It is quite large, almost four times the size of the Cloak Forest closest to Baldur's Gate, and there are no complex hills or mountains around it. There are only endless oak, beech, red pine, birch and other trees growing on the plains.

It is one of the three major forests in the West Heartland area, along with the Viper Forest and Riverine Forest.

Apart from various monsters, dragons, wild beasts, bandits and three druid orders belonging to different factions, there is almost no trace of civilization. Even the barbarian tribes commonly seen in the north do not exist.

For a long time, neither the human lords living nearby nor the woodcutters, hunters and other professions dared to approach the Sharptooth Forest easily.

Because beasts, monsters, and dragons may not kill them, but extreme environmentalist druids and rangers will definitely kill anyone who dares to destroy the so-called "nature".

Even civilians who dared to build villages and cultivate farmland outside this area would be slaughtered mercilessly.

Over the past few hundred years, at least tens of thousands of ordinary people have died at the hands of the three druid orders, and countless villages, towns and farms have been destroyed.

Over time, people living on this land reached a consensus that they must never get close to the Sharptooth Forest, otherwise the entire family, young and old, would die without a burial place.

Although Baldur's Gate and other powerful towns had organized armies to launch a siege against these extreme druidic sects, they all failed in the end.

With their understanding and control of the forest, druids and their allies, including tree spirits, beasts, and plants, can easily annihilate invading enemies in the depths of the forest.

The towns that suffered heavy losses realized that fighting a group of druids in the forest was simply seeking death, so they gave up their original plans and allowed these guys to control the Sharptooth Forest and the surrounding land, while acquiescing in the other party's exercise of their own power and rules in the area.

But now, with Zuo Si's strong rise, all the forests, mountains, swamps and wilderness on the west coast of the entire Faerun continent from the south of the Winding River have been forcibly brought under his control.

As for those separatist forces that occupied the mountains or forests and became kings, they were basically either swallowed up and wiped out by the huge monster army controlled by the Purgatory Red Dragon Wilmes and the dragons under her command, or they voluntarily bowed their heads and accepted to be incorporated and transformed.

Especially the Druid sect representing the power of nature, almost every one of them received a visit from the nature goddess, Nimidona.

Some of the Druid groups who were unwilling to listen to the advice and change their beliefs and who still resisted were all slaughtered mercilessly;

Another group of druids who were also unwilling to change their beliefs but did not choose violent resistance were expelled from the empire's rule.

However, in addition to these two groups of people, there is another group that chooses to change their beliefs and become believers of the goddess of poison and disease.

To be precise, it is another new aspect that Talona is establishing - the goddess of natural degradation and the cycle of all things.

Since obtaining the priesthood of spores, she has obtained the priesthood of fungi through continuous evolution and understanding. At the same time, she has also obtained the priesthood of microorganisms by merging fungi, bacteria and viruses, and evolved the birth and death of life, as well as the concept of degradation and recycling of all things.

This concept directly broke the so-called checks and balances theory of "nature" proposed by Silvanus, the father of oak, and opened up a new understanding of nature.

In her theory, the forests, mountains, wilderness, and swamps that Silvanus admired were just a tiny part of the great natural world, and there was no need to waste time and energy on protecting them.

It is the intelligent creatures that created civilization that should truly protect these natural resources.

Because if they want only carry out large-scale destruction of the surrounding natural environment, it will inevitably lead to a series of catastrophic consequences such as extreme climate change, soil erosion, etc.

At that time, the entire civilization will decline and even perish.

After the demise of a civilization, the land will no longer be subject to sustained human destruction, and will slowly recover over thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

From the perspective of the long evolution of nature and life, this is just a blink of an eye.

After all, all of this happens inside the planet Toril, and matter and energy are simply undergoing rounds of degradation and recycling inside the planet.

There is no doubt that Talona's new doctrines have successfully allowed her to get rid of her past evil image and become a completely neutral deity.

