A large number of unlucky hobgoblins, orcs and orc knights who were thrown down by them were immediately crushed by the roaring heavy cavalry.
That magnificent scene...
It was so bloody and cruel that even the coalition forces couldn't bear to watch it, and some of those with poor psychological endurance couldn't help but vomit.
Because if the goblins trampled by the heavy armored infantry could barely leave some recognizable limbs and bloody torsos, then the guys trampled by the corpse creatures that looked like giant four-legged dinosaurs were basically 100% pure meat paste.
Even the hardest bones were easily crushed by the heavy four legs wrapped in steel plates, and then trampled repeatedly by other heavy cavalry following behind, until they were shattered into bone fragments that were indistinguishable to the naked eye.
These hobgoblins, orcs, and orcs have completely merged into one, with a layer of dark red flesh and blood mixture covering the black soil.
The brutality and shock were beyond words, and even the Kalinshan camel cavalry and Silvermoon City heavy-armored knights who were charging with them felt their scalps tingling.
As cavalrymen, no one knew better than them how desperate the enemy would feel when facing a charge of this scale and power on the battlefield.
It is also understandable that the Wargs and Winter Wolves would choose to abandon the knights and escape across the river.
Except for those tragic heroes who have firm beliefs and can gladly accept death and make a final resistance, no intelligent creature can remain calm under the impact of more than two thousand giant monsters.
As for why the wolves chose to cross the river to the south instead of fleeing north on land, it was mainly because they believed that heavy cavalry could not easily cross the river.
After all, wearing such heavy metal armor, anyone with a little bit of common sense would know that if he went into the river, he would sink to the bottom instantly.
The average water depth of the Chongsa River is about 20 meters, and the deepest part is even more than 200 meters, which is a natural barrier to block heavy cavalry.
Moreover, not far away from crossing the river is the Cloak Forest, which is full of tall and dense trees, making it a perfect place for wolves to hide.
From this point alone, it can be seen that both winter wolves and wargs have extremely high IQs.
Especially those guys who have been allied with the hobgoblins, orcs and orcs to participate in wars for many years. They are definitely more cunning than the other. Otherwise, they would have died in some fierce battle or conflict long ago.
However, these clever wolves apparently forgot one thing, that is, the coalition forces have a mage group of astonishing size.
As the temporarily appointed supreme commander, Vera, with the help of the last ray of light from the almost completely setting sun, keenly captured the direction of the wolves' escape. She also knew that Zuo Si's goal was to use this war to drastically reduce the number of monsters on this land, so she had no intention of letting him go.
Without saying anything, she immediately asked Jeffrey, who was in charge of commanding the mages and warlocks, "Master, do you have a way to get rid of these wolves? If we let them escape, they will most likely pose a huge threat to the safety of the Bay Coast Highway in the future."
"It's a piece of cake! Leave it to me."
Jeffrey raised the corners of his mouth slightly and agreed without thinking.
Probably less than thirty seconds later, he led more than three hundred mages to chant spells simultaneously for joint casting.
Just as the wolves were swimming hard in the river trying to reach the other side, a biting chill suddenly surged in from under the water.
Perhaps for the winter wolves that are immune to cold damage, this low temperature is not a big deal for the time being, but for the wargs it is a matter of life and death.
As the temperature dropped further, their limbs began to become stiff and their body temperature quickly dissipated in the cold water. Eventually, they and the entire river surface were frozen into lifelike sculptures.
Of course, the winter wolves are not much better.
Although these guys with pure white hair are not harmed by the cold, they are unable to pull their lower bodies out of the ice beneath the frozen river and can only keep uttering rapid and desperate wails.
From a distance, the river surface stretching for two or three thousand meters was filled with frozen wolves, half of their bodies stuck under the ice and half of their bodies exposed outside.
As for the very few who had not yet had time to go down to the river, they were frightened and retreated, quickly turning around and fleeing to the north.
However, since the entire battlefield was an open plain, they had no cover from any plants and were quickly killed by the swooping dragon riders on their way to escape.
You must know that both winter wolves and wargs will pose a huge threat to agriculture and animal husbandry.
They are well aware that tracking prey in the wild is much more difficult than raiding human villages and towns.
Therefore, they often take advantage of dark and windy nights to attack cattle, sheep, horses, mules, donkeys, as well as poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, etc. in the corrals.
