophagus, the Lich did not hesitate to stretch out his skeletal hand and pinch the priest's neck, releasing negative energy to kill him.

moment!

The antimagic field that had restrained his spellcasting disappeared.

"not good!"

Sir Kaidong, who witnessed the death of his high-ranking priest, suddenly changed his expression. He endured the pain caused by his body being hit and pierced by stones, and he picked up his sword and wanted to rush forward to interrupt the chanting spell.

But unfortunately it was too late.

Just when the two-handed giant sword shining with dazzling golden light in his hand was about to hit the opponent's bones, the Lich completed the nine-ring magic [Stop Time].

In the blink of an eye, the colorful world around him turned gray.

The Lich used two points of light in his eye sockets to inspect the locations of the enemies around him, then walked to one of the points in a hurry and started chanting a spell.

When the spell was completed, an energy burst out of the body instantly, forming a ring visible to the naked eye in the air.

However, due to the effect of time stopping, this magic ring did not continue to spread outwards, but only stayed in the state of being newly activated.

[The Great Disintegration of Mordenkain]!

The Lich obviously intends to use this "Big Bankruptcy Technique" that scares countless people to directly eliminate the remaining strengthening and protective magic on the paladins and priests, as well as the dangerous weapons and equipment in their hands.

After completing a nine-level spell, he obviously still had some time left, and quickly released another nine-level spell [Rainbow Rainstorm].

At the moment when the spell takes effect, time stops just as it ends.

First, the energy ring formed by the great disintegration spread instantly, directly stripping away the enhancement and protective magic of the surrounding paladins and priests who were still able to move.

The magic equipment in the hands and bodies of some people also completely lost their effect.

The most typical example is that when Sir Kaidong's sword hit the Lich, it made a crisp sound like metal and then bounced away on the spot, leaving not even a white mark.

Obviously, without the [Holy Sword Technique] and the enchantment level of magic weapons, he would not be able to pose even the slightest threat to the powerful undead spellcaster in front of him.

What's even worse is that when [Rainbow Rainstorm] takes effect, the entire surrounding large area will be shrouded in the effect of rainbow light spells.

You must know that different magic effects will be produced based on the color itself, which is already quite scary for a team without a mage configuration.

But [Rainbow Rainstorm] is different from other rainbow-type spells that are fixed after taking effect. It will also constantly change its color and affected area.

This means that even if you stand still, you may be shrouded in constantly changing rainbow lights of various colors, which will subsequently produce a series of effects such as damage, immobilization, blindness, and petrification with different energy attributes.

The Lich, on the other hand, can easily swim in this rainbow light by virtue of its immunity characteristics of undead creatures and some energy damage protection spells, and even use short-distance teleportation to widen the distance and manipulate the crusade team at its fingertips. superior.

Not only can he throw damaging magic such as fireballs, lightning, magic missiles, death clouds, and negative energy rays from a long distance, but he can also use movement-restricting magic such as Grease, Spider Web, Black Tentacles, and Immobilization to make opponents move. No.

Anyway, you can play however you want, without giving you the slightest chance to get close to you.

Needless to say, this ancient legendary lich vividly demonstrates how high-level spellcasters should cast spells and fight when faced with an enemy that restrains them.

Although those high-level priests all possess powerful magical arts such as [Sunfire Explosion] and [Destruction Weapon] that can instantly destroy undead creatures, the Paladin's [Holy Sword Technique] can also cause astonishing damage.

However, he relied on the flexibility and changeability of arcane magic, so that the opponent could not use his own advantages at all, and could only be led by the nose.

Wait until the time is right and then reverse the disadvantage by detonating the sarcophagus, and finally win with the sufficient casting time obtained by [Time Stop].

It can be said that the entire battle process was linked link by link, bringing the mage's unique precision calculation and prediction to the extreme.

Sancho and Imoen, who hid under the stairs and watched the show from beginning to end, felt their eyes widened. It turned out that arcane magic could be played like this.

As more and more members of the expedition fell into coma, shock and suspended animation due to serious injuries, Sancho realized that it was his turn to take action.

I saw him first exchanging glances with the other three teammates, and then immediately used the super magic skill - Silent Spell, to bless himself with several protective spells, and then used a highly effective three-ring spell [Advanced Strike against the Undead] ] kicked off the raid.

Since the Lich was busy finishing up the dying team, he did not expect that there would be another wave of enemies hidden under the spiral staircase behind.