Not only that, she is also gradually getting rid of her dependence on mortal beliefs and turning towards more grand natural gods.

If you succeed in the end, you will be able to integrate and become a part of the birth, death, degradation and cycle of life on the planet Toril.

Even without mortal believers, as long as this cycle continues, Talona will still maintain her powerful divine power, just like Talos, the god of storms.

But right now, her grand blueprint is still missing the last piece of the puzzle, which is the death priesthood of the late god of murder, Baal.

At this moment, the incarnation of the goddess was looking down at the druid group who were performing a ceremony in the Sharptooth Forest below.

I saw a man who looked to be around 40 years old holding up a dead and decaying animal corpse, muttering something, and then placing it on the altar.

Soon, under the influence of divine magic, a large number of microorganisms in the body decomposed rapidly, and the corpse completely disappeared in less than a minute and merged into the deep pit under the altar.

The weeds, leaves, straw, wheat husks, rotten wood, animal and human feces piled up in the deep pit were all completely fermented in the process, turning into perfect nutrients that could greatly increase the fertility of the land.

Upon seeing this, the other druids, rangers and farmers from nearby villages immediately knelt on the ground and chanted hymns loudly, praising the greatness of the goddess of natural degradation and the cycle of all things.

Because these fertilizers produced through unique divine magic not only prove the theory of natural degradation and recycling of all things, but also enable crops in the farmland to obtain unprecedented bumper harvests in the autumn.

People are always particularly sensitive to things that are closely related to their own interests.

For a group of farmers who make a living from farming, nothing is more important than increasing the output of the land.

Therefore, when Talona was able to grant the priests and druids who believed in her the divine arts of "degradation" and "fertilizer creation", she was naturally able to win the worship of millions of peasant families in those areas where the Church of the Earth Mother, Changtiia, had a weak presence or did not exist at all.

After all, the effects of those fermented fertilizers are something that everyone can feel personally.

What's more, the West Coast Empire is frantically building water conservancy and irrigation projects and farms in the West Heartland area, aiming to transform the great plains of the Green Wilderness area into a huge granary.

Feeling the increase in divine power brought to her by more and more mortal believers, the goddess who descended in the form of a black bird turned around and asked the natural god servant standing beside her: "Where do you think mortals' belief in gods comes from? Is it the kind of exchange of interests that Soth believes in?

Or is it based on their narrow understanding of this world and even the universe?

Or is it the awe, fear and worship of a powerful being that one cannot understand?"

Nimidona lowered her head in thought for a moment, then quickly shook her head and replied, “I'm sorry, noble goddess, I don't know.

Because based on my observations in recent times, I have discovered that the reasons why mortals develop beliefs are often very complicated.

The proportion in which interests play a role is often higher.

If joining a church or believing in a god can bring immediate benefits, then most mortals with weaker wills will change their beliefs immediately.

For example, many of the farmers you see now used to believe in Lathander, the Lord of the Dawn, and Heim, the Guardian God.

Because the churches of these two gods once dominated the order of this area and protected the village from evil forces and wild beasts free of charge.

But now, as my father's empire replaced the former and established a new order, people no longer need the protection of the church's power and begin to pursue a wealthy life and more material and spiritual enjoyment. Naturally, they begin to believe in you who can create fertilizers to increase land output.

Only when land output increases can farmers' income increase and they can earn money to buy a wide range of goods and services.

This change in attitude was so rapid that the Church of the Lord of Dawn and the Church of the Guardian God lost a large number of believers before they could react.

Perhaps Father sees this clearly, so he has specially developed a series of plans to help you expand your influence and reshape the new doctrine.

After all, the faith of ordinary people is simply a belief based on subjective consciousness.

By allowing them to gain benefits from their faith, they can naturally strengthen their trust and eventually become more and more devout. "

“You are right.

Dear Thors showed me how fragile and fickle the faith of mortals can be.

He also took the time to pave a way for me to maintain powerful divine power without relying on the faith of mortals.

