The person arranging the troops was surprisingly Catherine, who had just arrived at the Conqueror's army. It was not that she took the lead, but that in this situation, the second only to Gavin was Veranika. Normally, Gavin would not be able to do it in person. When presiding over the meeting, it was she who convened such an impromptu battlefield meeting, but her dual identity determined that when Ms. Strategy's first elector was present, her opinions must be listened to.
Once Catherine intervenes, there will be no chance for others to speak. Everyone is convinced by her arrangement. She is very familiar with the expertise and abilities of these generals in the conqueror's army. The tasks arranged are watertight and comprehensive. They only need to follow the instructions. Just proceed with the plan.
"Lord, you are back. What happened just now?"
"Where's Arms? Lord, have you killed him completely?"
"Was it Amus's trap just now? Did you drag the lord into the shadow plane?"
"When we just found out that the lord and the city hall had disappeared, we were almost frightened to death."
As soon as the cover letter appeared out of nowhere, everyone's eyes immediately turned to him, with unconcealed concern and curiosity.
Compared to the extremely nervous paladins and Tempus believers, the senior leaders of the Conqueror Army were not too surprised when they heard the news that Gavin suddenly disappeared under their heavy protection, because of this incident This was what they had always planned - to send Gavin to the Necromancer and let them fight king against king.
They were well aware of Gavin's strength and the cards he had, but the only thing they didn't expect was that the way it unfolded was so weird. Not only did Gavin disappear in the air, but even the city hall followed him.
Before this, they had already begun to speculate that the two were probably dragged to the shadow plane or the mezzanine, which is a common thing.
Everyone couldn't help but look past Gavin and fell on the city hall that reappeared with him.
The shrouded black mist has completely dissipated, revealing the stone body. The whole body is blue-grey, and still exudes a cold aura, like a dormant super giant monster that seems to want to swallow the enemy into its belly.
Darnell, Veranika, and Nora, who had been to the Land of Three Rivers and had seen the Vizeme Manor, couldn't help but look at each other, because they sensed an extremely familiar feeling in it. This was clearly a replica of Vizeme. May Manor - not in terms of appearance, but in terms of the aura that comes from it.
Could it be said that the lord transformed this lair of the undead into the new Vizeme Manor?
Although their guess was not correct, it was not far off, and it was even more unique than they imagined.
Gavin explained lightly: "It was not entirely a trap by the opponent, but the shadow power I guided collided with the opponent, and the resulting devouring struggle involved both the enemy and ourselves. Fortunately, we did not disgrace our lives. The chief culprit, Arms, has been killed, and he is an Akchaza evil beast ghost in disguise."
To prove his words, Gavin threw out Arms' broken body.
As for killing and destroying evil beasts, ghosts, demon marks and soul consciousness, he didn't mention it too much. It was enough to just make a lot of money in silence, and it was not necessary for everyone to know about it.
Even some middle and high-level people in the Conqueror Army only knew that Gavin controlled a legendary six-armed snake demon. They did not know that she had two forms, and they did not know that Gavin had the mark of cutting off the devil. Destroying evil can destroy those. The power of powerful evil spirits.
"The Lord is as powerful as ever. An evil beast ghost with at least quasi-legendary strength will be killed as soon as he is told to be killed."
"Normally, this Necromancer will not be able to display 10% of his true strength against the Lord and the real shadow army led by him. On the contrary, the Lord has his own unique advantages."
"In this way, we have won a complete victory in this battle, and the evil of Ivanso has been completely eradicated by us."
Everyone was sincerely impressed. Gavin said it easily and freely, but they couldn't understand it. After all, the other party was a quasi-legendary necromancer, and an evil beast ghost known for his insidiousness and cunning. He not only possessed powerful power, but was also good at various things. This is a trick. If you want to defeat him, it is not enough to have strength alone. You must also have enough wisdom.
Regardless of what everyone thought, Gavin looked at Catherine and said, "Madam, how is the situation over there?"
Don't look at the vows he made to Arms before, as if he had seen the Goliath regiment led by Catherine escape from danger. It was just to lower the opponent's morale. Before seeing the final result, his whole heart was broken. It's all hanging.
Before Catherine could praise her, Carissa on the side responded first: "Thanks to Ms. Catherine's forewarning this time, after realizing that the city's fog barrier was lifted by the lord, she took us from the underground as soon as possible. It was teleported out without any casualties, otherwise our entire regiment would have been buried alive by these cunning undead."
Just as Gavin guessed, Catherine did use the elect's ability to form an army and bring them out of the underground.
As the situation developed, their road changed from the main attack road to the decoy road. The main purpose was to make Arms believe that they had fallen into his trap. From the beginning, they did not bring much damage to the enemy, but only confused them. Removing the opponent safely is the greatest victory.
The first choice of the strategic lady added: "It's not that I figured out the enemy's plan, I just simply wanted to avoid the opponent's intentional layout and accidentally broke through the opponent's trap."
