Chapter 896: Forcing the issue

Gavin did not set his sights on himself or the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.

Firstly, neither his own road power nor the Dragon Oak Mother Tree's dream power is good at direct combat.

Even the totem dream of the Leatherman Kingdom is mainly used as an auxiliary. The ones who really resisted the ravages of Yamen Khan are the Haslan witches.

Secondly, they are now in the stage of stealing divine power. In essence, they are still mortal beings.

The concept of stealing is not completely consistent with ordinary theft.

It does not mean that they need to hide it from everyone, but it means bypassing the plane laws-using divine power without the approval of the plane laws.

Doing so will certainly allow them to cross the line and use the power of the gods, but they will not be blessed by the plane laws (this is reflected in the godhood).

True gods like Ms. Strategy are different. She has a complete godhood and can use the power of faith to the extreme.

And professional counterparts.

Asking gods to fight is also a kind of strategy and tactics. Once successful, it will inevitably get the law bonus.

The third is Gavin's selfishness.

Once Tevram is successfully defended, Ms. Strategy can take this opportunity to enter the desperate East Region.

He and Ms. Strategy have never been the kind of god-servant relationship that outsiders see, but an all-weather strategic partnership.

Gavin has fully realized what it means to have gods above to do things.

Many things that cross the line do not need him to push Ms. Strategy. Anyone who knows his identity as a voter will naturally contact Ms. Strategy and guess whether this is Ms. Strategy's instruction and her new strategic plan to expand her divine power.

Ms. Strategy herself is also very powerful, with extraordinary foresight and tolerance. When Gavin's benefits to her far outweigh the harm, she acquiesces and tolerates his actions, including the grand development of the road power.

"It is indeed Ms. Strategy!"

"If you want Ms. Strategy to help us, it is natural to offer prayers. After all, we are praying to the gods to help us."

"As long as we can ensure that Ms. Strategy will respond to our prayers, that's enough."

"No wonder General Gavin said that the key lies with us. So that's it."

"If nothing else, just for ourselves, we should do our best."

"This is nakedly taking advantage of others' misfortunes, this is a threat, this is plundering faith, this is a shameless act, how is it different from those evil gods?"

"What time is it now, you are still thinking about this? Are you willing to pray to Ms. Strategy to help you? Or are you willing to wait until the real evil god comes with his army to harvest your soul?"

"Want others to help you, but you are not willing to even pray for the most basic things, where is such a good thing in the world?"

"If your god is willing to come and provide us with shelter, we are very willing to offer prayers."

"Yes, you dare to pat your chest Can you guarantee this?"

"How can you be sure that Lady Strategy will really come after we offer our prayers? Just rely on one person's guarantee?"

"Who do you think you are dealing with? General Gavin is a world-famous chosen one, a true god. How could they lie to us mortals? As long as we pray sincerely, Lady Strategy will definitely protect us."

"General Gavin has just said that the key to the whole thing is not him, but us. Only when we pray enough and sincerely can Lady Strategy bring down her divine grace and power. We can't do anything else, but we can mobilize all the citizens of Tevram and work together to do this."

"Yes, this is the key to the whole thing. The louder our prayers are, the more determined we are, and the more powerful the power that Lady Strategy will bring down."

"What are you waiting for? Let's get started!"

The citizens of Tevram have polarized their attitudes towards this policy.

Those who strongly oppose it usually have their own devout beliefs, especially those priests who worship their only main god. They instinctively think that it is a betrayal of their gods to ask them to pray to other gods and ask for their protection.

The reason why devout believers are called devout believers is that their beliefs are firm and dedicated enough.

Although most of those who strongly agree have their own beliefs, they are mostly pan-believers, and they serve and pray to more than one god.

They do not pray for faith, but to satisfy their own selfish desires and pray to the corresponding gods.

When sowing, offer service to the mother of the earth, Shantia.

When doing business, pray to the goddess of wealth, Wujin, or the god of travel, Shanda Kor.

When praying for good luck, offer sacrifices to the god of luck, Tymora (bless yourself) or the god of bad luck, Benshaba (stay away from yourself).

This is all normal. Now that war has come, it is natural to pray to a god of the war pantheon.

This is another reason why Gavin chose Ms. Strategy. With her ascension to deity, she has begun to gain fame. Although her faith has not yet expanded to the East of Despair, many people are familiar with her name. After all, she is now a member of the Pan-Faerun pantheon.

The most important thing is that she has a good father. Tempus, the God of War, spared no effort in supporting Ms. Strategy. The moment she officially became a god, she had already issued an oracle and ordered all her large war temples to Add this new godly statue to enjoy the worship of believers with yourself.

Although Ms. Strategist only gained a minimal amount of faith from this process, the bulk of it still lies with Tempus, the God of War.

