As a secret society that has secretly controlled the southern region of the west coast for hundreds of years, and has not exposed its core members even if it has had head-on conflicts with several gods in the mortal church, the Tangled Talisman is undoubtedly one of the most successful organizations in the entire Faerûn continent.
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Although many people know that there is an invisible and huge behind-the-scenes hand in Kalingshan that secretly stirs up disputes and controls everything, they can't find any substantial evidence.
Any individual or force that tries to follow the clues to investigate the organization will either end up with the investigator disappearing and dying inexplicably, or they will find that all the clues are suddenly cut off.
If Zuo Si, an outsider who knew the inside story, had not intervened, I am afraid that the masters of talismans would have continued to control Carlin Shirt, maintaining a three-way relationship with Shane VII and Ivy Kolasaglan's "Sharp Teeth".
A delicate balance between.
But now, with the fall of the legendary dragon king Aiweiko Lasagra "Sharp Tooth", and the entire entangled talisman, the seven talisman masters have all been taken under Zuo Si's command and sent to Serre to perform infiltration missions. The latter here
Once again, the powerful ability has been given room to display.
Although the Sel red-robed mages knew about the existence of the Entangled Talisman, a secret organization composed of powerful undead spellcasters, and had carried out a series of cooperation with it, they did not know the identity of the real master behind it.
The masters of talismans who are extremely diligent never show up easily, but instead send their cronies or middlemen to make contacts.
Coupled with the long-standing tradition of internal fighting in the red robes of Ser, each chief has only a limited understanding of the intelligence and information at hand, and the mutual hostility gives the Lord of Talisman a lot of room for maneuver.
In just a few days, Lagon, Kartak Spelser, Plamon "Frostprint" Rakeisk, Sapuhurakta, Selesa, Muratel, and Rein parted ways.
Completed the first step of the plan - infiltrating in different identities.
Among them, Xelaisha disguised herself as a newly transformed vampire, but in fact she directly controlled the vampire family under Demetra Vlas.
Lei Yin quietly killed a female ring magic instructor through an ambush, and used the nine-ring necromantic magic [Soul Binding] to successfully capture the opponent's soul for torture.
After getting all the information, he used magic props to transform into the other person and replace him. Even the apprentices with whom he had the closest relationship didn't notice anything strange.
Kartak Spelser and Plamon "Frost Seal" Rakisk occupied two abandoned castles deep in the wilderness mountains in the north and south of Ser respectively, and then deliberately released news to lure the red-robed mage to send people there.
Check.
After the contact occurred, he deliberately revealed some information to the other party, causing him to misjudge that these two powerful legendary lichs were members of other spellcaster organizations who lived in this land during the warlord war.
As a result, not surprisingly, he was recruited by two red-robed chiefs and became their secret allies, helpers and staff.
Sapuhurakta disguised himself as a dracolich trying to escape the control of the Dragon Cult, signed a mutual aid contract with Aznar Sruel, and even received a temporary lair as a gift from the other party.
and a large amount of gold and silver treasures as greeting gifts.
The mind flayer Lich Muratel used his racial advantage to win the trust of a senior red-robed mage who was only one step away from the chief, and joined the other party's camp to start secretly poaching.
Through powerful psychic powers to suggest and tamper with memories, he completed the tasks assigned to him by others without their knowledge.
As soon as the time comes, you can immediately help the red-robed mage challenge the existing faction chief.
As for Lagon...
He did not hide his identity at all, and directly came to Sazastan and said that his entanglement talisman had been completely destroyed by Zuo Si, and now he wanted to find a new place to stay.
Since Sazastan didn't know the abilities of the planeswalkers, he was worried that he didn't have powerful enough helpers to centralize power, so he agreed without even thinking about it.
The most important thing is that Lagon came alone and did not bring any team or power.
Therefore, Sazastan felt that it was impossible for the other party to pose a threat to him who had huge power and countless subordinates.
What's more, he already has a group of powerful lichs under his command. If he can get the help of Lagon, it will be even more powerful.
In this way, the masters of the seven talismans were like parasites, easily infiltrating the red-robed mage's interior without any effort, and continuously absorbed the opponent's nutrients to strengthen themselves.
They are like the shadows formed by the sun shining on someone.
As long as Serge and the red-robed mage are still fighting among themselves, they will never be noticed by anyone.
At this moment, deep in the maze-like sewers beneath the city of Eltab, the seven talisman masters gathered together.
In the middle of them is a huge binding circle made of mithril, and in the center of the circle is imprisoned a huge demon that is more than six meters tall and covered with blue scales.
Judging from the chaotic evil aura emanating from it, this demon should be just one step away from becoming a secondary abyss lord.
