"What do you need me to do?" Kalea could only place her hopes on this half-elf druid now.
"Use that psychological induction on me first." Sherlock still wanted to experience the working principle of this skill for himself.
"Are you sure?"
"Perhaps, you can try to make me... like eating smoked cheese." Sherlock suddenly remembered the Leatherman specialty food that Chihiro Nakamura took her to taste.
That taste was something he would never forget.
It was only when he saw Calea's confused eyes that he remembered that the northern land was still a complete wilderness and inaccessible. Even if special delicacies like smoked cheese had appeared, people far away in the valley probably didn't know about it.
"Just think of it as a very unpleasant food." Sherlock explained.
It is actually very difficult to succeed in psychological induction for things you don't understand, but if you just experience it, it doesn't matter much.
And it’s okay if it doesn’t succeed.
Kalea was afraid that if he really succeeded, he would anger the druid and the elves behind him, and then he would really have no way to survive.
"Then I'll start." Calea said: "Let's talk about smoked cheese first. Where have you eaten it before?"
"In a small restaurant in the northern land."
"Then who did you go to eat with?"
"Two friends."
"Who are they? Can you tell us more about them?"
"Chihiro Nakamura, an interesting witch, and Montenegro, an interesting wizard."
"How did you know each other?"
"I was invited to study in the northern land, and then the Supreme Witch..."
Whether it's smoked cheese, the land of the north, or wizards and witches, everyone here has never heard of it.
They were waiting to hear the next story, but Sherlock had already regained his consciousness and said with a smile: "It is indeed an interesting skill."
"How did you wake up?" Kalea's face was full of shock: "Or you have not been affected."
Sherlock did not explain, but analyzed the principles of psychological induction.
In fact, this skill is somewhat similar to hypnosis, both of which change people's thoughts.
However, the effect of psychological induction is weaker and more restrictive, in exchange for its strong attachment ability.
The purpose of Kalea's chat with him just now was to establish a link between the idea that smoked cheese is delicious and other related memories in your mind, and then share emotions through this link, thus subtly changing your thoughts.
And wanting to restore it is like rebuilding a destroyed house. It can be built, but there is no guarantee of what it will be built, let alone that it will be exactly the same as the original one.
Therefore, after the psychological induction takes effect, even the releaser of Kalea's skill cannot guarantee that the person will be able to recover.
"Yes, yes, that's it." Kalea shouted excitedly, finally someone could prove that he was not lying.
But obviously, Lu Er, a warlock, is not interested in the principle of this spell: "So, what are you going to do?"
This is a common problem among most warlocks.
They are born with powerful spellcasting abilities and have always looked down on mages who need to learn to use spells, and they also have a disdainful mentality towards learning.
Sherlock could only explain it in detail once.
The treatment plan is actually very simple, which is psychological induction plus spiritual dream building.
The main reason why psychological induction cannot restore people is because of a poor grasp of the situation, while the spiritual dream-building technique can just materialize a person's psychological state by constructing a dream.
Shylock and Calea joined forces and soon succeeded in awakening the first person.
After this person woke up, he remembered very clearly what happened during this period, but he could not say a word as to why he did what he did. He thanked him and was quickly helped down.
Seeing this successful case, everyone in the Deep Forest Valley finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer forced Sherlock to let him go.
For the next four days, Sherlock stayed in Gaoyue.
While he was being treated, he took the opportunity to exchange ideas about the covenant with everyone in the Deep Forest Valley.
With the support of Lu Er, the princess of the deep forest, the entire negotiation can be said to have gone very smoothly. By the time he left with the envoy, the two parties had basically reached an agreement.
Next, let’s look at the opinions of other valleys.
The closest ones to the Deep Forest Valley are the Bow Valley in the southeast and the High Valley in the southwest.
According to the mission plan, Sherlock decided to go to Gaogu first.
The location of the high valley is very mysterious, and its existence is not marked on many maps.
In addition to its special geographical location, this is also because there are three special hidden valleys on the side of its mountain pass, the Copper Mine Valley, the Hidden Valley, and the Place of Dance.
Not to mention the Copper Mine Valley, it is a rich mining spot, and the future high valley will be developed based on the entire mining spot.
There is a group of dwarfs living in the Hidden Valley. Humans provide them with protection, and they provide humans with some craft and magic support.
Finally, there is the place of dancing.
There is nothing special about this place itself, but hundreds of years later, the Harpers Alliance, the most shining organization in the history of Faerûn, will be formally established here.
At that time, a total of twelve human and elven gods will appear in the Dancing Land to celebrate the establishment of the Harper Alliance.
Since then, the Dancing Land has been protected by Mielikki, the goddess of forest and rangers, Mystra, the goddess of magic, Ogma, the god of knowledge, Selun, the goddess of the moon, and the priest Silvanus, the god of nature.
They even signed an agreement with Cormier, requiring Cormier to come to aid in defense when the valley is threatened.
Thanks to this, in the seven or eight hundred years after the establishment of the Harpers' Alliance, except for a brief period of occupation by the army from Zhentil Keep during the Turbulent Years, the people of High Valley have been living a peaceful and peaceful life.
But, this is all seven or eight hundred years later.
Before this, Gao Gu's life was actually not easy.
On the one hand, the national border between Cormyr and Sambia is formed by Thunder Peak and Guangze, and the only high mountain pass that can quickly cross this line happens to be near the high valley;
On the other hand, there is the threat of cloud giants. The neighbors on the back of the mountain are always thinking about driving these humans out of Thunder Peak.
Being surrounded by enemies from both sides, and besieged both internally and externally, Takagu had no intention of starting another conflict with the elves.
Therefore, everyone in Gaogu was very enthusiastic about the arrival of Sherlock and his entourage, and they couldn't wait to agree to the alliance.
In exchange, they hope to get the assistance of the elves to help them resist the ravages of the cloud giants.
Due to the terrain and size limitations, cloud giants cannot reach the east peak where the high valley is located from the main mountain pass. They can only climb over a valley at the top of the mountain.
Sherlock discussed with the elves in the mission, and finally decided to design a wind gathering formation in this valley and mountain, so that a natural wind barrier would be formed between the east and west peaks, so that the cloud giant would not be able to turn over from the top.
In this regard, as half of the electorate of Sandakol, Sherlock has a strong say.
Under his guidance, the Elf Mission spent half a month and a large amount of casting materials to finally complete the formation.
In order to verify the effectiveness of the formation, Sherlock even transformed into a dragon form to test it.
Although he can't stop him, it should be easy to stop those brainless cloud giants.
Afterwards, under the warm farewell of the people of Gaogu, the group of them set off again, heading in the direction of Bow Valley.
