The Manor of Vizeme.
This once haunted manor uses its own actual situation to explain what it means when things go to extremes and turn in reverse.
When there was no immortality, the place was shrouded in black mist, giving it a ghostly appearance.
Now it has more than 40 points of immortality, but ordinary people can't feel a trace of this, as if it is no different from an ordinary manor.
Only those who have stepped into the realm of extraordinary power can feel the difference here. Every brick, every stone, every plant and every tree here is soaked with a powerful force. Even the inconspicuous shadows contain power.
As long as the owner here thinks about it, in a matter of seconds, this place can escape into another world and become a place more terrifying than ghosts.
Back to Basics.
This adjective can be applied not only to people, but also to objects.
This is the current situation of Vizeme Manor, which means that it has super control over its own power, and negative energy will not easily escape.
No outsiders can be seen here, including the paladins of the Hammer of Light Monastery.
With its own development, some businesses were abandoned by Gavin. The first one on the list was the haunted house business of Weizeme Manor.
Although the fear power collected in this process has the ability to strengthen the shadow servants of Vizeme Manor, the effect is too slow. Where can high-quality servants brought by a war be more convenient? In the process of creating value, how can those shadow servants gain professional level experience more quickly?
As a prison for the souls of enemies, the importance of Vizeme Manor continues to increase. Allowing a large number of strangers to come in and out will leave opportunities for your enemies to take advantage of.
This situation is not an isolated case. As the future develops, we will inevitably encounter countless wrong paths and forks, and we must waste a certain amount of energy on them before adjusting the direction of progress.
Therefore, even if the conqueror's army arrived in the Land of Three Rivers, it was still cold here. The lively place was the new village of Vizeme five kilometers away, but Gavin chose to spend most of his time here.
He did not become extremely busy because he became the acting lord of Battle Valley. On the contrary, he seemed much more relaxed than when the conqueror army was on the road. He only needed to spare one to two hours a day to focus on various government affairs. And just put forward your own opinions.
A journey of 3,500 kilometers can change many things.
It can not only give those immigrants many excellent qualities - tenacity, proficiency in collaboration, honed combat skills, etc.
It is also an excellent way to select talents. Those who are mediocre or mediocre on paper have no way to deal with various emergencies along the way and are eliminated early. However, those who have the ability, even in ordinary positions , will also shine with its own brilliance, and will be promoted before long.
If you are talking about arriving at the City of Faith, you need to conduct the most basic screening.
So the period from the City of Faith to the Battle Valley is the best of the best.
Many of the more mediocre middle- and low-level officers were left in the ghost castles that were restarted along the way. Becoming the leader of a village or the ruler of a castle was the limit of their abilities. If there were no magical opportunities, They will stop here in this life, and they will embark on the process of becoming a knight and aristocrat.
If there are people with a certain foundation in Tessel, they will take over some of their relatives to establish their own family, while those without a foundation will form families on the spot, using their current villages and towns as the foundation to slowly develop their own families. family.
This is the consistent development process of human beings in the wilderness, and even the army of conquerors led by Gavin is not immune to this.
Gavin did not plan to engage in democratic elections or a commonwealth, but planned to use the same aristocratic system of rule in Tethyr and the Kingdom of Cormyr.
What kind of political system to adopt is often determined by the general environment, rather than the result of one person patting his head on the head.
The entire environment in Faerûn is ruled by aristocrats, but this aristocratic class is either a knight class, a wealthy businessman, or a slave owner.
The main force of immigrants brought by the conqueror's army from Tessel has been ruled by the monarchical canonization system for nearly a thousand years, and has a high degree of recognition for the knightly nobility.
Following the trend is naturally the most time-saving and labor-saving. As for the progress of civilization, it is not within the scope of Gavin's consideration for the time being. That is something that needs to be considered after he is full and sustained.
Of course, he will not copy the ruling model of Tethyr or the Kingdom of Cormyr. He will definitely incorporate many of his own things into it, which will make it easier for him to centralize power and concentrate a lot of power on major projects such as building the road to the conqueror.
This part was completed by the part he brought back to Vizeme New Village, which can be seen from the large number of buildings Gavin prepared in Vizeme New Village.
At least half of these immigrants will be out of work - the buildings have never been prepared for farmers, but for workers who are not engaged in farming.