In this world, if you don't want to decline and die like the ancient sun god Amaunator who was suddenly abandoned by mortal believers, the best way is to become part of the rules.

For example, there is the goddess of magic who is the embodiment of the magic web, the god of death who symbolizes the end of life, the goddess of night who represents night, darkness, and secrets, and the Mother Earth who is the will formed by the planet beneath our feet.

The common feature of these gods is that their divine duties themselves are part of the objective laws governing the operation of the world.

Therefore, regardless of whether mortals believe in them or not, they will always be part of the powerful divine power."

As she spoke, Talona, who maintained her black bird form, had a hint of emotion in her tone.

Once upon a time, she, like the other gods, believed that if she wanted to become powerful, she had to constantly expand faith, make mortals fear, revere and be afraid of her, and then obediently give up everything for her.

But now, with her horizons broadened and her deeper understanding of various philosophical thoughts, she finally realized what a huge mistake she had made before.

In other words, his spirit was constantly influenced by those believers whose hearts were filled with malice and greed, and he completely turned into a manic, irritable, and petty mad evil god.

However, with the arrival of Zuo Si and the establishment of a new sect, a large number of believers who tended to be neutral and kind pulled the goddess back from the evil camp.

Therefore, Talona was very glad that when Zuo Si first came to this world, she was attracted to him and decisively sent down her incarnation to force him to become her chosen one.

Thinking of this, she raised her head again and stared at the nature attendant and asked, "Why did you come to the Sharptooth Forest this time? Are you here to check the faith status of the Druids in this area?"

Nimidona shook her head slightly: “No, of course not.

I have expelled or destroyed all Druid sects that persist in believing in the God of Nature.

There is nothing worth paying attention to in the entire Sharptooth Forest.

The main reason I came here this time was because my father ordered me to find the whereabouts of a sacred artifact - the [Ring of Mithreen].

The Elf Kingdom in the Wildas Forest believes that this is the last place where the elven god of puzzles, Mythrin Serret, appeared, and the ring should be hidden somewhere deep in the forest.

As a Seraph who controls the power of nature, my perception in the forest is far higher than that of other creatures, even most gods.

So if the artifact is really in the forest, I can definitely find it."

"Can I help you?"

Talona asked with interest.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't think it's necessary.

After all, Mythrin Serret hasn't performed miracles for a long time, and there aren't many believers left even among the elves.

His father thought that he was most likely too weak to incarnate upon Toril.

So in theory it's not a very dangerous job."

After saying that, Nimidona flapped her wings, flew into the sky and disappeared into the night.

Watching her retreating figure, Talona whispered in a voice that only she could hear: "Ring of Mythrien? Soth really likes to collect these artifacts and messy magical knowledge.

Since he likes it so much, I will create a special artifact for him next time we meet.

But what would be a better form for this artifact? A weapon? A book? Or ordinary equipment like amulets, boots, belts, etc.? It would be best to wait until you obtain the priesthood of death and become a powerful god before preparing for it.

This will make the artifact even more powerful."

While muttering to herself, Talona's black bird incarnation quickly spread its wings and flew away, intending to go to the River Forest and the Dragon Forest to check out the druid sects that believed in her.

She was obviously not worried at all about the Son of Baal who was causing more and more trouble in the south, and she didn't think that the dead god of murder Baal could cause any trouble.

Compared to these, the goddess was actually more looking forward to Zuo Si before she appeared with the priesthood of death, and what might happen afterwards.

…

At the same time, outside the temple that originally belonged to the surface elves, located deep in the southern Wildas Forest.

Aberdare's party had arrived at their camp, led by the forest elf warriors, and were negotiating with General Sofaridas, who led the army.

The reason is simple.

The elven commander needs to figure out the intentions of this mixed group of humans, half-elves and drow, and why they suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

After all, the increasingly worsening situation made him feel exhausted, and he was eager to return to Sodanisla immediately to save his hometown which was about to fall completely.