"Anyway, this happened thanks to the presence of the lady." Gavin thanked her sincerely and turned to ask Veranika, "Did the process of seizing the city go smoothly? Has the opponent's undead transformation circle been activated?"
His main concern is the latter. Once Arms transforms the citizens of Ivanso on a large scale, even if they capture Ivanso, their victory will be greatly compromised.
"Regarding the undead transformation circle, what we received is false information. There is only an empty shell there, and it does not have the ability to quickly transform all the citizens of Ivanso into undead. Even their deadly poison is not as powerful as we expected. It's so strong that you can suppress it with the Life Berry alone. You don't even need to take the antidote. Grace has been setting up a trap for us from the beginning to the end. You shouldn't believe the words of such an evil person." Veranika said to Grace from beginning to end. Full of distrust, not to mention, now that there is actual evidence that she cannot be trusted, it is natural to belittle her.
Gavin corrected: "These bureaus were not set up by Grace, but by Arms. She was kept in the dark from the beginning to the end. She became a tool in Arms' hands, and even her remaining kindness was destroyed. I took advantage of it, because she didn’t die in my hands. After she delivered the message for us, she was imprisoned by Arms using the Soul Confinement Technique.”
Seeing that Shantara Ye and Ruina Fan were not present, Gavin simply took out the crystal ball that imprisoned Grace and showed it to everyone.
"They say the devil is treacherous and untrustworthy, but I didn't expect him to be so treacherous. Even the people around him will use his tricks to make calculations. Fortunately, we have made many preparations. Otherwise, even if we are not tricked by him, we will suffer heavy casualties."
Everyone couldn't help but feel emotional, and had a deeper understanding of the devil's cruelty and cunning.
"Where is Ms. Yeshandara and her Avengers Resistance Army?" Gavin asked.
"They are local people. I sent them to appease the citizens of Ivanso." Catherine replied.
"Ma'am, the arrangement is very appropriate." Gavin nodded, and took the opportunity to learn about the other arrangements that Catherine had made before. They were all careful and reasonable. Even if he made it himself, he would not make any changes.
The number of casualties that Gavin was most concerned about was quickly calculated. There were no civilian casualties. There were hundreds of casualties among the siege soldiers. There were more casualties than others. They were all resurrected on the spot. It could be said that there were no casualties.
The casualties on Ivanso's side were heavy. Those spiritual undead left only a pile of ghost dust after death. They were easily mixed or lost. There is no way to completely count them. Anyway, the ghosts collected by the conqueror's army Dust is already measured in kilograms. Under normal circumstances, this thing is measured in grams. Theoretically, an undead can produce up to twenty-three grams of ghost dust. This is the highest weight of the soul, usually one gram per life die, until until the theoretical upper limit is reached.
The number of cannon fodder such as skeleton soldiers and zombies reached three thousand. Apart from being used for burning and landfilling, these things had no value. Naturally, no one cared about their specific number.
Secondly, there are the elite bone claws, there are many of them, including the one that Gavin killed in the shadow duel, more than a hundred. All the corpses were dragged back to Myth Noel by the shadow and stored separately. .
If a method for refining bone claws can be developed in the future, it may have reuse value.
As long as it does not involve the study of living bodies, something that is outraged by both humans and gods, in Faerun, the use of corpses, especially monster corpses, to make undead soldiers can be tolerated and accepted in most areas, but in a few areas, especially the fair In a city dominated by the forces of good, doing this is simply making yourself uncomfortable.
Wezeme Manor is destined to be inseparable between Gavin and the undead, and the battle of Ivanso proves that even the power of death can be used for good causes, and it also has its own unique advantages. Now that we have A good start, Gavin and the others will naturally make full use of this.
In addition, there were nearly a thousand casualties of ordinary Ivanso citizens. They were mainly driven to the city wall by Ivanso's undead commanders to help operate the city defense equipment and accidentally injured when they were used as hostages.
There is no way to avoid this. The only thing that can be done is to treat as much as possible afterwards to reduce the mortality rate. Even so, more than 600 people died.
Even so, the entire citizens of Ivanso welcomed the army of conquerors.
The dead rule over the living.
This is completely against the normal rules.
Even if Arms and the others tried their best to show a fair and strict attitude in Ivanso in order to maintain their pretense, that was just the appearance, and deep down they still had that high-pressure reign of terror.
They only need Ivanso to maintain superficial stability and stability, but they don't care about the happiness index of the citizens.
The most important thing is that being together with the undead all year round has caused their bodies and souls to be eroded by negative energy to varying degrees, which has led to a series of problems.
For example, many citizens are weak and sick, especially diseases related to negative energy. Once an outbreak occurs, it will be large-scale and cannot be healed for a long time. And there are no kind-hearted priests here who can cast healing spells on them.
Another example is that the old, weak, sick and disabled are more likely to die, and the possibility of turning into the undead after death has increased significantly. These citizens of Ivanso did not have the opportunity to bury their loved ones. All the dead citizens were taken away by the authorities. The result is known even without asking. They must have been transformed into undead, which is why Arms has so many ghosts under his command, most of whom are the original citizens of Ivanso.
