Chapter 726: Heroic Past

"Oh, if you have something to be unhappy about, why not tell everyone and make everyone happy?"

Duanmu Huai carried the war hammer and looked at the man in front of him with a smile. According to his gaming experience, the next step is mostly the BOSS's confession time. In fact, many players complained about why each BOSS had to reveal his past and mental journey to the protagonist group before the battle. We are here to kill you, but you are playing miserable in front of us?

Of course, there are several opinions from players about this. One is that heroes appreciate heroes. After all, although he is a villain BOSS and has countless plans, it is rare for the protagonist to defeat the BOSS's planner all the way to come in front of him. It is normal to waste some time to say a few words.

Of course, this refers to the kind that no one has been able to do before. If a brave man kills in front of the BOSS every two or three days, he probably won't have the heart to tell stories back and forth.

Another type is those who want to turn the protagonist against the boss. After all, these bosses basically follow the same pattern. They have a tragic life story, and may even be betrayed and turn evil. Then they tell the protagonist to use emotion and reason to tell him that those guys could do this to me yesterday, and they may do the same to me today. Instead of being abandoned by them, it is better to rule the world with me. Isn't it wonderful to eat and drink spicy food?

Well... How should I put it? Thinking back to the ending of the hero in Luminas, Duanmu Huai really can't say that this is wrong.

After all, the heroic epic is just an epic. Life must go on after the demon king is defeated. How will the hero who has prestige, status and strength in this war get along with the ruling class? It is indeed a problem.

If you have some political wisdom, you may be able to get a title or retire to your hometown to get a fiefdom.

If you don't have much wisdom, you may be killed by the opponent.

That's why Duanmu Huai said that Luo Qixi was stupid. It's not that easy to be a hero in Neverwinter. Emilia is a knight favored by Tyr. As long as Tyr still favors her, Neverwinter can't do anything to her or the Temple of Tyr. At least she has someone above her. But you, Luo Qixi, are just a down-and-out warlock with nowhere to stay. If you want to learn from Cassim and the others and wander around the world for some rewards, that's fine. But if you insist on staying in Neverwinter, then they will ask you to take the blame when something happens.

Do you really think it's easy to be a hero?

Of course, this kind of pre-war nonsense is generally useless, especially for players, it's a waste of time. In their eyes, the value of the BOSS is only in the drops. I'll kill you quickly. If you know what's good for you, it's better to drop some good equipment for me. Who has time to chat with you? Just skip it.

In normal times, Duanmu Huai would have skipped it directly, but this time he wanted to listen patiently to the other party's journey. After all, Duanmu Huai was really curious. If this guy was the mastermind behind all this, how did he create the Untouchables and brainwash them to be so fanatical and obedient?

After all, the boss would say anything in the conversation before the war. Maybe he was so excited that he just blurted it out?

"Humph, since you want to know, then I'll tell you!"

As expected, this boss couldn't escape the law of final confession. He was also proud to tell Duanmu Huai about his past.

He was originally from a small town outside Neverwinter. He lost his parents when he was young and was raised by his adoptive father. However, when he was sixteen years old, his hometown, the town, was attacked by a group of monsters and destroyed. His adoptive father said that this was related to a secret they hid here. He took out a fragment and asked the young man to leave the town with the fragment and go to Neverwinter for help.

On the way, he met several companions and was attacked again. Then he found out that these people attacked him for these fragments, and these fragments came from a Gis silver sword. This Gis silver sword was snatched from the Gis Yanki several years ago by a wizard in order to deal with the Shadow King who tried to conquer the world. Later, the Shadow King and the wizard disappeared at the same time, and the silver sword also turned into fragments and shattered.

And now the Gis Yanki came to retrieve the fragments of this sword.

To be honest, although Duanmu Huai couldn't stand the Gis Yanki, he felt that this logic was really weird. It was originally someone else's thing, and you took it away. It's normal for the Gis Yanki to come and take it back. You just need to hand over the fragments. As a result, it must be a disaster for all living beings. Of course, this is not the case for this young man. Even if the Gis Yanki had a reason, they destroyed their homes. Of course, this young man couldn't just say "Ah, sorry" and return the fragments to the other party.

