Chapter 1050: The Strategists’ Unanimous Response
Chapter 2365 The Strategists' Unintentional Response
This drama, which seemed inexplicable but was actually a tacit cooperation between two scheming guys, had not yet reached its climax, but Hill had already seen a little bit clearly.
Bane probably wanted to do something with this world at the beginning just to see if he could take the opportunity to do something.
A world like this, where mages are in power and demons are in power, is obviously very suitable for his essential priesthood as the Lord of Tyranny.
So, he sent out this Zhentarim, who was a little bit harsh and looked unruly, but was actually a loyal believer of Bane.
When Zhentil Castle first appeared, it stood firm in the North as a follower of Bane and a rebel who broke the greedy and shameless lord.
Although because of Bane's characteristics and their natural attributes, the rebels eventually became tyrants, but they were rare rulers in the North, or in the continent of Faerun, who were not descendants of nobles and gods.
Therefore, although they relied on Bane's church, they did not let the church override the so-called parliament... until the incident hundreds of years ago.
At that time, it happened that the saint of Faerun came, that is to say, Bane's power reached its peak, and he also lost his self-control.
Before he made the slate, although Bane was also very insidious and vicious, he never played any tricks in front of people, and he always blamed Melkor for offending the whole world.
But after getting involved in the chaos of the fate slate, he suddenly seemed to have changed into a different person, offending people everywhere... Although no one wants Melkor to come back now, there are always people who say that Bane is not as good as Melkor.
Before that, the people of Toril believed that Bane was the only one of the three gods of death who could communicate!
Moreover, at that time, Bane's relationship with the gods was actually quite good.
Otherwise, he would not have cheated so many gods in the end... If it was Melkor, who would go to see him?
But since his reason was blinded by greed, even the coldness of the Styx could not freeze his boiling desire, so it was normal to have this result.
Zhentil Castle also suddenly lost control because of Bane's sudden change... Those who are most closely connected with God and listen to God's heart every day are not those voters who are closest to him, but those archbishops who are responsible for conveying his information.
Some people have strong willpower and can distinguish whether the sudden greed that arises is from their inner wishes.
But most people still can't do this, and they even think that what they do is approved and recognized by God.
Zhentil Castle has fallen from then on, from a green forest organization that originally had some humanity to an unscrupulous, unruly, unruly and unruly evil heretic.
If before that, the hatred between the Harpers and the Zhentarim was just due to their positions, but after that, it became that every Zhentarim deserved to die.
Later, with the ups and downs of Bane, the original people of Zhentil Castle also dispersed in a few hundred years, and finally became the most common inheritance model in the continent of Faerun: kill all those who oppose him, and he is the boss.
Even though they still claim to be Bane's followers, Bane will never choose his own elect from these people.
Even though he seems to attach great importance to the later Zhentil Keep and adds more and more burdens to them... but the fact that he allowed the Eye Demon to control Zhentil Keep and only came out to harvest it at the end proves some of Bane's thoughts.
But this Zhentarim who walked out of Toril when Zhentil Keep still had a little bit of its original backbone is definitely Bane's most trusted elect.
Even the most extreme evil gods actually know what kind of people can go out alone for hundreds of years and remain loyal even when they fall into a deep sleep.
It's just that they usually don't show that he knows... After all, can someone who can let evil seduce him to do immoral things talk to you about morality?
Isn't Shar the same! She has so many ruthless people under her who can easily stir up the situation of a country, and the voters she finally chooses have many shortcomings, and even some like to play badly, but they are all absolutely loyal to her existence.
Of course, these people also meet some of their main duties.
The secondary ones are used to fool greedy fools.
So, when seeing this elect, both William and Hill can immediately understand why Bane can remain sober even though he has done more evil than Cyric.
Although Cyric caused the great disaster of the Mage Plague, everyone knows that he is actually more like the wicked ghost who played with Helm.
Cyric's evil is more like the outbreak of Toril's negative attributes, but he sometimes goes with the flow. He wants to cheat people, but he doesn't have a main and clear goal.
And Bane is a person who really and clearly chooses his own way.
