Why did the lord rebel

When Xia Houyan took Yinsha Sandria back to the aristocratic auditorium, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the nobles of the Central Plains.

——He has clearly seen that several imperial nobles are eager to try, and they are about to rush forward to congratulate the birth of the champion of the competition;

However, what surprised him a little was that these pig-brained nobles who used to be inflamed in the past, looked at him eagerly, but hesitated again and again, and finally did not immediately come to congratulate Shuangfengling.

The reason for this abnormal situation, Xiahou officials quickly found out:
Because right on the side of the viewing platform, Marquis Leon Grant was sitting there with a gloomy face, exuding almost visible resentment and an at-force field that no strangers should approach: Anyone with a discerning eye can see, who would If you dare to take the opportunity to get close to Shuangfengling, you will immediately be filled with old fists by the commander of the Central Army.

Xia Houyan gave Marquis Grant a sympathetic look:
He could feel that the current mood of the commander of the Central Army was not so much anger, but rather a heart-wrenching disappointment and self-pity—instead of anyone, if the team that he had high hopes for was beaten down on the field, It must be the same state of mind.

Xia Houyan wisely did not go over to provoke the big man, but after giving the other nobles a beautiful "Emperor Michael's ceremony", he walked towards the railing of the viewing platform.

Grand Duke Grim Rosario and the Prime Minister of the Empire, Lord Guillaume, were already there waiting for him.

As soon as the Duke of Shuangfengling appeared, Lord Guillaume greeted him overjoyedly, gave Xia Houyan a big bear hug in a very unethical manner, and shouted:
"My God, my esteemed Lord Yingore! You and your Frost Maple Ridge warriors are so strong!"

Xia Houyan was a little confused by the sudden enthusiasm of the Prime Minister of the Empire, but Grand Duke Grim Rosario explained with a smile:
"Elliott, the performance of your territory has completely shocked Lord Guillaume today - before the start of the game, he bet with me that Frost Maple Ridge would win the championship. This time, your territory has given Lord Guillaume his wish!"

Damn, I said that this guy is so happy, dare to feel that the fly in the territory of Fei Laozi won!Xia Houyan cursed inwardly, but on the surface he replied humbly and genially:
"Prime Minister Guillaume, you are overrated... The reason why our Frost Maple Ridge can achieve this trivial achievement is mainly due to the support of our friendly forces..."

After saying this, Xia Houyan seemed to hear the sound of grinding his teeth from Marquis Grant's side.

"Okay, Commander Grant, don't be discouraged..." Lord Guillaume let go of Lord Shuangfengling and said with a smile, "As far as I can see, whether it is the Eastern Army, the Central Army, or Lord Yingore's Shuangfeng Ling, his subordinates are all top-notch elite soldiers on the mainland! With such a strong man sitting on the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon, why worry about the federal orcs not being destroyed, and why the territory of our empire will not be lost!"

Archduke Rosario smiled and said nothing, while Marquis Grant snorted loudly.

"Since the three armies on the front line are using their lives, then as the Prime Minister of the Empire, I naturally have to represent His Majesty Basil III and the imperial family of the Empire to do a little bit for this great Patriotic War!" Lord Guillaume laughed and patted With a chest, he said, "Everyone, next, the engineer I brought from the Molten Valley will demonstrate the launch process of 'Hercules' for you!"…

Among the imperial nobles present, few of them cared about the polite mandarin of the Prime Minister of the Empire, but when they heard the two keywords "Molten Valley" and "Hercules", they all froze in their hearts and pricked up their ears. .

No way, whoever called "The Valley of Molten Fire" is too famous on the mainland!
This long and narrow rift valley, located in the northeast of the imperial capital and west of the Xuecheng, has been famous since ancient times because of a lava river deep in the bottom layer. A life-and-death duel beside a lava river, and the loser of the duel has to jump into the river to be burned to cinders.

It is because of this barbaric custom that "Lava Valley" is regarded as one of the three holy places of warriors on the mainland. It was not until about 700 years ago that the reputation of this lava canyon suddenly changed:

Because the famous "King of Alchemy" Kruswitz accidentally discovered the largest "Stilt Iron" vein in history in the interior of the Molten Valley during a certain expedition!Overjoyed, Kruswitz directly established a magical alchemy laboratory in the Valley of Molten Fire, and after 20 years of painstaking research, he finally mastered the process of refining "Stilt Iron" into "Babylonian dense steel". "The core technology——

Almost overnight, the "Valley of Molten Fire" changed from an ominous place where countless foolish warriors died to a metallurgical city where the empire relied on to dominate the continent.The Mage Academy has teamed up with the dwarf craftsmen of the Cold Bone Mountains for the first time in the world, and established the well-known "Edio Alchemy Studio" in the Molten Valley, and Master Crusowitz personally served as the studio chief Alchemist.

