I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 283 The War of the World

Varo Vesalius walked over with mixed feelings. He once thought that he could no longer enter the cornerstone wall, but it turned out that he was wrong. Today, he even holds the "key" that only seven family patriarchs can possess - ordinary wizards The keys to get in and out are copies of it, and behind him is a terrifying army—it's ridiculous, although the great family of Gayola has a loose system of councils and elders, from Mancini. At the beginning, every big family hoped to have an army of its own, but it has not been able to succeed. There are internal conflicts and external pressures.

   I didn't expect the first army of Gayola to appear under such circumstances.

Although the title of Duke of Colonna comes from the watch world, it is almost always the case if wizards have noble titles, because wizards never have their own country - and the heads of those big families probably did not expect that Louis XIV would hire young wizards generously. In fact, their behavior is to use up their power - of course, even if someone told them so, they would not believe it, or they would still hesitate in front of their interests, after all, those wizards who went to Calais and Paris, they Only a small part of the commission is received, and the big family takes two-thirds or more of it.

The sudden influx of assets has nourished the big families of Gayola Island like a dying flower, but they probably did not expect that water can be the source of life or a flowing death knell. , in just over ten years, when people were unaware, Gayola Island became a dead city, young wizards no longer returning here, unwilling to continue to support those who once dominated their destiny, they want things, the king will give them.

  Gagne, the head of the Agnelli, Roca, or Delon family, perhaps it was because he realized this that he decided to go all out.

Before opening the cornerstone wall, Vesalius turned and glanced at the army behind him, the young faces - the Duke of Colonna was fourteen years old this year, and many wizards around him even grew up in Calais. , they have no good feelings for those big families, and they have no fear, but are eager to try - the military rank system of Louis XIV is implemented in this special army, these have not received the education of wizards, but received traditional education like mortals The young people who seem to be invincible will only regard those seemingly invincible figures as chips that they use in exchange for merits.

  Oh, when Vesalius turned around, he was already smiling. When did he start, he also started to say... Once upon a time, he was invincible...

Vauban's eyes widened. As one of the few mortals in this army, he only saw the deserted island that could almost only be described as a reef. Suddenly, how should I put it, it was like there was invisible turpentine. Washing away the colors that covered the picture, revealing the real work below, he saw a towering white stone wall emerging from the sky, taller than any city wall he had ever seen, almost merging with the clouds .

Then, on every white cornerstone, there was either hatred, or pain, or sadness, or a blank face. There were women, men, old people and children. The only thing they had in common was probably their faces. Every inch of the skin on the top was wrinkled layer by layer under the twisting of the muscles, as if facing something unacceptable.

The    cornerstones moved silently to the sides—as if someone kept pulling them away, revealing corridors with ragged edges. Every cornerstone was wailing unwillingly, and even Vesalius couldn't help but take a step back. As a wizard raised by the Mancini family, of course he would not have the opportunity to hold the key that only parents can have, so such a It was the first time he saw the scene.

The Duke of Colonna raised his hand. The few mortals in the wizard army drank the potion under the supervision of the wizard. This **** potion made the brave and fearless Vauban involuntarily fight. With a shudder, he saw the king's physician Vesalius was retreating, not because the sound of the cornerstone's shout was too harsh, but because behind the cornerstone, there were countless corpses, those whose souls had been extracted. The mortals, who used to work tirelessly and day and night in the wizard's manor and workshop, are now unleashed—the rotten smell reaches the wizards before the horrific faces and bodies.

Vesalius immediately threw a handful of powder into the air, and several wizards behind him did the same. As the spell took effect, the ground vegetation surged, entangling the puppet that rushed to them first - Vauban took out a handkerchief and pressed his nose , waved his arms vigorously, and with a slight humming sound, several bronze monster statues described as ferocious were pushed up - they were said to be statues, but in fact they were decorated waterwheels.

...Although Louis XIV has always been a pragmatist, people in this era have an extremely passionate pursuit of complex beauty, just like the princess would say ugly when she saw a steam iron battleship for the first time, and in wood On a battleship, too much carving and decoration did cause a lot of inconvenience, even a burden, but if the king's craftsmen did not do that, even his soldiers would doubt whether the ship was solid and reliable.

