Chapter 899 Economic Hegemony (a 10,000-word chapter, please subscribe)
“Praise the great goddess of wealth Wo Jin, praise the wise and wise Emperor, and may the empire continue to be strong and strong forever.”
The businessman lowered his head and prayed devoutly.
Because all the subjects of the West Coast Empire know that their emperor is actually no different from a god and can hear his own prayers.
Although he almost never responds, he rarely grants divine spells to certain potential believers.
Especially the businessmen, whenever they mention Woking, the goddess of wealth, they will mention that the Emperor is here to express their respect and gratitude.
After all, the West Coast Empire is one of the few places where merchants can guarantee their property and personal safety. They don’t have to worry about their hard-earned money being forcibly taken by dragons, monsters, bandits, cults, etc.
Under the protection of magic locks and barriers in major cities, any crime will be uncovered as long as you want to investigate it.
While this group of businessmen were patrolling the once prosperous city of Ser, a bald red-robed mage came over with his men.
He first glanced at the fully loaded airship with very complicated eyes, then took a deep breath and forced out a smile and said: "Everyone, please allow me to welcome you to Serre on behalf of the Parliament. . The chiefs have prepared a sumptuous banquet for you, please come with me.”
"What is your name?"
The slightly fat businessman was obviously the representative of this business group, and had dealt with the red-robed mage more than once. He took a step forward and used a very subtle movement to remove a small bag. Stuff it into the other person's wide sleeves.
The red-robed mage subconsciously pinched it and found that it was a piece of hard stuff. He quickly opened it and took a look and found that they were all gems worth hundreds of gold coins, more than twenty of them. His eyes suddenly filled with excitement. There was a flash of surprise, and the originally forced smile instantly became natural.
“Haha, just call me Wenceras.
By the way, the chiefs take this transaction very seriously.
Because some very troublesome undead and construct creatures appeared in Sazhastan's army.
Not long ago, they captured two cities under the control of the parliament and a large mining area, causing heavy losses.
The chiefs hope to find something that can be restrained from your products.
No matter who can come up with a solution, they can obtain the right to purchase a full five thousand young and middle-aged slaves. ”
As the group with the least moral integrity and bottom line in the entire Faerûn continent, this red-robed mage demonstrated with practical actions what “having breasts is a mother”.
Without any hesitation, he revealed the idea of the leader of the parliamentary faction to these businessmen.
Anyone who knows anything about business negotiations understands that when a businessman knows what you urgently need, he will do something.
The starting price is very low.
It wouldn’t be surprising if the price could be increased by more than ten times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times.
Because this is the profit-seeking nature of capital and businessmen.
What's more, behind this group of businessmen are two behemoths, the West Coast Empire and the Trade Alliance. Even the red-robed mages don't dare to offend them easily now.
Without the support of the first two, Sazastan and the parliamentary faction that opposed him would not even be able to fight a decent war, let alone maintain the current scale of the war.
So after getting the information he wanted, the fat businessman immediately turned his head and exchanged glances with several colleagues, and then quietly completed the communication through magic items without speaking.
After doing all this, he smiled and nodded at the red-robed mage, and followed him straight to the only dazzling building in the city that was still intact and had not suffered from war.
That was the red-robed mage council that symbolized the highest power of Sere back then. It was a huge building that was a bit like a combination of a castle and a mage tower.
Although the surrounding houses have been destroyed and turned into piles of rubble by the astonishingly powerful magic during the raids, this place protected by powerful magic has remained unscathed, and a large number of green plants and fragrant flowers can be seen. The smell of flowers.
When entering the interior, the first thing you see is a large number of slaves, alien creatures and elite guards.
Even though the people outside are in dire straits and countless civilians are rushing to flee the country, the quality of life of the red-robed mage as the supreme ruler has not been reduced in any way.
They still have endless amounts of delicious food, a wide variety of wine and other beverages, and wear enchanted robes of silk or velvet.
As soon as you sit down, a slave will immediately come forward to massage you, pour tea and water, and even provide special services in public.
Facts have proved that no matter how dilapidated a country is, its upper ruling class will never suffer as much as ordinary people. It may even become a luxury to ensure that they and their families can barely survive.
