The next day.
In the banquet hall of the Everlasting Castle, while the servants and maids of the castle were busy preparing for the banquet, at the other end of the banquet hall, in front of the large French window that served as a temporary resting place, a group of people from the lord
The alliance's queen, nobles, commanders and other lords were gathered around overlooking the bustling Neverwinter City like a giant construction site and sighing with emotion.
Half a month ago, they all thought that Neverwinter City could not be defended.
After all, those attacking the city were two adult black dragons, a dozen powerful red-robed wizards, and a large undead army from the Swamp of the Dead. With that kind of force, they could destroy anyone in their alliance of lords except Baldur's Gate and Silvermoon City.
Countries or cities are more than enough.
In addition, the new Queen of Neverwinter in Neverwinter City was "incorrectly placed", and it was because of the Scorching Sun Tournament that she forced Lord Daggett Neverember to leave. Although many of them were forced to leave due to such things,
People also got involved and promoted the result, but after all, they had no friendship with the new Queen of Neverwinter, and the Queen of Neverwinter seemed to have some serious conflict with the Lord of the Dawn?
Therefore, after discussion and multiple considerations, they decided that while the lords would prepare for war and protect themselves, they also privately agreed on a more 'appropriate' time to send out troops. One was to test and observe the situation in Neverwinter City and the
The new Queen of Neverwinter's ability will help them preserve their strength and make preparations for the undead disaster and large-scale invasion of red-robed wizards that may break out next.
But no idea...
What caught them all off guard was that when their various lords were preparing their own defenses and preparing to send troops to Neverwinter City to rescue or check the situation, the siege battle had just started one day, and the Queen of Neverwinter unexpectedly
By his own strength, he killed two adult black dragons, captured several red-robed wizards alive, and defeated a massive undead army of at least ten or two hundred thousand people?
To be honest, when they received the news at that time, almost all of them subconsciously thought it was fake news and were a little unbelievable or simply dismissed it.
But in the end, when many parties finally confirmed that it was indeed the truth, these lords who were still somewhat disdainful of Neverwinter City and the Queen of Neverwinter finally couldn't sit still, so this joint visit and
They all came to Neverwinter in the name of celebration.
Moreover, this time their attitude was very low. Even if they could not see the legendary and powerful Queen of Neverwinter on the day of her visit, none of their lords dared to be dissatisfied at all and still patiently
Waiting in the castle and waiting patiently until this afternoon, I finally got the confirmed news that the Queen of Neverwinter would entertain and meet with them this afternoon?
Although it is indeed quite strange to hold a banquet in the afternoon when it is neither early nor late, and it is not consistent with the etiquette of various places, but as long as they can see the Neverwinter Queen, they can't care so much.
This is the main reason why they gather here.
They had to wait for the maids and servants to finish setting up, wait for the banquet to officially begin, and wait for the arrival of the Neverwinter Queen who had been waiting for them all day. But before that, they naturally needed to find some topics to pass the time.
"Look!"
"That dragon, in the open space at the dock, should be the dragon from Neverwinter, right?"
"oh!"
"That should be it."
"Don't you even have to think about it?"
"Since it can lie there without being attacked or disturbed, and the Neverwinter guards and residents in the city who come and go are not afraid of it, there is definitely no other possibility."
"Right!"
"Well……"
"Looking from here, it should be over ten meters tall and over forty or even fifty meters long. It is obviously an adult dragon!"
"only……"
"Why is it so... so fat?"
"yes!"
"That is different from all the giant dragons we have seen, and it is completely different from the two adult black dragons that were killed at the dock."
"Hey!"
"My lords, I bet that its weight is definitely twice as much as the two black dragons combined, or more?"
"Ha ha!"
"It is indeed a bit too fat. No wonder Queen Neverwinter gave it the name 'Fat Orange'. It is indeed well-deserved!"
"Isn't it?"
"But its strength is also extraordinary. I heard that on the day of the battle in Neverwinter City, it suppressed the two black dragons at the beginning. If it hadn't been outnumbered, it might have actually won."
"I heard that too."
"But it's a pity that it was defeated in the end, and the defeat was because it was too fat. I heard that it was beaten very badly at that time. If its owner, the Queen of Neverwinter, hadn't rushed back in time,
I’m afraid we won’t be able to see it now.”
"Okay, no matter what, it is a giant dragon after all, and its deterrence is self-evident."