As the "Edio Alchemy Studio" was recruited by the imperial family, and the Lava Valley was also protected by the military, this lava canyon also served as the engineering center of the empire, and it has been continuously producing human beings for hundreds of years. The latest alchemy technology and actual combat equipment - whether it is "Cromwell's Annihilator" or "Lion's Roar Seven", whether it is the sword in the hands of the Eastern Army or the warship of the Western military envoy, behind these sophisticated equipment, It is often the hard work of the artisans in the Molten Valley.

In recent years, Molten Valley has not launched any new products, and even its signature product "Cromwell Annihilator" has only released a few small structural updates by squeezing toothpaste;

Just when people thought that the old industrial base of the empire was exhausted, the insider news finally came out - it turned out that the craftsmen of the Molten Valley had been busy secretly developing a kind of technology under the entrustment of the imperial family in recent years. A strategic weapon called "Hercules".

Now, at the juncture of the casualties of Yingye and Yingcheng in the east, and the entire army of the Empire retreating to the Tumu Fort, Lord Guillaume suddenly brought the long-rumored "Hercules" to the front line, and he still praised it a lot in his speech. Words, how can this not make the people of the empire who are looking forward to a big comeback full of expectations and blood vessels?
Following Lord Guillaume's instructions, Xia Houyan leaned out from the railing of the viewing platform and squinted at the school grounds:
Sure enough, right in the middle of the school field, there were still ropes and ribbons left over from the competition on the yellow sand, but there were already three huge towering iron boxes erected in the field of vision.Due to the distance, it was difficult for Xiahou Yan to accurately judge how tall the three boxes were, but at least they were as tall as seven or eight people. …

For an imperial siege weapon that has always been light and compact, this size is already quite shocking.

I don't know what the "Hercules" in this box is?While thinking wildly, Xia Houyan watched as several dwarf craftsmen walked into the school grounds and commanded a team of soldiers with crowbars to unpack and inspect the goods.

The three chests were apparently identical with their contents, so the dwarven artisans opened the chest on the east side first.

After the Imperial soldiers used a crowbar to remove the heavy rivets that blocked the box, they climbed the ladder and tied the rope to the top of the box's four side panels.The four ropes were held in their hands by the four teams of soldiers, and they were pulled in four directions.

As a result, the side panels of the giant iron box fell to all sides and slammed into the sand, causing smoke and deafening noises to fill the field of vision.

When the wind and smoke dissipated, the true face of the empire's secret weapon "Hercules" suddenly appeared in front of the imperial nobles:

It was a huge cylindrical object standing on the sand, the whole body shining with the cold light of steel.The diameter of this giant iron column is generally the same from top to bottom, but at the top of the column, there is an extra large ball, which looks a bit top-heavy.

Xia Houyan stared at this "secret weapon" for a long time, and always felt that the shape of this thing was somewhat indecent.

And the other imperial nobles who witnessed "Hercules" shining on behind him fell into a collective silence - not a shocked silence, but a somewhat embarrassing silence:
Because this so-called "Hercules", from the outside, it seems that there is nothing special about it, and it lacks the peculiar visual aggression of the "Cromwell's Annihilator".

——No matter how you look at it, it is just an ordinary metal pillar!
As if he had expected everyone's reaction, Mr. Guillaume smiled and did not speak, and his expression was quite calm and calm.

"Prime Minister Guillaume." Archduke Rosario looked curiously at the soldiers on the field who were busy dismantling the second iron box, turned and asked, "This iron pillar is what you call the 'strong force'. God'? Molten Valley's 'secret weapon' that has been painstakingly developed for decades?"

"Exactly." Lord Guillaume laughed, "I know that the appearance of 'Hercules' is not special, but please don't judge people by their appearance - not everything is the same as our Lord Elliot Ingol. The same, both handsome and powerful!"

The little flattering joke of the Prime Minister of the Empire caused a burst of good-natured laughter among the nobles.

"Everyone, please look at the big metal ball at the top of 'Hercules'!" Guillaume, like an American military oligarch eager to sell arms to war zones, enthusiastically introduced the empire's secret weapon, "This one The ball, called the 'Ball of Destruction' by the artisans of the Molten Valley—to tell the truth, this ball is filled with the most powerful magical explosives you can imagine."

Is there explosives in this ball? !A group of nobles took two steps back in unison, and looked at the "Hercules" pillar with a lot of awe.

"So, this 'Hercules' relies on explosives to cause damage?" Archduke Rosario groaned while pinching his chin. …

"You are right." Lord Guillaume smiled, but the words that came out of his mouth were extremely cruel, "Everyone, according to the precise calculation of 'Edio Alchemy Studio', only one 'Hercules' comes with The 'Destruction Orb', the amount of magical explosives loaded in its sphere is enough to raze half of the imperial capital to the ground."

