Chapter 773: Taking Stock of the Harvest
"Very good, I still have three Wyverns, eight Earth Crystal Humans, and eight Horned Winged Demonic Beasts on my side." Gavin couldn't help but smile a little, his adventure was worth it.
In the case of one or the other, next time he will not need to face the opponent's flying army single-handedly, although he still does not have an advantage in numbers.
But they could fight in groups, and the enemy would never dare, because they would certainly be afraid of Gavin's previous three range strikes.
As for the ones in his mouth, they were naturally drowned by his army of shadows in the shadow duel and dragged to the side of the Vizeme Manor, and their bodies were dragged away by the power of the shadows, so naturally they were not on Shanoba's inventory list.
"It's great, when the lord's skills are restored, we'll go poaching again tomorrow." Shanopa excitedly proposed.
She is now a bit addicted to ready-made eating, and she can't wait to make all the dragons of the cloud giant her own at once.
"I was able to succeed before, relying on complete surprise, the next time I appear in front of them, they will definitely disperse as soon as possible, whether it is the cloud giant, or the vengeful priestess is not a good stubble, after they go back, they will definitely think about the means to restrain me as soon as possible, and if the same trick is used again, it may be me who falls into the trap." Gavin said very sensibly.
He didn't covet the rest of the dragons, but he didn't despise his enemies, especially those who had a lot of tricks.
"I thought I could steal all of the other party's dragons! If the Storm King had seen that his wyverns had all turned around and targeted them, they would have a bad look on their faces. Shanopa was full of anticipation in regret.
"Sooner or later, this will happen, and your task now is to completely tame them as soon as possible, arm them, and arrange suitable knights for them as soon as possible." This air battle did not or opened up ideas for Gavin.
The Dragon's Breath Tremor Bomb only gives these flying arms an air-to-ground means of combat, and in air-to-air, it is very difficult for this kind of bomb to play a role.
Either rely on the special abilities of these mounts themselves, like the Horned Winged Monsters, or their own hand-to-hand combat abilities, like Wyverns.
Most of the wyverns have lost the ability to breathe dragon breath, even the black-winged wyvern strengthened with the help of the Shanopa dragon dog does not have the ability to activate dragon breath, after all, they have been cursed by the dragon god for tens of thousands of years, and they have been extremely weakened, and they cannot be replenished overnight.
Whether it is a flying dragon or a horned winged demonic beast, they are not real intelligent creatures after all, and the upper limit of growth is relatively limited, even if there is a dragon dog with Shanoba to help each other, in a short period of time, it only makes them stronger than their peers, and if they want to be comparable to the ancient dragons, I am afraid that it is not an easy thing, after all, they have weakened to the present appearance, and it has taken tens of thousands of years.
If you want to quickly improve their combat effectiveness, you have to start with their knights.
An ordinary person and a transcendent mage ride them to fight, and the combat power that bursts out is completely different.
Not only knights need to be carefully selected, but the methods of those knights also need to be innovated.
This is an urgent matter, because it is not only needed to confront this storm king, but also the front line of the great invasion of the Tucan nomads.
It's not that Faeron doesn't have an air force, it's just that those small and medium-sized forces can't afford to support them, and occasionally there are a few of them, and they can't show their power, but those big forces basically support their own air forces.
Not to mention, Santarin will have its own celestial mage, which is not only a special spell-casting advanced class, but also their sky troops, which can perform various tasks individually, as well as large-scale group combat, and many slightly larger caravans will be equipped with celestial mages, which is a kind of symbol of them.
The Kingdom of Cormir has a vulture cavalry regiment, and all of them are professionally trained mages who ride these vultures.
The Kingdom of Serre has the Griffon Legion, the Tucan Army has the Toucan Eagle Knights, and the Kingdom of Lytherman has an army of flying monsters led by Totem Spirit-transformed Birds.
The two sides have been fighting each other on the front line for several rounds, and at the moment, those Toucan Eagle Knights have the strongest air combat ability, because compared to the first two, they are specially cultivated for air combat, extreme enough, perverted enough, and strong enough.
Therefore, it is not enough to create a powerful ultra-long-range bomber, but also to have a sharp enough air fighter that can escort the enemy, otherwise, no matter how strong the cloud ray's air-to-ground capability is, it will be in vain if it cannot reach the airspace above the enemy's ground forces.
"Your Excellency, give them to me, don't worry." Shanoba patted her bulging chest.
"I have always been relieved that you do things." Gavin's words of praise are not pure, Statue City has been able to develop rapidly, and as the lord of the city, she has contributed a lot.
Ambition is often a negative word, but it can play a positive role in the right circumstances, especially when it has the ability to match.
"How's the restart going? Is it going well? Gavin had to keep an eye on the situation in Statue City, and he urgently needed to raise the treasure of the Shatana dwarves there and strengthen his army.
"It's going very well." "The first dwarves of the Iron Clan have settled in three days ago, there are five hundred, and they are doing their best to repair the gas supply pipelines in the dungeon and overhaul all the pipelines.
