The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 694 I will play the oriole
In today's era, the goddess of magic has fallen, and the magic net has been disconnected. Except for one or two unique aliens, basically all spellcasters in the world can no longer use the power of the magic net to cast magic.

The archmage who used to laugh at the world couldn't even perform a few tricks; the unruly warlock became a lamb to be eaten by mermaids, and the respected priest became a wandering stray dog.

But for Fuzuolcherbury at this time, it was lucky.Because his heart has found a home, his god, his lord, his master of soul is by his side, the true god Bane, although he looks more like a half-breed demon, and not so invincible, but Bozor still Feel very satisfied.

By God's side, he can even cast some simple divine spells, which is already a great advantage compared to more spellcasters who have lost their power.

Of course, Bozor Cherbury is also unfortunate, because his god is very bad-tempered, irritable, evil in nature, cruel in temperament, and often uses cruel means to punish those unlucky ones who disappoint their gods, so that Zhentil Almost everyone in the leadership of the Fort felt insecure.

Bozor is very smart. When the violent God Bane punished the first general who complained about poor logistics, he chose to sit on the front line of the battle without hesitation, commanding the orcs and gnolls who had just surrendered to fight against him. Shadow Valley Town launched successive attacks.

As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people, and there are no boundaries.Countless monsters swam desperately to the other side of the moat on crude rafts and even tree stumps.Looking at it from a glance, the entire moat formed by the diversion of the Asaba River is like being covered with crucian carp crossing the river, dense enough to make people suffer from dense disease.

This scene of monsters attacking aggressively was described by a vivid name in William's previous life - Ant Possession.

In the past, although the army in Shadow Valley Town was limited in number, they were always able to fight against the superior number of Zhentil Fort people. The reason was that they had a certain advantage in spellcasters, whether they were in the middle class of spellcasters or top spellcasters. In terms of, it can be said that they all have obvious advantages.

It's a pity that the feng shui is changing now, and all the casters are silent. Although their fighters are still brave, everyone knows the fact that they are no longer able to fight against the enemy who has a ten or twenty times the number advantage.

So when the monsters crossed the river, almost no one jumped out to hinder them. They just stayed quietly behind the city wall and watched those orcs paddling the raft clumsily and slowly. Then, half-soaked and half-soaked, he climbed to the opposite bank, collapsed on the ground and hummed, and managed to get up staggeringly for a while, and staggered towards the city wall of Shadow Valley Town not far away.

The people of Shadow Valley shot sparse arrows from the city wall, shooting down the approaching monsters one by one, and the archery skills of the archers and rangers were still sharp.However, more monsters who crossed the river climbed up from the bank, and they continued to hit the city wall without stopping, and then attracted more arrows, and soon a thick layer of corpses piled up outside the city wall.

As time went by, more and more monster soldiers gathered outside the city wall, and the corpses spread thicker and thicker. However, the soldiers and guards shooting arrows on the city wall began to lack strength due to many times of drawing bows and shooting arrows.It is difficult for their arrows to kill the enemy at once, and more can only shoot the enemy.And this kind of attack that missed the point, to those rough-skinned and thick-skinned orcs and jackals, was almost no different from a mosquito bite.

Facing the city wall several feet high, these monsters directly built ladders with each other, or climbed up with bare hands while biting their weapons, without preparing any siege equipment.

As for the defensive side, this is the time for some low-level spellcasters to show their talents. They don't need too advanced spells. They just need to cast [Grease] to go down, and climbers within ten meters will have to go down naked. Lose.At this time, if you add another shot of [Falling Rock], the killing effect will definitely be leveraged.

It's just that without the support of the caster at this moment, the soldiers and even the generals on the defensive side don't know what to do.The classic three-piece set for defending the city, Leimu, Rolling Stone, and Hot Oil, they hardly prepared in advance, and the super killer weapon for defending the city-Jinjue, these laymen of defensive warfare have never heard of it.

The guards would only shoot arrows down the city, or swing their swords on the edge of the city wall to kill those monsters that had almost climbed up.Such a defense method is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the swarming siege army. Soon they could not restrain the enemy's assault. Many fierce orcs and jackals fought against the attack of the guards and climbed to the top of the city wall. Started to fight with it.

