An ordinary fantasy adventure in the continent of Faerun

Chapter 73 Duke Saramala Van Sampple

Gerasius: "Okay, the last one, Duke Saramala Van Sampple."

"She is the duke with the shortest reign. To be precise, it was six years ago that Mrs. Van Sampple was successfully promoted to duke."

"This duke had been unknown before. She is the matriarch of the Van Sampple family. She has married three husbands in her life. Each husband left her a son, but each husband would soon die for unknown reasons."

"This family was once very weak. Although it was a noble family, it had no status in Baldur's Gate. This lady can come to this point today. It can be said that she rose from obscurity and reached today's high position step by step with her own efforts."

"She worked silently in this city for many years, and was promoted through one political achievement after another. It was not until six years ago that Mrs. Van Sampple, who was already 54 years old, was successfully promoted to duke. Until this year, she is already over 60 years old."

Sonos suddenly interrupted.

"But it is said that this person has a very poisonous mouth and is famous for his sharp and sarcastic words. It is said that people who know her say that her mouth is just like it came out of the sewer."

Sonos laughed twice again, and then continued.

"Haha, but this sentence does make some sense, because this duke made his fortune in the sewer. I don't know who spread this sentence, but everyone who has heard it says it's good."

Made a fortune in the sewer?

Geraldus covered his head helplessly. His shield dwarf companion was good at everything, fighting and drinking, but he was too rude. He could only explain quickly.

"Well, Sonos's words were a bit rude, but he was actually right. The political achievement that promoted Mrs. Van Sample was to repair and renovate the ancient sewer system of the city."

"This is undoubtedly a hard and tiring job, but this lady did a very good job. She even thought of hiring a whole tribe of kobolds to dig and dredge the sewers, and she really did it. Those kobolds have even established a union called Pickaxe and Candle in Baldur's Gate, enjoying the legal rights of Baldur's Gate's formal union."

"Later, she was appointed as the director of drainage and underground engineering in Baldur's Gate. It was then that she had the connections and power to compete for the duke."

Geraldus explained the history of the duke's rise in detail, but Noshil, who knew what the sewers of this city were, frowned all of a sudden.

The Temple of the God of Murder is firmly entrenched in the sewers of Baldur's Gate, but the main business of this duke is actually the sewers.

And can repairing sewers alone really make people promoted to the position of duke? What kind of complex exchange of interests, political trade, shirking of responsibility and corruption can make a low-ranking sewer family promoted to the Duke?

It's impossible, no matter how you think about it, but once it is linked to the Baal Assassin, all the impossibilities become possible.

Perhaps when she was young, Mrs. Van Sample accidentally broke into the gathering of the God of Murder while working in the sewer. In order to survive, she had to succumb to these assassins. Perhaps this can also explain why her husband always died. Those assassins may be reminding her in this way not to forget them.

Then in the days that followed, the ability of this lady was stimulated under the pressure of this life-and-death crisis. She is still sitting in the position of Duke, which is enough to prove that this lady is indeed capable.

Perhaps the later Baal Cult took a fancy to this ability, so they gradually changed from coercion to cooperation. Mrs. Van Sample provided funds for the activities of the Baal Cult through her power in the surface world, provided them with hiding places through her business in the sewers, and even the headquarters of the Baal Cult, the huge sacrificial site, may be the work of Mrs. Van Sample.

After all, how could a group of assassins who only think about killing people build such a big palace? On the other hand, while completing their daily activities, the Baal Cult can also help Mrs. Van Sample eliminate competitors. The cooperation between the two makes the power of the God of Murder grow stronger and Mrs. Van Sample rise step by step.

However, if you want to make this speculation infinitely close to the truth, there is another very important issue that cannot be neglected.

Is the current leader of the Baal Cult Xie Nian or Olin?

The answer to this question is probably very clear, it can only be Xie Nian.

Unlike Olin, who is full of blood, skinning, cutting, and killing, Xie Nian is the real brain. Even if he admires killing in his bones, in order to make the killing bigger and more gorgeous, he is no longer satisfied with the small fights. He wants to slaughter the whole world.

In order to achieve this goal, he needs patience, he needs allies, and he is willing to endure for his own purpose. This alone is what Olin, the idiot, can never do.

She would only succumb to her instincts. Killing was like a drug to her, like a high. She had long been unable to extricate herself and could not endure it even once!

"It's troublesome."

If the current cult was really in power with evil thoughts, then any action she took would have to be extremely cautious. However, she had already met with Baal's cult in advance, which might expose her to evil thoughts.

"This is really troublesome."

Noshil held his forehead with his hand. Even the Crown of the Ruler on his head could not cover his worries and anxiety. He could not imagine what it would feel like to be targeted by such a top assassin. Would he be able to sleep peacefully every night from now on?

The three people in front of Noshil saw his worries, and Ensor Danseron immediately spoke.

"What's wrong? My friend, what makes you so sad?"

Ensor's words instantly woke Noshil up. He put down his hand holding his forehead and looked at the people in front of him who were looking at him with worry. Noshil forced himself to smooth his brows and spoke to them in a calm and relaxed voice.

"No, it's nothing. I just thought that my companion should come. I had an appointment with him to meet somewhere, but now I have to drag him to Feilongyan with me. I feel a little embarrassed when I think about it."

Noshil did not tell the truth, because it was better for them not to know about this kind of thing. If they knew it, they would only cause trouble. If they knew it, they would not be able to help much, and even pessimistically speaking.

The lives of all of them are now in the hands of the evil thoughts.

The only difference is whether the evil thoughts want to make a big deal after knowing this matter, and whether the evil thoughts succumb to the evil thoughts in their minds.

Ensor: "Ha, my friend, your expression can't be hidden from me. Old Danseron is an old adventurer. You must know something, and it's very bad."

Nosir didn't say anything. In this case, he could only acquiesce.

"But since you don't want to say it, we won't ask."

Ensor jumped off the chair and walked out of the house. He opened the door and came to the counter. After fiddling under the counter for a while, he took out a very ornate wooden box.

Ensor walked in with the wooden box and closed the door.

"Take a look, this is my thank you gift to you. This is a good thing that old Danseron got when he was adventuring. I was going to bury it with me when I died. Now it belongs to you."

Noshier reached out to take the wooden box and opened it easily. What came into view was a pair of gorgeous black iron gloves, with golden edging, majestic edges, and the leather of some unknown beast wrapped inside. It looked very comfortable, but what shocked Noshier the most was the quality displayed on the panel.

[Iron Gloves of the God of War]

[+3 Enchanted Armor]

[Enchantment Effect: High-Strength Combat Skills, Iron Pursuit, God of War Physique]

[High-Strength Combat Skills: You will feel a clear blessing when using any combat skills. This is the improvement brought to you by this pair of gloves. Your attack trajectory will be more difficult to see through, and your combat skills will be more powerful. ]

[Iron Pursuit: When you are dealing with a single enemy, it will be difficult for the enemy to escape your attack. Once the distance between you is pulled away, you can immediately use Iron Pursuit to catch up with your target in an instant burst and launch a powerful attack at the same time.]

[War God's Physique: When wearing this pair of gloves, your Strength +2, Constitution +2.]