Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2364 The tacit understanding of the old bitch
Of course, just when poor Zhentarin was about to brag a little and buy himself more chances to survive, he was hit by a wake-up call.

After understanding his origins, the undead told him without hesitation that Zhentarin Castle was already in ruins.

There are even more sentences starting with "Bane didn't tell you..."

It only took Zhentarin ten minutes to go from initial disbelief to final despair.

He almost muttered to himself, "No wonder Bane sold me out so easily."

"It sounds like you have a high status in Zhentarim!" 'Perfect Bald' stuck his head out and asked seriously.

Zhentarin stared deeply at the knight who seemed to be a halfling and had just smashed all their retreating routes with a shield: "When I left Zhentil Keep, Fuzol Cherbery and the Altar of the Black Lord officially broke up. As an orthodox Bane believer, I should stand on the side of the orthodox church of the Altar of the Black Lord.

But, as a cousin of Prince Manshaan and a member of the Zhentarim they preside over, I cannot become their enemy.

So, when Bane was looking for someone willing to travel far away, mainly to lurk in some other world, I volunteered.

So... all of this is gone?"

"Oh, Pastor Fuzor is the final winner. Although he deceived all the Bane priests in Zhentil Keep, he brought the greatest benefits to Bane.

Since you are Bane's voter, you should know his character.

Even if someone has tried to betray him in the past, as long as he can bring him more benefits than in the past, he will not pursue him in the short term, and may even treat him well.

Even the dead can be resurrected."

Zhentarin's face turned pale due to excessive blood loss, and his expression was very strange, and even faintly flushed: "It sounds like Fuzor finally became the king of Zhentil Keep? And was brought back to life by Bane?
Manshaan was the one who died more completely, right?
It’s a blessing.”

He is a voter of Bane and naturally knows his boss very well.

A tyrannical ruler is never the kind of person who would be generous and laugh off those who offend him.

He will only repay double, a hundred times or a thousand times.

If it is true as these people say, that Fuzzol not only betrayed Bane but also stabbed Manshaan in the back, then the tyrannical king will definitely not leave him with even a trace of his soul.

As for Manshan... Zhentarin, who knew his cousin well, was well aware of his temper and extremism caused by the palace coup that year.

Therefore, he must have been used by Fu Zuoer.

Therefore, even if he was loyal enough to Bane and was just deceived and led to bad consequences, the tyrannical king would not choose to help him.

Bane likes to take advantage of fools, but he definitely doesn't like to see fools among his men...but he also likes to see his men pretending to be fools.

Of course, the most important thing is the fall of Bane. Although the Zhentarim, as the chosen ones, can still be sure that their own main god seems to have completely disappeared and silently, in fact, the fire of life is still shining.

However, a priest like Fu Zor, who looks pious but is actually entangled in vested interests, can never see it.

Therefore, Zhentarin could understand why that guy would backstab Manshaan.

Although Manshaan has many flaws, he is still very loyal to Bane.

Even though he didn't know whether Bane could be resurrected, as long as he was the king of Zhentil Keep, he would never allow the Zhentarim to convert.

If Fuzzol wants to curry favor with some new god who replaces Bane, he must kill Manshawn.

The key is that he will let Manshaan take the blame for his conversion... Although it is not known whether Bane can be resurrected, people who are familiar with Bane are still very afraid of his insidiousness and viciousness.

How could I possibly rush to the front?

As long as Fuzzol is useful, can show enough loyalty in the future, and has no problems in name, Bane will definitely not be reluctant to use him.

When a tyrant looks at his subordinates, he basically only considers whether they are useful... Loyalty is important, but it does not mean that loyalty is useful.

But, unless Fu Zor can guarantee that he will always be useful and will not be killed by external forces.

Do you really think that when Bane resurrects someone, he sacrifices his own divine power?
What he burned was the other person's soul essence.

The memories and abilities are indeed still his, but after the essence is consumed, what is resurrected and fills the incomplete essence may not be something else.

The more times he is resurrected, the more of himself Fuzzol will lose.

In the end, when he becomes more loyal and selfless than those gray-souled petitioners in the kingdom of God, Zhentarim believes that Bane will definitely give Fuzor a name that sounds absolutely high-sounding, but will not keep him in Toril to avoid being exposed.

After all, Toril always found people willing to kneel to Bane, and Fuzor would definitely not be the last.

Zhentarin sighed heavily... Damn it, I went out for a walk and my home is gone!
Although he had a good relationship with Manshaan, he was a follower of Bane, so he wouldn't feel bad because he was seeking his own death.

