Chapter 27: A Fragile Balance

Time flies, the years are like a song....well, it didn't take long for me to just want to use these two words, in fact, in just two days, the city of Brimstone Mountain had already returned to peace.

On that day, when all the fugitives and the criminals who took advantage of the fire were tried, or directly hung in the air by invisible ropes, or simply fell to the ground in an instant, those who had not yet touched the bottom line, or were about to touch the bottom line, immediately stopped the pace of crime when they found that they had been put on an invisible guillotine.

The turmoil did not last long, and when the foreign enemy was cleared, the judicial officers of the four halls and one court pulled out their hands to maintain order, and soon the city of Brimstone was restored to its former order.

And the huge red dragon covered with wounds after the war, and the wounds were still raining blood on the ground during the gliding process, slid through the small half of the city, and fell hard in the Holy Light District, when the news came out that the patron saint of Brimstone Mountain City, the ancient red dragon Ainmetheus, was seriously injured and needed hundreds of paladins and priests to heal his injuries, the rumors that the three giants stood by and took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents were naturally broken.

On the contrary, under the control of some well-intentioned people, the news that the triumvirate fought against the overlord of the two dungeons, and that Ainmetheus was seriously injured as a result has spread all over the streets.

Of course, the true cause of the Fire Elemental God Seal will not be said, and the apparent cause of the war is, as always, a common siege in dungeons.

The existence of a powerful foreign enemy, the more powerful guardians of their own side, almost perished, but relying on the happiness and pain of the guardians to survive the catastrophe, and gratitude, when these conditions and complex emotions are in place, this multi-racial city is more united in the week of disaster.

If you insist on finding something different, I'm afraid, it is that the tomatoes and rotten eggs are all out of stock, the reason? The betrayal of the parliament was revealed, as evidenced by the fact that the councillors who had been executed by the miracles of the trial, and now the doors of the parliament were painted with tomatoes and rotten eggs, and all the windows were smashed.

If a few well-known parliamentarians go out, if they don't want to go out cleanly and come back in a colorful way, then it is best to bring a bodyguard and carry a door panel to attract firepower.

More than 300 casualties have been accumulated in this catastrophe, but the deceased has passed away, the murderer has been executed, and the grievances of the victims and their families have also been vented......

Even, at the door of the parliament, there are already businessmen who smell business opportunities.......

"Are you still using raw tomatoes and rotten eggs? Outdated. Gnome Alchemy Special Stink Bomb, 3 Gold Coins, Stinky and Enduring, Gnome Color Paint Bomb, 2 Gold Coins, 13 Colors Randomly Selected, Each Comes with a Color Card, Collect a Set and Gift a Dwarf Project Chick! Unlike goblins, our gnome engineering is of high quality and reliable, and it will never explode, never explode! ”

"Goblin smoke grenades! Goblin bombs 1 to 7, power guarantee, no damage to death, revenge and hatred are essential products, and the price is cheap!! It's only half of the dwarf's sissy thing! One gold coin for one! ”

"Enough, Rowe of the Judgment Hall. Gold coins, I've put up with you for a long time! You can insult me, but you can't insult the wisdom of our dwarf clan! ”

"The sissy of the Hall of the French King, Milhouse. Be a dead storm. You were the one who opened your mouth to hurt people. You gnomes have the face to hack our goblin project? Yes, your stuff doesn't explode, but that messy extra effect is more terrible than an explosion, you dare to pat your chest and say, haven't you been thrown into the air by your own gnome teleporter, haven't you been electrocuted by the gnome grid, haven't you been made smaller by the dwarf death ray, your dwarf project is just like your name is a death storm, professional death!."

"It's a mana storm, a mana storm!!"

Hearing this, the dwarf young man with the size of a child was furious all of a sudden.

"Give me a taste of this!!" He pulled out a toy gun-like engineering prop, pulled the trigger on Rowe, and...

"Giggles, cluck!" There was an extra chick in the place that was in a hurry to jump to his feet, and there was a chicken changer that fell to the ground...

"Haha! I'll just say you dwarf sissy stuff isn't reliable at all! Pointing at the chick and laughing wildly, Luo Wei also took out three silver balls from his arms and played the clown's ball throwing game.

Playing with bombs empty-handed, without a trace of fear, and without a trace of trembling hands, Luo Wei showed the audience the unique courage of the goblin clan.

"Look at our miraculous goblin works! We never deny the unpredictability of magical engineering, but as long as our intelligent goblins work hard and pass it on from generation to generation, goblin engineering will definitely become more and more advanced! Even if my father and my grandfather die in an accident, I will continue to do so, and I believe that even if I fail, my son and grandson will continue to work hard for the future of goblin engineering!! ”

Ignoring the attack of the angry chick at his feet, Rowe raised his head and swore an oath in a loud voice, as if ready to sacrifice at any moment.

