Departing from Mingtan Island, the fleet followed the northward monsoon across the Kolin Islands and arrived at the Whalebone Islands within a few days.
When Zuo Si landed, there were almost no living people on the entire island except for the sailors of the Nelanthel fleet and a few remaining prisoners.
Because this place was originally a gathering place for pirates. Apart from pirates and unscrupulous businessmen, there are no civilians on the island.
Therefore, during the capture process, the two lichs responsible for providing magical support unceremoniously used the Death Cloud Technique and the Stinky Cloud Technique, which can kill in a large area. Together with hundreds of undead creatures, they easily defeated the two main
The stronghold was slaughtered.
Although the pirates also hired several mages and warlocks, their spellcasting levels were too low to withstand the combination of Death Cloud and undead creatures.
In addition, a very few priests of the sea goddess Amberli were killed in the melee.
In short, under the crushing force of absolute power, the pirates of the Whalebone Islands were pushed flatly without making any waves.
Looking at the undead army that had been resurrected into zombies or skeletons by necromancy magic, Zuo Si suddenly asked without looking back: "How many low-level undead creatures do you have on your hands now?"
"Well... including those before, there are almost more than 100,000. However, most of them are used as laborers and are not equipped with enough weapons and armor."
Vanessa lowered her head and thought for a moment, then quickly gave a very vague number.
After all, the work of transforming the undead is often accompanied by the killing of enemies.
For example, for the pirates who attacked the Whalebone Islands today, the relatively well-preserved corpses will be transformed into undead after the battle.
In the same way, if anyone within the organization discovers that there are orcs, gnolls, goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, ogres, trolls and other monster tribes in the wild, Vanessa, who is good at necromancy magic, will be notified to leave.
Go harvest.
Therefore, it is not easy to make accurate statistics if the scattered data is added up.
In addition, there will be a certain amount of loss when used as cannon fodder, so even Vanessa, who controls these undead creatures, does not know exactly how many low-level undead she has.
Normally, he would only count those undead that can be transformed into ghouls, demons, mummies, etc. that are slightly more advanced or have certain intelligence.
Because although the number of the former sounds very large, if you encounter high-level priests or paladins, you can often kill a large number of them with just a dispel or a positive energy magic.
This is why there has never been a "natural disaster of the undead" in Faerûn.
Even the red-robed wizard who controls a large number of undead creatures, his army is mainly composed of living humans, dwarves, orcs, orcs and other humanoid creatures, as well as a few constructs.
In fact, the natural disasters of the undead are too restrained in Faerûn, a land filled with magical users.
Only if the opponent doesn't have any decent spellcasters can the huge advantage brought by numbers be used.
"One hundred thousand? It seems that you need to control the upper limit a little. You must know that controlling so many undead creatures will definitely attract special attention from some gods and their followers." Zuo Si reminded in a low voice.
"You don't need to tell me that I know this. However, most of the low-level undead are arranged to be cultivated on inaccessible desert islands, and some are thrown into dark mines, so you don't have to worry too much. Compared to
Well, I am very interested in the special life that the vampire queen named Badi gave birth to."
When she said these words, Vanessa's eyes shone with chilling excitement and curiosity.
It is already very incredible to know that undead creatures are pregnant, not to mention that it may be related to the saints of gods.
If he hadn't gotten permission, he would have even wanted to rush into the sewers of the Ascatla cemetery area immediately, open up Badi's belly and see what kind of secrets were hidden inside.
"Don't worry, we'll go back and deal with this matter after Luskan is settled. I think that thing is much more difficult to deal with than the Arcane Brotherhood." Zuo Si responded meaningfully.
"Could it be a demigod or a deity?" Vanessa guessed in an uncertain tone.
Zuo Si shook his head gently: "Probably not. Because I did not feel the existence of divine power and divine sparks. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it is because the remaining power of the saint is too weak to form a stable core.
.But one thing can be confirmed, that is, it is at least a legendary creature with powerful power."
Vanessa said with deep approval: "This is exactly what I am interested in. And I feel that a situation like this is absolutely impossible to occur naturally, otherwise Irenekas would have tortured the saint long ago.
It happened. Maybe a certain god, demon lord or devil duke is plotting something behind it."
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the most indispensable thing in this world is all kinds of conspiracies and unexpected enemies. No matter what the mastermind behind the scenes wants to do, this most important prop is now under our control." Zuo Si said in a tone of voice.
A trace of nonchalance.
If there is anything that impressed him most about the continent of Faerûn, it must be the series of conspiracies one after another.
