The Swordsman of Faerûn

Of course, the final results are similar, which shows that William's confession is basically more credible.

According to the confessions of the two captives, they were members of the Black Sword Legion from Zhentil Castle. One of the serious legions.

Once the Black Sword Legion was a powerful army composed of pure humans. This army was famous on the battlefield against chaos and evil. Orcs, monsters, giants, evil dragons, and even many demons and devils used to belong to them. The dead under the sword.

However, in recent decades, several orc battle groups have defected to Zhentil Castle almost unreasonably, and have sworn allegiance to the current lord of Zhentil Castle, Augus, and the gradually unreasonable Lord Augus is Ordered to incorporate orc warriors into the army, and the strongest orcs were incorporated into the Black Sword Legion.

Of course, this kind of forced mixing was not smooth at the beginning, but after decades of running-in, human soldiers found that it was still very useful for those strong and excessive orcs as cannon fodder, and they They also began to gradually get used to and accept the bad habits of the orcs, such as cruelty to captives, indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and evil behaviors such as cannibalism.

As soon as the great flood broke out, the Black Sword Legion received an order from the lord Oakes, and they wanted to collect the affected refugees as much as possible, and then take them back to Zhentil Castle as slaves.

Therefore, the members of the Black Sword Legion divided into countless small teams and went to various gates in the Tessa River Basin to carry out blockade tasks. They needed to cooperate with another legion to detain all the victims of the disaster. The river carried them down to Zhentil Keep on the northwestern shore of the Moonsea.

Most Zhentil Castle people, including the human swordsmen and spellcasters of the Black Sword Legion, believe that this will be a feast of wealth exclusively for the Zhentil Castle people. The lords and nobles eat meat. Drink soup with soldiers.

William felt that his whole body was not well, what the hell is this?Didn't we just play a more thrilling high-altitude disco?How did such a sinful disaster happen!

He couldn't help but ask the sky in silence, who is the boss who has the final say!What kind of grudges do we have, you are just cheating us, an honest boy!

As the saying goes, if you are not ruthless, you will not be able to stand firm.In order to be able to stand safely under this sky and live with a clear conscience, William thought he had to talk to the lord of Zhentil Castle.

Of course it's not the kind of assassin-style chat like Zhuan Zhu and Jing Ke, that kind of way is useless at all.Because through the confessions of the two captives, William discovered that the man-made disaster after the natural disaster was not just an evil that could be concealed by the greed of an unreasonable lord, it belonged to the original sin of the vested interests of the entire Zentilburg people.

Even if William brazenly took five steps to kill Augus, the lord of Zhentil Castle, he would not be able to prevent this disaster from happening, because what he wanted to fight was the entire city that exuded a sinister atmosphere.

Of course, due to the experience and knowledge of his previous life, William is no stranger to this kind of operation that subverts a city or power. A country that claims to be a lighthouse has demonstrated many classic cases of success or failure, even in his hometown. , A certain earth-shattering, weeping ghosts and gods' dragon-slaying technique is spread in a way that is almost universally covered, known to all ages.

So William doesn't need to spend a lot of brains to do this kind of thing. All he needs to do is to learn from the big shit-arrange those experiences and lessons, and implement them in a way that is almost follow-through.

First of all, William needs a group of people, a group of people who are full of hatred for Zhentil Castle, and they will become the basic board of William's negotiation plan.And the hundreds of disaster victims in front of the outpost who are in panic are precisely the group of people who best meet his requirements.

William carried two soldiers of the Black Sword Legion from Zhentil Castle, and walked towards the place where the disaster victims gathered.

However, those disaster victims witnessed William's defeat and destruction of Zhentil Castle's army. They were shocked but had inexplicable hopes.

Soon, before William came close, some more prestigious people stood up spontaneously.They walked up to William a little nervously.

A dozen men in their prime, or old, bowed to William and said, "Thank you! Justice warrior! Thank you for killing those evil soldiers and saving us!"

Chapter 8 A publicity plan that backfires

Although William was somewhat ashamed of the thanks to the refugee representative, he still had the cheek to accept it all, because it was very helpful for him to gain the trust of more refugees.

