Crown of Chaos

Tzeentch, together with Tzeentch, is the two high-level demons under Tzeentch. It is Tzeentch who has repeatedly destroyed and infiltrated major races, mixed into high-level officials, replaced key figures, caused great damage and stolen higher secrets. The Twins of Tzeentch.

The treacherous Xiling can completely simulate, assimilate, devour, and eventually replace a living creature. This Tzeentch demon can not only completely simulate the living creature in appearance, but can also devour and reproduce all his memories, personality, and even combat skills. And magic knowledge, when facing the companion that the strange Xiling has become, people will find that his tone of voice, memory, and character's movement habits are exactly the same as the previous person.

Not to mention ordinary people, even many Tribunal elites cannot distinguish the companions simulated by the strange Xiling.

The methods of the strange Xiling are always in line with Tzeentch's logic. It will quietly create conflicts among the crowd, stimulate hatred between people, cause strife and disputes, and make an originally stable team or political system move towards Falling apart.

"Change is a good thing, chaos is where people stand out!"

——Qingbao Tianzun Tseiki

However, Tzeentch does not always blindly create destruction and chaos. When an area falls into extreme disorder or warlords are fighting, Tzeentch will instead hope that the place will become unified and prosperous. His messengers will come here to select those who are worthy of cultivation. He will impart knowledge and strength without hesitation, and secretly promote the unification of the region. Therefore, as Aaron knows, many great founding kings, warlords in troubled times, outstanding politicians, and outstanding reformers in history are actually prominent Sexual or invisible Chosen of Tzeentch.

This is Tzeentch. When the dynasty is prosperous and at its peak, he hopes that it will be torn apart and wiped out. And when there is long-term melee and endless chaos in a region, he will hope that the place will move towards peace and prosperity.

History is a circle, and Tzeentch is drawing the circle.

The treacherous Xiling possesses extremely high intelligence and is the best person to carry out the investigation. Aaron hired it from Tzeentch at a huge cost.

A Chaos Contract, with Aaron's soul mark and Tzeentch mark respectively imprinted on it. The Lord of Changes told Aaron the true name of his high-level demon, so that he could maintain complete control over the strange Xiling.

The headquarters of the Black Hook Gang is a large three-story building, and the fat doorman Old Duck knocked on the door.

"What's the matter, Old Duck?"

"I have something urgent and I need to see the boss."

The fat doorman Old Duck habitually took out the tobacco from his waist and rolled a cigarette. His movements were so smooth and skillful that he couldn't have done it without more than ten years of inertia. Within a few seconds, Old Duck was already using his tongue. After licking the cigarette, he lit it skillfully.

This must be Old Duck. The guards let him in without asking any questions.

On the third floor, the leader of the Black Hook Gang, Hrafen Bech, was still awake.

This gang leader has been at the height of his power in recent days. With the support of the Zhentarim, he has annexed the large and small gangs in the dock at an extremely fast speed and quickly became the overlord of the dock area. If the merger with the Dragon Teeth Gang had not been thwarted, Hera Fenberg was about to unify the dock area.

However, the dark-skinned leader of the Black Hook Gang, with a crew cut and a goatee, was anything but happy.

Gaining the support of the Zhentarim comes at a price.

He had to do something for the Zhentarim.

Doing something that might plunge the entire Susar into a sea of ​​fire.

The leader of the Black Hook Gang told him deep in his heart that if he did this, he would definitely become a sinner of Cormyr, and his name would be nailed to the pillar of shame by the Cormyr people, and he would never be able to stand up again.

"Do you want to bribe me like this? This is an insult to me!" Hrafenberch angrily scolded the big man in the shadow: "No matter what, I am also a Cormyr!"

He originally wanted to do this, but the other party gave him too much, so much that his conscience no longer ached, and he felt ecstatic, very comfortable!

Especially after the other party brought out the Zhentil Castle noble dress and promised to find him a white dragon mount, Hrafenberch decisively abandoned his false compatriots and embraced his true compatriots.

But it was too risky, and the gang leader knew he had to be careful.

"Dong dong dong~" The door rang.

"who?"

"It's me, boss, Old Duck."

"Old Duck, what's the matter so late?" Black Hook hesitated for a few seconds before deciding to let him in.

"Boss, it's not good." The fat guard walked in from the outside panting: "I found that something has invaded the headquarters."

"What?" Hrafenberch stood up suddenly. He held the weapon and asked sternly: "Old Duck, what did you find?"

No wonder Black Hook is so nervous, because what he is about to do is really a big deal. If there is even a slight mistake, the whole family will be hanged.

"Look at this, boss." The fat guard took out something from his body and motioned to Chief Black Hook to take a closer look.

"What is this?" Black Hook saw the fat guard's hand open and a nut placed on his palm.

"This thing is called a tall nut, boss." The fat guard continued to stretch out his hand.

"Tall nuts?" Black Hook tentatively stretched out his hand, and the fat guard grabbed his wrist.

