At the same time, far away in the Tower of Dulag in the north of the Cloudy Mountains, another son of Baal, Aberdare, was being locked in a cage and suffering tremendous pain.

Some unknown magic kept stimulating the pain nerves, causing him to moan and curse.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!! I... I swear! Once I get out, I will eat your flesh! Drink your blood! I will peel you off and cut you into pieces!"

But unfortunately, in the face of all this, there was no expression on Irenicas's face, as if he hadn't heard anything, and he continued to torture him until he was completely exhausted and dying of unconsciousness.

You don't need to ask to know that since defeating Sarevok, Aberdare and his teammates wandered around the Sword Coast for a while, and returned to Candlekeep to visit old friends and visit the grave of their adoptive father Gillian.

As a result, when we were going south to go to Amn by land, we were accidentally plotted by a shadow thief. As a result, everyone was captured and given to Irenikas, who had been waiting for a long time.

As a result, he immediately started the research he had interrupted before.

As for the shadow thieves involved in this matter, it was entirely due to the guild war and the suppression from Zuo Si that many illegal businesses could not continue at all. The capital chain was almost broken several times, and they could only continue to consume their previous savings to make ends meet.

Spend the day.

As soon as I heard that someone was willing to offer a high price for the kidnapping of an adventure team, I immediately agreed without even thinking about it.

I have no choice, I am really too poor to be crazy.

With the protracted guild war showing no signs of ending, a lot of money is being consumed every day.

Whether it is recruiting and hiring people, or paying pensions to those who died, money must be poured out continuously.

Otherwise, if you are not willing to give money, who will work hard for the organization?

Therefore, Irenekas's list is like a piece of fat, and it is easy for the Shadow Thieves Guild to fall into a trap.

In order to earn this money, Renault Bloodhead personally led the team and used the few remaining paralysis toxins purchased from Zuo Si in the guild to kill everyone in a short time.

When he woke up, Aberdare found that he was locked in a cage and was subjected to inhumane torture every day.

He doesn't even understand it at all, nor does he understand what the meaning of this is?

"How is your research going?"

As the son of Baal fell into a coma, Viconia, who was hiding in the shadows, slowly came out with strong curiosity in his eyes.

Since the end of the operation in Ximen, she has been staying here as Zuo Si's representative, responsible for observing the other party's every move and ensuring that he acts in accordance with the contract.

After all, the priest himself is the eye of the gods and god-like powers he serves.

As long as Viconia follows Irenikas, Zuo Si can see through her eyes what this crazy high-level elf mage is doing at any time.

Irenekas undoubtedly knew this, or in other words, he had never thought of playing tricks since signing the devil's contract, and immediately responded without thinking: "Soon!

I have glimpsed the mysteries of gods and the necessary conditions for becoming gods from mortals.

As long as I do a few more experiments to confirm, I can begin to strip away the divinity and power from this son of Baal, and be fully prepared to become a god myself.

And you and your master will also get what he wants."

"Oh? Could it be that you secretly established contact with the dark elf matrons in Ust Nassa City in order to prepare for becoming a god?"

Viconia narrowed her eyes and cautiously tried.

Since she herself was a dark elf who was born and raised in Menzoberranzan, she is very aware of the evil and cruel nature of her compatriots.

Unless Irenicas offers conditions that the other party is interested in, the ruling families of Ust Nasa City will never make any commitments, let alone agree to be with a filthy and lowly exiled planet.

The elves reached a cooperation agreement.

Yes!

Although Irenekas possesses terrifying magical power, in the eyes of dark elves like Viconia, he is still a lowly and dirty surface elf trash.

Even though he has been deprived of the racial characteristics of an elf, he can still be distinguished from his mannerisms.

"What if?

Do you think becoming a god means taking away the divine power and divinity of several sons of gods?

No, that does not allow a mortal to be promoted to a god.

Obtaining divinity is only the first step in transforming from a mortal. The next step requires faith or huge energy.

I obviously don’t have the patience or time to cultivate believers and the church bit by bit, so obtaining a huge energy source becomes the only option.

There is a Tree of Life inside the city of Sodanisla, a sacred tree favored and blessed by the elves and gods.

As long as I can seize all its energy, I can use it as fuel to inspire the power of divinity to ignite sparks, and eventually enter the elven kingdom of Avado and become a member of the gods.

