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The three gods came to remind her of the news that Moander was about to attack Tikka (we were even more suspicious about this), but they didn't recognize Tikka's identity when they first saw her. Instead, they think she is an evil creature sent by Moander to attack the Goddess of Fate.
Then tragedy struck.
We don't know the process of the conflict between the two parties. We only know that in the end Su Lun fired a beam of purification light on Tikka, and then the broken goddess of fate split into two new goddesses. One, the goddess of doom who inherited Tikka's beauty Shaba, a goddess of fortune who has inherited all the love of the goddess of fortune, Tymora.
At this time, the three gods knew (maybe) that the so-called monster they killed was transformed by Tikka, and Su Lun wept sadly for killing his close friend by mistake-thus the legendary artifact Su Lun's tears was born.
In fact, not only Tika, the goddess of fate, was divided into two in this tragic conflict, but the rose incarnation of Moander, who was the chief culprit of this tragedy, was also cut off from the original real body at the same time.
Due to the curse of unfortunate fate, she gained independent consciousness and existence, but her fate was also bumpy because of this. From then on, Moanda (rose split body) was either sealed or on the road to being sealed.
Having said so many digressions, let us return to our present.Now the incarnation of the saint in Moander is in a dilemma. She is even a little desperate, knowing that she may not be able to escape the fate of being sealed again, but this time the time to come out to let the wind out is a bit too short, and she is really a bit unhappy!
It's just that there is no way, the situation is stronger than the gods now, and the saints have to stay low and be small, otherwise, what else can they do? !
William has a lot of experience in dealing with saints, but today he doesn't want to be the executioner who deals with gods, because there are better candidates.
Van der Longthorn, this old guy who has lived for an unknown number of years, has a certain kind of forbidden knowledge.
Although Mr. Longthorn felt that he was a little too greedy, but out of his desire to transcend the mundane, he still had the cheek to ask William to "pick up the god's corpse".
To Vander Longthorn's surprise, William readily agreed to his request, and couldn't wait to hand over the right to dispose of the spoils.
Although Van der Longthorn felt that something was wrong, he finally abandoned all distracting thoughts and took out a thing that he had prepared for a long time, a crystal jade-like object.
When Moando saw the jade, he couldn't help but screamed: "No! That's the damn Su Lun's tear! The thing I hate the most!"
Of course, this Su Lun's tears are not the Su Lun's tears.
There is also something called the Tears of Su Lun in this world, which is a celestial body hanging high in the sky of Tianyu Kingdom—the light of stars flowing around the moon, an existence between solid meteors and illusory brilliance.
They are also believed to be the tears of the moon goddess shed in joy, sorrow, or both.
These streamer-like existences can be mined to form jade-like substances, but they are the best artifact embryos in the world.
After the jade Su Lun's tears were thrown into the core of the saint incarnation in Moander, the evil god began to howl non-stop, and her essence was continuously absorbed by the Su Lun's tears.
For gods, even evil gods, this is a very cruel process.
In the end, the essence of the evil god was completely absorbed and digested by Su Lun's tears, and the saint incarnation of Moander also completely lost consciousness and form. She merged with the jade-like substance and became a unique artifact ( It's like the disaster sword transformed by Musk, except that Moander is not voluntary).
No one knows what kind of power this newly born artifact has, except for Moander, who is the core of divinity, and the creator of the artifact.
The artifact was finally named the Stone of Vander, and Vander Dragonthorn and his companions took her away. They claimed to take this artifact to the home plane of the abyss to destroy the original truth of Moander. body.
William didn't say much about this, he even wished that these guys would leave as soon as possible.
William has long realized that there are some problems, but he doesn't want to be troublesome. After all, the threat of the evil god has been eliminated, and the next step is to continue to clean up the ruins of Yulas and even rebuild the city.
Sanyu also left, but it didn't continue to mix with Van der Longthorn, but returned to the Great Desert of Ainuooke.It had already guessed the true purpose of the original founder of the Harper, yet another mortal elite duped by the lie of becoming a god.
When Sanyu bid farewell to William, he turned to him bitterly for help, claiming that the people from the past brought out from the gap between time and space entrusted to him by William were so difficult to serve, and it hoped that William could take over them again.
William agreed to this without hesitation, and he was even a little impatient.
The reason is simple. Although those people may be a bit out of date, they are all real elites who have received higher education in the prosperous period of ancient human civilization. They are undoubtedly a super tonic for William's newborn valley kingdom.
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The shadow of the evil god dissipated, but the military training operation to clean up the ruins of Yulas continued.
You asked why William didn't use the Flame Legion to clear the field, not to mention that the soldiers of the Flame Legion are not suitable for staying on the main material plane for a long time, and the movement of this hot weapon is too loud, so it is not suitable for shouting on the main material plane Let go.
