Chapter 643 There are no eternal enemies

To fight against such a force, the shadow power of Vizeme Manor is the most suitable. It will turn the war into a shadow duel in the Avanso Council Hall, where they will seize each other's souls. As long as the opponent's soul is completely taken away, the defense that is like a copper wall will naturally fall apart.

However, Gavin also has another powerful weapon in his hand - the Dragon Oak Dream and the dream divine spark it spawned.

As mentioned before, illusions, illusions and dreams are often inseparable. The goddess of illusions and lies, Leila, is the closest god to the dream priesthood in Faerun. The situation in the Far Sea Swamp is an absolute real dream, but compared to the fantasy dream of the Dragon Oak Dream, this is an absolute nightmare.

The reason why this is a dream is that the fallen monsters are not dead, but lying there like vegetative people. As long as their souls are sent back, they can wake up, just like everything just now was just a nightmare.

However, the mist of the distant sea swamp obviously has no intention of returning their soul consciousness. Without any care, these bodies that are left with only empty shells will die one after another, and the soul consciousness sucked away by the mist will naturally become permanent residents in this dream.

They can fight a special dream war, no, to be more precise, it should be a war of gods, because it involves the struggle for souls.

The premise is that the dragon oak mother tree is upgraded. Although the dragon oak mother tree is huge, it is still a mortal after all. Although the root of the god is small, it is the original root of a god's ascension to god. If you want to swallow it completely, you need to spend a lot of hard work, but once it is completed, the benefits will be extremely huge, at least it can push the dragon oak mother tree to the road of leaving the mortal world.

This matter went very smoothly. After all, the root of the gods was also a dead thing, which was completely suppressed. The dragon oak mother tree had the assistance of countless elves led by Lord Virginia. The most difficult thing was that at the beginning, it was necessary to repeatedly adjust and verify various possibilities to find the best method. After the plan was determined, the rest was simpler, and the speed was getting faster and faster. It was a typical case of one thing growing while the other shrinks.

The evolution of the Far Sea Swamp into its current appearance was a mixed blessing for Gavin.

The disadvantage was that in a short period of time, this place would become a forbidden place for life. Not to mention that the fog of the Far Sea Swamp could not be approached, even five kilometers could not be approached. To prevent the fog from suddenly expanding and posing a threat, they had to form a special patrol team to closely monitor the changes in the Far Sea Swamp.

If they wanted to unify the entire Goblin Border in the future, the Far Sea Swamp would be a big problem. The Dream War was just Gavin's unilateral idea. Whether it could be implemented or not would have to wait until the Dragon Oak Mother Tree was upgraded and discussed carefully with Lord Virginia. In this regard, she was professional, and she was just a power borrower.

The benefit is that they don't have to worry about the threat from the witches' gathering here. They were worried that it was the witches' ability to control the formation of the fragments of the divine body, but now it is basically certain that it is not.

Although Gavin has not met those witches directly, he has fought them indirectly once. When he destroyed their witch eyes, they did not show too strong a difference.

The most important thing is that the current situation of the Far Sea Swamp is definitely beyond the ability of several legendary witches. If they really have the ability to make such a big fuss, the Far Sea Swamp would not be able to accommodate them long ago.

They should also be the conspirators of the fragment of the divine body. The situation they are facing now is probably not optimistic.

These monsters who were driven to the Far Sea Swamp by the conqueror army were also stirred up by Gavin. Their large-scale deaths in the Far Sea Swamp just aroused the expansion and killing of the fog. Nearly 20,000 living souls were sucked into the fog, which would definitely stimulate new changes in the fragments of the Godhead. The ghosts in the Far Sea Swamp were probably the first to bear the brunt. If they were not careful, they would also be involved in this dream. Not only them, but all creatures may face this situation.

If this situation really happens, it won’t take long for the Far Sea Swamp to become a dead swamp, with only plants without wisdom left.

Another advantage is that it is difficult for others to be able to take it down. This is not something that can be done by force alone. For those who fight purely by physical strength, this is a nightmare. Their strength has no place here. On the contrary, those who have strong inner three attributes are more warriors than warriors.

After making sure that their army had safely withdrawn from here, Gavin and Catherine did not stay too long and returned directly to the Bridge of Faith. They still had a lot of things to deal with.

For example, in the inventory of war damage, some of the dead in the Conqueror Army chose to stay in the Kingdom of God of Lady Strategy. Although this diluted the sadness of death, it still had an impact on their own structure and layout.

For example, the construction planning of the City of Faith was not in their original plan, but a tactical adjustment caused by the war situation.

Another example is the surrender and reorganization of the Tuen Swamp Lizardmen Army. The newly transformed Lizard Queen can last for eight hours, and now it is coming to an end. Once the Lizard Queen is dragged back to the Vizeme Manor, without her suppression, it is still unknown whether those Lizardmen will recognize Gavin as the Vizier. He must confirm it personally.

Not long after Gavin and Catherine left, two figures flew to the sky above the battlefield at high speed.

