Two days later, Roddy boarded the flagship that left Raciman. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Speaker Jeremy and others personally saw them off, and the ceremony was solemn. In addition to the "heroic deeds" of Rodi saving Durrell City, a larger part of the reason for these mages to be so respectful is due to the academic achievements of "a hundred flowers blooming" after the application of the "Charged Crystal".

Not only did Speaker Jeremy himself overcome the problem that had plagued him for months, but the entire Rasiman magic range, as long as the mages who were allocated the amount of "charged hedrons", used it to make experimental data that they had never thought of before.

Among them, the puppeteers of Movent Academy are the most excited - because of the higher energy efficiency of the "Charged Crystal", almost all the puppets can save the "energy integration device" and "radiator", and their own volume and strength have increased exponentially, and the future development prospects are bright!

Because of this relationship, Nefe's treatment level in the academy is basically on par with that of the vice dean.

And Merinthera joined the Kazmore Academy, which is good at elemental magic, because her strength is too strong, the academy directly gave her the title of "honorary lecturer", and the treatment is also so generous that it makes other mages blush.

As they parted, Roddy and Neffie hugged each other. The little girl's eyes were red from crying, and her face was full of reluctance. On the contrary, Merinthera looked calm, looked at the fleet, and never said a word.

The November breeze was cool, and the reduction of storms made sailing exceptionally smooth. Although Houdini was no longer the commander of the fleet, his spells saved the fleet from many troubles and risks. According to the plan, the fleet at full speed will reach the southern coast of Evta around 25 November. For Roddy, this was a lot later than he had planned, as Elson City was expected to start the "Magic Exchange Conference" on November 10th, and it was clear that he would not be able to preside over the conference as scheduled.

However, the trip was far more rewarding than expected, and Roddy, who was sitting in the cabin sorting out the manifests, was in a good mood, and was not worried about what would go wrong at the Elson City convention - he trusted Camilla's ability, but he still had to consider finding a good reason to explain the matter of leaving his daughter in Laciman.

The Poratini's cabin is comfortable and spacious, and the portholes next to it are deliberately made two times larger than the ordinary portholes because of the reinforcement of the magic circle. When Roddy turned his head, it was easy to see the blue sea and those looming figures in the water...

"They're going to be tired like that, aren't they?"

Roddy looked at the "resurrected fish-man" swimming rapidly in the water, and looked up at Akasha, who was holding a canned fruit next to him.

"If it's a normal fishman, I guess there's no way to keep up with the fleet. However, after demonization, their physical strength is very good, and if there are enough fish to feed them along the way, they will have no problem reaching Ivta. ”

"That's good. ”

More than 800 "resurrected fishmen" are a very important military force for Roddy. Because of the construction of a port, relying on these fishmen to investigate the situation under the sea is definitely "dedicated to special people". And in the future..."Marines" is a concept that probably scared Charles II, right?

"By the way, why didn't you see Sylvia?"

"She was still working on the 'plane', and the two Tukh women volunteered to help, and they were all together for the past few days. Akasha naturally didn't like Doiris and Evely, and pouted: "Merinthera and Nephie are not here, I don't want to play mahjong with them." ”

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and Roddy found that it was Sylvia who looked a little excited standing outside, and he stood up curiously: "What's wrong?"

"Success!

Following the excited Sylvia onto the deck, Roddy found a "plane" more than one meter long in front of him. Although it has twin propellers and wings, it looks very different from those fixed-wing aircraft that it has in mind - it has no landing gear and wheels, no cockpit for people or cargo, and only a "central energy slot" for "charging hedrons".

What Sylvia was holding was the "Puppet Control Circle" that Nephi had assembled for her, and now, this circle had been improved by Evely the "Array Mage" to work better than before.

However, to avoid suspicion, neither Doiris nor Evely appeared on deck.

Sylvia activated the magic circle, controlled the plane to hang in the air, take off, fly around the flagship and then hover and land, although the operation is not yet proficient, but Roddy listened to the "buzzing" propeller sound, he was really a little distracted - although it was only a model, but this obviously means that in this era, he can build an "airplane"!

What does airplane mean?

Absolute air supremacy! Unless the other party has dozens of flying magisters like Rasiman at once, then in the land of the Karen Kingdom, he can reconnoitre, bomb or drop paratroopers at will...

With the future "aircraft carrier", this is the black technology that dominates the world!

Silvia, who was full of pride, looked at Luo Di and looked at her in a daze, and suddenly felt a little blushing, and said loudly: "City Lord?"

