The Swordsman of Faerûn

In front of the three elves and their followers, William said straight to the point: "My friends from the jungle, I am very disappointed in you. Because of your internal strife, my Yulas reconstruction plan has been seriously affected , Do you know how many people died in our entire exploration team in the past few days? Thirteen! Thirteen innocent lives! All of them came from elves and half-elves!

Do you know how many people died?zero!not even one! "

The three elf nobles didn't take William's words to heart. Although the human being in front of them was their employer and controlled their source of income, the noble and elegant people were not cowards who would grovel. means.

If you really make us anxious, believe it or not, I will give you a set of forced buying and selling, making you want to cry with a pile of elf garbage.

Of course, the elves are not stupid, their "unique business" also depends on the person's order. It must be stupid to do this when the strength is not dominant, but the tens of thousands of elves in the Cormanthor jungle are It is their confidence.

The Ranger of the Moonbow Family looked at the Druid of Kelanda where the old god was present, and then at the somewhat restless Nimune Brigeng, and said with a sneer: "Dear human lord, please don't pay attention to those insignificant things. Casualties, there are 50 elf warriors waiting to be recruited at any time in the Cormanthor Kingdom, as long as we issue an order, there will be a steady stream of volunteers to come to serve."

The other elves blushed a little after hearing the bluster of the ranger from the Moonbow family, and even William couldn't help but smile a little.

Since the appearance of the elves in Faerun, the population problem has always been a big problem plaguing this long-lived race.Take the Comanthor Elf Empire as an example, even in its heyday, its total population (not counting foreign slaves) never exceeded 30, and on the eve of the Elf Queen Amlari launching the [Elf Migration] plan, The population of Cormanthor elves has even dropped to less than 20.

During the days when the elves retreated, more than 90% of the elves known as the Comanthor tribe migrated to Evermeet Island or Evereska in the west, and the elves who stayed in the old homeland of the Comanthor jungle even It's already less than fifty thousand.

Some people may ask, more than 20% of the [-] elves have moved away, why are there still [-] left? Is someone's math taught by a physical education teacher? !

In fact, this problem is really a mathematical problem.

The great migration of elves is not all at once, but like ants moving house, moving bit by bit.During this epic elf retreat, the birth rate of elf cubs unexpectedly doubled.

It is precisely for this reason (of course there are other factors as well), that the Great Migration lasted for nearly four centuries.

If you change the mathematical model, you can use the classic reservoir administrator's water injection problem to explain the changes in the population of elves.

It is known that there are 20 elves in the large reservoir of Comanso, and X (water output) is relocated every year, and the number of elves born every year is Y (water intake). 400 years later, there are still [-] elves (remaining amount) in the Comanso Great Reservoir, accounting for [-]% of the total elves population. Ask how much X and Y are, and how many elves have moved in total (total water output) .

Of course, the Comanthor Elf migration announced by the elves (to the whole continent) only lasted 12 years, that is, from 1344 (the year of the moonset) in the valley calendar to 1355 (the year of the harp) in the valley calendar. The time when the government agencies of the Manso Elf Kingdom moved away, and its main citizens had already migrated almost.

And today's Cormanthor Elven Court is actually the tail of a part of the government of the Elven Kingdom.

So when the Ranger of the Moon Bow family boasted about 50 elf warriors, even though this Bulby did have a certain basis, it was still unavoidable to be ridiculed.

If 50 elves could be hidden in the Comanthor jungle, the entire valley would have become a slave plantation for elves long ago, where there were no human beings.

William said coldly: "Idiot! Do you think I care whether you have 50 or [-] elves?" All the elves couldn't help but blush when they heard this, and then became a little angry.

William said angrily: "Do you know what the adventurers outside talk about me? Many people say that I discriminate against elves and deliberately let you go to death! Do you know what this means to me, a future king of the Valley? ?! Stupid elves! Your reckless behavior is humiliating my honor, I can almost imagine how all the elves will look at me when I ascend the throne!"

The expression on William's face was so vivid that anyone who didn't know him couldn't help but think that the man was truly outraged at his damaged reputation.

But anyone who understands William's nature can't help but give him 1 likes for his outstanding performance.

Of course, William is not the kind of person who cares about irrelevant reputations. He just can't understand a group of bullshit elves and nobles messing around in their own territory. It's not just about letting the elves with low status die. Their commission income (in fact, this is what the elves and nobles want most).