The dwarves of Shanata are very craftsman, they maintain their gas supply pipes very well, listen to those dwarves, the other party has maintained all the pipes before using the vein sealing, so far, no problems have been found.
Your Excellency, rest assured, we will restore the gas supply and open all the gates of the mine before the army arrives in the Land of Three Rivers, so as not to delay your plan. ”
"What about the research on the special armed platform for cloud rays and the Wyvern armor?"
"Master Giharin and Patriarch Yuriu have already started the design, and I believe that after they come up with a preliminary draft, they will definitely bring it to the lord for approval."
"Urge them to pay more attention to this matter, the importance of this matter is not under the mining area."
"Understood, what to do with those Earth Crystal People and Horned Wing Demonic Beasts?"
"Their situation is different from those flying dragons, their focus is not on those horn-winged demonic beasts, but on those earth-crystal people, as long as they control those earth-crystal people, it is equivalent to controlling those horn-winged demonic beasts, but the other party has so many earth-crystal people, which means that the other party controls at least one large earth-crystal village, and if you want them to be used by us, we must solve their worries." Gavin groaned slightly, "Let's go, go over and see them." ”
For the Tujing people, Gavin attaches great importance to them.
This is a humanoid creature from the earth elemental plane, very similar to the dwarf in appearance, and the whole body exudes a sense of stoutness, but they are not related to the dwarves at all, on the contrary, the relationship between the two is not good, and there are often wars because of the overlapping living space, and some earth crystal rangers will even choose dwarves as their old enemies to strengthen their lethality.
The height of the Earth Crystal is also not comparable to that of the dwarves, and they are taller than most humans, and can be at the level of Gavin.
It's just that Gavin's thighs are not as thick as the other party's arms, and the most unique thing is that the other party's body does not have any hair, instead there are clumps of crystals shaped like hair and beard, shoulder armor, knees, soles of feet, and the backs of hands, etc., all of which have a number of crystal clusters of different shapes.
Crystal external bones, this is the innate ability of the earth crystal people.
It's just that if you want to grow this exoskeleton, you have to eat a lot of crystals.
This crystal grants them strong defenses, and they are transcendent beings, with all adults possessing transcendent life dice.
They are both excellent warriors and crystal miners, and their sonic pulses can easily shatter the crystal ores and sift them out of impurities.
"Who among you has the most voice in your tribe?" Gavin got straight to the point and asked the Tujing captives.
The Tujing captives just looked at Gavin with deep eyes, their expressions blank, and they couldn't see any emotion.
"It seems that even language proficiency is not a panacea." Gavin couldn't help but complain.
It's not that these Tujing captives are cold and unwilling to deal with him, but they use a low-pitched sound wave language, and knowing the language only gives the person concerned the ability to understand the other party's language, but if they can't even hear clearly, how can they understand it?
Gavin turned his head and ordered, "Get me a spellcaster who can connect with Larry's mind." ”
Larry Psychic Connection is a five-ring spell, and Gavin himself is already able to cast a spell of this level.
But this spell is relatively out of the way, and it is usually used less, and Gavin, who is more serious, has not had time to learn it.
This spell creates an invisible psychic connection between the caster and target creatures, which must have an Intelligence of 3 or higher.
All target creatures have psychic connections with each other, and all creatures receiving the connection can communicate directly with their telepaths, without the need for words.
Other than that, the telepathic connection has no other effects or effects. Once the wiring is complete, it works no matter how far apart you are (but not across different planes).
Before casting, the caster can choose whether or not to include themselves in the teleportation.
Best of all, this spell works permanently with Magical Constancy, which can only establish a connection between two creatures at a time, and a creature can be constant multiple times, creating this kind of psychic connection with multiple creatures.
This is also the reason why many spellcasters who stay at home and do research in the mage tower are extremely well-informed.
Why didn't anyone dare to provoke the Seven Sisters easily?
In addition to the fact that they themselves are strong enough, because they all have similar ways of communication between them, if they provoke one, the others basically know about it, and they can reach the battlefield in minutes.
Gavin and Zalanda and Catherine each had this spell constant, and many times, when they discussed the problem, they didn't need to open a teleportation meeting at all, they only needed to make a telepathic call.
It's another thing if the other party doesn't respond, and it can be unilaterally cut off or blocked.
The world of transcendent mages and the mundane are completely two worlds, and what hinders the spread of practical spells is their high price.
For two people to establish a psychic connection, it takes two five-ring spells, including the spell casting fee with the material cost, starting at least 20,000 gold coins, which is not something that ordinary people can afford at all.
But those countries and large chambers of commerce can still afford it, and there is no problem in setting up their own microphones in various places.
This is also the reason why those countries and large chambers of commerce are extremely well-informed, and the Tucan nomadic army is still thousands of kilometers away from the continent of Faeron, and King Yasan has already received accurate information.
The instant messaging network established by the Conqueror Chamber of Commerce using the ghost heralds is only an advantage for those small and medium-sized chambers of commerce, and not much for those large chambers of commerce, and everyone has their own instant messaging network.
