Imperial Crown

"Sorry." Facing Nancy's expectant eyes, Raven could only smile apologetically and said loudly: "Wait for me, I'll be there soon."

The Riverside Workshop can be said to be the industrial heart of the entire Eagle Territory. Raven couldn't help but pay attention to it. After speaking, he stood up and walked out the door.

Nancy also knew the importance of the Riverside Workshop, but she still felt a little dissatisfied. She looked at Raven's back and pouted her lips, punching the desk with her fists: "Hate!"

When he walked out of the room, Raven saw Poirot.

After not seeing each other for a few months, this former chef, now an "engineer", has changed a little. His overall temperament is more capable, less slick, and more responsible.

He looked quite anxious, as if if he didn't go over, the whole workshop would be blown up. After saluting, he began to hurriedly tell Raven the cause and effect.

Raven, who learned the whole story, suddenly felt a little bit amused.

The trouble was caused by the gray dwarf.

It was only a matter of time before these noisy guys got into trouble, but Raven didn't expect it to happen so soon.

They had only been in the workshop for three days!

Just after Raven gave the order to forge swords with star iron as the main material, the gray dwarves, who totaled only 17, split into two factions.

One faction, led by Bowell, thought that since the sword was forged for the Baron, it must be perfect and luxurious, so that people could see it as a treasure for the nobles at a glance.

The other faction, led by Sohei, believed that since the sword was made of precious minerals such as star iron, the material and the craftsmanship of the gray dwarves could not be wasted. It must be made into a sharp sword that could be passed down from generation to generation. The fancy appearance could only affect the performance.

The simple quarrel quickly turned into a "conceptual dispute". Neither side was willing to give in. At first, it was just a fistfight, but this morning it turned into a fight. Unfortunately, the people guarding the riverside workshop were a group of new recruits, and they couldn't stop it at all, so they had to ask Poirot to ask Raven for help.

Even though he was prepared, when Raven arrived at the workshop, he was still shocked.

"Good fellow!"

This was no longer a workshop, it was clearly a battlefield, with all kinds of tools held as weapons in the hands of the gray dwarves.

They used wrenches, hammers, and fire tongs with great vigor and majesty, and used bucket lids as shields. Some very "smart" gray dwarves even used molten iron as a long-range weapon, throwing it all over the ground, and it was filled with smoke.

Fortunately, the workshop was built of stone for fire prevention, otherwise who knows what it would have burned like!

"Stop it!"

Raven shouted, as if the director had shouted "click", and the gray dwarves' movements suddenly stiffened, and all kinds of tools fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Then they started running around, howling, as if they wanted to hide themselves.

These gray dwarves are really good in physique. They are obviously fighting each other and bleeding, and many pliers and hammers are bent, but they are very energetic. Their short legs are moving vigorously, and some even jump one meter high and dive into the water tank.

Yes, based on the temper and personality of these gray dwarves, if they didn't have such a physique, they would have been exterminated long ago!

The blood vessels in Raven's eyebrows kept jumping: "All gray dwarves, gather in front of me. If I don't see you within 30 seconds, never show up again!"

In the end, it took less than 30 seconds, only more than 20 seconds, and these gray dwarves stood in front of Raven, each with a straight back and a harmless smile on their faces.

Only Bowell and Sohei stared at each other without giving in.

If we try to distinguish which faction bears the main responsibility, it will probably be a mess again, and it may not be possible to distinguish until dark.

However, the advantage of being in a high position is that you can be willful at any time. If you can't tell the difference, don't tell it. Raven immediately ordered: "This time, all gray dwarves are not allowed to drink for a month! And the service period for the Griffith family will be extended by 20 years!"

"No rebuttal, no quibbling, next time you do it, the punishment will be doubled!"

This immediately blocked the mouths of the gray dwarves who wanted to start chattering.

Raven's eyes swept over Sohei and Bowell: "Don't you two have your own opinions?"

Hearing this, the eyes of the two gray dwarves lit up, but before they could speak, Raven said: "I don't want to hear the quarrel, your design is on the drawing and give it to me."

Bowell stood on tiptoe and coughed, and took out a piece of parchment from his arms. Sohei immediately deflated and began to look for paper and pen.

Taking the design drawing from Bowell, Raven only took a look and his eyelids began to twitch.

It can only be said that there is a reason why the gray dwarves' artwork is not famous.

This aesthetic style... is too exaggerated.

The 1.2-meter-long sword has to be gilded and carved on the hilt, and inlaid with three gems. Two eagles are to be carved on the hilt, and the sword spine is to be hollowed out. It is planned to be inlaid with more than 300 diamonds, and even the scabbard is to be inlaid with gold and silver.

