Temple of Knowledge.

This is the realm of Oghma, the god of knowledge and the namer of all things in Faerun.

At the junction of endless plains and mountains, magnificent libraries and palaces can be seen everywhere, which contain a large amount of knowledge, books and scrolls collected from other planes.

If anyone wants to find clues to something ancient and secret, or lost history, coming here would be the wisest choice.

Moreover, the God of Knowledge is neutral and does not care whether the visitor is good or evil, order or chaos.

But today, among the thousands of visitors to the Temple of Knowledge, there is a very special guest.

She is the incarnation of the Faerun Magic Network, the third-generation magic goddess with the title of Mother of Magic - Mystra (Midnight).

Due to the similarity of doctrines, ideas and philosophies, the relationship between the goddess of magic and the god of knowledge Oghma has been quite good throughout the ages.

In this generation, they have developed into close allies, fighting together against evil chaotic gods such as Talos, God of Storms, and Ciri, Lord of Lies, who may pose a huge threat to knowledge and the magic network.

"Welcome, honorable lady of mystery."

Oghma walked out of the palace where he lived with a smile on his face.

He looked as calm and intelligent as ever, giving the impression that he could remain calm no matter what.

"I am very sorry to bother you again, great Lord of Knowledge. I have encountered a little trouble and hope to get guidance from your endless wisdom."

The magic goddess Midnight bowed slightly and took the initiative to put herself in a lower position.

Because although she inherited the name of Mystra, in essence she was still a recently transformed mortal into a god, and she still retained a lot of mortal nature, so that when she first started to perform her duties as a god, she made a lot of jokes.

Thanks to the help of the God of Knowledge, I avoided becoming the target of public criticism.

Therefore, he was full of gratitude and respect for this god in front of him, whose antiquity was probably second only to the moon goddess Suren, the night goddess Shar, and the earth goddess Changtiya.

After all, when Oghma came to this world, the entire planet Toril was still in a primitive and chaotic state.

It was he who defined and named every concept, allowing the elusive and extremely violent energy and matter to stabilize and form the later materialized natural world.

This is also the origin of its title "Namer".

It can be said that as long as the knowledge is born in this world, it will be known and recorded by the God of Knowledge without exception.

"Oh? What confuses you, the mother of magic?" Oghma's eyes flashed with curiosity.

Midnight said nothing and directly took out the planeswalker card that Zuo Si had given to Elminster: "I would like you to identify the origin of this magic item, as well as the knowledge and technology behind it."

"A magic card? Did you get it from that young man named Soth?" Oghma asked with interest.

As one of the few gods in Faerun who had interacted with planeswalkers, he only took a glance and immediately recognized that this was a card made with the power of sparks.

"You know?" Midnight's eyes sparkled slightly.

In order to understand the card sent by Elminster personally, she, like her voters, studied it for a long time but had no clue at all.

This was a blatant provocation and humiliation for a magic goddess who claimed to know all the spells and everything related to magic in Faerun.

Ogma nodded slightly: "Yes, of course I know.

Because this power comes from a very, very rare and special group.

They call themselves Planeswalkers, also known as Planeswalkers.

Before I came to this world and became the God of Knowledge, I traveled in the worlds for a long time and met two relatively friendly mages.

By exchanging magical knowledge and items, I gained their trust, and then had a more in-depth conversation with them, so I learned some secrets.

However, as far as I know, Toril has never been visited by a planeswalker before.

Of course, it is not ruled out that he made a secret visit but was not noticed by the gods.

In short, Soth is the only planeswalker whose identity can be confirmed at present."

"Planeswalkers? Planeswalkers? What kind of beings are they, and how do they create such magic cards?" Midnight asked impatiently.

She couldn't believe it. She had just come here to try her luck, but she didn't expect that the God of Knowledge could actually recognize this magic card and even knew the origins of the maker and user behind the card.

"I can tell you the answer, but you must promise not to reveal it to any other gods or mortals, including your chosen ones." Oghma's cousin seriously put forward a condition.

Midnight thought for a moment and immediately responded, "No problem. I swear by my priesthood that I will never reveal even a single word of today's conversation to anyone other than you and me."

After getting the assurance he wanted, Oghma immediately showed a satisfied expression, raised the card in his hand and said with a slightly emotional tone: "A planeswalker, as the name suggests, is a spellcaster who can easily travel freely in different planes, crystal walls and universes.