Of course, the reason for this situation is entirely because the undead and construct creatures from the West Coast Empire replaced the original inefficient slaves.
The red-robed mages were surprised to find that after there were no living people in Ser, the consumption of various resources, including food, was reduced. All the food, wood, minerals, and herbs produced could be taken. Exchange money, and then purchase magic and war-related items.
In other words, the money in their hands not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
Because Serge has changed from the original coexistence of production and consumption to a pure agricultural and mineral producer.
Even if there is consumption, it is only to satisfy the desires of a small group of people, rather than to fill the bellies of more than five million citizens and an unknown number of slaves as before, and to meet their needs for daily necessities.
In other words, today's Sale is a typical resource-exporting country with a sparse population, and it also has a strongly dependent economic structure.
The operation can only be maintained if the severe surplus of grain and minerals produced can be sold.
Otherwise, once the market is lost, the entire deformed country will collapse in minutes.
This is why both Sazastan and the Parliamentary Faction know that the West Coast Empire is selling weapons and equipment to each other at the same time, but no one dares to fall out.
They were well aware that they had been reduced economically to vassals of the West Coast Empire and the Trade Alliance.
In addition, I can’t beat him again and again. What else can I do besides holding my nose and admitting it?
In contrast, they are more afraid that the West Coast Empire will suddenly cut off trade links with Serre, leaving mountains of food and mineral resources unable to be sold at all, let alone those that can be produced and fought. Undead, construct creatures.
Obviously, the red-robed mages made a very fatal mistake in this civil war, that is, they did not understand the importance of the market in the economic structure.
Without a market, there would be no consumption. Without consuming all the output, no one would buy it, and naturally there would be no value.
As for inter-dimensional transactions, although it is not difficult with the magical power controlled by the red-robed mage, this kind of transaction is usually based on magic items and valuables that are easy to carry. I have never heard of any inter-dimensional merchants. Play with bulk item trading.
One is that it is difficult to transport and preserve, and the other is that the profit is too low and it is too complicated to sell.
Therefore, the trade alliance led by the West Coast Empire is the only option for the red robed mage.
When the business group arrived at the banquet, the chief of the Change Department, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stood up, opened his arms and said with a big smile: "Ah! I finally have you here again. Please come quickly Sit down and taste our traditional food in Sel, and then we'll talk about the deal."
"Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet us. Don't worry, I swear. A new shipment will never disappoint you”
The fat businessman vowed to give his guarantee.
"Oh? Can you tell me what new gadgets you have brought?"
An expression of interest appeared on the face of the head of the Change Department.
Although the current situation is that the seven factions within the red robe mage join forces to fight against the Necron faction led by Sazastan who wants to centralize power and dictatorship, in theory, they should occupy the largest share in terms of military strength and number of mages. The one with the advantage is right.
But the reality is exactly the opposite. The parliamentary faction has always been suppressed by Sazastan, which is only supported by the undead faction.
Although the situation was evenly matched, a chief like him knew very well that the situation in the parliament was not optimistic.
Because through complete control of those lichs and vampires, Sazastan has successfully built a powerful military organization with strong execution capabilities and no internal intrigues.
He doesn't need to worry at all that the people below him will betray his teammates, or suddenly betray his teammates for their own benefit.
And as more and more graves are dug, the number of undead armies under his command continues to grow.
Even though the god of death, Kelanvor, and many other gods made it clear that Sazhastan's behavior was a complete desecration of the dead, no god or electorate stood up to punish him.
The most important thing is that the undead faction is far more proficient and good at controlling the undead army than other factions.
If equal numbers of undead legions fight, the winner will definitely be the undead faction under Sazhastan.
On the other hand, the parliamentary faction has almost perfectly inherited all the "glorious traditions" of the red-robed mage.
Whether it's people holding each other back and fighting each other for their own small calculations, or people working together to engage in corruption, smuggling, and accepting bribes, there are endless situations.
So the Parliamentary Party is actually more dependent on trade with the West Coast Empire than Sazastan.
The reason is also very simple!
The latter has almost completely become undead, so it has no other superfluous desires except ambition, and no need for a luxurious life. The reason why it needs to maintain trade is because the parliamentary faction is constantly buying those constructs. and undead creatures.
