Chapter 460: Anfil Village
"This ......," Ollila looked embarrassed, the question was beyond the limits of their knowledge.
Or, they didn't dare to ask such a question bluntly in front of their teacher, wasn't this blasphemy against the goddess of magic?
While not all casters are followers of the Goddess of Magic, reverence for her is essential.
Gavin didn't have that many scruples about this matter, and then explained, "Actually, you can completely think of the Crazy Magic Area as the area where the magic web collapses, and the Goddess of Magic's control here has been greatly weakened.
Many scholars believe that the frenzied magic area is the most primitive form of magic, before there is no magic net, magic exists in this form, the difficulty of spell casting at that time is not generally high, according to the current professional level, the caster below the extraordinary, in the frenzied magic area casting spells is quite dangerous, before killing the enemy, it is likely to kill themselves, even to the legendary level, there is no way to completely overcome this chaotic effect.
Therefore, the creation of the magic net is a matter of benefit to the whole of Toriel, it lowers the lower limit of spell casting in the whole world, and enhances the success rate and safety of spell casting, if there is no magic net, many people will lose their casting qualifications. ”
Gavin's point of view can be said to be ahead of its time.
Because this argument was completely formed, after the outbreak of the Arcane Tribulation and the complete collapse of the demon net.
At that time, the whole world was shrouded in frenzied magic zones, and even anti-magic zones appeared, that is, non-magic zones with no magic effects.
However, the non-magic area is a paradox in a multiverse composed of magic, because only in the case of magic can the non-magic area be rigidly specified, which in itself is a magic effect, that is, the non-magic area is the largest magic area.
Hundreds of thousands of spellcasters went crazy after the collapse of the magic net, and those low-level spellcasters did not dare to use magic easily at all, and began to look for ways to cast spells wildly.
In fact, Gavin has an existence related to madness magic, the teenage priest Anna, in her previous life, she once thought that she was influenced by the power of wild magic, and embarked on the path of pursuing wild magic, part-time madness mage, trying to tame the power of chaos, looking for the root cause of the side effects of her spells, and as a result, she went further and further down the wrong path.
At that time, not only those spellcasters were nostalgic for the magic net that they had been criticized for, but even those secular residents were highly nostalgic for the magic net.
Because it plays more than just a spellcasting medium, it also acts as a world stability regulator and Torrell plane barrier, when the protective layer of the magic web is lost, the whole world becomes extremely unstable, directly exposed to the entire multiverse, many of which could not be seen by it, can be watched and locked.
To put it bluntly, the Arcane Catastrophe was the beginning of Torrell's troubled modern history.
Not only did the half-moon pony nod his head again and again, but even those young Pegasus knights listened to it too, and O'Leela couldn't help but admire: "Mr. Gavin's explanation is really easy to understand, but it has popularized a lot of knowledge for us. ”
"You haven't said how the Frenzy Magic Zone was formed?" Half Moon Pony broke the casserole and asked.
"There are many reasons for the formation of frenzied magic areas, the most of which are violent energy collisions, such as meteorites hitting the ground, and for example, the confrontation of legendary spells, which may tear apart the magic net in the middle of the explosion, thus forming a frenzied magic area." Gavin poured out his words without reservation, "This area has the largest number of such areas in the last year, do you know what the reason is?" ”
There was not a single stupid person present, and Luna replied without thinking, "The arrival of the gods and the place where their conflict broke out can produce a violent collision of energies, especially the latter. ”
"That's right." Gavin nodded and said, "The gods themselves are the embodiment of the divine law, and their overly condensed law nature will disturb the balance of magic itself, and the place that has been assimilated by their divine law has become their holy land, and those places where the divine war broke out will suffer, and eighty percent will become a wild magic area."
The goddess of magic naturally does not want such areas to appear, but there are too many such areas, and due to the law, she cannot descend to repair these areas with a divine deity like the previous two generations of goddesses of magic, and can only rely on those secular believers. ”
His words were already quite explicit, and he almost didn't say it directly, Midnight, who had just been promoted to the third generation of the goddess of magic, had not yet completely controlled the magic net, at least it was too far from the previous two generations of goddesses of magic.
In fact, Gavin had long thought of glorifying the Goddess of Magic and obtaining her divine grace - that is, to repair the frenzied magic area.
It's not as simple as fixing one or two areas of madness, it's about finding a way to quickly and effectively repair a large area of madness magic.
He already has a direction for this matter, but he needs a lot of manpower and material resources to support it, even if he is now sitting in three places, he still feels that his strength is not enough, so he has not advanced this matter for the time being.
"This topic, let's get here first, Anfil Village is about to arrive, let's go down, although there is no forbidden area there, but if you fly around, you will be refused to entertain." Aurela snorted and wisely put an end to the topic, they didn't have Gavin's guts to talk about the gods casually.
