In this regard, it was Jihalin, whose race is known for its stubbornness, who broke the deadlock and directly changed the topic to what they are good at: "We have found a method to make the Heart of the Mountains. I will take over this job. We will restore it according to ancient methods, and the auxiliary materials for forging it will come entirely from our Iron Clan."
"I wonder what the patriarch wants?" There is no such thing as a free lunch. Since the other party offered such generous terms, he must be asking for something.
"The right of first refusal for the regeneration ring." No one can refuse the regeneration ring, not even the legendary blacksmith Jihalin.
This kind of ring with super regenerative and healing abilities is a perfect match for their dwarven heavy-armored warriors.
They will become the strongest rocks on the battlefield, unable to be kicked or crushed, and they will drag the enemy to death.
"I can give you the right of first refusal, but I don't want money, I want equipment, a lot of high-quality equipment." The other party also had what Gavin wanted.
In order to restore the country, the Iron Clan will definitely hoard a large amount of equipment, and it will be the best kind and will not be sold easily.
Not to mention empty talk, even if you take money, the other party will not sell it.
Just like you can't buy the recycled rings in your hands with money, because they are not only commodities, but also a kind of bargaining chip.
"Okay." Jihalin nodded without hesitation, "I will bring out as many sophisticated equipment as you bring out, from high-quality to +3 magic equipment, you can choose."
Gavin met a master who was richer and richer than him today. He had just communicated with his ring processing manufacturer, and he should have some idea of how many regeneration rings he had mastered.
As a result, the opponent directly showed that he could eat them all.
In other words, the other party has at least more than 20 million worth of sophisticated equipment, and it may even be several times that amount. After all, the other party is a country first and then a trading company, so it must keep enough inventory for itself.
"Okay, let's just settle this matter. We'll discuss it in detail after I compile the list of equipment needed." Gavin now has more troops at his disposal, so he must consider which troops to equip first.
Gavin got vaccinated in advance and said, "My army has some special compositions. Can you provide tailor-made services?"
"Yes, but it requires lead time."
"It's natural."
"The forging of the Heart of the Mountains needs to be carried out in the Statue City. There is a sealed tunnel in the underdark that you haven't discovered yet. It can go straight down to the center of the earth. The last forging was done here. If you want to be 100% If you want to repair it, you have to go back to the old path. I suspect that it needs to be combined with the special laws here."
What Jihalin put forward was more of a suggestion than a request.
The implication is obvious, even if Gavin doesn't agree, the Heart of the Mountains can be repaired, but if there are shortcomings in ability, it's none of his business.
"Why was that Underdark tunnel sealed?" Gavin instantly grasped the point of the matter.
In Faerûn, seal is not a good word.
Whenever this word is used, it means trouble, big, big trouble.
Because the parties concerned have no way to solve this trouble, they can only delay time through this method and leave it to future generations to solve.
This is the case with the ancient evil monster realm faced by Chunya Forest.
Can a dwarf who built a city with thousands of meters of dwarf statues only have to resort to sealing to be in trouble?
If it was a small matter, Chief Jihalin wouldn't have to say it seriously.
"In the dark area below, there are the old enemies of the dwarves here, a group of fallen immortal stone giants. They formed the Council of Death Chiefs and are good at using necromancy. They originally lived in the Giant's Run Mountains, but were defeated by the dwarves here.
They opened a path to this place and launched an attack from underground.
The dwarves had just sealed this passage after suffering huge casualties.
But they themselves inevitably fell into decline and eventually died. "
Jiharin made no secret of the information he read, "Although this is history thousands of years ago, those are giants that have transformed into an immortal state and cannot be measured by normal lifespans.
It is very likely that they still exist underground. Once we lift the seal, there will be an undead army of giants waiting for us.
No one knows that they just hate the dwarves here? Still, even the successors living in this city hate him. "
Sure enough it was them.
Gavin was not too surprised by this, because they had already obtained this information when they were inquiring about the trolls entrenched here.
