Mountain Fortress, Knights' Hall, Sylvia sat on the Iron Throne, absentmindedly flipping through a pile of information letterheads left by Victor.

At the foot of the throne's steps, Trisley and Nicole gather together to study a silver crossbow. They discussed with great interest, and from time to time they let out a pleasant exclamation like a silver bell.

"The power of the Thur Silver Heavy Crossbow is much stronger than that of the military Heavy Crossbow, but it is too difficult to wind, and it is difficult for ordinary vassal soldiers to twist the crossbow string, which is a sharp weapon for second-level source blood warriors. ”

"The second-level source blood warrior uses the Thur silver heavy crossbow, and the winding speed is still too slow. The third-level Source Blood Warrior, that is, the Beginner Psychic Warrior, is almost ...... The question is whether Thurium can be popularized, and if it can be popularized, this strange material will have more uses than just making military heavy crossbows. ”

"Sure...... Victor procured Softsilver ore to build the walls of Pinghu and Raven, he had long stockpiled Thorsilver ore, and he had a standard crossbow designed by craftsmen to penetrate armor up to 80 meters, and metal bows had to be cast from keel steel. Master Edwin thought that the standard crossbow was too expensive to make sense. If he had known that Victor had Thorsilver, he wouldn't have said that. Nicole stroked the silver ant-man armor on her body, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of joy.

The silver armor she wore was beautiful and fitted, and there was no doubt that Victor had designed it with his heart. Trisley also wears the double silver armor that Victor custom-made for her, but her armor is made of water lizard skin, infused with Thorium and Mithril, although it is more relatable to the Void Water element than the normal Mithril armor, the material of the armor is not as good as the silver Ant-Man carapace.

Nicole's silver armor is bright and clean, and it looks like it's made of strange materials. In terms of appearance alone, Trisley's Thorsilver armor is a bit worse than Nicole's. However, the Transcendent Knight is not suitable for equipping the Thorsilver Ant-Man Armor with elemental resistance, and the Twin Silver Armor of the Water Lizard is especially suitable for high-level female knights.

However, Nicole had two sets of Thorsilver armor, one for senior knights and the other for high-ranking female knights.

Trisley only has a pair of silver armor, and she thinks Victor is biased, but because of her status as a teacher, she can't roll her eyes at her students because of one less gift.

Looking at the corners of Nicole's upturned mouth, Trisley couldn't help but reprimand: "The key issue is the smelting process of the Thorium Mine and the casting process of the Thorite Equipment, if the output of the Thur Silver is lower than the keel steel, it can only be used as a rare and strange material, and it will not bring a huge strategic advantage to the family." ”

Nicole glanced at Trisley triumphantly, raised her jade hand to beckon the head of the mountain fortress, and asked, "Busso, what is the refining ratio of Thorsilver Ore, and what is the proportion of Thur silver equipment to cast into Thoryin?"

"Madam, the ratio of silver ore to silver ore is related to the quality of the ore, and the current ratio of silver to silver in the mountain fortress is about 135:1. The ratio of silver is related to the material, stone is the highest, wood is second, and then various metals, and biomass leather has the lowest integration ratio, like the lizard leather integration ratio is only 10:3. Alchemy Auxiliary Busso introduced solemnly.

The water lizard double silver armor needs only a little bit of silver...... Nicole almost didn't laugh out loud, and as for the proportion of Sergin's integration, the lower the better, she didn't care.

"What about the blending ratio of Ant-Man's silver armor?" asked Trisley in a cold voice.

"Less than ten to two, higher than ten to one. ”

"Oh, that's so little. ”

Nicole couldn't laugh for a moment, and she and Trisley met their eyes, and at the touch of a touch, there seemed to be a sour smell spreading in the hall.

Sylvia didn't care about the collision between the two fruit and vinegar jars, and the mountain fortress that Victor had secretly built was beyond her imagination, and she was particularly annoyed.

The fortress is built with sturdy rock bricks deep in the Lark Mountains, and it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing cliffs on one side, majestic and hidden. No one can think of the fortress castle as a stone building, with warehouses, barracks, pens, farmland, ironwood workshops, potion laboratories, mountains of food supplies, and thousands of fat-headed pigs. Relying on this well-equipped fortress fortification, Victor has brought thousands of square kilometers of mountains and forests under his control, and even used the beast wizard Imerson to enslave the goblins, open up a swamp advance base, and continuously obtain all kinds of living resources from the swamp.