The handsome middle-aged man in a traditional robe is naturally the chairman of the Dark Castle, Man Meng.

The other one is also wearing a black robe and a combat throat protector, which not only covers his throat, but also covers half of his forehead, revealing only a pair of deep black eyes, from which it is difficult to see the joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. , there is only endless peace. This person is none other than the supreme leader of the Zhentarim, the legendary Archmage Manson with the nickname Tyrant of the Moonsea.

Both of them seemed to be able to clearly see the mist of divine power in the distant sea swamps. The sight of corpses strewn across the fields made the two profound mages take a breath of air.

Xi Manmeng couldn't help but speak first: "Teacher, I'm sorry, this time I made a serious mistake in my decision-making. It not only cost us the monster power that we have been operating here for many years, but also created unpredictable variables in the layout here."

"I taught you a long time ago that apologizing is the most useless. Now that something has happened, it can no longer be undone. There are only remedies." As expected of the most famous old fox in Faerun, Manson's self-control ability is definitely the best. One by one, his expression quickly returned to calm, "Have you thought of any remedial measures?"

"The best remedy is to make General Gavin one of our own. As long as he joins the intelligence network, the entire high road will be opened up naturally. Not only will the high road be opened up, our influence can even be extended along the way. The road of conquerors he has opened up has expanded to Tethyr and even the shores of Lake of Steam, but Bozor has always been unwilling to share his intelligence network in Mingta with us." Ximanmeng was obviously prepared.

"Have you found the entry point?" Manson asked.

"Judging from this person's layout, he is a very ambitious person." Ximanmeng replied respectfully, "People are not afraid of ambition, what they are most afraid of is having no desires and no desires. This is what the teacher taught me. I believe No one in this world can refuse the friendship offered by our dark intelligence network.”

At the end of the sentence, Ximanmeng showed strong confidence, which was confidence in the influence of the Zhentarim.

Before many people joined the Zhentarim, they had strong hostility, contempt, and even hatred for it.

But when they enjoy the more convenience, more wealth, and greater power that the dark intelligence network brings to them, they will become fanatical believers in this organization and become their biggest supporters.

This is why the Zhentarim are notorious throughout Faerûn, but they are still firmly entrenched in the Moonsea region, and their radiation still affects the entire Northland.

A wise saying of the Dark Intelligence Network is that people are born on a scale of good and evil. Whether they are on the road of good or evil is a temporary choice. They may go to the other end at any time. The Dark Intelligence Network has never Teaching a person how to become bad only arouses the dark desires deep in his heart and makes them become a member of this huge intelligence network. Everything comes from the choice deep in his heart.

"This matter must be operated carefully." Mansong confirmed the thoughts of his disciple Xi Manmeng, "Never try to manipulate a person like this, but make him feel that everything comes from his own thoughts. Then he will join us willingly.”

This legendary archmage also has deep confidence in his dark organization. As for the losses Gavin caused to the Zhentarim twice, they have no intention of caring about it, because this is self-proof of his strength. Without this How can they make them spend so much effort to win over him if they prove it?

In this world, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

The benefits that pulling him into the Zhentarim will bring to them now will far exceed that of continuing to be enemies. Many things can be ignored. This is their consistent code of conduct for the Zhentarim until they are sure that the other party's hypocrisy is deeply rooted in their bones. They will start a full-scale war with them if they cannot be used by them, such as the Harpers who have been ruining their affairs in the valley. No Zhentarim member will waste time and energy on them. They are all a bunch of bad heads, a bunch of bad guys. A troublemaker in the name of kindness, doing things that are harmful to others but not necessarily beneficial to oneself (usually altruistic, a model of chaotic kindness).

"Teacher, please don't worry, I know what to do." Xi Manmeng breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that even if this mistake is over, as long as Mansong does not hold him accountable, no one in the Zhentarim can deal with the darkness. Even the second-in-command Bozor couldn't do it.

Turning his attention to the Far Sea Swamp again, Xi Manmeng asked: "Teacher, what should be done here? If there is such a big commotion, I am afraid that many people who have never looked at the Goblin Border and the Far Sea Swamp will pay attention. I have devoted all my energy to hiding the truth here, but I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”

"Do you think someone will report this matter to the Prince of Lies?"

"Yes."

Mansong replied meaningfully: "People who want to do it don't have the ability. People who have the ability to do it will not do it, because once they do it, this godhead will no longer have anything to do with them. They If I didn’t do this before, I won’t do it now, and I won’t do it in the future, especially after witnessing the ascension of a demigod again.”

Rather than believing in how tight their blockade is, Mansong believes in the dark desires in people's hearts, especially the devout believers of the God of Conspiracy and Strife. After finding the fragment of the Goddess of Illusion and Lies, the first thing they think of is never to report it to their own gods, but to find a way to take it for themselves.

