Both the construction technology used and the overall layout of Misnoel are ingenious. From bottom to top, it is divided into five floors, which are three-dimensional and intertwined.
In some places they are separated, and in other places they merge together.
A large number of crystal arch bridges are used inside to integrate the living rock towers into the mountain. Those living rock towers have two entrances and exits, which are extremely convenient.
Of course, this is for those who don't have flying mounts.
For Gavin, the most convenient thing is to use Lena to airborne.
The premise is that Mys Noel's Mystery Lock is in a collapsed or closed state as it is now.
Normally, flights are prohibited in those big cities, and those with mystification will directly add the ban to the enigma. Those without mystification usually have air traffic control.
After the Festering Myth Lock was infused with uncontrolled power by the Root of God, Mys Noel was the first to bear the brunt of the explosion. Not to mention the living tree buildings, all the plants inside were soaked by the power of corruption, and even the living rock buildings
Also dyed gray-black.
If you want to restart this city, you must at least completely eliminate the corrupt forces here.
"Huh? There are intelligent creatures taking action here so soon?" Gavin said in surprise.
Mesnoel is not an empty city now, but a battle for the city is going on.
Both of them do not belong to ordinary races. One has moist skin like ebony, deep violet eyes, and long shining silver hair. They are scantily clad, short and agile. Wherever they go, darkness follows them like shadows.
, who else could it be if it weren’t for the drow.
On the other side is a tall race with an average height of more than two meters. They have skin similar to rocks, dotted with markings of different shades. There are exoskeletons the size of coins on their necks, shoulders, and arms. They wear the same clothes.
He tends to be exposed, with large sections of unique skin exposed, especially those with markings. The weapons he holds in his hands, whether they are axes, giant swords, or long bows, are all large and look quite intimidating.
This group of half-giants possess unimaginable agility. They can run as fast as flying and as if they are walking on flat ground in the complex terrain of Misnoel.
This is a group of Goliaths, a half-giant race. There are not many in Faerun, but they are not a common race. Because they belong to the alpine race, their favorite living environment is high mountains. They like to climb from this
The mountain moves to another mountain.
You can see a single Goliath in the plains, but never an entire tribe of Goliaths, unless they convince a Goliath to abandon their high mountain on their way to another mountain.
Life is as difficult as convincing a dwarf to leave a mine or an elf to leave the forest.
The mountains create the special nature of the Goliaths. When the mountains are abandoned, will the Goliaths still be Goliaths?
Whether they are drow elves or Goliaths, they all have the same characteristic, that is, they have traces of ulcers of varying severity on their bodies - there is no doubt that they are also victims of Moando's servants.
The same situation did not unite them, but filled them with deadly competition.
The two are heading in the same direction, the tallest building in Misnoel.
It is a crystal spire located at the top of the mountain where the city is located and also the center of the city.
Different from those buildings that are dyed black and gray, it maintains its original color and is crystal clear. It seems that there is energy pulsating in it. The most eye-catching thing is the slowly rotating crystal ball on top of the crystal spire. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance.
Know that it is not an ordinary thing.
Although he has not communicated with the following two groups of competitors, Gavin can be 100% sure that they are going for this crystal ball.
"Let's go there too." As Gavin spoke, he had already unfolded the specially made shadow cloak behind him, which suddenly grew two sizes larger. Not only did he cover himself in it, but also the half-moon horse. One person and one rider entered at the same time.
Shadow invisibility state.
This is the advantage of being able to customize your own magic items. You can cut and modify them at will according to your own needs.
Although I don’t know the specific function of the crystal ball, I will take it first and then talk about it.
At least it can't fall into the hands of the drow.
In Faerûn, drow are among the most notorious paragons, second only to demons and demons.
There is a black joke about drow in Faerûn. If a drow is captured, there is no need for trial at all and they will be executed on the spot. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the drow will not be unjustly accused.
The only exception is the good believers of the Dark Maiden Eilistraee.
When two forces, especially the surface forces and the drow, conflict, the chance of making a mistake by helping the surface forces is almost zero, provided that the helper stands in good faith.
After a few minutes of rough observation, Gavin could see the direction of this small-scale war conflict.
Whether it is Goliath or Drow, their goals are extremely clear, and they have rich combat experience with each other. It is obviously not the first time they have fought against each other.
In terms of individual strength, those Goliaths have an absolute advantage.
Even with the assistance of spell-like abilities, three or two drow are no match for Goliath.
And Goliath has a seamless cooperation that the drow don't have, which is a kind of trust that depends on life and death.
When there are one or two comrades behind them, they can launch an attack without any scruples, because they believe that before their comrades fall, their backs will never be attacked.
Three or five people working together form an unstoppable chariot that can surge forward without any scruples.
Easily tear apart the joint efforts of more than a dozen drow to block them. Contrary to Goliath, these drow took their selfishness to the extreme. Before the fight, they were not thinking about how to attack, but how to retreat and how to survive.
Own.
Whenever there is a situation that threatens your own life, it is basically a matter of respect to run first.
In this case, it is easy to cause a complete collapse of a team's defense line.
The drow are also used to this kind of situation.
They will not completely collapse and retreat, but will disappear into the darkness again, just like a dog-skin plaster, sticking around these small Goliath teams, popping up from time to time to do evil things.
