Chapter 574 My Goddess, Welcome to Neverwinter City (7K)
"New face."
The bartender looked at the black-haired man and said, "Is this your first time in Neverwinter City?"
"It's not the first time." The man was naturally Tang Sen. He nodded politely towards the bartender, sat down next to him, and passed out a gold coin: "I heard that the consumption in Neverwinter is very high, I don't know. Is this enough for a glass of wine?”
"Of course it's enough." The bartender suddenly became happy and quickly touched the gold coin: "Even in Neverwinter City, as long as you don't go to the best pubs, one gold coin is enough for you to drink a glass of ale - of course, if you want It’s impossible to get good quality.”
"And here, in the suburbs of Neverwinter, the prices are actually only a little, ahem, a little more expensive than other cities."
He skillfully poured a glass of strong wine for Tang Sen, then looked at Xue Xue aside and raised his eyebrows: "Drow? Although this place is close to Neverwinter City, it has not entered the real Neverwinter realm after all. I My suggestion is that you'd better put on a cloak, otherwise you'll still be in a lot of trouble."
The surface people do not have a good attitude towards the drow. After all, most of this race believe in Lolth.
"Do I need it?" Xue Xue looked at Tang Sen.
"No need." Tang Sen just smiled and said to the bartender, "Give her a drink too."
"I just heard about the city entry fee. I remember that there was no such thing in Neverwinter City before."
"It seems that the guest hasn't been to Neverwinter for a long time." For the sake of a gold coin, the bartender treated Tang Sen much more enthusiastically than he treated the monks. He didn't care about the drow issues and just said: "In the first one or two years, I said that after the dwarf Barn became the city lord, there would be no entry fee for Neverwinter."
"But as the reputation of Neverwinter City grows, more and more people come from all directions, and the interior of Neverwinter City becomes crowded."
"I heard that when it was the most crowded, even the streets were full of people."
Tang Sen nodded. The reason for this situation is easy to understand. In addition to the commercial appeal of Neverwinter City itself, those who are fleeing probably need an environment like Neverwinter City that is completely incapable of fighting.
"So, in order to reduce the load on Neverwinter City itself, Baan formulated the rules for city entry fees?" Tang Sen asked.
"Not only that." The bartender said: "There are also a series of other measures, such as planning commercial activities, re-dividing various areas in the city, and establishing the prototype of a winterless suburb."
"Since there can't be fighting in Neverwinter, how can Bane force others to follow his plan?" Tang Sen asked with interest: "If it were me, I would stay on the street and he wouldn't There’s nothing you can do against me, right?”
"People often think like you, guest." The bartender laughed: "But I advise you not to do this."
"If you want to punish a person, there is not the only way to infringe on his body. During that time, the Neverwinter City Guards dealt with those old scoundrels almost every day - I mean ideas like yours, and put them into practice People who take action, obviously, have great results, and at least now, very few people do that anymore.”
Tang Sen nodded happily: "It seems that Barn has done a good job."
"From your tone, it seems that you know Barn?" The monk next to him couldn't help but said: "With all due respect, when almost everyone mentions the dwarf Barn, their tone of voice will inevitably contain some respect."
"Of course I know Barn." Tang Sen looked at him and smiled: "Just like you know him too."
"Guest, you actually believe it?" the bartender joked: "Carmelo Meyers is a good man, but I don't think the stories he told are true. At least not all of them are true."
The monk glared at him with feigned anger, then spread his hands and laughed at himself: "At least, it is a good habit not to take all the stories seriously in a place like the tavern."
"Carmelo Meyers?" Tang Sen narrowed his eyes: "In your story, you, the dwarf Barn, and the mage Trish once went on an adventure together, but found that the memory of this adventure was... There are many strange things that I find strange, for example, if you plan to form an adventuring party, especially to go to dangerous areas like tombs, why haven't you tried to recruit a rogue?"
Carmelo was stunned.
"Wanderer?"
