Chaos Crown

Chapter 54, Evening Star Town, Kobolds!

The next day, the adventurous trio continued their journey after resting enough.

What made Aaron feel speechless was that Asha, who was sleeping outside, didn't notice the noise he made last night. This is probably the reason for the so-called sleep until dawn, right?
As for Miss Pastor, Eleanor is still angry now.

Aaron was forced to admit that he was really a little excited about last night. After all, he himself didn't figure out how to please Tzeentch's power?How to activate?
The Lord of Change, located at the center of the Crystal Labyrinth, is always planning new conspiracies, always familiar with fate, history, and all kinds of conspiracies.

Tzeentch is well aware of the changes and laws of all things in the universe. His plan spans thousands of years. He even knows the final fate of every distant star. The final fate of every person is simply insignificant to him and does not need to know.

This makes him far less easy to please than Slaanesh, and his power does not know the general activation direction like Slaanesh's power. Many behaviors are sometimes useful and sometimes useless.

Miss Priest is really my lucky star!She saved her own life and awakened her divine spark. She helped herself time and time again, gave herself opportunities, and even activated his brainstorming at critical moments, finally allowing him to improve his professional level as a warlock!

Thank you Eleanor, you deserve the best!I swear!

Aaron blinked at Miss Priest, who was still a little angry, and apologized again.

Eleanor turned her head angrily, flicked her bright golden braids, and ignored him.

unacceptable!

Although she didn't quite understand why Aaron raised his career level so strangely, and she was also happy that Aaron's strength became stronger, but kissing her face for that reason was really too much !

For this reason, no!
The pastor decided to ignore him today, and he can't be too presumptuous!
At the same time, Eleanor began to feel a little stressed.

Aaron's strength has improved too fast!Before he received the grace of the Virgin of Silver, he had always been an apprentice junior warrior. It is no wonder that Mr. Manuel complained in front of the Virgin of Silver many times, saying that his son's talent was too mediocre !
But who would have thought that it only took three months from Aaron's awakening to his breakthrough all the way to the elite level?
Ms. Pastor is already considered the most talented among the new generation of pastors of the Church of Our Lady of Silver in Cormyr.

No, I have to work harder!

Eleanor secretly determined, while ignoring Aaron very firmly.

"Hey, did you two secretly do something while I was asleep last night?"

No matter how dull the female barbarian Asha was, she could feel the difference between Aaron and Eleanor.

"How could it be? Your snoring is so loud that we can hear it through the door." Aaron cleverly changed the subject.

"Hey, this is indeed, so I let you sleep in it!" Asha smiled embarrassedly. The female barbarian has been complained many times in her adventures before, but this thing can't be cured.

The female barbarian was interrupted, so she didn't delve into what happened last night, and she was carrying a lot of things, which really made her have no time to care about others.

When getting up in the morning, Aaron’s opinion is to take the money seized by the bandits and some light things, heavy things such as weapons, and the 22 bags of coffee beans and put them in the bandits’ den, and wait until Aaron and the others finish this adventure. Come back and get it.

But Asha just disagreed, she must leave with these things, Aaron and Eleanor will not take them, she will take them by herself.

The female barbarian wearing the ogre bracer is really strong. She took almost 50 pounds of coffee beans and the weapons and equipment of the bandits by herself.

This also reminded Aaron: this is the real world, not a game!

Not to mention strangers, even your acquaintances, your friends, and even your family members may not always listen to your arrangements, they will have their own ideas, their own interests, and their own considerations!

These are all uncontrollable factors, nothing more than some uncontrollable factors are extremely large, such as the teammates temporarily found in the adventurer's guild, and some uncontrollable factors are small, such as Eleanor who is deeply trusted by Aaron.

Adventure is really a science!Aaron thought so.

They couldn't beat Asha, so they could only take some risks and go on the road with big bags and small bags.

Maybe Ms. Lucky really took care of them. Aaron and the others didn't encounter any enemies on the way to Evening Star Town. After walking for two hours, they arrived in the town in the morning.

Evening Star Town is located in the north of the Forest of Kings, and it is a well-known town in Cormyr. The road leads to the city of Arabelle, which is being taken over by goblins.

This place was originally a peaceful place. The residents here enjoy a peaceful life and provide services to nearby farms, craftsmen exchanging farm goods, and adventurers passing through here. There are two large temples here, namely Dawn The great temple of Lathander, the lord, and the great temple of Chauntea, the mother of the earth.

