Chaos Crown

Chapter 107, Next Step Strategy

In the late October of 1360 in the valley calendar, the forest kingdom of Cormyr has already entered winter, and the sea breeze blowing from the shore of Longhu Lake is getting colder. According to past experience, in a few weeks, the first snow of the year will be will come.

At this time, the arable land in the whole country has also finished the autumn harvest, and Cormyr has entered the slack season. People are making final preparations for winter, slaughtering livestock, sewing clothes, and repairing houses.

Year after year, no matter what happens in the wilderness of the kingdom, nothing seems to be much different to the farmer bowing his head in the field.

But this year's Suzar is not peaceful.

On the surface, the royal city of Cormyr is still under the strong control of the Queen Regent after winter. Finally a peaceful midwinter.

However, one wave of ups and downs rose again, and just after entering late October, two strange things happened in the royal city.

The first thing was that a night watchman found the bodies of the two queen blades in the alleys of the rich district. They were all terrified, afraid that the princess regent would get angry because of this.

Unexpectedly, Alice Searle didn't respond to this matter, and the regent princess just said lightly that she knew.

The second thing was that two days after the killing of the two queen blades, one of the clubhouses of the famous Masanbai "Silver Falcon" Chamber of Commerce was attacked, and more than 30 people were killed in the clubhouse.

The Silver Falcon Chamber of Commerce is one of the main patron chambers of the Crown Princess's husband, Duke Casper.

The nobles of Cormyr began to wait again to see if this would generate a new political storm.

The ending disappointed them again, and Duke Caspar didn't say anything.

At this time, everyone felt that under the calm Longhu Lake, there was a huge vortex hidden. Both sides were accumulating strength and looking for opportunities. Both sides were waiting, and they were very careful not to break this balance.

Aaron had no instructions from the Regent's daughter in these matters.

Aaron knew that Alice Searle was protecting him and did not want him to get involved in the political vortex prematurely.

The other faction didn't dare to do anything to Aaron. Just because Aaron could summon the incarnation of the gods and reached a contract with the dwarves, it was difficult for anyone to dare to attack him directly.

Both sides of the wrestling are currently treating him as if he does not exist, and Aaron himself is happy to be at ease.

On a quiet night, after dinner, Aaron was sitting in his study room. He opened the window, and the cold wind blowing in his face shocked him. The Viscount held a quill pen and began to write and draw on the parchment.

He made a list of what he was going to do next.

First of all, Aaron wrote down the first line "Prepare enough start-up capital" and put a √ on it.

After these several adventures, he obtained the Nether scroll and signed a contract with Moradin, the dwarf god king. Aaron has absolutely no problem with the start-up capital. His current net worth is conservatively estimated to be 5 Golden Lion Coins. Above, so much money is enough for him to use for a period of time.

Moradin told Aaron that the dwarves needed a little time to prepare.

The concept of time of dwarves is different from that of humans. Dwarves can live for 400 years, and legendary dwarves can live longer, so the "a little time" in Moradin's mouth, and considering the impatience of the dwarf god king, Aaron thinks it will take at least one or two years. years.

One or two years... It's still acceptable.

On the second line, "Improve your own strength", there is a "?" on it.

After returning to Suzar, Aaron's strength has already become an elite mid-level "Chaos God Warlock". For Lun, the current situation is enough.

More importantly, Aaron has already begun to write the "Second Book of Salian". After gaining the ability to cast four-ring spells, Aaron learned two new four-ring magics from the power of Tzeentch and the power of Slaanesh.

The first spell is called "Tzeentch's Stealing Spell".

Tzeentch's Stealing Spell: Four Rings of Magic.

Casting Time: An action performed when you see a creature within 60 feet of you cast a spell you know.

Materials required for casting: None.

Through the mastery over magic ability of Tzeentch's power, Aaron can instantly control a spell of 4th level or lower that a creature is casting.He can choose the area of ​​effect, target, or control of the effect for the spell.If the spell requires concentration, Aaron also needs to maintain concentration for the spell.

If the opponent's magic is lower than the 4th level, it will succeed directly. If the opponent's magic is equal to the 4th level, then Aaron needs to compete with the opponent for the control of the magic element.