The constant anxiety, tension, worry and fear made this commander with a total warrior level of LV16 seem a little rude and suspicious.

He even called over Elhan, his best interrogator, and several priests who were responsible for casting the second-ring divine spell [Realm of Honesty] without asking for permission from Sancho and the others.

Obviously, the forest elves hope to use this simple and crude method to confirm whether the adventure team in front of them is an enemy or a friend.

"Damn it! What do you mean?"

Aberdare, who also had a bad temper, immediately exuded a suffocating murderous aura when he realized what the other party wanted to do.

"Calm down, human. We don't want to cause trouble. We just want to find out whether you are the enemy. Don't forget, there is a drow in your team."

As he said this, Elhan stared at Viconia with a vigilant look.

The desperate fights and shocking casualty rates in recent days inevitably made him develop a strong hatred for the dark elves.

If the warrior who came back to report had not mentioned that the drow woman in front of him had killed many of her own kind in the battle, he would have even skipped the interrogation and executed her.

"Humph! Stupid fellow.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Do you think that an army of just a few hundred people can pose a threat to us?

The one standing here at this moment is the Son of Bhaal, who killed his way through Uster-Nazar in the Underdark and made the dark elves in the entire city tremble in fear.

If they want, they can kill you all in the same way at any time.

So shut up!

Put away your ridiculous arrogance and pride, or I guarantee you will die a miserable death."

Viconia obviously didn't buy it and started to speak sarcastically and threaten people directly.

Although she had long since broken away from her original tribe and the control of the spider goddess Rose, the contempt for the surface elves she had developed since childhood was still ingrained in her bones.

Elhan was visibly outraged.

Just as he subconsciously grasped the enchanted scimitar and was about to teach Viconia a lesson, the priest who was casting divine magic beside him immediately said in an extremely shocked tone, "The truth! She... everything she said just now is the truth!"

"What? The truth! You mean... these people really killed all of Uster Nasa, causing the dark elves in the entire city to flee in fear?"

Elhan was stunned for a moment, his pupils dilated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he could not believe the priests' judgment.

After all, Uster-Nasa is home to tens of thousands of dark elves. Even if only a small part of them is dispatched, the Forest Elf Kingdom will feel like it is facing a formidable enemy, not to mention killing their way through the enemy's base camp.

Even those bards who like to use exaggeration to describe heroic stories probably wouldn't dare to write such a plot.

But he also knew that the greatest feature of the divine spell [Realm of Honesty] was that people within its coverage area could not lie.

Therefore, since Viconia can speak so fluently, it means that there is absolutely no lie in it.

General Sofaridas also gasped and began to quickly scan the team members. After half a minute, he asked, "Which of you is the Son of Baal?"

"All three of us!"

Sancho took the initiative to step forward, first pointing at himself, then at Aberdare and Imoen.

The next second...

All the elves, including General Sofaridas and Elhan, opened their mouths in shock.

Because they couldn't believe it even in their dreams that half of the six-man team before them were Sons of God.

Especially the aura that Sancho deliberately released made everyone want to kneel down and worship him.

At this time, if General Sofaridas, a high-ranking official in the Elf Kingdom, still doesn't understand what is going on, he can just die.

He immediately raised his hand to signal all the priests to stop their magic, and hurriedly placed one hand on his chest and bowed deeply to the extremely young human boy in front of him.

"Ha! How funny! Your faces now remind me of those goblin slaves who bully the weak and fear the strong."

Viconia taunted without mercy.

But just when this guy wanted to further provoke these forest elves, Sancho stopped her provocation with a sharp look and said straight to the point: "General, I know that you have accumulated a lot of resentment and hatred in the battle with the dark elves here.

But the problem is that we are not your enemies, but the enemies of Erinikas.

We have come here from the Underdark in order to kill him and claim back from him the fate that was usurped by our companions.

You can think of this as a civil war among the Sons of Bhaal.

So if it is convenient, it would be best to help point out the way to Sodanisilla.

