The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 644 Trading and Killing

In his previous life, William once heard a short story about Buddha and Demon.

It is said that Buddha and Mara met.

Mara said to the Buddha: "I will destroy your teaching."

The Buddha said: "How do you destroy my teaching? My temples have spread all over the world, and my disciples in cassock have stood like trees in a forest."

Mara said: "I will spend 500 years destroying your teachings and methods. I will let my demon sons and grandsons put on your cassock and enter your temple. They will misinterpret your scriptures and destroy your teachings." The commandments... corrupt your monks."

"Where you are, I will be there until my descendants are everywhere."

Mara's voice echoed in the air.

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Standing in the hall of Lathander's light at this moment, William seemed to hear Mara's voice echoing in the air, it was so breathtaking.

Looking at a beautiful and distorted monster, in front of the sacred altar depicting Losander's great achievements, he used a very hot-eyed technique to train a group of decayed people who were obviously exhausted. The picture is really unappreciative.

That is to say, William's psychological endurance is strong enough, and his will is strong enough. If ordinary mortals witness this blasphemous scene, they will either collapse in will, annihilate their souls and become a cursed Bodak corpse, or sink into this demon's blasphemous game. Become an evil puppet at the mercy of others, just like these withered things in front of you.

Just looking at the torn and tattered temple robes on the ground, they were stained with countless filth, but it was difficult to hide the holy emblem of the gods on the surface of the robes, but they could still tell that the predecessor of these poor puppets was this The clergy of the temple, including Lathander's priests and paladins, a whole temple was corrupted and seduced by demons, which is a great shame for any god.

It was at this time that the gods were unable to monitor and respond to their own sanctuary because they had descended into the mortal world, otherwise, the Lord of Dawn would definitely send down the destructive holy flames to purify the entire desecrated temple into fly ash.

For William, this Temple of Light of Lathander, which has been regarded as a devil's lair, naturally cannot be kept, otherwise, if this place is run by the devil as a devil's den, the first person who will be unlucky at that time is not far away. at the town of Dagger Falls.

Of course, before starting to kill, William had to find out the bottom of this place first. The unique experience of chasing and killing the Feathered Serpent God in the narrow chaos told him the importance of a wise saying from his ancestor in the previous life in another world.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

There are so many strange monsters in this world, it can be said that they are as numerous as stars, and no one can predict what kind of strange abilities some unknown monsters will have.When we want to deal with this kind of monster, if we can't investigate clearly in advance, we will definitely have to pay the price of blood to travel.

Even an extremely tyrannical master like William, if he rashly provokes an unknown monster, he may capsize in the gutter if he is not careful.

William hid his breath and walked through the various rooms and buildings of the temple. Every place that should be sacred, such as the pulpit, the bookcase of the holy words, the icon of the dawn, etc., has traces of desecration by demons.But there are also more corpses of priests abandoned in the shadows. Of course, they can no longer be called corpses, but a pile of degenerated undead monsters—Boda corpses.

Bodak's body looks very weird. Its skin and flesh are shriveled and almost powdered, and it has a layer of luster from another world; its body proportions are strange and gender-neutral, its hair has faded, and its face is almost flat.

The mutilated and corrupted souls of the bodaks have long been harvested by demons, and their awakened corpses hide unbearable venom—they know that they are twisted monsters in this world.They are happy to impose the misfortune they have experienced on other creatures, such as a human being who suddenly appeared-William.

Bodak's eyes were nothing but a pair of deep black holes, and as they stared at William, rotting smoke kept rising from them.At the same time, William felt an aura full of malice entangled him, and he couldn't avoid it silently, so he could only endure it abruptly.

However, as soon as the breath of death touched William's essence, it dissipated in an instant, and then the stunned Boda corpse was shrouded in curse fire, turning into a pool of pale ashes in the blink of an eye.

William eliminated countless Bodak corpses along the way, and it was hard for him to imagine what kind of means the demon used to transform the entire sanctuary into such a desperate monster.

When William came to a room second only to the main hall of the temple, he found a well emitting golden light, of course it could also be called a pool, and a strange figure was sitting on the edge of the pool, muttering words.