He patted his head: "That's right. Why are there no wanderers? Wait, how many people were there in that tomb at that time? Four people? Or... five people?"
He frowned and even began to feel pain.
"Carmelo!" The bartender next to him patted his arm: "Why are you so persistent? It's just a story."
"No, I feel something is wrong." Carmelo murmured: "I must have forgotten something. Back then, I seemed to have recruited a rogue in Neverwinter City. What was his name?"
"Maris." Townsend reminded: "Maris Max."
Carmelo raised his head and stared at Tangson: "Maris? I have never heard of this name."
"A wanderer." Townsend said: "Of course, this may have been his past occupation. Now, he is more likely to be a priest."
At this point, Tang Sen's eyes sharpened: "Shar's priest."
This is not difficult for Townsend to speculate, and Carmelo's memory confirms it.
Meeting Carmelo was a coincidence, but with Tang Sen's memory, he would certainly not forget the monk he met when he first came to Faerun.
He also remembered that in that team, in addition to Carmelo, Baan and Trish, there was a rogue. Later, Tang Sen did not choose to bring the rogue because the other party's purpose was not simple enough.
It is normal for Carmelo not to remember himself. Except for Baan, there is probably no one in this world who can remember him. Even Sazastan, who has great hatred against him, will also wonder why he is in Neverwinter City. The experience of hitting a wall was confusing.
However, the other party actually forgot Maris.
Such a small person is not important and does not matter at all.
Tang Sen didn't believe that Shar would do such a boring thing.
The only possibility is that Maris is very important - this importance should be reflected in the matter of capturing himself.
After all, if Shar wanted to find someone who had been in close contact with him, there weren't many choices.
"In what way? A medium, or directly using Maris as a sacrifice?"
Since entering the suburbs of Neverwinter, Tang Sen has seen Shar's priest more than once. He can be sure that if Shar intends to do his best to capture him, this place is the best choice. When he enters Neverwinter City, it will be No chance. Of course, this god must not know that he has absolute control over the territory of Neverwinter.
"A priest of Shar?" Carmelo couldn't follow Tang Sen's train of thought at all, and just said: "I don't know any priests of Shar at all, although this powerful god has indeed been very active recently."
There should be no one in Faerûn, or even the entire multiverse, who doesn't know Shar's name.
He is the original darkness, the complete nothingness before time began to flow. Like the goddess of magic, he is a powerful god born with the creation of the world. But unlike the goddess of magic, he extremely longs to return to the peaceful nothingness of the beginning. , always planning in the dark to destroy all civilization and order.
Anyone who understands the scope of Shar's priesthood will have a deep understanding of Shar's power.
"The Underdark, night, hatred, loss, forgetfulness, sleep, nightmares, illusions, lies, deceit, unrevealed secrets, hidden places, betrayal, intrigue, temptation, thieves, theft, murder, winter."
This powerful god almost controls most of the priesthoods of the evil camp, and has a decisive influence in every priesthood.
This is why Tang Sen is so sure that the goddess of the night is behind everything that targets him. After all, hatred and forgetfulness are her essence, and there is no other god in the multiverse who is more powerful than him in the power of forgetfulness.
"He will be more active in the future." Tang Sen drank the wine in his glass and said, "After He becomes furious."
"As for now—"
He stood up and said to Carmelo: "I wonder if Mr. Carmelo is interested in visiting Neverwinter with me?"
"Huh?" Carmelo didn't react.
"I believe this will help you correct your memory." Tang Sen said with a meaningful smile: "After all, we have met each other."
Although it was very abrupt, Carmelo stood up, drank the wine in his glass, slapped a few silver coins on the bar, and said: "Okay, but I have to say in advance that I can't afford the entrance fee. "
"Don't worry about this problem." Tang Sen glanced at Xue Xue.
The other party drank the wine in the glass seriously, and then commented expressionlessly: "It tastes weird."
