Chapter Ninety-Four: Gifts and Ridicule
Engineering is undoubtedly the most money-burning profession, as an investor in the Roland series of big robots, and as an honorary director of the Sulphur Mountain City Engineers Association, with the bottomless expenditure on the in-depth development of the series, the Bea brothers of the Security Chamber of Commerce have been close to bankruptcy.
And even so, the Roland series is still an extremely immature product, the tall and mighty big machine looks powerful, but if there is no legendary-level combat power, it is just a relatively high-level live target in the underground world where the strong opponents are like clouds, and if they add high-level materials to improve their combat power, the funds required are astronomical, so they remembered that they needed high-end combat power to find investors.
The Roland Robot brought up is not the latest product of Roland Systems, and the technology used is second-hand goods that are discounted and then discounted, but in the ground world, it is still full of new technology, at least, in the eyes of engineers, this is already a very valuable gift.
Whether it is a gift for the soon-to-be emperor of a great power, or to the notoriously luxurious Oran Empire, as long as the gift is heavier or novel enough, it is expected to receive amazing rewards.
The Alchemy and engineering of the Orlan Empire are also very good, otherwise there will be no floating fleets and magical mechanical dragons in the future, at least the goblins have long taken a fancy to the alchemy secret method of alloy steel, the magic and mechanical theory of mixed magic and machinery.
Their attention is to exchange technology and resources as much as possible, and if not, it is okay to exchange some gold coins for research funds.
It's a very good idea, and if it were executed by a good diplomat, it would probably end up with satisfactory results.
But alas. From the silver hook. The envoys headed by Beya, together with Kabbalah and Hoyle, were doomed to be a mistake.
Kabbalah. The orphan goblin born in the city of sulfur mountain, it is said that if you talk about genealogy, he is still a noble goblin prince, I heard that he is still a master of civil engineering, but he is obviously self-taught, and he has never built a few decent houses, but he has a special fanaticism for buildings. I often secretly go to study the foundations and roof beams of special buildings, and even if I study them, this guy also likes to do hands-on practice. Remove a few parts to study.
Imagine what would happen if the beams and foundations of a timber-framed house were removed, and it wasn't once or twice that he had plunged himself into his own rubble.
After countless times of creating large pits and ruins, the result is that people give nicknames "digging pits and not filling in the little prince Kabbalah", "green-skinned termite Kabbalah". It is also the key target of urban management. "Tomorrow the Kabbalah will come to your house" has also become a malicious curse.
But fortunately, he is quite business-minded, his family is quite rich, and he has been spending money casually without a concept of money for a long time, and he has been compensated afterwards and has not caused personal losses, so he will always be on the edge of prison.
The silver hook needs no introduction, the mobile alchemy bomb expert, the dwarf Hoyle is a master blacksmith, but he is also a triathlon. Also well-known saboteurs.
The envoys who put these three living treasures together as gifts are also thanks to the group of dwarves who came up with it.
Just arrived at the destination of the Oran Empire. Hoyle, the gambler, indulged in the various new casinos for several nights and then lost most of his travel expenses, and the Kabbalah dug up a century-old monastery and lost all the rest of his travel expenses, or was not so poor as to steal the ornaments from the trees by the roadside.
They did go to the palace, but unfortunately this group of guys had no negotiating power at all, and they were even more worried that they insisted on seeing the emperor before they were willing to submit gifts, and they didn't even allow the rude guards to touch their treasures, so this sneaky alien race was almost treated as ill-intentioned assassins, and the gift-giving plan was thwarted all the way.
If this drags on for a few more weeks, the poor will have to sell their gifts for scrap metal and go home with their travel expenses.
And two days ago, when they learned that the Hemet Mansion was going to hold a drinking party and that the emperor was going to appear in person, they were overjoyed and broke in and gave gifts in person.
But they didn't receive the invitation, they were obviously aliens, and the guards naturally wouldn't allow them to enter, and the result was that the three dwarves fought the entire Hemet Mansion guard, and with their excellent melee experience and personal strength, the three dwarves still had the advantage.
But if you delay a little longer, when the royal guards come and treat them as assassins, I'm afraid it will really be completely impossible to clean up.
Luckily, before that, Dexos came out in time, but unfortunately, this group of lawless dwarves offended their target by opening their mouths.
