Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 5:
Of course this bald giant is Gerald.
He led the team out this trip to train troops.
Any territory needs a decent army. Although the pace of territorial construction has been slowed down due to the various accidents that have occurred before, the work of army building cannot be delayed. Therefore, under Sui Xiong's arrangement, Gerrard brought a group of young people who had performed well in the previous training to the gold coin federation for actual combat training.
The object of their training is naturally the bandits.
The Gold Coin Federation is a good place. There are gangs of bandits. As long as you go out of the city gate, you can encounter bandits when you walk around. If you follow the caravan to act together, basically every night there will be small or large bandits coming to visit.
Under this situation, young people’s actual combat experience is accumulating rapidly and their strength is constantly improving.
Of course, if it hadn’t been for Gerrard to lead the team, perhaps they had already lost a lot of money, but with Gerrard’s legendary leader, the risk of battle has been well controlled. One winter Although many people have suffered large and small injuries, the number of injuries and even deaths is still zero.
For example, in this battle, the nickname "Iron Claw" is so extraordinary that even an experienced adventurer may fall into his hands if he is not careful. But his final result was nothing more than severely wounding a soldier, and then he was turned into a pile of suspicious mosaics by the giant axe smashed from the top of his head. The severely wounded soldier has recovered most of the time after he was treated in time, but he will leave a scar on his body that is quite terrifying.
These scars are left by Gerrard deliberately so that young people can be alert from time to time. They can't always live under his protection. Sooner or later, there will be a day when they need to be alone. He only hopes that through this method, these young people can learn practical and reliable lessons and avoid unnecessary dangers in the future.
Seeing that the business was gone, the adventurers who came from afar were a little frustrated. After they greeted Gerald, they left one after another, only Qiao Xiu stayed.
"Big man, what you told me last time, wasn't it a joke?" He sat next to Gerrard familiarly and asked.
Gerald froze for a moment, then remembered that he had mentioned "territory construction" to him, and nodded: "Of course not, can this kind of thing be a joke?"
Qiao Xiu's eyes lit up for two points suddenly, and he asked in a low voice, "Does your territory really have a true god?"
"Can you still laugh or talk about this kind of thing?"
Qiao Xiu nodded slightly. Indeed, in this world, it's not a joke to laugh at deities. Maybe that deity remembered you because of this, and gave you a little trouble...
"Then you told me last time that you welcome me to join, are you serious?"
"Of course!" Gerrard said without hesitation.
Qiao Xiu has obviously thought about it, and nodded again, and said seriously: "Then let's make it so, when will you really start to do it, call me. I'm definitely going to help!"
Gerald laughed, patted him on the back, and passed his hip flask over.
"Good job! You won't regret it! Come on, drink!"
Qiao Xiu held the giant hip flask almost bigger than his head with both hands, took a deep sip, his eyes brightened.
Sui Xiong, who saw this scene with the help of the soul link, couldn't help smiling.
Since discovering this Joe Xiu, he has been very curious and interested in this handsome barbarian.
Qiao Xiu's strength is extraordinary, and his skill in life is also quite smooth. But just like this, it is not surprising. What Sui Xiong really finds strange is the line of faith in him.
Anyone in this world who has a clear faith can see the line of faith in his body. Both gods and high-ranking priests can see the lines of faith, so beliefs cannot be faked. Those who pretend to believe in a deception are at best low-level and middle-level figures, and they are really close to the high-ranking priests of God. In front of it, it simply doesn't work.
The line of faith on Qiao Xiu's body points to the goddess of the northern snowfields and blizzards, who is also known as the "Queen of the North". He is the king of the gods of the "Cold Alliance", slightly stronger than the goddess of the sea, and comparable to the **** of storms. There are also the gods of snow mountains, avalanches and snow monsters, also known as the "Master of Snow Mountain", and the gods of glaciers and ice giants also known as the "Ice Master". In addition, he also has two allies who do not directly belong to him, but respect him as the lord, namely the goddess of Winter and the North Wind, the "Her Maiden", and the **** of beasts in the snow, the "Ice and Snow Overlord".
The **** system composed of five gods is not many in terms of number, but the power of these gods is concentrated in the north, and their influence is much greater. Therefore, even if the barbarians have their own patron saint, the influence of the deity who is respected as the "Elder Shepherd" is far inferior to the gods of the Arctic Alliance.
