Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 420 The Base Was Stolen
Yes, their true identity is actually the Bane Cult newly formed by Gotash some time ago. In order to be able to compete openly with the other two Chosen Ones of the Three Gods of Death, Gotash chose to recruit troops in secret several months ago.

He used the money he made from arms smuggling in previous years and the group of loyal subordinates that Bane gathered for him as a foundation, and then continued to expand the scope of his influence with his wealth.

Money can always attract all kinds of people, but because of Bane's notoriety, even the desperate people in this world would find it difficult to pray to a well-known evil god before they are at their wits' end.

But the reason why evil gods are evil gods is that the means they use to achieve their goals are contrary to the justice of the world. In order to solve this problem, Gotash chose to tempt them with monetary benefits first, using large sums of money and rhetoric to make them stand on the side of Bane's believers without knowing it.

As long as the time is a little longer, even if they know that they believe in Bane, they will swallow their anger for the sake of maintaining power and wealth. If this method does not work, they will use violence and fear to force them to obey.

The little tricks passed down by the God of Tyranny were widely used in this aspect. Relying on this trick, Gotash actually recruited a large number of pan-believers, but the believers recruited in this way naturally would not have any combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

If Gotash was given some time, he would have the confidence to train them into qualified Fists of Bane with the training methods passed down within the Bane sect. However, the accident came too quickly, and Baldur's Gate did not give them any time to develop. The grand blueprint that they had secretly planned had almost collapsed completely.

"What on earth has Flame Fist gone mad?!"

In the factory on the upper level, some remaining Bane believers were still resisting stubbornly. For their crazy beliefs, they were desperately trying to block the advance of the Flame Fist. But at the bottom of the factory, in a hidden underground passage, Gotash was evacuating with his few trusted men.

This behavior undoubtedly showed that he completely abandoned the others above him, but for Gotash, such operation was perfectly normal.

Betrayal was as easy for him as breathing, and after the situation had developed to this point, the only thought in his mind was that he must not stay here and die uselessly.

'I am the Viscount of Baldur's Gate! My identity is protected by the laws of Baldur's Gate! Now that Ravengard has not returned, how dare they bypass the upper parliament? Directly attack a noble's private property! Damn bastards! Do you know how much effort I put into reorganizing the Ban Cult! How much money I spent to get that factory! Damn it! Bastards! What the hell is going on? How did everything suddenly become like this? ! '

Gotash felt a pang of pain in his heart, this factory was where he planned to build Iron Guards in the future. Now that the production line of Iron Guards had not yet started construction, he used this place as a base for training the Fist of Bane.

Just as the training seemed to be showing initial results, the believers were finally starting to behave themselves, but then something like this happened today!
Originally, after the training was completed, the next step was to plan the kidnapping of the families of Gond believers. As long as this plan was successful, his Iron Guard production line could be set up immediately. But now these plans have all failed!

He even spent a large sum of money on the black market yesterday to order a batch of explosive collars from Phantom Darlin, and only waited for the delivery on time in seven days. However, not long after he placed the order and paid the deposit, his hometown was raided!

"What happened? Why would Flame Fist do such an abnormal thing? Unless the plan has been completely exposed, it is impossible for this to happen. But whether it is me or Xie Nian, our ultimate goals are slightly different, but at least so far, our interests are still mutual."

Gotash's footsteps became heavier and heavier, and his pace became faster and faster. The Bane believers above were about to collapse. Even if he left his strongest Iron Archon there, Rawl would not be able to hold on for long. The Flame Fist was serious, and Gotash could tell that. Although everyone said that the Flame Fist had lost its former glory, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. There were still many capable people in the Flame Fist. According to the intelligence he had obtained in advance, most of the capable people he focused on came directly to the siege today.

With such a lineup, even if the size of the sect tripled, they would never be able to be their opponent. When the factory was completely captured, but they did not find themselves, the nominal owner of the factory, during the post-war inventory, they would never give up.

'He would never turn against me at this time. Without me, he would not be able to control the direction of the next plan. But someone must have exposed our plan, otherwise the Flame Fist would not have acted so quickly, and would not even show a search warrant before coming directly to my door. So who exposed me was... Olin!!!'

Gottas is very smart. For him, no matter what difficulties he encounters, as long as he can grasp the initial clue of the dilemma, find the right idea, and extend it in this direction, he will eventually get the correct answer.

Xie Nian is a very reliable ally, but each of his subordinates is a tough ally, especially that crazy woman Olin.

Every time she was assigned a task, that damned shapeshifter would give her a lot of tricks, either cutting off the victim's hands or leaving her own handwritten letters at the scene. Because of this guy's recklessness, they were almost caught by the Flame Fist several times and their hiding place was almost revealed, causing the plan to fail.

After all, after Duke Van Sampler was captured by that damned "Demon Slayer", their actions were no longer under the supervision of the highest authority.

When Duke VanSample was still alive, Baldur's Gate's intricate sewer system was their best hiding place. But now that the Duke has been captured, this originally safe sewer is no longer as safe as before.

Even though Xie Nian had tried his best under his instructions to make Duke Van Sample shut up completely as quickly as possible, before that, the Duke, who was not careful with his mouth, still revealed a lot of key information about them.

This information made their living environment worse, but as long as they were careful, they could barely hold on. However, in order to prevent that crazy woman Olin from causing trouble in the city at this critical moment, and to buy some more time for their plan, Gotash directly asked Xie Nian to give her a mission to assassinate the Grand Duke.

It can be said that as long as this plan succeeds, the situation that had become very unfriendly to them due to changes in the situation within just half a month will instantly become brighter.

They would also have more time and a safer environment to quietly accumulate strength on both sides, but now...

"Incompetent bungler!"

(End of this chapter)