Since Sonnisla is protected by a strong magic barrier, I need to recruit many allies to launch the attack.

As the dark elves who hate the surface elves the most, they are naturally a force that can be used. Don’t you think so?”

When he said these words, Irenicus exuded a strong resentment that could not be described in words.

You don't need to ask to know that in addition to the above reasons, he also has another most important purpose that he has not stated, which is to take revenge on the elf city that exiled him and kill all the living things there.

Viconia smiled and nodded: "Of course, this is indeed a good idea.

However, I must remind you that you must be extremely careful when dealing with dark elves.

Because they don’t know when they will suddenly stab their allies in the back.”

Upon hearing this, Irenicas immediately burst into laughter: "Hahahaha! Danger?

Believe me, there is nothing more dangerous in this world than cooperating with your master.

Compared with him, the dark elves in Uster Nasa City are like harmless kittens.

It’s all thanks to his generosity and kindness that I’m where I am today.”

From these words, Viconia undoubtedly heard strong resentment and dissatisfaction.

But so what?

Don’t you even dare to be incompetent and furious in front of yourself?

Thinking of this, she slightly raised the corner of her mouth and comforted: "Don't worry, you have signed the contract. As long as you don't actively violate the terms inside, Mr. Soth will not do anything to you. After all, he is one of the few people in the world who

He is a big devil who is willing to reason with the weak."

"Humph!"

Irenekas ended the conversation with a sneer, turned around and disappeared at the end of the intricate corridors and stairs inside the Tower of Dulag.

After the opponent was completely gone, Viconia came to Aberdare and was about to cast two healing spells.

It was found that the wounds on the son of Baal had begun to heal at an extremely fast speed, and were exuding a dark red mist full of pungent blood smell.

Out of caution, she immediately took a few steps back to observe this strange phenomenon carefully. After about two or three minutes, she frowned and whispered: "Is this the power that the Son of God inherited from the gods?

It’s incredible!

No wonder so many mortals long to become one of the gods.

Even the weakest demigod..."

After confirming that Aberdare's life was not in danger, Viconia immediately turned around and left the room, secretly delivering food to Sancho and Imoen.

Because Viconia has been watching, these two little guys did not suffer the same inhumane torture and abuse as Aberdare.

Instead, he is lying comfortably in the cage, resting and sleeping, and occasionally taking time to exercise his magic and the divine power in his body.

There is no doubt that although Zuo Si has no intention of ending his life personally yet, he has not relaxed his monitoring of the sons of Baal. At the same time, he has also secretly figured out a few of them who have the support of gods behind them.

In the next stage, his goal is to use the "Five Descendants" to eliminate these non-seeded players and let the real protagonists take the stage in the finals.

You must know that the Sons of Baal's fight for the Blood Throne is an out-and-out divine battle.

Especially the last few remaining, each one has the power of a quasi-god or even a demigod, and can easily destroy a planet.

Therefore, Zuo Si must prepare more than one method of killing gods in advance.

At this moment, he was sitting in the splendid palace of Calimport, playing with new inventions sent by the Church of Gond, the god of craftsmen, while listening to the report from the Prime Minister of the Empire, Shaud Talowin.

Since the merger of the two empires was completed, a total of five centers, namely one capital and four companion capitals, were established to facilitate administration and rule.

You don’t need to ask to know the capital among them, it must be Amn’s former capital Askatra.

The reason is also very simple.

Just look at the map and you will know that this port city is located right in the middle of the coastline and is also the most important maritime, air and land transportation hub.

In addition, business is extremely prosperous, and it is the most important money bag and handicraft base in the entire country.

The four accompanying capitals are Calimport, the most important and prosperous city in the south;

Baldur's Gate connected to Northland;

The west gate extends into the Sea of ​​Falling Stars like a tentacle;

Suldorfer, an important city guarding the throat of the Steam Lake.

It can be said that each of the above cities has huge development potential. It is also the most prosperous local economy and the most populous gathering area, and can radiate and control large areas of surrounding land.

As long as these cities can be controlled and developed, the strength of the West Coast Empire will grow steadily, bringing with it the relatively backward towns and villages in the surrounding and even inland areas.

However, although Ascatla is the capital, Zuo Si and the country's top officials usually live in Calimport.

If necessary, you can reach any town with a population of more than 20,000 in the empire directly through the magic portal.
To be continued...