Crown of Chaos

Jaeger, the ancient god of death, now the Lord of the end of all things, the chanter of death, the subordinate god of Cyric, and the servant of the god of the underworld.

It's a little weird that Jaeger would be here, and even weirder that he'd ask the question.

Especially now that the war is imminent, why does Jaeger appear at this time?

Aaron thought for a while, then he stretched out his hand, and the pattern of the golden law ring appeared in his palm. After Aaron's many completions, the golden law ring was complete and formed a system by itself.

"This is my way of life and death." Aaron said to Jaeger: "Look at my law. It controls life and death. The starting point and end point of all things is the golden tree. The golden tree accepts everything. The golden tree reincarnates everything, life is death, death is life, purity is pollution, pollution is purity, life itself is a kind of reincarnation and cycle, when every cause leads to every effect, the fate of the soul has been decided."

"Very good." There was basically no expression on the face of Yeager's mummy: "You have shown me your golden law, the ruling on life and death, very good, I have one more question."

"Please tell me." Aaron sighed: "I'm pressed for time."

"I would like to ask, although the golden tree and the golden law can reincarnate life and death, and judge sin and evil, once the golden tree is under your control, how can you ensure that you will not interfere with cause and effect and reincarnation?" Yeager said in a low voice. .

"There is no way. Just as mortals cannot refuse the temptation of the soul, neither can gods." Aaron shook his head, and he stretched out his other hand. The white fire from the emperor appeared in his hand, forming the shape of destined death, and The golden law rings stand side by side: "There are many things in the underworld, and not all of them can be judged through simple good and evil, right and wrong. When the soul flows to the other end in the star realm of the multiverse, of course I have the responsibility to maintain this system and maintain this system. That’s the solution.”

Aaron raised the white fire: "Death destined."

"Sometimes ideals and reality are always different...I already know your answer." Yeager nodded slowly, and the mummy left: "We will meet again one day in the future, from outside the multiverse. You are personally chosen by the four gods, I hope you will do well for yourself."

"Set off!"

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Sea of ​​Moon, by the River Tes.

Fiolena, the vanguard of the Western Army, led 500 Order Knights of Cormyr, flying across the land of the Moon Sea. Each Order Knight wore a brightly colored robe and held a lance. However, the robe The armor underneath was not so neat. Some knights wore enchanted mithril armor, and the kite feathers on their heads moved with the wind. It was so beautiful.

The armor under some knights' robes is just simple scale armor or chain mail, which still smells bad. There are no kites on the head, so they use antlers, horns or even branches instead, which is quite unique and looks very special. It's majestic.

The vanguard general is Fiolena, a guard knight from the Obeschier Palace. This decision made by Aaron made many people dissatisfied, especially Aaron's cousin Robert and many members of the Orc Great Sword Camp. Erti, and the white-robed Halfdan of the Bedai barbarians.

But Aaron had multiple considerations for choosing Fiolena as the vanguard. First of all, because he didn't trust Alice Searle, he kept Fiolena in the dark for a long time until both parties really opened up. Secondly, the Salian Shogunate was born out of the Purple Dragon Kingdom of Cormyr, and the Vanguard letting the Cormyr nobles fight first has strong political significance.

Fiolena also took a deep breath. It was finally time for her to fight on the front line and show the strength of her and the Kingdom of Purple Dragon.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Eastern Army soldiers have been spotted ahead!"

"Oh?" Fiolena nodded excitedly: "How many people are there? Which army are they from?"

"It's orcs! There are only three hundred people, including some warg cavalry, who are... plundering in the upper reaches of the Tes River!" the scout reported back.

Fiolena immediately rode to a slightly higher place, took out her binoculars and looked into the distance.

This sight made the Guards Knight grit his teeth.

There was not a large group of orcs, and they didn't have any special flags. They probably just plundered nearby villages and towns during their march.

The passage from Dagger Falls to Zhentil Castle is the Tes River. There are dozens of villages along the river, and the civilians of the Moon Sea have lived here for generations.

But today, the orcs are here.

The farmland was trampled by the iron hooves of the orcs, the houses were burned in the flames, and the limbs of the villagers were hung by the orcs on the branches. The desperate human male heads that were still dripping with blood rolled their eyes white and turned up and down on the grill. The orc officers looted The bar in the village delivered barrels of low-quality ale to the orc officers.

"Damn it, are the Zhentarim not going to continue working?" Fiolena put down the telescope and slapped her thigh in anger: "Orcs, orcs, orcs are here, can the civilians here still have a way to survive? Zhentil Keep doesn’t care!”

