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Benjamin continued to take Fed on a wandering around the Peace Graves Military Academy, explaining the role of the various buildings there. The oddly shaped buildings were indeed built by the cadets of the Military Academy, and Fei De also went into these buildings to take a closer look, and these buildings that looked very special from the outside did not seem to have much practical value, but more like an area for tourists to visit.

Fett was particularly interested in Benjamin's research, and he wanted to be able to visit Benjamin's research site after the tour to learn about what he called "fireworks."

Only two cadet representatives followed Benjamin, and they led Fidel to the depths of the Peace Grave Military Academy, where Benjamin had studied the powder near the walls of Black Swamp.

"Actually, I'm afraid my research will scare the others, so it's over here," Benjamin said as he walked to a place in front of the wall, where there was a wooden house, "and there was a secret passage through the wall, and my research room was on the edge of the swamp. The other two cadet representatives apparently knew Benjamin's secret, while Fede and the other captains were a little surprised.

Although there are gates in the southeast, south, and south directions of Black Marsh City, the gates in these three directions are basically just decorations, because there is a large black swamp outside the gate, and it is only used in very rare cases. The wooden house in front of him could connect to the swamp beyond the eastern city wall, and this secret passage reminded Fed of the dog cave he had climbed through in order to escape, the living dog cave in the Holy Light City of the Papal States.

Luckily, this is not a dog hole, but a passage through which people can pass through. After walking from the passage to the outside of the city wall, the outside world is not an endless swamp that cannot be footed, there is a flat land with some buildings on it, and there are also some suspended buildings built on the swamp near the flat land.

"The guards won't notice that there are our academy houses here," Benjamin said, gesturing to the rows of wooden boats, "If it rains, these boats will come in handy, and this is a secret passage out of Black Swamp City." ”

That being said, the stench from the Black Swamp made Squadron Leader Jasmine and the others choose to return to the city, while Fide and Vittorio poured white stone dust on each other to eliminate the foul smell that covered up the swamp. After a while, Benjamin took out a wooden tube, a small basket of powder, and a rope to start a fire from his research hut.

"Let me show you the results of my research!" said Benjamin, who began to figure it out in front of the crowd. Fidel noticed that the powder was the powder he had seen in the ship in the harbor of Evon City, and that it was the powder that had blown up the entire ship. If these powders can be used wisely, their power will change the battlefield.

Benjamin poured the powder into the not-so-thick, but rather long, woodpipe. Then he touched something from his bosom and threw it into the mouth of the tube. He set one end of a rope on fire, then took the back half of the rope and stood two meters away.

"You've got it. Benjamin slowly extended the rope that had lit the fire to the end of the woodpipe, and everyone was staring at the fire. As soon as the flaming rope touched the woodpipe, a loud explosion came from the tail of the woodpipe! The thing that Benjamin had stuffed into the pipe ejected out of the mouth of the pipe, and bounced towards the wall at a speed unknown to the naked eye! The woodpipe was immediately ignited, and was soon burned.

Fei De and the others all paid attention to the city wall, because the city wall that was hit by that piece of thing showed traces of falling off, and the power was not small. When Benjamin picked it up, Feder and the others realized that it was a small round iron orb, about the size of an eyeball.

"If a person were standing there, he would definitely be pierced by this bead!" Benjamin wore gloves and held the still hot iron bead in both hands, "Even a soldier in iron armor can't resist its attack! Its penetration power is much stronger than that of an ordinary bow and crossbow!"

Benjamin wasn't lying, everyone had seen the city wall being hit, and Fede had noticed that there were many dents on the wall that had been smashed by iron beads, some large and some small, and some very deep. If you use a human body to resist, it will definitely be difficult to survive, and your head will be pierced at once.

"These 'spark pollen' have been improved by us, and they are no longer just used to dig holes in mountains like they used to be. Benjamin told Fidel and the others that the powder had previously been used to cause powerful explosions. But then it turned out that it was very unsafe and inefficient, so Benjamin has been working how to use these "fireworks" more efficiently, especially for some simple things. Vittorio also told Fid that the powders were dangerous, difficult to store, and of little help to the average person, but Vittorio had already had a new idea after watching Benjamin's research.

