Chapter 548: Evanso, the City of the Dead

In terms of the biggest impact, it belongs to another party involved, Ivanso.

Ivanso is not very large in terms of population or area, but its trade position on the Dragon Coast is very important.

It is located in the middle of the Trader's Road that starts from Iliaba in the west and ends at the West Gate in the east. It is also connected to the wasteland path to Bosku in the northwest. In the future, it will also be connected to the Conqueror's Road opened by the conqueror's army.

Although it is not a port city, it has the best warehousing warehouses in the Longhu region. Between it and the two big Longhu port towns of Yilip and Pros, there are thousands of large warehouses scattered on the wide land.

Most of these warehouses do not stand on the ground, but go deep into the ground through the low hills here. A large part of these warehouses originated from a dwarf city. They have good waterproof and moisture-proof properties and are relatively safe. Guaranteed.

These warehouses include legal warehouses belonging to one city or two towns, as well as secret warehouses secretly discovered and developed by illegal organizations.

These two advantages have established its irreplaceable trade transit advantage in the Dragon Coast region.

Normally, with this advantage, even if it cannot surpass Ximen and become the largest city on the Dragon Coast, it should keep pace with it and become the second largest city after it, rather than just one. small town.

The reason is that this place has been under the rule of the Necromancer in the past ten years. Many businessmen are full of distrust of the Necromancer and would rather walk a little longer than rest here, resulting in a large amount of trade. Loss of opportunity.

During the day, Ivanso is still somewhat popular.

When night falls, there are no lights or pedestrians in the streets and alleys. All the doors and windows are closed tightly, and they are all covered with thickened wooden boards. Not even a wild cat or dog can be seen, let alone heard. At the end of the day, cats are barking and dogs are barking, and it’s like a dead city with no one inhabiting it.

This point has reached an extreme in the city hall in the center.

The buildings here are all made of the most normal stone materials, and do not use those scary bones. However, there is a cold atmosphere from the inside out, and there is a hazy feeling, as if part of it is no longer there. The material plane was dragged to another world.

Negative energy itself is indeed harmless to the human body, and is even a part of the human body. It is ubiquitous. Negative emotions contain more or less negative energy, and their shadows are also connected to part of the negative energy.

But once anything is excessive and out of balance, problems are likely to arise, and the situation with negative energy is particularly serious, because in this world, there is also a plane called the Shadow Plane that is filled with a lot of negative energy.

The Shadow Plane is not a negative energy plane. The multiverse has a negative energy plane that is specifically composed of negative energy. To be more precise, the Shadow Plane is a negative energy, and its counterpart is the Fey Wilds, which is a positive energy. sexual.

Positive energy accumulated in large amounts over a long period of time will not necessarily attract the Fairy Wilderness - what attracts the Fairy Wilderness is the power of nature and the power of life, which is a variant of positive energy.

And the negative energy accumulated in large amounts over a long period of time will definitely attract the shadow plane, just like the original Vizeme Manor, slowly eroding this place, turning everything here into shadow, and slowly pulling it into the shadow plane. .

This is the reason why empires of the undead rarely appear in the material plane. Even if they do, the final result is not to exist permanently in the material plane, but after developing to a certain extent, the core class will be dragged into the shadow plane. And ended.

This can also be regarded as a self-protection mechanism in the material plane.

Ivanso has begun to show signs of this, especially in the city hall, half of which have simply entered the shadow plane.

At the beginning, Vizeme Manor also faced a similar situation, which even caused erosion to the Vizeme Vineyard.

At that time, Gavin even thought about building an evil god temple in the manor to suppress the negative energy. It was not until he captured the immortality from the immortal Nemesis that he found a solution.

Ivansuo obviously does not have this kind of means to restrain negative energy, and can only let it overflow at will.

A sharp, angry male voice roared, seeming to break through the top of the city hall, "Grace, you betrayed my trust in you. If you hadn't always told me that everything was under your control, that man would eventually Will he accept your conditions and lead his army to leave here? Then tell me, what are the real phantoms spreading in these cities? Don't tell me, this is not something they did. Those Avengers haven't done it yet. This kind of ability.”

The one who roared was naturally the supreme ruler of Ivanso, Arms. He was a standard necromancer. He was tall and thin, with no flesh on his body. He was like a skeleton wearing human skin. Wrapped in a light black mist, this is the result of long-term contact with negative energy and being eroded by it.

Grace said calmly: "I'm afraid there is no way to put the blame entirely on me, right? Negotiating this kind of thing is inherently risky. I have tried my best to succeed. The most important thing now is, and It’s not a matter of holding me accountable, but whether there are any spies and traitors like Chuck among us. If next time, this traitor no longer simply betrays our intelligence, but opens the city defense fog barrier, we will not be alone. It’s not a matter of being helpless, it’s a matter of losing your head.”

