Chapter 921 Shadow Nest Treasure House

"The Red Knight is going too far." The Lord of Shadows said angrily, "Does she really want to start a full-scale war of gods? Do I really think she is afraid of her?"

Bluffing.

This is the evaluation that Gavin and Catherine both thought of at the same time.

A truly ruthless person would never shout here blindly. He would have issued an oracle and started a full-scale war long ago.

"This war is commanded by General Gavin, and he used his own strength. The lady did not take action from beginning to end. Naturally, he should talk to you, not the lady." The answer given by Catherine made the Lord of Shadows choke for a long time without replying.

Because the other party's implication is very clear, if you want the lady of strategy to come out and talk to you, you can.

You force the lady out first.

If he had a card to use, he would have used it long ago, and would not have waited until now.

The Lord of Shadows turned his eyes to Gavin again, and said as if he knew him again: "I didn't expect that General Gavin's weight was so heavy. Can you really represent the lady of strategy with full authority?"

Musk was indeed bluffing.

He was probing in a roundabout way. In fact, his attention was always on Gavin.

Not only was he observing his micro-expressions, but he was also paying attention to his soul fluctuations.

He wanted to collect information that was beneficial to him, which would facilitate the subsequent negotiations.

Unfortunately, he met his match this time.

The other party was perfect from the inside out. He was not indifferent like a robot, but was very smart, as if he had anticipated what he wanted to do.

This was the look he hated the most, because once he saw this look, it meant that his conspiracy would fail.

"It depends on what the Lord of Shadows is talking about. If it is just about the ground, I think I can make the decision for the most part. If it is about the upper plane, I can't do anything." Gavin's answer was flawless.

He did not give the other party the opportunity to provoke the relationship between him and Ms. Strategy, but also showed that he had enough decision-making power.

"I won't bother with you today." Musk said with a kind and generous look, "Return the Shadow God and Shadow Nest, and I will forgive the past. Both sides will cease fire and stop meaningless attacks and assassinations."

"Haha..." Gavin laughed out loud, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke.

Musk watched coldly and did not ask him why he was laughing. Doing so would only make himself look bad.

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Gavin could only restrain his smile and said, "You are really a joke. In this world, how can you spit out what you have eaten?

This is your core doctrine.

This is our spoils of war. Unless you can exchange it with an equivalent item, there is no possibility of returning it.

If you put this aside, I agree to the ceasefire, but there is one more thing."

The Lord of Shadows was speechless.

This is a typical case of using one's own spear to attack one's own shield.

Although the other party's statement was vulgar, it was indeed his core doctrine. Only in this way could they openly take the stolen and cheated property as their own.

If they denied the other party's words, they would be denying their core doctrine.

The consequences of this matter would be far greater than the interests they lost.

This opponent was more difficult to deal with than most of the opponents he had encountered before.

"You can keep your spoils, but I will also reserve the right to take back the shadow divinity by force. When you try to use the shadow divinity to condense the shadow godhead, the armistice agreement will be automatically destroyed." The Lord of Shadows threw out his bottom line.

He could acquiesce to Gavin's possession of the shadow divinity, but he would never allow anyone to condense the shadow godhead.

In this world, there are not a few who possess the shadow divinity. Some powerful shadow creatures may breed the shadow divinity in their bodies. After all, the difficulty of breeding the divinity is not particularly high, as long as the corresponding conditions are met.

But if the divinity is used to condense the godhead, then it is two different natures.

This is something that all gods are extremely afraid of, and they will not sit idly by and watch the same godhead appear.

"Of course." Gavin promised without hesitation.

Not only because he had no intention of spying on the shadow priesthood for the time being, but also because he knew that these priesthoods that already had owners were not so easy to seize.

These gods already had priority. As long as the same godhood appeared within the coverage of their pantheon, they would immediately feel it, and even roughly sense the location of the godhood.

Most gods would choose to kill these challengers in the cradle, unless there were other arrangements or conspiracies.

For the owners of the same godhood, both sides would automatically enter a state of god war, and many sacred laws would no longer apply to them until the priesthood was determined to belong to them again.

So far, in the history of the gods of Faerun, no mortal has successfully usurped the priesthood.

The deification of Xirik and Midnight was not a usurpation of the priesthood, but a promotion from the sacred will of the God of Gods, Io. It was a major reshuffle of the power of the Faerun pantheon.

The remaining changes in the positions of the gods were either new priesthoods and new gods that followed the development of the world and kept pace with the times, such as the Lady of Strategy.

Either the previous gods had problems, were seriously negligent in their duties, or were eliminated by history and replaced by new gods.

Or the gods usurped the priesthoods of each other.

In addition, the shadow priesthood also has a reporter - the goddess of night, Shar.

The relationship between night and shadow is very close. Shar has always wanted to bring the shadow priesthood under her control, and her shadow magic network has already shown signs of this.

The Lord of Shadows dared not speak out in anger about this.

Not only because the other party is his mother, but also because the other party is far more powerful than him.

