"Whether you are originally from Tethyr, Amn, or the Dragon Coast, from now on, we will have a common identity, the Vale people who have newly migrated to the valley.
This is not to ask you to abandon your original traditions, country and city, but to give you a new identity. Please follow me to reaffirm the ancient and sacred valley contract.
I will abide by the covenant with nature, cultivate the forest glades, plan felling and hunting, and maintain the balance and development of the forest..."
"I will keep my covenant with nature..."
"I will comply..."
"I will……"
Led by Gavin, the entire army of conquerors recited the Valley Pact.
When this ancient contract echoed over the Kosoman Forest with the voices of more than 40,000 people, the trees cheered, the forest wind howled, and various forest creatures howled one after another. It is filled with a unique rhythm that seems to echo the oath of the conqueror's army.
This is not an illusion, this is actually happening.
"I bear witness to your oath today. As long as you abide by your oath, the forest will always protect you and be your friend."
A huge figure that perfectly blended wildness and kindness appeared in mid-air, and a soft voice appeared in everyone's ears.
Everyone couldn't help but bow to her, because the other party was the incarnation of the true god - the ranger and forest goddess Melikai.
As she finished speaking, a huge beam of light shot up into the sky from several kilometers away, where the standing stone was, intertwined with the rising light of the conqueror's army.
At that moment, everyone in the conqueror's army felt that they had established a certain connection with the forest, and had a cordial and familiar feeling from the heart, as if they were in their own hometown.
The Valley Contract is of extremely important significance to this goddess.
Before the Valley Contract was signed, her teachings were biased towards the forest and wild nature.
After the Valley Contract was signed, she began to focus on the balanced development between the forest and intelligent life.
To put it bluntly, many of her current teachings were influenced by the Valley Contract.
The relationship between man and God is never one-sided.
God will influence people, but human development will in turn affect God.
The ranger and the forest goddess only appeared as witnesses of the oath. When the oath was established, her divine incarnation naturally dispersed in the world, and even part of it was integrated into the oath.
"With the blessing of the lady of the forest, the lady recognized their vows! This situation only happened on the day when the stone was established, and we were lucky enough to witness it with our own eyes."
"From now on, they are no longer immigrants but part of the valley."
"It's incredible, it's incredible. I didn't expect that I could witness this sacred scene."
"This is a harbinger, a harbinger that our Battle Valley will become great again, and that our valley will rise again."
Compared to the army of conquerors, the people in the valley who witnessed this scene were more excited. Many of them were believers in rangers and forest goddesses. Their own goddesses came as witnesses, directly covering the army of conquerors. Divine radiance.
A testimony of God's blessing is more trustworthy and binding than a simple oath.
Gavin was used to this situation.
Mielikki's blessing was not based on the past relationship between the two parties, but because their actions were indeed consistent with her divine ministry.
Before everyone could recover from the shock, Lord Ilmet announced another news that shocked everyone, "From today on, I appoint Gavin Nott as the acting valley master of the Battle Valley. I have full authority to manage the political affairs of the Battle Valley, and I will lead five hundred lord warriors deep into the Cormanthor Forest to comprehensively inspect the rising evil inside and ensure that they do not pose any threat to us."
"Lord Ilmet actually gave up his position as lord."
"The lord's ideological realm is incomparable to us."
"The lord is indeed as disinterested in rights as the legend says."
Everyone was full of praise for Lord Ilmet, especially those in the Battle Valley who couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
Because of this, a civil war in Battle Valley was effectively avoided.
Everyone knows that the acting lord is just an excuse, a transition. As long as Gavin doesn't do anything that makes people and gods angry, he will become the real lord of Battle Valley in a few years.
"Thank you Lord, I will never let down Lord Lord's trust. I will treat all Valley residents equally and lead them to create a new Battle Valley." Gavin did not decline politely and directly accepted the appointment.
"It is because I believe you have this ability that I will appoint you as the acting lord. I believe you must be more qualified than me and do better than me." Lord Ilmet praised, "Regina will fully assist you. , she knows many things about Battle Valley better than I do, and I look forward to your performance."
"Thank you Lord for your trust." Gavin sincerely thanked him again.
"After talking about the internal affairs of our Battle Valley, let's talk about the big things that involve the entire valley." Lord Ilmet once again pointed out the thread, "The management of the Asaba River is not a matter of one city and one valley, it is a matter of countless people in the entire valley. People have a common wish, and since you are willing to provoke the main force, I believe many people are willing to join in."
"That's right, our Deep Forest Valley is responsible for this matter." Lord Selmen of the Deep Forest Valley was the first to express his stance.
"We at Lingyu Valley are also willing to join in and do our best to assist the lord in advancing this matter." Several public representatives from Lingyu Valley also reached a consensus.
"We will try to lobby more people from Taser Valley to join." said the Wallon Grand Inquisitor of the Hammer of Light Monastery.