But unfortunately, he is trapped in the material plane, and there is no way to plunder souls through killing and spread fear and death to make himself go further.
In fact, this demon was summoned and imprisoned here thousands of years ago when Serge was not yet independent.
The complex and winding canals in El Taba City were originally designed to seal the magic circle he made.
But the earthquake a year ago caused part of the canal to be damaged, and the seal became weaker and weaker as time went by, so this guy was about to escape.
But unfortunately, the seven talisman masters discovered the secret deep in the sewer in the center of the canal, and planned to build a secret stronghold here to avoid Serge's ubiquitous magic detection.
After the two sides met, there was not even a word of nonsense, and a fierce battle immediately broke out.
Although the demon who almost became a secondary abyss lord was very powerful, the weak seal still suppressed most of his power. As a result, he was imprisoned again and became an exploitable "tool" as expected.
At the moment, this demon is carefully observing these legendary undead creature casters with two pale yellow eyes, trying to figure out each other's identity and intentions.
He knew very well that even without the suppression of the seal, he would not be able to fight against this group of equally dangerous and evil enemies in a head-on battle.
After all, one of the effects of [Entangled Talisman], a summoning creature card, is that when all members are active in the same world, they can ignore distance and all interference, and teleport to each other instantly when needed.
At the same time, when the seven talisman masters come together, their effective spellcasting level will be rewarded by 3, and the power of various spells and magic rituals will also be increased by 20%.
If a certain talisman master successfully controls an area, his spellcasting level will be increased by one level in the current state, and will continue to increase as the control area expands.
This means that, taking Lagon as an example, his original total arcane spell casting level was lv33, and after adding three levels, it became lv36, which is the same as the spell casting level of Shane VII.
This is almost one of the ceilings for spellcasting levels in the entire Faerûn continent.
Kartak Spelser and Plamon "Frost Mark" Rakisk both exceeded lv30 with the addition of an additional three levels.
Under the suppression of many such legendary mages, even if the real Lord of the Abyss is summoned, he probably won't get any benefits.
Therefore, the devil can only hope that these undead creatures are not of the same mind, but have their own plans for each other.
In this way, he can create conflicts through lies, deception and instigation, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape when the other party starts fighting.
However, the talisman masters obviously did not care about the devil's prying eyes and were discussing their next plan.
The leader, Lagon, said bluntly: "According to the great master's plan, we need to lurk within the red robe mage and control a certain amount of power.
On the one hand, we investigate the information about the Serre national treasure;
On the one hand, it attracts more talented mages and warlocks to serve their master.
In short, before Sazastan starts to trigger a civil war in Serbia, we must have enough power to deal with possible accidents.
Remember, no one is allowed to reveal their identity except me. When the situation is critical, you can choose to commit suicide to cover everything up."
"Don't worry about this, we all know what to do.
There is also the governor of Eltab Province and Kalaya's biological mother - Demidra Fres, who seems to be a good development target.
I can feel her strong ambition and desire for power hidden under the false mask.
As long as we can provide this guy with some necessary help, then she will become a good chess piece."
Lei Yin bluntly stated her goal.
After some careful observation and testing, she was able to basically determine that although Dimidra appeared to be loyal to Drix Laim, the chief of the Department of Change, she actually had her own wishful thinking.
This guy expanded the scope of Ser's local concession through his marriage with the supreme ruler of Mulmaster City on the coast of the Moon Sea, the "Supreme Blade" Sefalil Umdorfen.<
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She wants to use the city as a bargaining chip to have in-depth cooperation with Zhentil Castle, enhance Cyre's influence in the region, and then compete with the governor of Praiador Province in the south for a share of foreign trade.
Especially after Ser took the initiative to surrender to the West Coast Empire and promised not to build a navy, and at the same time ceded the extremely important province of Araul, Dimidra was the most happy to jump up and down.
Obviously, this ambitious woman is not willing to stop at being the governor, but wants to break the long-standing practice within the red-robed mage and further become the chief with the highest power.
This means that as a specialist in the illusion department, she will inevitably have a fierce conflict with the current chief of the illusion department.
As the saying goes, pulling one hair affects the whole body.
Given the complicated internal relationships among the red-robed mage, no matter what choice the chief of the Department of Change, Derricks Laim, makes at that time, it will inevitably cause a series of chaos.
Stirring up disputes and taking advantage of the chaos to seize what you want is exactly what Entangled Talisman is good at.
Seeing that the youngest talisman master Lei Yin was so capable, Lagon nodded with satisfaction: "Okay.
Now that you have found a suitable goal, start a series of actions around it.
The province of El Taba is the most important political, economic and cultural center of Serre.
If we can capture this place, we can use it as a center to continuously penetrate in the north and south directions.
To be continued...