They have a power called "Spark" in their bodies.

It is said that only one being with a spark is born among every ten million intelligent lives.

But most of them are unaware of the power within themselves, and spend their lives in mediocrity like all ordinary people.

Only a lucky few, less than one in hundreds of thousands or even millions, will ignite a spark when facing a huge crisis or suffering serious harm, and obtain extraordinary truths that other spellcasters and even gods cannot understand.

Generally speaking, most spellcasters who wish to travel across planes and crystal walls do so through the Astral and Ethereal Planes.

But the planeswalkers are different.

The power they possess transcends the constraints of planes, crystal walls, and even the multiverse, and can enter the indescribable dark void between spaces.

It is said that the Dark Void is filled with chaotic and illogical raw matter, entropy, and flowing mana, and is more dangerous than any place currently known.

Compared to the dark void, even the Chaos Sea would seem so orderly.

Soth must have accidentally entered the dark void when he just ignited the spark, which is why his body began to experience a series of strange phenomena, including aging regression, virus and bacteria mutations, etc.

However, the power of his own spark is not strong enough, so he temporarily lacks knowledge of the dark void, and is even less clear about what the changes that have taken place in him mean.

The cards you see are permanent magic props made from this extraordinary truth.

Generally speaking, cards made by planeswalkers can be roughly divided into five categories.

They are land, magic, creatures, treasures, and barriers.

This card is a typical treasure card.

Although it is just a stone blessed with [Silence], it can work in any world, even if this world uses completely different magic rules from Toril.

You can simply understand that the planeswalker itself is equivalent to a node connecting the multiverse.

Through the magic card called [Earth], you can connect yourself to one world after another.

They can draw energy from these worlds and use it anywhere they can reach without restriction.

Planeswalkers are free and not affected by any external factors. No one can interfere with or control their destiny, not even gods.

Some of the most powerful planeswalkers can modify the laws of physics and magic within a certain range as needed, and even create and destroy space out of thin air. "

"Unbelievable! Then...then aren't they no different from gods or ancient evil creatures?" Midnight's eyes widened in shock.

If these words had not come from the mouth of the God of Knowledge, she would not have believed a single word of them.

Oghma nodded pointedly: "To some extent, this is what planeswalkers are like.

The source of their power, the [Spark], actually has certain similarities with the divine spark of the gods.

But the only difference is that the power of the planeswalker comes from himself and the endless multiverse, rather than from widespread faith and influence.

If you want to crack the cards made by the Planeswalkers and incorporate them into your own magical portfolio, I advise you to give up as soon as possible.

Because no one except another planeswalker can understand the extraordinary truths that come directly from the sources of countless worlds and spaces.

Unfortunately, Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, acted too quickly.

Otherwise, Soth should be the most suitable person to be my voter."

In the end, the God of Knowledge showed very rare regret and remorse.

After these days of sorting and reading, he was deeply attracted by the unprecedented knowledge and viewpoints, and even wanted to descend again to have a face-to-face chat with Zuo Si more than once.

But considering the serious consequences of doing so, I finally had to give up.

This is also why Oghma feels regretful.

Otherwise, if Zuo Si had become his chosen one first, then the two of them could now communicate seamlessly through the connection between God and the chosen one.

As for Talona...

The divine power she bestowed on Zuo Si has been restricted by the god of suffering Ilmater using the remaining divine power of Baal.

Unless Zuo Si took the initiative to contact the goddess, the latter would have no way of entering the former's consciousness.

"You seem to think highly of this young man named Soth?"

It was obviously the first time that Midnight saw the other person show this expression, and she couldn't help but smile playfully.

Oghma also smiled and replied, "Of course. As a planeswalker, he can bring me all kinds of knowledge, concepts and inventions that I have never seen before from different worlds.

Some of these things contain such wisdom that even I can't help but applaud and cheer for the mortals who discovered and created them.

In addition, there is also some knowledge related to magic that you, as the goddess of magic, already know after entering the world of Toril, right?"

"Yes." Midnight nodded slightly. "But I haven't decided whether to allow this knowledge and rules to take effect within the magic network under my jurisdiction."

"Is it because of the lesson of Netheril?" Oghma asked meaningfully.

"Yes and no. As a new god, I am still too young and lack experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so I want to observe for a while before making any decisions. After all, without my consent, this young man named Soth can also use this knowledge and power with the power of a planeswalker."

