Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2369 Fruit of Wisdom
William’s expression was out of control for a moment, and it was obvious that he was dazed.

Although he quickly returned to his expressionless state, anyone who knew him a little could understand that at that moment, he was a little unresponsive to what Mrs. Fungus had to say.

In William's mind, there is no difference between Talona and Lady Fungus. They both use crooked means to do extremely evil things.

Every time it goes out of the circle, it means the death of a large number of civilians.

But the real him must be with Shar, so he would probably get the same answer as the Zhentarim soon.

The voters of the Bane family were the most surprised: "Are you crazy? The most powerful force in the world is the devil?

Are you going to let them raise humans like pigs?

Talona...damn it! Even if my Lord is greedy, he will not continue to take her in!"

Zhentarim, who knew his Bane well, roared.

It is conceivable how evil this matter is that could make Bane, who is extremely greedy and doesn't care about offending a big shot like Shar, feel that he should not get involved.

In other words, apart from the devils and demons, even the evil gods living in the abyss don't think this can be done.

They are certainly not the type who would back off because of something too evil, but they would not hesitate to do anything because of the bitter consequences that this matter would cause.

Just like what Rose did, many evil gods could do it... but they were willing to get involved in the shit themselves and make it public. All the strong people in the multiverse with a little bit of ability knew about this kind of thing, and no evil god with a little self-esteem could do it.

Ben, obviously not.

No matter how thick-skinned one is, no matter how much one is insulted, when one mentions Bane, he is always a tyrant... He rules the world as a monarch.

Among the three gods of death, even the dumbest Baal could not put himself so low.

Of course, what Talona and Lady Fungus did was really evil, vicious and poisonous, otherwise Zhentarin would not have thought that the devil would take advantage of it after knowing about it.

Although demons may not necessarily think that disgusting things are truly disgusting, as long as they have a boss like him, they will pretend to be clean and well-educated.

But for Bane, once this matter gets out, people will think that Talona has something to do with him, or even that she was instructed by him... That would be a big deal that would really damage his most important foundation!
Although the Tyrannical King is very hated in the mainstream circles of Toril, in some special places, and in those worlds that are almost crazy due to the oppression of the despotic, greedy and corrupt monarchs, he appears as the "savior".

This is also the main reason why Bane is the hardest to kill among the three gods of death... There are always people who sincerely praise him and look forward to his coming.

Of all the gods and demons who sought to exploit the rebellious, uprising common people, Bane was the least harmful.

Therefore, among the lower-level mortals, Bane has a strong presence.

But... once the news of using mortals' flesh and blood to cultivate certain special fungi gets out, Bane, who still has a bit of human skin, will be completely finished.

From the importance he attaches to the Zhentarim, who are related to his priesthood of tyranny, it can be seen that Bane will never accept his transformation from a tyrant to an ogre.

"Sir..." Lister's call woke Hill, who was trying to suppress his murderous intent by thinking about Bane's thoughts.

When he came to his senses, he found that the long golden table under his hand had been pressed into a thin plate.

Hill took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly.

How could he forget?
Do you really think that a loose world like this, which doesn't care about mortal life at all, can shelter those truly poor people?

But, in a world where there are no laws or regulations and people can only survive by relying on the conscience of those in charge... the devil has come to the world!

However, Hill quickly came to his senses.

Although Vecna ​​entered the Tower of Despair very early and had ample time to plot against the Tower of Darkness, at that time he was only using the opponent's force to his advantage and had not yet completely taken control of the Tower of Despair.

Therefore, even though he had trapped the Black Mystery Tower into such a situation, he still suppressed his own existence to the point where no one knew about it.

And Talona arrived even later than the witch who was calculating the defense tower.

Apart from her, it is impossible for the others to be related to Lady Fungus.

Moreover, although the Fungus Lady knows these extremely evil methods, she never takes the initiative to do it herself.

It’s just that when an acquaintance comes to her and asks for these spores, she won’t refuse.

Therefore, there are even righteous gods who seek her for help... For example, those edible mushrooms that can survive in the lightless place thousands of meters underground with only a little fluorescence.

But Mrs. Fungus is also very homely, and she won’t trade with gods she’s not familiar with.