The food supply of Weizemei New Village was purchased from valleys with good relations such as Misty Valley, Deep Forest Valley and Lingyu Valley in a short period of time.
After two to three years, the output of those restarted ghost villages will be enough to supply a city with a population of 100,000.
Those middle and low-level officers who were selected from the best were promoted one after another. After Gavin became the acting lord of Battle Valley, a new ruling class of Battle Valley was formed around them.
The Law Department is formed by Judge Darnell of the Hammer of Light Monastery as the minister. They will refer to the laws of Tethyr and the Kingdom of Cormyr, combined with some existing customs and traditions in the valley, to draft laws belonging to their Battle Valley. bill.
This is also one of the main reasons for friction and disagreement among the valleys. Although they are all part of the valley, their political systems are vastly different, with different customs and laws. Many valleys do not even have their own laws at all. Battle Valley is one of them, and they all resolve their differences through some ancient traditions.
Not to mention fair and just, many ancient traditions are even very absurd and ignorant. Many evils were born from these ancient traditions (such as burning witches), and then launched crazy and bloody revenge on the former villagers.
Those paladins in the Hammer of Justice Monastery have the deepest experience of this and can effectively avoid it.
Of course Judge Darnell will not refuse, because this is what they want.
As devout believers in Tyr, the god of justice, their biggest task is to promote the concept of fairness and justice to the world. Is there any better tool in this world than the law?
With the restraint of the law, many injustices and injustices will be nipped in the bud.
In fact, many of Tyr's dogmatic teachings can be used as laws.
Novices in Tire are asked as follows, "You shall reveal the truth, punish criminals, correct wrongs, and your conduct shall always be truthful and just."
Tyr and his followers are dedicated to righteous causes, righting wrongs, and delivering just vengeance.
This path is not necessarily as equal or fair as some people think of this god. The key lies in the revelation of the truth and the punishment of the sinners.
The clergy of Tyr are sworn to uphold the law wherever they go and punish those who are wronged by the law. They must preserve their rulings, contracts, and decisions.
There are also some Tyrian paladins who are very extreme and adhere to a black and white philosophy.
For such paladins, not to mention the evil and gray people who are frightened when they see them, even many kind people are not interested in them, because they will kill for some trivial things that are not crimes.
Although the Hammers of Justice in the Hammer of Justice Monastery are not of this type, at least most of them are not, Gavin will not fail to take precautions. The laws of the Battle Valley drafted by them are only drafts. Before implementation, they will be repeatedly discussed and discussed by the popular assembly. Modify and then implement.
As for the People's Assembly, it is planned to be elected by all the people of Battle Valley, striving to make it half equal between immigrants and original residents of Battle Valley, starting with at least a hundred people, including elites from all walks of life, and striving to listen to the greatest possible range of opinions.
The internal affairs are left to Veranika, who selects suitable personnel to preside over various government affairs.
Of course, this choice has Gavin's deep meaning. It is not only to show his identity as a strategic lady voter, but also to represent that in a short period of time, the military government in Battle Valley is very strong, and all developments revolve around the military.
The reason is also very good, it is to defend against another attack by the cloud giants in the Thunder Peak Mountains.
Previously in the town of Ethebra, at the Duogu witness meeting, Gavin and the others cut off the head and tail, and saw the cloud giants leading hundreds of flying cavalry to attack fiercely, and their final retaliatory bombardment of the conqueror's army left behind a miserable phantom, Played it to the lords and councilors.
Not only did it gain their understanding, but it also served as a wake-up call for them.
Such a terrifying number of flying cavalry will not be restricted by terrain. Not only will the Misty Valley be within their attack range, but even Feather Valley, which is several valleys away, will not be able to guarantee its own safety.
Not to mention coming out in full force, even if the opponent only sends out a squadron of flying cavalry to harass, they cannot fight it alone.
But they cannot afford to form a flying cavalry that can fight against them, nor can they do it in a short time.
The conquerors' army repelled them with such small casualties, which shows that they have very strong air defense capabilities. It is natural for them to add an offensive and defensive alliance while establishing an alliance of interests.
Especially when there is a common enemy, the Kingdom of Sambia, some interests are not aligned with each other.
In terms of military affairs, the sword master Erdan served as the general.
Although the believers of Ms. Strategy are capable of civil and military affairs, they are capable of governing the country with civility and able to charge into battle with military force.
