Proof of the Sun King

"Hmm." Late at night, when Teresa went to rest in the guest room, Ryan was chatting with Orika in the master room, and at the same time, he smiled at the big quilt on his bed and said, "Veronica come out. !"

"This is really the most humiliating day of my life!" Witch Garland was still wrapping herself in the quilt, her voice was already furious: "I actually lost to Trovik, that little princess of Garland! ,hug me!"

Lane had no choice but to take Veronica out of the quilt and hold it on his lap. Even so, Witch Garland buried her head in his chest and was reluctant to get up. Lane stroked the witch's back: "You It's normal to be unable to beat her, although Teresa's strength is slightly weaker than yours, but her full set of equipment and staff are much stronger than yours."

After finishing speaking, Ryan seemed to remember something, and he couldn't help laughing again.

"You're still laughing!!!" Veronica was so angry that she twisted her man's waist hard, and then she remembered something, and buried her full red face into Ryan's chest again.

When Ryan arrived in the reception room, Witch Garland was tied to the sofa by Wu Hua Da, her eyes were red and she was about to cry. Ryan quickly untied the rope and hugged her to comfort her for a long time.

Ryan is not surprised that Veronica will lose to Teresa. In terms of strength, Teresa is slightly weaker than Veronica, but compared to the full set of equipment and magic scrolls, Victoria Ronica is good at light and fire magic, and she is indeed not a match for Teresa if she can't use her full strength.

"Okay, okay, Veronica, I won't look down on you because of this." Ryan had to continue comforting: "It doesn't matter if you fail, you can defeat her again in the future."

"Hmph, I originally made an appointment with her. If she loses to me, she will get out of the way immediately, but I didn't expect that she would actually get a seven-ring magic scroll from Elder Aurora." Veronica finally recovered. , she sat on Ryan's lap, wrapped her arms around his neck and complained, "We were evenly matched at the beginning, Ryan, my feet are sore, rub it for me."

Ryan smiled and helped Witch Garland rub her succulent feet, and sighed inwardly: Veronica is really a smart woman, she knows too well what she wants, she lost to magic Teresa is not important, the witch immediately took this opportunity to find it back from him.

Teresa still needs practice.

Since the sorceress also came to Ryan's territory, the open and secret battle between the two witches has begun. Teresa wins in the capital, Veronica wins in the cleverness, and the two witches are both wits and brave to let Ryan. After watching a lot of jokes, of course, it was the Baron himself who got the benefit in the end.

At first, Teresa was very unconvinced and always felt that she was the best until she met Suria.

The appearance of the Duke's daughter finally made her understand something.

Ryan can't manage so much now, the baron has his own business to do.

That's about the artillery.

When Ryan first mentioned the artillery thing to the dwarf craftsman, Deron actually refused, because Ryan couldn't tell him that he wanted to make artillery and he would do it.

Here we have to mention the "Holy Alliance" between the Empire and the High King of Dwarves. Even after countless years, this covenant is still abided by the Empire and the Dwarves. Among them, the secret of gunpowder is shared by the Dwarves selflessly to the Empire. The gift, the powerful gunpowder weapon opened a new page in warfare.

Therefore, the empire and the dwarves strictly abide by the agreement before, and jointly keep the gunpowder technology secret. In Britannia on the gray mountain side, the only artillery the knights can get are some outdated old-fashioned cannons eliminated by the empire, most of which can only be used for Guarding the city, and inconvenient to carry and transport.

So what is the main siege weapon of Brittany?

It's a trebuchet.

Lane had seen this massive siege weapon firsthand at Curona, which consisted of about six to eight carts of timber parts, and the trebuchet's massive straight arms were pulled through a series of levers, gears, and coiled mechanisms. Go down into the firing position, and the other end is connected to a giant stone counterweight. A large lasso is attached to the long arm of the trebuchet and is capable of holding rocks, stony construction debris and even dead livestock. When the trebuchet fires, the extra momentum the noose adds to the moving long arm causes the boulder to be thrown. The machine can shoot farther than ordinary catapults and is more powerful.

If Ryan looked at it from the eyes of the Chinese Dynasty, this thing was the "Huihui Cannon" used by the Mongols to attack the city.

