The Swordsman of Faerûn

William's eyes shot at the Pleasure Demon like a sharp sword, which actually aroused feelings almost like real harm, but it was so frightening that the Pleasure Demon panicked and almost spread its wings and fled.However, the Pleasure Demon still suppressed the fear in his heart after all, and waited anxiously for William's disposal.

William didn't make further temptations to the devil, he just waved his hand and made a "please" gesture.Joyful Demon finally breathed a sigh of relief, she walked gracefully in front of the elf under the jealous gaze of Demomo.

The half-elf Cheval Starcloak, who was supporting the elf, glanced at William worriedly, but saw her lord nodding his head as a signal. She had to let the devil do things to her sister, but her defenses remained undiminished.

Joyful Demon lowered his figure and lowered his eyes to the same height as Irjana's eyes. She met her eyes, but saw the devil's eyes radiating a bright light.

The Pleasure Demon whispered in a soft, sleepy voice: "Irjana, you are a brave elf. There is a wall deep in your heart, and inside is a nightmare you don't want to face. Let us go back to Outside the wall, you resisted the erosion from evil, you rescued your companions who were persecuted to death, and redeemed their humble lives and lofty spirits; With the help of a kind mage, you returned to the lord.

Now please close your eyes and have a good sleep. After dawn, you will find a beautiful world that gives you hope. "

The elf Irgana Xingpao finally closed her eyes, and the sorrow between her brows was relieved. She fell into a deep sleep, but her little snoring flew into the air.Joyful Demon stood up, his beautiful figure swaying in the night, which made people's hearts flutter.

She bowed her head and said to William: "Thank you for your trust, Your Excellency. That elf only needs to sleep until tomorrow morning, and he doesn't need to suffer from nightmares (the nightmares here refer to nightmares, not evil nightmare monsters). There is one thing to do." Be careful, don't let her meet with the culprit who brought her spiritual nightmares again, or my [hint] will be destroyed immediately."

Of course William knew that trauma to the heart was the most difficult to heal, but he still couldn't help asking: "Can't Irjana be healed permanently?"

Joyful Demon said: "Your Excellency, except for the passage of time, any means of healing trauma are only auxiliary after all. What I can do is to let her live a better life before she returns to normal, without suffering from trauma. Of course, if there is One day, this elf can break through my [hint] on her own, which means she already has the will to defeat the nightmare, maybe she will get the sublimation of the soul."

The demon Hathaway was not without jealousy and sarcasm: "After talking for a long time, you are just a liar who only knows how to play tricks, and has no real skills. Hmph! Bitchi who likes to play with the soul!"

The conflict between demons and demons has a long history.Facing Demo's provocation, Pleasure Demon just pretended not to hear it, and she only cared about William's evaluation.

William squinted at Hathaway, and said, "You're right! Ms. Devil, it's really hard to heal trauma. Thank you very much for your help. In return, is there anything I can do for you?"

It was these words that the devil was waiting for, she knelt down on one knee, spread her dark wings, and said, "Great Lord William, I am the messenger of the queen of hell, Gracia, Barite Kiri, a servant of pleasure. I bring you the kindness of Gracia-sama."

William didn't know much about the so-called princess of hell, and the secret knowledge he had acquired didn't pay much attention to it, because for many big shots, this wasn't a family matter of the lord of hell that deserved attention, and it was easy to attract unwelcome attention. necessary trouble.

Of course it doesn't include demons.

Of course, Demo knew the name of Gracia, and many demons expressed their concern and support for this devil princess who dared to rebel against Asmodeus, the only one who dared to be upright.

So Hathaway immediately changed her tone. She stepped forward and took the devil's arm, regardless of the other's disgust, and said to William with a smile: "Master! This is a good devil! I think we should take her in, maybe she can Bring you a different surprise!"

William looked at the two of them in surprise, and asked curiously: "Balit Qirui, I'm a little curious, how did your princess of hell know about me, and why did she become friendly with me?"

Barrette Qirui said with a little trepidation: "Great William, you are the only mortal who has caused harm to the master of hell in the last millennium. Your reputation is widely known in the nine worlds of hell. All the devil lords are right Your souls are coveting, and they... hope to get from you a way to deal with the ruler of Nessus (the ninth hell, the direct territory of Asmodeus)."