Nima!Exploitation and oppression in Lao Tzu's one-acre-three-point land, isn't this the root of the wall that Lao Tzu stands on? !A person who has gone through nine years of compulsory education can't bear it. Of course, those who slipped through the net said otherwise.

If William directly intervened in the elves' internal disputes and accused the elves of nobles of making troubles, then the elves would definitely have something to say, because after all, it was an internal problem among the elves. And moral grounds, unless some elf is willing to come forward and ask William.

But if you look at it from another angle, William has a very legitimate reason to intervene on the grounds that the reputation of the king of the valley is damaged, even if it is based on the arrogance of the elves and nobles, there is nothing to say.

I don't care how many elves you die, but I care what others say about me!

Sure enough, in the face of William's scolding, even though these elves represented the entire Cormanthor's arrogant aristocratic class, they could only suffer aggrievedly, without any reason to refute.

The druid of Kailanda said in an aggrieved voice: "Please accept our apology, respected Lord William! We are willing to bear all the responsibilities for our mistakes, and we are willing to offer all the adventurers for you Restore your damaged reputation by explaining the misunderstanding."

If it were someone who really cared about his honor, he might be overwhelmed by the druid's handling method.However, William didn't care about drinking, and the so-called damaged fate was just an excuse for him.

William snorted coldly, and refused: "No! Elf, maybe I can trust your sincerity, but I can't trust your ability. If you let you handle this matter, it's hard to say whether the result will get worse !"

All the elves are almost mad!They wished they could jump up and slash the damned human in front of them!

It's just that as the party at the wrong end, the elves really can't find a reason to make a move. People don't believe in your ability, unless you can prove yourself, what kind of revenge is it.

The druid took several deep breaths angrily, and then asked through gritted teeth: "Human lord, do you have any better way to deal with it?"

William sneered and said, "Elves from Cormanthor, please forgive me for speaking too directly. I really don't like your management skills. There are only a hundred or so elf adventurers in the area, let's see what you have managed. It's a mess. What a mess, even us onlookers are ashamed!

Goblins are better at managing groups than you! "

The ability to ridicule these words is a bit too strong, the elves really can't help it!

The elven ranger from Cyberholm immediately jumped up and punched William in the face with a punch.The Druids of the Kailanda family and Nemoen of the Tangled Tree were also furious, and even Emily Corona, who was behind William, wanted to kick her lord.

It's a pity that the attack of the elf ranger was almost like a three-year-old's playfulness to William, and he just grabbed her and slipped her up.

As for the other two elves, under William's contemptuous gaze, they lost the courage to fight and could only retreat in embarrassment.

William glanced back at Emily and said, "I saw it! You want to kick me."

Emily Corona waved her hands with a sneer, and argued forcefully, "You must be wrong, my dear lord."

William didn't care about her, he threw aside the elf ranger who was twisting like a hairtail, and then said loudly: "Listen! Elves! Since you have accepted my employment, you have to do what I want. Then Next, I will regroup and manage all the elf adventurers, so that everyone can normally do what an adventurer should do.

Also, I have always been adhering to a belief that those who work more get more, those who work less get less, and those who don't work get nothing.My reward is paid to the adventurers who work for me, not to some big figures behind the adventurers for nothing!

I don't care what illustrious origins some of you may have among the elves, your superior status.

In my case, either go risk your life to earn wages, or leave! "

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Any intelligent creature in this world, as long as it knows how to think and is selfish, basically cannot escape a truth.

In terms of the long history, the elves can definitely be regarded as a race with inheritance, and even their ancestors were once rich. Let’s understand the race of the universe. In William’s previous life, it was definitely a high-level civilization, even in the land of Faerun That is also a civilized race that can be counted.

But the elves still cannot avoid the problem that all intelligent races cannot avoid-class differentiation.

Do not suffer from widowhood, but suffer from unevenness.

Our ancestors interpreted the issues of human nature vividly and vividly thousands of years ago.

According to the original ability and strength of the elves, they should have been able to get rid of this chronic disease of civilization.

However, when the supreme leader of the elves transformed from humanity to divinity, the chronic disease became a curse like maggots.

The population problem of the elves has always been the biggest problem restricting the development of the elves. Could it be that the fertility of the elves is really poor?

Of course this is not the case.

