The Swordsman of Faerûn

How to completely negate or defeat a person or a group of people, our ancestors have studied this for thousands of years, and then gradually summed up a set of relatively standard procedures.

To put it simply, first find a breakthrough point, negate a person's character, and then use point to surface, and then deny everything this person has done, and then by extension, continue to deny a series of people or organizations related to this person, and finally pass Closing the coffin and making a conclusion completely completes the purpose of defeating the opponent.

Bad guys have no human rights, it's an ancient survival wisdom that runs through our national thinking.

Although William hadn't specifically learned how to fight against a group of forces, the cultural influence and infection from his previous life made him, like most Chinese people, almost self-taught.

So when William asked Storm Silverhand a critical question, the silver-haired lady was speechless.What could she say, could it be that she was not good at learning and did not delve into the mysteries of the magic net, so she couldn't open the link with the magic net like Elminster?
Certainly not!Although this is indeed the true fact, saying it like this is equivalent to revealing the real mystery about the goddess of magic: it turns out that we don't need to believe in the goddess of magic, we can also deeply touch the essence of magic!
Storm certainly can't dismantle her titular old lady, so she can only keep silent.

Storm remained silent, but Dove refused to let her sisters' reputation be tarnished like this, she said angrily: "Your Excellency William, there are many poor people who have lost the favor of magic today, they can't all be bad people, right? "

William smiled slightly. This woman is also smart and knows how to rely on the majority to defend.Of course, he couldn't overthrow all the casters with one shot, and slander them as bad people. Such a William would become a critic, and he might capsize in the gutter.

So he just said: "I don't know if others are bad people or not. But I know there must be bad people among you!"

Dove really fell for the trick, she said anxiously: "Don't slander people with nonsense, we are friends who have known each other for many years, how can there be bad people hidden among them?"

William said with a serious face: "I have evidence!"

"Evidence? How is it possible?" Everyone in Shadow Valley couldn't sit still anymore. They all expressed their disbelief, and of course there were a few guys with cold sweat on their faces and guilty conscience.

William said: "The day before yesterday I led people to rescue the Shadow Valley without risking their own lives. I didn't want to be tricked by people during the fierce battle. I deliberately targeted my subordinates and deliberately prevented them from withdrawing into the city first. Ms. Dove, Who is the other named Charlotte? Let me know."

Ranger Charlotte stood up frowning and said, "I am Charlotte, Your Excellency William."

William also frowned, sighed and asked, "Ms. Charlotte, is there any grudge between us?"

Charlotte stood there with a slightly cold expression, neither admitting nor denying it.

William nodded and said: "It seems that there is a real grudge between us. But it's okay, I don't expect you to be on my side, I just want to tell you the facts that all of you should understand."

Of course, William didn't know exactly when he forged an enmity with Xia Lundi, because he didn't know Xia Lundi's true identity.Charlotte's true identity is actually a shape-shifting witch, a local shape-shifting monster that has not yet fully grown.

The so-called native doppelganger is relative to the origin of the doppelganger.

Doppelgangers are originally spirit creatures from the Ethereal Plane, and they often venture to the Material Plane disguised as creatures of other races.Doppelgangers have no gender distinction, and their birth and reproduction are still a secret that no one knows.

It often uses its mind-blocking ability to confuse a creature when they intend to remain on the Material Plane for an extended period of time.Then bring the creature back to its floating home in the Ethereal Plane.

In their sanctum, the shapeshifters entertain the creature and strike a deal with him or her.If the creature allows the shapeshifter to assume his identity to get what it wants, the shapeshifter keeps him safe and comfortable for the time being and can return him to wherever he wants on the Material Plane afterwards.

If the creature refuses, the shapeshifter erases all memory associated with it, returns it to the Material Plane, and seeks out another creature.

Spirit shapeshifters can absorb the thoughts, memories, and personality of another creature, and then impersonate the other party without any flaws, and they will also be bound by this impersonation, and they will intersect with the same kind of impersonator, especially when When this intersection involves emotional aspects, some unpredictable troubles are born.

The doppelgangers of the spirit world soon discovered a big problem. They could actually combine with the creatures of the main material plane, and then give birth to mixed-blood doppelganger babies.

