Chapter 726 Heroic Past
"Oh, what are you unhappy about? Why don't you say it to make everyone happy?"
Duanmu Huai carried the war hammer and looked at the man in front of him with a half-smile. Based on his game experience, most of the time it would be the BOSS’s confession time. In fact, many players complained about why every BOSS must have a confession before fighting. Reveal your past and mental journey to the protagonist group. We obviously came to kill you, but you ended up doing miserably in front of us?
Of course, players also have several opinions about this. One is that heroes cherish heroes. After all, although he is the villain BOSS and has countless plans, it is rare for the protagonist to be able to defeat the BOSS's plans all the way to him. I would like to waste some time to say a few words. The sentence is also normal.
Of course, this refers to something that no one has been able to do before. If a brave man comes to the boss every three days, he probably won't have the heart to tell stories back and forth.
There is also one who wants to instigate the protagonist. After all, these bosses are basically all in the same routine. They are the kind of people with tragic life experiences, who may have been betrayed and then turned into evil. Then what they say is that Akatsuki uses emotion to move and reason. , telling the protagonist that those guys could do this to me yesterday, and they may do this to you today. Rather than being tortured and killed by them, wouldn't it be nice to rule the world with me and enjoy delicious food and drink?
Hmm... How should I put it? Looking back on the heroic ending of Ruminas, Duanmu Huai really can't say that it was wrong.
After all, heroic epics are just epics, and life will continue after the Demon King is defeated. How the heroes who have gained prestige, status and strength in this war will get along with the ruling class is indeed a problem.
If you have some political wisdom, you may be able to get a title or retire and return to your hometown to get a fief.
If you don't have any wisdom, you might be cooked by the other party's cunning lackeys.
That’s why Duanmuhuai said that Luo Qixi was stupid. How could she be the hero of Neverwinter City? Emilia was because she was Tyr’s favored knight. As long as Tyr still favored her, Neverwinter City would be the same. You can't do anything to her and the Temple of Tire. She is the kind of person who has someone on her head. But you, Luo Qixi, are just a down-and-out warlock with no place to stay. If you want to imitate Cassim and the other two and get some rewards and travel around the world, it’s fine. If you have to stay in Neverwinter, then don’t you have to block the knife when someone encounters something? .
Do you really think being a hero is easy?
Of course, this kind of pre-war nonsense is generally useless, especially for players, it is a waste of time. In their eyes, the value of the BOSS is only in the drops. Hurry up and kill you. If you know how to drop it, give it to me. It’s almost a good piece of equipment. Who has time to chat with you? Just skip it.
Normally, Duanmu Huai would just skip it, but this time he wanted to patiently listen to the other person's journey. After all, Duanmu Huai is really curious. If this guy is the mastermind behind all this, how did he create untouchables and brainwash them into being so obedient?
After all, the boss would say anything in conversation before the war. Maybe someone said HIGH and just said it right away?
"Huh, since you want to know, then I'll tell you!"
As expected, this BOSS could not escape the law of final confession, and he was also proud to tell Duan Muhuai about his past.
He was originally from a small town outside the city of Neverwinter. He lost his parents when he was young and was raised by his adoptive father. However, when he was sixteen years old, his hometown and small town were attacked by a group of monsters. destroy. His adoptive father said that this was related to a secret they had hidden here. He took out a fragment and asked the young man to leave the town with the fragment and go to Neverwinter City to seek help.
He also met several companions on the road and was attacked again. Then he discovered that these people attacked him for these fragments, and these fragments came from a Gith silver sword. This Gith silver sword was several years old. Some time ago, a mage snatched it from the Githyanki in order to deal with the Shadow King who was trying to conquer the world. Later, the Shadow King and the mage disappeared at the same time, and the silver sword turned into fragments and scattered.
And now the Githyanki are here to retrieve the fragments of this sword.
To be honest, although Duanmu Huai dislikes the Githyanki, he finds this logic to be really weird. It was originally theirs and you took it from them. It is normal for a Githyanki to come and take it back. You just need to Just hand over the pieces and everything will be fine. The end result was that all lives would be destroyed—of course, that’s not the case with this young man. Even if the Githyanki had their reasons, but they destroyed their home, of course this young man wouldn’t be able to say “Ah, Sorry" and then give the piece back to the other person and that's it.
