Chapter 159 Enlightenment of the Twilight Guardian
Author: Night Knight
Chapter 159 Enlightenment of the Twilight Guardian
Shanoba waved her hands a little impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, don't explain. Anyway, your work is a failure. You can't penetrate at all. Your understanding of others is very limited. Do you have any better countermeasures?"
, if not, our cooperation ends here."
Shanobah just doesn't react as quickly as the dog demon, and she's not stupid. She retreats in order to advance, and she uses it sneakily.
If he were a fool, he wouldn't be able to remain alive and kicking even after the battle mages have been jointly hunting him down for many years.
"Wait a minute." The middle-aged woman said hurriedly, "There must be a strategy. We can discuss it in detail."
Shanobah's dragonborn identity is very special, especially useful against kobolds.
The pterosaur transformed and became even more powerful.
Even if it is not for the sake of the Blackwell Tribe, introducing her into his own monk group will be a great help. Since the false god Cyric came to power, Bane the Black Hand's influence in the Zhentarim is shrinking rapidly, and he has reached a great level.
Do not avoid Zhentil Fort, the center of this power struggle, her team is in urgent need of strong fresh blood.
"Talk in detail..." Shanoba snorted coldly, "What can we talk about in detail? Until now, I don't even know your name. I think you have no sincerity in cooperation at all, and you just want to take advantage of me.
As a temporary tool."
The current situation has undergone a fundamental reversal from the previous situation in Jiuxue Village.
It is no longer the middle-aged woman who threatens Sanobah, but the black dragon girl who threatens her in turn.
Because the bait used by the other party to seduce Sanoba has expired.
"Stephanie." In desperation, the middle-aged woman had to take the initiative to reveal her identity.
Seeing that the other party was giving in, Sanoba's expression softened slightly and she said, "Ms. Stefani, if you have any other clever tricks, let me tell you."
The sarcasm in his tone could not be concealed no matter what.
Stephanie didn't seem to hear it: "If your identity is not exposed, the people of the Black Well Tribe will not know my existence. We can also try to contact openly to see if the half-elf can be used by us.
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After hearing this, Shanobah felt her cheeks twitching, and she tried her best not to laugh out loud.
Even if she wasn't captured, that man knew full well that the Zhentarim were secretly plotting against him.
Not to mention, he is now being incited to rebel. No, he should be controlled.
Stephanie thought he was acting secretly and trying to win over her.
"Are you going to be a lobbyist?" Shanobah asked immediately.
"I can't go, I can't take the initiative to expose my identity." Stephanie shook his head and said, "Ms. Shanoba has to take action in this matter. Your identity as a dragon can create a sense of oppression for him."
The fart pressure was so strong that I was almost breathless from being pressed by him. Shanobah refused without hesitation: "Who wants to go? Anyway, I won't go."
Until now, her legs couldn't help but tremble when she thought of that person, let alone running in front of him to be a lobbyist.
Seeing that Shanobah's attitude was very determined, Stephanie did not persist and said: "There is another way, which is to use your identity as a dragon to gather an army of monsters in the rocky land, especially the kobolds. Let's gather the kobolds.
, they can gather fewer kobolds, and as long as they can form a confrontational situation, they will have to talk to us."
Every step you take is being counted on.
Shanobah could already foresee Stephanie's failure, but the expression on her face was contempt: "How can things be as simple as you think? To raise an army, you need food and equipment? Where do these things come from?
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"Of course we, the Zhentarim, will come out." Stephany said without hesitation, "All you have to do is gather enough troops."
"As long as you bring enough food, I will immediately bring out an army for you." Shanoba reversed the statement and immediately changed it into two meanings.
"Why don't we each take a step back, I'll transport equipment and food, and you start recruiting troops." Stephany suggested.
"Deal." Sanoba saw that the heat was almost over and stopped insisting.
After all, Stefani did not step out of the common methods used by the Zhentarim, and fell into Gavin's calculations step by step.
Recruiting a monster army is not a simple task. It requires preparing food, preparing equipment, recruiting monsters, etc. These preparations alone take several ten days.
This was still a situation where the work efficiency was very high. Shanobah kept working hard at the beginning, and the recruitment efficiency was very slow. After being secretly summoned by Gavin and scolded, her attitude improved, and the efficiency improved.
It is estimated that it will take at least a month or two to establish a usable monster army.
And this is exactly what Gavin wants. At the very least, during this period, the threat of the Zhentarim has been reduced to a minimum, and he can focus on other things.
His current schedule is full, and he is mainly focusing on external affairs, not internal affairs.
The three kobold towns are all clearly arranged in terms of division of labor and tasks. With their own set of processes and leadership teams, they run fairly smoothly.
Gavin's first priority now is to recruit more fey from the Spring Bud Forest for his own use, and to open up wasteland and build in his own territory.
Before going deep into the Spring Bud Forest, Gavin was about to try something he wanted to do but never had the time to do - the Twilight Guardian in the Enlightenment Dragon's Oak Dragon's Lair.
Once successful, it will be a high-end combat force that protects the dragon's oak nest.
Gavin still has a certain influence on the Twilight Guardian through the phantom of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.
At least when the kobolds made large-scale modifications to the dragon oak nest and the Twilight Guardian showed up to stop it, it was Gavin who used this method to forcibly disperse it and turn it back into a pile of earth and rocks.
The kobolds who were working here knew how powerful this guy was, so they all stayed away.
