Chapter 855 There Are No Eternal Enemies, only Eternal Interests!
In fact, Huojiehana used intelligence to carefully analyze Henry's behavior and character when he came, and finally came to a conclusion.
That is the young man in front of him is ruthless and ambitious, which can be seen from the trajectory of his rise, especially since Alando's prophecy began to come true last year, whether it is the reshuffle of Baldur's Gate's rights, or The turmoil in southern Amn is inextricably linked to it.
More importantly, no matter what this person does, he likes to make multiple preparations in advance, and he is very good at using the chaotic situation to deceive the enemy. The City of Shadows suffered from this aspect, and was severely oppressed at the beginning. One hand, all kinds of simple layouts are very targeted.
However, none of the above was what Huojiehana valued most. What he valued most was the destruction and madness that Henry showed when he threatened Terramante.
A capable, ambitious, controlling, paranoid, aggressive lunatic, this is the result of the analysis of the rulers of Shadow City, but this lunatic usually behaves very rationally, whether it is planning or acting style. Pretty organized.
It is precisely because of this that Huojiehana tried to use the conquest of Faerun Continent as a bait, but he obviously failed. Henry did not show even the slightest interest in it, and even regarded it as an insult to his IQ .
Blurred!
That's what Hojhanna thinks now.
After thinking about it again and again, he finally decided that it would be better to give up and continue to explore, and to directly explain his intention of coming straight to the point.
"You should know that the City of Shadows lost a large number of people in this battle. The Supreme City Lord wants to use your influence to get some pure-blooded Netherese remnants in Halrua. For this, he is willing to pay you some Precious magical information. Besides, he also wanted to know if you would be interested in letting go of your prejudices and forming a covenant that would benefit both of us?"
"Hehe, it's really interesting. Doesn't Telamante know that I have a tense relationship with a certain goddess? Isn't he afraid that Ruivalan will cause civil strife in the City of Shadows?" Henry asked with a playful smile.
Due to a certain prophecy, most people in the City of Shades believe that only under the protection of Shar can they return to the main plane and rebuild the glory of Netheril. Therefore, the church of the goddess is very powerful, even Terramante didn't dare to refuse Shar's request easily.
But now the No. 2 figure in the City of Shadows actually said that he wanted to form an alliance with him. Is the sun going to come out from the west?
Huojiehana didn't give any explanation, just whispered something: "The City of Shadows is the City of Shadows of the Netherese. Lan has been punished, not only has he permanently lost an arm, but he has just been stripped of his princely title."
Hearing this sentence, Henry's eyes lit up immediately, his body leaned forward slightly, and stared into the other person's eyes. The corner of his mouth was slightly turned up into a smile: "So that's the reason, the Game of Thrones has been playing out in the City of Shadows, it seems that Telamante's ambitions are not small..."
"Today's enemy may be tomorrow's ally. Nothing in this world is eternal except interests. The wish of the supreme city lord is to revive Netheril. If the city of ghosts returns to the main plane, the main sphere of influence will be controlled in Anook The desert area, I believe this will not cause any conflict with your country. How about it, if you agree, I can also send some news for free, about the son of Baal..."
Seeing that Henry finally had some reactions, Huojiehana hurriedly struck while the iron was hot. Even the proverbs from the Faerun continent were used as a reason for persuasion.
He is fully aware of the responsibilities he shoulders this time. On the one hand, it is to replenish the population, and on the other hand, it is to use the other party to cause trouble for the goddess Shar, so that Telamante can seize the time to integrate its forces and regain control of the situation.
Henry saw through Huojiehana's plan at a glance, but considering that hitting Shar's control of the City of Shadows was tantamount to helping himself, so he nodded without hesitation: "Sounds good, we can talk now Talk about specific conditions. For example, how much population does Telamante want to supplement, and what obligations it needs to fulfill after forming an alliance."
"Ten thousand people, don't need old people or young children, just young people between the ages of twelve and twenty-five. As for forming an alliance, you don't need to fulfill any obligations, just exchange all information with each other on a regular basis. Of course. If you have something wrong Enemies who are convenient to deal with in person can tell us, the supreme city lord is happy to help you solve it." After saying this. Huojiehana stood there motionless, quietly waiting for a reply.
"Ten thousand people are too many, I can only get five thousand at most, and it will take at least half a year. There is no need to discuss this one, just do it if you can, or pull it down if you can't. In addition, there is no need to form an alliance. Anyway, the relationship between us is mutual. If you take advantage of it, sooner or later you will turn your face. Occasional cooperation is fine, but you must draw a clear line."
Henry was not fooled by the painted pie, and rejected most of the other party's requests without hesitation.
joke!