For example, Qiao Xiu, as a barbarian, he does not believe in his patron saint, but in the goddess of Blizzard.
It would be fine if it was just that, but Qiao Xiu's line of faith was also very weird. It exudes the radiance of the devout, and is full of bright red anger. The two mix together and become a heavy curse.
In a relatively simple and straightforward way, he used to be a devout believer of the Goddess of Blizzard, and still believes in this goddess-but he is full of resentment and anger towards the goddess, this resentment and his pious Faith merged and transformed into a curse on the goddess.
A mortal, resenting and cursing the deity he believes in?
Sui Xiong felt that there must be a heavy story behind this.
He was very curious about this, so he instructed Gerald to try to absorb Joe Xiu on his side.
Of course, if Qiao Xiu's experience is indeed worthy of sympathy, he doesn't mind helping out.
...Anyway, according to Snowflake's estimate, when he officially enshrines a god, the Goddess of Blizzard will probably make trouble. Instead of waiting for the time when he brings a group of equally evil deities to make trouble, it is better to try to weaken and weaken his power first. It's best to create a little chaos for him, let him take care of himself, and avoid time trouble.
Seeing that Gerrard and Qiao Xiu's negotiations have been successful, Sui Xiong smiled slightly and turned his attention to the other side.
It was in a deep and gloomy underground world, in a natural cave.
This world does not have the huge and complicated underground world in some fantasy works before Sui Xiong traveled, but some large-scale caves can also be found. Most of them are located on the edge of certain mountain ranges, long and deep below the earth. Naturally, there is also a set of unique biological systems, which is unique in its own right.
Palin is leading a few adventurers, carefully exploring in the underground caves.
His task is to investigate the ecological environment here, collect specimens of animals and plants, especially mushrooms, to provide references for Akain's research.
It is not an easy task to cultivate mushrooms that can grow normally in a negative energy environment and are not toxic and edible. Akain spent almost a winter, but only cultivated two kinds of mushrooms that could barely meet the requirements.
The first type of mushroom can resist negative energy. Not only can it be eaten, but if it is used as food, it can also provide resistance to negative energy for a period of time. But its output is really problematic. Even if it provides a better growth environment in the Akain cultivation room, its output is far from reaching the level of "food".
After all... it originally exists as a medicinal material.
The second type of mushroom can hit the negative energy to the top of the umbrella tip, as long as the umbrella tip is cut off, the rest can be eaten. However, it is impossible to completely exclude all negative energy to the tip of the umbrella after all, and there is still a small amount of negative energy remaining in other parts. According to the results of animal experiments, at least ordinary beasts cannot completely dissolve this remnant. After eating, their vitality will decrease and their spirits will be weakened.
Akain didn't want to do human experiments, and Sui Xiong didn't want to. They can fully imagine what would happen if humans eat this mushroom. Obviously, at least ordinary pioneers can't take it as food.
The experiment didn't go well, and Akain felt sorry. But he also emphasized that research is a matter of time and luck. It is not easy to achieve satisfactory success in a short period of time.
"What should I do?" Sui Xiong asked, "Is there a way to make your research faster?"
After meditation, Akain said that if he could go to those underground caves and get more mushrooms growing in the underground environment as reference and research materials, it might be helpful.
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Sui Xiong accepted Akain's suggestion and sent manpower to a nearby cave to collect underground mushrooms.
He sent a total of two teams. The first team is Frost and Hao. The dragon brothers and sisters are responsible for going to a relatively distant cave. It is said that there are some more dangerous beasts over there. Mortals may be at risk if they pass by.
The second team is Palin. The cave he went to is a small famous scenic spot, and there are often travellers to explore. For a complete team of magicians, warriors, priests, archers, and thieves, such a place should be considered safe.
The development of the matter is similar to Sui Xiong's expectation. Palin and the others have been exploring underground for two days and haven't encountered much danger.
This is certainly due to their slow journey for safety, but the safety of the cave itself is indeed quite guaranteed.
It's just...safety means safety, and work efficiency is reduced. In the past two days, they found several kinds of mushrooms, but judging from the images sent back, they were all types that were not worthy of attention. Akain rejected their value at a glance.
To find the mushrooms he needs, he has to go deeper underground...