Chapter 919: Battle of wits and courage

Chaos Hound guessed correctly. The main purpose of the Shadow Lord was to restrain the Chaos Hound so that he could not hunt his divine incarnation.

His original body would easily suffer a loss in front of this ancient evil, not to mention the divine incarnation, which could not perform the task of restraining it.

His divine incarnation went to perform the task of rescuing Shadow Nest.

The Shadow Master Guild was the largest church organization in Faerun and the key to his rise. He could not sit idly by and watch it being uprooted.

When the Shadow Lord Marcus made up his mind to only entangle the Chaos Hound.

Instead, the Chaos Hound roared in anger.

As the Lord of Thieves, Marcus was naturally a role model for the entire Faerun thieves. The fighting style of thieves had been turned into an art by him.

If he wanted to avoid it, it would definitely not be an easy thing to touch his body, at least the Chaos Hound could not do it.

But whenever the Chaos Hound turned around to hunt his divine incarnation, he would catch up and give him a set of extremely smooth backstab sneak attacks, which made him feel pain in his bones.

Once, he even took off one of its hind legs.

The advantages and disadvantages of the ancient evil creatures are very obvious.

Their unique origins give them innate terrifying abilities, and they are often at the top of the food chain when they are born.

However, this unique origin will limit their development, making their growth more difficult than ordinary creatures and also restricting them.

At least Chaos Hounds can't learn some new abilities like most alien creatures, and they can't change their body shape and appearance.

This leads to his relatively scarce means of attack, and he only has a few tricks back and forth.

Once someone understands it, it is easy to be targeted.

Although Chaos Hound looks like a dog, he is actually very intelligent, and even most mages are ashamed of him.

He quickly changed his tactics. He stopped chasing the Lord of Shadows around the world and squatted at the gate of his kingdom, pretending that I couldn't hunt your divine incarnation and you couldn't get away.

Although the Chaos Hound didn't know what happened, he was sure of one thing.

That was something that was extremely unfavorable to the Lord of Shadows, and he had to come forward in person or send his divine incarnation to solve it.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

As long as Musk couldn't use his full strength, the possibility of his failure would increase significantly.

The Lord of Shadows, Musk, was also helpless. Since he was targeted by this vicious dog, he couldn't do anything.

As long as his real body left the kingdom of God, he would be hunted by him. He was afraid that he would sneak into the kingdom of God and eat his own prayers.

If a god couldn't even protect the prayers in his kingdom of God, then he was close to the death of God.

Not only will the believers on the ground turn away from him on a large scale, but even the petitioners may find other ways out - seek refuge from other gods.

When a kingdom of God is without petitioners, it will also be the moment of its shattering and falling.

The Dog-killing Sword must be found as soon as possible. This weapon was forged by the High Council of Faerun and commissioned by the Goddess of Magic specifically for Chaos Hounds.

Its function is specific and powerful. It can cause three times the damage to Chaos Hounds, and the person holding it will be immune to the Chaos damage unique to Chaos Hounds.

Although this sword still cannot completely kill Chaos Hounds, it will greatly extend his resurrection time from the original 24 hours to one year.

If this sword is used to pierce the heart of the Chaos Hound, combined with the corresponding magic circle, it can be imprisoned.

The High Council of Faerun used this method to seal the Chaos Hound in the Howling Abyss.

After Xirik released the Chaos Hound, it disappeared.

There is one thing that the Lord of Shadows can be 100% sure of, that the sword is not in the hands of the Son of Lies, Xirik, because when he released the Chaos Hound, he transformed into the God-Slaying Sword and followed Xirik.

The moment the God-Slaying Sword was pulled out of the Chaos Hound's body, it triggered some kind of alarm device and instantly disappeared into the endless void.

This was done to prevent the sword from falling into the hands of the Chaos Hound.

After all, the people who went to release the Chaos Hound were either his servants or people who had something to ask of him.

No matter which one, the Chaos Hound had a high probability of getting the sword from them.

Among them, the probability of returning to the hands of the Goddess of Magic was the highest, because the sword was forged by her.

However, the probability of random teleportation was also not small, after all, the God-Slaying Sword was the masterpiece of the first generation of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra. The Goddess of Magic had changed two generations, and the rules of magic had undergone earth-shaking changes, adding countless variables.

Musk naturally hoped for the second one. If the Dog-Slaying Sword had returned to the hands of the Goddess of Magic, the possibility of him getting it from her was almost zero.

He knew his reputation among the gods of Faerun very well. Before the conspiracy priesthood was stolen by Xirik, he was quite competent as the God of Conspiracy. He did a lot of things in Faerun and successfully gained a large number of enemies for himself.

Although he did not offend the Goddess of Magic directly, he offended many gods who were friendly with her. As a kind god, he would definitely not like him.

This is a matter for the future. The most important thing now is to find a way to curb the expansion of those followers of the Lady of Strategy.

This will also shake the foundation of his own faith.

"Too much bullying." The news sent back by the incarnation of divinity from the front line made the Lord of Shadows Musk change color.

The Goddess of Strategy took the shadow divinity from her, but she did not actively absorb it. Instead, she gave it to her chosen people and poured it into a manor.

