The duel between Bwonsamdi and Lazan for the kings of Loa is almost a foregone conclusion, it just depends on when Rastakhan plans to officially start taking action.
Before that, Bwonsamdi must first obtain detailed information about Laizan provided by Zandalari, and choose corresponding strategies and useful props based on his fighting habits.
As a humanoid Loa, Bwonsamdi has an advantage that Lazan and other animal Loa do not have.
With his hands, Bwonsamdi can use various weapons and props more flexibly, which Lazan cannot do.
After all, Devilsaur's hands... know everything.
However, when this issue was brought up, Bwonsamdi did not become complacent and let down his guard.
It is true that Lazan cannot use weapons, but his huge Devilsaur body wears a set of golden armor specially tailored for him during the heyday of the Zandalari Empire.
It is said that this set of armor not only has extremely strong defensive power, but can also increase the power of light to a certain extent, making it equivalent to an artifact.
Bwonsamdi also possesses a death-type artifact, which he personally crafted after returning from the Shadow Realm.
According to the troll tradition, Bwonsamdi extracted Mu'ezala's magic essence and injected it into the bone staff he commonly used, which greatly improved the bone staff's ability to amplify death spells.
With the assistance of this super-enhanced bone staff, it shouldn't be a problem for Bwonsamdi to break through Lazan's armor defense.
However, in order to ensure the final victory, the cautious and pragmatic Bwonsamdi will later customize some voodoo and magic props from Zandalar and Quel'Thalas based on actual needs.
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In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Sarlayan and Onyxia did not move around after arriving on Zandalari Island. They had been quietly hiding in the Hades, waiting for the men sent by Bwonsamdi to bring back the latest information.
The concept of death is instinctively taboo in any country. Therefore, as the troll god of death, Bwonsamdi has very few living people available to him. The people he sends out to detect intelligence are all trolls in the form of souls.
The first thing that came back was the information about Loatoga the Turtle.
As the barrage mentioned before, Toga had already suffered heavy losses under the crazy attacks of the Blood Trolls in the early years, and his Ancestral Turtles were still trying to find a way to cure Toga.
In recent years, the blood trolls have been forced to shrink to the limit near the Heart of Darkness due to Zandalari's comprehensive suppression.
Thanks to Zandalar's assist, Toga gained precious breathing time. Otherwise, it was still unknown whether the seriously injured old turtle could survive.
The second piece of information mentions Loakagwa the Frog.
Krag'wa's situation is better than Togar, at least he has not been targeted by the blood trolls yet.
However, due to the large number of believers, Kragwa's strength has declined severely, and he has been dormant for a long time, and has not appeared in front of people for a long time.
Bwonsamdi's men found Krag'wa's sleeping place deep in the swamp, but they did not rush to wake Loa the frog.
The third piece of information is about Roathric the Bat.
Among the three animal loa of Nazmir, Sirik is the only one who is still in good condition.
However, his good condition aroused the suspicion of Sharlayan, Onyxia and Bwonsamdi.
A massive blood plague broke out in Nazmir tens of thousands of years ago. Most of the surviving trolls, led by Dazar, the first god-king of Zandalari, moved to the Holy Mountain in the north and established the capital Dazar'alor.
But there are also a small number of trolls who were confused by the blood spell and stayed in Nazmir.
These evil-minded left-behind trolls are the ancestors of the Blood Troll clan. They abandoned the Krag'wa and Sirik that the tribe once believed in, and instead began to praise a Loa known as the "Blood God".
In the trolls' cognition, any creature that is beyond the cognition of mortals is called Loa by them.
And this Loa, known as the Blood God, is not a traditional animal god, but the man-made ancient god G'huun who is sealed in Uldir...which is also the heart of darkness mentioned by the blood troll.
Krag'wa, Toga, and Sirik were unwilling to give up their territories, and like Pakku and others, they went to the Holy Mountain of Zandalari to seek refuge with the kings Lo'alizain.
In addition to the competitive spirit of not wanting to be inferior to others, the three of them also shoulder the mission assigned by Freya - to protect Nazwatha, the first seal of Uldir.
