Chapter 826 Domingo's Role

Upendra just now said: "The chief of Duokong has ordered that you stay here as a special envoy for a period of one year. You will be reinstated at the end of the period. Otherwise, life will be worse than death."

Domingo touched the cold fist mark, and there was fear from the heart in his eyes. Only he could truly feel the threat of this thing. The ice inside seemed to freeze his soul. He bowed and obeyed the order: "Domingo takes orders."

"Let's go." Upendra turned and walked away neatly.

Without the restraints of emotions, these immortal stone giants are like intelligent machines, precise and efficient.

Seeing the black fist mark on Domingo, the stone giant Asim no longer had any doubts and followed Upendra respectfully. He recognized the origin of this fist mark. It was called the Mark of Death. In the entire Council of Death Chiefs, only the Undead Stone Giant Chief Dukong can use it. The person who carries this mark is equivalent to a countdown to his life.

If it is not removed by him within the time ordered by Duokong, the person marked by the death mark will be eroded and become an undead puppet, even more miserable than the undead stone giant. At least the latter can still maintain his sanity, but his emotions will be affected. Missing.

After sending away the two envoys from the Council of Death Chiefs, Gavin approached Domingo again.

The stone giant artist still sat there dejectedly, seeming to be mourning his tragic fate that would come a year later.

Gavin comforted him: "I don't think the Chief of Long and Short left this mark simply for you, but as a long-distance communication tool. As long as you perform well in the next year, I will help you to intercede and give you Leave more free time.”

This is not a simple consolation, it is infused with immortality. Considering that Domingo is a living person, the undead stone giant chief cannot transfer his soul and part of it like the undead stone giant. The power is transmitted, but the long-distance sound transmission is still no problem.

Although he is also a thief of immortal power, Duokong still has an advantage that Gavin does not have. He has transformed himself into an immortal state, directly storing the immortal nature and immortal power in his body, and transferring their I dare not say that I have completely tapped out my power. At the very least, I can only use the immortality in a single thought.

Gavin, on the other hand, has many restrictions.

At the very least, it was impossible to use the immortality as an attack method, and there was also no way to extract it from Domingo's body.

They are both immortal and divine, and have a strong personal imprint on them, so they cannot be transformed just because they want to.

Unless you use it to destroy evil, just doing that will destroy Domingo together.

"Really?" Domingo looked down at Gavin pitifully like a drowning man grasping at the last straw.

"Really." Gavin said confidently, "As long as our plan succeeds, one year from now, Chief Duong Kong will have only one more soul than you, and one soul without you will not amount to much. In the next year, you just need to feel at ease. Stay in the City of Colossus and work on your carvings. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that once the chief of Duokong sends you a message through the mark on your body, you should inform the Lord of Sanoba immediately and ask her to inform me. "

Chief Long and Kong's previous proposal was probably an impromptu idea after realizing the various divine powers in his body, and it was just a general intention to cooperate.

Some details will be added as the two sides continue to advance. It is necessary to leave a mouthpiece, and Domingo just happened to do it.

Thinking of the other party's misdeeds, Gavin warned again, "This time, don't neglect your duties again. If you delay the important event between me and the Chief of Long and Short because you don't deliver the message in time, let alone me, even the gods Even if I come here, I can’t save you.”

"This death mark is not engraved on the body, but in the soul. It really reacts. Even if I am sleeping, I have to wake up. There is no possibility of missing it." Domingo vowed, " I promise there won’t be a second of delay.”

"That's good. Apart from this task, you can arrange the rest of your time by yourself. If possible, I hope that you can specialize in making my statues. They will all be super giant. Every time you complete three statues, I will Purchase or build a large stone sculpture art exhibition hall for you in a city, and if ten of them are completed within a year, I will hold a special stone sculpture auction for you in Waterdeep City."

The increasingly diverse functions of road statues forced Gavin to make more attempts.

He felt that he had overlooked something important.

Dragon oak statues grown from dragon oak mother trees certainly have the advantages of being naturally connected to themselves and being easy to make.

However, it also has the disadvantage that it is not fully compatible with the power of the road. In this regard, earth and stone statues obviously have more advantages.

Since we have a master sculptor in our hands, we naturally have to make full use of him.

"Really?" Domingo's eyes lit up with excitement.

No artist wants to be alone in admiring his work. It is their dream to be seen and recognized by more people, at least for Domingo.

"Do I need to lie to you? I promise to build you a large-scale stone sculpture art exhibition hall in the city of my faith first. The day your three statues are completed will also be the day your stone sculptures begin to move in." Gai Wen patted his chest and assured.

This kind of thing naturally starts from a city where we can mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources, so as to achieve three goals with one stone.

It can not only meet Domingo's requirements, but also serve as a public welfare building to cultivate the sentiments of citizens. It can also be dedicated to relevant gods to see if we can get some benefits from it.

"Lord Gavin is a reputable person, and I believe in your promise." Domingo's passion was completely aroused. "In order to ensure the progress of the carving, I need the Lord's help to do two things."

"Which two things? Just say it."

