The high-power magic crystal lamp illuminates the vast cave as bright as day, and the sounds of mixers, hoists, and various magic matrices are intertwined. Busily walking between the support frames, the construction site of the South Gate Fortress was busy.
Gawain, Hetty, and Amber came to the former shadow experiment site. In the center of the cave, they found Gordon, the person in charge.
"Lord, the supporting structure and the bottom surface of the foundation have been laid, the construction progress of the main wall is more than halfway, and the southern gate, wall, outer wall armor, and extended firepower platform are 60% complete," Gordon reported on the fortress The construction situation, "The military depot and the energy station have been put into use. As of yesterday, this place has initially possessed defensive capabilities."
"Not bad, well done." Gawain looked at the progress made by the engineering team led by Gordon with satisfaction. He saw that the workers were strengthening the wall at the boundary of the cave, and between the southern gate and the inner cave, An additional layer of cement-steel armor has begun to take shape. A huge supporting frame is stretched across the cave. The lifting device driven by the magic energy engine is fixed on the top of the frame. The winch pulls the cable and is lifting the huge cargo pallet to the fortress. On the second floor, and around each cargo pallet, you can see the faint rune radiance, that is, the weight reduction rune matrix is taking effect.
At this stage, weight reduction is still a spell that has not been fully analyzed. Runemasters have not yet solved the problem of interference when several weight reduction effects are applied to a target at the same time, so it is difficult to use on larger-scale objects (such as large vehicles), but when dealing with smaller volumes of materials, weight reduction has always been a sharp tool for handling.
At the edge of the cave, technicians carrying magic terminals can also be seen quickly adjusting the rock wall with the "fossil to mud" and "turn mud to stone" techniques to prepare for the subsequent installation of wall cladding. Another engineering team at the office is embedding the magic net unit on the installed wall cladding. The flash of the plasma welding beam (hot-melt welding torch) is shining non-stop, showing the efficiency of each team and coordination ability.
Treating extraordinary power as productivity, rather than simply a "weapon used by the strong to fight", brings about this incredible efficiency.
Of course, Gordon's proper command is also an important factor for the rapid progress of the project.
Gawain retracted his gaze, looked at the circular pit on the ground in the center of the cave, looked at the ancient and mysterious array of runes at the bottom of the pit, and the ancient devices arranged in a circle, and asked casually: "How close is this shadow portal?" Any unusual reactions?"
Gordon shook his head: "No, we have set up magic sensing devices around, and there is no sign of activation of this magic door."
"Very good," Gawain nodded, and then looked at the brand-new gate at the end of the cave, "Open the gate, I'm going to the advance base to have a look."
"It's opening the gate!!"
The rune array hummed, the gears and winch head creaked at the same time, the chain and bearings made of steel pulled the heavy steel gate, accompanied by a shock that even the ground trembled slightly, the South Gate Fortress The floodgate slowly opened in front of Gao Wen...
If you want to go to the border of the wasteland to start the wall repair project, you must first open a road from the civilized world to the wasteland, and this road blocks the entire Black Forest, which humans have not set foot in for hundreds of years.
After deciding to build the wall, Gawain considered two options to open up the road. One option was to pass through the mountains directly from the South Gate Fortress, and then build an advance base in front of the fort, open a road violently in the Black Forest, and build a straight road. The road leading to the wasteland; the second plan is to bypass the entire rebellious fortress, go out from the mountain pass on the west side of Cecil City, and finally build a road through the Black Forest.
The first plan is obviously more time-saving and labor-saving, but the second plan is to keep the secrets of the rebellious fortress and the south gate fortress. He doesn't want too many outsiders to know that Cecil holds such a special portal and such a complete ancient fortress. Although there are many rumors about "Duke Cecil holds the relic of Gondor in his hands", there are really too many secrets in the rebellious fortress.
But now Gao Wen still chooses the first plan, because he has already determined that neither the royal family nor the Eastern Territory will send people to participate in the project. They want to preserve their strength and continue to fight. The entire project is under his control.
Let a bunch of noble overseers and slave artisans from the north mix in, they will only hinder Cecil's engineering team.
Due to the convenient element manipulation spells, laying a simple road is not a difficult task in this world. From the South Gate Fortress to the border of the Black Forest, a wide road temporarily hardened by the "Turn Mud to Stone" has already connected the Rebellious Fortress and Proceeding to the base, shortly after setting off by car, Gawain saw the towering magic net relay tower and the temporary base built by the "Pathbreaker" rising from the smoke.
More than a dozen large and small board-style houses were built on the edge of the Black Forest, and the outer perimeter of the houses was a protective barrier made of a mixture of wooden fences, steel wire fences, chest-length low walls and sentry towers. The sentry tower was watching the direction of the Black Forest vigilantly, and in front of the gate of the base entrance stood two strong white knights like iron towers.
Just as Gao Wen had emphasized before, there was danger everywhere beyond the borders of civilization, and this forward base marching towards the wasteland naturally needed to be heavily guarded.
"pay tribute!!"
The two white knights noticed Gawain sitting in the car, and they immediately stood up straight. A thick and powerful voice came from under the fully covered steel helmet, and the gate of the base opened to both sides. The guide vehicle drove smoothly into the advance base.
After getting out of the car, Gao Wen saw a burly figure walking towards him quickly.
