As Zuo Si, who had disappeared for a long time, made a high-profile appearance again, the situation in the entire Faerun continent began to become tense involuntarily.
Even the increasingly fierce battle between the Northern Shadow City and Zhentil Castle has eased a lot in just a few days.
Ser, controlled by the red-robed mage, directly entered the highest level of combat readiness. Even the fierce and cruel internal fighting between the chiefs temporarily stopped and began to shake hands and make peace with the outside world.
Because everyone was anxiously speculating whether this meant that someone was preparing to make some big move.
After all, Zuo Si has a "bad record" in this regard. He has never stopped since he came to this world.
And unlike many people who only react when they are stimulated or feel threatened, the strategy he has always adopted is to take the initiative.
Even if Zuo Si has not been provoked before, as long as he believes that the other party is a potential threat, he will inevitably use any means to suppress, weaken, or even eliminate it once and for all.
Silvanus, the god of nature and father of the oak tree, is the best example.
Just because his theory of natural balance did not meet the requirements for the development of the west coast empire, Zuo Si uprooted the sects and believers in the entire western half of Faerûn at lightning speed.
Although he still maintains his powerful divine power, his power and influence are far less than before.
What's even worse is that the newly emerged God of Nature, Talona, ​​took the opportunity to expand and annex the former's sphere of influence, and was also actively wooing those gods who did not approve of Silvanus's cold, cruel and brutal side.
For example, the goddess of peace and springs Eddas, the forest goddess Melika, etc., the originally unified natural pantheon seems to be splitting into two halves.
In addition, Talona also maintained a good relationship with the mother of the earth, Changdea.
The two churches have very close cooperation in agriculture, natural recycling and fertilizers.
As for those guys who have provoked Zuo Si...
Look at the biggest winner of the turbulent years, Prince of Lies Cyric, who suddenly became the most powerful god in the entire country. This demigod was suddenly reduced from a powerful god to a weak god.
Although due to the characteristics of his lie priesthood, it is unlikely that he will completely die in the star realm due to the decline of his faith.
But as those images and materials of being beaten by gods continued to spread under the influence of thoughtful people, except for a handful of truly desperate lunatics, not many mortals were willing to continue worshiping this god of lies who was so humiliated that he was completely dead in society.
And because he offended too many other gods during his madness, Cyric did not dare to send an incarnation to the material world at all.
Otherwise, whether it is the goddess of magic Midnight or the god of death Kelanvor, they will be very happy to send an incarnation down to deal with and humiliate this former enemy.
Even with such powerful divine power, there is no need for others to say more.
Faced with such a trouble-making and extremely dangerous guy, anyone would be more vigilant, for fear of becoming the next unlucky person to be targeted.
This is why after Zuo Si disappeared from the world for so long, the West Coast Empire remained as peaceful as ever, with almost no one daring to incite rebellion or engage in small actions in private.
On the one hand, there is the mature bureaucratic judicial system, various overt and covert preventive measures, and many divine churches with common interests and ideas. These forces have successfully nipped most of the emerging dangers in the cradle;
On the other hand, there is the terrifying and intimidating power he possesses.
All forces with some strength now know that Zuo Si is the lord of the ninth level of Baator Hell, a great devil with power comparable to that of the gods.
This identity alone is enough to confirm that he will never die easily, not to mention the power of a planeswalker that even the gods admire.
Therefore, those who know the inside story will not take the initiative to provoke such a terrifying and troublesome enemy for themselves, and those who do not even know this information will not be able to pose any threat at all.
The latter would often be discovered by the Purgatory Red Dragon Wilmes and the Purgatory Brass Dragon Kurremos just as they entered the West Coast Empire's sphere of influence, and then disappear from the world inexplicably.
It is unknown whether he died, was captured and sold to slave traders, or whether he was subjected to dangerous and cruel experiments.
Anyway, in these wild areas full of dangers and monsters, nothing that happens is worth making a fuss about.
But this time those guys who were on high alert were obviously a little too sensitive.
Because they were not aware of the changes in Zuo Si's identity and psychology at all.
In fact, since the establishment of the West Coast Empire, Zuo Si has changed from a disruptor to a defender of the existing order.
He understands the limit of what Io, the God of Gods, can tolerate, and can clearly see the red line that he must not cross.
