Chapter 824 825. About Hex
Captain Geroin, who was sitting in the captain's room, couldn't calm down for a long time. He was not from the Expeditionary Army artillery regiment, and his understanding of magic cannons was limited to those things on paper, but he was still very clear about how powerful that thing was.
The Temple Expeditionary Force spent a lot of money to be able to purchase these magic weapons from the Dwarf Kingdom.
But those stingy dwarves didn't want to sell the magic cannons they had in their hands.
The reason is also very simple, the magic cannon is a non-renewable resource.
Why did magic weapons like magic cannons become non-renewable resources? It is mainly because magic cannons are products of Hex technology. These magic cannons are powerful magic weapons created by goblin inventors during the period of the goblin civilization.
After that the goblins were not satisfied with creating magic puppets, they began to collect the divine nature of the fallen gods to create Titans...
The initial Titans were only as powerful as demigods. Later, after repeated optimization and upgrading, the Titan's strength gradually approached the low-level gods. This obviously blasphemous act caused the goblins to suffer a catastrophe.
The decline of goblin civilization indicates the end of the Hex technology era.
People gradually forgot Hex Technology. Only dwarves who are good at digging find a clue from ancient ruins. They also began to inherit the products that appeared after the collision of technology and magic...
For example, magic sabers, gnome sabers, magic guns, floating devices, magic cannons, dimensional space folding doors, etc.
Among these Hex technologies, magic sabers, dwarf sabers, and floating devices are renewable resources, because dwarves and magicians have mastered the core knowledge of these technological products, and they can be manufactured at any time if they need them.
But no great magician can reproduce the advanced Hex technology such as magic cannon and dimensional space folding door. It is a thing that damages one by one.
The elders in the Dwarf Kingdom regard these magical and technological products as treasures...
Even if the Archbishop of the Temple of Liberty personally wrote a letter to the Dwarf King, he only received twelve magic cannons at that time.
Commander Geroin, who was sitting on the chair, said with a sigh: "Boss O'Casey, the Supreme Commander of the Temple Expeditionary Force of the Green Empire, borrowed magic cannons from King Tanton of the Dwarf Empire. They probably knew that anything that was lent to the Temple of Liberty would probably not come back, so they were only willing to lend ten magic cannons to the Temple Expeditionary Force." "These magic cannons are pure goblin technology, and the dwarves have not been able to replicate it yet. The dwarves are very magic cannons, but they didn't expect... in the end, they made these gray dwarves get a bargain." Roy asked curiously: "You mean the dwarves of the Tanton Kingdom gave these magic cannons to the gray dwarves?"
"How is that possible!" Commander Geroin waved his hands repeatedly.
Then he said: "The dwarves have mastered the core technology of the floating device, and after so many years of continuous improvement, the floating device has better stability and energy saving, so magic airships can be seen almost everywhere in the Green Empire..."
"But the Dwarves have not been able to fully master the core technology of the magic cannons. Several key magic pattern magic array drawings are missing, making the magic cannons they made very unstable. Only magic cannons left over from the Goblin era can be considered real magic cannons."
"The dwarves cherish these magic cannons very much, but they will not lend them easily."
"I guess they stole so many magic cannons from these gray dwarves." "The gray dwarves are famous robbers and thieves among the dwarves." "If the Expeditionary Force had so many magic cannons, the expedition would probably have gone further." Commander Geroin said with regret.
"You mean these magic cannons are very valuable?"
"Well, I can say very responsibly that the value of these magic cannons is immeasurable!"
Roy heard Jeroin say this and suddenly became energetic. He had no intention of continuing to sit in the captain's room, but ran out of the ship building and directly re-entered into the warehouse under the deck, allowing the mixed-blooded elf guard guard in the warehouse to open the wooden box again.
As the four-meter-long box lid was opened again, Roy couldn't wait to lift the grease paper stuck to the cannon barrel, and the magic cannon barrel hidden inside entered Roy's sight again.
