Fairy’s Box

The setting sun tinted the rocky hills west of Glamorgan with a beautiful patina, and the oak forests in the distance gleamed like gold dust.

"lady."

The ghost maid had a happy expression on her face and floated to the second floor with a thermos-sized glass jar. Seeing Charlene curled up on the sofa in a daze, she said happily:

"You see, the jam has been made. It is very beautiful. It must be delicious."

This is the blueberry jam that the green-haired girl brewed herself under the guidance of the maid.

First remove fresh blueberries from the flowerbed, wipe the water off the outside, store in a clear glass bottle, put a small amount of caster sugar and a pinch of salt, seal it in a draft-tight environment. After seven days it was mashed with a mallet and sealed, and in a week it was a delicious and sweet blueberry jam, Charlene's current favorite.

Normally, the green-haired girl might be excited, but after meeting with Elena today, she was obviously absent-minded and even lost her appetite.

"..."

Charlene buried half of her pretty face between her knees, her soft green hair spilled on both sides of her calves, she raised her head with difficulty after hearing the sound, glanced at the purple blueberry jam, and said lightly:

"Put it there."

"OK."

The ghost maid was keenly aware that the hostess was in a low mood, and immediately nodded obediently, put the blueberry jam on the soft-line coffee table opposite her, and then leaned forward and floated back.

"Wait a moment."

The green-haired girl stopped the retreating maid and passed on her voice, "Use the Earl's favorite cup to make a cup of strong tea, he will be back soon, move faster."

"As ordered."

The ghost maid covered the apron at the hem with both hands and sank into the wall.

"..."

Charlene didn't continue to speak, she got up and walked to the heavy curtain and stretched out her hand. The curtains quickly retreated to both sides, revealing a floor-to-ceiling window stained with water vapor. Through the thin layer of colored glass, the green-haired girl saw the courtyard below where the jack-o-lanterns were dotted with stars, propping up a light in the darkness.

Even the starlight has disappeared tonight, and some are just dead darkness.

The figure of Yale carrying a rapid-fire gun quickly appeared in the straight road of the courtyard. He strode forward and seemed to be thinking about something at the same time. Good jack-o-lantern.

Seeing this scene, the green-haired girl couldn't help raising the corners of her lips.

...

"The sky is so strange today. It's so bright in the evening, and there are no stars after the sun goes down."

The black-haired knight placed the rapid-fire gun on the weapon rack beside the door, and while muttering about the night, he took off his jacket and handed it to the ghost maid standing beside him.

"Maybe there will be a storm tomorrow."

While talking softly, Charlene noticed that the previous ghost maid had floated over with a large porcelain cup, so she walked over and took the teacup.

"How is the situation in the new army camp?" She handed over hot strong tea while observing the other party's expression.

"It's only the first day, how could it not go well? Fortunately, I had the foresight, and I fought my life to follow the five army governor's house to get these instructors, otherwise I would have to die in the camp by myself."

The black-haired knight took the teacup proudly, and was about to take a quick sip when he suddenly felt something was wrong, and immediately looked at the other party vigilantly:

"Did you put sugar in the strong tea and plan to plot against me?"

"Yeah, I just plan to plot against you."

The green-haired girl frowned in grievance, looked at him with a kind of resentment, hugged her chest with both hands, and then turned around and walked back to the sofa to sit down again.

"..."

Yalei looked suspiciously at the back of the other party, took a sip of the strong tea carefully, and found that it was not poisonous, so he quickly put on a smile and followed:

"Actually, I don't hate sugar at all, but I'm much more sensitive to sweetness than you are. For you, the light sweetness feels very sweet and sweet in my mouth."

"Humph."

Charlene felt her lover come over and sat down beside her, the sofa sunk deeply.

"What's the matter, I feel like something is wrong with you today?"

The black-haired knight took a sip of strong tea, and wrapped an arm around her shoulder naturally, feeling the other's soft body suddenly stiffen.

"This evening, I saw Elena." The green-haired girl said hesitantly.

"It's such a coincidence... I saw her this evening as well." Yale stared at her green eyes that flickered a little, and the agile and keen eyes made him think of precious cats.

"So you already know about that?" Charlene looked at him in surprise, her thin lips slightly parted, and a nervous and uneasy expression on her face.

"The short spear thing."

The black-haired knight drank the strong tea in the teacup in one breath, stretched out his arms and placed the porcelain cup on the coffee table, and said calmly:

"A prophecy is a prophecy after all, and you have the bottom line in your heart, and you just need to be careful. If you are made suspicious by it all day, then you should just hide on a deserted island that no one cares about."

"Elena is absolutely right."

The green-haired girl stared into his eyes, spit out a sweet fragrance, kissed him on the neck, pursed her lips and smiled: "But it doesn't matter, I can protect you."

"Hahaha, I'm so scared."

Aleigh took her hands, embraced the girl's light body in his arms, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine, no matter what kind of short gun it is, it's fine to cut its owner in half as soon as they meet. Is it?"

