While Levi and his party were fishing leisurely on the boat, a heated debate was also going on in a dark underground tavern near Baldur's Gate port, dozens of nautical miles away from them.

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"She is provoking us!"

A middle-aged one-eyed man with a sinister face slapped the table and stood up and shouted.

The huge force caused the liquid in the wine glasses on the table to splash into some people's faces, which immediately attracted angry stares from the people at the same table.

However, due to the intimidating size of the opponent, his good strength and power in the pirate circle, and his status as a believer of Talos, the Lord of Storms, they all took a deep breath, thought about it, and chose to calm down their temper.

Anyway, it’s not the first time, so just bear with it, there’s no chance that this reckless guy will be directly ‘condemned’ by God one day.

After all, in most people's impressions, Talos, the Lord of Storms he believed in, was a cruel, impatient, and irritable god. He was also extremely addicted to chaos and destruction, and he must retaliate for all conflicts. In addition, he treated his believers very harshly.

The requirements are also extremely strict and free of charge. Once the god is offended, he will often receive terrible divine punishment.

Therefore, although Talos is one of the most powerful gods in Corell, his followers have never been too many, and the size of the church is also very small in comparison, and it is almost ignored by all the priests who are traveling with it.

Secretly despised.

In the eyes of other gods and even believers, this god who controls the oceans and storms is not so much a god, but more like those chaotic beings in the abyss who cannot control their own emotions, and whose brains are not very good.

Therefore, he often becomes the tool god of other evil gods or some conspirators.

It’s just that the side effects of this god are a bit too great, and the ‘map cannon’ is often out of control, and if it is not guided properly, it may endanger its own power.

But even so, because most of his followers are fanatically fond of destruction, they often fearlessly summon storms in the name of Talos to attack ships, towns, and cities. This makes him not only notorious, but also loved by all coastal areas.

Feared by the people and merchants who made a living on the sea, and seeking to appease his wrath in every possible way, Talos remains one of the most powerful gods in Kriel.

He is so famous that different legends about him are spread in many places. For example, he is called Bierris in Kalishan, and he is called Coza by the Bedai barbarians in the Wild Buffalo Desert.

Most of the images he appears when summoned by believers are of a human man with a bald head, one eye, broad shoulders, and a long beard. He wears half armor and black leather gloves. The hollow eye sockets are filled with swirling sparks, and are covered with a

Black eye mask.

Yes, he really looks like this one-eyed pirate who is shouting loudly and spraying saliva in the faces of his colleagues under the influence of alcohol.

In other words, many people have always believed that this guy is imitating his own god intentionally or unintentionally.

The amazing thing is that this guy is still alive and well

So some people also learned to cosplay Talos, trying to gain the favor of this violent god on the sea and use his reputation. As a result, they were struck by lightning as soon as they went out to sea the next day.

As this absurd and ridiculous rumor spread across the Sword Coast, in the eyes of everyone, the bald pirate seemed to be shrouded in an indescribable aura, and many pirates joined his Viking pirate group.

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"So what? Addison, even if the Queen of the Sword Coast is clearly provoking us, do you have any good ideas? Or, in other words, you can lead the charge for us with your people? If that's the case

If so, we will follow your Viking flag."

Another blond man who looked ordinary in every aspect took up the conversation and seemed quarrelsome.

"Yes! That's it. If you are willing to take the lead, we will definitely follow."

Then the other pirates who were ready to say something all joined in, looking like they were watching a good show.

It seemed that even Addison was a little scared of this blond man, but he still said stubbornly:

"Eric, you dirty devil at heart, Xiu Xiang is plotting on me again! Do you think I don't know? There are at least six of the Seven Burning Steel Heroes in the North on that ship now! Do you think I have no brains?

Does it work? Use the lives of brothers to gain benefits for you? Bah!"

Although no one has seen the Seven Burning Steel Heroes take action on the sea of ​​Sword Coast, their name has already spread throughout the North.

According to the information they learned, among the seven there are at least three mages, a half-elf warlock and arcanist, a change druid, a berserker who works part-time as a swordsman, and a rogue swordsman.

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This is an extremely unreasonable configuration among other adventure groups.

There are no shield warriors or paladins to act as front-line protectors, and there are no priests responsible for healing and recovery. Once you encounter an evenly matched enemy, you will often fall into a very unfavorable situation.

Anyone who has had a head-on battle with the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel and is still alive will sadly warn the latter. Never think that the opponent can use thieves to sneak attack on those magicians because they don't have shield warriors and paladins.

Because almost all of those mages were from Zelandia

Due to Zeelandia's unique historical roots, it has good melee capabilities, and it is almost their old tradition to even work part-time as a warrior profession.

According to rumors in Minas Tirith, even Anna, the weakest red mage among them, had been digging mines with her mentor Fisher for ten years when she was learning magic.

The reason why she can still maintain the appearance of a girl with small arms and legs is because of the use of some kind of alchemical potion from Netheril.

So even though Master Anna is small in size, if someone is getting close to her, the staff made of pure rare metal is enough to knock a bear to death.

As long as she is not killed immediately, her violent energy-shaping fire spells will be enough for people to see what it means to truly destroy the world.

