Chapter 217 Strategy
The Monster Hunters' party set out at dawn to meet Lord Didrite in Saddle Grove before they began tracking down the monsters. Feige didn't go along, and unlike before, this time he didn't want to go at all. His job in Minas Ihir was more important than that of Monster Hunter, and it required him to stay in Minas Ihir at all times, at least on the surface.
"I'll be here every day from after lunch until dinner, so you don't have to rush in. Feige frowned at an elf and a human who broke through the door, and although they were neatly dressed, the expressions of glaring at each other were very evident on their faces. "Since you're here, sit down and wait for me for five minutes, my spell studies have been interrupted, at least give me some time to take notes. β
"Chief Advisory Officer, this matter is very urgent, this elf ......" The words came to an abrupt end in the middle of the sentence, because the Pit God Sword had been unsheathed and came to that person under the control of the Qi Elemental Rope, and the thunder shining at the tip of the sword wrote the words "shut up" in the air.
They wore name tags written in both lingua franca and elven on their chests, which was a feature of the settlement. Elves need to complete a simple lingua franca test and master life skills before they can leave the settlement, while humans don't need to take a lingua franca, but they do need to choose one of the simple elves or goddess rune languages, and life skills are also indispensable. Feige and Didlet wanted to eliminate as much estrangement and prejudice as possible in the immigration transition zone, so language and self-reliance became the hard standard. But the distrust between humans and elves is not something that can be overcome by a simple exam.
Most of the things are caused by misunderstandings, aroused by emotions, and quickly escalate from verbal confrontation to violence. Feige didn't want to listen to the two arguing, so he gave them five minutes to sit down face-to-face, or at least calm down first.
Five minutes later, it took fifteen minutes to understand the order of speech by flipping a coin. It was another quarrel over a verbal outbreak, and there were two or three of these incidents a day, but it was rare for Feige to get involved.
Feige doesn't have the energy to be a mediator, he's just a magician, not an enthusiastic street girl. "You both have your own opinions, and I don't have the spell of time control yet, so I can't tell right from your words. Well, you two put together a picture of the whole thing. It's one, not two, and what happened in between, you can recall it together, and if you really can't remember it, at least you have to make it clear where you can't remember it clearly. Well, I'll give you a room next door, and I'll leave when I'm done. β
The two didn't like the result, but had to accept it. Then they either come to an understanding on their own, or they waste time discussing the whole thing. Although elves live a long lifespan, they live at a slow pace and can't keep up with the incessant talk of humans. Humans, on the other hand, are full of energy and may have the upper hand for a short time, but after a few hours, humans will feel hungry and tired sooner than elves - and the black-hearted Feige only supplies water.
The two of them walked out under the supervision of the Pit Excalibur, and Eddie immediately knocked on the door frame: "Although it's not afternoon, you're also disturbed anyway." Can I talk to you about something, Chief Advisor?"
"Okay, as long as you pay me to fix the door. Fitch snapped his fingers and set up a chair for Eddie. "What's the matter?"
"The situation of the night of the bloody meteor came back one after another, and I sorted it out and picked out some important ones. I gave Xia Ni a full set of documents that I didn't pick, and you can look at it when you're really idle and have nothing to do. β
"I can't be idle until I can finish it...... Forget it, let's talk about it first. β
"Let's start with the more recent ones. The loss of the Holy Three Castle was extremely heavy, the entire castle was destroyed, and the collapse caused half of the mountain to be crushed down. Since it was just time to get ready for bed, most of the members of the Church were pressed down before they could react, and they did not survive. If it weren't for the three dragons, there would probably be no living people there. The three major sects decided to merge, but even then they could not restore the ability of the previous branch to work. β
"Is there any message from Us?" Feige asked.
"Nope. The day she left was the night of the Scarlet Meteor, wasn't it? It was supposed that she was still on her way to the Church, but she hadn't been seen since that day. Eddie sighed, "I'm a little conflicted about Us. On the one hand, I hope she's okay, and on the other hand, I don't want her to reach the cardinal. She's going to denounce you, right?"
"Yes, she's going to report it, but I don't want her to be in any danger. If I can meet her, let her come back to see the angels, I think it will make her change her mind. But if she insists on going to the cardinal, then don't stop her. β
"Lord Feiqi, if the Cardinal pursues it, it's a dangerous time. I've heard that the Church has begun a manhunt for anyone who might be involved in this attack, especially the Cult of Destruction and Rebirth, and that the Inquisition is said to be established soon. β
"The Inquisition? The Church should be busy with disaster relief at this time, so that it can help people regain their confidence and also make themselves stronger. The Inquisition Court will only have superficial gains, and it will definitely lose on the inside. Feige shook his head: "Any other news?"