These two gods seem to be husband and wife, and their believers are therefore very closely related, and almost all believers are one.

Here we can see why Aaron chose the Silver Virgin, Suren, as his god.

The Silver Virgin is familiar with the Lord of Dawn and the Mother Earth, they are allies!

The Silver Virgin is familiar with Cormyr's most influential lucky lady, Timora, and they are good friends.

The Silver Virgin and the powerful Ms. Huofa are old best friends.

Magic God?The Goddess of Magic and the Silver Madonna are staunch allies, fighting together against the Lady of the Night!

There are also the gods of nature, the gods of justice, the gods of elves, and even the main gods of the elements. As the oldest goddess, Su Lun has a good relationship with all of them.

Su Lun is also a funny goddess in the chaotic and good camp. If it is something he decides, he will resolutely carry it out.

Then, even if I accidentally exposed a little problem, my goddess, you will definitely protect me, right?Aaron thought beautifully.

As for his reward?

Aaron's first reward is to try to help his oldest goddess to become powerful!
He already has a plan.

Evening Star Town is getting closer, and there is a huge dragon head at the gate of the town. This is a young dragon who came down from the Storm Mountains to attack the city and was killed. It is also a part of the city's proud history.

However, due to the fall of Arabel, Evening Star has actually become the front line against goblins. The Purple Dragon Knights stationed 500 professional soldiers here, just outside the city.

Don't underestimate the fact that there are only 500 people. After all, not every country has a vast land and resources. 500 professional soldiers are really a lot.

The lord of Evening Star Town is named Brandon Doherty, and his identity is Purple Dragon Knight + the herald and vanguard officer of the former lord baron. After dying childless in the Goblin War, Mr. Brandon acquired the title of baron by marrying the wife of the previous baron.

It is said that this is the baroness's effort to prevent the title from falling on collateral children who have no blood relationship with her, but there is also news that the two parties have had an affair long ago. I have been pregnant for several months.

There are various theories.

Therefore, it is not impossible for mercenary adventurers to have the opportunity to marry into a wealthy noble family. It is not impossible to obtain a noble title by marrying a noble lady or a noble lady. They tend to choose from the outstanding heirs of other local nobles first, and only choose from adventurers when there is really no choice.

Then, adventurers who marry into a family often encounter this situation: you are likely to be accompanied by a wife who is old, ugly, disabled, has a bad personality, has a bad reputation, and has a lot of troubles and dangers at home and abroad. years ahead.

Otherwise, if it is a young, beautiful, virtuous and well-known aristocratic lady/miss, why should it be the turn of the wandering adventurer?
As soon as he got close to Evening Star Town, Aaron felt that the atmosphere was a bit wrong. The number of guards at the gate of the city was several times higher than normal. The carriages of several caravans were crowded at the gate of the city, waiting to check in turn. The guards used their vigilance. Eyes on every visitor.

Of course, except for Aaron, he is the purple dragon knight, and other guards can roughly check the caravan, and the first reaction when seeing him is to salute the army.

"What's going on?" Allen asked in a deep voice.

"I really saw a ghost, Your Excellency." The guard said rather annoyed: "I don't know why, in the past two days, the nearby monsters have gone crazy."

Evening Star is not doing well.

In the past two days, there were signs of a large-scale migration of the nearby monster group. As a result, the trade routes were affected, several villages were attacked, and hundreds of people died. The lord of Evening Star Town hurriedly mobilized troops to defend the city.

"Are there no adventurers organized to find out what's going on?" Aaron continued to ask.

"Organized, organized two teams of adventurers, the first team encountered a large group of goblins before they left far, were driven back directly, and killed several people, the second team was even more unlucky, they just entered the forest not long ago, They were attacked by kobolds, they fell into a trap, fifteen dead and eight injured, hey, there was a mage among them! Guess what happened? There was a dragon vein warlock among the kobolds! They exchanged After releasing the spell, the mage lost to the kobold, and was blasted into molten residue by its scorching rays, and the rest of the adventurers escaped by relying on magic props."

The guard said in a mocking tone.

Also, the life of the adventurer is not life, the lord issued a mission, the adventurer will either get a generous bounty, or die with honor without getting a penny of compensation.

This is a customary rule in the country, don't play if you are unhappy.

