Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 78 Commission
  Palestine stood up and said welcome to Nohill, but Nohill felt that his words were more of a joke. After all, the heroes of Baldur's Gate were too exaggerated. Although Nohill had some achievements, It's not my turn to be called this kind of person yet.

"This is a bit exaggerated, sir."

The hero of Baldur's Gate? Maybe one day I will be able to bear this title, but right now... I don't have the ability yet.

But Palestine just laughed and said to Nohir who came over.

"Haha, I think you can afford it."

Unexpectedly, Palestine sounded very serious when he said this. After saying this, he straightened his expression and explained to Nohir.

"Baldur's Gate, this city began to become extremely dangerous half a year ago. The cultists who believe in the God of Murder have become more and more rampant since then. They have committed countless crimes without scruples, and It became extremely slippery and our pursuit was very difficult, and we have not even been able to find their fixed stronghold until now."

Palestine sighed heavily at this.

"Although Baldur's Gate has never been considered safe, serial murders that lasted for such a long time, had so many victims, and had such a negative impact have not appeared in Baldur's Gate for a long time."

"In my memory, the last time a murder of this level occurred was 12 years ago..."

Palestine suddenly fell silent, but Nohir knew why. Twelve years ago, a major event occurred in Baldur's Gate that shocked the world.

The Resurrection of the God of Murder.

Twelve years ago, the 12-year-old Grand Duke of Chanem was assassinated at a social party. The god of murder resurrected directly in another son of Baal after the death of Chanem. Baal's brief appearance directly made the city look like... Falling into the Sea of ​​Blood, that incident can be said to be the most serious casualty accident in the history of Baldur's Gate. The number of people who died on that day alone exceeded the total number of accidental casualties in the city in the past 136 years.

The only good thing about that major event was that Baal did not stay in the main material plane for too long. He quickly returned to his realm in the Pantheon after his resurrection. However, even if Baal had left the main material plane , His influence is far from over.

Since that day, the murders in Baldur's Gate have not stopped. During the most rampant moments, people were murdered almost every day. With the help of adventurers, they finally defeated the Order of the God of Murder again.

It took people several years to drive the rats in the gutter out of the city again. Because of their brave resistance, they won nearly ten years of peace. It can be said that this peace was not easy to come by.

but now……

"...In short, this high frequency of murders has formed a momentum, and this momentum is not a good thing. The whole city is panicked. We even thought that the God of Murder had visited Baldur in the dark. We are preparing to start a new round of massacre here."

"But fortunately we already know that the situation is not that bad. This is all thanks to you. The shapeshifter you captured has revealed quite important information."

Palestine walked out from behind the desk, and at this time the door behind Nohir was also tightly closed by the two soldiers.

Palestine set its sights on Ska next to Nohill, and Nohill also explained to him knowingly.

"Skar Chitrugu, a high-ranking paladin, is my companion and you can trust him."

A paladin? "With a high-level paladin companion, it seems that I am not wrong about the person, so I can speak directly."

Palestine turned around and came to the desk, picked up the solid cloth bag and threw it directly towards Nohir.

"After our people woke up the shapeshifter, the monster told him everything he knew. I guess the reason why he was so cooperative was because the psychological trauma you caused him was a bit serious."

Nohir directly caught the bag with both hands. The solid weight and the sound of metal hitting metal made Nohir instantly understand what was inside.

Palestine continued.

"The Flame Fist Legion has not failed to arrest some assassins in the past six months, but those guys are all unknowns. Their murders have no fixed target at all. They are just to prove their loyalty to Baal. This is also what we had guessed before. The reason why the God of Murder came to earth.”

"But that shapeshifter is not one of those cannon fodder assassins who know nothing. This race occupies a very important position in the Order of the God of Murder, so they know much more than those cannon fodder. According to that According to the shapeshifters, their murders that lasted for half a year were all premeditated."

Palestine explained to Nohir and the others in detail.

"According to the intelligence we got from the mouth of the shape-shifter, the reason why the Order of the God of Murder launched such an unexpected plan is because they changed the top leader of the order six years ago. All this was caused by that person. Instigated by the leader, according to the shapeshifter, that person may be directly conveying Baal's oracle."

"A white dragonborn whose real name is unknown, but who only goes by evil thoughts, replaced their previous leader, and after dormant in silence for several years, he launched this plan half a year ago, which not only secretly promoted Baal's teachings through the shape-shifters, but also absorbed New followers and encouraging these new followers to murder anyone in Baldur's Gate who can be murdered without rules."

"The purpose of this is also very clear. They just want to make the general public lose their trust in Flame Fist. This is what the dragonborn named Xie Nian said to them personally."

At this point, Palestine frowned, because he couldn't figure out what benefit this would have to them. This kind of behavior was bound to attract violent retaliation from Flame Fist, and the downlines they had worked so hard to develop were wiped out batch after batch. Arrested and then executed, their power barely increased, and they only plunged Baldur's Gate into panic and riots.

"I don't understand why they did this. It's not in their interests. The constant loss of a large number of grassroots believers is too deadly for the God of Murder who has just been resurrected. It is unlikely to be the method of the God of Murder, so I I think there must be other black hands behind this, otherwise this suicide attack cannot be explained."

"To this end, I would like to issue a commission to you."

"There are 1000 gold coins in that bag, which is your reward for capturing the living shapeshifter this time. If you are willing to accept my commission this time, I will prepare another high bounty for you, or you You can choose a piece of magic equipment from the treasure house of Feilong Fortress.”

"You can also refuse this commission, but in that case, I must take back the token. After all, that token is equivalent to the universal pass in Baldur's Gate. I cannot hand it over at will. I hope you can understand my difficulties.”

Palestine turned around and sat back behind the desk, looked at Nohir and Ska, and then asked slowly.

"So, what do you two think?"

　Thanks to Asuyan, Tianjian Yang, meat-loving Meow Meow Meow, book friend 161209184638573, book friend 160909021815461, and the monthly ticket support of me who hides a gun and is actually a sword master.

　　The author has a fever today and updates are a bit slow, so I'm sorry, there is only one chapter today, and I will make up for the one I owe tomorrow. I'm very sorry.

　　
  　
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