"It seems that you have a deep prejudice against me, doesn't it?"
Zuo Si watched with interest the anger, unwillingness, fear, vigilance and other complex emotions revealed in Sazastan's eyes, with a playful smile on his face.
As a person with a very good memory, he will certainly not forget how badly he deceived the other party back then.
I just didn't expect that this legendary lich would be left with a serious psychological shadow, so much so that he would react so violently just by mentioning cooperation.
If it were in the past, even if he faced an enemy, Sazhastan would definitely choose to cooperate as long as it was beneficial to him.
Because this is the code of conduct of the rational, neutral and evil camp, where interests are the top priority.
As for any grudges and hatreds, as long as there are enough benefits, you can put them aside and wait until you find a more suitable opportunity in the future.
In this regard, organizations including the Arcane Brotherhood of Luskan, Zhentil Keep and the Zhentarim, and the Masked Mage Guild of Amn are all basically the same.
This is why when he was relatively weak, Zuo Si was more inclined to cooperate with these evil organizations than with those organizations in the good camp.
On the one hand, it is purely profit-driven and does not require too much consideration; on the other hand, betrayal does not involve any psychological burden.
You must know that the psychological and spiritual feelings are completely different between backstabbing a good person and backstabbing a bastard who does all kinds of evil.
Especially those good god priests and paladins who pride themselves on self-sacrifice, selfless dedication, protection of the weak, and pursuit of justice and justice. Except for a very small number of crazy lunatics, few people will stab them in the back without feeling guilty.
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At least Zuo Si was far from being able to do this when he was still a mortal.
After careful calculation, it seems that few of the organizations that he has cooperated with that tend to be evil have ended well.
For example, the entangled talisman that I first came into contact with has now been made into a planeswalker card and turned into a summoned creature.
Another example is the Zhentarim, which has been infiltrated and is as transparent as a sieve. Xi Manmeng, the head of the dark intelligence network, secretly swore allegiance to him and became a mole.
In addition, both the red-robed mage and Sazastan, as well as the tyrant of the Moon Sea - Fu Zouer Chambery, all suffered great losses without exception.
Not to mention that the Masked Mage Guild was swallowed up by him and became his property.
As for Irenekas, there are countless cases where they fall out immediately after working together.
The more carefully Zuo Si recalled it, the more he discovered that he had done countless dirty things along the way, and he became more ruthless every time.
At the same time, I gradually understood why Sazhastan was so defensive.
If it were him, if he heard that a guy with such a "bad record" wanted to cooperate with him, he would immediately become vigilant and subconsciously think that this might be a trap.
"Stereotype? You call that naked backstabbing last time a stereotype?"
Sazastan asked with a sneer.
Zuo Si spread his hands with an innocent face and said, "But I didn't violate the agreement we reached at that time, right?
I personally handed the Eye of the Storm to you, but you failed to keep it and it was snatched away.
So I don't think this is a betrayal at all.
After all, from the moment the deal ends, there are no commitments or obligations between us."
"Ha ha ha ha!
Should I say that I am truly worthy of being the Lord of the ninth level of Baator Hell, the Devil Prince whose name is resounding throughout the universe?
Your shamelessness and sophistry really opened my eyes.
But unfortunately, I don't believe a word that comes out of your mouth."
Sazastan made his attitude unequivocal.
cooperate?
A small price to pay?
What a joke!
He suffered enough losses last time and even lost the precious opportunity to become a god.
Seeing that the legendary lich showed no sign of softening at all, Zuo Si shook the crown phylactery in his hand and reminded him with a half-smile: "Have you forgotten, I'm not here to discuss it with you.
But to inform you about what will happen next in Serge.
If you don't cooperate, then I don't mind changing to someone else.
After all, all I want is for the organization of Sel and the Red Mage to exist and continue to suppress the expansion of the Mulhorand Empire.
As for who will lead, it is not a very important matter at all.
The reason why I came to you first is because you are currently the most suitable candidate.
But if you don’t know how to flatter me, then you might as well guess what I will do next.”
As these words blurted out, Sazastan's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
Obviously, he just ignored one thing, and that was whether he had the right to refuse.
And the answer is undoubtedly no.
Because the independence of the Red Robe Mage Organization and Ser is essentially anti-theocratic, it can even be said to be anti-god.
Although Cyric, the Prince of Lies, Gargaoth, the Hell Fiend pretending to be a god, Kelanvor, the new God of Death, Korsus, the God of Fire Elements, Lovita, the Goddess of Abuse, Mara, the Beast God, and Shar, the Goddess of Night,
The sea goddesses Embry and Talona both have a considerable number of believers and churches here.
However, the entire upper-class ruling class in Serre has an extremely cold attitude toward God, which can even be described as disgust and rejection.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that when the civil war broke out in Serre, no gods came to save the country at all, even though countless innocent civilians prayed and begged devoutly.
You must know that in the original history, the civil war in Serre lasted for more than a hundred years, and the demographic structure of the entire country changed dramatically as a result.
Living people even need to be under the protection of the Church of Benn to survive, instead of worrying about being suddenly knocked down and killed by undead creatures everywhere.
This also means that before declaring the entire Ser to surrender to Bane, the god of tyranny, Sazastan did not have any gods as a background.
Perhaps this isn't such a big deal when mortals are fighting each other.
After all, the lessons of the Turbulent Years have taught all gods to think twice before interfering in mortal affairs, otherwise Io, the god of gods, will come out and do it again.
But facing a planeswalker like Zuo Si who can get stuck, he will appear very passive, weak and powerless.
Because Zuo Si is not a god in the strict sense, his actions do not need to be subject to those restrictions, just like other abyss lords and devil dukes are not subject to restrictions.
However, most abyss lords and devil dukes are not planeswalkers, and cannot easily reach the material plane through the power of sparks.
After a brief silence, Sazastan slowly raised his head and stared at Zuo Si with his slightly shriveled pale eyes, and cautiously probed: "Do you think you can force me to submit by getting the phylactery?"
"What if?"
Zuo Si was fiddling with this magic prop that could provide the wearer with an additional 3 intelligence attributes.
"Maybe there might be one or two more spare phylacteries, but do you want to bet I can find this one but not the others?
What's more, does your death or not have any necessary connection with who I support to become a red-robed mage and the ruler of Ser?
Anyway, as long as you disappear for a period of time, your power will naturally fall apart.
At that time, any chief executive can step forward and complete the internal integration.
After all, there are not many living people in Ser right now, so management is much easier than before.
So I really advise you not to be ignorant of good and evil.
Cooperation is your only way out.
Oh, by the way, don't take this as a threat or intimidation, but take it as friendly advice.
Because you are not worthy of me using threats and intimidation right now."
As the last word blurted out, the room fell into dead silence again.
For a smart and rational person like Sazastan, this is enough.
With his IQ, he should be able to quickly understand that all of this is a cruel fact.
Then the next step is to give in, compromise and cooperate.
Since Zuo Si did not intend to expand his sphere of influence to the east of the mainland, the conditions prepared were not too harsh.
To be precise, his foundation in this world has been built, and all that remains is to maintain the status quo as much as possible and continue to expand economic hegemony.
You must know that since the establishment of the economic hegemony of the West Coast Empire, the goddess of wealth, Watkin, has become a powerful divine power with terrifying influence. At the same time, many mortals' concepts of wealth have also quietly changed.
To be continued...