Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 133: Woking's Changes
After Sefar joined, the nearly 3,000-kilometer distance from Waterdeep to Amn became a snap.

As the son of Khelbourne, Sefar possesses profound knowledge of spells. According to him, Sefar is proficient in at least three factions: transformation, incantation, and evocation.

With the power of Sefar, the seventh-ring conjuration spell [Advanced Teleportation] can allow four people to cross 1700 kilometers in an instant. With just two spells, the four people arrived at the capital of Amn in the blink of an eye.

The city of Ascatla.

This luxurious city known as the "City of Gold" was built 100 years ago in the Valley Calendar. If the Empire of Amn is the essence of all trade and gold coins in Faerun, then the city of Askatra is the essence of the essence.

The land area of ​​the Empire of Amn is very small. The city of Askatra occupies almost one-third of the entire country. It is extremely wealthy and has the largest port in the entire Faerun - the Port of Askatra.

At this time, the port of Ascatla had been occupied by countless huge naval ships.

Nemesis and others were currently standing in the underground base of the Masked Mages Society, a gathering place that looked very dark, with nearly sixty mages in black robes gathered here.

"Your Excellency, Grand Mage Sefar Orosan, welcome." The chief of the Masked Mage Society, an eight-ring mage, saluted Sefar respectfully.

Sefar smiled and nodded. Since the sponsor behind the Order of Masked Mages was Khelben Blackstaff, the entire Order of Masked Mages almost followed Blackstaff's lead.

The reason for this is naturally because of Amn’s national policy - prohibiting the existence of spellcasters.

Except for the priests of various churches and the family mages hired by the major nobles, the existence of spellcasters is strictly prohibited in the entire Amn.

But how could magic, as an eternal existence in Faerun, disappear from an entire empire?
In addition, those nobles opened up backdoors for themselves and hired family mages. The number of mages in the entire Amn Empire not only did not decrease, but instead turned into underground gatherings.

At first, these wizards caused considerable trouble to the rulers of the Amn Empire, but in order to strictly prohibit the influx of spellcasters (no idea why they were so afraid), the Amn Empire still adhered to this basic national policy.

However, in private, some great nobles contacted Khelben Blackstaff and asked him to use his legendary wizard's appeal to gather powerful spellcasters in the Amn Empire to form a semi-underground gray organization.

That is the existence of the [Masked Mage Society].

The mages in the Masked Mages are all powerful middle and high-level mages who are unwilling to join aristocratic families. The Amn Empire is very troubled by these people, but it cannot slaughter them on a large scale.

Regardless of the fact that these mages themselves are powerful enough to cause significant damage within Amn, the wrath of the Church of the Goddess of Magic alone is not something the nobles of the Amn Empire can bear.

This kind of massacre because of the identity of the mage is occupational discrimination that Mystra will never allow!
Therefore, these hot potatoes were transformed into the semi-official organization it is today with the Amn Empire turning a blind eye.

In name only, it is an outlaw organization whose members are prohibited by the laws of Am.

But in fact, even in national events like the Great Expedition, the Masked Mage Society can get a share of the pie.

After years of hard work, the Mages' Guild has already established a foothold in the Empire of Am. It is said that the top decision-maker of Am, the legendary conjurer "Flowing Gate" Boris in the Council of Five, is the one who recommended the Masked Mages' Guild to join this time.

The so-called chief of the Mage Association in front of him can be said to be a complete puppet.

However, Sefar was born into a noble family with a good family tradition. When facing the wizard, he still greeted him very politely and sincerely thanked him for fighting for the place for him.

After greeting Sefar, the Chief looked at Nemesis. As an eighth-ring wizard, he almost immediately noticed the abnormality of the human form of the scroll dragon.

"Real dragon? Ms. Shana, why didn't you tell me that the being you invited was a real dragon? Don't you know what General Kodel thinks of the dragon clan?" The chief frowned and said in surprise.

Before Shanai could say anything, Sefar on the side took over the conversation and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry about it. I guarantee that Cordel won't do anything."

"Moreover," he said with a slight smile, "Nemesis is not one of those real dragons that Cordel had killed before. He is personally certified by His Majesty Oghma, the God of Knowledge, and has experienced two miracles. If Cordel really dares to take action, I'm afraid Lost will come to the city of Athkatra in person."

The chief had no choice but to give up after hearing this. He sighed and said, "The face of the God of Knowledge may not work. You may not know that only the priests of the Guardian God Heim and the Goddess of Commerce Woking have joined the entire army in this expedition."

"Amn is becoming more and more exclusive in its beliefs. If it weren't for the long history of the Guardian God in Amn, he would have been squeezed out by the Church of Woking long ago."

Hearing the name of Woking, Sefar also frowned.

For some unknown reason, since the [Saint's Catastrophe] four hundred years ago, Woking has not issued a single oracle until today. If it weren't for the fact that the priest's magic was still effective, people would probably suspect that the goddess had fallen.

Moreover, the believers and priests of Woking have changed a lot in the last few hundred years. In the past, the believers of Woking were absolutely neutral, pure businessmen who were neither good nor bad.

But now, those who are desperate to make profits and even tend to chaotic evil have gradually become believers of Vol'jin. These multinational businessmen use Amn as their base camp and continue to release their wealth and influence to the entire west coast, trying to obtain and control more wealth.

This also makes the Church of Woking disgusting, just like the Church of the Evil God.

Under the influence of the Church of Woking, almost everyone in the Amn Empire believes in the power of money. Except for the ascetic monks in the towns of Amn who still believe in the patron god, there is almost no trace of other gods' churches.

Nemesis had also heard of Woking. In the inherited memory of the Tome Dragon, this absolutely neutral goddess should be a young and hardworking goddess, full of vigor and energy. She loves reform and can be stubborn sometimes, but generally speaking, she is a vigorous and righteous god.

There is no way its followers could be influenced like this.

Sefar was silent for a while and said, "My father has some clues about this matter, but he has no chance to deal with it for the time being. When I return from the Great Expedition, he will visit the sage in person to investigate this matter."

"Sage? / His Excellency Archmage Elminster? If so, I feel relieved." Upon hearing that Khelben would go looking for Elminster, the chief of the strongest wizard force in Faerun also breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)