Midnight spoke out his inner thoughts without any reservation.

Due to the large-scale "Internet disconnection" caused to Cyric and his church, they were almost besieged by the gods.

So she was extremely cautious in her attitude towards magic.

It is not like the first generation of magic goddess who allowed it to develop freely without any restrictions.

She is also not like the second generation magic goddess who frantically recruited all kinds of magic geniuses under her command, or granted them the status of chosen ones, or descended into incarnation to have intimate relationships with them.

Including the wizard god Azuth, Elminster, Khelben, the Seven Sisters of the North, etc., all were born during the second generation of the magic goddess.

"Caution is a valuable quality, and you made a wise choice." Oghma's eyes sparkled with wisdom.

"Thank you for the compliment. But do you have any good suggestions on how to deal with the mage Soth? You know, the card magic he uses is not monitored or restricted by me." Midnight continued to ask humbly.

Ogma smiled and responded, “I don’t have any good suggestions in this regard.

However, based on my personal experience and feeling, it may be a good choice to put aside the pride of being a God, approach him as a relatively equal, and communicate and discuss with him.

Because I can feel that Soth has an extraordinary interest and desire for magical knowledge.

Trust me, there is nothing like helping and investing in a growing planeswalker, and the rewards are amazing.

Especially for gods like you and me."

"I see. Thank you again for your wise guidance."

Midnight placed one hand on his chest and bowed, then disappeared from the Temple of Knowledge without a trace.

Since she is the embodiment of magic web and spells, the goddess of magic does not need to chant spells or perform various complicated casting movements like mortals.

Just the opposite!

Casting spells is as easy for her as breathing.

"You are welcome……"

Watching the third-generation magic goddess who still retained many mortal traits leave, Oghma's mind suddenly appeared Xirik, who was deified almost at the same time as her and whose behavior was not very reliable. A very strange expression quickly appeared on his face.

For some reason, he always had a premonition that these two gods, who were mortal enemies when they were mortals, would most likely do something earth-shattering in the future.

After all, the conflict between the two powerful divine powers in terms of priesthood is already quite intense. If you add the personal grudges that have accumulated over a long period of time, no one knows what will happen in the end.

Of course, this little episode did not affect the good mood of the God of Knowledge recently.

After a while, he returned to his palace and continued to savor the interesting knowledge and ideas from the other world, and even encouraged the believers living here to study and debate.

…

At the same time, on the trade route of Sword Coast, which is close to the west coast of the continent of Faerun.

An extremely huge green dragon just flew across the whitening sky, squinting its eyes to watch the abnormalities in the area from the High Wasteland to the Troll's Roaring Forest below.

Especially those wolves controlled by magic, the local specialties - trolls whose numbers are too numerous to count, and the groups of earth elves and bear goblins, which seem to have formed a huge monster army.

The ones who control these monsters are none other than the vampires sponsored by Erinikas and Badi.

These powerful undead creatures can easily control these monsters with weak wills and minds with their innate ability of [Domination].

In addition, there is a black dragon that is suspected to be hired.

Anyone who is not a fool can see that these guys definitely have bad intentions.

In the opinion of Barrisriat, an experienced old villain, the other party made such a big fuss either to ambush a powerful enemy or to prepare to capture a nearby town.

However, considering the situation where there is no village or shop nearby at the junction of the High Wasteland and the Troll's Roaring Forest.

It is estimated that the only worthwhile target is Dragonspear Castle, which is connected to the Underdark.

He didn't think that the other party went to so much trouble just to get an entrance to the underworld.

What's more, Dragonspear Castle is currently controlled by a group of priests of the god of war Tempus, plus a large number of experienced adventurers. Anyone who wants to capture it will inevitably pay a heavy price.

"It is indeed an ambush targeting the master." The dragon lich raised the corner of his mouth and revealed a sarcastic smile.

After all, the scary thing about conspiracy is that it happens silently and unknown to the public.

But if you are exposed in advance, it would be equivalent to exposing your most vulnerable point to the enemy.

At this moment, at least a dozen ways to make the opponent live a life worse than death suddenly emerged in Barrisriatt's mind.

Without any hesitation!

He dived straight down from a high altitude to the ground.

Because of its extremely fast speed, it instantly aroused the vigilance of another black dragon.

The latter even adopted a defensive posture, with a barely perceptible hint of fear flashing in his eyes.

