Chapter 584: Running a Train on the Flat Ground
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"A dragon, master? You mean, it has a connection with me?"
Feeling the image transmitted from Edward's spirit, Claudia frowned and tried to corroborate with her own memories, but finally shook her head: "But...... I don't remember, even before I never felt anything connected to a dragon......"
"It doesn't matter, it may be a natural ability that comes from dragonization. In short, it's not difficult to control the changes of the dragon, you just need to pay attention to your feelings, and you should be able to deal with it easily. Edward casually arranged his robes to cover the woman's body—fortunately, the smoke and flames were now everywhere, and the soldiers had fled far away. Otherwise, there will be too many viewers in this spring-like season......
It seems that the dragon lady knight needs to be made some special magical costumes to cope with the change in body shape - the transformation and undressing at a time are not a small financial burden for him, but the corresponding mental burden is not small.
However, in this case, the magic has to be of the touch type, as long as it is stretched to a certain extent, it will be transformed into a bracelet or decoration or something like that, in order to adapt to the battle, it is best to use the armor type of thing, which is not easy to make......
A few questions flashed through his mind, and Edward gathered his spirit, showing Claudia an evasive detection and a remote vision trap...... In this way, if the lizard still wants to use some means to spy on her, there should be no result, and by the way, he can also give him a few chain of lightning bolts. Even if magic can't really get a dragon, it's enough to give it a taste and get a warning.
"The host...... Does that dragon pose any threat to you? Do you need me to lure it away?" Claudia spoke.
Although she didn't know exactly what was going on, she could roughly deduce that the dragon must have found Edward because of herself...... A monster like a giant dragon is a huge trouble no matter what, and for her, the only way to be responsible is to sacrifice herself to lure it away, so as not to threaten the safety of her master.
But that would mean a separation from Edward......
"Don't be foolish, he's got me. Even if you leave, do you think he'll give up?" The entanglement in the female knight's mind made the telemancer raise his head and smile slightly: "Besides, a big lizard is just a big lizard, what kind of trouble can it be?"
This is not just a simple word of consolation—for the scene that just came to mind. The Psychic Warlock really didn't pay much attention to it at all.
A giant dragon, though it claims to be the strongest creature in the world. But. Could it be more difficult to deal with than the incarnation of a god?
What's more, although he didn't know what kind of anger it was in, from the words he shouted, Edward could roughly deduce that this matter had something to do with those nether angels...... Since the other party can't even beat those guys, they were robbed of things. So what does he have to worry about?
Or compared to those slight worries, the things in that picture attracted his attention even more-
Among the rumors that the dragons are famous in the Big 6, they are the only ones that can match their great power. Or maybe it's their peculiar greedy nature - they have a special hobby for gold and gemstones, whether it's a good metal dragon or an evil five-colored dragon, they like to decorate their nests with gold gems, which some scholars on Big 6 think is a bit similar to the phototaxis of birds, but in fact it is a little different. According to the Academy of Magic, some dragons' lairs contain not only precious stones and gold, but also a large number of works of art, such as scrolls, statues, and carpets......
In any case, a dragon clan above adulthood, the wealth in the treasure vault, at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and the value of works of art are even more incalculable, even if he only looks at it a few times, Edward can be sure that it should be more than the amount stored in any treasure house in the human country, not to mention, it is also mixed with a lot of magic items flickering aura.
Not to mention a dragon in itself, which is already a treasure trove of materials.
Regardless, this little episode ended here, but the aftermath of it still seemed to have some effect - a moment later, a small group of people trembled towards the tank, but stopped a few dozen feet away: "That Viscount...... Well, the team has been closed, and Sir Meliane has us to report back to you. ”
Edward turned his gaze and couldn't help frowning—this group of thirty or so people had ribbons and feathers on their armor shoulders, and they were all the ones in the team who were thousands of people and hundreds of people and so on. And behind them, in a group of thousands of people, the commotion seemed to have never stopped.
"If there are no casualties, let's come out, we've already lost a lot of time. ”
The brief command made these dozens of people look at each other, hesitate for a moment, and the bald head among them had the audacity to speak. "Your Excellency, that, we're in some trouble because of the ...... In short, our horses were no longer usable in a short time, dozens of them were wounded, some of them escaped, and the rest needed a period of recovery before they could be used, and that ...... Just now, many brothers were affected by the dragon's intimidation, and they said that they couldn't walk, you see this...... Are we camping in the same place, resting, or ......?"
"Or let these cowards roll back on their own and continue their comfortable lives with the group?" Edward's gaze froze, pausing for a moment before he spoke. The flat voice made this guy take a few steps back and shake his hands wildly! "No, no, no...... This one...... This ......"
The Psychic Warlock's eyes turned slightly, and the eyes of the remaining thirty or so guys suddenly straightened a little, and they shook their heads like rattles one by one, but after a long time, several people didn't come up with a proper reason......
They didn't need to speak, though—with the omnipresent tentacles of their minds turning, Edward had already come up with the information he wanted from their minds.
After a little scrutiny, he couldn't help but laugh and cry.
The scene of the dragon change just now was obviously enough to impress the guys - whether the new leader subdued a dragon or defeated a dragon, anyway. It's enough for the guys to have a good idea of the power of the new leader.
But the problem is that there are always some people who are smart, or think they are smart, who think they are smart, and they think of some strange things.
