Crown of Chaos

It is strange that a demon lord would actively summon an army of demons to appear in the main material plane. It might be more reasonable if Duke Bilgard was a legendary red robe, but he is just a barely master-level mage. Such a mage can Riding a Krurich is a strange thing to do.

So Aaron asked Alice Sayre and others to be extremely careful early on.

The dragon's tongue of fire is real, Manuel's sword is also real, and what Duke Bilgard sent is real.

If it is not a real thing, it cannot deceive Alice Ser and Aaron. If it does not surrender sincerely, it cannot take away the Purple Dragon Knight.

But Cyric's plot is still very clumsy, very clumsy!

Aaron roared and rushed towards Count Depis. He completely ignored the flames that broke out in the mountain col, and he didn't care about the Krurich Demon falling from the sky. The transformation of the Golden Law made his surroundings covered with gold. The brilliance of Draconion appeared in his hands. Every step he took left traces of the red lotus fire. The bloodthirsty joy was injected into Aaron's mind. He smelled the scent of Cyric's divinity. !

This is a great tonic for Aaron!

Below him, Count Depis, whose disguise has been torn away, finally no longer hides his true identity - a high-level shape-shifter, a legendary creature that can completely replace others like the Shifting Spirit and the Shifting Spirit, with a dagger in his hand. With its sharp edge exposed, it made gestures to summon its innate magical ability. The dark blue poison on the dagger remained unabated in the flames.

Aaron rushed through the flames without hesitation, and Eleanor came alongside him. Miss Priest felt pain like needles pricking her body in the flames. Obviously Aaron's flame cloak could not help her avoid the fire damage. But Eleanor's hatred for Cyric overcame the physical pain, and she raised the Tear of Selun and directed the moonlight bombardment down.

Most of these moonlights did not hit the target, but were transformed into nothingness by the extraordinary agility of the high-level shape-shifting monsters. It got into the flames and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Advanced shapeshifters can perfectly simulate any creature, including the opponent's career level, memory, and combat instincts.

But today, this strategy didn't work for Aaron.

Because Khorne's brass chains have locked him!

boom!

In the crowd, a purple dragon knight raised his head and roared. The link of the brass chain made Aaron appear directly within his melee range. The moon blade cut its arm, and the shock wave of the explosion knocked him down. The high-level shapeshifter was forced to Revealing his true form again, he could only support his remaining arm on the ground and continue to rush forward.

A large shadow fell in front of him.

Alice Sel, wearing a dragon whisperer mask on her face, arrived. The regent princess spread her legs, jumped up, and landed high out of the narrow attack range of the dagger.

The huge momentum caused it to collide with the King's Sword of the Queen Regent. The blade cut through the skin of the high-level shape-shifter while spinning, and the brute force of Aliceser twisted the flesh of the shape-shifter into a ball of broken flesh.

Although the blood was flowing, the high-level shapeshifter could hardly feel the pain. The madness from Cyric filled his brain, and the dagger flew up and down, slashing and tearing.

The King's Sword quickly decomposed the body of the high-level shapeshifter, and it paid no attention to it. The moonlight exploded on its skin, and it also paid no attention to it. Then at a certain moment, a small bottle containing molten gold solution hit it. on the body.

Metal flow!

Strengthen alchemy!

The hot current of molten gold swamped the high-level shapeshifter, locking it in the cooling stream of molten metal.

It can't escape at all.

It was at this moment that the shape-shifting monster's eyes turned black again, and the familiar, crazy and arrogant laughter came: Do you like my gift? Despicable thief, despicable mortal?

Dark Sun. Aaron said mockingly, Is this the only level of your conspiracy?

Destroying one of my incarnations has no effect on me. Cyric's will whispered, like a cold poisonous snake: I can do this once, I can also do this two, three, four, countless times, and you , Cormier's Aaron Salian, how many times can you protect the people around you?

