A week later, Ferennoll finally emerged from the political battlefield and returned to the Kahlan Mansion.

However, there is only one white cat and Kelvisia in the Karan Mansion now, and Kimchi and Kirsten are still worried about the affairs of the United Knights.

In order to stabilize the kingdom of Rothier in the north, the full power of the United Knights and the marshal who had been airborne were returned to Kimchi and Kirsten.

Now is the perfect opportunity to build up his power, and although Kimchi doesn't care much, Kirsten won't let it go.

Clevisia served a cup of hot tea to a tired Ferlian Vinol.

"Alas, it's really torturous, and I have to fight with the big men of the Navy and the Air Force every day, and I can't feel that the whole world has been plunged into war now." Felianvinoel slumped on the couch and said helplessly.

"It's normal, Miss Felenvinoer, that as long as any war does not threaten the very roots of those aristocratic forces, they will not give up the pursuit of interests."

"Alas, I really wish that one day I could arrest all these bastards without any scruples, shoot those who deserve to be shot, and go to prison when they deserve to be imprisoned."

"It will be as you wish it will be." Clevisia said as she wiped down the table.

The aristocratic power of the Kingdom of Rothel is too entrenched, and it will take a long time to completely eliminate them like a person with a tumor to remove all the tumors on his body.

However, in the war years, when there were many accidents, it seemed that everything could happen.

Before Ferlenor knew it, she had fallen asleep, and Clevisia had put a blanket on her.

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In the most advanced Steam Armored Knight manufacturing workshop in the Kingdom of Rothschild, Kirsten is personally working on the creation of the first/new knight of the Combined Knights.

As soon as he came here, Kirsten understood the gap between the Holy Kingdom and the Rothel Kingdom. Although this is a state-of-the-art manufacturing workshop, it is not a fraction of what it lacks compared to the secret research institute of the Holy Kingdom.

There are only two specially designed differential machines available for the entire workshop. In contrast, not only does the Institute have a separate dedicated differential machine for each system, but also several spare general-purpose models that are ready for use.

Now I finally understand that those old immortals dare to start fighting in the nest first when there are still strong enemies around, and they don't even mind using soldiers from other countries.

The advantages of technology are built on the advantages of industry, and people tend to focus only on the high-rise buildings in science and technology, and forget about the industrial foundation underground.

With this level of industry, the Holy Kingdom can always remove the outstretched hands of other countries when things are not right Now it is just that both sides are worried about the hidden power of the other.

So why didn't the Holy Kingdom unify Middle-earth in the first place? God, the water is deep enough to drown.

In order to build the experimental model as soon as possible, Kirsten had to do it herself, and Kimchi gave her a hand.

Speaking of which, Kimchi, who has been trained by the Institute of Secret Studies, is also a master in knight technology, but he can't show it in the place where geniuses are everywhere in the Institute.

"In other words, the alchemy internal combustion engine has been invented, why do you still use a steam engine?" Kimchi asked Kirsten, who was resting, as he got out of the bottom of the knight.

"You don't understand this, in addition to the difficulty of mining, the reserves of red mercury are quite abundant."

"Really?"

"It's a fact, and the reason why it seems that there aren't many red mercury reserves right now is because the government is afraid that someone will exploit the red mercury mine for profit, so most of the red mercury veins are secretly exploited by special government departments."

"Is there any danger in mining red mercury without permission?"

"That's quite dangerous, a single drill force can cause a vein explosion. Untreated red mercury can easily explode, so caution is required during mining. ”

"But that still doesn't explain why we don't use the internal combustion engine?"

"Red mercury is better than rock oil, and isn't it better to use rock oil to make other chemicals? Why just burn it? Like red mercury, no other functions have been found except for combustion, but isn't it best to use it for combustion? ”

"Makes sense." Kimchi nodded incomprehensibly.

"Alright, the break is over, get to work!"

“！？ But I... ”

"But what is it, don't think about being lazy!" Kirsten glared at Kimchi as he spoke.

Well, you're the boss, and you say whatever you say.

Kimchi continued to drill to the bottom of the rider and began to adjust the leg structure.

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The front line of the Rhine League and the Cang Dynasty.

There have been no large-scale clashes here for three days, not because of a secret truce between the two sides, but because there are so many wreckage and corpses here that both sides have to clean up the battlefield first.

In order to show their sincerity, the two sides also exchanged prisoners and corpses for this opportunity to clean up the battlefield.

But the ultimate goal of the war on both sides meant that there could not be too many prisoners.

The tall Titans were dismantled and transported to the rear, where they would become part of another Titan after a week.

