The gnolls here usually make a living by robbing, and there must be a channel for the exchange of the robbed finances, otherwise they will not be able to achieve such a large scale by hunting alone if they do not farm. The person behind it is currently speculated that there is at least a necromancer, and behind the necromancer is the Imperial, so if you want to move the gnoll, you should need to discuss it with the Imperial.

Otherwise, it would be a provocation, especially for a person like Kevin who already understands the inside story, and moves someone else's little brother for no reason, there must always be an explanation.

But Kevin can pretend to be confused, after all, no one has ever told him that behind the gnolls is a necromancer, and there are so many gnolls, maybe some gnolls are just ordinary wild?

It's okay to do this kind of thing once, if you come back and the empire blames, then apologize a little, just don't do it in the future, I believe that during this time period, the empire doesn't want to make things bigger. And from this point of view, there is at least one chance, and then let's do it first.

Two days later, Kevin had completed the preparation, and a total of four choppers were located on both sides of the two car bodies, all of which were installed. There are two crossbows of the continuous shooting machine, all of which are located on the right side of the hull, and they are placed in the front and rear sections. This is just one of the placement methods, and one of the subjects of this combat experiment is that in battle, what is the killing efficiency of the machine crossbow in each shooting hole of the hull?

In order to ensure that the gnolls are not killed instantly, the arrows are removed and replaced with cloth heads with oiled blue paint. Eventually, blue marks will be left on the gnolls, and Kevin and others will use these traces to make tables, sort out experimental data, and finally draw conclusions.

The reason why I chose the gnolls instead of my own people to do the experiment was because the lethality of the machine crossbow was too great, and it was too dangerous to break the arrows. Moreover, when you do experiments by yourself, it is inevitable that there will be spare hands, and the crossbow shooters will not dare to shoot in the head, and the data will not be convincing.

Actual combat is the ultimate test of weapons, and Kevin clearly believes in this truth. When you get something new, even if you usually practice thousands of times, you don't have to go through actual combat, and you always have no bottom in your heart.

The location of the gnolls has also been scouted, and there are parrots and crows in the air, and the gnolls can still be found unless they completely withdraw from the area, even if they hide in caves. This is the difference between wise demons and unwise demons, parrots and crows know how to judge, search for traces such as footprints on the ground, such as the smell of footprints, and even set up active props.

In fact, winter is the time when the gnolls are more active. Because of the kobolds' winter truce, the number of merchants from all walks of life will increase relatively more, and the gnolls, who are mainly robbers, certainly can't miss this opportunity. But this year is a little different, the powerhouses of the Church of Light have just left, and they may still need to wait and see if they are worried about the necromancers behind them, and before that, Kevin has swept the gnolls here, causing all the gnolls here to lie dormant.

But there is no hiding place for dormancy, after all, the scale of social animals is here. The terrain here also dictates that they can only hide in caves, and there is nowhere else to go. After exploring, three gnoll caves have been discovered nearby, and Kevin chose the largest one for the crows to enter the burrows in the middle of the night to investigate.

The investigation went well, and overnight, Kevin was able to map the terrain of the cave. However, it is far away from the main city here, and it takes about two days to drive, and there are no other main cities near there, and there are no good resources, it is completely a large ordinary mountain forest.

It can be seen that the gnolls are really dormant enough, far away from the mountains and forests of the main city, and they basically do not appear during the day, but this is still not a reason for you to continue to live.

Bringing enough dry food and water, as well as other daily necessities, they set off early in the morning and greeted the resident ambassador before leaving, and the other observer groups had not even gotten up.

Wheeled chariots are not easy to walk for chariots far from the main city, and even after the air has pre-detected feasible roads, there will still be some problems. But fortunately, Kevin and the others are also a little strong, and it is okay to carry the car forward no matter how bad it is.

On the other hand, the Imperials never relaxed their surveillance of Kevin, and they knew it as soon as they left the main city. However, since they didn't know Kevin's destination, they could only speculate that they might go out of the city to find a place to test the vehicle. But it wasn't until noon, when there was still no sign of returning, that something seemed wrong.

Van Meer immediately tried to go to the embassy to inquire, but the ambassador was not there. I had no choice but to wait, and I always felt that it was too trivial to hold a meeting to study such a trivial matter.

As a result, day passed, two days passed, Kevin's chariot moved farther and farther away, and the embassy remained closed. Van Mill always had a bad premonition, took out a map to study, but found that there was no half of the main city there, there were no mineral resources, and it was not a strategic place, just an ordinary mountain forest.

Of course, Van Mill also thought that it might be to kill the gnolls, if it was true, then it would be reassuring, and the death of a few gnolls was nothing. I'm afraid that there will be some earth-shattering conspiracy, and what the empire is worried about now is unpredictable, which is also the intuitive feeling that Kevin gave him.

But apparently he was thinking too much this time, and in the early morning of the third day, the ambassador calculated that the time was almost up, and he showed up on time.

Van Maier immediately went to visit: "Why wasn't the ambassador here two days ago? I still have urgent business to look for you." ”

"Sorry, I have something. The ambassador prevaricated casually.

