The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 639
There is a kind of honesty called the honesty you think, because honesty is just a strategy. Of course, if there are other circumstantial evidence around, then you'd better say something real.

For example, Larouche had to spit out some dry goods to satisfy the half-elf protector's questioning. After all, even if it didn't say anything, there were alluring little bastards who wanted to flatter and fill the position.

The monsters that can escape from the sea of ​​flames have all means, wisdom, and luck. The only thing they lack is an opportunity. The tragic experience of the poor tiefling pyromancer tells his companions not to think about creating opportunities. You can only passively wait for the gift from heaven.

Are tieflings really stupid and arrogant?I'm afraid not, maybe he just wants to make some noise to attract the attention of the person in charge, and then show his value and get a decent treatment. It is really a perfect plan.

It's a pity that the fire dragon man's violent temper and rigid personality turned everything into a joke of self-control. Without the permission of the master, whoever dares to be a monster will die!

The arrival of Baird and Cheval Starcloak gave these lucky survivors a rare opportunity.The broker LaRouche got the first bite because of his professional problems, and now the most important thing for him is to seize the whole opportunity and give the star-cloaked lady a real answer.

In fact, LaRouche wanted to make up some honest words with nine truths and one falsehood to whitewash his image, but he didn't dare, because if there was anything untrue in what he said, the competitors around him would show no mercy The one that dismantled its lies to pieces and visualized them with a magnifying glass or even a microscope.

Don't say that monsters are not afraid of death, they are actually very afraid of death, a lot of them.

The answer Xieval Xingpao got was very detailed, but the content was not the answer she expected.In layman's terms, her older sister, Iljana Starcloak, was betrayed by the broker LaRouche to the vampire family that ruled the dungeon at a price that he couldn't refuse.

The only thing that makes Larouche fortunate is that it is not the party that initiates the transaction. When the vampires fancy a certain item, they usually grab it back first. Offer a high price compensation that the cargo owner can hardly refuse.

Of course, no matter how many twists and turns there are, in short, Cheval Xingpao lost her sister, and she left sadly.The half-elf neither made Larouche angry nor gave it any preferential treatment, but it still made the shapeshifter broker feel inexplicable joy.

This is a good start.

But before Larouche was happy for a while, he received a heavy blow in his heart, from Baird's habit of revenge.Fortunately, the position of the shapeshifter's heart is not fixed, otherwise LaRouche might be shocked by the sudden cardiac arrest caused by this sudden attack.

Baird retaliated against the shapeshifter broker a little, but did not continue to retaliate against these monsters. He sneered and warned the other captives: "I know the origin of these monsters, and I also know how good you were before. Rampant. But it is my lord who is controlling the situation now, I advise you to stay calm and wait for the lord's final ruling."

After that, he turned around and left gracefully. In fact, Baird also had some secrets to ask, but after hearing what happened to the half-elf, he felt that it would not be too late to ask after the lord came back.

"He likes that half-elf!"

"Maybe he likes the sister who was sold by Larouche?"

"Aha, no matter which one the veteran's son likes, Larouche must be in trouble!"

Several sympathetic fellows gloated and discussed with each other, taunting the shapeshifter broker who took the lead, but their restlessness was quickly interrupted by the dragon guards in charge of guarding.

For William, saving people is a very troublesome thing. Once out of the envelope of the flames, his personal fire-avoiding barrier will not be very useful, because the energy of the curse fire needs to suck the energy of the flames anytime and anywhere to Maintain the vitality of the protected person.

Otherwise, not to mention the deadly high temperature, just a lack of oxygen is enough to kill all William's efforts.

Fortunately, there are too many people under William who can go under fire. Well, literally go under fire.With the help of these men who almost brought their own dry food, one after another the poor people trapped by William were dragged to the ground by the soldiers walking through the sea of ​​flames on a flaming cart. No fire monster dared to carry people with their own hands. , unless it wants to be sucked into a ball of obsidian ashes by the curse fire.

How many monsters were burnt to death in the dungeon, almost no one could count. After all, in Faerun, even the simplest arithmetic can be regarded as a very advanced knowledge.However, the number of survivors dragged out of the dungeon by William's flames was beyond everyone's expectations. 570 people, most of them are humans, a few are elves, dwarves, and a very small number of halflings.

Even those monsters who escaped from the ground did not expect that there are so many mortal servants hidden in the seemingly inconspicuous dungeon.

Not to mention the number of monsters and demons who were burned to death, the population of these people at the bottom of the dungeon alone is already one-tenth of the total population of Dagger Falls in its heyday. , In the eyes of many monsters and even people with brains, it is incredible.

The reason lies in a dungeon law that prevails in almost the entire world.

Theoretically speaking, it is difficult for the population of underground residents in a relatively closed city to exceed one-tenth of the total number of above-ground residents, otherwise order will collapse due to insufficient resource supply.

Of course, this rule is not absolute. For example, there are mines underground (dwarf cities often do this), and the geographical location can enjoy trade bonuses (such as Waterdeep City, Ximen City). These unique advantages can break the restrictions of this rule. of.

It's a pity that the town of Dagger Falls does not have such good conditions. It used to rely on the steel and ore trade of the Kingdom of Tethama for a period of time, but it could only be regarded as a bit of trade bonus leftovers. , Falls Town is almost a lot cooler.

In recent decades, the total population of Waterfall Town has been in the range of more than 2000 people. It is impossible to support the consumption of five to six hundred mortal servants in the entire underground city, let alone almost the same number. monster demon master.

With a population ratio of almost two to one, even if all the above-ground population of Dagger Falls Town were torn apart, and oil was boiled in the bone marrow, it would not be able to support such a large number of parasitic populations.

