Contrary to what Hill thought, Neverwinter can actually still sit still at this moment.
It may be difficult for Hill to understand the logic of this world, but the people in Neverwinter understand it very well.
In the hearts of most people in Neverwinter, these elves would never choose to face Luskan and the orcs on the roof of the world.
Neverwinter is a city rebuilt on the ruins relying on iron and fire, but the elves are the former masters who gave up their territory easily because the damage was too heavy.
Compared to humans, elves are indeed stronger individually.
However, when it comes to fighting, Neverwinter City is much stronger than them.
In other words, in the eyes of elves, nothing is as important as the lives of their people, but in the eyes of humans, a place where future generations can live in peace is worth risking their lives for.
The elves are actually very brave when fighting, but they will weigh the gains and losses after the battle.
If necessary, they would not be able to risk the lives of their entire race, but this would definitely not include guarding the northern gate for all races.
Not to mention that while they were suffering heavy losses, the human race was quietly becoming powerful enough to compete with them for continental supremacy.
So when the elves realized that the gains were not worth the losses, they all evacuated. Now it is impossible for the elves to be willing to help humans defend the orcs heading south.
However, they will definitely support the current rule of Neverwinter City. The elves are better at this. They will recognize the contributions made by others.
Although I am unwilling to contribute to other races, I will never think that those who stand on the front line and choose to resist are fools.
In the minds of Neverwinter City's senior officials, if these elves who are afraid of taking easy things and shirking the hard ones really have their sights set on a nearby city, it must be Waterdeep.
Moreover, the most important thing is that a large number of Trasil elves are still rummaging around in Neverwinter City and jumping up and down.
If the elves really planned to attack them, these elves from other worlds would have run away long ago.
Although the prerequisites for the judgment were wrong, Neverwinter City was lucky enough to get the result right.
Waterdeep is different.
Although they were lucky to send away these terrible elves from the outside world, a more serious problem arose.
The undead executed a large number of gangsters, killers, thieves and robbers, including all the gang leaders who directly commanded them.
They left very freely, but left behind a huge power at the bottom.
In order to fight for the lowest and most useful control, Waterdeep City fell into an unspeakable dark moment.
In fact, everyone knows that exploiting the common people is the most profitable business.
Although the neighbors are troublesome, most people still have a lucky mentality.
Corellon probably won't let anyone torment Waterdeep twice unless someone offends him again.
Now, no one would be that stupid. Even if Kelben wanted to do it again, the other lords of Waterdeep City would not follow him to death.
The most troublesome thing now is that they can recruit low-level thugs from Faerûn, but management is hard to find.
Even though the gang leaders may not be able to get on the stage, they either think they can absolutely suppress them, or they are actually the people they trust the most.
With the complexity of Waterdeep City, most people will choose the person they trust most to do things if they don't want to be wiped out directly.
But after all the unknown subordinates in the dark were killed, these senior executives who had been controlling the black forces for many years had no choice but to take action on their own.
Even if someone wants to show off his face, the person sent out to rebuild the gang can actually recognize his subordinate at a glance.
As these people came to the forefront, the intensity of the war naturally increased. Toril was accustomed to sending his opponents directly to the world of the underworld.
The ubiquitous murders have left many ordinary people in Waterdeep with no peace of mind even while hiding at home.
People in Waterdeep City used to only suspect that these gangs were controlled by those big shots who looked bright and beautiful, but now they can be convinced directly.
When the struggle reaches a certain level, who will care about the underground rules that keep the fight only among the lower classes?
Every gentleman and nobleman who dies under assassination will be revealed the next day what gang he is in charge of.
Forget about those who actually occupy the land at the dock. Although they are ruthless, everyone knows that money is never easy to make here. The gangs that appeared in the beginning were also to fight against those who said they were merchant ships but were not much different from pirates.
Guy.
But those who organized gangs of thieves and trafficked people in the city... really broke the bottom line of tolerance of many people in Waterdeep City.
Of course, the people of Waterdeep don't think there is anything wrong with such a thing. With so many evil forces taking turns in Faerûn, ordinary people have long adapted to these precarious lives.
But it can’t, and it shouldn’t be from the City Lord’s Mansion. Gu
The taxes in Waterdeep City are very high, and they have to endure extortion from the city guards. Most people regard these as protection fees.
As a result, now, the people collecting protection money are the ones who want to kill them.
Even during the time when Waterdeep was controlled by gangs, they were not so ruthless and could still buy their lives as long as they paid money.