More than a dozen crystal candlesticks and chandeliers hung from the ceiling of the Knights' Hall are enough to prove that the mountain fortress is rich and oily, not to mention that the treasury also contains pure gold, mythril, and all kinds of rare treasures. Sylvia spent a full hour just looking at the ledger, and she didn't have time to look through the knowledge and technical materials that Victor had had to copy.

Se Yin is undoubtedly the most precious material of the mountain fortress, and its practical significance can be compared with gold potions and rock bricks, to be precise, it is more valuable to the centaur hills. Because there is a substitute for the Thur Silver armament, it is not a sensitive resource like a rock brick. It is like the keel steel of the Friedrich family, which can bring long-term strategic advantages to the family by inflating costs and output, controlling the size of transactions, and achieving technological monopoly.

"Is there any Thor-silver fusion technology in there?" asked Sylvia, pointing to a pile of scroll storage boxes next to her, to the Stronghold Warden.

Busso bowed and replied, "Lord Mother, there are no technical scrolls related to Thorium in this. ”

After listening to Busso's answer, Trisley didn't care about arguing with Nicole, and asked coldly, "Why not?"

"No comment. The alchemy auxiliaries replied with a blank face.

The Thurium fusion technology is invaluable, but Victor has put it on the table, so there is no need to worry about it flying away. Busso, the head of the fortress, is obviously also a human transformed by Victor using ancient curiosities, his soul is mutilated, and interrogating him will not be fruitful, Sylvia is now more concerned about where the wealth created by the mountain fortress goes?

If Victor hadn't left the Centaur Hills, she wouldn't have asked, since Victor had gone on an expedition to the Endless Forest, she didn't know when she would be able to return. Over time, the huge latent forces brought about by wealth will inevitably get out of control.

This was something that Sylvia could not tolerate, and she raised her hand to stop her Oath Knight from continuing to question the head of the fortress, and said with a smile: "You say, when did Victor build the mountain fortress?"

Nicole and Trisley looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly, "It must have been a few years......

Busso only heard the question of the master mother, and without thinking about it, he said, "The construction of the mountain fortress began twelve years ago. ”

"Twelve years ago...... That is, during the ant plague, Victor secretly built a castle in the Skylark Mountains. Sylvia snorted coldly and said, "He has guarded against me until now...... Damn it!"

Nicole and Trisley were silent, and after a while, Trisley persuaded her: "It's normal for Victor to be wary of us at the beginning, I guess he didn't say anything because he was afraid that you would be angry...... You see, he's slipped away now, haven't we been told everything here?"

"Mistress, are you angry with your master?" asked Busso abruptly.

Sylvia's heart moved, and she bowed her head and said, "Yes, I'm angry. ”

As expected, the head of the fortress further explained: "You are angry, the master has a gift for you, please wait...... Go and bring the gift that the master left for the master. ”

One of the fortress guards took his leave, and it wasn't long before he returned to the Knights' Hall with a long box in his arms and respectfully presented it to Sylvia on the throne.

She reached out and took out a four-foot-long stabbing sword from the box, which should be said to be a long, one-handed thorn with no blade. It was dull and unremarkable, and the handle was inlaid with four elemental crystals of the same size, yellow, red, blue, and green, probably the only decoration of the weapon.

Sylvia held the hilt of the sword but couldn't help but be moved, her wrist flipped over, sinking slightly, the sword silently sank into the hard floor tiles, without any resistance, and then snow-white frost spread and condensed from the sword to the surroundings, and the temperature in the hall dropped suddenly, and in an instant it was as cold as an ice cellar.

Nicole's eyes widened, she didn't see Sylvia manifesting the Void Elemental, but the Rose Queen's thorn was clearly the Void Water Elemental Erosion and Freezing properties.

"It's ...... Nahertigar's 'Black Sword'?!" Trisley exclaimed, seeing Nicole's inquiring gaze, she froze and explained, "The 'Black Sword' that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Nachtigar family dates back to the time of the Chosen One, and it is said to be a strange divine sword with the feat of slaying dragons, which can transmit the Void element, not the elemental manifestation of the Mithril Sword. As a result, it was able to break through the dragon's elemental resistances and kill it...... Not only did the Nakhtigar family slay dragons with black swords, but they followed the first Pope Enoch at the end of the Chosen Era, rebelling against the tyranny of wizards. ”

"It's no secret that the 'Black Sword' is made of black gold, but the method of refining black gold has long been lost...... Unexpectedly, Victor reproduced the black gold forging method. Trisley said with envy.

Sylvia smiled like a flower, gently stroked the stabbing sword, and asked, "This is actually the tip of a spear, what about the barrel of the spear?"