The sooner we get there, the sooner your city and country can be liberated."

"A usurped destiny? A civil war among the Sons of Bhaal? You mean that Jonareth took away the power and divinity of a Son of Bhaal!"

After realizing what Ernicus had done, General Sofaridas' breathing suddenly became rapid and his heartbeat accelerated to three times its usual rate.

He now finally understood why this once respected high wizard had sealed the entrance to Sodannisla.

It turns out that what the other party wanted was to absorb the enormous energy of the Tree of Life to become a god.

If this blasphemous guy finally succeeds, then every elf in Sodanisla will become a real sinner.

But soon, General Sofaridas showed an extremely bitter smile and responded helplessly: "Although I really want to show you a way.

Unfortunately, after the raid on Sodanisla, Johnnares had already sealed the entrance with the power of the magic maze.

Now even we can’t find our way home.”

"What? Is there no other way?"

Jaheira asked with a frown on his face.

“There is a way.

In this temple, there was originally an artifact with powerful magical power - the Lamp of Ryan.

It is engraved with ancient magical spells and blessings bestowed by the elven gods.

There is no force in the world that can stop it from returning to the elves' homeland.

Therefore, as long as you hold the Lantern of Ryan, no matter it is a magic maze or any other illusion or barrier, it will reveal its true form in an instant and lose its original effect.

The problem is that it was stolen after the Dark Elves raided.

Even though our wizards have been investigating its whereabouts day and night using divination magic, they have found nothing.

If you can find the magic lamp, we can join forces to fight back and make Johnnarez pay for his actions."

After realizing that this adventure team might be their greatest helper, General Sofaridas told them all the important information at once.

Because he knew very well that in the current desperate situation, the Son of Bhaal was the last hope to stop Erinikas.

If you still hide it at this time, you will be courting your own destruction.

"Lane's Light? Well, we'll find it somehow."

Realizing that no other useful information could be obtained from these forest elves, Sancho decisively ended the conversation and quickly left the simple camp with his team, intending to return to the Mage Tower in Askatla to find his mentor.

However, before the group walked far, a female figure with pale skin and wearing black tights slowly walked out from behind a towering tree.

The astonishing negative energy and pungent smell of blood she exuded immediately caused the team members, who had been fighting intensively all the way and had no time to rest properly, to draw their weapons and take a defensive stance.

Especially Sancho, who can control divine power to a certain extent, immediately judged that the other party was a powerful vampire lord who could move freely under the strongest sunlight at noon.

"Relax, I'm not here to cause trouble. On the contrary, I'm here to give you a necessary tool to enter Sodannisla."

As he spoke, the vampire took out an exquisite lantern made of unknown metal from behind him.

Through the lenses wrapped around it, one can clearly see the dark purple glow coming from inside, as well as a large number of magical runes unique to elves on the inside of the metal part.

The most important thing is that this thing exudes a faint divine power, which is exactly the same as General Sofaridas’ previous description.

"Why are you helping us?"

Sancho was very cautious. He did not take the lantern immediately. Instead, he looked carefully at the female vampire with short black hair and a curvy figure.

"Do you think I do?

No, if it were up to me to choose, I would not let you get close to Erinikas.

Unfortunately, this is the master's will.

And I cannot go against my master’s will.”

After saying that, the female vampire walked out of the shadows and casually placed the Lion's Lamp on a flat stone, her face full of resistance and hostility.

Needless to say, she is Erinikas's last blood relative in this world, the vampire queen Badi.

Although he could not disobey the orders of the planeswalker Zuo Si, he could not help but feel pain and sadness in his heart when he realized that his brother was about to die at the hands of this group of people.

"Owner?"

Imoen blinked curiously.

She couldn't understand what kind of person could control such a powerful vampire lord and force him to do things that went against his will and thoughts.

Unfortunately, Badi obviously didn't want to explain too much. After putting down the lantern, he immediately turned into a bat and flew away.