However... everyone knows what happened next.
Due to the loss of a large number of believers, the strength of the three loa declined to varying degrees, and Nazwasa's seal was eventually destroyed by a suicide attack by the blood troll.
Logically speaking, Sirik the Bat, who also lost his troll followers, should be as weak as Kragwa, but according to the information from Bwonsamdi's scouts, Sirik the Bat seems to be living a good life.
This is obviously not common sense.
The only explanation is that this old bat has secretly developed other believers outside of Zandalar, such as... the blood trolls.
"Tsk, you really guessed it right."
Bwonsamdi said with a gloomy expression: "I'm afraid that guy Sirik has quietly surrendered to G'huun long ago, otherwise the blood trolls would not offer their faith to other Loa besides the Blood God."
If G'huun is used as a benchmark to compare Zandalari's status with Zandalari, the current Sirik is equivalent to the second-level Loa such as Garni and Pakku who followed Zanda around. The boss eats meat, and they can drink it after all.
Get some soup.
To Bwonsamdi, who knew G'huun's true identity, Sirik's behavior was undoubtedly a shameful betrayal of Azeroth's guardian forces.
"Don't get excited."
Sarlayan persuaded calmly: "I had expected Sirik's surrender to G'huun. Now it seems that there may be another hidden reason for the fall of Nazwasa's seal."
Onyxia frowned and mentioned the important point: "The most important question now is whether Laiden's disappearance is really related to Sirik. If so, what is Laiden's current situation?"
Bwonsamdi played with the bone staff in his hand and said in a deep voice: "I will send more scouts to further investigate. Do we need to inform Zandalar of the information about Sirik's betrayal of the mission?"
"Hmm..." Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "No need for the moment. If Zandalar knows this information, Zul's temper will most likely react immediately, which may alert the enemy."
"Let's find relevant clues about Laideng first. In addition, I need you to arrange some extra manpower to go to Wharton."
"Oh?" Bwonsamdi raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What's the point of going to that sterile place? The seal of Atuaman has long been broken. For G'huun, Wharton has lost its value, right?
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"It has nothing to do with the Atuaman seal."
Sarlayan explained with deep eyes: "I'm worried that a series of events caused by the serpent people's civil strife will awaken Misrax in advance."
"Once this powerful Xeraki is resurrected, G'huun will have another general under his command. You don't want to see this happen, right?"
After the snake gods Setaris and Misrax died together, three members of Setaris - Sursis, Warwick and Kotek teamed up to seal the body of Misrax in the broken pyramid of Attu'aman.
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However, as time passed, the differences between the three snake leaders became more and more serious.
Sulsis and Warwick still adhered to the promise they made to Cetalis, but Kotek, who was gradually growing in ambition, tried to break the oath, and Kotek broke with his two old friends.
The snakemen under Kotek are called unbelievers, and many snakemen who are tired of the peaceful life actively follow Kotek, drawing a clear line between them and those compatriots who still believe in Setalis.
As the power of the Faithless grew larger and larger, Sulsis and Warwick were worried about this. They were worried that one day a civil war would break out among the Serpents due to differences in ideas.
"O unbeliever."
Bwonsamdi lay half in the air and chuckled cynically: "I have heard of them. I was waiting for the two groups of snakemen to fight so that I could collect more souls."
Sarlayan complained angrily: "You are just afraid that the world will not be in chaos. I can't comply with your wishes this time."
"Once a civil war breaks out among the snake people, the ambitious Kotek is likely to resurrect Misrax to even the previous military gap between the unbelievers and the believers."
"We cannot sit idly by and let this happen. We must nip Kotek's crazy ambition in the bud."
"Okay, okay."
Bwonsamdi waved his hand lazily: "I will take time to send someone to check the situation, but what we need to pay most attention to right now is the situation in Laiteng, right?"
Regarding Bwonsamdi's perfunctory attitude, Sharlayan smacked his lips silently: 'This guy... forget it, he's right, let's focus on finding it first and then talk about it.'