Demon Lord

Two days later, Roddy boarded the flagship leaving Rahiman.

Speaker Jeremy and others saw off in person in a grand ceremony. What made these mages so respectful, apart from the heroic deeds of Roddy saving the city of Duriel, was largely due to the academic achievements of a hundred flowers blooming after the application of the charged spar.

Not only did Speaker Jeremy overcome the problem that had troubled him for several months, but within the entire range of Lashman's magic, as long as the mages allocated the quota of charged spar used it to make things that had never been imagined before. past experimental data.

Among them, the puppet masters of Mofengt College are the most excited because of the higher energy efficiency of the charged spar, and almost all the puppet constructs can save the two redundant energy integration device and radiator. Its size and strength have increased exponentially, and its future development prospects are bright!

Because of this relationship, Naifei's treatment level in the academy can basically be on par with the vice president.

Meanwhile, Merlinthra joined the Capsmore Academy, which is good at elemental magic. Because of her strength, the academy directly gave her the title of Honorary Lecturer, and the treatment was so generous that other mages were jealous.

At the time of parting, Roddy, Nafie and Merlinsera hugged each other. The little girl's eyes were red from crying, and her face was full of reluctance. On the contrary, Merlinsera looked calm, looking at the fleet going away, without saying a word.

The sea breeze in November brings coolness, and the reduction of storms makes the sailing extremely smooth. Although the accompanying Houdini was no longer the commander of the fleet, his spells avoided many troubles and risks for the fleet. According to the plan, the fleet advancing at full speed will arrive at the southern coast of Efta around November 25. For Rody, this is actually much later than his original plan because Elson City is expected to open the Magic Exchange Conference on November 10th, and obviously he cannot host the conference as scheduled.

However, the harvest of this trip was far more than expected. Rody, who was sitting in the cabin sorting out the cargo list, was in a good mood, and he was not worried about any mistakes in the conference in Elson City. He believed in Camilla's ability, but put her He still had to think about finding a good reason to explain the matter of his daughter being left at Laximan.

Boratini's cabin is comfortable and spacious, and the side windows are specially made twice larger than ordinary portholes because they are reinforced by magic circles. When Rody turned his head, he could easily see the blue sea and the looming figures in the sea...

Wouldn't they be tired like this?

Rody looked at the resurrected murloc swimming quickly in the water, and raised his head to ask Akasha who was eating canned fruit next to him.

If it's a normal murloc, it probably won't be able to keep up with the fleet.

But after being demonized, their physical strength is very good. If there are enough fish schools to feed their hunger along the way, there will be no problem in reaching Efta.

That's good.

More than 800 resurrected murlocs are a very important military force for Roddy. Because the port needs to be built, relying on these murlocs to investigate the situation under the sea is definitely a specialized person. And in the future... the concept of Marine Corps probably scares Charles II into a panic, right?

By the way, why didn't you see Sylvia?

She's still researching on that so-called 'airplane'. Those two Tuke women volunteered to help, and they've been spending the past few days together. Akasha naturally doesn't like Doris and Eveli, so she pouted: Melinsera and Nafi are not here, I don't want to play mahjong with them.

Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door of the house, and Rody found that it was Sylvia who looked a little excited standing outside, and he stood up curiously: What's wrong?

Successful! The model is successful!

Following the excited Sylvia onto the deck, Rody found a plane more than one meter long in front of him. Although it has twin propellers and wings, its appearance is quite different from the fixed-wing aircraft in my impression because it has no landing gear and wheels, and there is no cockpit for loading people or cargo, only a charged spar Central Energy Tank.

What Sylvia was holding in her hand was the puppet control circle assembled for her by Nefei, and now, the effect of this circle is better than before after being improved by Mage Master Eveli.

However, to avoid suspicion, neither Doris nor Eveli appeared on the deck.

Sylvia activated the magic circle, controlled the plane to hang in the air, take off, fly around the flagship, and then hover and land. Although the operation was not yet proficient, Rody was really fascinated by the humming sound of the propellers. Models, but this obviously means that in this era, he can build airplanes!

What does airplane mean?

Absolute air supremacy! Unless there are dozens of magisters capable of flying on the other side like Laximan, then in the land of Karen Kingdom, he can completely scout, bomb or drop paratroopers at will...

Cooperating with the future aircraft carrier, this is definitely the black technology to dominate the world!

Sylvia, who was full of pride, saw Rody staring at her in a daze, and suddenly felt a little blushing, and said, My lord?

Ah? Good! You did a great job! Rody came back to his senses, wishing he could hug Sylvia and kiss her. But great credit! Tell me, what do you want, I will definitely do my best to satisfy you!