"There's some news from the Kingdom of Aria. Eddie's eyes blinked vigorously, looking very excited: "First of all, our family is fine......"
"Of course. The castle was uninhabited by no one, only the masons who took care of the gatekeepers and maintenance, and it was not in the target of the meteor shower. Needless to say, I also know that the Marquis Garcia's house was not attacked either. Feige pouted: "Let's talk about something fresh." β
"You know, no wonder you're not in a hurry...... Well, the magic is magical. Eddie scratched his head: "Our family is fine, but something happened to the Aria family." The prince died, His Majesty was seriously injured, and it was rumored that although he was alive, he was basically in a coma and rarely awakened. Due to the need for post-disaster reconstruction in the country, as well as the follow-up of Feinberg, a noble representative meeting has been established. It's just that Lord Hall is not the Speaker......"
"I think he has a position, but it's not remarkable, right?"
"yes, how are you ...... Forget it, I know how you will answer. Eddie breathed hard and deeply, then slowly relaxed. Feige was educated in aristocratic knowledge, so he should be in the same routine as Earl Hall in dealing with aristocratic affairs, so it is normal to be able to anticipate in advance. Because of this ability, Eddie is more convinced that the Feige in front of him is Feiqi, not a lust demon disguised as Feiqi.
If the king doesn't wake up, then everything really might go according to Eddie's idea. This aristocratic ceremony is actually to prepare for the new king's accession to the throne and to obtain a rare resource called "righteousness". "As long as we make sure that the king can remain in his current state, then the Rite Society will become more and more powerful on the Aria family, and even some of the Feinberg family will be absorbed into it. Eddie, keep an eye out for the Feinberg nobles who come to our territory, if they're leaving......"
"Not allowing them to leave?"
"You can't give less money, or leave the craftsmen, and then wish them a good journey. β
"I see. Eddie nodded: "There is other news from the kingdom besides the king's coma: the monster that attacked Tawu Harbor City is the strongest known in the night of the Scarlet Meteor. A giant dragon beast, even the Seraphs didn't win, they just desperately drove it away. There is also a saying that the angel was defeated, and the monster just got bored and left on its own. Rumor has it that the monster will return, and that the entire kingdom will be destroyed at that time. β
"Could it be the Destruction and Rebirth Sect in action? The Seraphs are so powerful, I can't think of how it could lose, a tie is already the limit of my cognition. Feige instructed Eddie, "We can't control anything else, but in Minas Ihir, we must resolutely destroy the Sect of Destruction and Rebirth, both mentally and physically, and leave no hidden dangers." I'll do it myself if necessary. β
"Understood, crack down on the Rebirth Sect. Eddie jotted it down in his notebook, and then said, "That's all for the fun outside, do you have any instructions here?"
"Yes, indeed. Are you in charge of the alchemy shop of spell materials in the territory? Do you know how much magic circle paint there is?"
"I only have a report from a month ago, I'll look for you and wait. Eddie rummaged through his journal for a moment, "Ah, here, there's one hundred and twenty liters." β
"I want 200 liters. Let the alchemy shop produce at full capacity, and you go to Andrew to ask for it. I've heard that he has good alchemists around him, so there must be a stock of them too. As soon as I can get together 200 litres, I have a project to do. I want anyone who can write spell runes, whether it's a priest, a druid, an alchemist, or another spellcaster, as long as they can write alchemy runes correctly. β
"What are you going to do?" Eddie asked, taking notes.
"This. Feige opened a notebook and pushed it in front of Eddie. "I just finished this thing before those two people came in: the Strategic Teleportation Platform. β
Eddie took the notebook and was shocked at first sight, and then kept looking down with wide eyes and closed mouths. The Strategic Teleportation Platform is an advanced version of the Three-Barrel Circle, which is ten times the size of the Three-Barrel Circle and has a diameter of 300 meters, capable of transporting anything below 200 meters in diameter.
"It can't be used to teleport living creatures, but it can be used to teleport goods. Feige pinched his nose - he didn't say half of it. It's true that the strategic teleportation platform can't teleport living creatures, but the three-barrel circle can. When these two platforms are linked, they can be teleported whether they are dead or alive. "Two-thirds of the circles are used to absorb and store mana, and the remaining one-third is for teleportation. If it only relies on itself to slowly absorb and accumulate mana, it can teleport about six times a day. β
"Something less than two hundred meters in diameter, can it be stacked up?"
