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Chapter 9: I have more chess pieces than you can imagine

"Congratulations! Your plan was successful. How is it, how does it feel to be the lord of Neverwinter?" Jessie, who was wearing a red dress, held a wine glass and glanced at the nobles and wealthy businessmen in the hall who were celebrating their victory.

As for those poor civilians, like the bottom of society in all worlds, they have been excluded from the scope of this feast of power alternation from the very beginning.

Because no matter which interest group becomes the ruler, the status of ordinary people reduced to the exploited class will never change.

"Success? No! My plan has just begun! As for the identity of the Lord of Neverwinter, it is just a tool to achieve my goal." Zhang Cheng explained with a light smile.

Undoubtedly, for a conspiracy master like him, starting a rebellion in the small city of Neverwinter was easier than eating and drinking.

What's more, Lord Nasir is not Alustri of Silvermoon City. The latter not only has unparalleled powerful spellcasting ability and charisma, but is also very smart enough to deal with all kinds of despicable methods.

In fact, Lord Nasir is not a qualified ruler. He is just lucky and has the support of the Church of Tyre, the God of Justice. In addition, Waterdeep City needs a hard-core ally to stop Luskan from expanding.I =

Not enough political wisdom!

Lack of strong domination skills!

There is no personal charm enough to convince the public!

Even the strong physique and fighting skills trained in the original adventure are constantly regressing with age!

Everything proved that this old man was not worthy to be Zhang Cheng's opponent at all.

The gap between the two is like a small dirt bag on the side of the road and Mount Everest. There is no comparison at all. Failure is a very normal result, and there is nothing to be surprised about.

"What are you going to do next? According to the information I got, Luskan in the north seems to have noticed something and is planning to launch an attack on Neverwinter. You'd better be prepared." The bad news came out.

She has now become the veritable underground queen of the Beggar's Nest, and she does not want any large-scale turmoil to cause her to lose her current status.

"Oh? Has Luskan finally acted?" The corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a playful smile.

The last time he descended into this world in the form of a giant dragon, he left Luskan quite a lot of secondary products.

Whether it is the integrated caster organization renamed "Light of the Secret Law" and a large number of mages transformed into dragons, or the berserk army under Garr who drank the blood of the abyss lord, they are all enough to set off a terrible war in the Northland. storm.

But Jesse obviously didn't know this, and reminded with a serious face: "Don't underestimate Luskan! They are different from before! Even the Silver Moon Alliance and the Harper Alliance dare not approach Luskan easily. The sphere of influence controlled by Scan. With the military power of Neverwinter, it is impossible to fight against Luskan alone. We need allies, very, very powerful allies."

"Hahahaha! No, my dear. On the contrary, Luskan is our ally." While laughing unscrupulously, Zhang Cheng took out a gold coin from his pocket, and injected a unique mixed energy into it .

After a while, the coin showed a strange pattern like a dragon scale.

He directly handed the coin to Jesse, and said meaningfully: "Send someone to deliver this to Valindra."

"Valindra? The leader of the Arcane Light!" Jesse's eyes widened in disbelief.

"That's right! Don't you think that the chess pieces I control are only the ones in front of you? No, I have more chess pieces than you can imagine." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng picked up his glass and took a sip of the finest wine. His eyes are as calm and deep as a lake.

"Who are you?" Jie Xixian finally couldn't help asking the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

Although she had realized long ago that this weird boy was definitely not the timid pickpocket Benny, she never expected that he would actually be in touch with Luskan's top management.

"Is it important who I am?" Zhang Cheng put down his cup and shook his head with a smile. "No, it's not important at all. You only need to know how to do your part well, and you can get unexpected rewards, and you don't need to know too much about the rest. Also, don't try to speculate on me from the perspective of a mortal. Behavior. Rights, money, honor, etc., which ordinary people dream of, are no different from rubbish in my eyes.”

Hearing this, Jesse frowned subconsciously: "Then what do you want?"

