A huge eagle flew across the chaotic and dirty sky. The eagle brought messengers and messages from afar. Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers and craftsmen, the iron-gray bird of prey circled twice in the sky, and then guided the lights on the ground. With assistance, it landed steadily on the landing platform on the side of the Jianfeng base.
"Cuckoo!!"
The giant eagle that had successfully completed its mission uttered a loud and excited cry. Although it was embarrassing, the owner of the giant eagle was obviously used to it. Pat the feathers drooping from your partner, and walk towards the camp.
On the way, she looked up and saw a hexagonal tower frame tens of meters high standing on the open ground not far away.
The frame was obviously not yet completed, and various structures were still being added to the upper floor. Under the dim light, she saw the jagged steel bars and rune columns extending and interlacing within the frame, like the bones and blood vessels of a giant, slightly The rune radiance of the frame circulates near the base of the frame, providing a stable source of magic power for the entire construction site. Inside and outside the stable scaffolding, powerful mechanical devices and weight-reducing pallets are constantly transferring various building materials And personnel are transported to various parts of the frame, the tower body is cast, and the magic mechanism is buried.
And a little farther away from the construction site, in a narrow area extending towards the direction of the Black Forest, you can also see a series of small towers that have risen from the ground or have begun to take shape. That is the "pressure relief point" or " The location of the purifier".
Even in the cold winter, these projects did not delay at all. On the contrary, because all the machinery and personnel were in place, several temporary front-line factories in the base started construction, and the efficiency was greatly improved.
Even a high-ranking messenger from the Silver Empire couldn't help sighing: "The efficiency of the Cecils... is really terribly high..."
A voice came from not far away, interrupting Sonia's exclamation: "You've only been away for two days, so there's no need to sigh like this. The construction changes in two days don't seem to be that big."
Sonia turned her head when she heard the words and saw Gawain standing not far away with a smile on his face. She couldn't help but smiled, and walked over and said: "Elves are good at accurately perceiving changes in things from details. I can even count Find out how much those workers raised those buildings in just two days... ”
"How many?"
"... That's what happened, I was using a metaphor... You didn't take it so seriously seven hundred years ago, did you?"
"Occasionally making a joke can help maintain your mentality, which is very valuable in this wasteland," Gao Wen casually changed the subject, "How about the reply?"
"You should have guessed it earlier, Rosetta Augustus welcomes you to visit at any time, he will entertain you with the highest standard of welcoming heroes and top nobles from neighboring countries," Sonia said from the portable A letter sealed with magic thread and wax was taken out of the exquisite hollow wooden barrel, "This is his reply letter."
Gawain's eyes fell on the scroll with the emblem of Typhon's royal family.
After a pause of a second, he took the reply, opened it casually, and quickly glanced at the content on it.
The ruler of the Typhon Empire responded to the letter sent by Gao Wen with impeccable words, which was polite and full of dignity, and at the end of the letter, His Majesty the Emperor accepted Gao Wen's visit with pleasure, And expressed welcome.
After a while, Gao Wen put away the reply letter that he had expected, and let out a sigh of relief: "Very well, then I will leave tomorrow."
Sonia couldn't help being surprised: "So anxious?"
"I have wanted to meet that Emperor Typhon for a long time, and I have been preparing for it for a long time," Gao Wen said casually, and then added, "By the way, your queen has sent a message that the Silver Empire has formally agreed with Cecil." The empire has established in-depth technical cooperation, and you and your courier team will temporarily stay with me as exchange ambassadors, because you are not here, and Magister Banner accepted the queen's order on your behalf."
Sonia blinked and was slightly taken aback.
So fast
She was not surprised by the news itself. As early as she learned that the Principality of Cecil intends to establish technical exchanges with the Silver Empire, she expected that the Silver Queen would agree to this request. The Queen has never been a staid and conservative person, and her most trusted More than half of the palace advisers are progressive reformists, but she just didn't expect that the news would come so early.
Excluding the necessary official document drafting and departmental coordination in the internal affairs of the empire, the bill itself is very likely to be passed within two to three days!
The high-ranking messenger slightly lowered his eyelids, and thoughts appeared in his heart.
… This is not the normal pace of motion finalization.
The queen and the "iron-fisted prime minister" Lord Valentian directly pushed forward this matter.
It seems... the troubles encountered by the astrologers are bigger than outsiders imagined.
…
Gloomy and filthy thick clouds cover the sky of the wasteland, and the outline of the giant sun is also blocked from the clouds. Only the hazy glow that moves slowly in the sky, constantly rising and setting proves the existence of the sun and marks the daytime. Alternate with night.
At Typhon Peak Base, in a stone palace rising from the ground, Rosetta Augustus was sitting in front of a table, looking down at the document just transcribed by the attendant.
The contents of these documents are all the most important information in the country and matters that urgently need to be ordered by the emperor himself. It is equivalent to the income of a commoner for two years.
The content of the document is not much, and the content that needs to be personally issued is only a small part. It is more about the domestic situation, the noble council, and the detailed reports of various legions. Rosetta Augustus will soon After processing all the documents, there was a faint smile of satisfaction hidden on that stern and somewhat sinister face.
Grand Duke Ferdinand Wendell, who supervised the government at home, did a good job, and the empire was running in an orderly manner.
