The Swordsman of Faerûn

Kerimachus said: "The royal family of Sambia is a famous navigating and trading family—the Raven family. The ancestors of the Raven family started their business with maritime trade, and seized Sambia with the help of the war between the elves and the Chondas. The regime. People know that there are two branches of the Raven family, the Yamast family and the Selkirk family. Do you know, young man? My full name is Marcus Carey Yamast , and the current commander of Sembia (equivalent to the king) is Odus Yamast, he is my father."

After finishing speaking, Kerry Marcus, or Marcus Kerry Yamast paused, and then proudly said: "I am the prince of Sembia, the crown prince! Young man, do you dare to kill me?" ? If you kill me, my father will never let you go! On the contrary, if you are willing to give up being hostile to me, maybe I will persuade my father to support your 'great' cause!"

When the commander of "Double Swords" said the word "great", he bit his tone very hard, but there was some intentional ridicule in it.

However, William chuckled and said, "So that's it! The suspicion in my heart has finally been thoroughly confirmed. Friends, thank you for clarifying my doubts. Then in return, I will also tell you the truth.

The reason why I want to eradicate you and your Bow Valley is because you Bow Valley and Sembia hook up.If I want to complete the unification of the valley, I must first eliminate the guys who eat inside and outside. I suspect that you are thugs supported by Sembia, so I want to eliminate hidden dangers in advance. I was not very sure of my judgment.

But now, you proved my suspicions right!

As a thank you, you can die in peace!

idiot! "

The commander of the two swords was shocked when he heard the words, he didn't even have time to beg for mercy, he just yelled "no", and William cut off his head neatly.

William lightly held a sabre, looked at the other party's staring eyes mockingly, and said, "What a fool! You are still playing tricks with me at this time, you really don't know what to do! Do you really think I'm stupid?! "

I have to say that this commander with two swords still has something to offer. If it wasn't for William's combat strength being too high, the Cloud Giant alone might be overthrown by the people of Bow Valley. Not to mention, just a hunter The dragon crossbow is enough to keep the giants away, not to mention the pile of ballistas, trebuchets, and finally the company of heavy armored knights.

In the end, even though the situation was completely broken by William, Carey Marcus still did not give up trying to trick William, but if William was a bit stupid, greedy for profit, and lacked self-confidence, he might be tempted by this fellow.

However, William is an open man.

Lu Xun once said, don't pin your hopes on others, and what you will gain in the end will only be disappointment. Only self-improvement is the right way.

The reason why William planned the unification plan of the valley was not due to the common people's desire for power and ambition, but from another deeper reason.

External forces like Sembia, Cormyr, and Comanthor, if given the chance, William might take advantage of them, but he would never regard them as important.

Therefore, even after knowing that the commander of the two swords is the son of the current commander of Sembia, William still cut off the opponent's head without mercy.

After getting rid of the "Prince" of Sembia, William only took a brief look at the cloud giant battle group that was rampaging in the city of Bow Bridge, and found that they had already occupied an absolute advantage, and they were chasing after the retreating soldiers in Bow Valley beat.

William knew that the overall situation was settled this time, so he stopped paying attention to the battle outside the Sword Fortress, and went to the Dragon Hunting Crossbow on his own. He planned to move this ancient weapon left over from the ancient civilization to his old lair go there.

Speaking of the old nest, since the Stoddt's Gate in the Abyss was moved into the world of flames, William felt that the place seemed a bit unsafe. He always felt as if he had put an untimely bomb into his home. .

Therefore, just in case, William specially arranged for people to build a solid fortress with a defensive direction facing inward around the portal.In fact, if what William is worried about really happens, the so-called fortress is useless at all, because the opponent is likely to be the celestial overlord who has dominated the entire multiverse for an unknown number of years.

Of course, the Dragon Hunting Crossbow—or the three-phase cannon, another name William gave it, is definitely not suitable if it is placed randomly, not to mention that it is a very precious cultural relic, and it is even a big killer. hole card.

Even if the angels saw it, they probably couldn't help but grab it.

When William sent the three-phase cannon into the flame world, and ordered his flame dwarves and flame giants to find a way to camouflage it, he returned to the sword barrier again.

At this time, Bowbridge City has become a chaotic and disorderly city. The cloud giant siege team, frost giant cubs, and the remnants of Setheren Valley have all entered the city, but they are not the city that has fallen into chaos. The reason for the confusion was the scattered Bow Valley soldiers.