However, there is a huge disparity in strength and influence between the two. One has just entered the ranks of true gods with weak divine power, and the other has been famous for countless years. His footsteps are not even limited to the powerful divine power of Faerun, even if it is just a crack between his fingers. The little bit left out is enough for the former to enjoy, especially in terms of belief expansion, which is extremely beneficial.

Wherever there is a large temple of Tempus, the god of war, wherever there is a large-scale war, her name will inevitably spread, which lays a solid foundation for her belief.

When someone like Gavin started promoting her faith, everything fell into place.

Unlike Gavin, even though he created an unprecedented road of conquerors in the Heartland region, his reputation is limited to this road and the surrounding areas. He is still unknown in the desperate Eastern Territory and can only be regarded as He is a powerful lord, and his identity is far less widely spread than the strategic lady elector.

It wasn't until he led his own kobold road-building team and showed his astonishing road-building abilities in the desperate Eastern Region that many people were impressed by him.

Whether Gavin's plan to pray to the gods will succeed or not is still unknown, but the siege of the chariot army has been lifted for the time being.

The minds of many citizens of Tefram were attracted to the plan to pray to the gods. Compared to the help of a god, what are the military supplies of the Faerûn coalition?

Seeing that the situation was beginning to sway to his side, Gavin struck while the iron was hot: "It is not enough to just rely on the citizens' consciousness in this matter. We must simultaneously promote the propaganda and establish the statue of Ms. Strategy. Only in this way can the power of faith be brought into full play." .

But we alone can't do it, we also need the strong assistance of Lord Parador. "

This is to treat others in their own way.

Previously, the Lord of Parado put Gavin on the fire rack of people's hearts and forced him to declare his loyalty to Tefram.

Now it's his turn to taste the flavor of this popular fire.

As soon as Gavin finished speaking, countless pairs of eyes were focused on the Lord of Parado City. There was no need for excessive verbal pressure at all. Just this kind of gaze ceremony brought huge pressure to him, making him The sweat that had just stopped flowed out involuntarily, and I cried secretly in my heart.

Many ordinary citizens did not understand the situation in Tefram, but as the Lord of Tefram, he knew it all too well.

He is just a puppet chess piece put out in the open by the Shadow Master Guild, a tool used to control Tevlam and then the Kingdom of Sesk.

This is not an ordinary thieves' union, but the church organization of Musk, the god of thieves. What they want is not only the money in the people's pockets, but also the faith of all Tevlam people and even the Kingdom of Sesk.

Over the years, they have spared no effort to develop. At the same time, they have also been constantly attacking the beliefs of other gods in the Kingdom of Sesk, hoping that the belief of the Lord of Shadows will become the mainstream here and the only true god here.

Now that Ms. Strategy actually wants to get a piece of the pie of faith in Tefram and the Kingdom of Sesk, one can imagine how the Shadow Masters Guild will react.

If he goes against the will of those shadow controllers, what consequences will await him? Parado shudders just thinking about the other party's all-pervasive means and superb manipulation of the shadow power.

Where there are shadows, there are their assassins and eyes.

Parado had reason to suspect that the shadow masters were the instigators of the siege in the dock warehouse area. Hiding in the shadows and manipulating ordinary people to achieve their own goals was their usual method.

There is a popular proverb in the underground world of Teflam - every shadow has its own will, spreading whispers of conspiracy all the time.

But the young man in front of him was also a master of strategy. He had borrowed all the people who originally besieged him and turned them into pawns for his own army.

In this situation, if he dared to say no, the fear accumulated in the hearts of the citizens of Teflam for countless days would turn into anger and eat him alive.

The threat from the shadow masters is in the future, but the current situation is imminent.

After weighing for a few seconds, the Lord of Parador made a wise choice and replied to Gavin: "It would be our greatest honor if we could ask Ms. Strategy to come and protect our city. From top to bottom, we, Tefram, We will definitely do our best to cooperate.

It's just that Tukan's army arrived in Tefram, and it was only day and night. We didn't have that much time to erect a statue for Ms. Strategy. "

"It's simple. As long as the city lord finds a suitable location to erect the statue, I will take care of the rest. I think this place is very suitable."

Gavin glanced at it and pointed to the spacious dock square and said, "It's empty talk. If the city lord has no objection, I will immediately lower a statue of the strategic lady here."

"This..." The sweat on Lord Parado's forehead was no longer oozing out, but pouring out. At the moment he agreed to Gavin, he clearly felt the shadow under his feet swaying strangely, and the surrounding shadows turned into countless sharp thorns, pressing against his neck, chest, lower body and other sensitive places, as if he would take his life in the next second.

And this young voter was also unyielding, pressing step by step, looking at him with sharp eyes, and asked: "What? Lord Parado has other opinions?"

"No, no, no." Lord Parado shook his head repeatedly. He couldn't afford to offend the lady of strategy either.