But Tempus still holds the position of God of War. In a short period of time, his position is unshakable, and Ms. Strategist is just a young strategist who has just emerged under him.
When it comes to charging into battle, the followers of Tempus are the pros.
Many times, they don't need to do anything. Just showing up on the battlefield makes the morale of those soldiers high, which means that the god of war is with them.
What Gavin values most is the combat experience and combat skills of these Tempus believers. Different from the combat skills he honed during his adventures, Tempus believers are more interested in the soldiers who have been trained by them in the military formation. , the ability in this aspect will be greatly improved.
Erdan's main task is to train troops.
Gavin also fulfilled his original promise. Not only did he mobilize thousands of people to repair and transform the Sword Monastery, but he also opened a special road leading here and set up a military camp of four thousand goblin wolf cavalry. Periphery.
This will be the future military center of Battle Valley. Not only the middle and low-level officers need to go here for further training, but also the ordinary soldiers will continue to do so. Who allows their family to have this condition?
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Propaganda, Regina is responsible for her duties. Not only is she a professional counterpart, she also has a wide network of contacts in the valley that no one else can match. In the past ten years, she has basically handled the external affairs of the Battle Valley.
She already has a foundation in this area, and now she is just receiving a steady and large-scale capital injection to make it more professional.
In order to facilitate management and development, Gavin and the others further systematically divided the Battle Valley.
Combining the original regional division method of Zhanzhan Valley with its own geographical characteristics, they divided it into three areas, namely Sanhe District, Lingu District and Zhanling District.
The Three Rivers District is the original land of three rivers, bounded by the Upper Asaba River in the west, the Lower Asaba River in the south, the Komanso Forest in the north, and the Yevin Passage and the Good Luck Tooth Mountains in the east, including the Yevin Forest.
The Forest Valley area is the original strip, mainly along the Rosaville Road, to the Yevin Pass in the west, to the Cormanso Forest in the east and north, and to the Good Luck Tooth Mountains in the south.
The War Ridge area includes the Good Luck Tooth Mountain Range and the surrounding fifty kilometers, which all belong to this area.
The distribution of people and geographical locations in these three districts are destined to require different policies for future development.
Sanhe District is an immigration area. Eighty percent of the conquerors brought by Gavin are here. Not only is it a reclamation area, but the recognition of Gavin as the acting lord is unmatched by other districts. Some innovations It will be easier to pilot and promote large-scale industries and initiatives here. This must be Gavin’s key development area in Battle Valley.
Lingu District is the main concentration area of the original residents of Battle Valley. At least 70% of the population is distributed here, and more than half of them are distributed on the Rosaville Road.
The area itself has a relatively complete structure and has formed a relatively fixed lifestyle, dominated by family farming and small traders.
Although their acting style is not conservative, their ability to accept new things is still relatively limited. The development here should follow the principle of step-by-step and be driven by the radiation of Sanhe District.
In a short period of time, this place will develop into a major grain producing area in Battle Valley, and Gavin will appropriately increase his support for agriculture here.
The War Ridge District is the land gateway of the Battle Valley towards Sembia. Once a war breaks out, this area will bear the brunt. The Sword Monastery is located at the junction of this area and the Lin Valley District, and will be the main troop garrison location in the Battle Valley in the future.
When the conqueror's army arrived in the Battle Valley, it was already late November and winter had already entered.
Unlike Tessel, which is located in the subtropical climate zone, the valley is located in the most obvious temperate monsoon climate zone. The four seasons here are extremely distinct and the duration is roughly the same.
Summer days are hot and long, winter days are cold and short.
The originally relatively comfortable autumn has been made humid and cold by the rainy season of Cormanso.
The only relatively comfortable time is spring.
Wizemei New Village, shrouded in the wind beads, does not feel any obvious climate change. The temperature and humidity here are kept within the most comfortable range for humanoid creatures - neither too cold nor too hot, and they are fully clothed. Thin clothes are just right for sleeping.
This kind of equipment that directly adjusts the weather is more useful than central air conditioning. After all, it has a coverage range of five kilometers. As long as it is manufactured, there is no subsequent consumption.
There is no need to elaborate on the benefits. At least the firewood and quilts used for heating in the winter are saved. There is no way to save cotton clothes to keep out the cold. After all, the Huifeng Pearl only has a radius of five kilometers.