The bodies were buried in abandoned trenches on the spot, and it was not known whether they would be brought back by the shells when the next battle began.

After a week, the battlefield was largely cleared, and fighting broke out again the next day.

As both sides continued to invest in their hidden forces, the form of the war began to change, and the original trench warfare became a plain battle with a torrent of steel.

After the Cang Dynasty had the support of the Daohuang Dynasty, it could vigorously develop its own scientific and technological strength, and the technology of the rune armor had been applied to the war horse.

The specially trained war horse is almost four times the size of an ordinary horse, and when combined with heavy rune armor, it is simply a small chariot.

In addition to this use, there are several horse-driven chariots, all covered with runic armor and loaded with altars, which can summon lightning attacks.

On the Rhine Alliance's side, in addition to the heavy tanks and titan mechs that have already appeared, a land cruiser has recently appeared on the battlefield.

The cruiser was the size of eight heavy tanks, and was equipped with a 280 mm cannon gun, six secondary guns, and eight machine guns.

The armor all has an alchemy matrix, and the shield can be opened at any time.

In order to deal with this kind of cruiser, the Cang Dynasty also put a lot of effort into building a machine prototype as a siege vehicle, with a steam engine and rune armor, equipped with several self-produced cannons, and a huge rune cannon.

The power is huge, and the Land Cruiser can be destroyed directly from the side, but the cooldown time is relatively long, and the resources consumed are relatively large.

Thus began a steel meat grinder on both sides, and the rate of attrition of armored forces was counted in hours.

So now the war is all about the first day of an armored duel, the battle line is re-planned, and then the infantry enters the battlefield and begins to repair the details, and after a few days, it happens again.

In order to win the armored duel as much as possible, both sides are also racking their brains about how to enhance the anti-armor capabilities of their soldiers.

The Rhine Alliance, with its technological superiority, soon developed the Anti-Talisman Heavy Gun and the Anti-Talisman, weapons that used alchemy technology to effectively penetrate the protective layer of rune armor.

In order to defend against the enemy's infantry anti-rune troops, the Cang Dynasty, which had no equivalent means for the time being, formed a hunter tactical squad, which usually consisted of twenty-four people, shuttling through the battlefield to find the enemy's infantry units and destroy them.

As a result, the Rhine Alliance also had to form an anti-hunter squad.

In an armored duel, only small units can survive in the gaps of the torrent of steel.

On the ocean, several major wars also broke out between the two sides, which were fought by the Daohuang Dynasty and the Rhine Alliance. In order to unite all the forces that could be united, the Rhine League even came into contact with the rebellious vassals.

This can be regarded as completely infuriating the Daohuang Dynasty, and all parties in the court tacitly suspended the internal fighting for a while, wanting to eliminate those vassal states that do not know the height of the sky as soon as possible.

However, to the surprise of all parties, due to the light enemy of the forward fleet, the first naval battle between the Daohuang dynasty and the vassal states ended in a major defeat.

This greatly boosted the morale of the alliance of rebel vassal states, which had been struggling to support the front in land battles, and took the initiative to launch a large-scale offensive on the ground battlefield.

This adventure had a good effect, and the army of the Daohuang Dynasty was somewhat overwhelmed by the defeat of the navy, and under the control of some military officials, the troops showed a tendency to retreat, and the blame was placed on their opponents.

Yes, when the Navy lost its first battle, some people resumed infighting, not because they lost faith in the war, but because they thought it would be prolonged.

But there is no doubt that the battle will end in victory, and as a result, the gang believes that they should eliminate their rivals before the war grows in scale, or at least temporarily lose some of their power so that they can shine in the rest of the war.

The Northern Expedition gave rise to a new group of military aristocracy, and their successful example naturally stimulated the nerves of many.

Hearing of the defeat in naval and land battles, the emperor was naturally very angry, and after quickly holding many people accountable, he immediately ordered the formation of a temporary department to deal with the rebellion.

The emperor, who didn't care much about countering the rebellion, now began to pay some attention to this matter, which naturally made some people rejoice that their plan was successful.

Once the emperor is angry, then the rebellion is not just a matter of making those rebellious vassal states apologize, but perhaps directly erasing those vassal states from the map.

This means that a large number of military exploits and interests can even be torn apart. Just thinking about it makes people's blood boil.

Except for some sorrow in the Ministry of Rites, almost all the officials saw the prospect of making a profit for themselves.

Once again, the empire began to revolve around the war, and the Northern Expedition poured its strength into the war in order to defend its hard-earned advantage.

As for how the people feel, is it important to get promoted and get rich?

When will the loss of labor and money harm the interests of real interest groups? They're only going to earn more and more.