William has a black line on his face, Nima, you guys want to spy on Lao Tzu's privacy!

William asked with an ugly face, "That is to say, all hell devils will become my enemies in the future?"

The Pleasure Demon shook his head and said, "No, Great Lord William, they will wait, they will wait for your lifespan to come to an end, and then harvest your decayed soul by means of a transaction."

When William heard this, he sneered and said, "If I say I can live for 3000 years, would those bastards from hell be willing to wait?"

"You're joking, great Lord William." The Joyful Demon showed disbelief, not to mention the devil didn't believe it, and the devil wouldn't believe it either. How can there be a human being who can live for thousands of years in this world.

William took in the Pleasure Demon, Barite Kiri. Of course, the Pleasure Demon does not use this name in normal times. Her mortal name is Sophie, Sophie Manasuo.

She has a pure and delicate face like a child, and of course she has a figure that can make all the opposite sex, even the same sex, crazy about her.

On the second day, everyone embarked on the journey to crusade against monsters again, but this time everyone had the confidence to win, because intelligence feedback from various sources showed the fact that the high-level officials of the Dark Hills Kingdom were fleeing.

Night City is located at the bottom of Sword Hill, the largest mountain in the depths of Dagger Hill. It used to belong to a hilly dwarf tribe. Later, after this dwarf tribe was wiped out by the monster army, the former dwarf underground castle became a paradise for monsters.

After the vampires took over here, the vampires hired a tribe of gray dwarves to deeply develop and repair the dungeon, and used spells and gems to decorate the city into a luxurious vampire paradise.

But today, countless monsters are fleeing from the once beautiful city. Some of them flock to the ground full of dazzling scorching sun, some sneak into the deep underground dark world, and of course some of them are left in the city , they will be the spoils and wrath of the dreadful mortal lord of the earth.

When William and his troops appeared at the western foot of Sword Hill, the monsters all over the mountain howled and fled to the east. They abandoned all their luggage and belongings, leaving only a mess on the ground.

But there was one thing that puzzled William. These monsters never gave up their weapons, but refused to stay and fight him and his troops.

The monsters seem to have a big conspiracy, but the target is not William, because William does not feel the hostility of being targeted.William still believed in his own perception, but he didn't give up his vigilance because of this, and specially arranged for people to go to the dungeon to investigate the situation.

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The investigators who went to the dungeon to investigate soon returned to the ground, and the news they brought back surprised everyone, but at the same time it was quite exciting.

Now the capital of the night is already an undefended city. All the monsters who are unwilling to submit to the human lord have left the city, but what are left behind are some honest citizens (monsters) who are tired of fleeing, or are abandoned without freedom. slave.

The next city reception work can be described as uneventful, more precisely, it was surprisingly smooth.William and his party felt like taking office in their own city, rather than occupying an enemy's city.

Whether it is the city's population, storage materials, regional conditions, etc., a series of things that require a lot of time and effort for the occupier to check, there are corresponding servants who hand over to William, most of which are Human and elf slaves with a certain amount of knowledge.

William never believed in the fact that there was a pie in the sky. If there was a pie falling on his forehead, then he had to think about whether he was stepping into a fatal vortex.

William is very sure that he is stepping into other people's vortex, and there are more than one or two, I don't know how many vortexes are dragging him to the unknown road, not to mention anything else, just waiting for him to die, and then ready to accept There are several waves of guys in his legacy.

For these people, or gods, or dragons, or demons, William just wants to say to them, you eat shit!Lao Tzu's 3000-year lifespan won't drag you down!

One of the things that William often does now is to break open the pies delivered to his door and smell them, to see if the fillings meet his needs, and then decide whether to eat bait or not.

The stuffing in Capital of the Night is really delicious, and the good things inside are enough to drive all ordinary people crazy. After all, it is a family business accumulated by vampires for several centuries.However, William didn't like it very much. His purpose was to expel and eradicate the monster forces in Dagger Valley, but not to expand his territory. After all, his base was too small and not very stable, and his pace was too big. It's a big deal, and it's even possible to break an arm or a leg.