The exaggerated style of the previous life's Yidao 998 seems a bit conservative in front of it.

At the same time, Sohei handed over a piece of parchment without saying a word.

Although it was completed in a hurry, Biberville's design still looks much better, but Raven thinks it looks like a standard knight sword commonly used on the continent, without any characteristics.

Raven sighed: "I'll talk, Bowell, you are responsible for recording."

As a jewelry designer, Bowell is still very accurate in writing. While Raven is describing, he is describing and correcting.

When the design was completed, Sohey and Buvier looked at each other, and both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Because the design is so strange to them.

The hilt of the sword is fifteen centimeters, wrapped with a black leather rope and wrapped with red thread. The sword is short and thick, and the blade is eighty centimeters. The overall sword is broad and thick, but it has eight cast surfaces. If it is not bladed, the overall image will be more like Odd-shaped iron rods instead of swords.

On the spine of the sword, there is also a line of words engraved: No. 1 in the world.

Of course they wouldn't recognize it, because it was the "Eight-sided Han Sword" from Raven's previous life.

Ancient and upright.

It fully displays the oriental simplicity and grand aesthetic charm.

"Just follow my design." Raven said without argument: "If you dare to give me an extra star, you will know the consequences!"

Raven didn't want to be a tyrant, but he had to use strong methods to deal with these gray dwarves.

After taking care of things here, it was already evening when we returned to Eagle Castle.

At the gate of the city, Volaf, who had finished training, was already waiting here with a group of soldiers. When he saw Raven, they all saluted immediately:

"Lord Baron!"

Raven nodded in return and walked inside.

Volaf took Otto and a soldier named "Vade" to follow them voluntarily, and the other soldiers returned to their posts.

After the bloody highland battle, excluding the seriously injured soldiers who were discharged, there are still twenty-six members of the Eagle Army. Now they have been integrated with the soldiers to form a new soldiers group.

There were a total of forty-five people. The five people headed by Simon who were good at equestrians formed the scout team. The remaining forty people were divided into four teams. Now there are three teams stationed in the military camp, and the remaining team is Volaf and others.

Walking inside, Raven ordered Volav: "Starting tomorrow morning, we will work in pairs and take turns to take people to the dungeon."

Volaf's eyes lit up: "Lord Baron, you mean..."

Raven glanced at him, and Volaf immediately closed his mouth, but there was still excitement in his eyes.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, Lei Wen woke up from meditation and sighed quietly.

No wonder magicians are rarer than knights. The rate of increase in magic power is much slower than the increase rate of knights' fighting spirit.

After experiencing a great battle, all of Raven's extraordinary men who survived, from Eric to Link, as well as Simon and Volaf, saw a significant increase in the intensity and scale of their fighting spirit. However, Raven's magic power could only continue step by step. growing up.

According to the current speed, even if the rhythm of absorbing magic cores and expanding the upper limit of magic power is maintained, it will still take at least half a year to reach the second level.

Before formally contacting the Order of the Hand of Death, it would be difficult to improve one's strength.

During breakfast, Raven received a look of protest from Gordon Sr. Apparently he already knew about Raven's plan to erect a monument.

However, Old Gordon did not object. Instead, he allocated quite a wealth of supplies and even began to proactively mobilize manpower to bake the land outside Eagle Fort with fire and excavate earth so that construction work could begin at any time.

This is the advantage of having a competent butler at home. No matter whether the opinions are unanimous or not, he will carry out the orders and carefully check for the master's deficiencies.

The outside was scorching hot, and the inside was scorching hot.

Deep roars came from the dungeon one after another.

Raven is using magic core to strengthen his own soldiers. Now, the first two people have completed the strengthening.

"You two, come together!" Volaf took off his clothes, revealing his strong physique, and raised his fingers in front of the two newly strengthened soldiers.

Otto and Vader looked at each other, roared at the same time, and rushed towards Volaf.

The action seemed reckless, but the two of them cooperated very well. When they rushed in front of Volav, they suddenly separated. They circled behind Volav to the left and the right, and punched both ribs of Volav at the same time.

Volav's fists originally tucked at his waist pushed outwards, making two crisp sounds. The four fists collided together, the muscles trembled, and the sweat was squeezed out of the pores and turned into puffy mist.

Otto and Vader were each shaken by the force and took a step back. Volaf obviously withstood the attacks of two people at the same time, but he recovered first. He stepped forward and twisted his waist to pounce on Otto on the left, with a generous slap and arm shield. The same thing covered Otto's head.

Even without luck and fighting spirit, the first-level extraordinary physique is still strong after being strengthened by the magic core. Just one slap caused a burst of wind pressure. Even though Otto raised his arms to block it, the hair on his forehead was still blown away. .