These waterwheels are similar products. In fact, they were originally used to carry beer, but they were requisitioned by the Dukes of Vauban and Colonna. After the requisition, they refitted them. Now they look like The giant dragons squatting on the cannon wagon, each bronze giant dragon has the height of two people, they were quickly pushed towards the open cornerstone wall, before the revived corpse inside rushed out, a few wizards danced their fingers, The dragon's mouth spit out a three-foot-long bronze tube. The mouth of the tube was facing the gap. The Duke of Colonna tapped his finger, just like his father had done before he left the inner world, and a flame came from his fingertips. gushing out.

The wizards waiting at the dragon's tail had long been impatient. They almost acted together with the Duke of Colonna, and yanked the heavy valve down, where the mixture of oil, wax and calcium phosphide was suddenly pumped out of sight. up the throats of the bronze dragons, and they are propelled by a strong air current and sprayed out of the narrow pipes to three hundred feet away - such a range is comparable to the "Greek fire" made by the ancient Romans Farther, and more dangerous.

As soon as this kind of fire fell on those puppets who did not know the pain, it immediately burned as quickly as it encountered dry wood. No, it should be said that it was easier than burning dry moss. Occupying people's entire field of vision, the place where they were suddenly turned from late autumn to hot summer, and only a little smoke was produced-because the fire was too big, the revived corpse that could no longer perceive the pain did not cry like a living person, Fleeing or rolling, they stood there, arms stretched forward in vain like a human-shaped torch or candle.

These "candles" even melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, rather than simply blackened and curled. Vauban was a man who had been on the battlefield several times, but he still wanted to run away and vomit uncontrollably, and his fingers even pinched the saber. The gold ornaments on it - he can now understand why "Greek fire" has long been re-developed by scholars, but Louis XIV is reluctant to apply it on the battlefield.

Although they have also been tested, the logs covered with cowhide are completely different from human beings. These are not real living people... Vauban glanced at the Duke of Colonna beside him. For the first time, he felt that his king was too cruel, but The Duke of Colonna has been sitting in the saddle calmly, without the slightest gaffe.

Vauban probably doesn't know that in the inner world, the cruelty of human beings can be magnified to a very terrifying level. When only a few places in the outer world still have serfdom, the inner world still drives the mortal slaves plundered from the outer world. And these mortal slaves have even been deprived of their own souls. Their bodies may only suffer for a few years, but their souls need to suffer for decades or even hundreds of years before they can be freed.

Wizards are not so cruel to mortals either - look at these cornerstones, although every wizard is taught that only noble and tough wizard souls can be cornerstones, the Duke of Colonna thinks that the wizard who is "chosen" will probably not be so think. Every time they walked down the corridor, he could feel as if he was being watched by a pack of wolves in the dark, who didn't care if they were wizards or mortals, and could keep you in them forever, The most wonderful thing is that your soul and body become their food.

The wizards cast spells again and again, and finally dispelled the smoke and smell produced by the burning of these revived corpses, which had been counted in thousands. They were only used to delay time and could not cause any serious damage. Of course, it seems that there is no serious damage. It can take too long, and when the Duke of Colonna's army rode into the cornerstone walls of Gayola, the soil was scalding hot.

The darkness in the corridor did not last as long as when Louis first entered the inner world, and those terrifying cries and crying seemed to have never been heard before. The princes of La Island, with all their power, chased after them while driving their horses.

Once entering the inner world, there is no need to cover up. The wizards waved their wands, and the horses under them returned to the appearance of nightmares, pegasus, owls, or brooms, and rushed into the air at once, even Woo Bang's mount was no exception. In addition to being frightened, his blood boiled, watching the ground quickly leave him, the white city wall and black ashes were left behind in a blink of an eye, and a gust of wind whistled around him, Vauban felt, He will never forget this moment, what he felt as a mortal.

   I fell and was injured when I came home the night before yesterday, so I haven't been able to update it for the past two days. Sorry, I will make up for it in the next few days. Thank you for your support.

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