We all know that Bow Valley is a city-state with a military dictatorship, so the Three Swords as a dictator have adopted a relatively strict and high-handed rule over the civilians of this city-state, and the military discipline of the army they use to maintain the stability of the rule is not very good. , This has accumulated a relatively deep contradiction between the sergeants and ordinary civilians.

When the surviving soldiers in Bow Valley fled into the streets of the town, their military discipline was not very good. They habitually began to harass and plunder the civilians on the streets, and many civilians who were fed up with oppression rose up to resist, and the two sides began to fight. There were violent fights and bloodshed.

As the conflict intensified, the civilians gradually learned that the Three Swords dictator had been defeated, so their resistance became bolder, and they even began to spontaneously organize and hunt down the fleeing Gonggu soldiers, especially Those are the elite fighters from Sambia, and they are the targets of civilians.

After William saw the riots in the whole city, he didn't want his subordinates to be too entangled in it, and he was even more worried that they would learn from this chaos.

It should be noted that the nature of any army is a violent beast. Once this thing breaks through the bottom line, it will be difficult to save it again, unless there is a suitable opportunity for a complete rebirth.

William immediately sent a signal to summon his subordinates to join him at the Sword Fortress. Fortunately, both the cloud giant and the frost giant cubs were more obedient, and they gathered towards William's position almost without hesitation. Only the Sirens The remnant group reacted a little later. Although they were full of hatred for the Bow Valley people, they had not yet fallen to the point of massacring the city, but they beat and even killed those who dared to resist, and deliberately expelled the residents from their houses, and then deliberately set them on fire. In construction, it happens from time to time.

The vengeful Setheron remnant group will naturally procrastinate William's summoning order. When they really arrived at the Sword Fortress, the cloud giant and frost giant cubs had almost emptied most of the spoils in the Sword Fortress. .

The reason why I say most of them is because there is a place where giants cannot enter, and many reckless cloud giants have been knocked down and trampled under their feet to demonstrate.

The place that cannot be entered is the most devout belief of the soldiers of Bow Valley - the Temple of Tempus.But it was another tall giant who intercepted the giant——the saint of Tempus, an old friend William had seen.

When William appeared in front of the saint Tempus, Tempus couldn't help but smile. The saint said: "First of all, congratulations on your rare victory, human William! Bow Valley's military strength is still very high. Not bad, but I didn’t want to be torn apart by you a few times, it seems that you and your subordinates are standing under the banner of victory. I just don’t know, how are you going to deal with this breached castle?”

However, William greeted the saint of Tempus and said, "Nice to meet you, my friend. I didn't expect that we would encounter each other on this battlefield. Please believe me, I have no feelings for Bow Bridge City for the time being." Any ambition, even if you want, you can gather your own people to snatch the control here.

But I still hope one thing, this city will no longer be a lackey of Sembia in the future! "

Tempus was very happy that William was lenient in dealing with the towns of Bow Valley, and he assured William that Bow Valley would become a barrier to hold back the Sembian intervention army before William completed the unification of the valley.But when he succeeds in establishing the Kingdom of the Valley, he will have a decisive battle with the surrounding forces.

Just when the two had a happy conversation, most of the Setheron remnants finally gathered in front of Jiansai.William looked coldly at these guys who became a little too excited because of excessive revenge, and he said loudly: "Everyone from Deep Forest Valley, I don't care how much hatred you have for the people in Bow Valley, and I don't bother to pay attention to it.

However, when you disobey my orders for the sake of so-called personal enmity, this is not satisfactory.I hate people who don't follow the rules, and I can't tolerate troops who disobey orders, so now I will give you a chance to choose.

Those who are willing to continue to take revenge on the innocent civilians in Bow Valley, please leave here, you are now free to do whatever you want in Bow Bridge City. "

After William finished speaking, he stared at the human soldiers unkindly, and then he paused for a moment, then said: "If someone chooses to stay, then they must be prepared to accept punishment, the punishment of being whipped. Believe me , that would really hurt. My friends, it's time to make a choice that suits your heart!"

Indeed, some guys who were not determined, or who liked to show off their cleverness, chose to leave William. They couldn't wait to rush to the civilians in Bow Bridge Town again, and of course more people stayed.

Then many people in Bowbridge City who were suffering from riots saw an unforgettable spectacle, a group of terrible enemies were punished with whips in front of the sword.

Not long after, William, who had cleaned up his military discipline, did not enjoy the glory of the victor in Bowbridge City, but quickly evacuated the city with his soldiers, and ran to the wilderness outside to station and rest.

However, the Temple of Tempus in Jiansai sent many war priests to penetrate into every corner of the city. With the prestige of the temple, they began to gather mobs and routs, and punish those who were unwilling to obey orders, including those The Avenger who refused to leave with William.

