Walking on the streets of Defende, enjoying the summer sun, watching the busy people work hard, it is a happy day no matter how you look at it.
Those stupid tin cans still want to find me? Change the age of the ring a little bit, put on the worn leather armor, and match it with a black iron sword. A middle-aged mercenary who can be seen everywhere will appear. You can slowly find the little prince who has disappeared.
"What? Still not happy? Is it so frustrating not to see the Asiro Opera?"
The only thing that made people unhappy was that the partner beside him had a bitter face, as if he owed her money.
"… The Aciro Opera Company is a famous traveling opera company over there. The pillar Arias is good at seventeen classical singing styles. In the whole world, there are no more than three active singers who can sing the highest-profile hero ensemble. She It's the only possible way to hear it, do you know how much I look forward to hearing that she'll be on the show?"
Heloise, who has regained her life, seems to be enjoying it more and more, not to mention food and so on. Recently, even the elf's natural artistic pursuit has been revived.
"To be honest, you should thank me. You know why I pulled you away. Do you know who the guest who took the initiative to sing on stage later?"
"Isn't it Gloria? I knew her when she was alive. These ancient dragons like to use the form of high elves. After all, humans and ants were not much different at that time."
High elves? Thinking of Herois' short-lived adult form, I nodded. I don't really understand the difference between high elves and ordinary elves, but at least it's true that the heights are generally not low, and they are especially good at showing off, especially showy. .
"It always feels like you're talking bad about me."
"Oh, that's an illusion."
"By the way, Heloise, do you know her nickname?"
"Isn't it the 'throat of death', which describes the dragon's breath as powerful?"
"No, that's what you don't know. If you're still listening to songs in the Coliseum, you probably already know. Poor children, I hope they won't leave a psychological shadow."
"You mean... She sings worse than you? Can it be worse than you, the No. 1 singer in Snow Mountain?"
"...If mine is just a fireball, hers is a Forbidden Spell. Although this metaphor is terrible, it at least explains part of the truth."
And the emergency personnel hurriedly running by in front of me undoubtedly confirmed my statement.
But at this time, when I said self-deprecating words, blood was dripping from the bottom of my heart, and I knew that this dead cat would not let my pain go.
Hmph, wait for all your lollipops to be replaced with pickled cabbage flavors, the Aris people really can hold on, they still regard that kind of thing as a supreme delicacy, just one bite, the system actually gave me the achievement of God of Cooking .
But the strange thing is that I can barely eat it, but unfortunately I have endured eating so much, but it is still only one type, and the system is too stingy.
[System: Whether it’s a lollipop with pickled cabbage, a biscuits with pickled radish, or a hamburger with pickled fish or even pickled dragon meat, they all have a common name—Kimchi, no matter what you say, even if you take it Kimchi makes a hundred-course state banquet, and even if you figure out a thousand ways to pickle kimchi, it's not kimchi. Can you not learn from the people of X country and call me stingy? Do you dare to ask yourself, does the taste of that thing really make a big difference in your mouth?]
Well, I really pondered for more than ten seconds, and then I really couldn’t find a place to argue. After all, I am not from Aris from the mountains, and I really can’t taste the subtle differences between hundreds of kimchi.
"Hey, it's time to tell the truth, it's been around for so long, what are you still covering me for?"
"... I just don't want you to be bothered, you can see that?"
"You have forgotten that I was also in charge of intelligence when I was in Ciro. How can I hide this little trick from me? Didn't you tell Gloria to disrupt the situation? I'm not a rookie, of course I know this kind of wandering opera troupe. , It is not uncommon for more than half of the circus members to be spies, but a high silver elf actually became a showgirl? If the others are fools, those elves must be spies of the Southern Elf Kingdom."
Don't say, I really forgot that the undead creature like the banshee has the ability to occupy, and it is uniquely endowed with intelligence. As the queen of banshees, Herois has always been the biggest intelligence chief of Ciro.