The residents of the original monster kingdom left in the capital of night mainly have the following situations.One is the mortal slaves who were once enslaved by monsters. They are mainly humans, elves, and dwarves, and there are also a few humanoid creatures from a few ethnic groups. This group of people accounts for almost more than half of the total population.

Then came a batch of half-human, half-monster life of mixed blood, including half-vampires, half-beasts (not half-orcs, the two are not the same concept), and of course a few half-demons and half-devils. Most of these residents originally lived in For the bottom of society in Capital of Night (slaves originally belonged to goods and livestock), compared to staying in Capital of Night, fleeing to the outside world is not a brighter choice for them.

These mixed races were also the part specially set aside by the high-ranking officials of the fleeing kingdom to vent their anger on the invaders from the surface.But the vampire nobles miscalculated. When these hybrids showed enough obedience and did not resist William's trip to the night capital, the human lords from the surface showed extraordinary tolerance to them.

There are still some real monsters left in the Night City. Some of them are tired of the strife and don't want to continue fleeing. They just bite the bullet and wait for the new owner of the dungeon to deal with them.There are also some insidious people who have ulterior motives and want to lurk down to do something.

It took William and his subordinates a day to conduct a rough on-the-spot survey of the Night Capital, and they at least had a clearer understanding of the general topography and city layout of the Night Capital.

At the same time, William also asked to help them take over the city's original Monster Kingdom handover personnel, gather all the original residents of the Monster Capital, and let them choose authoritative representatives by themselves.

The next morning, in the dark night square unique to the night capital, of course it is no longer called the dark night square, and it will be renamed another more commemorative name in the future.

All the aborigines of the Night Capital, including the former slaves, stood here majestically.They received a breakfast reward from the human lord, freshly baked large bread, broth, and a stack of fresh cabbage leaves, which made most of the slaves, half-breeds, and many monsters have a good meal .

This is also a means of identification for William, but there is a problem with the designation of those who cannot eat these human foods for breakfast. As for whether this problem is a little bit or a billion bit, it depends on the actual investigation results.

Of course, this doesn't mean that among those who can eat, there are no aliens lurking.

Everyone had eaten, and William asked those who hadn't eaten breakfast to be brought aside to stand alone, and they would be treated differently as the fourth category of people.

The reason why these monsters were not killed on the spot is that even though they were isolated, they still did not resist William's orders. William even faintly realized that these monsters were the group that really had no intention of resisting. They even hid their identities. I have no thoughts.

After eating and drinking enough, William asked someone to set up a huge long table and matching benches on the vampire high platform in front of the square.All the representatives who were elected yesterday were called to the long table and took their seats. Some of these representatives who had been driven out of the shelves sat on the benches anxiously. Almost no one dared to sit down. Quite restless.

William took his sisters from the Starcloak family, the corpse king, Baird and another leader of the elite team - the dwarf Bonog Steelfoot and others also took their seats, and there were even more members of the elite team listening.

A [Giant Roar] magic circle was temporarily engraved on the long table. Anyone who presses the long table can make a voice like a giant's roar. Of course, the caster who arranged this magic circle is not very good Only one person can enjoy the effect of [Great Roar] at a time.

William stood up from the long table, and said in a soft but deafening voice: "Residents and representatives of the night capital, perhaps many of you do not know me. Let me introduce myself, I am the lord from the surface world, Dagger The owner of the valley, William.

When I set foot in this city, I was very happy that everyone present did not resist my army. At the same time, I was a little disappointed, because the reason why you are unwilling to resist me, an invader, is that you did not regard this place as your own. home. "

Many people, including the representatives and the people in the audience, showed bitter smiles. They could only respond silently to the words of the human lord, because the lord named William was right, and most of them did. No sense of belonging to the Night City.

But it can't be said that these people's character is not good, they just have no reason to protect the night capital, the former night capital belongs to those who escaped, not to them.

No one is willing to work hard for something that does not belong to them, whether it is civilization, nation, country, land, family and other real things, or some kind of idea or belief.