"Then I'll start." Gavin didn't give Lord Parado a chance to change his words. He directly contacted the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. A huge emerald green portal appeared above the Tevram dock area, and a super-giant statue was slowly condensing and landing.

However, this wooden statue is no longer Gavin's, but a female knight wearing a fiery red full body armor, with a fiery red cape fluttering in the wind behind her. She holds a long sword with a cold glow, and the front hooves of the fiery red warhorse under her crotch are raised high, as if to charge with her mistress.

This kind of sky-dropped statue is as useful as ever, bringing an unprecedented visual impact to the citizens of Tevram gathered below. Many people can't help but scream, and some even kneel on the ground and pray to Ms. Strategy.

However, when the statue of Ms. Strategy fell to a hundred meters, a translucent light shield appeared in the air, blocking it out.

This is the city defense maze of Tevram, which has a strong air defense capability.

Although the city defense maze of Tevram is not as good as the six-element city defense maze of Moshantyr City, it is not an ordinary nine-ring mist barrier.

The wealthy merchants in this city spared no effort in building the city defense in order to protect their own safety. The city defense maze covering this city is of legendary level. The various precious spellcasting materials alone cost tens of millions, and its effect is worthy of this price.

Air raids are useless to this city, at least ordinary air raids are ineffective.

"Lord of Parado." Gavin turned his eyes to the ruler of Tevram City. He naturally had the authority to let this statue in.

"He actually summoned a statue."

Lord Parado was shocked at first, and then suddenly realized that the other party was not forced into a desperate situation, but had been fully prepared from the beginning. These Tevram citizens who launched the attack were just coincident.

He felt that he had fallen into a conspiracy vortex, involved in the dispute over the faith of the gods, and if he was not careful, he would be shattered to pieces, leaving nothing behind.

No matter what choice he made, he would offend the other party.

"Lord Parado, what are you waiting for? Open the city defense maze quickly and let the statue of Lady Strategy fall down. Do you want to shut out our only hope?"

"The statue has already descended. Lady Strategy must be watching our every move. Shutting it out is a disrespectful act, which is extremely disadvantageous for our next defense of Tevram."

"Lord Parado, do you want to blaspheme?"

There was no need for Gavin to speak, or even to be guided by someone, the citizens of Tevram were attacking Lord Parado. In their eyes, this kind of statue from the sky was a miracle, representing the attention of a true god.

Not to mention the critical moment when war was about to fall on this city, even in normal times, they dared not shut out a statue of a true god.

Lord Parado looked at Gavin with a complicated look. He thought that he had given enough attention to this young commander from the beginning, but he didn't expect that in the end, he still underestimated him.

If he only forced himself to agree verbally, he would have the opportunity to regret it later, or to pretend to obey and disobey, and put the responsibility on others, including asking for help from the Shadow Master Guild, and let them deal with Gavin.

But the other party did not give him this opportunity at all, and let the statue of Lady Strategy descend on the spot to completely confirm the matter.

When the statue appeared in the air, he had no choice.

Because once it was rejected.

Being spurned by those citizens of Tevram was a light matter. Once there was a problem in the defense of Tevram, many people would put this account on his head and resent him for not accepting Lady Strategy.

Under the attention of the crowd, Lord Parado had to slowly raise the necklace on his neck. As the order was issued, a red light shot up into the sky and fell on the city defense maze light shield under the statue of Lady Strategy.

The city defense maze immediately cracked a big hole, enough to accommodate the statue of Lady Strategy to fall.

When the statue of Ms. Strategy entered the city defense maze, it was immediately covered with a faint divine light. She was no longer a simple dead object, but had her own spirituality, as if she could come alive in the next second.

Instantly established a connection with countless people below, and a majestic but gentle voice sounded in their minds, "I bless you in the name of the guardian of strategy and plan. I will stand firmly with you, fight against evil together, and protect you to achieve the final victory."

There was no need for Gavin to communicate in advance. Such a huge action had already alarmed Ms. Strategy. When her statue fell, her soul naturally attached to the statue and established a faith connection with the praying people below.

"The Goddess of Strategy has come. The Goddess of Strategy has really come. We, Tevram, are saved."

"Thank you, great Goddess of Strategy, for not abandoning us in our most difficult times. Please protect our city and help us get through this difficult time. I will serve you day and night and praise your greatness and glory."

"From today on, I am willing to worship you as my main god. Please protect us from the disaster of war."

Originally, only some citizens of Tevram knelt down to welcome the statue of Lady Strategy. Now, all of them knelt down. Only a few of them were still standing.

Regardless of whether you are a believer of Lady Strategy or a devout priest of other gods, you must pay your greatest respect to a true god who has descended on this land.

Even those citizens of Tevram who were at the point where the statue of Lady Strategy landed did not escape. (End of this chapter)