The dark cannon body was shining with a metallic luster, and the complex gilded pattern on the entire cannon finally had a little magical fluctuation under Roy's gaze.
Roy thinks this may also be about his psychological effect...
Roy was stunned after circling the wooden box.
He found that the barrel with a diameter of 30 cm was actually the inner diameter of the barrel. This means that the shells shot out by this thing were only as big as the little fingernail, and it was impossible to fire continuously.
Roy was a little confused. If this was the case, then how powerful could this thing be?
And judging from the thickness of the wooden box and the support frames set up in many places inside the wooden box, this thing should be very heavy. Roy touched the cannon body with his hand, and it was cold. The power of the holy light transmitted from his fingers instantly sank to the sea.
I just feel that the magic cannon is like a huge, extremely dry sponge, and the trace of holy light power flowing out of the index finger is like a drop of water.
In an instant, he disappeared so much that he couldn't even find the traces...
"Have you searched for the cabin below? Have you seen any other parts?"
Roy asked the hybrid elf guard with some reluctance. "Boss, I've searched all of them, only this type of wooden box! This and the second floor are full, and there is a closed cabin below." The hybrid elf guard replied honestly.
"Boss, why don't we open all these boxes and check them again?"
"Forget it, let's do it!"
Roy waved his hand and said.
He knew how heavy this thing was. It was definitely not easy to open all the wooden boxes equipped with magic cannons. Once it was not handled properly when sealing, it would be even more troublesome if this thing was rusted...
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By noon, six three-masted sailboats had arrived near Captain Relf's private pier.
Two of the three-masted sailboats were recruited according to Roy's instructions to recruit two three-masted sailboats anchored on the island of Prestton.
The gray dwarves in the town were caught and fleeing, so naturally no gray dwarves dared to stand up and protest at this time...
Due to the limited fleet capacity, the captured gray dwarves could not be brought back and arranged on the ship, so they could only stay at the dock on the island of Presterton and sent a team of mixed-race elves to stare at it.
The walrus boss knew that Roy needed to repair two old ships in the secret haven here, so he specially transported some materials from the port. The only thing missing was the three main masts that were dropped. There was really no such thing on the island of Plesteton...
In the past half a day, the cave gate of the secret haven was opened for nearly three meters, but it may take at least two days to fully open the gate.
Miss Tiffany, Jiezena and Oliv swam in through the gap after the cave gate opened.
The three of them swam in the cave for a few laps, then surfaced and climbed onto the pier silently.
Roy waited on the dock and asked them: "How is the situation at the bottom of the sea?" "It's all the bones of some Naga Sea tribes. It's been too long, and many of the bones are broken into pieces." Tiffany twisted his long wet hair and shook the water on his body. The cave was still quite cold.
Roy didn't say anything, it was almost the same as what he guessed.
"How is the situation in the town?"
"The entire town was overturned by the guards. As for those gray dwarves, they should catch them and run away. The environment on the island is not realistic. It is not realistic to chase them..."
"How many gray dwarves have you caught?"
"There are about 500 people, and they die a little more, and they escape more!"
Jie Zena finished speaking and added:
"Almost all the gray dwarves in the whole town participated in the slave trade."
Roy nodded. He knew the group of mixed-blood elves he brought out.
What this group of mixed-blood elves hates most is slave traders. If these gray dwarves on the island can surrender, it would be better if they resist. Once they resist when they encounter elves, they will definitely die or be injured...
"Have you found the treasure?" Miss Tiffany asked Roy.
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Roy pointed to the two old ships docked on the dock and said, "It's the supplies on the two ships. I'm going to repair all of these two ships and take them away together."
The light in the cave was a little dim, and the two rows of lampposts on the dock were all lit up, which could not illuminate the entire belly of the mountain.
Miss Tiffany took out a towel and wiped her hair with her head tilted.
After she got ashore, she turned into an elf...
"What are you going to deal with this island?" Miss Tiffany asked Roy.
