"This..." Aurilla looked embarrassed. This question exceeded the upper limit of their knowledge.
In other words, they don't dare to ask such questions directly in front of their teachers. Isn't this blasphemy against the goddess of magic?
Although not all spellcasters are believers in the goddess of magic, it is basic to maintain reverence for her.
Gavin didn't have so many scruples about this matter, and went on to explain: "In fact, you can completely think of the crazy magic area as the magic network collapse area, where the goddess of magic's control has been greatly weakened.
Many scholars believe that the frantic magic area is the most primitive form of magic. Before there was no magic network, magic existed in this form. At that time, the difficulty of casting spells was not generally high. According to the current professional level, it was extraordinary.
It is very dangerous for the following spellcasters to cast spells in the frantic magic area. They are likely to kill themselves before killing the enemy. Even if they reach the legendary level, there is no way to completely overcome the influence of this chaos.
Therefore, the creation of the Magic Network is a thing that benefits all of Toril. It lowers the lower limit of spell casting in the entire world and enhances the success rate and safety of spell casting. Without the Magic Network, many people will
Lost the qualification to cast spells."
Gavin's view can be said to be advanced.
Because this argument was completely formed after the Arcane Tribulation broke out and the Magic Network completely collapsed.
At that time, the entire world was shrouded in crazy magic areas, and even anti-magic areas appeared, that is, magic-free areas with no magic effects.
However, the magic-free area is a paradox in a multiverse composed of magic, because only when there is magic, the magic-free area can be rigidly defined. This itself is a magic effect, that is, the magic-free area is the largest.
Magic area.
Hundreds of thousands of spellcasters went crazy after the magic network collapsed. Those low-level spellcasters did not dare to use magic easily and began to look for ways to cast wild spells.
In fact, Gavin has a being related to wild magic, the young priest Anna. In her previous life, she once thought that she was influenced by the power of wild magic and embarked on the path of pursuing wild magic. She worked part-time as a crazy mage and tried to
Taming the power of chaos and finding the source of the side effects of his spells, he ended up going further and further down the wrong path.
At that time, not only those spellcasters missed the magic network that they had criticized, but even the secular residents also missed the magic network highly.
Because it is not just a medium for casting spells, it also acts as a regulator of world stability and a barrier on the Toril plane. When the protective layer of the magic network is lost, the entire world becomes extremely unstable.
It was directly exposed to the entire multiverse, and many beings who were unable to notice it were able to notice and lock onto it.
To put it bluntly, the Arcane Catastrophe was the beginning of Toril's troubled modern history.
Not only did the Half-Moon Horse nod his head when he heard it, but even the girl Pegasus knights did the same. Olila couldn't help but admired: "Mr. Gavin's explanation is really easy to understand. In fact, it has popularized it for us."
Knowledge."
"You haven't said how the crazy magic area was formed?" Ban Yueju broke the casserole and asked.
"There are many reasons for the formation of a crazy magic area, the most common of which is violent energy collisions, such as meteorites hitting the ground, or the confrontation of legendary spells, which may tear the magic network in the middle of the explosion to pieces, thus forming a crazy magic area."
Gavin taught him everything without reservation, "This area produced the largest number of them last year. Do you know the reason?"
There was no fool present, and Luna answered without thinking: "The arrival of the gods and the place where their conflict breaks out may produce violent energy collisions, especially the latter."
"That's right." Gavin nodded and said, "The gods themselves are the incarnation of the sacred laws. Their overly condensed nature of laws will disrupt the balance of magic itself. The places that are assimilated by their sacred laws have become their holy places.
Wherever a divine war breaks out, disaster will occur, and most likely it will become a wild magic area.
The goddess of magic naturally does not want such areas to appear, but there are too many such areas. Due to the rules, she cannot come to repair these areas with her sacred deity like the previous two generations of magic goddesses. She can only rely on secular believers.
.”
His words were quite explicit, but he didn't even directly say that Midnight, who had just been promoted to the third generation of Magic Goddess, had not completely controlled the Magic Network, at least she was still far behind the previous two generations of Magic Goddess.
In fact, Gavin has long thought of glorifying the Goddess of Magic and gaining her divine favor - by repairing the crazy magic area.
It's not as simple as repairing one or two crazy magic areas, but finding a way to quickly and effectively repair a large area of crazy magic areas.
He already has a direction for this matter, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to support it. Even though he currently has three places, he still feels that he is unable to do it, so he has not advanced the matter for the time being.
"For this topic, let's go here first today. Amphile Village will be arriving soon. Let's go down. Although there is no restricted air zone there, if you fly around casually, you will be refused hospitality." Ollila said.
Haha, wisely ended the topic. They don't have Gavin's courage and can talk about the gods casually.
In their eyes, the gods are omnipotent, and when they talk about topics related to the gods, the gods can listen.
