Chapter 65: Survivors of the Trade Route
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
During the month, the town of Sunderland and the surrounding area were very quiet, and the robbers seemed to have disappeared.
Naturally, Rosen doesn't waste a lot of time, and he is very busy every day.
During the day, he crafts tools and weapons in the alchemy workshop of the Baron's Palace.
This is not only to fulfill the agreement with the baron, but also to improve the proficiency of talents, killing two birds with one stone.
In his free time, he either helps the glazier Savi answer some doubts about how to make a magic mirror, or instructs Miss Mary and instills in her some modern medical knowledge.
In the evenings, he taught little Alice to read and write. He taught a lot of things, and as long as he knew what he knew, he would teach little Alice without reservation.
In this cramming teaching, little Alice is like a sponge absorbing knowledge, and you can see very obvious progress every day.
Within a month, Lawson had completed the deal with the Baron, and had also prepared supplies and weapons for the north.
After a day's rest, early the next morning, a specially made black carriage stopped in the square outside the Baron's Palace.
At the door of the Baron's Mansion, Baron Draco held Rosen's hand tightly and sighed with emotion: "Master, I really can't bear to let you go." ”
Rosen patted the baron's big hand and said with a smile: "Uncle, I just went north to study, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will often come back to visit you, don't worry." ”
"Hmm~ Although I said that, the world is so chaotic, I'm still very worried...... Oh, don't say these frustrating words. You cured my uncle's illness, saved Sunderland, and left such a powerful weapon, uncle, I admit your affection. ”
As he spoke, the baron reached into his pocket and took out a small scroll: "Uncle I know that you are not short of money, so I won't give you money." I have a letter of introduction here, you can take it. ”
"A letter of introduction?" Rosen was a little curious.
"Nilogaard has a three-star magician named Wood, who is my friend, and he should sell me a few thin noodles to help you get a place in school."
This letter of introduction was exactly what Rosen needed and would save him a lot of trouble.
He took the letter and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, uncle, it has helped me a lot." ”
Baron Draco smiled heartily, he took a step back and waved his hand at Rosen, "Uncle, I can't learn from women's hypocrisy. Just one thing, Lawson, the doors of Sunderland Town are always open to you, and you can make this your home if you want. ”
"I remember, uncle."
Rosen bowed slightly to Baron Draco, then took little Alice's hand and boarded the back of the carriage.
In the carriage, Sister Mary and Anne were already waiting, and when they were seated, Rosen said to the coachman, "Go!" ”
"Smack~~"
The coachman whipped his whip, and the black wagon started smoothly and slowly, and then drove lightly and quickly towards the east gate of Sunderland Town.
Waiting until the carriage was out of sight, the butler Matt whispered to Baron Draco, "Master, why don't you want to keep Rosen?" As long as he's there, we in Sunderland will have a steady stream of powerful weapons, and when the time comes, ......"
"Idiot, don't say it!" Baron Draco interrupted the butler with a wave of his hand, "I'm not one to take revenge. Besides, a master alchemist like Rosen, how could I, a little baron, be able to control it? If he annoys him and he detonates a Doomsday Ball, we'll all have to go to heaven together! ”
"Yes, master, I was stupid." Matt looked embarrassed.
In the carriage, Rosen and his party knew if they knew about this conversation, and after driving for a while, Anne couldn't help but say: "Rosen, the carriage with coil spring shock absorbers is really comfortable to sit in, I have never made such a smooth and quiet carriage." ”
Rosen laughed: "Although the spring suspension is good, it is not the best, and I know more ways to suspend it." ”
"Oh, tell me about it?" Anne asked curiously.
Little Alice sat beside Rosen and pricked up her ears to listen.
Rosen stretched out his hand and said, "In addition to coil spring shocks, there can also be arc spring shocks, air shocks, electromagnetic shocks, and so on. If you do it to the extreme, you can even achieve the speed of a horse-drawn carriage without spilling a drop of water in the cup filled with water. ”
"Is it really that powerful?" Anne's eyes widened in disbelief.
Rosen smiled and nodded.
Little Alice listened, and asked in a tender voice: "Brother, what you just said about electromagnetic shock absorber, is it the principle of using magnets to repel each other?" ”
"That's right." Rosen smiled.
"Oh, that air shock absorber is to use the elasticity of air to convert energy?"
"yes. Little Alice is so smart. Rosen praised.