The goblins' dedication to engineering unexpectedly won the audience's exclamations and some applause.

"Well said!" Someone even planned to come and buy Luo Wei's engineering supplies, but Luo Wei continued:

"When my grandfather died, he only blew up a pit of 13 meters, and my father blew up a full 30 meters, and when I die, I must blow up a pit of 100 meters! We, the gold coin family, must research a big bomb that can blow up the city!! ”

Well, the goblins that immediately revealed the prototype scared off all the would-be buyers, and the audience took a big step back, and thankfully, they did.......

"Ah, what's this twisted piece of copper?" The chick's onslaught finally caught his attention, and Rowe looked at the copper pieces that had fallen from his clothes to the ground, a thoughtful expression, and then, sweating profusely......

"Fuse screws!!

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!!"

"It's....it's just a small failure, I'm not going to give up! I....I'll be back! ”

Well, after showing the goblin clan's courage to not fear life and death, he showed the goblin clan's daily way of dying.

Now, after three explosions, our goblin engineering merchant carries black smoke with him. flew directly into the sky, but judging by the roar full of energy, this was only the beginning......

Behind the crowd, I witnessed the farce, and then turned to Eliza.

"Now the situation in the city is unstable, and they can't help it. Give me a record, the Supreme Court Executive Yuan ordered: Next month is the month of the ban on engineering, and the chengguan and the court will take action to find some reason to throw these troublesome dwarves into the detention center for a month of reflection. ”

"As long as you are a master engineer, you can never go wrong by arresting me first and then searching. What should I do if I catch the wrong one? I'll go to daoqian myself. Don't worry, just like there is no man who doesn't **, does this shijie have goblins that don't explode, dwarfs who don't die?"

"Second, are the Beya brothers still in the detention center?"

"It's still there, and they're still in detention for three days."

Having received an affirmative answer, I nodded with satisfaction,

"Tomorrow bring them some engineering parts, they will definitely not be able to resist playing with explosions in the detention center, then we have a reason to lock them up for another month. The two number one exploding maniacs in Brimstone Mountain City are not out there, and those engineering troubles have no leader, and it will be much easier to ban the month. ”

After saying that, I turned my head and left, and the City Lord's Mansion was not far away, but when I saw the mana storm that had been blown black on the ground, I stopped again.

"I almost forgot. Third, when the Death Storm recovers from the 'chicken cutlet' state, tell him and Luo Wei, 'Your two months' salary is gone, I don't care what you do in private, the next time you say that you are a member of the Supreme Court outside and ruin the reputation of the Supreme Court, I will ......"

Speaking of this, I paused for a moment, these little dwarfs are naturally bold, explosions and space travel are commonplace, what punishment can scare them? I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

But Eliza, in my ear, said.

"Then let the two of them exchange all the engineering tools and finished products, let the goblin engineer use the gnome engineering supplies, and let the gnome use the goblin props. Force each of them to make ten of each other's engineering props. ”

Looking at this cold pretty face and listening to this silver bell-like voice, I couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's worse to let them use it than to kill them, goblin engineering, dwarf engineering looks similar, but in fact they are completely different from principle to system, ten? If you don't do it, you have to build it for a lifetime. It's torture to use the props you hate the most to study the theories you hate the most. But..."

I gave a thumbs up. "Good idea, more and more of my style."

Ahem, let's get down to business. I chose to walk to the City Lord's Mansion to see how Brimstone Mountain City was recovering after the storm, and I was very relieved to see that there was time for a farce to be staged.

Well, as the mastermind behind this, I'm quite satisfied with the intelligence control capabilities of the "bystanders" and the Brimstone Mountain Thieves Guild combined, at least, everything hasn't changed on the surface.

Yes, it's just the surface, after this big battle, the two dungeon overlords joined forces to attack, and only fled back to the overlord himself, and the army was completely wiped out, how could such a powerful news really not change.

"Let's be straight, what do you plan to do when you set up the Nanxiang Law School, poach from the Templar Church, and expand the law system more than three times at once?"

Xiaohong was still recuperating from her injuries and didn't come, and in the city lord's mansion, Margaret and Adam were already chatting and drinking tea, of course, they would also sort out the recent harvest casually, but as soon as I took my seat, Margaret took the lead in getting up.

"Hehe, those little girls will not retreat this time, desperately protecting the citizens, I appreciate it, just let them completely integrate into the judicial system. That's what they've been expecting for years, don't tell me you don't know. ”

I lifted the bone knife and carefully carved the black wooden staff in my hand.