In fact, the fertility of a single elf individual is definitely not inferior to that of a human being. It takes 18 years to mature, conceive in October, and then give birth in one day; coupled with the long lifespan of elves that makes human beings envious and jealous that their eyeballs will burst, elves What should have been the world's most horrific ecological disaster.

But, but again.

The elves use various methods, from physiology to psychology, from popular fashion to personal preferences, to castrate and restrict their own fertility at various levels (read about the 110-year-old adult regulations), and they eventually become The appearance that other intelligent races like to see (having children will only delay our art).

Speaking of it, the dwarves also feel the same way (having children will only delay my mining and iron).

Many humans who have interacted with elves always think that elves are as amazing as children in their innocence and selflessness, because they often treat many interests that humans cannot give up, but they are quite indifferent.

This is of course not that the elves really don't care about benefits, but that the long lifespan gives the elves enough confidence.Even if I let you short-lived species take away (treasure), so what, after a few years or decades, when you die of old age or fall down, we will come to take it again.

However, when elves and dwarves are paired together, the two always have conflicts and fights from time to time. One of the reasons is that dwarves do not live shorter lives than elves, and elves cannot enjoy the dividends brought by longevity.

Therefore, when William intervened in the internal disputes of the elves and took over the management work of the elf adventurers, although the elf nobles were quite upset, they did not cause any radical troubles.

So what if you hand over those untouchables to your human lord? !

Can you still manage it for a lifetime?

Even if you can manage it for the rest of your life, after staying for decades, you short-lived guy dies of old age, and those rebellious people still cannot escape our control.

This is the consistent psychological superiority of elves in the face of short-lived species (such as humans).

William's management of the elf adventurers is very simple. The nobles who are willing to stay are picked out to form a team, the lower elves are divided into a group, and the elf illegitimate children and half-elves are in a group, and then they are free in their respective groups according to their professional abilities and talents. Combined, divided into several adventure teams, and the adventure captain is also recommended by the members of his team.

Of course, if there are those who are willing to form a team with human adventurers, they can also be diverted to human adventurers.

Although William's method of group management cannot be said to be perfect, it also to a certain extent dispelled the interference of the origin status of the elves on their adventure work.

After all the elf adventurers had been properly settled, William gave a speech that was later called the "Declaration of King Ren" in front of adventurers and subordinates including elves, humans, and other races.

"My friends from all corners of the country, some of you are subordinates who have followed me all over the world, and some of you are warriors who just came here and are willing to fight for me.

In a sense, it seems fair that you work for me and I pay you money and credit.

But I am deeply disturbed!

Because in my opinion, the deal between us is not fair, not fair to you.

In this world, the most precious thing for people is life, and life is only once for everyone.

……

This life of ours is not to be lived and died for a mere employer's pay, but for something greater and more valuable.

This thing includes our ideals, our beliefs, our family, our friends, or everything that is worth cherishing and protecting.

……

Of course, I am not saying that you should be timid when you are exploring, or cower when you are fighting.

I just hope that all of you can be more cautious in the face of crisis and protect yourself and your friends around you.

I hope that when Yulas re-enters the residents, everyone can still stand in the sun and smile at each other with their friends; they can sit in the noisy tavern and drink with their comrades.

……

May you return with your bags full of treasures (this is people's blessings to adventurers). "

William's speech was so shocking that the audience responded with thunderous applause many times, or fierce roars, or the neat sound of beating weapons in response.

Of course, this is not to say that William really has the ability to be eloquent. His speech level is a bit reluctant to use a word of "fair". However, before William, no one has ever been able to treat low-level adventurers as equals. life to treat.

Although the land of Faerun is divided into nine biased camps for millions of creatures in the world due to their different behaviors, personalities and psychology.But regardless of order and chaos, good and evil, and so-called neutrals, the starting point for their camp determination is never on those small adventurers or ordinary civilians.

Take the definition of "kindness" as an example. The judgment of kindness in the realm of Faerun has never been that you helped others in distress. The idea of ​​a so-called good alignment.

For example, there is a lord in a certain place who is very greedy and cruel, and the subjects in the squeezed territory can't live happily.You personally killed the lord in order to save those innocent sufferers from the fire and water, then congratulations, what you did is very in line with the idea of ​​the good camp, good value +1 (order -1, leaning toward chaos).

