The Swordsman of Faerûn

Why is Hillen so familiar with these things?Is it because she lived a long time?

of course not!

Not only has Helen lived long enough, she is also an indomitable entrepreneur who has experienced countless successes and failures and is very experienced.

Shillen's first career as an adult was to retake the family business abandoned by his father - a territory near Neverwinter, and use it to establish a powerful kingdom in the northern Sword Coast.

It's just that this kingdom was destroyed by Hieron's sister Lila not long after, and Lila established a new city on a piece of land in Hieron's kingdom, and took this city that was later called Luskan as the base. The base is constantly invading Shiron's kingdom.

The struggle for power between the two sisters eventually turned into a magical battle that could destroy them both. In the end, the goddess of magic came forward to stop the battle and took advantage of the situation to gather the two into voters.

The aftermath of this battle was also quite unexpected. Sheeren lost her country, and Lila became the new "Witch Queen of the North" (this title once belonged to Heron's dead teacher Sahern Silverbrow). ).

The reason Hieron lost the throne was not that she lost the battle, but that she sat in the Queen's position for too long, as far as the law of kings allowed.

Since then, Hellen has experienced several entrepreneurial ventures, some of which were successful and some failed. For a long time, Hellen found that her main competitors, those who kept using various politics, murder, poison and backstabbing against her , They are all her own sisters of the same father and mother.

While the competition among the sisters brought Sheeren a lot of bad experiences, it also verified many guesses that she had been uncertain about.

At the end of fighting with several sisters, Shiron accidentally obtained an artifact during an adventure, a scepter that imprisoned the essence of the Lord of Prophetic Magic—the Scepter of Sulfuras.

This scepter imprisoned the body of Savras, the all-seeing god who was defeated by Azus a long time ago. The scepter can enable the ruler to accurately foresee various types of spells, and can show the knowledge that the owner desires. All relevant information can be found.

Through the scepter of Sufras, Hillen not only gained the ability to transform the silver dragon, but also learned many forbidden knowledge and secrets, including the "law of the king" that she has always been more concerned about.

Since then, Shiron has lost interest in the power game with her sisters, and only wants to build a paradise that truly belongs to good creatures.

Hieren's last venture was to establish the City-State of Shadow Valley with Omri Obassky, but this time she resolutely hid behind the scenes, and even during the days when Omri was assassinated, Hieren kept it. Staying away from a detached posture outside of power, she believes that this will allow her to avoid the restrictions of the "king's law".

Hellen's plan can be said to have succeeded, but it can also be said to have failed.

The success is that she was the leader of the Shadow Valley that should have ended with Omri Obassky, but she continued to be in charge of the Shadow Valley behind the scenes for nearly 20 years.

It is said that she failed because of Helen's chicken-stealing behavior, which made her a thorn in the side of some big bosses and gods, including the one who persuaded her to hand over the scepter of Sufras and claimed that she would always protect her Azuth, the mage god, has been secretly trying to kill Sheeren (in the timeline without William, Heron was killed in the year of the giant worm [1356] and turned into a silver ghost) .

Sheeren knew better than anyone that if William really established a complete Vale kingdom, then she would be the most suitable candidate for queen, and her child with William would be the most perfect heir to the throne.

William didn't really believe in these seemingly unreliable hidden things. After all, he was more convinced of the truth of "Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?", but William's perception told him that Hellen was indeed not lying.

Besides, William didn't care much about the set of foundations he had just accumulated. He didn't think being a queen was a blessing for Phinea.

So after some deliberation, William decided to let Helen (and her children) take over the future Kingdom of the Valley.

Because William didn't like to bother about copywriting, and he didn't want to wrong himself and his family for the sake of power.

Of course, if anyone in his family wants to get a share of the future power of the Valley Kingdom, William is also happy to see it.

-------------Chapter Dividing Line---------------

Chasing Spray is a four-year-old two-masted square sailing ship. In terms of ship age, she is only a rookie in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars, but Spray Chasing has already become famous in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars area.

Because the Chasing Spray is one of the few cargo ships in the Dragon Bay area that dares to sail directly to Zhentil Castle, and is not owned by the owner of the Zhentil Castle.

The maverick of Chasing the Spray is inseparable from the fierce style of the captain "Brave Red Beard" Hilgert Reddings.Hilgart Readings was once a famous adventurer. He participated in the sailing adventures of Sambian merchants to open up sea trade routes for many times, and accumulated rich sailing experience.

