Fairy’s Box

That night, with the help of the spring water goblin Kaisha, Nancy sneaked into the royal capital of the highlands overnight, took the local number one leading party, Girard and her daughter, went directly out of the waterway outside the capital city, and escaped to the governor without any risk. government.

They brought high-precision topographic maps, military distribution maps, the highland kingdom's internal line list, and the list of key generals, which will become an important weapon for the governor's palace to counter the highland kingdom.

...

At this time in Glamorgan, the passing vehicles were bustling, the tree demon, migrant workers, the new army and the four guard troops, tens of thousands of laborers were dispatched, sweating like rain to rush to build the fortifications.

Accompanied by a group of army commanders, Yale climbed a tower that had been repaired to inspect the progress of the project and the part of the fortress that had been built. Looking up from the height, I saw that after several months of construction by tens of thousands of laborers, the mountains surrounding Glamorgan had completely changed. At this moment, a solid fortress like a sitting beast had begun to take shape.

Outside the fortress, along the four directions of east, west, northwest, the soldiers cut down all the trees within a kilometer overnight, leaving only ugly tree stumps everywhere, vacating a large area and clearing the obstacles within the defense line of sight.

The original simple stone walls built around the river have long been demolished, and replaced by heavy column walls and concrete fortresses built at a certain distance.

The reason why such a huge group of fortifications can be built in a short period of time has to be mentioned a prodigal invention of miner goblins-composite anti-magic concrete.

A large amount of crushed stone that can be collected everywhere in the wild is used as aggregate, together with precious obsidian, steel rock, and natural volcanic ash transported from the port, mixed in a certain proportion, and matched with high-priced high-strength concrete. The towers used for pouring masonry as walls are more durable and resistant to magic bombardment than ordinary concrete walls.

With the support of the miner goblins out of their own pockets, the materials for the fortifications are sufficient, and the defense structure adopts the most advanced bastion model.

Compared with the traditional city wall, this structure has huge advantages. First, the side wall of the traditional city wall is usually a straight line, and then a tower is erected at a certain distance.

This kind of regular polyhedron city defense can easily be climbed up by engineering equipment such as the ladder erected by the siege party, and the bastion, because the side walls are irregular, and many small-angle concave edges and corners are constructed. It takes a lot of time to place siege equipment or to force the climb directly.

This is not the most important thing. The most terrifying feature of the bastion is that its multi-angled side walls can provide cross-fire strikes. When the siege party climbs up in the face of the bastion, it will not face the traditional city wall. A single-sided blow was exposed to multiple firepower blows from multiple bastion sides at the same time.

The repeated twists and turns of the curve of the bastion side wall also brought about the expansion and extension of the space. More defenders can be placed on the line of fire at the same time, which means more sufficient firepower output.

This will be a huge advantage for the Governor's Palace, which controls all the water lizards and has a lot of firepower (water power?).

Looking at the huge fortress rising from the ground, and the staggered side walls with distinct edges and corners, exposed like wild beasts, the black-haired knight could not help but clearly feel the terrifying lethality of the bastion fortress.

"Your work reminds me of Sky Fortress." He said to the seven Goblin elders beside him.

...

Highland Kingdom, Council Chamber.

Not long after King Gary passed away due to illness, King Wallace made a great effort to expand the entire kingdom, and the council chamber, which is the facade of the king, naturally received priority attention.

The floor is paved with white jade-colored marble, and there are beautiful natural moiré patterns in these expensive stones that have been polished to the point where they can reflect human figures. The light from the hollowed-out dome lighting port creates a light from top to bottom, giving people a sense of holiness.

In these almost vertical radiance, Wallace sat on a beautifully crafted cedar chair, and looked very beautiful in the golden robes of the king. The inconspicuous gold threads that were originally embroidered on it glowed tenderly in this light, showing the complex patterns hidden in this seemingly simple robe.

On the seat closest to his right was Bishop Yosef in a red bishop's robe.

