The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 183 Screw!

After finishing speaking, Ickert grabbed the ice pick that had condensed and stabbed hard at the murloc prophet's leg!
Unlike the weakly launched Frostbolt, this kind of Frostbolt that relied purely on physical energy pierced through the murloc prophet's leg.

"Ahhhh!"

Dassault Red Shell let out a miserable scream, which woke up the surrounding murlocs.

When the amphibious murlocs saw that the tribal prophet was treated like this by humans, they all picked up the shell swords angrily, and were going to teach this usurping human being a lesson.

Their morale soon crumbled, however.

The reason is that the Prophet's Frostbolt is useless.

If even the powerful Frostbolt of the Murloc Prophet doesn't work, then what's the use of them fish cubs?
The murlocs who figured it out immediately fled in all directions, only to be beheaded by the ratman to kill dozens of them under Ickert's order, and all of them fled back to the river.

At this time, the murloc prophet who was held by Ickert and pierced by the ice pick also fell into despair.

Next, it must be refined into salted fish. I heard that human beings like to eat small dried fish.
But just when he felt that he was going to die, Ickert was imprinted in Dassault's mind as a junior contract.

For these less intelligent species, too strong a mind imprint is not required.

Dassault's red shell was incorporated by Ickert in this way. After pulling out the ice thorn, Ickert also healed his injury.

"Go back to the river, gather the murlocs, and wait for orders."

"Yes, Master!"

Dassault also recognized Ickert very stupidly. This man who obviously possesses stronger Frostbolt is not something he can touch.

If only one day, the master can guide him to learn a stronger Frostbolt!
The expedition left behind dozens of murloc corpses, which can be regarded as an explanation to the employer.

"By the way, did the people in Gothenburg put the reward at the reservation location?"

According to the agreement, the people in Gothenburg should hang the money out of the castle and let the mercenary group pick it up, regardless of whether it succeeds or not.

But the Ratman who was in charge of receiving the supplies shook his head.

Goldberg intends to renege.

There is no other way, Ickert can only take the rats to collect debts armed.

Valaj condemned the night mercenary group for not keeping promises on the grounds that they did not catch the murloc prophet.

So Ikert burned the city gate.

Under the influence of the middle-level mage, Godelberg opened the door and surrendered.

With nothing to do, Ickert also robbed the village under Godelberg's rule.

Compared to shooting at the noble's summons, this move is nothing.

After all, robbing brothers' territories is the "traditional culture" of nobles. In the Northern Cyprus period when nobles were not yet courtized, gentlemen liked to compare who could show off their pork knuckles the most!

The aristocrats at the beginning were not developed by robbery and killing. Violence is the core inheritance of aristocratic culture.

Eckert also left behind the burden of his previous life, killing without any psychological burden.

In addition, the expeditionary force attacked at night, and when the lights of every house were turned off, humans without night vision ability were like swimming in ink.

Until Ickert led the Ratmen away, Godelberg still believed that the Night Mercenary Group was also a group of humans.

The expeditionary army fought all the way. Due to the rich combat experience and the guarantee in place, the next journey can only be described as cutting melons and vegetables.

On the way, Ickert also received a letter from the territory.

It was mentioned in the letter that they finally started to make screws.

Windsor, in the workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

Siroman uses the cooperation between helical gears to change the direction of force transmission, and uses large and small gears to adjust the speed and connect with the transmission rod, assembling a power circuit that can be used.

Gears and transmission rods are located underground and only extend upwards where power is needed to be connected.

In order to reduce the mechanical loss during operation, the whole set of equipment uses as few parts as possible.

The machines from the Skaven industrial society finally began to turn.

But it’s still a long way from the gears of industry actually spinning.

A production line relying on such a few sets of machine tools is not efficient at all.

But in any case, Windsor's machine tools are still much better than hand-rolling iron.

When the powerful steam forging hammer is in operation, the hammer has an indescribable sense of comfort.

That feeling is like rewarding yourself with a blast on a bright Sunday morning after hard work.

The industrial development advocated by the lord is really correct!

All the blacksmiths gathered around the steam forging hammer. Although it was a steam forging hammer, the steam boiler supporting its operation had been replaced by a magic motor, so it was directly connected to the mechanical power.

After all, the power of machinery is not comparable to that of humans. Perhaps some blacksmith masters have the physical fitness of a human-shaped Gundam, but even masters cannot work hard day and night just by eating magic crystals.

Boom!
Every time the steam forging hammer hits the workpiece heavily, it will cause a strange cry of "ah~" from the surrounding blacksmiths.

There is also a lathe that is spinning extremely. When the knives start to cut these extremely fast rotating metal parts, the lathe workers also feel an inexplicable sense of refreshment.

The hard metal is quickly cut off, leaving only debris of various shapes. With the feeding and replacement of various tools, a screw-shaped workpiece is being continuously formed on the machine tool.

"It's done! It's done!"

A craftsman shouted that after wasting a lot of steel, the territory finally produced a qualified screw.

Virgil, who was in charge of measuring various specific parameters, also breathed a sigh of relief. The continuous waste products in the first few days were really frustrating, but fortunately, he finally succeeded today.

"Hahaha, the lord is really amazing. This big iron block, which can't be filed with a knife, can be easily processed by this method!"

"Yes! If it is not necessary to ensure the accuracy, we can produce three large screws in one afternoon! After proficiency, it will be faster! If it is used to make other things, everyone will definitely make a fortune!"

The workers lamented that under the traditional production method, the manufacture of everything has to be calculated on a monthly basis, especially steel and solid magic materials, which cannot be processed effectively at all.

Even if it is to use equipment to produce swords, Windsor can become the richest man in the empire.

"I heard from the lord that if there is stamping equipment in the future, there will be more knives than wild fruits in the forest! I don't know if it is true."

"Of course it's true! You and I still don't know what kind of fierce man our lord is!"

Discussions about industry and lords have always been an eternal topic for craftsmen. Because of Ickert's generosity in rewards, every craftsman feels that life is very promising.

It is said that the lord wants to implement an "eight-level worker system" so that workers can also have a chance to be promoted.

The workers were very happy, and even became more patient with the training of the Ratman apprentices.

"Let's talk about Master Mage, this screw has finally been turned into a car, can we use it directly!"

"of course not!"

Lafayette refused, and Ickert told him in advance that the screws must be used with "nuts".

The general meaning is that it is not enough to have external threads, but a component with internal threads must be made.

This undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on the excited workers.

After working on it for a long time, their Ministry of Industry didn't produce any usable things, only casting and forging were able to produce some output.

"But you don't have to worry. The lord also gave you the specific processing method when he left. Your lathe work is done, but there will be milling (sound through washing) next."

Milling is actually somewhat similar to planing, but milling is more suitable for mass production, so it is adopted by Eckert.

(End of this chapter)