Later, Hilgart Reddings participated in the trade war between Sembia and Zhentil Castle as the captain of the boat. He has cruised the Moon Sea many times, and even visited the port of Zhentil Castle several times.

However, with the end and reconciliation of the trade war between Sembia and the Zhentarim, the brave red beard and his team became somewhat dispensable.

Fortunately, Hilgert Reddings was wise enough. He foresaw in time that if he and his partners could not get out quickly, they would most likely become sacrifices for the reconciliation of the two major trade groups, so they plundered a ship from A trade ship from Sambia bound for Zhentil Keep.

After Hilgart Reddings and his partners robbed the cargo ship, they did not take it directly for themselves, but continued northward to Zhentil Castle, and delivered the goods to the merchants in Zhentil Castle instead of the former owner.

Afterwards, Hilgart Reddings made a clever plan to resell the cargo ship suspected of being filthy in the underground black market of Zhentil Castle, and then bought a ship at a high price in the shipyard of Zhentil Castle. The completed two-masted clipper, now known as the Chase Spray.

Although Zhentil Castle has a bad reputation, it is undeniable that the people of Zhentil Castle are doing very well in some aspects, such as shipbuilding.

Thanks to the rich hardwood resources in the northern cold regions, the ships manufactured by Zhentil Castle Shipyard are famous for their durability and high fire resistance, especially the two unique cold zone hardwood species produced in the northern frontier forest - Gloomy Tree and Weir Trees are the best among ship materials.

In the cold regions of the north, the dark tree is a relatively common hardwood. The trunk is straight and smooth, and there are small branches and crowns on it. It can grow to about 20 meters, but it takes a long time to grow, generally about 100 meters. In about [-] to [-] years, the colder the region, the slower the growth.

Gloomy Trees are named for their dark, eerie shape when they grow thickly.Cut through the black bark (silver-gray freshly stripped) and you'll find the wood beneath the bark is ash-gray—and hard as steel.

The wood of Gloomy Trees is hard and resistant to fire, and when placed in a fire, they smolder but do not burn, and many times even forest fires cannot kill them.

In many shipyards in the south, boatmen usually import this kind of wood as the raw material for masts, but the people of Zhentil Castle choose to use the wood of the dark tree to make ship planks.

In fact, the real precious tree in the northern region is a species called the sacred oak-weir tree.Weir trees resemble oak in appearance, but are much rarer.

When left undisturbed, the tree grows into a huge, branched forest behemoth, actively protected by the forest's dryads, tree nymphs, druids, treants, and rangers , and build dwellings and even villages and towns on the canopy.

Ordinary fires cannot ignite a weir tree; only magical fires can set it ablaze; and the tree's wood is durable and resilient, and has a unique response to light-type spells.

Spells such as glaucous light, dancing lights, faery fire, bright light, and lingering light cast light on unenchanted weir trees (whether alive or felled), and the effects of these spells The light will linger around the weir trees for a long time - even if the magic light source has been moved away in the process.

It is also this unique magical characteristic of the weir tree that makes it one of the best magic ship materials in Faerun.

When left undisturbed, the tree grows into a huge, branched forest behemoth, actively protected by the forest's dryads, tree nymphs, druids, treants, and rangers , and build dwellings and even villages and towns on the canopy.

Because of this, the weir tree has become the most cherished treasure and property of jungle creatures, and it is difficult for those who covet it to harvest it, unless they can organize an army to completely defeat the guardian of the weir tree.

Of course, Hilgart Reddings couldn't afford a magic ship made of weir trees. The main keel and most of the plates of his Chaser Spray were made of dark trees, with only some unimportant parts, such as cabin interiors. They use cedar or ash wood planks. Although these woods are not as hard as steel like the Gloomy Trees, they are still excellent ship materials. The wood is dense and resistant to moisture.

The Chasing Spray is equipped with full horizontal sails, and the hull is beautifully streamlined. It has the characteristics of fast speed, flexible steering, and strong maneuverability, which makes it one of the fastest fast ships on the Falling Star Sea. one.

The Chasing Spray is a typical two-masted square-sailing ship with reasonable rigging and easy operation. Generally, only a dozen or so sailors are needed to give full play to the performance of the ship (for specific shape and structure, please refer to the Black Pearl in the Caribbean. and intercept number).