"Forget the insincere compliments, and the pain of the other party's killing of his father and brother is touched when he opens his mouth, are you giving gifts or are you here to be responsible for pulling hatred?"
Shaking his head, seeing this angry Dassos, he knew that if he didn't care, it would definitely be the result of going out to execute three people to vent his anger, which was not what I wanted to see.
"Your Majesty, since they are here to give gifts, at least let them present them. This will at least show your bearing as a great king. ”
As if he didn't want to lose face in front of me, my dissuasion with a smile seemed to work.
Taking two deep breaths and suppressing the imminent outburst, Dasos nodded.
"Since Miss Lorenee intercedes, I will give you a chance, a visitor from another race, to reveal your identity and show your sincerity."
As soon as the three dwarves discussed, they actually began to prepare their appearance lines.
"Since you're asking sincerely!"
"We will be merciful to you!"
"For"
"Enough! Give me ten seconds to make it clear, or I'll tie you to a stone anchor and throw you into the river. "I was going to hear that they had recently revised my opening line, but apparently Daxos didn't have that patience, and the Emperor's roar made everyone in the room bow their heads and tremble.
"We are from the sulfur mountain city of the underground world, and when we heard that His Majesty was about to ascend the throne, we came from thousands of miles to give us our most honorable gifts."
Sure enough, the threat to life was still effective.
"The Underworld?"
In the eyes of the human aristocracy, the legendary underworld is rampant with demons, and there is killing and war everywhere. It's not the same thing from the ground at all, and when I heard the goblin and the gray dwarf say that they were from the underground world, I was stunned. The nobles were full of surprise and disbelief, and they talked about it.
"Ahem, then show me what kind of treasure it is."
Undoubtedly, judging from the slightly raised eyebrows and the smile on the corners of his mouth, the inhabitants of the underground world who came from thousands of miles away gave gifts to congratulate him on his accession to the throne. Make Dassos feel like he has a lot of face.
I breathed a sigh of relief, this idea of a thousand miles of congratulations is indeed very good, as long as there are no surprises. Even if the gift is not good, Dassault will pretend to be very satisfied, and most of the rewards will not be less, and it is a good story to spread it.
"Look. This is Eighty-Eight's 20-to-1 miniaturized robot. It is also a gift from us to Majesty. ”
From Kabbalah's bag full of patches, pull out a worn-out robot.
It was a scrap machine that would fall apart at any time, only one meter tall, covered in green rust, obviously the parts were all waste, and there was no majesty and horror of the prototype at all.
The words of the panicked silver hook were not clear, he meant that it was the mainframe qì man eighty-eight that was sent, but it was too huge. It can only be replaced by an equiscale model.
"Poof, this can be played with by children."
"It's an insult to the engineering crystallization of the Orlan Empire. Our Magic Steam Armor is more than three meters tall, what does it mean to send this? Does our emperor need small toys? ”
But obviously, in the eyes of the nobles here, it was a few rednecks who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth to send a small toy to the emperor's majesty.
"You see, he has a drill bit, a main gun, and a power backpack behind him, and the technology is the most advanced in Brimstone Mountain City, which should be able to help your country's engineering research."
I covered my forehead, now the misunderstanding has not been solved, the more carefully the silver hook explains, the more he despises the other party's engineering and industrial level, and the more angry he is.
"Zizizi!" "Click!" "Boom!"
Well, no need to explain, like other safety brand products, under the debugging of the goblin, this proportional machine first leaked, then smoked all over the body, and then exploded by itself.
"Enough! Is this your gift to a king? Perhaps, you think I'm so merciful that I'm stupid! ”
The magic sword revealed a blood-red brilliance, and the emperor no longer intended to hide his killing intent.
The three of them looked at each other, and some didn't understand why the other party seemed to be angry and wanted to kill someone, and in the end, Kabbalah had an idea and came up with a crooked idea.
"Since you're not satisfied with this gift, let's find another gift temporarily."
"My lord, this is our gift!"
"Bold!" "Dog guts!" Seeing the gift that Kabbalah pulled out of the sack, the Orlan nobles were furious.
It was some familiar jewelry, and it was an ornament along the river, and this cheap jewelry that was so inferior that no one picked it up was actually given to the highest king? "Damn, it's as bad as stealing flowers from a girl's favorite flower garden and using them to make a bouquet and propose to the original owner." I have nothing to say to this death.