Although he has a very high reputation in Taser Valley, he is not a lord after all and cannot make some substantive decisions.
"Thank you for your trust. With your help, I am more confident in this matter." Gavin said with a smile, "There are indeed many things that require the cooperation of local residents in this matter. Why don't we sit down and discuss it in detail? how?"
"It's what I asked for."
"good."
Everyone responded one after another.
Managing the Asaba River is definitely a wonderful move. Not only can it plan for the future, but it can also gather the power of other valleys for its own use, and their enthusiasm is high enough.
Especially the four valleys of Deep Forest Valley, Taser Valley, Battle Valley and Feather Valley are either located at the confluence of three rivers or are located downstream of the Asaba River, and are greatly affected by this river.
Especially for the first three, when the Komanso rainy season comes, a large amount of river water gathers in Yevin Pond, causing the water level here to surge by more than ten meters in a short period of time, flooding many areas, especially the deep forest valley.
But judging from the reaction of Lord Selmen, they are not opposed to raising the water level of Yewen Pond, which shows that this matter has more advantages than disadvantages for them.
With the addition of new members, they have entered into more in-depth consultations on the management of the Asaba River. Those sub-valleys that are relatively affected can start the diversion of personnel and preliminary preparations.
The management of the Asaba River is just an opportunity. They have many things to discuss. The cooperation project previously negotiated by Gavin in the Misty Valley is also applicable to other valleys, but the focus is different.
For example, in the deep forest valley separated by three rivers and two lakes, there is very little cultivated land, and the residents here mainly focus on fishing and hunting.
Lingyu Valley is a large-scale commercial crop cultivation, and the high-quality cotton they produce is famous throughout the valley.
The former is very interested in Stark bush planting and popping crayfish farming, while the latter has a strong need to join the agricultural association.
Gavin naturally has no reason to refuse. This kind of thing is that the more people join and the wider the promotion scope, the stronger the ability to resist risks.
Quietly, with Battle Valley as the center, a brand new valley economic alliance is being established. Bound by interests, they are more closely connected than other sub-valleys, and it is easier to advance and retreat together.
After the conqueror army entered the Battle Valley, it acted in another pattern.
After coming out of the Cormanzo Forest, they began to walk all the way, taking root along the way.
The abandoned ghost castles, ghost manors and villages and towns in Battle Valley have naturally become the first choice.
Since humans once lived here, it means that the basic elements for human survival here are necessary and have their own value - otherwise no one would waste time and effort to pioneer here.
But it was abandoned due to irresistible factors, at least for ordinary people, it is irresistible.
This factor is relatively diverse.
There are some that are truly haunted, like Wezemay Manor, with evil and powerful ghosts haunting the place.
Gavin likes this kind of place the most because it is a professional counterpart.
Regardless of whether you are a ghost or a shadow, Gavin does not need to take action personally. He only needs those shadow wings with shadows to take action. In minutes, they can be dragged into Vizeme Manor and become free ghost workers here. .
Gavin has proven with actual practice that the most relevant and easiest person to solve undead affairs is not the priests or paladins of the gods of light, but the priests of the gods related to death, especially the undead goddess of vengeance who is in charge of the undead priesthood. He is one of the best.
But unfortunately, this dead lady followed the old path of the dark gods, using fear and fear to create more undead existences and collect faith for herself.
Not only will her followers not help intelligent creatures solve the troubles caused by the undead, on the contrary, they will actively promote the matter, creating undead creatures and spreading death everywhere.
Gavin, who did not have a strong demand for the Immortal Priesthood, had no such concerns.
For him, the Immortal Vizeme Manor is a convenient tool for his rapid development. It is really convenient and easy to use.
It can be used as a unique prison to imprison your enemies, turning those imprisoned creatures into part of your own power.
It can also be used as a convenient transportation tool for large-scale material transfer.
Now it is used to purify the undead, but it is the most professional method of use.
What's ironic is that the immortal goddess of vengeance who only wanted to pursue power is now so weak that she can't even maintain her consciousness, falling into unprecedented weakness.
Gavin, who didn't have much demand in this regard, instead grew crazily. Not only did he give birth to sparks of immortality, but the number of immortalities reached more than forty points.
Among these ghost castles, less than ten are actually abandoned because of ghosts.
Mostly due to inconvenient transportation and the presence of powerful monsters or bandits around, this place has become a lair for monsters and bandits.
These problems were also not a problem for the army of conquerors.
The concept of building a road first if you want to get rich has followed them along the way and has thoroughly penetrated into everyone's heart.
No matter where they settle down in the future, this must be the core and focus of their future development.
They had even helped widen and renovate the rural roads in Misty Valley before. When they arrived at their new home, how could they not start building roads like crazy?
Not only do they know how to repair, but they also repair extensively.