"..."

Charlene squinted and lay in his arms, her green eyes twinkling, she didn't know what she was thinking.

"As for the prophecy, we can solve it slowly."

The black-haired knight buried his face in her hair, sniffed the girl's fragrant hair, and said softly, "But there is a problem in front of me now, maybe, you can help me think of a way."

"What's the matter?" The green-haired girl hummed lazily, leaning against his chest.

"I brought back a rapid-fire gun today, did you see it?"

"I noticed."

"Although this weapon is powerful, it needs to be charged, and for warriors above Tier 3, this period of time is enough for them to avoid shelling in various ways."

Looking at the rapid-fire guns placed on the weapon rack, Yale said lightly: "So, my request for the new army is to line up in three rows, aiming at the enemy from the top, middle and bottom, and bombarding them with airtight artillery walls. ."

"I think it's good."

Charlene opened her eyes, rested her chin on his shoulder, and responded earnestly: "As long as the surrounding friendly forces are in place, such an army has a chance to defeat the Scourge Knight."

"That's what I thought too, but the question is... what if they need hand-to-hand combat?"

"Blade battle?"

The green-haired girl raised her pretty face in surprise, put her upturned nose on the tip of the opponent's nose, and asked with some doubts, "Don't your new army just rely on long-range firepower to hurt people, so why do you want to fight hand to hand?"

"Assuming..."

The black-haired knight couldn't help but stretched out his hand, pinched her nose, and said slowly at the same time: "The enemy cooperates with the cannon fodder like Genling to rush to the front of the new army, or the friendly army does not support in time, how should they resist?"

"Don't pinch your nose!"

Charlene immediately frowned, raised her small eyebrows, bit his finger, and said with a natural look:

"When the enemy rushes in front of him, of course he has to draw his sword!"

"When you draw your sword, you will give up your gun!"

Looking at her frizzy expression, Yale said helplessly:

"On the battlefield, once the gun is abandoned, it's hard to say if you want to pick it up again. Moreover, giving the order to abandon the gun is also a difficult decision for the commander."

"This is also..."

The green-haired girl put her face back on his shoulder again, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in her mind, and she said excitedly: "Would it be enough to put the sword on the rapid-fire gun?"

"To mount a sword on a rapid-fire gun?"

The black-haired knight's expression was startled, and somehow felt a little reliable, then he hugged the other's elastic waist and stood up, and lifted her into the air like a ragdoll:

"How should it be used then? Are you holding a cannon to stab someone?"

"Who knows...you can find someone to try it first."

Charlene blinked, then slammed a paw on his face, creating five dazzling sparks: "Don't put me down yet, you bastard!"

"You're right."

When Yale heard the words, he let go, walked quickly to the weapon rack, picked up the five-foot-long rapid-fire gun, and then pressed a saber above the muzzle, and said in a trance:

"In this way, wouldn't it become a cannon?"

"I was just talking casually, and I didn't ask you to really press the sword on the muzzle." The green-haired girl followed and walked to the weapon rack, squatted down and looked at the rapid-fire gun, and flattened her lips:

"If this kind of weapon is really made, only your new army can use it."

"Anyway, let the people from the weapons factory try it tomorrow." The black-haired knight put down two weapons, clapped his hands, and said happily:

"Maybe it's a good idea."

...

In the dark night, the Earl's Palace soon fell silent, and the ghost maids finally got their leisure time, sitting on the roof in twos and threes chatting softly, or dancing in the open space.

With a loud bang, the entire earl's palace trembled, the voices of the maids stopped abruptly, and the ghosts who were still dancing just now were suddenly stunned by the sound, and they all looked at the source of the explosion. go.

It was quiet outside, and the night had completely subsided. Although there were no stars, there were no dark clouds, but where did the thunder come from?

"what happened?"

Yalei and Charlene immediately appeared in the courtyard after getting dressed. The two of them looked at the night sky together, but did not find any dark clouds or thunder.

"The sound came from the northwest."

The black-haired knight looked into the distance in a trance, and suddenly his expression sank:

"Oops! Miner Goblins!"

"go together."

The green-haired girl nodded at him.

...

The cave where the miner goblins lived, north of the river in front of the Earl's Palace, south of the Nightmare Ruins, surrounded by mounds, if it wasn't for the smoke of gunpowder from a distance, it would have taken Yale and Charlene to find them. a period of time.

"Hahaha, it's successful, it's successful!"

"As long as there are a hundred of them, they can blow up the Nightmare Queen!"

"Perhaps we can sell it to the Count."

Hundreds of little miner goblins stood in front of a completely blasted mound holding hands, hopping happily, and their words were full of excitement and pride.

"What are you guys doing?"

The two flashed in front of them one after the other, glanced at the still steaming ground, the black-haired knight frowned and asked:

"You guys did this explosion?"

