"A very reasonable conjecture." Zalanda agreed, "As long as you keep an eye on the Silver Zelano family, you are keeping an eye on the tail of the old fox, Shane VII."
"It's useless to keep an eye on it. I suspect that the development focus of this thousand-year-old fox is not on Amn, but on the New World." Gavin boldly guessed, "After all, Sharptooth has been operating here for nearly a thousand years, and no one wants to Know how many families are secretly loyal to her, and how many people are her agents and spies
If Xia En VII uses some unconventional power, it will be easily noticed.
But it's different in the New World. Sharptooth, like him, starts from scratch. When the enemy is overt and we are covert, he is more competitive. ”
Using yourself to save others, if you were in the position of Xia En VII, you would definitely do this.
There is very little information about the early development of Xia En VII in the previous life, which is also a kind of supporting evidence.
This mass assassination of masked council members, even if it awakened the sharp-toothed Ivicola Sagran from the dragon's sleep, ended up being nothing. Bonefinger, an eyeless thieves guild in the Broken Tooth Mountains, became the scapegoat and was Not only did he loot everything, but he also became Broken Tooth's new servant.
In the following ten years, there was basically no movement for Shane VII again. It was not until the Sammasters opened the Dragon Madness Mystery Lock that drove all the dragons in Faerûn into madness. Only then did Shane VII show up again and unfold his secrets. Revenge plan.
By that time, his power had taken shape, and he could rival Sharptooth in Amn.
Since the New World was mentioned, Zalanda couldn't help but ask: "What do you think about colonizing the New World?"
"How else can you look at it? It's nothing more than a plundering feast of jackals." Gavin said with some disdain, "This is what the merchants of Amn and the pashas of Calimshan are best at.
For a short time, the most prosperous business between Faerûn and the New World was certainly the slave trade.
We don’t earn this bloody money.
On the contrary, we can use the slogan of liberating slaves to liberate as many slaves as possible from Calimshan. Now we have a huge population gap.
Whether it is large-scale development of the upper reaches of the Agis River or development along the Route of the Conquerors, a large number of people will be needed. ”
There are currently two major slave kingdoms in Faerûn. One is the Kingdom of Ser under the rule of the red-robed mage.
The other is the Calimshan Kingdom under the rule of the Pasha. Their national system was inherited from the Shahn Dynasty, no, more accurately, it came from the fire djinn nobles and air djinn nobles.
This land has been under slavery for as long as humans have settled it, except for the deep-rooted inertia of rule.
The main reason is that there is a stable source of slaves here - the Chult Forest across the sea to the south is the private land of the Calimshan Pashas, and many slaves are kidnapped from here every year for their own consumption.
"If we do this, will we completely antagonize the pashas of Calimshan and push them into the arms of our enemies?" Zalanda asked doubtfully, "This is contrary to your past efforts to unite all the forces that can be united. The concepts don’t match.”
Gavin showed a sly smile and said: "I didn't ask you to participate directly. There are already a bunch of slave liberation organizations in Calimshan, but the scale has never been large and they are small and small.
Firstly, they lacked strong financial support, and secondly, the slaves they liberated had nowhere to go, and many of them were recaptured on the way to escape.
Now we have unique conditions. As long as they escape into the Marching Mountains, those Goliaths will take over and send them into your territory.
As long as we don't admit it, can those pashas from Calimshan climb over the Marching Mountains and bite you? ”
The Kingdom of Calimshan and the territory of Zalanda are separated by the Marching Mountains and the Mir Forest, making it difficult to use large-scale troops.
Zalanda couldn't help but smile and said: "Have you already planned it? This Goliath mountain city is used to defend against the pashas of Calimshan?"
"Some things just happen at the right time." Gavin spread his hands and said, "Whoever they find to bring trouble to themselves must make them pay for their stupid behavior. Now is the perfect opportunity.
The monster hordes that rushed into Calimshan were no less than those that rushed into Tethyr.
It's unlikely to hit them hard, but messing up the situation should be no problem.
The greater the chaos, the more opportunities those slaves have to escape. ”
"After the Winter Feast is over, I will send someone to start planning this matter." Zalanda agreed to Gavin's plan, "We have been out for too long, and I don't know if the three newly born little guys are hungry. ”
Being reminded by Zalanda, Gavin became even more anxious. He couldn't wait to see his daughter, "Let's go back and have a look."
Then he directly dragged Zalanda and launched a precise teleportation, and appeared directly on the Queen - a teleportation positioning stone was placed here.
This is a magical creation whose function is to assist in teleportation and positioning. As long as the magic coordinates of this stone are known, accurate teleportation can be carried out. In the absence of interference, the accuracy is as high as 99%.
As soon as the two returned to the Queen, a series of laughter from a baby girl could be heard in their ears.
Gavin couldn't help but glance at Zalanda and said: "Can a newborn laugh?"
"How do I know?" Zalanda spread her hands and said, "I am also a first-time mother, so I have no experience!"
While they were talking, the two of them had already entered the baby's room.
Three little guys carved in pink and jade, almost printed from the same mold, lie side by side.
