Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2370 Bane's Oath

Compared with the later Toril wizards, the great arcanists of the Nether Empire, who still had the temperament of slave owners, were much more cruel.

Until now, the unkillable toad is still imprisoned in the ruins of the Star Tower in the continent of Faerun.

Bazim, who can be compared with the Mother of Slaad, even has several lieutenants with medium-level divine power, and they knew where he was from the beginning.

However, until now, Bazim is still trapped in a small, dark, dilapidated house in the ruins... That is a cage set up with the energy of twelve Miser energy cores and the full strength of twelve great arcanists.

Unless Bazim can get all the Slaad lords to work together to rescue him wholeheartedly, he still has a little hope of getting out.

However, this is absolutely impossible.

Although she is also an existence that is hated by her own kind, the Mother of Slaad still cares about the continuation of her race!

But Bazim only wants to burn the whole world, including his own strong people... He hopes that he can be the only lord.

Come to think of it, this guy is not without any chance of escape.

For example, if Toril has two spell plagues in a row.

The two gaps in spell energy still provide opportunities for an old toad like Bazim who has existed since ancient times.

But, it is absolutely impossible to do it once.

Only the cross-shaped lines can break through the weak points.

Thinking of this, Hill suddenly felt better...Edna's appearance made this opportunity even more impossible.

Bazim didn't get this chance, so he might have to stay in that small dark room until the day when Toril explodes completely.

Bazim couldn't kill him because of his identity as a Slaad... no matter who killed him, he would be resurrected in the Sea of ​​Chaos soon.

The archmages won't let him off so easily.

The only way to deal with this kind of thing is eternal imprisonment.

As for the other stupid arcanists who mixed up with Bazim and used mages as nutrients... the great arcanists were the first ones to figure out how to sell the souls of living things to the devil.

The method of using soul stones made from the souls of pigs, dogs, cows and sheep to impersonate human soul stones was also developed by this group of guys.

So, the consequences for those idiots are predictable.

Those broken stones that fill their souls most often appear in the bodies of sows... They can even completely empathize with them.

That is a continuation that will never stop until their souls are completely shattered and even their essence no longer exists.

From then on, no one, let alone evil gods, devils or demons, had ever had such an idea again, even though that thing was really tempting.

Just like Zhentarin at this moment, and Bane behind him would not take the initiative to make the existence of this thing clear, even the evil gods and their men would try their best to ensure that the news related to this thing is not leaked as much as possible.

Human greed is endless. Even if they know how terrible the consequences will be, they will still take the risk for temporary benefits.

Especially, in this world that seems to value mages very much, but is also accustomed to sacrificing mages.

Talona, ​​are you really crazy?

Hill sincerely doubted that she had lost all reason when she chose to leave Shar and serve under Bane.

Although Shar has been playing a balancing game between Talona and Loviata, and has once ruined Talona's plan for Loviata...but it is obvious that she is the one who is protected more!
Lovita should be the one who turned around and left first!

As a result, when the goddess of abuse was still hesitating and worried about being killed by Shar, Talona jumped ahead.

Few people in Toril could understand Talona's mind.

Even though it's chaotic, we should never fail to respect the strong!

If Bane really had the ability to compete with Shar, he wouldn't have to stay in the Astral Realm every day and be ready to escape at any time!
The only advantage of following Bane is that Bane will indeed provide benefits other than shelter. Unlike Shar, it is lucky enough that he can accept their existence. It is basically impossible to get anything from her.

Moreover, she would only come out to judge when everything was over. No matter how badly she was beaten in the meantime, Shar would not care.

But... at least at the end, Shar was able to come out and save her life!

Bane would give benefits, but if Loviatar could really kill Talona, ​​Bane would definitely not come out and waste his divine power.

Although some people in Toril have always suspected that it was Talona who hated beautiful goddesses the most because of her cursed face that would age forever...but could she even be jealous of Shar?

If she really chose to backstab Shar for such a ridiculous reason, then she would indeed be close to true madness.

In Hill's impression, including the inherited memory, the most chaotic and craziest real creature is Sendam, the mother of the Slaad.

But even if it was Sendam, it could be seen from her appearance that time that she could actually analyze the pros and cons... Not caring doesn't mean she doesn't understand.