But the former has a large number of living red-robed mages and apprentices. They need to spend money to support them by eating, drinking, having sex, enjoying themselves, and having servants and bodyguards.
This expense is not a small number, but accounts for more than 30 to 40 percent of the funding.
In this situation of ebb and flow, if the parliamentary faction wants to maintain the current situation or even win the war, they must continue to purchase more, better, and stronger weapons and equipment from the West Coast Empire. Soldiers were sent to the front line in a steady stream.
"Please allow me to keep it secret for now. Because only in this way you will be surprised when you see it."
The fat businessman pretended to be mysterious and blinked.
I have to say that if he had acted like this in the past, he would have been transformed into a frog, bug or something like that by the red-robed mage in a matter of minutes, and then trampled to death.
You must know that these guys have never been very good-tempered, and it is common for them to kill people at every turn.
But now, a small businessman dares to tease the chief of the Change Department without changing his face or heart. No matter how you look at it, he is impatient to live.
But the chief of the Change Department did not get angry because of this. Instead, he responded with a smile: "Then I will look forward to the surprise you bring me. Now I'd better enjoy the food and the beautiful bar."
"Then We're not welcome."
The fat businessman put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, then motioned for the rest of the team to sit down and start enjoying the hospitality of the red-robed mage.
Although the decoration and food at the scene were extremely luxurious, they were very reserved in their eating movements and speed, and many of them even ate just out of etiquette to pad their stomachs.
Obviously, these are nothing compared to the food and services that can be enjoyed in major cities in the West Coast Empire.
It's like modern people on earth turn around and look at ancient people. They don't think that the food, etiquette and enjoyment of those princes and nobles are worth bragging about. Instead, they feel that they are pitiful.
After all, as magic began to benefit the public, the West Coast Empire could be said to be unprecedentedly wealthy in both spiritual and material terms.
All kinds of things that you have never seen, eaten, or played in other parts of Faerûn are here. Keeping them will make you happy.
Many wealthy businessmen present have tried and played tricks. It is estimated that the chief of the transformation department has never seen it, let alone other low-level red-robed mages.
Since both parties' minds were not on the banquet, they ended the ceremonial welcome banquet after only thirty or forty minutes.
After all the food and servants were removed, silence quickly returned to the entire room.
The fat businessman headed by him took out a list about seven or eight pages thick and handed it over without saying a word.
After the chief of the Change Department took over and glanced at it, he immediately raised his head and asked in surprise: "There are actually smoky gunpowder and cannons this time? I heard that these things are strictly prohibited in the West Coast Empire. Even the Kingdom of Cormyr only carried out a small amount of equipment in some key fortresses. "Haha, we spent a lot of money, time and money in order to obtain the sales license for these things. Energy, so its price is not cheap."
The fat businessman grinned with a greedy smile, his eyes were like a shark smelling blood.
"You should know that price has never been an issue for us. I want all the smoky powder and cannons brought this time."
The chief of the Change Department chose to take a sip without even thinking about it. Eat.
Because artillery can play a very good role in field battles, offensive battles, and defensive battles, and transportation and deployment are much simpler and easier than those siege magic towers.
Especially when paired with a flying platform, you can often launch a surprise attack from a high position, causing a devastating blow to the enemy.
The West Coast Empire's air gunships have proven their effectiveness countless times in wars.
Although the red robes of the parliamentary faction cannot get units like dragon knights that can provide air superiority, it is still no problem to get some pterosaurs, dragons, flying dragons, and griffin knights.
What's more, they actually prefer sneak attacks to fighting head-on.
For example, by jointly casting spells to make the entire airship invisible, or hiding it in a cloud of mist, waiting for it to reach the enemy's head, and then suddenly start shelling and dropping bombs for indiscriminate bombardment.
In fact, ever since the West Coast Empire began to use airships, a fast vehicle with no terrain requirements, on a large scale for war and transportation, all other forces with some industrial foundation and magic level have been trying. Build your own airship.
It’s just that due to the level of technology and craftsmanship, it is basically either too small in size and insufficient in load capacity, or the cost is too high and can only be used as a means of transportation for the powerful and high-level spellcasters.