Accompanied by the crunching sound of the wheels rolling, a wooden cart carrying seven Goblin elders rushed in front of them, suddenly stopped, and the seven bearded old goblins gestured in turn and said:

"Lord Count, you came just in time."

"We found that, no, we should have invented a very powerful mix of minerals."

"Just mix the magic stone with mica stone, flint, flame crystal... these materials are mixed in a certain proportion."

"It can explode after a violent collision! The power is super!"

"It only takes one hundred to blow up the Nightmare Queen."

"We just tested one and blew it up."

"You must like it, my lord."

"..."

The black-haired knight raised his eyebrows, glanced across the faces of the goblin elders, and muttered:

"Magic stone is paired with mica stone, flint, flame crystal... These are all super expensive alchemy materials... I am not inquiring about your formula. Now, if you want to create an explosion of the same power, how many ounces of magic stone do you need to consume? ?"

"ounce?"

Hearing the words, the seven elder goblins shook their heads, gestured with both hands, and shouted in unison: "At least one pound is needed, and it is the most advanced redstone."

"hiss--!"

Yale immediately took a breath and looked at the scope of the explosion. It wasn't very big, it was just a sound.

Spend so much money, but also listen to the sound?

He immediately had a deep understanding of the prodigal level of this group of miner goblins. This is the minerals in his own territory. He immediately got angry and criticized them.

"Are."

The green-haired girl grabbed the placket of his shirt from behind and said seriously, "Maybe it's useful... It can scare people."

"Scare people?"

The black-haired knight rolled his eyes, thinking of his performance when he heard the explosion, he nodded convincingly, and said to the miner goblin:

"This thing you made is actually not very powerful... It's just a sound."

While speaking, he waved a ball of black flames with his backhand, which instantly blew up another higher mound.

"..."

Looking at the empty space they blew up, and thinking about the mound that was just blown up by Yale, the green faces of the goblin elders suddenly turned greener.

"I knew this experiment was unreliable!"

"This invention doesn't make any sense."

"Not only is the power small, but it also wastes ore."

"Consuming such precious ore, but it's just loud, it's a shame for our miner goblins."

"Even if there are a hundred of them, it will not blow up the Nightmare Queen."

"Blowing up a mound doesn't help."

"Lord Earl doesn't like it."

When the black-haired knight saw their emotions suddenly drop, he said justly:

"But there is still room for improvement. If you can make the sound of the explosion louder and the power a little more powerful, I'm willing to buy it."

"..."

The goblin elders who were still complaining immediately quieted down, and the last elder stood up, stroked his beard excitedly, and asked cautiously:

"Are you really willing to buy?"

"Just like what I said just now, if the power is stronger and the sound is louder, I will be willing to buy it."

Yale nodded, suddenly thinking of the ridiculously expensive raw materials for this thing, and quickly added: "But the quantity doesn't need to be too many, a dozen will do."

"Great! The direction of the experiment is still correct."

"This invention is of great significance!"

"Although the power is a little less, but the momentum is very strong!"

"There is a loud noise after the collision, which is good."

"Although it can't kill the Nightmare Queen, it can definitely scare her to death."

"One is so loud, and ten explode at the same time, maybe it can really scare a lot of monsters to death."

"The Count is willing to buy it!"

The seven elder goblins gathered together and murmured for a while, and then the elder goblin stood up and said nervously, "Lord Count, we don't want money, we want to exchange this weapon for something else."

"I don't need money, that's easy to say!" The black-haired chivalrous spirit was instantly lifted. As a poor man with negative assets, naturally he could save a little bit.

"We want to get new mines in Celtic," he said with courage.

"No problem! Make thirty of these weapons and give them to me, and I will allow you to mine in Celtic, but it is not my private territory, so you must go through the relevant procedures."

Yale thought carefully for a moment, then raised five fingers:

"Because the minerals you mine will not be circulated on the market, so I have to levy a high tax, so you can hand over half of the minerals."

"Half? Too much, too much!" The goblin elders shook their heads, expressing that they could not accept such a high tax rate.

"The tax rate is not high at all. I repeat, it is not my private territory, and the 50% tax is already very low."

The black-haired knight looked at them extremely seriously, and suddenly realized that his new army lacked engineering teams and logistics, and these miner goblins were the best engineering team and logistics!

"Unless...you are willing to make some contributions to the empire." He immediately changed the conversation and said with a smile.

"contribute?"

The goblin elders looked at each other in dismay. Besides mining, what contribution could they make.

"Join me in the war with the Highland Kingdom, transport supplies for my army, and build some simple fortifications, shouldn't this kind of thing be difficult for you?"

The black-haired knight put on a very kind face and said with a smile:

"If you want, the tax rate can be reduced by 10%."

"Twenty percent!"

The seven elder goblins raised **** at the same time and roared aggressively.

"Don't even think about it, at most 10% off!"

"One and a half!"

"That's impossible! No more long-winded words and only half the price." He categorically refused.

"Then let it be..."

The goblins finally compromised. For them, the sky and the earth are huge, and the mine is the largest.