What's more, the Iron Storm of the Flame Legion can't really conquer the world.Not to mention anything else, the scene of meteors flying out of the sky alone told William directly that the water in the three-thirds of an acre of Faerun was very deep, and there might be super giant crocodiles lurking somewhere.
So this Flame Legion can only be used as William's deterrent hole card, just like the big fireworks in the previous life, it can be used to shock people's hearts, and it can also be revealed from time to time, but if you really want to rely on it to win the world, then you can only say you Can't die fast enough.
So after the Flame Legion besieged the evil god Moander once, they were sent back to the world of flames by William.
The regrouped Yulas survivors returned to the ruins again, but this time their number was much larger.More soldiers came here from the distant mountain city, from the elf tree, and even from the Comanthor jungle.
Humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings and other mainstream intelligent races in Faerun, all ambitious or self-motivated characters began to gather around William.
This is exactly what the saying goes, when you start to occupy a high position, many people who want to borrow your big tree to eat and enjoy the shade will come by appointment. like.
At this time, William, as an outstanding superior, is the most taboo thing to eat alone.
It is said that the King of the Cloak committed this taboo back then. Mr. Anka Balisk basically only trusted his own "armored cloak" guards (the mercenary group established by King Anka) whenever he encountered trouble. , excluding other non-close adventurers and mercenaries.
In this way, the Cloak King completely isolated his forces in the entire Faerun adventure world.
And when he became the real king and was overwhelmed by the troubles that came and went in the huge land, it was too late to borrow the power of other adventurers and mercenaries, because not many people were willing to serve him up.
Of course, it does not mean that the idea of the King of Cloaks is wrong. If a country wants to truly grow, the national policy of independence is the most correct basic strategy, but the actual situation needs to be considered in the actual implementation process.
Of course, according to William's ability and various hole cards, he can of course reject those speculators who come to make a living like the King of Cloaks. He has enough strength to resist external isolation, and is enough to completely establish the foundation of the kingdom. stand up.
But that's not the best way to do things.
Leveraging development, laying a solid foundation, and thriving ourselves.
This is the most suitable strategy for William to govern the territory at present.
For example, to clean up the ruins of Yulas, William can of course do this only with the strength of his own guards and the survivors of Yulas.
Just relying on these hundred or ten people to clean up the ruins of a city that could hold tens of thousands of people at its peak, and there are all kinds of evil ghosts hidden in the ruins, how much energy will it take to clean up until the year of the monkey? !
What's more, it's not just to clean up the ruins and rest easy, but then you have to rebuild a new city!
Considering this, those adventurers and mercenaries who came together to make a living became the best tools and labor.
The first adventurers to eat crabs, or the adventure team, were the partners of the cyan flail adventure group that followed Van der Longthorn's father and daughter.
The core members of the Cyan Flail Adventure Group include Arias as the leader, halfling Olive Rosekett as the leader, four or five stronger fixed members, and then some peripheral helpers recruited temporarily.Although most of these temporary partners are also strong, they have not been given the opportunity to continue to follow the cyan flail adventure group to the abyss.
These adventurers were abandoned by the blue flail, which can be regarded as unemployed.Of course, this is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that these people are really poor now, and the poor can hardly even eat.
Originally, adventurers lived on commissions and rewards from adventures. However, the adventure of Cyan Flask to destroy the evil god Moander gained very little, and it can even be said to be a huge loss. However, Arias and her party are not rich. The reason why they separated from their new teammates was also because the big guys didn't have enough friendship to share weal and woe, so they had to make a break.
This is different from the direction of the cyan flail adventure group in another timeline.
In the timeline of Moando God's Mightless Forge, the Cyan Flail Adventure Group received strong support from the Comanthor elves. They picked and picked all kinds of treasures and wealth. ·A lot of treasures were found in the ruins of Zhuo Nuo, so that the operation of the entire cyan flail adventure group can be completely maintained.
As for now, several adventurers who were abandoned by the cyan flail adventure group had to bite the bullet and ran to William, asking William if he would hire them for help.
Six adventurers, two half-elves, two humans, one dwarf, one halfling, there are warriors, rangers, priests, thieves, and a barbarian, each of which has not weak strength (total level at least 11+ above).
These adventurers can be regarded as true elites. At least, except for a few top figures under William, almost no one can be more powerful than these six adventurers.
Of course, this is because Alias, the leader of the cyan flail adventure group, has a poisonous vision and strong wrist skills, otherwise it would be impossible to recruit so many powerful adventurers.
These six adventurers did not come from the same place, nor did they travel together from the beginning. They were able to get together because of the platform of the Cyan Flail Adventure Group. The six people today did not continue to work together as a group. The idea is that it is only a moment of poverty that we have to hug together to keep warm.