Jacques Miles, as the only survivor among the Commanders of the Three Swords, was also the one who acted fairly, but he became the trump card in the hands of the War Priest.Because this Mr. Epee was born in Bow Valley, his prestige among Bow Valley people is quite high.

A day later, Bow Bridge Town finally calmed down completely. Although the whole town had almost become desolate, it did not hinder the joy of those who survived the catastrophe.

With the support of the priest of the Tempus Temple, Jacques Miles became the interim acting governor of Bowbridge City, and presented his sword to William to express his submission.

William readily accepted Jacques Miles' surrender, and after getting the assurance that the other party would never obey Sembia's orders, he even left a batch of sophisticated weapons and armor for the newly promoted Bow Valley upstart. Then he took his own troops and set foot on the road back to the deep forest valley.

Of course, returning to Deep Forest Valley can only be regarded as the beginning, and then William will take people to another valley—Battle Valley.For William, the Battle Valley is probably much more difficult to deal with than the Bow Valley, because what really needs to be faced in the Battle Valley is not the strength of the defenders there, but the local situation is quite turbulent. It is impossible to solve the problem of Battle Valley.

It should be known that the place where the saint of Tempus first descended was the Battle Valley, but when some people who discovered and were willing to follow the saint Tempus sent a request to him, the saint of Tempus discovered that sometimes force and war are not the same. Not everything.

The saint of Tempus hopes that William can help him solve the problems in the Battle Valley. Of course, as one of the rewards, the Battle Valley will become William's place of loyalty.

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Although the name of Battle Valley has a smell of gunpowder, it does not mean that the residents here are like the people of Bow Valley, Misty Valley and other city-states. Standing, they are like floating weeds in the cold wind, always full of uneasiness in their hearts, looking for their own peace of mind.

The children of Battle Valley always left as adventurers, merchants, or travelers, and many of them never returned.Adventurers, merchants, and mercenaries from other regions like to settle in cottages in this region and become local militiamen and hunters.

The reason for this strange situation where locals flee and foreigners keep coming in is inseparable from the history and reality of Battle Valley.

In terms of terrain, the geographical area of ​​Battle Valley is the largest city-state in the entire valley. At the same time, she is not an independent area on the geographical level, but a place of four battles composed of parts of several older valleys. .

The terrain of the Battle Valley is changeable, but its core area is a strip of grassland and farmland, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and is very suitable for a corps-level army to start a war.

This is the place where the foreign forces from the east, west and south invade the heart of the valley, and it is also the place where most classic battles broke out.

Some people say that if you want to unify the Valley, you must first conquer the Battle Valley, and if you conquer the Battle Valley, you will inevitably be dragged down by the geography of the Battle Valley, which will lead to the failure of the unification plan.

For example, in the Battle of Rashan King two years ago, the invincible army of Rashan King was attacked by the coalition forces of the opponents here, and suffered a tragic defeat due to the constraints of the terrain.

And similar examples are almost too numerous to mention in the history of the Valley.

Unless someone can break through the disadvantages brought by the terrain of the Battle Valley while conquering the Battle Valley.

In fact, no one has ever done this in history. 300 years ago in the Battle Valley, the hero who was closest to the title of "Supreme King" in the entire valley rose, a man named Anka Balisk.

Anka is a warrior born in the Battle Valley. He was raised by the local elves and learned a lot of knowledge and skills from the elves.The young Anka, like many young people in the Battle Valley, went to Sambia, the merchant country, to take risks as a mercenary.

Anka is smart, wise and capable. He gained a great reputation during his adventures, and established an adventure group based on the fellow villagers of the Battle Valley—the Armored Cloak.

As Anka and his armored cloak took on one adventure after another, their fame grew and the party degenerated into a paramilitary organization.

Their strength not only aroused the hatred of those hostile forces that had been defeated (the adventure group mainly served Sambian businessmen), but also the evil deeds of many Sambian people were recorded on Anka and others. Those Sambian employers also began to fear Anka and his armored cloaks.

Anka sensed the danger before the crisis broke out, and he wisely left Sembia with his reliable companions and returned to his hometown, Battle Valley.

After returning to his hometown, Anka found that the situation in the Battle Valley was not good, or should be said to be very bad. The greedy and cruel local businessmen cruelly enslaved the local poor through usury and hired foreign thugs. Like a powder keg of depression, there is the possibility of an explosion and collapse at any time.

