Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 347 The three gods of death are in action

Baldur's Gate, Upper Town, Viscount Gortash's Manor in the Rampart Quarter.

Well, that's right, you can tell by the name which guy's territory this is. As a new powerful man in Baldur's Gate, Gotash spent a huge amount of money to buy this manor some time ago to use it as his main property. Palace.

From the outside, this manor has almost all the characteristics that a nobleman needs. A solid stone castle, with towering towers piercing the sky, and the flag representing the Gotash family, a black fist, is flying on it. It wouldn't be unusual to use this pattern as a family emblem in other worlds, but here, in Faerûn, the black fist only represents one thing.

Bane, the god of tyranny.

Logically speaking, such a flamboyant behavior would definitely attract the attention of others, but Gotash didn't seem to care. At this time, he was standing in the center of the courtyard, beside a fountain spraying clear spring water, quietly admiring it. The prosperity of this manor is right now.

"Don't you think you are a little too arrogant, Gotash? If you just fly the token representing Bane in the manor, if it attracts the investigation of Flame Fist or even the Paladins of the Three Gods of Justice, even you may not be able to do it. It will be better."

The tall white dragonborn suddenly walked out of the shadows in the corner of the manor. While talking, Xie Nian used his forked tongue to lick his blood-stained paws until he came to Gotash's side. He finally took a deep intoxicating breath. After taking a sip of the pungent blood, it was a pity that he put his hand into the fountain and washed it quietly.

"Haha, why hide it? My friend, Baldur's Gate has always claimed to be the most open city in the world. Don't say that I just hung up a banner similar to Bane's micronote. Even if I blatantly believe in Bane, So what?”

There is a reason why Gotash is so confident. In this world where gods truly exist, no one has the right to prevent any god from spreading their beliefs, unless it is an ancient god abandoned by the times, or a god who should not have appeared. Otherwise, even the notorious evil gods such as the Three Gods of Death are no exception, because gods are an indispensable role in the continent of Faerûn.

Although limited by their evil deeds, few people will blatantly worship them, but no matter how much they deny it, the spread of their beliefs is so continuous. If mortals really dare to launch a campaign to completely cut off a certain person, An act of faith in a god will definitely completely offend that god and will inevitably lead to divine punishment.

Of course, no matter how you say the evil god's faith, it is not understood by the beings on the order side, especially the three gods of death. However, Bane's faith is relatively easy to accept compared to the other two. .

Because Bane has been slandered in many legends, throughout history, there are indeed many followers of Bane who have committed crimes in his name, but in fact, as a member of the pantheon of Faerûn, he possesses powerful divine power. There has always been no shortage of true believers in Bane, and in fact, most of Bane's believers do not worship Bane out of malice.

His teachings cover too much. Although this god is an absolute evil god, even an evil god is still a lawful evil god. In many times and places in Faerûn, Bane believers have also done many things that benefit mankind. The behavior of the race even helped humans firmly establish a foothold on this land.

They have massacred attackers from other races at key points in history, overthrew corrupt rulers, and saved armies that were on the verge of defeat. Bane believers who did such things will even be regarded as saviors, which makes people sigh with emotion. The two sides of everything.

However, with the development of the times, there are now very few such Bane believers. As humans have completely established a foothold on the road, those high-ranking believers in the God of Tyranny have begun to torment their own people and compete for power. , centralized rule, business monopoly and even slavery, these are all good things done by those powerful believers of Bane, making this god of tyranny's already not very good reputation even worse. "That's enough, Gotash. I'm not here to listen to you explain the doctrine of the God of Tyranny. I have completed the task you gave me. The Duke has shut up completely. Now tell me, where are you? What's going on? When can we make the next move?"

The evil thoughts interrupted Gotash's eloquent message delivery, which made Gotash a little regretful, but now that business had been mentioned, Gotash immediately returned to his normal posture.

"Oh, you are worthy of being the chief blasphemous assassin of the God of Murder, and I am an ally of God's chosen people. But I am really sorry. Although you asked your most loyal subordinates to support me and gave me several shape-shifters, I am also because of them. I finally stabilized those damn Gond believers, but due to some time differences and changes in the situation, I did not fully gain the trust of those guys. "

"So it is a pity that the development plan of Iron Guard has been temporarily abandoned. Gond believers have clearly told me that unless the Grand Duke returns, or Baldur's Gate re-elects a Grand Duke to completely stabilize the current situation, Otherwise, he will never restart cooperation with me. Alas, these guys are really a bunch of damn brainless people. They have obviously completed the initial development process, but they insist on messing with me at critical moments. "

Gotash looked very unhappy, and he also accused Xie Nian of not cooperating in the first place, but Xie Nian just twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

"It seems that our great genius has encountered an unsolvable problem, but if your plan fails, are you still qualified to discuss cooperation with me now?"

"I think I'm still qualified."

Xie Nian's words could already be called a threat, but Gotash still seemed neither humble nor arrogant, nor did he panic at all, because he knew that Xie Nian was just talking, and the long-term cooperation and tacit understanding between the two people would not cause a direct quarrel just because of these few words. turn.

The reason for accusing evil thoughts in and out of words before was just to remind them that the two of them were now in a cooperative relationship. Only by uniting as one could they complete the grand plan in their minds.

"My friend, at this time, let's put aside those unnecessary arguments. As the chosen people of the same gods, we naturally stand on the same front. Although there is a small accident on my side, there is some progress. The above losses will not affect our final plan, but if we don't act quickly, we may miss this golden opportunity. "

"Huh? Why do you say that, Gotash, what do you know?"

"Many, many. You know that one of my spies has lurked into the Supreme Hall, but just two days ago he suddenly sent a message, telling me that if we don't take action, the Grand Duke may come back soon. "

(End of this chapter)