"Old Duck, what are you doing?" Black Hook was startled. He raised his head and saw bright red blood spurting out of the fat doorman's mouth. His wrist was twitching continuously, and slender sticks popped out from his skin. The fleshy barbs tightly wrapped around Hrafenberch's wrist. The spikes on it not only cut open the black hook's skin, but also penetrated into his body along his wounds.

However, the leader of Black Hook was worthy of being a gang leader. He quickly drew out his short knife and cut off the fat guard's wrist with one blow. He kicked the fat guard in the chest with his right foot, forcing the fat guard to take a step back. He flicked his wrist and cut off the fat guard's hand on the spot. Throwing it to the ground, he planned to rush out and call for help.

He was fast, but there was something faster.

The fat guard's severed arm that fell to the ground quickly grew dense tendrils of flesh, and some of them began to evolve into movable limbs like spider legs. Eyes grew out of the two tendrils, and it sprayed out mucus tentacles and entangled them. He grabbed Black Hook's ankle, and Grafenbech couldn't control himself and fell to the ground. He only had time to glance at the fat guard before his whole body trembled with fear.

The fat doorman’s face blossomed.

Blooming in the physical sense, Old Duck's entire face was divided into eight petals and opened. The outer skin was torn into petals and separated from the middle, revealing the bright red squirming flesh and blood inside and the entire mouth. In the center of the mouth was a rape stick. The strange eye opened in the chaotic flesh and blood, and its dark blue eyes stared at the black hooked head.

"You...um...you..." Even though Black Hook was well-informed, he could not help but feel fear. He wanted to scream, but couldn't make a sound.

"Assimilation begins." The fat guard's cracked face was still talking, and a tentacle came out of his mouth and went straight through the face of the black hook.

About five minutes later, the gangster Hrafenberch came out of his room wearing his blue sharkskin coat. He coughed slightly, looking like a gangster who once made a living at sea. leader.

"Boss, why are you going out so late?" the guard downstairs joked.

"It's not just to make a living for you brats!" Black Hook laughed and scolded: "Watch your position! Little bastards."

"Oh, yes, Old Dak has asked for leave for something. You can find someone to replace him. It will only take two days."

"Yes, boss."

…………

Wearing a sharkskin coat and exuding a fishy smell, "Grafenberg" walked several blocks and found Aaron who was hiding.

"Lord!"

"Did you find anything?" Aaron sat in the darkness, his eyes gloomy, and his handsome face was already hidden in the shadow of darkness.

"Yes, Lord." Herafenbech sifted through all the memories he had extracted and told Aaron the valuable information: "..."

"What?" Aaron narrowed his eyes: "You mean, the Zhentarim plan to mobilize troops into the capital through the Black Hook Gang?"

"Yes, according to the content of the cooperation between humans and the Zhentarim, the Blackhook Gang has already contacted the Zhentarim. The Zhentarim told him that in the future, there will be an army disguised as goods and enter through the channels of the Blackhook Gang. Susar." Grafenberg said calmly. Its face was very strange. It was full of caution, but the words coming out of its mouth were devoid of any emotion: "The two parties agreed to use the Black Hook Gang to smuggle goods. , transporting troops into the port, they have rehearsed many times in advance."

"Does an army have a direction?" Aaron immediately asked.

The Zhentarim are planning to lure foreign troops into the capital?

"I don't know. He doesn't know about this either. He has rehearsed it several times and just followed the established routine to transport goods from Longhu. However, judging from the ship's course and the wind direction that night, Grafenberg judged They all come from the eastern waters.”

The waters to the east?

Aaron nodded: "Besides what?"

"The man in black robe only met Herafenberg once. He obviously left a deep impression on Herafenberg. In the eyes of the gang leader, the man in black robe was a man who descended from heaven. Great man, the reward he promised was extraordinary, so he admired the man in black robe very much, and he agreed to this plan."

"When will the plan be implemented specifically?"

"There is no specific timetable."

"Is there any evidence? For example, letters or contact information?"

"There is no evidence. The only contact is the unilateral contact from the man in black. The only way to contact Hera is to put a note in his desk drawer. When he comes back in the evening, there will be a reply on the note. , he himself had no idea how it was done.”

Aaron nodded thoughtfully.

As the god of tyranny and the father of darkness, Bane has never been stingy with generous rewards even though his punishments are very cruel. The last time Aaron accidentally intercepted the letter from Bane, he probably discovered it. Now, not only does Bane not No evidence was left behind, and even the connection was one-way. Even if the Son of God Bane stood in front of Hrafenbech, the gang leader would not be able to recognize him.

The only valuable information is that Hrafenberch knows the contact information of several Zhentarim members. However, the Zhentarim organization is very tight, and knowing a few fringe members is not very effective, and it is easy to alert others.

"I understand, you will continue to manage the Black Hook Gang as Hera Decibhe for the next few days, and everything will be business as usual."