Every successful hunt means that a farmer will suffer unimaginable losses, and may even go bankrupt and commit suicide.
In addition, these cunning magical predators do not mind treating humans, especially children who have no ability to resist, as potential food when they can't find other better meat.
Therefore, in areas where wargs and winter wolves frequently appear, many towns will issue long-term bounties to encourage hunters and adventurers to hunt them and ensure that they do not multiply to a terrifying scale.
Seeing that most of the wolves had been killed on the river, Vera's face suddenly showed a satisfied expression, and she once again turned her gaze to the charging heavy cavalry.
At this moment, these huge monsters, which had already increased their speed, made a big circle on the wide right wing, then reorganized their formation, held high the terrifying colorful flag, and launched a thunderous charge once again.
Boom boom boom!!!
With a deafening roar and a tremor in the earth, they crashed straight into the main force of trolls, giants and ogres.
This group of big guys, whose shortest height was three meters, immediately changed direction, raised their super spears, which were specially used to defend against cavalry charges and had an average length of more than twelve meters, and began to support the defensive formation.
A war troll who had obviously received magical transformation and training from the Church of Bane, the god of tyranny, was waving a sword that symbolized command and shouting at his men, "Hold on! Hold on, everyone!
Don't be afraid! It's no big deal! Don't forget we are trolls!
The invincible trolls! Nothing can kill us without acid and fire! Just think of how much good Lord Fuzor Chamberlain will generously reward us if we win this war!
So don’t retreat!
No running away!
Be courageous and use your spears to resist the charge of the enemy cavalry!"
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!”
"Kill them all!"
“Eat them!”
…
It has to be said that compared to the cunning of the Warg and Winter Wolves, the trolls' brains are indeed not enough (their intelligence attribute is only six points, slightly higher than that of beasts but lower than that of goblins. From the perspective of normal humans, they are pure idiots), and they are very, very easy to fool.
Generally speaking, as long as you can satisfy the appetite that is very easy to get hungry, and then make these fools believe that you are stronger than them, you can drive them to serve you.
It was obvious that these trolls who had been fed by Zhentil Keep for some time were very confident that Fuzor Chamberlain had endless food and meat so that they would never go hungry.
So they have an inexplicable fanaticism and loyalty towards Fuzzol Chamberlain.
If circumstances permit, the Tyrant of the Moon Sea actually wants to retain an army of trolls.
After all, trolls who are not afraid of being injured, will not die from ordinary physical attacks, and can regenerate infinitely are simply natural and perfect warriors and soldiers.
As for the two weaknesses of weak fire and weak acid, strictly speaking, they are not weaknesses at all.
You have to know that even human or orc soldiers will not perform much better than trolls when facing fire and acid attacks.
It's a pity that the cost of raising a troll is equivalent to that of seven or eight human or orc soldiers, which is very economically unprofitable.
So Fuzzle Chamberlain had no choice but to give up and planned to abandon all the big-bellied guys like trolls, giants and ogres.
Soon, twelve phalanxes made entirely of trolls were tightly packed together, forming a terrifying forest of guns.
In particular, their arms are much longer than those of other humanoid races, so they are more adept at using long-handled weapons.
A twelve-meter-long super spear like this, which humans and orcs simply cannot wield, is just right for the trolls.
Coupled with the sturdy metal armor, not to mention the cavalry composed of war horses or camels, even the famous War Dragon (a large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur that has been transformed and domesticated through magic, which can be regarded as a smaller version of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and is also covered in heavy armor) would be instantly frightened by the densely packed and coldly shining gun tips and stop, not daring to approach at all.
After all, animals' instinct is to seek benefits and avoid harm.
It is impossible for them to rush upwards knowing that they will die if they crash into it.
Otherwise, many heavy cavalry would not deliberately cover their horses' eyes when charging.
But unfortunately, what these troll spearmen encountered this time were not living creatures, but corpse-smacking creatures that were transformed by splicing together corpses.
As a kind of undead, they have neither thoughts nor emotions, and do not know what fatigue and fear are. They will only obey the orders given by their riders 100%.
The rider receives orders from the commander through the Shuoyou mobile terminal in the fully enclosed helmet.
They are like gears in a precision machine, able to maintain or change formation even while moving at high speeds.
Anyone who knows something about modern warfare can see that this is definitely the result of high informatization.
The scepter in Vera's hand, which symbolizes command authority, is actually an information aggregation device that allows the holder to clearly feel the location, status, and casualties of the more than 8,000 new troops.
