Chapter Eighty-Four: Prepare for War!
Breakfast time passed quickly, and Lilith, Vivien, and Emily all went to the office, and by this time some documents from the city had already been sent in and needed to be sorted and processed in time. And Mo Yan's work is in the afternoon, when Lilith will integrate yesterday's situation into a report and send it to Mo Yan for review and processing.
So in the morning, Mo Yan is usually very idle, but today he needs to deal with some things. Although Aruba was knocked out by him yesterday, the matter was not resolved, and Mo Yan planned to take advantage of this morning's time to go to Aruba's home to talk to him.
When Mo Yan came to Aruba's house with the bored Jones, he saw that Sula was already there. Because Mo Yan let the monster guard Aruba's home, he was negotiating with the horned demon guarding the door outside, and when he saw Mo Yan's arrival, he hurriedly stepped forward to explain what he meant.
"Let me talk to the kid. Sulla said, "Although the boy is a little stubborn, I think if I can explain why, he will still understand what you mean." After all, this is just a fake show, and you said that you would dissolve the marriage when it was all over. And Thundercliff joining the ranks of the fight against the Parliament City can hasten the destruction of Azela and liberate the Parliament City, and I think Aruba also hopes that Elam can calm down as soon as possible. ”
"Let's go in together. Mo Yan nodded and said with a smile: "If it were you, I think Aruba should be more able to listen, and I didn't blame him." No one can accept such a sudden thing, not to mention that Emily is still the only sister in Aruba. After talking to Sura, Mo Yan entered Aruba's home with him, while Aruba was still lying on the carpet in the living room.
"Looks like it was a bit heavy yesterday. Mo Yan looked at Aruba who was lying motionless on the ground, and said to Sula with some embarrassment: "The armor is a little too thick, and I can't grasp the strength well." I went to see if there was any water in the kitchen, and now I had to wake him up in this way. ”
Mo Yan got some water from a wooden bowl from the kitchen and poured it on Aruba's face. Stimulated by the water, Aruba slowly woke up. But after seeing the bull's head in front of him clearly, a hideous expression immediately appeared on his face, and he who had just woken up jumped up and threw himself towards Mo Yan, pinching his neck with his hand and roaring loudly.
"Loose, Aruba, the wedding ended last night. Sura was taken aback by Aruba's actions, but after reacting, she immediately rushed forward and grabbed him, trying to pull him off Mo Yan's body and shouted, "It's the second day now, even if you oppose it now, it's useless." ”
"Yes. Mo Yan grabbed Jones, who wanted to tear Aruba off, calmly looked at Aruba who was choking his neck and said, "As Sura said, now your objection is useless, Emily has moved to my residence last night." ”
"You brute!" Mo Yan's words did not stop Aruba, but made his eyes even more scarlet, and he kept smashing Mo Yan's head with his fist, not caring if his fist was already bloody. Mo Yan's words, Emily's screams and unsightly scenes kept repeating in his mind, and a voice roared in his head: "Kill him, kill him, kill him!"
Those imaginary images and sounds made Aruba's heart feel like a knife, and the anger in his heart, even if he ate the monster in front of him raw, could not relieve the hatred in his heart.
"Aruba, marriage is fake!" cried out Sulla, "Emily just stayed in his house, nothing happened between them. It's just a show for the rest of the world, just so that Thundercliff can get involved in the internal affairs of the Salts!"
"What?" Aruba slammed a few more times and finally stopped, looking at Sula in disbelief and asking, "Everything is fake?" So Emily wasn't insulted by the monster?