As a result, he was hit by positive energy on the spot, and half of his body was shattered with a bang.

You must know that although the level of [Advanced Combat Undead] is only three levels, the damage effect will continue to increase as the casting level increases (each casting level causes 1D8 damage).

Moreover, Sancho also used a metamagic technique - spell maximum effectiveness, which means that the spell will automatically reach the theoretical damage limit.

With his current spellcasting level, as long as the undead creature has no magic resistance, blessing, absorption, or rebound magic, even the legendary lich will lose half of its life in an instant.

"Get the magic missile! Don't give him any chance to focus on casting spells!"

Sancho, who succeeded in the sneak attack, shouted at the girl behind him without looking back.

"clear!"

Imoen had already cooperated with this "little brother" more than once in previous adventures. He was already familiar with the task and completed the release of a magic missile with quick movements.

In the blink of an eye, several glowing force field missiles were shot out from the fingertips, hitting the Lich, destroying his attempt to add protective spells to himself.

Obviously, since the enemies he faced just now were all paladins and priests, the Lich did not give himself any protective magic such as shielding, spell absorption, and rebound, so he suffered a big loss at the moment of the confrontation.

Just when he was about to give some color to the two little ones in front of him, he suddenly found that he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth, let alone chant a spell.

Just tenths of a second later, Viconia left the protection of invisibility magic, jumped out of the darkness, swung the +4 skull-crushing mace, and struck a critical blow.

The Lich's skull shattered on the spot, and half of it flew out.

But what is incredible is that such a violent beating did not make even the slightest sound from beginning to end.

The second-ring magic [Silence Technique]?

The Lich, who has extremely rich combat experience, understood what happened in an instant.

This insidious and cunning priest first blessed himself with the [Silence Technique], then approached him under the cover of the [Invisibility Technique] released by his teammates, and finally jumped out to launch a surprise attack.

Since [Silence] can be released at a human target and affect a six-meter radius around it, its effect can naturally move with the movement of the person.

After figuring out the cause and effect, the Lich immediately used the super-magic skill and instant spell to directly create the five-ring [Protective Palm] in the Bigby series, and pushed it out more than ten meters away to keep the silence range away from him.

Just when he was about to turn around and continue to deal with Sancho and Imo, the succubus Loli, who had been hiding for a long time, finally launched a fatal sneak attack that had been brewing for a long time.

Martial skills - increased abilities!

Martial Arts - Water Acceleration!

Martial Arts—Blast Break!

Martial Arts - Instant Reflection!

Martial Arts - Four Lights Continuous Slash!

The Lich, who was busy thinking about how to conduct the next spell duel, did not expect that there were two mages and a priest at the scene, but the most deadly attack was left to a melee combatant.

In addition, Succubus Loli's speed was so fast that she completed her sprint in only 0.01 seconds, leaving no even a tiny bit of reaction time.

clang! clang! clang! clang!

Along with several rays of cold light produced by the high-speed swing of the decapitating sword flashed in the air, the Lich's body suddenly shattered with a bang without warning, turning into bone fragments of different sizes and flying everywhere.

But even so, the legendary lich was still not dead, and the eye sockets of the half-broken skull that fell to the ground were still flashing with eerie red dots.

But just a second later, Atona relied on her martial arts skills—instant reflexes to recover her sprint and slashes, which caused an imbalance in her center of gravity. She raised her foot and stepped on it without hesitation.

Click!

The broken skull cracked on the spot, and the Lich was declared temporarily dead.

"Well done!"

Sancho excitedly extended his thumb towards Succubus Loli.

But the latter obviously didn't want to talk to him and just rolled his eyes to express his disdain.

As the person responsible for the combat power of this four-person team, Atona often conducts actual combat training with opponents of the same level as Flame Dragon Knight Davian and Nature God Attendant Nimidona. Her vision has long been higher than others. No matter how many levels, I don't think there is anything to be happy about defeating a lich after using so many machinations.

However, Sancho obviously didn't care about Succubus Loli's reaction. He happily ran to the exploding coffin and found part of Kangas' golden skeleton under a stone slab.

Although the power of the previous explosion was so astonishing, this skeleton was protected by powerful magical power without even a single scratch.

"Wow! It's...really made of gold? So much gold should be worth a lot of money, right?"

Imoen came closer and stared at the golden skeleton with gleaming eyes.

The embarrassment of having no money when she escaped from the Tower of Dulag turned her into a money addict. Now that she suddenly saw so much gold, she would inevitably have some greedy thoughts.

