There weren't many people she could trust, and the butler in front of her seemed to be one.

"I am honored to serve my hostess."

The butler of Glenn Castle bowed his head deeply in front of Gawain, courteous, respectful and graceful.

"Then serve your mistress again," Gawain nodded slightly to the butler, "you're going to the Rock Fortress......"

The butler kept his head down: "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Go and get a letter, and just say that Cecil's army has captured the Glenn ......," Gawain said, and the tone changed in the middle of his speech, "Anyway, how are your acting skills?" ”

The butler raised his head and said calmly: "Eleven years ago, I was present when the robbers stormed the castle, and I hid the burned little master in the pyre, and then leaned on the pyre to load the corpse - the corpse of the robber for a day and a night under the noses of those robbers. ”

The butler paused when he said this, and a confident smile appeared on his face: "My acting skills are very good. ”

……

Cecil collar, on the north bank of the Whitewater River.

Two large river vessels are moored in a newly built dock, and the scaffolding and craftsmen busy throughout the dock indicate that the two ships are in full swing to be remodeled, and on a platform next to the dock, the sea serpent-like Tyr is propping himself up into the air with his long tail, curiously observing the details of the two ships.

She saw that these two ships were not new, but remodeled on some basis, and their prototypes were not much different from the large cargo ships she had seen in the Whitewater River on a daily basis, and those so-called "cargo ships" were really nothing that could be put on the table in the eyes of the Kraken, and what she was interested in at the moment was only those structures that had been modified and added to the ships.

She saw that craftsmen were reinforcing the ship's key structures with metal skins and alloy frames, that large holes had been made in the ship's deck to install various metal supports and ductwork of unknown purpose, and that most of the ship's sails had been removed, and that the space that had been left open was filled with feather-like metal frames covered with human magic runes.

It's a strange transformation, and Tyre is curious about it.

Also inspecting the shipyard was the knight of Byron, who pointed to one of the ships and boasted to Tyre, "Both of these ships were captured during the bombardment of the Whitewater River - almost all of them were wounded, and only these two were intact. ”

Tyr saw the ostentatious look on Byron's knight's face, and looked curious: "Is this amazing?" ”

"This is a ship built in the Peibo area, and the place in the south knows how to build ships best!" The Byron knight waved his arm, "They built the biggest ships in the South!" Don't you think these two ships look great? ”

"Hah...... Probably," Tyr shook the tip of his tail perfunctorily, continuing to look curiously at the wing-like structures on the ship, "I'm more curious about how Gawain is going to transform them......

"I'll take you up to have a look," Byron remembered what the lord had told him, and he knew that the Kraken in front of him would be the "power source" responsible for sending the two "strange ships" to the north, so he was quite enthusiastic at the moment, "I'll explain to you while watching me." ”

It wasn't until she boarded the ship that Tyr realized that Gawain had transformed the two ships more than she had imagined: she saw that the deck of the ship had been covered with thin metal plates, and the metal plates were covered with magic patterns and connected to the structure of the open wings, and many pipes, alloy skeletons, and magic mechanisms could be seen below the deck. This level of transformation was obviously not completed in a day or two, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Did you start renovating this ship since it was towed back?" ”

"Honestly...... It's true," Byron didn't hide, "after the bombardment of the Whitewater, the lord ordered the two best-preserved ships to be converted into magical, but the original plan was to put the magic crystal railguns on the ship - for this purpose we specially reinforced the deck, and added a lot of extra skeletons to the ship, you see over there - some small secondary guns were actually installed. But now we have to replace the original main gun with the 'Rainbow Device', which is larger than the largest Magic Crystal Railgun, and the weight is also terrifying, so the two main guns have to be reduced to one, and we have to remove half of the secondary guns that have been installed to prevent the ship from sinking......"

Byron said as he walked towards the lower deck with Tyr, pointing to the modified parts around him as he went: "Fortunately, the magic net interface is universal, and the energy of the magic crystal railgun can also be used on the rainbow device. See these magic web units? Not only on the deck and in this cabin, but even the bilge is laid in the bilge, and the whole ship is equivalent to laying the magic net of a small factory in its belly, so that it can provide its own energy......"

Tyr arched behind Byron, staring at the advanced magic structures stuffed into the belly of this "backward wooden ship" with wide eyes and curiosity, and finally couldn't help it: "Why don't you just build a new ship?" How awkward it is to cram such an advanced thing into such a backward ship. ”

“…… Shipbuilding skills are not enough," Byron spread his hand and said helplessly, "Shipbuilding is a technical job, and the craftsmen who know how to build ships the most in the whole south are those in the Peibo region, and the ships they build are like those in front of you." A higher technology than that...... The lord's side is still researching, but he doesn't know when he will be able to produce a result, and even if he does, he doesn't know how long it will take to build a new ship from scratch, and the enemies of the Rock Fortress will not wait for us. ”

"Tsk......" Tyre smacked his lips, as if to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just poked a nearby wooden pillar with the tip of his tail.

