"Balance the earth veins? Are you fooling a fool?" The Masked King snorted coldly, "Don't think that I don't know the scope of lava activity. My city is not on a volcano and is not far from the ground. How can there be magma activity? ?
You clearly did this intentionally and used magma as a weapon!
It is undeniable that for the creatures in the Underdark, this weapon is extremely powerful,
But before that, are you sure you can withstand the battle of the God of Vengeance?
Don't think that with the protection of Mother Earth, you can do whatever you want. If I launch a war of revenge, she will also be restricted by the Council of Gods and not intervene! ”
"This is really just a misunderstanding!" This time it was no longer the Earth Bear who spoke, but Gavin who was teleported.
He explained with great sincerity: "We are exploring a new way to stabilize the earth line. Traveling through your city was a complete accident. We are fixing this error.
Even if you don't come forward, within an hour, the leyline will be transferred away and will no longer pose a threat to your city. ”
"Ha..." Velen couldn't help but sneered, "I didn't expect that Mr. Road Builder was so good at sophistry. Did you prepare to change the route before I came forward, or did you just decide because of my appearance? Then only you have the deepest feelings in your heart." Clear.
I still say the same thing, don’t treat others as fools, especially don’t treat gods as fools.
Mortals have their own rules of the game, and gods have their own.
When you step out of line, it means others can too. ”
Gavin put on a teachable look and said: "We were indeed reckless in this matter. Please give us a chance to make up for our mistakes.
We owe you a favor.
As long as it does not violate our core interests, we will help you once.
I believe Lord Velen has seen Lord Beari’s abilities in magma.
He can protect your city from leyline fluctuations, potentially saving it from volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. ”
If you make a mistake, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright.
Guiding the lava veins to attack the drow city was indeed a reckless act after they gained great power.
Forgot that these cities are protected by their own gods.
They will not sit back and watch their city of believers be destroyed so easily.
Unless they are ready for a full-scale divine war and face the opponent's God's full revenge.
For those ordinary people, an attack from the incarnation of a god is like a nuclear strike from another world. Even for the lowest level incarnation, it is devastating.
It is not difficult to tell from the words of the masked lord that the gods have a covenant on this matter.
They are not allowed to easily intervene in mortal wars.
Once someone violates this covenant, whether good or evil, they will be hostile and sanctioned by the gods.
This is the greatest and best protection for this world and for our own believers.
This point can be completely referenced. The turmoil that Gavin and the others caused in the territory of Dark Prince Grazt before. In front of a group of demigods and demon incarnations, even those legendary demons with outstanding reputations are just a group of demons. Senior cannon fodder.
But those ordinary demons are left to struggle in pain and become the trophies of the winner.
Mortals are more fragile existences than those demons.
Now that he has been promoted to a demigod, he naturally has to abide by this agreement, not for himself, but for his subjects and believers.
"Not enough, far from enough." The scarlet light in the masked Lord's eyes kept beating, and his anger was obviously not easy to calm down.
"What other compensation do you want?" Gavin asked patiently.
The Lion of Viren opened his mouth and said: "Exit Mir Forest and hand over Misnoel, and I will forgive your ignorant behavior."
"Don't push yourself too far." Gavin's expression suddenly turned cold. "We admit we made mistakes first, but that doesn't mean we can make unlimited concessions.
Since Lord Velen is unwilling to give up, let us let war speak for itself.
Let’s see who will uproot your city first? You should kill all our forces in Faerûn first! ”
He directly summoned the War Reaver and put his hands on the ground. The shadow castle loomed behind him, and his left hand glowed with abnormal blood.
The Earth Bear silently burrowed back into the Earth Stone. The disturbance coming from the underground represented his support for Gavin.
Compared to fighting head-on with Velen's divine incarnation, the Earth Bear's combat effectiveness is stronger underground.
Once a full-scale war breaks out, the city of Iskayur will definitely bear the brunt, and it will become a thing of the past in minutes.
Gavin and the others had not done anything completely before. They only used the lava from the earth's veins to attack it, and did not directly use their own divine power to attack.
Although they didn't know about the existence of the Covenant of Gods before, they were a little cautious and wanted to test the power of the earth's lava and the reaction of the drow.
"Things haven't come to this point yet." Wojin, the goddess of wealth, emerged from Gavin's body again and said, "Once you start a full-scale war, you will only benefit the Spider Queen. I believe she will laugh in her dreams.
Whether it is Mis Noel or Iskayur City, they are what she wants.
How about each side taking a step back and shaking hands to make peace based on the conditions previously proposed by the road builder?
Although the road builders made mistakes in the first place, they did not cause irreparable damage. A small punishment is enough, but not a big one. ”
"It turns out to be Ms. Fortune!" The masked lord nodded in salute to Waking, "For the sake of the lady, this matter ends here."