"You don't need to tell me about this, I've already done it." Arms threw two heads with his backhand, and the skull's face was full of murderous intent, "I have always regarded those so-called Avengers as a minor nuisance. , I didn’t expect that they would go to this extent for revenge. They would not hesitate to block everything and lurk around us. They could even kill their own kind. Hey, these hypocritical guys are even more detestable than us... …You have the most contact with and know the most about the conqueror army. If we both go to war, what are our chances of winning?”

He himself also knew that he was just venting his anger on Grace. The other party finally decided to go to war because their own interests were the key.

The so-called justice and evil are nothing more than high-sounding reasons.

Otherwise, as soon as the conqueror's army arrived here, Ivanso would have been surrounded, and there would be no need to contact both sides at the same time and swing back and forth.

From the beginning to the end, they did not place their hopes on bribery, but made preparations. Another task that Grace took on was to detect the reality of the conqueror's army and prepare for future wars.

"Very strong, very strong." Grace replied without thinking, "If it were a field battle, we would have no chance of winning. No matter whether they were extraordinary warriors or ordinary soldiers, they would crush us far away.

But if we can't get out of the city, they will have to think carefully about it. Leaking the news of the deadly poison has both advantages and disadvantages.

Without surprise, there was no way to cause a large number of casualties among their civilians.

But they don't dare to easily use the civilian army to attack the city, because if they are not careful, there will be an increasing number of poisonous zombies and fewer and fewer enemies.

Their ruling class is very confident in their extraordinary battle group. They used elite beheading tactics in their previous battles with the Troll Legion.

They will most likely repeat their old tricks, using the method of overwhelming the army to hold back our ordinary soldiers, and then find a way to send their extraordinary battle group into the city to carry out beheading operations. Everyone knows that as long as the undead army's members are killed, Kill the Necromancer, they are just a bunch of brainless puppets, it is very easy to kill them.

We have a city defense mystery lock that can prohibit flying, invisibility and teleportation. Now we need to be vigilant about digging the ground, especially the underground area of ​​​​Ivanso once belonged to the dwarf city and was connected to the warehouse area outside the city. I am afraid that they will find a breakthrough from this direction. . "

Grace is obviously not as simple as she claims to be Arms' apprentice. She is not only a diplomat of Ivanso, but also has outstanding military talents.

"This is indeed very troublesome. There are still many secret tunnels that we have not discovered yet. It's a pity that the prohibition ability of the city defense mystery lock cannot be changed at will. Otherwise, the prohibition of invisibility will be replaced by the prohibition of digging." Arms agreed. , "Just in case, I will change the password of the city defense secret lock and prohibit the entry and exit of the original token. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or exit Ivanso.

You personally lead people to search the dungeon again to see if there are any secret passages that we have not discovered, and set up as many traps as possible to prevent them from secretly sneaking in from this direction.

Convert all reserve corpses into poisonous zombies.

Gather all the bone claws to form an extraordinary battle group, waiting for deployment at any time.

Arrange all the transformation arrays and wait for activation at any time. "

When she heard the last order, Grace finally couldn't keep her calm expression, "There's no need to activate the transformation circle, right? The citizens of this city are innocent. If we can't defend it with the troops on hand, even if we continue Ten thousand more poisonous zombies won’t change the final outcome.”

This transformation circle covers the entire Ivanso, and can instantly detonate the plague toxin in the bodies of Ivanso citizens, turning them into poisonous zombies.

This was Arms' final defense prepared at Ivanso.

Arms's face was full of endless cruelty as he said: "The transformation circle is never used to win, but to lose both sides. Even if they capture Ivanso, they will occupy a place full of undead. "Dead City, it's not us who kill the citizens of Ivanso, but them."

"There is no point in doing this." Grace tried to dissuade, "If Ivanso really can't hold it, we can just escape far away with the deadly poison. As long as we have the deadly poison in our hands, we don't have to worry about such a city." It’s difficult to occupy, there’s no need to fight with them here.”

"When did you become so hypocritical?" Arms stared at Grace coldly, "Are you also corrupted by the hypocritical thoughts of those Avengers? Are you ready to betray me?"

