A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

[Spell of Entanglement] has absolute control over Calimport.

Whether it is the nominal supreme ruler of the country who lives in that splendid palace, or those famous families who claim to have hundreds or even thousands of years of inheritance, or the thieves guilds that spread all over the streets, they are all controlled by them remotely. piece.

The control method is so subtle that even the controlled person is not aware of it at all, and thinks that all these results are caused by his own decisions.

Following the order from Lagon, the supreme leader of the entire [Entangled Talisman], the Thieves Guild, which had only been maintaining secret confrontations, fell into an all-out war just two hours later.

The cause of the incident was that a certain guild leader accidentally got a chicken bone stuck in his throat while eating, and was suffocated to death.

Yes!

The "Lords of Talisman" used this almost insulting and ridiculous method to end the life of a seemingly powerful guild leader.

Immediately afterwards, everyone launched a siege against the guild that had lost its strong leader.

As a result, a "game" of fighting against time to seize territory turned into a full-scale war because of a few small "accidents".

No one knows how those accidents happened!

No guild leader tried to explain to his opponents or resolve disputes through negotiation.

Because they know that none of this matters at all.

After so many years of relatively "peaceful" development, various guilds and even gangs have expanded to the extreme.

Sharp conflicts have long been on the verge of breaking out, and a power reshuffle is necessary to restore calm to Calimport.

What's more, those participating in the Calimport Guild War are not just the major thieves guilds, but also the church of Cyric, the die-hard followers of the late murderer Baal, and Faerûn's two biggest troublemakers, the Zhentarim and the Harpers. alliance……

In short, in the next two days, attacks, assassinations, poisoning and other methods were carried out in the streets and alleys at all times.

Some cautious thieves guild leaders have already hid in the most heavily defended rooms in their lairs, controlling the situation through remote control.

Even the most trusted subordinates cannot get close easily.

Because no one knows how many people will be bribed when a guild war breaks out, and how many people will suddenly betray.

…

"How many men did we lose today?"

Apke sat at the desk in the secret room at the bottom of the headquarters, crossed his hands and dragged his fat chin and asked.

Magical advisor Courant replied without thinking: "Twenty-five! We lost twenty-five good players today. Two of them were discovered due to failed assassinations, were besieged by their opponents, and eventually died miserably. The rest All died in the encounter.”

After hearing the exact number, Apke immediately nodded slightly and continued to ask: "What about our enemies? How much did they lose?"

“I don’t know yet about other guilds, but Clive’s guild lost at least sixty people today.

Especially in several street battles, crossbows and poison-quenched armor-piercing arrows were very effective.

Those guys who only wore leather armor were very surprised and frightened that we were equipped with crossbows in large numbers.

Although it is troublesome to draw the bowstring, there is often only one chance to shoot in an encounter.

But its lethality and penetration in narrow alleys are staggering.

After two days of all-out resistance, the people of Clive's Guild basically no longer dared to leave their stronghold.

Because no one knows whether a fatal arrow will be shot from a hidden place in the next second. "

Courang read out the information just sent with an expressionless face.

From his indifferent attitude, it is easy to see that he is not interested in this so-called "guild war" at all.

In fact, in his eyes, it didn't even matter who would be the leader of the guild.

He is just a hired mage, providing a small and limited amount of magic protection and answering magic-related questions.

Once Apke is overthrown or killed, Courang will not hesitate to choose to escape or pledge allegiance to the new guild leader.

Apke was obviously very aware of this and said calmly: "Yes! It seems that if nothing else happens, after this guild war is over, I will become the undisputed ruler of the entire dock area.

The only problem is how to get rid of Clive once and for all without giving him a chance to make a comeback.

Sigh——It would be great if Mr. Soth could leave a few days later.

Presumably he must have many ways to easily break into the enemy's lair. "

"Please don't worry about this. I have already prepared enough rats in advance. When the guild war is about to end, they can help you solve that troublesome building. In addition, speaking of Mr. Soth, I have A piece of news that might interest you.”

As he spoke, Culang selected one of the many pieces of information passed back and handed it directly to the guild leader.

Apke took the note and glanced at it twice, and immediately asked in surprise: "Who are these two people? Why are they asking around about Mr. Soth?"

Culang replied in a slightly puzzled tone: "I'm not very sure why they want to inquire about Mr. Soth.

But these two half-elves, the male of whom is called Khalid, are the illegitimate sons of members of a local elf family.

He even became the captain of the city guard through his own efforts.

But later, for some unknown reason, he voluntarily resigned from this position and chose to venture out.

As for the other woman named Jahira, she was Khalid's companion on the adventure and seemed to be a druid who respected nature.

In addition, our people have heard some rumors recently.

It is said that Lord Soth had a conflict with a group of people outside the city not long ago, and killed them all and stole a box.

And this box seems to be related to the sacrifice ceremony of Cyric Church. "

"Box? Cyric Church?"

Epke's pupils suddenly dilated, and the originally relaxed expression on his face became serious.

Because in the Thieves Guild of Calimport, they usually only believe in three gods.

The first is Musk, the traditional god of thieves;

The second one is Baal, the god of murder who once had great influence and could even be said to be extremely terrifying.

But with his death in the turbulent years, his original followers are decreasing at an extremely fast rate, and now only a few hardcore members remain.

The third one is naturally the biggest winner in the turbulent year, "Dark Sun" Cyric, who replaced the three gods of death and became a powerful member of the god.

Although he had just become a god from a mortal, this insane maniac and his followers were constantly causing trouble in every corner of Faerûn.

Anyone who has anything to do with the Church of Cyric will, without exception, be in big trouble.

After a full minute of silence, Apke carefully probed: "Then did you tell Mr. Soth the news through magic?"

Culang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No. Because the caravan has gone quite far. With my spellcasting ability, there is no way to transmit messages over such a long distance. The only thing we can do now is to pray for him Don't get caught up in those lunatics..."