Wei Lun naturally understands the principle of borrowing the donkey from the slope.
He was not ready for a full-scale war with the opponent.
The goddess of wealth seems neutral and fair, but there is a strong tendency in her words and she is obviously trying to be biased.
If a fight really breaks out, the other side will definitely side with the other side, not themselves.
After all, his own priesthood of theft was originally in conflict with the opponent's priesthood of wealth.
Musk, the god of thieves, is the only visible enemy of Woking, the goddess of wealth. While he steals the power of the Lord of Shadows, he must also bear the hostility from his enemies.
The opening of his lion's mouth may not be a tactical strategy, in order to hide his fundamental purpose - to save the endangered city of Iskayur.
"Wait..." Gavin spoke again.
The masked lord said with a cold expression: "What? Do you want to regret it?"
"Your Excellency Viren has misunderstood." Gavin took the initiative to put away the war plunderers and said with a smile, "Now that the misunderstanding is resolved, can we sit down and talk about cooperation?"
"Cooperation? What can we do to cooperate?" The masked lord obviously couldn't keep up with Gavin's thinking mode.
After all, half a minute ago, they were at war with each other and were about to launch an all-out divine war. Why did they turn around and start talking about cooperation again?
"Why not?" Gavin vividly demonstrated his character of being able to extract oil from stones, "I believe we can reach an agreement on our attitude towards the Spider Queen. No one wants her to become powerful, but she is in Calimshan The influence of the underground is growing day by day
This will not only threaten you, but also threaten us. Especially after we carry out large-scale development of the Marching Mountains, we will inevitably face her conspiracies! ”
The chaotic evil of those evil gods is also divided into three, six or nine levels.
Compared to those good gods, the masked lord who is in charge of theft and evil activities on the surface is indeed an evil god.
But compared to the famous Spider God Queen, the actions performed by the Masked Lord are petty evil at best.
And in dividing the power of Spider Queen Rose, the masked lord Velen played an important role.
Under the influence of the Spider Queen, most drow live in a matriarchal society, with the family matrons leading a group of female priests exercising strict rule. Male drow cannot become priests of Lolth.
This also resulted in them being able to only serve as high-level vassals and unable to complete the class jump.
This will naturally lead to dissatisfaction among the male drow elves, and the masked lord Velen is also one of them. Under his leadership, the drow who were dissatisfied with the Spider Queen gathered together and began to oppose her tyrannical rule.
At first, there were mostly male drows, but eventually many women joined them.
The believers of the Spider God Queen believe in the survival of the fittest, and the internal struggles are very cruel and bloody. Only a few can climb to high positions, and most of them are stepping stones that are stepped on.
When they see no hope in life, it is natural for them to join the arms of the masked master who pursues equal rights for men and women.
In addition, the Masked Lord, like his sister Eilistraee the Dark Maiden, is also an admirer of the drow returning to life on the surface.
The only difference is that Eilistraee adopts a relatively mild integration method to prove to the races on the ground, especially the elves, that the drow elves are not inherently evil. There are also kind people among them, eliminating the influence of the ground races. Prejudice, readmit them.
The Masked Lord advocates the use of force and believes that as long as the drow eliminate internal friction and unite as one, they can regain their own place on the ground with their powerful force.
Especially the great retreat of the elves, which emptied out countless forests, allowing them to see opportunities.
The previous attempt by the drow to seize Myth Noel was for this purpose.
Although without Gavin's action, they would not have succeeded - where is the root of Moando's god entrenched - in the previous life, there was neither the action of Ms. Strategy nor the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, which has always been entrenched in Misnoe. Er, corrupting Mir Forest.
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
But their voice in Mir Forest will definitely increase significantly, and they will regard it as one of their base camps for ground activities.
"How are you going to cooperate?" The masked lord's eyes flickered involuntarily.
Gavin was not surprised that he knew his true identity.
A lot of information, which is confidential to mortals, is almost public to the gods, including his mother, Spider Queen Rose, who is also very clear about his little actions behind the scenes.
He was able to reach this point largely because of the connivance of the Spider Queen.
This kind of indulgence does not come from a mother's doting on her son. The Spider Queen has no such feelings at all.
The greater possibility is due to profit considerations.
Chaos is her greatest source of strength. She needs turmoil and chaos, which is why the drow family has serious internal strife.
But those are just small things. Like the Masked Lord, trying to lead the male drow to overthrow her rule and return to life on the ground. In this process, the chaos and turmoil that will arise will be unprecedented.
Of course, this is just the masked master’s personal speculation.
It's very possible that it's all wrong, and no one can guess the Spider Queen's true thoughts, not even her biological son.
Maybe, she was not doing it for any benefit at all, but simply to satisfy her evil hobbies and to play with her son.
"We can start with preliminary trade exchanges!" Gavin naturally couldn't have a heart-to-heart relationship with the masked lord, and there were still caveats in the cooperation.