The power of the trebuchet is very powerful. It can be said that the power of the trebuchet is not bad compared with the giant cannon of the empire. The giant stones thrown by the trebuchet can destroy most of the enemies, even many green people who like to act in groups. The nightmare of hide and beastman, the disadvantage of trebuchet is that it is inconvenient to carry, inconvenient to load and unload, and the rate of fire of trebuchet is obviously much slower than that of artillery.

Under the personal blessing of the Prophet of the Lake God and even the Witch of the Lake God, the trebuchet enhanced by God's blessing can throw three times the stone and additional magic damage, which proves the super power of the trebuchet.

However, most knights still generally expressed disdain for these machines, and several dukes refused to use them completely. Nevertheless, owning a trebuchet is still a symbol of wealth and status. The manufacture of trebuchets requires a long time and handwork by artisans. There are only a limited number of craftsmen in Brittany who can build such a powerful war machine, and the lords They all urgently need them to serve themselves. Although the knights will not operate this kind of war machine by themselves, they can still barely understand the strategic value of the trebuchet. The serfs will be ordered by the lord to operate this precious The war machine, because the serfs could not claim honor and would not understand the meaning of fighting for the ladies.

The craftsmen who can make trebuchets in the kingdom are all in Lyonasse or Montfort. Given the bad relationship between Ryan and the two dukes, it is almost impossible to borrow craftsmen to make trebuchets.

When the time came to the midsummer season, Ryan took his knight Olivier, Hux and Steward Katzenberg to check the latest results in the dwarf workshop of the Chinon River.

"My baron, since the dwarves are unwilling to share their technology, why are you still able to convince them to make artillery for you?" Butler Katzenberg's large bald head reflected bright light in the sun, and the baron's butler made every passing day. Shave your head every ten days.

"I can't let the dwarves share the artillery technology with us, but we can hire dwarves." Ryan walked towards the interior of the workshop with his hands behind his back: "I have reached an agreement with Mr. Deron, he will make artillery for us, We employ dwarven engineers to operate the artillery."

"Dwarf mercenaries?" Olivier was very interested in this. As a young knight introduced by Schultz, the Archduke of Marienburg, fighting side by side with dwarves didn't seem like much. In the empire, mercenaries were also commonplace.

On the contrary, the serious-looking Hux looked a little suspicious. After these few battles, the Ranger Knight became more and more calm. He was in charge of most of the training in the territory. There are about fifty sergeants and three soldiers in the baron. More than a hundred infantry, Hux has trained them to have a certain combat effectiveness.

Neither Ryan's training method nor Angron's training method are suitable for training these serf soldiers, because the situation is different, that kind of intensity training is too difficult for serfs who cannot guarantee food supply and adequate nutrition.

"My baron, there is no tradition of hiring dwarves in Brittany. We have only hired mercenaries from the empire, and it is still under the condition of the king's permission. Is it still to be discussed if you directly hire dwarves?" Hex said hesitantly. .

"I have prayed to the lady, and she agreed to this request." Ryan didn't care, he directly announced his decision: "The dwarf brothers are our friends, and we will fight side by side."

Now neither Olivier, Katzenberg nor Hux have any more opinions.

If another twenty-six-year-old baron said that, the knights might scoff at it, and would not believe it at all, thinking that the baron was lying, a complete lie.

But Lane was different, he said this sentence, the knights even followed their sergeants were convinced that their lords had created too many miracles, the lady of the lake showed in him gods one after another Trace, he is the lady's god-chosen champion and the most favored knight by the fairies in the lake. Since Ryan said that the fairies in the lake agreed, then the fairies in the lake must agree.

The knights couldn't help feeling a little excited at the thought of having the giant cannons of dwarves to assist in the attack. The knights of Britannia were originally known as the first knights in the old world. If they could have the help of artillery

When they arrived at the dwarf workshop, a whole team of dwarf mercenaries was already waiting. The dwarf at the head wore a round helmet, and the long beard covered half of his belly. He was holding a long white bread in his mouth, so far away, everyone could smell a strong smell of black gunpowder from his body.

"Hello, bearded man." After slightly identifying the length of the dwarf's beard and the gold and silver jewelry on the beard, Ryan said in a respectful tone, "Welcome to my domain, I am the baron here. , Knight of the Grail, Ryan Maccador."