It was fine that the Goddess of Strategy looked down on these shadow divinities, but a mortal did not take his shadow divinity seriously, which immediately made him furious.

This was contempt, naked contempt.

Even if he was a god, he could not completely get rid of the bad roots of human beings.

Previously, he was worried that his shadow divinity would be stolen, and now he was angry that the other party looked down on his shadow divinity.

"Destroy him and take back the shadow divinity!" The Lord of Shadows issued a new order to his divine incarnation.

Although the gods and the incarnations of divinity do not share memories, it does not mean that the two sides cannot communicate in real time, especially when they are in the same plane. There is no need for divine power at all. Many ordinary magics can do it, such as Larry's mind connection.

When the incarnation of the Lord of Shadows arrived at the Shadow Nest, the other party had already used that high-level artifact to smash the shadow shield many times.

Not only was the shadow shield riddled with holes, but the shadow nest was also in ruins. Three of the twelve shadow towers were blown down, and the remaining nine were struggling to hold on.

The opponent's shadow army had already rushed in and was playing hide-and-seek with the shadow thieves in the shadow nest!

But this hide-and-seek was very deadly, and those shadow thieves who were found had to pay with their lives.

What made the Lord of Shadows most angry was that the souls of the killed shadow thieves did not go to the Fallen Shadow Underworld to wait for him to send a messenger to take them away, nor did they go to his own kingdom of God.

Instead, they were all stolen by the manor not far away.

For a god, this is the worst situation.

The angrier he was, the calmer the Lord of Shadows became. His divine incarnation did not appear immediately, but lurked in the shadows, watching coldly and waiting quietly.

He would not underestimate the other party just because he was a mortal.

The other party is not only the chosen one of the Lady of Strategy, but also the blasphemer of the Undead Goddess of Vengeance, the destroyer of the original temple of Moando, the god of decay and corruption, and the destroyer of the divine incarnation of Mara, the god of hunting.

If a person succeeds once, it is a fluke. If he succeeds twice or three times.

That is definitely not a lucky explanation, but he really has the ability to match it.

Especially there is a true god behind the other party, who just destroyed one of his divine incarnations not long ago.

As he observed, the Lord of Shadows couldn't help but feel puzzled.

The attack method of the chosen one of the Lady of Strategy is indeed a bit extraordinary, but that belongs to the ability of the high-level artifact itself, and has nothing to do with him.

From beginning to end, the aura exuded by the other party is no higher than that of a quasi-legend.

The only thing worth mentioning is that there is divine power hidden in his body, and there is more than one kind.

One of them is very unfamiliar, and there is no god matching it in the entire Faerun pantheon.

It seems that the legend is true. This young mortal named Gavin is creating a new priesthood with his own power.

If he can become a god as a mortal with this new priesthood, it will definitely set an unprecedented precedent in the Pan-Faerun pantheon.

Become an object of imitation for countless mortals.

At that time, it will not only bring unprecedented impact to the secular world, but even the structure of the Pan-Faerun pantheon will change accordingly.

If it were in the past, Musk would definitely be interested in betting on this young mortal and making up some conspiracies.

But now, he no longer has the patience and ability, and he can't afford the loss.

In the eyes of the Lord of Shadows, Gavin in the air can be said to be full of flaws, even with four violent winds guarding him.

Musk is confident that he only needs a fatal sneak attack to send him away.

But will this be a trap?

The other party cannot be unaware that the Shadow Master Guild is his church organization, and he is likely to send a divine incarnation to support.

The divine incarnation or original body of the Goddess of Strategy will not be lurking somewhere, waiting for him to come to the door, right?

In other words, the attack on the Shadow Nest itself is a trap.

It is to hunt more of his divine incarnations and further weaken his power.

The more the Lord of Shadows thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

Because the other party clearly had the ability to order the Shadow Legion to launch a full-scale attack, but he had not done so yet.

It was obvious that he was stalling for time, waiting for the arrival of his divine incarnation.

"Why hasn't he come yet? The efficiency of this Lord of Shadows is too low!" Gavin in the air was also anxious.

He has not launched an attack yet, and he is indeed waiting for the incarnation of the Lord of Shadows.

The other party is the best assassin in the whole of Furen, and even Yamen Khan was severely injured by him.

If he becomes the target of the other party, he will definitely not run away.

He must be trapped first before he can act with confidence.

Think carefully.

His plan this time seems to be a bit too presumptuous.

Who is Marcus?

The Lord of Shadows, the God of Thieves, and the former God of Conspiracy.

He just lost his conspiracy priesthood, which does not mean that his style of doing things has changed.

He is still cunning and cautious.

Maybe he had arrived earlier, but he just noticed his own trap and was watching coldly from the side!

Gavin threw the War Raiders at a shadow tower again, and said loudly: "Master Musk, since you don't care about the lives of your believers, then I will not be polite and accept them all, Dream Labyrinth!"

Since there is no way to trap the enemy directly, then shut him out and make him unable to interfere with his war in the Shadow Nest in a short time.

With Gavin as the center, the emerald green light swept across the surrounding shadows.

