The two were silent for three full rounds before Vongeldahast said: "It's not like there's no room for negotiation." "What conditions?" Mansong asked directly. "Please explain your purpose before I can consider it." The meaning of Vongerdahast's cliché was very obvious. "I have a piece of merchandise that has been robbed. I want to go to the scene to have a look." Manson didn't believe that Vongeldahast didn't know his purpose. As soon as his front legs arrived, Vongeldahast's rear legs appeared. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time and was sure that he would appear on the rocky ground. The Kingdom of Cormyr never gave up on the Rocklands. In other words, they can't take over the Rockland, and they will never allow other forces to get involved in the Rockland, especially the Zhentarim. Because of this matter, the two sides have fought countless times, overtly or covertly, including no less than three head-on confrontations with the harmless old guy in front of them. Anyway, neither side has gained much benefit. Both sides have the confidence that the other party cannot defeat them. But the confidence to defeat the opponent is not enough.
After all, mages of their level have many ways to save their lives and many killer tricks. Even if Qiu Da Kushen wants to go all out, he still has to weigh whether he will be involved in it while killing the other party. "Yes, but I must accompany you the whole time." Vongerdahast finally gave in. No matter how hard it is, they are in the rocky area now. Once they break up and start fighting, Cormier will be the unlucky one in the end. "Make way." Mansong expressed his attitude through actions. Vongeldahast only turned slightly to the side. Manson stopped looking at him and floated directly past him. The closest distance between the two of them was no more than two meters away. When the elemental magic came into contact, even the sparks were wiped out. It's not that Vongaldahast didn't have gathered elements, but the elements he gathered were highly condensed and entangled two or three meters around him. The flow speed was slower and it didn't look as arrogant as Manson's. Vongeldahast didn't say much, and just followed Manson a dozen meters behind. Even without anyone to guide him, Mansong quickly found the location of the robbery. After all, there is only one commercial road in Yandi that allows large caravans to pass, so just follow it. The two were very fast and quickly reached their destination. Mansong first walked around the battlefield, and then after landing, he looked around here and there. His face was expressionless the whole time, and he didn't know what he wanted to see or what he saw from it. From beginning to end, it didn't even last ten minutes. Then he opened the portal and left without even saying hello to Vongeldahast. This made Vengda Hast shake his head repeatedly, "This old madman becomes more and more rude as he gets older." After successfully sending this plague god away, Vongeldahast breathed a long sigh of relief. The Kingdom of Cormyr and the Zhentarim have irreconcilable disputes over the Rocklands issue, but they have no interest in going to war with the dark ruler of the Moonsea region. Because there is no benefit and no meaning, but it is easy to drag yourself into the quagmire of war. As long as the other party keeps staring at the rocky ground and the high road, the Kingdom of Cormyr can't really hope for a peaceful day.
Unless the Kingdom of Cormyr can formally bring Rockland under its control and deploy a heavy army, the Zhentarim will have no chance to take advantage of it. With a thought in his mind, Vengdahast gave up the idea of opening the portal and flew all the way to the northwest, which was exactly the direction of the black well. … "Who do you think wants to see me?" Gavin, who was sheltering from the wind in the Dragon Oak Dragon's Nest, was trembling all over and almost lost his grip on the pen in his hand. "Vongeldahast." The Erd messenger repeated it in a smooth tone. This name was a bit convoluted for him. "His!" Gavin gasped. "What? Very famous?" Seeing Gavin's violent reaction, Virginia on the other side couldn't help but ask. Her understanding of the surrounding situation is still superficial, including the Kingdom of Cormyr. "More than just famous." Gavin only spat out four words, causing Virginia to change her color. "He is a legendary mage." The weight of legendary mages is important enough in any plane, because they can destroy cities and countries on their own. The Lord of Virginia is still six career levels away from the legendary mage, and it doesn't seem to be much different. In fact, the distance is not that far. Once the professional level reaches Extraordinary, it is almost as fast as a turtle. It takes two or three years to upgrade a level quickly. Even if you work for ten or eight years, you may not be able to advance to a professional level. Especially in the Fairy Wilderness, the pace is slower, sometimes measured in hundreds of years, because their lives often remain the same for decades. In just one spring, Gavin has brought more changes to the Spring Bud Forest than since Lord Virginia took office. The speed of magic gathering is also unprecedented. He is only one step away from reaching level 15, which is the most recent one. A matter of days. Just in response to Gavin, he explained that the career template is a simple faith template, and the magic element is the law of destiny that converges on oneself. Lord Virginia cannot simply be regarded as a level 14 mage, especially when she is in her home, Spring Bud Forest. The power she exerts in some aspects is already comparable to that of a legendary mage. "How about I go with you." Lord Virginia suggested proactively. "No need." Gavin shook his head and said, "You are my biggest trump card now. If we really get into trouble, or something happens to me, you are responsible for sealing the dragon oak portal to ensure that the dragon oak mother tree is safe." The situation is constantly evolving. Now, the most important thing to Gavin is not the kobolds in the three towns, but