"Sorry, what I want is not easy to express in words. What's more, even if you say it, you may not understand it. Well, I think the conversation between us will end here, and express it for me as soon as possible. Give the coin to Valindra. If I guess correctly, Lord Nasir will not be reconciled to defeat, and Waterdeep City does not want to lose a bridgehead against Luskan. In the end, it must use its strength to speak. I plan to unite Luskan Scan made a big show, wiped out the reinforcements sent by Waterdeep City, and taught them an impressive lesson."

When he said these words, Zhang Cheng made no secret of his malice towards Deep Water City.

He planned to use a tragic massacre to bloodlet the most powerful overlord on the west coast of the Faerun continent, so as to save the other party from meddling in their own business.

"Understood!" Jesse put his hand on his chest and bowed slightly, then turned and disappeared into the crowd.

As soon as she left, a black figure came out from the corner and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure this tiefling won't betray you, and entrust her with such an important matter?"

"No, she won't, because she doesn't have the courage. How about it, have you found any traces of those reptiles?" Zhang Cheng asked without looking back.

"There are already clues! But I'm a little curious, their activities are so secretive, how did you find out?" Black Shadow's tone revealed strong doubts and incomprehension.

"Would you believe me if I said that I have the ability to predict the future?"

"I don't know! But my intuition tells me that you are not lying."

"Then trust your instincts. You'd better be careful, the creator race is not an easy guy to deal with. The magical power they possess is ancient and powerful, and it is simply beyond the reach of ordinary mages."

"I am not an idiot! I will not fight the enemy easily! I am the eyes and ears in the dark, and I will only record what I see and hear."

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Chapter 9 The Mighty Luskan

City of a Thousand Sails - Luskan, the northernmost city on the west coast of Faerun, a place once controlled by evil mages, full of chaos, crime and illegal trade.

However, since May of 1357 in the Valley Calendar, after the battle between the Olympian Brotherhood that ruled Luskan and the coalition forces of Neverwinter and Waterdeep, a terrible military coup completely changed the city.

The Brotherhood of the Olympiad was forced to disband and reorganize, from an organization of spellcasters keen on infighting to a stronger and tighter organization of the Light of Mysteries.

The army with a chaotic command system was also forcibly divided into two parts. One part was the city defense army to maintain law and order in the city and conduct daily patrols. It was mainly composed of humans and was under the jurisdiction of the city hall.The other part is composed of orcs, half-orcs, barbarians, giants of different breeds, etc. who drank the blood of demons, and there are even a few white dragons, which are mainly responsible for foreign wars.

In addition, the navy swept across the entire Sword Coast, and any merchant ships passing through here had to pay expensive tolls, otherwise they would be ruthlessly attacked and plundered.

With the entire fleet of Waterdeep City and Neverwinter City annihilated, they had to pay the money honestly and did not dare to take any provocative actions at all.

Similarly, the guild led by Artemis Entreri is also taking active actions, constantly eradicating those intelligence organizations such as the Harpers and the Zhentarim that want to extend their tentacles, and by the way, establishing strongholds on the enemy's territory to collect useful information.

powerful!

evil!

Aggressive!

This is the brand new Luskan created by Zhang Cheng back then!

After he disappeared, the few people with great power did not cause internal strife over the issue of power distribution. Instead, they took the initiative to set up a round table council, clearly dividing their respective areas of responsibility, so as to ensure that they can continue to suppress the surrounding areas and develop slowly. Grow and build a nation worthy of the name.

As it happens, today is the time when the monthly round table meeting is routinely held.

As the leader of the Arcane Light and the brains of the city, Valindra was always the first to arrive, sitting alone in a chair waiting for the others to arrive.

The former female apprentice Xini stood beside her, staring at the blue sky, white clouds and sea outside the window, not knowing what she was thinking.

The second to arrive was Artemis Entreri.

As usual, he is always used to staying silently in a dark corner of the room, rarely expressing his opinions, let alone sitting on a chair.