Roy shook his head, he had made up his mind to give up Presterton Island. "The environment here is so bad. The fog on the island can induce body mutations. I plan to give up here."
Miss Tiffany breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, you really don't care about this lost sea!"
Roy said in confusion: "The environment here is so bad, why should I care about it? Isn't it better to do it with all my strength now?"
Miss Tiffany pulled out a chart from her wet magical waist bag. She spread the chart with one hand and pointed to a route above and said to Roy: "This is about twenty days away from Queen Evanni Islands. It is an excellent supply point for the Elf Continent to the Roland Continent. If you want to open a route to the Roland Continent, from the Koi Islands to the Lost Sea, and then to the Camboli Islands... It would be nice to walk this line."
Roy's eyes were a little dull. He had never thought about crossing the Endless Sea. After all, the Naga Sea tribe in the Endless Sea is extremely powerful...
"If we set out from Que Island, how long will it take to arrive at the Roland Continent?"
Roy also asked the imperial merchant Darwin.
Although Darwin did not tell him clearly the route from the Elf Continent to the Roland Continent, they have worked together so many times, and he probably knows a little about the route.
The fleet of this group of imperial merchants almost does not cross the endless sea. They head north along the west coast of the Elf Continent. After reaching the border of the Ice Sea, they will head west along the edge of the floating ice area of the Ice Sea. They first arrive at the Dwarf Kingdom, and then sail westward to the Star Harbor in Sloyd Province...
This route by Miss Tiffany's fingers is usually a dangerous route that slave traders who are not afraid of death will occasionally choose.
"If you can catch up with the monsoon blowing from the frozen sea and it will be very smooth along the way, it will take about thirty months."
Roy smacked his tongue. It would take at least five years to sail from Roland to the Elf Continent... It's really far!
Six three-masted sailboats all entered the outside waters of the haven.
In the evening, the cave gate opened for seven meters, and the bottom of the gate was already leaving the sea.
A stream of surging mist continued to flow into the mountain belly along the gaps that stood against the sea.
Roy also took a small wooden boat to emerge from the cave gate. The sea outside was indeed the sea area surrounded by mountains on three sides I had explored before.
However, when the small wooden boat entered this sea area, Roy and the others did not find this gate due to the heavy fog on the sea.
Now he came out from inside in a small wooden boat and saw clearly the location of the door.
Six three-masted sailboats docked on the sea not far away, and only some blurred outlines were seen.
As the wooden boat leaned against the three-masted sailboat, Roy climbed the grid ladder to the deck of the three-masted sailboat.
There are a lot of shackles piled up near the deck of the bow, and some mixed-blood elves guards are replacing the cables on the deck, and everyone is working in an orderly manner.
Some hybrid elves guards saw Roy boarding the ship and saluted Roy...
There were also some elves slaves on the deck. They were lined up in a long queue, waiting for the hybrid elves guards to remove the slave collar on their necks. They noticed the abnormal movements of the hybrid elves guards, and they turned their eyes to Roy...
Wandy was also among the elves slaves. The slave collar on her body was untied early, and she was maintaining order on the deck.
Seeing Roy boarding the ship, Wendy saluted Roy like other hybrid elves guards.
These elf slaves seemed to have taken a shower and ate some food, and were in good spirits.
Roy came to the front of the ship building and saw two priests purifying the disease on the elves slaves in the cabin near the door on the first floor of the ship building. He greeted them and came to the captain's room on the second floor.
Captain Rodhart immediately stood up from the sofa in the lounge area and saluted Roy.
"Why are you here?"
"Boss, I'm now responsible for driving this new ship," Rodhart replied.
Roy asked him, "How many elves are there in this ship that have been rescued?"
Rodhart replied without hesitation, "One, two hundred and seventy-five elves."
"How could there be so many? Is the cabin enough?" Roy asked.
"You can still live with me after squeezing."
Captain Rodhart replied with a sniff.
(This chapter ends)