If you want to fight against such a power, the shadow power of Vizeme Manor is the most suitable. It will evolve the war into the shadow showdown in the Ivanso Council Hall, seizing each other's souls, as long as the other party's soul is completely destroyed. Take it away, and the defense like an iron wall will naturally break down.
But Gavin also holds another powerful weapon in his hands - the Dragon Oak Dream and the divine spark of dreams it spawns.
As mentioned before, illusions, illusions and dreams are often inseparable. Layla, the goddess of illusions and lies, is the closest deity to the dream priesthood in Faerûn. The situation in the distant sea swamp is an out-and-out reality. Dreamland is just an out-and-out nightmare compared to the fantastic dream of Dragon Oak Dreamland.
The reason why this is a dream is because the monsters who fell to the ground did not die, but lay there straight like vegetative people. As long as their souls are sent back, they can wake up, just like just now. It's all just a nightmare.
But the fog in the distant sea swamp obviously has no intention of returning their soul consciousness. Without any care, these bodies with only empty shells will die one after another, and the soul consciousness sucked away by the fog will naturally become this dream. permanent residents.
They can definitely fight a special dream war, no, more accurately, it should be a divine war, because it involves a battle for souls.
The premise is that the Dragon Oak Mother Tree has been upgraded. Although the Dragon Oak Mother Tree is huge, it is still a mortal thing after all. Although the Root of the Gods is small, it is the original root of a god who ascended to the gods. If you want to swallow it completely, you need to spend a lot of money. It takes a lot of water milling work, but once it is completed, the benefits will be extremely huge, at least it can push the Dragon Oak Mother Tree onto the road to escape from the mortal world.
This matter went very smoothly. After all, the root of the gods is also a dead object, the kind that has been completely suppressed. On the Dragon Oak mother tree, there are countless felines led by Lord Virginia to assist. The most difficult thing is the beginning. When doing something, it is necessary to repeatedly adjust, verify various possibilities, and find the optimal method. After the plan is determined, the rest becomes simpler, and the speed is getting faster and faster, typically one ebbs and flows.
The evolution of the high sea swamps into what they are now has been a mixed blessing for Gavin.
The disadvantage is that in a short period of time, this place will become a forbidden area for life. Not to mention the fog in the distant sea swamps cannot be approached, even within five kilometers. To prevent these fogs from suddenly expanding and posing a threat, they must set up a special patrol. Team, closely monitor the changes in the distant sea swamps.
In the future, if they want to unify the entire goblin frontier, the Far Sea Swamp will be a big problem. The Dream War is just Gavin's unilateral idea. Whether it can be implemented will have to wait until the Dragon Oak Mother Tree is upgraded, and the Lord of Virginia will discuss it carefully. After some discussion, it was determined that she was the professional in this aspect and she was just a borrower of power.
The good thing is that next, they don't have to worry about the threat from the gathering of hags here. Originally, they were worried that this was the ability of the hags to control the formation of the fragments of the godhead, but now they are basically sure that it is not.
Although Gavin has not directly met those hags, he has had an indirect confrontation once. When he destroyed their hag eyes, they did not show too much power. This was just one of the differences.
The most important thing is that the current situation in the Distant Sea Swamp is definitely beyond the capabilities of several legendary hags. If they really had the ability to make such a big noise, the Distant Sea Swamp would no longer be able to accommodate them.
They should also be the conspirators of that godhead fragment, and the situation they are facing now is probably not optimistic.
The defeat of these monsters who were driven to the distant sea swamp by the conqueror's army was also part of the situation stirred up by Gavin. Their large-scale death in the distant sea swamp had just aroused the expansion and murderous nature of the fog, and nearly 20,000 living souls Being sucked into the mist will definitely stimulate new changes in the fragments of the godhead. The hags in the swamps of the distant sea will probably bear the brunt. If they are not careful, they will also be involved in this dream. Not just them, but everyone. Any living thing may face this situation.
If this happens, it won't be long before the distant sea swamp becomes a dead swamp, leaving only plants without intelligence.
Another advantage is that it is difficult for others to take it down. This is not something that can be achieved by pure force. For those who rely solely on physical strength to fight, this is a nightmare. Their strength is not available here at all. On the contrary, those who are strong in the three inner attributes are more warriors than warriors inside.
After confirming that their army had safely withdrawn from here, Gavin and Catherine did not stay too long and returned directly to the Bridge of Faith. They still had a lot of things to deal with.
For example, in the battle damage inventory, some of the dead in the conqueror's army chose to stay in Ms. Strategy's Kingdom of God. Although this diluted the sadness of death, it still had an impact on their own structure and layout.
For example, the construction planning of the City of Faith was not part of their original plan, but was a tactical adjustment prompted by the war situation.
Another example is the recruitment and adaptation of the Lizardmen army in Thun Swamp. The Lizard Queen that has just been transformed can last for eight hours. It is now coming to an end. Once the Lizard Queen is dragged back to Vizeme Manor, without her suppression, those Lizardmen will Whether he recognized Gavin as the vizier or not was still unknown, he had to confirm it himself.