On the other side, there were three other rune warriors standing with their hands lowered. One of them hid his entire face in a hood, and was draped in a white robe, with a silver cross inlaid with rubies flashing around his neck.

Except for these few people, the rest of the servants stood on both sides below the throne, and the treasurer spoke first:

"Your Majesty, after the loss of the southern trade channel, the income of the kingdom has been reduced every day. In addition to dealing with the recent outbreak of the demonic disaster, our finances are on the verge of collapse. If we don't get another payment, we may not be able to support the next one moon."

"Now is the time to test the friendship and unity of the Free Alliance." The diplomat responded, and he turned his attention to Bishop Yousef.

Obviously, the meaning of the minister's words was to ask the Free Alliance to pay for the kingdom to tide over the difficulties. The clear direction made everyone clearly feel it.

But the cardinal still lowered his head, as if there was something in the marble floor that fascinated him.

"The Highland Kingdom is willing to be the vanguard for the Freedom Alliance, and has paid a huge price for this. Are our allies going to keep watching?"

The tone of the financial officer gradually strengthened, and the meaning of the questioning was obvious.

Facing the confrontation between the financial officers, the expressions in the eyes of all the ministers of the Highland Kingdom vaguely expressed their inner excitement. Obviously, this scene was arranged in advance.

The Celtic nobles were already very dissatisfied with the king's wanton sale of the kingdom's land and used it as a Catholic church property. This was a joint test of the representatives of the Papal State.

If the other party is unwilling to help the kingdom through the financial crisis, they can have a reasonable excuse to ask for the return of the school property-although it is illegal, but the king sent too much.

"The friendship between the Highland Kingdom and the Papal State is indestructible. Unless it is a last resort, we should survive the financial crisis on our own." King Wallace spoke out for Bishop Joseph, trying to bring the topic back to the correct line.

"Because the friendship between the two countries is unbreakable, our allies should be more expressive at critical times. As far as I know, the Papal State has 30,000 hectares of teaching fields in the kingdom alone, and the friendship between the king and us has been established by So, what has the Liberty Alliance given us besides military aid?"

The financial officer said calmly, but the malice in his words rose by another level.

"According to the agreement between the countries of the Free Alliance, the entire alliance is obliged to assist when the allies are threatened. If we stand by and watch, can we consider it a breach of contract? Mr. Diplomat, Your Excellency Commander, what do you think? "

At this time, the treasurer returned to his innocent appearance, and turned to the support of the two allies in a cordial and inquiring tone.

The diplomat was silent for a while, then said: "Let the kingdom collapse is undoubtedly a breach of contract and irresponsibility, because all the pressure we bear is for the entire alliance."

And the commander of the army said in a cold voice:

"If the Alliance is not going to help, then there is no need for the Highland Kingdom to bear such pressure on it, because it is not worth it."

The conference hall fell silent all of a sudden, and all the pressure seemed to be directed at Bishop Joseph. In just a few short sentences, the positions of several important ministers present were slightly revealed, and almost all Celtic nobles stood in the Papal State. On the opposite side, only King Wallace is still on the same side as Bishop Joseph.

Just when the atmosphere solidified like ice, the cardinal raised his head slightly and said in a slow and unhurried tone:

"All the people of the Highland Kingdom are the Lamb of the Lord, so the Papal State will never let them go, but we will not be bound by a treaty and become a cow that any country demands at will."

The treasurer and the diplomat exchanged glances, and then said, "Your Highness, do you mean to help your loyal allies, are you going to stand by and watch?"

When Joseph heard his words, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face:

"We have never been stingy with our allies. The amount of military assistance provided by His Majesty the Pope and the Arcane Council to support the Highland Kingdom has far exceeded your financial income, and armed several modern legions for the Highland Kingdom. You still have no Building up, even losing the southern Celtic settlements - that's what the Highland Kingdom has done for the Free Alliance."

Although the cardinal is still calm on the surface, everyone can feel the anger and dissatisfaction he is hiding.

