The sky had just dawned, and the steam district of Rika City was roaring to start a busy day, but Nick seemed a little irritable and listless in the morning when he should have been in a good mood, and yesterday the new city lord's sister actually came to him in person, and asked to take an airship to the Steam City around the mountains of Northerydan, a request that kept him from sleeping well all night. If it was before, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity to show favor to the new city lord, but now he is facing a lot of trouble, because of the melee that broke out in Rika City not long ago, the Northeredan Technician Association has just picked up several senior engineering technicians, and now there is only one senior technician left in the city, if he drives the airship away again, then if there is some kind of large mechanical failure here, the other gnomes may not be able to deal with it. In addition to Nick, the other gnomes in Ricka City are more or less inexperienced in driving in the war-torn zone, and let them drive the airship into the land of strife, that is, to die.

But there's an even bigger problem, Marin's damn goblin is hiding in his house right now! Nick unscrewed the geared safety door and kicked open the door of the house's airtight safe, inside a goblin with a bandage was sleeping with an oxygen tank, and after being awakened by the sound of kicking the door, he got up in a panic and was relieved to see that it was Nick who had entered.

"Fresh morning air: It's been a long time since I've breathed this fresh air" Goblin Malin sighed indistinctly, he was able to survive purely by luck, the giant bone spur cast by the terrifying undead female mage just rose from the ground, he pressed the safety switch of the cab in time, and fell into the rescue cabin from the escape window opened under the seat, and then the huge white bone spur narrowly grazed above him and penetrated the entire wheelhouse, fortunately, the undead female mage did not know much about the structure of the harvester, otherwise if he went to the rescue cabin casually, he would not be able to die again, even so, after the giant bone spur nailed the harvester in place, Marin was still torn off a lot of bones by his habitual surname。

"I told you not to die for Algernon!, but the glittering gold coin choked your ears so that you couldn't listen to anything" Nick tugged at Marin's bandages, and found that the goblin's expression hadn't changed much, so he began to remove those bandages: "The fracture is healed, Marin, and now I'm in a big trouble, I remember that you have a lot of experience piloting a steam airship?"

"That's right, old friend, I've got a very, very rich driving experience, so rich that I can go shopping in the Land of Strife! Do you want to give me a new job?" asked Goblin expectantly, before he added, "Of course, as an experienced driver, I have certain requirements for salary. Old friend, you know that I just went bankrupt and my harvester worth thousands of gold coins has been destroyed" The goblin couldn't help but scream and cry out loud.

Nick slammed Marlin's head with a wrench to stop the goblin's howl, and then continued, "It just so happens that I have a new job here, helping me pilot the airship and send the new city lord's sister, Lady Glenya, as well as Mr. Emma, who killed Algernon, and the two necromancers to the Northridan Ring Mountain Steam City. ”

Goblin looked at Nick stiffly when he heard this, and he desperately hugged the dwarf technician's legs, and cried in a louder voice: "No, no, no, old friend, you must be joking!

"You think people care about a little character like you!" Nick interrupted the goblin with a sneer, and raised a little finger to continue, "You're a small man, Marin, and if the big guys want your life, just check the reaper wreckage." But people don't want to waste time at all, and they don't care about whether you live or die. ”

"Of course I do. Goblin Marin muttered, "But they shouldn't mind killing me when they see me, the harvester is mine, and many people in this city know it." ”

"So you have to show your worth and win the forgiveness of the big guys, Marlin, you can only do this!" Nick ripped off the goblin's bandage and said with a blank face, "I tell you the truth, I can't leave here now! And Lady Gleranya is about to leave, I will throw you in front of them, and if they are not satisfied with you, I will drive it myself, and then you can behave yourself." ”

"You're so cruel, old friend, are you just throwing a sheep into the lions without resistance?" Marin howled and pleaded, "Nick! you can't do this! I'll be torn apart."

"If I were you, old man, now would you be thinking about how best to show off your driving abilities instead of rolling on the floor. Nick said nonchalantically, then kicked the goblin out of the safety door.

