Crown of Chaos

Although he agreed to cooperate with Barrier, Aaron was not very optimistic about the sun elf legend's plan.

Barrier didn't say how he retrieved the Sword of War. Eleanor asked tentatively. Barrier just shook his head and didn't answer. No one tried to force him anymore. People always have to have their own little secrets, loyalty. Only then can there be a guarantee.

Secret = Loyalty!

The key question is not that Barrel is a mage but wants to become the chief martial arts master, nor is his plan of borrowing chicken to lay eggs to get Aaron's support. The key point that Aaron is most confused about is - do you rely on it? How can Isevir, the Crowned King, who is so confident that you have a noble bloodline as a Sun Elf, be interested in you?

Elves are originally members of the Appearance Association, and Sun Elves are even more severely affected by Appearance Association. Elves are completely sexually mature at the age of 25, but for Sun Elves, it is not until the age of 100 that they truly learn etiquette, culture, behavior, and speaking. Getting married and having children is a very strange and incomprehensible behavior.

There is basically no political marriage between elves, especially for the three "pure-blooded" elves, sun elves, moon elves, and star elves. Love is an extremely sacred thing that needs to be treated extremely rare and solemnly. Marriage is very important to the elves. Said to be an extremely important ritual in life - elves prefer to replace marriage with open relationships, such as short-term flings and relatively long-term live-in relationships.

If there is a wedding, it will be the wedding of the century, the kind that the entire community will celebrate for weeks on end.

Only on this point, the elves are extremely stubborn and no one can force them.

If Bariel wants to be the man who crowns the king, short-term casual lovers and long-term live-in relationships are impossible. Barriel must be with Ysevere in Corellon Rathrian or Henali Thranil. Marriage is concluded under the witness of a priest, and the exchange of vows means the exchange of each other's life origins.

So why does Barrel think that with his weight of 220 pounds (almost 200 kilograms), height of over 1.6 meters, greasy hair, and appearance that is considered ugly among elves but acceptable among humans, he can conquer Iseverel? ?

Aaron had his doubts.

He didn't mention this issue because his relationship with Barrier was not that great. On the contrary, they quickly focused their attention on the captured demon elf mage.

"Your Excellency, he said it." Ramsey trotted over and reported: "He said that he is Salazar of the Jess family of the Dela family, from the Cormanso Forest. The patriarch Salya sent them to pursue Mr. Barrier. , they summoned the yugoloth because they received the help of Ichiatu-Chamu, the son of Bane, and used the portal in Myth Drannone to summon it."

Shamu? Disma?

Aaron frowned. Since the last time he and Shamu reluctantly joined forces to deal with Beelak, the peace treaty between the two sides has been abolished. Shamu got the artifact sword of the Brand King Marchekid, and then he went Ser, according to intelligence, Shamu reestablished Bann's faith in Ser and reorganized the church's power. Disma was very active as Shamu's deputy, and Shamu was not stingy with his rewards. He named Disma the "Warmaster", and gave him a trace of divine power, allowing him to be promoted to legend.

This is exactly what Disma wants!

A world of freedom! No longer bound or controlled, Disma finally showed a cheerful smile when he led the dark army of Bane's son Shamu in the name of Warmaster to rampage across Ser.

free!

"Our enemies seem to be uniting, Your Excellency." Barrel wiped his sweat and politely said thank you to Samir who handed him the towel. Samir took Barrel's towel and remained calm. He threw the towel on the grass, seemingly not intending to use it again.

"It doesn't matter." There were so many lice on his body that it didn't itch, so Aaron was curious: "How did you get this demon elf to confess everything so quickly?"

"It's Doherty." There was a look of fear on Ramsey's face: "He told the demon elf that if he didn't confess, he would... use tribal tattoos on every place on his body. They all leave behind indelible orcish language, wild marks and runes.”

"This kind of shame is unacceptable even to demon elves." Samir chuckled: "I understand, I can give it a try next time."

"By the way, Your Excellency." Ramsay suddenly asked: "Didn't you create the Chaos Hell Cannon before? You said you needed some demons to load it. Today, isn't this..."

The Silver Dragon Knights focused their attention on the corpses of the Yugoloth demon on the ground.

Yugoloths are demons too!

"That makes sense!"

Aaron asked the team to stay where they were and began to collect the demonic energy of the yugoloth.

Barrel took the opportunity to start a small history class, and the Sun Elf Archmage described in detail the story of the "Three Evil Demons" of the Crying War.