Of course, Gavin couldn't tell them that the gods were not so omnipotent. They could not hear their names just by calling them a few times. Most of the time, they couldn't even hear the prayers of their own believers, unless
Pious enough.
But there is one thing that they can 100% sense, that is, when large-scale sacrifices, prayers or things related to their clergy are performed, even with powerful divine power, at least 500 people are needed.
For example, Tempus, the god of war, can sense all war conflicts involving more than 500 people in Faerûn, and weapon fights with less than 500 people. Unless he has an incarnation present, or a devout believer prays, he cannot sense it.
Even if they sense it, they can't respond to everything. Even the number of incarnations of the gods is limited, and their time is also limited.
There is a secret that is not a secret, that is, many gods not only have believers in Toril, they also have many believers in other material planes of the multiverse, and even in the multiverse itself. Those major events have already
They are so overwhelmed and unable to do anything at all, how can they possibly care whether the bastards can say their names?
There are single-faced gods, dual-faced gods, and even multiple-faced gods. This involves the division of the powers of the gods, which is far beyond the scope of ordinary knowledge. Even Gavin's knowledge is very limited.
"Amphell Village is one hundred and fifty kilometers away from Waterdeep City. Its name originated from Amphell the Just, one of the early war lords of Waterdeep City. He once built his castle here. It is a pity that this
The castle was destroyed by the trolls that ravaged the area centuries ago, leaving only its foundation.
But when the village of Amphiel is attacked by monsters, the just Lord Amphiel will still uphold his oath of protection and appear as a ghost to repel those trolls and hostile barbarians.
However, this situation rarely happens now, because our current caretaker Lord Sir Brisser Arogar has sworn allegiance to Lord Piergalen of Waterdeep. The City of Glory provides military assistance to the city, and there are often military aids from Waterdeep.
The city's patrol team is cleaning the surrounding area. I can't say it is absolutely safe here, but it is safer than other villages.
As you can see, this is the largest horse breeding area in the surrounding area. The war horses we produce here are very famous. Not only do we have a steady stream of orders in the City of Glory, but we also have orders from Neverwinter City in the north and Calimshan in the south.
Our domesticated war horses serve in the army or run on the surrounding trade routes."
Although their previous horse racing bet came to nothing due to the unexpected disruption of the speedy roc.
However, Gavin and Ban Yueju have already shown their strength in crushing the situation. These six ladies from the Rowenhorn family are also cheerful people. They directly admitted defeat and willingly served as Gavin's escort guide.
It was obviously not the first time that they had done this kind of thing, and they spoke openly about the situation in Amphail Village.
After introducing the situation of Amphail Village, Ollila said insinuatingly: "Mr. Gavin, are you just passing by here? Or are you coming to Amphiel Village?"
Amphail Village is located next to the most important inland trade road from Waterdeep City to Northland. Many people are just passers-by here, but compared to the tourists in large cars and small cars with luggage, Gavin, who is riding alone, is not like
The appearance of traveling far away.
"The destination of my trip is Amphile." Gavin took the initiative to clarify his purpose, "I came here to purchase war horses, in large quantities."
This is not a simple cover, but a piggyback mission.
Whether it is the valley or Tethyr, a large number of war horses and pack horses are needed, especially the latter. The migration of tens of thousands of people cannot be carried by the feet and shoulders of the citizens of Dalauma, right?
It is not that there is no horse breeding land in Tethyr, but it is all in the hands of the warlords and nobles. They are currently waging a smokeless war against Darauma - an economic blockade.
Even ordinary goods are not traded to them, let alone military supplies such as war horses.
There are no relatively large horse breeding areas around the valley. Even the Kingdom of Cormyr, with the Purple Dragon Knight as one of its pillars, does not raise its own horses for 80% of them, but eats them from the North.
Progressive.
"A large purchase of war horses?" Olila's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this. Could it be that they picked up a big treasure and came back? She suppressed the joy in her heart and asked cautiously, "How big is the purchase?"
Gavin did not answer directly, but directly stretched out a finger.
"One hundred horses?" Aurilla's eyes brightened. This was no small deal. A light war horse would cost at least 250 gold coins, and a heavy war horse would start at 400 gold coins. Even if they are all light war horses,
That also costs twenty-five thousand gold coins.
Gavin shook his head and said, "Multiply this number by one hundred."
"How much?" Aurilla almost fell off her flying warhorse, and couldn't help but wonder if she heard it wrong.
"Ten thousand horses. I need at least ten thousand horses of all kinds." Gavin repeated the quantity he planned to purchase.
"Mr. Gavin, this joke is not funny." Aurilla looked back at Gavin and said seriously.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Gavin's expression was as serious as he wanted to be.
"Mr. Gavin, I'm not questioning your ability. Ten thousand horses, even a light draft horse, would cost nearly one million gold coins. It's really hard to believe that you came here empty-handed." The implication of Olira's words was obvious.
, everyone in Haikou can boast, the question is whether you have the financial resources.