"Heh, it's a waste of my time to bother with you."
Luckily, Dassos laughed angrily and eventually shook his head, as if he didn't want to deal with the goblins anymore.
"Take it with you. Forget it, go your own way. Well? Brimstone Mountain City? Isn't that the origin of the god you've never heard of? Since the inhabitants of the place are like this, it seems that there will be hillbillies among the true gods in the future. You say, will the great gods flee to the mortal world for refuge, and maybe we in Oran will have the favor of the gods because of this. ”
Obviously, the emperor's sense of humor is terrible, and this is a cold joke against the true god, which makes people even more laughable, but
"I have never heard of the God of Law, I heard about it some time ago, and now many businessmen have chosen that faith, and it is indeed the church of the inferior."
"Heh, you can see from these guys, who knows how that unknown guy became a true god, I can't go out and step on shit, so inexplicably ascended to God."
But Dasus is the emperor, so no matter how funny the joke is, the nobles under his command must try to laugh out loud and follow suit, but they are not stupid, at least they know that they can't call the "Sleepless" by their real name, otherwise it will cause the true god to think. Divine punishment is no fun.
"Enough, you can insult us, but you must not slander the Sleepless One! You stupid humans! You are not even as good as his little finger. ”
The ghoublin's comical shrill screams echoed through the halls. Immediately after, the audience burst into laughter even louder.
"Don't laugh, don't laugh, I'm a silver hook. Bea won't let you laugh! ”
But the more he screamed, the more he burst into flames, and the louder the human nobles laughed.
"Don't laugh, or I, the supreme hillbilly god, will punish you." Seems to be confident in his sense of humor. Dassault pinched his throat and imitated it vividly, which made the laughter expand all the time. It even lifted the ceiling of the hall and spread it outside.
"What do you know, you short-lived ghosts! When you are turned to ashes, the eyes of the true God begin to look upon you. In front of the gods. Be humble. How great you are, King of mortals, you are nothing in the eyes of any one. ”
Well, the goblin's angry questioning, yes, is true, but it hits the sensitive self-esteem of some people.
"Well, at least we can live a rich and good life. And that Brimstone Mountain City? Hehe, if you are really rich enough. I won't let you give gifts with stolen jewelry! Such a place is actually a holy place for the God of Law? Sure enough, only second-rate places can produce such hillbilly gods. ”
As soon as Dassos said this, the scene suddenly became cold, even he himself hurriedly covered his mouth, although he did not mention that the real name and true god could not be perceived, but if this spread, I am afraid that the Orlan Empire and himself will become the mortal enemies of the Church of the God of Law.
Suddenly, the old dwarf, who had been drowsy, suddenly laughed.
"The king of the mortal world actually dared to slander the gods in the sky, originally because of your courage, the old man would have a drink with you and gamble on a game, but unfortunately, you found the wrong opponent, the kid of the silver hook has always been full of nonsense, but this time he is really right, compared with the sleepless man, even compared with the sleepless man who is still in the mortal world, your kid is not as valuable as his toenails."
"Hmph, I've also heard of that person's deeds, isn't he just a country judge, who suddenly got the approval of the gods of order, and then ascended to heaven and became a god? To say that he was lucky enough to step on shit is really true. ”
The battle between kingship and divine power never ends, and it is clear that Daxos has no respect for the God of Law, and since he is already destined to offend, what does it matter to offend a little more.
I was also very surprised by the scene in front of me, if the chengguan or the judge of the Supreme Court were here to defend my dignity, I would not be surprised at all, but this group of bastards in front of me were all changed by the chengguan repeatedly attacked. Gentleman, I've cleaned them up several times as a sleepless person, and if you don't hold a grudge against me, you can still help me speak? Maybe it's time for me to get my hearing and vision checked.
"Maybe people like you can't understand that the underground world is a real hell, and it is simply natural for the weak to die, and in a resource-poor world, you can take a human life for a glass of water. I'm an orphan with nothing, and an unlucky guy like me would die in some gutter one day as the most likely outcome, but only the Brimstone Mountain City would let a weak person like me survive. It also gave me the opportunity to study architecture and survive on my own hands. ”
"Unlike you lucky people who are rich enough to decorate trees with jewelry, we unlucky people who are fighting for our lives know how difficult it is to let the weak live with dignity and the strong to live without hunting the flesh and blood of the weak, and the only thing in this world can do is the adult."
