"Erenikas! Are you ready to pay for everything you have done?"
Aberdare stared at his two blood-red eyes and roared at his enemies.
As Baal's remnant soul began to activate the Blood Throne, he could clearly feel the increase in his power and his desire for violence, killing and death.
As a pure warrior, this strong desire from primitive instinct did not arouse any alarm, but instead gave this reckless and impulsive son of Baal an inexplicable sense of joy and enjoyment.
The reason is very simple.
Under the influence of Barr's nightmares, Aberdare's philosophical understanding of killing and death is basically the same as his father's.
This is why among the three sons of Baal in the team, his killer form is closest to Baal himself.
In contrast, Sancho has embarked on a completely different path, while Imoen's subconscious is still resisting, hesitating and wandering, and does not seem to want to accept this power.
"The price? Hahahahaha! You, a fool who is manipulated by others, don't know anything about the truth, do you?"
Irenicus burst into a burst of sarcastic laughter.
Although he was quite annoyed that the bugs that absorbed the energy of the Tree of Life were destroyed, he was quickly relieved when he thought that he could not avoid this fateful battle no matter what.
After all, he now has abundant divine power converted from life energy in his body. At the same time, he has also ignited the spark of divinity and become a quasi-god. He must have an overwhelming advantage in terms of power.
Coupled with the originally powerful magical power, there is no need to fear the son of Baal who knows nothing.
Quite the opposite!
It is the enemy who should be afraid.
"Others? Manipulation?"
Jaheira keenly grasped two key words.
Although she was facing the murderer who brutally killed her husband and desecrated the body, she was very angry and full of hatred in her heart, and she wished she could cut his body into pieces immediately.
However, the experience and habits cultivated from many years of working as a harpist still allowed the widow to regain her calm and restraint.
"Why, don't you think that you can stand in front of me again because of your own hard work and luck?
Don't be naive!
Both you and I are just pawns manipulated and played by more powerful beings.
It’s just that I have embarked on the path of resistance, and at the same time I have gained enough strength to fight against it.
But you are still just humble ants.
The so-called fate, at its root, is nothing more than the interference of the strong in the behavior and even thoughts of the weak.
Especially those gods who claim to be always right but are full of selfishness and narrow-mindedness in their hearts, always eager to transform mortals into what they expect.
Don't care at all what mortals think and whether this is what they desire.
Now I can clearly understand and feel this.
If you don’t want to become a chess piece, you must transcend the limits of mortals and become a member of the gods.
But the funny thing is that you, sons of God, have obviously been gifted with talents that mortals cannot match since birth, but most of them have been wasted.
I just took away some things you don’t need, what’s wrong with that?”
Instead of showing any trace of regret or guilt on Irenekas's face, he acted as if it were natural.
In this guy, you can clearly feel the arrogance and conceitedness of the upper elf ruling class, as well as the extreme idea of ​​not treating other short-lived races as human beings.
I even think that humans, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, orcs and other ignorant and inferior races are only worthy of becoming vassals and slaves of elves.
This is exactly the same as when the giant dragon that dominated the continent initially regarded the elves as "two-legged beasts".
The most important thing is that this idea has been the consensus of the entire elven community for a long time, and has lasted for thousands of years.
It was not until the rise of several powerful human magical civilizations such as Netheril and Imaskar that these pointed-eared imperialists who were keen on war, expansion and domination gradually began to become "kind".
Perhaps this transformation process is directly related to the betrayal, division and sedimentation of the dark elves, which caused the elven god Corellon to hate evil very much.
But what's more, the increasingly powerful human beings force them to be more "kind".
Otherwise, once a full-scale racial war breaks out, without the intervention of gods, human beings may be able to withstand several, dozens or even dozens of failures based on their population base and fertility rate.
But it only takes one failure for the elves to be exterminated.
"So what you're trying to say is that everything we encountered on this adventure was planned and not the result of free will?"
Sancho narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person very carefully.
As the son of Baal who is closest to the quasi-god in the team, he is undoubtedly aware of the divine power released by the powerful elf high mage in front of him, as well as the bright sparks of divinity that are constantly shining in his soul.
Different from the traditional route of most mortals becoming gods, Irenicas did not choose those complicated and difficult philosophical concepts when spiritualizing himself.
Instead, he simply and crudely transforms all the unwillingness, anger, and hatred in his heart into a strong motivation for revenge.
This also means that if he becomes a demigod, he will most likely be a god of revenge, and maybe he will specifically seek revenge against the elves and gods.
But unfortunately, the potential of the priesthood of revenge is really limited in Faerûn, a place where powerful gods are everywhere.
For this, just look at Hall, the God of Vengeance.
After all, what he masters are the three priesthoods of revenge, retribution, and fair reward and punishment, but he is not very popular and has remained at the level of a demigod with weak divine power for many years.
Those mortals who long for true fairness and justice will inevitably choose to seek help from Tyr, the god of justice, while the evil camp is more willing to worship Bane, Shar and other more powerful evil gods.
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If there is no other option, go to the devil to make a deal, or simply make a crazy sacrifice to summon the devil...
Either one is definitely more effective and faster than praying to Hall, the god of vengeance.
But Irenicas, who has gone completely crazy, obviously doesn't care about this.
I saw him looking at the boy not far away with a slightly playful look. After more than ten seconds, he asked meaningfully: "What do you think free will is?
Do you make choices and decisions after your own thinking?
How do you know that these thoughts, choices and decisions are really based on your own ideas, rather than being misled by a large amount of information deliberately leaked by others?
Or is it influenced by emotions, interests, and values?
Especially your tutor is the best at making a fuss in this area.
And he is also one of the participants and manipulators behind the whole thing.
Every intelligent creature believes that its will and soul are unique.
But in fact, they were just mass-produced by a place called the Soul Castle on the positive energy plane, and then sent to various planes to become the first beings.
Never feel how special you are.
Because no matter we, or those alien creatures, elemental creatures and gods, at the beginning they were just an insignificant ray of soul from the Castle of Souls.
So in my opinion, the so-called free will is a false proposition.
In many cases, the concept of self is affected by too many objective factors, environment, instinct, desire, and growth experience.
What you think of as free will is actually just the result of performing according to a script on a predetermined stage.
There is no such thing as freedom in the world. We are all puppets and slaves manipulated by more powerful forces.
This is like a reincarnation that is progressive and entangled.
In the mortal realm, kings, lords, mages and warriors with powerful powers can interfere with the fate of civilians to some extent, and even decide their life and death.
Can ascend to the supernatural realm, where demons, demons, celestial beings, and gods can interfere with the fate of kings, lords, powerful wizards, and warriors, and determine the destination of their souls after death.
Further up, there is a plane of will that is more powerful than the gods and can instantly kill the aloof gods, no matter how powerful they are.
The will of the planes, especially the outer planes, is constructed from the thoughts, cognitions and souls of countless mortals reincarnated after death.
This means that whether we like it or not, we must accept that we are a part of the great cycle of the universe.
You can't surpass it, let alone change it. You can only improve your position as much as possible within the rules.
Becoming a god is the only way to get rid of being manipulated and played.
Look at me now!
Completely restored everything that had been deprived by the elves and gods, and also gained the qualification to talk to them on an equal footing."
Speaking of this, Irenicas paused deliberately, glanced at Aberdare and Imoen with a look of contempt, and then took the initiative to extend his right hand to the boy: "Dear Sancho, I think we are infinitely close.
To be continued...