It's the same bad lord who forced the people who couldn't survive to rise up and resist. They are going to kill the lord in front of you.At this time, you have three options: help the rebels kill the lord, rescue the lord who is about to be killed from the hands of the mob, and stand by.

Choose the neutral approach of sitting on the sidelines and not talking.

Choosing to help the rebels kill the lord, if judged according to humanistic morality, this should be a just act.But this does not meet the good judgment, your alignment is leaning toward chaotic evil (evil +1, chaotic +1).

And choosing to save the lord is undoubtedly very unfair to those suffering mobs, but your behavior is in line with the concept of kindness and tends to order, and kind organizations such as the Harper League will praise and promote your "" Act of righteousness".

This unique social atmosphere has also led to the unique social status of adventurers and mercenaries. They are indispensable stabilizers of civilized society, but they are regarded as the source of all turmoil.

Ordinary people both envy and fear adventurers, while nobles reject and rely on adventurers, which has created an embarrassing social status for adventurers.

When people need adventurers, adventurers are respected guests; but once the adventurers are used up, most of the guests on the seat will become disgusting uninvited guests, just like the one next door called "Wizard". The social status of the demon hunters in the World] is slightly better.

William can be said to be the first lord who truly treats the adventurers under his command as equals, no matter whether he is sincere or just a polite superficial article, but at least William is the first person to make such a declaration publicly.

In William's speech, he expressed the idea of ​​treating all intelligent races equally, which is especially important for elves.Racial conflicts have always been a major source of conflict in the world of Faerun. Even in many places, the lords have enlightenedly implemented friendly policies that allow various ethnic groups to live together, such as Waterdeep City, Silvermoon City, and so on.

But in fact, these policies often vary from person to person and change from time to time, but they have never been established as the most basic basis for governance. remarks.

After William preached these things, perhaps the adventurers who listened were only aroused a little bit of sympathy at the time, but it was difficult to understand the deep meaning.Or maybe William himself just expressed his feelings for a while, and he didn't have much thought in his heart, but he couldn't stop the over-interpretation of caring people.

I, Lu Shuren, wrote articles and poems just to complain. How could it be interpreted as a defamatory essay and suppressed openly and secretly.

William's speech is nothing to those human adventurers and mercenaries, because many people are simply illiterate, but they can be heard in the ears of elves, flowing in their hearts, but It turned into a roar like a stormy sea.

Long-lived elves, writers, poets, critics, and patients with super-in-depth literature, moaning without illness is their instinct, over-interpretation is their hobby, and chasing idealism is the brightest dream in every elf's heart.

The talents of the elves are definitely not weaker than any human beings, they are just unable to get motivated because of their long lifespan. When a clear goal appears in front of the eyes of the elves, the power they burst out is definitely enough to shock the whole world.

Therefore, when William opened the armory and armed hundreds of elves, a group of absolutely loyal followers appeared by his side.

Of course, these loyalists do not include those with vested interests who were once at the top of the elves.

A great teacher once said that those with vested interests are always the most reactionary and corrupt.

Even the long-lived elves are no exception.

Even though the elves, a once splendid civilized race, have gradually declined, other intelligent races are rising up, and countless wise elves clamor for revival, but the upper elves have never been touched.

Because for them, revival or non-resurrection of elves will not affect their identity and status.Even if the elves really complete the revival, how can those people with lofty ideals and heroes who have made brilliant contributions during the revival process not grab power and fame after they become famous, but this is not encroaching on the vested interests of the former superiors!

The reason why the elves launched the Great Migration Movement was not because the elves and civilians at the lower level began to rebel, and even the supreme leader of the elves, the husband of Queen Amlari, King Zeo, was assassinated in the siege. As for the newly enthroned queen, in order to ease the sharp conflicts within the elves and avoid external threats and influences (thoughts from Cormyr and Zhentil Castle and substantive conspiracies), she had to make a decision to abandon her former homeland and move far away. .

By the way, combining the characteristics of Cormyr and Sembia, two big countries in the Sea of ​​Fallen Stars region, is a bit like the lighthouse country in the previous life.

As for the power reflected in Zhentil Castle, as long as you think about it a little bit, you can realize it.

The waves caused by William's speech were far beyond what the audience could have imagined at the time.

Even William himself did not expect that there would be a day when he would be over-interpreted, and even if he tried to deny it later, no one would believe it.

Of course these are later stories.