Therefore, when a refugee representative asked everyone's aspirations with some anticipation, it was in William's arms.One of the refugee representatives, the witty Rabir asked: "Mighty hero, may we have the honor to hear your deafening name and your glorious achievements?"

When William was about to put on a modest face to reveal his achievements, Misha'er couldn't wait to jump out, jumping and shouting loudly: "Let me tell! Let me tell! William's done it!" I know everything best!"

Sometimes children's words are the most unbelievable, because they don't know the severity when they lie.But sometimes, children's words are the most truthful, because they are pure and don't have so many ghosts and tricks mixed in.

Obviously, at this time, a child's description of the hero's exploits is more convincing than the so-called hero himself.That's why many people made room for Mi Sha'er, so that she could explain the deeds of their savior as quickly as possible.

In order to arouse the little girl's desire to express, they gave Mi Sha'er a lot of flattery for free, which made her lose herself very quickly, in other words, she got carried away.

With the help of Miluna's [Great Voice], Misha'er conveyed her voice to everyone present, including hundreds of refugees and some snoopers lurking in the distance.

"It is Mischa William who stands before you and speaks! The sister of the great warrior William! And what I will tell you is my brother—William's unknown and thrilling experience, and his amazing life The gods are also overshadowed by it..." I don't know how long this passage has been brewing in Mi Sha'er's heart. She is a little girl who likes to listen to stories, and she is also a little girl who likes to share stories that only she knows with others. Little girl with many people.

She is proud of her brother William. She knows that he has done many things that even the heroes in knight adventure stories cannot do. She knows that he is strong enough to tame giants and fight dragons with ease.But her brother remained unknown, he did not become the focus of the praise of bards playing the lyre, he did not become the protagonist of the drunkards in the tavern vying to distinguish, this is what Mishaer could not bear.

She wanted the name "William" to be known, and even long ago she planned to weave her brother's adventures into stories and songs to everyone she met.

It's a pity that in the past, William's cautious temper, which always liked to hide his hand, made Misha'er's heroic brother promote his small plans without any problems.

Today, however, Misha thinks she has finally seized a new opportunity, an opportunity to speak out loud to hundreds of devout listeners.

Mishaer took out the fur of the winter wolf and showed it to everyone, and said: "...he once killed the evil winter wolf with his bare hands, and peeled off its beautiful fur as a fur mattress! He defeated the leader of the frost giants by force , and kidnapped the princess of the giant tribe as his wife..." At this point, she pointed to Phineya, indicating that this woman who was almost half taller than a normal human was the so-called giant princess.

Indeed, if one ignores her height, Phinea is almost the most beautiful woman among all the people present. People have to believe that only a princess can possess such extraordinary beauty, even if she is the princess of a giant.This cognition is in line with people's inertial thinking.

Some of William's achievements, after a little beautification by Misha, were poured into the minds of the audience in a way that was almost baptized.

At Mirabar, he raided among his guards and killed the wicked and greedy nobleman Erastu Larim.

At the Spine of the World, he slayed a pack of tyrannical white dragons, more dragons than many have ever seen in a lifetime.

On the outskirts of Silvermoon City, he rescued a helpless little girl...

……

Just today, William killed a group of villains from Zhentil Keep, a group of executioners who wanted to enslave and mutilate innocent refugees.

The listeners listened to Misha'er's slightly contrived speech with an almost heavenly mood, and it was hard for them to believe that such a perfect and powerful hero existed in this world.

Because this is really unbelievable, as far as those great things that William has done, if they are placed on others, even if they only need to do any one of them, they will be enough to become famous and famous.However, William has done so many awesome things, but he is still unknown (the information gap between the superiors and ordinary civilians). It should be known that Falls Town is the first place where all western caravans will inevitably stop after they walk out of the Great Sand Sea. Human towns, so Waterfall Town has first-hand news channels from the western Sword Coast in the entire eastern part of the Great Sand Sea.

As for William's deeds, as the townspeople of Falls Town, they have never even heard of it, which is a bit abnormal.

Therefore, hearing William's great achievements that are almost beyond the reach of all the heroes in the world, the refugees did not respond enthusiastically. On the contrary, they looked at William's family with puzzled eyes, as if they were watching an annoying liar , Occasionally whispering a few words also carries inexplicable distrust.