It is impossible for the army of conquerors to winter in Weizemei New Village, and their construction pace will not be slowed down in the slightest by the arrival of cold winter.
After all, the construction methods they rely on are not affected by temperature. Even if biocement dominates construction in the future, it will not be affected.
Biocement was given this name only because of some of its properties, like cement that Gavin knew.
In fact, there is a huge difference between the two, especially with the intervention of auxiliary magic, the various properties of bio-cement begin to surpass those made by purely physical methods.
The practicality shown by Huifeng Pearl itself far exceeds its own value, and it has huge demand in the market.
Typical price but no market.
Even though Gavin raised the purchase price to 300,000 gold coins, he has not been able to acquire the second one except the one seized from the young red dragon's nest.
Because this kind of magic equipment is not ordinary magic equipment, but dragon equipment.
They are not deliberately refined, but are condensed by those powerful dragons (at least adults and above) who use their innate talents to synchronize with special environments for a long time and spend several years.
Depending on the age of the dragon that condenses the dragon equipment, their abilities are different, mainly reflected in the coverage range.
The Hui Feng Pearl in Gavin's hand was at least a silver or bronze dragon from the ancient dragon stage.
The weather beads condensed by different dragons are also different.
For example, the red dragon condenses flame beads, and the area shrouded by its synchronization will be in a high temperature state that ordinary creatures cannot bear. The central area condenses magma pools of different sizes.
For another example, the white dragon condenses ice beads. The area harmonized by it will be in a sub-zero freezing state all year round, and the center area will automatically condense into a layer of ice that will not melt all year round.
The dragon equipment was not originally prepared for humans, but for the dragon itself.
First, it is convenient to build a temporary dragon nest and turn an environment that is not suitable for you into the most suitable for your survival. For example, if a red dragon goes deep into the highest glacier or a large glacier, if he carries a flame bead with him, he will be protected from many dangers. Great pain.
The second is to give gifts to those young dragons who are deeply loved by him and help them settle down in places that are not suitable for their survival.
This situation mostly occurs between metal dragons. Even between mother and child, chromatic dragons do not have such a harmonious relationship. They either steal directly from the female dragon or spend a lot of money to buy it from their own parents.
Because this kind of equipment is usually found in those dragon nests, it is also called dragon nest equipment.
Only a few giant dragons, like silver dragons and bronze dragons, whose living environment is very similar to ordinary people, condense the Huifeng Pearl, which is also suitable for use on humanoid creatures.
Since it is dragon equipment, and dragons have existed in Faerûn for hundreds of thousands of years, it stands to reason that this kind of equipment should not be very rare.
This involves another general rule for magic equipment.
Magic equipment is not permanent, at least most of it is not. They have a magic depletion cycle, which will deplete and weaken over time, changes in environmental elements and other factors, until they become ordinary equipment without magic power.
The reason why the catastrophe caused by the Arcane Tribulation is so terrifying is because a large number of magic equipment produced with the help of the Magic Network exploded at the moment the Magic Network collapsed, especially consumable and stable equipment such as wands and scrolls. Magic items with poor performance.
Countless spellcasters were killed on the spot, and many magic treasure troves were blown up to the sky. Especially the wizarding kingdom Halua and the red-robed wizarding kingdom Ser, which were founded on magic, were particularly severely affected.
The latter is slightly better. The magic equipment they manufacture is mainly for sale, and many of them are hoarded in concessions across Faerûn.
The former suffered due to the mage's hoarding habit. The big explosion they had was said to have been heard in Waterdeep thousands of kilometers away. The entire kingdom was razed to the ground, and at the same time it triggered a huge earthquake and tsunami that swept half of the continent.
Of course, if it is just time exhaustion, this cycle is very long, ranging from hundreds of years to thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Some of them directly resist the exhaustion of time, such as artifacts, let alone time, even if they are man-made. It is difficult to destroy them.
Some special methods can also block this depletion, such as the previous mineral vein sealing technique under the statue city. That kind of time tracing will not take effect on magic equipment.
Even for the current army of conquerors, the application of magic is mainly in construction, and its popularity in daily life is relatively low. It can only be the icing on the cake, and many things will slowly return to normal.
It must return to normal, at least in a short period of time.
This also represents a shift in Gavin's development focus, diverting a large part of the magical power away from Battle Valley.