But Van Mill got to the bottom of the matter: "What's the matter? Talk to the empire about the matter here, and we can also help solve it." ”

The ambassador laughed dryly: "Actually, it's not a big deal, the first two days are the fishing festival set up by our country to celebrate the harvest of aquatic products, and we don't go to work on the fishing festival...... Hahaha. ”

"......," Van Mill was silent for a moment, and could only force a laugh twice, "Then I should wish you a happy holiday, right?" ”

The ambassador changed the subject: "What about your urgent business?" ”

"Ahem," Van Meer coughed dryly, "your country's military observer group was already out in a car two days ago, do you know?"

"I know," the ambassador nodded, "and I was about to talk to you about this." We got the exact information that there were gnolls doing evil over there, so Kevin immediately went to investigate and exterminate them. ”

"Is it really just to exterminate the gnolls?" Van Mill asked.

"Of course," replied the ambassador, "with the strength of the gnolls, we can do it ourselves." Of course, it would be great if the Empire was willing to go with us. ”

Fan Mill's face was displeased: "To exterminate the gnolls, everyone set off for two days before they told me?"

"I'm sorry, because I was fishing two days ago. The ambassador replied.

Van Meer was silent for a moment and began to use diplomatic rhetoric: "I wonder if your country still maintains the principle of non-interference in the affairs of kobolds?"

"Of course, our principles are consistent. ”

"Then I don't understand, it's really worrying that your country is constantly building up its armaments here," Van Memeer said, "and the reason why the military observer groups here are not strong is because the strong are equal to the army, and the strong are the same as the army. However, although Kevin is weak, your country has repeatedly sent him excellent chariots to forcibly change the balance of combat power here. I hope that the Ambassador will be able to give a reasonable explanation. ”

The ambassador smiled: "The Empire's worries are unnecessary. Even if Kevin has a chariot, his strength improvement is limited, and he will never be an opponent of the Imperial Dragon Knight. I would also like to reiterate my country's principle that we will not interfere in the internal affairs of the kobolds and call on both sides to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. ”

Van Mill's face turned cold: "Your country's ellipsis chariot can crush the dragon knight under certain circumstances. Do you still say that it hasn't changed the balance of power?"

The ambassador still kept smiling: "If you want to talk about specific circumstances, there are still six or seven-year-old children in history who stabbed to death a seventh- or eighth-order powerhouse with a knife, what can this prove?"

Van Mill didn't say anything more, and in fact once he started arguing with diplomatic rhetoric, it would not have been fruitful. This time, he only came to listen to the situation and knock on the side by the way, but at present, it seems that he can't knock it.

Over there, Kevin had already completed the first round of experiments. There is nothing to say about this battle, and for the gnolls, it is simply an insult.

Find the cave, clear a clearing outside the cave, enclose a fence around it, and the whole work is done, but the gnolls still can't hide. Kevin immediately set the cave on fire and had Jack use a wind spell to pour smoke into the cave.

In a few moments, the gnolls all escaped with a roar, the crossbows were fired in succession, and the chariots also spun in circles to test the firing efficiency in mobile conditions. The gnolls were almost defenseless, and several of them broke through the fence and escaped, but most of them were shot alive by arrows without arrows.

After recording the data, let's draw some superficial conclusions. When the chariot is shaking, the tail amplitude is the largest, so it is the most difficult to shoot arrows accurately at the tail, especially in the second carriage. If possible, the crossbow should be loaded into the first carriage as far as possible. But how to do it, further experimental data is needed, and it is obviously not enough to kill a group of gnolls.

Closing the data, recovering all the arrows, and looking at the corpses all over the ground, there was no blood on his hands. Kevin suddenly sighed: "I might ...... There's no going back to the way it used to be. ”

When everyone stopped, they couldn't help but sigh, in fact, everyone had similar feelings.

However, the feeling did not last long, and Kevin gathered everyone and prepared to go into the cave to investigate. In fact, the crows have already entered, and Kevin has a basic grasp of the situation inside, but in some warehouse-like places, the crows can't be opened and checked.

There are no necromancers in the cave, and there is not the slightest trace of necromancers, and it may be true that not all gnolls are one master. But Kevin discovers something new.

Some tools, hammers, saws, and other things, all of which are one size larger than those used by ordinary people, and some caves also have all kinds of unfinished weapons, most of which are wooden handles, and a few of which have been completed.

"It's a ...... Factory?" everyone was surprised. There are about 50 gnolls here, which is about the size of a small factory.

"It's all kinds of wooden handles," the little spoon had already searched, "is this only the one that produces wooden handles? ”

"It seems necessary to keep track of this production line. Kevin nodded, "There should be weapons parts produced elsewhere." ”

"What do you want to do?" Sain asked.

"It depends," Kevin replied, "if the gnolls can really be trained to be slaves, and it's a waste to hand them over to the necromancer." ”

"How do you track it down?" Sain asked again, "and they're definitely not coming back here." ”

"Jack, immediately use the parrot to report the situation here to the ambassador, and then ask the whole city if there is a business trip, which may not be able to be delivered in the near future. Kevin turned around and ordered.

"No," said the little spoon suddenly, pointing to the corner of the cave, "look, what is this?"

When everyone looked over, they couldn't help but be stunned. The ground was soft, leaving some inconspicuous marks, what seemed to be some kind of pattern on the hilt of the sword, which seemed to have been pressed out of the goods that had been placed here.

Kevin hurriedly took out his Fruit Cutting 2 magic sword and compared it, not daring to say that it was exactly the same, but at least it was extremely similar.