Especially when you are entrusted to investigate certain special cases, when you feel that you are very close to the truth, you will suddenly find that there is a hidden force behind the murderer.
After you have worked so hard to eradicate this force, you find that the other party was just deceived and manipulated, and there is a deeper hidden mastermind.
In short, the more important and far-reaching an event is, the more likely there will be more than one participant behind it.
Take the Sons of Baal as an example. At the beginning, his adoptive father Gillian was killed in a surprise attack, followed by the iron ore crisis and a large number of thieves cutting off trade routes, and then it was discovered that the Iron Throne was behind the scenes.
After returning to Candlekeep, I discovered that the real culprit was Sarevok, who was also the son of Baal.
And this is just the beginning of a legendary adventure!
What follows next is the battle of wits and courage between Amn and Irenicus to regain their own souls and divinity
After going through a difficult battle of the five descendants, it was not until the end that the real mastermind was discovered. On the surface, he seemed to be helping the sons of Baal, but in fact, he betrayed the god of murder he served and wanted to seize divinity and
Melisandre became a goddess with divine power.
It can be said that the Son of Baal incident is the epitome of the series of conspiracies in the entire Faerûn continent.
In the same way, if you want to completely destroy the Arcane Brotherhood and occupy Luskan, you need to face not only the enemies in front of you, but also the Zhentarim, the Red Robe Wizards, and other temporary
A force that is not yet known.
As for the strange life that was born in Badi's belly, there may be more involved.
So Zuo Si was very patient, knowing that the other party would show up sooner or later, so there was no need to spend so much effort and energy investigating.
Just when Vanessa was about to say something, a very young-looking apprentice quickly walked over from a distance and reported in a low voice: "Master, new news has just been sent back from Luskan.
A rebellion broke out within the Arcane Brotherhood. Four tower masters united to overthrow the rule of Akram Grace, causing him to escape seriously injured."
"Oh? When did it happen!" The Lich's eyes instantly lit up.
If this news is true, then now will be the best time to attack the main tower of the Arcane Brotherhood.
"It happened about two days ago. However, due to an accident during the transmission of the message, it could not be sent back immediately. At present, this incident has shocked the entire Northland. It is said that Neverwinter City has united
Many towns sent troops to confront Luskan's army on the border."
There was obvious ecstasy in the apprentice's tone that could not be concealed.
Because this means that the entire Luskan is currently in a defenseless state.
"It seems we have to move faster." Vanessa touched her chin with a sinister expression.
Zuo Si nodded slightly: "We really need to move faster. Notify everyone to board the ship immediately. It will take a few days to get from the Whalebone Islands to Luskan. I hope our fleet can launch an attack before they can react."
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"No, what I mean is that we go around the back of the Luskan army and cooperate with the Neverwinter coalition to surround and annihilate their last remaining strength.
Then they will advance from both sides of the waterway at the same time, causing the city to completely lose its will to resist and surrender.
After all, you have said before that Neverwinter and its allies may not be of much use militarily, but politically they can provide legitimacy and legitimacy for our occupation of Luskan.
So I think it’s a good choice to let them participate more deeply.”
Vanessa expressed her thoughts with great interest.
"From our standpoint, maintaining an overly close relationship with Neverwinter, especially letting them join the attack on Luskan, is actually not a good thing.
You have to understand that the church of Tyr, the God of Justice, and the paladins have a very firm attitude towards the undead, and there is almost no possibility of compromise.
Therefore, there is no problem in joining forces to encircle and annihilate Luskan's army, but they must not be allowed to enter Luskan's city walls.
Otherwise it will be very troublesome when we use the undead army and cleanse existing vested interest groups."
Zuo Si rejected the Lich's proposal without hesitation.
He doesn't want anything to go wrong when the success of the whole plan is about to happen.
"Okay, I will let Eric take charge of contacting Neverwinter City and try not to use undead creatures and spells to transform undead creatures in front of them."
After that, Vanessa quickly began to issue orders to let the sailors who had rested for a day reboard the ship.
About an hour later, the huge fleet set off from the bay in a mighty manner, aiming for the final destination of the trip - "City of Thousand Sails" Luskan.
Just as the fleet set sail, Akram Grace finally successfully transformed into a lich with the help of the desire demon.
Feeling that his new body was filled with negative energy and was not aware of any signs of aging, fatigue or lack of energy, he couldn't help but show an extremely satisfied expression.
"This feeling... is so great! It can't be described in words! No wonder capable mages will try their best to transform themselves into lichs. Endless lifespan, never tired spirit, as long as the phylactery exists, it will never be able to be transformed into a lich.
To be continued...