So his journey became a legendary heroic adventure story, fighting with the Githyanki and the Shadow Priests who appeared from nowhere. Later, they found out that the Shadow Priests were servants of the Shadow King. The Gith Silver Sword had defeated the Shadow King, so they certainly didn't want to see the sword appear again, so they also came to grab the silver sword fragments.

This young man was very much like a protagonist. No matter who came, he would never give it!

The same thing happened next. Not only did he defeat the attacking enemies, he also won the title of Knight of Neverwinter and owned a fortress. Lord Nasher also hoped that he could manage the fortress and prepare for the Shadow King's army to return to the world.

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but want to laugh. So you see, ordinary people who get involved in this kind of politics will be used. For Lord Nasher, this young man is just a useful thug, so he gave him the fortress. After all, it was originally a ragtag place taken back from the rebels, and he had to spend his own money to repair it, without Neverwinter paying for it. When the shadow army comes, the first to suffer is this fortress instead of Neverwinter...

So there is a reason why most heroes pat their butts and run away after completing earth-shaking feats. No matter how much the local people respect you, this respect cannot be eaten. And the one who controls a territory is always the local lord. What is a hero like you?

Even if you save the world, so what?

In fact, the reason is very simple. Just look at the lords of these cities in the North. Nasher of Neverwinter, Kheben Blackstaff of Waterdeep, and Alustriel of Silvermoon. They are all famous adventurers, and they are also leaders who have the final say in their own cities.

In other words, if they didn't have the final say in this city, they would definitely not stay here.

Old scoundrels like 12345 also hide in their own wizard tower in the mountains and don't go out on weekdays.

Therefore, many heroes either create their own forces, cities, or organizations after they have achieved success, all for this reason. No one wants to let others manipulate their destiny, and this young man obviously belongs to the type with relatively low political wisdom. He nodded and ran away after the other party said a few words.

If it were Duanmu Huai, you wouldn't agree to ten fortresses, let alone one fortress.

Isn't it good to be a fire captain? If you have to stay in one place to run the business, then others will use your people to disgust you. Will you nod? Or nod?

If he didn't know that Furen would be the next front line against the invasion of the Chaos God, Duanmu Huai would not bother to run any territory here. This is also one of the reasons why the relationship between the Inquisition and other forces is very cold and strictly restricts others from entering the country.

After all, the Inquisition itself is against the Chaos God. In order to fight against the Chaos God, they will also do massacres and clean up the ground when necessary. If you have a good relationship with these forces, it will be troublesome when they come to complain. It is better to just put on a face that I am so arrogant, and there will be no trouble.

Just like in martial arts novels, everyone dares to ask for justice only to go to the righteous sects such as Shaolin Temple or Wuyue Sword Sect. Who dares to go to those evil sects?

That would be boring.

Although many people have complaints about the Night Guards killing without mercy for "resisting or making hostile acts against the Inquisition" when they disagree with each other, almost everyone is obedient in front of the Night Guards, which shows that killing the chicken to scare the monkey is really useful.

Okay, I'm off topic, let's get back to it.

As a "hero", this young man is indeed conscientious. He defeated the army of the resurrected Shadow King and reforged the Silver Sword of Gis, intending to find the Shadow King's lair and kill it once and for all.

In fact, as a "hero", he did find the lair of the Shadow King.

However, what happened next was quite interesting.

"They betrayed me......"

At this point, the man in black armor became colder.

"In the end, we defeated all obstacles and came to the Shadow King, but they, the traitors who had adventured with me, shared hardships, and called themselves companions, betrayed me under the rhetoric of the Shadow King! They chose to stand on the side of the Shadow King! Can you understand? This kind of behavior!"

"Uh......"

Facing the angry man, Duanmu Huai and everyone looked at each other.

It must be said that Duanmu Huai really couldn't understand this kind of behavior of surrendering to the enemy in person.

If you say that you have long had a different mind and have already discussed with the other party that you will betray on the battlefield, this is understandable. But you have come to the end, but you betrayed on the spot, which makes Duanmu Huai a little... incomprehensible.