Carrying the dark side of the whole world will definitely affect the sanity of the gods themselves, especially those mixed with too much desire.
Shar clearly knew from the beginning that the more intelligent creatures there are in Toril, the greater the threat it will bring to her.
In other words, this is the main reason why William agrees with her desire to destroy the world and return Toril to its original state... As the original light, Selûne is inherently immune to these negative emotions. No, in other words, these negative emotions cannot reach her at all... They must first go through Shar, who bears the negative laws.
In fact, the initial battle between the two sisters was, to a certain extent, the reason that allowed Shar to survive until now... The laws of evil were divided a lot.
And those evil gods were not as crazy about criticism from the beginning as they are now.
Especially Mask.
This guy is actually very smart, not ungrateful...but he just goes crazy easily.
Therefore, not only Hill, but also some people who were more familiar with the past of gods, suspected that Cyric deliberately showed him the Book of Cyrus.
Although it was obvious that he was crazy, he also promised that he would not become another person.
It's better to be sober and crazy than not knowing what you are doing in the end.
But Bane obviously doesn't have the solid background of Shar, but he has always been able to maintain his sobriety... This guy probably sent these voters who represented his true priesthood out of Toril when he realized that something was wrong with him.
And this Zhentarim has indeed lived up to the trust of its Lord God.
He has been in this world for so many years, and Hill doesn't believe that he has no power of his own.
This is a member of the royal family of Zhentil Castle!
Although he has no desire for power, he is still the only one who survived in that famous meat grinder...
Just because he doesn't like it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to do it.
However, even though he felt something was wrong with the task that Ben gave him, he still came without hesitation.
However, although he suffered a lot, after actually talking to William, his life was obviously saved.
Hill couldn't help but curl his lips... Ben knew William quite well and knew what kind of people he would be merciful to.
As for suffering something, Benn wouldn't care about it.
The Evil God's men never have an easy life, even the Evil God's most trusted men.
Those who can provide support for their subordinates and save their lives are all evil gods with a bottom line.
"Sir..." Liszt's intelligent core burned for a long time, and finally he combined the cause and effect. "Bane is planning to use Talona as a pledge to build a relationship with the undead, so as not to lose his last bit of power. ,Is it right?
After all, Ser's undead archon is obviously going to become the founder of the new road of destiny.
Zhentil Keep is gone too. Although Bane looks very beautiful now, in fact, the only thing he can keep until the end is the goblin...
That does require establishing some friendship with the undead. "
There are quite a lot of undead who just want to beat up a few goblins to vent their anger.
It doesn't matter if there are dozens, hundreds, or even thousands, but if any big family comes to build a family team, the goblins in that area will be completely ruined.
Although Ben found a way out for himself that didn't look very good, but was actually the most supportive... the horrifying fertility of goblins, but these were just scum in front of the undead.
They can really do things like clearing out forests that only low-level professionals go to as high-level professionals.
Many of Toril's rules had to be changed because of the existence of the undead.
So does Ben.
He should have planned to let the Zhentarim secretly rebuild Zhentil Keep after Cyre was finished, while the goblins could still distract most people in Toril.
That way, on the day when the goblin army is finished, he will still have power to use.
But... the most likely thing now is that the goblin was gone before Sel was finished.
He dreamed that when the Goblin Lord came in person, the goblins that multiplied in large numbers could take advantage of the time when the mainstream forces in Toril had to go home to recuperate due to the war with the Ser undead army, and sweep the entire continent of Faerûn, attracting all the people away. The future of attention is simply not possible.
A shrewd guy like Ben must find a new escape route before anything happens.
Then, he found William.
"As for William..." Liszt suddenly laughed, "He is doing it for Shar, right?"
"That's right." Hill nodded, "Shar who walked up to the front desk must not be as scary as in the past who was hidden in the darkness.
In addition, AO has three more Greek gods who will definitely follow him closely in a short period of time. Some things will definitely not be left to Shar, who does half the trick.
Just think about the history of Toril. Isn't Selune the beloved daughter of AO?
When did those gods and powerful men fear and respect her?
What they fear is Shar, who actually represents part of AO's will. "