"What's your next plan, madam?" Gavin asked.
Catherine stayed in the army of conquerors mainly to help plan the goddess's ascension to the gods. For this purpose, not only the Red Falcon Knights, but also the entire Yin Hong Fellowship came out. Now that this matter has been successfully completed, naturally it is them When there is a massive withdrawal from here.
The strategic lady who is proficient in strategy understands that a bunch of eggs cannot be put in one basket. No matter how powerful the conqueror's army is, they cannot gather all their followers here.
"I will leave you with a hundred holy strategists. Under the leadership of Veranika, they will leave the Yin Red Fellowship and officially join the army of conquerors. Should they use the low-level officers among them, or form their own The Ladies Order is entirely up to you." Ms. Catherine was obviously well prepared.
Previously, although Gavin had half a Strategist Lady Voter on his body, he did not announce it to the public, so the two parties were in a cooperative relationship.
Whether it is Veranika or those exclusive priests of Ms. Strategy, they are all temporarily seconded to Gavin. When they leave depends entirely on Ms. Strategy’s needs. They may never leave, or they may pack up and leave in the next second. , to carry out Ms. Strategy’s more important plans.
After Ms. Strategy publicly announced that Gavin had become her third elector, the situation immediately changed. They now belong to the same big system, and their relationship has become closer. For Ms. Strategy, they will work together and do their best. Guaranteed, victory will belong to them and to Ms. Strategy, such as this time’s ascension to the gods.
But when this task is completed, they will separate again and become independent individuals. This is determined by the identities of Catherine, Zalanda and Gavin. In theory, they are equal, even Catherine as the first voter , they only have the right to advise, not to command.
If we fight, we will unite; if we don't, we will separate.
This will be the future development model of Ms. Strategy Church. In fact, this is not unique to her. Most other churches are in this model, and they are more dispersed. Churches that develop in a regional model are considered large and often It is carried out in a city or even church model, and there are few churches that span countries or even continents.
This is determined by the relatively loose organizational model of the church and the island-like distribution of cities in Faerûn.
"Thank you for your help, madam. I will try to serve Your Highness in my own way and walk our own path." Gavin already has his own thoughts on this matter. He will definitely not establish a special Goddess of Strategy church, or even A special church will not be established for Lady Strategy. As a God of War, isn't the Military Academy the best church for her? Isn't the War Fortress her best church?
As for evangelism, just like an army of conquerors, there are national plans, national military drills, national planned production, national planned education, etc. When plans, strategies and tactics are integrated into business, production, learning, etc. Is additional evangelism necessary when all aspects are met?
At that time, everything was preached and everyone was a believer. That was the highest realm of faith.
"My assistance is not free, I need to borrow troops from you." Catherine did not cover up, but said straightforwardly.
"Borrowing troops?" Gavin asked in surprise, "Is there a war over there, madam? How many troops do I need to borrow?"
The land of death where the Strategic Battle Fortress is located is not very peaceful, but it is close to Baldur's Gate, one of Faerûn's largest metropolises, and there are no surrounding forces that can pose much of a threat to them.
"Not soldiers, but your road-building soldiers." Catherine no longer riddled, "I plan to follow your army of conquerors and walk all the way back to the strategic battle fortress. I plan to open a road from Sclobel to Iliaba. The road will completely connect the Trade Road and the Trader's Avenue, and then double the road from Eltoril to Baldur's Gate to reach the level of the main trade road."
The first choice of this strategic lady was stimulated by Gavin and Zalanda. They were latecomers and both had tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. And she was still trapped in a building that was less than half restored. In the castle.
There is no way to imitate Zalanda's one-city model, but Gavin's way of expanding his influence through rapid road construction is worth learning, because only with roads can they rely on the resources in their hands. The more people the military affects and radiates, the better the spread of women's beliefs.
It's just that her way of building roads is different from Gavin's migration route. She will focus on the strategic battle fortress and spread her network crazily outward, making full use of the existing roads.
Limited by its own area, the strategic battle fortress cannot expand in the north for a short time, but there is huge room for development in the east and south. Not to mention a complete political power here, there are not many even large cities. Most areas have It belongs to the world of monsters, but it is because of this that Ms. Strategy has a place to play. After all, she now belongs to the war god system, and the state of war is more conducive to the spread of her faith.
And it also has geographical advantages. If developed well, it can echo Gavin's layout in the Goblin Border and the Dragon Coast and become one piece.
Gavin didn't even need to take out the military map. He understood Catherine's true plan as soon as he heard it. After pondering for a few seconds, he said: "I can second the Pioneer Army and the Road Construction Team to Madam, but it will take about half a month. , I need them to help me widen the high road from the Bridge of Faith to the Rockfield, and they can be seconded to the lady for up to two months. Before the end of the year, I will have a major military operation that requires them."