Simply put, it is to flatten the complex battlefield and turn it into a simple real-time strategy game.
Just like a game player uses a mouse to precisely control each unit, she can make each soldier move forward or backward, or make a detour and perform some tedious and complicated micro-operations.
Instructions like pushing the battle line forward two meters or raising the lances half an inch are no longer jokes or memes, but can actually play a role.
It’s a pity that outsiders don’t know the secrets of the fully enclosed helmet and the command staff, nor can they understand what high informationization means to war.
In less than half a minute, Vera controlled her cavalry and put on a fierce show in front of the enemy.
The heavy cavalry, which had been charging in a spearhead formation, suddenly made a sharp turn less than thirty meters away from the target, and split into two teams with incredible coordination, one on the left and one on the right, half-trapping the troll's spear phalanx.
Tyro, a general under King Shane VII, led the camel cavalry in a circle, throwing the oil cans they carried with them into the area where the trolls were most concentrated, and then shot rockets to ignite the oil.
In a blink of an eye, the trolls who were ready to meet the cavalry charge in the previous second began to flee in panic in the next second.
Even with the support of war trolls, it’s useless.
As we all know, the most important reason why the spear phalanx can resist the cavalry charge to a certain extent is that it must not be chaotic and must maintain sufficient thickness and tight formation.
But now, the trolls under the threat of the flames have obviously suffered a mental breakdown. They are either fleeing in all directions or desperately trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
There is no way! The fear of fire and strong acid has long been deeply engraved in their genes, so this reaction is both natural and instinctive, and cannot be eliminated in a short period of time by discipline and training.
At this time, the heavy cavalry who had just formed a semi-encirclement began to follow, chase, and trample on them. Before long, they successfully annihilated twelve troll phalanxes and more than five hundred trolls.
Some of them were burned to death as the flames spread outward, while a small number were simply chopped into several or even dozens of sections, and then trampled upon, and it would take some time for them to put themselves back together.
However, even fatal injuries such as having one's head chopped off, limbs separated from the torso, and intestines and other internal organs taken out are nothing to a troll with unlimited regenerative abilities.
In a few hours at most, they will be able to become lively again but in a smaller size.
After dealing with the trolls defending the flank, the heavy cavalry quickly set their sights on the phalanx in the enemy's center that was fighting with their own infantry.
However, at this time, almost dozens of minutes had passed since the war started, and the sky had become completely dark.
Except for the new Amn army, which can still clearly distinguish the surrounding situation with the help of the Shuoyou mobile terminal, the rest of the coalition forces, which are mainly composed of humans, have begun to have difficulty seeing the situation on the battlefield clearly.
To be on the safe side, some officers began to become more cautious in their tactics, preferring to be a little more conservative rather than move forward rashly.
Obviously, this was the opportunity to retreat that Fuzzol Chamberlain had been waiting for.
Without any hesitation, he directly ordered the transport ship docked near the river to head east, while he and Mansong stayed where they were and continued to pretend to give orders.
After all, given the current situation, if Fu Zuoer Chamberlain also ran away, the cannon fodder on the entire battlefield would probably collapse in a minute.
What's more, there was one thing he hadn't done yet, which was to send the black dragons and green dragons that were lured with a large sum of money to die.
Of course, this is not an easy thing to do.
Especially the green dragon, who is insidious and cunning and will never trust anyone. He is a natural at playing tricks.
So Fuzzol Chamberlain had to make himself look confident and make the other party believe that he had a complete plan to turn defeat into victory.
He first pretended to issue some orders for a counterattack, then turned around and said to the dragons: "I need your help now!"
"Help? What kind of help?"
An adult male green dragon asked back very vigilantly.
As the green dragons who claim to be the smartest among the evil colored dragons, they obviously saw the previous situation on the battlefield and understood that the other side had a considerable air force.
Although he was proud and did not think that these dragon beasts with low intelligence that allowed lowly humans to ride on their backs could pose any threat to him as a true dragon, the astonishing number was still worth being careful about.
What's more, the coalition forces also have a very powerful mage group.
A dragon might look down on ordinary troops bound to the ground by gravity, but it will never look down on any spellcaster.
Especially when they gather together, even the lowest level of magic can cause terrible damage as long as there are enough of them.