"If the ballista cart that Captain Toto studied can cause massive damage to ballistas filled with rubble, then these small iron beads are miniature ballistas," Vittorio picked up an iron orb handed by Benjamin and gently tossed it at Fidel, the iron orb made a crisp sound after colliding with the "black flash", "but it can be expensive to study this thing." ”

Benjamin and the other two students were looking at Fidel expectantly, and Fidel understood what Vittorio and Benjamin meant, and he immediately handed over the use of the funds to Vittorio, giving them full control and development of the research. At the same time, Benjamin was also paid to hire as a researcher for the potato mercenary group, and Benjamin was of course very happy with the large amount of money invested, after all, he didn't even have the money to use iron pipes as research tools.

"But for the record, we still have to do it first..."

"I see," Fidel grasped the iron orbs in his hand, imagining the scene of them hitting the enemy, "you are military cadets of the Duchy of Mageni, and of course your results belong to the Duke of Yannis, and the young Duke of Yannis will be happy with your success." Fei De also learned to speak polite words, especially for those students who had no distractions and simple ideas.

When Fei De returned to his tent, the captains asked, "That kind of 'flower powder' just now doesn't seem to be very powerful, why spend so much money on their research?"

"Does Captain Fentry think that the iron orb that jumps out of the pipe can replace the bow?"

Fidel looked at Vittorio, who explained to the crowd how it worked. As soon as the "fireworks powder" comes into contact with the fire, it will explode, and the explosion will be more powerful than the oil. And a small amount of "fireworks" can be enough to make those iron beads fly towards the enemy at a speed that the bow and crossbow are completely incomparable, and the most important thing is its penetration and power. Vittorio also told the crowd something else, but the mercenaries couldn't understand it, and they even thought that the other research in the academy was more meaningful.

"From today on, this military academy with a large area is our base, even if Ludwig settles in the Black Swamp City, we will protect this place," Fei De took out the map of the Black Swamp's fortifications, and these things must be handed over to Ludwig, "The palace is not important, the knowledge of the young cadets is the most important, keep this in mind." ”

"Yes!"

The mercenary Guardians, who were increasingly disgusted with each other's regular army of the Duchy of Magini, soon arrived in Black Swamp City. These mercenary groups were originally scattered, and they all came for the high remuneration provided by the Principality of Magini, and of course, the "land of other countries" promised at the beginning. However, judging from the current war situation, these mercenaries have become mercenaries who own land, and their hope of standing on the side of the victor has become extremely slim. So as soon as they heard that the Winter Kingdom had stopped its offensive and that Duke Yannis was going to give up Black Swamp City in exchange for peace, they all took care of it and left here as soon as they got their fair share of the reward.

Count Campham left all the money for hiring nearly 30,000 mercenaries to Field, and he let Fielder decide how to use these mercenaries for himself, whether to go or stay, and Camphen didn't plan to bother anymore.

"Mercenaries, you don't let them know that you have a lot of money, or they'll rob you too!" was a quote from Camhen, and Fed knew that it would be very difficult to unite the mercenaries of the Patriotic Guard.

Fidel didn't let the mercenaries enter Black Swamp first, and Vittorio hinted that the mercenaries might do something unpredictable if they found out that Black Swamp didn't have any defenders. The so-called unpredictability is the sacking of the capital of the Duchy of Magini, and the mercenaries say that they will turn their faces, which is agreed by all captains.

"Those mercenaries have been stationed outside the city for two days now, and they must have been complaining and even cursing at us for not letting them in. We're not going to wait for Ludwig to deal with them, are we?" Jasmine had been in Black Swamp for a few days, and she still hadn't gotten used to the city's natural flavor, "If they suddenly start a riot, it won't be easy to deal with..."

"That's right, I don't think Captain Fid is trusting Vittorio too much," Vega said to some of the captains, "The deputy warden is indeed a smart and shrewd businessman, but it's probably not appropriate to keep those mercenaries out all the time." ”

Vittorio was not in the camp at this time, and he couldn't hear the other captains' grievances behind his back. When Fett asked Vittorio about what to do with the 30,000 mercenaries who might be unstable, Vittorio simply asked Fetter to "rest" them outside the city and not put them in Black Swamp for the time being, and Fett did so.

Just as the other captains complained a little about Vittorio, Vittorio returned to the camp.

"It's time for them to enter the city," Vittorio walked straight to Fidel, ignoring everyone's puzzled gazes, "they're going to follow the rules, and they're not going to make a mess." And they are also our helpers, helping us to maintain balance with the Winter Nationals. ”