The conqueror's army's current method of quickly building roads is limited to plains. It is not only difficult to use in swamps, but also in rugged and difficult rocky areas. The roads here are left to the kobolds from the Dragon Oak Territory to repair them.
"Two months is enough." Catherine had seen with her own eyes the ability of the conqueror's army road construction team. Two months would be enough time for her to repair a round trip in the green wilderness, let alone the short circuits she mentioned.
"His Highness warned me when he was leaving that there was something strange in the swamp of the distant sea. He asked me not to act rashly. Counting the time, Veranika and the others should have led the troops to drive the defeated troops nearby. Madam, would you like to go over there and take a look?" Gavin issued an invitation, but Ms. Strategy was restricted by her priesthood and could not give a clear answer, but Catherine had no such restrictions.
"Oh? Is there such a thing? Let's go and see it together." Catherine became very interested. What the lady hinted about in person must be extraordinary.
Catherine directly dragged Gavin and activated the teleportation technique, and appeared not far from Veranika. However, she did not join her, but directly took off to observe the entire battlefield situation.
Gavin measured the time very accurately. The monster's defeated army was less than three kilometers away from the distant sea swamp.
Normally, a swamp has no clear boundaries. After all, it expands or shrinks with the water, and there is also a huge mixed zone.
But there are offshore swamps, because they are shrouded in thick fog.
That situation is very similar to the fog barrier with the fog wall ability. It is like there is an invisible wall in the air, shaping the fog, only limiting it to your own side, and the other side is all the extra fog. No.
Although the fog in the distant sea swamp is not as clear as the fog wall, it is still very obvious when viewed from the outside. However, it is very large and cannot be seen to the side at a glance. It is impossible to see the situation inside. It is like being in two different worlds. .
This kind of fog had no effect on Gavin at all. He could easily see the scene inside, but he would rather not see it, because the scene inside was extremely filthy, twisted, and weird.
All the trees there were gnarled, twisted, and half-dead. Their branches were covered with bloody flesh and internal organs, and their trunks were covered with all kinds of disturbing and twisted runes.
All the swamp water is dark. You don’t need to smell it. Just by looking at it, you can be sure that this thing must exude a stink that is difficult for ordinary people to tolerate. The water plants growing in it are twisted and entangled, as if they are active, with countless huge bubbles. Emerging from the black water, there are occasional ripples, all hinting at the unimaginable dangers lurking below.
The swamp itself is a place full of murderous intent, and the offshore swamp has directly evolved this place to an extreme.
The reason why this phenomenon occurs is due to the three powerful hags.
All legendary creatures have a strong ability to harmonize with the natural environment. They will subtly transform their long-term survival nests into the ones that best suit their abilities and temperaments, thus deriving their unique nest environment and nest abilities.
This is most vividly demonstrated in those dark creatures, because their environment will become darker and easier to be compared.
Normally, the area that a legendary creature can affect will not exceed ten kilometers. At least an adult dragon can only affect so much.
Even if the three hags are all legends and their combined strength is relatively strong, they will not turn the entire distant sea swamp into their lair.
Could it be that the fog shrouded here is their lair ability?
"Haha...haha...we are finally getting rid of those damn cavalry. Hurry, hurry up and enter the fog. As long as we enter the fog or the swamp, they will not be able to find us."
"Run quickly, run quickly. Only in the fog or swamp can we be truly safe."
"You can't enter, you can't enter casually. This is a fog that eats people. Many people enter the fog and never come out."
"We are not going deep into the fog. We are just taking shelter inside. After the enemy leaves, we will exit immediately."
"Whether you want to enter the fog or wait for the enemy to chop off your heads, you can choose for yourself."
"It goes without saying that of course you enter the fog. At least there is a possibility of survival in the fog. If you stay outside, you will just wait to die."
"Introducing these outsiders into the fog, they don't know the power of this fog and swamp."
"Yes, the swamp will eat them! The swamp will avenge us."
When the monsters retreated and saw the fog in the distant sea swamp, not only did they not show the fear of the past, but they were filled with unconcealable ecstasy and ran madly towards the fog.
For them, this fog and swamp is their only chance to get rid of the murderous gods behind them.
The Nott Guards heavy cavalry and the hobgoblin wolf cavalry clung to them like tarsal maggots.
They will not move at all against the main body of the monster's rout, but those who try to break away from this main body or fall behind will be eaten without hesitation.
Their route of escape was covered with blood. Not to mention the monsters who were defeated, the pursuers did not know how many monsters were killed along the way, because it was meaningless to calculate this.
Seeing the distant sea swamp close at hand, the Nott Guards heavy cavalry floating behind immediately pressed forward in an all-round way. They did not give these monsters a chance to think too much about the retreat, but drove them into the fog and the distant sea swamp. They helped the conqueror's army explore its path.