Good and evil, chaos and order on the planet Toril must be maintained in a dynamic balance.
No matter who wants to break this balance, he must bear the punishment from Io.
Maybe it's just a mild warning, or maybe it's just the kind of grand gesture that knocks down all the gods from the world in the turbulent years.
Therefore, Zuo Si is very satisfied with the sphere of influence he currently has in Faerûn. He does not intend to continue to expand on a large scale, but to imitate the gods and become a chess player who controls everything behind the scenes.
After spending a few days of relaxing and passionate time with Jalusel, he finally returned to his loyal capital of the empire-Ascatla.
Just as he walked out of the portal, he happened to meet the undead Ovo.
This fat house lich, who originally looked pale and bloated after being soaked in river water for a long time, has now successfully returned to the slightly fat shape he had before his death with the help of a portion of the well water from the Sunwell and the unique lich transformation magic of the Scourge.
of normal appearance.
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"Long time no see, what have you been busy with lately?"
Zuo Si took the initiative to say hello with a smile on his face.
Ovo answered without thinking: "Of course I am busy teaching more apprentices in order to restore the glory of the Netheril era as soon as possible, and at the same time cause some trouble for the City of Shadows.
You can't even imagine that the last time I controlled the floating city to suddenly appear overhead and launch a surprise attack, their panicked and fearful reactions were so interesting.
Although the damage caused was not great, it succeeded in shocking Telamant Tanshur.
Since then, he has never sent anyone close to the West Coast Empire's sphere of influence.
Oh, I almost forgot to say thank you.
Although I'm not sure where you got those fascinating high concentrations of liquid energy and a lot of magical knowledge about alternative death, they did give me great inspiration.
Based on this, I created more than a dozen interesting necromancy magics."
Obviously, Ovo is not a member of the Arcane Order, and therefore does not have permission to go through the portal to Azeroth.
He wasn't even sure why all the lichs around him disappeared out of thin air for a few days some time ago. When they came back, their spellcasting abilities and undead forms were greatly enhanced.
However, considering that this might involve some secrets of Zuo Si himself, I didn't ask too much. I just enjoyed the benefits of the water from the Sunwell with peace of mind, and used a lot of materials that I had never seen before to do something that interests me.
Research.
Zuo Si responded nonchalantly: "You're welcome.
You should know that I never mind sharing knowledge and power with my friends.
What's more, the amount of liquid energy you mentioned, the well water named Sunwell, is far beyond your imagination.
It can even meet the needs of hundreds of thousands or even millions of spellcasters.
If it wasn't already mixed with too much negative energy and death power, I would even consider providing a fixed share to each arcane caster and apprentice every month."
"So...this kind of precious well water is not rare?!"
Owo's eyes instantly lit up.
Because he has developed several ways to utilize this pure energy, he can even temporarily escape the restrictions of Toril's magic network and release spells normally in areas of chaos and dead magic.
Even anti-magic fields cannot interfere.
This is undoubtedly a treasure that can play a key role in spell duels of the same level.
If possible, Ovo would definitely like to reserve 1,800 bottles, both to conduct more research and to prepare for emergencies.
After all, the goddess of magic is an out-and-out high-risk profession in Faerûn.
If something unexpected happens in the middle of the night, and the magic network loses control and collapses again, we can survive safely for a long time just with these reserves of Sunwell water.
Of course, Zuo Si knew what the other party was thinking, and without hesitation proposed the exchange conditions: "I can satisfy your demand for the water from the Sunwell, but as a price, all your research results must be shared with me."
Owo nodded quickly: "This is a matter of course, and I have no reason to refuse. What's more, I'm not only interested in these well water, but also a lot of materials you brought back from other worlds."
"Okay, I will send someone to send you a list later."
In just a few words, Zuo Si finalized further cooperation with the great arcanist.
He knew very well that the other party was different from those ordinary lichs. It was impossible for a Jedi to give him a life box that had been split into hundreds of pieces for safekeeping.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible to safely take Owo with him to other time and space.
Otherwise, once this guy gets the planeswalker's spark through some means, God knows what he will do.
But it's okay to make a little use of the Grand Arcanist's genius mind and rich magical knowledge.
Owo was obviously very satisfied with this transaction, and Zuo Si was equally satisfied.
After a brief chat, they quickly separated and went about their own business.
To be continued...