There were a lot of echoes around, and it was clear that the knights of the order were also very dissatisfied with this. For these Cormyr nobles, it is only natural that the subjects pay taxes for the lords, and the lords provide shelter to the subjects.

As a guard knight born in Cormyr, Fiolena herself has a very sense of justice. After scolding, Fiolena reluctantly changed her status from a righteous knight to a vanguard general. She suddenly realized the fighter plan: "Very good, the first blow of this battle is my Fiolena's people, the Knights of the Order, attack!"

"Follow me!!!"

Dong-dong-dong~ The sound of huge horse hooves came from the ground, sweeping past without any cover. Only then did the orcs who were looting the village heard the sound, and hurriedly picked up their weapons, only to see Fiolena's knight's long sword. With one finger, the knights of the order skillfully outflanked her from both wings. Only twenty or thirty knights followed closely behind Fiolena and advanced from the center.

The orcs were looking for weapons in a panic. When they saw Fiolena coming to kill them, they all fell to their lances. The knights of the Order who rushed past threw away their broken lances and suddenly took out the muskets from their bodies.

Moradin's spearhead!

Bang~bang bang bang~

A row of white smoke swept across the location of the orcs, and the orcs in twos and threes hit the target one after another, and thirty or forty of them fell in one fell swoop.

However, the orcs were indeed orcs. Instead of being defeated like this, they raised their battle axes and roared throughout the wilderness.

"G-U-SH!"

"Gruush can't save you!" Fiolena sneered and took out the grenade of Hex Military Industry from her arms. After one round of throwing, the orcs were blown to pieces, and the knights were surrounded by the order. He killed the orcs and surrounded the remaining three hundred orcs in the burning village.

The first achievement is mine! Just as Fiolena was thinking this, the Order Knights on the left heard the sound of a series of bows and arrows. Arrows and crossbow bolts came like locusts, knocking many Order Knights off their horses.

In the shadows, with close-fitting dark leather armor, long white hair, and cruel faces, bugbears and ogres protected a small group of elves.

Drow!

Oh no, we were ambushed!

Fiolena immediately signaled the knights to retreat. Fortunately, although Cormyr's aristocratic children were not very powerful in combat, they had received sufficient military training and retreated quickly.

This was not over yet. Piles of Zhentarim soldiers immediately appeared in the woods next to the Teis River. The triggers of the fine steel hand crossbows were pulled, and the flame-wrapped trebuchets smashed out pieces of fire rain. More importantly, The Zhentarim Skylord forces have arrived.

Fiolena quickly ordered to retreat, and the knights could not care much at this time. The grenades on her body were thrown out in a flash. The mages on the Lord of the Sky's mounts threw daggers and lightning chains downwards. , magic missiles fell like raindrops, beating the knights of the Order until they could not lift their heads.

"Knights, dismount!" Fiolena quickly signaled and ordered the knights to dismount. After the nobles of Cormyr hesitated for a while, many of them showed expressions of pain on their faces, because the war horse is half the knight's life, and there is nothing that can be done at this time. , the knights of the Order quickly dismounted and gathered together to form a shield formation. When the orcs and drow rushed up, the knights of the Order took action.

The Chaos Fire Cannon protruding from the gap between the shields was not comparable to the gray dwarf fire cannons in the Underdark. The specially-made enchanted projectiles were fired in a volley, beating the approaching drow and orcs into sieves.

Fiolena fought on the front line in person, suffering one stab wound and one gunshot wound. Her presence boosted the morale of the Order Knights. The Cormyrs fought desperately, and the fighting power they showed made the drow realize that even if Even if they could win it today, they would have to pay a heavy price.

The drow were unwilling to continue fighting on the spot and ordered to retreat. When the orcs saw the drow retreating, they were so angry that they cursed that pointy ears should be damned. Sooner or later, everyone must have an elf ear necklace, and they also began to retreat.

When the Zhentarim soldiers approached, the knights of the Order drew their swords one after another. Are the Zhentarim mercenaries a match for the noble children of Cormyr? After a close battle, the Zhentarim troops could no longer hold on. Seeing the orcs and drow retreating, the Zhentarim soldiers also retreated.

At that moment, Fiolena ordered the remaining three hundred or so knights to retreat, giving them time to retreat leisurely.

This behavior angered the Eastern Army's forwards on the spot, thinking that 2,000 of us ambushed 500 of you, but you still can't bite them down. This is a great shame and humiliation for the Zhentarim!

Still wanting to continue the pursuit, a sharp whistle sounded from far away, and the Zhentarim who heard the whistle showed fear.