"As long as there are no objects in the teleportation that can affect the space, the spatial teleportation cannot teleport another space...... To put it simply, it's just a general thing. Feige replied in a way that Eddie could understand: "It's okay to stack up, but my design is only half a circle, which is two hundred meters in diameter on the ground." I recommend packing things in a standard large box before transporting them, so that they can be transported. β
"A standard box is a good idea. How far can this thing teleport?"
"There is no limit to the transmission distance, but the farther it goes, the greater the error, but this can be solved by the receiving end, which will be discussed later. In the absence of a receiver, this teleportation array is able to ensure coverage of the model and the entire kingdom of Aria. Because it is circular, it can also cover a large area of the Sunset Mountains to the west. β
Eddie took the notebook down, and she kept her mouth open in surprise at Feige. "Hey, wake up, this circle is just big, it's not that good. Hey, the saliva is coming down!"
Eddie quickly wiped the corners of his mouth, the back of his hand was dry, and he knew that Feige was just teasing her. She rolled her eyes gracefully, then took a few deep breaths while clutching her chest, and when she calmed down, she became a steward and treasurer. "How much does this teleport cost?"
"Cost? You mean wear and tear, right? It should be very low, but considering the error of space spells and the wear and tear of materials from wind and sun, it is best to replace it once a year. But I prepared for that. Fei Qi flipped through the notebook, found a special page, pointed and said: "All spell runes are standard parts, which can be replaced separately, so that whichever piece has a problem can be replaced, and there is no need to stop and overhaul the whole." Then these standard rune boards can be made by anyone who can write runes, and I have specially designed a magic circle to check the quality of their boards, so we can just inspect the goods. β
"I'll see what to do!" Eddie jumped up from his chair and circled around it several times. "Lord Feige, you may not know, but I didn't think I could make money building roads and transporting until I became the treasurer of Minas Ihir. I did the math, and without the road and truck fleet plans, it wouldn't have been able to grow at all. And this, this is the ultimate road and van form!"
"If you want to get rich, you have to build roads first, in fact, I already know. Feige smiled, using the wisdom of his past life without shame. "Roads still need to be repaired, and the strategic transmission platform can only solve the problem of large quantities of long distances, and roads are still needed for the distribution of goods. And in addition to transportation, there are other uses for this thing, and the benefits may be even greater. β
As soon as he heard the bigger gains, Eddie's nostrils widened and he gasped excitedly. Those big eyes stared at Feiqi tightly, probably saying, "Tell me quickly, I will never faint!"
"As long as the target's location information is determined, this circle can teleport and drag things over. For example, ores......"
Eddie didn't really faint, but a nosebleed came down. She scrambled to shove a handkerchief on, and Fitch used an ice spell to create an ice cube for her to calm down with her eyebrows. "Don't get so excited, it's not easy to locate itself, and the circle can't teleport living creatures, so if there are too many earthworms or something in the dirt, you can't do it. β
"Wait a minute, what happens if there's a living thing in the teleportation? Like flies and mosquitoes mixed in with the cargo......"
"Small creatures such as flies, mosquitoes, and rats will increase their mana consumption extraordinarily, and too many of them will cause teleportation failures. If it's a sapient creature, even if it's a baby, it will directly cause the spell to fail. I've designed it, and failing is a waste of mana, and there will be no other problems. β
"So as long as you don't be greedy and reduce the number of creatures, then you can mine?
"The sound wasn't quite right, not poof, but rattle. Feige corrected. "I figured out that the first batch of students from the School of Magic could go and maintain this circle, or follow the exploration team to locate resources. How much do you think this thing can make?"
"It's hard to say, but it's certainly not less!" Eddie rubbed his hands excitedly: "All the big chambers of commerce are built on the basis of buying low and selling high and shipping insurance prices, and this strategic teleportation platform can overwhelm all the current chambers of commerce." In this sense, it is definitely able to bring great profits. β
"Then the specific implementation will be left to you, this circle...... It's ours. You go and talk to Didlet, and you can share a part of the profits with her, and you can control the specifics yourself. β
Eddie looked at Feige and smiled slowly. That's right! As a nobleman, you should consider things as a nobleman. Fege St. Hall is the second son of the Hall family, and may be a royal count and Templar in the future, rather than a servant of Didriet Andomir. A nobleman should work hard for his own inheritance, and at least equal to the elven lord on this level. And what kind of title is Didlet, a paladin of the Church, not even half of the Templars, let alone facing a (future) earl of real power.