"Yes, Lord."

Aaron asked Shibian Xiling to continue pretending to be the leader of the Black Hook Gang. On the way back, he thought about what he should do.

Report this to Alice Searle immediately?

No, no, he knew his princess, and relied on his relationship with the princess and the chaotic magic power that was nearly completely infiltrated into the princess's body to draw more than half of the Chaos Stigmata. The princess might believe his words, but she would never follow his words. He did as he said, she would either continue to send the Queen's Blade to investigate and find nothing, or she would go to war and confront Duke Caspar, causing uproar in the city.

The plan of God Son Benn is very careful. Without evidence, the princess will not only suffer a loss, but also alert the enemy.

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days.

Let Hrafenbeh, disguised as Shi Ling, correct Manakorn?

What a joke!

So, what if nothing happened?

No, Aaron knew that the time for him to go to the fiefdom was not far away. As early as Midsummer Night, around Suni's Carnival, the princess should officially make the decision to seal him as Sunset Baron. By then, he would Allocating most of the energy to his own fiefdom, he definitely wouldn't have that much time to battle wits and courage with Ben En Shenzi.

etc!

Aaron suddenly realized that he had missed any blind spots?

God Son Benn has been reluctant to take action. Is it because he was accompanying the princess and did not go to the fiefdom, so he waited and waited?

Aaron had a plan in mind. Instead of waiting for Son of Bane to take action, he might as well detonate the bomb himself and eliminate this threat once and for all before he went to the fiefdom! By the way, he can also use this opportunity to further gain Alice Sayre's trust to complete his purpose of stealing the country.

A plan began to form in his mind.

I have a plan!

As luck would have it, two days later, a piece of news gradually came from the Moon Sea and gradually spread in the city of Susar.

Something big happened in the Moon Sea in the north!

After the death of Bane, the god of tyranny, the Zhentarim, which fell under the control of Cyric, began an internal liquidation. Under the leadership of Mansu, the Lord of the Zhentarim, and Xeno-Mirrormane, the priest of Cyric, the war against Ban began. During the liquidation of the remaining believers of Bane, wave after wave of remaining believers of Bane either changed their surnames on the spot, or were directly killed by Cyric believers!

All of a sudden, heads were rolling and blood flowed like rivers. Cyric believers, regardless of age or gender, as long as they were unwilling to convert on the spot, would be massacred and their property confiscated. Those who were willing to convert had to prove their piety to Cyric, or Make an oath, kiss the idol, or spend money to atone for your sins.

The Black Hook Gang, which trades with the north, even received a piece of gossip, saying that the Prince of the Dark Sun was searching on a large scale for all the sons of Bane and Baal in the Moon Sea. Cyric offered a high reward to anyone who would kill Bane. Anyone who is dedicated to him by the Son of God can be immediately promoted to legendary strength, given a hint of divinity, and becomes the chosen one of the Dark Sun!

Although the first reaction of this news to the citizens of Susaal was "good to die, good to kill, I'll pop the champagne", the son of Lord Ben, who was hiding in the manor outside the city, couldn't sit still.

His news channels also confirmed the news. Except for the part about granting divinity as the elect, the other contents are very consistent. And judging from Manakorn’s understanding of the madman Dark Sun, He can do anything and grant It is certainly not impossible for divinity to elevate the elect.

You know, what Bane believers hate most is the former Bane elect, current Cyric elect, and the legendary priest "Black Will" Halken who is currently located in Amn. He betrayed Bane without hesitation and obeyed Ciri. This act earned him the biggest reward from Prince Dark Sun and made him a high-level legend!

"I like betrayal so much~"

——Cyric’s famous saying

Manakorn couldn't sit still for a while. He thought to himself, why hasn't Aaron gone to the fief yet? Hasn't there been news that he plans to seal the sunset claim?

But the news that came next was even more exciting.

The leader of the Black Hook Gang, Hera Fernberg, personally came to the Queen's Blade headquarters in Suzal and wanted to report a Cormyr dignitary by his real name. However, before he could tell the details of the matter, he died suddenly and mysteriously when he entered the headquarters. The Queen The Blade found a vague report letter on his body, but the report letter had been stained red with blood, and many of the contents on it had been painted clean. The mages tried to restore it but could not see what he wrote at all. It was only vaguely mentioned that someone had colluded with foreign forces.

Alicesel was furious and immediately ordered a city-wide search, which caused a lot of confusion. However, several Zhentarim members were actually captured and tortured, but no valuable information was obtained for the time being.

After hearing the news, Son of God Ben's expression changed suddenly.

Although his intelligence network showed that the royal family had no actual evidence and his hands and feet were very clean, Manakorn still felt that an invisible net was approaching him, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Pressure from Cyric, pressure from the Queen Regent, pressure from Aaron.

After repeated entanglements and hesitations, Manakorn was finally forced to decide to launch the plan to steal the country.

Can't wait any longer!

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