William continued: "Now this city is considered my trophy, and you people or non-humans are also my captives according to the convention. But as a human being with a conscience, I don't like to enslave other people's bodies, let alone enslave the bodies of others." Your mind and soul.

After today, I will return to the ground and return to my human city.

So today we have two issues to discuss.

One is the issue of how to deal with this night capital, whether to keep it or completely destroy it; the other is the issue of where everyone present is, how many people are willing to return to the human world with me, and who are they? I would rather be in the world of monsters. "

All the rescued slaves and monsters present were at a loss for a moment. They had never experienced such a decision-making mode of deciding a decision in a large-scale discussion. There may be a similar ritual mode in this world. But those things definitely never belonged to these people present (strange).

Those who followed William from Waterfall Town were more accustomed to their lord's style of handling affairs, and they also admired the lord's mind and ability.In their view, William possessed the ability and courage to become a dictator, but he did not become a dictator.

When a matter requires public opinion, William will not hesitate to choose a public decision, and when he needs to be decisive, he never disappoints.

Of course, William did not make many real resolutions, but his way of doing things won the love and support of his subordinates.Therefore, when the first topic, the disposal of the Dungeon of the Night City, was put on the table, several people from Waterfall Town immediately began to speak enthusiastically, and everyone expressed their own decisive opinions and put their own reasons into consideration. illustrate.

This style of breaking things is an eye-opener for the people and monsters in the capital of the night, and then many people (monsters) start to move around. As long as they are alive, they all have the desire to become kings. This is determined by the survival of life. Nature determined by reproductive instinct.

Whether it is a former slave or an abandoned monster present, who would not want to express themselves in this unique rally.

It's a pity that only the elected representatives are eligible to speak now, but this has caused many people and non-people below the discussion table to beat their chests and regret, hating why they flinched when they were selecting representatives yesterday!Then they complained to these new occupiers why they did not explain clearly the reasons for the selection of representatives.

Speaking of which, when selecting representatives yesterday, many truly capable and authoritative guys did not show up, but deliberately asked some "fools" to stand in for the dead ghosts, because according to the practice of the rulers of the night capital, these so-called "representatives" "In fact, it was sent to the door to let the vampire executives play with the slaughtered pigs.

Who would have thought that this human lord would not play his cards according to common sense, and let the pigs sit on the table and become the representatives of everyone, this is absolutely unbearable!

So when a monster representative on the stage began to speak, there was a little confusion among the crowd in the audience, and some unwilling guys clamored for re-election of representatives, claiming that the representatives standing on the stage were not qualified to represent them.

He also resolutely cannot tolerate these two idiots who challenge William's authority and the rules and order he established.A group of armed thugs who had been on standby for a long time rushed fiercely to the chaotic area and suppressed the troublemakers on the spot. Several leading troublemakers were captured and brought in front of William.

Several tieflings were pressed by the soldiers and came to William, and William asked in front of all the delegates, "Why disturb the order of the venue?"

One of the hybrid monsters with demon blood shouted: "I can't wait! These bugs sitting on the high platform are not qualified to represent all of us!"

William was surprised, did he meet an extreme liberal (selfish) person?He looked at the representatives around him, and found that many of them were a little uneasy, but there was a different kind of anger hidden under their uneasy faces.

William was amused in his heart, but asked the troublemaker with no expression on his face, "Then what do you think?"

A half-devil next to him said with a grin: "Dear human lord, we request to re-elect representatives, and then the new representatives will make decisions on behalf of everyone."

When William heard this, he couldn't help laughing. Under the blessing of the [Great Roar Technique], the laughter echoed throughout the entire dungeon like thunder, so many people couldn't help but cover their fragile ears.

William is not a laughing monster, he soon stopped his laughter, and said with a sneer: "What gave you the illusion that you can challenge my authority at will?"

The half-devil said with a sneer, "My lord, we have no intention of challenging your authority. We are just dissatisfied with these hastily elected representatives. They are not qualified to represent us."

William continued to sneer and asked, "Then who is qualified? Are you?"

The half-devil just sneered, but did not continue to answer, but what he expressed was unmistakable that he was the one who was qualified to represent others.