When William boarded the smoky deck of the clipper, he couldn't help but marvel at it.

William did not board the Chase Spray alone. His entourage included three little girls and a 24-man guard.Half of the guards are members of William's former guards, all of whom are relatively young lads, and the other half are from the monk group. A female monk named Jialinola Bicamus is the member of this monk team. leader.

In Faerun, it was taboo to have women board the ship, but William and his party were mostly women, especially the monk guards, who gathered almost all the pretty female monks in the monk group.

Originally, both Curiel Rageheart and Elena Frostheart aspired to be the leader of this monk guard. For this reason, they even fought more than ten duels overtly or secretly, to compete for who The closest location to William.

It's a pity that the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins. The most powerful female monks of the two warrior monks fought openly and secretly. In the end, it was Jialinola, a flirtatious little bitch, who got the best deal. Almost drove the two female monks crazy.

Although Jialinola Pikamus's beautiful figure does have a certain advantage, after all, which man doesn't like the pleasing scenery of the guards around him.But the bigger reason is that the situation in Genggu is still inseparable from the suppression of the monks.

Even though Curiel and Elena were unwilling in every possible way, after a little explanation from William, they remained in Genggu Town obediently as the leaders of the monk group.In fact, for these two female monks who have gradually developed a feeling of rivalry, as long as the other party can't get what they can't get, everything will be fine.

If William really dared to choose one of the two as his bodyguard, the other would definitely have to go berserk.

Most of the original members of William's guard were also left behind. They will serve as Hellen's most effective team and help him control the situation in Genggu as soon as possible.

In fact, William was too worried about this point, and underestimated Hellen's ability and connections.Almost not long after William left, many members of the Harper Alliance who were silently lurking appeared in front of Hellen, many of whom were elves and half-elves, and even a few original guards from Shadow Valley who were driven away by William Members also appear here.

Helen received these "friends" cordially, and learned about the changes in the valley since she fell into a coma from the perspective of the Harper Alliance, especially the series of great things that William had done in the valley.

In fact, the members of the Harper Alliance are extremely dissatisfied with William's recent behavior of unifying the Valley. Almost most of the Harper members believe that William is the destroyer of regional balance, the destroyer of peace and stability, and the strangler of freedom and order. The top leaders of the Hand League even had the idea and plan to assassinate William and his relatives.

In fact, Shiron didn't think a unified valley was good enough, but she also knew that no one including herself, including the Harpers, could stop William.

Helen has seen William's hidden power in the world of flames with her own eyes, and she knows that if the boy is completely annoyed, the entire valley is likely to attract a truly devastating catastrophe, just like the card she just learned. The burning city of Lin Gang is on fire.

Hillen's idea is to secretly gather the control of the soon-to-be-unified Valley into the hands of people from the "justice and good camp", this "people" includes the Harpers of the moderate faction (the Harpers are divided into radicals and moderates) The radical faction likes to engage in assassination, the moderate faction likes to play peaceful evolution), the righteous valley city-state nobles, kind mages and scholars, etc.

It's a pity that Hellen's plan is doomed to be in vain, how could she understand William's mind and plan.For William, it doesn't matter who the tool man is. What really matters is whether the nature and structure of the future Valley Kingdom's regime is in line with his wishes.

To put it bluntly, William didn't care about power and status. He was just fulfilling his original intention of intervening in the situation in the valley. If he could fulfill his oath, even if he gave away the future throne, William would be happy to take it lightly.

The joy of exploring and swimming in unknown places in the world is not as much as shrinking in the cold courtyard of a deep palace, with decades of hard work in the form of paperwork.

How can a wandering dragon soaring above the nine heavens care about the flies among a group of loaches in the mud pit.

The reason why Hilgert Reddings was willing to use his own ship to carry William and his party was because he was also a member of the Harper Alliance, even including the dozen or so sailor companions under him.

As we have guessed, the main purpose of the Chasing Spray roaming the waterways between Zhentil Castle and Starfall Sea is not to ship cargo, but to detect the illegal behavior of the Zhentarim in the sea lanes (Harper Alliance considered illegal).

However, after William and his guards boarded the ship at the port of Grow Valley Town, the Chasing Spray did not sail directly north, but turned to the south, and Scar Valley Town was William's next destination.

