Chapter 224 The Horn of Decline
Raven finally chose the fireball technique.
Xikoret and Raven can be described as two beings, and they will never harm his interests.
To complete the engraving, Raven needs to use mental power as the pen and magic power as the ink while meditating to construct the overall configuration of magic in his own magic pool.
This is a water grinding process.
Even after thousands of years of development, the structure of the fireball technique has been simplified to the extreme. It still has 9 different magic circuits. It will take at least two or three months to complete the construction.
While Raven was leisurely studying magic, the Nord province had exploded.
Because Marquis Anthony had just returned to Meng'en City and announced a major event - officially starting to calculate the achievements of the previous battle with the Death Hand Order!
And he also announced that after several months of investigation, he had obtained detailed evidence and knew who was falsely reporting military exploits.
If you take the initiative to turn yourself in, you can be punished with a small punishment or a big warning. Otherwise, your territory will be deprived of your territory, or your title will be deprived of you!
What is worth pondering is that before announcing this matter, Earl Tyrone of the Slater family held a grand birthday party. The invitations were sent to most of the Nord province, except for those nobles who were closely related to the Fox family.
And, there is another fact.
Earl Tyrone’s birthday is not on the days when the reception is held.
When the news reached his ears, Gul'dan, who was dancing with the beauty in his arms, immediately couldn't sit still.
He arrived outside the Montreal study in a hurry, straightened his appearance, took a breath, and then gently knocked on the door.
"Come in."
The room was dark, and Montreal sat at the desk with his back to the window, his hands crossed under his chin.
The moonlight poured in from the window, illuminating his gray hair and half of his old face.
Guldan's expression tightened. This was the first time he had seen Montreal look so haggard.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that his father was really old.
"Father..."
Montreal flicked his fingers, and the flying wind activated the magic lamp, making the room light up: "Sit down."
Gul'dan lowered his head and said: "...Father, what should we do?"
This was the first time in his life that Gul'dan felt powerless.
In order to resolve this crisis, the Fox family has made many attempts and efforts, such as inviting Marquis Anthony to come as a guest and presenting some valuable "arts". Montreal even personally went to Mon City to visit Anthony himself.
But all of these had no effect. Anthony refused all invitations; he accepted all the gifts, but would immediately give gifts of equal value in return; and he simply avoided visits to Montreal.
"There is no way." Montreal said calmly: "The Marquis Anthony is here on behalf of His Majesty the King. As long as we are subjects of the Keynes Empire, we will not be able to fight against him."
"Even if he Standing with the Slater family unabashedly and suppressing us, there is no way to find any problems."
Gul'dan lowered his head. At this moment, he was angry at his father. There was some complaint.
If Montreal hadn't accepted Archbishop Thomas' proposal, got too close to the Church of Light, and allowed the Church of Light to station troops near Hovey City, the Fox family would not have been targeted to such an extent by His Majesty the King!
Immediately, this complaint turned into resentment and was transferred to Archbishop Thomas.
Early when Marquis Anthony arrived in the Nord province, Guldan visited Thomas and asked for help, but Archbishop Thomas declined.
At that time, Archbishop Thomas made it very clear that if he intervened in this matter, it would be detrimental to the Fox family.
The truth is this, but the more Guldan thought about it, the more he felt that it was exactly the same as his rhetoric of coaxing an ignorant girl into bed, and then not wanting to be responsible for what happened.
"It seems that we can only take the initiative to re-count military merits and report them." Guldan said with a bitter face: "This is much better than waiting for Marquis Anthony to proactively announce the results. They are all nobles. He probably won’t do too much..."
Some things, if not weighed on a scale, may not weigh as much as a feather; but if weighed on a scale, they may weigh as much as a hill.
This is what military exploits are like.
Montreal shook his head: "It's good that you can think of this step, but it's not enough."
"Before that, I still need to voluntarily give up the position of Governor of the Province of Nord."< br>
“But Father, the price is too high!” Guldan was startled for a moment, and said excitedly: “This governorship has been held by our Fox family for 200 years!”
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Although he cannot interfere with military power, the governor is responsible for the commercial and government affairs of the entire province.
The most critical power is to collect taxes.
Collect taxes in the Nord province and then escort them to the royal capital!
Millions of gold coins are passed through every year, and the wealth among them is so rich that ordinary people can hardly imagine it.