The target of the stolen spell will be affected by the necrosis damage of magic power. The higher the number of magic rings, the higher the backlash damage.

The subject will be affected every time they cast a spell until they are free of the backlash.

Tzeentch’s stealing spells can be cast at higher levels: that is, if Aaron can release magic of level 5 or higher in the future, he can also control the opponent’s higher-level magic, but this magic cannot exceed what Aaron can release The highest-level magic cannot be magic that Aaron doesn't know.

The second magic is called "Dance of Slaanesh".

The Dance of Slaanesh: Four Rings of Magic.

Aaron can call on the power of Slaanesh, summoning phantoms of Slaanesh demons to affect creatures with normal hearing and normal IQ within 15 feet, luring them to dance together.

The seduced creature needs to pass a Charisma attribute saving (touch Aaron's charm head-on). Those who pass are not affected. hallucinations, and gradually lose their minds.

Aaron can continue to focus on casting spells to keep the demon of Slaanesh dancing for up to 10 minutes.

You can also let the demon of Slaanesh play on its own after releasing it. The demon of Slaanesh will dance in place for 10 seconds and then disappear.

Affected individuals wake up after receiving substantial damage.

Neither of these two Chaos spells are powerful output spells, but both are very useful to Aaron. The former specializes in restraining mages, especially ordinary spellcasters who only master familiar spells.

The latter is a large group control stunt, which is designed to restrain melee fighters who are facing the face.

After learning these two new magics, Aaron's life-saving ability has been greatly improved.

But this incident also reminded Aaron.

This adventure in the ruins of the Serpent Empire made him realize that if he continued to rely entirely on the power of Tzeentch and Slaanesh, then the power of Khorne and Nurgle might never usher in the day when it was opened.

The four gods of chaos are like this. If you pursue the gift of one of the gods, the other three gods will hate you. If you rely too much on one of the gods, the other three will close the door to you.

Aaron has been relying too much on the power of Slaanesh and Tzeentch during this time.

For him, the significance of continuing to develop the divine sparks of these two Chaos Gods is no longer significant. The most important thing at present is to determine his future path.

The best way is to advance the power of the four gods at the same time, enshrine the gods with the priesthood of chaos, absorb the spark of divinity, and become the god of chaos without division, that is, the fifth god of chaos.

The worst way is to push the power of one of the gods to the extreme and become a slave god of Slaanesh or Tzeentch.

There is no doubt that Aaron wants the first, not the second.

If he sticks to the "power of Slaanesh", Aaron feels that he is a god, at best a "weak power", unless he plans to turn against the silver virgin Su Lun and the fire-haired lady Sune and seize their priesthood.

This is impossible, no matter from the point of view of conscience, morality, law, or interpersonal relationship and future development interests, Aaron can't do such a thing. Repay him harshly.

Moreover, let alone the power of single Slaanesh to hammer the four gods of chaos, even if it is Slaanesh, the weakest of the four gods, beating Aaron must be due to father beating son.

It is true that a father beats his son, no matter how weak Slaanesh is, at least he is a powerful divine power.Together with the group of gods who are not good at fighting, believers are all over the multiverse level.

Wait, are you still waiting for divine power?You're thinking too much, Aaron Salian!
Aaron laughed to himself.

Isn't this just like planning how to spend the 3000 million lottery jackpot if you win the lottery, and calculate every expense, and now you are short of winning the lottery?
Isn't this the same as in the post-Three Kingdoms era, when Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and discussed with Zhuge Liang how to divide Cao Wei's eight states equally, and even agreed to split half of the disputed areas such as Sili, can we start fighting Hefei now?

You are not even a master-level strength now, so you just want to become a god, right?
Aaron slapped himself, he took the quill pen and continued to write.

The third line "build your own team".

Aaron wrote several names below, namely "Eleanor", "Faujar-Wilham" and "Cousin Robert".

For Aaron, Eleanor was close to eating the meat in his mouth. After Su Lun's endorsement, Miss Pastor was unlikely to leave Aaron except for his death.

Aaron is not in a hurry to eat this piece of meat, because if he improves his strength a bit, he will have the "Blessing of Chaos". At that time, Aaron plans to give it to Eleanor through internal injection. The benefits will be given to her, and the corruption will solve it by himself , Miss Priest can get the best.