In their eyes, the gods are omnipotent, and when they talk about topics related to the gods, the gods can hear them.
Gavin certainly couldn't tell them that the gods weren't so omnipotent, they couldn't hear them by calling their names a few times, and most of the time, they couldn't even hear the prayers of their own followers, unless they were religious.
But there is one thing that they can sense 100% is that when they sacrifice and pray on a large scale or do something related to their priesthood, even if it is a powerful divine power, it will be at least 500 people.
For example, Tampas, the god of war, can sense all the war conflicts of more than 500 people in Faerun, and the weapons of less than 500 people, unless he has an avatar present, or a devout believer praying, he can't sense it.
Even if they sensed it, they couldn't respond to everything, and even the number of incarnations of the gods was limited, and their time was limited.
There is a secret that is not a secret, that is, many gods, not only have believers in Toriel, they have many believers in other material planes of the multiverse, and even in the multiverse itself, those big events have already made them anxious and lacking skills, how can they care if the farts below will say their names?
A single face god, a two-plane god, and even multiple face gods, which in turn involves the division of the power of the gods, far beyond the scope of ordinary knowledge, even Gavin's knowledge is very limited.
"The village of Anphil, one hundred and fifty kilometers from Waterdeep, takes its name from Anphil the Just, one of the early war lords of Waterdeep, who once built his castle here, but unfortunately this castle was destroyed centuries ago by the trolls who ravaged the place, and only a foundation remains.
But when the village of Anfil is attacked by monsters, the Lord of Anfil the Just will still uphold the oath of protection and appear as a ghost to repel the trolls and hostile barbarians.
However, this is rarely the case now, because we now swear allegiance to Lord Brisse Arrogal to Lord Pilgalen, Lord of Waterdeep, and the City of Radiance provides military assistance to the city, and patrols from Waterdeep often sweep the perimeter, which is not completely safe, but it is also safer than other villages.
As you can see, this is the largest horse breeding area in the surrounding area, and we are very famous for producing war horses here, not only in the Radiant City, but also in the north to Winterfall and in the south to Calinsan, all of our domesticated horses serve in the army, or run around the surrounding trade routes. ”
Although due to the unexpected turmoil of the swift peng, their previous horse racing bet was inconclusive.
But Gavin and Half Moon Pony have already shown their overwhelming strength, and these six ladies of the Rhoinhearn family are also cheerful people, admitting defeat directly, and willingly serving as Gavin's escort guide.
This is obviously not the first time they have done this kind of thing, and they will open their mouths about the situation in Anfil Village.
After introducing the situation in Anfil Village, Ollilah knocked on the side and said, "Mr. Gavin, are you just passing through here?" Or did you come to Anfil Village? ”
Anfil Village is located next to the most important inland trade road from Waterdeep to the Northlands, and many people are just passers-by here, but compared to the travelers with large carts and small carts with luggage, Gavin who rides alone does not look like a long journey.
"The destination of my trip is Anphil." Gavin took the initiative to clarify his purpose, "I'm here to purchase war horses, in large quantities. ”
This is not just a cover, but a piggyback mission.
Whether it is the valley or the Tesser, a large number of war horses and pack horses are needed, especially the latter, the migration of tens of thousands of people, can not let those Dalauma citizens carry their feet on their shoulders, right?
It's not that Tether doesn't have a lot of land, but it's all in the hands of the warlords and nobles, who are now waging a smokeless war against Dalauma, an economic blockade.
Even ordinary goods are not traded to them, let alone military supplies such as war horses.
Around the valley, there is no relatively large horse breeding land, and even in the Cormier Kingdom, which has the Purple Dragon Knight as one of the pillars, 80% of the war horses in the country are not self-raised, but eaten from the north.
"Bulk purchase of war horses?" Ollila's eyes lit up when she heard this, could it be that they picked up a big treasure and came back, forced the joy in her heart, and asked cautiously, "How big is it?" ”
Gavin didn't answer directly, but just stretched out a finger.
"A hundred?" Aurela's eyes were even brighter, this was not a small deal, a light war horse cost at least two hundred and fifty gold coins, and a heavy war horse cost four hundred gold coins, even if it was all light war horses, it would cost twenty-five thousand gold coins.
Gavin shook his head and said, "Multiply that number by a hundred." ”
"How much?" Aurela nearly fell off her flying horse, wondering if she had misheard.
"Ten thousand, I need at least ten thousand horses of all kinds." Gavin repeated the quantity he was going to purchase.
"Mr. Gavin, this joke isn't funny." Aurela looked back at Gavin and said with a serious expression.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Gavin's expression was really as serious as he wanted.
"Mr. Gavin, it's not that I question your ability, 10,000 horses, even light pack horses, cost nearly a million gold coins, and you came empty-handed, it's really hard to believe." The implication of Ollilah's words is obvious, anyone in Haikou can boast, the question is whether you have the financial resources.