"How is it possible? I helped collect all the experimental materials that the teacher needs. Once I know this, those Avengers hate me and they hate the teacher equally. How can I collude with them?" Grace knew Ams is now very suspicious. If he is not careful, he may be in trouble. "I just remind the teacher not to be carried away by anger and do things that are not good for him. Since the teacher knows that he Whatever you are doing, I feel relieved. Whatever you do, it can be used to verify the true power of the deadly poison, and at the same time, it can also warn our enemies that they must think carefully the next time they provoke us. "

After listening to Grace's explanation, Arms nodded slightly, showing a terrifying smile and said: "You are worthy of being my most proud student. You have mastered 80% of my true teachings. Since our reputation in the Dragon Coast can no longer be reversed, then we will transform it into fear and rule this land with fear.

Next, I will use the teleportation spell to teleport several teams of deadly poison soldiers to nearby cities, let them feel the power of deadly poison, and then you go and tell those idiots that if they dare to watch Avanso fall, they can wait for their city to become a paradise for the dead! Hahaha..."

"Teacher..." Looking at Arms who was laughing triumphantly, Grace swallowed her advice back because she knew her teacher's character too well.

He is an out-and-out paranoid, a genius, and a madman. It is difficult to change what he has determined.

This kind of temperament makes him have an indomitable enterprising spirit in the field of research. No matter what the price, he will go all the way to the end. This made him develop a unique plague virus, the deadly poison, which became a terrifying weapon on the battlefield and might change the war situation in Faerun.

However, this temperament made him very bad at dealing with other things. If it weren't for Grace's advice and constant cleaning up behind him, he would have been punished for his recklessness.

However, she could solve small things without Arms's intervention, but the Conqueror Army was completely beyond her ability.

Then the thing she was most worried about happened, and Arms began to make crazy moves.

The transformation array of the whole city can be explained by the loss of both sides.

This fear tactic is purely redundant.

The only result of doing this is to arouse public anger and become the target of everyone's punishment.

After so many years, Arms still hasn't understood the most obvious truth. They have been able to occupy Avonso for so many years not because of how powerful they are, but because they use the citizens of Avonso as a shield to hide their true intentions and pretend to be non-evil.

When they fully expose their evil side, it will be the day of their destruction. Even if they resist the conqueror army, they can't withstand the entire angry people of the Dragon Coast.

For them, the most dangerous are those legendary strongmen. Once they provoke their anger, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they may be dug out and killed.

Do I really want to go all the way with him? Should I find a way out for myself?

She, Grace, is not the kind of person who likes to be buried with others.

The more active his mind was, the more respectful his expression became. He dared not reveal any abnormality. Arms was not only a paranoid, but also a very suspicious person. Especially after the traitor appeared, he was afraid that this would become more serious. He no longer trusted anyone except himself, including himself. He should be more cautious and careful in everything he did next.

In terms of grasping people's hearts, Grace was obviously better than her teacher Arms.

His subsequent behavior of sending deadly poison soldiers to attack other Dragon Coast cities and putting pressure on them certainly caused the whole city to fall into great panic, and made many people who were afraid of things think of supporting them.

But it also left a pretext, letting everyone know that the phantom played by the real phantom was not fake, but that Avanso was really developing a highly contagious plague virus.

If they were not uprooted this time, the shadow of death would cover the entire Dragon Coast area.

Many people who were originally worried that this would become a wolf-eating tiger made up their minds and stood on the side of the conqueror army.

Kailisa smiled and said, "There is nothing wrong with their use of plague toxins to deter others. They just chose the wrong time to use it. If our army hadn't come to the border, we would have deterred them from city to city, and exterminated those unions or gangs that held opposing opinions. As long as we did it two or three times, we would have achieved the purpose of deterrence, and they would have to succumb to their tyranny. Before forcing everyone to unite and resist, they could at least rule with fear for a while. Now launching this kind of terrorist attack is just to increase our reputation."

Standing side by side with Kailisa were Gavin and Veronica. The height difference between the three of them standing together was not ordinary. Gavin barely reached Kailisa's shoulders, and Veronica couldn't even reach Gavin's waist.

They were not in the Conqueror Army camp now, but on a small hill.

Standing on this small hill, they could look down to the south and see their master, Avanso, and under their feet was the underground warehouse, one of Avanso's pillar industries. This area is now named after it and is called the Warehouse Hill.

Kaylissa's outstanding speech at the last military meeting made Gavin feel that it was a bit of a waste to simply treat her as a general who charged into battle. The Vanguard Corps had already started to get on the right track. Darren had won the respect of the entire Corps with his strategic talent. There was no need for the Goliath Corps to stay there and he could just transfer them out again.

When the Vanguard Corps was formed, the Goliath Corps was a separate organization. The two were not deeply integrated, and it was extremely easy to separate them. It was nothing more than adjusting the combat habits in the future, transferring personnel, and organizing their own elite Corps to deal with various offensive and battlefield support tasks.