Chaos Crown

Chapter 241, Killing and punishing the heart

In autumn, the mountains in the eastern section of the Cape of Storms were full of harvests. After more than a year of war, the Arabel people were finally able to return to their homes and work hard to get a good harvest.

Layers of red leaves, light dipping, the earth is pregnant with golden waves of wheat, the regent princess Alice Searle and Ms. Lauer announced the general exemption of all taxes for Arabel civilians, which shows that this year's Arabel people can finally live a good life It's a new year.

Wearing a robe, Aaron concealed his appearance under the hood. Like an unrelated passerby, he slowly observed the recovery of the area after the war.

The result is more gratifying. Although after the war, many lands were rewarded by Ms. Lauer to the soldiers who did meritorious service under her command, but at present, these soldiers who have received land rewards have devoted their energy to the security war. and rebuilding, which brought prosperity, and people worked hard so that they would be able to eat well in the future.

This also made Aaron think about his own ruling strategy.

Unlike God Son Bane, Aaron is actually not that interested in governing. For him, the biggest role of a fief is to climb the Chaos technology tree, not to build some utopia.

As the personal choice of the four gods of chaos, trying to build utopia is a hell of a joke.

And no matter in the previous life, 40K universe or kingdom, most of the attempts to establish utopia ended in failure. Elminster once mentioned his story in Myth Drannor in the materials he gave him. This Shadow Valley The great sage once said: Although most of the elf families these days are honest and kind people, and their average quality and cultural level are several levels higher than that of humans, they will inevitably be involved in various political disputes, because His family interests and personal interests compete with each other.

But Aaron had read the biographical novel "Elminster in Comandor" when he was free in Suzall.

He thought to himself how honest and kind are the elves these days?

If Elminster disguised himself as him through his soul gem and entered Komandor in order to fulfill the last wish of a sun elf, it is understandable that he was hunted down by his family members after he was discovered, then After he was received by the Crown King, he was awarded the title of "Friend of the Elves". As a result, all the nobles in Comando wanted him to die, which showed that the elves were not so friendly and upright.

Assassinated in the street, assassinated at a banquet, assassinated at a tryst, assassinated while roaming.

An elf noble could wish for Elminster's death.

Reading the biographical novel, Aaron almost thought that Elminster was staying in the city of Menzoberranzan in the drow instead of Komandor in the sun elves.

In the face of endless malice, what Elminster did was tolerance, understanding, and trying to communicate and try to resolve conflicts. Even if his life was in danger and he was forced to fight back, this great sage tried not to be direct. Hurting others, many elves who died under his hands were either self-inflicted, or died due to the use of overpowering magic and were rebounded or accidentally injured.

When reading this novel, Aaron felt very aggrieved. In the face of endless malice and slander, Elminster did not use his own magic to kill, but used his kindness, wit, and bravery to resolve Overcome the elves' inherent prejudice against humans, and finally led to the establishment of Myth Drannor.

The glorious era of "City of Songs" then opened.

This does not meet Shuangwen's standards.

But perhaps this is why Mystra chose Elminster as the Chosen to carry out this task.

Aaron was thinking about this question. He was strolling along the river. In the distance, the magnificent but dilapidated city of Arabel was being rebuilt in full swing. A large number of outsiders gathered here to participate in the reconstruction, looking for opportunities to get ahead, and missed the war. , The mercenaries still have some chances in law and order warfare to earn enough gold and silver.

Leading west from the sunset, crossing the hot Arabel, visiting Ms. Lauer, entering the foothills of the Cape of Storm Mountains, crossing the newly reclaimed farmland, a newly built small village is in sight.

Aaron put away the Dark Moon Sword, and brushed the blood on the blade with his hand. He had just finished a battle and dealt with two ogres blocking the way. This reminded him of his experience when he just woke up. The old Aaron Salian can only be dragged on the ground by the ogre's hair, and now this cheap head is not even very interesting to Aaron.

The small village is obviously newly built. Seventeen or eighteen earthen houses, a small Timora chapel, a tavern, and simple wooden walls make up the whole life of the residents.

Several orc heads hung at the gate of the village to warn outsiders.

Aaron was about to give the ogre head in his hand to the village for them to hang on the gate, but he soon noticed the situation inside the village—several mercenaries were confronting several male villagers, and there was a faint shadow in the distance. Shouting can be heard.