William immediately realized that it was broken!This kind of propaganda is too hard, and I have cheated myself.It's like you say that so-and-so in your family eats ten meals a day, and people will sigh that so-and-so is an idiot; but if you say that so-and-so eats ten tons of rice a day, no one with a little brain will believe it. Scolding: You are fucking playing with me!

Because no one will believe that the thing you raise is a super giant blue whale.

William, who understood what the problem was, immediately stopped Misha'er's "brother's publicity plan" which seemed to be a disservice. He silently tried his best, and loudly said in a giant voice: "Ladies and gentlemen in trouble! Please ignore me. After all, you have to be considerate of the exaggerated chivalry stories about my younger sister Misha’er, in the eyes of a younger sister, a strong older brother is always omnipotent.”

William's words immediately aroused a lot of good-natured laughter, and their eyes on William's family softened in the blink of an eye.yes!Whose children are not like this!

In the eyes of children, a strong father, a gentle mother, and an elder brother who bravely protects his younger siblings are always worthy of admiration and bragging.

William continued: "My family and I are leaving. Before I leave, I have important bad news to tell you!"

Chapter 9 Play hard to get

Also one of the representatives of the refugees in Falls Town, a middle-aged man with a thick body like a brown bear, "Big Bear" Badal asked in a low voice: "Mr. William, what kind of bad news is it?"

William pointed to the captives of the Black Sword Legion who were curled up on the ground and dying, and said, "I have obtained terrible news from these captives. The lord of Zhentil Fort has ordered you to be washed away by the flood." All the victims of the disaster in the homeland were captured and sent to his territory as slaves for sale. Now the army of Zhentil Fort has blocked all the checkpoints and intersections around here, and the group of evil guys we encountered today is just one of them Squad. I believe more slave catchers from Zhentil Keep will follow."

"Ah? How is that possible?"

"My God! How could such a thing happen?"

……

For a moment, countless exclamations came from the refugees. The news came too suddenly and was too unacceptable. Everyone instinctively didn't want to agree, but out of fear and understanding of Zhentil Fort , and it was difficult for them to refute the authenticity of the news, so they could only vent with expressions full of strong emotions.

The big bear Badal is undoubtedly the calmest among them all. Although his complexion is also ugly, he said with a determined expression: "Mr. Bad news for us, I wonder if we can confirm the truth of this news?"

William nodded and said, "Of course! You can interrogate these two captives as much as you want, including how to deal with them as you like."

Badal rubbed his chest and made a slightly funny thank you, and then loudly said: "Rabbi! Baird! Call some people with means, we need to do something pleasant to the gentlemen from Zhentil Castle. things."

The clever Rabiel and another man who was almost as strong as the big bear Badal immediately ran to the refugee group behind. After a while, they led a few older men, each holding some ropes, sticks and other utensils. , ran back with an urgent pace.

When everyone approached, one of the old guys stared at his bloodshot eyes and shouted impatiently: "Let me see the bastard from Zhentil Castle! Come on! Old John's craftsmanship can't wait to see you!" Get close to Santees!"

This old man exuding a tyrannical and self-destructive aura from head to toe immediately attracted William's attention, and he could feel that he was a dangerous guy.Of course, it doesn't mean how powerful this old man is. In terms of strength, he is just an ordinary human bad old man, and at most he is a little stronger than ordinary old men.

The danger of this old man lies in his mental state. He is like an unpredictable neuropathy. You can't predict when he will suddenly go crazy, and then destroy himself while destroying others.

The big bear, Badal, seemed to have noticed William's concern, and he explained to William: "Old John was once the best hunter and cobbler in the town, as was his son Little John. But one day the sergeants from Zhentil Castle broke into stormed his home, killed John Jr., John Sr.'s wife and young grandson, and took away John Sr.'s beautiful daughter-in-law and daughter, and then he became a little crazy."

William sighed and said, "A poor man whose soul has been distorted by hatred!"

Several strong men set up two prisoners of the Black Sword Legion and tied them to wooden sticks. Old John and the other old men each took out some utensils, among which Old John's utensils were the most terrifying.

Sharp knives, small awls, small hooks, small scissors, small pliers, small clips, and thick needles and threads for sewing, but when these things were taken out, the two prisoners who had been tossed by William for a while were immediately frightened peed.