It's just that when the half-elf with the most prestige (but not everyone) asked William for a job and promised to get the corresponding reward, the big guy had a different idea.
Of course, William did not refuse the beaters who came to his door, and the strength of the half-elf Yakir Brenas was even more appreciated by William. This is a very good ranger (ranger level 13+), because he not only has superb With excellent martial arts and archery skills, there is even an alert tabby cat as an animal companion.
Well, William was a bit skeptical that the tabby cat might be a kittenman, because the little thing could talk, and the Common Tongue was pretty good.
Of course, William will never admit that he is a bit rare for kitten people. After all, there are two in his family, but the last time the Moonlight Mouse gathered in Heiyuqiao Village, the two kitten people stayed in Lingyu Valley and refused to leave. .
William's rewards for these adventurers include food and lodging, loot sharing, equipment distribution, etc., and a certain amount of money will be paid in the end.
The job content of the six adventurers is to use their expertise to enter the ruins of Yulas in small groups, explore the environment, and eliminate monsters.
The reward William offered directly amazed these six old fritters in the adventure world. They are all elites who have experienced many battles in the adventurer industry. Fancy.
There are tens of thousands of adventurers in this world, but very few of them actually get rich by taking risks, and it is even rarer to achieve a great career.Just like those migrant workers in William's previous life, except for a handful of so-called "migrant emperors" standing at the top of the pyramid, most of the migrant workers' souls are barely alive.
In fact, being an adventurer or a mercenary is even worse, wandering around Faerun for a long time without a fixed place, eating and sleeping in the open, precarious, every day is not competing with various competitors for the opportunity to work, or competing with various monsters for the chance to survive.
Sometimes you have to be careful of those employers who turn their backs and refuse to accept their accounts. Even if they earn some commissions, most of them are wasted on various expenses, such as repairing equipment, replenishing supplies, treating injuries and so on.
There are also those who like to drink and whore, and their lives are worse than dogs.
Although the lives of adventurers and mercenaries are very hard and difficult, there are still countless young people or novices who set foot in this business every year, and there is a reason for that.
Because this line of business is a relatively fair path for advancement compared to the entire social environment of Faerun.It should be noted that most of the countries and city-states in the entire territory of Faerun were basically in the period of feudalism, semi-feudalism or even slavery. Even in some seemingly more enlightened areas, they were basically governed by semi-feudal aristocrats or business group compradors.
Ordinary ordinary people in their birthplaces, relying on traditional methods, it is basically difficult to have a bright future.
But the adventure business is different. This is an industry that really needs hard power to excel.Of course, some adventurers with a higher starting point are definitely more dominant, no matter in terms of manpower, resources, equipment, or connections, they are all ahead of those adventurers from the bottom, such as some of the second sons from Cormyr, noble children regiment and so on.
But you can't stop Faerun from having too many relics and treasures in this land, and even some old bastards deliberately create treasure places to lure more adventurers into it.For example, a certain old pervert with the nickname of one, two, three, four, five is the best at this job.
Moreover, from the wilderness to the civilized world, from remote villages to bustling cities, there are almost all kinds of demons and monsters. Their existence greatly threatens the existence of civilized society. These things are like dogtail grass in the wild, The leek seedlings in the rotten vegetable pit are inexhaustible to burn and indistinct to cut.
Even if the army is organized to carry out large-scale suppression, it will still be difficult to completely eradicate them.However, the cost of the army is too high to maintain for a long time, and adventurers and mercenaries have become a kind of free and cost-effective choice.
A little comparison of the differences between the two sides will help to understand the choices of upper-class figures in various parts of Faerun.
If you want to form an army, you have to pay for the settling expenses of recruiting soldiers, prepare equipment for soldiers, provide food and salaries, and have to train. When you can finally become an army and go to the battlefield, the expenses are overwhelming.
When the army goes to war, no matter whether they win or lose, they still have to reward the victors, comfort the dead, repair equipment for the soldiers, and treat the wounded. In short, the army is a natural gold-eating beast. Once you don’t feed them, it will really backfire. of.
It would be different if it was replaced by temporarily recruited adventurers and mercenaries.There is no need to consider the source of troops, food and wages, and no need to worry about training, let alone the life and death of the opponent.
If the hired adventurers and mercenaries die, it will be over.Even if they finish their work, the employers only need to pay a reasonable salary, and at most provide some food and equipment, and they can dismiss this group of workers.
Compared with organizing an army, hiring adventurers is simply a lucrative business.
Take the two most prosperous cities in Northland and Sword Coast.
Silvermoon City in the Northland can only maintain a standing army of 500 people (heavy cavalry) and two city defense troops of 300 people as strategic forces all year round, and this is already the largest military expenditure of the entire Northland Alliance.
