Chapter 2679 - 1158: Golia Mountain City (3)

Chapter 2679: Chapter 1158: Golia Mountain City (3)

"Building a Mountain City on Serenagrad Peak, in terms of custom, is indeed easier for the Golia Tribe to accept than Mesnoel, but the difficulties we’ll face will be numerous."

"Where will the firewood for heating come from? The temperature difference between day and night there is huge; even in summer, the night temperature will not exceed twenty degrees, and in winter it is covered in ice and snow all year round."

"If it’s just a small number going up and down, we can still carry things up by manpower, but once the population gathers on a large scale, what is needed will no longer be a small amount; other necessities of life are the same."

"The reason we Golia live this mountain nomadic lifestyle is not purely because of temperament and customs, but more because we are constrained by living resources!"

The greatest benefit of opening her eyes to the wider world was that Kellysha could jump out of habitual thinking when viewing matters, including the old customs of her own tribe; this was also why she was trying to change.

"I’ve already taken that into account. I just said, that place has already received the blessing of the Natural Gods, especially Mother Earth, who forged an Earth Stone there. Not only do we no longer need to worry about volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, I can also develop many Magic applications based on it later."

"You’ve visited Colossus City after its restart; are heating and fire-use problems there at all?" Gaven countered.

"Colossus City after the restart?" Kellysha said thoughtfully. "Lord, you mean to build this Mountain City into a second Colossus City? To use Magic to solve most basic survival needs?"

"Not a second Colossus City, but a Magic city uniquely our own," Gaven said with full confidence. "Many things in Colossus City are things we currently can’t replicate, but the plasticity of our own original technologies far surpasses Colossus City’s."

"Believe me, the convenience of this Mountain City will far exceed your imagination."

Building a Mountain City on Serenagrad Peak was not some impulsive whim of his, but the result of careful deliberation.

The Earth Stone alone was worth his cost-no-object investment, not to mention that it could be merged with the nature of the Golia Tribe.

"It’s my insight that is too shallow." Kellysha bowed in apology. "I was still using a mundane perspective to judge you, Lord, forgetting your extraordinary means. From here on, I will raise no further doubts."

"Whatever you need me to do, just say the word; I will spare no effort in cooperating."

"There are three things you need to do now," Gaven said without even thinking. "First is to shelter and resettle those refugees."

"Not just those who fled here on their own; you must also organize personnel to find those who fled to Karinshan and the Theser Kingdom, to prevent them from being drawn into local power struggles and becoming vassals and accomplices of those evil beings."

Under the threat of survival, the bottom line of human nature can be broken, and good and evil will blur.

Gaven naturally had to do everything in his power to ensure this did not happen. The kind Forest Race already had Forest Queen Melikai personally taking the field; what remained were the Golia Tribe.

Eliminating enemies does not necessarily require force; it can also be done by splitting and co-opting.

And it wasn’t only these kind Races; could those evil Races not also be used by Gaven?

The Gnolls were entrusted to City Lord Shanoba of Colossus City to recruit, while those Hobgoblins and Goblins would naturally be courted by Blood Claw General of Blood Gorge City.

After this series of diversions, the threat posed by the Monster Army pouring out of the Marching Mountains would be greatly weakened, left for them to knead at will; at least in the direction of the Tesser Kingdom, this would be the situation.

As for the Karinshan direction, that would depend on circumstances. Let alone helping them split the flow; even if they didn’t dispatch several Hobgoblin Warlords to secretly command the Monster Army, it would still count as benevolence to the utmost.

In the game between Kingdom and Kingdom, there is no such thing as good and evil.

Because interests differ, what is good for one’s own country is evil for another.

To be kind to another country is to commit the greatest evil against one’s own Lieges, especially with a highly aggressive slave state like Karinshan.

In the eyes of Karinshan’s Sultan Nobles, the people of other countries are all wealth and slaves.

"This is precisely what we should be doing," Kellysha said without hesitation.

"Second, select personnel to form the Goliath Battle Group, to respond to the war that could break out at any moment. This war is very likely not to be confined to the Marching Mountains and the Mir Forest; you may even need to intervene in the Thacel civil war."

Gaven’s integration of the Golia Tribe naturally had a purpose.

Beyond using them to guard the mountains and keep this region from again becoming a source of turmoil, he also intended to turn them into a powerful war tool, a strong external reinforcement for Zalanda.

The combat power of such a strong Race was beyond doubt, especially in mountain warfare or assaults on city walls.

Their greatest weakness was numbers; once that point was remedied, they would become a terrifying infantry force.

Don’t be fooled by their current total population of only three thousand; their all-people-are-soldiers Traits allowed them to muster at least five hundred to eight hundred battle-ready fighters.

"That goes without saying." Kellysha nodded in agreement. "Such a massive gathering of Life in Mesnoel likewise contains a huge security risk."

"Because no one can be sure whether there are any Dwarves Elf spies hidden among them; we cannot be careless."

"Having a strong force in hand is the best way to Stun those harboring ill intent."

"It’s all the better that you understand this," Gaven was very satisfied with Kellysha’s reaction.

With her full cooperation, many things would become much simpler.

Measures pushed from within invariably met far less resistance than when outsiders intervened.

This could be considered the result of the groundwork and accumulation of the past two years; time and experience would change people’s views and ideas.

"And the third?"

"The third is what I mentioned at the beginning: relief through work. This arrangement is not confined to the Golia Tribe; it applies to all beings who have taken refuge in Mesnoel."

Gaven continued, "The work of expanding faith will no longer be carried out in Mesnoel, but will shift to the Earth Stone on Serenagrad Peak. Mother Earth has already promised to bestow blessings, to transform the Berserk Blue Bear into her Deity, deepening the bond between you and the earth and the mountains."

Kellysha said excitedly, "If that is truly so, converting faith will be an easy matter. Many tribes already regard Mother Earth as their mother; to worship her is only natural."

"Do you have any other questions?" Gaven countered.