"What are you trying to do? You are robbers!" an older male villager shouted at the door holding a pitchfork.

"Bandits? You people have the face to say that we are robbers?" The leader of the mercenary was nearly two meters tall. He smiled and held a machete in his hand, holding his hand on the handle: "I beheaded and soaked in blood , I don’t know how many times I have killed among the orcs, and I have taken it back from the orcs through untold hardships. If it weren’t for us, would you people have houses to live in today? Fields? Your good life now, It’s all in exchange for our lives!”

"Why, it's just borrowing a few gold coins and some food, why are you pushing back and forth? Are all the Cormyrs such immoral and heartless bastards?"

After finishing speaking, these mercenaries took off their weapons, put on their scabbards, and slapped vigorously on the wooden wall: "You think we are blind for the abundant grain harvested outside Tamadi? There are obviously half of our harvest! "

After finishing speaking, the mercenaries will force their way in.

The leader of the mercenary gave a smirk, pointed at the earthen house inside, and cursed at the leader: "No money, right? It's okay, it must be hidden on your woman, or your daughter, and Let me test it, if I really have no money, I will let you go and find another family!"

"Hahahahahahahaha~" Several mercenaries burst out laughing together, while the faces of the villagers were livid.

In desperation, they had no choice but to spend their money to eliminate the disaster. If they really fought, how could the villagers be the opponents of the mercenaries?

Just when the villagers beckoned everyone to collect some money and send these rascals away, a trace of commotion suddenly appeared in the air, followed by the roar of the strong wind sweeping across the earth, and a rolling eddy flowed down with the clear autumn sky, turning into The roaring wind blast blows several mercenaries away on the spot in the blink of an eye, causing them who are fully armed to rise from the ground and turn into trapezemen!
"Wow ah ah~"

"What a big wind!"

A few mercenaries were blown up four or five meters and fell to the ground, turning into a lump of mud, screaming.

"Where the hell is the wind coming from!" The tall mercenary at the head tried to get up, he grabbed the handle of the knife, and the scimitar was unsheathed. With a clang, he was stunned by the incredible scene.

The scimitar turned into clay and shattered!

Impossible, this is a scimitar I made of fine steel, and it cost a lot of money.

It, broken?
"What are you making a fuss about?" Aaron's cold voice sounded, he lifted his hood, pointed at his chest and said in a deep voice, "Don't you want to inspect the goods? Come, inspect here, whatever you want. "

Hearing Aaron's voice, the mercenaries were obviously stunned for a moment, but seeing his appearance, the mercenary leader began to tremble all over.

Trembling violently.

Is it Aaron, His Excellency "King Bearer" Aaron? !

He, didn't he go to the territory?How did you get here?
The mercenaries recognized Aaron because they had really participated in the Battle of Arabel.

Pa~ His legs softened, and the mercenary leader knelt in front of Aaron, tremblingly: "Your Excellency, we...have mercy, forgiveness, we just, just want to borrow some money! Brothers have no money to use, we must not be hungry Stomach."

"You don't plan to repay it after borrowing it?" Aaron said coldly, his voice seemed to carry terror from the abyss, which made the mercenaries shudder: "Men can't borrow it, so they ask their wives, their daughters Borrow it from me?"

The mercenaries had knelt down and kowtowed, trembling with fright.

The person in front of him is Aaron, the leader of Arabel's Five Heroes, Aaron Salian, who was killed in the sea of ​​​​Arabelle's corpses!
His name can stop orc children crying at night!Because that battle was really ruthless, killing numbness.

The few mercenaries couldn't resist at all, they just begged to spare them once for the sake of beating the orcs together.

Aaron stared at the kneeling mercenaries, frowning.

After Arabel was pacified, a large number of meritorious soldiers were granted land. Even if there were no land grants, Ms. Lauer tried to invite them to stay and settle.

This was as much a reward as it was a "strategy" for Ms. Lauer, the harpist who had his eyes on the pockets of the soldiers.

As we all know, for the Battle of Arabel, Ms. Raul emptied all her savings, emptied the treasuries of the major temples in Suzar, and took back this important city with hundreds of thousands of real money.