Although the soldiers in Shadow Valley are really elite, one person can fight against two or three orc barbarians, and the top-notch warriors can even suppress five or seven enemies, which is more than enough, but the enemy's numerical advantage is too great, and they will kill them soon. Unable to kill, they were forced to retreat step by step. Even if there were some who refused to retreat, they were quickly piled to death by a large number of orcs in the pile of monsters.

Looking at the orc soldiers rushing up the city wall from a distance, Bozor couldn't help but feel happy, and secretly thought that he should be careful, maybe Shadow Valley Town will be able to go down today.

He feels that the fall of the goddess of magic is still a good thing. It's not that the people of Zhentil Castle have never used similar siege methods, and even with the help of magic, they can reach the city wall more quickly, but the people of Shadow Valley always Fight back with more powerful magic, always let their offensive repeatedly fall into the sand.

Now that neither side can use magic, it can be regarded as pulling the extraordinary power to the same level, and the numerical advantage of their Zhentil Castle army can be infinitely magnified after all.

Seeing that their own offensive was extremely smooth, and they looked like they were going to break the city in a single battle, the Zhentil Castle soldiers who were watching from across the moat couldn't sit still.

There is no way, except for a small number of soldiers of Zhentil Fort who have some regular salaries, most of the rest of the sergeants are temporarily recruited mercenaries. Although they can also enjoy part of the commission, they The real bulk of income came from the looting and seizure of the battlefield during the war.As for those orcs and jackal sergeants who surrendered and were recruited, the price was even lower. It was considered lucky to have enough food to feed their hunger. If they wanted extra income, they could not do without the income on the battlefield.

And at this moment, the city wall of Shadow Valley Town is about to be breached. If the city is really captured, the countless resources and wealth in it will be the real first-come-first-served. With the land-scraping ability of his companions, those who came to the city later may not even be able to catch a hair.

However, more soldiers from Zhentil Fort swarmed into the moat. They scrambled for the weak raft and rushed to the other side. river bottom.These unlucky ones did not die under the sword of the enemy, but were killed by the black hands of their teammates without a place to bury them.

And the soldiers in front of the city wall also began to make trouble for each other. From time to time, some unlucky guys were secretly thrown off the city wall by their companions, although the thick pile of corpses under the city wall guaranteed that most of these poor people who fell were injured and survived. , but it also greatly delayed the nearly tide-like offensive of the Zhentil Fort soldiers, allowing the city defense of Shadow Valley Town, which was on the verge of collapse, to breathe a little more life.

But this can't really change the fate of the people of Shadow Valley. Even if they put up more courage, even Lord Moglin is fighting on the front line. They almost drove off the enemies who rushed up the city wall, but it was only almost.

The people of Shadow Valley fell into a real bitter battle, and Bozor Chebry, the commander of the siege side, was also very unhappy. Not only was the chaos and delay caused by his own troops restraining each other, he had even foreseen When the time comes, when the defense of the people of Shadow Valley completely collapses, a greater chaos will inevitably sweep the entire Zhentil Fort expeditionary force. The great infighting of cannibalism.

While Bozor was worried about this, Elminster the Great Sage of the Valley of Shadows and the silver-haired Dove Hawkhand on the Watcher's Hill were even more restless. How could they not see Shadow Valley Town has reached the critical moment of survival.

Dove wanted to rush directly to the battlefield several times to fight the enemy and contribute to resisting the invaders.But Elminster fell into anxiety. He knew very well that William did have the ability to completely change the situation of the battle, and William's ambition was also revealed in front of him. This bastard boy wanted to rule the shadows with his approval. Valley, and in the name of the Lord of Dagger Valley.

This made Elminster very embarrassed, because the old mage could not be arbitrary about the future of Shadow Valley, and other magic goddess voters also had the right to decide the future of Shadow Valley, and the most important one was Kelben Black Rod. Olosan.

Elminster sighed and said, "William, I think you are still young, so you don't need to be so impatient about taking in new territories. Maybe after this battle is over, we can discuss the possibility of you serving as the next lord of Shadow Valley .As for now, we should focus more on the enemy."