The tension generated by great fear can paralyze the brain and make people unable to think, but the less great fear often makes the mind clear for no reason, and some things that are not usually associated with it will also be connected in an instant—for example, the power of His Excellency the Viscount is so strong. What else does he want this gang of miscellaneous soldiers to do? Now no one knows exactly what this march is going to attack, what if it is an impregnable enemy position?
The haughty mages will always do amazing things to show off their power, believing themselves invincible. But if something really went wrong, he himself could hide in that sturdy magic prop, wouldn't his group be victims of slaughter? Moreover, don't forget that it was this Viscount who had just forced Lord Count Hermann to commit suicide on the spot two days ago. So what better way could he deal with them, the original Herman soldiers?
Maybe. Take them out. Is it just to prepare for some kind of magic ritual or something?
In fact, these absurd reasons and calculations may have been stored in the minds of these soldiers for a long time, but at the beginning, they were only vague concepts in their hearts, and they did not really think about it...... But after the dragon appeared. The fear of chaos quickly brought them together, and once the rumors spread, these guys. Naturally, the more chaotic it becomes.
Of course, these reasons cannot be reported upwards...... Therefore, after discussing with these unlucky hundred-person leaders, they could only make a lame excuse, hoping to delay the progress a little and then make plans.
But the problem is that they have actually made up their minds, and if the young leader is impatient, he will leave them where they are, or go back to the camp, but if it really doesn't, they will simply scatter and run away.
"It's a nuisance. Edward shook his head.
He never thought that there was such a problem, after all, no matter how experienced he was, he had never been a soldier and fought, let alone figuring out the psychology of the soldiers, a psychic or good at manipulating people's hearts, but when it came to team management, he was not an expert - after all, for them, under a domination technique, everyone was a loyal subordinate, and there was no need to think about any management methods and the like.
But what to do now? Do you use domination one by one? Psionic points are obviously not enough. Although he also has more than 100 hardcore subordinates, it is not so easy to subdue them all in the face of more than 20 times more determined to run away.
Kill a hundred to make an example?
I'm afraid it's the stupidest method, this kind of sloppy psychology caused by fear, if it is forcibly suppressed by killing people and the like, it will often lead to a backlash, and then these people will be more determined to run.
After thinking for a moment, he gave another order: "Let everyone line up." ”
"Are there any metal mines around here? Iron ore is the best. Seeing the guys rushing to recruit his subordinates, Edward casually dug into the small pocket on his waist, causing the earth elemental who was sleeping to grunt dissatisfiedly.
So, then, in front of the eyes of those soldiers in line, another scene that they will never forget began to stage.
Beside the viscount, the ground squirmed like ripples, and then something flew out of it, like a mischievous child spitting out something stuffed in his mouth, and smashed it on the ground with a muffled sound—dozens of pieces of surface shimmering with the delicate luster of metal. A huge solid block with a yard on the side smashed into the ground, piled up into a hill,
Dozens of metal ingots were piled up, and when the telemancer reached out and pressed them, the metal melted like hot wax, stretched out and stretched out in front of him, and turned into strange flatbed carts that were a hundred feet long and thirty feet wide!
Purifying steel is not a difficult task for earth elemental creatures, as long as the dregs in it are completely absorbed, all that remains is pure metal ore, of course, until further tempering, these are just ordinary pig iron. It can't be tempered, it can only be cast.
But with the psychic ability. That's not a problem at all.
"Isn't it that you can't walk, and if you get in a car, you shouldn't have a problem, right?"
And so one after the other, and when the eighth such flatbed cart was completed, the telemancer turned his head and sent a cold voice into everyone's ears.
......
"It turns out that running a train on flat ground is actually not that difficult......" Standing on the top of the tank, Edward's eyes swept over the flying smoke behind him, and whispered to himself.
Ten metal carts were grouped in a row, and they were pulled forward by the front of a car, although they didn't seem very fast. But if you add in the long flatbed truck, more than 2,000 heavily armed soldiers, it still looks quite intimidating.
The towing front of the locomotive was also something new - as the most important component, the inner circle in the steam engine, Edward naturally had a few old guys make spare items. The two circles that were dismantled and repaired when they were damaged, and used in the steam engine, were just small permanent portals. It doesn't take a lot of energy. The shape of the circle is not very large, and as for whether the shell parts are complicated or not, it is not a big problem for Edward now - after a high-level workmanship, those metal ingots have already melted and deformed and assembled into a tractor.
With the help of the power of magic. The power of this steam engine is quite excellent, the heat generated by communicating with the fire elemental realm is extremely high, and there is no need for a separate coal water wheel, so it can pull a tank of more than sixty tons and its members to travel at a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers. Now that there are no burdens, there is naturally no problem in dragging these dozen or so big cars, not to mention, the characteristics of the steam engine and the gasoline engine are somewhat different, as long as the heat source is stable, then the size of the power will only change with the size of the steam engine parts.
As a result, the 2,000 or so soldiers who were unwilling to move could only go with the flow, enjoy this miracle, and run to the battlefield
Uh, sorry, wait a minute-
In fact, the role of military transport vehicles in war is not necessarily much inferior to that of tanks, especially in this era when transportation mainly relies on legs, and the field mobile combat capability of a motorized infantry division is probably enough to contain several times the enemy's strength.
A town like him has only a wooden fence and a stone castle that has been passed down for five or six generations, not to mention three thousand soldiers, even if it is three hundred, it may be captured, not to mention that the other party also carries that kind of huge magic monster that will make a strange roar, (to be continued......)