"Well, ace singer Aryas? Hehe, the silver elf countess Leia is right. But they haven't done anything yet, and they can't do anything with the 'City of Innocence' enchantment, but they don't care. It’s also not possible. Although they can’t be caught without committing crimes, and they don’t want to offend the elves so obviously, but it’s not difficult for them to be disgusted that they can’t eat for dozens of days and have a splitting headache.”
Hearing this, Heloise nodded thoughtfully, but then stuck out her tongue, as if she was a little scared.
"Gloria is really that powerful? It's not a rumor, is it?"
"It's more powerful, it's just brutal. As you can imagine, just hearing it, my bones rang in repeated resonance for three days and three nights. The magic sound flooded my brain and made me lose my awareness of the outside world. It was able to give the Great Undead a headache for three days and three nights, and all the low-level undead heard on the spot returned to reincarnation. A powerful sentence is enough, it is simply a large-scale threat weapon."
But the strange thing is that even though I was complaining, Heloise became happier the more she listened and laughed. Later, the dead Lolita simply turned into a cat and rolled around with her stomach in her hands.
"Oh, it turns out, it turns out, it turns out... It's not that His Majesty wants to listen to my songs, it turns out that I am in His Majesty's mind, woo woo, it's just a large-scale killing weapon. Woo hoo, it turns out that everyone sees me that way."
Well, even if I don't look back, I know I've been tricked again.
Turning around, I saw Gloria running in tears, but she was indeed the Queen of the Bone Dragon. Her tearful posture was so characteristic. One foot and one pit was shocking, and the tears she dripped could actually corrode the ground.
Then a dead cat stepped on my shoulder and she nestled on my head, and that tail swiping across my nose was a sure sign that she was in a good mood, or gloating.
"According to those classic love stories, misunderstanding is a good opportunity to increase feelings. As long as the heroine bursts into tears, there will be a series of accidents, such as leukemia, being hit by a car, sudden memory loss, recalling her lost memory, etc., and then there will be a series of accidents. The series of dog blood misunderstandings, the two abused are dead and alive. If you want to save it, hurry up and chase."
"... It is said that those things were originally from Aris. You have also seen those visitors from the pickle country. You should watch less. It is said that if you read too much, you will lose your intelligence."
What are you chasing, in fact, I have wanted to say it straight, but I can't do it with the excited eyes. Now it's just right, I can save the extra expenditure once a year, and use the cannon fodder undead prepared for her annual concert as a pawn. Peer labor is also more cost-effective. By the way, zombie laborers and skeleton laborers in the city are getting more and more expensive recently, or you should transfer to necromancer and make a profit.
When I was wandering the sky, the dead cat opened his mouth with a sense of understanding.
"The most important thing in information is authenticity, and the most authentic and credible information is not something that a rookie can collect. It is more appropriate to collect it in person. In this way, you are collecting on-the-spot information on Defende these days."
"... It's just a matter of time when I'm lazy. Donglan's intelligence department is still too young, and there are a lot of useful and useless reports. I read the piles of reports and I didn't read them. It's better for me to come in person."
"When you go to buy food, you are also looking at the price of food and the type of goods? Are you looking at the food market?"
"Well, the types of snacks, non-staple food, and alcohol in a region are directly linked to the surplus grain of local residents, and also to their confidence in the future. If you are not sure about filling your stomach next year, where will the grain come from to brew and drink. Selling non-staple food, at least for now, there are plenty of food supplies on the market, and the situation is not bad."
Herois also nodded slightly. In fact, she came to the same conclusion as mine.
"I went to the blacksmith's district and visited hundreds of blacksmith shops, even in order to beat a black iron sword with five gold coins, I also visited the second-hand goods market and equipment shop, just to buy a poor and sour leather armor? Are you? Are you looking at the level of the forging industry and the situation of combat materials? What is the result?"
Hearing this, I shook my head, Donglan's industrial foundation is too thin, and it is definitely not a day's work to do this.