So the rest of his journey became a legendary heroic adventure story, fighting against Githyanki, and fighting against shadow priests who appeared out of nowhere - only to find out those shadow priests afterwards They are all servants of the Shadow King. This Silver Sword of Gith once defeated the Shadow King. Of course, they do not want to see this sword appear again, so they also come to grab the silver sword fragments.
This young man has a very leading role. No matter who comes, he will always refuse!
The same thing happened next. Not only did he defeat the incoming enemies, he also obtained the knight title of Neverwinter City and owned a fortress. Lord Nasher also hoped that he could run the fortress and prepare for the return of the Shadow King's army to the world. Prepare.
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but want to laugh, so you see, ordinary people getting involved in this kind of politics will end up being taken advantage of. For Lord Nasher, this young man is a useful thug, and the fortress is given to him. After all, it is a rag that was taken back from the rebels. He has to spend his own money to repair it, and there is no need to waste it. Winter City paid. When the shadow army comes over, this fortress will be the first to suffer, not Neverwinter...
So there is a reason why most heroes just run away after completing earth-shattering deeds. No matter how much the local people respect you, this respect cannot be used as food. The person in charge of a territory is always the local lord. Is your hero considered a piece of shit?
So what if you save the world?
In fact, this truth is very simple. Just look at the lords of these cities in the North. Nasher of Neverwinter, Kelben Blackstaff of Waterdeep, and Alustriel of Silvermoon City are all famous. An adventurer, he is also a leader in his own city.
In other words, if they didn't have the final say in this city, they would definitely not stay here.
Old gangsters like 12345 also hide in their own mage tower in the mountains and never go out on weekdays.
Therefore, after becoming famous, many heroes either create their own forces, their own cities, or their own organizations, all for this reason. No one is willing to let others dictate their own destiny, and this young man obviously belongs to the type with relatively low political intelligence. After the other party said a few words, he nodded and ran away.
If it were Duanmu Huai, not even one fortress would agree to it, not even ten fortresses.
Isn't it good to be a fire captain? If you insist on staying and operating in one place, then others will use your subjects to disgust you. Are you going to nod? Or nod?
If he hadn't known that Faerun would be the next front line to fight against the erosion of the Chaos Evil God, Duanmu Huai wouldn't have bothered to manage any territory here. This is one of the reasons why the Inquisition has a cold relationship with other forces and strictly restricts the entry of others.
After all, the Tribunal itself is fighting against the Chaos Evil God. In order to fight against the Chaos Evil God, they will also do massacres and land cleansing when necessary. If you have a good relationship with these forces, it will be very troublesome for people to come up and cry and complain. It is better to just put on a face that I am so stupid, and there will be no trouble.
Just like in martial arts novels, everyone only dares to ask for explanations from righteous sects such as Shaolin Temple or Wuyue Sword Sect. Who dares to trouble those evil sects?
Isn't that boring?
Although many people criticize the Night Guard for killing anyone who "resists or acts hostile to the Tribunal" if they disagree, almost everyone is obedient in front of the Night Guard. This shows that killing chickens to scare monkeys is a good idea. Really useful.
Okay, I digressed, let’s bring it back.
As a "hero", this young man did his duty. He defeated the army of the resurrected Shadow King, and reforged the Silver Sword of Gith, intending to find the Shadow King's lair and destroy it once and for all. Get rid of it.
In fact, as a "hero", he did find the Shadow King's lair.
However, what happened next was somewhat interesting.
"They betrayed me..."
Speaking of this, the man in black armor became colder in tone. "In the end, we defeated all obstacles and came to the King of Shadows. However, they, those traitors who took risks with me, shared joys and sorrows, and called themselves companions, betrayed me under the smooth words of the King of Shadows! They chose to side with the Shadow King! Can you understand this behavior?”
"Uh..."
Facing the angry man, Duanmu Huai and everyone looked at each other.
It has to be said that Duanmuhuai really can't understand this kind of behavior of surrendering to the enemy face to face.
You have to say that you have had different intentions for a long time and have already discussed with the other party that you will betray them on the battlefield. This is understandable. But when you got to the end, you rebelled on the spot, which made Duanmu Huai a little...incomprehensible.
