Chapter 2600 "Soul Absorbing City" Odis

Whenever North made a mistake for his dwarf servant or the three-armed giant brother, Tam would always take the initiative to take the blame and ask the master to punish him. If he really beat him, he seemed quite happy!

How could there be such a person in the world... Qiao An really couldn't understand.

After thinking about it, it's a pity that Tamm is not the kind of muscular buttocked guy that Valak the "Giant Worm Knight" likes. Otherwise, the two of them are a "masochist" and a "sadist", and they make a good couple. .

"Ok Tam, don't act there, I'm going out for a stroll."

"Good master!"

Tam immediately broke into a smile, quickly took out a small watering can from his pocket, held it in both hands, and sprayed lightly on the master's bearded and elegant tentacles twice, and a faint fragrance immediately diffused in the air. The smell of seaweed can be smelled underneath.

This is a popular perfume in the city of Odis. Respectable citizens always wear some when they go out for activities. It is not only to show elegance, but also to keep the air polluted by more than 20,000 slaves in the city from smelling too disgusting. .

Although the Gnostics have lost their citizenship, they do not change the innate cleanliness of the demons. They always wear a little perfume before going out.

A decent mind flayer can't do these trivial things by himself, otherwise it will be too cheap, even a down-and-out Gnostic should always keep a caring housekeeper by his side to help him handle these trivial things.

Mind flayers are one of the oldest intelligent races in the universe, and "ancient" and "wisdom" further strengthen their arrogance, firmly believing that there is no nobler race in the world than mind flayers.

Mind flayers pay great attention to the sense of ritual. No matter what kind of predicament they are in, they must not lose their prestige. They must pay attention to style and maintain a decent appearance. If they can't even do these things, life will be meaningless.

To paraphrase a proverb common to mind flayers themselves, they are the kind who "refuse soup if there is no silver spoon on the table".

Before going out, Joan re-applied the "Domination Technique" to the servants in the stone tower. Especially the brothers Sarf and Goliath, Joan specially applied the "group giant domination technique" to them. If they were lazy and took a nap, Joan would sense it immediately.

Outside the gate of the stone tower, seven caves were excavated against the wall, in which lived Gnostic dwarf slaves.

When the Gnostics were citizens of Edis, they lived in the main city and had more than sixty slaves.

Since being deprived of citizenship and exiled to the edge of the city, the Gnostics and his compatriots believed that the "vagrants" did not deserve to have so many slaves, so they auctioned off most of the slaves, leaving only these seven little dwarves.

Joan inspected the daily life of the slaves, and then cast a spell to rearrange the security system of the stone tower, and various measures to strengthen vigilance and defense are roughly the same as his lair in Udinos, the most important of which is of course "mythical magic alarm".

After finishing setting up the security measures, Qiao An stroked the tentacles in satisfaction, looked at the stone tower and nodded.

Tam leaned over in a doggy manner, and sprayed some perfume on the master.

"I haven't been to the city for a long time. It's rare that I have free time today and I'm in a good mood. I plan to go to the city for a stroll, so you don't have to follow me."

Joan said to the dwarf butler calmly.

"Okay, master, I wish you a great time!" Tam smiled and bowed goodbye.

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If Joan observes the "spiritual city" Odis from the perspective of a beholder, he will feel uncomfortable. The city has too many people and too many public facilities, from slave auctions to grand theaters to duels Every corner of the city is crowded and noisy.

Socializing is the main content of civic life. People rely too much on the collective, but ignore the privacy of themselves and others. Such a place is obviously not suitable for beholders who are withdrawn by nature to settle down, and it can drive them crazy!

And when Joan looked at Odis from a human perspective, his evaluation would rise sharply.

The civilization is rich and prosperous, and such a beautiful word is used to evaluate Odes, which is appropriate.

However, Joan also noticed that civilization and prosperity have a price, and in Odis, these costs are mainly borne by countless slaves with their blood, sweat and even their lives.

The political system and social structure of Odis, if compared with the human society of the surface world, is similar to the "slavery city-state republic" of the classical era, or it is close to the colonial cities in the New World that still retain slavery.

In this city known for its highly developed "spiritual civilization" in the Underdark, the total population exceeds 20,000, but the mind flayer "citizens" who are the masters of the city only have about 500 people, which is less than the total population. a fraction of .

Excluding a small number of "refugees" who were deprived of citizenship due to breaking the law, as well as businessmen and adventurers from outside, the vast majority of the remaining residents of Odis belonged to the slave class, with a total of about 20,000 people.

On average, each mind flayer has forty slaves.

In this city-state, playing the role of "consul for life" is the "legendary mastermind" Noah, the spiritual leader of all citizens of Odis.

Under the main brain is the "Cardinal Council" that assists the main brain in managing the city-state's administration and justice, also known as the "Elder's House".

There are currently four mind flayer elders who are in charge of great power in the Cardinal Council. They are Elder Sariel who is in charge of pastures and farms, Elder Raguel who is in charge of commercial facilities such as auction houses, Elder Lemuel who is in charge of industry and mining, and The youngest and most high-profile Elder Metatron in the Cardinal House, in charge of entertainment facilities including the duel arena and the grand theater.

In fact, the Cardinal Council originally had five elders, and a chief elder who was in charge of judicial trials and psionic technology. It has been vacant for many years, and the main brain is responsible for the relevant functions.

This matter is related to a well-known scandal in Odis. The former chief elder was Samael who studied necromancy in private and eventually became a lich.

It is a great irony that the chief elder, who is in charge of judging sinners and punishing heretics, ends up degrading himself into heretics and committing the worst crimes!

Because of such a scandal, after Samael escaped from Odis, the post of Chief Elder of the Cardinal Council has been vacant until now, until a brave citizen of Odis completely wiped out Samael, the mastermind will take this The big hero is promoted as the new Chief Elder.

Just as beholders like to live at the bottom of deep wells, mind flayers are only willing to set up their homes on high towers. Only standing on a high place overlooking the earth is worthy of their pretentious style.

Joan walked from the outskirts of the city to the urban area. There were many stone pagodas on both sides of the road, as if walking in a gray jungle. Unfortunately, this man-made jungle was not peaceful, and his ears were filled with the sound of knocking.