"Yes. Mo Yan saw that Aruba was not venting, and finally pulled down Aruba, who was riding on him, and said: "In order to let Thunder Cliff have a say in Elam, and join the Saltts, marrying the Salts is the fastest way." Originally, my plan was to find someone else in the city, but Emily volunteered to play such a role, and I didn't do anything to her. ”
Aruba heard Mo Yan's words and looked at his face, then at Sula's expression, and finally confirmed that all this was as they said, looking at Mo Yan, whose head was covered with blood, he said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, I was a little too impulsive just now." ”
"It doesn't matter. Mo Yan washed the blood off his face with water and said: "It's okay for you to vent, after all, it was my fault that I didn't explain to you clearly at the beginning, I didn't expect you to rush back from the Santa Fe Expeditionary Army, and the invitation was just sent to the village of Cabinda for show." What's more, this blood is yours, and I don't hurt at all. ”
After Mo Yan explained in detail to Aruba, Aruba finally understood the reason why they did this. And at noon, Emily also returned home and explained everything to Aruba face to face. Although Aruba, like Sula, is a little worried about Emily's future, he doesn't say anything in the end.
As Mo Yan said at the end, if a man really loves Emily, then he won't mind because of it. If the man cares about just a ritual, then it only means that he doesn't love Emily herself.
Now that all the problems have been solved, and Thunder Cliff has a reason to officially intervene among the Ellansalters, then the next step is to prepare for the battle. After the last battle with Parliament City, Thundercliff found itself without a strategic reserve, so it forged a lot of things for itself while selling weapons.
After Mo Yan got the black powder from the gray dwarves, it was not only the throwing explosives packets used in the sinister pistol and the human-faced bird that were made, but also a weapon that had shined a lot in the Age of Discovery, that is, a cannon made of steel.
Due to the current technical and productivity issues of Thunder Cliff, Thunder Cliff only produced the original gun with a breech charge, but this was a major improvement for the Hill Continent, compared to the bulky trebuchet. Equipped with wooden pillars and wheels, the cannon can move quickly under the traction of two oxen.
And in terms of accuracy, it is much more accurate than trebuchets, after using the bursting shells invented by those genius gray dwarves inspired by Mo Yan, the power of one cannon has exceeded at least four trebuchets. These were originally intended to be loaded onto ships, but because the ships were taken by pirates, they had to be temporarily stacked in warehouses.
Now that Thundercliff intends to end this battle in Elam, the six guns stored in the warehouse can also come in handy. And after watching the Gray Dwarf's cannon shooting, Ryze was amazed at the power and also expressed his opinion, if he could have magic materials, he would add some extra power to this weapon, making it lighter and more accurate.
Mo Yan's idea also stimulated his inspiration, according to the principle of such a weapon. If you use magic alone, it will be even more powerful. The magic elves that do not exist all the time in the Hill continent can burst out under the special magic circle with much more power than black powder.
This made Mo Yan, who was immersed in science and technology production, notice that his ideas had deviated at the beginning. He had always planned to use his own strength and use the knowledge in his mind to develop technology step by step, but he completely ignored the magical power in the Hill Continent.
The mages in the land of Hill are not like those in the game, they only release fireballs to attack and the like. Here, mages are like scientists, and alchemists, who specialize in making magical items, are experts in these areas.
It is far faster to combine one's own ideas with magic than to rely on technology alone, after all, the power of magic has been developed in the continent of Hill for such a long time, and there must be a lot of merit. Some of the powers that Thunder Cliff doesn't have right now can be easily solved with magic.
"Do you use magic to upgrade artillery?" Mo Yan asked after listening to Ruize's words, "Then what will it cost to complete your design?"
"Hmm...... The Eagle Eye Circle used for aiming requires Mana Crystals, Magic Crystals, Liquid Minerals, and so on, and if you add a Light Circle, it will cost about 1,000 gold coins. Ruiz thought for a moment and estimated an approximate number and said, "And if you make it carefully, it should be able to compress it to about nine hundred gold coins." After all, I'm not a professional learner, I'm just dabbling in it. If it is an alchemist who specializes in making magic circles, he should be able to keep the cost down to eight hundred. ”
"Then you didn't say hello to me. Mo Yan smiled bitterly when he heard Ruiz's words, if this kind of price is only one artillery, it is fine, if it is six or seven, then Thunder Cliff's current financial resources can't support it.
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