Just when the slap was about to fall, Wade leaned down, pushed away the dust on the ground with a sweep of his leg, and hit Volaf's ankle with a bang.

This power was not enough to shake Volav's solid steps, but it made his movements slightly stagnant.

It was at this gap that Otto saw the opportunity, raised his hands up, and took the initiative to grab Volaf's wrist. Although his knees were slightly bent due to the force, he also relieved the force, and then leaned forward, With both arms, he pressed Volaf's right hand back inward little by little!

At the same time, Wade also jumped up from the ground with his legs, hugged Volaf's right hand with both hands, and inserted one foot into Volav's legs!

For a moment, the three of them were in a stalemate in this weird posture!

But the stalemate did not last long.

"Oh--"

Volaf let out a long breath, and the muscles on his body suddenly swelled, even outlining the muscle fibers under the skin.

Otto and Wade on both sides gritted their teeth and used up all their strength, but they could only watch Volaf's arm break free from his control little by little.

With two bangs, Volaf finally pulled his hand out. Otto and Wade rolled to the sides without holding back their strength, but they stood up immediately after rolling and were not injured.

"Baron, your enhancement is really effective." Volaf wiped the sweat from his forehead: "With their current strength, ordinary soldiers can't stop them unless they are first-level extraordinary!"

Raven nodded with satisfaction. He saw everything just now and was quite relieved in his heart.

Perhaps after the baptism of the cruel battlefield, this group of Eagle Army soldiers have a stronger tolerance to the energy of magic cores than Volaf and his team before. Each person can withstand the energy of about 1.4 first-level magic cores, and the improvement is relatively greater.

Even Volaf, who had been strengthened by Raven, had a hard time dealing with two people at the same time without using fighting spirit, not to mention ordinary extraordinary people who had not been strengthened.

Even if fighting spirit was used, five strengthened personal soldiers could completely suppress or even kill a first-level extraordinary person when fully armed.

If Raven took this group of strengthened soldiers to the Bloody Highlands again, he would not even need to use any conspiracy or tricks, and would have at least a 60% chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with Heleti!

Raven spent the whole day strengthening his soldiers.

Time was running out, and after strengthening the personal soldiers' brigade, he needed to strengthen another batch of war horses.

Although the semi-demonized war horses were not as strong as the blood-eyed war horses, they were far superior to ordinary war horses in terms of endurance and speed.

On the battlefield, mobility means initiative, which means being able to advance or retreat, and being able to freely choose the time to engage in battle or evacuate.

Nearly fifty semi-demonized war horses would attract other people's attention if they really acted together.

However, Raven had already thought of a way and announced to the public that he had brought back a batch of "specialties" from the Bloody Highlands this time, named "Claw Yellow Flying Lightning".

No matter who asked, Raven would say that it was seized from Heleti. As for whether everyone believed it or not, just ask Heleti.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with Raven himself.

Compared with Raven's busyness, Nancy was much more idle, idle to the point of boredom. But except for Raven, no one in the entire Eagle Castle, whether male or female, could catch her eye.

As a magician, Nancy also knew the importance of magic experiments, so when Jenny's message was fruitless, she came to Raven's study.

Originally, she wanted to "retaliate" for Raven's neglect of her, but when she really saw those books, she couldn't do it. There was nothing to do if she left, so she had to pick up a copy of "The Path of the Mage" and read it.

The content of the book became more and more boring, and her eyelids kept fighting. I don't know how long it took, Nancy's eyes went dark and she fell asleep.

When Raven returned to the study, he was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing.

Nancy's petite body was lying on the desk, with her hands under her head and her ponytail thrown behind her head.

I don't know how long she has slept. There is a red mark on her rosy face. The hair on her forehead and cheeks is messy. Her eyelashes are trembling slightly, and her lips are moist.

Raven suddenly remembered the sleeping girl in front of him in his previous life. She was beautiful, petite and cute.

Resisting the urge to pull the braid, Raven put his finger to his mouth, stopped Patty who wanted to speak behind him, took off his cloak and covered Nancy, carefully took two books, left the study and returned to his bedroom.

It was not until late at night that Nancy opened her eyes in a daze. Looking at the dark room, she felt a little lost inexplicably.

With a bang, something fell to the ground. Nancy reached out and picked it up. She was stunned for a moment, first showing a sweet smile, and then the corners of her mouth curved down again: "Really, since you are here, why don't you wake me up..."

Raven in the bedroom sneezed violently.

The moon sets and the sun rises, and Eagle Territory welcomes a sunny day.

In the morning, not long after breakfast, Raven changed into a long-lost dress.

In front of Eagle Castle, waiting for the arrival of the Slater family envoy.

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