my armed maid

Chapter 34 33: Valkyrie is ready (please follow up)
"Bang!" Evelin closed the door forcefully.

In Nolen's room, Evelin stared at Nolen angrily, and it took a long time before she squeezed out a few words from her throat:
"I told you to stay away from Harrison, but you were taken advantage of by him!"

When she was blocking people at the entrance of the alchemy workshop, her head calmed down a little.

Judging from various signs, Harrison should be the one behind the planning of the suicide march.

He has always done whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and he had sufficient motivation and power to plan this incident.

The question now is, did Nolen know about this suicide march?

Did he subjectively deceive himself?Or was he also deceived by Harrison and unknowingly assisted in this suicide march?

Evelin is more willing to believe the latter.

In her opinion, Noren reconnected Yuna's legs, participated in the battle, and took in refugees. He was a very good person.

Since even Yuna believed in him, she was willing to believe in him and regard him as her friend.

She would rather think that Harrison took advantage of everyone than think that Nolen deceived her.

However, her wishful thinking was soon broken by him.

"I'm sorry." Nolen didn't defend himself, he just said these three words softly.

"you……!"

Evelin's eyes widened instantly, "Did you really lie to me?"

"sorry."

"Why are you doing this!"

Emotions of confusion, anger, and grievance were tumbling in her chest. The suppressed emotions in Evelin's heart broke out at this moment. She stepped forward and grabbed Nolen's collar with force, shouting:
"Do you know the consequences of doing this? So many people died at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion!"

Nolen was pushed into the corner by Evelin, and her explosive momentum made him breathless.

"Is it okay to continue with the status quo?"

He looked into the angry green eyes and asked slowly, "How can the City Lord's Mansion still pretend to be a good person now? If you can't defend the city, haven't you already given up on these refugees outside the city long ago?

"They died because of Ivan's inaction. Why, it's okay for them to die outside the city, but not at the gate of the city lord's palace? Does it really make sense to deceive yourself and others like this?"

Evelin was stunned by the series of rhetorical questions, and reluctantly explained: "We are also making various efforts to resettle and accommodate the refugees under the city wall. I am responsible for it..."

"Then you are really a good boy, and you still have to wipe the butt of your brother's irresponsible decision-making."

Nolen sneered, "But you also understand, no matter how much those of us below do, it is not as effective as directly changing Ivan's decision-making. Since gentle lobbying does not work, then this is the only way to go.

"In a peaceful time, Ivan might indeed have become a good city lord, but now that war has come, his weak character who refuses to give in will only kill everyone!"

He took a breath and continued: "Now, the fate of Linfeng City depends entirely on his thoughts, so someone must give him a push.

"If you can't push it away, then I will do it. As for the corresponding responsibilities, I will bear them."

"Responsibility? What responsibility can you bear?"

Evelin looked at him faintly, "The war you expected is about to begin. Apart from watching from behind, can you still follow us to the battlefield?"

"Of course." Nolen nodded, "I can go to the battlefield."

I said he couldn't do it, but I could and I really did.

Evelin frowned. She looked at Nolen and found that his expression was very serious and did not look like he was acting.

"good very good."

After a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "In that case, I will incorporate you into the team and send you to the battlefield. Just be prepared!"

After saying that, she let go of Nolen's collar, slammed the door and left.

In fact, she didn't resent Nolen very much in her heart. She could understand Nolen's meaning and also supported the war.

It's just that this way of starting the war was too radical, which made his brother the target of many accusations, and put her in a moral dilemma, so she just said these angry words.

Maybe I am too naive, there is no best of both worlds option in this world.

The matter has come to this, and there is no point in further arguing.

All she can do is to try her best to win this war so that the City Lord's Mansion can save some face in the hearts of the people.

In the room, Nolen's body slowly slid down against the wall and sat on the ground.

His amber eyes flickered slightly in the dim room, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Not long after Evelin left, another girl came to the door.

She saw Nolen sitting in the corner, hesitated for a moment, then walked into the room and sat side by side with Nolen.

Just like two lonely ravens, they stopped on the same treetop after a long day of tiring travel, enjoying a moment of tranquility in the company of their own kind.

After a moment of silence, Nolen asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Come and sit for a while, can't you...?"

"Hmph, you look worried about me. I just got yelled at by the eldest lady, so I wouldn't be so fragile."

"No..." Yuna explained carefully, "I just feel... you seem to be thinking about very complicated things recently."

"Did you find out?" Nolen rubbed his cheek, "After all, this is not an easy decision.

