Chapter 158: Second Dynasty Battleship (II)
Chapter 158: Second Dynasty Battleship (II)
Neris dived back to the White Shores with the Turtle Alchemy Ship. The sea is frozen, and the alchemy ship enters the boathouse under the water, silently. This natural harbor is so good that the water depth is much deeper than the average offshore area. The Turtle Alchemy Ship was driven by the bone spirit, and it was not perceptible at all.
After all, the bone spirit is also an undead creature, but the breath of the soul is too weak, like a harmless fish in the sea. Even if a few archmages used magic to detect on the beach, they would not be able to penetrate the sea water at a depth of two hundred meters and find the strangeness of the alchemy ship.
The tents on the shore had long been dismantled, and it would be ten days before Neris left, and it was impossible for Elaine and those to stay here. Saleen wouldn't let these people stay, his city was beginning to take shape, and he didn't want to be seen yet. Elaine stayed for two days, and the range of activities did not exceed the white line of the coast.
"Master!" Naris rushed into the temple, Salin was practicing Shui Yan's alchemy, and the cyan Shui Yan in his hand was already the size of a fist, and it was very stable. Seeing Neris come in, Saleen immediately extinguished the water in his hand.
"Nellis, found it?"
"Found it, not only Elaine's shipwreck, but also a big one!" Neris gestured with her hand. Name the remains of the Second Dynasty warship she found.
"Nellis, no one else knows about this, does it?"
"That three-pole mage, the one named Truman knows. But I reminded him that he wouldn't tell anyone. Master, you take a look at this first!" said Nellis, pulling the strange magic cannon from her bracelet.
This magic cannon is only more than two meters long, with a hexagonal cannon barrel in front and a cannon mount in the back of the quadrangle, which is firmly embedded in it.
The general magic cannon uses crystal as the barrel, and the crystal's ability to withstand high temperatures is not the strongest, and various materials must be added to refine it, and the diameter of the barrel will exceed one and a half meters. And this magic cannon is a pure crystal cannon barrel, and the hollow part of the crystal is inlaid with a long line of ice island stones.
This crystal and Ice Continent Stone Salin have it on hand, although it is much less in size, it is not impossible to get it. But with that rectangular gun mount, Saleen couldn't analyze what material it was at all.
Underneath the turret were recessed joints, which could obviously be placed on equipment of similar size as a mobile turret. But when the magic cannon is fired, the power of the shock is extremely huge, and this thing can't even be installed on the city wall, otherwise the city wall will completely collapse if the cannon is fired.
On top of that, because the base of the magic cannon is fixed, and the firing angle can only be changed by adjusting the magic array, the attack range of the magic cannon is very limited. The small magic cannon is apparently a movable pedestal, and can be dismantled with only one build golem.
If there are two build golems. With the addition of several specially made pedestals, the attack range controlled by this magic cannon will form a circle of 360 degrees. Anything that is within the range of the attack will not escape its shot.
Salin forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, although this magic cannon is powerful, it must be able to protect it. A turret is not only a base for installing magic cannons, but also a defensive magic array like a magic tower to avoid being destroyed by the enemy's cannons.
The rocky mountain north of the harbor is a natural ideal battery, but the magicians of Shreig Island haven't arrived yet, and Rex's people haven't come yet, so he can't install the magic cannon right now. It's easy to put on, but it's a hassle to keep.
"Nellis, put this thing away first. Saleen's eyes calmed.
"Master, why don't I go to Stone Mountain and set up the fort first? "Nellis Pisarin is in a hurry to install the magic cannon. Even the three kings didn't dare to bear this thing head-on, and with Ezalin's savings, they could afford the consumption of a battle.
With this small magic cannon, Saleen can control not only the sea, but also the city. There is enough area on the stone hill to install the pedestals of six turrets, so that the magic cannon can control six directions. Firing angles of up to sixty degrees in each direction will do.
"I'll do it myself, Neris, and get out the magic compass of Elaine's shipwreck. ”
"Yes. Nellis put away the small magic cannon and took out the magic compass from the Williams family's shipwreck. The magic compass has been dismantled by Neris and is unusable. However, the information in the compass had not disappeared, and Salin placed the compass on the ground, sat down in front of the compass, and began to calculate the magical information inside.
The magic compass will memorize the route that the ship has taken, and generally want to know the specific route, but also compare the nautical charts and even the star charts, Salin advanced this time, and obtained countless magic symbols in the goddess's necklace, and his calculation ability is not limited to the Figaro magic formula, and he can use these magic symbols to calculate any traces left by magic.
