Chapter 34: A Means of Transport?
Under Linley's gaze, this four-winged fallen angel laughed instead. "Linley, one of the top experts on the Yulan continent, surely wouldn't stoop to attacking someone like me." A four-winged fallen angel was only at the Saint-level mid-stage.
Twelve years ago, Linley, Bebe, and the others had easily killed six four-winged angels.
Now, Linley could effortlessly kill this four-winged fallen angel with a wave of his hand.
"Pass a message to Ocasey for me," Linley said, glancing at the old man.
"Please speak, Lord Linley," the old man replied humbly.
Linley said coldly, "His choice to ally with the Radiant Church this time is an extremely foolish move. He will regret it later."
The old man immediately nodded. "I will certainly relay your words to Mr. Ocasey. However, I would like to say one thing to you, Lord Linley. In truth, within the Chaos Territory, the threat posed by your Baruch Kingdom is even greater than that of the Radiant Church."
"Oh?" Linley smiled.
He understood what the other party meant. On the Yulan continent now, the only ones who could threaten Linley were the five Saint-level ultimate experts. Linley's comprehension of the laws was inferior to those five Saint-level ultimate experts. After all, whether in the profound mysteries of the earth or the wind, Linley had only reached the level of 'Higkinson' or 'Hayward.'
But the innate talent of a Dragonblood Warrior was simply too terrifying.
A Dragonblood Warrior was inherently ten times stronger than an opponent. Even if those five Saint-level ultimate experts had a deeper understanding of the laws than Linley… when it came to an actual fight, it was hard to say who would be stronger.
Neither the Church of Darkness nor the Radiant Church had an expert who could match Linley.
Linley was so overwhelmingly powerful that it naturally instilled fear in both the Radiant Church and the Church of Darkness, prompting them to secretly help each other. After all, no matter how large a territory was… the fate of a power was ultimately decided by the strongest experts at the peak.
"I understand your meaning," Linley said, suddenly finding this four-winged fallen angel quite interesting. "But I have no interest in the size of territory. If your Church of Darkness allies with my Baruch Kingdom, there's no need to worry too much."
The old man shook his head. "Lord Linley, experts like you don't care much about worldly power. But what about your younger brother, King Wharton? Even if your brother doesn't care, what about the future heirs of the Baruch Kingdom? They will always be interested in expanding territory and unifying the Chaos Territory."
Linley was stunned.
Then he smiled.
"You're very interesting," Linley said, glancing at the old man with a laugh. Then, with a flicker of movement, he vanished from the room.
Only after Linley left did the old man breathe a sigh of relief. Although Linley hadn't attacked at all, just standing in his presence made this fallen angel's heart tremble… He understood that this was because the gap in their strength was too great.
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Inside Code County City, a large number of citizens were being evacuated. The prestige of the Baruch royal family was very high. With a single command, coupled with the threat of war, the citizens obediently and orderly evacuated.
Of course, arrangements had been made for where these citizens would go.
A three-story hotel had become the command center for the entire Code County City. Watts stood by the window on the third floor, watching the massive evacuation below, sighing inwardly. He understood… these people's homes were definitely going to be destroyed.
To turn Code County City into a 'war city' that could devour enemies, many buildings would be remodeled, with hidden passages, traps, and all sorts of things.
Although the king had allocated a large amount of money to settle these people for this evacuation, having to abandon their homes of twelve years was surely heartbreaking for them.
"Under the kingdom's rule, their lives are much better than they were twelve years ago," Watts thought. Though he looked middle-aged, he was actually over ninety years old. He clearly remembered how chaotic the Chaos Territory had been in the past. Just by looking at the sheer number of orphans, one could see the brutality of war.
Suddenly, a knock came at the door.
"Come in," Watts said calmly.
"Sir, the Marshal has arrived," the soldier reported as soon as he entered.
"Marshal?" Watts immediately said, "Where? Take me to him!"
In the Baruch Kingdom, the person held in the highest esteem by the people was naturally the spiritual pillar, the absolute genius, the pinnacle expert of the Yulan continent, Linley. Next was King Wharton, and after him… was the one once known as the foremost of the Five War Gods, the 'Saint-level Undying Warrior,' Barker.
In a secluded courtyard behind the hotel.
Barker was sitting there, enjoying a drink alone. As Watts entered, he immediately saluted: "Greetings, Marshal!" Barker turned to look at him and laughed, "Ah, Watts. Come over. Relax."
Over the past twelve years, the kingdom had naturally discovered many talented individuals.
Barker and his four brothers usually focused on training and rarely bothered with other matters. Watts was an exceptionally talented military commander that Barker had discovered.
"Come, have a drink." Barker poured a glass of wine for Watts.
Watts asked, "Marshal, what brings you here?"
Barker laughed. "Didn't I tell you last time? I'd prepare over thirty magic crystal cannons for you." Watts's eyes lit up. Barker continued, "There are thirty-six magic crystal cannons in total, and they're all fully prepared."
"Prepared?" Watts asked worriedly. "But how are they going to be transported here? Marshal, these magic crystal cannons are probably all in other places. Transporting them here will probably take a very long time. Will it be in time?"
Barker shook his head with a smile. "I spent an entire day running around just to get these magic crystal cannons."
Watts was confused.