Not long after Gavin and Catherine left, two figures flew quickly over the battlefield.
The handsome middle-aged man in a traditional robe is naturally the chairman of the Dark Castle, Man Meng.
The other one is also wearing a black robe and a combat throat protector, which not only covers his throat, but also covers half of his forehead, revealing only a pair of deep black eyes, from which it is difficult to see the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. , there is only endless peace. This person is none other than the supreme leader of the Zhentarim, the legendary Archmage Manson with the nickname Tyrant of the Moonsea.
Both of them seemed to be able to clearly see the mist of divine power in the distant sea swamps. The sight of corpses strewn across the fields made the two profound mages take a breath of air.
Xi Manmeng couldn't help but speak first: "Teacher, I'm sorry, this time I made a serious mistake in my decision-making. It not only cost us the monster power that we have been operating here for many years, but also created unpredictable variables in the layout here."
"I taught you a long time ago that apologizing is the most useless. Now that something has happened, it can no longer be undone. There are only remedies." As expected of the most famous old fox in Faerun, Manson's self-control ability is definitely the best. One by one, his expression quickly returned to calm, "Have you thought of any remedial measures?"
"The best remedy is to make General Gavin one of our own. As long as he joins the intelligence network, the entire high road will be opened up naturally. Not only the high road will be opened up, but our influence can even be extended along the way. The road of conquerors he has opened up has expanded to Tethyr and even the shores of Lake of Steam, but Bozor has always been unwilling to share his intelligence network in Mingta with us." Ximanmeng was obviously prepared.
"Have you found the entry point?" Manson asked.
"Judging from this person's layout, he is a very ambitious person." Ximanmeng replied respectfully, "People are not afraid of ambition, what they are most afraid of is having no desires and no desires. This is what the teacher taught me. I believe No one in this world can refuse the friendship offered by our dark intelligence network."
At the end of the sentence, Ximanmeng showed strong confidence, which was confidence in the influence of the Zhentarim.
Before many people joined the Zhentarim, they had strong hostility, contempt, and even hatred for it.
But when they enjoy the more convenience, more wealth, and greater power that the dark intelligence network brings to them, they will become fanatical believers in this organization and become their biggest supporters.
This is why the Zhentarim are notorious throughout Faerûn, but they are still firmly entrenched in the Moonsea region, and their radiation still affects the entire Northland.
A wise saying of the Dark Intelligence Network is that people are born on a scale of good and evil. Whether they are on the road of good or evil is a temporary choice. They may go to the other end at any time. The Dark Intelligence Network has never Teaching a person how to become bad only arouses the dark desires deep in his heart and makes them become a member of this huge intelligence network. Everything comes from the choice deep in his heart.
"This matter must be operated carefully." Mansong confirmed the thoughts of his disciple Xi Manmeng, "Never try to manipulate a person like this, but make him feel that everything comes from his own thoughts. Only then will he join us willingly.”
The legendary archmage also has deep confidence in his dark organization. As for the losses Gavin caused to the Zhentarim twice, they have no intention of caring about it, because this is self-proof of his strength. Without this How can they make them spend so much effort to win over him if they prove it?
In this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
The benefits that pulling him into the Zhentarim will bring to them now will far exceed that of continuing to be enemies. Many things can be ignored. This is their consistent code of conduct for the Zhentarim until they are sure that the other party's hypocrisy is deeply rooted in their bones. They will start a full-scale war with them if they cannot be used by them, such as the Harpers who have been ruining their affairs in the valley. No Zhentarim member will waste time and energy on them. They are all a bunch of bad heads, a bunch of bad guys. A troublemaker in the name of kindness, doing things that are harmful to others but not necessarily beneficial to oneself (usually altruistic, a model of chaotic kindness).
"Teacher, please don't worry, I know what to do." Xi Manmeng breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that even if this mistake is over, as long as Mansong does not hold him accountable, no one in the Zhentarim can deal with the darkness. Even the second-in-command Bozor couldn't do it.
Turning his attention to the Far Sea Swamp again, Xi Manmeng asked: "Teacher, what should be done here? If there is such a big commotion, I am afraid that many people who have never looked at the Goblin Border and the Far Sea Swamp will pay attention. I’ve put all my effort into this place and want to continue to cover up the truth here, but I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”
"Do you think someone will report this matter to the Prince of Lies?"
"Yes."
Manson replied meaningfully: "Those who want to do it don't have the ability. People who have the ability to do it will not do it, because once they do it, this godhead will no longer have anything to do with them. They If you didn’t do this before, you won’t do it now, and you won’t do it in the future, especially after witnessing the ascension of a demigod to a god again.”
Rather than believing in how tight their blockade is, Manson believes in the dark desires in the hearts of people, especially the devout believers of the God of Conspiracy and Dispute. After finding the fragments of the Goddess of Illusions and Lies, the first thing that comes to mind is never Report the slander to your own god, but find a way to take it as your own.
