Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 421 Escape

Although there is no definite evidence that something went wrong with Olin, Gotash knows that madman too well. That guy never carries out his mission honestly and never cares whether my perfect plan can go smoothly.

Even with evil thoughts pressing on her, that crazy bitch Olin could never resist the bloodthirsty desire in her heart, and would do everything she could to disrupt his plans. What's worse, she was ranked at the top among all his collaborators.

As the second-in-command of the Church of Baal, Orin's mind must be filled with key information about the Three Gods of Death, whether it is the alliance between the three, the Crown of Karsus, and a series of conspiracies planned through the crown, Orin must know all of these things.

Only if these key information were leaked could such a huge blow from the Flame Fist be dealt in such a short period of time!
Originally, Gotash had many spies under his command. These eyes that monitored the entire city were scattered throughout Baldur's Gate. Whether it was the Flaming Fist, the Guild, or even the Council Hall, he had his own exclusive informants.

Logically speaking, with the help of these intelligence personnel, no matter what kind of movement Baldur's Gate makes, he will be the first one to know about it. But this time it was different. They acted too fast. Even though his intelligence personnel had sent him information at the first time, saying that the Flame Fist was gathering abnormally and did not tell the specific target, Gotash had to be more careful.

But by the time they determined from the direction they were heading that the target of this action was their boss, Gotash, and hurried to send a message to him, Gotash himself was completely unable to react further.

Almost five minutes after receiving the news, the Flame Fist arrived at his door. With such a short time, the only thing he could do was to quickly escape with his few remaining men.

"My identity and ambitions have been completely exposed. Baldur's Gate will no longer leave me any ground to survive. Everything is over for me."

More than a decade ago, Gotash had already developed unparalleled ambitions. Due to his tragic personal experience, after he escaped from hell, he began to frantically demand power and strength.

At the beginning, he only did some petty thefts. After coming out of hell with nothing, he could only rely on stealing and robbing to fill his stomach. But later, in order to accumulate wealth faster and realize his ambitions faster, he began to deal with guilds. Among those all kinds of people, Gotash received the first big order in his life. That adventure almost cost him his life, but it also allowed him to earn enough for the initial starting capital.

With the money, he broke away from the control of the union, started his own small caravan, and engaged in some small business of smuggling specialties from the two places. At that time, he had a stable source of money, but later on, he became less and less satisfied with this kind of small business. In order to make huge wealth faster to support his grand ambitions, he began to get involved in arms, contraband, and anything that could make him a lot of money.

It's dangerous to get involved in this stuff, and if you don't have a background, there are people in both the black and white worlds who want to eat you, but in the end, he overcame the things that held him back.

He used lies, deception and violence to make a living for himself, and used rhetoric and benefits to win allies and cannon fodder for himself. Of course, this process was not smooth sailing. On the way to his ambitions, Gotash had narrowly escaped death several times.

After several years of development, he relied on his intelligence to find a new smuggling route. From then on, money flowed in like water. At that time, Gortash finally established a firm foothold in Baldur's Gate, and even attracted the attention of Bane, becoming his chosen one. It has been 12 years since the beginning. It took Gortash 12 years to get to where he is today in Baldur's Gate, but now... Damn Orin!!!

The corners of Gotash's mouth began to twitch unnaturally. Although he was not out of danger yet, he was still so angry about the huge loss that his veins popped out. Even the iron cane in his left hand was left with a deep grip mark. Tyrannical thoughts kept emerging in his mind, but in the end he forced himself to swallow them all.

"No, we can't do this. The more dangerous the moment, the more we must not let anger cloud our minds. We must think carefully about our next move and what we should do to recover the losses to the greatest extent possible..."

Gotash kept walking, his brows furrowed.

"All the fixed assets exposed in public are definitely gone, and the few remaining properties hidden in the dark are not worth much either. Generally speaking, they are useless, but the money I put in the clearing house can still be kept."

Without the exclusive key, even the Flame Fist could not force his way into the Accounting House, because the Accounting House is a bank, and the only bank in Baldur's Gate. Unless they dare to take the risk of the collapse of the financial system of Baldur's Gate, they will never break into such an important place at will.

'Although most of the money is still there, I can't get it back for the time being. I can only wait for the evil thoughts to come back before making plans. The Bane Cult has also suffered a major blow. This wave of raids almost took down all the new believers I have developed during this period. Fortunately, I still have more than 50 people around me. These are the real backbone of the sect. As long as these people don't lose too much and have enough financial support, the sect will be able to make a comeback soon.'

"But I don't have much disposable money now. The caravan that was originally under my control will definitely be discovered, and the smuggling route will probably be exposed. My wealth will be cut in half..."

"Lord Gotash, we are about to walk out of this tunnel and reach the seaport. Are we going to leave Baldur's Gate by ship next?"

The one who spoke was a woman wearing black and gold armor, holding a green poison-coated mace, and wearing a golden fence-like half-crowned helmet.

Her name is Uval, and her position in the Bane sect is the Black Hand. In terms of status, she is only below Gotash. But in the pyramid-like power structure of the Bane sect, even though she is the Black Hand, Uval must obey Gotash completely.

However, despite this, due to her status, Uval must have some privileges in the Bane sect. Because of this, she is the only one who dares to interrupt Gotash's thoughts at this time.

(End of this chapter)