When a hateful cobbler wants to torture someone, you better hope you're not the one being tortured. Apparently the two Zhentil Keep soldiers weren't so lucky.

They were struggling desperately, howling, begging William or others to forgive or kill them immediately, and all this made Old John excited. The captive, as if observing two prey that is about to be divided, he is looking for the position of the first knife.

Even though Old John hadn't taken the knife yet, an unbearable sense of fear had already arisen in everyone's hearts.William's scalp was also a little numb. He stepped forward and grabbed Old John's trembling hand, which was holding the skinning knife.

In fact, the hand of every cobbler holding the skinning knife is always the most stable, but Old John can't control the boiling emotions and whimsy in his heart. When his hand is about to be held, Old John thinks If he didn't want to, he just swiped, he believed that even a tiger was enough to be driven back by this tendon-breaking knife.

Just in a trance, Old John found that his arm was firmly grasped by a giant hand like a giant pincer, and his tendon-breaking blow was eliminated invisible before it was drawn out.

When he looked back suddenly, a pair of blood eyes stared at the person who grabbed his arm. What kind of blood eyes were those? Even the craziest beast in the wilderness did not have such ferocious eyes. Even the most resolute warrior with these crazy eyes After looking at each other, it is inevitable to feel chills in the bottom of my heart and a chill in my back.

William was also surprised by the extremely dangerous eyes of this crazy old man, but he would not be afraid of the other party, not only was his strength strong enough, but also there was still a trace of something unique to him in Old John's heart.

William held Old John's arm and said: "There are too many children here, it is not suitable for you to show your skills, and the children will have nightmares. Go to the outpost over there, and they will be at your disposal."

Old John snorted coldly, and the others woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream. They set up the wooden frame on which the captives were tied, and ran towards the outpost.When William passed them, his arms brushed lightly over the bodies of the two captives, seeming to drive the filth out of the air.

Of course, William was not doing useless work. Although he didn't mind using cruel methods to torture the prisoners, torturing them meaninglessly was not in line with William's moral values. Even if he harbored great hatred, such unnecessary torture was not advisable. Because it will further warp the Avenger's mind and turn him into a bloodthirsty maniac and beast.

With William's light flick, two forces were secretly driven into the prisoners' bodies. At first, these two forces would only be induced, but when the prisoners were in pain and fear to a certain extent, the forces could not be released. The power will explode and directly destroy their hearts.

The expecting tormentor and the howling captives went to the outpost, and William said to Badar who had not left: "Mr. Badar, the news has been told to you, and I believe the authenticity will be verified soon. The matter here It can be regarded as the end, and my family and I are afraid to leave."

"Leave? Where is Mr. William going?" Badar didn't react for a moment, but asked subconsciously.

William said with a smile on his face: "Shadow Valley! The silver-haired witch Helen invited me to be a guest. She said that we once faced the siege of the White Dragon Army at the Spine of the World. She has the ability to transform into a silver dragon. Fascinated."

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The silver-haired witch of Shadow Valley?

We can't pretend that we haven't heard this name!After listening to William's words, many refugees began to have weak calves.

As far as Hillen's reputation in the Eastern Continent is concerned, it is definitely not comparable to her strength, and this reputation is basically negative.Even in the Valley of Shadows that Shiron is determined to protect, people still fear her more than respect her.

Of course, there are not only the slander and slander from the enemy, but also Heron's own factors, an existence that is too powerful, and at the same time, he is a bit willful or stubborn in his behavior, so he will naturally ignore some of the edges something on the corner.

But it is undeniable that Helen and her partners, those guys who may come from the secret association Harper Alliance are really powerful. dark elf invaders, and monsters from the ancient forest.

The status of Shadow Valley in the entire valley region is absolutely unique. The pride and pride of Shadow Valley people make people in all surrounding areas envy and hate.To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many hard stubbles living in seclusion in Shadow Valley, the people of Shadow Valley would have been eaten alive by the people of Zhentil Castle for many years.

