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

Bang!

"She's provoking us!"

A middle-aged, one-eyed man with a meaty face slapped the table and got up and yelled.

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

However, due to the other party's intimidating big man and the good strength and power in the pirate circle, plus his status as a believer of the Storm Lord Talos, they all took a deep breath, thought about it, and chose to calm their temper.

Anyway, it's not the first time, just bear with it, I can't say that this reckless thing will be directly 'punished' one day.

After all, most people have the impression that Talos, the Lord of the Storm, whom he believes in, is a cruel, impatient, and irritable god, and at the same time extremely obsessed with chaos and destruction, and his requirements for believers are also extremely strict and gratuitous, and once he angers this god, he will often be punished by terrible gods.

As a result, although Talos was one of the most powerful deities in all of Corell, he had never had many followers, and his church was very small in comparison, and was secretly despised by almost all of his fellow priests.

In the eyes of other gods and even believers, this god who controls the seas and storms is not so much a god as a chaotic being in the abyss who cannot control his own emotions, and his brain... Not too easy to make.

As a result, they are often occasionally reduced to other evil gods or tools of some conspirators...

It's just that the side effects of this tool god are a little bigger, and the 'map cannon' is often uncontrolled, and if it can't be channeled well, it will affect its own forces.

But even so, because most of his followers were fanatical about destruction, and fearlessly summoned storms to attack ships, towns, and cities in the name of Talos, which made him notorious, he was feared by all the coastal people and merchants who begged for a living at sea, and tried in every possible way to appease his anger, so Talos remained one of the most powerful gods in Corell.

He is so famous that there are legends about him in many places, such as that he was called Bilis in Karinshan, and in the Wild Buffalo Desert he was called Koza by the Bedai Barbarians.

The images that are summoned by the faithful are mostly a bald-headed, one-eyed, broad-shouldered, long-bearded human man, wearing half-length armor and black leather gloves, with hollow eye sockets filled with swirling sparks and covered with a black blindfold.

Yes, it really resembles this one-eyed pirate who is shouting and spitting in the faces of his peers with the help of his alcohol.

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

And the amazing thing is that this guy has been alive and well...

So some people also learned from Cos Talos in an attempt to gain the favor of this irascible god on the sea and use his prestige, but the next day he was struck by lightning as soon as he went out to sea...

As this absurd and ridiculous rumor spread in Sword Bay, in the eyes of everyone, this bald pirate seemed to be shrouded in an indescribable aura, which also made many pirates join his Viking group.

"So what? Addison, even if the Queen of Sword Bay is indeed openly provoking us, do you have any good idea? Or rather, you will take your men and lead us? If so, we will follow your Viking banner. ”

It was another blonde man who looked ordinary in every way that took over the conversation, and seemed to be in a confrontation.

"Yes, that's it, if you're willing to take the lead, we'll follow. ”

So the other pirates who were about to say something chimed in, looking like they were watching a good show.

It seems that even Addison is a little frightened by this blonde man, but he still says stubbornly:

"Eric, you filthy devil at heart, Xiu Xiang is playing on me again! You think I don't know? There are at least six of the Northland's Burning Steel Seven Heroes on that ship right now! You can't do it with my brains? I use my brothers' lives to your advantage?

Although no one had ever seen the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel make a move on the sea of Sword Bay, the other party's name had already spread throughout the Northland.

According to the information they had learned, there were at least three mages among the seven, a half-elf warlock and arcanist, a changeling druid, a berserker who worked as a Juggernaut, and a wanderer swordsman.

This is an extremely unreasonable configuration for other adventure groups.

With no shield warriors or paladins to cover the priests in the front row, and no priest to heal and recover, it is often a disadvantageous situation when encountering an evenly matched enemy.

However, anyone who has fought head-on with the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel and is lucky enough to be alive will be heartily warned the latter not to think that the other party has no shield warriors and paladins, so they can use the thieves to try to sneak up on those priests.

