Chapter 472: A New World
For Krurod, he had just recovered his country and experienced three tragic battles with Bracada, Erathia and Spartacus, except for the one with Erathia, which can be said to be a disastrous victory, the other two ended almost dismally, and even the greatest barbarian leader Tanan was killed in the war with the Spartacians, and the losses were not heartbreaking.
Fortunately, the three generations of the ancestors of the crisis, Jagger, finally chose to make peace with the Spartacus, and under the deterrence of Lear's devastating power, although I don't know how many people resented it, at least on the surface, no one dared to raise the slogan of revenge.
Especially after Haag became the new king of the barbarians, the army was disorganized and reorganized at the suggestion of Shiva, the captains and generals close to Gnison were cleared out of the ranks, no one raised the slogan of restoring the glory of the ancestors, all the forces were used to recuperate, and Spartacus's aid arrived in batches to the new royal capital of Shining Sand.
After receiving a large amount of resource support, the city of Shining Sand not only built the parliament, but also completed the construction of the post road with Tartaglia, and the swamp queen Talos immediately sent an envoy to congratulate Haag on his accession to the throne, and warmly invited the new king to visit Tartaglia to deepen exchanges.
- Because of Hag's friendship with the werewolf lizardmen in the barbarian army, those people worked hard to promote him after returning to Tartaglia, so basically all the Tatarians know that the new king of the barbarians is a hero, a true warrior, and not a brutal invader like Tanan before, if Hag chooses to visit Tataria at this time, it will be very helpful to resolve the civil hatred caused by Tanan before.
In addition to Queen Talos, who was extremely kind to Lear from the beginning, the other two neighbors of Krurod were not so friendly.
With the help of the Ironfast Empire, Queen Catherine of Erathia almost expelled the rebellious Rodhart with a thunderbolt, but unfortunately at the last moment, a group of ghost dragons descended from the sky to allow him to escape, after which Queen Catherine announced her accession to the throne almost on the same day as Haag and rectified the duplicity of those who rode the wall in rebellion with iron and blood, and then cleaned up the army finances。
Under Catherine's thunderous methods, Erathia, who had experienced a series of crushing defeats and rebellions, not only did not continue to decline in chaos, but the whole country was rejuvenated.
Although Catherine is young, she also knows that what she sees now is just a façade to cover up the devastation, the real contradiction is still lurking in the blood of the wound, and her prestige has not been fully established, and what people now trust, rely on or fear is the prince behind her and the huge Ironfast Empire behind the prince.
She must establish more prestige and wield more authority in order to pull the kingdom out of the quagmire that her father had dragged into, and to do so, it was undoubtedly the best choice to start a foreign war while the Empire of Ainfast was still her strong backing, and as for the reason for war, there was nothing better than revenge.
Not only because this can greatly divert the contradictions in the country, nor because it is not the people of Erathia who shed their blood and she can accept the favor of others willingly (of course, this possibility is not ruled out), but also because as far as she knows, the barbarians suffered a series of great defeats after the Battle of the Brakaton Plains, and even Tanan died in front of a valley deep in the Gobi, such an opportunity is simply a golden opportunity for Erathia to launch a war of revenge, and if she does not take it, she will be blamed, which is what her fiancé, Prince Rog, answered when she implicitly stated that Erathia should recuperate now rather than start a war。
In this context, as soon as the two kings ascended the throne, the situation on the border suddenly became tense, with the ancient castle of Chesem that had long been in ruins as a stronghold, Erathia's scouts and cavalry were almost day and night to detect the barbarians' army deployment, and the barbarians were also re-established on the ruins of the old capital, led by the ogre Crowing, 30,000 Gobi warriors were stationed, and the Erathians were confronted from afar, and the rhythm of the war penetrated into the hearts and lungs of the soldiers on both sides with every breath, as long as a little spark, a great war would break out again。
Another neighbor had a long history of unfriendliness, and after hearing the news of the death of the barbarian leader Tanan and the Crimean Valley, Bracada immediately reacted, and the army led by the veteran barbarian Duke Yunston was repeatedly ordered to go west to Longding City to harass the barbarians' hinterland, and the two armies fought many times between Boka City and the White Mountains and suffered damage to each other, but strangely since the last encounter in the Crimean Valley, the army of the Duke of Yunston has never appeared on the Gobi like a hibernating frog。
In this case, it seems that Krurod is now a dilemma of fighting on two fronts, which is simply worse for the barbarians who were not prosperous in the early days of the founding of the country and even suffered from the war, and even because of the "firm friendship" between the two countries, Queen Talos once expressed her willingness to send General Tuze to lead the army to fight across the border to assist Krurod to resist a strong enemy, but Hag refused.
Not because he was arrogant or inconsiderate of the lives of the barbarians, but because the situation seemed a little tricky and was far from exhausted, especially since the war had taken place more than two months ago when Mrak had escorted a strange troop of men into Krurod, and the war had taken everyone to their knees.
"Hey, Omrod, I'm here to send you fine iron again, in order to meet your request, I ordered all the siege crossbows to be dismantled, when will your RPG be handed over to me, Crolin has written many times that those Elasia soft-footed shrimp have been getting more and more rampant lately, and I have promised to increase the number of troops and teach them a lesson. ”
In a hidden valley outside the city, the building that used to be the ogre barracks has been transformed into a strange appearance at the moment, the oval dome is all made of unknown transparent metal and blends in with the surrounding environment, the perfect arc and light absorption so that the sunlight does not bounce, which creates a visual invisible effect, if it is not for a closer look or an insider, a glance at the building from a distance will not be constructed into a real image in the field of vision.