This is an old man with a ruddy complexion wearing the sacrificial robe of the Lord of Dawn. When William approached and listened carefully, he found that the old man was reciting poems praising the sun.

The Lord of Dawn is only the God of Dawn, and cannot represent the Sun God. It is obviously inappropriate for a priest of the Lord of Dawn to directly praise the sun.

However, William didn't bother the old man, because although the old man looked like a living person, he had the same body as a normal person, and seemed to be breathing and had a heartbeat, but William knew that he was not a real living person. people.

There is the sound of breathing and the movement of breathing, but there is no flow of breath in the air. There is the sound of heartbeat, but there is no unique tremor of heartbeat. All these are just a hint similar to hallucinations, a kind of spiritual information. transfer.

The old man seemed to have noticed William. It stopped praising the sun, then looked back at William, and asked solemnly, "Young man, why did you come here?"

William's heart moved, and he said, "I am William, the new lord of Dagger Falls. My town has been attacked by demons."

But the old man said: "My lord's temple is also being desecrated by demons!"

William continued: "My companions and I slew the invading demons, but my people were terrified by what they saw."

The old man said with a full face of frustration: "My students and I failed to see through the true face of the devil in time. When we discovered the truth, it was too late. Falling has become the ultimate destiny that we cannot refuse."

William said: "I need a priest, or enough holy water to heal the wounds in the hearts of my people."

The old man said: "The fact that the Light of Lathander has been desecrated has become a disgrace to my lord. I need a powerful hero to destroy all the evil things that exist in this desecrated sanctuary!"

William showed a slight smile and asked, "Old man, what kind of existence are you?"

The old man said with a sad face: "I am an unwilling ghost, a victim of injustice. I should have become an evil ghost, but the power of the sun god protected me and kept the memory of my life. , and the nature of order.”

Chonggui are souls who have unfinished business in life, or come back to the world to seek revenge (usually this kind of hatred is not personal enmity). There is no doubt that Chonggui is evil. They keep the face of the living, They also have the ability to communicate normally with ordinary people, but they also have no scruples to inflict the pain they suffered during their lifetime on others.

Ghosts cannot be permanently destroyed in the usual sense. Only when the reason for their existence is unraveled, ghosts will have a chance to rest in peace.

Due to the protection of divine power, the old man can only be regarded as half a ghost. He has the thinking and memory of a normal person, but he also has the behavior pattern and immortality of a ghost. When William appeared, the old man had already planned to plot against him. As the exchanges between the two parties unfolded, one person and one ghost discovered that they needed each other, and both had the ability to help each other solve problems.

So a deal that has nothing to do with justice and evil, and everything is just for equivalent exchange is reached.

Pointing to the golden pool beside him, the old man said, "This is the most precious treasure of the Light of Lathander - the Prophecy Pool. In the past, we could even get the oracle from the Lord of Dawn through it, but now..."

Speaking of this, the old man sighed sadly. Indeed, losing contact with the gods (represented by the inability to use divine magic) is undoubtedly a catastrophic blow to all believers. Brokenness is also commonplace.

The old man continued: "The sacred object from the sun god is stored in the prophecy pool. With the blessing of the holy object, the prophecy pool can provide a thousand ounces of high-strength holy water every day (it can be mixed with clean mountain spring water at a ratio of 1:2) , forming three times the ordinary holy water), if necessary, you can take out the holy objects stored in the prophecy pool, and purify everything with the holy flame of the sun."

William asked curiously: "Why don't you purify this place with the power of the holy object?"

The old man shook his head with remorse and said: "By the time I discovered the problem, it was too late. I, who was about to fall, could no longer lift the sacred object with my own hands, and could only turn into filthy ashes under the shroud of divine power .”

William asked again: "If I want to bring the holy relic back to the town, will you object?"

But the old man said slyly: "After you purify the evil here, let's talk about this issue."

William shrugged and said, "Tell me about the evil here, what kind of existence are they?"

The old man's complexion changed, and he said a little nervously: "You have to be careful, human lord. The evil here is very powerful. It is a twisted and evil stunner that even the gods are frightened by."