However, Serge's situation is obviously special. From the moment the civil war broke out, airships were used as weapons in the war.
There are even cases of directly transforming an airship into a mage tower or magic fortress.
However, due to the lack of long-distance attack methods such as cannons, the so-called air battles between the two sides are basically a continuation of traditional magic wars on land and sea. Various fireballs, lightning, poisonous clouds, and ice storms are bombarded by .
Even primitive siege weapons such as large trebuchets and ballistae can be moved onto the airship and used as a ship floating in the sky.
To attack the ground, throw alchemical items that will explode and produce strong acid, fire, poisonous gas, and even more outrageous, throw stones directly.
In short, the red-robed mages, who have always been pragmatic, don't care about primitiveness or not, as long as it is effective and can deal a devastating blow to the enemy.
With the support of smoky gunpowder and cannons, the parliamentary airships will have an advantage in air combat.
At least those ordinary airships without much magic protection will definitely not be able to withstand long-distance artillery salvos. Basically, one side salvo will be riddled with holes and fall from mid-air. He fell to pieces.
So for a weapon like this that could change the situation of the battle, Chief Change immediately chose to take it without any hesitation.
Because he knew very well that if he didn't buy them all, then these damn greedy businessmen would turn around and go to Sazastan and sell the remaining cannons and smoky powder to each other.
Since this was not the first time a similar situation had occurred, he was already very experienced in handling it.
“Your true vision and courage are truly unparalleled!
With a leader like you, why should the Parliamentarian faction not be able to restore the former glory of Serre!
Please allow me to express my highest respect to you on behalf of the businessmen present!
The parliament will win!
The great red-robed mages will surely be reborn from the ashes! ”
The fat businessman’s face was full of smiles, and all kinds of words of praise and flattery jumped out one after another. Those who didn’t know better thought he was a fanatical supporter of the parliamentary faction.
As everyone knows, all this is just for the sake of huge profits.
In fact, he said countless similar things when making deals with the lich and vampires under Sazastan.
As for the confrontation and conflict between the living and the dead, parliament and dictatorship, these businessmen don't care.
Anyway, as long as there is money to be made, it doesn't matter if both sides turn the entire Serre into a desert without any grass.
“Well, don’t be too quick to be happy, the real deal has just begun. The allocation given by the parliament this time is very generous, so we still have a lot to purchase.”
The chief of the Change Department pursed his lips and revealed a faint smile.
The merchant's bottomless flattery undoubtedly benefited him and the other red-robed mages present.
Although they know very well that these are not sincere, who wouldn't be happy to hear good words that are pleasing to the ear?
Especially in this difficult situation where we don’t know how long we will have to fight. "Of course! You have the final say in everything. But before that, please allow me to recommend an epoch-making new product to you, a good thing that can help the Parliament gain the upper hand in the war."
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As he spoke, the fat businessman put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, then winked at the entourage outside the room.
The latter understood it instantly, and directly led people to carry two boxes that were more than two and a half meters long and looked very heavy and placed them on the ground.
From the expressions and reactions of the man who was carrying the box with great difficulty, it is easy to see that the things inside are obviously very, very heavy.
"This is..."
The other high-level Tour Master from another faction next to him clearly noticed something, and his expression suddenly changed slightly.
“This is the new product I mentioned just now.”
As he said that, the fat businessman walked straight to the box and kicked open the cheap wooden board, instantly revealing two human-shaped magic creations .
One of them shimmered with silver metallic luster, and it looked like some kind of construct.
The other one is an undead creature made of bones and flesh. The pungent smell of embalming fluid is enough to make anyone with a normal sense of smell feel strong physical discomfort.
But the fat businessman didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he pointed at the undead creature with seven or eight eyes dripping around its head and introduced it with great pride: "Look, this is the undead creature. A masterpiece that has been improved many times by the wizard Master Ludwig!
A corpse-embedded soldier with an intelligence level close to that of an ordinary person, but able to obey orders 100%.
It not only has 360 soldiers. It has ten-degree blind-angle vision and the ability to see through some invisible units and magical transformations.