William scanned the entire square, but at the moment the entire square was completely silent, and nearly a thousand people silently watched this extraordinary drama.

Undoubtedly, the result of the debate between the lord and the troublemakers will affect the future of everyone in the entire city and determine their attitude towards future life under the lord's rule.

William said in a deep voice, "Why? You don't want to answer this question. Then I will answer it for you! You think you are more qualified than others, and you can represent the people below!" The crowd under the stage.

The half-demon who was the first to yell loudly said: "Yes! We are the most qualified candidates! I have stronger power and a more respected status. Bayernon is smarter than all of them. Why isn't the representative us?"

William said: "Since you think you are more qualified to represent everyone, why were you not elected yesterday?!"

The half-demon said confidently: "You didn't say in advance that the purpose of choosing a representative this time is to become an official!"

William immediately frowned, and he looked at the standing representatives beside him.

"In the past, representatives like us were unlucky ones who were elected, and were usually sent to the vampire's palace to be tortured and killed." One of the half-beasts explained in a low voice, but her voice was in the [Great Roar Technique] 】The blessing still passed to everyone's ears.

For the explanation of the half-beasts, whether it is the elected representatives, troublemakers, or those who are represented silently, they are all silent. This is the original role of these representatives who were elected yesterday. , they could have been used in place of most of the sufferers.

However, when this fate of suffering becomes a benefit, psychological imbalance and even the emergence of opponents are inevitable.

William looked at the troublemakers and asked in a deep voice, "Is what she said true?"

No matter how stupid the troublemakers were, they realized that something was wrong, but they were speechless and could only keep silent.

Chapter Eighty-Five Disaster for Pond Fish

This year.

this day.

At this moment, William said something, but it was remembered by the Faerun people through the ages, and they regarded this speech as a model for leaders.

"When encountering danger, he avoids and shrinks, pushes others to suffer; when he sees benefits, he barks and fights like a vicious dog. What qualifications do such people have to be representatives, and what qualifications are there to speak out on behalf of others?! If our representatives are like this Shit, then he is not even as good as a dog. The dog also knows how to bark when strangers come, and call the police to remind the owner!

The representative I am asking for is not a speculator who is not as good as a dog, but a leader who needs to shoulder responsibilities and obligations.If you want to represent more people at this table and speak out on behalf of more people, then you must have the awareness to carry the suffering of the people represented on your shoulders.

These temporary representatives sitting at the table today may not be very competent in some respects.But at least before going to the stage, they already have the awareness to replace you in the audience.Regardless of whether this awareness is active or forced, they are all worthy of the identity of 'representatives'.

They have the right to bear the danger, so they have the right and responsibility to speak out on behalf of everyone.

By extension, as your lord, I also have the same responsibilities and obligations.As a lord, if you are willing to obey my instructions, pay taxes to me, and accept my governance, then I will also take corresponding responsibilities to lead you to govern the place to develop production and live a happy and stable life.When external enemies or internal bad guys threaten your life, I will take the lead in the charge and face the sharpness of the enemy.

As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you should bear its weight.

If one day, I can no longer bear the responsibility of its lord, I run away from the enemies who slaughtered my people, and I become tyrannical to my people, then you can abandon me, because I am no longer qualified to be a lord stand in front of you.

This is the recognition and commitment made by me—your lord—William! "

What the lord said was that the temporary representatives on the stage burst into tears, and the audience in the audience was even more uproarious. They had never heard of a lord who spoke of his identity and status in such a way. How can there be a ruler who sets himself a trap? It sounds like a child's play, but it is extremely attractive.

At this time, someone suddenly asked in a condescending way: "My lord, are the representatives' identities permanent?"

William turned back and said: "Of course not. Nothing in this world is permanent, and the human heart is the most unpredictable thing. The current representatives are just trying to catch ducks on the shelves. As far as their own talents are concerned, there must be many Inadequacies, not to mention the psychological changes that come with their changing status.

It is limited to one month. After one month, you can choose a representative again.As for how to formulate a standard selection mechanism for representatives in the future, it is also something that all of you need to consider.

However, as for you, you no longer have this chance! "