"I've heard your name, Baron, the champion of God's Choice for women in the lake, who killed a bunch of greenskins, and the champion of Chaos." The dwarf rounded his eyes, raised his head, and folded his arms across his chest: " Deron told me that you could bring jobs to my brothers and sisters, and income, and an endless supply of ale, so I brought my brothers and sisters, my name is Duggan Iron man, nice to meet you."

"Yeah, my baron, when you said you needed to hire a team of dwarven mercenaries, I immediately thought of my good friend Duggan, who is an excellent warrior and an engineering expert." He came out of the workshop: "He knows how to make the artillery you want. He can make heavy cannons and organ cannons as long as the price is right."

"Very good, how many people do you have?" Ryan nodded again and again, and he asked Dugan.

"There are more than 100, and more than 60 of them are excellent soldiers and workers." Dugan raised his head: "We have been wandering in the mountains for too long, maybe Delong is right, it's time to come out and find a new one. We can't starve our kids anymore."

"I am willing to accept you and your clansmen, but I hope you will obey the rules in my territory, and you will need your labor and the fruits of your work to exchange for the endless ale." Ryan stretched out towards the dwarf. out.

"Fair decision, we never take advantage of human brothers, and I believe that you, the Holy Grail Knight, will not treat us badly." Dugan agreed, and the dwarf reached out and shook his hand: "Also, dwarves are never afraid of fighting, If there is any war, the dwarves will never run away!"

"Then Katzenberg, I'll tell you how the community of these dwarves will be arranged." Ryan said to his housekeeper, "Remember, keep them away from the pointed ears, I don't want to watch the battle of the long beard. It's the second time in my territory."

"Okay, my baron, I will arrange a safe place for them. In fact, baron, your territory seems to be blessed by a lady. Since I came to Jean's territory, I have never received it again. Greenskins and Beastmen." Katzenberg nodded again and again, he wore a pair of round-frame sunglasses, which were the masterpiece of dwarf craftsmen, made by Deron using some scraps of wrought iron and glass, unexpectedly Extremely popular and orders are pouring in.

"Haha, you should really be blessed by the lady." Ryan smiled disapprovingly.

In the face of greenskins and beastmen, Angron and the Imperial Guard are both ready to kill. Only those fugitive slaves who cannot survive become robbers. For the sake of being human, Angron and the Imperial Guard turn a blind eye. Close one eye.

Lops and Olivier are mainly doing this. The two knights often take their troops to destroy the nearby robber dens. One is to train soldiers, and the other is to make extra money. They have already entered when they are farthest. other duchies.

Dugan didn't understand what Ryan and the others were discussing, and this dwarf was not good at human language~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He said to Deron, "Is this human really credible?"

"Don't worry, I've been doing it for him for several months. This human being is really credible, and very powerful. He's still a younger brother." Deron stroked his beard with satisfaction: "He has a very complete set of things here, and he has a good relationship with him. Many nobles in this country are different. He won't point fingers at our behavior, he is willing to give us full authority, and the taxes are much lower than other territories. If you want me to say, this is a good place, I will stay here. ."

"It's just a younger brother?" Dugan was surprised, and he looked at Deron's shiny beard with admiration.

For the dwarves, the beard is a symbol of status, age and status. The beard must be combed and washed frequently to be beautiful. Deron's beard is so beautiful that Dugan is envious.

"Yeah, if you've seen his brother, you'll know how strong his brother is, and he seems to know some unknown secrets, look at this." Deron took out the talisman that Ryan gave him. Text: "I have searched through all the tomes and found no record of this rune. I have written to the dwarf chief rune lord Master Clark Grim at the Peak of Eternity, asking him to see the rune's description. Origin, perhaps, this will be the most important discovery of the dwarves in hundreds of years."

"What a mysterious lord." Dugan nodded: "Okay, let's settle down first. After so many wars and wanderings, it's time for the clan to have a home."

Just when the knight and the dwarves reached an agreement that the dwarves would make their home here, a group of wood elves appeared.

The wood elf at the head is Delina, the woodland lord that Ryan has met: "Hello, Lord Ryan, you are finally back, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

"What is the friend in the forest looking for me for?"

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