Heras looked at the dwarfs who were busy in the morning light with interest, and there were some goblins mixed in it, these two races often hired each other because they had a considerable degree of research on engineering technology, and those engineering and technological products were very backward in his eyes, but they were already very developed as a steam civilization, and it was impossible for such a developed steam civilization to appear in the process of human scientific and technological civilization in the federal universe, because before the steam civilization developed to this extent, it had already entered the electric age, and those steam technologies were eliminated。

Because the universe where the Affaron plane is located and the universe where the Federation is located are not very different, the composition of the universe is not exactly the same, so the process of civilization cannot be the same, in the universe where Apfallon is located, it is necessary to control the magic energy to enter the electric age, and the races that can control the magic energy have all chosen the path of magical civilization without exception, and disdain for natural electricity, the habitual surname of this civilization has undoubtedly greatly limited the development of science and technology in the magic universe, and it is not easy for the gnomes to do this degree as a weak race that is difficult to master extraordinary power。

But the steam civilization of the gnomes is not a pure scientific and technological civilization, although they do not know magic, but living in the magic world, all kinds of scientific and technological products will more or less use magic resources, many enchanted materials and magic devices in the dwarf project are derived from humans, elves and other races that have a deep study of magic, which determines that if they want to develop, they must communicate with the world's mainstream civilization.

"They were born in the wrong place, and if in the universe of the Federation, this intelligent race will radiate their true light. Heras sighed inwardly as he looked at the precision instruments and engineering parts that could barely have existed in the steam age. In the infinite plane of this magical universe, apart from him, there is probably no one who knows what kind of glorious peak the technological civilization can reach, which is the glory that even the Pillars of the Void can imagine, the computing and analysis power that even the gods of the plane cannot match, and the ultimate destructive power attached to technology

"If I have the chance, I wouldn't mind letting the inhabitants of the magical universe see that power," Heras thought to himself, casually pulling down the metal staff in his hand.

After a while, they saw Nick hurrying over, the dwarf technician followed by two steam spider repair machines, one of which had a weeping goblin firmly clamped on its maintenance robotic arm.

"Distinguished guests, may I introduce you to this experienced airship pilot. Nick waved his hand to signal the maintenance machine to put the goblin down, and continued, "He is a registered senior construction mechanic controller with the Northeredan Mechanics Association, Marlin. ”

Although the gold content of the title of mechanical controller is far inferior to that of an engineering technician, after all, the person who can use it is definitely not as good as the person who can make it, but it is undoubtedly the most suitable for a professional engineer to make engineering equipment.

"Since he was hired by that gangster some time ago, he drove the harvester and made some moves against you, of course, this is just an unintentional mistake, I hope you can understand" Nick saw that everyone did not react, and then added.

"This stupid goblin is in luck. Edwin said lightly when he heard this, Marin was employed by Algernon, she naturally recognized it, but the necromancer did not mean to kill him, and Glenya did not know who this goblin was, so naturally she would not express any opinion.

Marin has been trembling and covering his head since he was thrown on the ground, seeing that the big guys didn't kill him casually, the goblin opened his eyes and carefully glanced up, and he was relieved, it seems that he is indeed a little self-inflicted, and people don't take him seriously at all

Immediately, Marin felt his vitality return to his body, he bounced up energetically, and said with great interest: "Nick is right, everyone, the land of strife is like my back garden, even if I don't have navigation, I can come and go freely!"

Glelenya frowned slightly as he listened to this obviously unremarkable boast, and Nick immediately sensed his employer's displeasure, and he quickly explained: "Marin is indeed very experienced, and even if there are omissions and contradictions in the war information from the city of Northredan, he can make correct judgments based on his own experience. ”

"That's it. Heras had no objection to this, he was impressed by the nimble movements of the giant harvester, which should be much more difficult to fight mechanically than an airship.

"As you can see, honorable sir, I'm a senior construction mechanic and I'm officially registered!, so the cost of hiring is oh!Nick!"

Nick looked at this damn goblin ridiculously, this is simply a model of asking for money and not dying, and he was about to say something to make up for it, when the Emma man took out twenty gold coins and threw them in front of the goblin, and said lightly: "It's just a deposit, but if you can't satisfy us"

"I'm absolutely satisfying with my piloting skills, sir!" Marin didn't wait for Heras to finish, he quickly put away the gold coins and led the way to the airship terrace.

Nick looked at the Emma man with a little surprise, the scholar's style of acting surprised him very much, and then he solemnly instructed: "Honorable guest Emma, although you come from an ancient and powerful country, the inhabitants of the Land of Strife have no reverence for the Elven Empire that is close in front of them, and the distant Emma does not care about it. Although the Steam City of Northridan is still relatively stable, it is in the land of strife after all, and there is no such thing as crime in that city. If you have a good relationship with the Mechanics Association, you will not be penalized for what you do. On the other hand, if you have a slightly worse relationship with the Mechanics Association, then the Association can punish anyone at will, so I hope you will exercise restraint over there. ”

"Thanks for the reminder, Nick. Heras thanked him noncommittally, of course he would not ask for trouble, but if trouble came to the door, then whether it was restrained or not had to be weighed carefully

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