A towering tree phantom appeared behind Gavin.

Who else but the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.

This is the trap that Gavin carefully prepared for the Lord of Shadows.

If the Lord of Thieves attacks him, this spell hidden in his body will be triggered immediately, sending him directly into the Dream Labyrinth.

This is a new ability opened by the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.

The totem dream of the Kingdom of Leatherman is fully opened, bringing a large amount of conceptual divinity to the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, allowing him to gain a firm foothold in the dream priesthood and enter the ranks of demigods.

There is only one step away from the official deification - condensing the godhood.

The reason why it is not done now is not that the dream divinity is not enough, but the situation of the dragon oak mother tree is special, and it is mixed with Gavin and Lord Virginia.

Once the godhood is condensed, it is very likely to have an impact on them.

Both of them chose to be safe and suppress this matter, and accumulate more according to the original plan.

Since the Lord of Shadows refused to fall into the trap, Gavin chose to unfold the dream maze and cover the entire battlefield.

If the Lord of Shadows wants to intervene in this war, he must first pass through the outer dream maze.

There is indeed a trap.

The pride in the heart of the Lord of Shadows, Musk, has not yet risen completely, and it sank.

Because the entire battlefield disappeared from his sight, replaced by a group of emerald green mist.

This group of mist not only blocked his sight, but also blocked his connection with the believers in the Shadow Nest.

He guessed one thing, and also guessed one wrong.

The enemy had indeed prepared in advance, and it was a trap tailored for him. The other party actually set the trap on himself. If he had attacked him before, he would have been caught regardless of whether he could kill the other party. This group of fog no longer covered the battlefield, but himself. No one knew what was waiting for him inside.

What he guessed wrong was that the enemy's means were far more numerous than he imagined. He could even take a different approach and directly isolate him from the outside, so that he had no way to intervene in this war.

"It's not that easy to stop me. I'm the lord of all thieves. As long as I want, there is nothing in this world that can trap me." The Lord of Shadows snorted coldly. He was not someone who gave up so easily.

Focusing on the emerald green fog, breaking traps is a necessary skill for every thief. As the patron saint of all thieves, Musk is naturally the top player in this area. Whether it is a physical trap or a magic trap, he can catch it easily.

If the opponent makes a move in advance, it is equivalent to putting himself at a disadvantage.

The more the Lord of Shadows sensed, the more he felt that there was an extremely familiar breath in this emerald green mist. He couldn't help but whispered: "This is the breath of dreams, and it is a dream with divinity. Is Leila resurrected? Come to seek revenge on me?"

Leila is the goddess of trickery and illusion in Faerun. She once presided over the two major priesthoods of deception and illusion. Therefore, she has a series of titles such as the Guardian of Liars, the Mother of Illusion, the Lady of Fraud and the Guardian of Fraud. However, the most commonly used honorific is Lady of the Mist, which means that she is ever-changing, just like the mist, and it is impossible to see clearly.

The reason why the word "once" is used to describe it is because she has fallen from the sky.

This matter is inseparable from Musk.

Because of the relationship between the priesthood, Musk and Leila were once the closest allies. After all, thieves, illusions and deception have always been inseparable.

However, in the turbulent years, in order to gain more powerful power, the Lord of Shadows sold Lady of the Mist to Xirik without mercy, and killed her at the Black Feather Bridge in the Feather Valley, using the God-killing Sword he transformed into.

Musk, who was still the God of Conspiracy at that time, was calculating very fast. Although Cyric was powerful at that time, he was just a mortal.

The illusion and deception priesthood of Lady of the Mist would naturally fall into his hands. When he recovered from the state of the God-killing Sword, it was natural for the world to attribute the credit of killing Lady of the Mist to him.

These two priesthoods complemented his thief, conspiracy and shadow priesthoods and became the cornerstone of his advancement into the middle power.

No matter how close the allies are, how can they be more powerful than themselves?

In fact, it was not only Musk who was behind the killing of Leila. Cyric's series of actions in the turbulent years were all subtly guided by his incarnation of the God-killing Sword to fulfill his duties as the God of Conspiracy and gain more powerful power.

His plan was perfect, but the only thing he didn't expect was

The God of Gods Io has a bigger plan and layout in Faerun. He not only took advantage of the theft of the Tablet of Destiny to launch a major purge of the Faerun pantheon, but also directly changed the laws of the gods in the entire Toril plane.

Under this big pattern and big wave of changes, Musk's small conspiracy and tricks were directly crushed. His fruitful conspiracy results not only made Cyric successful, but also even lost his conspiracy priesthood, becoming the other side's spoils.

Others may not know, but Musk, who was once an ally of Lady Mist, knows very well that before the death of Leila, she had used illusions as a springboard to enter the dream realm and made remarkable progress.

This is also the field that he fears the most and covets the most. If he can get involved in dreams, he may even have the opportunity to get involved in powerful divine power, because the conspiracy he compiled can be instilled into the world through dreams, and even extend to a new priesthood - dream theft.

Now that he feels a familiar breath, Musk, who is guilty of being a thief, naturally thinks of Lady Mist first. (End of this chapter)