"Ahh

"I... Actually, it can fly, and Mage Evely has done a lot to help me solve the last few problems. Sylvia didn't dare to take the credit alone, and hurriedly explained. Luo Di understood what she meant, and nodded: "Each is his own, you are the leader of this project, so every point that should be rewarded is indispensable." ”

Sylvia didn't know what she wanted, and Roddy saw her thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about it, I'm here to announce the establishment of the 'Elson Strategic Weapons Research Department' in the future, you are the first minister, responsible for all related aspects of scientific research, the same level as several other research departments, but directly responsible for me." The funding and manpower are directly from me for approval, understand?"

"Yes, Lord of the Castle!"

Sylvia smiles - her passion is research, and now that Roddy is putting her in charge of a department, she has fulfilled a wish she had had since her time as a High Elf.

This scene took place on the wide deck of the "Bolatini", which naturally attracted the attention of the accompanying Mage Raciman and the crew. They all pointed at the "airplane" model that could fly to, curious... But apparently, they don't understand what that means.

While other forces on the continent were still worried about the army's cavalry and infantry equipment, Luo Di already had the initial prototype of the three branches of the "sea, land, and air" services.

November 10th.

In the three months since Roddy left, a lot of things have happened in the kingdom of Karen, but the biggest impact must be the "famine" after the winter comes.

Sauron's orc forces plundered almost all the granaries they passed through in the hinterland of the Karen Kingdom, and burned down those that could not be snatched. With the double loss of food and population, the dismal autumn harvest has become a foregone conclusion.

The peasants did not care about the power struggles of the aristocratic lords, who toiled all year round just to have enough to eat. But now this demand is no longer being met - as temperatures drop, large numbers of villages have been influxed by food shortages.

The southeastern part of the kingdom has a cold and humid climate, and the temperature drops rapidly in November due to the arrival of cold air. The refugees who were blocked outside the city began to freeze to death in large numbers, but the nobles in the city could only watch the tragedy happen... for they are not rich in their own food.

Only the royal family and a few big nobles could afford to distribute bread and hot porridge outside the city, and even noble knights died of hunger and cold when this cold wave came.

"What the hell is going on!?"

These were the words of Charles II to his courtiers, who had now built up his own intelligence agency, but the fastest way to get information was the Cullen Times newspaper. The increasing abundance of content above has clearly changed dramatically in the speed and frequency of information transmission in this era.

In other words, the era of relying on slander to cover up the truth is completely over.

Before the famine, Charles II issued more than a dozen decrees to prevent it. But now that the refugees are still dying in batches, how can this not make him angry? You must know that although those refugees are lowly, it is unrealistic for the kingdom to survive, and it is unrealistic to rely on a group of vested interests alone... There is no one to farm, no one to form the bottom of society, what else can they, the royal family and nobles, do?

"Your Majesty, the policies you are pursuing are indeed being implemented, but the biggest problem right now is... We can't squeeze out food. The nobles themselves were dying of starvation. ”

Charles II was angry, but he also understood the cruelty of reality.

"You have to find a way to get out, the 'Temple' obviously planned this refugee influx, and now it has begun to provide large-scale assistance, and even arranged jobs for these refugees, you are not stupid, you know what this means!"

Who was behind the "temple" is now self-evident. No one wants to see Evta's justifiable "annexation of the population" with the help of the "Temple", but in the face of life and death, these people voted honestly with their feet. In this regard, the ministers can only bite the bullet and offer advice, but they all know in their hearts that this result will definitely have little effect. Charles II was annoyed by these arguments and ended the proceedings early.

Leaving the boring council chamber, he faces another problem in his study: the upcoming "Magical Exchange Conference" in Elson City.

He was now dreaded by the white envelopes he saw on the table every day - since Elson City kept announcing job postings in Age of Cullen, there had been a large exodus of low-level magic apprentices from the royal-funded magic tower. Charles II asked people to sort them out, the original intention was to prepare a "black list", and find an opportunity to sanction this group of ungrateful guys in the future, but he never thought that this list would continue to appear every day, and after three months, he could hardly imagine how many qualified magicians the Karen Kingdom could cultivate in the future...

During this time, in order to alleviate this situation, he even poured out various means of punishing and raising salaries, and finally stabilized people's hearts. But Charles II knew very well that if the "city of Elson" did not disappear, this threat would always exist. So his only wish now is to hope that this "magic exchange meeting" will completely fail and make Evta completely lose his so-called "authority"!

But judging from the feedback from the mages, Elson City has an extremely high-level mage. From an academic point of view, it seems difficult to "smash the field". However, Charles II is not a tendon, there are many ways to "smash the field", since it is "communication", there must be confrontation. And as long as there is a conflict, it is natural to find a reason to sabotage the exchange.

The attendant knocked on the door of the study, and two magisters dressed in ornate robes entered the room and saluted the monarch respectfully.

Charles II nodded in satisfaction, at least... He also currently wields the most cutting-edge magical power in the kingdom.

(End of chapter)