There was silence.

The imperial nobles are used to mixing in the imperial capital - they naturally know how terrifying the "half of the imperial capital's area" is.

"How is that possible?!" A demon observer present immediately raised an objection, "Prime Minister Guillaume, the size of this sphere is not very large. As far as I know, there is no explosive of any kind in the entire continent— Even magical explosives made with alchemy - can be so powerful!"

Lord Guillaume obviously knew that there would be such a question, folded his arms and sneered:
"What the power is, you can see it when you test it. I don't hide it. To tell the truth: The magic explosives filled in the 'Ball of Destruction' is the latest achievement developed by the engineers of the Empire, and it is also highly Confidential existence! You demons don't know, that's completely normal!"

Everyone was in an uproar: Because not only the Demon Race didn't know, but even the high-level leaders of the empire didn't know when the Molten Valley came up with such a powerful and dangerous explosive.

Only some unscrupulous lord from another world began to think wildly:
Spicy nugget mom, won't you really let these Haven barbarians come out with nuclear fission?
——He suddenly began to worry that the "Manhattan Laboratory" in his own territory would not live up to its name?
Lord Guillaume ignored the chattering imperial nobles and observers from various countries, and continued proudly:

"Please pay attention, the 'Ball of Destruction' is just the crudest part of the technology on the 'Hercules'! Please take a look at its columnar body - it is engraved with the history of the continent and its application in weapons and equipment. The most complex elemental array ever, and loaded with dozens of Warcraft crystal nuclei as a source of energy!"

Everyone's eyes widened, but they couldn't find any clues from the stupid appearance of this iron pillar.

"Excuse me, Mr. Prime Minister, what is the function of these elemental arrays inside the column?" The Mozu observer continued to ask—everyone has seen it by now, this product must be a professional counterpart in the military industry. It was specially sent by the demons to learn from the scriptures.

And Mr. Guillaume, obviously did not have the desire to get the neck of the demons in this regard, and explained the technical details and details:
"The elemental magic circle inside this column has only two functions: one is driving, and the other is navigation! Everyone, as long as the magician activates the magic circle inside 'Hercules', it will take off and fly with the magic of the wind system. , and then throw the 'Ball of Destruction' to any corner within [-] kilometers, causing an earth-shattering and devastating explosion!"

As soon as these words came out, Xia Houyan, who had had some ominous premonitions on the side, was immediately stunned:
Niang Xipi, Lao Tzu's Shuangfengling is still struggling to shoot arrows with a crossbow, how the hell has the empire already pointed out the technology tree of short-range missiles? ! …

Just like Xiahou Yan, the other imperial nobles were also in an uproar, and the observer from the Demon Race was trembling all over.

——Not for anything else, but for the striking radius of "[-] kilometers"!

Anyone with a little brain can see that if the role of "Hercules" is really what Prime Minister Guillaume said, then this will be a weapon that will completely change the pattern of continental warfare - just because, on today's continent, Without any magic, siege weapons and high-level monsters, it can counterattack enemies that are far away from a hundred kilometers!

When the range of the most cutting-edge crossbow bolts and catapults in various countries was still on the order of two to 3000 meters, "Hercules" suddenly raised the standard of firepower range to another space!
This is not even to the extent that the modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is pulled through time and space to abuse the vegetables in Lat Bay - this is completely to send the modern aircraft carrier to Graveline to face the Spanish Armada, pure mad boy!
Seeing that everyone was completely shocked, Lord Guillaume stiffened his stomach with satisfaction and said loudly:

"Next, please witness the test firing ceremony of these three 'Hercules' and witness the latest chapter of the continental war! Please watch!"

Everyone looked down according to Lord Guillaume's instructions, and saw that the three "Hercules" had been unpacked, and they were standing on the school field like long-legged tender models, and the years were quiet.Both the dwarf craftsmen and the imperial soldiers have withdrawn from the school grounds, and in their place are a few imperial magicians who are close to Hercules.

According to what Mr. Guillaume just said, this kind of magic missile needs to be activated by the magician with magic power.

"Once the 'Hercules' is activated, it will automatically navigate and fly to the target without any manual aiming." Lord Guillaume said with a smile, "And the way 'Hercules' aim at the target is very simple - by magic rhythm! Please see, we have already prepared three magic crystals engraved with unique magic rhythms, and placed them on the three hills in the far northwest in advance! They are the targets of our test launch!"

Xia Houyan put up the pergola with his hands and looked to the northwest: Sure enough, in the extremely distant place, on the edge of the horizon, there were three small raised hills.