"First of all, I need a magic instrument that can make me levitate for a long time. It would be better if I could find another magic instrument that can make me grow bigger and smaller for a long time." Domingo didn't know at all. Why are you so polite? This first condition involves three top-level magic items.

Magic items that allow ordinary people to become giants cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand gold coins.

But a magic item that makes a giant, especially a very large giant, grow bigger or shrink is very expensive. It may cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, but it may not be found. After all, this is giant equipment, and the manufacturing personnel are relatively small. There are few, and it is far faster to buy it from the market than to find a master who knows how to make it.

The same is true for aerial flying tools. This thing itself is not cheap. It usually starts at 100,000 gold coins. If a giant prefix is ​​added, the price will triple or even triple.

This is not because Domingo meant to make things difficult, but for the convenience of carving.

Even for a stone giant, it is very inconvenient to carve a super colossus statue with a height of 389 meters.

"Leave this matter to me, I will find a way to solve it. Even if I can't find the corresponding magic equipment, I will ask Jihalin to create tools that will facilitate your climb." Gavin's thinking is obviously broader.

Magical tools are certainly an idea, but some things can be solved with non-magical tools, but they are just more cumbersome.

It is a foolish behavior to blindly pursue technology and ignore the convenient way of magic.

Blindly relying on magic and turning a blind eye to the mundane methods that are right at hand is also extremely stupid.

Even the goddess of magic does not have unlimited praise for magic. Her suggestion is to first try to solve the problem with ordinary means, and then use magical power after trying to no avail.

There is even a group of believers of the Goddess of Magic who do not promote and admire magic, but go against the grain, vigorously promote the anti-magic field, and advocate that people ban the use of any magic and live in the most primitive way. They believe that the magic in this world It is limited and plays a vital stabilizing role in the operation of the entire planet and even the entire multiverse.

If magic is abused, it will inevitably weaken the stability and draw magic power from other places, thus causing various disasters.

Those empires that have reached an extreme level of use of magic and then withered away are the best warnings, such as the Netheril Empire.

This sect has grown at a terrifying speed since last year. They regard the turmoil of the gods as a sign.

The biggest problem lies in the fact that the goddess of magic has acquiesced to their existence.

"Then please leave it to your lord." Domingo made his second request. "The second thing is that I need to recruit spellcasters who are good at shaping stones and turning mud into stone to assist me in reinforcing the stones. It is unrealistic to dig out and shape such a huge rock.

Like these two statues, carving directly into the mountain and turning the soil into stones does not have any technical content. Any spellcaster can do it, including those kobolds. If there is external assistance, the carving speed will be greatly increased. , otherwise I wouldn’t be able to make three super giant statues even in one year. "

"This matter is even simpler. I asked Shanoba to mobilize those dragon-shaped kobold warlocks with similar abilities to assist you. The number may be smaller at the beginning. After all, mining relies on this ability, but believe me, they only There will be more and more. If the construction period is tight, I will allocate more manpower to you." Gavin's answer still contained a discount.

There is nothing we can do about it. The Stone Shaping Technique can be said to be a third-ring spell. With its own development, kobold warlocks of this level are pouring out like a blowout. But turning mud into stone is a fifth-ring spell and extraordinary spell casting. A spell that can only be learned by the beholder.

It won't be bad at any time.

Moreover, this spell is extremely practical for me, the god of future roads and infrastructure.

Whether it is road paving or house construction, it is very useful, and the gap is huge.

And it goes beyond the scope of wand production (it can only accommodate spells below the third level), and the wand's high manufacturing price means that even Gavin, who is now rich and wealthy, is unable to equip his men on a large scale.

In addition to the above conventional ideas, Gavin also has an unconventional idea.

That is to start with the power of roads and construction, and see if we can give birth to a god-given ability similar to paving the way. If it doesn't work, we can transform the stone shaping skills, fossils into mud and mud into stone into god-given abilities. Being able to cast it with a spell-like ability is also a good choice.

But unfortunately, my grasp of the power of the road is too limited. The paving technique is derived from the milestones of destiny. Even it has not been fully understood until now, let alone the directional grant of god-given abilities.

Speaking of destiny milestones, when he killed the Lord of Blight, Gavin had a vague feeling that he could open a new one, at least a golden one.

But Gavin pressed him down forcefully. For him now, the Golden Milestone of Destiny is of relatively limited help. Most of the abilities it gives are at the pinnacle of the mortal world, while the Golden Milestone of Destiny only involves the realm of God, so it can help him. Provide qualitative help and advancement to the cause.

"Are there any other issues you need my help with?"

"there is none left."

"Are you used to the food here?"

"As long as you can fill your stomach, if there is nothing else, you can go."

"Then master, please do your business, I won't disturb you any more."

Domingo also belongs to the kind of person who is crazy about art. If he hadn't been like this, he wouldn't have been accused of dereliction of duty one after another. The past month or so of prison life has fully activated this attribute of his.

After being relieved of the responsibilities imposed on him by the Council of Death Chiefs, he felt relaxed. His creative inspiration was flowing like a fountain, and he was catered for by people who ate, drank, and fed him. He only needed to use all his energy on his beloved carvings. .