Little Alice's big eyes lit up: "Brother~ Brother, you said that the movement of everything in the world is actually the transformation of energy. Can we use the law of energy conversion to build a carriage that doesn't need to be horse-drawn and can run by itself? ”
As soon as the words fell, Sister Mary scolded with a smile: "Silly boy, where in the world can you run a carriage?" Unless some magic is used. ”
Anne sighed repeatedly: "Rosen, I really don't know how you teach Alice, I can't understand what she says." ”
Rosen smiled, reached out and gently pinched little Alice's plump and rosy cheeks, and praised: "This is really a very wonderful idea, my brother likes it very much." Why don't we start thinking about how to build a carriage that we can run now? ”
"Okay, okay!" Little Alice looked excited.
Sister Mary only thought that Rosen was coaxing her daughter to be happy, and just laughed, but she didn't take it seriously. Anne glanced at Lawson thoughtfully, and involuntarily touched the iron guy hanging from her waist.
This iron guy is her new weapon, there are two, both of which were built for her by Lawson, the power is greater than Lawson's spiral troll, and it can also fire continuously, one of which is accurate in attack, has a long shooting distance, and has an amazing single-point destructive power, called 'Destroying the Sky'. The other shot is close, but it covers a wide range and has a great impact, and it is called 'Destroying the Earth'.
The combined name of the two iron guys is 'Destroy the World', this name was taken by Lawsen, and the vulgar can't be more vulgar, but Anne likes it very much, and with these two weapons, she has basically given up the sword and crossbow.
She couldn't help but be generous in her heart: 'If he can make such a miraculous weapon, maybe one day he will be able to build a carriage without horse-drawn horses.' ’
In these days, it is very boring to travel in a horse-drawn carriage. In order to relieve the boredom, after chatting for a while, everyone began to find something to do.
Miss Mary began to fiddle with the tools of her medical kit, while Anne carefully examined the devastating bullets. As for Rosen, he took out a few parchment rolls and designed a new carriage that he could run with little Alice.
In this way, after half a day, by about five o'clock in the afternoon, the carriage had already driven out for about 130 kilometers, and had reached the northern border of the Duchy of Delun. Further north, it was the theater of the Third Northern Expedition of the Parasen Empire.
Just about 200 miles north in the war zone is the northern border of the Paracen Empire. Less than 20 kilometers north of the border is the Bishui River, which sits the city of Berkeley, known as the Pearl of the North.
At this moment, the carriage shook slightly, stopped, and the voice of the coachman John came from outside the carriage: "Master, the situation is not right ahead!" ”
'Click~'
Anne immediately grasped the handle of the destructive gun.
Rosen was also shocked, in such a troubled world, there is an abnormal situation in the wild, either a robber or a monster, and if one is not done well, his life is in danger, and he must not be careless at all. He immediately opened the small window in front of the carriage: "What's the specific situation?" ”
"You see, the road ahead is blocked by several overturned carriages, and it is impossible to pass."
Rosen looked over, and sure enough, about a hundred meters away, three carriages overturned on their sides, and a lot of wooden boxes fell next to the carriages.
"Old ...... Sir, could those figures be ghouls? The coachman was a little uncomfortable in his speech.
"I'll see." He took out the binoculars he had made and looked closely at the carriage in the distance.
This telescope was specially made by him, and the magnification was extremely high, so everything in his field of vision was very clear, and he could see the shaking shadows clearly.
Not a ghoul, a man, a young woman with black hair, to be exact.
She was covered in blood, her clothes were torn to the ground very tattered, her body was almost **, and there was a bright steel knife stuck in her stomach, which looked very terrifying.
Maybe the steel knife didn't hit the point, the woman was weak, but she wasn't dead, she was struggling to move towards a wooden box, and on the ground beside her, there were at least 10 corpses, 3 women and 7 men, judging from the clothes, it was obvious that they were divided into two groups, and the clothes of a group of people were much better material, which was the typical dress of a businessman. The other group was all men, dressed in tattered leather armor and surrounded by rudimentary weapons, which looked like robbers blocking the way.
After watching for a while, Rosen already knew the situation, and he comforted the panicked coachman: "Don't be afraid, it's not a ghoul, it's just a carriage of horses robbed by robbers, after fierce fighting between the two sides, they are basically all dead, only one girl is still alive, but it looks like the injury is not light." ”
"That's good, that's good." The coachman let out a long breath.
As soon as Anne heard that there were still survivors, she immediately said, "Rosen, let's save people." ”
Rosen naturally had no opinion, but he didn't completely let down his vigilance: "Annie, everyone is dead, but that girl survived, maybe it was a fluke, or it could be a decoy that someone deliberately left." In the past, we must be careful. ”