Byron looked at the Siren's reaction, pursed his lips secretly, and continued, "I'll show you the bilge again—it's an unfinished place. ”

The two of them came to the bottom of the "warship", and in the cabin illuminated by the magic crystal lamp, Tyr saw a metal bracket that was obviously reserved for some kind of large equipment, as well as some magic net units that had not yet been connected, and she couldn't help but be a little curious: "What is it for here?" ”

"Motivation," Byron said, "is an unsolved problem." ”

As soon as Tyr heard the word "power", he remembered what Gawain had asked him to do, and immediately nodded: "Oh-yes, your lord just asked me to help solve the power problem." He said that the two ships can't run on their own right now, so they need my help......"

"Yes," Byron continued, "did you notice that we removed the sails on the upper deck?" It was to install additional magic nets and auxiliary rune arrays, and in order to install the water pump and corresponding pipes, the ship's reserved oarsman position was also squeezed out, so the ship couldn't be driven by the traditional method - instead, the lord designed an 'oar' powered by a magic engine, but as you can see, it wasn't finished at all. ”

The Byron knight pointed to the empty space in the bilge where some kind of large equipment was installed, and said with a look of regret: "Mr. Egg has been researching there for a long time, and he has not yet made a finished product. ”

The more Tyr listened, the more he frowned, and finally couldn't help but poke the nearby wood with the tip of his tail: "What kind of transformation are you guys...... The last ship was even out of power......"

The Byron knight waved his hand: "According to the plan, there is, isn't this not installed yet!" ”

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be designed sooner?" Tyr thrust his back, "Do you know how to build ships?" ”

When Byron heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, how else can we say that our shipbuilding technology can't keep up - traditional river boats can still rely on high prices to recruit craftsmen to build, but this kind of new ship with magic technology, who knows how to build it!" ”

"Tsk......" Tyre smacked his lips again, as if he wanted to say something again, but in the end he held back and didn't say anything, poked the wood with his tail for a while, and then waved his hand, "Okay, I've seen it almost, and I can't understand your magic guidance skills...... I'd better go back to sleep, just call me when it's time to go. ”

With that, Miss Kraken arched out of the cabin.

Byron turned his head to look at the empty "engine compartment", and couldn't help muttering: "Why don't you pick up the stubble......"

Not long after he had finished saying this, he heard footsteps coming from near the stairs, and when he looked up, he saw Knight Philip walking into the cabin.

"Miss Tyre is gone?" The young knight saw Byron standing alone in the cabin and asked curiously, "She visited our warship?" ”

Byron nodded: "After a visit, I was a little interested in magic technology, but obviously I didn't look down on our ship." ”

"Oh, then she ......"

"Don't mention it, every time she doesn't wait for me to speak, she immediately stops taking the stubble, and the vigilance is scary," Byron looked frustrated, "She's really inferior to you in this regard—you're better at taking the stubble than she is." ”

"Can you please not lead the conversation to the side every time," Philip frowned, and then said, "Miss Tyre is a guest of the alien race, and we can't force her to help. Anyway, the lord just explained that she was interested in magic technology, and the lord would naturally make other arrangements for the follow-up. ”

Thinking of Gawain's expectations for Tyre and his dedication to "building new ships", Byron couldn't help but sigh: "If you want Miss Tyre, who is lazy like that, to help for a long time, the lord has really set a great goal for himself...... But then again, why is he so obsessed with building new ships...... Wouldn't the boats we had recruited from the Peibo region really come in handy? ”

"The lord has said that the land is only the cradle of mankind, and that mankind must always come out of the cradle," said Knight Philip with a serious face, "although I don't know exactly what he meant by this, but the facts have always proved that the lord's judgment is almost infallible, and since he said that the new ships are useful, they must be useful." ”

"Okay...... Anyway, I trust the lord's judgment," Byron said, and then looked up at the metal beam on top of the cabin that had been added later—the hexagonal arrangement of magic runes shimmered faintly on the light alloy beam, and this thing called the "power ridge" was the main artery of the ship, which connected several decks and the magic net units of the various cabins to provide the enormous energy needed for the iridescent device, "Whether the new ships are useful or not, I'm looking forward to what these two ships are about to come in. ”