Because the green dragon disguised as a dragon lich is so large that even with the naked eye one can tell that it is an ancient dragon.

Fortunately, when it was about two or three hundred meters from the ground, Barrisriat began to slow down and finally landed steadily on the grass next to it.

He first pretended to look around, then raised his head and asked in a slightly playful tone: "Can you tell me what you want to do by gathering so many monsters here?"

"Excuse me, are you ..."

A high-ranking member of the Emerald Society cautiously probed.

He was not too surprised at the green dragon falling from the sky.

Because in the Dragon Forest on the south bank of the Shewei River, there live at least twenty green dragons.

If the Emerald Society was not unaware of the locations of these green dragons' lairs, it would have already sent people to negotiate with them one by one, and hired them to join the ambush by paying them.

In fact, as long as the compensation is high enough, most dragons of the evil camp don't mind doing a "short-term job" occasionally.

Of course, if someone hires a dragon and wants to deny the debt afterwards.

Please be sure to refer to the famous Shan Dynasty in Calimshan's history, and how it was destroyed by the crazy revenge of the "wage collector" Iryklathasagran "Sharptooth".

After all, dragons are creatures that have the attribute of "holding grudges" maxed out from the moment they are born.

It is said that many ancient dragons can even remember the appearance of every enemy who has offended them.

Then, they patiently spend years, decades, or even hundreds of years slowly planning a revenge against themselves and their descendants.

"My name is Barris Ryat, you can also call me the Emerald Nightmare."

The dragon lich raised his head with a pretentious air and reported the name he had used when he was alive.

Upon hearing this name, the eyes of the Jade Society's top leaders lit up instantly, and they immediately placed one hand on their chest and bowed deeply.

"I never thought that you would come to visit me. Please allow me to express my excitement and respect."

"Hahaha, you are very good at talking, human."

Barisriatt pretended to be very pleased to confuse the other party.

He knew very well that this stupid wizard wanted to hire him, just like the black dragon next to him.

As it turned out, the dragon lich had a very accurate grasp of the minds of the Emerald Society's top leaders.

That is the desire to attract as many powerful creatures as possible to join the ambush against Zuo Si.

After a few simple compliments and polite remarks, the high-level wizard suddenly changed the subject and said in a very sincere tone: "The great Lord Barisriat.

As you can see we are gathering our forces to attack and capture a man, but we are currently lacking the help of a powerful dragon like you.

当然，我们会支付足够的报酬，比如说总价值不少于五万金币的宝石。

不知道您是否愿意接受？”

“价值五万金币的宝石太少了，如果是十万金币的话，我也许会考虑接受你的邀请。”

巴里斯瑞亚特毫不客气的狮子大开口。

他明白，唯有充分表现出一条邪恶绿龙的贪婪才能最大限度降低对方的戒心。

“成交！不过报酬要在事成之后才能支付。”高阶法师赶忙补充了一条。

虽然成功雇佣到一条强大的古龙让他感到十分的兴奋，但也没有忘记绿龙是阴险狡诈的生物。

假如提前支付报酬或者定金，对方完全有可能收了钱之后不干活。

巴里斯瑞亚特装出一副不悦的样子低头沉思了片刻，故作不情愿的回应道：“可以。不过我现在要先返回巢穴一趟，你给我一个具体的时间，等动手时我会赶过来。”

“没问题！按照计划，我们会在三天之后动手。所以请您务必在两天之内赶回来。”高阶法师立刻给出汇合的时间。

可怜的他压根没有意识到自己被耍了，而且连底牌都被龙巫妖趁机看了个一清二楚。

“很好！两天之内我会飞过来找你。”