"yes!"
"No matter how fat it is, it is still a red dragon!"
After all, the banquet was being prepared, and Queen Neverwinter was not present, so the queens, nobles, commanders and other lords from the Lords Alliance just gathered in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window in boredom, and looked through the wiped
The spotless glass overlooked the pier in the distance, pointing at the red dragon lying there and taking a nap, and they started talking and laughing.
"Everyone!"
"That's the red dragon Hibberchard, I recognize it."
"The red dragon is the leader of the five colored evil dragons. Generally, when they reach adulthood, they will be stronger than other dragons."
"It is said that when attacking, their teeth can easily bite through any armor and other dragon scales, and can break the strongest and strongest iron shield; when defending, they are covered with scales all over the body, which can withstand various large and small weapons and magic.
Attack; the dragon's breath breathed out is the most terrifying scorching flame, enough to defeat or defeat any army on the land of Faerûn in an instant?"
"but……"
"As far as I know, the red dragon Xibochard should live in the gray dwarf city 'City of Blades' in the Dark Dungeon. It serves as the red dragon blacksmith and is mainly responsible for helping the gray dwarves light the furnace and
Forging and enchanting certain weapons and armor, they are still enshrined by the gray dwarves."
"As for why it ran to the ruins of the Hanging City of Dorumbude and was captured by the Queen of Neverwinter, I don't know."
"After all, the ruins of the hanging city of Dorumbude are the lair of the evil dracolich Dogothos, which is indeed a bit unbelievable."
At this time, after everyone discussed for a while, Lyra Silverhand, the lord of Waterdeep City, suddenly spoke and introduced hesitantly.
As for why she knows so many secret things that most people don't know, maybe it has something to do with her mysterious and powerful archmage husband who lives in the "Blackstaff Tower" in Waterdeep City?
But whether it is or is not, we don’t know, and no one will delve into that kind of thing anyway.
"certainly!"
"The dracolich Dogothos and the evil mad mage Sammaster are both dead, along with the great incarnation of the Lord of the Dawn?"
As he spoke, Leila Silverhand, the lord of Waterdeep City, thought for a while and then mentioned another matter that had already caused a lot of fuss with some complicated emotions.
"Maybe the gray dwarves just can't feed it anymore?"
"or……"
"Is it because the 'Dragon Madness' was causing trouble some time ago?"
At this time, a lord suddenly expressed his guess.
However, since there was no evidence, he waved his hand before he finished speaking. It was obvious that even he did not take it too seriously.
"No matter why it appeared in the ruins of the hanging city of Dorumbude, one thing should be clear to everyone."
"Liches will not die easily unless their phylactery can be found?"
At this time, hearing everyone mention the Lich, the Supreme Mage of Silvermoon City, Tern Hornblade, finally spoke and reiterated a certain key before continuing to sigh:
"cough……"
"I won't go into details about the Lord of the Dawn. That's not something we can say or should judge."
"only……"
"The city of Neverwinter has an enmity with the dracolich Dogothos and the evil mad mage Sammaster. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse?"
Obviously, Silvermoon City is obviously very worried about this.
Because they know better than anyone how powerful the dracolich Dogothos and the evil mad mage Sammaster are, and as they belong to the Lords Alliance like Neverwinter, it is absolutely not true to say they are not worried at all.
possible!
However, in view of the power of the Queen of Neverwinter City, they in Silvermoon City finally chose to lean towards Neverwinter City and took this opportunity to let him, the Supreme Mage, come here in person.
"anyway!"
"The dracolich Dogothos and the evil mad mage Sammaster have been destroyed. There will no longer be any threats in the short term. The town of Thunderlon and the Swamp of the Dead where the Dragon Cult is entrenched have also been cleared, leaving the city of Neverwinter
There is no longer any threat to the overland trade route with Waterdeep, which is really excellent news!"
"This time Neverwinter City won a great victory, and Fandulin's lost mine was opened. I believe Neverwinter City will definitely be more prosperous in the future, right?"
"This should be good news for us and the Lords Alliance?"
Leila Silverhand, the lord of Waterdeep City, smiled heartily and tried to liven up the atmosphere, hoping to remove the haze caused by what she had just accidentally mentioned from everyone's minds.
Although, Neverwinter City is prosperous, not Waterdeep City, but she believes that the close proximity to Neverwinter City and the unhindered trade agreement between the Lords Alliance will definitely allow everyone to get some benefit.