Jaheira walked over and picked up the Lantern of Lion. He first checked it carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he sighed and said, "Well, I think we have finally got the key to enter Sodannisla. But no matter how you analyze this matter, I feel very uneasy."

"You worry too much."

Sancho obviously realized that this was most likely the work of his mentor, and quickly took the lantern and lit it.

When faint white smoke and brilliant light began to emerge from inside, parts of the towering trees in the surrounding forest immediately began to twist.

Immediately afterwards, the trunk of one of the large trees suddenly expanded to a diameter of over several hundred meters, and a spiral staircase leading to a higher place appeared out of thin air near the upper branches.

There is no doubt that this staircase is the entrance to the tree city of Sodannisla.

Previously, it was perfectly concealed due to the protection of the magic maze.

"Should we go and inform those forest elves?"

Aberdare asked in an uncertain tone, staring at the entrance.

Sancho answered without hesitation: "No. This is our battle and trial. There is no need to involve outsiders. Let's go, it's time to settle accounts with Erinikas."

"I will kill this evil wizard with my own hands! Dig out his black heart and liver from his stomach to avenge Danahei!" Minsk roared with a ferocious expression.

Although his brain was not very good, he would never forget how Erinikas brutally killed the witch he swore to protect with his life.

Another person with a frightening look on his face was Aberdare, who had endured all kinds of torture in the Tower of Durrag and had his divinity and divine power stripped away, almost becoming irrational and only knew how to kill crazily.

Seeing that his teammates were mentally prepared, Sancho took the lead and went in first without saying a word.

The rest followed closely behind.

However, they did not take the Lamp of Ryan away, but left it near the entrance.

If the forest elves sent out a small team to patrol the area, they would soon discover that the entrance to Sodannisla had been opened, and then lead the rest of the army back to retake the occupied city.

Just as the three sons of Baal walked up the stairs to the top floor, they were shocked by the beautiful city built on the Tree of Life.

In a palace far away on the other side of the city, Erinikas had broken the seal and defeated his former lover. He was standing at the energy node inside the Tree of Life, placing the insects shaped by magic and divine power in designated positions one by one.

When the Elf Queen saw this, she immediately struggled to get up from the ground and shouted, "No! Don't do this! Please! Johnarres! Give up your unrealistic ambitions while you can still turn back."

"Give up? You still want me to give up after all this?

No, dear.

The last time I was soft-hearted, I lost everything I had as an elf and was cruelly exiled from my homeland.

I won't believe you this time.

I will take back what is mine through my wits and my hands.

Watch as I prove those elven gods are nothing."

After saying that, Erinikas stood at the core of the Tree of Life and began to chant awkward magic spells.

Under his urging, all the giant insects simultaneously inserted their needle-like mouthparts into the trunk of the Tree of Life, continuously extracting the enormous energy from within that cannot be described in words.

As the insect sucked food crazily, its abdomen quickly swelled up and emitted a green light that symbolized life energy.

At the same time, Erinikas used magic rituals to transfer the energy in the insect's stomach to his own body and even soul.

After a while, the elven essence and external characteristics that had been deprived of him were restored.

The most obvious thing was that the magic human skin mask on his face fell off automatically, revealing a thin and handsome face.

At the same time, long, smooth golden hair grew again on his bald head.

Obviously, this is what Erinikas looked like when he was the high wizard of the elves, and he is also the man that Queen Alistar deeply loves.

But compared to the appearance, what really made Erinikas extremely excited was that his elven soul had returned.

Needless to say, he has already determined that as long as the entire plan is successfully completed, he can be promoted to an elven god 100%.

not enough!

It's not enough!

I want more! Erinikas roared madly in his heart, hungry for more.

At this time, he had completely forgotten everything, gave up everything, and sacrificed everything, just to finally be able to cross the boundary between mortals and gods.

After about half an hour, the crazy wizard began to glow with god-like majesty.

