Chapter Seventy-Five: Opportunity
"It's me! I'm Marin!" the goblin shouted excitedly as he rushed out of the subway to the sound device of the Steam Spider tank, as if he couldn't see the barrels pointed at him, and then the tank's floodgates opened, and the dwarf Jeb poked his head out of it, holding a megaphone in his hand, and shouted with all his strength: "Metro Line 9 is trapped!
Immediately after that, Heras and the others also walked out of the subway entrance, looking at the dense barrels facing them, Heras couldn't help but have a little scalp explosion, Glelenya couldn't help but shake his palm, and the lich was so frightened that his hand shook and he left the necromancer down.
"Ahh
A massive three-legged turret came out of the crowd, three flexible and stout mechanical legs distributed in the three corners of the chassis, and sufficient steam power to support the huge turret dense array above, and the calm voice of Commander Danber came from the turret: "Your Excellency Chief Technician has gone to Ratchet City, Jebu, who are those strangers?"
"They saved me, Lord Danber" Before Jebb could finish his words, the goblin Marlin couldn't wait to climb out of the Steam Spider tank, and he shouted at the huge three-legged turret, "Coach Danber, I'm Marin! You proctored my license exam, remember! These people are friends with the new lord of Rika City! That Emma is a big man!"
Hearing this, Heras twitched the corners of his mouth, pointed at these cannon barrels, and now he was too late to keep a low profile, this damn goblin was going to roast him on the fire?
"Pooh, you take Jeb to Master Mario first. After Commander Danber finished speaking, he turned off the microphone equipment and quietly asked the fire control position of the No. 3 battery behind him, "Ruen, where is Rika City?" He is a combat expert, and he does not know some trade knowledge of the Mechanic Guild, and Marin's words made him a little confused.
"Well, it should be one of the cities where the guild sells its products in the human country, it seems to be the border city established in the Jinshan Abandoned Mining Area? A cute female dwarf with two big braids tied at the fire control position No. 3 poked the corners of her mouth for a moment, and then replied crisply.
"Northeredan will soon begin to rebuild, requiring a lot of imports of various resources and the rapid sale of our products, and every point of sale is important to us now, Lord Commander. A middle-aged male dwarf sitting on the No. 1 fire control seat said seriously: "If it is confirmed that they have a great relationship with the new city lord of Rika, at least don't embarrass them." ”
"I know Marin, he does seem to have been sent to the kingdom of Inheji, but I don't know exactly which city, and he cried and confessed in front of me before leaving. A young female goblin on the second fire control position frowned.
"I'll look into Marin's family and friends. Danber nodded, turned the microphone back on, and said, "Stranger, show me your identification." ”
After the dwarf Jeb was picked up by a tracked tank, Heras stood quietly until Damber's voice came again, and he unhurriedly took out Clarence's letter, which was stamped with the seal of the lord of the Inheji Kingdom, the magic seal remade for the elves by the governor of the region after Sinwasa's wrath took Rika City, and the family letter that the dwarf Nick had entrusted him to carry. While these are all possible forgeries, combined with the testimony of the gnome Jeb and the goblin Marin, the guards of Northeredan should be able to make an accurate judgment.
From the three-legged turret, a steel claw connected to an oil chain protruded, nimbly grasping the letters, and then slowly retracting them, sending them into the turret.
Danber took the letter from the conveyor window, scanned it carefully, found no obvious loopholes, and then continued: "I will send Nick's letter to his family, strange guests, the residents of Northeredan are now temporarily placed in the Baku Goblin Wood Processing Base, just walk a little further. ”
As soon as the commander finished speaking, all the barrels pointed at them were put away, much to the relief of Heras and the others, and the lich picked her up again under the indignant gaze of the necromancer. Heras was about to ask about the request mentioned in the letter, when Damber spoke again, "Also, the latest information on the movements of the Troubled Lands, which we have classified since the Thunderbird attack, I hope you will understand. ”
"Uh, Mr. Commander, may I meet with Your Excellency the Chief Technician? Without this information, we can't travel through the Conflicted Lands. Heras said without haste.
"Guest, our movements are all based on the sentry monitoring robots that dot the Disputed Lands, and the core component of the message is a magical artifact that we can only import, and we will lose one less in the current disruption of trade. The commander patiently explained: "There are several mages among you, if you are given an instant information terminal, it is likely to expose the location of those sentry robots, in case of great losses, we currently do not have the ability to repair this monitoring network, so it is impossible for us to let any information terminal lose before the trade in magic products is restored." ”
"When will trade resume?" Herras continued.