I just didn't expect that those undead giants would directly push the soldiers from the underground into this dwarf city.
Gavin not only knew that those undead stone giants still existed and were still very powerful, but they were not very active. Under normal circumstances, they would not easily send out their undead army without provoking them.
There was no way to share this news with Jihalin because it was difficult to explain its origin.
"Can the clan leader break this seal?" Gavin asked.
"It's not difficult to break it, but once it's broken, I won't be able to seal it again. Once those undead stone giants are still there, you can only find other ways to face them." Jihalin reminded solemnly. .
"Clan leader, can you guess the general properties of the Heart of the Mountains after repair?" Gavin had to weigh whether this magical equipment was worth the risk he took.
"It's hard to say exactly, but there are two things that can be determined. One is the powerful regeneration and self-healing capabilities, and the other is the manipulation of earth and stone, especially things related to mountains. I suspect that the reason why this city was built is The current appearance has a lot to do with this piece of equipment. It will most likely affect this ability at that time. The specific level is also difficult to determine, but it is definitely not an ordinary magic item, at least a minor artifact."
Jihalin's answer was very vague. He could only speculate from the characteristics displayed by the Regeneration Heart itself, and the rest was very dependent on the casting process.
Different casting processes will create different properties.
"I understand, Patriarch, just prepare the materials to repair the Heart of the Mountains, and leave the rest to me." Gavin already had a case.
If it is related to earth, stone, and architecture, it is worth taking the risk. After all, I am planning to enter the priesthood in this area.
If they were to simply cast it, the difficulty might not be as high as imagined. After all, they had a chance to catch it by surprise and could sneak past.
The trouble is that after the seal is lifted, subsequent conflicts may arise between the two parties.
Stone giants are not born as an underground race. What should they do if they want to return to the surface?
But there is another way, which is not to lift the seal of Colossus City, but to take a detour from other directions.
Since the immortal stone giant can attack, there must be a dark area leading here.
But as a result, the variables in the founding team are too great. Traveling through the dark area, no one knows what they will encounter in the next second?
Here, ghosts are not a scary existence.
Intelligent beings such as drow and mind flayers are the most terrifying. Once they fall into their hands, life will be worse than death.
Gavin's indifference to the Underdark is still higher than that of the Shadow Plane.
In the shadow plane, if you encounter an enemy that you can't fight against, you can at least run.
In the Underdark, there is no place to run, and you can accidentally run into a trap. This is simply a paradise of traps, natural, unnatural, magical, biological... there are only things you can't imagine, there is no place like this. No.
All in all, Gavin's memories of the Underdark were all terrible. The rare good ones were when he harvested treasures from here.
It's just that a deal that seemed very cost-effective in the previous life does not look so cost-effective in this life.
Gavin left without waiting for the Dragon Ascension Ceremony in City of the Colossus to end. Since this was the first time the two parties had collaborated, there was a big gap on both sides.
The kobolds here in Colossus City lack the nourishment of the life force of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.
The body of the kobolds on the Dragon Oak mother tree lacks the supplement of other elements, and their strength is also uneven, so they need to be replenished.
Even the mother dragon oak tree, which seems to be just giving, is reaping the benefits.
The soul imprints of these more than 40,000 kobolds must be engraved on the Dragon Oak Dreamland. Although they are very weak and no better than real souls, they can't stand up in large numbers, enough to gain a little dream divinity and the power of thousands of dreams.
The elements absorbed through the dragon-seeking ceremony will not be wasted, and those elements that the kobolds cannot digest will not be wasted. In the end, they will be suffocated by the dragon oak mother tree and regarded as their own nutrients.
All in all, this dragon-hunting ceremony lasted unexpectedly long, more than twelve hours.
The harvest is also huge.
Over at the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, except for the underage kobolds, all adult kobolds have entered the dragon vein. The proportion of dragon blood and dragon transformation is also astonishing, basically reaching one-tenth of the previous one.