Not only will the Rosaville Road be opened directly to the Land of Three Rivers, but the roads leading to various ghost castles along the way will also be opened.
Judging from the latest surveyed map, the newly opened Sanhe Highway is like a branch covered with fruits, straight village roads, connecting abandoned manors, castles and villages that have been reactivated one after another.
Residents are dispatched based on the value displayed by these restarted castle estates - their size, the abundance of surrounding resources, whether they are easy to cultivate, their value to the entire Battle Valley, etc.
There are as few as a few hundred people and as many as a thousand people, all of whom were organized into hundreds of troops.
When the army of conquerors began to set out on the road, there was a possibility that both the composition of these centurions and their captains would be unqualified.
However, after 3,500 kilometers of running-in and adjustment, it has already achieved both offensive and defensive capabilities, a reasonable layout, and can perform a variety of diverse tasks. If you pull any one out, it will have good combat effectiveness.
It is impossible for them to deal with the same number of regular troops. Relying on the car formation, there is still no problem in dealing with ordinary wilderness monsters that are several times their size. As those ghost castles are renovated and put into use, the main force will continue to attack them. Add some urban defense facilities to them to further improve their safety index.
They all believe that this is just the beginning. With the development of their lords, their villages and towns will not only have a larger population, but also the city defense facilities will be further improved. It is not out of reach to have their own city defense fog barrier. dream.
There are still very few ghost castles that even the conqueror army had to treat with caution. Not only did they not send anyone to move in, but they directly isolated them and set up observation and supervision posts to stay and observe them for a long time.
These sites have one thing in common: they were abandoned due to disease.
Even in a world with magic, the lethality of epidemics is quite terrifying, especially for ordinary people.
Severe epidemics often kill people in droves before they can react.
Until we find out what disease caused those locations and abandoned them, and whether the disease still exists, the wisest choice is to avoid them.
Anyway, the Battle Valley is large enough, and even the size of the conqueror's army is only sparse, barely activating the ghost castles within ten kilometers around Anweixin Road (Anka Manor-Vizeme Manor).
To fully develop the Battle Valley, this population alone is not enough.
By the time the conqueror's army arrived at the new village of Vizeme, the population had dropped by half, leaving only 21,000 people, but its own capabilities had not been reduced too much.
The terrifying construction capabilities of the conqueror's army and the huge population base of ordinary people only played a small part in it.
If we relied on manpower alone, let alone 50,000 people, even one million people would not be able to build 3,500 kilometers of roads in three months, let alone the construction of cities and wars along the way.
What occupies a dominant position here is the use of a large number of free spell-like abilities, multi-racial cooperation and magic.
Don't forget, there are still 20,000 dragon-oak collared kobolds in Weizemei New Village. The proportion of dragon-veined people among them is as high as one-fourth, and as many as half are those who have started professions. They are the core team of Gavin's dragon-oak collared people.
These kobolds had already arrived in the valley before the conqueror's army embarked on their journey. After they arrived here, they only did one thing from beginning to end - building a city.
Their city-building speed increases in a stepped manner.
In the first month, they barely completed the laying of the sewerage project in the new village of Vizeme.
The next month, they completed only three five-story buildings.
In the third month, they not only completed fifteen five-story buildings, but even tripled the sewer project outwards.
In the fourth month, more than 20 five-story buildings were built.
The number of kobolds working on construction has not increased, but the quality has undergone earth-shaking changes. When they first came to the valley, the various data were less than one-tenth of what they are now.
This is due to the mutual help of Sanobalong dogs and the credit of this newly built city. During the construction process, they accumulated rich professional experience to strengthen themselves. Although this life experience allowed them to start their careers Most of them are experts and technicians who prefer daily life, but the help is real. Gavin positions them as construction assistance.
The army of conquerors who arrived at their destination were inevitably shocked again. They did not expect that Gavin's original promise was not just a boast, but that there was really a brand new, modern city waiting for them. Many things here were once again Breaking their cognition.
The water that can be sent directly to the top floor is not a collective water pipe, but each building has its own water tank on the roof. The water-making technology is stabilized by magic, and the purest water source can be continuously produced. The water source produced by one water tank is enough for the daily use of the entire house.
Excrement can be disposed of directly in the building and flushed away with water.
Each building has its own large canteen, where food is cooked and served collectively - in a short period of time, their food will be collectively supplied.
The entire city is warm in winter and cool in summer. This is the result of Hui Fengzhu. The temperature here is kept at the most comfortable temperature for humanoids.
The only flaw is that there are too few buildings, and there are too many of them. If all people move in, an average of more than 20 people will be squeezed into a room of only 80 to 90 square meters.
Even so, everyone is satisfied, at least it is much better than sleeping in the wild, and everyone knows that the current situation is only temporary. As long as their lords are given some time, similar buildings will spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain. From the ground up, at that time, even one household was not an unattainable dream.
(End of chapter)