And Salin now doesn't need to enter the goddess's necklace to achieve the effect of quick calculations. Elaine wouldn't tell him the details of the route, he didn't ask, and he wouldn't buy it from the Williams family. Obtaining this compass, Saleen is equivalent to obtaining the secret of this route.
Elaine, even if she was well-informed, would not have imagined that a ship could cruise for a long time at a depth of 800 meters, find her wreck, and obtain the ship's magic compass. When her ship hit an iceberg, she didn't think about destroying the information in the compass immediately, but rescued the swordsmen and sailors in her family first.
This calculation lasted for a week, and six days passed before Salin withdrew from the endless calculation. When he saw that Neris had been guarding by his side, he was moved and said, "Nellis." Get something to eat, let's eat together. ”
"Figured it out?" Nellis pulled out of her bracelet the bread, bacon, fruit wine, and vegetables that were hard to see this season. Following Rex's example, he cut it on a silver platter and placed it in front of Salin.
"Almost, it's terrifying, this route is at least ten thousand miles to the north. The Williams family should have also mastered ocean currents and monsoons. It is estimated that there will be a lot of danger along the way, this is a route that is exchanged for life!"
The magic compass only recorded the direction and speed of the voyage, but Salin analyzed a lot from the speed of the ship. Including how often the boat will stop and wait, and in what direction it will change speed. If it was a safe route, it would have been average, but the information in the compass told Saleen that there was no day on this route that was peaceful.
"Master, can we go to the Frozen Sea ourselves?"
"Not yet, it seems that the nautical chart must be found, and it is better to have a star map to cooperate. Or ......"
"Or what?"
"Or we can all build a warship like the Second Dynasty to ensure a little bit of security. ”
"Master, the warship of the Second Dynasty was sunk by some kind of demonic beast. ”
"I know, but such a magical beast was very rare even ten thousand years ago, otherwise the Williams family's ship would not have been able to travel on this channel all year round. It didn't happen until today. ”
"Then I'll go and disassemble the Second Dynasty warship, and we'll use that thundercloud wood to build a warship ourselves. ”
"No hurry, we don't have the right sailors. I'll talk about it when the teacher comes. Dockyards can be built here, and when the time comes, we will be able to build a steady stream of warships, as long as we have materials and craftsmen. ”
Salin also knew that Judy Koko could transform the alchemy ship for him, because the Turtle Alchemy Ship was nothing more than a small boat of less than thirty meters after all. If a warship of more than two hundred meters is built, it is not something that the Three Kings can do. Besides, he and Neris had an idea, the matter of the remains of the Second Dynasty warship still can't be known to the Three Kings.
Salin had almost eaten and meditated for a while. Only then did he open his eyes and said to Nellis, "Go and find Conan, I have something to ask him." ”
Conan soon arrived at the temple. A building like a temple is extremely shocking to a barbarian. Barbarians believed in gods, but had no faith. It was a strange thing, as if the gods belonging to the barbarians had existed before the goddess Myers, but the barbarians had forgotten their gods.
After Conan was brought by Salin, he entered the scope of the temple for the first time, and saw more than 300 towering stone pillars around the temple, steps wider than the widest lane in the empire, solemn and simple patterns, even if he did not worship any gods, Conan still fell to the ground and did not get up for a long time.
In his opinion, Salin and the gods are about the same. It was Saleen who rescued him, and at the same time sent swordsmen to bring the dozens of surviving barbarians to the city base.
Conan saw himself as a captive and slave of Saline, and had no intention of resisting. He only wanted his people to have a good life. It's not a big deal to die for a master like Saleen. This is the fate of the barbarians, who have been wandering since losing the protection of the gods. To have a powerful mage willing to take him in was a blessing for Conan.
"Conan, how are you doing during this time?"
"Lord Saleen, I'm doing well. ”
"What about your people?"
"They are grateful to your lordship and are organizing an army with the intention of serving your lordship. ”
"An army?" said Salin, who smiled as the rest of the barbarian tribe was pitiful, and though they were all young and middle-aged, they numbered only thirty-three.
"My lord, the barbarians' axemen are even better than the Caucasians, and we know the land well enough to act as scouts for the adults. Conan was not angry at Salin's attitude, but explained it very seriously.
Salin remembered Conan's axe-throwing skills, and felt that was indeed the case. Ordinary three-pole mage. I'm afraid I'm going to be chopped to death by that axe. The Holy See dealt with these barbarians, and it was only when one or two hundred people gathered together that they dared to act. And he needs a local snake to lead his development in the north.
"Conan, I have two things to do with you, first, I need to know what the Holy See has done in the north over the years, and second, I want you to find the surviving barbarians within thousands of miles nearby and bring them to the city. The north will not be too peaceful, they are in the wilderness, and they will not live long at all. ”