This means that it will be the most perfect guard in the army, and can instantly detect those who sneak in and want to steal intelligence. Or sabotage spies, and find invisible mages and warlocks on the battlefield immediately
In addition, its skin and muscles have also been strengthened, and it can exert a defensive power equivalent to thick leather armor even without any armor.
If you wear special inlaid armor and iron armor, you won't be at a disadvantage in a short time even if you have a head-on confrontation with the steel golem.
Everyone, please imagine, how much is the market price of a steel golem?
This new type of corpse-embedded soldier only costs 3,500 gold coins.
Yes!
You heard it right!
No tens of thousands of gold coins!
Not eight thousand, seven thousand, or even five thousand gold coins!
Only three thousand five hundred gold coins are needed!
When necessary, they can even transform into death squads and rush into the enemy to release corpse explosion magic and negative energy blood mist containing deadly toxins.
The most important thing is that no mage commander will complain that the undead creatures are too stupid to understand complex commands, and often mess up the carefully prepared plans.
As the saying goes, action is worse than a heartbeat!
Right now, I have applied for discounts for bulk purchases for everyone from the parliamentary faction.
As long as you place an order of more than 3,000 at one time and pay the full amount at one time, you can also get a 10% discount on the existing price. ”
With the fat businessman’s inflammatory words, both the chief of the Change Department and the Tour de France instructors stood up involuntarily, with shock and disbelief in their eyes.
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Although they have long heard of the name of Master Ludvi, the necromancer wizard, and the various stitched undead he created.
Especially the famous "corpse-embedded creatures" have shown in this war that they are far more superior than ordinary undead, and far better than those zombies and skeletons that can only rely on piles of numbers. You know how many times, even intelligent ghouls are slightly inferior in terms of overall combat effectiveness.
Many necromancers joined the Arcane Order of the West Coast Empire just to meet the necromance master and listen to his teachings.
Even Sazastan commented that Ludvi's talent and ability in creating undead creatures were epoch-making.
The corpse-embedded creatures he created elevated the art of creating the undead to the level of art.
One of the Three Giants of the Abyss, a believer of Orcus in Faerûn, even openly issued a solicitation invitation to Ludvi, promising that as long as the other party is willing to loyally follow the immortal monarch, he can obtain eternal life and all the forbidden knowledge about the creation of the undead. .
Unfortunately, Ludwei, the Necromancer Wizard, never gave a positive response, or even paid attention to it.
“What an incredible masterpiece!
How can an undead creation of this level be sold for less than 3,500 gold coins?
How do you control the production? Cost?
If it were made by an ordinary necromancer, it would probably be impossible without fifteen thousand to twenty thousand gold coins. ”
A red-robed mage who was obviously specialized in the necromancy system caressed the corpse-embedded soldier in front of him with his hand as if caressing a lover, with excitement and admiration that could not be concealed in his voice.
“I’m not very clear about the process and cost. After all, we are only responsible for sales and not production, and we have no access to the undead wizard Master Ludvi himself. ”
The fat businessman’s mouth was obviously very strict, and he did not reveal even a little bit of relevant details.
Because he understood that the later these processes and secrets were cracked, the more money he could make from them. The higher the monopoly profit will be.
This is how the economic hegemony of the West Coast Empire was established bit by bit.
And the cost of manufacturing these corpse-embedded soldiers is much lower than the other party imagined.
After all, major cities can use the help of magic mystery locks and multiple spellcasting environments to greatly reduce the requirements for spellcasting levels. Originally, it might have required a LV9 mage to cast a five-ring spell, but now it may only require a LV3 A level mage plus the help of a few apprentices can complete it.
So the cost of this thing is less than three hundred gold coins. Excluding the almost negligible transportation fee, the profit is more than ten times.
"Okay. Tell me how many of these new corpse-embedded soldiers do you have on hand now?" the chief of the Change Department asked straight to the point.
"We have brought three hundred this time, and the rest need to be produced according to the order situation. How many do you plan to order at once?"
The fat businessman's tone became obviously excited.
Because this is not a small business, but a big business that can easily cost millions, even tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of gold coins.
Even if you only take a 15 to 20 percent commission, you can make a lot of money.
