Gavin turned to look at Jiharin and said: "We have reached a consensus on the formation of the dwarf army before, so there is no need to say more. Chief, just let go and do it without any scruples. The more power you burst out, the more The stronger it is, the better it is for us.”
"Lord, don't worry, Colossus City is now our home, and we will do our best to protect it." In Jiharin's eyes, having a powerful enemy like the Council of Death Chiefs is not a bad thing.
At least until this powerful enemy is resolved, they don't need to be suspicious of each other and must work together to fight against it.
"Confronting the Council of Death Chiefs is not a matter for Colossus City alone. Blood Gap City is another horn of the bull. You must get rid of your prejudices, cooperate with them, and strive to produce the most and the best armor as quickly as possible. , arm the hobgoblins in Blood Gap City, and they will help Colossus City withstand most of the pressure."
The way of war is tricky.
When you believe the enemy's plan and implement it, you have fallen into the trap.
Gavin would not place his hopes on the promise of the undead stone giant chief, and there would be no less monitoring and precautions to be taken.
The Council of Death Chiefs is dominated by the undead army, which certainly gives them a huge advantage in one aspect.
Similarly, in one aspect, the disadvantage is very obvious.
At least many undead soldiers cannot march under the sun for a long time.
As long as they guard the underground and don't make the same mistake again, like the Supreme Shatana dwarves, who were attacked from underground by them, the possibility of a successful sneak attack from the ground by the Council of Death Chiefs is almost zero.
Their undead army will be discovered as soon as they emerge from the Giant's Run Mountains.
Overall, the win-win plan proposed by the Undead Stone Giant Chief Dukong is the most beneficial to the Death Chiefs Council.
Otherwise, when Gavin is able to dominate the Giant Plains, they will completely lose and gain nothing in the end.
Gavin quickly determined the general direction of the future development of Colossus City, and after discussing some ambiguous details with the three of them, he hurriedly returned to the desperate eastern region.
In a short period of time, his energy was mainly here. As the weather continued to get colder, even the vast Asen Lake showed signs of freezing.
When Lake Asen freezes, it will also be the time when the Tukan people launch a full-scale attack, leaving Gavin little time to prepare.
The five hundred chariot captains did not disappoint Gavin. Although many of them had eaten their military sticks, it was because they had gone to a village far away from Usmail City to recruit people and had not returned for three days overdue. There is no one who has not completed the task.
Those chariot captains who ate their military sticks were more or less because of the faulty orders formulated by the staff led by Gavin, who did not take into account their deep desire to perform meritorious service.
According to their plan, all the chariot teams must have five people, which is enough for the basic operation of the floor-type chariot. The remaining missing personnel can be transported from the surrounding giant valley villages along the way when transporting military supplies to the Leatherman Kingdom. Replenish.
But military orders cannot be changed overnight.
If there was any problem, it was implemented as usual, but a full-staff reward order was subsequently issued, which was regarded as a disguised compensation reward.
This has achieved quite a motivating effect, whether it is for those who are full or not, so that they will try their best if they encounter this kind of thing in the future.
By the time all the chariot captains returned and received their chariots and equipment, the 500 men had turned into 3,500.
This is another benefit of the tank corps, which facilitates rapid prototyping.
As long as there are enough tanks, a small number of well-trained elites, leading a group of ordinary people, and a little training, they will have certain combat capabilities.
The chariot captain recruits are not ordinary people, but at least militiamen, gang brothers, and hunters, all of whom have certain combat experience, as well as a large number of rangers with several professional levels.
Gavin did not leave them much time for training and running-in. After the personnel arrived, they loaded the military supplies piled in the granary into trucks and prepared to transport them to the front line.
"Great trailblazer, we send you our most sincere prayers, please grant us shelter and make our next journey smooth."
Led by the chariot captain, the entire chariot corps members prayed in unison facing the road statue on the dock square.
Gavin, who had been hovering directly above the road statue and watching, lowered his body in time and landed on the road statue. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to make a speech, but suddenly felt a strong suction coming from the road statue under him.
Instinctively want to resist.
But he gave up immediately, just kidding, this is his own road statue, and this unknown change can only bring good things.
as expected.
When Gavin no longer resisted the suction from the road statue, his whole body sank directly into it, just like a druid blending into the forest.
No, to be more precise, it should be Wu Liu's transformation.
With Gavin's integrated heart as the center, a soft divine light bloomed on the road statue. Wherever it passed, the solid wood joints began to soften and turned into movable limbs.
"The statue is alive. The statue of Lord Commander is alive."
"How can this be?"
"What kind of magic is this? Can it animate such a huge statue?"
"I've never heard of such magic."
"This is not magic, this is magic, a magic possessed only by the gods. Possession by the idols. The gods can attach their souls to their own idols to temporarily activate them."