The safest places in Waterdeep City now are the magic tower of Blackstaff Kelben and the temple of the Silver Moon Goddess.
However, Suellen, the high priest of Waterdeep City, was famously arrogant and very wealthy.
Except for the believers and women who were taken into the temple for shelter, no one else made her let go no matter what they did.
If it were in the past, there might still be fools putting pressure on her, but Su Lun... had just exploded with powerful divine power. The people of Waterdeep could directly see how brave she was with their own eyes.
So, now, all the pressure is on Kelburn.
After all, if it weren't for him, Corellon wouldn't have attracted these strange elves.
It was obvious that when Corellon was right next to him, the senior management of Waterdeep City who had chosen the Goddess of Magic between him and the Goddess of Magic would never choose to offend Corellon again.
The goddess of magic indeed has a profound influence on everyone, but if anything happens now, Corellon is not required to take action. Those elves who are eagerly looking for a place to found a country will not let go of such a big fat man as Waterdeep City.
Most of the dimensional gates through which magic ships pass through the ports outside Waterdeep City were created by elves thousands of years ago. Everyone knows this.
Therefore, compared to Neverwinter, Waterdeep is much more attractive.
No matter how arrogant the elf is, he still wants money.
And the most important thing is that the believers of the Goddess of Magic finally discovered that something was wrong. Before they knew it, they had lost all their allies inexplicably.
After review, even though many people understood that the problem was caused by the goddess of magic's eagerness for quick success, but who among ordinary people would blame their main god? Of course, their anger was directed at Kelben, who seduced the goddess.
In the past, Kelben could still find archmage companions who were willing to accompany him to dissipate his body and didn't care that he might have to return to the Kingdom of God. But now, there are no archmages who are willing to communicate with him.
Khelben, who wanted to be the next Mage God, suddenly betrayed everyone, and suddenly it seemed that he could no longer afford to support his apprentices.
Those who followed him and left the Harpers couldn't possibly have any beliefs. Even if they were his loyal subordinates, they couldn't be treated worse than those who took refuge in him for money, right?
The intelligence organization he established was obviously a place where people spent money to work. When the money was not enough, the resources were not good, and they could not afford beef and mutton, people's hearts naturally dispersed.
Kelben does know that the prices of various materials have risen rapidly in recent years, but he thinks that he is rich, and even if he consumes a lot, he can't just empty the warehouse!
If it's really that powerful, shouldn't the civilians be the first to collapse?
That's because civilians only need to eat the cheapest fish, and most of them raise small poultry such as chickens and ducks at home. When they grow up, they sell them to rich people at high prices, and then they buy whole grains and eat them with salted fish.
good.
However, Kelben's men are not in the habit of eating garbage, let alone raise chickens and ducks, because after all, they don't eat it.
The Black Tower and its various agencies, including the intelligence organization and the city guard, consume enough red meat every day to feed ten giant dragons.
If Kelben is really that rich, he might as well just raise dragons.
It's just that the money trickled out in a steady stream. If Kelben hadn't taken the initiative to calculate his own materials and money because of the large number of civilians who took refuge in him, he wouldn't have discovered that he was going bankrupt.
In the end, he chose silence and did not become the savior of these people as planned at the beginning.
Kelben knew very well that these people who came to seek refuge with him would never be willing to live like the people in the slums eating rotten fish and shrimps.
They still have certain illusions and hope to live a good life here in Kelben.
Otherwise, those who really don’t want to get involved at all should be like those in the slums and hire those Trasil elves who, although they have weird personalities, are indeed from the good camp and build some wooden sheds near the forest outside the city to deal with these people.
period of time.
In Kelben's initial calculations, these people should become the bottom members of his organization, slowly transform into his believers, and finally accumulate a strong foundation for his deity.
But this first step was aborted.
Not all of his money will be kept in the warehouse, but that part of the reserve fund can only be used to support these subordinates. No matter how you calculate, it is impossible for these people to live the good life they imagined.
He can't give up the present for the unknown future!
Kelben stood on the tall black staff tower and looked at the floating castle in the north. The prophecy he got at the beginning was indeed correct. The archmage who had a good relationship with the elves would indeed bring him the greatest success.
trouble.
But the prophecy was also wrong. Kelben estimated that if he hadn't calculated so much, the archmage wouldn't have used this lose-lose method to deal with him. If he had no money, the archmage would just rely on selling tricks.
The money for things can’t support that city at all.
I guess you are living frugally now, right?
Kelben looked at the food on his table. He had not eaten such bad food in many years.