In addition, you can make another profit by purchasing low-priced grain, timber, and mineral resources and shipping them back to those factories and workshops.
If slaves can be obtained, the government of the West Coast Empire will also pay a ransom to the merchants based on the number of slaves and provide certain preferential policies in terms of taxation.
So although Ser, which is mired in civil war, is already the most dangerous area in the entire Faerûn continent in the eyes of the outside world, in the eyes of businessmen, it is full of gold and opportunities.
Especially for this kind of large-scale business group that can directly connect with the high-level officials of both sides, the profit of each operation starts at least four to five million gold coins, which is simply more profitable than robbery.
"If I order 10,000 units, how long will it take for you to deliver the goods?" the chief of the Change Department asked in an uncertain tone.
Because this order is not only related to how many such powerful corpse-embedded soldiers the parliamentary faction can obtain in a short period of time, but also related to the delay in the time when Sazastan can buy them.
And this time difference is the gap that the parliamentary faction can use to launch a large-scale counterattack.
If everything goes well, not only can we regain all the territory we lost before, but we can also push the battle line towards the area controlled by the opponent.
“Ten thousand?”
The eyes of the fat businessman and the other businessmen who came with him flashed in unison.
This is a large order worth more than 30 million gold coins.
Once signed, it means that everyone can get enough benefits.
The chief of the Change Department nodded seriously: "Yes, ten thousand. The Parliament is just planning to launch a big battle, so we urgently need enough elites."
" I think it will take about two months.”
The fat businessman quickly gave a date after bowing his head in thought for a moment.
“Very good!
I will pay the full price of three thousand first.
I will pay for the remaining seven thousand when you ship these three thousand.
Not only that, I can also provide you with a more favorable purchase price. ”
Hearing that there was a two-month gap, the chief of the Necromancer Department immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deal with Sazastan and finalized the deal without hesitation.
< br>"No problem! I promise to deliver exactly as per the date. ”
Even though the fat businessman had seen many big scenes, his mouth was still involuntarily dry and his heart was beating fast.
Every time like this, he could feel more and more how terrifying the economic hegemony established by His Majesty the Great Emperor was.
It is even more exaggerated than the speed of those who used war to plunder wealth and enslave people to amass wealth.
Because when people are subjected to violence, abuse and death threats for forced labor, their productivity is often very low.
But when they start working hard to make money for themselves and their families, the enthusiasm they burst out will make their production efficiency at least several times, even ten or dozens of times higher than the former.
These red-robed mages in front of me are the best examples.
You must know that since the outbreak of the civil war, the entire production of food, meat, eggs, fruits, alcohol, wood, gems, ores and various metals has not decreased but has been increasing.
To be precise, after the mass exodus of the population, they quickly discovered that when they no longer needed to "waste" food and other resources to feed civilians who could not create much value, their foreign trade income began to increase significantly. Disposable wealth is increasing visibly.
In order to maintain this unprecedented "prosperity", both sides began to drive away civilians and even turned civilians into slaves and sold them.
Not only that!
They also unprecedentedly replaced ordinary undead creatures with low production efficiency, spending a lot of money to buy undead and constructs specialized in various production labors from the West Coast Empire.
In this way, the trade between the two parties is maintained in a very delicate balance.
Although Sel spends a lot of gold coins on purchases every year, they are able to make similar profits by selling agricultural products, minerals and natural resources.
To put it in a simpler way, the import and export volume is basically the same, there is no obvious fiscal deficit, and the entire trade cycle can be maintained.
The West Coast Empire has obtained a large amount of cheap agricultural products and raw materials from trade to meet its increasing demand for various resources for its own development.
The chief of the Department of Change nodded with satisfaction: "Very good! You can start introducing the new construct next to you."
"As you wish."
The fat businessman used the most He lowered his head in a respectful manner and bowed deeply.
He was not bowing to the feared red-robed mage, chief of the necromancy department, but bowing to a buyer who gave him a large order of tens of millions of gold coins.
In this way, he began to talk endlessly to these red-robed mages about this undead killer that was specially built to restrain undead creatures.
After a while, the red-robed mages from the parliamentary faction excitedly placed another large order.
By the time this transaction was over, the cargo carried on the giant airship had been cleared away and replaced with local specialties purchased in Sale.