And Feige gives this to Eddie, indicating that he still sees Eddie as "his own person", which puts Eddie at ease. Although nominally she is now a "free man" and has an official position in Minas Ihir, Eddie knows that this "freedom" is not guaranteed. She believes in her abilities, no less than any man, but the only person in this world who can give women a fair and just chance is currently the only one who can give them a fair and just chance. Without Feiqi, it is not impossible to compete in the male society outside, but where is the upper limit? The financial officer can be said to be the upper limit of her official position, and the female leader of the Chamber of Commerce may be the upper limit of the business road, at most.
If she is bound to Feiqi, on the one hand, it will not prevent her from using her abilities, and on the other hand, her upper limit will become an earl. Eddie believes that he is more capable than the treasurer of a small territory or the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and that Fige needs her support to achieve this ability. Eddie is not stupid, he has long understood this truth. And isn't the example ready-made: if you do it alone, you are a leader of the Chamber of Commerce at best, and you can overthrow all the Chambers of Commerce with Eddie and become a super leader......
"Hey, why are you in a daze again, wake up!" Feige snapped his fingers and wanted to laugh at Eddie. But she doesn't blame her, after all, this kind of thing is completely ahead of the times, and even if it is put in her previous life, it is shocking.
What more ballistic missiles do you need with a teleportation array?Is it cool to mine directly from the moon? It is true that there is an error when the teleportation distance is long, but Feige has a complete way to solve it, and spells or magic items that can play a stabilizing role are not very difficult.
There are some things that Feige didn't say, not because he was afraid of leaking secrets and hiding them from Eddie, but because it wasn't time to say them yet. The strategic teleportation platform is certainly capable of transporting living creatures, and in large quantities, even by an armyβas long as certain conditions are met, such as a suitable French seal. By enhancing rituals to create specific sigils, those who possess them will be able to break through designs that cannot teleport living creatures. Leaving a backdoor to the system is a belief of programmers.
Because it can actually teleport armies, this circle is called a "strategic teleportation platform". When Feige saw the sand table of the War Knight and photographed and recorded the teleportation coordinates of most of the castles in the Yongli Continent, this plan was born in his mind. The ability to transport not only determines whether the goods can be profitable, but also determines the combat effectiveness of the army. Transportation capacity, combined with the efficiency of information transmission, determines how much territory a kingdom can control and manage.
The strategic teleportation platform is not only prepared for the Yongli Continent, but also for dealing with the Second World. On the territory of the War Knights, Feige was once blown to ashes in order to get a book, and lost his female state of Lust, which has not yet recovered. However, he hid behind the hallucination of the ashes and secretly filmed the book with a cat teasing stick. Part of it was taken when the book fell to the ground and the pages were blown by the wind, and the other part was taken when the knight of war was reading. The book contains a description of how to transform crystals into specialized artifacts that can be used to collect free divine power. The War Knight uses a reddish-blue light to attract monster hunters closer and capture them, just because of the remnants of the goddess power in their enhancement rituals.
Feige speculates that the War Knight wants to learn the methods of the Goddess of Truth Thunder and make himself a god. This crystal artifact that absorbs divine power is its method of taking a slice of the Creator's "World Collision" action. Feiqi doesn't need to absorb divine power, but this magic weapon can also store souls, just like the devil's spirit coins, which will be very useful for him.
After becoming a Lust Demon, it turns out that the territory of the Contract Demon has nothing to do with Feiqi, so how to save his profits in Hell is a difficult problem. If you don't have a territory, you are a proletarian, and if you have a territory, you are the landlord class, and the soul is very different. Feige will never work for hell and the devil in vain, so he wants to make his own "Soul Harvester Dagger" and "Soul Crystal". He had only seen the design of the war knight's artifact now, and had not made the actual artifact, so he couldn't tell if this artifact was the same thing as the soul crystal in Hell. However, if there is the slightest possibility, Feige will also work 100%, this is the only possible way for him to understand the soul crystal at present.
To make a magic weapon, you need a large piece of crystal, at least half a meter long and a fist thick, to have enough surface area to engrave the magic seal. Where else would there be such a crystal? Thinking carefully back to the tampered Divine Eye Great Prophecy Circle, the "undercover agent" used it to find and locate places where there might be crystals. So as long as you exclude the resource points in those locations that are really mineral deposits, the rest may still have crystals.
Most of the locations were within the range of other lieges, and Feige didn't think cross-border digging was a good idea to negotiate. However, once the strategic delivery platform is built, he will not need to negotiate.
"Eddie, this platform is important, and it is important to prioritize the tilt of resources. β
"No, you have to use all your resources to do this!Ensuring quality and quantity is as fast as possible!" Eddie's eyes flashed with gold coins, and his head was filled with the sound of coins colliding!