There was a person in front of the crib who was teasing them. As long as one of them smiled, the other two would immediately start giggling.
This man, with the legs of a mutton and a wreath of oak leaves and golden acorns on his head, is none other than the satyr goddess Hyalia, who gave birth to Zalanda.
She seemed to have heard the previous conversation between Gavin and Zalanda, and responded with a smile: "If they are ordinary newborns, let alone triplets, even if they are singles, they usually won't smile, but if they are The daughter of a demigod who carries the blessings of the gods is another story.”
"Blessings from the gods? Daughters of demigods?" Gavin couldn't help but asked doubtfully, "I was promoted to demigod after Zalanda became pregnant with them, can I also benefit them?"
"Your Excellency, your understanding of the existence of divine power is too narrow!" Xialia said in surprise, "It is not the body that determines the existence of divine power, but the soul and faith.
They are your children. Whether they are born before you become a god or after you become a god, they are all daughters of demigods. The world will respect them because they have your blood flowing through them. This important identity The effect will continue to improve as your divine power grows. ”
"That's it, I've learned a lesson." Gavin understood.
To put it bluntly, it is still faith.
When you love the house and the bird, someone will extend their love to your children. This is also the origin of those second and third generations of gods.
Gavin's eyes fell on the three little ones again. They didn't look reborn at all. Their little faces were white and tender, with plump baby fat. They blinked and looked around with big black eyes, seemingly interested in everything. All full of curiosity.
As Gavin came closer, they couldn't help but cast their eyes on him, struggling to stretch out their little hands and waving them, as if making a hug gesture.
Sialia asked from the side: "Do you want to hug them?"
"Can I?"
"Of course, they are not as fragile as you think." Xialia directly picked up the baby girl on the left and handed it to Gavin's hands.
Gavin was suddenly in a hurry, making his movements as careful and gentle as possible, lest he could not control his strength and cause harm to it. The little thing in his hand was soft, pink and tender, and it seemed that it would melt away if he exerted force. Same.
"Don't use a hug." Xialia corrected on the side, "Use a hug, hold it in your arms."
As he spoke, he picked up another demonstrator and showed it to Gavin.
"Wow..." The last baby girl pursed her lips and burst into tears.
"What's wrong?" Gavin felt that he was even more busy and wanted to put down the one in his hand and hug the other one.
The baby girl who was originally giggling at him happily started to cry loudly as soon as she touched the crib, and stopped when she picked her up.
"You know how to fight for favors when you are born, and you will be busy in the future." Xialia took it for granted. She gave the one in her hand to Zalanda and hugged the last one. She immediately stopped crying.
Gavin said thankfully, "Fortunately, there is a lady here to help, otherwise we would have been exhausted. We still have many things to learn from the lady."
"It's you who cares about them and makes yourself confused. Taking care of them is not as difficult as you thought." Xialia looked more casual, "It will be fine after you two get to know each other for two days."
"Wow..." The one in Zalanda's arms cried again. As if it was contagious, the other two started crying too.
"What's going on?"
"They are hungry." Shialya replied, "They are not ordinary children after all. It is difficult for ordinary people's breast milk to meet their needs. It is best for Ms. Zalanda to feed them herself."
"Okay." Zalanda happily unbuttoned her clothes in public and tried to breastfeed.
Although she was a newbie and a little clumsy, the baby girl in her hands was no ordinary newborn and she could easily deliver milk successfully.
The only troublesome thing is that there are not one but three babies. She can only nurse two at a time, and one of the others will always fail.
Fortunately, Lady Woodland was there. She lifted up her clothes directly in front of Gavin and started breastfeeding him without any hint of shyness.
As a nurturing goddess, she always has breast milk, even if she has never given birth.
Xialia was naturally relieved, but Gavin felt a little uncomfortable and took the initiative: "The Winter Feast is not over yet. I will go back and inform you first, so as not to cause chaos to those guests."
"Okay, you go first, I'll be there soon." Zalanda responded.
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When Gavin returned to the Winter Feast, there was not much commotion here. Most of the people were still drinking and immersed in the carnival. They had no idea that one of the most powerful dragons in Faerûn almost came here not long ago.
After all, there are only a few people who can identify the identity of a dragon through its roar like Valentino the Crowned One.
Gavin quietly returned to his seat. Only a few people noticed, and most people were unaware of it.
Valentino, the wearer of the crown, couldn't help but asked immediately: "Are they really sharp teeth?"
"It is indeed her." Gavin did not hide anything and told the truth, "But please don't worry, I have just reached an agreement with her. She will not disturb the territory related to the Lord of Zalanda. Even Mosish City and Rita Wencheng took refuge with the Lord of Zalanda and got her tacit approval.”
"That's good!" Everyone present visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
They were unwilling to go to war with a famous ancient blue dragon unless forced to do so.
In fact, what they were worried about just now was not the threat from Sharptooth. She existed for more than a day or two. The residents living here had already reached certain agreements or tacit understandings with her. Before they violated these agreements and tacit understandings, this head The blue dragon will not easily disturb them.
Although they are all chromatic dragons, there are big differences in personalities between different species.
