The Swordsman of Faerûn

William ordered the ten knights to escort the captives, some of the trophies, and the remains of the sacrificial knights back to Iron Horse Pass, while he took the rest of the knights to go to the south bank of the Asaba River to find a fighter.

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The geographical location of Heiyuqiao Village is really good. Any army that wants to camp near Dunqiu Ferry will basically regard Heiyuqiao Village as the first choice, especially at this time when there is no one in Heiyuqiao Village , the residents don't even need the permission of the host family, they can live in it swaggeringly.

For example, the cavalry of Tempus, which was forced by William to cross the river, was a mercenary regiment affiliated with [Steel Fang], one of the two major religious organizations that believed in Tempus (the information came from the confession of the captives).

Speaking of [Steel Fang], we must not mention another powerful pillar of the church organization in Tempus - [Broken Blade].

[Broken Blade] are mostly warriors and priests who were injured serving Tempus. Although they can no longer provide combat power for the front line, these members usually play the role of backup in the temple or altar. They also swore to the death to defend the guarded place.

And [Steel Fang] is a fighting group composed of elite fighters and priests, and its members are often assigned very dangerous tasks. [Steel Fang] is led by a priest who is proficient in combat, and also has connections with many mercenary groups or knight groups.

The common symbol of the mercenary group who believed in Tempus was a brown rusty dagger pointing obliquely to the lower right, with four drops of blood dripping from the blade.

This knight group belonging to [Steel Fang] is called the Shadow of Diros. Diros is the name of one of Tempus's twin mounts, the black stallion. It is said that when Tempus appeared on the When joining a certain side on the battlefield, it means that the army of this side is bound to fail, which leads to the fact that whoever sees the God of War riding a black stallion means that he is about to suffer the doom of defeat.

The meaning of the shadow of Diros is that when the enemy sees our shadow, they will also go to the fate of failure.It's a pity that this well-named knight group was not favored by victory today. They suffered a humiliation-a sexual defeat on the Black Feather Bridge.

Whether it's a group fight or a one-on-one fight, the Knights of the Shadow of Diros can be said to have lost nothing to say.This made Fantez Ambrose, the head of the Knights, feel extremely aggrieved. As a powerful figure from Tethyr, he and his people had never suffered such a big loss.

Fantez was extremely unconvinced. It must be known that he was a top priest of Tempus, and the knights under his command were all able to cast a divine spell bestowed by the God of War.

Under normal circumstances, as long as they bless their divine arts, even adult dragons would have to stay away when they saw them.

However, the gods have descended into the world recently, and it is very difficult for any priest or clergyman to use even the simplest magic spell when they are far away from the grace of God.

Even though the Ambrose brothers regained the saintly body of the God of War walking in the mortal world and regained the favor of the God of War, if they were too far away from the holy body of Tempus, they still could not borrow divine spells.

Just like on the Black Feather Bridge, the knights of the shadow of Diros who lost the blessing of magic were directly beaten into dogs by William.

Fantez Ambrose didn't want to leave just like that, and then he took the remnants of his knight order to live in the seemingly vacant Black Feather Bridge Village.

Then, when the moon was at its zenith, William, who was hiding outside Heiyuqiao Village, witnessed the ferocity of the Moonlight Mouse once again. The remnants of the Diros Shadow, which had more than 40 members, screamed and shouted , Only two people barely ran out of the village gate on barebacked war horses.

Surprisingly, even though these two people were already at the end of their battles, even the horses were seriously injured and could hardly run anymore, and the Moonlight Mouse entrenched in Heiyuqiao Village did not run out to chase them down, but stood At the gate of the village, he watched the two slowly leave, and watched them being grabbed and taken away by another group of Twolegs on horseback.

Fantez and his son Edson Ambrose are the only remaining members of the entire Knights. They were able to escape from the Moonlight Mouse not only because the father and son were lucky enough, but also because Fantitz There is a sacred emblem blessed by the saint Tempus on his body, allowing him to use a divine spell once when he is far away from the saint.