"Because alcohol has no effect on you at all." Tang Sen said casually: "There is no need to force yourself to drink it."
He took the lead and walked out of the tavern. Suddenly, a chaotic neighborhood appeared in front of him.
The chaos comes not just from the barely planned buildings, but also from the bustle of people on the streets.
To be honest, this was the first time Tang Sen saw such a crowded flow of people on the streets. It even felt like the entire Faerun was crowded on these streets.
Moreover, this is still in the Neverwinter neighborhood and has not entered the real Neverwinter city.
After more than ten years of fermentation, the influence of the legendary awards ceremony has indeed penetrated into all aspects of the world of Faerûn.
"It's a pity that the scope of the territory will not expand with the growth of my influence. Otherwise, with the current influence, I am afraid that the territory can cover less than half of the Sword Coast."
Tang Sen was not a greedy person. Such thoughts only stayed in his mind for a moment and were suppressed instantly.
"Look over there." Carmelo next to him pointed to the street in the distance.
There was a large group of people in black cloaks standing there.
On the back of the cloak is a black disk with a purple outer ring.
"It's becoming more and more blatant." He whispered: "They have had several serious conflicts with the priests of Tyr and Selun, but this does not seem to make them restrain themselves. I don't know what they are doing. to the outskirts of Neverwinter, but there is no doubt that here they outnumber the priests of all the other temples.”
"You will soon know why they are here." Tang Sen said, snapping his fingers.
The three figures instantly appeared on the highest roof nearby.
"You can let me come." Xue Xue said: "Don't you try not to use your abilities?"
"No need now." Tang Sen shook his head: "Look around."
There was no need for Tang Sen to remind him, Carmelo had already discovered something was wrong first.
From the street, I just felt that there were more Shar priests in black robes. But from such a high altitude, Carmelo could clearly see that there were Shar priests everywhere. It accounts for almost one-tenth of the huge flow of people, or even more.
Moreover, if it is not an illusion, these priests are surrounding them in a certain direction——
Carmelo's heart suddenly trembled.
In that direction was the tavern where they were chatting just now.
"I knew that Shar wouldn't be so slow." Tang Sen's tone was very relaxed: "But, just such a battle makes me a little disappointed."
"Is it just this kind of battle?" Carmelo looked at Tangson suddenly: "I have never seen so many priests gathered together. This is just like a prelude to a divine war. You It seems like they know something, these priests of Shar. What are they going to do?”
"The war between gods is not going to happen, at least not now." Tang Sen said bluntly: "However, I do know what they want to do."
"Capture me."
"Capture you?" Carmelo felt his heart beating rapidly: "Shar is the goddess of the night. There is such a big battle to catch you, so who are you?"
"My name?" Tang Sen's lips raised slightly: "Then, let me introduce myself again, Mr. Carmelo, my name is -"
"Tangson."
As soon as these two words were spoken, the surroundings seemed to be silent for a moment.
Carmelo felt uncontrollably creepy, as if some extremely terrifying existence was suddenly looking towards him from outside the endless void.
No, it's more than that.
From the corner of his eye, he saw all the Shar priests wearing black robes on the street, all stopped in their tracks.
Then, he turned his head this way.
Carmelo really couldn't describe the feeling of being stared at by countless evil priests. He claimed to be an experienced adventurer and a monk with a tough character, but he also knew that his strength was only more than ten levels. Even among these priests, they are definitely not in the middle class.
Finished.
"Ouch."
At this time, he heard a smiling sigh from beside him: "Sure enough, just by saying the name, you were immediately targeted?"
"You are really sensitive, the goddess of the night."
Before he finished speaking, countless purple rays of light had already lit up.
All the Shar priests were like lights, completely lighting up the suburbs of Neverwinter. The neighborhood was suddenly in panic. People didn't know what was happening, but there was no doubt that it was not a good thing.
"Is this a sacrifice?"