You must know that if all the bones in an adult's body were replaced with gold, the weight of the gold would be as high as more than 200 kilograms.

A standard gold coin usually weighs between nine and ten grams, of which gold may only account for 70% to 60% of the total weight.

This shows how valuable Kangas's golden skeleton is.

Even if it is just sold as precious metal, it is still a huge wealth that can make countless people jealous.

Sancho didn't even have enough strength to pick it up from the ground, so he could only respond with a wry smile: "It's more than valuable.

If we complete the task assigned by the teacher, we can buy many high-level magic items and equipment just by selling this thing.

Don't just stand there, come and help me put the golden skeleton into the dimensional bag. "

"Hehe! No problem!"

When Edmond heard that he could make a fortune, he suddenly became very excited.

The two of them used all their strength to move the golden skeleton into a large dimensional bag.

After finishing all this, the girl sat down on the ground, glanced at the dead or dying paladins and priests, and asked breathlessly: "What should they do? Are they still here and don't care?"

Sancho obviously hesitated for a moment and quickly replied: "They did us a big favor anyway, let's give him some treatment.

Viconia, cast a healing spell on each of the priests and paladins who are still alive.

As for the dead, when the injured wake up, they will naturally bring their bodies back for resurrection. "

As a dark elf and a priest of the evil camp, Viconia undoubtedly has trouble dealing with these paladins and priests of good gods.

But due to the influence of Zuo Si's lawful evil, she was no longer as cynical as before, and after complaining a few words, she still chose to treat the injured.

Finally, before the crusade team woke up, Sancho led the team on the road back to the Mage Tower, intending to study the golden skeleton first.

As soon as they left along the sewer, Zuo Si himself appeared out of thin air at the messy battle scene. He carefully dug out a gem emitting dark blue light from the inside of a sarcophagus, and sighed slightly: "Oh - it's still too much." He is young and lacks experience.

They didn't even search the sarcophagus fragments carefully, and missed the lich's life box.

As a lich who has been sleeping for hundreds of years to take care of sealed items, how could he place the phylactery too far away from him?

I will reluctantly wipe your butt a little bit.

Otherwise, when this lich is resurrected, he will definitely take revenge at all costs. "

You don't need to ask to know that Zuo Si has always seen the previous battle, but he didn't interfere in any way.

But after seeing that his disciple actually missed the Lich's life box that was so close at hand, he couldn't help but ran over to clean up the mess.

In the next few minutes, he also resurrected the paladins and priests who were killed by the lich on the ground one by one.

Witherland, the grand leader of the Knights of the Burning Heart, didn't even realize that he was being used by a boy. He thought it was the emperor himself who had come to deal with the terrible evil lich and saved everyone in the crusade. He immediately bent down to express his gratitude. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Zuo Si didn't bother to explain anything to these stubborn guys, so he just said some casual words to fool them.

…

At the same time, as three giant military airships and dragon knights passed through more and more towns and villages in the sky and were seen by countless people, this blockbuster news was quickly hidden by other forces and spies in the empire. and intelligence personnel through magic.

In just one or two hours, various city-states in the North that have close cooperative relations with the Harper Alliance, as well as neighboring countries such as Tumis and Cormyr, have received accurate news.

The red-robed mages who had been paying attention to the trends in the West Coast Empire immediately held a chief meeting chaired by Sazastan.

No one would be naive enough to think that these terrifying war machines and the legions of dragon knights soaring in the sky left Askatra and headed east just to show off their force.

In addition, some of the masterminds knew exactly what they had done, so the independent city-states and countries along the coast of the Falling Star Sea fell into an extremely tense state.

The tyrant of the Moon Sea, Fuzor Chambery, who had just returned to Zhentil Castle, was keenly aware of this opportunity and launched a war of conquest against the lands surrounding the Moon Sea without stopping.

The reason is very simple!

Under the terrifying force of the West Coast Empire and Emperor Zuo Si, no force dared to give up the defense of the mainland and send troops to interfere with his military operations at this time.

Even if those in power wanted to, the local people would not agree.

Tumis, which borders the empire on land to the east, responded almost immediately. While urgently forming and mobilizing troops for defense, it sent envoys to ask what was going on.

Similarly, the Kingdom of Cormyr, which was only separated from the Empire by the Bay of Dragon Lake, was also taken aback.