Busso stepped forward and replied, "Lord Mother, the Saron Magic Iron Ore is very rare, and the refining ratio is also very low, and the reserves of Salonite Magic Iron in the Mountain Fortress are only enough to make this spear tip. Due to the fact that the source of the Saron Magic Iron Ore on the other side of the Everglades has been cut off, we are currently unable to build a matching gun body for you. ”

Sylvia nodded, smiled, and said, "I will write a letter to Victor and tell him that I am satisfied with the gift he gave me...... Stand down, all of you. ”

Busso and a few of the fortress guards bowed down, and when they left the Knights' Hall, Sylvia said to Nicole and Trisley, "I have two requests...... First, information about the invasion of the ant king must not be leaked, so that hundreds of thousands of tenants will not flee the hills. We don't need to do anything superfluous, and all plans and arrangements must wait for Victor to send back intelligence and directives before they can be formulated and implemented...... I have a hunch that the ant plague will not break out in the Centaur hills. ”

She paused and continued, "The second request, at most one year, the news of His Highness Randall's visit to the Everfree Forest to spy on Ant-Man will spread, but he will have to wait two or three years, or even longer, to come back. In order to prevent certain forces from plotting against Lilia, I am going to bring her back to the Rose Manor and let her assist Caterina in managing the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce. ”

Nicole's heart suddenly tightened, and she retorted, "But, I need Lilia here......"

"No, but. Sylvia interrupted Nicole's words and said coldly, "I like the gift Victor gave me, just because I forgive him for trying his best to guard against me. Hmph, he secretly built a mountain fortress, and also made a Mithril Essence trade with the Chebman family...... Besides, the stakes are high, and Lilia is in charge of the Softsilver ore deal between Peacelake Town and the Chebman family, even if she doesn't know it, I will take over and gradually cut off the Softsilver mine deal so as not to be seen. ”

She softened her tone slightly, raised the letterhead in her hand, and said, "Victor is going to use the Mountain Fortress as the headquarters of the Eagle School, and the Red Frost Tree Manor will concentrate resources to prioritize the development of the Eagle School Apostles, and I will also send someone to assist you." ”

Lady Sylvia's grace and power, Nicole was powerless to object, so she had to nod silently, but the loss of the wings and protection of His Royal Highness Randall made her feel her weakness and secretly determined to be promoted to Silver Knight.

For Nicole's change of mindset, Sylvia is insightful. This is not the best time for Nicole to be promoted to transcendence, but compared to the huge latent forces that Victor has painstakingly managed outside of the Randall family, Sylvia is not at ease with Lilia being in charge anyway.

Lilia's Spiritual Fire is still weak, and she is not capable of controlling the underground forces that spread throughout the human realm. In fact, Sylvia never approved that Victor had brought all the mountain people under his command, and no matter how careful he was, he would always show his feet over time, which would cause a strong backlash from the lords everywhere, and the battle to slaughter the village and destroy the village would be inevitable. Worst of all, the mountain people are scattered all over the place, and the Yorks are beyond the reach of the whip, and once the mountain people and the local lords have a bloody conflict, it will only drag Victor into one vortex after another.

Moreover, the mountain fortress now has no income, and the depletion of the source of wealth will make it difficult for the organization to function. Sylvia's first thought was that in order for the mountain people to survive, they would reconnect with the local lords, and that the underground armed organization that Victor had built would soon be exposed.

In order to cope with the worst situation, the Centaur Hills need the full support of the lords of all countries, and they must not cause the anger of the lords at this juncture.

Sylvia had secretly resolved to cut off the relationship between the mountain stronghold and the centaur hills as soon as possible. The scattered strongholds of the mountain people are actually useless, and she can't afford to support these people, so it is difficult to maintain them with a huge amount of money, so it is better to concentrate resources and strengthen the armed forces of the hills and horses.

When Randall was here, he could toss as much as he wanted. He wasn't in the Centaur Hills, and Sylvia could only deal with the problem in her own way.

She doesn't have the ability to turn stones into gold, so she must stop losses in time.

Trisley understood this, and avoided Lilia's topic, asking, "Doesn't our army need to be prepared for war?"

"Prepare for war...... By the time Ant-Man enters the Centaur Hills to build a nest, it's too late. Sylvia sighed faintly, played with the thin stabbing sword in her hand, raised her beautiful and flawless face, and smiled: "I will not go to the Everfree Forest, I will be the king of the ant-men on the grassland on the west side of the Everglades." ”

"I guess I'm planning for the human army to pass through the Lizard Swamp, and he might have to go head-to-head with the Hydra Lizard. ”