There is no doubt that this is the trump card that Van Tetz used to save his life.

If it was not a matter of life and death, he would never use this sacred thing.The reason is very simple. This God of War emblem does not belong to Van Tetz, but to his elder brother, Aldan Ambrose, who is called the spokesman of God of War.

Aldan is the most loyal servant of Tempus. Since the gods lost their place—that is, the first batch of gods came to the world, from this time on, all believers cannot borrow magic from their respective gods——Air Dan left Amn and searched for the God of War all over the world.

Relying on his understanding of the nature of Tempus, Eldan came to the Valley Alliance, where he successfully found the War Saint. As a reward for his loyalty to Priest Eldan, Tempus bestowed the sacred emblem, But Eldan gave the holy emblem to his brother.

Even though Van Tetz used the magic contained in the holy emblem, he and his son barely escaped from the siege of the Moonlight Mouse, and when William's cavalry captured them, the father and son, who were covered in bruises, even Without the slightest thought of rebellion, he was delighted to ask them for help.

When William saw the tragic situation of the Van Tetz father and son, he immediately understood the reason why the father and son asked their enemies for help.The cruel and vicious Moonlight Mouse bit off young Edson's ear, nose, and an eyeball.And Fantez's feet even exposed the toe bones and leg bones. I really don't know how the poor father and son escaped from the rat pile in such terrible pain.

Out of pity for the tragic father and son, William treated them superficially with spellfire energy, healing bleeding wounds but not restoring missing limbs.

As a veteran priest, Van Tetz is a man of knowledge. Although he doesn't know why William can use "divine magic" to heal himself and his son, he also doesn't know the secret about the cursed fire.

But he is very clear that William is capable of helping their father and son recover from physical trauma, because Van Tetz is well aware of the advantages and limitations of various healing spells. The effect is definitely not comparable to the mere [Healing God Art].

Van Tetz never wanted his young son to live like a monster in the future and be ridiculed and despised.So when William asked Van Tetz about the information about the Tempus Allied Forces, the beloved pastor almost told everything he knew like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

On the surface, the person who presides over the army of Tempus is Aldan Ambrose, but in fact, there are other people who actually command the army. They are a black-bearded strong man wearing a gorgeous captain's costume, and a A dark-haired female knight who always wears red armor.

Moreover, it is said that they also have an ally who will lead the army to join in at the critical moment of the battle. Van Tetz once saw the envoy of that ally, a strong warrior with blond hair, riding a chrysanthemum green Pegasus.

The so-called chrysanthemum blue refers to a horse with green hair (green hair refers to the mixture of black and white hair, which looks blue from a distance), and there are dark spots on the shoulders, ribs, buttocks and other trunks, which are shaped like chrysanthemums, so it is called chrysanthemum green.

William was very satisfied with Van Tetz's wit and wit, and he agreed to the other party's request to save his son almost without hesitation.

With the injection of a large amount of life force transformed by the energy of the curse fire, the ugly wound of the young Edson healed almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ears and nose bitten off by the mouse grew back almost intact. The bitten eyeball is a little troublesome. The organ itself has grown, but the vision has not recovered. It is estimated that a [Secondary Restoration Technique] is needed to completely recover the visual function of this newborn eyeball.

What happened next to the father and son was a bit embarrassing.In fact, after getting enough information, William didn't mind releasing the father and son, but Van Tetz didn't dare to take Edson directly back to the camp of the Tempus army because he and Edson were killed. The traces of treatment cannot be concealed, unless they are willing to spend a period of time in the wild, so that the new skin will become consistent with the appearance of the old skin.

Otherwise, those shrewd and experienced priests and even saints would be able to see that the problem of the father and son, apart from the believers around a certain god, who can use divine magic to treat them at this time.Why should the servants of other gods heal them? !