This is just a beginning, a beginning... Before the Dark Sun Prince could finish his words, Draconion penetrated his chest.

Yes, our war has just begun. Aaron took back Draconion, surrounded by the sounds of fighting.

Egil, who had been ambushed in advance, arrived, the silver dragon knights arrived, and all the Salian troops arrived. The sound of the clash of steel, the roar of the dragon, and the battle sounds of the Krurich demons decreased with the disappearance of Cyric.

Now that the agent has fallen, there is no need to continue fighting. The Krurich Demon looked deeply at the mountain col, laughed wildly and disappeared into the air.

Being summoned this time indeed confirmed a great piece of information.

Demogorgon will like this information.

Retreat! The demon army retreated quickly, but at least half of the abyss demons were still killed outside Tifanton City. The dragon bones in the mountain col were surrounded by demon corpses.

They are all fresh food for the Chaos Hell Cannon.

However, these noisy voices were all obscured by the whispers of the four gods of chaos echoing in Aaron's mind.

“Embrace yourself, embrace who you are.”

Upgrade, seize the power of Dark Sun, and seize his throne and divinity.

He will, only one can live between him and Cyric.

Aaron held the Dark Moon Blade tightly, and Draconion slowly retracted into his arm. The transformation of the Golden Rule gradually dissipated into nothingness, and the surrounding rocky land was blackened in a series of explosions. , the high-level shapeshifters fixed by the melt flow were scattered randomly on the ground, completely dead.

Is he dead? Eleanor asked softly. The pastor lady was obviously very annoyed with Dark Sun's dog-skin plaster: It's okay. Our territory is protected by our Lord and many gods. Dark Sun will not and cannot mess around. of.

He is not here to succeed. Aaron shook his head and picked up the dagger: He is just here to disgust me.

Then he is indeed disgusting. Eleanor held Aaron's hand, and the pastor smiled brightly: But isn't father's sword back?

Not only father's sword, but also the dragon tongue of the late king is about to return to Cormyr. Aaron cast his gaze into the distance.

Alice Ser stood in front of the dragon flames again: I understand now!

The Queen Regent held the Dragon Flame Tongue with both hands and pulled it out suddenly. She held the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands. Then she opened her mouth and spat out the language of the red dragon and the bright red color along the dragon whisperer mask. Colorful dragon breath.

The Dragon Flame Tongue withstood the brute force of Alice Ser.

So she tried again, the second time, and the third time. She roared and tried again and again with the help of the Dragon Whisperer Mask.

With a flash of crimson flash, the tongue of dragon flame finally broke away from the keel. The long sword popped out of the keel with a bang. Alice Ser held the sword hilt tightly and fell to the ground.

Your Highness! The surrounding Purple Dragon Knights and Queen's Blades exclaimed, although their bodies were more or less burned, and some of them could not even stand up.

I'm fine, I'm really fine. Alice Ser held the Dragon Flame Tongue tightly, and big tears flowed down her beautiful face, but she didn't know why.

Is it nostalgia? Is it longing? Is it sadness? Or happy?

No matter what, his father has passed away, and no matter what, his sword is back in his hands again.

At a certain moment, Alice Searle felt as if she had returned to the past, where her father and mother, sister and brother-in-law were all present. This period of regency alone was like a dream.

No, this is not a dream.

This is a trial.

A trial to see if I am worthy enough to inherit my father’s kingdom!

I passed the trial, it's that simple!

Aaron, Eleanor, help me up. Alice Ser's hoarse voice came from behind the dragon whisperer mask: It's time to give Billgard some dignity!

…………

Under the city of Tifenton, in front of the execution platform.

When Duke Bilgard saw that Alice Searle had only suffered a little burn, and that the Purple Dragon Knight and Queen's Blade had not all been killed, he knew that he was finished.

Bilgard used all his words to try to beg for mercy, but to no avail.

Aliceser just asked him calmly how he wanted to die.