"The city of Northredam will be restored when it begins to rebuild, and until then only His Excellency the Chief Technician has the right to make an exception to give you a terminal, but only if you can convince him. Danbo thought for a moment, then added, "But I have to warn you that Your Excellency the Chief Technician has been in a very bad mood lately, and if you rush forward, you are likely to be smashed out by him with a wrench, and then deported. ”
Hearing this, Heras was silent for a while, and said to the others a little helplessly, "Let's go to the base first to see the situation." Seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, he took the lead and left the subway entrance, and the war machines tacitly made a way.
Just as they passed by the huge three-legged turret, the commander's voice sounded again: "If you are not in a hurry, I suggest that you stay in the woodworking base for the time being, until the day when the trade line is restored, you can buy the information terminal." ”
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Commander. Heras looked up in thanks, and headed straight for base.
The Goblin Wood Processing Base in Baku has been transformed beyond recognition, and all the accumulated timber has been set up as a temporary shelter, but it is clearly not enough, and most of the refugees still set up tents in the open air, so the loggers are pouring out of their nests and cutting down all the trees around them with the fastest efficiency.
Glelenya frowned at the sight of the destruction of the forest, which was undoubtedly a great irritation for a traditional elf, but she knew the measure, and after suppressing the displeasure in her heart, she stopped looking that way.
"Just find a place to stay. Heras shrugged as he looked at the crowded resettlement area, where there could be no place for them.
After saying that, he paused, and the land around him began to rise slowly, and Rodander saw this, and Edwin came forward, and with the combined efforts of the three mages, a simple stone house made of solidified earth was soon erected, and each room was equipped with stone beds.
The surrounding gnomes and goblins looked enviously at these strange guests, magic was a power that was almost impossible for them to master, and all engineering products involving magic required the most basic alchemy products to be imported from elves and humans. This determines that gnomes and goblins cannot be as closed and xenophobic as the other forces in the Land of Discord, and in order to develop them, they must communicate with the outside world.
While everyone was doing nothing to clean up the room, Marin came with his family, a goblin who cautiously asked Heras to house his family here, as they were still living in tents in the open air.
Heras was about to build another rudimentary stone house for the goblin's family, when horns sounded all over the base.
"I'm Mario, the chief technician! The two electro-powered mechs in charge of Metro Line 9 have all been destroyed, and the back section of Line 9 has unfortunately exploded and collapsed, and the trapped personnel are facing a shortage of food and medicine. ”
"Now the only way is to withdraw from the entrance of the nearby No. 10 subway line, the rescue team is ready to set off, and the association still has a vacant electrochemical power mecha, which is the most advanced model! But there is no ace to pull out an ace to the controller, all the expert operators who heard my words, if they are confident in their driving skills, immediately come to the command center to test! I solemnly declare first, the mission is extremely dangerous! But if the mission is successfully completed, this electrochemical power mecha will be used as the driver's personal property!"
Heras was shocked by this, and a bold idea immediately came to him, but it was feasible when he thought about it.
"Marlin, how many people are in charge of the electro-powered mech?" Heras asked quietly.
The goblin thought that he was more curious after hearing the broadcast, so he didn't care much and said: "There is only one longitudinal position, sir, this kind of high-end machine is an integrated single driver's seat, because there is no way to achieve absolute coordination if there are multiple people, so it is only equipped with the ace Zhengquan." ”
"Do you think I'll be able to get into the control room?" Heras continued.
His words stunned the goblins, and their eyes began to froze.
"Marlin!" Heras repeated as he dragged the goblin out of his stunned state, "Can I sit on the stage?"
"You sir, I know your magic is very powerful, but it's not the same thing as the machine," Marin came back to his senses and looked at the Emma man in disbelief.
"Can I sit on the podium? Don't make me ask a fourth time, Marin!" Heras asked, grabbing the goblin by the neck a little annoyed, and lifting him up to him.
"It should be possible, after all, if you work alone, the cockpit space should be relatively sufficient," the goblin said incoherently.
"Rotander, Edwin, you're in charge of helping Marin's family build the stone house. Heras shouted an order at the stone house, and then he turned to the goblin and said, "Take me to the command center, hurry." ”