Therefore, if they go back directly, Van Tetz's betrayal will be exposed immediately.

After some almost argumentative discussions, Edson stayed on William's side as a prisoner, while Van Tetz rode back to the Tempus army alone.

After dealing with this incident, which was not considered an accident, William began to plan the next move.His target was the enemy's ally army. William was worried that it might be an all-flying Pegasus knight.

How can we force the opponent out of the dark?William has his own way of doing this.

He immediately sent someone back to Iron Horse Pass, and transferred the three little girls to his side, along with all the Mist Knights.

When the whole team gathered, William asked Misha'er to ride three flying horses, Mo Xiao, to act as scouts in the sky, while he led all the Mist Knights to gallop across the land of Feather Valley, facing Tempus. The stragglers of the army carried out a brutal and merciless purge.

On the first day, William and the others besieged four almost defenseless mercenary groups, killed more than 300 enemy soldiers, and defeated two knight groups who came to rescue.

The next day, two more mercenary groups with insufficient defense were encircled and wiped out on the way to Heiba ​​Bridge, and more than 400 mercenaries survived.The mercenary team that went out to collect food later also suffered the same bad luck.

On the third day, an angry cavalry regiment was gathered, and nearly two thousand knights searched the land of Lingyu Valley with a net, but unfortunately they did not find even a shadow of the enemy.Just when this anxious cavalry regiment was about to return to the camp, they suddenly received information about the enemy's tracks.

The food convoy transporting supplies from Taser Valley to the Tempus Army was attacked by the enemy.When the cavalry wing arrived at the scene where the grain transport team was attacked, they found that the enemy had already left.Only the bodies of the guards who were killed were left at the scene, and the convoy transporting food disappeared along with the food. The attackers did not leave any clues for the cavalry regiment to track down. Even the most experienced ranger Or thieves have difficulty tracking the whereabouts of the enemy.

There is a famous saying in the tracking industry: Wherever there is a mistake, there must be a trace.Converted into the words of William's previous life, it is "the wind leaves a sound, and the geese leave a trace."

The commander of the cavalry regiment never believed that the attackers would appear without warning and disappear without a trace after the battle, even ghosts of the undead.

While this cavalry regiment was searching for clues back and forth in the area at the junction of Feather Valley and Taser Valley, another unfortunate news came from the north. A transport team from Plow Valley was also attacked in Scar Valley. attack.

Cultivated Valley is located in the northern part of the Asaba River. It is one of the oldest city-states in the Valley Alliance, and it is also the city-state that suffered the most from the invasion and oppression of King Lashan, the former lord of Scar Valley.The last word, of course, comes from members of the Council of Seven, the rulers of the plowed valley, speaking at the council of the valley after the fall (or disappearance, as it is commonly called) of King Rashan.

The rulers of Plow Valley are the Council of Seven Citizens, the seven wealthiest men in the Valley.A citizen councilor holds his or her seat in parliament for life until death, and the plowmen then commission the wealthiest non-citizen councilor to take his place.

Genggu did not provide many soldiers during the coalition's assembly, but they paid a large donation for the coalition as support. Almost half of the mercenaries in the Starfall Sea area were attracted by this donation, and then Became part of the Tempus Allied Forces.

Therefore, although Genggu's transport team transported no strategic materials, its value was enough to drive all the mercenaries crazy.Therefore, when the news of the attack on the transport team of Genggu reached the coalition camp, countless mercenary groups and knights rushed out of the camp of the Tempus coalition army. Go in the direction of Scar Valley.

All the coalition soldiers who left the camp didn't notice that there was a Pegasus flying against them in the cloudy sky.

That's right, William used Pegasus' flying ability every time he attacked.Every time he will ride a Pegasus with Meluna to scout in the air, when they find a target that can be attacked, William will land on the ground, open the gate of flames with the help of Meluna, and then hide in the flame world The Mist Knights who had been waiting for a long time would rush out from the Flame Gate and kill the target. After the battle was over, they cleaned the battlefield and returned to William's base in the Flame World, waiting for the next opportunity to attack.

