A few days after the speech, rumors were already spreading in the city of Nilogaard.

Some people say that countless kingdom warships are flowing down the Bishui River. Some say that Master Lawson is ready to flee to Dragon Valley for refuge. It is also said that the monsters hate Nilogaard and are ready to take revenge on Nilogaard.

All kinds of rumors are spread with noses and eyes, which makes people have to believe it.

To make matters worse, Lawson hadn't been seen for days after Raiden Speak, and even many of the Guards hadn't seen him for two days.

In this way, the people in the city are even more panicked, some of the timid are ready to run away, and some of the bold are inciting people in the shadows, planning to wait for the intruders to arrive, they will take the initiative to open the door to meet the enemy, and in doing so, they will not only save their lives, but maybe also get some credit.

If it weren't for the Musketeers Captain Anne, Morbius, Veronica, and Lilith all the time, the Musket Warriors in Nilogaard would have been in trouble.

On the fourth day, Rosen finally returned.

His face was tired, his hair had become very thin, his face and hands were covered with burn marks, and at first glance, it seemed as if he had suddenly aged ten years. In his hand, he also carried a two-meter-long and wide lead box, and he carried this huge box through the street as if no one was around, and returned to the alchemy room on the second floor of the academy fortress.

After Lilith got the news, she quickly rushed to the alchemy room, she was taken aback by Rosen's appearance, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?" Could it be that he has fallen for the withering magic? ”

Rosen laughed, reached out and patted the huge lead box beside him: "It's not magic, it's the result of being invaded by the power of the elements." ”

"Elemental power?"

Lilith was stunned for a moment, and took a closer look at the lead box, but found nothing unusual. She felt strange in her heart, and then reached out her magic tentacles, and carefully sensed it, and after a while, her eyes showed doubt: "There are constantly gases overflowing from the box, these gases are very strange, and they seem to contain the power of thunder. What's going on? ”

Rosen smiled slightly: "The box contains a very unstable elemental ore. It's disintegrating all the time, disintegrating into new, smaller, more stable elements. In the process of disintegrating, some additional elemental power will leak out. These powers manifest themselves as the power of thunder. ”

"Elements that disintegrate automatically?" Lilith had never seen anything like this before, nor had she seen the relevant magical knowledge, she tilted her head and thought for a while, and asked, "Lawson, according to your meaning, this element will release additional power during the disintegration process, are you planning to use this ore to make a new thunder potion?" ”

Rosen smiled slightly: "You guessed half right. ”

He opened the lid of the box, quickly pulled out a thumb-sized yellow-black stone from inside, and immediately closed the lid. He reached out his magic power, and twisted it vigorously on the yellow-black stone, and the stone disintegrated into an extremely fine powder, in the powder, some black-gray particles began to accumulate, and after about a few seconds, a small black-gray particle the size of a sesame seed appeared in the air, and the surface of this small particle was very smooth and metallic.

Lilith clearly felt that the air around this small particle was filled with a large amount of fine thunder power. She tried to touch it with her hands, but before her fingers could touch the particles, she felt a burning sensation in her skin, and she was startled and hurriedly retracted her hand.

"The burning wounds on your body are caused by these unstable elements?" She asked, surprised.

"Naturally." Rosen nodded, tossed the small particle back into the lead box, and continued, "I have sent someone to investigate, and in three days, the combined army will resist Nilogaard. So, I had to purify all the unstable elements in these three days to create a brand new weapon. ”

Lilith still didn't know: "How powerful is this new weapon?" How does it compare to Thunder Elixir? ”

Rosen smiled confidently: "Much bigger, much bigger." In short, it is enough to solve this crisis. ”

Lilith nodded: "I'm relieved if you say that." Then I won't bother you, I will do my best to ensure the stability of Nilogaard, you focus on refining ore, and you don't have to worry about anything else. ”

"Hmm~ you go."

Lilith walked out of the alchemy room. She still doesn't have any specific concept of the new weapon that Rosen said, and the worries in her heart can't be dissipated.

But at this point, there is no other way to think of it, Lilith can only work step by step, trying to maintain the stability of the city.

As the days passed, the city of Nilogaard, though there were occasional riots, remained largely calm, and at noon on the third day, the alarm bell on the watchtower of the fort suddenly rang.

"Dangdangdang~~"

The bell rang very quickly, and after a while a sentry ran from the tower, and he ran wildly towards Anne's office, and as soon as he reached the door, he shouted: "Captain! Captain! It's a big deal, a large number of ships have come up on the Bishui River! ”

Anne has been nervous these days, always ready to fight, but when she heard the news of the arrival of the army, her heart relaxed: "Go and report the news to Chief Lilith, and let her pacify the civilians!" ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Anne herself ran towards the wall near the river, and when she reached the top of the wall, she took her binoculars and looked upstream, and saw that in the thick mist, large ships were almost joined together, like a dark cloud, pressing towards Nilogadegai.

She made a rough count and found that there were at least 40 of these ships, and the decks of each ship were filled with swarthy gun emplacements, with an average of at least 20 guns per ship, all of which were facing the direction of Nilogaard.

Anne's heart beat faster as she watched, but she did not forget her duty, she quickly gave orders to the guards on the city walls, dispatched ammunition, arranged long-range artillery, mobilized sniper soldiers, and a series of orders, Nilogaard was already ready for it.

Despite this, Anne still didn't have any confidence in her heart: "There are too many enemies, there are more than 800 guns on the ship, and we must always be vigilant for monster attacks." Although the Thunder Cannons in the city have a long range, the number of them is only 80, and the number of musket fighters is only about 400 ......."

The disparity in numbers between the two sides is too great, and no matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning.

The warriors on the city walls could clearly think of this, and although they were still holding their posts under the strict discipline of military discipline, each soldier had a look of fear on his face.

At this moment, Anne suddenly saw Rosen.

At first glance, she even suspected that she was dazzled, not because Lawson shouldn't have appeared, but because he was really scary now.

The black hair on his head was almost all gone, leaving only a few sparse ones, his skin was full of red scars, and in some places there were ulcers, and his eyes were full of blood, and he looked as if he was terminally ill.

But his footwork was still firm and strong, and his spirit seemed to be good, and in the air around him, two strange metal balls, each more than a meter in diameter, floated in the air.

Anne hurried up to meet her and asked urgently, "Rosen, what are you doing here?" ”

Rosen smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and pointed to the big iron ball floating beside him: "I've been making new weapons these days, and I had some accidents halfway, and I was accidentally swept away by a strong elemental power, and it turned out to be like this." Don't worry, these are minor injuries that will heal in a little time. ”

If it were an ordinary person, maybe it would be over, but Lawson has strong magic and a sense of quantum superpower, and although it is more tedious to repair the damage in his body, it is not difficult. Even if the DNA mutates and the cells become cancer cells, he can use magic to kill the cancer cells one by one.

The only sequelae is that the damage to his body is too great, and he will be weak for a while.

Rosen was working on a new weapon, and Anne naturally knew about it, she looked up and down at the big iron ball, but she couldn't see why, she guessed: "Are these two thunder bombs?" It looks like a lot, and the power should be extraordinary, right? ”

Rosen smiled slightly: "The power is indeed very, very great. You'll find out later. As for now, I'll have to talk to my opponents and persuade them to turn around and go back. ”

"Turn around and go back? How is that possible? Although Anne believed in Rosen very much, she also felt that this statement was very unreliable.

"Hahaha~ It was naturally impossible before, but now, as long as they have a little basic sanity, they will definitely listen to me."