William asked, "What's that? A succubus?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No! That is a terrifying existence that is more evil and cunning than the succubi—the demon. The demon is ever-changing, and they even need a hug to control you, making you become it without knowing it. Puppets and eyeliner, you must be careful and stay away from those who are too beautiful. Demons can even imitate magic spells and seamlessly disguise themselves as a real priest or paladin. This is what makes us lose our vigilance and ignore the excessive The true meaning of perfect things must backfire.”

After expressing a lot of emotion, the old man continued to introduce the information about the demon to William. The content was very detailed. It seemed that this unwilling soul had put a lot of effort into it.

The succubus is the advanced form of the succubus, just like the pleasure demon is to the erinia.Succubus have greater power, more twisted forms, more cunning tactics, and greater ambition than succubi.

Demons have a unique ability. They can mark a willing or defenseless being with a simple touch (such as a hug or kiss), and cast a power called "Gift of Demons".

The marked life will leave a tattoo-like mark on a certain part of the body, which is the name of the demon written in the abyssal language (the marked person cannot see this tattoo).

As long as the effect of the deterrence gift is still there, the deterrence can know the situation and location of the target creature, as if she cast [contemplation] on the creature.

She can connect telepathically with the character no matter the distance (even across planes), and as long as she remains focused, she can use the character's five senses to observe the world as if she were there.

A demon can cast divine spells from the demon and trick domains.She cannot spontaneously cast [heal damage] or [deal damage] series of spells, nor can she dispel or rebuke undead creatures.

The demon can hide its own alignment, which is also a natural ability of the demon. The spells and spell-like abilities with the good description will regard the camp of the demon as good. For example, the [detect goodness] spell will mark the demon Good creatures, including those similar to magic items, are also fooled by this ability.

Before the demon voluntarily revealed his identity, the demon was even more perfect than the kindest human mother.

Just like the demon who occupies the light of Lathander at this moment, before it appeared in the light of Lathander, this demon even stayed in a remote and poor mountain village for 20 years as the most devout ascetic monk For a long time, it worked conscientiously and without fear of hardships to solve the problems of those poor mountain people, preached the teachings of the dawn, spread the glory of the gods, and achieved the ultimate that a priest of Losander could do.

In the end, the old man also told William a secret. The glabra, who used to pretend to be a female priest named Hayley Serve, had a glabra lover. When this glamor was in crisis, the terrifying glamor would probably Show up to help.

Indeed, for the vast majority of mortals and even many famous legendary figures, glabrats are undoubtedly a kind of demon with destructive combat power, not to mention their cunning wisdom.

But for William, the glabra was not too difficult to deal with.

William said to the old man: "I will destroy the demons entrenched here, but many places in this sanctuary have been desecrated and polluted by demons. I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep them intact during the battle."

The old man said excitedly: "Just fight as hard as you want, hero of mankind. It doesn't matter if you turn the entire temple into ruins. When the evil is purified, the new sanctuary will be rebuilt under the watchful eyes of my lord." stand up."

William curled his lips secretly, turned around and walked out, and at the same time said in his mouth: "This is the best! Then I don't have to worry about letting go of my hands and feet to do a big job."

William walked out of the only remaining building that could be kept holy, and turned around to see a figure lying on the ground waving at him at the corner of the corridor.

A beautiful and suffocating girl, she was wearing a slightly old priest's gown, which was a little loose, so that many scenes that should not be looked at directly were faintly presented, and they caught William's eyes.

A half-covered temptation can arouse a mortal's desire more than directly serving hard dishes. Obviously, this girl's outfit is well versed in this truth.

She raised the corner of her charming mouth, and shouted in a low voice full of magnetism: "This little brother, please help me, my ankle is sprained."

Speaking of which, the girl stretched out her almost delicate and perfect little foot, which is the top pure natural fetish that will not make people bored even if she plays with it for a lifetime.It's just that there is obvious redness and swelling on the ankle of this crazy gift of God, and it really looks like a sprained ankle.

William's face showed a look of a pig brother, drooling and smiling happily: "Okay, okay! I'll rub your feet for you!"

As he said that, he rushed over in a hurry.

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(End of this chapter)