It is said that the birth of a kind of shape-shifting cat pet is related to the shapeshifter of the spirit world. Of course, all the orthodox shapeshifters refuse to admit this.

Hybrid doppelgangers are also called native doppelgangers. They no longer regard the etheric plane as their home, but like to mix in civilized society and become a member of the whole society.

Although shapeshifters must be combined with other creatures to reproduce (a combination of shapeshifters and shapeshifters cannot reproduce), it does not hinder the close and friendly relationship between shapeshifters and shapeshifters. They respect each other, help and support each other, and many Adult doppelgangers always help those younger ones for free, teaching them common sense and some must-learned skills of doppelgangers.

And Charlotte's mentor is Mr. Larouche, the shapeshifter broker in Dagger Valley.According to legend, William killed La Rouche, which naturally made Charlotte full of hatred for William. If William and his party were not the leader of the reinforcements who came to rescue Shadow Valley, Charlotte would definitely try to kill him desperately. The doppelganger elder revenge.

When William told everyone the story that he was fighting bravely on the front line and was the last one for many warriors who left the city to fight, but when his subordinates needed to retreat inside the city wall, they were turned away by the guards of the city gate. However, Lenti's thoughts were very wandering. She was trying to recall the memory of Larouche.

LaRouche was not a good man from a human standpoint, but he had given all the young doppelgangers as much as an elder could.

Just when Xia Lundi was thinking wildly, William had already finished talking about his subordinates being stranded outside the city. He suddenly asked, "Which one is the city guard Garapuno?! Also stand up and let me know!"

When William said this, his eyes were only on Lord Moglin, wanting to see how stupid the leader of the Shadow Valley was, how dare he blatantly connive at his subordinates to plot against his allies.However, Haksgaard Moglin looked unprepared, looking at his city guard in shock, as if it was the first time he had heard that such a disaster had happened to his subordinates.

William could only sigh to himself, the leader of the Shadow Valley is not a simple person, he pretended to be a fool with almost no flaws.

Although Galapuno was quite ashamed and panicked when William exposed his scandal, but he thought that he was a high-level official in Shadow Valley, but he was sure that William was a foreign lord and could not do anything to him.

Therefore, after being named by William, the city guard immediately stood up and said with a righteous face: "Lord William from Dagger Valley, I am the city guard of Shadow Valley Town, Galapuno. I admit that I once blocked Delaying your men into the city, but worrying that their fleeing will lead to the collapse of the entire battle formation! Everyone should know how terrible it is to have deserters on the battlefield."

William didn't expect this person to be so shameless, daring to turn black and white in front of everyone, and speak nonsense.It should be noted that most of the people in this hotel participated in the battle that day, or stood on the top of the city and witnessed the battle with their own eyes, and they can be regarded as witnesses of the incident.

Garapuno said this, but he was fooling the big guy as a fool.Then William thought of another possibility that chilled him, these people would be happy to be fooled.

William half-truthfully reprimanded angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! Although most of my subordinates are new recruits, they are also the first batch of warriors to rush into the battlefield! Their retreat was ordered by me personally, why? Let’s talk about deserters!”

However, Galapuno said shamelessly: "That is, Lord William wants to preserve his strength, and maybe he deliberately let his men desert."

William was really disgusted by this guy, he really wanted to slap the thief to death, but thinking about his plan, he was still a little too late, so he suppressed the raging killing intent in his heart, and smiled angrily: "You Thieves dare to say it! I think I, William, have been fighting almost all the time since I stepped into the valley of shadows! I was the one who took the lead when charging into the enemy line, and I was the one who broke the front when fighting fiercely, and I was the one who fought to the death when the armies retreated. , Trying to kill the monster cavalry who were chasing and intercepting, and making sure everyone returned to the city safely!
You guy actually insulted me to deliberately preserve my strength?I really don't know how to live or die! "

Of course Galapuno knew that he was slandering William, but at this time he knew that he could not be persuaded, he deliberately distorted the facts and said: "The big guy was able to return to the city without dying, and the one who appeared on the battlefield should be the one who contributed the most. The silver-haired witch above! Everyone witnessed her spells with their own eyes. If she hadn't appeared, I'm afraid only a small part of the people who went out to fight in the city at that time would have survived."