the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. As long as the mother dragon oak tree is there, even if he leaves the rocky land, he can still summon more kobolds. It seems now that the Dragon Oak Portal was built in a bit of haste. Then again, it was precisely because of the Dragon Oak Portal that their development speed increased to the current level, which made Gavin's core focus shift to the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. "That's fine." The Virginia lord knew that Gavin's arrangement was the wisest and safest. The use of going with him was far less useful than being here. Gavin smiled and reassured: "This is just the worst-case scenario. He probably has no ill intentions toward me. He probably came to inspect my kobold tribe. After all, our influence is growing. The businessmen of the Qianshou Chamber of Commerce followed my suggestion and sold most of the iron ore produced by Heijing to Cormyr. Our Heijing should be somewhat famous in Cormyr. He might be here to give me an official report. Endorsement, if this is the case, we will be right. "
"I hope so." Virginia sighed. "How about you help me predict the good or bad luck of this trip?" There was a hint of joking in Gavin's words. Virginia couldn't help but give him a roll of her eyes: "As I said, you are a black hole of fate. The fate lines of people who are related to you have been abruptly distorted. The prophecies will most likely fail. What's more, Don’t talk about yourself, whether it’s good or bad can only depend on you.” "Hehe..." Not only was Gavin not sad, but he was a bit smug, "That's good. At least you don't have to worry. Others are using prophecies to target me. Well, I'm going." When Gavin returned to Black Well Town this time, he not only didn't bring Sterina with him, he didn't even bring the young copper dragon with him. He just walked back alone. His current attitude towards Vongeldahast is unclear, and he will be less exposed if he can be less exposed. Anyway, we are facing a legendary mage, and it doesn’t matter whether we take them with us or not. When Gavin arrived in Black Well Town, the entire town was surprisingly quiet. All transactions had pressed the pause button. The businessmen communicated with each other with their eyes, and no one dared to speak or breathe. From top to bottom, among the businessmen who were hanging out together, no one knew the name of Vongelda Hast. To be more precise, this is the Lord that they usually cannot reach, and now he has come to Heijing Town in person. Is Heijing Town’s reputation so big now? Or rather, the leader of Heijing Town has an unusual background. Vongedahast's first words when he saw Gavin were: "Khalsa was once my student." Don't look at just one sentence, it directly sets the tone of the nature of this meeting. He took the initiative to clarify his relationship with Khalsa, which means that he and Khalsa have the same position. Khalsa once gave Gavin reassurance through Bede, saying that as long as Gavin did not cross the line and could create value for Cormyr, it did not matter whether he ruled humans or kobolds. Since the meeting, Vongedahast has basically been talking to himself: "In his letter to me, Khalsa praised you and the kobold tribe you run, saying that your approach is unprecedented. , open up a new path for us, maybe we can use these little things to create unprecedented miracles in the rocky land. I happened to be passing by something today, so I came here to take a look. I didn’t expect you to do better than Khalsa said in the letter. Even better.” Gavin hurriedly replied: "It is my greatest honor to be recognized by your lord. I will definitely work harder to dig out more ore and quadruple the output of the black well before the end of the year." Vongeldahast nodded with satisfaction and asked seemingly casually: "Two days ago, a large-scale robbery occurred on the high road, ten kilometers away from your black well. I wonder if Mr. Gavin has heard of it. ?” Gavin's heart skipped a beat involuntarily. He didn't expect that the other party would turn the topic to this. He just didn't know how much information the other party had, so he cautiously replied: "I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it, of that scale. Robbery is rare, let alone in the Rocklands, even in the Goblin Borderlands." Glancing around, Gavin acted like he was getting exclusive news and whispered: "I heard that the caravan that was robbed has a very good background. It is known as the second dark intelligence network. The goods they transported are not simple. They are all... The weapons and equipment are said to be from the Zhentarim. If this is the case, is there an inside story behind this robbery? " The information Gavin said was all true, except for himself. Until someone finds out the real evidence, this matter must not be acknowledged, even by Vongeldahast who seems to have come with good intentions. Vongeldahast did not contact Gavin about this matter at all. After all, Gavin has always shown himself as the leader of the kobolds. The kobolds are fine at mining, but if they are asked to rob a large armed caravan, they may not be able to do it. Moreover, the people in Heijing Town are multi-minded, and large-scale mobilization of troops cannot be hidden from the eyes of those businessmen. Feng Dahast smiled and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Gavin to be well-informed. This matter is indeed unusual. It is an internal conflict of the Zhentarim, but they chose to start here. However, this also fully illustrates a problem. The security in the rocky land is too poor. Therefore, I am going to suggest to His Majesty to restart the high road security patrol. On the high road, at least ten purple dragon patrols should be deployed to ensure the safety of this trade route." "I strongly support this proposal. At that time, our Black Well Town is willing to set up a patrol rest point to ensure that two to three patrols can rest here, and we will provide free meals." Gavin took the initiative to show his goodwill.
Gavin sincerely supports this proposal. Because this matter has more advantages than disadvantages for him.