Duke's "open-minded" attitude made Hera cry and laugh, is this still the attitude that a lord should have, the army of monsters has not yet appeared, and he is already thinking about running away.

"I'm relieved that you're so open-minded, but I'll warn you that with the Necromancer, Gandalf's magic might not work that way. ”

What? Gandalf's magic won't work? Hera's words can be regarded as breaking Duke's current self-confidence, the biggest trump card in his hand is Gandalf, if Gandalf's "magic missile" can't be handled, then still guard a hammer, the Storm Legion is still only laying a shelf!

In an instant, Duke panicked, and he hurriedly asked Hera, "What do you mean that Gandalf's magic won't work?"

"Necromancers are the equivalent of high-level human mages, and if there are enough of them, they can set up defensive magic arrays to counteract Gandalf's magic attacks. Moreover, the Ice Demon has already suffered heavy losses before, and I believe that they will definitely be prepared this time, and it will not be so simple to rely on Gandalf's magical power to repel the attack. ”

Hera's words suddenly reminded Duke of the first time the ice demons attacked, and in the face of Gandalf's magic chant, those necromancers summoned something like black mist. It's just that those necromancers are estimated to be at the level of low-level mages of human beings, and in the face of the attack of the great magister level, the black fog can't resist at all.

Now it seems that those black mist-like things before are probably undead defense magic. If the true black mist can neutralize Gandalf's magical power and allow the monster army to break through to the city walls, it will only be with Stormcastle's own power.

Seeing the sluggish expression on Duke's face, Hera could naturally feel the panic in his heart. It's just that at this time, Hera said with a playful smile: "Little Duke, Storm Castle is a good place, and I am reluctant to leave, so don't let me down, come on." ”

After Hera said this, she turned around and left, without giving Duke any more help or explanation. Because in the face of the absolute power gap, Hera has nothing to do. On the other hand, Hera also wanted to see how capable Duke really was, and whether it was worth it for her to leave the fate of the Dark Witch in his hands.

The only person who can change the fate of witches in this world and give them a place to live and be treated fairly can only be a strong person who can fight against the Holy See's control of the world. If Duke can't be this strong man, then there is no need for sustenance.

Looking at the back of Hera leaving, Duke also understood that the one who could really keep Storm Castle was Storm Castle itself.

If you want to rely on yourself, a scum with a combat power of 5 like Duke will definitely not be able to go into battle in person, so expanding the Storm Legion will become a top priority. At least in a short period of time, the Storm Guard soldiers should be thousands, and if all of them are equipped with new plate armor, plus the defensive advantage of the fortress, according to the combat power of the Ice Demon, they can still fight with the same number.

Thinking of this, Duke immediately asked the soldiers to call Allen and asked him to prepare for a new round of recruitment of the Storm Guard. This time, the number of recruits of the Storm Legion is still set at 500, because there are not many soldiers, and the expansion of 500 troops is already the current limit.

However, it is easy to expand the army, and it is a big trouble for the equipment to keep up, because the current daily output of the Storm Castle Hydro Factory is about ten pairs of plates.

Although this figure may seem inconspicuous, when the first day's production estimate was made, all the craftsmen present were stunned. You must know that it takes at least ten days and half a month for Europa to forge the same plate armor, so the Royal Iron Factory is on an astonishing scale to maintain production.

However, Storm Castle only has a small blacksmith shop, and the blacksmith Martin, including the apprentices, is only a dozen blacksmiths, including the smelting personnel, so this efficiency is already a hundred times more than that of traditional labor!

However, this number is still far from enough, and according to the current production of ten new plates a day, the number of military personnel after the expansion of Storm Castle will exceed 1,100, not counting the previous knight retinue.

It is only three months before the military personnel want to be fully equipped, and this does not include wear and tear, and even does not include the production of weapons, you must know that the soldiers are still using the iron tools and even wooden swords before the training.

This kind of efficiency Duke couldn't accept, he didn't dare to bet that the monster army would not invade, after all, Duke already understood how unlucky he was, and his character was really unreliable!

We must increase production, the limit of hydraulic machinery is definitely not limited to this, we must completely realize the leap of the world's productive forces!

So Duke immediately summoned Bruno and told him that no matter what method he used and how many people he recruited, he must build more than two more hydraulic hammer forging machines to expand the production of plate armor. At the same time, for the ironmaking workshop, it also adopts the method of three shifts, striving to be able to train more steel in a short time to ensure the production of plate armor and weapons.

It's just that in this way, the shortage of magicians who control the magic array begins to become prominent, and workers can be recruited to work in three shifts, but magicians are irreplaceable, and they can't control the magic array without sleep.

So Duke needs more magicians and witches, and this kind of problem can only be turned to the Dark Witch Society, but there are very few dark mages in this world, and Gandalf is not the management of the Dark Witch Society, more like a supernumerary honorary officer, and it is already the limit to be able to get two magicians.

So if you want to solve this real problem, there is only one person to turn to, and that is Hera, who is the real leader of the Dark Witch Society. It's just that Duke has an indescribable wariness of Hera, and this vigilance starts when Hera says that he wants to help him ascend to the duke's throne. Faced with this kind of unequal understanding and strength, Duke doesn't want to be an example of a bird's nest, even if neither Hera nor the Dark Witch seem to have any ambitions at the moment.

It's just that Duke has no choice now, he must use the power of the Dark Witch Society and even witches to maintain the "industrial" production of Storm Castle, so he can only take the initiative to go to the main hall of the castle to talk to Hera about cooperation.

Duke walked to the door of the main hall, still as he hesitated whether he could trust Hera and cooperate with her. Then I heard the coquettish voice from inside: "Little Duke, this is your castle, and wandering outside the door is not your style." ”