"That's right!"
“Good news indeed!”
"The dragon lich Dogothos, the evil mad mage Sammaster, the Dragon Cult, the Dragon Tribe and Sazastan of Sel, plus the Lord of the Dawn..."
"Dwarf Gods on high!"
"I know that the Queen of Neverwinter is indeed powerful. She is also known as the most, most, most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful arcane archmage. What about her various performances since she came to Neverwinter City?
You can definitely see that it is indeed worthy of the title.”
"but!"
"Her ability to cause trouble and provoke various enemies is also obvious to all. If one day this prosperous city of Neverwinter is destroyed by some terrible enemy using terrifying magic, I will not be too surprised at all!"
"We at Mithril Hall can't afford to provoke any of the enemies she provoked!"
Now that everyone was chatting, the Queen of Mithral Hall, Dagnabe Weberd, simply stopped trying to hide it and just shouted out her different opinions in a mocking tone.
Said it out.
As for their dwarf fortress, Mithril Hall, which is located in the mountain below the fourth peak of the Frost Hills in the Spine of the World, even if you give her some courage, she would not dare to easily provoke those terrifying beings, especially the Dracolich.
Dogothos, the evil mad mage Sammaster, the Dragon Cult, the Dragon Clan, and Sazastan of Ser. She had no time to hide from these people and forces, let alone provoke them.
"do not talk!"
"Those people's names make me a little scared."
"yes!"
"But she just killed all those people..."
"Ah!"
"Although I still find it a bit unbelievable when I think about it, she did it."
"With her here, I'm afraid those enemies won't dare to provoke Neverwinter City easily. Maybe they won't even dare to provoke our Lords Alliance?"
"hope so!"
"I hope those people, or other evil forces, will avoid our Lords Alliance when they encounter them in the future?"
"Ha ha!"
"In this way, maybe our Sword Coast region and northern Faerûn will become the safest and most livable place in the world?"
"Well……"
“It’s hard to say about other places, but it’s definitely like that here in Neverwinter City!”
"You see, according to their construction scale and planning of Neverwinter City, this place will probably be able to accommodate more than 200,000 people in the future, right?"
"How many people are there in the largest city in our respective territories?"
"this……"
"Because Mithril Hall is an underground fortress, it cannot expand as easily as your cities on land. We live very scattered, and there are only less than ten thousand people in Mithril Hall."
"..."
"Silver Moon City has a little more, but generally there are only about 40,000 to 50,000 people."
"That's a lot!"
"Although our total population in Waterdeep City has already exceeded one million, if we only count the residents of Waterdeep City, it is only slightly more than that of Silvermoon City, right?"
As they talked, the lords, while feeling emotional, began to brag and show off to each other.
"Aha!"
"Looks like we still have the most Baldur's Gate!"
"We are still the largest metropolis and city-state in the Sword Coast region. Right now alone, there are at least 100,000 people in Baldur's Gate City!"
"Neverwinter City wants to catch up with me, Baldur's Gate. Even if a new city is built, it will take at least several years to slowly accumulate and attract the population?"
"I'm not too worried anyway!"
And in the end, it was of course the Grand Duke from Baldur's Gate and Marshal of the Flamefist Corps, Erd Rivengarde, who was the most proud.
Because even though Neverwinter's performance has been very eye-catching recently, and it is even undergoing construction with great fanfare, no matter what, their Baldur's Gate is still the largest metropolis and city-state in the Sword Coast region, and it is also the vast land of the West Central
The largest country in the region, bar none!
If Neverwinter wants to surpass their crowded city full of business and opportunities, and wants to surpass their most prosperous and influential commercial city on the west coast of Faerûn, it cannot just spend money to expand the city.
Achievable.
"Ahem..."
"Everyone!"
"To be honest, I still can't figure out how the Queen of Neverwinter came to conflict with the Lord of the Dawn? You also know that he is an ancient and powerful god!"
"I have heard that during this period, the priests of the Lord of the Morning reacted very strongly to Neverwinter City and the Queen of Neverwinter."
"I don't know if there will be a bigger conflict between the two sides in the future?"
But as he spoke, Erd Rivengarde, the Grand Duke from Baldur's Gate and Marshal of the Flamefist Corps, suddenly frowned and spoke about the matter that no one was willing to mention.