When the advancing Goliath team is blocked by the second drow team, they will often get into trouble.
This is the disadvantage of Goliath. There are only a hundred or ten Goliaths in total. They are definitely a large tribe among Goliaths.
Let alone humans, a team of this size is not impressive enough. Even among drow, it is not impressive enough.
This drow army is not large in size, but it is at least four or five times the size of Goliath.
However, in Gavin's view, the biggest advantage of this group of drow is that they have an excellent battlefield commander who makes full use of the complex three-dimensional terrain of Misnoel and combines the drow's numerical advantage and spell-like abilities.
Take it to the extreme.
The Goliaths were divided tactically, and half of the troops were used to contain more than two-thirds of the Goliath soldiers, while the remaining half of the troops were used to defeat the remaining one-third of the Goliaths.
Seeing this situation, a passage from "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu came to Gavin's mind.
The way to use troops is to surround them if they are ten, attack them if they are five, divide them if they are doubled, fight them if they are small, run away if they are few, and avoid them if they are not strong enough.
Translated into common language, it is the principle of using troops. If you have ten times the enemy's force, surround the enemy. If you have five times the enemy's force, attack the enemy. If you have one time the enemy's force, try to disperse the enemy. If you have equal force to the enemy.
To try to defeat the enemy, you must retreat if you have fewer troops than the enemy; if you are not as strong as the enemy, you must avoid a decisive battle.
In a simple word, it is to try to create a situation in which more people attack fewer people, and use military force to crush them.
I don't know if this drow commander has read Sun Tzu's Art of War in The Way of War, but what he is doing now is in line with what is written in the book of war.
If the opponent can achieve precise command in such a complex terrain, he must be directly overlooking the battlefield like himself, and the most convenient way is undoubtedly from the air.
"I found you!" Gavin narrowed his eyes slightly and raised the corners of his mouth, revealing the smile of a hunter eyeing his prey.
The opponent cast the drow's spell-like ability, Levitation, and was also in a state of invisibility.
It was a male drow elf. He was not very tall, about 1.65 meters tall, but as strong as a cheetah. He would talk to himself from time to time, and there was a drow below.
The position of the drow team shifted, and the situation began to turn in the favor of the drow.
Of course, the other party is not really talking to himself, but is communicating with the drow below through magic or magic equipment to make tactical adjustments.
What really caught Gavin's attention was the black half-mask on his face.
The male drow commander, wearing a black half-mask inlaid with lenses, moves around on the surface.
All three point in the same direction: Velen, the drow god of conspiracy, also known as the God of Thieves, the Masked King or the Masked God of the Night.
He is one of the Dark Seldarine gods. He is the son of the Elf Lord Corellon and the Spider Goddess Lolth. He is the brother of the dark maiden Eilistraee. He was destroyed as Aroshi (Lose's name before she was demoted to the Spider Queen).
As an accomplice in Corellon's plan, he was expelled by the Seldarine gods and exiled from the realm of Arvandor.
Due to the high degree of overlap in priesthood, he is sometimes mistaken by some surface races for the King of Shadows and the God of Thieves, Mask. Vic himself never explains this wonderful misunderstanding and uses the same holy symbol.
Especially in the turbulent year last year, Max, the King of Shadows, launched a series of conspiracies and tricks. Not only did he fail, but he misread the Scripture of Cyril, allowing Cyric the Dark Sun to take away his conspiracy priesthood. Dark Night
The goddess Shar is eyeing his shadow priesthood, and she has also gotten into trouble with the Chaos Demon Dog Kozef, so she is a little exhausted.
The Masked King took the opportunity to expand his influence among the surface races and convert the other party's believers into his own. If given the opportunity, Velen would be very happy to annex all Max's followers and priests.
The Masked King is an active promoter of the return of the drow to the night world (the name of its followers to the surface world). His followers in the drow are mainly distributed among the surface drow elves.
In the underground drow, especially in cities where the Spider Queen Lolth's faith is dominant, it is a secret faith that is rarely known to those outside the faith.
Because he opposed Lolth's matriarchy, he taught that male drow and female drow have equal abilities and values, which led to an extremely tense relationship between the evil mother and son, who poached each other.
Spider Queen Rose has not completely destroyed Velen until now. She does not care about the relationship between mother and child, but weaves her own conspiracy and plan. The rebellion led by the masked king and his followers among the drow was originally a rebellion against her.
This is the greatest honor, and her priesthood itself contains two things: betrayal and chaos.
Velen is also a chaotic evil god who must seek vengeance. He prompted the drow to return to the surface, not to reintegrate into the elven family, but to engage in evil activities here, seek greater territory and rights, and fight with his mother.
Prepare for a full-scale confrontation.
Maybe I have been dealing with the gods too much recently. Whenever I see the followers of the gods, especially the drow, a race that is severely influenced by their gods, the first thing that comes to mind is the master behind them.
Just when Gavin was about to launch a fatal attack on the drow commander, the Half-Moon Horse suddenly hissed, the power of nature surged, and it launched a free sprint. Its speed suddenly increased to the extreme and entered a state of sudden descent.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
Three alarm bells rang from Gavin's head in succession, and then turned into the most urgent and impassioned war song. The magic of the music was in tune with it, making his strength and constitution +2 at the same time.