Wizard From Afar

Loren looked at him with excitement, and even some deans of lost self-control were silent for a long time.

The other party's answer did not exceed his expectations. Even when he saw the huge amount of material "blacklist", the black hair wizard thought that this might be the result.

First of all, the most important point is that Legion, the Empire of the Broken Boundary Mountain Fortress, is indeed actively preparing for war, and the furnace town as an ordnance provider has also received a large number of orders; this proves that Connold Desalion has not Did not lie, or it doesn’t look like it lied anymore.

At least in this matter, the dean of the Forge Academy is indeed as blameless as he has shown, and even quite dedicated. From Brandon's departure to arrival here, Forge Town has been Completed the supply of materials for two Legions in the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain. Various ammunition, swords and arrows can last for at least four battles.

Under such high-intensity work requirements, all kinds of accidents and workshop explosions seem to be nothing strange.

"It's not just Furnace Town. Since three months ago, the entire Prince of Sackland has been calling on His Highness Connold's orders to prepare for the Fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain." The dean's expression was very serious. : "If you continue to the north, you will be able to see-almost all the towns are hoarding supplies, and the villagers of the small village are also gathering in nearby villages and castles."

"Most of them Everyone in Prince Sackland knows that the army of those demons is coming!"

"Most of the Prince Sackland leaders?" Loren frowned slightly: "If those enemies really invade, Shouldn’t the entire Sackland Empire prepare to fight?"

"The entire Sackland Empire? He he he......" The dean just sneered, shook the head: "There is only You southerners can say this kind of thing!"

"Your Excellency Loren Torino, listen carefully-from the day the fortress of Duanjieshan was erected, the invasion of monsters I have never stopped!"

"Maybe hundreds, or thousands, constantly crossing the Broken Boundary Mountain to invade the border of Sackland. A fortress alone can't stop them; otherwise, Why are two empire Legion stationed on the border?!"

"It turned out to be like this..." The black hair wizard suddenly realized: "I thought it would be necessary to assemble the entire empire to repel the north. It’s not like the enemy."

"It’s not uncommon. The sixth generation of His Royal Highness Brandon I once ruled six empires Legion and two giant dragons, plus four Duchy’s forces totaling 50,000 troops. , In the Ice Desolate Valley north of the Duanjieshan Fortress to fight against the monsters going south."

Remembering the previous story, the dean couldn’t help but sighed: "A whole 50,000 army will wait for them to go home. Only two or three thousand people remained; the two princes remained on the battlefield, and a giant dragon died there. Even Brandon I survived by chance and died of illness two years later."

"Ice Barren Valley, also changed its name to Valley of Blood Skeletons."

"Before his death, the dying Majesty Brandon enacted the last law that required the Duchy of the empire to send troops on a regular basis. Go to the fortress of Duanjieshan to serve. But this order was made by Brandon I when he was about to die, so it was not taken seriously. Only the Fried family of Lotaire and the Wierz family of Allerman insisted on it all the time. "

"And your'famous' ancestor, Duke Roland Torino of Byrne Duchy, also served in Duanjieshan."

After that, the dean. He also sneered: "But it is not easy to say whether it is famous or notorious—your Torino family was lost because of this great "Black Duke". duchy! "

Loren sat there without saying a word, quietly watching the excited Dean excellency chattering and splashing, waiting for his performance to end.

" Are you finished? "Seeing him stop, the black hair wizard opened the mouth and said coldly: "Since I'm finished, should I explain to you about the fraudulent account?" "

The dean’s expression is ugly-I thought I could use the things of the Broken Boundary Mountain Fortress to win some sympathy, but after my hope was slim, I wanted to use the things of Roland Torino to stimulate this guy and let him give himself a Happy.

But unfortunately, both of them failed.

Just like when answering Brandon, the Dean’s answer is basically the same as Loren expected—it So there will be such a huge amount of false accounts. In addition to Connold’s "black gold", it is more important because of another force.