You know, Baldur's Gate is a city that tolerates everything, including people's beliefs.
For example, there are three gods that the citizens of Bode mainly believe in. They are: "Ambori", the ocean goddess who brings favor to the ocean and brings safety to navigation; and is sought by businessmen, gamblers and business owners for more
Tymora, the goddess of fortune and wealth; and Gond, the god of crafts and forging, who brings prosperity to technology and cities.
In addition, the faith of Heim, Lathander and the three gods of death is also not small. Therefore, Erd Rivengard has always been puzzled why the Queen of Neverwinter is like Lathander, Lord of the Dawn.
A conflict between neutral and good gods?
Anyway, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, and he even speculated that behind the Queen of Neverwinter was a certain god who also had powerful divine power, and she was the opponent's chosen one. Now that god was planning to attack her.
Lathander, who is as popular among the gods of Tyrael as he is among mortals, took action, so why did he instruct the Queen of Neverwinter to do so?
"Well..."
"Then I'm not sure."
"Me too!"
"I only heard that many priests of the Lord of the Dawn witnessed the whole process with their own eyes. She and the evil mad mage Sammaster were together, but they didn't seem to be in the same group. Then, she turned against the dragon wizard.
While Yao Duogothos takes action, he sits back and watches Sammaster do evil?"
"really!"
"I've heard about it too, but what's strange is that the Lord of the Morning has not issued any oracles to his priests so far, nor has he labeled her as evil?"
"Perhaps you are afraid that the believers will not be able to defeat you?"
"Ha ha!"
"It's possible! After all, the two black dragons and countless undead have been destroyed by her. I think the Lord of the Dawn himself will also be worried about his followers, right?"
"But if there is a chance, I still want to ask her, marshal, why she would take action against the Lord of the Dawn?"
"yes……"
"But there has to be a reason, right?"
"I do not know then……"
"Everyone!"
"The key is: facing the Lord of the Dawn, even though it was just an incarnation, she still won. That's the point!"
"Why on earth would she do that?"
"this……"
at this time!
Before the lords could continue discussing that boring and taboo issue for the people of Neverwinter, suddenly, a milky and cute voice rang out, interrupting them immediately.
their conversation.
"No reason!"
o(^｀)o
"Because that guy is annoying and rude!"
(へ╬)
"So they burned him. It was so simple!"
()
That’s right!
The person who came was a certain troubled little girl who made the lords of the Lords Alliance wait for a day and a night, and finally got the meeting arrangement until the afternoon of the next day. She was the queen of Neverwinter City, the owner of endless wealth, and
...The God Killer——Anne Bennie!
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Finally, I saw the legendary Queen of Neverwinter, who has been rumored in the world of Faerun recently, especially in the Northwest Lords Alliance area, and saw the most powerful one who is said to be so powerful that even the incarnation of the gods can defeat her.
The most, the most, the most, the most, the most, the most, the most powerful arcane archmage appeared. Of course, all the lords in the Lords Alliance silenced and turned around, not hiding the surprise on their faces.
, or stared at Anne with expressions of curiosity, inquiry, etc.
"What are you looking at?"
()
"Aren't you hungry?"
(ω‖)
"If you don't eat it, the food will get cold!"
(ˇεˇ)
While speaking, Anne didn't care at all about those guys who were looking at each other with unresponsive reactions, and walked quickly to her seat and jumped up, without going to greet or greet those troublesome guys.
He was talking to me, but he just reached out and grabbed the roasted thigh of an unknown animal and started to chew it.
"Hmm, delicious!"
()
After all, she hasn't eaten since she came back last night, and now she wakes up feeling refreshed, full of energy, and her stomach is growling with hunger. She won't be polite to those guys at this time!
Even if the other party is a guest, there is no exception. You must know that Queen Anne will never delay her own meal for the so-called etiquette. A full stomach is the most important thing!
(…)
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"My lords!"
"Please take your seat!"
"Is there anything we can talk about while eating?"
Fortunately, before the lords who were looking at each other in embarrassment could say anything, Edkin and Henk, who had long been accustomed to this, walked over and motioned to the lords who were still planning to stand there.
He walked over to the long banquet table and sat down.
""
()
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
()
Anne still didn't pay attention to those guys, but just ate her food with big mouthfuls, completely ignoring the weird and hesitant expressions of the guys who came to the table at the invitation of the servants, Edkin and others.
eyes.
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Chapter completed!