"Hahaha, Bishop Joseph doesn't need to be angry."

Wallace suddenly laughed and waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down:

"The kingdom's financial problems should naturally be handled by the kingdom itself. The reason why our finances are close to collapse is entirely because the southern trade channel has been cut off, and the person in charge of the north-south trade is Girard. Therefore, this person is responsible for the kingdom's financial affairs. Responsible."

This is to kill their own people and raid their homes!

Everyone in the hall knows what the Fannong family does. Businessmen are fat sheep to them. When they have spare money, they raise a few more, and when they have no money, they slaughter and bleed them. Knowing that there will be such a day, many people present still have a feeling of sadness. The Fannong family, how can they treat their subjects as human beings, they are obviously all slaves.

Suddenly the door of the conference hall was slammed open, and a young voice resounded:

"Report to His Majesty the King, His Excellency Gerard disappeared for no reason in the mansion today!"

"what?"

The new king immediately stood up from the seat and said in a rage:

"Damn it, hurry up and chase me!"

"But Your Majesty, the property and property of His Excellency Girard's family have not been transferred. He also left a letter to His Majesty." The rune warrior added hurriedly.

"Bring the letter..."

Wallace regained his calm in an instant, took the envelope handed by the other party, and after reading it carefully, a smile appeared on his face:

"This Girard is also a person who has the courage to take guilt, that's all, let him go."

Before Girard escaped with Nancy, he naturally knew that most of his homes were going to be raided. Anyway, his homes were raided both vertically and horizontally. He simply left a letter declaring that he was guilty and absconded, and that he was willing to confiscate all his family property to offset his guilt.

Wallace didn't even know that this guy was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. He thought that this person was just afraid of death and wise, and he didn't take it seriously. Since he already got everything he wanted, there was no need to spend any more time arresting the "criminal".

"Your Majesty? Why don't you track down this person?" The financial officer didn't understand what he meant and asked tentatively.

"He knows that he has a huge responsibility and is willing to donate all his property to offset his guilt. Now that the person has left, I don't plan to pursue it any further."

The new king tried his best to show his magnanimous side, and continued amiably:

"You are now going to count Girard's property. It is rumored that he is the richest man in the kingdom. With this money, the financial problems of the kingdom should be alleviated, right?"

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, the kingdom's financial problem is that the north-south trade channel is blocked. If we don't solve this problem, we will soon face the same situation." The financial officer said loudly through gritted teeth.

"How to solve this? You can't let me join the Alliance of Order!" Wallace suddenly lost his mind.

The hall suddenly became silent again, and none of the ministers dared to comply with the king's words. In the Highland Kingdom, opposing the Roseviers is politically correct. Whoever dares to propose to ease relations with Rosevia is guaranteed to be detained and surrendered. hats.

"Your Majesty the King..."

Bishop Joseph's eyes flashed brightly, and he took the initiative to break the silence. He looked at the Rune warrior who hid his face under the hood, and said with a smile:

"I'm here to find a way to help your country get through this difficult time."

"His Excellency, please speak." The new king hurriedly asked him to speak.

The cardinal lowered his head and said slowly: "Issue public bonds with the southern Celtic land, use this money to expand military spending, defeat the Rosevians' influence in the southern Celts, and then use the conquered land to repay the debt. .As long as you can achieve this level, in order to further contain the Alliance of Order, the Alliance will definitely increase its assistance... Even if it is not, the land you conquered is enough to eliminate the financial crisis."

"War...?"

A cautious expression appeared on Wallace's face, and then he turned his attention to his courtier: "What about you? Do you have a better way? Say it quickly!"

Including the treasurer, all the Celtic nobles bowed their heads, and they couldn't change the money. Since they couldn't surrender, of course they had to fight.

"You have no opinion, do you?"

The new king clapped his hands on the armrest and said with determination: "In this case, prepare a plan as soon as possible. The Southern Celts are nothing to worry about. We need to think more about the aftermath."