Because almost all of those mages were born in Zelandia...

Due to Zeellandia's unique historical roots, having decent melee abilities and even a direct part-time warrior class is almost an old tradition...

According to the rumors of Minas Stirris, even Anna, the weakest of them all, was the weakest of them all, and when she studied spells with her mentor Fisher, she followed her for ten years...

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 Netheriel.

So don't look at Mage Anna's small size, being approached, that staff made of pure rare metal is enough to knock a bear to death.

As long as she didn't kill her in the first place, then her violent plastic energy fire spell was enough to let people see what real destruction was.

The blazing flames could even turn steel into reddish molten iron.

The origin of the name Seven Heroes of Burning Steel is largely directly related to this irascible Lori who washes the floor with fireballs at every turn.

And his brother Kevin Jones, in addition to his profound arcane skills, seems to be a half-elven ranger who makes a pair of moonblades.

Archmage Anthony was the most mysterious, and no one knew how good his decrepit looking body was in melee combat.

Because the enemy is often overwhelmed by the infinite water elemental before they even get close, if they are lucky enough not to die, then they will see a majestic blizzard, freeze them into ice sculptures, and then be smashed to pieces by the water elemental.

And when he and Anna are together, it is a real heaven of ice and fire.

It is for this reason that when people are now dividing the mage school, Master Zelandia has also become a shadow in the hearts of many professionals...

Even in the early years, many mage organizations began to learn Zeelandia, and began to 'iron iron' when they were apprentices, but the results were not only not effective, but also slowed down the progress of spell learning, and they gave up after coming and going.

So among them, it seems that the only one who can be called a weakness is the elven mage named Lo Carrie.

Compared to her companions, she seems to be a moon elf who has not yet reached adulthood, and is a bit mediocre in every way, but the thief named Angus seems to be more like a knight loyal to Logarrie's side than to slaughter enemies...

And this is on the sea, even the ordinary four law clerks can put the pirates in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

What's more, Alyssa, the queen of Sword Bay, is also a powerful mage herself, that is, five high-level mages!

So unless it's a bad brain, or they have legends in charge, or they know this information and have to confront these difficult famous characters, isn't that a slime soaking in a dung pit and looking for?

And if there is legendary strength, who is so idle and has nothing to do to go to the sea to be a pirate! Isn't it fragrant to occupy a small city-state and dominate one side?

The man known as Eric also seemed to have anticipated Addison's reaction, narrowing his eyes slightly and revealing a charming smile:

"That's right, no one wants to fight these famous professionals head-on, but I just received news from Drawing Water City that the destination of their trip is Candle Castle. ”

With this secret information he spit out, the atmosphere of the entire underground tavern suddenly froze.

"Red devil, can you be sure that this is true?" the other pirate leader asked with concern, obviously a little moved.

Not only him, but the people in the tavern stopped their movements one after another, and looked sideways, even Addison frowned and stared at the other party, as if he wanted to confirm whether the other party wanted to use himself as a monkey again.

And this is not the first time, but he has nothing to do with the other party.

If it weren't for the other party's two brushes, they wouldn't have been nicknamed 'Red Devil' on Sword Bay.

It is said that Eric was forced to flee from Luskan because he had killed someone from some background in his hometown, but he ran in the opposite direction, and just as he was about to run out of food and water, he found an island with indigenous people in the sea of ice floe, which he called Icechorn Island.

He lived there for three years, and 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 Icepeak Island, and established a colonial family there.

Over time, the gang began to encroach on Rosem Island and the Whalebone Islands, and made a living harassing and looting people in the Moonshadow Islands and trafficking them to Karinsan, and are now the largest pirate leaders in the slave trade in the waters of Sword Bay.

Due to its frequent bloody deterrence, brutal methods, and notorious human trafficking, it was once called the 'Red Devil' by the people of Moonshadow Island.

Gradually, this title became known to all pirates.