Gavin is limited by his knowledge of spells, and he has not fully understood the caster world of Feren, and he underestimates a lot of things in this world.
Fortunately, the ghost heralds still have their own advantages, and they only need to be connected to the network to contact multiple people, unlike Larry's telepathy, which requires repeated charges, and even those spellcasters can't afford to establish contact with multiple people.
Gavin could afford it, but because of the Ghost Heralds, there was no need to use them on a large scale, just to connect with those who needed it most.
Soon a Divine Strategist who prepared Larry's Psychic Connection was found, and among the Crystals captives, the druid established a psychic connection with Gavin, no matter what race he was in, the spellcaster was a special being, and the possibility of reverence was high.
"What do you call it?" Gavin asked.
"Lubo." The earthy crystal druid responded.
"Please tell your people that as long as they are willing to cooperate with us, we will not harm your lives, this is a war between us and the cloud giant, you don't need to risk your own lives." Gavin was the first to promise.
"Yes." Even if it was through a spiritual connection, Tujingren's answer was concise and to the point, showing that he was not good at words.
This earthy crystal druid named Lu Bo is very cooperative, answering all questions, especially the information about the cloud giant, without any concealment, just like Gavin speculated, they were enslaved by the other party, and they have no loyalty to the cloud giant at all, so naturally they will not risk their lives to protect the other party's secrets.
The self-proclaimed Lord of the Storm, named Nuluddin, is not a native of the Thundering Peaks Mountains, but an alien intruder who arrived with the Grey Serpent Dragon on his Flying Throne five years ago.
He first subdued an orc tribe called Wyvern in the Thundering Peak Mountain Range, and the origin of the tribe's name does not need to be said, because they are good at taming and controlling Wyverns, and have powerful orc Wyvern Dragoons.
This orc tribe is the old enemy of the Crystal Cliff Tribe, and before the arrival of the Cloud Giants, the two tribes had been fighting for control of the central region of the Thundering Peak Mountains, and this war lasted for hundreds of years, for which they both cultivated a large number of empty horses, and each other won and lost, forming a stalemate.
Until the arrival of the Cloud Giant, this balance was upset, and in order to avoid the fate of being slaughtered, the Crystal Cliff tribe had to swear allegiance to the Cloud Giant, opening mines for him and providing troops.
This cloud giant is an out-and-out tyrant with a passion for gems, and the reason why he chose to settle in the Thundering Peak Mountains is because of the large number of gem mines here.
Now most of the intelligent creatures in the Thundering Peak Mountain Range are his miner slaves, digging gems for him all over the world, and the ability of the Earth Crystal people to dig crystal gems in this area makes them very valued here by the cloud giants, and their lives are not too bad.
But no matter how much they are valued, they are just high-level slaves, and all the crystal gems mined have nothing to do with them, let alone eat crystals to strengthen themselves.
Fortunately, the Earth Crystal people are omnivores, and crystals are just a necessity for them to strengthen their abilities, not for them to survive, otherwise they would have rebelled.
Therefore, it is normal for them to complain about the cloud giant.
Gavin secretly wrote down this matter, and this may be an opportunity for him to find a way to turn them against the cloud giants.
However, this is not an easy thing to do, and the cloud giant must be very strict against them.
Gavin didn't waste much energy on lobbying the other party to pledge allegiance to him, because their clan and relatives were in the hands of the Cloud Giant, and they were afraid that they would definitely not turn their guns on the Cloud Giant.
This battle brought great pressure and excitement to the cloud giant, and he had to adjust his previous way of acting in order to better cope with the challenge.
Since then, he has begun to expand his army in the Thundering Peak Mountains, mainly orcs and goblins.
Once he began to raise troops on a large scale, it meant that the demand for food increased significantly, and the more than 1,000 tons of food brought by the Drow Elf priestess for him were only used as the starting military rations, and there was still a huge gap in the future.
They uphold the concept of monster power, and the first thing that comes to mind is robbery.
The High Valley, the Bow Valley, the Deep Forest Valley, and the Misty Valley, the four adjacent valleys, are the best targets.
At the same time, he also sent his own emissary to fight with the merchant council of Sambia and the dark intelligence network, and the emissary was none other than the drow elf priestess Delilah.
In the matter of targeting the army of conquerors, they can be said to have hit it off, especially the Sambian Merchant Council, wishing that someone would contain the army of conquerors that is growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and now they take the initiative to send it to the door, naturally they raise their hands to welcome it, and began their usual means, money, equipment, and food began to be sent in large quantities to the Thundering Peak Mountain Range.
The army of conquerors marched unhindered, slowly but surely, toward their destination.
At the speed of the conqueror's army, it would take them only two days to traverse the Misty Valley, but they walked in five days.
On the contrary, the inhabitants of Misty Dale interacted cordially and amicably with the army of conquerors, at the deliberate urging of Gavin and the seven councilors of Misty Valley.
(End of chapter)