It is said that Fallen Star Sea, as the largest inland salty sea water in Faerun, provides the best geographical transportation advantages for the prosperity of the whole Faerun (just like the Mediterranean Sea is to classical Western civilization).This huge body of water connects the eastern and western parts of the Faerun continent, so that the vast continent will not be separated by civilization due to geographical reasons.

The wind and waves in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars are relatively small, but the wind direction is more changeable, which has advantages and disadvantages for the ships sailing in it.The advantage is that since the wind and waves in most areas of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars are relatively small, ships sailing are not prone to accidents due to natural disasters, so even some inland river boats can sail in the offshore waters of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars.

The disadvantage is that if a sailboat wants to sail smoothly, it needs a skilled enough sailing veteran to maintain a stable sail in the changeable sea wind.

Even if the hull of the Chasing Spray was perfect enough, the sailors who operated the ship were all experienced veterans, and it took them three full years to fully exert the performance of this fast ship.

With the help of the sea breeze blowing sideways, Hilgert controlled the foremast and mizzensail facing the wind, which formed an ingenious angle with the mizzen gaffsail, forming a strong forward thrust, allowing the Chasing Spray to break quickly. Splashes opened and headed towards Scar Valley Town in the south.

The seawater of Falling Star Sea is crystal clear, standing on the side of the ship, you can even see the seabed with the naked eye.Swarms of colorful swimming fish, colorful seabed corals, and a variety of seabed creatures made William and his party dizzying.

Of course, there are also some unlucky poor guys in the guard who are suffering from seasickness, including William's poor little apprentice Sai Luer, whose pale little face is so emaciated that it makes people feel distressed.The little guy vomited whatever he ate, even vomited water when he drank.

However, William didn't take this to heart. Seasickness is temporary, and they will naturally get used to it after a long time, and they will get used to vomiting slowly.

Of course, the bigger reason is that William is sure to protect these seasick people. The vitality transformed by the energy of the curse fire is enough to ensure that little Sai Luer can cry and vomit with full of anger even if she hasn't eaten anything for two days.

In the evening of the next day, the Chasing Spray sailed into the port area of ​​Scar Valley Town.William was walking on the streets of Scar Valley Port in the dim night, and was delighted to find that even after night fell, the law and order here was still relatively satisfactory. There might be petty theft, but those vicious crimes of fighting, robbery and extortion were almost invisible. No, this made William quite satisfied with the working ability of the left-behind person in charge of Scar Valley Town.

The person in charge of staying behind in Scar Valley Town is a local Tom priest named Kellworth Delmen (Tom, the god of loyalty and courage), and he is also a fairly reliable fighter.

William entered the Arrowfish Tavern with members of the guard, and some sailors from the Chasing Spray.The sailors impatiently ordered the most powerful wine, the freshest vegetables and the most tender beef, and then they ate big pieces like no one else.

William arranged for the little girls and his men to have dinner here, but he went to the town hall of Scar Valley Town alone, and met with the left-behind person in charge here.Later, he sent someone to Chandler intersection to inform Phinea that the female half-giant had been commanding an army composed of frost giant cubs and human knights to guard the Feather Falls area recently.

In fact, Phineya was not satisfied with the job of guarding one side alone. If it wasn't for the frost giant cubs tying her hands and feet, this woman would have run to William's side recklessly.

-------------Chapter Dividing Line---------------

William was not one to suppress his needs.

His domineering physique and vitality made his needs in some aspects always stand out, although his control over his body had almost reached the level of endocrine regulation.

But in general, doing so is not a good thing.

Therefore, when some delicious desserts that were readily available and without any worries were brought to his mouth, William happily accepted them.

Carinola Bicamus is worthy of being the face value of the monk war group. Although her monk level is not very high, she can only be regarded as the level of a senior monk (professional level 5+), but her The appearance is quite good, at least William couldn't resist the temptation.

The refined body of the monk gave William a quite different experience, but it was just an experience. The one who really gained the most was the beautiful monk Jialinola.

In the inheritance of monks, there is a relatively partial branch, whose members are all the most outstanding handsome men and beautiful women, and all fanatically believe in the goddess of fire, Suni.

This branch of monks mainly implements secret inheritance, and normally maintains its existence in the form of master-apprentice inheritance.But one thing is, the gender of their master and apprentice is always relative. If the master is male, then the apprentice is generally female, and vice versa.

