goddess of revolution

Chapter 577 It's Smoke!The era of steam magic is coming!
"From today, this city, as the capital of the empire, will be renamed Teros!"

Standing on the stone pillar that collapsed in front of the palace gate, Romulus made an announcement to the tens of thousands of men gathered around.

Applause, cheers, stamping of feet and the sound of swords striking shields, armor and helmets filled the sky.

"Long live the Holy Will Empire! Long live!"

"God bless Romulus! God bless His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Empire! Empire! Empire!"

At a height farther away, Li Qi released a floating camera to record this seemingly random scene that was destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

The negotiations with Romulus came to an end, and the two sides agreed on an agreement similar to the "Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance".

Li Qi will provide weapons, equipment and military advisors to help Romulus build a powerful army as soon as possible.And Romulus provided all kinds of urgently needed materials, including but not limited to magic crystals, divine crystals, and advanced magic metals.

At the same time, Romulus will move his army eastward, cutting off the road from Bellino's army to Erxiang, and Fei Gong will launch a diversionary offensive in the south of Kester.

Based on the optimistic judgment of the future situation, both sides felt that it was necessary to make some agreements in advance, so they also decided that the territory in the northwest of Kester, accounting for one-third of the country's area, should belong to Romulus, and the remaining part should belong to Li. Odd private agreement.

As an extension of this agreement, Romulus expresses respect for Theresia's status as Lord of East Fein, provided, of course, Theresia recognizes his Empire of Divine Will and respects his status as Lord of West Fein .

If this premise is approved, then Li Qi will push the two parties to conduct face-to-face negotiations at the right time and place to discuss the ownership of Youxiang and issues related to Kaim's will.

Li Qi said to the Scarlet Holy Church beside him: "Konstantin, I will leave this place to you."

The attack on Kester is about to start. This is not just a military operation, there are also a lot of political and civil affairs. Li Qi can no longer let Aurora and the others go, and must go back to sit in charge.

Constantine will lead the advisory group to stay with Romulus, and Mis, Moore, Maxwell, Evandi, Agatha, Katie and all the cardinal guards will also be left behind.Of course, the advisory group will not only have these people, but they will serve as the core contact group to ensure smooth communication between Li Qi and Romulus.

Looking at the girl next to Romulus who was trying hard to hide herself in the shadow, Li Qi said again: "Pay attention to that Twins, if she has any accidents, try to help her."

Constantine nodded solemnly, but the magician Agatha still didn't quite understand: "What's so special about That Wins? She's just a commoner."

Constantine had a wealth of experience, and sighed: "It is because of this that she is very dangerous."

"She will be the vane of Romulus, I have such a feeling," said Maxwell, the young but thoughtful Priest of Thorns.

In the professional eyes of Katie, the prosecutor, killing Tewins was effortless. She muttered puzzledly, "Why didn't you protect such a delicate crystal vase and show it in public."

Moore, the Thorn Fortress, shrugged: "It is completely useless to hurt the woman His Majesty loves most. Who would do such a thing?"

"When it is needed, the situation will be completely different," Evandi also expressed his thoughts.

"In the eyes of other people, I am similar to her, right?"

Misi felt completely differently: "I really hope that someone has some bad ideas about me, so that they can learn how good I am!"

"I'm sorry, Your Highness Misi, although you are very good at fighting, we will never give you such a chance."

Constantine has assumed the role of the captain: "Our task is to protect you first, then to ensure that the Chief Cardinal has smooth communication with this side, and then to confirm Luo... the condition of His Majesty, and to pay attention to this woman, including At this point."

The advance team of the advisory group was discussing in a low voice, and Li Qi was also communicating with the rear through Masi.

"So, I really can't go back to Hadron through the Commercial Temple of the Silver Pine Kingdom?"

Hearing Aurora's report, Li Qi frowned.