Carmelo looked pale: "I have seen a priest's sacrificial ceremony. He directly sacrificed his own strength and even his life for the coming of the god he believed in."
"But, so many priests are sacrificing at the same time. Does Shar intend to come directly?"
"Of course that kind of thing is impossible." Tang Sen didn't seem very anxious, and even analyzed his mood: "This is the main material plane after all, and it simply cannot accommodate the huge spiritual power of the god's body."
"The only time the gods physically walked on the main material plane was during the War of the Saints. The AO who created this world demoted all the gods to the mortal world so that they could no longer huddle in the Kingdom of God. Even mortals could Being able to kill gods and plunder divine fire. I seem to be going too far."
Tang Sen saw that the priests had formed torches one by one, and the purple flames illuminated the entire sky. Then, pillars of light appeared and began to reflect blurry light and shadow.
"This is what I expected. It seems that Shar intends to directly consume all the believers and create an unprecedented incarnation."
"In order to arrest you?" Carmelo felt that his thoughts were a little frozen. He could not understand what was happening in front of him at all: "He is a god."
"Am I not?" Tang Sen said: "Well, maybe not yet. Unfortunately, this is not a battle between gods after all, it is just an unequal battle."
"No one can be equal when fighting Shar. His enemy will always only be the Moon Goddess Suellen, an old enemy who was also born in the original. Obviously, this time, Suellen's power is too late to interfere." Carmelo felt a long-lost fear wash over him.
"You misunderstood, Mr. Carmelo." Tang Sen chuckled: "What I mean by unequal is——"
"Fighting here is really unfair to Goddess Shar."
He snapped his fingers, and Carmelo suddenly found himself at the far end of the street, not far from the gate of Neverwinter.
A voice came to my ears: "Mr. Carmelo, for your safety, you'd better stand and watch from a distance."
So he ran a few steps forward and suddenly felt invisible rules surrounding him.
He knew that he had entered the realm of Neverwinter City, and everyone knew that it was absolutely safe in such a realm.
This is why the people around him didn't seem panicked, but instead watched all this with interest.
"I know that these priests of Shar do not do good things, but who are the two people they surrounded? A human and a drow?"
"Never seen that before."
"This battle is so big. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to see the incarnation of the gods come in my lifetime."
"It is indeed the city of Neverwinter."
"Are there no other gods to stop Shar? What about Tyr, the god of justice?"
"It's too late, didn't you realize? There is no way to leave there."
This was indeed the case. When the purple light filled the entire suburb of Neverwinter, a cage composed of countless light pillars completely enveloped the priests, including Tang Sen who was standing on the roof.
The light and shadow in mid-air became brighter and brighter, and finally condensed into substance, forming a holy symbol unique to Shar.
The sound of prayer sounded like a sea and a wave, echoing in everyone's ears. Everyone, even ordinary people with no power, could feel that there was an extremely noble and powerful existence appearing in front of their perception. middle.
Click——
Amid the increasingly louder calls to prayer, a clear voice suddenly came.
A crack appeared in the holy symbol in mid-air, and a smooth, slender arm stretched out.
All mortals, even those standing in the realm of Neverwinter City, could not help but lower their heads. Based on some inexplicable fear in their hearts, they no longer dared to look directly.
Don’t look directly at God, it’s instinctive.
Even if what appears here is just the incarnation of a god.
But Tang Sen still raised his head, even with an expression of interest on his face, watching Shar being born from the Holy Emblem.
She has a beautiful and graceful figure, and her clothes can only slightly hide her slightly shiny black jade-like skin. Her thick black hair flows along the body curves created by the God of Creation himself. Just like this, she has already made her... People feel amazing charm.
It's a pity that Shar's face cannot be seen. His face is wearing an ink-colored feather mask, and those dense black feathers flow from the face into the depths of the black hair.
"Among the gods I have seen, your appearance is the most pleasing to the eye."
Tang Sen did not hesitate to praise and spoke proactively.