"I just came here to fight for the front line, and I didn't say I would take it all in one bite. After all, I can give out millions of gold coins at once, and your Amphier Village can't give out so many war horses, right?" Gavin smiled.
He said, "And trust, this kind of thing, needs to be established bit by bit. I'm afraid I have to live in Amphail Village for a while. The first priority now is not to discuss business, but to invite six ladies for a drink."
, please take me to the Antler Pot Tavern!"
Gavin took the opportunity to make a statement. Ten thousand war horses is just an imaginary number. How many horses will be taken depends on the specific situation.
It depends not only on the situation of the horse breeders in Amphail Village, but also on the development of the situation on your own side. This is not yet completely certain.
No matter what you say is true or false, someone will take the initiative to contact you and at the same time pave the way for your next plan.
As soon as you enter the village of Anfeil, a strong smell of life hits your face - the smell of horse manure, bread, wine, cooking smoke, and stewed meat are all mixed together.
Recently, Gavin has been dealing with a series of natural races such as treants and fey every day, and he has almost forgotten this taste.
This simple village suddenly brought him back to the ordinary world and back to the human world.
In fact, there is no need for an escort in Anfield Village, because this settlement is very small. The town is centered on an open space, where several side roads intersect with the long road. This open space is called Marland Road Junction by the locals.
The name comes from the butcher shop run by the Marland family which was destroyed by fire ten years ago.
Standing in the center of Marland Road and walking around, the entire village of Amphiel comes into view.
The Antler Pot Tavern that Olila mentioned is located directly south of the Malander intersection. Its entrance faces the long road, silently tempting travelers passing by the long road to rest here and have a drink.
Before entering the Antler Pot Tavern, Gavin's eyes couldn't help but fall on a huge obsidian statue to the north. It was a war horse standing on one leg. The craftsmanship of the statue maker was very good, making it appear alive, as if it were the next second.
, it was able to come back to life with a long neigh and run again. The only thing not beautiful is that the majestic symbol of this war horse was castrated.
Seeing Gavin's gaze, Olila immediately explained on the side: "This war horse statue is called the Great Shalan. It is to commemorate the famous war horse bred by Amphier Village half a century ago and is the symbol of this village.
.”
"Symbol? Your way of treating symbols is really unique?" Gavin couldn't help laughing. Not only was this obsidian stone horse painted with various colors, but there were also a group of children holding slingshots and slings, and they were taking the stone horse.
The perching birds serve as live targets for practice accuracy.
Olila blushed slightly and defended: "This is to prevent more birds from falling on the stone horse. People often clean it. It's just some villagers who think that painting it with unique colors is a way to pray for blessings."
, can allow the war horse cub to be born safely, so it will become like this again soon."
"This custom is quite unique." Gavin smiled kindly and said nothing more.
In fact, Olila misunderstood. What he was looking at just now was not the stone statue, but opposite the stone statue he was looking at. Behind the Happy Hall of Mother Gaother, there was a dilapidated, dark building. At first glance,
You know it was burned by fire.
It is another destination of Gavin's trip.
Seeing that it was still dilapidated, Gavin's heart suddenly fell to the ground. He hadn't arrived late, and the place hadn't been sold yet, otherwise he would have had to spend a lot more effort.
"Beautiful ladies, have you completed your inspection mission so early today? Is this the old rule?" A waitress who looked about the same age as Olila and the others greeted them enthusiastically. It was obvious at a glance that she was
A good acquaintance.
His skills can be said to be exquisite. While greeting regular customers, he did not ignore the new face of Gavin. He smiled and said, "This handsome gentleman must be the lucky one today to be able to drink with the six beautiful flowers of our Amphier Village."
A cup is something that countless young people in the Glory City only dream about."
"Old rules." Olila smiled and joked, "Ella, it's too inconvenient for you to stay in Xuanlu. You should go to Gao Se's Mother's Happy Hall across the street. You have such a small mouth and you just wipe it out every day.
It’s just like Mother Gowther’s mead, those guests even saved money on buying the mead.”
"I think so." The waitress Ella said with an aggrieved look, "Ever since the last time I used a throwing knife to pierce the hat of an aristocratic drunkard who tried to touch my thigh, Gowther's mother has forbidden me from approaching their front door.
Mi, no matter how busy they are and how short of manpower they are now, they are not willing to ask us sisters for help."
"Haha..." All the girls couldn't help but laugh at the same time. The one named Pasala laughed and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't dare to ask you to help. If a guest pours mead on you next time,
body, what if you directly nail the flying knife to their face?"
"Hey! If we don't let this happen, we can only tie our sisters' hands, but then we won't be able to work." Ella sighed pretending to be sad, and turned to face Gai again.
Wen showed a sweet smile and said, "Sir, leave the war horses to us. We Xuanlu have the most spacious stables in Amphail Village and the best horse feed. When you leave..."