If a divine war breaks out for the Shadow Priesthood, this dark goddess will definitely get involved.

For a short period of time, Gavin didn't want to get involved with this difficult Lord and attract her attention.

"Then tell me your conditions." What Musk put forward before was more of a warning than a condition.

In the end, you still rely on your own strength. When the opponent really condenses the shadow godhead, it means that he is ready for a divine battle.

After this series of conflicts, the Lord of Shadows has a clearer understanding of Ms. Strategy and her followers.

They are different from previous enemies. They are better at planning, and many things are interlocked.

Such enemies must be treated with more caution, otherwise it is easy to suffer heavy losses.

"Exchanging souls, exchanging the souls of believers on both sides one-on-one." Gavin was naturally not referring to ordinary souls, but to those strategic priests who were assassinated by shadow assassins.

Their souls may have been imprisoned by the shadow assassins using secret methods, or they may have been stolen into the Kingdom of the Lord of Shadows.

Gavin believes the latter is more likely.

Since the soul can be plundered, it can naturally be stolen.

"One to three, if you want, you can change. If you don't, forget it. Anyway, I don't need this little soul." The Lion, the Lord of Shadows, opened his mouth.

He had noticed that Ms. Strategy was in the early stages of development, and the number of exclusive priests and priests was relatively small, and their importance was far higher than his own.

"That's it, one to three, same life dice exchange." This time Gavin did not bargain with the Lord of Shadows.

That is not just the exclusive sacrifice of three hundred strategic ladies, but also three hundred outstanding middle and low-level commanders.

As for those shadow assassins, their movements were restricted in the Vizeme Manor and they could not play their best role in gathering intelligence. They might as well exchange them for something more useful to them.

Moreover, these shadow assassins once stayed in their own Vizeme Manor and were forced to fight for Gavin before. Whether they can gain the trust and reuse of their own organization after they return is another matter.

The number of shadow thieves that Gavin and the others destroyed was far higher than the number of exclusive priests that they assassinated.

Even after exchanging all the exclusive sacrificial souls back, Gavin still has a considerable amount left in his hands.

"Someone will take the initiative to come to you about soul exchange. I hope you can keep your agreement." Musk's divine incarnation began to gradually fade, and finally turned into a shadow and blended into the surrounding shadows and disappeared.

His current activity time was gained by risking being bitten by the Chaos Demonic Dog, and he tried to fight as quickly as possible.

After watching the divine incarnation of the Lord of Shadows leave, Gavin and Catherine retreated directly into the dream shield.

Although the armistice agreement between the two sides is a verbal agreement, it is still relatively reliable when both sides are wary, unless it is determined that it is really possible to completely defeat the other party.

The war in Shadow Nest has basically ended, and there are no more living shadow assassins to be seen.

The disaster relief at Vizeme Manor begins a full-scale invasion of Shadownest.

It can directly corrode and transform those finished buildings with the power of shadow, turning them into a part of itself.

The difference from the past is that this time it is not as simple as transformation, but out-and-out devouring.

Vizeme Manor is upgrading itself using buildings converted from Shadownest.

The beginning of Vizeme Manor was not high. It was just a family manor established by a merchant noble. The main body was a three-story main building.

Although Gavin subsequently expanded it, it mainly stayed below the surface, with little change above it.

Wait until there is Myth Noel's Tower of Dominance and the two can be connected.

Even the underground expansion has been terminated, and most of the ancillary functions such as the Shadow Factory and the Shadow Warehouse have been transferred out.

The biggest role of the Vizeme Manor now is to serve as the bearer of immortality and to produce ghost wine.

The function of the latter has also gradually diminished due to the opening of ghost winemaking workshops in other areas.

Shadow Nest is an out-and-out castle, covering an area that is more than ten times larger than the Vizeme Manor. The number of buildings is not comparable to it, and it is enough to accommodate three to four thousand people living here at the same time.

Vizeme Manor is a typical example of a small house that swallows a big one.

However, it can handle it with ease, because it not only possesses the immortality of divinity, but also possesses a large number of shadow divinity, and its carrying capacity is not the same as at the beginning.

Without the resistance of the Shadow City Defense Mystery Lock controlled by the Shadow Masters, Vizeme Manor devoured the Shadow Nest at an alarming speed.

The Shadow Nest itself is infused with the power of shadows, and Weizeme Manor can now take over directly with its own power.

By the time the Shadow Nest was completely devoured, the overall Vizeme Manor had not changed much. At best, the main building of the manor had changed from three floors to five floors.

But if you can see its shadow, you will find that the real difference is that it is a castle.

The Vizeme Manor has become a multi-structured structure. In addition to the underground, there is also an additional layer of shadow castle.

"Hiss..."

Even though Gavin and Catherine were both people who had seen the big world, they couldn't help but gasp at this moment. They were now in the Shadow Nest treasure house that had been transformed into a shadow castle.

"Are these shadow thieves born in the year of the dragon? Why do they have so much gold in their treasure house?"