As for why William didn't take action to wipe out those mortal armies himself, it was because of the gentleman's agreement between him and the old mage Elminster, that is, William promised not to use large-scale destructive means against the mortal army first. Of course, if the enemy uses illegal means, William has the right to fight back.

This is the reason why William wants to play mortal war games. If he wants to unify the valley, he has to rely on worldly means to achieve it.

William didn't like to play politics, and he didn't have that talent, so war in the mortal world became his only choice.

In fact, even if he was playing a mundane hegemony game, William had an overwhelming advantage in this regard.

Let’s say that William saw countless Tempus Allied soldiers rushing out of the camp from high in the sky. He immediately let Mo Xiao land behind a hill in the south of the enemy’s camp, and then opened the gate of flames with Meluna. .

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In fact, the world of flames is not suitable for human habitation. Even if William builds a base near the flames, this problem cannot be completely solved.

William's flame servants have built a lot of facilities in the base to protect the lives of ordinary people, such as water-flow cooling air conditioners (similar to the soil air conditioners that are more common in the third brother's house), heat-resistant walls, and high-temperature heat-absorbing vegetation. , endless ice fountains, etc., in short, everything is to create a residence that is more suitable for ordinary people to live in.

To be honest, the cost of building such a residence is more than enough for William to build a top-level mortal city in Faerun.Not to mention other things, the fire-resistant materials consumed in the construction of heat-resistant walls alone are enough to completely bankrupt the finances of any kingdom, and the endless ice sea fountains are natural treasures contributed by Kaoyi. The creatures in the world will go crazy when they see it, and even the gods in the ice field will be jealous.

It's just that the livable place built with such extravagance can only support three or five people to live comfortably in it. No matter how many people there are, it will be a bit unsupportable, and it will easily cause the livable environment to collapse.

For example, with a hundred people and double the number of war horses stuffed into the base like William, the so-called livable place will turn into a sauna room for an hour or two at most.

Fortunately, William still has another treasure that can make the knights live a little more comfortably, and that is the scepter of protection he once used.This scepter of protection can create a dimensionless space, providing a paradise-like shelter for up to two hundred creatures.

While in this sanctuary, creatures do not age, and natural healing is doubled.Water and food (fruits and vegetables only) are plentiful, and the climate is very comfortable.

Originally, the asylum scepter needed at least a week to cool down every time it was used, especially after the magic net was disconnected, the asylum scepter went on strike immediately.But when this scepter of protection fell into the hands of Miluna, it directly became an unlimited door-opening staff. As long as Miluna is willing, she can open a shelter anytime, anywhere, unlimited times. .

By the way, let’s repeat the limitations of the sanctuary created by the Rod of Sanctuary. Apart from the wielder, a maximum of 199 creatures can enter and be fully protected. The duration of stay is 200 days divided by the number of creatures.

So, a single creature (the user himself) can stay for 200 days, four creatures can stay for 50 days, and sixty creatures can stay for three days, so 101 to 200 creatures can only stay for one day.

The same sanctuary scepter can only maintain one sanctuary at a time.

In order to ensure that there is a full-state team that can go into battle at any time, William deliberately reserved a team of exactly 99 knights and 99 horses in the flame world, so that they can hide in the shelter to maintain their state.

Of course, there is another support team hiding outside the Feather Valley as the battlefield. As long as there is a need, William can transfer them to the position where they are needed through the flame world.

Of course, William doesn't need to transfer people now, he has a better idea.

There is one detail that William once specifically asked Van Tetz, that is, how familiar the members of the coalition forces in Tempus are to each other.

