"Duke, I've heard your orders, and you're braver and more decisive than I thought. ”

Hera looked at Duke, who was sitting on the main seat, and for the first time did not use the title of Little Duke, nor did she smile playfully, but said this to Duke very seriously.

Because what Duke had done had exceeded Hera's previous estimates, she thought that Duke would be able to let the witch hide her identity and live a stable life in Stormcastle at most, and she never thought that he would publicly order that the witch and the dark mage should not be judged by their identity.

Looking at the serious Hera in the audience, Duke just smiled, this kind of thing is not a big deal for him, because his worldview is completely different from this world, and it is a ridiculous thing to convict with identity, not materiality, and he is just setting things right and doing the right thing.

"It's a small thing, it's not a big deal. ”

Hearing Duke's attitude, Hera felt even more shocked, overturning the Holy See's conviction and forgiving the witch at the risk of the world's condemnation, Duke can still be so calm, how big is this guy's heart?

"Regardless, on behalf of the witches of the Dark Witch Society, I thank you, and apologize for my previous contempt for you. ”

"You're welcome, witches have also helped me a lot, and since I said that I would give them equal status and recognition, then this is what I should do as a lord of Stormcastle, and it doesn't even matter who they are as witches. I'd do the same with other heretics and heretics, because I believe in science!"

Hera didn't say anything more, she just lowered her head, bowed deeply to Duke, and then turned away, this time she was really impressed by Duke's actions.

Winter nights always come early, but the hydro factories outside the city are still in full swing, with new witches joining in and expanding the entire hydro factory, and the billowing black smoke from the steelmaking blast furnaces gives it a taste of the rudiments of a steam age industry.

Rose is the witch who controls the magic blast furnace, but at the moment she is in a state of complete absence, because Duke's orders in the barracks have quickly spread throughout the Storm Castle, after all, this is amazing news.

And rumor has it that the City Hall is preparing a City Lord Order, and the first City Lord Order issued by Duke will be to free the witches and give them all Stormcastle citizenship. The news has the newcomers ecstatic that everything they once dreamed of would soon come true at Stormcastle.

It's just that Rose can't be happy, because she hurt Duke before, and it turns out that Duke really did all this, which makes her feel very guilty, and she wants to apologize to Duke.

"Sister Rose, the magic fluctuation of the blast furnace is wrong, the temperature seems to have dropped, what's wrong with you?"

It was Nicole who controlled the magic blast furnace with Rose, and the process of the rune armor came to an end for the time being, and with the construction of the two iron-making blast furnaces, even the new witch was in a state of manpower straining under the crazy smelting of three shifts.

Originally, Duke also planned to give Nicole a period of rest, which was considered her reward for her good fortune during this period of time. It's just that in the face of the shortage of manpower, Nicole took the initiative to ask Ying to continue to control the magic array, and Duke was not reluctant, because he was indeed worried that the monster army would choose to attack suddenly, and the storm armor must be fully equipped as soon as possible.

"Nothing, I was distracted just now. Rose explained in a panic, and then hurriedly and carefully controlled the magic array to ensure the stability of the temperature inside the blast furnace.

"It's because of the lord's business, Sister Rose, the lord is very generous, and he won't blame you for this matter. “

Rose shook her head and replied, "I'm not afraid that he will blame me, but I feel guilty about what I did in the first place. ”

"Forget it, when I have the chance, I will personally apologize to the lord. ”

Rose took the jumbled thoughts out of her mind and concentrated on controlling the magic array in front of her, and only by working hard to refine more steel could she repay Lord Duke for his kindness to the witch.

Rose, who had just calmed down, suddenly felt a little strange, this natural sensitivity to spatial fluctuations made her aware of any sudden intrusion very early. While at Mont Saint-Michel, Rose also took on more of the task of vigilance, and this acumen allowed her to escape the repeated arrests of the Holy See.

The magic array was running to a halt again, which made Nicole, who was standing next to her, feel it, but she thought it was because Rose was in a bad state, so she whispered: "Sister Rose, why don't you go back and rest first, and let Alice replace you?"

Rose only felt a slight fluctuation in the space, and it was fleeting, she thought it was her own distraction, so she replied without care: "No need, I just felt a little abnormal just now, I guess it was an illusion." ”

When Nicole heard Rose say this, she didn't say anything more, but concentrated on controlling the magic array in front of her, because the demand for steel was higher now, and every furnace of molten steel could not afford to fail.

In the sentry tower on the periphery of the hydroelectric factory, the Storm Soldiers are standing guard, and their main task is to prevent the destruction of monsters, so their attention is focused on the direction of the monster valley.

It's just that they didn't expect that in the Seine River under their noses, a pair of pale blue eyes appeared, staring at the guards on the tower with an icy gaze, and the sentinels on the tower did not have the slightest defense against the Seine, because the cold river water in winter, even if it was an ice demon, rarely chose to wade to attack.

As the night deepened, it was pitch black except for the area illuminated by the torches. On the wide Seine, only a faint light of fire was reflected, and the rest was plunged into darkness.

The group of mysterious creatures with pale blue eyes finally moved, revealing first a large fish head with a mouth full of hideous teeth. However, unlike normal fish, these creatures have the same limbs as humans, and they also hold weapons such as tridents in their hands, the only difference being that they also have webbed palms that are not completely degraded.

It was the presence of these webbed palms that allowed them to go ashore almost without any sound, and they just slowly sneaked under the watchtower. One of the stronger ones reached for the back of one of the sentries and plunged a rusty dagger into the sentry's throat.

The scorching blood spurted out, condensing into vapour in the cold winter, and the soldier struggled hard to give warning. But his mouth was covered with death, and as the blood passed, he could only fall weakly, and did not make any effective resistance until death.