I... Actually, it can fly. Master Eveli helped me solve the last few problems with a lot of effort. Sylvia didn't dare to take credit for it, so she hurriedly explained. Luo Di understood what she meant, and nodded: Everyone counts as their own. You are the leader of this project, so there is no shortage of rewards.

Sylvia didn't know what she wanted at all. Seeing her thinking twice, Rody smiled and said, You better stop talking, I'm here to announce the establishment of the 'Elson Strategic Weapons Research Department' in the future, You are the first minister, responsible for all relevant scientific research issues, at the same level as several other research departments, but directly responsible to me. Funding and manpower are directly approved by me, understand?

Yes, Lord City Master!

These words made Sylvia smile. In fact, what she loves the most is the research topic. Now that Roddy let her take charge of a department alone, it is tantamount to fulfilling the wish she has always had since the time of the high elves.

This scene happened on the wide deck of the Polatini, which naturally attracted the attention of the accompanying Master Rahiman and the crew. They were all pointing at the airplane model that they could fly to, very curious... But obviously, they didn't understand what this scene meant.

While other forces in this continent were still worrying about the army's cavalry and infantry equipment, Rody had already initially formed the initial prototype of the three military branches of sea, land and air.

*****

November tenth.

During the three months since Rody left, many things happened in Karen Kingdom, but the most influential one must be the famine after winter.

Sauron's orc troops plundered almost all the granaries passing by in the hinterland of the Karen Kingdom, and burned those that could not be taken away. Under the double loss of food and population, a dismal autumn harvest has become doomed.

The peasants don't care about the power struggles of the nobles. They work all year round just to get enough food. But now such a demand can no longer be met. After the temperature drops, a large number of villages have a refugee wave due to food shortages.

The southeastern part of the kingdom has a humid and cold climate, and the temperature drops rapidly in November due to the arrival of cold air. Refugees trapped outside the city began to freeze to death in large numbers, but the nobles in the city could only watch the tragedy happen... because their own food was not rich.

Only the royal family and a few nobles were able to distribute bread and hot porridge outside the city. When the cold wave came, even noble knights died of hunger and cold.

In the end what happened!?

This is what Charles II asked his ministers. Now he has also built his own intelligence agency, but the fastest way to obtain information is still the Karen Times newspaper. The increasingly rich content above has obviously caused drastic changes in the speed and frequency of information transmission in this era.

In other words, the era of relying on slander to cover up facts has come to an end.

Before the famine broke out, Charles II issued more than a dozen decrees to prevent it. But now the refugees are still dying in batches, how can this not make him angry? You must know that although those refugees are humble, it is unrealistic to rely on a group of vested interests to maintain the kingdom... No one farms the land, no one forms the bottom of the society, what else can they, royal nobles, do?

Your Majesty, the policies you have promoted are indeed being implemented, but the biggest problem now is...we can't squeeze out food. The nobles themselves are almost starving to death.

Charles II was angry, but he also understood the cruelty of reality.

We must find a way out. The 'Holy Temple' obviously planned this refugee wave long ago. Now it has begun to provide relief on a large scale, and even arranged jobs for these refugees. You are not stupid, and you know what this means!

Who is behind the temple is now a self-evident fact. No one wants to see Efta use the temple to justifiably annex the population, but in the face of life and death, these people voted honestly with their feet. The ministers can only bite the bullet and offer suggestions, but they all know in their hearts that this result will definitely have little effect. Charles II was annoyed by these discussions, and finally ended the meeting early.

After leaving the boring conference hall, he had to face another problem in the study: the upcoming Magic Exchange Conference in Elson City.

He is now afraid of seeing the white envelopes on the table every day. Ever since Elson City continuously announced recruitment information on Karen Times, a large number of low-level magic apprentices have left the magic tower funded by the royal family. Charles II ordered them to be sorted out. The original intention was to create a blacklist and find opportunities to sanction this group of ungrateful guys in the future. He never thought that this list would appear continuously every day. After three months, he could hardly Imagine how many qualified magicians the Karen Kingdom can produce in the future...

During this period of time, in order to alleviate this situation, he used all kinds of means, including punishment and salary increase, and he finally stabilized people's hearts. But Charles II knew very well that if Elson City did not disappear, this threat would always exist. So his only wish now is to hope that this magic exchange meeting will fail completely, so that Efta will completely lose the so-called authority!

But judging from the feedback from the mages, Elson City has a very high level mage. From an academic point of view, it seems difficult to smash the field. However, Charles II is not a single-minded person. There are many ways to break the field. Since it is communication, there must be confrontation. And as long as there is a conflict, it is natural to find a reason to disrupt the exchange meeting.

The waiter knocked on the door of the study, and two magisters in gorgeous robes walked into the room, saluting the monarch respectfully.

Charles II nodded in satisfaction, at least... he still controls the most cutting-edge magic power in the kingdom.