For a super otaku, this is not a prison, but a dream lifestyle.

Now bearing the mark of death, his life has entered a countdown, which makes him personally feel the sense of urgency of the short-lived race. Instead of the slow pace of life in the past, he begins to race against time. While he still has feelings and artistic inspiration, in this world , leaving more of his own works.

This is naturally what Gavin likes to see. Although he is not sure whether the super high attainments in shaping the road statue will bring extra attributes and ability bonuses, it is also a good thing to be more like it.

Gavin stepped out of Domingo's cell, no, it should now be called Domingo's stone carving art room.

Shanobah couldn't wait to ask: "What happened before? What agreement did you reach?"

When Gavin reached an agreement with Duokong, he was in a shadow space, isolated from the inside and outside, and Shanobah and the others had no idea what was going on inside.

"We have reached a war agreement." Gai Wen said concisely and concisely. "We have one year to prepare for war. The Death Chiefs Council will spare no effort to gather those monster tribes in the Giant Plains and launch a full-scale attack on us."

The fewer people who know about soul stealing, the better. Shanobah and the others only need to know the final result of the matter, not the reason.

"One year to prepare for war?" Yuriu was surprised at first, and then said solemnly, "Lord, please don't be careless about this matter. The Death Chiefs Council is not an idiot. They don't know that we have restarted Colossus City, let alone unclear. , the production capacity of this mining area when it is operating at full capacity.

Let alone a year, even if you give us a few months, we can produce enough sophisticated equipment and countless steel to arm tens of thousands of people.

A year later, we had enough to turn Colossus into an iron wall.

This year, it doesn't mean much to them. At most, it allows them to gather more monster armies, but even if they have more, they are just cannon fodder.

Their real elite are the heavily armored giant undead guards they have accumulated over thousands of years. As far as I can remember, the number of such equipment produced is no less than one hundred thousand, let alone before.

Leading the elite undead to attack us when we are at our weakest is the most correct tactic.

Could the so-called war agreement be a ploy by the other party?

In order to make the lord relax his vigilance and then take the opportunity to kill? "

The Gray Dwarf patriarch still has an instinctive fear and concern for the Council of Death Chiefs. He regards it as the biggest threat to the City of the Colossus, and he does not hesitate to harbor these enemies with the greatest malice.

“What Chief Yuliu reminded us is very right.” Gavin not only did not refute the gray dwarf chief, but agreed, “So, I am going to adopt the strategy of loosening the outer parts and tightening the inner parts.

Externally, we focus on developing the economy of Colossus City, and we must maximize our iron ore mining, steel smelting, and equipment forging capabilities in the shortest possible time.

The Jihalin clan chief is fully responsible for the iron ore mining work and is in charge of all personnel appointments, dismissals and scheduling here.

Steel smelting and equipment forging are the overall responsibility of Clan Chief Yuriu, assisted by Clan Chief Jihalin. If there is a shortage of personnel in the Colossus Dungeon, priority will be given to the two chiefs to negotiate and resolve it themselves. If they cannot reach an agreement, they will report it to me.

Do the two clan leaders have any objection to this arrangement? "

When asking, Gavin's eyes mainly fell on Jihalin. After all, he was only an ally, not his subordinate.

"No."

"The Lord's arrangement is very reasonable."

Jihalin and Yuriu replied one after another.

After receiving a positive answer, Gavin continued, “At the same time, we must vigorously promote the food planting work in Colossus City. On the one hand, we must reuse the mushroom plantations in the mines.

On the other hand, we are cultivating wasteland around the City of Colossus. Even if we are unable to be self-sufficient in food in a short period of time, we must ensure that we can hold on for a while after being besieged by the undead.

This matter is under the control of the Lord of Sanobah. Not only are the kobolds in the Colossus City at your disposal, but you can also deploy the kobolds in the wilderness of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree at your will.

In the past year, they have been highly assimilated by the natural power of the dragon oak mother tree. Many of the dragon veins, dragon blood and dragon transformation abilities they have opened are related to natural plants. They have advantages in planting that ordinary kobolds do not have. "

"Promise to complete the mission." Shanobah obeyed Gai Wenyan.

Even if the kobolds are not good at farming, they still need to become good at farming.

"Internally, we are actively preparing for the military construction of Colossus City." Gavin's thinking was very clear, and he grasped the economy, politics, and military. "The mission of the Lord of Sanoba remains unchanged. He still selects suitable dragon-shaped kobolds, using flying dragons as the core. The core formed the air force.

The preliminary plan is that within the next year, the number of flying dragons will reach 500, and the number of black-winged kobold legions will reach at least five, each with no less than 2,000 people. Are you confident in completing the mission? "

"Lord, rest assured, I will never fall behind." Shanoba's confidence is as full as her chest.

According to the current development speed of Colossus City, the Black Dragon Girl thinks that her man's estimate is too conservative. If the number does not reach twice the plan he said in a year, it will be considered a failure.

But she likes his low-key and steady style.