"I just came here to fight the front station, and I didn't say that I could eat it in one bite, after all, I can take out millions of gold coins at once, and you Anfil Village can't take out so many war horses, can you?" Gavin smiled, "And trust in this kind of thing, it needs to be built little by little, I'm just afraid that I will have to live in Anfil Village for a while, and now the first task is not to talk about business, but to invite the six ladies to have a drink, and please take me to the Antler Pot Tavern!" ”
Gavin is taking the opportunity to say that 10,000 war horses is just an imaginary number, and how much to eat depends on the specific situation.
Looking at the situation of these horse breeders in Anfil Village, but also looking at the development of the situation on their own side, this is not completely certain.
Regardless of whether the words you put out are true or false, someone will take the initiative to come to contact you, and at the same time pave the way for your next plan.
As soon as you enter Anfil Village, you will be greeted by a strong breath of life - the smell of horse manure, bread, wine, cooking smoke, and stewed meat are all mixed together.
Recently, Gavin has been dealing with a series of natural races such as treants and spirits every day, and he has almost forgotten this taste.
This rustic village suddenly pulled him back to the mundane and back to the world.
In fact, there is no need for escorts in Anfil Village, because the settlement is very small, and the town is centered on an open open field, where several side roads intersect with the long road, which is known locally as the Marand Junction, a name derived from the butcher's shop run by the Marand family, which was destroyed in a fire ten years ago.
Standing in the center of the Marand junction, you will see the entire village of Anfil.
The Tavern of the Antlers Pot that Ollila spoke of was located directly south of the Marand junction, and its entrance was facing the long road, silently tempting the travelers passing by to rest here and have a drink.
Before entering the Antler Pot Tavern, Gavin's eyes couldn't help but fall on a huge obsidian statue in the north, it was a one-legged war horse, the craftsmanship of the statue maker was very good, making it appear vivid, as if in the next second, it could neigh and come back to life, run again, the only thing that was not beautiful was that it symbolized the majestic symbol of this war horse, which was castrated by someone.
Seeing Gavin's gaze, O'Lella immediately explained on the side: "This war horse statue is called Great Shalan, which is to commemorate the famous war horse bred in Anfil Village half a century ago, and it is the symbol of this village. ”
"Symbolism? Is your approach to symbolism unique? Gavin couldn't help but laugh out loud as the obsidian stone horse was not only painted in all colors, but also a group of children with slingshots and slingets, using the birds perched on the stone horse as live targets for their head practice.
Orila's face was slightly red, and she argued: "This is to prevent more birds from falling on the stone horse, and there are often people who clean it up, but some villagers think that painting it with a unique color is a blessing method that can make the war horse cub born safely, so it will soon become like this again." ”
"It's unique enough." Gavin smiled good-naturedly and didn't say anything more.
In fact, Ollila misunderstood, what he had just looked at was not the stone statue, but the opposite of the stone statue, behind the hall of joy of Mother Gose, there was a dilapidated, black building, which at a glance knew that it had been burned by fire.
It was another destination for Gavin's trip.
Seeing that it was still dilapidated, the stone in Gavin's heart suddenly fell to the ground, he was not late, this place had not been sold, otherwise it would have taken a lot more effort.
"Beautiful ladies, have you completed your patrol so early today? The old rules? A waitress who looked about the same age as Orila greeted them warmly, and at a glance she knew that they were familiar with each other.
The wrist can be called eight-faced, and while greeting regular customers, he did not ignore Gavin's new face, and said with a smile, "This handsome gentleman must be the lucky one today, and being able to have a drink with the six beautiful flowers of our Anfil Village is something that countless young people in the Radiant City dream of." ”
"The old rules." Ollila smiled and quipped, "Ella, it's too condescending for you to stay in the hanging deer, you should go to the Lady Gother's Hall of Joy opposite, just your little mouth, every day is like smearing Gother's mother honey, and those guests have even saved money to buy honey." ”
"I do." The waitress Ella said with a look of grievance, "Since the last time I pierced the hat of a noble drunkard who tried to touch my thigh with a throwing knife, Mother Goather forbade me to be three meters away from their gate, and now they are not willing to ask our sisters for help, even if they are busy and short of manpower." ”
"Haha......" all the girls couldn't help but laugh at the same time, and the one named Pasara said while laughing, "If it were me, I wouldn't dare to ask you to help, what if the next time a guest spills honey on you, what if you directly nail the knife into their faces?" ”
"Hey! If we don't let this happen, we will have to tie our sisters' hands, but then there will be no way to work. Ella sighed as she feigned sorrow, then turned to Gavin and smiled sweetly, "Sir, leave the horses to us, we have the most spacious stables and the finest horse feed in Anfil Village, and we will ...... when you leave."
(End of chapter)