Since the members of the Tempus coalition came from all corners of the country, they included adventurers and mercenaries from almost all areas of the Falling Star Sea, and even some people from further afield, which caused confusion in the management of the coalition, even until now The coalition forces have not counted how many troops they have.

Therefore, when William led a hundred people wearing battle robes with the holy emblem of Tempus and riding into the camp of the coalition army, no one doubted their identities.

On the contrary, some mercenary groups were quite envious of William's group's excellent equipment and handsome mounts. Without it, William's group's equipment was a bit too luxurious.

Ever since the Mist Knights boarded William's thief ship, these warriors from Mist Valley have become completely rich.As far as armor is concerned, Mist Knights have a lot of matching options, whether it is refined composite chain armor, high-grade scale armor, fine-crafted plate armor, or inlaid armor cut and sewn with sub-dragon skin, even real Dragon scale armor, as long as the Mist Knights think it is suitable, they can choose a set they like.

In terms of weapons, they are all master-level boutiques, each of which is a magic weapon that can be used as a family heirloom.

So shortly after William and his soldiers entered the camp of the Tempus Allied Forces, they immediately attracted the attention of interested people.Of course, these caring people didn't doubt William's hostile status, especially with a few little girls walking beside William, no one would believe that there would be enemies who would bring their children into this place.

They just wondered if William and his group were members of a very powerful knight order. Looking at those elite knights, almost every one of them was an elite class (equivalent to professional level 7+).

Strictly speaking according to the standard of stealth operations, the camouflage of William and his party was undoubtedly a failure, nothing else, because they were too eye-catching.

Fortunately, the management of the camp of the Tempus Allied Forces was chaotic enough, and the insistence of Misha'er and the others made some people completely ignore the possibility that William and the others were enemies.This has resulted in a terrible result. William and his party have become the favorites in the eyes of some people, but no one knows about their upcoming actions, let alone prevent them.

Although it was the first time for William to enter the coalition camp, his understanding of the terrain and layout was even deeper than many people who had been living in the camp. Let him know a lot of useful information in advance.

William didn't pay attention to the gazes of the people around him, but went straight to the camp where the Knights gathered with his subordinates, who were somewhat nervous.He is well aware of the psychological quality of these cavalrymen under him, it is difficult to ignore them when they enter and leave the enemy camp like him, if they stay where they are, they may show their flaws.

But soon William couldn't go, because a lady who looked very imposing appeared in front of his horse.

This is a tall, strong, elegant and beautiful woman, wearing leather armor with mottled patterns and green-brown clothes, including a light green short cloak, with long reddish-brown hair hanging over her shoulders and back. The pupils are like two bottomless brown pools.

This female ranger holds a bladed bow in her hand, a long dagger with a sheath on her waist, and a quiver on her back. She always has a confident smile on her face.She stopped William and asked with a smile, "Dear warrior, it's a pleasure to meet you here. I'm Mei Li from the Unicorn Grove. Where are you from?"

William looked at the woman in surprise, and was a little surprised that she suddenly appeared and asked him.However, William still held his nerves without any disturbance. He lightly jumped off the horse and landed heavily on the muddy ground. The standard scale armor on his body made a clicking sound.

William had expected this kind of interrogation scene, and he knew how to deal with the other party.William looked at the female ranger who was not much shorter than himself in front of him, stared straight into her eyes as deep as a deep pool, and said in his mouth: "Nice to meet you, Ms. Meili. My teammates and I traveled from the west to the Great Sand Sea. Came from the other side of the world, and came here in pursuit of a target."

The female ranger Mei Liyan showed a curious look on her face, and asked, "What kind of target are you chasing?"

William whispered solemnly: "A terrible! Terrifying! A villain who made countless good people gnash their teeth! A nobleman who killed Mirabar, fell in love with a beautiful female consul, and... The man who destroyed the Moon Bridge, the symbol of the city, in Silvermoon City."

Mei Li opened her mouth wide to express her surprise, but William always felt that the lady's surprise was a bit fake.