Anka saw both danger and opportunity in it, and he threw himself into it without hesitation, drove the exploiters away, punished the abettors, and rescued the people of Battle Valley from the dire straits.

Since then, Anka has become the actual power and lord of the Battle Valley. The key is that Anka is like a wise monarch who came out of the history books. He formulated a series of policies to improve the safety and security of his people. Prosperity.

The armored and cloaked warriors Anka relied on worked tirelessly to patrol the territory. They expelled wild beasts and fought against evil and injustice, making the people in Battle Valley feel a sense of security that they had never felt for the first time.

After ten years of development, Battle Valley stands out among the entire Valley Alliance, and has become a place of happiness that people in all Valley city-states yearn for.

At this time, the lord of the Battle Valley, Anka Balisk, finally started his action to unify the entire valley. He first persuaded many valley city-states, including Shadow Valley and Taser Valley, to join him through a series of diplomacy and negotiations. Then Anka suddenly raised troops that winter and almost pacified all the valleys except the southernmost Bow Valley and High Valley with a sweeping force. absolutely invincible).

Only two years later, Anka's rule over his country was almost unbreakable. His people loved him, his subordinates feared him, and his enemies feared him. Justice and integrity were almost synonymous with Anka Balisk.

As the saying goes, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will rot it.The land of Faerun is evil. For thousands of years, all kinds of tyrants, foolish kings, and evil leaders have emerged in an endless stream, but there are very few wise monarchs like Anka Balisk.

If we interpret it according to the historical experience of William's previous life, it doesn't conform to the objective laws of historical development at all, but the reality in Faerun is so rough!

Anka Balisk, king of the valley, never enjoyed a single day of regal ease.All kinds of harmful beasts, demons and monsters, robbers, spies from hostile forces such as Bow Valley and Sembia, and more dangerous evil mages are always appearing all over the kingdom.

Anka and his loyal guards are always fighting non-stop, fighting against all kinds of existences that endanger the people.At that time, there was a saying in the valley that the Cloaked King (another name for Anka) was either protecting people, or he was on his way to protect people.

The constant fighting made Anka physically and mentally exhausted. First, he was cursed by an evil enemy mage and suffered from a disease of flesh and blood rot. This was the first step in a series of attacks by his enemies. .

Afflicted by a serious illness, Anka faced two choices.Either he will hide himself behind the throne and stop fighting for the people, so that the king is separated from the people, and if there are malicious people who do something about it, then his reputation among the people will definitely be hit hard.

Either Anka still insists on his principles and continues to run around in order to protect the civilians, so that his rotten body will make him rejected by his comrades and colleagues, and gradually lose the support of the upper echelons of the kingdom.After all, no one would be willing to obey a pile of rotten and smelly meat all the time, let alone be loyal to him all the time.

Anka is still an admirable hero after all. He hides his sick body behind a red hood and mask, becoming a veritable king of cloaks, and continues to fight in every place where he is needed in the kingdom.

However, the enemy's conspiracy succeeded because of this. Even though the valley city-states were deeply protected by Anka, the nobles and officials who were actually in power began to have thoughts after learning about their king's current situation.

Finally one day, Anka was invited to participate in a celebration in his hometown, but it was a trap, and Anka was assassinated by the enemy after all.

Not long after Anka was killed, the city-states in the valley fell down and declared their independence one after another. As Anka's hometown, Battle Valley was criticized and excluded because of its reputation for assassinating the High King.

During that time, countless residents of the Battle Valley chose to change their names and flee to other places because they were overwhelmed by the pressure, and even more people were instigated to attack Anka's former comrades-in-arms on the grounds that they did not protect their king well.

All kinds of rumors and endless turmoil have almost completely destroyed the hearts of the original residents of Battle Valley.What is even more ironic is that Essebra, the castle that once led to the death of King Anka, has now become the political center of the Battle Valley.

Now the influence of the Cloaked King has almost died out in Battle Valley, leaving only the last lingering lingering lingering.

In a sense, William is retracing the old path that Anka took, and the battle valley that led to Anka's success and failure is the node that William cannot avoid.

William and his army, who had won an unexpected victory in the Bow Valley, were sailing down the Glarim River at this time, accompanied by a group of nearly 2000 hired laborers who came from the Deep Forest Valley and the Bow Valley. Strong labor force recruited.

William, as the employer of these laborers, was required to provide them with board, lodging and wages in exchange for their services.

In fact, if it weren't for people's doubts about William, a new big man, and the fleet's limited capacity, it would not be difficult for William to recruit ten times as many people in the two valley city-states.