Kabbalah, who had been silent, said.
"The phrase 'I dream that one day my children and grandchildren will live in a kingdom where they will be judged not by their race, but by their character,' are engraved on the gates and squares of Mount Brimstone. That year, everyone used to regard this as the delusion of a madman, but that man, it took more than a hundred years, bit by bit accumulation, to really eliminate racial prejudice, and really achieved this dream. ”
"Can you imagine? A kind and benevolent Dark Elf Knight, a peaceful and quiet Undead Warrior who is lazy every day, a hard-working, friendly and not greedy goblin guy, in Brimstone Mountain City, race doesn't matter, what matters is what you have done and what you plan to do. ”
The old dwarf shook his wine gourd and killed most of it in one gulp.
"O mortal king, you may be able to give orders for your armies to fight for you, and for your peasants to work for you, but can you let ordinary citizens consciously go up to the city walls and fight for the protection of the city, and engage in a war that is absolutely impossible to win? The man did, and he made the city a home that all its inhabitants were willing to sacrifice to protect. ”
Inexplicably, the battle against the Demon Count came to me, and the lovely citizens who took the initiative to walk on the city walls made me smile.
"Hmph, it's just a governance expert, as long as I give me time, I can do it."
Dassos turned pale, but he still refused to admit defeat.
But at the same time, the shrill screams of the goblins echoed through the hall again.
"Mortal King, you can tell that we guys are not good people, and some time ago we were even imprisoned in the cell of Brimstone Mountain City because of something. And because of the conspiracy of some people, the walls of the prison were pushed up, but we didn't take the opportunity to escape, do you know why? ”
"Hmph, that's your cowardice."
"Hehe, the old beard and I are both golden steps, according to you human beings, we are both otherworldly masters. But the guards are only a few silver ranks at most, and we can't eat anywhere like this, so why should we obediently go to the cell in that city and be angry with our juniors? ”
The old drunkard also laughed, all the people who escaped from prison that time hung up, and afterwards, the choice of his group of people who did not escape was indeed correct.
"Those who do bad deeds will be punished, and the guilty will be judged, and only judgment can redeem sinners. This sentence hangs in front of the stone tablet in the prison, but I'm afraid you people won't believe it, but I can sue you that under that man, this is the axiom of that city. We chose to stay in prison, just trusting what the man said, as long as we finished the punishment, as long as we didn't touch the bottom line of sin, we could live in that city with dignity. ”
"As long as you commit a crime, you will be punished, as long as you are innocent, you can live with dignity, gray dwarves like me are not welcomed in any dungeon, and we are even more suspicious, but in our city, no one is prejudiced because of race. Can you do this, the King of mortals? ”
"Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, as a king, can you give a happy home where most people live and work in peace and contentment to the point that they are willing to pay a qiē for it? If you can't, you're not even as good as Pinky. ”
"Ha, old drunkard, how can you do it, don't you have any memory of what happened to us along the way? If it weren't for our two hands, I am afraid that we would have been 'eradicated from evil' long ago, and then all our belongings would have been confiscated along the way." ”
"Oh, that's right. Brother Beya, I'm a little homesick, maybe we should go back. ”
"Hmph, what is the greatest king in three hundred years, the rumors really can't be believed. Without a tolerant heart, without understanding the wisdom of others, full of jealousy and prejudice, I think that sooner or later this country will fall into his hands. ”
"King of mortals, I know that you pray for immortality, for so are your short-lived kings. But I'm afraid, even if you are really immortal, you are just a zombie who misses the mortal world. It will never be as good as the man who sacrificed a qiē and transformed the world by the law. Should such a vulgar human being laugh at the gods of heaven and the embodiment of justice, should I say that those who do not know are fearless? Or the shameless one is invincible in the world. ”
After finishing speaking, the three of them were about to leave with sacks, but this time, they couldn't go.
At someone's suggestion, the two legends who had been ambushed in the secret room were already blocked in front of them.
"Insult the king to your face, a great sin of disrespect, put me in a dungeon! I see if your incarnation of justice will come to your rescue. ”
Looking at Dathos's iron-blue face, I knew it was useless to say anything at this time.
"Hey. I'm going to check the information again, where is the royal dungeon? I'm really getting in trouble. Having said that, somehow, my mood became very good. (To be continued......)