The defeated soldiers who were still hesitant at first were involuntarily led by the defeated soldiers who came up from behind and ran towards the swamp and mist of the distant sea.
"Huh?" Gavin, who could see through the fog, couldn't help but be startled and stared at the defeated soldiers who got into the fog.
The behavior of these monsters who were swallowed up by the fog of the distant sea swamp was very strange. They clearly had a wide ground and ran towards the black pool. Before they could get close, huge black tentacles stretched out from the pool. They were swept into the black water and disappeared after just a few bubbles.
This is not surprising, swamps are famous for harboring dirt and evil. In those inaccessible swamps, there are often monsters that are difficult to see in normal areas, just like existences in ordinary people's nightmares.
In the dark swamp twisted by three powerful hags, the monsters are only scarier and weirder.
What makes Gavin feel strange is that the companions around the engulfed monsters seem to have disappeared, still spinning around like headless flies.
Some dived deeper into the swamp by mistake, while others turned a blind eye to the danger that was so close at hand.
Some even fell down while walking and never got up again. Their life or death was uncertain.
I wonder if he was attacked by a special poisonous gas from the swamp? Or is it some kind of invisible attack that goes directly deep into the soul? Or was he poisoned to death by those poisonous insects?
No, there are no mosquitoes in the offshore swamps.
No wonder the first time I saw the distant sea swamp, I always felt that something was missing here. There was not even a single ubiquitous mosquito here, it was like a lifeless dead swamp.
"Do you feel it?" Gavin and Catherine looked at each other and asked in unison.
"Divine power!" The two of them replied in unison.
Gavin raised the War Predator in his hand and said: "This has the divine power poured into it by His Highness. It can absorb souls within ten kilometers and send them directly to His Highness's Kingdom of God. The monsters in the swamp are breaking out. A weird amount of death, but it didn't absorb an extra soul."
Catherine looked seriously and said: "Normally, the fog that covers the distant sea swamp is not an ordinary fog, but a divine fog, and it is the kind of divine fog supported by the godhead. The souls of creatures who die in it will be swallowed by this fog. It It is the biggest man-eating monster in this swamp, and there is only one god with such ability..."
"Ms. Mist!" Gavin couldn't help but lower his voice, and the excitement on his face could not be concealed in any way. "There are rumors that when Ms. Mist was killed by the God of Conspiracy, part of her godhead escaped and flew to the rocky ground. Sakon, this can be seen from the ability displayed by the Prince of Lies. He has not used the illusion priesthood to do a few famous things. This fully shows that he has not fully mastered the illusion priesthood. It is said that he has been looking around the rock area. That fragment of Godhead turned out to be here, but it’s just so close to the Dark Castle. As a follower of the Prince of Lies, how could Ximanmeng not notice that Lady Mist’s fragment of Godhead was here?”
At the end, Gavin couldn't hide his doubts in his words. There was a lot of movement in the swamps of the distant sea, and there was no way to hide it from those who wanted to. However, it seems that the God of Conspiracy has not been able to get what he wanted from the Goddess of Illusion and Lies. Priesthood.
Ms. Catherine answered Gavin's doubts with a question, "Do you think believers of the God of Conspiracy and Lies will cooperate as sincerely as we do? Will they do anything to slander their God?"
"How is it possible? In the eyes of this group of selfish villains, nothing is more important than their own interests, not even their own gods." Gavin suddenly had an idea, "The location of Ms. Misty's divine fragment is not He was not found, but was suppressed by someone who was interested. After all, for many people, this is a shortcut to ascending to the gods. Ximanmeng does not have this ability. There should be someone behind him who is the supreme ruler of the Zhentarim. Mansong, only he has the energy to do this. If these believers of the God of Conspiracy kept it secret, those Bane believers would not tell this matter to the God of Conspiracy and make him stronger. "
Don’t think that God is omniscient and omnipotent. If that were true, the world would have been peaceful and peaceful a long time ago. How could there be so many disputes and so many misfortunes?
Even for the gods, this world is too big, and they cannot take care of every aspect of this world, so they need electors and high-level priests to help them deal with mortal matters.
This leads to the situation of deceiving the superiors and concealing the inferiors.
The people below thought that the information had been reported and that their gods already knew about it. The reason why they did not take action was because gods had their own arrangements.
The gods above thought that there was no progress in this matter, and the people below were trying their best to find it.
The result is that as God's agent and mouthpiece, something went wrong. He suppressed some news that was beneficial to him and tried to eat, take and occupy more from it.
But where is the power of God so easy to plot? Even a fragment of the godhead that had been left behind by the assassinated God Meteorite had a power beyond ordinary people's imagination.
(End of chapter)
