Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 520: Gotash's Plot

'I see. ’

When Raphael said this, Noshil almost understood Gotash's thoughts, and also understood his purpose of stealing the Hammer of Orpheus. Combined with the short sentences Raphael had chanted before, if Noshil guessed correctly, Gotash's purpose was undoubtedly revenge, and his purpose of stealing the Hammer of Orpheus was to gain the power of revenge.

Gotash knew that neither the Bane nor the Baal sect had the military power to retaliate against Noshir, so he set his sights on the Astral Prism.

Gotash wants to control Prince Orpheus who is trapped in the Astral Prism, and exchange him for the military support of the Githyanki through the Comet Prince. However, Gotash does not need to completely control Orpheus. In fact, the only thing he needs to ensure is to be able to obtain both the Astral Prism and the Hammer of Orpheus at the same time.

To Gortash, the Astral Prism is just a treasure chest that contains a powerful but very difficult to use treasure, the Comet Prince himself, and the Hammer of Orpheus means the key to open that treasure chest.

As long as he possesses these two items at the same time, Gotash will have the right to choose. He can choose to enter the Astral Prism directly to return Orpheus' freedom, or form an alliance with the Comet Prince himself.

He can also choose to keep these two items in his hand, and when Vlaakith sends his dragon knights to take his life, he can take the opportunity to contact Vlaakith, and use the Orpheus in his hand and the hammer that can release the Comet Prince at any time to make Vlaakith hesitate and negotiate with the Lich Queen. He can use this method of coercion to form an alliance with Vlaakith in exchange for the support of those astral pirates.

Of these two options, Noshir prefers the second one. The reason is very simple. Gotash cannot completely control the Comet Prince and cannot directly operate and use him as a living weapon. As the most powerful living psychic suppression device in the world, no matter what kind of mind control method is used, it is impossible to be effective on Prince Orpheus. For Gotash, this means that he can only gain the support of the Comet Prince through persuasion.

But for Prince Comet himself, reviving his people and rescuing all the Githyanki from the tyranny of Vrakis is the most important and fundamental thing. Even if Gotash really released him, he would not choose to shelve the responsibility that he should have shouldered ten thousand years ago because of this favor, because this responsibility cannot be forced by any favor.

In addition, once the Comet Prince really escapes, Vlaakis will definitely do his best and use all his strength to completely destroy Orpheus, and will not give him even a moment to do anything except resist.

The reason why Vlaakis kept Orpheus alive for so long was just to find ways to take away from Orpheus the power that was enough to destroy the great blueprint of the Illithid. But once Orpheus really has the possibility or even the ability to threaten her rule, Vlaakis will definitely not be merciful.

In addition, even if Prince Orpheus is really willing to help Gotash, he has no power around him after he escaped from the predicament. Therefore, based on the above, Noshir is almost certain that Gotash will choose to communicate and trade with Vlaakis privately after getting these two items. As long as Gotash can get the Astral Realm and the Hammer of Orpheus, he will have the qualifications to negotiate with Vlaakis, and through this qualification, Gotash will also have the possibility of obtaining the "support" of the Lich Queen in terms of force, and he may be able to control a group of Githyanki raiders, or even Githyanki Red Dragoons.

This is a strong force. If Gotash really achieves his goal without any hindrance, he may indeed pose a threat to himself in the future. After all, Noshil is still facing pressure from hell.

For Noshil now, if he only faces the challenge of one side alone, then neither the Githyanki nor the demons will be a big trouble. But if the two of them attack him at the same time, or take turns in a short period of time, then even if Noshil has obtained the power of a demigod by then, he will not be sure that he can deal with this disaster perfectly.

He must stop Gotash's plan. Now Noshir only needs to know where Gotash and the others are hiding. Then he can quickly get rid of this group of cockroaches that are quietly growing in the dark corners at a speed that Raphael could not even imagine. As for how to find their current hiding place?
Noshil stopped his brainstorming and focused his attention on Raphael who was talking in front of him. He knew that this guy definitely knew the current location of Gotash and the others, otherwise he would never have known this news about Gotash. Now all Noshil had to do was wait for him to finish.

This is not only to find out where Gotash is hiding, but also to clarify the whole story of this incident. There are some things that Noshir still hasn't figured out completely.

For example, how did Gortash know about the Astral Prism and its details? After knowing this information, has he obtained the Astral Prism now? If he has already obtained it, how did he reach the Astral Plane and obtain the Astral Prism from Tu'narath, the capital of the Githyanki?
Noshier had no idea of ​​the answers to these questions, but he might be able to get some clues from Raphael, so he just remained silent and watched Raphael perform quietly.

"...When I learned that the shameless thief Gotash had come to my house and stolen my treasures, I was furious. This was the most furious I had ever been since I learned that my father's treasure room had been robbed. It is no exaggeration to say that my anger at that time was almost the same as the last time I was angry. So, for the first time in a long time, I chose to take action myself and rely on my intelligence network in the mortal world to find the hiding place of those pathetic creatures."

Raphael suddenly clenched his fist, a flash of fire ignited in his palm, and then was extinguished in an instant.

"I personally took action. When the bastard who stole my hammer returned to his stinking lair to count his theft and gloat over it, I stepped out of the shadows with my rage, wanting to show these little thieves the wrath of hell."

(End of this chapter)