"It's simple! Let's teach those heavy cavalrymen who are recklessly charging, cutting, and encircling on the battlefield a lesson.
I need some time to plan a counterattack.
I believe you should also know that humans cannot have very good eyesight at night, and this is our opportunity to make up for the disadvantage.
As for the enemy's flying dragon troops, ignore them for now.
If they launch an attack, you can immediately withdraw and use the enchanted crossbows and bed crossbows to kill them."
Fu Zuoer Chamberlain acted as if he was sure of winning and said so.
He understood that before he left, he had to resolve the hidden dangers posed by these dragons.
Otherwise, let’s not talk about whether these dragons would turn around and loot and destroy Baldur’s Gate after discovering that they had been deceived, which would eventually lead to Zuo Si’s anger.
The mere thought of getting myself into trouble every now and then in the future would be enough to give me a headache.
You have to know that the vengeance attribute of dragons, especially evil dragons, is maxed out.
Shane IV caused the destruction of the empire and his own family simply because he betrayed the then-young loli Iryklathasagran "Sharptooth"; a group of nobles united and offered a reward to kill Balagos "Flying Flame", but the territories of these nobles and their castles were reduced to ashes in the blazing flames.
Therefore, the cost and price of offending a dragon is simply unimaginable.
As the saying goes, things change over time.
Don’t underestimate the threat posed by today’s teenage or newly adult dragons.
But the problem is that you have no idea at what exaggerated speed they will grow after being stimulated, and whether they will eventually become one of the Dragon Kings of the continent of Faerun.
Therefore, these green dragons and black dragons must die tonight! Otherwise, any one who survives will be a disaster.
Since most green dragons are lawful evil creatures and all come from the Dragon Forest near Soba, they immediately got together for a brief discussion, and ultimately chose to agree as they did not find any overly obvious traps.
As for the other black dragons, they acted indifferent and agreed very readily after some bargaining.
The cost is nothing more than the amount of gold coins worth of treasure or magic items that can be obtained during this action.
Since Fuzzle Chamberlain had no intention of paying, he felt very comfortable writing the bad check.
After all, according to the traditions and rules of mercenaries, there is no need to pay military pay or bounties for the dead. It is the same if a person is replaced by a dragon, there is no difference.
