D. Demand that the innocent throng be literally, not euphemistically, put to sleep. We'll work on finding a high number of demons to kill and sacrifice for purification. In the meantime,
Have the wizard tell our men that we will need to be separated from them for a while.
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The wizard does a quick count, and slips a wand out from his sleeve.
“Well, we will need 2 rather powerful demons, one for you and another should be sufficient for them. Here-“ he grabs some manacles with a bit of distaste, and with some muttering and taps of the wand hands them to you.
“These should hold a demon if you beat it up a bit, and it’s scared enough. Now, there is a sorceror’s tower 3 days ride to the East, hidden in the mountains. Now, it is heavily fortified and warded against one such as myself, but I could teleport you outside it’s bounds. Now I wouldn’t be able to teleport demons out of there, but if you could take them to the temple of Alovial, roughly halfway between here and there. We will meet there with your men and the afflicted. Or you could travel there conventionally with your army.”
He pauses a bit, hesitating.
“You could also choose to let the corruption grow. You have enough strength to bear it, and you may be able to open a gate once it grows enough, and launch your own offensive into the Abyss. However, once it reaches that point ... it may not able to be removed. I wanted to give you the choice now, before the corruption potential interferes with your decision making.”
He turns and makes 3 quick motions and the crowd of women and children begin to yawn, and look for a place to lie down for a bit. Within half a minute they were all asleep. He turns an expectant gaze to you.
What do you do?A. Teleport to the tower.
B. Travel there with your army.
Evil. Accelerate the corruption process. It will get you quicker to your vengeance.
D. Allow the corruption to continue slowly, giving you the chance to master it.
E. Something else?