There are not many people that Dame Luo Penny Grant can trust, and the housekeeper in front of her seems to be one of them.
"I am honored to serve my mistress."
The steward of Grant Castle bowed his head deeply in front of Gawain, with thorough etiquette, respect and grace. .
"Then serve your mistress again," Gawain nodded slightly to the butler, "You have to go to the Rock Fortress..."
The butler kept his head lowered. Action: "What do you want me to do?"
"Go and send a message saying that Cecil's army has occupied the Glen Territory..." Gawain said, and the situation changed mid-sentence. , "By the way, how are your acting skills?"
The housekeeper raised his head and said calmly: "Eleven years ago, I was there when the gang of robbers broke into the castle, and I brought the burned little master to the castle. Hiding in the woodpile, and then leaning on the woodpile to load the body - the body that was stored for a day and a night under the eyes of the robbers."
The housekeeper paused after saying this, with a confident look on his face. Smile: "My acting skills are very good."
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Cecil's collar, north bank of Baishui River.
Two large inland river ships are moored in a newly built dock. The scaffolding everywhere on the ship and the craftsmen busy around the dock show that the two ships are undergoing intensive renovation. On a platform next to the dock, Tyr, in the form of a sea snake, was using his long tail to support himself into the air, curiously watching every detail of the two ships.
She saw that the two ships were not newly built, but were modified on some basis. Their prototypes were not much different from the large cargo ships she usually saw in the Baishui River, and From the Kraken's perspective, those so-called "cargo ships" were nothing of significance. What she was interested in at the moment were only the structures that had been renovated and added to the ships.
She saw that craftsmen were using metal skins and alloy frames to reinforce key structures of the ship, and also drilled large holes in the ship's deck to install various metal brackets and piping systems with unknown purposes. , she also saw that most of the sails of the ship had been removed, and many open, wing-like metal frames were installed in the free space. The frames were covered with human magic runes.
This is really a strange transformation, and Tyr is very curious about it.
Also inspecting the ship modifications in the dock was Knight Byron. This knight’s face was full of pride. He pointed to one of the ships and showed off to Tire: "Both ships are both good and beautiful." They were captured during the bombardment of the White Water River - almost all the ships captured at that time were injured, and only these two were completely preserved."
Tire saw the show off on Knight Byron's face. With a curious look on his face: "Is this very powerful?"
"This is a ship built in the Peibo area, the place in the South that knows best about shipbuilding!" Knight Byron waved his arm, "The largest ship capital in the South They built it! Don’t you think these two ships look great?”
"Ha... probably," Tyr waved the tip of his tail perfunctorily, and continued to look curiously at the structures on the ship that spread out to both sides like wings, "I'm more curious about how Gawain wants to transform them..."
"I'll take you up to have a look," Byron remembered what the lord told him. He knew that the siren in front of him would be the "power source" responsible for sending these two "strange ships" to the north. , so he was quite enthusiastic at the moment, "Look at me and I will explain it to you."
Only after boarding the ship, Tire realized that Gawain had made more modifications to the two ships than she had imagined. Even more powerful: She saw that the deck of the ship was covered with large areas of thin metal plates. The metal plates were covered with magic patterns and connected to the open wing structures. Many pipes could also be seen below the deck. , alloy frame and magic mechanism, although the entire ship looks like a traditional river cargo ship on the outside, it has actually become some kind of magical creation deep down. This level of transformation was obviously not completed in a day or two. She couldn't help but become curious: "Have you started to modify this ship since it was towed back?"
"To be honest... it's still... "Really," Byron didn't hide it, "after the bombardment of the Whitewater River, the lord ordered the two most intact ships to be modified with magical weapons. However, his original plan was to install magic crystal rail guns on the ships—— For this purpose, we specially strengthened the deck and added a lot of extra frames inside the ship. Look over there - some small secondary guns have actually been installed. But now we have to replace the original main gun with the 'Rainbow Device'. ', the size of the rainbow light device is larger than the largest magic crystal rail gun, and the weight is also very scary. The two main guns had to be reduced to one, and half of the installed secondary guns had to be removed to prevent the ship from sinking... ..."
As Byron spoke, he led Tyr to the lower deck, pointing to the modified parts around him as he walked: "Fortunately, the magic network interface is universal, and the magic crystal track The energy of the cannon can also be used in the rainbow light device. Have you seen these magic network units? Not only the deck and the cabin, but also the bilge are covered with a layer of magic. The entire ship is equivalent to a small factory. The net is laid in the belly, so that it can provide itself with energy..."
Tear followed Byron in an arched manner, looking at this curiously with wide eyes. The advanced magical structures crammed into the belly of a "backward wooden ship" finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Why don't you just build a new ship? Such advanced things are crammed into such a backward ship. "How awkward."