It is said that 20 years ago, there was a fraudster named Yodohan (also named Jordan), whose real identity was a secret spy from Zhentil Castle, who used conspiracy to seize the lordship of Shadow Valley, and He ruled Shadowdale for six years.Although Yodohan was later seen through and killed by the Archmage Kelben Olosan of Waterdeep City, the impact of this incident was chilling.

Hillen has a very detached position in Shadow Valley. Her husband, Omri Obassky, was the first legal lord of Shadow Valley (the first was elected by popular vote). Peace and stability.Even during the period when Orem was murdered and the spy Jodohan was cut off, Shiron acted as the lord for a time in an unofficial capacity.

Even though a new lord was selected and appointed later, Xieren's prestige in the valley of shadows is still unmatched.

Therefore, when these refugees from Falls Town learned that William was a friend of the Shadow Witch Helen, after they were afraid for a while, a lingering thought involuntarily popped up in their hearts.

Maybe, maybe, can we also...?Well, even if it can't be the next Shadow Valley, can't you hug that coveted thigh?

What's more, they are now facing the crisis of humiliation and slavery. No matter what choice they make, it is much better than letting others slaughter them.

Whether it's joining Shadow Valley or forming an alliance with Shadow Valley, it's better than being bullied and oppressed by the people of Zhentil Castle like before!

Of course, all this always needs an opportunity.

It's not like no one in Falls Town thought of uniting with Shadow Valley.However, neither the people in Waterfall Town nor Shadow Valley are very enthusiastic about it. The people in Waterfall Town are mainly not forced to do so.

On the other hand, Shadow Valley simply didn't want to fight for outsiders, and they just wanted to live their own lives behind closed doors.

But now, the opportunity has come.

If, we mean, if William becomes the lord of Falls Town, when they need foreign help, I believe that as a friend, the Witch of Shadow Valley, Helen, will definitely not stand by.After all, Ms. Hellen is also well-known when it comes to meddling.

Just when the refugee representative in Yigan Falls Town lost his mind, there was a sudden scream from the outpost not far away, and soon the scream stopped abruptly, and then came Old John's fierce cry Drinking and cursing.

After a while, a few guys who went to torture the captives came back in dismay. The news they brought back was quite unexpected. , was frightened to death directly.

But Old John, that lunatic, still refused to let go of the bodies of the captives, staying in the outpost and refusing to leave.

Of course, although everyone was a little surprised by this unexpected event, they didn't bother to delve into it. They had more important things to discuss.

While a group of refugee representatives were whispering together, William relied on his extraordinary hearing to hear their words clearly.There may be a fool alone in this world, but there is no reason why a group of people are all fools.These refugee representatives in Falls Town wanted William to be their leader, and then took the opportunity to get in touch with Ms. Hellen in Shadow Valley, and a group of people, one for you and one for me, clearly analyzed the pros and cons of it.

Some of the powerful relationships among them made William, the instigator, break into a cold sweat after hearing this. Sure enough, the great Mr. Lu Xun was right, that everything is as dirty as that one.

William still needs to save face, he can't wait here dryly for them to make a decision, after all, it's not about business.William had to give himself an advantage and take the lead, which is the so-called taking Joe.

So he secretly greeted Feniya and the two little girls, and the family headed towards the east stealthily. Of course, their speed was not fast.

When the refugee representatives discussed the matter and were about to talk to William, they found that the family who had been taken advantage of by the family had disappeared. They searched around quickly, and finally saw the back of William's family that was about to disappear at the corner of the tree-lined corner. .

Just finished discussing how to control the cow, the old cow almost ran away as soon as it looked up, didn't we discuss loneliness!So most of the people hurriedly chased in the direction William left, but a few people went to the place where the brigade of refugees stopped, and told the big guys about the election of a new leader.

William was determined to be the leader of the refugee group, and he would never really leave, so his family walked very slowly after getting out of the sight of the refugees, and the refugee representatives soon caught up.

"Mr. William! Mr. William! Wait a minute! Don't go!" A refugee representative shouted from afar.

The William family stopped and waited until seven or eight refugee representatives who were chasing them out of breath approached.

He said: "Everyone, we are about to leave, do you have anything else to do?"

The leader Rabiel and the big bear Badal looked at each other involuntarily, knowing that the situation was not good, as the saying goes, you can be strong without desires, William's calm and breezy posture made most of their plans just now fall into vain place.