If it were not for this position, the Fox family, whose territory, population, and economy were inferior, would not have the capital to compete with the Slater family!
Handing over the governorship will directly harm the interests of the Fox family.
"The territory is the foundation, child." Montreal has obviously made plans: "The previous cooperation with the Church of Light seems to be a foolish move, and the young King hates us so much."
“Even if I hold on to my position as governor, Anthony will deprive me of my title of governor based on my military exploits, and even seizing my territory may become a reality. As of now, I can only take the initiative to express myself. Only by showing cooperation can there be a chance of survival."
Guldan was convinced by Montreal, but knowing the truth does not mean he can accept it. He slapped his thigh hard: "Damn Anthony, Damn this country..."
"Be careful!" Montreal yelled: "Guldan, please remember, treat your monarch with more respect than you treat the gods!"
"Yes..." Gul'dan looked even more depressed and answered feebly. Montreal's loss of the title of Governor meant that he could not inherit this position.
Knowing that his son was speaking without hesitation, Montreal's expression softened slightly: "Gul'dan, as a noble, you must not only consider yourself, but also our vassals."
"They surround us just to get more benefits."
"Now I take the initiative to hand over the position of governor , not only to protect themselves, but also to protect them, otherwise Marquis Anthony will really launch a thorough investigation and cause them heavy losses, and their hearts will be shattered."
"On the other hand, we protected them, and they. They will naturally stand on our side. With their support, Anthony and Tyrone will not dare to kill us.”
"Marquis Anthony, can't bear the consequences of forcing us to death."
Guldan leaned on his chair, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it, without saying a word, obviously not listening much.
Montreal sighed in his heart, he was a little disappointed with Gul'dan's poor ability to withstand pressure, which reminded him of Raven.
The more disadvantaged the family is, the more it needs external aid, and Raven is undoubtedly the most important of the many foreign aids.
Now it seems that marrying Nancy to Raven was the most correct decision he made in recent years.
"In this situation, it is inconvenient for me to leave." Montreal said: "Get ready and go to the Eagle Territory on my behalf to discuss with Raven and determine the wedding date, as well as the betrothal gift and dowry."
"But there. Before, we needed to redesign the gift list. The previous dowry was too thin."
Hearing this, Gul'dan's brows suddenly knitted into a knot. The previous gift list was already too much in his opinion, and now he wants to increase the amount?
Montreal did not care about Guldan's attitude.
In the next period of time, the Fox family will become increasingly weak.
That’s why we need to support Raven even more - the stronger he is, the better off the Fox family will be!
On the other side, Raven was not very surprised when he heard the news announced by Marquis Anthony.
After all, Marquis Anthony is here, it’s impossible just to buy a mirror, right?
And the weaker the Fox family is, it is a good thing for him. A strong wife family is not a help most of the time.
So with almost no distractions, Raven still focused on the carving of the fireball technique.
Fireball has 9 different magic circuits. Shortly after the first circuit was completed, the ordered Intellectual Magic Network finally arrived along with various materials and combat techniques.
Because the Intellectual Magic Network is extremely sensitive to magic power, it cannot be installed into space equipment. The third-level magician Monroe personally transported it here on a flying carpet.
For such a large order, the Mages Guild provides a full set of services, including the installation of the equipment itself, the development of the magic well, and a full set of tutorials on how to build the platform yourself.
After staying at Eagle Castle for two days, Monroe finally left. However, from the beginning to the end, he always maintained a joke-like attitude, obviously not thinking that Raven's consumption was wise enough.
Having the Magic Network of Knowledge is only the foundation. Building a platform requires at least four steps.
First of all, it is to create a magic well to provide energy for the magic network of knowledge.
For this simple version of the Intellectual Magic Network, which is only the fourth level, the Mage Guild can do it for you. After all, its energy consumption is not very large, and the first level magic well is enough.
Secondly, it is to adjust the intellectual magic network itself to a specific fluctuation frequency, because its working principle is to use magic fluctuations to transmit messages. If the fluctuations are not unique enough and are not encrypted, then in the eyes of the magician, , no different from shouting to the whole world.
The third step is to build your own platform on the Magic Web of Knowledge. This step is a completely unfamiliar field for many magicians, and it is also the most difficult step. There are many great magicians in history. It rises, but as a result, it is a precedent that even after buying the Magic Network of Knowledge, it is still gathering dust on the side.