Among them, red dragons, black dragons and white dragons are more similar. Their temperaments are as fickle and moody as the demons in the bottomless abyss. They do whatever they want according to their temperament and preferences. Their relationship with intelligent creatures is often Tit for tat.
The characters of the blue dragon and the green dragon are more like the devils of the Nine Hells. They are equally greedy and evil, and they also like to manipulate others. In most cases, they keep their promises--when the promise is beneficial to them.
Sharptooth is the most typical blue dragon character.
Therefore, what the Crowned Ones were afraid of was that Gavin believed that he was a demigod and thought that he had the strength to kill or fight this ancient dragon, so he took action desperately.
If only he could kill Sharptooth in one fell swoop.
I'm just afraid that things will go wrong, and it would be bad if I just repel them or inflict heavy damage.
This vengeful ancient blue dragon will inevitably launch a crazy revenge, and will not let go until death - the Xia En Dynasty is a lesson learned from the past.
These allies, who have just reached an agreement with Gavin, will be in a dilemma, and if they are not careful, they will cause disaster.
At present, their worries are unnecessary. This road builder is far wiser than they imagined.
As for what kind of agreement was reached, they wisely did not continue to ask. This must be an easy thing to slap in the face. The other party is a demigod, and they must save some face for him.
Valentino, the one wearing the crown, continued to ask: "She woke up from dragon sleep. Something big will happen around her. Does the Road Builder know what happened?"
"The masked members of Amn's six-person council were mass assassinated, and three of them died permanently." Gavin answered lightly.
"What? Three masked MPs were assassinated? Who did it?"
The person who suddenly changed his color and stood up was not Valentino, the crowned one, but Raymond, the lord of Reitawen.
As a part of the Kingdom of Amn, he is more aware of the value of the masked members. None of them are weak, and they usually have huge strength and backing behind them.
"Sharp Tooth suspected that it was me who did it. I just came here to hold him accountable, but I really didn't do it." Gavin would naturally not leak information about Shane VII easily.
To Sharptooth, Shane VII is in the shadows, the mantis catching the cicada, while Gavin is the oriole peeping at the two.
"Could it be the work of the Shadow Thieves? This secret thief organization has been very rampant in the Kingdom of Amn in recent decades. Their spies are pervasive and their members are everywhere. They have secretly controlled many industries in the Kingdom of Amn.
They have been trying to infiltrate the upper echelons of the Kingdom of Amn, and secret assassinations have always been their usual method. "Lord Raymond made a bold guess.
He was Gavin's last missionary. In many matters, the two hit it off, because they were driven by interests.
He was naturally invited to participate in this winter feast, and was also greatly shocked and shocked. He was secretly glad that he had made a wise decision.
It is difficult for a force protected by the gods not to rise, not to mention that Gavin is now a member of the gods and is in charge of the path closely related to the development of all peoples, so it is naturally even more extraordinary.
When given the opportunity, he naturally wanted to show his value as much as possible and integrate into this new group. His greatest value was to extract more benefits from the Kingdom of Amn and deliver them to the Lord of Zalanda.
"It doesn't matter who assassinated him, it's a question Sharptooth should have a headache with." Gavin naturally wouldn't spend too much energy on a question he already knew the answer to. "The key to the question is, what can we get from it? ”
"Start the war! As long as you give the order, our Blood Gap City will be the first to come out in full force. We promise to capture Brost within ten days, swallow Mulan within a month, and make the entire south of the Broken Tooth Mountains surrender. At the feet of the lord." The giant-looking hobgoblin warlord Xue Claw couldn't help but raised his head and said loudly.
As the sharpest knife in Gavin's hand, it is naturally qualified to participate in this winter feast.
"A giant plain hasn't fed you yet?" Gavin glanced at the hobgoblin warlord.
Zalanda's pregnancy and a series of mission plans somewhat disrupted his schedule.
After returning from the Bottomless Abyss, I didn't have time to inspect the Blood Gorge City.
The hobgoblin warlord grinned and said with a confident yet terrifying smile: "The previous wolf extermination campaign launched by the Lord not only completely eradicated the gnolls on the Giant Plains, but also scared away the Troll Demon tribe collectively. < br>
Now the monster tribes on the Giant Plains are like slugs whose backs have been broken by us. They can only be slaughtered by us without causing any trouble. ”
"After so many years, why haven't you made any progress?" Gavin frowned and said calmly, "When did occupation become our goal? Management and construction are our core.
When the Plains of Giants are filled with camps and villages belonging to you hobgoblins, and you become the main residents there and have a steady supply of soldiers, then talk to me about opening up new territories. ”
The hobgoblins of Blood Gorge City are powerful, but they have a fatal flaw.
That is the lack of strategic depth and war potential.
Once their main army suffers mass casualties, not only will their strength be unsustainable, but the Giants' Plains will most likely catch fire again.
When he was building an army of conquerors, Gavin made an unprecedented gamble.
Now it is the result of winning the bet. Once the bet is lost, many things will be reset to zero.
At that time, our family was small and our business was small. Even if we lost the bet, we would have to start over again.
Now that his family has become a big business, Gavin will no longer gamble easily, and he focuses on stability. (End of chapter)