In addition, there are a series of problems such as a significant decrease in the fertility rate and a significant increase in the infant mortality rate.
Without Gavin's request at all, the paladins led by Darnell will automatically help the citizens of Ivanso purify and heal. This is their sacred duty.
And Anna, who has been promoted to the quartermaster of the Conqueror's Army, is also not to be left behind. She leads the entire Conqueror's Army's priests and medical teams, and is busy treating illnesses and providing disaster relief regardless of reward. This has certainly spread their god's message. Faith, but also earned a lot of good reputation for the conqueror's army. Many citizens who were already afraid of Ivanso directly chose to join the conqueror's army and prepared to leave this place together.
This is also an expected gain.
The news that the conqueror's army captured Ivanso in just half a day in a complete victory and wiped out all the necromancers here was like having wings. Not only did it spread throughout the entire Dragon Coast in a very short time, It even traveled across the ocean and spread to the Kingdom of Cormyr, to Sambia, and to the valley.
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Auditorium, Odulin, the capital of Sambia.
Another emergency meeting was held again, and the entire citizens of Odulin were accustomed to this, because in recent times, emergency meetings of businessmen have been held quite frequently, and there was only one issue discussed - the flooding issue of the Asaba River.
This year's rainy season in Cormanso is exceptionally long and heavy. It has far exceeded the highest level in normal times and is directly catching up with last year's level. Last year's rain was not normal. It involved the turmoil caused by the arrival of the gods, plus the natural environment. God's wrath and revenge on Sambia.
The big impact on Sambia caused by the bursting of the Asaba River last year has not completely faded yet, and many businessmen still remember the scene vividly.
Therefore, this time, the Sambia Business Council was unprecedentedly united and efficient, organizing and mobilizing a large number of citizens and mercenaries to go to the dangerous river section to strengthen the dam and defend the embankment, and successfully prevented more than a dozen embankment breaches.
Only this time, what made them hold an emergency meeting was not that the Asaba River was in danger of bursting its banks again, but the news from the other side of Long Lake.
"We absolutely cannot allow such a large number of immigrants to successfully reach the Battle Valley and enter the Land of Three Rivers. How have we been able to suppress the Valley firmly over the years? What have we relied on?
It is the blood-sucking and division tactics formulated by our founders, constantly sucking blood from the valleys, converting their population into our population, absorbing their wealth to become our wealth, creating conflicts between the valleys, leaving them unable to do anything Join forces.
The population they have never been able to grow limits their upper limit, making it impossible for them to fight against us.
But if this army of conquerors returns to the valley, it will completely tear apart our past core tactics.
Their common origin and large-scale immigration will make their degree of unity far higher than that of ordinary people. It will be much more difficult to divide them, making it difficult for us to use them.
Moreover, their number is too terrifying, enough to equal the total number of people in half of the valley. Once they really migrate here, whether they want it or not, the surrounding valleys will definitely be led by them.
Moreover, the geographical advantage of the land of three rivers is so good. With the Asaba River, he can influence and control seven or eight sub-valleys.
You have all personally seen the young knight's methods and abilities. As long as you give him a certain amount of time, he can realize the wish that the cloaked king Anka has not been able to realize, and he may even become the king of the valley.
When the time comes, where will we, Sambia, go? "
The person who made the long speech was none other than Congressman Candrick. Now he has changed his original relatively mild attitude towards the Land of Three Rivers and the Vizeme Manor, and has become an out-and-out militant.
His attitude wasn't even a change. He had chosen to use that attitude towards the newly-rising knight in the valley because he wasn't even considered a hidden danger, at best he was a relatively powerful embezzlement target.
It is not a wise choice to eat this kind of people alive. It is the wisest to use soft knives or what they are best at to win over the corrupt, turn them into one of them, and use their best political games to play the other party to death. choose.
The wealthy ruling class in Sambia are not harmonious, but are filled with a lot of strife and plunder. The winner gets everything, and the loser will be cleared out of the ruling class. It is not uncommon for them to lose their lives.
It's just that this kind of strife and plunder is not carried out at will, but under certain rules, and their merchant council is the maker, guardian and user of this rule.
But the situation is different now. Gavin, who has an army of conquerors, has been able to pose a real threat to Sambia, especially their encroachment plan in the valley.
"Congressman Candrick put it simply, what can we do to stop such an armed group of immigrants? A city that has been run by necromancers for many years cannot even stop them for half a day, let alone a field battle."
"Yes, even Ximen is now thinking about how to protect himself and how to drive them away, instead of gathering all the strength to fight against them and completely defeat them. Even if the local forces on the Dragon Coast are like this, how can we across the Dragon Lake What to do? If we send ordinary mercenaries there, I am afraid that just like last time, the mercenaries will be defeated and reorganized by them and become part of their power."
"It doesn't necessarily have to be on the Dragon Coast. If they want to return to the valley, there are only two ways to go."
"Which two paths are there?"
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