Seeing that she could no longer win back her former lover, Alixing closed her eyes in despair and laid on the ground crying silently. At the same time, her physical condition was deteriorating at an unimaginable speed, and she became haggard and old.

If you look closely, you will easily find that her situation seems to be closely related to the tree of life that blocks out the sun beneath her feet.

The more energy Erinikas drains, the weaker the Elven Queen becomes.

It can be predicted that if the entire Tree of Life is completely drained, then Alistar will inevitably die along with the former.

But unfortunately, there is no one in the entire palace who can stop Erinikas now.

Those elven warriors, mages, and priests who were ready to die had now all turned into mutilated corpses piled up in the room at the entrance.

The queen herself has also been drained of all her strength, and now she can't even cast the most basic zero-ring magic.

Erinikas demonstrated with his actions how terrifying a legendary wizard could be when he was at his full strength, and that he could easily destroy a city or even a country by himself.

Even the elven kingdom with a large number of high-level warriors, mages, rangers, and priests is no exception.

Just when Alixing began to feel her body getting heavier and her consciousness began to blur, she suddenly found Zuo Si's figure appeared on a tree stump only a few steps away from her. He even had a handful of Sodanisil's specialty raspberries in his hand, and he threw them into his mouth one by one, looking relaxed and comfortable.

"Your Majesty Soth?!"

The Elf Queen rubbed her eyes first, confirmed that this was not an illusion, then opened her mouth and tried to call the other party.

"Shh!"

Zuo Si put a finger on his lips to signal silence, then walked over to help Alixing up, and asked with a smile: "Dear Queen, you don't look well now, would you like to eat some raspberries and rest for a while?"

Alixing smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Thank you for your kindness, but my condition cannot be cured by eating a few raspberries.

If no one can stop Erinikas, the Tree of Life and I will die.

Moreover, all plants within a few kilometers around it will wither.

The elven villages scattered around the Wildas Forest will gradually disappear due to the loss of protection.

But I am a little curious, you are now inside the Tree of Life. Are you ready to intervene?"

"Haha, of course not.

Actually, I just came to see the show.

Just half an hour ago, my disciple Sancho and two other sons of Baal arrived in Sodanisla.

Now they are fighting against demons, beasts, golems and other creatures in the city.

It won't be long before they reach here and fight Erinikas.

So there is no need for you to be so pessimistic, but you should believe in the arrangement of fate.

Come, eat some raspberries to lighten your mood."

As he spoke, Zuo Si generously grabbed a handful of raspberries and stuffed them into Alixing's pocket. He ate them while admiring the magical deification ceremony created by Erinikas in the distance.

It has to be said that as one of the two existing magic systems in Faerun, the elves' advanced magic does have its own unique features.

At least when there is sufficient preparation time, the current mainstream magic system developed from the Netheril era will hardly gain any advantage in the confrontation.

Especially those insects that absorbed energy from the Tree of Life, which gave Zuo Si great inspiration and enlightenment.

In his opinion, this thing is similar to the Old Gods in the neighboring Azeroth universe.

They are all the kind that can sneak into places with huge energy sources like parasites to absorb power, and then influence the energy sources to gradually change them in the direction they want.

However, the workmanship of these insects made by Erinikas is still very rough, and many details are not perfect enough, so there is considerable room for improvement.

But considering that Erinikas was under time pressure, it was quite difficult to complete such a huge workload in a short time.

As for the other party's method of stimulating divinity by absorbing a large amount of life energy, Zuo Si did not want to make too many comments.

Because the risk of this thing is too great.

You have to know that Erinikas doesn't even have a single believer in the mortal world, let alone any organized church.

This means that even if he succeeds in becoming a god in the end, without the support of mortals' faith he will soon fall into an extremely weak state, or even go directly to the astral realm to lie dead.

The elven gods don't even need to fight, just hold him back for a while and this guy will self-destruct.

Therefore, Zuo Si believed that Erinikas' deepest desire was not so much to be deified, but rather to hold his breath and ask the elves for what he considered "justice"...