It's not that he didn't keep his promise, but he wants to blame the other party for not surviving.
Filled with desire for wealth, these evil dragons, the youngest of whom was only a teenager and the oldest was only a middle-aged man, quickly took off into the air under the cover of night, carefully avoiding everyone's sight, intending to find an opportunity to dive down and spit out their deadly breath.
The dragon breath spewed out by the green dragon and the black dragon both cause strong acid damage, but one is gas and the other is liquid.
但要是比谁的杀伤面积更大，一定非绿龙可以扩散的酸雾莫属。
不过这些恶龙并不知道，自己前脚刚出发，傅佐尔·钱伯瑞后脚就给左思发动了魔法传讯。
后者在收到信息之后，迅速释放了几个预言系法术，确认了这七条恶龙的位置，但却并没有选择轻举妄动，脸上仍旧挂着波澜不惊的淡淡微笑，让人摸不清楚他脑子里究竟在想些什么。
大概七八分钟左右，当这些黑龙和绿龙锁定地面上重骑兵的位置打算开始俯冲的时候，突然看到从云层之中冲出了好几只身上泛着金色、银色光芒的同类。
善良阵营的金属龙？！ 他们脸色勃然大变，根本顾不上去理会地面上的敌人，而是纷纷开始吟唱龙语魔法，竭尽所能在开始近距离搏杀之前给自己身上多加持几个防护魔法。
只可惜，这些家伙只简单加持了一两个法师护甲、护盾术、阵营防护——善良，对方便已经扑了上来。
在其中一条金龙的背上，赫然坐着一名留着金色长发的精灵少女，正是前不久被左思派出去摇人的歌尔萨尼娅。
事实上，她在两天之前就已经跟左思取得了联系，并要求率领金属龙们加入到联军之中，但是却被拒绝了。
理由嘛……
自然就是为了眼前这一幕出于所有人预料之外的伏击。
“冲啊！干掉这些提亚玛特的邪恶子嗣！正义必胜！”
歌尔萨尼娅拔出一柄泛着寒光的秘银长剑大声高呼。
由于她暂时失去了飞行能力，因此并没有变化成为巨龙形态，而是以骑士的身份加入战斗，纵身一跃跳上其中一条黑龙的背上，并将武器狠狠插进对方的翅膀边缘。
“啊！！！！！！！你这该死的金龙婊子！我要撕碎你！”
黑龙吃痛之下马上扭过头，想要将这个不知道因为什么原因维持在精灵形态的死敌拽下来。
但遗憾的是歌尔萨尼娅手里有传送指环，立刻启动又回到了之前那条金龙的背上，如法炮制给另外一条绿龙的脖子上开了道放血口。
于是乎，这场善良阵营金属龙和邪恶阵营色彩龙的空战，就这样在无数双眼睛的注视下上演了。
左思麾下那五百人的空中部队看到目标已经被缠住，立刻纷纷升空围了过去，打算与金属龙配合将这些恶龙一条一条的重创、捕获。
相比起天空之上的精彩战斗，地面上的战斗也同样进入到白热化。
尤其是重骑兵一次又一次硬顶着箭雨和长矛发起的碾压式冲锋，让许多没见过什么大世面的北地城镇代表目瞪口呆。
很多坐骑身上都插着几根乃至十几根长矛，不断从体内涌出像是血液一样的那红色液体，可仍旧没有半点停下来的意思，依然一次又一次带头冲向长矛方阵。
践踏！
践踏！
践踏！
就连跟在后边的骆驼骑兵和银月城骑士这会儿也已经杀红了眼。
那种热血沸腾无可匹敌的感觉，让每一个人都为之深深地着迷、上瘾。
如果不是他们的坐骑已经累垮了，只能先撤回来进行修整，否则绝对会跟随在后面直至把所有怪物全部赶尽杀绝。
就在联军方面不断在正面战场挤压对手活动和生存空间的时候，一千多名躲在暗处的黑暗精灵终于亮出了锋利的獠牙。
在出色潜行能力和隐形药水的帮助下，他们凭借自己娇小的身形轻而易举渗透进了敌人的大后方，然后瞬间从黑暗中跳出，挥舞锋利的弯刀和长剑，以迅雷不及掩耳的速度插进目标眼睛、下颚、后颈、心脏等要害部位。
尤其是泛着诡异光泽的剑刃上，一看就知道涂抹了足以致命的神经和肌肉毒素。
仅仅一击！ 便有上千个食人魔和丘陵巨人倒在了血泊之中。
其高超的杀戮效率根本不是正面战场上那些士兵所能比拟的。
还没等敌人来得及反应过来发生了什么，黑暗精灵便再次喝下隐形药水消失在阴影之中。
还不到三五秒钟之后，他们便又一次选定目标集体出手，直接让十几个步兵方阵像割麦子一样纷纷倒下。
有些比较聪明的家伙在意识到卓尔的恐怖偷袭暗杀能力之后，纷纷摆出背靠着背的圆阵试图以此来进行防御。
但他们显然忘记了，黑暗精灵拥有远超其他种族的敏捷属性。
不少黑暗精灵战士在成年之后都拥有高达二十点以上的夸张敏捷属性。
而敏捷意味着更出色的平衡感、神经反射速度、身体协调能力。
简单总结起来就是在他们的眼中，那些敏捷达不到十八点的敌人进行攻击和防御时的动作简直就跟慢镜头一样。
这也是为什么黑暗精灵明明体型更小、力量和耐力更是出了名的差，但却能创造出恐怖战绩的原因。
再加上魔法药剂、神术和奥术的加持，即便是巨魔、巨人和食人魔在他们面前也很难占到什么便宜。
毕竟你有力气也得能打的到人家才行。
当葵露率领黑暗精灵第三次离开阴影庇护的时候，所有人终于见识到了令地表世界闻之色变的“卓尔”究竟恐怖在哪里。
一些战士等级比较高的家伙甚至像舞者一样，在月光的照射下跳起来踩着敌人手中的长枪冲到近前，以迅雷不及掩耳的速度刺进对方眼窝，随即一个滑铲从另外一名身材高大的敌人胯下钻过躲开了其他人的攻击，还顺手帮这个倒霉蛋完成了去势。
动作迟缓的食人魔、巨魔和巨人，在这些身材矮小、灵活无比的黑皮肤精灵面前，就像是被玩弄于股掌之上的傻大个。
尤其是它们动辄十几米的长柄武器，在近距离下别说是发挥作用了，不帮倒忙误伤友军都算是好事。
毫无疑问，战争打到这个份上胜负已经很明显了。
无论是正面节节推进的重装步兵，还是不断从侧翼发起冲击的重甲骑兵，亦或是在头顶把几条恶龙团团围住进行正义群殴的空军，都已经取得了压倒性的优势。
而黑暗精灵们从后方发起的迅猛突袭则是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。