As for where they are going, it is the front line of the raging war - the desperate Eastern Region.
The invasion of the Tukan nomads has become a major event that has attracted the attention of the entire Faerûn, and all major forces have focused their attention on this place.
Because of this incident, the merchants of Sambia did not have the energy to pay attention to the army of conquerors.
These profit-seeking businessmen, like jackals, swarmed to Cesk, where they hoarded supplies, raised prices, and frantically plundered wealth from the desperate Eastern countries.
And this is exactly what Gavin and the others need, they need a relatively peaceful environment to take root.
Without the Kingdom of Sambia to play a leading role in the front, even if Bow Valley and Tase Valley had different opinions on the large-scale immigration in Battle Valley, they did not dare to show it.
The most tense relationship is with the Storm King in the Stormhorn Mountains.
Unwilling to accept his setback in the Tifantun Rift Valley, he launched several retaliatory attacks. This time he not only used flying troops, but also dispatched a large army of ground monsters, using skirmishing mode to carry out multi-line operations. Harassment.
As a result, they lost troops and generals as soon as they left the Stormhorn Mountains.
Because of the existence of teleportation, it is difficult for small-scale multi-line harassment to be effective. With the cooperation of a dozen extraordinary spellcasters, hundreds of extraordinary elites can appear in surrounding towns instantly.
Gavin got it right. The opponent couldn't make his flying troops fly as fast as the Half-Moon Horse in a short period of time. Every time he attacked, they targeted their flying troops for key strikes. From the beginning to the end, they never dispatched their flying dragon mounts.
This is naturally a sign of weakness to the enemy.
If the Cloud Giants knew that the flying troops in Gavin's hands were no worse than theirs, how could they send flying troops out again to give him an opportunity? Steal more flying units from him for your own use?
That cloud giant is not an easy person. Every time he sends troops, he has his own strategic intention. It is not just to surround and harass them - he is luring the snake out of its hole.
Gavin and his extraordinary elite battle group are the targets he is trying to destroy.
It's a pity that every time, the move was just one step away, and was cracked by Gavin's reserved move.
After trying three times in a row, not only did he not make any gains, but most of the bait he threw out was eaten.
The Cloud Giants had no choice but to cease their activities and huddle deep in the Thunder Peak Mountains, no longer attacking easily.
Gavin also tried to go to the Thunder Peak Mountains to poach the opponent's orc flying dragon cavalry and instigate those earth crystal people to rebel.
But unfortunately, the Cloud Giant had long been on guard against his attack. Whether it was the Flying Dragon Tribe of the Orcs or the Crystal Cliff Tribe of the Earth Crystal People, they were both shrouded in a powerful fog barrier, giving no outsiders a chance to enter.
Once the alarm was received, the cloud giants immediately rushed out with the gray snake dragon and the drow priestess.
After going round and round, it has actually returned to the top level of legendary confrontation. If there is no way to defeat the opponent at this level, it will be difficult to take advantage of the opponent.
The two sides are now evenly matched, and no one can defeat the other in a short period of time.
The previous confrontation was also a process of testing each other.
The two sides will not start the war lightly before mastering the strength to defeat the opponent's legendary power.
Because the legendary power is so intimidating to ordinary people, it is easy for even legendary warriors to massacre towns and villages, let alone those legendary spellcasters.
Those legendary professionals who have lost their territory and have no restraint are the most terrifying. They can retaliate against their enemies without any scruples, especially those with evil temperaments, who will not hesitate to pour out their anger on ordinary people. .
You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief in a thousand days.
This is the so-called legendary deterrence tactic.
Therefore, in Faerûn, few forces collapse from the bottom, and most start from losing all their legendary powers.
This is also the reason why the Dragon Tribulation is regarded by the Kingdom of Cormyr as the most serious crisis in its history, because their top three legendary powerhouses all died in just a few years.
The internal and external enemies have lost their maximum deterrence and are naturally ready to move.
The Leatherman Kingdom's defeat against Tukan's army also started with the defeat in the legendary confrontation.
Among the Leatherman witches, there is no top powerhouse like Sazas who can withstand the ravages of Yamen Khan's killing power. Coupled with the absolute military power possessed by the opponent, they can only retreat again and again, using the absolute Natural insurance makes up for one's own shortcomings.
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