William sneered, of course he wouldn't argue with this guy who deserved the most credit for the final decision, otherwise he would be taken out of the rhythm, and he would no longer be able to justifiably smear Shadow Valley with a stinky face.

William said: "Lord Mogreen, do you have anything to say about my subordinates being blocked?"

Of course Haksgaard Moglin knew who was right and who was wrong. He admired William's bravery and was quite dissatisfied with Garapuno's petty actions.At that time, he was standing on the top of the city to watch the battle. If it wasn't for the conditions, he might even charge into the battle on horseback and kill monsters together with everyone.

However, sometimes, as a superior person, he can't do whatever he wants when dealing with problems. He needs to consider the political balance of the entire Shadow Valley upper class.

Lord Mogreen said: "According to what you two said, this matter should be regarded as a misunderstanding. The city guard Jiarapunuo has lost his friends from Dagger Valley. I should order him to apologize to you. After this battle , Shadow Valley is also willing to pay a commission to compensate you for the grievances you have suffered."

William laughed loudly and shouted: "Lord Mogreen, is this how you handle this matter?"

Lord Mogreen frowned and asked, "Your Excellency William, are you dissatisfied with my handling?"

"Dissatisfied? No! Lord Moglin, and everyone in the Valley of Shadows! If it's just such a disgusting thing, then no matter how much anger my subordinates and I have, we can only bear it, and at most send a few words." Forget about complaining." William sneered at first, and then said sharply: "However, I brought my subordinates and family to fight for you Shadow Valley people, but they suffered even greater humiliation in the past two days! "

This time, many people were really stunned. They really didn't know how William and his group had been ostracized in the past two days. Even if some knew, they thought it was just a matter of accommodation. No one would think it was a big deal. After all, there are many local refugees who managed to escape in Shadow Valley Town, and a large part of them can only sleep on the streets. It is good for William and his group to have a shelter from the wind and rain.

Of course, William would not talk about the issue of accommodation. Although it is outrageous that their family was replaced from the original high-end hotel to live in a dilapidated house, it is undeniable that the people of Shadow Valley put more women, children and children in the hotel. Here is an act of kindness.

But at this moment, Galapuno was in a cold sweat. He had already guessed what William was going to say. Originally, he had prepared his speech, but when the city guard saw the baskets of old grain and rotten meat, At that time, my heart was half cold.

When William kicked a basket of bacon to the ground, revealing the rotten meat covered with maggots, Garapuno was really stunned.He even said it was impossible. He remembered that although the quality of the grain and bacon sent at the beginning was not very good, they were not spoiled to such an extent.

William kicked down the wheat corn covered with fuzz and mildew, as well as the moldy and dusty bread.Pointing at the rotten food, he shouted: "This is the food that you Shadow Valley people provide to my subordinates and family members! Take a look! Is this the food that people should eat? Even animals won't eat it." This kind of thing! My people and I fought for your Shadow Valley, bleeding! Is this how you treat your benefactor?!"

William's questioning said that everyone was ashamed and shameless, but Garapuno sat on the ground like a nervous neurosis and kept chanting "impossible".

Although the food sent by Galapuno was all stale grain and stinking dried meat, it was indeed impossible for him to be so rotten, and he was not really stupid.The key is that William let Xiaomi Luna secretly use spells to speed up the spoilage process of these junk foods a little bit.

These foods were originally inedible, and William and the little guy had almost no psychological burden if they modified the waste a little bit.

Storm Silver was so flustered that she could hardly stand upright. As the consul of Shadow Valley and the leader of the Harper Alliance, she never thought that during the days when she was injured and comatose, such vile xenophobia would happen around her—— event!And Dove was even more angry. She thought that if she could pay more attention to her friends from Dagger Valley, such evil things should have been avoided in advance.

William looked at the reaction of the crowd with cold eyes, then struck while the iron was hot, and shouted loudly pretending to be angry: "You have humiliated me! You have humiliated my soldiers! What you have done has shamed the people of Dagger Valley! And this kind of shame can only be Only blood and war can wash away!"