But as the only one among the twenty or so princes who had survived all the hardships in Zhentil Keep and had intact hands and feet, a complete body, and no evil things possessing him, he was really good at avoiding fights with high mortality rates.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so stupid as to destroy the Black Lord Altar, the Bane Orthodox Church that was behind their expulsion from Zhentil Keep, just because he felt that Manshaan had no control over the situation.

To put it bluntly, anyone who wanted to compete for the throne had tried to win over the Black Lord Altar.

It’s just that Manshan and his brothers are one step behind.

But the two men supported by the Black Lord's Altar were too cruel. In order to prevent future troubles, they captured all the princes who left Zhentil Keep... The Harper was happy to be the executioner who was used.

The hatred between them is as deep as the sea and will definitely not ease just because one of them is unlucky. The only possibility is to take the opportunity to kill as many as possible.

The few who managed to survive did not have a good ending. Manshan lost a hand.

Of course, after Manshan and Fuzor, the rebel of the Black Lord's Altar, cooperated, all the enemies who had brought them endless pain in the past were eliminated.

But at that time, Zhentarin felt that Manshaan trusted Fuzor too much.

To put it bluntly, you have no problem killing those people in the church who are plotting against you, but in order to support Fu Zor, you simply destroy the orthodox church of the Black Lord Altar, leaving Fu Zor alone in power?
When the church was only an important influencer of Parliament, it almost caused the extinction of the royal family!

Do you want to gamble with Fuzor's conscience... Do you think he is a paladin of Tyr?

But Zhentarin, who had long known that Manshaan survived by sacrificing his own brother's life, realized that he could do nothing.

Even though Manshaan was polite to him.

But Santalin was indeed the one who had never suffered any sin.

Even though everyone knew the reason was that he had no interest in the throne at all and had long planned to be Bane's lone believer... Bane never allowed his priests to become voters. Only lone rangers who dared to give up power were qualified.

As for Zhentarim who swore a lone ranger oath before God, of course no one would regard him as a competitor, but no one would take him too seriously either.

After all, at that time, he was not yet a voter of Bane.

Although Zhentarin was truly full of respect for his own main god, he always felt that his boss was a little sick, and it was normal that he was always being hunted by others.

Voters like him are basically sent by Bane to investigate the situation in various areas. If there is really an outdated and corrupt regime, Bane will ask them to help ambitious and powerful people to overthrow that regime.

However, most of Bane's churches are dictatorial and corrupt to the point of being unbearable.

According to the mission that Bane gave to the voters, the thing he should overthrow the most is Bane’s own church!
The work done by voters and the church is totally in opposition, so who else is there?

Zhentarin didn't notice... Of course, it's also possible that he didn't want to notice... Because of his mental breakdown, he said out loud all the words that he should have been thinking about in his heart.

Of course, this is also thanks to Yue Xiaoluo's timely support.

This guy really knows a lot, even the name of the brother killed by Manshaan.

"This Bane, the only survivor, is really interesting." Lister, who was floating beside Hill, couldn't help but laugh.

Hill couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Logically speaking, Bane is such a vicious and immoral person, how could he listen to such nonsense from his own voters!
Hill couldn't believe that Bane could just sit back and watch as his constituents were treated so badly.

But he just listened as Zhentarim was seduced into saying so many disrespectful words.

This guy is pretty bad, but he's really funny.
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William, who was not sure what he was thinking about, suddenly laughed after listening to Zhentarin's heartfelt words: "Speaking of which, Bane and I are not at the point of a life-and-death feud.

I even paid him copyright fees!
However, it is impossible to let you go just like that.

After all, you came here for me, didn't you?
If you want to kill me, you have to pay a price."

Zhentarin’s pale face was in panic: “Whatever happens, it’s fine as long as you don’t die.

But I can only say that I want to trick you, I can't say that I want to kill you, right?

Is it possible for an ordinary voter like me to kill a god?"
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"William, you're not working with Bane to cheat people, are you?" Lister asked a little confused.

"No, it's just that some old bastards always have a tacit understanding at some point." Hill answered seriously, "Even if we pay the copyright fee, cooperation is still impossible."

　Bane favors those who demonstrate drive and courage, and he aids those who seek to become conquerors, to build kingdoms from the wilderness, to bring order to chaos.

　　Bane followers are seen as saviors for slaughtering raiders, overthrowing corrupt rulers, or saving failing armies, but in just as many places, Bane followers are creating or supporting brutal dictatorships, aiding business monopolies, or bringing slavery where it didn't exist before.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)