Fortunately, Cormier was a member of the Trade Alliance, so he quickly found out the truth through intelligence channels.

At this moment, King Yasan IV was sitting on the throne, looking at the news sent by the royal chief mage, with a wry smile on his face: "Install artillery on the airship as an air battleship, and then equip it with dragon knights. Convoy and combat?

This is truly a wild imagination and creativity.

What a big deal!

It is estimated that only Soth can do this in Faerûn.

The red-robed mages of Ser and the rulers of the Mulhorand Empire have hit the wall this time.

It is foreseeable that they will pay a heavy price for their overestimated provocation.

It would be great if we in Cormyr could also have an airship for military use.

This way, I don't have to chase those monsters running around causing destruction. "

"So...the purpose of the West Coast Empire this time is to punish Sel and Mulhorand for creating rumors and inciting rebellion in their own territory?" Princess Tenarasta asked softly.

Assan IV nodded slightly: "Yes, at least this is the reason used externally.

And it’s not just lockdown.

They are also preparing to send notices to all city-states, ship owners, pirates and even dragons in the entire Falling Star Sea.

During the blockade, anyone can legally plunder the ships of the above two countries, and then take the loot to the Imperial Port on the Dragon Coast for sale.

I have to say that being an enemy of Soth is indeed a very scary thing.

Because he passed this decree and directly attracted a large number of originally neutral forces to his side, and together they robbed the two countries of Sayre and Mulhorand.

Just watch, a good show is about to take place in the Falling Star Sea. "

Tynarasta thought for a moment, and immediately sighed with deep approval: "Yes, it is indeed scary.

I have read about the young Emperor's experiences after arriving in Faerûn.

It was found that he rarely faced the enemy alone.

Instead, he will always recruit a large number of allies to act with him.

Even if he already firmly holds an overwhelming advantage, this is no exception. "

Asan IV touched the beard on his chin and said in an uncertain tone: "Maybe this is the difference in the natural way of thinking between warriors and mages.

In my opinion, Soth is often too cautious, and can even be described as timid.

But fortunately, we are now an out-and-out ally with him.

In the future, we might even become closer to you because of your sister Yalusel. "

“Speaking of this matter, I haven’t had time to ask yet.

Are you sure that Yalusel really fell in love with each other?

You know, I have never seen her showing off to any male since I was a child.

Those suitors who were beaten to the point of being bruised and bruised are the best examples.

To be honest, I can't imagine what she would be like in love.

Will she still wear armor or men's clothes all day long because she dislikes the trouble and difficulty in moving? "

Tynarasta's eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“Have you ever seen Yalusel put on makeup, a nice dress, and high heels to get close to a guy?

Have you ever seen her blush, nervous and shy?

I saw it all the last time I went to the coronation.

There is no doubt that she has found a man who is passionate about her and willing to give everything.

And I have to admit, Soth does have some unique charm that stands out from the crowd.

Especially when he explains a certain point of view, he is always so clear-cut and logical, making people involuntarily feel a sense of identity.

So I think it might not be a bad thing for Yalusel to stay in a foreign country.

At least he can avoid all kinds of conspiracies and secret arrows in the Kingdom of Cormyr. "

Assan IV did not hide anything and told all the changes that had happened to his little daughter.

Tynarasta's mouth opened wide in shock. It took several minutes to digest the information. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Unbelievable! I thought the person who could defeat Yalusel in the future would be a man over two meters tall. , a strong man with strong muscles all over his body, who can defeat her in battle."

“Pfft hahaha!

Surprising isn't it?

My jaw almost dropped at that time.

Okay, let’s stop talking about her.

Now tell me how much available funds there are in the treasury.

This time I must send troops to kill all those damn monsters without leaving a single one behind! "

As the last word blurted out, this legendary king exuded a terrifying aura.

"Excluding the cost of appeasing the people and helping them survive the winter, and counting the loans from the Trade Alliance, we now have almost 600,000 gold coins that can be used at any time."

Tynarasta quickly gave an exact number.

It must be said that the low-interest loans from the Trade Alliance have greatly alleviated the immediate needs of the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Otherwise, just relocating those civilians who suffered unreasonable disasters would be enough to give Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess a headache.

"Very good! With this money, I can recruit troops boldly and confidently."

A look of satisfaction appeared on Assan IV's face.

He did not realize at all that the turmoil within the Kingdom of Cormyr was not just as simple as the invasion of monsters, but that there were two masterminds behind the scenes who were doing things secretly...