To be honest, this kind of surrender faction really has no status. Even the BOSS will not like them. The reason is very simple. You can betray others because of my talk today, but maybe someone else will make you betray me due to another talk?
Switching sides in the face of battle is truly a loss of character.
This is also true. Although the man was almost left alone in the end, as a "hero", his anger at being betrayed still made him directly wield the Silver Sword of Gith and kill the betrayers and the Shadow King. However, before he died, the Shadow King also understood the unified signature skills of all BOSS and exploded himself.
As a result, the man himself was involved in the self-explosion and was buried in the collapsed underground palace.
But it's not over yet.
After the man woke up, he found that his body had changed. His chest had lost the last fragment of the Silver Sword of Gith that was originally inserted there. Not only that, he also felt a strange feeling of hunger and thirst. At first the man didn't know what it was, but later he discovered that he had a brand new ability.
The ability to devour other people's souls!
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes, feeling that the drama was coming.
That's right, the man found that he now had a very strange sense of hunger, just like a vampire, except that vampires suck blood, and he needs to devour other souls to satisfy this hunger!
So in order to find out what happened to his body, the man embarked on an adventure again.
Wait, after hearing this, some people may want to ask, isn't he already the ruler of a fortress, why is he embarking on a journey alone?
Well, it was quite funny to think of it. After that, the man also thought about returning to Neverwinter City to ask for help. But when he returned, he discovered that the fortress that originally belonged to him had been "nationalized" again, and he was considered dead as if he had died fighting with the Shadow King!
Apart from building a statue for him, Neverwinter left nothing behind for him!
"Can you imagine? My anger!"
Speaking of this, the man roared even more angrily, perhaps recalling everything that happened before, and he became even angrier at this moment.
"When I returned to the homeland I fought so hard to protect, it no longer belonged to me! Not only that, they also adapted my story, my legend, saying that I fought against the Shadows with my companions. King! This is nonsense! They even built a mausoleum for those traitors and liars! But in the end, they left me with nothing but lies!" br>
This incident naturally made the man very angry, and he gave up the idea of asking Neverwinter City for help. He had already darkened a bit after experiencing the face-to-face betrayal of his companions. Seeing everything in front of him, the man naturally included Neverwinter City among his enemies.
In the end, the hero is worthy of being a hero. In the end, the man found out all this. It turned out that the hunger and thirst in his body was related to a curse from the God of Death, Yeager!
Jaeger…………
Hearing this name, Duanmu Huai twitched the corners of his mouth.
In the world of Faerûn, gods compete for supremacy, coming and going, ups and downs, but the most stubborn god is none other than Yeager.
This is an ancient god of death with great power, and he has been in charge of the position of god of death since the days of Netheril.
However, unlike most other gods who were essentially killed and then stripped of their priesthood, Jaeger retired voluntarily.
Yes, he felt that he had stayed in this position too long, so he retired voluntarily, and then gave up most of his priesthood to Bane, Baal and Melkor, and he transformed into a servant, dedicated to serving everyone. A god of death!
Ordinary people would probably not understand why Yeager would do this. He is the oldest god of death and a powerful god. His power is no worse than Suellen or Shar, but he actually gave up his priesthood on his own initiative, but he did not. Retiring completely and becoming a servant instead is very incomprehensible.
This is like a department manager who gave up his position to others and ended up focusing on being a department clerk. Who knows what he was thinking.
However, according to the player's investigation, this old boy is actually not honest at all.
On the surface, he seems to be conscientious, but as long as the god in charge of death cannot satisfy him, he will find a way to cause trouble secretly, kill this guy, and then replace him with a successor.
For example, Melkor took over the position of Jaeger, the God of Death, and then he was killed in Waterdeep during the War of the Saints. The next person to take over the position was Cyric, but Cyric was a crazy idiot. Seeing how mentally retarded this man was, Jaeger secretly planned a rebellion and asked Kelemvor to overthrow Cyric and change the latter's priesthood of the God of Death to Kelemvor.
So you see, the God of Death is coming and going, and Yeager is as steady as an old dog on the side. You can tell who is more serious at a glance.
However, this guy who was as steady as an old dog gave this hero an unimaginable thirst curse.
(End of chapter)