Wright Aviken, leader of the White Knights and Protestant Patriarch.
The pastor, who has become a "big man", did not stay in his church, but asked to come to the front after hearing that he was going to march into the wasteland, where he commanded the guards of the "Pathbreakers" . Since the White Knight was good at taking on the job of guarding, and the power of the Holy Light had the convenience of curing pollution and expelling monsters, Gawain agreed to his application.
Behind Wright, Gawain saw several special figures
That was Sonia Frostleaf and the elf messengers she brought.
These elves are obviously very concerned about repairing the barrier. Although the bustling and novel Cecil City has indeed aroused their great curiosity and interest, they are still more concerned about the progress of the project in the southern part of the Dark Mountains. These days, Sonia and her His companions only spent one-third of their time in Cecil City, and spent almost all of the rest of their time on the Black Forest side.
"Let me check the progress," Gawain greeted Wright first, and then looked at Sonia, "Are you here again today?"
"Looking at the progress of the project will make us more at ease," Sonia smiled, and said calmly, "and not staying in the city can also prevent some embarrassing... mother-child conflicts."
What Sonia said was obviously a joke. In fact, the relationship between her and Solderin was pretty good in Gawain's opinion, but Gawain still somewhat understood the entanglement of the elf mother after seeing Solderin. state of mind
In all fairness, if he also had a son who didn’t come home for seven hundred years, didn’t have a date, didn’t write letters, was bald and wore wigs and liked women’s clothing…
Halfway through thinking about it, he didn't dare to assume anymore.
He thought he might choose to lie back in the coffin and have someone help him put the lid on.
"...As you can see, we are doing our best to speed up the road paving, trying to get through the road to the Corrupted Plains before the Harvest Festival." No big accident, the project can be completed on schedule.”
"We saw this and it made me feel more at ease," Sonia exhaled softly, "Frankly speaking, I didn't even think that you would be able to go so fast, and you would have already started in such a short period of time." The road was paved in the Black Forest. I can see how much manpower and material resources you have invested in this. But looking at your royal family, they have not yet sent the first batch of supplies! To put it bluntly, they are also from Ansu , how can your efficiency be so different?"
"Not everyone can turn magic into productivity," Gawain shook his head helplessly, "what's more, the nobles in the north may not all realize how terrible the threat of the wasteland is. It may still be a vivid thing for elves, but for humans... that is an ancient legend decades ago."
It was not the first time for Sonia to deal with human beings. Of course, she knew that what Gao Wen said was reasonable, so she didn't say much. Instead, she looked in the direction of the Dark Mountains and the South Gate Fortress, and sighed leisurely: "A fortress in the ancient Gondor period... Seven hundred years ago, I heard that the Northern Exploration Army discovered an ancient ruin in the process of crossing the dark mountains, but I didn't expect that today, seven hundred years later, it will be in your hands play such a role.”
"We didn't expect it at the time," Gao Wen said with a smile, "just like I never thought that before I fell down, I watched the magnificent wall being built, and after waking up from a long sleep, I would have to rebuild the wall again. It's unreasonable."
"You are unlucky enough." Sonia couldn't help shaking her head, "You fell down in the most difficult period and woke up in the next difficult period. It seems that fate deliberately arranges you to fight against disasters and does not give you any rest. opportunity. We had seven centuries of peace, and you haven't enjoyed a single day."
Gawain didn't speak, because he was not the real Gawain Cecil, so he didn't feel any regrets, but Hetty who was beside him suddenly raised his head, this Cecil butler seemed to be in Sony Ya's words were greatly touched, she fixed a glance at her ancestor, and suddenly felt extremely ashamed of her usual smoky makeup.
Gawain didn't know why Hetty blushed suddenly.
…
At the same moment, in the northern part of the Principality of Cecil, at the Port Square of Rock City.
Sir Walder Peric, the commander of the Rock, stood on the square with his guards and guards of honor, preparing to see off the envoys from the capital. These envoys stayed in this gateway city for half a day. Now, they are about to board a ship. Off to Cecil City.
"This city is impressive, sir," the leader of the messenger group, Cohen Rollen, deputy head of the Ansu Royal Knights, said to Walder convincingly, "I came to this land two years ago, But back then it wasn't like that at all, and I have to admit, it was incredible here."
Sir Walder looked at the deputy head of the knight order in front of him. The deputy head has the special surname "Roren", but he is also a member of the royal family. The envoys he leads also include envoys from the East and The special envoy from the royal capital makes people have to think about the deep meaning of this, but Wald himself is not a person who is interested in court strategy and noble balance. He just smiled and shook his head: "Rock City is just a portal. There's a truly incredible side of the land that you haven't seen yet."
"Oh, I'm a calm person," Cohen Rollen smiled politely, "I only look at the novelty things here with appreciation, after all, no matter how amazing they are, they are all man-made .”
"Then please." Wald raised his hand and pointed to the pier, and almost at the same time, a melodious siren sounded from the river bend.
A large ship without sails and paddles, which surprised Cohen Rollen, gradually approached the port from the distant river with the sound of breaking waves and the roar of machinery.
The boat looked as if it had been cast of metal.
"In order to ensure efficiency, the lord ordered the river express passenger ship 'Wavebreaker' to come and pick up the envoys," Walder Peric said with a happy smile, "Please board the ship."