However, Deepwater City, the largest city on Xidalu, maintains two standing armed forces all year round. One is a city sentry similar to the public security police, with about 300 people; A real professional army, mainly dealing with military threats inside and outside the city.
Only relying on this manpower, of course, cannot guarantee the safety of the two super prosperous cities. In this world, there are greedy people and ambitious people who are eyeing Silvermoon City and Waterdeep City.
Adventurers and mercenaries on such a large scale have become the first medicine for rulers.
Of course, there is another very critical issue here, that is, the upper limit of Fei Lun's extraordinary power is extremely high, and the real rulers of most cities are basically the kind of strong people who attribute their great power to themselves, so that they have enough confidence To drive adventurers and mercenaries of various origins.
Having said so much, just to illustrate one thing.That is, although the upper limit and lower limit of the adventurer's business are very high, the general situation is that most adventurers are in a dire situation that is relatively close to the lower limit, that is, from time to time, there are adventurers' success myths that inspire everyone. There is the legend of the rise of Anka, the cloak king of the valley, the secrets of the mysterious knight Zano getting rich, and the miraculous dream of Nash Aragonda, the lord of Neverwinter, in the North. Otherwise, this high-risk business is really not good land.
William provided the six adventurers with the same level of food and accommodation as his guards - a public canteen with unlimited supply at regular times, and the equipment was even more confusing for the six adventurers.
For the adventurers, the weapons and armor that are priceless are piled up in the logistics warehouse of William's subordinates almost like garbage.
It should be noted that William has the resources and productivity of a whole flame world as the backing, and all kinds of precision and even master-level all-metal and even rare metal equipment can be made with great effort.
William promised that as long as Yakir Brenas and his companions could work for William with all their heart, William would allow them to obtain a complete set of fire, copper and steel equipment, and it would be paid in advance, even if these equipment appeared during the battle. If damaged, William packs a replacement.
Not to mention a complete set of equipment, even a long sword made of fire copper steel (comparable to a +2 magic sword, but don't forget that this is just a base material) made by the flame dwarf master is enough to Even if six adventurers work for decades, it will not be exchanged.
Now boss, you dare to say that we will give each of us a complete set?
Come!Quickly tell me where the deed of bondage is?
I want to print the fingerprints of twenty fingers on my hands and feet!
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William admitted that he had underestimated the temptation of fire, copper and steel equipment. Just looking at the six adventurers who fell like mice into a rice vat, he knew that the reward William paid was definitely beyond the limit.
Nima!Rangers carry sledgehammers, warriors grab bows and crossbows, berserkers stuff daggers in their belts, humans and dwarves don't matter if they wear armor and back shields, what's the matter with you, a halfling thief, wearing full plate armor on your body?Hiding inside as a snail?
And you, a half-elf priest who is not a good nurse but has to hold a scythe, is this trying to play a melee mage?
But when it comes to the priest's fighting style, William took it for granted.
Faerun's priests are really weird. They don't hide in the back row to play support as people think. On the contrary, most priests have the thickest armor, the longest blood bar, and the most vicious beatings. Sometimes I will do the most explosive output work.
Of course, whose output is the most explosive, it often depends on whether the mage or warlock has extra spell slots.
After a few times of manic money-obsessed mentality, the six soil turtles finally recovered the rationality that veteran adventurers should have.
They no longer put equipment on their bodies regardless of whether it is suitable or not. Everyone began to carefully select the most suitable weapon or armor. They discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each piece of equipment with shame and excitement. Among them, the dwarf Joyim Swifthammer was the most eloquent.
This Joim Quickhammer was born in the long-destroyed kingdom of the dwarves of Tethama. He was once an excellent miner and a fairly qualified weaponsmith, so his identification of metal utensils is the best among the six. .
In Joinm's view, every weapon or armor in the employer's equipment library can be regarded as a true master-level work, and judging from the way it was built, it clearly has a strong dwarven style. It's just that this style is too unique, and it has never been seen by this dwarf adventurer in his life of more than 200 years.
Of course, Joim Swifthammer could not have seen the craftsmanship of the pyre dwarves, unless he was lucky enough to go to the flame world.After all, flame dwarves basically do not appear on the main material plane, and even the utensils they create rarely appear.
And normal flame dwarves would never build things for themselves and people outside the clan.
The flame dwarves surrendered to William, no matter whether they voluntarily served the great flame lord or not, when they made equipment for William, they absolutely did as much as they could.
Whoever pulls his crotch in work will not only harm William's interests, but will also make the flame dwarves unable to hold their heads up in front of their old enmity, the flame giant.
This is definitely not just the so-called loss of dignity or honor, but more about the distinction between master and slave status between the two races.
And this is also a unique linkage relationship between the fire dwarves and the fire giants.