After all the calculations, they slaughtered most of the residents of Shadow City, and destroyed the other party's pride and self-confidence, but in the end they have to make up for the other party's population?
He is not stupid!
As for forming an alliance, it is definitely a big pit, not to mention Telamante's hatred for himself after this incident. Just because one of the two parties represents the old magic civilization and the other represents the new magic civilization, they are fundamentally incompatible. Sooner or later To decide the winner.
What's more, because of the summoning of the Death Moon, many good forces have already regarded the City of Shadows as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh. Forming an alliance with them is simply making another enemy for themselves, but anyone with a little IQ will not agree.
Huojiehana heard the absolute from Henry's tone, and knew that there was no room for bargaining in this matter, so he nodded helplessly: "Yes, but the speed must be faster, preferably within four months." resolved within."
"Okay, after four months, let Talamante send Baldur's Gate to mention people. Now you should tell me the news about the Son of Baal." Henry folded his arms and pretended to be listening.
"Weil Kang, a son of Baal who has awakened his teleportation ability. He was originally a cowardly thief, but under the training of a certain goddess, he quickly became dangerous. If you want to ensure that your investment can be obtained return, then it is best to find him as soon as possible, otherwise the ending may not be very good." Huojiehana said meaningfully.
obviously. It is no secret to many people that Henry is intervening in the killing of the throne, especially since Wywood City has begun to publicly enshrine this demigod, fools can see his attitude.
As the City of Shadows, which had sent a large number of spies, naturally also knew the news, so Huojiehana would use it as a bargaining chip.
For the No. 2 figure in the City of Shadows, it is not difficult to get some secrets from Rui Valan. After all, they are political enemies and know each other very well.
"Wellcome?"
Henry frowned and muttered in a low voice. He always felt that the name was familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"That's right. That's his name. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. The supreme city lord is still waiting for my reply." With that said, Huojiehana stood up and was about to start casting teleportation magic.
At the moment when the teleportation was about to start, Henry suddenly stretched out his finger and tapped lightly, disrupting the spell that was about to be completed, and then asked with a sneer: "Don't rush away, don't you feel that you owe me something?" ?Such as the race and identity of the lady in the coffin, and the means of control."
"Ah! Damn it! Look, I almost forgot." Huojiehana patted his forehead lightly, pretending to be careless. He took out a delicate music box from his pocket. "Here, this music box is the secret to control the oriole, just play the tune to her. Then the evil side will wake up, just smash it, and the innocent and kind side will wake up."
After carefully checking the music box and confirming that it had not been tampered with, Henry nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, now tell me her race and identity."
"The offspring of Demon Prince Demogogan and his former (lover) lover Sami Amor has a very special double soul, and will never age and die. But what is strange is that she did not show The characteristics of any demon, as long as you wake her up with a music box, then she will obey your orders unconditionally. We only have so much information, and the music box is the most chaotic sound from the depths of the universe, be careful when playing it , Ordinary people will go crazy when they hear it.”
After explaining, Huojiehana immediately activated the teleportation magic again, and saw a flash of white light. He disappeared without a trace.
Looking at the music box in his hand, Henry had a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, and muttered to himself: "It's really interesting, the descendants of the demon prince and the demon lord don't show any characteristics of the abyss. And one of the souls is still kind Yes, what is the situation? Genetic mutation? Or was it transformed by magic? Forget it. Let’s study it later, I’m on vacation.”
"Roar! Roar!"
Ares, who was disguised as a panda, nodded his head vigorously in agreement.
In fact, the big brown bear was very happy to be able to travel with the owner, because Henry lied to it that he was going to the south to taste delicious food while putting on makeup. As a standard foodie, it doesn't hesitate to give up its dignity as the king of beasts. Anyway, it doesn't matter as long as it has delicious food.
"Okay, okay, I'll take this coffin away now." Henry smiled and patted his animal companion, and with a big wave of his hand, he sent the coffin back to the bottom of the Mage Tower on Angome Island, where he and his clone put it together.
Anyway, Huo Jiehana said that Cynthia will neither age nor die, so it doesn’t matter if you leave it for a while. After you come back from work, you will slowly study the mystery of the twin souls. You must know that this kind of thing is urgent Not coming.
After finishing all this, he lay quietly on the wooden bed in the cabin, using the ability of his face to deform at will, directly processed his own face, and added the decorative leather armor with basically no defense, The image of an aristocratic teenager who went out to make a living.
"From now on, I'm Boyce, and you, Ares, have to change your name to Panpan." Henry smiled and said to the big brown bear who had been humming in protest.
Of course, this name is also in a kind of ridicule and humor... (to be continued ~^~)