"I suddenly want to refer to your opinion. When this multiple-choice question is placed in front of you, if it were you... what choice would you make?"

"I don't know, I don't quite understand..." Yuna shook her head and said honestly, "But I believe you, I just listen to you."

"You're really not a very smart raven." Noren smiled, "But sometimes it's good for people to live a simple life.

"Policies and calculations... these are all too tiring. I eat meat when I have it and retaliate when I have revenge. Such gratification and revenge are my ideal way of life.

"To this end, we must become stronger, so strong that no one will sacrifice for our goals, and strong enough that we can freely implement the justice in our hearts."

As he spoke, Nolen took a deep breath, as if he wanted to expel all the haze in his heart these past few days.

He stood up and raised his lips towards Yuna:
"I believe we can do it because we are geniuses, we can do anything, there is no difficulty in front of us...

"Now, the war is finally about to begin, are you ready?"

Yuna looked at the young man in front of her. He was now back to the confident self he had before.

Although it's not clear what he figured out, it's fine.

Even though his head is empty and he is not good at words, if his company can help him regain some energy, then it will be a help to him.

She stood up, nodded vigorously, and responded: "I'm ready."

……

The war has begun.

After the war parade that day, the lights in the city lord's palace stayed on all night, and the next morning, the whole city entered a state of preparation for war.

Thanks to the sufficient war mobilization in the past few days, no one in Linfeng City had any objections to this war, and everyone was cooperating with the city lord's government to mobilize supplies in the city.

The army began to leave the city, gradually expanding the scope of defense and investigation with Linfeng City as the center.

Because the range of movement has become wider, refugees no longer have to crowd into the city and have moved to shelters with better conditions.Then five days later, a mixed army of the Linfeng Knights and the Linfeng Legion fought head-on with a force of the prairie people on the grassland.

The result of the battle was that the army repelled the prairie people's guerrilla forces at the cost of losing 110 soldiers and ten knights, while the other party lost [-] soldiers and seven knights.

Although this is not a brilliant record based on the casualty ratio of both sides, considering that this is the first time Linfeng City has defeated the grassland people in a frontal battle, it can be regarded as a memorable victory.

When the good news came back to the city, the whole city immediately rejoiced, and people's hearts, which were still a little uneasy, finally fell back to the ground.

The grassland people are not invincible. Even on the grassland, Linfeng's army has the strength to compete with them!

The number of grassland people is not large. According to the intelligence from the scouts, their combat-effective troops are only about 2, and Linfeng City usually has 2 troops.

Although the numbers seem to be almost the same, the grassland people invaded as a whole, and the number of troops they can bring out now is almost their entire combat power.

After Linfeng City enters war mobilization, it can continue to expand its troops in the city and absorb idle extraordinary people to join the battle. The actual combat effectiveness is more powerful than the paper data.

Once you make up your mind to fight to the end, even if you continue to fight with this casualty ratio, it will be the grassland people who are the first to be brought down.

This war can be won!
And on the day when the good news came back to the city, Nolen also received good news from Luo Zhen:

The Valkyrie backpack has been successfully produced.

After receiving the news, he immediately took Yuna to Luo Zhen's newly built forging shop and witnessed the birth of this great work destined to be recorded in the history of alchemy.

It is said to be a Valkyrie backpack, but it actually consists of three parts: a backpack, protective boots, and a joystick.

The backpack is the main engine of flight, which is equipped with the "Flight Magic" array and is used to store the magic crystal that serves as the source of magic power.

The protective boots are auxiliary take-off and landing engines, equipped with "levitation" and "acceleration" arrays.

The joystick is a spell-casting switch installed on the left hand, used to control the spell release of the backpack and boots.

Among them, a pair of protective boots and the backpack are connected by two power supply cables. At the same time, a control cable extends from the side of the backpack and is connected to the joystick of the left hand.

This is the original form of the Valkyrie backpack.

Now, this work that only existed in his drawings and visions had become a real object in front of him. Nolen couldn't help but feel a little excited. He bent down and admired every detail of the Valkyrie backpack.

Seeing that Nolen couldn't put it down, Luo Zhen felt a little proud. This was a masterpiece that he had worked overtime over the past few days. It was undoubtedly a joy to be recognized.

But he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he crossed his hands and said in a disgusting tone:
"It's just a lump of iron. What are you so excited about? Don't tell me that this is the finished product."

The construction period was so short that we didn’t even have time to paint this piece of equipment after it was built, leaving it in a plain gray color.