Nobles are inherently lawful and evil. Cormyr is better here because of cultural traditions and belief in good gods. The lords at least provide some medical treatment for injured returnees.

Because of the appearance of the Kobold Dragon Vein Warlock, the reward for clearing the Kobold camp has been increased from 200 Golden Lion Coins to 1500 Golden Lion Coins!
very good!Aaron was not surprised, but delighted.

In his plan, the strength of the kobold tribe is too weak!
After entering Evening Star Town, the first thing Aaron and the others had to do was to get rid of the "stolen goods" they got from the bandits.

Due to the large number of caravans stranded in the town, almost all the hotels are full. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for outsiders to find a place to stay even if they pay double the money.

However, whether Aaron is the Purple Dragon Knight or the Viscount Salian, he was naturally arranged to stay after he visited the Baron, the lord of Evening Star Town.

The process of visiting the baron is detailed and cumbersome, and may not be finished in thousands of words, so I will omit it here.

A large number of caravans also caused the three-person team to encounter a little trouble in selling stolen goods. The 2200 bags of coffee beans that were originally expected to sell for 22 Golden Lion Coins could only be sold at a cheap price of 1500 Golden Lion Coins. The weapons and equipment loot, and the stolen goods obtained from the bandits were finally sold for less than 2000 Golden Lion coins.

Asha wanted to stock up again, but Aaron told her to sell it quickly.

That's right, it's stolen goods!Do you really think of these coffee beans as your own?

Only then did the female barbarian realize the problem. She reluctantly agreed to Aaron's idea, but still complained to Eleanor that the wave was a loss.

The pastor pursed her lips and snickered.

The second thing to do is to visit Volker's widow. If anyone still remembers, this guy was the first mercenary killed by Aaron after he was attacked by a magician in the King's Forest.

According to Aaron's memory, Walker was a mercenary from Evening Star Town, and he only knew Aaron, leaving orphans and widows after his death. Those who couldn't get the subsidy, but fortunately with Aaron's participation, the royal family finally allocated a small sum of money.

Aaron’s rationality told him that there was no need to come, because dealing with this kind of widow is likely to listen to a heart-piercing cry, which not only easily affects his reputation, but is also easy to be kidnapped by morality—all kinds of meanings superior.

But his sensibility still tells him that it is better to come here, after all, he is the Son of Chaos, and none of the Four Gods of Chaos likes to deal with problems rationally.

Aaron soon got the addresses of Volker's wife and children.

This is the slum area of ​​Evening Star Town. Rows of houses are tightly attached to each other. The walls of the houses are scattered, and many places are bare. The damaged places are covered by mud and thatch. For adventurers, push and fall.

Knocking on the door, the person who came out to answer the door was a middle-aged woman with a haggard face, wearing a dress made of burlap, and her brown hair was fixed with branches behind her head. A small axe, looking at the visitor with a panicked expression, followed by a three or four-year-old boy, grabbed his mother's pants, exposed half of his head, and looked at the visiting elder brother shyly and with bright eyes.

Big brother is so handsome!
Walker's widow was only in her early thirties, and looked much older than Aunt Mellie, who was in her early forties.

Aaron took out 10 golden lion coins as a little compensation for himself in the woman's gratitude. This kind of money is unnecessary and cannot be given too much. 10 golden lion coins are enough for orphans and widows to live for a long time .

Finally, after pressing F to express condolences to Volker, everything in Evening Star Town is over, and Aaron is ready to go to the kobold camp with the map marked from the lord.

Plans have changed!

He is going to try his new blood magic ability - the oracle of Tzeentch.

Tzeentch's oracle is a seemingly useless ability, but in fact, as long as it is well operated, it can be of great use. Many of the countless conspiracies of the Lord of Changes started through it!

With it, Aaron can pretend to be a god and issue false oracles to the god's followers!

　Tzeentch Oracle: You can use this bloodline ability to pretend to be the god to promulgate the oracle when there are nearby god believers praying or performing sacrificial ceremonies. Whether you succeed depends on your understanding of the god, the intelligence attribute of the believer himself, Perception attributes and his level of piety.

　　During the long years, Tzeentch has issued oracles on behalf of countless gods. These oracles have brought endless joy to the Lord of Changes, but also caused many disasters.

　　"Didn't you swear allegiance to me, dear?"

　　—— Tzeentch smirked at the collapsed believers
　　
　
(End of this chapter)