To be honest, this kind of surrender on the spot has really no status, even the BOSS will not like them. The reason is very simple. You can betray others today because of my words, but what if someone else makes you betray me again?

Turning sides at the last minute is really bad for one's character.

This is true. Although the man almost became a lonely man in the end, as a "hero", the anger of being betrayed still made him wield the Gis silver sword directly and kill those betrayers and the Shadow King. However, before dying, the Shadow King also understood the unified signature skill of all BOSSes, self-destruction.

The result was that the man himself was also involved in the self-destruction and buried by the collapsed underground palace.

But this is not over yet.

After the man woke up, he found that his body had changed. His chest lost the last fragment of the Gis silver sword that was originally inserted there. Not only that, he also had a strange feeling of hunger and thirst. At first, the man didn't know what this was, but later he found that he had a brand new ability.

An ability to devour other people's souls!

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes. He felt that the drama was coming.

That's right, the man found that he now had a very strange sense of hunger, just like a vampire, except that vampires suck blood, and he needs to devour other souls to satisfy this hunger!

So in order to find out what happened to his body, the man embarked on an adventure again.

Wait, after hearing this, some people may want to ask, isn't he already the ruler of a fortress, why is he embarking on a journey alone?

Well, it was very funny to think of it. After that, the man also thought about returning to Neverwinter City to ask for help. But when he returned, he discovered that the fortress that originally belonged to him had been "nationalized" again, and he was regarded as a dead man as he had died fighting with the Shadow King!

Apart from building a statue for him, Neverwinter left nothing behind for him!

"Can you imagine? My anger!"

Speaking of this, the man roared even more angrily, perhaps recalling everything that happened before, and he became even angrier at this moment.

"When I returned to the homeland I fought so hard to protect, it no longer belonged to me! Not only that, they also adapted my story, my legend, saying that I fought against the Shadows with my companions. King! That’s bullshit! They even built a tomb for those traitors, those liars! But in the end, they left me with nothing but lies!”

This incident naturally made the man very angry, and he gave up the idea of ​​asking Neverwinter City for help. He had already darkened a bit after experiencing the face-to-face betrayal of his companions. Seeing everything in front of him, the man naturally included Neverwinter City among his enemies.

In the end, the hero is worthy of being a hero. In the end, the man found out all this. It turned out that the hunger and thirst in his body was related to a curse from the God of Death, Yeager!

Jaeger......

Hearing this name, Duanmu Huai twitched the corners of his mouth.

In the world of Faerûn, gods compete for supremacy, coming and going, ups and downs, but the most stubborn god is none other than Yeager.

This is an ancient god of death with great power, and he has been in charge of the position of god of death since the days of Netheril.

However, unlike most other gods who were essentially killed and then stripped of their priesthood, Jaeger retired voluntarily.

Yes, he felt that he had stayed in this position too long, so he retired voluntarily, and then gave up most of his priesthood to Bane, Baal and Melkor, and he transformed into a servant, dedicated to serving everyone. A god of death!

Ordinary people would probably not understand why Yeager would do this. He is the oldest god of death and a powerful god. His power is no worse than Suellen or Shar, but he actually gave up his priesthood on his own initiative, but he did not. Retiring completely and becoming a servant instead is very incomprehensible.

It's like a department manager who gave up his position to someone else and ended up focusing on being a department clerk. Who knows what he was thinking.

However, according to the player's investigation, this old boy is actually not honest at all.

On the surface, he seems to be conscientious, but as long as the god in charge of death cannot satisfy him, he will find a way to cause trouble secretly, kill this guy, and then replace him with a successor.

For example, Melkor took over the position of Jaeger, the God of Death, and then he was killed in Waterdeep during the War of the Saints. The next person to take over the position was Cyric, but Cyric was a crazy idiot. Seeing how mentally retarded this man was, Jaeger secretly planned a rebellion and asked Kelemvor to overthrow Cyric and change the latter's priesthood of the God of Death to Kelemvor.

So you see, the God of Death is coming and going, and Yeager is as steady as an old dog on the side. You can tell who is more serious at a glance.

However, this guy who was as steady as an old dog gave this hero an unimaginable thirst curse.