"It's not just a problem reported by your Highness's believers, but this fragment of the Godhead has absorbed and devoured so many souls at once. I'm afraid it has already counter-controlled the Dark Lady and allowed the Mist Lady to be reborn through a shell. Your Highness may be able to sense her location through the connection between the priesthoods. If your Highness's incarnation comes to the door himself, the Dark Castle is so close to here. I'm afraid there will be no way to explain this matter at that time." Ximanmeng himself disagreed with the fact that the God of Conspiracy Xirik concealed the location of the fragment of the Goddess of Illusion and Lies. After all, in this matter, he only saw the risks, not the benefits. Even if he really got this fragment of the Godhead, did he really want to become a god with it?

The Prince of Lies will not sit back and watch others share the glory of illusion and lie priesthood with him. The moment he is deified will also be the moment he fights his way up. The illusion and the goddess of lies in their prime are not opponents of the Prince of Conspiracy, not to mention that a person who is deified with the fragment of the godhead can be destroyed and taken away by him in a matter of minutes.

Mansong's eyes revealed a solemn look and said: "This is the main reason why I came here specially. His Highness's incarnation was blown up by the Lord of War. Even if he finds the location of this fragment of the godhead, he will not have an incarnation to use for more than half a year."

Just like the plunderer Garagos who was just reborn last year, the god of conspiracy Xirik was just deified last year, and it takes a whole year to create a divine incarnation. So far, this Prince of Lies has only one divine incarnation. Not only him, but also the new goddess of magic is in this situation.

"It's so serious." Ximanmeng's expression was full of shock that could not be concealed. He was shocked by the powerful fighting power of the Lord of War Tempus and the series of effects this incident brought to them.

The Lord of Conspiracy must have been forced into a dead end, so he sacrificed his divine incarnation, and it is even possible that he wanted to replace his real body. Even if they are both powerful gods, they are not completely equal to each other. There are also different levels, some are pro-war and some are not. As a new powerful god who was promoted last year, it is not a wise move for the God of Conspiracy and Strife to challenge the power of an old and powerful god now. On the other hand, if Xirik was so rational, he would not be called crazy.

And this matter will have a great impact on their Zhentarim, and even affect their internal fighting situation.

Due to the relationship with Bozor, the Lord of Darkness, the Chosen One of Bane, the Zhentarim will always have a large number of believers of the God of Tyranny, which even affected their style of doing things for a time. They implemented the dark tyranny in the Moon Sea area, and Mansoon got the nickname of the Tyrant of the Moon Sea.

Although the God of Conspiracy, Cyric, gathered all the priesthoods of the three dark gods, Baal, Myrkul, and Bane, last year, in view of the special and secretive nature of the followers of Baal, the God of Murder, and Myrkul, the Lord of Death, Cyric mainly accepted the followers of Bane, the God of Tyranny, with the Zhentarim as the core.

People like Ximamon, who originally disagreed with the ideas of the God of Tyranny, and some fence-sitters, did not hesitate to join Cyric's door and formed the faction of the God of Conspiracy in the Zhentarim.

However, there is still a group of Bane believers, led by Bozor, the Chosen God of Tyranny, who firmly believe that the God of Tyranny is not dead. This can be reflected in Cyric's priesthood. He only has the priesthood of strife, while the other priesthoods of the God of Tyranny have no hatred, fear, and tyranny. Especially the last priesthood of tyranny is the core priesthood of the Black King.

For the sake of faith and internal ruling power in the Zhentarim, the two factions fought fiercely. The batch of goods lost in the rock became a fuse, igniting this contradiction and leading to a serious Zhentarim internal strife in Zhentil Keep.

Although the believers of the God of Conspiracy proudly called this internal strife the Bane Massacre.

But Ximanmon knew that they did not move the bones of the Bane believers at all. The God of Conspiracy became a god too recently and his foundation was not stable, while the believers of the Dark Lord led by Bozor had been operating in the Zhentarim for too long and had too deep a foundation. Many times, even Mansong, the leader of the Zhentarim, had to act according to his face. This was also the reason why Mansong supported him to control the Dark Fort and support the expansion of the God of Conspiracy faction. He did not completely serve the Prince of Lies. Everything was his means of checks and balances.

The conspiracy faction was able to suppress the tyranny faction largely because Cyric could always perform miracles and send down his divine incarnation at critical moments, while the god of tyranny had disappeared, and even his followers' prayers could not be answered, and the priests' divine spells could not be cast.

Now that the conspiracy faction's biggest trump card has been restricted for a whole year, those Bane followers who are full of anger, won't take the opportunity to launch a crazy counterattack?

The only thing to be thankful for is that this struggle is mainly concentrated in the Eastern Zhentarim, that is, Zhentil Castle and the surrounding Moon Sea area, and has little impact on the remote Dark Castle. Although there are followers of the Dark Hand here, they have always been suppressed by me. Although I am now also a worshiper of the God of Conspiracy, I just agree with his style of doing things. For the time being, I have no intention of joining the vortex of fanatical theocratic struggle for him, including fighting with my old enemy Bozor.