William laughed loudly and said, "Old man! Don't take me for a fool. Do you think I don't know what kind of tricks you are doing? It's just a plan to delay the attack. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Combine into a complete country, instead of being divided and doing things separately as it is now."

Elminster couldn't help being shocked by the ambition of this young and excessive boy in front of him. Could this be another guy similar to Rashan, the lord of Scar Valley, no!This kid is more ambitious than the missing Rashan!
The old mage really wanted to reject William directly and block his ambition back, but the current situation in Shadow Valley is stronger than others, so he had to let Dove start contacting other silver-haired sisters, and use this to discuss with other voters how to deal with it. deal with it.

To say why William forced the old mage, why didn't he do it first and then bargain, it has to start from the essence of Shadow Valley.

Why do Elminster, Kelben and others attach so much importance to Shadow Valley, and why do the silver-haired sisters take Shadow Valley as their own place of full control instead of other valleys such as Dagger Valley, Misty Valley, and Farming Valley? The reason is that Shadow Valley has a unique strategic position.

The strategic position of Shadow Valley is not aimed at the mortal world, but the strategy of the extraordinary world. There is a heavenly ladder that can lead to all planes here, which is a bit similar to the permanent gate to another world, but it is more powerful and has more strategic significance. more important.

To put it more vividly, this is not a simple gate to another world, but a star gate for people to step into the sea of ​​stars.

In Faerun, there are many places similar to Shadow Valley, such as the Tomb Castle near Zhentil Castle, and a certain mountain near Waterdeep City, all have similar Stairway to Heaven.

Of course, this is a secret that only the goddess of magic and her confidants know.William knew very well that if he didn't take advantage of the moment when the goddess of magic disappeared to confirm the ownership of the Shadow Valley, the difficulty would definitely increase tenfold and a hundredfold if he wanted to start the Shadow Valley territory in the future.

Let’s say that Elminster followed the extraordinary link between the silver-haired sisters, and discussed the future of Shadow Valley with other voters, including Kelben hiding in Waterdeep City. This time, the sudden fall of the goddess of magic made most of them They were all caught off guard, so that many of the previous plans were useless.

However, after some debate, everyone finally agreed to give the Valley of Shadows to William, and the close relationship between William and Helen took a large part of the advantage.This comes from Simbu's reminder that she knew that although Xillen was in a half-dead state at this time, she had signed a guardianship contract with William instead of a golden dragon (Song Windsor).

This also means that Hellen is eligible to inherit all of William's inheritance, including the kingdom's foundation that he may lay down in the future.

What's more, the leader of Zhentil Castle is the descending saint Bane. Compared with the shadow valley being taken away by the King of Darkness, it is better to take advantage of "your own people". In the future, they will have ways and means to deal with William This "mortal".

By the way, a world-class unspoken rule of Faerun, if one day William voluntarily (or forced) abandons his identity as a human, then he will automatically lose his qualifications as a lord, and his human kingdom will no longer be legally legal. belongs to him.

Elminster "can't wait" to tell William about the common decision of his companions, and begged him to quickly find a way to send troops to relieve the siege of Shadow Valley.

Although Wei Lian didn't know much about the calculations of the old mage and his gang, he also knew that they must have planned something, but who cares, as long as the meat is in his mouth, there is no reason to spit it out.

William immediately opened the gate of flames.By the way, William is also affected by the disconnection of the magic net at this time. If he is the only one, then William can only use the omnipotent spell slot presented by Dasophelia to cast the gate of flames once a day, but there is honeydew. Na, a little cheating device, is by his side to assist, but he can open doors infinitely.

When William's will spread around the Flaming Sky Phenomena, countless armored men were gathered to fight against the Salamander Legion, the Salamander Knights riding the Flaming Lizards, and groups of Flaming Horses and Flaming Griffins, which were like fire dragons. Streams poured out of the Gate of Flame, and then lined up in a neat queue waiting for William's order.

Elminster and Dove were lying in front of the Flame Gate, peering curiously into another world. The old mage even threw something into it. This old man has bad intentions.

William sneered, and did not close the gate of flames. He asked his men from Dagger Valley to choose a flame horse as a mount, and he himself rode an elite king among the flame horses. The Legion charged towards the Zhentil Keep army below the hill.

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