Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 398 Convincing Allies
They are spiritual penetrators and thought devourers, able to arbitrarily modify and deceive the perceptions and memories of other creatures. They prefer to use tiny subconscious hints to subtly influence their dreams, prompting those affected lives to move in a direction that is beneficial to the mastermind's grand plan.

Even if it encounters a determined rebel who can ignore its subconscious cues, the Mastermind can simply send out an overwhelming blast of psychic energy to destroy the spirit of this pretentious person and turn him into a thoughtless, drooling husk.

With so many powerful enemies gathered together, even the current Nosher is not sure he can defeat them all head-on.

To defeat such a powerful enemy, the only thing he can do is to unite all the forces that can be united under the same banner, just like he did in the game before, such as the Flaming Fist, the Harper and the Hell Knight. Only in this way can he achieve the final victory.

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Nosher moved quickly, or perhaps because of the commotion, it didn't take him much effort to find the person he was looking for.

So when the sky just started to brighten, everyone gathered in the Supreme Hall which had been partially repaired.

"...That's about it, representatives, and Lord Ravengard, the assassins who attacked Lord Noshir have all been captured, and the information has been verified to be accurate. Unfortunately, we have only just experienced a brief period of stability, and the new enemy is already gathering strength and getting ready not far from our doorstep."

Priest Lucius said this to the Grand Duke of Ravengar and the other two representatives. The three people who heard the news frowned immediately. Among these three people, the most distressed was the Grand Duke of Ravengar.

According to the existing intelligence, the primary target of that group of cultists has been confirmed to be Baldur's Gate. He never expected that he would encounter such a thing at this time. He was just unlucky enough to be swept into hell some time ago, but he had just returned for a short time and encountered another bad news. Moreover, this incident was specifically aimed at Baldur's Gate!

"Bensaba must have looked at me a few more times during this period, which is why I keep encountering such bad luck."

As Ravengard spoke, he pressed his thumbs together, imitating the holy symbol of the Goddess of Misfortune, in order to pray to the capricious goddess to take away the misfortune.

Nosher on the side also raised his eyebrows. Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that what the Grand Duke said was true. Whether it was the original history or the current history, his experience seemed to be equally unlucky.

It's either one step into a tiger's den or one step into a wolf's lair. The continuous occurrence of such bad luck is already unscientific. It's possible that the Grand Duke has really been looked at a few more times by the goddess of misfortune.

"This is indeed very troublesome news, and it happens to happen at this time. The Three Gods of Death want to wreak havoc on the world at this time, but we don't have enough troops to stop them."

Marquis Fernando, the noble representative, said so, and what he said was indeed true.

After experiencing the previous Hell War, Eltoril's Hell Knights, which once had a full strength of more than 2000 people, also suffered heavy losses. Nearly 500 of the 300 elite paladins were killed in the initial battle, and more than half of the more than elite knights were also killed. The remaining half were all injured, and some even suffered serious disabilities.

Now these disabled Hell Knights have been honorably retired and received the best treatment along with other injured soldiers, but apart from these retired soldiers, it will still take a long time for other ordinary soldiers to fully recover their combat effectiveness. Originally, they still had 500 elite knights in reserve, but these surviving reserve Hell Knights left Eltoril a month ago, and at that time they took on the responsibility of leading the surviving people to escape.

This was the right choice, and none of the representatives present would blame them. Moreover, after hearing about Eltoril's return, many knights had begun to return to the Holy City, but the journey of escape was long, and the trip back and forth was extremely energy-consuming. It was impossible to expect this group of reinforcements to come back in a short period of time, and without this group of manpower as a supplement, Eltoril now had almost no strength to fight.

"It is true that the existing Knights can only barely guarantee the safety of the citizens, but just for this reason, should we turn a blind eye to the threat that is so close to us?"

As a representative of the civilians, the holy knight Alistair immediately rejected Marquis Fernando's conservative statement, but Fernando's concerns were real, and there were threats around Eltoril.

In fact, in the territory ruled by Eltoril, there has always been a piece of land close to the Shadow Curse Land, and in that land cursed by the Dark Goddess, some Shadow Curse Undead creatures often run out of it and attack the surrounding towns.

The Hell Knights exist to deal with these undead creatures. Whenever the undead appear, the Hell Knights will ride on their warhorses to the area where the undead creatures are found and patrol carefully while eliminating the source of danger. However, with their current strength, even doing this is very difficult.

Even a three-year-old child knows that if danger is found around the home, it must be eliminated as soon as possible. Duke Fernando naturally understands this truth as well, but although he understands it, the real key is that their current strength really does not allow them to do so.

Since both sides had their reasons, they started arguing. Priest Lucius, as the representative of the temple, didn't know which side to take. The old priest, who had never been involved in politics in his life, felt that both sides were very reasonable, but it would be a bit difficult for him to choose one side to support.

And just then.

"As someone who has personally experienced the suffering of this city, I understand your difficulties, but I still want you to listen to me."

Ravengard interrupted the farce and spoke very seriously to the people in front of him. The three representatives also stopped bickering temporarily and all put on an attitude of listening attentively.

"Based on the current intelligence, we are now very sure that our opponents are the legendary Chosen Ones of the Three Death Gods, and they are the Chosen Ones of the Three Death Gods who have united together."

The Grand Duke once again looked at everyone very seriously.

"This is a rather terrifying concept. Every time an evil god's conspiracy appeared in history, it was accompanied by serious casualties. The alliance between the three gods of death is likely to cause unparalleled horrific consequences."

"And this time they have brought along the Mind Flayer, the most dangerous species in the Prime Material Plane, to stir up trouble. This means that the threats we may face in the future may be much greater than we imagined. So I hope you can carefully examine them before making any decisions. If you indulge them and do nothing, what serious consequences may result?"

(End of this chapter)