"Everyone says that the wealth of the Lord of Thieves' Church is second only to that of the goddess of wealth, Waukeen. I thought it was a rumor, but now it seems that the rumor is conservative. How much gold is there here? Fifty million? Or one hundred million?"

"Eighty-three million two hundred and one hundred thousand. The treasury account book records it clearly, and even the various currencies are clearly recorded. This should be the people's blood and sweat that they have plundered from the city of Tevram over the years. Now it all belongs to us."

The treasures in the Shadow Nest Treasure House are terribly simple.

There are no gems and diamonds, no magic weapons and equipment, only currency.

These currencies are very diverse, including magic gold coins from Sel, Dena (the name of gold coins) from the southern region, and Zogen from Waterdeep, Golden Lion from the Kingdom of Cormier, and Nubao from Sembia.

However, the largest number is still gold bricks and gold bars, both of which are standard weights, the former is ten kilograms per piece, and the latter is one kilogram per piece.

Although both the iron ore production line in Colossus City and the military gift package given to Gavin by the Kingdom of Leatherman are far more valuable than this treasure house.

But those are fixed assets, far less shocking than such a pile of gold coins piled up here.

Fyodor replied respectfully on the side: "Shadow energy is very corrosive. Whether it is magic equipment or various spellcasting materials, if they are stored here for a long time.

They will inevitably be corroded by shadow energy and slowly endowed with shadow attributes. This can certainly enhance the special effects of shadows, but similarly, if they are exposed to sunlight, they will also be suppressed.

Therefore, the Shadow Master Guild has another treasure house in the material plane, and there is more than one. They will not put all the treasures in one place.

Only gold is not afraid of the erosion of shadow energy, but it will make it purer and more popular and loved by the world.

The treasury of Shadow Nest is mainly prepared for Far East trade .

Although the Shadow Master Guild itself does not directly engage in Far East trade, they control 30% of the market share through funds.

They will use various means to destroy those legitimate merchants, cut off their capital chain, and then come to them and provide them with high-interest loans.

If they successfully bring back goods from the Far East, the profits can barely pay off these high-interest loans.

If they fail, then the property of those merchants will all belong to the Shadow Master Guild.

The Far Eastern countries do not recognize the currency of the Faerun continent, but they will not refuse this kind of gold bars with amazing purity. "

This shadow assassin is now in the real shadow state.

Since he lost his own shadow, his original body has been hiding in the shadow nest that he thought was safe, but he did not expect it to become the coordinates to guide Gavin.

Although the two are the same person, they are not exactly the same.

The real shadow belongs to the undead, and has no feelings. Naturally, there is no loyalty to the Shadow Master Guild, and it directly plays the role of the guide to the extreme.

"It's really a bank vault! It's just a gangster, completely black, eating meat and not even giving people soup." Gavin suddenly realized.

This explains it.

At the same time, he had a deeper understanding of the darkness of the Shadow Master Guild.

Anyway, this is a business that won't lose money. All the risks are borne by those merchants, but they earn the most lucrative profits.

No wonder those merchants in Tevram City hate the Shadow Master Guild.

It is estimated that many people have witnessed the merchants around them being ruined by them, and some have even experienced it personally.

"What is a bank?" Catherine keenly grasped the key to Gavin's complaint.

The two have known each other for a long time, and they are very clear that the identity and origin of the man in front of them are much more complicated than it seems. The new terms mentioned inadvertently have their own special meanings.

This time Gavin did not say anything vaguely, but patiently explained: "Banks are more functional currency exchange offices. They not only provide different types of currency exchange, but also take into account the function of storing currency or valuable goods. If the funds are strong enough, they can even provide credit services."

Currency exchange offices are currency institutions that exist in Faerun itself. Their main business is to provide currency exchange in different regions and countries.

However, except for cities like Waterdeep that have a lot of trade with many regions, there are special currency exchange offices.

Most currency exchange offices are part-time, or mercenary unions, or king's mints, or lords' businesses, or church monasteries. There are also some large businesses or shops that provide similar service industries.

As long as you have enough financial resources and hold a wide variety of currencies to meet the needs of customers, you can engage in this industry.

Most people still choose places with strong strength and reliable reputation to prevent being defrauded.

Among them, the church monastery of the goddess of wealth Waukeen is the first choice. The possibility of exchanging counterfeit currency here is the smallest, but the fees here are often the highest, forcing some people to take risks and look for other preferential options.

Catherine asked, "The credit business you are talking about is not the high-interest loan business of the Shadow Master Guild, right?"

This business is not unique to the Shadow Master Guild. Most gangs and thieves' guilds across the continent of Faerun will engage in this business as long as they have enough strength, especially in places with casinos and pornographic venues, where this business is more prosperous.

Because this way of making money is sometimes faster than open robbery, and it is difficult for outsiders to interfere.

In many places, although it is dark, it is legal because both parties signed a contract at the beginning, and many slaves were created in this way.

The Shadow Master Guild is just bigger and darker than ordinary gangs. (End of this chapter)