Since the end of the trial, I have been fascinated by wood carving, which is jishu work, and I can't be distracted.

"Honestly?"

"It's too much trouble to say."

Margaret shook her head and sat back, the lich had a plot as always, but he didn't want to say, then, he couldn't ask.

Guess it? This guy's mind is mysterious and abnormal, many times it is obviously nonsense, but in the future, it has become a wonderful pen, if he really plans to do something secretly, even the sage who witnessed the whole process can't guess.

Margaret once asked the other party, but got an inexplicable answer.

"Your way of thinking is too direct, like the war chess you like to play, the chess players compete for the gains and losses of each chess piece, accumulate small victories and win big victories, it seems to be atmospheric, but in fact, the breath of the axe and chisel is very obvious, easy to be seen through, but it falls into success. And I, on the other hand, am a Go master, I, the chess pieces are falling, some are patiently waiting, not arguing, and doing it is a big dragon. ”

"Go? Is there such a game in the world? Is it a game that has disappeared into history?" Margaret once asked, but then, Roland the Lich always looked at him.

"By the way, in a few days, I plan to build a branch, the Supreme Court of the City of Karon Branch."

The humming lord of Karon City, in the attack a few days ago, has died at the hands of Margaret's forbidden spell, and his Karon City has naturally become a borderless land, and my meaning is obvious.

"No wonder you're augmenting? Are you planning to take the city of Karon? ”

"Of course, if you don't upgrade the boss, you can endure it if you can't pick up the treasure, you don't even occupy the territory, and there are not a few beauties, it's not cool at all, and you will hit the street."

Well, as usual, they directly ignored my crazy words, but in fact I was telling the truth from the mainstream point of view, but, personally, for me, it is enough to live a fun and happy life, tell a joke and have fun secretly, do something while making trouble, and have fun together, and fight and kill every day with a straight face, pretending to be tired and slapping in the face.

Cough, it seems to be a string of words, and it is amazing to be able to read it in one breath.

To get back to the point, I do intend to occupy the city of Karon, but not for the sake of hegemony.

"On the one hand, the power of the law does need more faith, and on the other hand, we do need more leverage, how are you going to deal with the troubles of the underground covenant?"

Hearing this, everyone was silent.

The dungeon coalition army counterattacked the ground, which is the common expectation of most of the underground races, and it has become an established fact, we were able to repel the union of the two overlords because they received the news that the seal was strengthened and hurried over, and they still used teleportation magic, and there were only a small number of guards around them, compared to their actual shili, maybe less than eleven, at least, we didn't see the super strong people under them.

And even if we can defeat the Dungeon Overlords, how can we defeat the coalition of thousands of Dungeon Lords? I have learned that the torrent of "history" is irresistible, thinking that I can use my mantis arm as a car, but the result of zuihou is often inadvertently pressed by the wheels and then pressed back.

When the two overlords refuse to give up, go back and fill the army, or simply bring three or four hundred underground city lords directly to the hard, I am afraid that the sulfur mountain city will become a fool who blocks the car, and the traces of history - ruins.

"Let me make a point, but you guys are too rigid in your thinking. If you oppose them to start a war on the ground, you have to stand in the opponent's seat and fight them in the ring? Diplomatically always contradictory, sooner or later you will be isolated, you are strong enough, you can walk in at any time, it doesn't matter. When Anne takes over, the enemies you provoke and the accumulated resentment will erupt together, will she parry it? ”

"What then?" Margaret thought about it over and over again, but there was nothing she could do.

"Let's join them! Yes, join them. Now that the top four are separated, half on each side, and can still maintain a barely balanced balance, if there is another overlord, guess what will happen? ”

Adam looked confused, but Margaret was thoughtful.

"Yes, we have barely won the two major overlords, and naturally we also have the qualifications to become the overlords. There are only two overlords who have come, and it has been proved that they are not monolithic internally, so if we fall to that side......"

"Yes, the leadership of the coalition forces, but it's a strange thing."

Inexplicably, I remembered that in my distant hometown, there is a country, which is the emerging of the five old **, in the process of growth, constantly swaying from side to side, reaping benefits, and in the collective voting, constantly disgusting others with abstention and opposition rights, and finally became a new generation of overlords.

"And I have a gift, one that can turn the delicate balance of the moment into an uncontrollable mess."

"What?"

"What kind of gift?"

I smirked and placed the carved black wooden staff on the table.

"Artifact. The Scepter of the Night. This is quite the supreme artifact of the undead empire's Xiluo kingship. Handmade by the Lord of the Eternal Night, absolutely genuine, accept inspection, if there is a fake, a fake penalty of ten! ”