The poisonous web evil spider lost the magical support of Ikasis and was soon forced to return to the divine realm. After receiving Claferrig's 'amnesty', Ikasis did not dare to neglect and could only return to the God Queen in embarrassment. Reporting, in fact, Ikasis felt that it was superfluous for her to go back and report. After the Poisonous Web Evil Spider returned to the divine realm, the Spider God Queen would naturally learn all the news from her attendants. The only thing she could do was to pray and do her best. Please do your best to please God and forgive yourself for this failure.
At the last moment before leaving, Ikasis looked at the two ordinary humans standing next to the dragon with uneasy and doubtful eyes. Gus, who was using an exaggerated giant sword, and Gus, who had seven scars on his chest. Kenjiro!
It's incredible that the proud dragons can talk to humans so casually!
After it was confirmed that Ikasis had left, Claferrig also began to deal with the aftermath with Gus and Kenjiro. This time, in addition to taking the originally planned escapees to the Yanold Mountains, there were four unexpected outside guests. The dark elves Kraferig are no strangers. In ancient times, these elves followed the Spider Queen Rose and lived in seclusion in the dark underground world. They were cunning, insidious, vicious, and took pleasure in causing pain to others. The most important thing is that in the teachings of the Spider God Queen, frame-up, murder, and conspiracy are a matter of course.
Under the distortion of this terrible doctrine, the dark elves believe in the creed that if it is not discovered, it is not a crime. When launching conspiracies and betrayals, they do it cleanly and without being noticed by others. Not only will they not be punished, but they will also be recognized. They can only be recognized by others. You will be punished if you find out!
Because of this terrible custom, the dark elves have an extremely bad reputation throughout the continent. It can be said that the four words "dark elf" are synonymous with perfidy.
After listening to Claferrig's brief narration, both Kenjiro, who hates evil, and Gus, who has worked as a mercenary in a career where the blade is full of blood, both agreed that this race is simply crazy.
On the battlefield┉┉
Everyone was frozen in the ice crystal. Kraferrig gave Guts and Kenjiro some supplies and then transformed into a white dragon again. He took the four dark elves back to the Yanold Mountains first, and Miria was the one who remained. Together with the people from the Kingdom of Saxony, after the Saxony royal family reached a secret deal, the old King Rodland quickly arranged for Prince Rost to be responsible for recruiting the most loyal soldiers from the Royal Guards to form a new army. The Kingdom of Saxony will never recognize the existence of its army, and this army will be specifically responsible for matters with the ancient gods of the Yanold Mountains, and now Miria is leading this newly formed army to come here.
A few days ago, the Saxon royal family suddenly received a mission request from Miss Miria, the ancient god's special envoy. Since it was a newly formed army and it was the first time to perform such a guidance mission, Prince Rost disguised himself and decided to follow Miria. Ya personally directed this operation. This team, which currently only has more than 300 people, together with the carriage used for escort, is marching through the snow towards its intended destination.
Along the way, the team moved forward vigilantly and tried their best to avoid hunters and travelers they might encounter. Although they were informed in advance when they arrived at the fighting area, many soldiers were still stunned by the scene in front of them. The ground seemed to be covered by As if a miraculous magic had been cast, the entire wide area was frozen in white ice crystals, and the icicles that seemed to grow out of the white land made the scene very strange. When the team When approaching these icicles, these well-trained soldiers suddenly shuddered at the scene in front of them. There is a person imprisoned in each icicle, and the expressions on their faces can be vaguely frozen in the last moment.
Miria and Gus, who were resting in the open space, greeted Kenjiro, then discussed with Prince Rost and immediately arranged for soldiers to carry the icicles to the carriage. The total number of people killed and injured by the spiders was only a little over a hundred. Since the carriage did not take into account the weight of each icicle, Miria could only ask the Kingdom of Saxony to transport the escapees back first. For these mercenaries It will be transported next time. Anyway, they were frozen in the icicles and ran.
It is also very simple to identify the identities of the people frozen in the icicles. The elves, dwarves and those wearing shabby and thin clothes are the escapees, while the remaining ones wearing leather armor are mercenaries.
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Saxony were working silently, and Prince Rost was in charge of command. These carefully selected loyal soldiers, even if the sight before them surprised and confused them, no one asked any unnecessary questions. Everyone knew that this was an order and only needed to be responsible for executing it.
Since it took some time, Miriya also took this opportunity to ask Gus and Kenjiro about the situation this time.
Dark-skinned elf! A huge spider that can spray venom┉┉Three weird barbarian warriors, their plan to capture the fugitives is actually to kill someone with a borrowed knife!
After listening to Gus's story, Miria probably understood the cause of the matter. When she heard that the White Dragon Guard Chief Claferig told Ikaisis the news about Yalin, Miria was a little confused. Yalin Master Lin was unable to leave the Yanold Mountains due to some unknown force. He had been building the city of Ulduar in an extremely low-key manner, and did not want news about the Yanold Mountains and himself to spread.
After all, Claferig is also the captain of the guard who is deeply trusted by Lord Yalin, and he must have received Lord Yalin's approval for telling this information.
