Chapter 101 Possible conspiracy
From hell? Why do you say that?
Ska's face showed obvious confusion, and Vika saw this and stopped talking, but began to explain in detail.
“The achievement of Iron Guard is not unique to Gond. Strictly speaking, we are just standing on the shoulders of others and constantly upgrading and innovating.”
“The original design of these mechanical monsters The idea came from a newly promoted Zonggui in Shangcheng District. It can be said that without him, there would be no Iron Guard.”
"His name is Enver Gotash. This young man suddenly came to us two years ago and proposed to cooperate with all Gond believers to jointly develop a weapon that can protect Baldur's Gate from any threat. "We didn't know much about him before, so not many people responded to his call at first, but he didn't give up. He came almost every day during that time. With such persistence, some Gond believers were finally willing to listen to his plan."
"When he took out the draft of the Iron Guard, I was deeply shocked by the unparalleled design. And Gotash's impassioned speech also successfully inspired the passion in our hearts, and the bright future he described to us made our hearts even more excited."
"Gotash also claimed that he had solved the problem. Regarding the issue of power and energy, in order to prove that what he said was true, he even brought a power engine design draft he drew. In this case, many people were moved by his sincerity and chose to trust and join his Iron Guard. Construction plan.”
“I was one of these people at the time. In fact, I was almost the first Gond believer to devote their energy to the Iron Guardian project. At that time, we all believed that this plan would bring great success. To give the world a better tomorrow, we have devoted almost all our enthusiasm to this in the past two years. ”
"As time went by, more and more Gond believers chose to join this secret plan. Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction, but I noticed something was wrong in the process."
Vika picked up the water glass and took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued.
“Gortash relied on that first draft to gain our trust, but in the subsequent invention and creation process, we could never reach the metal parameters he set in the design draft, so At the beginning, almost all of the prototypes we made failed. They either failed to drive at all, or they exploded after running for a few seconds. "But there is actually no problem with Gotash's design. He invented it. The Iron Engine completely abandoned Karin's broken magic crystal as a source of power, and instead boldly used the heart of the lava magic bat with flame amber, plus a certain amount of smoke powder and some unknown concoction. A new type of fuel, and using this new type of fuel as the main source of power."
"This fuel can burn for a very long time, and can also generate extremely high heat during the combustion process, as long as it is used. Adding it to a specially-made engine can drive the operation of the entire Iron Guard through the levers, gears and steam inside, as well as a series of exquisite mechanisms.”
"Only a small jar can sustain activity for half a day, and the main materials used to make it are very cheap, at least much cheaper than Carlin's broken magic crystal."
At this time, Vika shook his head. , said with some distress.
“But the heat of this fuel is too high, and deflagration will occasionally occur. Even our refined steel cannot withstand this level of violent reaction. Although the Steel Guard at that time could barely move, once the driving time For more than ten minutes, not to mention the engine, even the cab may be directly melted, which has no practical significance at all.”
“At that time, we all thought that this plan was destined to fail, even if we reluctantly continued. It is impossible to achieve the original vision, and arming Baldur's Gate with steel is destined to be just a wild dream."
"But at this moment, Gortash suddenly declared that his miners in Cloak Forest. A new type of ore has been excavated, which can withstand extremely high heat and can perfectly solve our current problems. ”
Speaking of this, Vika frowned. Since the disappearance of Lantan Island, Baldur's Gate has become the largest gathering place for Gond believers in the world of Toril. He is now gathering in the Hall of Supreme Miracles. I don’t know how much precious knowledge there is.
Some were brought from Lantan Island before it disappeared, but more of them were discovered from scratch by Gond believers in this century. As the general person in charge of the Hall of Supreme Miracles, he had been reading these documents all his life, so when Gotash took out the ores, he instinctively felt that they looked familiar.
However, the long-term difficulty was overcome, and the joy that came with it diluted his slight doubts. Vika only thought it was Gond who took pity on the believers and allowed them to stay. Treasures are discovered in times of difficulty.
“At first I thought it was just good luck, so I didn’t worry too much. However, just three months ago, when we had just broken through the Iron Guard to the fourth generation machine, something unexpected happened.”< br>
Vika faced Scar seriously, and then spoke.
“Gifford, who first set out for Cloak Forest five months ago to assist Gotash in exploring whether new mineral resources were rich, suddenly lost contact completely.”
“He had already lost contact when he lost contact. It was three months ago. We all thought that Jiff was probably in danger on the road and might have died unfortunately. So in order to prevent the same tragedy from happening again, we hired a whole team of explorers for the newly departed prospector Lusa. The adventurers coordinated the escort."
"But just a few weeks ago, we received news of the death of that group of adventurers. They died on the road to Cloak Forest, and Lusa's life and death were unknown."< br>
Alas——
Vika sighed helplessly, and then continued after a moment of relief.
“Although we all know that the Cloak Forest is very dangerous, there are rumors that the shadow druids living there have recently begun to be active again. These things are probably their fault, but a series of The two defeats made me think more, is there any other conspiracy behind this matter?"
"So from that day on, I quit the research and development of the fifth-generation Iron Guard, taking two of them with me. The apprentice returned to the Hall of Supreme Miracles, and while searching for information on related ores, he secretly sent people to collect information about Gotash. "
"I originally thought that Gotash might have been blinded by profit, and thought that we were. They wanted to intervene or even rob this mine, so they repeatedly obstructed our investigators and even resorted to killing people to stop us, but later I discovered that the situation might be even worse than that."
"According to the information I have searched, he is not only a rich noble, but also a powerful politician. Enver Gortash can be said to have been in Baldur's Gate in recent years. He is very popular in high-end circles, and his full name is now Viscount Gotache."
"But the most surprising thing is that, according to the intelligence I collected, he suddenly started to rise to prominence in Baldur's Gate more than ten years ago."
"At that time, he was just a He is a nobody, but just based on his current achievements, we can understand how fast this guy has risen. It can be said to be frighteningly fast."
"I personally have no prejudice against Zonggui, but I don't know how fast this guy has risen. You can understand with your toes that this kind of guy who can climb from an ordinary person to a viscount in more than ten years is definitely not a good man, at least he is definitely not as harmless as he has always shown."
" It is precisely because of this experience that I am more and more suspicious of him, but no matter how strong the suspicion is, it can only be suspicion. Without evidence, I cannot force out his true appearance, and I also have a fluke in my heart. . ”
“I thought that if it was really his hand, then Jifu and Lusa might still be alive somewhere now, and if they are really still alive, then Ming Ge Tash may still be able to find his way back. A genius like him shouldn't ruin his future in the darkness."
"But... I was too naive. Only now did I realize that things were far from as simple as I thought."
(End of Chapter)