"...I don't have enough shipbuilding skills," Byron spread his hands and said helplessly, "Shipbuilding is a technical job, and the craftsman who knows best about shipbuilding in the entire southern territory is Pei. Those people in the Bo area, the ships they built are like the ones you see in front of you. The technology is higher than this... The lord is doing research, but he doesn't know when the results will be obtained, and even if the research is done, As a result, I don’t know how long it will take to build a new ship from scratch. The enemies of Rock Fortress will not wait.Follow us. "
"Tsk..." Tyr smacked his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent and just poked a nearby wooden pillar with the tip of his tail.
Byron looked at the reaction of the siren lady, curled his lips secretly, and continued: "I will show you the bilge again - it is an unfinished place. "
The two came to the bottom of the "warship". In the cabin illuminated by the magic crystal lamp, Tyr saw a metal bracket that was obviously reserved for some kind of large equipment. , and some magic network units that have not yet been connected, she couldn't help but be curious: "What is installed here? "
"Motivation," said Byron, "is an unresolved problem. "
As soon as Tyr heard the word "power", he remembered what Gawain asked him to do, and immediately nodded: "Oh - yes, your lord asked me to help solve the problem of power. problematic. He said that the two ships can't move by themselves now, so they need my help..."
"Yeah," Byron took over, "you noticed that we took off the sails on the upper deck. Bar? That was to install additional magic nets and auxiliary rune arrays, and to install the water pump and corresponding pipes, the oarsman position originally reserved for this ship was also occupied, so using traditional methods, this ship is now completely It can't be driven - instead, the lord designed a 'paddle' powered by a magic engine, but as you can see - it's not even finished yet. "
Knight Byron pointed to the empty space in the bilge used to install some kind of large equipment, and said with regret: "Mr. Egg has been working on it for a long time, and the finished product has not yet been produced. "
Tiel frowned more and more as he listened, and finally couldn't help but poke the nearby wood with the tip of his tail: "What kind of modifications are you doing... The last ship was even powered by it? It’s all gone…”
Byron Knight waved his hand: “According to the plan, there is one, but it hasn’t been installed yet! ”
“Shouldn’t this kind of thing have been designed earlier! Tyr said, "Do you know how to build a ship?" "
When Byron heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Well, otherwise our shipbuilding technology can't keep up - traditional river boats can still be built by recruiting craftsmen at high prices. But who knows how to build this new type of ship that uses magic technology? "
"Tsk..." Tier smacked his lips again, as if he wanted to say something again, but in the end he held back his words and poked the wood with his tail for a while before waving his hand, "Okay. Okay, I'm almost done with it. I can't understand your magic skills... I'd better go back to sleep. Just call me when you set off. ”
After saying this, Miss Siren left the cabin in an arch.
Byron turned his head and glanced at the empty “engine room” and couldn’t help but He muttered: "Why don't you take the next step..."
Not long after he finished saying this, he heard footsteps coming from near the stairs. When he looked up, he saw Philly is walking into the cabinGeneral knight.
"Miss Tire has left?" The young knight saw Byron standing alone in the cabin and asked curiously, "Has she visited our warship?"
Byron nodded: "After visiting around, I am a little interested in magic technology, but obviously I don't like our ship."
"Oh, then she..."< /p>
"Don't mention it. Every time she stops talking without waiting for me to say anything, she is so vigilant and frightening." Byron looked frustrated, "She is really not as good as you in this aspect - you answer She is better at making trouble than she is."
"Can you not change the subject to another side every time," Philip frowned, and then said, "Miss Till is a guest of a foreign race, and we can't force it. She helped. Anyway, the lord just asked her to become interested in magic technology, and the lord would naturally have other arrangements for the follow-up."
Thinking of Gawain's expectations for Tyr, and " Byron couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "To want Miss Till, who is so lazy, to help for a long time, the lord really set an incredible goal for himself... But then again, why is he so We are obsessed with building new ships... Are the ships we hired from the Peibo area really useless?"
"The lord said that land is only the cradle of mankind, and mankind will always have to do so. Walked out of the cradle," Knight Philip said with a serious face, "Although I am not very sure what he meant by this sentence, the facts have always proved that the lord's judgment is almost never wrong. Since he said If a new type of ship is useful, then it must be useful."
"Okay...I trust the lord's judgment anyway," Byron said, then raised his head and looked at the later addition on the roof of the cabin. Metal beams - On the beams made of light alloy, the magic runes arranged in a hexagonal shape are shining slightly. This thing called the "power ridge" is the main artery of the ship. It connects several decks and The magic network units in each cabin are connected together to provide the huge energy required by the rainbow light device. "Whether the new ships are useful or not, I am quite looking forward to the uses that these two ships will be put into."