When the fixed rope was released and the airship slowly took off and flew towards the west, the master of the talisman disguised as a high-level tour instructor - Plamon "Frost Seal" Rakeisk He couldn't help but pursed his lips and sighed: "If this continues, it won't take a few years for Serge and the red-robed mage organization to become puppets indirectly controlled by their masters."
"Oh?
< br>Are you sure?
I don't think the ambitious Sazastan will surrender willingly.
I don’t even think that those chiefs who think highly of themselves would be willing to have a master giving orders above them. "
Another talisman master and legendary vampire - Xeleisha chuckled and expressed a completely different view.
"Huh! This matter does not depend on them, but on the master. Don’t forget that the current owner is completely different from before. ”
Plamon “Frostmark” Rakeshk pursed his lips and revealed an evil smile.
As a summoned creature of the planeswalker, he could clearly feel how powerful and terrifying Zuo Si was after he became a symbol of evil.
Just for the talisman masters of the entire Entangled Talisman, each of them has received an increase in spellcasting level ranging from LV3 to LV5 just because of their own evil level, and they can also obtain priests from their masters. Level and divine blessing.
Under this epic level of strengthening, the Tangled Talisman organization lurking within Seer alone is capable of killing the chiefs of Sazastan and the Parliamentary faction and replacing them.
“But the master did not give us such an order.”
Xie Leisha frowned subconsciously.
"Yes, he did not issue such an order, but it doesn't mean that we can't control the Red Robe Mage Organization from within, right?" Rakeisk hinted meaningfully.
The vampire understood something instantly, raised his head suddenly and asked with surprise: "You must have found the place where Sazastan hides his life box, right? Oh my god! This is incredible. News!"
"Hahahaha! That's right! To be exact, I have obtained his phylactery."
As he spoke, Rakeisk took out a mosaic from his arms. A crown with a huge red gemstone.
Through her magical vision, Xelesha could clearly observe the dazzling necromancy arcane aura emitted from above, and immediately asked impatiently: "How do you plan to use this thing? Just take it. Are you going to have a showdown with Sazastan? Or discuss it with Lagon first?”
But Lakeske smiled and shook his head: "No, there is no need for it. Because I have already sent a message to the master, and he should be here soon."
With the last word blurted out, Zuo Si's figure appeared out of thin air in an instant, and the magic net was not even triggered in the whole process. It was obviously not the use of magic, but another kind of power that overcame magic.
“Master!”
Lakeisk and the legendary vampire Xeleisha kneeled down on one knee and saluted in unison.
“Have you obtained Sazastan’s phylactery?”
Zuo Si asked straight to the point.
Although for him, the famous red-robed mage, chief of the necromancy department, has long lost his qualifications as an enemy, this does not mean that Sazastan's status and importance in Faerûn have been reduced. .
As the only country in the east of the continent that can compete with the Mulhorand Empire, once Ser and the Red Robe Mage organization completely collapse, a superpower similar to the West Coast Empire will rise in the entire East.
And as the Mulhorand Empire expands, the gods it believes in will also develop and expand, breaking the existing balance, and may even trigger a new round of divine war.
This is not the result that Leftist Thought wants to see.
That's why he showed up and planned to take care of it a little, so as to prevent these talisman masters from getting away with it.
"Yes, Master. This is the phylactery I found, and it is almost certain that it is the crown worn by Sazastan before he transformed into a lich."
Rakeisk hurriedly raised his hands. Present the life box.
Zuo Si took it and inspected it briefly, then nodded slightly: "Yes, it is indeed Sazastan's phylactery. But are you sure this is his only phylactery? You know, although he is not like Da Ao The magician Ovo invented the Phylactery Shattering Technique, but with his knowledge of necromancy, it should be okay to make one or two more backups."
"Um, I'm sorry about that, Master. Not sure. ”
Lakeske was stunned for a moment, then quickly gave a negative answer.
“Forget it, let’s do this for now. You two immediately go and inform all the talisman masters, including Lagon, as well as Demetra Vlas and Kalaya, saying that I want to see you. They."
After saying this, Zuo Si disappeared again, as if he had never appeared before.