The race of the three demons of the Crying War is the yugoloth demon, and their class is the commander class of the Nikaroth demon who just fought Aaron to the death.

The three evil demons first appeared and were summoned by the great arcane masters of Netheril. The reason was simply "Master Elf, what do you do?", so a great arcanist summoned the three evil demons to attack the elven Cormanthor Empire. After a fierce battle, the three evil spirits were sealed and the Great Arcanist was killed by the Elven High Mage.

Until hundreds of years later, the soul of the crowned king Iltargrim returned to Arvandor, and the heir Elavi was assassinated. Myth Drannor was unable to choose the crowned king, but instead let the sword of the crown madly kill people, and fell into huge chaos. No one noticed that because of an accidental release of the seal, the three evil demons successfully escaped and spent three years forming the largest dark army in history - with the huge lesser Yugoloth as the backbone, a large number of orcs , gnolls, bugbears, trolls, hobgoblins and other evil races brought under their command an army of 300,000 people, and finally destroyed the City of Singing.

Now, the War Sword has returned.

Barrel hugged the wooden box in his arms tightly.

In the history class of the Magic Academy on Evermeet Island that year, Teacher Silinxi recreated that period of history for us. I saw Isewell lying on the table crying. This scene will be unforgettable for me forever.

At that moment, I was thinking that if I could become the Chief Mage, I must win everything back. Now that the sword of war is in my hands, I must consider whether this is the only opportunity I have in this life.

I believe that the elves have such a lofty status in the history of the country, and Myth Drannor has contributed a lot to it. It is my duty to restore the glory of Cormanthor, and I, Barril-Moonflower, have a duty!

this is for you! Isever!

In the midsummer of 1365 in the valley calendar, Aaron and others finally returned to Cormyr.

As soon as he entered the country, he received an order from Alice Searle, asking him to report to Sousal immediately.

The silver dragon knights all showed knowing smiles, thinking that our Lord Viscount is really blessed. Is it because the princess misses him?

But as they went deeper into the country, the sights in front of them gradually made them realize that things were not that simple.

Groups of soldiers are gathering all over the kingdom. Summer is the sweltering time. The lord's messengers are already running around. There is a solemn atmosphere brewing in the cities and military camps. Even the farmers are being forced to leave after Sunday. They were organized into teams for simple military training. As Aaron approached Susar, the royal flag with the purple dragon coat of arms was hung high on the city top, and the purple dragon knights went out one after another.

Even a fool can sense war coming.

Cormier about to start a foreign war?

All the surrounding forces have noticed this. Whether it is Zambia in the east, the valley in the northeast, the Sword Coast in the northwest or the many city-states in the south, they are all paying close attention to Cormyr's movements.

The Kingdom of the Purple Dragon once fell into decline after the fall of Assan IV. Everyone originally thought that the Kingdom of the Purple Dragon would at least enter a long dormant period, but no one expected that just three years later, Cormyr successfully Arabel took back the north and once again shocked the country by killing the orc Great Khan Turgeon in one battle.

Then there is the rapid rise of Aaron Salian. This "last Salian" has some clues. He seems to have rocketed from an ordinary down-and-out aristocrat to an upstart in the kingdom overnight. Now, the whole country Everyone is pursuing his "Chaos Raw Coke". When it is shipped every month, merchants waiting for the goods can fill the entire Feilongshui Lake. It is a must-have product for adventurers to travel at home, kill people, and cross mountains. .

The price is quite cheap, 3 gold coins per bottle.

Silver lotion, goddess stockings, silver incense, as well as brand-new astral magic, Salian's nine volumes, new advanced professions and a new power system.

More importantly, Aaron's own strength has grown rapidly like a snowball, from a newbie who was almost killed by a magician to a savior who fought against the incarnation of a god with the fairy princess in Baldur's Gate. It only took Aaron five short years.

In just five years, Aaron went from a viscount with only one house in the Three Crowns neighborhood to one with thousands of troops, signed a high-level dragon covenant with a legendary dragon, had a goblin princess to help him fight, and the Silver Virgin Mary. Lun and even the Lady of the Night, Shar, have a lot of connections. She owns one of the most profitable monopoly businesses in the country, and is also very close to the Viscount Field, the daughter of the Purple Dragon King, Alice Sel.

All of this makes everyone feel uneasy.

Aaron is back, what does Cormier want to do?

This is something that the entire central region of the country wants to know.