In order to establish a relationship with her, Rose paid a huge price and went through countless twists and turns before she finally got permission to enter the abyss residence of Lady Fungus.

As for Talona… Although plague and bacteria are not all within the scope of fungi, there are still overlaps.

Therefore, even though the relationship between Lady Fungus and Talona is not very good, if this guy brings something special that can be used in the research on those spores and goes to Lady Fungus to exchange it, Lady Fungus will still agree.

This person won't care about anything you do to the things she sends you, no matter what evil things you do, as long as you tell her whether the result is the same as she expected.

Liszt, who knew Hill well, had already combined the veiled dialogue on the giant screen with Hill's reaction. He could hardly hide his disgust and asked softly, "Sir, are they using human flesh and blood to cultivate the fruit of wisdom?"

In other worlds, it is difficult to find so many unattended remains of wizards like in this world.

What’s more, the most amazing thing is that the souls of these wizards have been plundered by the devil... They won’t even transform into undead to avenge themselves!
If it were Toril, using a large number of remains of mages, even those above the 7th or 8th ring, as a culture medium for cultivating the so-called "fruit of wisdom", which is actually poisonous mushrooms, would surely lead to a miserable death.

No matter whether they are mages from the good or evil camps, they will work together to take action when encountering such a thing. Even those old monsters that have been hiding for a long time and are almost assumed to be dead will rush out to kill.

Mages are all smart people, so how could they accept that the name 'Mage' is associated with a food that can make people live longer, be healthier and smarter?

Even if the person who is most suitable for this kind of thing is the mage himself.

Something like foundation may sound vague, but people who are in it will madly protect this foundation of their lives.

This kind of thing is definitely not the first time it has happened in the multiverse, but there has never been any evil power involved... The only few times it happened were with ancient demons of the level beyond the abyss, royal members and grand dukes before Asmodeus entered Hell, and Bazim Gorig, the toad who was as crazy as Sendam.

And these old guys were finally killed in the mages' crazy counterattack.

Although mages have always cherished their lives, and even plotted against each other, when faced with a situation that would make the profession of "mage" disappear directly and turn them into some kind of food, no one would be stingy with their own life.

The disasters in which the Abyss Demons and Devil Grand Dukes participated all happened before human mages gained the status of true powerful beings in the multiverse... So, although Hill could see some related battles in the inherited memories, and saw their courage to face death head-on, and their heroic spirit of rushing towards the huge demon and self-destructing together with their former enemies, he had no way of finding out their identities.

Those names have disappeared in the wind as the world they came from has been restarted several times.

But the one in Toril was a very clear story.

During the period of 600 BC recorded in the Valley Calendar, although the Nether Empire was still prosperous, it had already begun to slide towards its end... infighting and backstabbing continued to occur, and arcanists began to be expelled from the empire after their defeat.

The power of the Nether Empire is only within a certain range, and the power of the monsters on the continent of Faerun should not be underestimated.

These expelled arcanists, with their former colleagues trying to wipe them out behind them and monsters attacking them madly in front of them, fell into despair and did many extremely evil things.

For example, some arcanists simply migrated into the Nightmare demiplane, and their descendants were the roaming night terrors that were ugly to a certain extent... a kind of deformed creature that Hill would directly block when he saw it while roaming in those inherited memories.

Although the actions of these arcane masters were incredible, they did not harm others. Although Hill did not understand them, he could respect them.

But some people would choose to sacrifice the lives of others in despair, and even take the whole world with them... For example, the great wizard Ilvron who summoned Bazim-Gorig to the continent of Faerun.

The reason why the great wizards who appeared in the continent of Faerun in the following years would not use the name "Tower of Stars" even if they gave their magic towers some incomprehensible names was because of him.

This is a real idiot digging up his own roots, and no one wants to be associated with him.

In the end, Ilvellon chose to make the fruit of wisdom under the temptation of the toad.

He indeed became very powerful because of this, and to some extent could even be compared with the great arcanists who ruled the floating cities of the Nether Empire.

Of course, he was also the first person to have the twelve most powerful Archmages of the Floating City join forces to defeat the enemy... Even the most powerful gods did not have this honor.

(End of this chapter)