Overpowered Wizard

While Zarian was bumbling his way further east, many inhabitants of Corma were still bracing themselves. The tectonic shifts had collapsed numerous caverns and killed countless creatures, mostly monsters, who normally lived underground.

The nations east of the Stone Sea River, the united Stalwart Paladin Kingdom and the discordant islands of the Windy Strider Kingdom suffered blow after blow from Zarian’s rampage and world-shaking.

Giant waves tested the walls the island cities, fortresses, and farms had surrounded themselves with. Rulers, large and small, cried out to their gods or cursed the Dark Lord for their continuous misfortune under the threat he provided at the worldly and universal stages.

Prime Archbishop Orin Ignatius snapped, rounded up the dregs of his best and most zealot fighting paladins, and started up another crusade to gain some victory somewhere. They pointed their swords and holy magic toward their nearest neighbor, the scattered islands of the Windy Strider Kingdom.

It was about time they took over that secular and hedonistic kingdom.

Orin had the guidance of his gods and news from his limited but faithful inquisitor network that the Dark Lord’s presence was darkening the Windy Strider Kingdom. The other Floridians were already there, affecting the capital with their evil freedom. No doubt, the Dark Lord would show up there, too.

So it was time for another crusade right after the last failed one!

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The underground city nation, Carrowmore, survived mostly intact because of its ancient wards that defended against earthquakes. But all of those wards were burnt out and destroyed now.