The fourth is to design a magic circle for communication platform from scratch, and it must be carefully considered, otherwise the person who obtains the magic circle can completely use the magic circle to influence, destroy or even control the platform itself through reverse operations. .
This is also the most difficult step in the whole process. Only the Mage Guild itself, with its many magicians, can have stable manpower to guard the platform to prevent damage.
A ready-made example is that even the royal family of the Keynesian Empire could not afford a communication network that could communicate across the country, and only deployed an intellectual magic network in five provinces near the royal capital.
After all, magicians are hard to find, and if you want to operate the platform developed by the Intellectual Magic Network, you must have magic power.
Not to mention the simple version of the Intellectual Magic Network purchased by Raven, which can barely cover from the Eagle Territory to Meng En City, and is less than one-third of the entire Nord province. The market size Too small; even if it could cover the entire Nord province, he would still have to be able to find so many magicians!
But what Monroe didn't know was that Raven's mind contained a soul from another world.
Many concepts that other magicians cannot understand are very clear to Raven.
The Intelligent Magic Network is the server, the platform is the network, and the terminal array is the mobile phone or computer.
Therefore, in Monroe's eyes, the third and fourth steps that Raven has been stuck in for a long time are not insurmountable difficulties.
Building your own platform is ultimately a kind of programming.
This is what Raven did in his previous life!
Having been stuck in the past for thousands of years, in Raven's eyes, the language used in the Intellectual Magic Web is actually quite crude, with many redundant and useless designs.
After becoming familiar with the rules, it only took Raven 23 days to build a platform that could run smoothly.
Raven named it "Skyhawk".
In this process, December passed and time came to January 1196 of the Bright Calendar.
As for the fourth step, it is completed even earlier than the third step.
The opportunity actually lies with Petty.
She awakened and became an alchemist. Although she has magic power, she cannot draw the magic circle independently, and the dark blue platform can allow an alchemist to gain a lot of knowledge.
Therefore, Raven specially designed a portable enchanting prop, which has similar specifications to the laptop computer in the previous life.
Raven didn't bother to give it a name, but Petty called it the "Book of Magic."
The Book of Magic uses foggy iron as its main frame, and the magic circle that communicates with the Deep Blue Platform is engraved on it. Combined with the magic crystal, it allows even people without magic power to use the platform.
With just a few changes, this portable prop can be connected to the Skyhawk platform.
Due to the structural design of the Book of Magic, if you want to reverse invade through the magic circle above, you must destroy it. After it is destroyed, the magic circle will naturally lose its effectiveness.
Theoretically speaking, Raven only needs to ensure that the original design of the magic circle is not leaked, and there is no need to worry about destruction by other magicians.
So in the next few days, Raven taught Petty how to operate the Intellectual Magic Network, and asked Petty to help write detailed information about various goods on the Skyhawk platform.
At the same time, Raven also placed an order with the blacksmithing factory and gave him a drawing of the Magic Book.
As long as the drawings are accurate, the gray dwarves can do the two steps of shaping and construction very well. Only the last step of offering the demon needs to be completed by Raven himself.
This is also the common method used by most families that produce enchanted equipment - after all, hundreds or thousands of pieces are shipped every year, and it would be exhausting to rely on magicians for all the processes.
Since the quantity was not very large, it only took the blacksmithing factory two days to complete the production of the first batch of 120 magic books. 46 of them could not be enchanted due to insufficient enchantment patterns, and the yield rate was 62 %about.
For the first forging, it is very good, and there is room for further improvement in the future.
And those 74 finished products that could be enchanted were processed by Raven, and 58 magic books were born, which were immediately taken by Simon and distributed to every member of the Merchant Alliance for free.
Each of the 12 noble families in Xuefeng County was assigned 2 units, a total of 24 units.
For the remaining 34 units, Raven sent them to Munn City for Denise to distribute.
Leaven has great ambitions.
The "Sky Eagle Platform" built this time is not only to integrate trade information, but also to become a social, leisure and entertainment platform.
Therefore, it not only has trading functions, but also communication and chat sections, and the points system of the business alliance has also been added.
By consuming points, you can obtain some entertainment resources on the platform.
As for the entertainment resources - the bard Rocco gave Raven a very good inspiration, and now he is putting it into practice.
"Lord of Mysteries", serialized!
As for the effect, we can only wait and see later.
Because there was a new harvest in Raven's territory.
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(End of this chapter)