The blazing flames can even turn steel into red molten iron.

The origin of the name "Seven Heroes of Burning Steel" is directly related to this violent Luoli who is always capable of wiping out fireballs.

And his brother Kevin Jones, in addition to his profound arcane skills, seems to be a half-elf ranger who can wield a pair of moon blades.

Archmage Anthony is the most mysterious. No one knows how powerful his old-looking body is in close combat.

Because the enemy is often overwhelmed by the endless water elements before they get close. If they are lucky enough to survive, then they will see the majestic blizzard, freezing them into ice sculptures, and then being smashed to pieces by the water elements.

And when he and Anna were together, it was a true world of ice and fire.

For this reason, when people divide mage schools nowadays, Zelandia mage has become an unavoidable shadow in the minds of many professionals.

Even in the early years, many mage organizations began to learn from Zelandia, and started to "roll with iron" when they were apprentices. Not only did the effect not be good, but it also slowed down the progress of spell learning, and they gave up after repeated attempts.

Therefore, it seems that the only one among them who can be called a weakness is the elf mage named Luo Jiali.

Compared with her companions, she seems to be a moon elf who has not officially reached adulthood, and seems a bit mediocre in all aspects. But the thief named Angus seems to be more like a loyal person than killing enemies.

The knight guarding Luo Jiali

And this is on the sea, even four ordinary magicians can put the pirates into an extremely disadvantageous situation.

What's more, Queen Alyssa of the Sword Coast is also a powerful mage herself, that is, there are five high-level mage practitioners!

So unless their brains are broken, or there is a legend among them, if they know this information and still have to confront these difficult and famous characters, wouldn't that be a slime soaking in the cesspit and looking for shit?

And if you have legendary strength, who would be free to go to sea and become a pirate? Wouldn't it be nice to occupy a small city-state and dominate it?

The man named Eric seemed to have anticipated Addison's reaction. He narrowed his eyes slightly and showed a charming smile:

"That's right. No one wants to fight head-on with these famous professionals, but I just received news from Jishui City that the destination of their trip is only Candlekeep."

As he spit out this secret information, the atmosphere of the entire underground tavern suddenly came to a halt.

"Red Devil! Can you guarantee that this news is true?" Another pirate leader asked with concern, obviously a little moved.

Not just him, everyone in the tavern stopped what they were doing and looked sideways. Even Addison frowned and stared at the other person, as if he wanted to confirm whether the other person wanted to treat him like a monkey again.

And this wasn't the first time, but he couldn't do anything about it.

If the other party hadn't had two brushes, the nickname "Red Devil" wouldn't have spread on the Sword Coast.

It is said that Eric was forced to flee from Luskan because he killed someone with some background in his hometown. As a result, he ran in the opposite direction. Just when the food and water were about to run out, he discovered an existence on the sea of ​​ice floes.

The indigenous island is called Bingfeng Island.

He lived there for three years. After thinking that he had escaped the limelight, he returned to Luskan and gathered a group of "criminals" and "slaves" who were willing to move to Bingfeng Island, conquered Bingfeng Island, and established an empire there.

colonial family.

As time went by, their group began to invade Rotham Island and the Whalebone Islands, and made a living by harassing, robbing people in the Moonshadow Islands and trafficking them to Calishan. They are now the largest slave trading pirate leaders in the Sword Coast.

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Due to his frequent bloody intimidation, cruel methods, and notorious human trafficking, he was once called the "Red Devil" by the people of Yueying Island.

Gradually, this title became known to all pirates.

No one knows how much power and population the 'Red Devil' controls, but he has at least twenty pirate ships under his control, and has his own spies in several major city-states along the Sword Coast.

In the pirate circle where strength is divided by the number of ships and pirates, this is already considered to be quite powerful, so he also has a certain reputation and voice among pirates.

"It's absolutely true. There's no need for me to joke about my own life, right?"

The red devil spread his hands, looking like you would believe it or not:

"And this is what they said themselves, in the Sword and Glory Tavern in Kishui City. The reason is that the thief Angus among them was subjected to the 'soul whipping' magic of the abusive goddess priest in his early years. If he can't find a way to repair his soul,

Otherwise, I'm afraid he won't live long, and with the close relationship between Luo Jiali and him, how can he just sit back and watch the other person decline and die? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, a strong man who can become a rogue master with the soul whip in his body, if

If you can really be cured, it's not impossible to become a legend and be promoted to the Lord of Shadows."

After hearing this, everyone took a deep breath and felt chills running down their spines.

As we all know, among all professions, thieves or rogues are almost one of the most difficult professions to break through the legendary destiny.

But the existences that often achieve legendary destiny are all nightmares on the Corel continent. The most famous one is the leader of the Shadow Thieves Guild, known as the Movie King.

Rumor has it that if he wants to personally assassinate someone, he will often prepare a 'script' in advance and then kill the person in a dramatic way.

The reason is also very simple. Thieves are a profession that does not have many barriers to entry, but the further you go, the more talent you need.

Many gray forces, especially the thieves guilds all over Coriel, will intentionally or unintentionally recruit some orphans to train them to become thieves, and some pickpockets and thieves will also slowly embark on this path.
To be continued...