The imperial emperor stood up and handed over the processed documents to the chief attendant who had been waiting by the side. Then he breathed a little and walked to the French windows on one side of the room.
One-third of the peak base area was presented in front of him.
The Imperial Engineering mages used the miracles of magic to shape this base. Before the cold winter came, hundreds of mages relied on fossils to mud, mud to stone, wall building, rock formation and other spells to distort the decaying land. The land turned into a camp, and on this basis, a city circle was drawn, and a magic shield that could protect the entire Jianfeng base was set up. At this moment, the craftsmen and engineering mages in the Jianfeng base are working in shifts under the protection of the shield. Build that crucial "sub-tower".
He could see that on the south side of the pinnacle base, a dense magical radiance was shining, and several mages floating in the air were using the mage's hands to pile heavy and huge rocks on the high platform, and the part that had already been piled up was already The outline of the octagonal first and second floors of the tower can be seen.
Facts have proved that the policies of systematic registration, national establishment, and mandatory unified management of superhuman occupations are effective. If it weren't for the "New Deal" that was implemented more than ten years ago, who would dare to imagine that there would be "projects"? "Mage" exists
However, Rosetta frowned slightly as she watched the scene outside the window.
In Anzu, in the suddenly rising Principality of Cecil, they seem to have gone further and more thoroughly than Typhon on the road of "Using Extraordinary Power for Development"...
Would that path be more correct
A rhythmic sound of military boots stomping interrupted Rosetta's thinking. He turned his head and saw a tall, gray-haired young female knight with resolute eyes standing behind him.
"Your Majesty," Andersa Wendell, the young wolf general, bowed his head and saluted, "Ms. Shiva Farstrider has received a message from Sonia's messenger. The visitor will arrive soon."
Rosetta was slightly surprised, but still nodded lightly: "I see."
Shiva Farstrider is the courier sent by the Silver Empire to Typhon, and Sonia Frostleaf is the courier from Ansu's side. Elven messengers are a unique profession. Their job is not just to deliver letters and packages as people imagine. In fact, they are all masters of communication magic, especially the special communication magic performed between messengers.
Messenger can deliver messages between compatriots with extremely low mana consumption, as long as the distance is close to a certain level. Now Shiva Farstrider has received the signal, which means that Duke Gawain Cecil is very close Yes, this is what surprised Rosetta a little bit: he didn't expect the other party to come so quickly.
"Andersa," Emperor Typhon said suddenly, "how do you guess the ancient Grand Duke who came back from the dead?"
"How did you come here?" The young General Wolf froze for a moment, but soon understood the deep meaning of the emperor's question.
For people at the level of the Duke of Protector and the Emperor of the Empire, their trips and visits often have special meanings, and every move they make in the process is actually showing a different "negotiation language"
Gawain Cecil was going to the camp of the Typhon Empire. For this, he had to take a not too short journey, and this journey was in the wasteland.
There are wandering monsters everywhere here, and the outer outpost of the peak base will be attacked every three days on average, and in the wilderness area with no shelter and no protection, the degree of danger can be imagined.
The process of crossing the wasteland itself is a process of demonstrating strength.
It is obviously impossible for him to borrow the giant eagle of the elf for safety and convenience, it will make him lose face.
He can choose to come with a well-equipped, well-supplied, and large-scale guard, which is to demonstrate the strength of his army and the Principality, and even to a certain extent, the Kingdom of Ansu.
He can also rely on his own legendary strength to bring only a few top experts to challenge and cross the wasteland with a few people. This is to demonstrate his strong personal force.
For an imperial ruler, Rosetta Augustus was obviously more afraid of the former.
"He came very quickly." After trying to understand the deep meaning behind the question, Andersa Wendell quickly made her own judgment, "If you bring an army composed of ordinary people, it is obviously impossible to go so fast. Therefore, he probably took only a few guards and relied on his own legendary strength to cross this wasteland journey."
After finishing speaking, the young female knight couldn't help but shook her head slightly: "Perhaps the legendary ancient hero is just a reckless... He just came to show his personal strength."
Rosetta Augustus looked at Andersa quietly, as if about to say something, but before he could speak, there was a slight commotion and a vague sound like some kind of shrill flute. The voice suddenly came from a distance.
The emperor and his knight looked at each other.
At the same time, outside the gate of Typhon Peak Base, Gawain and Amber were sitting in the back row of the magic vehicle.
In front of them, a high stone wall stood ten meters away. Some Typhon soldiers who were a little bit stunned were standing on the wall and pointing at this side, while two mages who came to check the situation were flying from afar. Come, and behind them, a convoy consisting of three magic vehicles and four "steel ambassadors" for guards was lined up.
Amber poked her head, looking back and forth at the pinnacle base built by the Typhons, and couldn't help but compare it with Cecil's pinnacle base: "This should be directly 'pull' up with the wall-building and rock-forming techniques... Although it is not as beautiful as the reinforced concrete walls, it is quite interesting to look at, and their base looks bigger than ours."
"The Typhon people arrived at their engineering site earlier than us." Gao Wen said casually.
"Hey, hey," Amber couldn't help leaning over to Gao Wen's side, "Do you think that Emperor Typhon would be interested in your proposal?"
"Then I don't care. Anyway, I have to show the car first."