Chapter 71 Collaborative Research
The orcs brought me into their storehouse, and the various war machines in front of me looked unexpectedly good, although they were still 108,000 miles away from the standard of multi-riveting, but by the standards of Skyrim Province, these were already unsurpassed.
After all, it is a city with developed heavy industry, and the products produced are far from being comparable to the "small workshops" of Xueman. If it weren't for the fact that the Oathbreakers were settled deep in the mountains, it was only a matter of time before the regular army of the territory would dominate Ritch with these sophisticated armaments.
Seeing me looking around like a dirt bun, the beast head looked a little impatient.
"If you're here to see the world, I suggest you go to the Stone Fortress to see the research results of that high elf, I'm afraid that the things he has concocted can even be beaten down by dragons flying in the sky."
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, and my purpose is to knock down the dragon flying in the sky. In that case, let's put the things here aside, and I'll go see if there are any high-end black technologies from the High Elf Mage first.
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The high elf mentioned by the orc head is probably referring to the court mage of the Lord of Igmund, a high elf named Casamemer.
Since he has the title of court mage, this high elf must be closer to the lord's faction, and I am afraid that it will be a little abrupt for me to meet him as an envoy of the Silver Blood Family. Fortunately, Akai's priest Verulus had a good relationship with me, and under his guidance, I was able to enter the fortress under the stone without any problems.
Shishixia Fortress, as the name suggests, is an underground fortress built directly below the city of Marcas. In terms of style, the dwarves who built this fortress are still the same as they were back then, but due to the problems of light and space. Compared with the city on the ground, it is still a little cold, and it lacks a lot of vitality.
As I descended the stairs and entered the fortress through the main entrance, an angry voice came from within.
"You traitors who have forgotten their ancestors, jackals who take advantage of the fire, cowards who are servile!"
Immediately after that, a middle-aged Nord man angrily walked out of the fortress and happened to bump into me. He immediately took aim at my accumulated anger, ready to vent at any moment.
"Yo, this isn't Akai's priest, but I see a new face. So tell me, does this face belong to a puppet of an empire? ”
It's annoying. I've met this kind of madman again. And this person's status is not low, and it is not convenient for me to confront him head-on. Dare to scold in the lord's territory, and there is still the emblem of the silver-blooded family on his body, presumably the man in front of him is the leader of the silver-blooded family. Songwa. Silver Blood.
I stopped Verulus, who was about to come forward to theorize. Take out the instrument signed by Nebos and send it to Songwa. Silverblood replied confidently. "I'm sorry, I think you're looking for the wrong target, I've been asked to solve your current predicament. It has nothing to do with the empire you call it. ”
"I'm sorry," he said, finishing reading the warrant from Nebos. Silver Blood finally put away the anger on his face, and at the same time gave birth to a hint of suspicion, "Then what do you want to do when you come to Shixia Fortress?" ”
"I'm here to find Kasemer, and his hack technology can help me better fulfill my commission."
"Hmm," Songwa. After hearing this, Silverblood nodded, no longer embarrassed me, "Then please leave it to you, after the matter is completed, the Silverblood family will repay you with their unique generosity." I still have something to do, so I won't stay here longer, farewell! ”
"I also have important things to do, so I won't send them away."
Songwa. After Silverblood left, I asked Verulus, "It sounds like the identity of the court mage Kasimer is not too sensitive, Songwa. Silverblood didn't seem to care too much about me going to him. ”
"Of course, no matter what happens outside, Kasaimer will continue to immerse himself in the study of dwarven culture, and he will not care about local politics, lords and silverblood families, empires and storm cloaks, and ancestor gods, oathbreakers."
After listening to Verulus's introduction, I quickly made an assessment of Marcas's court mage, Casemer.
A completely neutral scholar with no position to speak of, he came here only to study the long-vanished dwarven civilization, as for why he wanted to become a court wizard of the lord...... Maybe it's for more money and fewer constraints, after all, a high elf is on the territory of the Nords, and if he doesn't have a strong enough relationship, it will be difficult for him to get some results smoothly.
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When we came to the outside of Kasemer's excavation field, we were stopped.
"My uncle is directly accountable to Lord Igmund. Without a warrant from the lord, my uncle, who was busy studying the Mo civilization, would not be interested in receiving visitors. By the way, Forging Mo is what you call a dwarf. ”
The man who spoke claimed to be Kassemer's nephew and assistant Ezenta, and according to him, Kasimer seemed to be a scientific maniac who would not be interested in anything other than work. But it doesn't matter, as long as you meet such a person, you can achieve your goal with half the effort as long as you can prescribe the right medicine.
I explained to Ezenta, "It's okay, let me in, I'm here to talk to your uncle about scientific research." ”
Seeing that the familiar face of Verulus was also echoed, Azenta was no longer suspicious and led me into the excavation site.
A tall elf man in a tight mage robe interrupted his work on the test bench, and after a few words with his nephew, Ezenta, he turned to look at me.
"A young Brightoner also wants to talk to me about the ancient culture of Smith? Hehe, tell me, what exactly do you want to do? I don't need to hire extra workers and guards here," Casimer threw me a face that rejected people from thousands of miles away, "If it is for me, it will disappoint you, I will only selectively carry out the tasks assigned to me by the lord, and no one else can order me, even the Ancestral Divine Continent." ”
"No, no, no, I think you're mistaken, Mr. Casamemer," I said, waving my hand, rejecting Casamemer's unfriendly speculation, and bringing up my intentions in a different way, "I have a valuable study at hand, and I think you must be interested in being a part of it." ”
"Oh?" Casimer lowered the metal bump in his hand and looked at me with interest, "Say it and listen to it, if it's really valuable, I'll consider it." ”
"The content of the study is to test the lethality of the weapons of the forging Mo civilization ......"
I smiled confidently at Kasimer because I was going to make a offer that he couldn't refuse.
“…… The target used for the test was a giant dragon. (To be continued......)