Should he look good on his own, or should she help him look good?

So Bilgard finally chose hanging - a relatively decent way of death that could leave the whole body intact.

The death of Duke Bilgard meant the complete pacification of Tifanton. Since then, the regent princess has finally restored the area of ​​Cormyr to the size of the Assan IV period, and more importantly, she has regained her father's robe here. sword.

Does this mean that the Purple Dragon Kingdom has achieved revival?

Perhaps, only the Cormyrs themselves know.

The Cormyr nobles who came to participate in the war still felt that it was unreal.

Is this it, the fight is over?

Just like that, the fight is over?

You must know that a normal siege war will take at least two or three months from gradually clearing the strongholds around the city, to besieging the city, consuming the opponent's supplies, to launching an attack or negotiating a peace.

As a result, it only took eight days in total from the time Aaron opened fire to the time Tifantun surrendered!

Just eight days!

After the war, the reward order for Aaron was announced on the spot in the city lord's palace in Tifantun.

The first edict: Inheriting the great grace of our ancestors, we seal the title of Viscount Aaron Salian of the Sunset Territory to the first class earl, and reward him with the Purple Dragon Crown.

The second edict: Ga'alon Salian was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs. This was the head of the royal family's inner court bureaucracy, ranking above the cabinet ministers.

The third edict: Immediately grant Aaron the title of Governor of the Northern Defense and Development of Cormyr, and supervise all military affairs covering Tiffanydon, Rockland, Stormhorn Mountains, Valley, Cormanthor Forest, and Aenook Desert. North of Arabel, all Cormyr nobles, civilians, troops, and strongholds are all under the control of Aaron. If anyone is dissatisfied, Aaron has the right to make his own decision!

Alice Searle's decree shocked everyone.

The content of these three edicts is really too rich.

The Earl of Xifeng was everyone's expectation. The Salian family was originally a Earl family, and Aaron's performance was so hard this time. If it weren't for getting back the Earl title, no one could think of any more reasons.

It was a little unexpected to be awarded the Purple Dragon Crown: the last person to be awarded the Purple Dragon Crown was Duke Kasper, the husband of the Crown Princess, sister of Alice Searle.

These two people really have an affair, right?

As for the third edict, everyone couldn't understand it.

Is this equivalent to sending the entire northern border of the kingdom, a dozen settlements and northern border nobles, including several fortresses garrisoned by purple dragon knights, as Aaron's subordinates?

Is this a plan to make Aaron the commander-in-chief of the front army, to fulfill Assan IV's lifelong dream, to extend Cormyr's rule to the rocky land, or... is it a kind of co-optation? Let the Ninth Shepherd Legion point its troops outside the country's borders?

Everyone looked at Aaron.

Aaron took a deep breath, received the order, and thanked him.

From today on, he is an earl. It has been fifteen years since his grandfather lost his title, and he has finally regained his family's lost title.

My father is no longer here.

Seeing Aaron accepting his canonization, Alice Serre, who was sitting in the main seat, slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

good, very good.

All the nobles and civilians who participated in the war received rewards one after another after Aaron, and then Aliceser announced that they would withdraw their troops.

A banquet was held in the camp that day, and everyone came up to congratulate Aaron on finally regaining his ancestral title of earl. Everyone did not hesitate to praise this popular man in the kingdom who could no longer be described as a new noble.

But some big nobles, such as the Grand Inspector General Ian Hutson, the royal cabinet ministers, Duke Kayneth and Duke Gordon, looked at Aaron with slightly worried eyes.

At the bonfire at night, the congratulatory crowd gradually dispersed, and the bard who was playing the marimba suddenly stopped in front of Aaron and Eleanor with a smile.

Congratulations on the knighthood, Lord Aaron. The bard's eyes were burning with burnt yellow flames from hell: But don't forget our agreement.

You still owe me the goddess of wealth!

Volume 5, Baldur's Gate, end.

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