When she needs to understand, she will suddenly become clear-headed.

And Sendam would never do what Talona is doing now!

No wonder that Talona believer said everything before, but kept this matter in his heart and dared not say a word.

This guy would never have said anything if he hadn't noticed that Zhentarin was obviously communicating with William on behalf of Bane and was planning to use him and Talona as part of the deal.

Of course he knew that this matter would be exposed sooner or later... From the attitude of the Undead, it can be seen that it is only a matter of time before the Tower of Despair is overthrown.

But he was counting on William to focus most of his attention on Bane, the most hated man in Toril, and ignore his existence, giving him a chance to escape before that happened.

However, the Talona believer was shocked to find that the Zhentarim, whom he thought he had taken into account, had already prepared a big move to kill him with a backhand move.

Of course, Zhentarin was actually deceived and cheated by the complicated main god of his family, otherwise he would never have allowed his body to suffer so much.

But now the followers of Talona have lost the ability to think about the cause and effect, and can only choose to expose the most terrible secrets to save their own lives.

Although by doing so, he would certainly never be able to return to Toril.

But, as long as he can stay alive, does he have to consider where to live?
If he really cannot survive, then the Styx is more suitable for him than the kingdom of God where his own god will surely be shattered.

The followers of Talona whose memories remain in Toril, the city of death that was not controlled by Kelemvor and where devils and demons were allowed to come and go, still have some confidence in their lives after death.

But if he became a petitioner of Talona, ​​he would have no chance at all... After his soul essence was integrated into the kingdom of God, even if he didn't care whether the one who was alive was himself or not, he would not be able to have another life.

The Talona believer who exposed this most shameless and disgusting secret buried his head deeply between his legs and did not dare to look back at all.

As a Torilian, he knew very well that what he and his accomplices in the Tower of Despair had done to help Talona was an evil deed that even the most evil devils and demons would find unbelievable.

Even if he knew the seriousness of the matter and chose to let the wizard of this world preside over the birth ceremony of the Fruit of Wisdom himself, the sin he would bear would not be reduced.

However, when he was sure that this world belonged to the devil and evil gods, he was still hoping for the best.

Although he did not take the fruit of wisdom due to some concerns, a peculiar fragrance would burst out at the moment when the fruit matured... It could replenish one's blood and energy, not only recover all hidden injuries, but also randomly increase some strength and stamina.

As long as he didn't eat it, he could convince himself that it hadn't come to that point yet...but he still knew what he had done.

It didn't matter when no one knew, but in a crowd, he couldn't control himself and didn't dare to feel the contemptuous looks from others.

What Torilian is unaware of the viciousness of this matter?
Although the great arcanists of the Naishe Empire did not leave many things to future generations, the fate of those who were related to the Fruit of Wisdom has always existed deep in the memory of the human upper echelons.

The story of the Star Tower has never really been a secret.

The only things that are kept secret are the method of making the fruit of wisdom and its use.

William took a deep breath and exhaled heavily. It took him a long time to let the breath that was blocking his chest go out.

He didn't want to look at the face of Talona's believer at all. He just stared at Zhentarim and said, "Bane, you really didn't participate in this?"

Zhentarin hesitated for a few seconds and answered simply: "My Lord said, if he really has anything to do with this matter, then let the nonsense written by you undead come true!"

Then he couldn't help but ask, "What's the story? Could you please share it with me?"

William glanced at him... Although this Zhentarim acted heartless and cared more about gossip about his master than the fruit of wisdom, Bane swore on the book that William still believed that the tyrannical king was indeed not involved.

Although the books of the Undead contain many random guesses and inexplicable exaggerations, the main god worshipped by those who wrote the books is the God of Knowledge, Trashir, so they simply cannot write about things that do not exist.

But if the story is true, but their evidence is insufficient to write it down, and they can only use adjectives such as "maybe", "perhaps", or "rumor from a reliable person", then the moment there is sufficient evidence, all the books written by them will remove those adjectives from the related stories and return to their true nature.

These words were spoken directly by Bane's voters, and Bane did not deny them. So if he was lying, then the pamphlet would no longer be nonsense.

(End of this chapter)