"This is even more impossible. Commander Gavin is just a mortal. How can he use abilities that are only used by gods? It must be magic, but it is a powerful magic that is not commonly known. It must be like this, it must be like this... "
The activated road idol caused the entire city of Uxmail to fall into madness again.
Those who were already singing carols and praying sang more energetically.
Many people who were not very interested in road statues had to kneel down to pay their respects to them.
The craziest ones are the priests, because many of them recognize the reason why the road statue is activated, which has broken their cognition, and they are praying to their gods while desperately making excuses.
Possession of the idol (special ability) - When more than a thousand people pray devoutly in front of the idol that you have imbued with divine power, you will feel the emotion in your heart. You can choose to enter the idol by possessing it and turn it into the idol. Activation, fighting for you. After the statue is activated, it will continue to consume the power of the road. The medium consumes one point of road power every second, the large consumes two points, the extra large four points, the giant eight points, and the super giant sixteen points.
This is a brand new ability that Gavin unlocked after entering the Road Statue.
This is the embarrassing thing about mortals stealing the power of gods. Everything needs to be explored bit by bit by oneself.
But there is no denying the power of this ability. In this way, the road statue is not just a dead thing, but also a powerful war machine.
Although there are many prerequisites, the power is not comparable to that of the dragon oak incarnation, but it is a complete surprise and has a very strong deterrent effect on many enemies.
What a coincidence. Just as he prepared the stone statue for himself, a new ability appeared.
If the effect is the same after being possessed by a god statue, the power exerted by the stone statue will be far greater than that of wood. Although steel is stronger, the cost is too high and will not be considered for the time being.
The messy thoughts flashed through Gavin's mind, and he focused on the present. The speed of the power of the road consumed by the possession of the idol was quite fast, especially when the ability of the idol was used later, it would also consume a lot of power of the road. He must race against time.
The war plunderer instantly appeared in the hands of the activated road statue. After raising it high, he said loudly: "Today you will shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted to you by the people of Faerûn. You will send gifts to the Leathermen who are fighting bloody battles on the front line. Let go of the expectations of all the people of Faerûn and bring them hope of victory. I will bless you and give you a safe journey."
Earthy yellow light surged out from the road statue and wrapped around every building-style chariot and praying soldier, making them clearly feel that their bodies had become much lighter, and they felt as if they were rushing out with any random movement.
This is the prayer response of the road idol, which can greatly increase the next movement speed of the prayer.
This ability originally had a self-response mechanism that automatically responded based on the piety of the prayer.
Those who are not sincere will not get a response at all.
Those who do things half-heartedly will only receive part of the blessing.
Only those who are sincere can receive the greatest blessing.
Even if a large amount of road power is poured into it, the road statue is just a dead object. Just like a programmed machine, it will only react according to pre-conditions and will not make flexible changes.
Now that Gavin is in the road statue and controlling it himself, it's another situation.
Regardless of whether those people on the road were sincere or hypocritical, they all gave them the greatest blessing, increasing their movement speed by 30%.
This instantaneous improvement is very noticeable, especially for those who are exposed to this kind of magic for the first time.
This is naturally done to further advertise the road statues and let them know that the road statues still have this role. If they need it in the future, they can take the initiative to come and pray for blessings.
This wasn't the end yet. Gavin immediately concentrated his attention on the kobold road construction team.
He now feels as if he is in the Tower of Misnoel's rule, and his perception has been greatly amplified.
Different from the circular expansion of the Tower of Domination, the perception expansion of the Road God Statue is linear, especially the asphalt road cast by paving technology under his feet, the perception is particularly clear.
When his mind focused on it, he instantly knew the length of the entire grand road (five hundred and eighty-three kilometers), the length that the kobold road construction team had to re-pave with the road construction team (two hundred and twenty-one kilometers), The road layout map of the entire city of Uxmail also appeared, as well as the locations of the kobold road builders.
His thoughts moved again, and the power of the road spread along the asphalt road under his feet and entangled the kobold road builders who were praying devoutly.
Gavin did not feel any rejection from them. On the contrary, he felt a fanatical admiration from the bottom of his heart.
This is why Gavin likes to use these little guys more and more. Lack of intelligence is certainly their flaw, but sometimes it is their advantage.
They don't have so many crooked thoughts, they are straightforward and simple, and they can easily develop into fanatical believers and complete all the tasks assigned by them regardless of reward.
The next second, these kobold road builders disappeared from the spot and appeared at the end of the asphalt road, ready to start paving the second half of the macro road.
After these kobold road builders found themselves returning to the wilderness from the city, they were stunned for only a few seconds and got busy without Gavin's orders.
Those who had not yet used the paving technology that day went directly to the junction of the asphalt and dirt roads to start paving a new section of road.
And those that have no use times are hunting, picking, gathering, setting up pots and stoves, preparing to light up the fire for cooking.