No one knows how much power and population the 'Red Devil' controls in his hands, but he has at least twenty pirate ships under his command, and has his own eyeline in several major city-states along the coast of Sword Bay.

This is already considered a good strength in the pirate circle where the strength is divided by the number of ships and pirates, so it also has a certain prestige and voice among pirates.

"It's true, I don't have to joke with my own people's lives, do I?"

The Red Devil spread his hands, looking like you love to believe it or not:

"And it's their own words, at the Sword and Radiance Tavern in Drawing Water City. The reason is that the thief Angus among them was abused by the goddess priest's 'soul whipping' magic in his early years, if he can't find a way to repair his soul, I'm afraid he won't live long, and with the intimate relationship between Luo Jiali and him, how can he sit back and watch the other party decline and die, tsk, a strong man who can still become a wanderer master with a soul whip in his body, if he can really be cured, I am afraid that it is not impossible to achieve the promotion of the legendary to the shadow master. ”

Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath and sent a chill down their spines.

It is well known that of all classes, the Rogue or Wanderer is one of the most difficult classes to break through the Legendary Destiny.

But the existence that often achieves the legendary destiny is a nightmare on the continent of Corell, and the most famous of them is the leader of the Shadow Thieves Guild, known as the Actor...

It is rumored that if he wants to assassinate someone himself, he will often arrange a 'script' in advance and then kill the other person dramatically.

The reason is also very simple, thieves are a profession that does not have much threshold to get started, but the further you go, the more talent you need.

Many gray forces, especially the thieves' guilds all over Corell, will consciously or unintentionally recruit some orphans to train them to become thieves, and some pickpockets and thieves will slowly embark on this path.

Their common characteristic is that they often do not get any good or formal inheritance and training in the early stage.

Therefore, the later they go, the greater the bottleneck, and at that time, even if they get a better inheritance and path at that time, they often can't correct the previous shortcomings.

Angus is different, it is said that not long after he joined the Thieves' Guild, the Thieves' Guild in Drawing Water City was swept away by the 'Harpist Weaver Moon Star'.

And this lucky one was adopted by the Calvin master along with Lo Carrie.

It's a pity that the other party also has no talent for spells and psionic abilities, so Calvin found him a Drow teacher from Gerthorn...

It is also the inheritance of the most orthodox and notorious shadow dancers in the Dark Regions.

Outstanding talent coupled with the most orthodox and perfect inheritance path, it is natural to go all the way.

Therefore, some people even suspect that if the other party's soul had not suffered a heavy blow when he was a child, I am afraid that he would have become the first of the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel to become a legend.

After the entire tavern was silent for a while, Addison spoke first:

"But even if the Burning Steel Seven disembarked at Candlefort, Alyssa and they weren't far from their destination, Askatra, and there weren't any islands to ambush during that voyage. ”

Seeing that the fish still couldn't help but take the bait, Eric's smile became even brighter, and he put his arm around Addison's shoulder, instigating and instigating in his ear like a devil:

"Without the Seven Heroes of Burning Steel, are you still afraid of a mere Queen of Sword Bay?

"If nothing else, that shipload of expensive magical materials will be traded when it arrives in Askatra. That's a lot of money, even if we're evenly divided here, enough for you to build a church of the Storm Lord, right?

"And... Addison, have you forgotten... How did you get this eye blind?"

Bang!

"The shitty Queen of Jianwan! Otherwise, Lao Tzu would have been careless!

Addison slapped again, like an angry beast.

"Oh, toast to our Viking King's revenge. Red Devil Eric raised his glass.

"Cheers!

"Addison, you can do it this time!"

For a while, the atmosphere of this underground tavern became extremely strong, as if the bald Addison was the king they swore to follow!

After getting the first cannon fodder, Eric came to the corner of the tavern with a wine glass, raised the wine glass to the female mage who never said a word, and said:

"Are you sure you're not together? ”