眼见大局已定，傅佐尔·钱伯瑞立刻对身边曼松最后一具克隆体说道：“事情已经搞定了，我们也该离开了。不然的话银月城女王——艾拉斯卓，肯定不介意在这种占据绝对优势的情况下跟我们算算账。”
“当然没问题！来，抓紧我。”
曼松最后的克隆体浮现出了一个非常淫荡的笑容，示意对方搂住自己的腰。
“……”
傅佐尔·钱伯瑞的嘴角明显在剧烈抽搐，强忍着心中的恶心选择了照做。
没过一会儿功夫，他们就施展传送魔法消失的无影无踪。
与此同时，左思察觉到两人已经离开后，立刻给法师团下达了火力全开的指示。
要知道眼下的联军中可不止有吸收了翡翠结社的蒙面法师公会和奥法秘术会的成员，还有来自银月城和深水城的法师团。
如此强大的力量，就连以奥术魔法立国的塞尔红袍来了也得躲着走。
更不用提眼前这些已经失去散提尔堡魔法力量保护的炮灰。
在上千名法师和术士的联合施法下，一颗颗燃烧的陨石、巨大的火球、充满毁灭力量的雷电风暴便如同雨点般砸在敌人的阵地上。
没有同情！
没有怜悯！
更不会接受任何投降！ 有的只是毫不留情的屠戮！ 一些被逼到死角的怪物试图转身逃进博德之门依托城墙防守，还有些则想要穿过已经冰封的冲萨河，但最终都被从天而降的龙骑士杀了个片甲不留。
尽管这些魔法基因技术制造出来的速生龙类，并不像费伦大陆的真龙那样拥有极高的智商、类法术能力和魔法抗性。
但在吐息威力方面却并不弱，也能听懂背上骑士下达的复杂命令，非常适合干这种尾随追杀逃兵的活。
在它们的追杀下，基本没有什么怪物能够活着离开战场范围，哪怕现如今已经是漆黑的夜晚。
“呼——终于结束了呢。比我想象中要快得多。看来通过这一战，你基本可以奠定自己在西海岸无可动摇的统治地位。”艾拉斯卓长长的出了一口气评价道。
可左思却笑着摇了摇头回应道：“不，女士，这不是结束，而是开始。属于我的世代马上就要来了，你准备好迎接一场前所未有的冲击与变革了吗？”
“呵呵，我当然准备好了。
事实上我不仅精神上做好了迎接冲击的准备，身体上也同样准备好了。
不如我们今天晚上就秉烛夜谈，讨论一下关于冲击的话题？”
Alustriel licked his lips inadvertently and hinted meaningfully.
Such blatant and undisguised words immediately made the Waterdeep Lord Piergalen, who led the troops, choke on his own saliva. He kept coughing violently, and it took him a long time to recover. He explained with embarrassment, "Sorry, I... my mouth is a little too dry, so I urgently need to replenish some water."
After saying this, he hurriedly took a glass of wine from the servant beside him, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
As for Kelben standing aside, he could only hold his forehead and sigh helplessly.
In his opinion, Alustriel was excellent in almost every way.
Whether it is personal charm, gentle and considerate character, beautiful appearance, tall and sexy figure, strong sense of responsibility and mission, keen political sense, excellent governance and ruling ability...
If one were to find a sister from the North who was closest to a man's idea of a perfect partner, Alustriel would definitely be at the top of the list.
Otherwise, Sammaster, who was disappointed with the second-generation magic goddess, would not have fallen so quickly under her tender offensive and even fallen into deep obsession.
But there is one small problem: Alustriel has a rather messy private life.
She gave birth to twelve children with an elf lord who had once helped her, and had relationships with countless others.
The much-talked-about bath is definitely an obvious invitation.
Many people even regard it as a romantic encounter.
Normally only those who demonstrate extraordinary talents and qualities are qualified to enter and spend a joyful time with Her Majesty the Queen.
After all, a man and a woman were naked in the same room for an hour or two. Do you believe that they were just taking a bath? Anyway, Kyle, who was also a chosen one of the Magic Goddesses, didn't believe it at all.