说完这句话，巴里斯瑞亚特腾空而起朝着南方径直飞去。

不过他的目的地并不是盘踞着一群绿龙的“巨龙森林”，而是左思目前所在的死亡之地。

如果算上蕾茵，翡翠结社策划的这次伏击中赫然已经有了两个内鬼。

这要是不全军覆没都没天理了。

……

经过数个小时的飞行，龙巫妖终于找到了刚刚越过蜿蜓河的马车，还有一群从“巨魔之爪山丘”冲出来想要饱餐一顿的巨魔部族。

左思本人甚至连动手的兴趣都没有，任由龙裔骑士戴维安和伊莎多拉配合，轻而易举杀光了这个数量仅有十几只的小型巨魔群体。

尤其是前者所使用的+2火焰长剑，简直就是巨魔的噩梦跟克星。

凡是被这柄魔法武器砍中的倒霉蛋，都会瞬间失去自己引以为傲的再生能力。

那炙热的火焰甚至会点燃皮肤下的脂肪层，让那些比较“胖”的巨魔瞬间燃烧成一个巨大的火人。

不得不说，费伦的巨魔分布和数量也着实是太多了一些。

无论走到什么地方，都能看到这些家伙的身影。

用巨魔作命名的山脉、丘陵和森林更是多到难以计数。

简直可以跟地精和兽人并成为来自蛮荒世界的三大祸害，而且怎么杀都杀不光。

等巴里斯瑞亚特降落下来的时候，最后一个巨魔也倒在了漆黑污秽的河水中。

由于当年谋杀之神巴尔就是在这里被手持弑神剑的希瑞克干掉。

因此他的污秽血液混杂着神力流入蜿蜓河，最终造成这种可怕的灾难性后果。

哪怕过去两年多，河水中依旧蕴含着致命的毒素。

只有稍微靠近下游，当河水从漆黑渐渐变成淡一点的棕色后，才会变得彻底“无害”。

除了会给喝下的人持续一天的诅咒，基本不会对身体造成任何负面影响。

左思显然对于这些被神血污染过的水源相当感兴趣，所以装了满满一个空罐子塞进挎包，然后才头也不回的问：“如何？翡翠结社准备了多少手段来伏击我？”

“一条黑龙，大概有上千个巨魔，四百名由大地精和熊地精混编的军队。

差不多同样数量的狼群，其中不乏座狼和大型凶暴狼。

还有少数老虎、棕熊之类的猛兽。

以上这些怪物都是由大量吸血鬼进行控制。

在它们旁边有非常多作为炮灰使用的骷髅勇士和少量魔像之类的构装体。

当然，最后还有五个极具威胁的高阶法师，以及十几个看上去像是学徒的低级法师。

而且我注意到，他们正在道路两旁设置魔法陷阱，甚至还有召唤法阵，应该是想要召唤恶魔、魔鬼之类的异位面生物。”

巴里斯瑞亚特用一种略带讽刺的语气，将自己看到的一切都说了出来。

尽管敌人的动作看上去声势浩大，但他丝毫不觉得对方有什么优势。

“嗯，跟蕾茵提供的情报相差无几。看来翡翠结社为了捕获我差不多算是下血本呢，也不知道艾瑞尼卡斯给他们开出了怎样的条件。”左思摸着下巴露出了玩味的笑容。

“那您打算怎么做呢？”巴里斯瑞亚特小心翼翼的试探道。

左思漫不经心的回答：“很简单，按照以往惯例先下毒，然后在战斗中摧枯拉朽般击败所有敌人。如果我没猜错的话，你应该已经打入他们内部了，对吧？”

听到这句话，龙巫妖经过幻象魔法伪装的脸上顿时浮现出阴险的表情：“您真是料事如神。是的，我已经成功骗过对方，接受了他们提出的雇佣方案。所以如果要下毒的话，交给我就可以了。”

“非常好。我正想要试试毒药和瘟疫混合的威力……”

说着，左思抬起自己的右手，从身体里分离出一大团经过定向筛选，以黑色能量为表现形式的混合物，然后装进一个足有两升的大号玻璃瓶内。

等做完这一切，他才将玻璃容器递到龙巫妖的面前：“给，拿去偷偷倒进对方的食物或饮水中。记得别一次放太多，一点点就足够了。不然的话，一旦提前发作事情就会变得很麻烦。”

“这是您的选民能力？”

巴里斯瑞亚特盯着瓶子里那团散发出可怕气息的能量有些好奇的问。

左思毫不避讳的点了点头：“没错，这就是我的选民能力之一。另外，我还会把幽影军团暂时交给你来掌控。好好利用它们，我可不希望在开战后有任何一个人或者一只怪物逃走。出来吧，叶利尼娅。”

瞬间！

幽影刺客从黑暗的阴影中跳了出来。

在她的身后，则是密密麻麻无穷无尽幽影大军。

身为不死生物，龙巫妖仅仅看了一眼就立刻意识到这些幽影的数量究竟有多么惊人，马上咧开嘴露用无比冷酷残忍的语气说道：“请放心，主人。我保证这些家伙一个也别想逃走。最后，我建议您最好选在晚上抵达敌人埋伏的区域，这样才能最大限度发挥幽影军团的优势。”