Of course, the actual situation is that the existence of the underground city in Falls Town is actually supported by the population of the entire Dagger Valley. This point was later confirmed by William from the mouths of those captives and rescued.

The fire in Dagger Falls town burned for seven days and seven nights. At the beginning, the fire monsters still fished out a lot of valuable loot in the depths of the dungeon, but in the later stage, even the fire dwarves who like to drill magma were reluctant to go there. Explore the subterranean streets filled with glazed mortar and ashes.

Of course, the most heart-wrenching thing was the underground granary once protected by William. When the fire dwarf opened the door, he found that there was only a pile of choking plant ash left inside.

The servants who were rescued from the dungeon were overjoyed to see the sun again. Most of them gave their loyalty to their savior, the new lord of this land, William.

Of course, there are still a few "high-class people" who are used to being slaves, and don't want to pay themselves to this group of mortals who are obviously mud legs.In their opinion, the king of vampires has not yet shown up, and who will win the battle is still unknown, so it is more reliable to wait and see.

Of course, these overly smart people—the traitors obviously won't get any preferential treatment, and they were imprisoned like those monster captives.This includes the elf blood slave who survived in the vampire palace, who is also the sister of the half-elf Xieval Xingpao, Irjana Xingpao.

They are half-sisters with different fathers and mothers, but they have different feelings towards each other. For example, Cheval has an almost mother-like attachment to his sister, but Iljana has never been half-way. Miss Elf faked color.

Iljana has a better appearance than Cheval, which is one of the capitals that allowed her to survive in the vampire's palace and get a certain status and preferential treatment.

At the moment, the beautiful and beautiful Iljana is like a runaway shrew, cursing her sister in extremely vicious words: "Mixed bastard! Get out of my sight! I don't need your hypocritical charity!" ...%￥#@" followed by a series of incomprehensible Elvish curses.

The humiliated Xieval Xingpao had tears of grievance in her eyes. She hastily put a bowl of stewed venison and two fruits in front of the cage, and then ran away covering her face.

Larouche, who was also imprisoned next to him, said with a flattering smile: "Well, Ms. Irgana, since you don't want to accept Ms. Cheval's alms, you might as well give them to me. I haven't had a real one for many days. Have a full meal!"

Irjana rolled her eyes when she heard the words, spat viciously on the doppelganger, and said, "You disgusting amoeba! What a dream! Even if that little bitch Cheval is so annoying! I hate it, at least her intention to pay tribute to my old lady is commendable! Also, don’t think that I will forget your betrayal of me. Shameless fool! Even if I throw the food to the dogs, I won’t give you a cent! "

After all, the former elven blood slave grabbed the food that was placed on the ground, and then swallowed it, but the greedy prisoners around couldn't stop their saliva from flowing out.

LaRouche, on the other hand, was furious. For doppelgangers, the biggest insulting word is to confuse them with amoebas, although the two do have a little bit of connection in terms of blood evolution.

It stared at the elf bitterly, and while drooling uncontrollably, it murmured in a low voice: "Yes! You just fed the food to the dog! You greedy elf bitch! Eat it! Eat it! You'd better eat it to death You greedy dog!"

But there was a monster next to him shouting: "Good-hearted Ms. Irjana, don't you want to feed the dog food? I am a dog, a loyal and good dog! Bark bark! Give your dog some food !"

The self-indulgence of this monster brother did not get the pity of the elves. Irjana even licked the wooden bowl cleaner than the dog bowl, and even the cores of the two wild fruits were chewed and swallowed by her go down.

No wonder these prisoners were extremely thirsty for food. William and his men never thought of feeding these prisoners, because their own food was not enough. After all, the population almost doubled at once, and the consumption of food was natural. Also doubled.

Of course, there is also good news. After experiencing a baptism of flames burning the city beyond ordinary people's imagination, even if they were just watching from a distance, the camp that was originally full of thoughts immediately became stable. The dissatisfied crowd changed their positions almost without any obstacles. They became the most loyal subjects of the lord again, and expressed that they would dedicate 12 points of loyalty to their lord.

There are indeed many people here who are really grateful and loyal to the lord from the heart, because a large part of the people rescued from the dungeon are local missing persons, and many people who have reunited with their lost relatives All were overjoyed and grateful to their savior, Lord William.

More people have to show tameness to their lords because of the fear of power and mystery.

William was not surprised by this. He didn't need to think about people's hearts for the time being. The food crisis has become the top priority that everyone needs to face at this moment.

William sent many hunting teams into the wilderness to hunt. Of course, this can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. Unless William personally takes action and conducts a large-scale extinct killing hunt, it will be difficult to supply food for more than 1000 mouths.

Fortunately, the Dagger Beach below the Dagger Falls is a good place. This is the final place for the salmon to migrate and spawn in the Sea of ​​​​Moon. Because the terrain of the Dagger Falls is too steep, it completely blocks the salmon from going further. Ambition to advance upstream.

And this season is the season when salmon start to migrate.

William and his fire monster subordinates were not good at working in water. They all hated water, including William, the fire lord, who also began to have an inexplicable sense of repulsion to diving.

Therefore, ordinary people in the camp are the main force in catching salmon. William sits on the bank of the river as a supervisor. Need to be careful.

After Xieval Xingpao suffered a wave of mental blows from her sister, she ran up to William and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency William, Iljana has promised to find the whereabouts of the vampire lord. It is said that Only the doppelganger knows how to find the Bloodlord's sleeping place."

William nodded and said: "Very good. I really didn't expect that this land has been trapped under the rule of an ancient monster. Cutting off its threat is one of our most important tasks at present, otherwise it will be difficult for people to truly be stable. come down."

The half-elf said worriedly: "But, I am very worried about Irgana's safety, she always likes to take risks too much."

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