——These three hills are naturally far less than [-] kilometers away from the school grounds, but for the sake of viewing the test shooting and being able to confirm the hit effect immediately, Lord Guillaume still seems to have not chosen to be in "Hercules". Test firing at the extreme range.

"Now, we have recorded the rhythm of the three magic crystals in advance. Next, as long as the rhythm is entered into the 'Hercules', they can accurately locate the position of the magic crystal within a hundred kilometers, and in the magic rhythm Guided, launch into the air to attack those three hills!" Mr. Guillaume introduced, "The first is the first 'Hercules', and its target is the hill on the far right!"

On the Huangsha school ground, an imperial magician took out a round golden ring from his arms, stuffed it into a groove at the bottom of a Hercules, and then gave a thumbs up to the viewing platform, indicating that the magic rhythm was entered. complete.

What did Xia Houyan think? Why is the ring used to record the magic rhythm so familiar? ! …

The demon observer on the side seemed to have noticed the same detail, and asked curiously:

"Excuse me, what is the tool used by the magician of your country to enter the target magic rhythm into 'Hercules'?"

"Ah, that thing is called the 'Imaginary Wrist', which can record and synchronise a specific magic rhythm." Lord Guillaume explained with a shrug, "Magic props with similar functions are very rare, and we have also spent a lot of time. I just found this thing from the warehouse of the Mage Academy - these 'phantom wrist wheels' seem to have been created by a certain magic master who did not know how many years ago. A famous heroic magician is also considered a great contributor."

Xia Houyan's expression was blank.

The technical details are still being discussed on the viewing platform, and the imperial magicians on the school grounds are ready for launch.He stood farther away from the "Hercules", and then stretched out his hands in the air, pouring a magic vortex into the steel pillar of Hercules.

At first, the magician's magic power was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no response; but then, the violent fluctuation of the wind magic power spread in the space, and the "Hercules" slowly rose to the air under the action of magic, like water. Generally, the fish in the middle point the head carrying the "Ball of Destruction" to the three hills in the northwest;
Then, like an arrow from the string, it shot out with a "swoosh" and disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

After 20 seconds, the whole land began to tremble, and a loud noise almost shattered everyone's eardrums, while a white mushroom cloud that made Xia Houyan tremble with fear, rose rapidly from the position of the hill on the far right rise--

——When the cloud qi dissipated, the pale-faced imperial nobles were shocked to discover that the original hill had completely disappeared, as if it never existed in this world at all!
There was a dead silence, only the aftermath of the violent explosion still reverberated in the universe.

"Everyone! The era when bows and arrows, siege weapons and elemental magic dominated the battlefield is over!" Lord Guillaume stretched out his arms and screamed, "The future of continental warfare will be the future of 'Hercules', and This future is already in our hands!"

There was still a dead silence, and no one even bothered to respond to Lord Guillaume's proud announcement.

Almost all the nobles and observers present realized one thing: that group of observers from the Federation chose to stop watching the ceremony and leave the venue early.

"Everyone! I dare to ask you! With the presence of Hercules, the despicable orcs in the east can still achieve even a little bit of victory in the battle against the great empire under the protection of the Holy Spirit?! They Isn't the proud ice monster Mengma not just a pile of useless dead skin and rotten flesh? Can their elite wolf cavalry, known as 'Fashion Fire Attack', be able to catch up with the 'Hercules' who is a thousand miles away?! "

"Master Guillaume..." Grimm Rosario was also frightened by the amazing power of "Hercules", but he still did not forget to remind the Prime Minister, "'Hercules' is indeed powerful, But no war can be won with a single piece of equipment..."

"Then, this war is!" Lord Guillaume snorted coldly, "My dear Lord Grim Rosario, after I gave you such a great gift, you are not enough to summon the bastards to the orcs. Courage for revenge?"

"This matter needs to be discussed in the long run..." Grand Duke Rosario looked at Hercules on the school ground with a complicated expression.

Just as everyone was talking, the second "Hercules" had also been successfully launched by the imperial magician - it was lifted into the air, shot by the wind magic, just like its predecessors, and then imparted to the northwest. Fang Na's second hill was completely erased from the world.

Then, the imperial magician walked towards the third Hercules, and also used the "Illusory Wrist" to enter the magic rhythm, and used the magic vortex to stimulate the rune magic circle inside the column.

In the violent magic fluctuations, the third Hercules slowly lifted into the air, spinning in mid-air to correct its posture;
Then it flew towards the east with a "whoosh" sound.

At first, everyone didn't realize what was wrong, until the magician on the school ground broke out with a heart-piercing shout:
"Not good! Magic rhythm navigation is wrong!"——

And, five or six seconds later, the epic loud noise came from the opposite side of the Burning Crystal Canyon, the federal orc camp, and the death mushroom cloud that rose into the sky and went straight to the sky.