That is, one out of ten dragon-veined kobolds will have dragon blood, and out of ten dragon-blooded ones, one will become a dragon.
Although it is not so extreme here in Colossus City, the number of dragon-veined kobolds exceeds 5,000, dragon-blooded ones number more than 2,000, and dragon-formed ones reach 500. After all, there are a large number of kobolds gathered here in the original tribe. The strong one.
Unlike the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, those who stay there to look after the family and breed are all the remaining service personnel, and the original elite have been transferred away.
With the newly opened spell-like abilities, they will no longer be substitutes, but will be added to the front line one after another, replacing those who need adjustment or are not adaptable. This can be regarded as an internal rotation system.
Staying in the mother dragon oak tree seems to be a blessing, but in fact, it is exchanged for rapid growth.
Among the kobolds all over the world who follow Gavin in building infrastructure, many of their bloodline powers may not be activated, but most of their professional levels are activated, and they are not low.
When they have time, they will have more advantages in accepting Shanoba's dragon-dog mutual aid, and some things will fall into place.
Gavin has already begun arranging for Shanobah to go to Black Well Town and the Land of Three Rivers, places where the Dragon Oak Mother Tree cannot reach for the time being, to hold a special event for those kobolds.
There is a trip to both places every ten days. If there is teleportation, it is not troublesome.
It was too late for Shanobah to be happy about this task, so how could she refuse?
After returning Jihalin to the Kingdom of Cormyr, Gavin sent the remaining three small wilderness kobolds to the Land of Three Rivers and the City of Faith respectively.
The pseudo-dragonborn Zanoba succeeded, not to mention these real half-black dragon lizardmen in Thun Swamp. The whole process was very easy.
And when Gavin's prestige here was at its peak, all the half-black dragon lizardmen cooperated obediently, and no one dared to say a word.
The amount of dragon breath that a half-black dragon lizardman can produce is not much. It is the same as their physical adjustment value, usually four or five, but it cannot withstand the large number of half-black dragon lizardmen.
Little things add up, and the number of dragon breath vibration bombs here is staggering, as many as two hundred a day.
The flaw is that, like Shanoba, their dragon's breath is relatively weak, and the power of the flutter bombs they produce ranges from 4D8 to 8D8, which is not even comparable to the dragon flutter bombs produced by the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.
However, their advantage is that, in addition to dragon breath, the alchemical materials they need to use are one-tenth of those of normal flutter bombs, which means that the cost of making them is cheaper - Gavin's price for these half-black dragon lizardmen is also one per ten Not only were they not unhappy about the gold coins, but they were overjoyed. After all, they had never made such easy money since they were born.
Their low price makes them more advantageous for civilian use.
Coming to an agreement with the Lizard Queen Kurgor was a no-brainer.
The once arrogant Black Dragon Queen has been driven half crazy by her greedy appetite. When she was summoned, the first thing she did was to take a few mouthfuls of dirt. Now she is no longer picky about what she eats, as long as it is food.
When Gavin told him to exchange food for dragon breath, he nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Her food was also worth ten gold coins in exchange for a dragon's breath. Although it was cheap, it was better than having nothing at all.
Her dragon breath is more interesting.
There are two kinds of flutter bombs produced by her. One is the black dragon's strong acid dragon breath flutter bomb, with a lethality of 19D8, and the other is the negative energy dragon's breath flutter bomb produced by the shadow dragon state. This kind of dragon The breath will produce an energy-draining effect. Creatures within the explosion range must make a reflex evasion check. Once it fails, it will gain five negative levels. Even if it succeeds, it will gain half of it.
Once the negative level of a creature is lower than zero, death on the spot will be minor, and it may be infused with negative energy, or transformed into a zombie or a wraith.
This kind of negative energy dragon's breath flutter bomb is simply an artifact to clean up the battlefield. Cannon fodder like goblins can kill a large number of cannon fodders like goblins. It is rare to see goblins with more than five life dice.
Even among the conquerors' army, those with more than five hit dice are considered elite, the backbone of the entire army.