After learning that Alice Thel issued the king's order to regain Tifantun at the northern crossroads, many extremely nervous forces finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I don’t know when, but what everyone feared was no longer the coat of arms of the Purple Dragon Kingdom, but the Salian family coat of arms hidden in Cormyr!

After entering the territory of Cormyr, Aaron dismissed the Silver Dragon Knights and asked them to send them back to the Sunset Territory with the large amount of wealth obtained by the demon elves and Baldur's Gate, while he himself took Eleanor on another journey. Entered Sousal.

Holding the little hand of the pastor lady, Aaron looked at the tall city gate of Susar, the heavily guarded royal guards, and the Queen's Blade standing guard at the city gate. Aaron no longer felt nervous as before. On the contrary, he returned to Susar again. Sal gave him a rather leisurely and comfortable feeling.

Now that the Golden Law has been completed, his strength has been promoted to legend, and he has the nine-ring magic in his hand, Aaron's eyes are no longer focused on the trivial matters in the market. In the past, Aaron would subconsciously look at the Queen's Blade when he saw it. Be wary, seeing the Queen's Blade now will only make you feel friendly, and by the way, you want to punch these Alice Searle thugs in the face.

"What should we do? Go directly to the palace?" Eleanor stayed by Aaron's side. Miss Priest actually didn't like this kind of big city. She preferred the private environment of the Palace of Aquitaine, or the sunset. The semi-natural open courtyard with trees, water and pond in Lun Temple.

"No, let's not go to the palace first." Aaron breathed a long sigh of relief and closed his eyes.

"Let's go home!"

…………

When Aaron arrived in Susar, Aliceser was still troubled in the palace.

The king's order was passed, but the two Dukes of Cormyr, the Duke of Kayneth-Ireland and the Duke of Gordon-Marelli, were very indifferent to the king's order.

The first person to stand up and support the conquest of Tiffany was naturally the lady lord of Arabelle, Ms. Millman-Laure. After all, Tiffanyton is to the north of Arabelle. Recovering Tiffanyton means that there is a north of Arabelle. barrier.

The second person to stand up to support Alice Searle was Kimmich, the northern commander of the Purple Dragon Knights. Needless to say, the Purple Dragon Knights were already hungry and thirsty.

Ms. Raul had been forming an army early, but the two real dukes on the ground had no reaction.

The first is Duke Gordon Marelli. This guy kept complaining and repeatedly cried out after receiving the king's order.

Let’s talk about the lack of people first. In the fire of Susal, the Duke Marelli family’s army was completely lost.

Besides, there is no army. The Marelli family itself is a family with the navy and sea trade as its core, and the army does not have many establishments.

He also said that the navy was not good enough, and warships could not go ashore, and they had to protect trade routes.

In short, there is no money, no one, and the right expertise.

Alice Searle saw that Duke Marelli was unwilling to go north to regain Tiffanytown, because it would have little to do with him and would be a waste of money, effort and people.

However, the princess couldn't refute him at all. It was true that the fire of Susar was true, it was true that Marelli's army suffered huge losses, it was true that sea trade was the core, and it was true that the navy could not go ashore.

Duke Kayneth also grumbled, much in the same way as Gordon, why should we beware of Zambia in the east, should we be wary of the ghosts in Guangze, why should the orcs in Stormhorn be moving again, in short, we can’t tell the difference now. Open your body.

The Duke of Kayneth only sent one general, Pope, who led 500 border garrison troops to Susar to obey orders. Although these 500 people were not temporarily recruited cheerleaders, they were far from the "elite" that the Duke of Kayneth called them. , each armed with a breastplate of cloth, a weapon, and twenty "knights" riding pack horses and holding bamboo spears, they were considered to be on duty for the princess.

As for the Duke of Kayneth himself, he put on a posture of "I'm optimistic about you!", but always refused to really contribute and refused to come to Susar.

The two actual dukes are like this. Putting aside the issue of the number of troops, if they don't dispatch, how can the other actual nobles actually contribute?

Alice Ser is spending her days in the Royal Palace of Oberszil. This is the first war she has personally commanded and deployed since becoming regent. She needs a big victory so much.

Just when he was being urged to increase his intensity, the report from Queen's Blade arrived.

Aaron is back!

After a long drought, there will be rain!

There was a roar of joy inside and outside the palace, and the princess regent was smiling brightly on the throne.

You guy, you still know how to come back?

Aliceser gritted her teeth, but couldn't restrain her joy.

Aaron is an upstart who he personally promoted. He will definitely support him. Now that he is back, the two dukes will no longer be important.

With him here, there are no surprises!

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