Her tenderness, her seriousness, her golden braid hanging down her head, and her little coquettishness when getting along with her are the eternal white moonlight in Aaron's heart.

Faujar, a dwarf craftsman, has become silent and hardworking after what he has experienced before. He swore in front of Moradin that he would work seriously for Aaron as his subordinate. This dwarf now puts away his pride and greed, Aaron did what he said.

He knew very well that with Moradin's bending over, Faujar-Wilham would have no place in the dwarf society. Wash away your shame.

Cousin Robert has limited talents, but it is more than enough to do clerical work, sort out materials and write letters as a clerk. He promised his uncle and aunt to find a way out for his cousin.

These three are considered to be people they can control.

So here comes the problem.

The fourth line reads "Looking for a fief for myself", followed by a big "×".

Aaron needed a fief, more than ever.

Among other things, the power of the four gods of chaos are all making demands on him, and they all desire to have their own symbolic buildings in the kingdom.

There are currently two buildings that have been unlocked, and even the blueprints have appeared in Aaron's mind.

They are "Slaanesh Grand Theater" and "Tzeentch Library".

Not yet unlocked are the Great Gardens of Nurgle and the Arena of Khorne.

Aaron wants to build a "Slaanesh Grand Theatre" first, and then change the logo and name to that of the Silver Virgin Surun, so that he can share the power blessing and faith brought by this landmark building with Su Lun Mama .

Good brother’s grand theater is great, but the name and holy emblem have to be replaced by Su Lun Mama and me!

So here comes the question, once you have the start-up capital and money, where can you find the fiefdom?
This is another problem that makes Aaron very headache.

The Salian family used to have a fief, just north of Suzar, in the Forest of Kings, the ancestors bought it with iron and blood.

Now it was all paid back by my grandfather, and the land has been transferred to another noble family. At that time, my father also signed the contract on behalf of the Salian family. It is impossible to come back now.

If you have a fief, you can do your own research, build castles, and build chaotic landmarks. Only with a fief can you form your own loyal guard and build your own small private group.

Aaron isn't very interested in politics, and he doesn't particularly aspire to be a Roman Emperor, Knight King, Conqueror King, Lionheart King, Phoenix King, Caliph, or Golden Bling.

But even Eternal God's Chosen needs his own Chaos Sword battle group, his own Chaos Champion, Chaos God's Chosen and Demon Prince!
It seems that we still have to continue to use our brains from the princess regent.

Aaron rubbed between his brows wearily, too many things were weighing on him.

The Viscount glanced at the half-written second volume of Salian on the table, which recorded the chaos magic of the second and third rings, and began to teach learners how to "sacrifice the true god".

Finish the second book first.

Aaron continued to write with a pen, and under the blessing of his magic power, the jet-black ink turned into weird and distorted chaotic characters.

"Da~da~da"

There were footsteps outside the door, and someone came to the door of the study, as if hesitating whether to disturb him or not.

"Who is it?" Aaron frowned, and he put down the quill.

He recognized his cousin Robert by the sound of footsteps.

It's strange, if it's something important, Robert should knock on the door directly, if it's something unimportant, Robert shouldn't bother him.

"Come in, what's the matter." Aaron repeated.

The cousin pushed open the door, and the hair on the top of his head brushed against the door frame. Robert instinctively lowered his body: "Aaron, someone sent a message, saying that it was brought by your sister."

I don't know when it started, the aura on Aaron's body made Robert more and more afraid. The cousin no longer dared to speak casually like before, and regarded himself as Aaron's elder brother.

elder sister?Aaron asked suspiciously, "Which sister?"

"I don't know, the one who came was a battle mage apprentice, he said... well, I don't understand very well, he said that your sister told you that what you said last time is right on her side, and that person will go to her tomorrow Vacation at the manor." Robert obviously didn't understand.

Battle mage apprentice?
Got it, it's Miss Charlotte!Miss Warlock was telling him that Alice Searle would go to her manor by Longhu Lake to rest tomorrow.

My sister is creating an opportunity for herself to get in close contact with the Queen Regent.

"Understood." Aaron nodded.

Just right, I can give the regent princess a little "surprise" and find out her tone by the way.

How can I give myself a fief?

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(End of this chapter)