“这一点不用你提醒我也知道。好了，你现在可以回去了，记得小心那些习惯性会在吃东西前使用侦测毒素的家伙。”

说完这句话，左思便轻轻挥了挥手。

龙巫妖毫不废话，再次腾空而起朝着东边的巨龙森林飞去，打算绕一个大圈来防止对方用预言系法术定位自己。

而左思这边则登上马车，继续沿着贸易之路向北进发。

随行的射手汉丁顿默默取出了一支【破魔箭】，用手指轻轻抚过刻满强大魔法符文的箭杆与箭头。

他非常清楚主人交给自己的任务有多么重要，因此必须要做到一击命中。

……

就在左思这边准备开始与翡翠结社的人开战时，远在耐兰瑟尔群岛靠近最南端的海域附近，一场决定宝剑海霸权归属的战役正式打响。

其中的进攻方不用问也知道，正是最近名声鹊起春风得意的埃里克。

而防守方则是被逼进死角，不得不摒弃前嫌抱团进行最后反抗的海盗联军。

双方的船只数量加在一起达到了惊人的四百多艘，参战人数更是接近一万人。

就连盘踞在竞速海峡南方岛屿一带的海盗都被迫加入到这场战斗中来。

没办法！ 如果他们坐视埃里克统一耐兰瑟尔群岛，那么自己用不了多久也会遭到攻击和吞并，所还不如索性拼一把。

“船长，整个西海岸南方的海盗基本都到齐了。只要打赢这一仗，我们就会成为这片大海无可争议的统治者，而您也可以给自己冠以海盗王的称号。”一名脸上留着明显刀疤的男人兴奋不已的大声说道。

“海盗王？算了吧。我可没打算当一辈子海盗。别忘了，等打赢这一仗之后，我们就要在耐兰瑟尔群岛上建立自己的城市和国家。到时候做贵族和领主不比海盗舒服多了。”

埃里克言辞中充满了强烈的自信，并且打心底里认为自己赢定了。

毕竟他的舰队船又多又大，人数比对方多了接近一倍，同时还配备了十几名能够释放火球术，亦或是带了火球术卷轴和魔杖的法师。

除此之外，那些没有思想意识，更不晓得什么是恐惧的亡灵生物，将会在接舷的瞬间给敌人以毁灭性打击。

如此巨大的优势，埃里克根本不知道自己怎么输。

所以在稍微观察了几分种之后，他毅然决然下令发起进攻。

瞬间！

借助【飞行术】漂浮在半空中的法师们率先发难，将一颗又一颗滚烫炙热的火球射向下方一两百米开外的敌舰。

而这种高度，基本可以无视下方那些弓弩之类的远程武器。

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Accompanied by the flames rising into the sky and the deafening sound of explosions, the main battleships of the pirate coalition that rushed to the front turned into a sea of ​​fire on the spot.

Many sailors standing on the deck were burned to charred corpses in an instant without even having time to scream.

Although the remaining survivors tried desperately to put out the flames on the ship.

But its wooden structure meant these actions were futile.

After a while, the leaking boat slowly sank into the sea.

As for those pirates who jumped into the sea to escape, they were either hit and killed by passing ships or bitten to death by swarming sharks.

In short, no one was able to swim to shore alive.

"Asshole! Can anyone tell me! Where did that bastard Eric find so many wizards?"

A prestigious one-eyed pirate captain roared like a madman.

You have to know that the power of spells is far more threatening in naval battles than on land battles.

Not to mention advanced magic, even a first-level spell like Grease or Burning Hands could cause terrible damage in a crowded place like a ship.

A situation like this, flying in the sky and casting spells from a high position, is simply naked bullying.

It was not a battle at all, but a brutal massacre.

Whether it is a fireball or lightning, it can cause a devastating blow to the sailors on the deck who are preparing to fight.

In addition, there was a wizard with a relatively high spellcasting level who threw a [Death Cloud Spell] directly towards the pirate coalition flagship.

When the terrifying poisonous cloud spread in the most crowded area, more than one hundred pirate elites died instantly.

Even the leader of the coalition forces who stood up and called for resistance to the end fell on the deck and breathed his last after spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood.

After witnessing the tragic scene of the flagship being completely destroyed, the one-eyed pirate captain stood there like a fool, not daring to believe what he saw.