Mei Li opened her pretty eyes wide, and said in awe: "The man who can let you dispatch a hundred powerful warriors to hunt him down is really a terrifying guy!"

William shook his head and said, "I think you have misunderstood! Ma'am, we are the Silvermoon Knights who came to the Valley at the invitation of Elminster, the great sage of Shadow Valley, mainly to fight against the enemies of Shadow Valley. My personal mission."

Mei Li asked with some doubts: "Since you are Silver Moon Knights, why are you wearing Tempus' battle robes?"

William said solemnly: "When we left the Silvermoon Alliance, Bishop Vestac Auri from the Temple of Tempus granted us a certificate of honorable war knights, allowing us to pass through any independent city-state."

There is a unique rule about the order of the gods in the mortal world. Only believers of Tempus can travel freely in the territory of other countries as an army or knight order. In addition, believers of any other gods unless With the permission of the local lord or king, it is illegal to form an army or knight order.

Therefore, groups that generally want to eat the rice of the mercenary group or the knight order will mostly link their small teams with religious organizations in Tempus.

Therefore, even if William and his group are not believers of Tempus, it is understandable for them to walk on the ground wearing Tempus's shirt. Even Tempus himself can't say anything here, because this is war. The rules established by the king in order to expand the spread of his belief.

At the beginning, Tempus spent a lot of effort to come up with this rule, but when those countries and city-states who defied the God of War (it was still called the God of War at the time) lost almost all the battles, and even most of them were destroyed. Afterwards, the rules of the God of War became the rules of the whole world.

Of course, there are also many gods who are greedy for Tempus's power and want to emulate one or two, but unfortunately most of them are not anti-dogs. Not only did they fail to achieve the expected effect, but they caused a lot of trouble, just like a certain fool who called himself the sun.

Mei Li didn't have any doubts about William's words, and she even felt some things that William said. What interested her was William, and the strong power of the earth in William. She was very curious about the old man. How could the mistress seem to be intimate with this mortal boy?

She pretended to be displeased and said, "Knight, after talking so much, you still haven't told me what your name is!"

William said in a blunt tone: "Neil! Neil Sarn! A Northlander."

Nothing wrong!The person close to the sun is my name!

Meili wanted to say something more, but William interrupted: "Ma'am, my subordinates and I are already tired and need to find a place to rest. If you have any questions, you can wait for me to settle them down, and then I will help you one by one." You answer."

Mei Li looked at the knights and a few little girls behind William, but she didn't notice the fatigue. Many people were a little nervous, but it was true.But Mei Li didn't think about it, she said to William enthusiastically: "Okay! Mr. Neil, if you don't mind, I can show you the way to the cavalry camp."

William said: "Thank you for your kindness, Ms. Mei Li. We are as familiar with the camp as our own home, so no need, please let us leave quietly!"

"Okay then!" Mei Li shrugged, a little disappointed to get out of the way, and then watched William and the others ride into the area of ​​the cavalry camp, and watched them occupy a seemingly vacant barracks.

The reason why it looks like is that the owner of this barracks went out to explore the road a few days ago and has not returned yet, but it was William and the others who were the first group of cavalry to wipe out the prisoners? !

Of course, Mei Li is not the manager of the Cavalry District, and she naturally has no way of knowing the distribution of personnel in the Seventh Cavalry District, and the head of the Cavalry District, Ms. Scarlet Knight, will not report to her.

William and his party entered the reserved cavalry tent area. It was not empty, but a garrison team of 12 guarded the residence of the entire cavalry team and the property left in the residence.

When the Mist Knights entered here, these defenders were about to question the intruders, but they were knocked down by William lightning.

Then, like normal cavalry returning to camp, the knights unsaddled their horses and carried fodder to feed and drink water.In fact, these war horses had already been fed with water before they came, so they all looked down on the oats and grass stalks around their mouths.