These kobolds not only have good survival ability in the wild, but also have a strict division of labor. They all do their own thing, and there is no such thing as those who work hard but do not contribute. The kobolds here are carefully selected elites.
On the other hand, it is their racial nature. Among the wild kobold tribes, it is difficult to see those who lazily sunbathe in the sun. That kind of behavior will be despised by the entire population, and those who do not change will be driven out of the tribe and flow into the wilderness. .
They are short and thin, and without the protection of their tribes, they will soon become food for predators.
Years of survival of the fittest will forcibly drive out the lazy gene from their bodies.
It is this characteristic that makes their construction speed very guaranteed, unless they encounter external factors that they cannot compete with as a whole.
The thoughtful Gavin would never allow such a situation to happen. After the war, he transferred all the battlefield heathers allocated to him by the Arch Druid of Netiat. They will follow the kobold road construction team. We will build roads in sync with each other to protect their safety.
With their presence, no creature in the wild would turn a blind eye and come to provoke the kobold road construction team.
As for the Tukan people's eagle knights, Gavin teamed up with the Druids of the Great Valley and the air force of the Kingdom of Leatherman to defeat them several times. After losing hundreds of knights, they lost their original arrogance and did not dare to act easily. Deep into the giant valley, harassed.
Although the Tukan Eagle Knight has certain advantages, it has not yet reached the level of crushing him. Once he is deliberately targeted, the situation can be easily reversed with the help of magic - for example, those druids directly manipulate the weather and make the surroundings change. Heavy rain or dense fog will have a great impact on the Tukan Eagle Knight.
After sending all the kobolds in Uxmail City to the front of the road construction, Gavin returned his attention.
What he just used was the road rescue ability of the road god, using the power of the road to teleport the road guard.
The so-called road guard is not as simple as giving a name, but they need to infuse at least a little power of the road into their bodies as a mark to link with the road statue.
These kobold road builders who have been endowed with road paving skills have at least six points of road power in their bodies, and are naturally regarded as members of the road guard.
Just like the answer to prayer, when Gavin is in charge, the prerequisites for these abilities can be directly ignored. His power, he has the final say.
Compared with the dragging ability of Shadow Power, Road Power is more professional in this aspect. Not only can it drag and transport items over long distances, but living things will not be affected in any way, and it has no side effects. It requires tedious work such as extracting the power of the shadow after teleportation.
Now the power of shadow still has a certain use in this aspect, because Gavin still has too little road power, and his road network has not been completely laid out.
I believe that with continued development, it will only be a matter of time before the power of the road replaces the power of the shadow in this regard.
This is one of the reasons why Gavin and the others are actively exploring other uses of the power of shadow.
"Let's go." The road god said with a heavy wave of his hand.
"Let's go, all chariot members, take their positions."
"Don't be chaotic. Follow our previous training and everyone should keep their positions."
"Keep a distance. Keep a safe distance of ten meters between all vehicles. Don't rush and move forward slowly. As long as the entire chariot army is operating normally, it is a victory. This requires the cooperation of all people. Every chariot and every person, It’s all an important part.”
The captains of the chariots were the busiest and most nervous people. They were rushing around the chariots and giving loud orders. It was not until the combined efforts of the two gigantic animals made the vehicle start with a grunt that they relaxed a little. tone.
Walking at the front was the building-style chariot commanded by the chariot captain named Aiden, and his deputy was Brady, the second leader of the Sword Brotherhood.
The Sword Thorn Brotherhood has been able to stand in the city of Uxmail for more than thirty years, so it naturally has its own way of survival - being able to bend and stretch.
Especially the three self-made leaders take this to the extreme.
They quickly adjusted their attitudes based on Gavin's demonstrated strength.
From the show of authority at the beginning, to the full cooperation later, and now to the full integration.
Instead of waiting for Gavin, the powerful dragon, to come and annex them, it is better to actively integrate with them and gain more benefits for yourself.
The most important thing about this kind of chariot corps is the front of the vehicle. As long as the front takes the lead, the others behind only need to follow.
And their formation is not static. When one of them encounters a problem and stalls, the one behind it will automatically take a detour to make up for it. To ensure its normal operation, the passing tank teams will actively provide assistance.
Gavin does not object to, and even encourages internal competition and competition. This is an effective way to maintain the vitality of a group, but all this must be established in a benign situation.
More often than not, they are a group. If a warrior falls behind, it is not the warrior who is punished, but the team he is in. If the team makes a mistake, the entire battle group will be implicated, and so on.
Doing so will engrave the sense of collective honor and teamwork spirit into their bodies.
These were the first lessons the chariot captain learned at the Lady Strategy Military Academy, and they were now naturally brought to the chariot corps.
In fact, they have already demonstrated this when recruiting team members.
(End of chapter)