In fact, it was not just him. The captains of other pirate coalitions were either terrified or screaming in despair like crazy, and then watched their allies around them being swallowed by flames one after another.

Even worse were the ships that had to engage in brutal boarding battles with ships filled with undead creatures.

Under the command of the intelligent "Undead Lieutenant", even the lowest-level undead creatures can unleash amazing combat power.

Due to their instinctive hatred for all living things, they took almost no prisoners on the ships they attacked; every last one was killed.

The corpses were randomly thrown on the deck, waiting to be transformed into undead creatures by the wizard after the battle.

As the unification process of the Nelanther Islands accelerated, Vanessa had firmly controlled this group of pirates through her apprentices.

These undead spirits, which are increasing in number and proportion, are the means he uses to restrain Eric and other pirate captains.

If anyone is so foolish as to start a rebellion to escape control, these undead will become the death warrant for the rebellion.

fortunately!

Eric was well aware of how terrifying the necromancer Vanessa and the forces behind her were, so he never had even the slightest delusion.

Just the opposite.

He also dealt with many idiots with similar ideas in private to prevent these idiots from dragging him down.

After all, as a ferocious pirate who lives on the edge of a knife, it is already quite lucky to be able to escape unscathed.

What's more, if you do well, you can become a noble lord or even a king.

So Eric was more eager than anyone to demonstrate his ability and loyalty.

When he saw the pirate coalition being defeated by the fireball and the undead, and some of the timid ones even wanted to turn around and run away, he immediately drew the scimitar at his waist and shouted, "Now! Pursue them all! Kill all those guys who refuse to surrender! Don't spare any of them!"

"Captain's order! Pursue with all your might!"

"Go! Kill them all! The entire Sword Sea is our territory!"

"Hahahaha! We win! We win!"

"Long live Captain Eric!"

…

Accompanied by deafening cheers, the huge fleet quickly divided and surrounded the enemy.

Those mages flying in the sky were not to be outdone. They either used spells to burn the sails of the fleeing enemy ships, or directly bombarded the masts with magic missiles, causing them to lose power and become living targets floating on the sea.

After a short while, this naval battle, which had been so grand before the start and the outcome was quickly decided after the start, came to an end.

With the advantage of magic, Eric's side won a crushing victory with almost no effort.

After this battle, no country or organization in the southern part of the west coast of Faerun could stop the rise of this new force in the Nelanther Islands.

Jeffrey, who had been watching the show from the dark for a while, sighed and said, "It's finally over."

Vanessa smiled and nodded. "Yes, it's all over. Now the entire Nelanthel Islands and even the Sword Sea are under the influence of the organization. What we need to do next is to integrate our forces. While developing these islands that are still in the wilderness, we will organize a fleet to go north to occupy the Kolin Islands and put Baldur's Gate's maritime trade under our control."

"There are no decent forces in the Kolin Islands, so it shouldn't be too difficult to occupy them. The real difficulty lies in monitoring all the ships in the entire sea area and making those cunning merchants pay protection fees. If we can do this, we can start implementing Lord Soth's revenge plan and make those stupid and arrogant dukes of Baldur's Gate pay the price."

As he spoke, Jeffrey revealed a strong hostility towards the Dukes of Baldur's Gate.

After learning from an old friend about the humiliation suffered by the leader of the organization, he dropped his research and came to help.

If Zuo Si had not forbade the use of overly rough and extreme means, there would probably not be a single intact ship at the Baldur's Gate dock.

"This requires the help of magic. I recently learned the Nine-Circle Magic of Wishing, and I plan to use this as a basis to create a sea chart from Calimshan to the Sword Coast in the south, ensuring that every ship setting sail will be tracked instantly and displayed on the map."

Vanessa ambitiously expressed her plan.

Because only in this way can we completely eliminate the lucky mentality of those businessmen and achieve 100% control over this sea area.

"It sounds great. But it requires a lot of high-level prophecy magic. You should ask Clotilda for help. This is her area of ​​expertise." Jeffrey quickly gave advice.

Vanessa nodded in agreement and said, "I'll go there as soon as I finish dealing with the matter in the Nelansel Islands. But in the meantime, please help keep an eye on Eric. I have a feeling that this pirate leader seems to be hiding something from me recently."

"No problem. I promise that if he makes any small move, it will be dealt with immediately. Don't forget, I am very good at control and charm magic..."

(End of this chapter)