When William's army appeared on the land of the three rivers where the Grerim River and another Sambo River respectively flow into the Asaba River, the people in the Battle Valley knew that there was a foreign army invading the Battle Valley, and then many militiamen were assembled After getting up, some people also sent a letter to the current lord of the Battle Valley, hoping to invite this lord who is somewhat Buddhist to come forward to preside over the overall situation.

Yes, you're not mistaken.The lord of the Battle Valley doesn't take much care of things on weekdays, and he doesn't even care much about defending the safety of the Battle Valley. The reason why he enjoys the honor of the lord is entirely because of his background.

Ilmes, the judge and lord of the Valley of Battle, is also a figure associated with King Anka 300 years ago.His ancestor was one of Anka's chief swordsman captains, and he once fought with the Cloak King in all directions. It is precisely because of the aftertaste of this ancestor that Ilmes was able to sit on the position of Lord of the Battle Valley.

Even so, Irmes' position is quite awkward, he has almost no power to manage local affairs.

Take his status as a judicial officer as an example.First of all, there is one point to explain that there is no systematic legal text in Battle Valley. Every town, village, and even manor in Battle Valley implements its own set of laws or regulations. They always act on their own, so that the local residents As soon as you step out of your own house, you will become at a loss for the law.

And when people in two places have conflicts and their respective laws cannot resolve disputes and conflicts, such cases of theft, arson or murder will be sent to Irmes, please The honorary lord of the Valley of Battles conducts the verdict.

Although Irmes does not like to be exposed to these disgusting problems, sometimes it is only perfunctory.However, afterward, those people, regardless of whether they took advantage or suffered losses during the ruling process, always publicized Irmes' justice and kindness. In short, it was simply outrageous.

When Irmes learned that a strange army had appeared in the battle valley, he didn't panic or anxious, and it could even be said that his reaction was a little too calm.

Ilmes has a lord's guard of 100 people. He didn't summon them immediately, but just ordered the guards to strengthen their guard. The guards of the lord are very familiar with this. After all, they experienced a similar incident two years ago. At that time, King Lashan's army was even more terrifying, and even surrounded Ismail's lord's manor.

However, many adventurers and mercenaries from other places gathered outside Ismael's manor, clamoring for Ismael to hire them, so that they can contribute to the protection of the peace and stability of the Battle Valley.

When Irmes, who was hiding in the manor, heard the statement from the adventurer's representative, his complexion turned ashen.Irmes is a tall, handsome and unsmiling warrior, he looked at the disgusting appearance of the adventurer representative, and wanted to chop off the opponent's head with a sword.

However, Irmes endured the disgust in his heart after all, and he said to the adventurer representative: "As the lord of the Battle Valley, I should have fought to protect this land, but I have more important things Be guarded. I'm a poor man and barely have a spare copper thumb to pay you guys so I can't ask you to do anything. If you're willing to fight for Battle Valley for nothing, go for it, at least I won't stop you."

In short, Irmes did nothing.Unexpectedly, those clamoring mercenaries and adventurers were fooled by the representative who walked out of the lord's manor to form a messy army, and then headed towards the land of three rivers with high morale.

When William set foot on the land of Three Rivers, he couldn't help feeling sorry for the richness and desolation of this land.As we all know, any place where great rivers meet always has an advantage over ordinary places, and this is especially true for the land of three rivers.The land here is fertile and flat, with rich vegetation and endless water resources. It is an excellent agricultural base. It is also combined with the intersection and cutting of three rivers, forming a unique strategic terrain.

The importance of the Land of Three Rivers is self-evident, but it is a pity that there are not many residents here, but there are many manors, castles and ruins left by the people in the past. William is a little puzzled, can the people here not see this land? Is the land of strategic value?

William was convinced that if a strong city could be built here, it would be easy to take control of Battle Valley.

Although William felt a little regretful that the people in the Battle Valley didn't know geography and strategy, he even felt a little sad about it. Without it, the opponent was too mentally retarded, which gave him almost no sense of accomplishment.

That's it?

Is this the so-called big problem of Saint Tempus?

Brother Saint, who are you looking down on?

William ordered his troops and hirelings to disembark at the Three Rivers, and then set up camp on the north bank of the Asaba River.

The empty fleet was ordered by William to return to the deep forest valley and continue to transport hired labor and food supplies here.And William's army was sent out to sweep around the camp as soon as it was established.

Scavenge various monsters, beasts and threats, gather various building materials and supplies, and investigate detailed geographical information.

That's right!William did not plan to attack other parts of the Battle Valley immediately, but decided to build a permanent castle in the land of three rivers.