Within twenty meters of the pile of earth and rocks transformed by the Twilight Guardian, not a single kobold could be seen.
Gavin walked to the pile of earth and rocks, but the Twilight Guardian showed no intention of showing up.
Gavin directly crossed his legs and sat down on the pile of earth and rocks, concentrating on the enlightenment technique rewarded by the destiny milestone.
Enlightenment is a fifth-level spell unique to Druid, a spell that can only be obtained by having at least nine Druid levels.
If there is no destiny milestone, even if he changes his profession to a mage, the possibility of Gavin learning this spell is almost zero.
It's not a matter of job or professional level, but the synchronization between Druid and nature, which cannot be achieved by other professions. There is a bit of magic in it.
It's just that what Druids believe in is not the gods, but nature.
With a sense of piety and awe, Gavin allowed his thoughts to integrate with the surrounding earth, rocks, and plants, especially the pile of earth and rocks beneath him.
Gavin originally thought that this would be a very troublesome matter.
After all, my understanding of Druid's natural synchrony is very limited. It is normal that the first attempt was unsuccessful. I am going to go to Nectar Village to find those Pik Druids and humbly ask for advice.
Unexpectedly, the whole process went incredibly smoothly.
As soon as his consciousness was adapted and condensed according to the method of enlightenment, it was pulled away by a huge force.
Countless voices surrounded him, whispering to him, seeming to be telling his own story.
Flowers and plants tell the story of life and growth.
Earth and rocks tell time and long stories.
No wonder those druids have such a deep respect for nature and life.
It turns out that every plant, every tree, every soil and every stone is alive. This statement is not an exaggeration, but they can really hear it.
It's just that their voices are usually too weak and too small for ordinary people to detect them throughout their lives.
Gavin felt like he was swimming in the ocean of life.
A lonely and powerful consciousness slowly approached him.
The other party showed sincere kindness to him, and Gavin also felt the familiarity from it, which came from the same origin as the dragon oak mother tree.
This is today's goal, the consciousness of the Twilight Guardian.
Make your own choice and make Twilight Guardian your first enlightenment object, which is definitely the wisest choice.
Because it originated from the ancient copper dragon Frederick, the last material echo in the material plane.
And Frederick's last dragon soul essence has been decomposed and injected into his body.
After feeling the touch of his own call, the Twilight Guardian will not only not avoid it, but will also take the initiative to get close to him.
This will save Gavin a lot of effort.
The knowledge of enlightenment passed down in the Milestones of Destiny.
The enlightenment technique is divided into three steps.
First, be in tune with nature, find the initial consciousness of the enlightenment object, and obtain its initial recognition.
This is the most rare thing, because these initial consciousnesses are usually so primitive that even wild beasts cannot keep up with them. They are as shy as a deer. They often hide and avoid as soon as they feel powerful foreign consciousnesses.
The only way is to grind it little by little, make it feel close to you, and make it recognize you, until you no longer resist yourself and are willing to touch your soul.
This is often a waste of time and takes several hours, which is normal.
For Twilight Guardian, Gavin can simply skip this step.
Second, choose the knowledge and memories to inherit.
The formation of intelligence is divided into five major steps: feeling, perception, concept, cognition and intelligence.
Feelings, perceptions, these initial consciousnesses are already there.
What you don’t have are concepts and cognition. Of course, you can’t cultivate education bit by bit. Instead, you can use magic to clone part of your own knowledge and memory and stuff it directly into your initial consciousness for enlightenment.
Gavin sifted through Zhang You's study memories from that life, copied them, packaged them, and gave them to the Twilight Guardian.
When it comes to systematic education, there is no one in Faerûn that can compare to what Zhang You experienced in that life. It was a specialized, systematic, and undistracted learning process that took ten years as a unit.
In Faerun, studying for such a long time is simply unimaginable.
Including Halua Mage Academy, which claims to have the most systematic and comprehensive system in Toril, it is also inferior in this regard.
Those students usually work as apprentices or assistants on the side, spending far more time on various complicated tasks than studying.
The third, which is the last step, is to organize consciousness around the enlightenment memory and strengthen the initial consciousness.
This step, basically, is to enlighten the object and complete it yourself.
The process of digesting and inheriting memories is the process of consciousness compilation, and in this process, a large amount of elemental energy is naturally absorbed to strengthen one's initial consciousness.
It sounds simple.
In fact, this process is quite time-consuming, and a lot of the work is part of the water mill project.
By the time Gavin finished his enlightenment, a full eight hours had passed.
As soon as he opened his eyes, the pile of earth and rocks beneath him began to tremble violently, and Gavin hurriedly jumped to the side.
The pile of earth and rocks began to slowly condense and take shape, turning into earth, rocks, and plant dragon shapes.
The eyes are still made of a pair of obsidian, but they are no longer cold, but sparkle with the unique light of wisdom.
"Sir, please wait a moment, I'm going to do something." A slow and thick voice sounded in Gavin's consciousness.
The Twilight Guardian turned around, walked to the roots of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, and disappeared in the next second.
This is the Twilight Guardian's spell-like ability, Wood Escape, which allows him to teleport through trees that are the size of his own body.
The Twilight Guardian walked away neatly, and Gavin didn't have time to check the effect of his enlightenment.
This guy just got wisdom, what does he want to do?
You're not going to start a war with the degenerate giants who corrupted the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, are you?