What did the Marshal mean by that?
Barker waved his hand toward the empty courtyard—
Instantly, magic crystal cannons appeared out of thin air in the courtyard, arranged in four rows, with nine cannons in each row. Each cannon was two to three meters long, with a muzzle diameter of nearly half a meter, and the barrels were covered in complex magical engravings.
Under the sunlight, the barrels of the magic crystal cannons reflected a captivating luster.
A full thirty-eight magic crystal cannons.
"This, this…" Watts was completely excited.
"Watts, haven't you heard of a spatial ring?" Barker teased. "Luckily, my spatial ring is fairly large and can barely hold these thirty-eight magic crystal cannons. But to get these thirty-eight cannons, I traveled across most of the Yulan continent. I flew for almost an entire day to transport all these controlled goods here in one go."
These thirty-eight magic crystal cannons were all large-scale models.
Just the muzzle diameter and the complex patterns on the barrels indicated the grade of these cannons. Cannons of this level were generally not sold by the major empires. However, through the Dawson Chamber of Commerce's channels, they had managed to acquire quite a few.
Using the spatial ring, they had been easily transported.
"These thirty-eight magic crystal cannons are equivalent to thirty-eight rank 8 archmages, and ones with nearly inexhaustible magic power at that," Barker said with a laugh. Generally, a rank 8 archmage could only cast a rank 8 spell two or three times at most.
Even with a magic staff, they could only cast it four or five times.
But these magic crystal cannons, as long as they had magic crystals, could fire endlessly.
"Marshal, with these thirty-eight magic crystal cannons, if used well, they're definitely worth hundreds of thousands of troops," Watts said, unable to hide his excitement. Then he laughed, "Of course, that requires a sufficient supply of magic crystals."
Using magic crystal cannons was like burning money.
Every time a cannon fired, it was like gold coins flowing away. Without enough wealth, who would be willing to use them?
"Don't worry. The magic crystals will be transported here in a while," Barker assured him.
"The enemy we face will number over a million. When the battle starts, these thirty-eight magic crystal cannons will consume an absolutely massive amount of magic crystals," Watts said, looking at Barker. "Marshal, transporting that many magic crystals here will probably require a lot of manpower."
Barker nodded.
He could stack the magic crystal cannons in his spatial ring. After all, the ring was only so big. But if he had to transport a large quantity of magic crystals, given the internal space of his ring, he would probably have to make over ten trips back and forth.
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At the magic crystal mine, since both the Radiant Church and the Church of Darkness had begun mobilizing their armies, the mining operations were no longer concealed and were being carried out on a large scale. This magic crystal mine was different from copper or iron mines.
Those ores needed to be smelted, which was troublesome.
But magic crystals only required removing the dirt and gravel between the layers of the vein and then sorting the crystals by attribute. It was a relatively easy type of mining. However, there was one troublesome aspect… magic crystals were very hard.
The higher the grade of the magic crystal, the harder it was, far surpassing ordinary rock.
Miners with low strength couldn't even dig them.
These miners were carefully selected. According to regulations, they had to have at least the strength of a rank 3 warrior. With that strength and specialized tools, they could barely mine, but even a rank 3 warrior could only mine low-grade magic crystals.
"Clang!" "Clang!" "Bang!"…
The sounds of mining rang out continuously. With so many people working, even if each person was slow, combined, a large amount of magic crystals was being brought up in sacks every moment, sorted into piles by attribute.
It had been nearly two months since mining began.
But even so, only a small part of the vein had been mined.
"What's going on? Making such a huge iron box to store magic crystals? If this iron box is filled with magic crystals, it must weigh several million jin. How are they going to move it?" The stationed soldiers looked at the massive iron box, nearly fifty meters long, three meters wide, and three meters high, with confusion.
This iron box was extremely thick. Such a giant iron box, used to store magic crystals?
Although a single magic crystal wasn't very heavy, filling this iron box would result in a weight of at least ten million jin. Ten million jin of magic crystals… how could an ordinary army transport that? If it were divided into smaller portions, it would be fine, but as a whole…
And with such a large volume, even a spatial ring couldn't hold it.
……
After two months of mining, the magic crystals finally filled this giant iron box. Thick steel cables, made by twisting together numerous iron wires, were used to bind the iron box. One cable was tied every meter, with dozens of steel cables securing it.
Finally, they were gathered into two bundles.
"A dragon will come to move this iron box soon. Everyone, stay quiet and don't make a fuss," the officers' orders spread.
A dragon?
All the soldiers looked forward to it.
Late at night, a full moon hung high in the sky.
Sure enough, a massive Tyrannosaurus Rex, over a hundred meters long, appeared in the sky. The soldiers below immediately felt the sky darken, and the naturally emanating pressure made countless hearts beat faster. This hundred-meter-long Tyrannosaurus Rex descended.
"Master has a noble Saint-level dragon moving things. Sigh…" The Tyrannosaurus Rex 'Prequeit' sighed inwardly.
Its fiery red, carriage-wheel-sized eyes swept over the soldiers nearby, then it snorted. Its two dragon claws each grabbed one of the bundled cables. With ease, the massive Tyrannosaurus Rex lifted the ten-million-jin iron box. Under the moonlight, it carried the giant iron box and flew south toward Code County City.