But the money didn’t disappear out of thin air. Except for the military equipment and food, most of it flowed into the pockets of the soldiers. As long as the soldiers survived, they could get a large commission plus a bounty. Then these soldiers stayed here to settle down. Money will flow into the market for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and various consumptions. Arabel is a land extending in all directions, with a profound heritage. With these soldiers spending a lot of money to participate in post-war reconstruction and consumption, it is natural that Arabel recovers very quickly. fast.

Regarding this routine, Alice Searle instructed Ms. Lauer.

It has to be said that the queen's move was very effective. When Aaron passed by Arabel, the whole city was in full swing, and businessmen from all directions gathered together, forming a virtuous circle. With all the money sent and received back, Arabelle's revival is just around the corner.

However, the pockets of the soldiers are not Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket after all, and the wealth inside is limited.

Especially the few mercenaries in front of them, the mercenaries themselves have no habit of saving money, the money comes and goes quickly, most of the mercenaries have spent half a year in Arabel, and the gold and silver in their pockets are spent. Eighty-eight.

Normally, the mercenaries should go to the next mission when they run out of money, but this group of mercenaries chose to harass the place, and they didn't hurt anyone, they just threatened verbally, and even knew how to use the excuse that they participated in the war Blackmail the civilians here.

Faced with this situation, how many civilians are really willing to fight to the end?
Over time, the glory of the Battle of Arabel will be tarnished. When people think of this war, they will think of mercenaries who are extorting and taking credit, not the great achievements of destroying orcs and recovering the territory.

Aaron thought that ordinary mercenaries who licked blood all day would never be able to think of such a method.

This method can be described as extremely vicious, murderous, with extremely deep intentions, extremely dangerous, extremely poisonous, and extremely evil.

"Who taught you to do this?"

Aaron grabbed the collar of the mercenary leader, and a charming human was released on him.

The charm is successful!

"Yes, a few mercenaries from the north, they said, only in this way can they get money." The mercenary leader replied blankly: "They taught many mercenaries to do this, and many people got money. "

"Cormier's northern soldiers, right?" Aaron then asked, "Do you have any contact with them?"

"Yes, yes..."

"Lead the way! Take me to meet them, and I can consider forgiving you."

"Yes."

A few mercenaries obediently led the way for Aaron, and Aaron set off with a few mercenaries under the thanks of the people in the village, heading deep into the Cape of Storms Mountain Range.

There is still some time to meet Ms. Mysty, and he intends to see who came up with such a vicious scheme.

…………

After more than a day of action, the mercenary leader brought Aaron to a secret stronghold in the Cape of Storm Mountains.

The stronghold is built halfway up the mountain. It is undoubtedly very time-consuming and energy-consuming to establish such an environment at such a height.There seems to be a very long history here, and you can feel the vicissitudes of life in the stronghold just by looking at it.

It is very run down and looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.

"This is it." The mercenary leader whispered.

Looking at Aaron's back, the mercenary leader couldn't express even the slightest disobedience.

That's Aaron Salian!King Aaron Salian!He personally pulled out the head and entire spine of a Rusek priest on the battlefield!
Who dares to attack him?

"Okay, you can go." Aaron decided to let the mercenaries go without considering that they didn't hurt anyone: "Next time you don't have any money, just accept the task obediently! Liberate Arabel has already paid you commission .”

"Yes, yes~"

A few mercenaries ran away in disgrace as if they had received an amnesty.

Aaron checked the stronghold. He found a few traces of tent camping inside the stronghold, a little leftover food, and signs of people's activities.

Although the other party did not leave any traces, Aaron still vaguely guessed the origin of the other party.

The Zhentarim!

These people are at it again!

It's not over, is it?
You wait, sooner or later, I will bring the army of chaos into your Sea of ​​the Moon, and take down your Zhentil Castle!
Aaron checked the surroundings and decided to leave after confirming that there was no one nearby, but at this moment, there was a dragon's roar in the mountains.

An adult red dragon spread its wings and flitted across the mountains of the Cape of Storms.

There are several riders on the dragon's back, holding battle spears, shouting the language of wild contempt, and driving the red dragon to fall nearby.

Githyanki? !

Aaron recalled the illustrated book of monsters that Elminster had given him.

Why are these astral raiders here?
The place where the red dragon landed is very close, and Aaron made a quick decision.

Go check it out!
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(End of this chapter)