The Lizard Queen can produce up to twenty-one dragon breath flutter bombs every day, mainly producing negative energy dragon breath flutter bombs.
Gavin didn't plan to feed the Lizard Queen anything good. This guy's eating was purely an addiction, not a physical necessity. He ate everything anyway, and all kinds of rotten food and urban garbage were disposed of for her.
It's a pity that in an era of scarcity, there was very little domestic waste. Most of it was biological excrement, which could be used for fattening, but she couldn't catch it. Giving her some extra catch occasionally was the greatest kindness Gavin could give her. .
After handling this matter, all the intuitive benefits brought about by the upgrade of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree have just been dealt with. As for the invisible benefits, it will take time to slowly dig out.
All in all, the upgrade of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree will have an impact on Gavin's subsequent development, and even on top of Ms. Strategy's ascension to God, many plans must be adjusted on a large scale.
Gavin then secretly returned to the Kingdom of Cormyr, and he needed to clean up things here.
The first one on the list is naturally A Luo Shi from the land of tree spirits who is sent as an envoy to the King's Forest.
Although he represents the Kingdom of Cormyr, his mission is essentially a secret mission - otherwise, this mission would not be his.
King Yasan's intention is obvious, that is, to avoid internal conflicts in the Kingdom of Cormyr in the face of the catastrophic invasion of Tukan nomads.
Gavin, who has a close relationship with the natural races, is responsible for appeasing these natural spirits and keeping them in the King's Forest honestly, just like before.
Just as Gavin was unwilling to fight against the nature gods, the Kingdom of Cormyr was also unwilling to fight against these nature spirits.
Throughout the entire history of Faerûn, there were not many benefits from going to war with them, but they only made people angry all over their bodies. Later development was hindered at every turn, and there were as many natural disasters as there were.
Whichever country can withstand this kind of struggle will become a thing of the past before long.
"Just here, let me down." Gavin casually pointed to a clearing in the forest.
"This is the land of tree spirits, Aroshi?" Ban Yueju looked to the left and right in confusion. She was also an out-and-out natural spirit and was very sensitive to the natural atmosphere. No matter how you looked here, it was just an ordinary place. The open forest clearing does not look like a gathering place for a large number of tree spirits.
"If Aroshi had been found so easily, they wouldn't have been hiding in the King's Forest for thousands of years, only to be exposed now. During a brief exchange with their queen, she knew the name of Dragon Oak Dreamland. I have reason to suspect that, This kingdom of tree spirits is not simply a kingdom on the material plane, but an inter-dimensional kingdom, with parts of the material plane and the fairy wilderness."
Gavin expressed his speculation and said, "So, it is very troublesome for us to find them. The most correct choice is to pass on the news of my arrival and let them come to me."
"How to convey the message?" Ban Yueju seemed to understand.
"Being integrated into nature, integrated into the forest, the message will naturally be transmitted. Every plant and tree here is their eyes and ears, it just takes time." Gavin replied with a smile, "Just take this opportunity to feel the new ability I just gained. Put this away for me."
While speaking, he had already taken off the Howard convenience bag on his back and threw it to Ban Yueju.
Although he already has a portable dimensional bag, he never leaves this piece of space equipment.
Taking things out of the portable dimensional bag is somewhat troublesome and wastes time during the battle.
He puts some instant replacement equipment and consumables in convenient bags for easy access at any time.
The two space equipment cannot accommodate each other. Once the Howard convenience bag is stuffed into the portable dimensional bag, it will easily cause a dimensional explosion, blowing all his treasures into all major dimensions.
He quickly took off the bits and pieces of equipment on his body, stuffed them all into a portable dimensional bag, and then threw them to the half-moon horse. Only the battle armor and the dragon oak staff were left on his body.
"I haven't felt this relaxed for a long time." Gavin moved his muscles involuntarily, feeling that his speed had increased to a higher level.
After all, the equipment I carry is so messy that it must weigh 20 to 30 kilograms.
(End of chapter)