"Don't worry, ma'am. We will have plenty of opportunities in the future. But before that, let's eliminate the remaining enemies and recapture Baldur's Gate."
Zuo Si calmly rejected Elastro again.
As a politician, he is well aware of the importance of maintaining his image of fairness and impartiality.
Especially in a public occasion like now, if you show even the slightest greed or lust, the character that you spent a lot of effort to build up will collapse in an instant.
No matter what they want to do in the future, representatives from other towns will think that Zuo Si has an affair with Alastor and will definitely favor Silvermoon City or even the Silvermoon Alliance, so they must not give in at all.
"That's a real shame."
Elastro was obviously used to being rejected, so he just smiled and didn't continue to pester her.
After dealing with this woman who held a significant influence in the North, Zuo Si once again turned his gaze to the only public lord representing Waterdeep City, and smiled and asked tentatively: "Sir Pirgalen, after this war is over, I plan to open an air route from Askatra to Waterdeep City. What do you think?"
“Of course.
Haven't we already joined the Trade Alliance?
Just do everything according to the rules.
And from my personal point of view, I have actually long wanted to join this trade organization that unifies markets and tariffs.
Unfortunately, the guild leaders and nobles were always arguing, so it was delayed for a while."
Pierre Gallen also responded with a smile.
Although he had previously had a big quarrel with Khelbourne and other lords who agreed with the treaties, he was still very graceful and consistent when dealing with the outside world.
This is why Waterdeep can stand firm in the North and continue to grow and develop.
They appear to be democratic, but in reality they implement an elitist oligarchic political system, which effectively guarantees social stability and the continuity of their own long-term policies.
What's more, joining the trade alliance means getting a share of the lucrative New World trade.
This is what all the forces that have witnessed the rapid expansion of Amn's wealth in the past two years most desire.
“Excellent!
With the addition of Waterdeep, the trade alliance covers the entire west coast of Faerun, from the Shining Sea, the Steam Lake to the Sea of Swords, the Sword Coast, and all areas of the Dragon Coast, covering a population of more than 10 million.
And the huge market will benefit all of us.
To celebrate this historic moment and today's glorious victory.
I suggest we have a toast to wish you all a happy cooperation, what do you think? "
Zuo Si slowly stood up and winked at the guard at the door.
The latter immediately understood what he meant, and quickly went out to get dozens of silver cups to distribute to the representatives of each town present, and then poured a glass of wine for each person.
It was obvious that he did this not out of boredom or any socializing, but to use the victory on the battlefield to force Waterdeep to surrender in public and thereby declare his unshakable leadership.
In other words, from today on, the leader of this area has been completely replaced.
From now on, Waterdeep will no longer have the power to convene other towns to form an alliance. At the same time, the Northern Lords' Alliance, an organization established to counter the Antiluskan Arcane Brotherhood, is officially disbanded from this moment on.
The trade alliance not only covers all the functions of the Northern Lords' Alliance, but also further deepens the economic cooperation between each other.
Compared with the former, the latter has no need to continue to exist at all.
Looking at the wine glass in his hand, Piergalen's eyes were clearly filled with suppressed anger and unwillingness.
Even though he had anticipated this outcome when he came here, he still couldn't help feeling humiliated when it really came.
Because during the time when he was the open lord, Waterdeep not only failed to make further progress, but also lost its leadership in the North.
Representatives from other towns seemed to realize something as well, and they watched with bated breath as the power transition between the old and new overlords took place.
But no matter how angry he was, Pierre Gallen showed the qualities of a politician. He forced a smile, raised his glass and said, "I wish that we can become more prosperous under the leadership of Lord Soth! Let the people live a better life than before! Cheers!"
"cheers!"
…
As they spoke in unison, the hearts of everyone present were relieved and they all raised their glasses and drank them all.
Khelbourne hid in the back and whispered to his wife Leila, "This day has come earlier than we expected, hasn't it? By the way, how are your arrangements going in the Kingdom of Cormyr?"
“Don’t worry, Yasan IV has agreed to our proposal.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Iron Princess Yalucel will personally lead a fleet to intercept the ships of Zhentil Castle at sea.
I guarantee that Fuzzol Chamberlain will not be able to transport even one-third of the supplies this time."
Leila raised the corners of her mouth slightly and revealed a meaningful smile.
(End of this chapter)