Holy Cross Church.

Just like a courtyard As every alchemist at Changhe Furnace Academy boasted, Furnace Academy in Furnace Town is the only two Alchemist Academy in the empire that can smelt and forge mithril. And this rare and very precious metal has been It has been proven to have a good restraint effect on various mutations caused by the power of the void.

In this case, as the Holy Cross Church upholding the orthodox philosophy, how could it be possible to let this rare metal Out of my own control?

More importantly, you should not let Mithril fall into the hands of ordinary persons, especially wizards. Because of the neutralizing properties of Mithril, this kind of rare Metal can also be used as the core of alchemy items, or used to engrave runes to make magic wands, which is absolutely unacceptable to the church.

1st Step is an absolute embargo against Mithril;

It is not difficult to achieve this. After all, Mithril itself is very rare. The Desalion family also hopes to control it under the control of the Imperial Family, at least not to flow out of Imperial Capital Paravin and East Sacrament in large quantities; Therefore, even if Eboden’s wizards are willing to offer sky-high prices, the amount of mithril available is still very small.

But this is still not enough. After all, the mithril mine is in the hands of the dwarves and the church cannot convince The empire fought a friendly ally for Mithril, especially when surrounded by enemies; and from the dwarves to the Imperial Capital Paravin, they would definitely pass by Byrne Duchy in the south and would definitely be beaten.

So Second Step is to sanctify or "aristocratize" Mithril-only Knight who is blessed by Holy Cross Church or who wants to make a vow by the Holy Cross is eligible for a Mithril weapon. ";

This raises the threshold for obtaining Mithril. Considering that almost the entire empire’s aristocracy is a believer of the Holy Cross, it is not difficult to do this, and at the same time, the wizards are almost completely cut off. The possibility of getting Mithril, after all, no one would believe in the piety of a wizard.

But even so, it can't be completely controlled, so you can only start from the root cause.

Yes, it's in Furnace Town, even in Furnace Academy-the church here was built opposite the Academy, basically to monitor the every move of the alchemists here.

In East Sackland, a land with a strong Holy Cross belief, it is a very dangerous thing to be identified as a hypocrite, especially for the wizards here.

Not to mention the attitude of the priests to the wizard here, and their greed—what is the face of Lotaire's grassroots church, the priests led by Prince Sackland will only get worse.

Faced with decades of daily exploitation of Holy Cross Church, the "resistance method" of the Melting Furnace Academy is to make false accounts.

Through the running account, which only looks at the results and does not look at the process, the melting pot Academy has successfully concealed the eyes of the local church. Without their awareness, a large amount of what would have flowed into the hands of the church All the raw mithril ore was intercepted and sealed in the warehouse.

Of course, no matter how much they are concealed, it is impossible to conceal the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain, because the amount of materials in hand is impossible to be fake; so the dean, who seems to be rude but careful, chooses to cooperate with Connold. , While deceiving the church, provided the royal prince with a large amount of "black gold" that would not be traced.

As a "return", Connold also brought more orders for Furnace Town-this is not a very difficult thing, after all, there are two Legions stationed in the fortress of Broken Boundary Mountain, even if it is just patrolling. And regular search tasks will require a lot of materials and logistics.

Of course, there is an easier way, that is, all these materials are "accidentally" lost.

According to the dean of the Academy of Melting, he used the news of the northern invasion to send two batches of supplies to the fortress of Duanjieshan, and they all "unfortunately disappeared." The north is now in chaos, and this kind of material looting also happens from time to time.

But in fact, those weapons or armaments, from the very beginning, have never left the warehouse in Furnace Town. As long as the turnover is right, they can turn into eye-catching gold at any time.

This is the dean’s final confession. It elaborated on the history of his crime. In addition, he prepared the account books and files. Anyone who sees this confession will believe that he is the culprit without the slightest hesitation. The culprit.

And everything about Connaught and Holy Cross Church has been erased...