Dark road! A century of blood debt! The Bedai Knights of the Great Desert of Enook are here!

More than 800 Bedai knights in black robes and camels and war horses came to kill them under the personal leadership of Harald the Ruthless. The Eastern Army's forwards finally could not resist it and were completely defeated. The Bedai knights chopped down He turned over more than 130 Zhentarim soldiers and chopped all the 200 orcs who couldn't escape into two pieces.

The Battle of the Tes came to an end, with Fiolena and Harald the Merciless each leading their knights to retreat.

The Western Army won a small victory.

"Bastard!" Mansu, the Zhentarim leader and the chief lord of Zhentil Keep, got the news and became furious on the spot, scolding his subordinates: "2,000 people didn't eat 500 people, and I didn't eat 500 people. I sent the drow from Baenre’s family to you, but you can’t even defeat them?”

There were many people sitting on both sides of the long red carpet table, including Queensel, the matron of the Baenre family, Gonf Baenre, the mage lord of the Bare family, Gorguz the Skullhunter, the orc commander, and Cyric. The senior cleric, the supreme commander of Zhentil Keep, Selula Anji, and twenty or thirty generals of the Zhentarim.

Mansu scolded his subordinates for their incompetence in fighting, while Selula next to him was secretly frightened. The Zhentarim soldiers she sent could not be considered aces, but they were also elite. They had been fighting the Bedai on the dark road for a long time, and the Lord of the Sky With the assistance of the mage group and the support of the drow, they cannot defeat the vanguard of the Western Army.

Serula realized early on that the orcs and drow were both brave and capable races, but the orcs could not be controlled and the drow did not obey orders, so she designed this plan to eat the leading troops of the Western Army first. Let the Western Army see the power of the Eastern Army, and on the other hand, it also strengthens the Zhentarim's commanding position.

Unexpectedly, this failed.

When the Ninth Shepherd Legion, the Silver Hand Army, the Demi-Gryphon Knight Brigade and the Dwarf Artillery join the battlefield, this battle will be difficult to fight!

After Mansu cursed a few times, Serula quickly spoke out to appease everyone, saying that the Knights of the Order also lost more than a hundred people, and the enemy's vanguard general Fiolena was injured in many places. This battle was considered a great one. Our Eastern Army won.

In this way, the first collision between the Eastern Army and the Western Army, both sides announced that they had won a complete victory, killing countless enemies and severely defeating the enemy's invasion intention. The Eastern Army announced that it had killed more than 300 Knights of the Order of Cormyr and seriously injured them. Commander Fiolena.

As for the Western Army.

Aaron immediately met with Fiolena who had retreated after being injured. The knight guard apologized to Aaron for underestimating the enemy and rushing in.

Eleanor quickly released the healing magic for Fiolena. After hearing this, Aaron encouraged Fiolena with gentle words and told her that there was nothing wrong with her. This was Aaron's tactic - fishing for wild weapons.

After taking out Woking's pure gold coins and giving a bag each to Harald the Heartless and Fiolena, Aaron summoned Egil, Elminster, Black Staff and others to discuss matters.

Donne, Thompson, and Comet Prince Orpheus also came over to listen.

"If our army continues to advance along the Tes River, we will arrive at the city of Teswe." Aaron pointed to the map: "Look, to the north of Teswe is the Dragon's Spine Mountains, and to the south is the Cormanso Forest. With the River Tes running through the middle, it is a very suitable place for a decisive battle.”

"You are right, young man, but I think that the Eastern Army should have already established a stronghold first. If we fight the Eastern Army in Tesway, do we have to consider the enemies from the Cormanso Forest in the south? And the enemies from the north. The Zhentarim will definitely be heavily stationed in Raven Keep."

Elminster pointed at the map and said: "This is a bit like a pocket, waiting for us to drill into it."

Everyone nodded. The vanguard's ambush was a pocket formation. The Western Army should not make a second mistake.

"Great Sage, I always thought you were a mage!" Aaron looked at Elminster playfully: "Did your further studies in the Cormanthor Empire also include military courses?"

"Haha, that's not the case. It's just that I've seen a lot of battles. When I participated in the Crying War, your ancestor Liudolf was still alive." Elminster said with a smile, he liked it the most Relying on the old and betraying the old.

In fact, as a chosen one of the Goddess of Magic, Elminster can keep himself young, but he likes to show himself as an old man.

"Yes, you are right." Aaron pointed his finger at Tesway: "But what if I just want to break through the Eastern Army's pocket formation and directly attack the Eastern Army's camp?"

"Um?"

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