"Okay." The Masked Lord nodded readily and agreed, "I will send someone to contact you!"
Viren knew Gavin's thoughts very well, and he just wanted to use his power to contain his mother, the Spider Queen.
The other party is not the first Shen Zhuan to do this, and he is certainly not the last.
And this was his chance to get big.
Just like when he came, the masked lord Velen left as silently as he came.
When the sun penetrated the darkness again and fell in the city of the earth, he had already returned to the city of Iskayur, and he had to personally confirm the results of the negotiation just now.
"His Highness is back, and I will tell you that His Highness will not give up on us!"
"Welcome Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, the magma no longer melts, your divine power has taken effect."
Seeing the masked lord returning, the masked drow breathed a sigh of relief involuntarily. They were really afraid that Velen would abandon them.
If this happens, the only thing they can do is to abandon the city and flee.
The masked lord ignored the drow masked men, but focused on the lava channel in front of him, and his spiritual thoughts spread inside.
Almost immediately, it was confirmed that the other party was not playing tricks. The magma veins had indeed changed their course, at least deviating from this place by more than one kilometer. The divine power belonging to the Earth Bear had been withdrawn from here.
Without the blessing of divine power, the lava itself cannot melt through such a thick layer. After all, this is not an active lava area.
The masked lord then said to the city lord here: "Although I have reached an agreement with the enemy to contain the invasion of magma, the city of Iskayur has been completely exposed to the enemy's sight.
Once the relationship between the two parties deteriorates, they can use the same means to launch an attack here. At that time, I may not have the energy to protect this place anymore.
Therefore, we must prepare early. ”
Just like Gavin wouldn't trust the Masked Lord.
Viren will not trust the other party, and acting in secret has always been his ultimate magic weapon to win.
The Silent Black Panther responded respectfully: "I understand. Afterwards, I will contact Lord Masoji, the Blade of Poison, as soon as possible to fully retreat from here and completely abandon this city."
As the exclusive priest of the Masked Lord, he knew Velen’s teachings very clearly, so he naturally hit the mark right away.
"The focus does need to shift, but there is no need to completely abandon this city." The masked lord fully appreciated the other party, "I have reached a trade agreement with the Myth Noel Restarters, and you can try to start trade with them. Contact.
Now that the city of Iskayur has been exposed to their sight, use it as a bridgehead for trade to see if you can obtain materials from the other party that will allow you to grow and develop. ”
"His Highness's methods are indeed extraordinary. Not only can he easily solve our desperate situation, but he can even reach an agreement with the enemy and find opportunities for us to develop." Silent Black Panther praised from the bottom of his heart, "This may be the key to our regaining our importance." Great opportunity to return to the ground! ”
"Oh?" The masked master's pupils and hair color had turned blue at some point, revealing a trace of unconcealed exploration, "Are you very familiar with this Mys Noel restarter? ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Silent Black Panther replied respectfully, "Our attention to him is before he ascends to the gods.
He originally relied on the power of the divine root that purified Moando to not only integrate the power of humans and natural felines, but even let the kobolds and hobgoblins be used for his own use.
It took just half a year to create an unprecedented path of conquest, and even established cities of different races, mainly kobolds and hobgoblins, in the Giant Plains.
The slogan he put forward was peaceful development and win-win cooperation.
Even those evil races who are willing to follow the legal order he established can join his ranks and live and work in peace and contentment. ”
The Silent Black Panther knows Gavin's experience very well.
It is no exaggeration to say that he watched him grow up with his own eyes.
After they failed to compete with him for control of Myth Noel, he was assigned to collect intelligence on the other party to prepare for the future.
It's just that the opponent's development speed is too rapid.
The speed was beyond their imagination, and before they were ready, the other party had already come up with something even more terrifying, making them dare not act rashly.
This time it was even more terrifying. Not only did he directly become a demigod, he even created a new demigod in front of everyone and sent magma to their door. It was completely beyond their ability to resist.
"Peaceful development, win-win cooperation?" The masked master chewed on the meaning of these words, his eyes flashing with unknown meaning and said, "If you have any ideas, just tell me!"
"This..." Silent Black Panther couldn't help but hesitate.
"You can say whatever you want, no matter whether you are right or wrong, I will forgive you." The masked lord saw through the concerns of this senior exclusive priest at a glance.
"Thank you for your mercy, Your Highness." The Silent Black Panther gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, directly shaking out his true thoughts. "Can we pledge our allegiance to him in exchange for our rights to move freely on the ground..."
"Huh?!" Before the Silent Black Panther finished speaking, the masked lord couldn't help but let out a cold snort, and a terrifying and cold aura filled the air centered on it.
The Silent Black Panther felt as if the dark shadows around him had their own weight, pressing towards him from all directions. (End of chapter)