Journey Through Faerûn
Chapter 1415

Political Correctness-Asking for Double Guaranteed Support!!!

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Queen of Chaos's request was like a pillow arriving just as Solam was getting sleepy. No matter how powerful Solam was, he could not truly turn the tide of the Blood War. At most, he could secure a few small-scale victories. But that was not enough—not nearly enough. He needed an unprecedented, massive victory! And for that, he needed the Abyss's Five Great Overlords to help him. But how could he make these five mutually hostile beings work together to help Solam?

The answer was, of course, profit! There was only one thing in this world unaffected by factions, positions, grudges, races, and the like: profit. With profit, angels could dance with demons. With profit, demons could join hands with devils.

Take the Year of Dark Boiling, for example. A great upheaval in the multiverse weakened the isolation barriers between the various Material Planes. Didn't the demons and devils, who had been fighting to the death in the Blood War, tacitly stop the war and turn their weapons toward invading the Material Planes?

Wasn't that a form of cooperation?

In short, Solam's plan was simple: let the Five Great Overlords see the enormous profits to be gained from the Blood War, rather than wasting his breath trying to persuade them with words. The Five Great Overlords were not children. Words had very little influence on them. Besides, even if Solam could convince one or two of them, it would be useless. So long as the others remained still, none of the overlords would dare abandon their holdings in the Abyss and head to the Blood War just to make their presence known. That would simply be giving others an opportunity.

Therefore, Solam could only lay tangible benefits before the Five Great Overlords. They would naturally know what to do.

And

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