"It's not just a problem reported by His Highness's followers, but this piece of Godhead has absorbed so many souls at once. I'm afraid it has counter-charged the Dark Girl and allowed Lady Mist to be reborn. Your Highness may rely on the connection between priests. Sensing her location, if the incarnation of His Highness comes to the door on his own, and the Dark Castle is so close to here, I'm afraid there will be no way to explain this matter." Ximanmeng concealed illusions and lies from Cyric, the god of conspiracy. The location of the fragment of the Godhead of the Goddess is quite disapproving. After all, in this matter, he only saw the risks and not the benefits. Even if he really got the fragment of the Godhead, he really wanted to rely on it. Can it become a god?
The Prince of Lies will not sit back and watch others share the glory of the priesthood of illusion and lies with him. The moment he becomes a god will also be the moment he fights. The goddesses of illusion and lies in their heyday are no match for the Prince of Conspiracy, let alone one. Relying on the trust of the gods with the fragments of the godhead, it would only take a matter of minutes for him to destroy the godhead and take away the godhead.
Mansong's eyes showed a solemn look and said: "This is the main reason why I came here specially. His Highness's incarnation was blown up by the Lord of War. Even if he noticed the location of this fragment of Godhead, within half a year, he There’s no avatar to use either.”
Just like the predator Garagos who was just reborn last year, Cyric, the god of conspiracy, was just declared a god last year. It takes a whole year to create a divine incarnation. So far, this prince of lies has only one This is not only the case with the divine incarnation, but also with the new goddess of magic.
"It's so serious." There was an unconcealed shock in Ximanmeng's expression. He was shocked both by the powerful combat power of Tempus, the Lord of War, and by the series of impacts this incident had on them.
The master of conspiracy must have been forced into a corner before he sacrificed his divine incarnation. It may even be to replace his true body. Even if they are both powerful gods, they are not completely equal to each other. Yes, there are also three, six or nine levels, main battles, non-main battles, the God of Conspiracy and Disputes. As a new powerful divine power who was promoted only last year, it is really not worth it to challenge the power of an old and powerful divine power now. What a wise move, but then again, if Cyric was so sane and rational, he wouldn't be called crazy.
And this incident had a great impact on their Zhentarim society, and even affected their internal strife.
Due to the relationship with Bozor, the elector of Bane, the Lord of Darkness, the Zhentarim have always had a large number of followers of the God of Tyranny, which even once affected their style of behavior and promoted dark tyranny in the Moon Sea region. The nickname of the Tyrant of the Moonsea.
Although Cyric, the God of Conspiracy, brought together the priesthoods of the three dark gods Baal, Melkor and Bane last year, due to the special and secretive nature of the followers of Baal, the God of Murder and Melkor, the Lord of Death, Cyric mainly accepted They are also followers of Bane, the god of tyranny, with the Zhentarim as the core.
People like Shimamon who originally did not agree with the concept of the God of Tyranny and some outsiders joined Cyric's sect without hesitation and formed the God of Conspiracy faction in the Zhentarim.
But there is still a group of Bane believers, led by Bozor, the elector of the God of Tyranny, who firmly believe that the God of Tyranny is not dead. This can be reflected from Cyric's priesthood. He only has the priesthood of Discord, and The other priests of the God of Tyranny have no hatred, fear or tyranny at all, especially the last priest of tyranny, which is the core priesthood of the Black King.
For the sake of faith and for the internal dominance of the Zhentarim, the two factions fought fiercely. The batch of goods lost in the rockland became a fuse, detonating this conflict, and in Zhenti Fort Yer led to a serious Zhentarim infighting.
Although the believers of the God of Conspiracy proudly called this internal conflict the Massacre of Bane.
But Simon knew that they had not touched the bones of those Bane believers at all. The God of Conspiracy had become a god for too short a time and his foundation was not stable. The followers of the Dark King led by Bozor had been operating in the Zhentarim for too long. The foundation is too long and the foundation is too deep. Many times, even Manson, the leader of the Zhentarim, has to act based on his face. This is why Manson supports him to control the Dark Fortress and supports the expansion of the God of Conspiracy faction. He has not completely Serving the Prince of Lies, everything is his check and balance.
The conspiracy faction's ability to defeat the tyranny faction is largely due to the fact that Cyric can bring down miracles at all times, and can bring down his own divine incarnation at critical moments. However, the god of tyranny has disappeared, not even the prayers of his believers. There is no way to respond, there is no way for the priest's magic to be lowered.
Now that the conspiracy faction's biggest trump card has been restricted for a whole year, why don't those Bane believers who are holding back their anger take the opportunity to launch a crazy counterattack?
The only good thing is that this kind of fighting is mainly concentrated in the Eastern Zhentarim, that is, Zhentil Keep and the surrounding Moonsea area, and has little impact on the Dark Keep, which is far away. Although there are also believers of the Dark Hand here, He has always been under his own suppression. Although he is now an admirer of the God of Conspiracy, he only agrees with his style of behavior and has no plans to join him in the whirlpool of fanatical theocratic struggles for the time being, including fighting against his old enemy Bozor.
(End of chapter)