The reason for this situation is that the martial monks of this genre advocate the inheritance of monks in such a way, which is a bit like William's Buddhist Joy Zen in his previous life.

Let's call it Huanxizong.

The monks of the Huanxi Sect believe that the inheritance of ordinary monks is to increase their understanding of the way of monks through fighting with each other, so wouldn't it be possible to enhance understanding through more intimate exchanges.

Don't tell me, there was a time when the success rate and speed of Huanxizong's disciples were astonishingly high, and it was brilliant for a while in Karatu's history.After all, you can become stronger quickly and enjoy it comfortably. Who can refuse this kind of good practice that has the best of both worlds.

It's a pity that there has never been a truly perfect method of cultivation in the world.As time went by, the shortcomings of Huanxizong were soon exposed.

As we all know, in the process of passing on monks, apprentices are always slightly inferior to masters who serve as templates (the professional level is one level lower), and it takes a lot of time and effort for future monks to catch up with this gap. And if you want the blue to be better than the blue, then you have to pay a lifetime of grinding.

The monks of Huanxizong really failed in this respect, because they did not undergo any penance in the initial stage, so they became extremely uncomfortable in the later stage of self-development.

Even in the most prosperous period of the Huanxi Sect in the Karatu Continent, not to mention that the apprentice surpassed the master, there was not a single example of the apprentice being able to catch up with the gap between the master and the master.

This caused a terrible phenomenon. The monk who once dominated the Karatu continent for a long time was completely led into the ditch by the Huanxi sect.

The upper limit of Karatu's monk ability is like a weasel eating a mouse, but it is not as good as the next generation, and its status as a mainstream extraordinary profession is eventually replaced by other extraordinary professions.

At that time, monks from other sects had already been suppressed by the Huanxi sect and disappeared without a trace, and many sects had to leave their hometowns.

It was at that time that Faerun's monk inheritance came from Karatu.

The experience of the monk's way in the continent of Karatu made almost all the monk schools hate the Huanxi sect, and for a long time, they even got rid of it quickly.

However, the Huanxi Sect had once been rich at any rate. After they were completely weakened, they still maintained a bit of foundation. Even if they were later targeted by the monk schools all over the world, they still stubbornly found a way to survive.

Due to the similarity in certain concepts, the Church of the Joyful Sect and the Goddess of Love, Sune, quietly merged. The monks of the Joyful Sect used the identity of Suni believers and even priests as a cover, and once again blossomed and bore fruit all over the world.

A monk even includes its genre, the most important capital is the upper limit of its strongest individual ability.As far as this point is concerned, no matter how many flowers the Huanxi Sect blooms and how many fruits it bears, it will be a mirror image. Without the top monks to take the lead, everything will be in vain.

But the priests of Sune solved this difficulty very well.Whenever there is a great monk in other monk genres, many charismatic Sune followers will join the corresponding genre, and gradually use their abilities to slowly become the followers or apprentices of this great monk.

And what happened next was basically a matter of course.

Although most monks hate the Joy Sect, they are not very defensive against Sune's followers.The reason is simple. On Faerun Continent, Sune believers have existed much longer than the Huanxi sect.

There is a good saying that killers and warblers are the first two ancient professions to appear in civilized society.

Almost all the wandering warblers in Faerun are followers of Sune, and monks are also human beings who need to eat and drink, and need to meet certain physiological needs, and wandering warblers are undoubtedly the most suitable channel.

As the two sides exchanged what they needed, most of the monks trusted Sune's followers. After all, they never thought that behind these cute little wild cats, there was a sinister hook hidden behind them.

Among the Huanxi Sect, there are also people who really understand. They know that if their sect wants to inherit and develop for a long time, it cannot do without gaining wool from other monk schools. The sect has offended so much that it has almost reached the point where they can't live together - if they didn't know that their own status is so embarrassing, the Huanxi sect would not merge with the Suni sect.

Therefore, the scripture-keeping monks responsible for the succession of the Huanxi Sect established a rule that those handsome monk apprentices who worshiped at the gate of the Great Warrior Monk as followers of Suni must not be in other monasteries unless they have a good enough opportunity. Mess with joy--Zen method, not to mention revealing one's own roots, sometimes she (or he) doesn't even know her own identity.