Of course, Tang Sen has not seen many gods. There are only a few gods out of a dozen, and Maiya must be included in them.
Shar did not respond. His eyes under his mask stared at Tang Sen coldly. His bare ankles moved slightly and he was already standing in front of Tang Sen.
"Sure enough, there is no aura of AO."
His language was very ancient, but Tang Sen easily understood his words.
"Where does your strength come from?"
"I thought you would take action directly." Tang Sen smiled and looked up and down Shar's figure without hesitation: "As a god, don't you feel that talking to mortals loses your majesty?"
"answer me."
Shar's black hair stirred, and the pressure from the gods overtook Tang Sen.
That is authority. The authority from gods is enough to force any creature without divinity to lose its self-awareness and tell the truth about everything it knows.
But Tang Sen didn't seem to feel the authority coming from the powerful gods. He even smiled even more and said: "It turns out that the way of thinking of gods is not more advanced than that of so-called mortals."
"The spellcasters are right, the so-called gods are just a group of beings with more powerful power."
"Ms. Shar, is it because you don't have 'wisdom' in your priesthood, so you don't realize that I don't intend to cooperate with you at all?"
These almost humiliating words angered Shar. Purple light flashed in her pupils, and Tang Sen's body turned into nothingness at this moment.
Another power of the gods is that with just a thought, they can kill any mortal creature, even those demigods who have not condensed their godhood.
Of course, they only need a thought to resurrect it, and there is no way to prevent this resurrection.
But this doesn't make sense.
Since there was no need to wait for Shar's resurrection, Tang Sen's figure appeared in front of Shar again.
"Oh, what a decisive killing move." He opened his arms and said: "What a pity, I originally wanted to continue chatting. After all, there are not many opportunities to communicate with a god at close range, even for me. "
"Fraud——" Shar spat out a word.
"Tsk." Tang Sen sighed and said, "Obviously, you don't value the power of the fraudulent priesthood you possess. I thought you would have discovered it earlier."
"Ms. Shar, even you know that you have been hiding in the Kingdom of God and only used your avatar to travel around the world. You don't think that I am stupider than you, do you?"
His expression turned grim: "But it doesn't matter, I will make you deeply aware -"
Shar waved his hand again, wiping out Tang Sen's words and Xue Xue who was standing next to him.
"Realize how boring and stupid your greed is, Shar."
The sound still continued, but it came from the direction of Neverwinter City.
Everyone heard the sound, and people couldn't help but raise their heads and look in the direction of the sound.
A person is standing in the void.
This is not too strange. In Faerun, even third-level mages can fly. However, everyone suddenly realized that the figure standing in the void was in the territory of Neverwinter.
As we all know, no one in this realm can use extraordinary power.
"You misunderstood something-"
The voice spread throughout Neverwinter City: "The power you are pursuing does not come from some unknown source. The rules of Neverwinter City have never been plundered by beings like you."
Shar's long black hair began to dance wildly, and the entire sky turned purple. Those purple colors seemed to be alive, surging towards the city of Neverwinter.
The ground suddenly began to panic, and people ran towards the back quickly, but they soon discovered that there seemed to be an invisible barrier standing in the void. Those purple divine powers were completely blocked by the invisible barrier and could not affect Neverwinter at all. Every detail in the city.
"It was just a small temptation. You actually sacrificed all your priests? Or are you trying to use such power to directly confront the rules of Neverwinter?"
The voice continued, even mockingly: "But you have no idea what you are fighting against."
Shar rushed towards Neverwinter City again. The sacrifices of all believers made his incarnation powerful enough to approach a part of his true body.
With just this part of the power, if there is no obstruction from other gods, he is enough to destroy the world.
Therefore, He succeeded. His body broke through the invisible barrier and entered the territory.
Then, in an instant, He fell.
"Oh that's so reckless."
"I haven't even started yet."
Tang Sen stepped over step by step and stood in front of Shar.
"My goddess, welcome to Neverwinter."