"It sucks, most of the blacksmith shops can only make some low-quality farm tools, and the forging technology of weapons and equipment is still 300 years ago. I searched all over the blacksmith area and only found a big blacksmith of silver rank, even if there is new technology. Based on their background, if there are no masters who have enough weight to teach them personally, there is no need to expect them to come in handy without more than ten years of polishing, but we don’t have more than ten years to prepare.”
In my investigation, the previous expectations have been proved. Due to the presence of some engineering masters in Sulphur Mountain City, as well as the research team of Olivia and others, Defende is probably at the forefront of the world in engineering and alchemy. The addition of upper elves will not lag behind in enchanting, but the shortcomings are more obvious.
Engineering creations and excellent weapons and equipment all need industrial-based products to lay the foundation. Without the beating and beating of craftsmen, the design of the mechanical Titan is just waste paper. Without first-class sword bodies and sword bodies, it is the enchanting technology. Well, there is no famous sword.
Although there are many elf craftsmen on the gray blood elves, and their skills are far superior to human craftsmen, considering the famous "elven chain mail" incident and the leisurely heart of the elf craftsmen who can carve a bow into a work of art, I didn't expect them from the beginning.
If our craftsmen also learned the work attitude and output of the elf craftsmen who have sharpened a sword in three years, we will be completely finished.
From start to finish, I still like the goofy, chunky style of dwarven gear. It's simple, sturdy, effective, with no useless ornamentation, and it's perfect for mass production.
"If you don't want to go to the underground world to get gray dwarf blacksmiths, but those big beards are not easy to serve, you can't keep them without the rich ore, then you have to go to the barbarian territory to get some ore back. By the way, you can also find a secretary. Luwell will bring some blacksmiths over and at least teach these elm heads, so that they can learn to make things other than farm tools."
Herois nodded and said nothing. In the era of cold weapons, blacksmiths will always be one of the most important strategic resources of a country. Their level and quantity directly determine the weapons and armor of front-line soldiers, and all countries regard them as Look baby, it's really hard to solve this problem.
"If it's Shiro, it's simple... Forget it, when I didn't say it."
Needless to say the rest, I naturally know how Ciro did it. It was only over a hundred years after the founding of the country, and their craftsmanship was poor, but the Land of the Undead had its own set of solutions. In addition to serving as coolies, human slaves also have technological advancements that are completely different from the outside world.
"The cursed sword and the armor of the undead made of bones? I don't want to be regarded as the public enemy of mankind. Besides, if those things are held alive for a long time, they will become dead people."
"How about the combat supplies? It seems that you are still satisfied with your leather armor?"
"It's just as miserable at home. The low-end equipment shops are all low-quality products, half of the mid-range and above are fake, and the high-end shops don't have any. Let's rectify this aspect when we go back."
In my eyes, this problem seems to be difficult, but it is easier to solve. It is enough to strengthen trade with other countries. As long as the goods can be sold at a good price, the caravans will naturally have frequent exchanges. , the foreseeable mass circulation of commodities would create astonishing wealth.
But this is only a cure for the symptoms, not the root cause. The things you buy are always unreliable, and you can't buy real top-level equipment. If you can't make it yourself, no matter how many times you buy it, you will always be controlled by others.
So, I secretly set a goal.
"The monster materials obtained in this winter hunt will be purchased by the royal family. Even if we lose money, we must cultivate our own great craftsmen."
But the national treasury is not rich. In the end, it depends on whether this arms sale can be completed. Since it cannot be solved at the moment, it can only be thrown aside.
We also reached the last stop of the day, the floating pier where the Northern Lights was moored.
At this time, "jealous" is not alone. Beside it, a dark warship is parked there, and countless undead are busy around it, strengthening the hull and laying the deck.
Yes, it is the undead rather than the craftsmen. Although they are indeed the necromancers and shadow believers who are hated by most people, they are the most diligent craftsmen at this time.
This is a ghost ship under construction. Its hull and keel are real dragon bones. On the dark sails are evil witchcraft secrets. The sound of the report also rang in my ears.
"The keel battleship is progressing smoothly, the No. 2 ship of the First Fleet will be completed as scheduled, and the Dragon Tu project will proceed as expected."