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In the royal capital of Saxony.
As the special envoy of the "Ancient God" in the Yanold Mountains, Miria temporarily went out with the Saxon army to deal with the aftermath of the escapees, while two other envoys were left in the royal capital, the Golden Saint Albafica With Manigault. During the period when Miria was gone, the relatively meticulous Japafica of the two Golden Saints helped handle the details of food transportation, while Manigault, who was carefree and a bit like a big child, was idle. He couldn't help but go shopping, and he was accompanied by two brothers, the alchemists Edward and Alphonse.
Edward has finished reading all the books he brought with him before traveling. The remaining ones need to be returned to Ulduar City to conduct some experiments before he can draw conclusions. Now the two brothers have nothing to do, and the children's temperament naturally makes them unable to sneak away. out. Of course, they met Manigault, who had a childish nature, on the way, and the three of them simply walked together.
"Are some crops that I have never seen before, unique to this world?" In the shop in the royal capital, Edward was looking down at a red and blue fruit about the size of a fist placed on the stall.
"Buy some and try it. It looks delicious." Manigault also said with interest.
"Delicious?" Edward showed an embarrassed face: "No matter how I look at it, I feel that fruit with this color is definitely poisonous."
A few minutes later, Little Bean Edward was already walking and eating the poisonous fruit he just mentioned. This red and blue fruit tastes very soft, is not very watery, and has a taste similar to peaches but relatively sweeter. Alphonse next to Edward was holding a lot of things, most of which were various kinds of food. Manigault also looked like he was enjoying the meal. Anyway, he had prepared a lot of travel expenses before the trip. When they first arrived at the town of Bellica on the border, everyone exchanged some gold bars for the currency commonly used on the mainland. 'currency.
Along the way, Edward's mechanical armored arms and Alphonse's full-body armor attracted a lot of attention. Occasionally, he would encounter guards interrogating the three of them. Fortunately, Manigault had a special envoy certificate issued by the Saxon royal family, which saved him a lot of trouble. trouble.
I saw a lot of interesting things while shopping, and Edward did not forget his job. Before setting off, His Excellency Yalin asked himself and Alphonse to do some research on the production capacity in the Kingdom of Saxony. The simplest way is to check the prices of the goods on the market. The quantity and variety can roughly reflect the size of a country's production capacity.
"The main foods are potatoes, winter wheat and several unknown cold-resistant crops. Most of the fruits and vegetables need to be imported from other countries." Edward recorded with a pen while reading.
"The yield of potatoes and wheat doesn't seem to be very high, brother." Alphonse held a large and a small potato in each hand. The large potatoes were regular in shape, while the small ones were crooked and ugly.
"Maybe the land is too poor."
Potatoes are a high-yielding crop known as a 'disaster-resistant weapon'. Potatoes are cold-tolerant and drought-resistant and have high adaptability and low requirements for planting conditions. In Yalin's original world, it was the third most important food crop in the world, second only to wheat and corn. In ancient times, it was also an important crop that ensured a country's food source.
Usually when a time traveler travels to another world or ancient times and discovers a kingdom in the midst of famine and disaster, the protagonist will show off his power and immediately promote potato cultivation. In a few years, the famine will be eliminated and there may even be food surplus. Of course, this These are all unscientific phenomena that only appear in novels. In fact, high potato yield depends on the fertility of the land. The country where Yalin lives in can produce about 35 tons of potatoes per hectare, but in ancient times when technology was relatively backward and there were no chemical fertilizers, it would have been impossible to achieve this high yield.
The Kingdom of Saxony belongs to the magical world. Even with the help of magic, each hectare of land here can produce about 10 tons of potatoes, which is more than three times the yield in the world of Yalin. However, the yield of 10 tons per hectare is already quite high for the Kingdom of Saxony. In barren and colder places, potato yields are even lower, not to mention the more delicate wheat.
However, potatoes, which seem to be easy to grow, still have one of the most troublesome problems, which is the phenomenon of degeneration. The so-called degeneration phenomenon is that potatoes will accumulate viruses in the body when they reproduce asexually. These viruses will infect the branches and leaves and hinder the growth of potatoes, eventually causing a reduction in yield. As the number of plantings increases, more and more viruses will accumulate. The yield of potatoes can indeed be very high when planted for the first time, but after planting several times in a row, the yield will be so low that it makes people cry without tears. Modern society can restore the normal yield of potatoes through detoxification treatment through artificial biotechnology. In ancient times, without this technology, we had to find new seeds.
Many farms have been built in the Rialin of Ulduar City to plant high-yield potatoes. The farms established through the summoning system have always maintained extremely high yields, and they have grown several times quickly to achieve twice a year. The problem of poisoning is not a problem. Although there is no detoxification technology, Yalin can continuously exchange energy for new potato seeds through the summoning system. Recently, the cultivation of potatoes and many high-yielding crops has been gradually promoted to the habitat of the high elves through Tochi. .
After buying some food, the two Elric brothers and Manigault continued to wander around. The notebook Edward used to record more and more things he saw and heard about the capital of Saxony.