The sound of the continuous rotation of machinery and the roar of the motors was full of the rhythm of industrial science, but even that did not drown out Hag's huge voice comparable to that of a giant beast.
"How many times have I said that you call me Lord Omrod!" a huge mechanical spider with a foot nearly two meters long appeared at the door of the building, but the angry protest came from the round glass cover on its back, and when it looked intently, an octopus about half a meter in size was writhing its tentacles angrily in the glass cover, and a pair of thief eyes stared at Hag in the distance.
"And don't you ask me for a weapon every time you come, don't I want to lose face? If it weren't for Mrak's request for my help to you, I wouldn't have taken care of you medieval magical natives, I didn't have anything to study?"
Eight fat whiskers slapped the glass cover hard, and Omrod protested angrily again.
"Hey, hey, hey. Hag rubbed his hands together and gave a flattering smile as he approached Omrod, "It's all for the boss, what do you and I do, besides, Mrak wants me to arrange a piece of land for you in Shining Sand City, and I haven't just vacated the ogre's military camp for you without saying a word, help each other, help each other......"
Don't think I don't know, you're now the king of the barbarians, and besides, I'm just promising to serve Lord Lear for five years, and don't put me in the same category as you uncivilized clay legs!"
Because the old body was destroyed in the battle with Lear, and after getting Lear's body tissue, Omrod was busy researching and had no effort to create a new body, so he had to maintain the current appearance, just a fat-looking octopus hiding in the glass cover and spitting fingers, no matter how you look at it, it looks a little funny, no wonder Hag laughs so lewdly.
"Yes, yes, you're a scientist, you're right. Hag walked up to the giant mechanical spider and skillfully grabbed Omrod's tempered glass cover, and said with a grin: "Then my RPG is not ready, what kind of horse and machine gun did you give me last time, in the Crimean Valley, but the old boy of Yunston was beaten to the ground in the first battle, and he never dared to come out again, I can't help but let the Erathians also see the technological power from the Foundry Clan." ”
"Hmph, you know the goods. Rao is Omrod no matter how arrogant he is, he can't stand the compliment of Haag's dead face, and the pair of small black pearl-like eyes try to turn out a trace of white marks before saying again:" It's been built a long time ago, and Mlak is leading people to test the cannon, but I said that you are really elm heads, and I have long said that you will pull all your warriors over and let me transform them directly, which is better than building these Raushzi junk weapons, and it will take a long time to train and cooperate, if it weren't for the laws of the world that limit the quantum weapons of my race, if I don't blow it, even if you arm all the barbarians on RPGs, it won't be enough for me to bombard, a month, as long as you agree to let me transform your army, I can make you barbarians invincible from now on, not to mention Bracada and Erathia, it is possible to sprinkle Doomsday Twilight in the kingdom of the gods!”
Not to mention how likely it is to fight the kingdom of the gods with the transformation of the legion, at least here in Haag, transforming the flesh and blood soldiers into cold machines one by one is unacceptable to him no matter what, although it is possible to gain strong combat effectiveness, but without blood and honor, can a barbarian still be counted as a barbarian?
And he also felt that Lear would never agree to do this, otherwise he would not have sent Omrod to Shining Sand, but directly to Spartacus.
But Haag didn't refute Omrod's words, through more than two months of contact, he has basically figured out Omrod's character, a scientific maniac who has mastered cutting-edge technology but can't use it because of the restrictions of the laws of the world, an unrepentant old tsundere, a shun donkey, if he hadn't been with Lear for so long, he really couldn't think of these adjectives, but there is no doubt that Lear sent Omrod to Shining Sand City definitely helped him a lot, even if the laws of the world and the limitations of resources made Omrod unable to make more destructive weapons, but he casually leaked a little from between his fingernails, and it was not a little stronger than Spartacus's artillery。
In this context, even if he is the king of the barbarians, he has to be careful to accompany the smiling face when facing Omrod, the so-called people have to bow their heads under the eaves, fortunately, he has no concept of the king this kind of thing, except for the day of his accession to the throne stumbling and making a speech, most of the time he lives in the barracks as usual, and although his behavior has attracted great dissatisfaction from Shiva Granciel and others, he has unexpectedly gained the support of the low-level soldiers, and Haag is therefore more freewheeling, after he told Will and others that he was in a hurry and quit after a so-called royal meeting, and no one dared to say anything about him anymore.
"Let's go, let's go!" Hag laughed, grabbing one of the mechanical spider's legs and heading into the valley, but Omrod struggled violently and shouted, "Let go of me, you brute, I'm going to do research, what's so nice about that garbage, go to yourself!"
"Hahaha, you have been studying for more than two months and have not studied anything famous, the leader said that you want to combine work and rest, you should accompany me to relax, in case there is any problem, you can also guide it on the spot. ”
Hag knew what Omrod was going to study, and in fact Mrak didn't hide it from him, but now more than two months have passed, and Omrod has not made any progress, otherwise he wouldn't be idle and bored enough to help Hag pound these gunpowder weapons, then again, if it weren't for the large amount of high-quality sulfur and mercury shipped from Spartacus some time ago, Krurod would not have been able to get these weapons even if he wanted them.
But since last month, the supply of resources on Spartacus's side has stopped for some reason, and he has written to Valenque to inquire about it, but he has not received any response, and every time he thinks about it, he always has a little bad premonition.
Thinking of this, Hag didn't have the heart to drag Omrod with him, on-site guidance and the like were completely false, the weapons developed by Omrod and Jeremy were simply not of the same grade, and the existing resources were completely of the highest grade, even if there was any problem, it was not at the technical level, and just when he was going to go to the valley alone to inspect, the communication magic scroll in his arms suddenly lit up, and Hag took out the scroll and looked at it, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
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