In addition, Nolen has not yet engraved the magic circle on it, and the current Valkyrie backpack is indeed just an empty shell without a soul.

"It is indeed only a semi-finished product at the moment. Leave the next work to me and I will debug it."

Nolen packed the equipment and brought it into the carriage, and finally asked Luo Zhen: "Tomorrow I plan to go outside the city for the first test flight of Valkyrie. Do you want to come with me?"

"Come on, why don't you come!" Luo Zhen replied immediately, "I want to see what tricks you can do with this iron lump."

However, as if he remembered something, he added: "But now the city has entered a state of war preparation, and everyone except the army has been restricted from traveling. Do you have a way to get out of the city?"

"Ah, that's not a problem."

Nolen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Although it is a bit sudden, Yuna and I do have an army establishment of the Peak Knights now."

Evelin meant it at that time, and after returning that day, she actually added Nolen and Yuna's names to her team list.

Currently, they nominally belong to the independent combat team of the Knights of the Peak, unit number 621, and the captain is Evelyn Bayhart.

However, having said that, Evelin has not given any orders to them until now.

For Nolen, alchemist is actually not a profession that should be on the front line of the battlefield.

As for Yuna, since she has lost her legs, Evelin also hopes that she can stay on standby in the rear to avoid another accident.

Considering their respective situations, Evelin wrote their names on the list, but in the end she still did not let them go into battle with the team.

Of course, conversely, it can also be understood that Evelin has given them legitimate military status, and they can join the battle anytime and anywhere as long as they want.

Well, although the eldest lady clamored to send him to the battlefield, it turned out that she was just talking in anger, and she was really gentle.

It would be a shame if there were not more bullies.

Taking the equipment back to his laboratory, Nolen opened the Valkyrie's main backpack. Its internal structure was divided into two parts: the magic source and the magic circle structure compartment.

Luo Zhen has prepared the magic source and installed it in his backpack. It is a dark green magic crystal cut into a square rectangle.

There is no need to touch the magic source. What he wants to debug is the formation structure warehouse.

Luo Zhen has built its shell, and all he has to do is inject soul into it.

Taking out the magic circle base reserved in the structure warehouse and placing it on the table, the book of omniscience in his mind began to turn, and finally stopped at the page of "Flying".

He stretched out his hand and brushed the base of the magic circle, thinking silently in his mind: "'Projection'." "

The next moment, the palm of his hand lit up slightly with a light cyan light, and a mysterious power quietly flowed out along his guidance and gathered into shape.

However, within a few breaths, the light dissipated, Nolen withdrew his hand, and a circle of precise and mysterious magic circle was printed on the base of the magic circle.

Since you don't need to draw it manually, you don't have to worry about any deviations during the drawing.

Imprinting the most perfect magic circle on the carrier out of thin air is one of the abilities of the Book of Omniscience: "Projection".

This magic circle is so streamlined and perfect, without even a trace of artificial carving, it is so called natural.

Even if it is shown to the world, it is an existence that cannot be copied by contemporary alchemists due to the influence of theoretical techniques and drawing tools.

Of course, Nolen also took some confidentiality measures regarding his "intellectual property". After engraving the magic circle, he sealed the magic circle base into a black box mechanism and installed it in his backpack.

Once this black box mechanism is closed, it can never be opened. If it is forcibly destroyed, the base of the magic circle inside will be destroyed.

Even if there is an accident in the future and the Valkyrie backpack falls into the hands of others, when others want to open the black box and get a glimpse of the secrets, they will only get an unrecognizable magic circle in the end.

And the backpack that has lost the magic circle has also lost its soul, and is just a useless lump of iron.

After taking safety measures, Nolen followed the law and engraved the "levitation" and "acceleration" arrays on the soles of the protective boots and sealed them.

At this point, the soul has been injected.

After checking each component, he pressed the switch of the operating lever, and a slight magical resonance sound suddenly sounded inside the backpack.

"The switch control is normal..."

"The magic source connection is normal..."

"The array structure warehouse is operating normally..."

"The spell activation speed is normal..."

"everything is normal."

Nolen interrupted the spellcasting, put down the joystick and stood up, smiling as if he was done.

Valkyrie backpack ready.

　Thanks to passerby 5716 and Shana for the tip.

　　Political drama was scheduled to be written, but I wasn’t very good at it, which caused the rhythm to break a bit, but after that there was very little of this kind of content.The new author is not sure, please forgive me~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)