The evil consequences of Xiaohong's troubles in Tiantang Mountain began to be revealed. When talking to Aurora early in the morning, he received a message from the Chamber of Commerce through the Book of Trade Wind and the United Communication Network, claiming that Ms. Scarlet Red and her church violated commercial laws. , from now on, all business temples will no longer provide gold bushel deposit and transfer services for Fei Gong and all red believers.

At first, both Li Qi and Aurora thought that since the Chamber of Commerce had never been a close group, even if the oracle was issued by the goddess of commerce, there were still many loopholes that could be exploited.

Now Aurora has received a steady stream of bad news from all parties. All the merchants who were willing to do business with Shenyun Plateau before, including Xiaolongnv, have received a ban from the Commercial Temple.If they do business with Fei Gong again, the Temple of Commerce will not provide them with deposit and transfer services of gold bulls.

Even Dragon merchants like Xiaolongnu rely on the Temple of Commerce to provide deposit and logistics services, so the effect of this ban is real.

"The matter of returning is easy to solve. There are only three people on my side, but the trade with Romulus will be troublesome later."

Li Qi frowned even deeper. The trade with Romulus was based on barter and did not involve gold bulls, but there was a problem in logistics.

The original idea was to find a magician to build a semi-permanent portal, just like how the Storm Islands sent immigrants to Beta City.If it doesn't work, build a temporary large-scale long-term teleportation circle just like when Xiaolongnu helped him transport the armored group personnel and the supplies robbed in Lion King City back to Beta City in Valentine.

These two ways not only need to consume the space stone fragments, but also need the assistance of the business temple in positioning.Space stone fragments are very rare, and only commercial temples will sell them.At the same time, each business temple is a space node, which can provide a reference similar to navigation for large-scale transmission.

Now the Temple of Commerce has not only got Fei Gong's neck stuck on Jinbuer, but large-scale teleportation can't be counted on, and can only be teleported by a single person.However, if thousands of magic guns, magic guns, and all kinds of equipment are transported with space rings or other space magic devices, the risk is too great.

"No, no, Aurora, don't blame Xiaohong. At this time, the conflict between us and the Temple of Commerce has been exposed. Although there are some temporary difficulties, in the long run, it has positive significance."

Aurora remembered the story of the Heavenly Mountain God War that Xiaohong told her yesterday, and complained that Xiaohong was too impulsive, but Li Qi rarely defended Xiaohong: "Look, even you understand, those guys from the Temple of Commerce is unreliable and will be our enemy after all."

This is not perfunctory, Li Qi is serious.

Before, many people, even Aurora included, were not sufficiently vigilant about the Temple of Commerce, thinking that it was a neutral force.The Temple of Commerce has also negotiated with Fei Gong through the Hadrang branch, hoping to set up a branch in Beta City to provide gold bull deposit and transfer services.

It happened to be during the Undead War, and Li Qi was not there. Most people thought it was a matter of course. Only Nicole strongly opposed it, and Xiaohong also firmly denied it.To be honest, at that time, everyone felt that Nicole and Xiaohong objected out of a deformed mentality of "businessmen should be damned".

Now that I think about it, I am very glad that the Temple of Commerce has really settled in Beta City. Maybe the Goddess of Commerce will do some damage through this extremely eye-catching anchor.

Li Qi confessed: "Since the Temple of Commerce has unique technology in space transmission, there may be hidden dangers in long-distance transmission, so don't send a magician to pick us up. Let Captain Elon... No, look at the maneuver What is the progress of the floating system project of the fortress project, if possible, let them get a fast transportation boat first."

"Well, I'll also issue an announcement here to temporarily suspend long-distance teleportation, and overhaul the teleportation fortress and vending machine teleportation system." Aurora quickly added her own private goods: "In addition, the virtual market has to be temporarily suspended. come down?"

"I'm sorry I was a little exaggerated before." Li Qi quickly apologized: "The situation has changed now, so let's postpone it for a while, everyone should understand."

"Great!"

Aurora was immediately happy, coughed, and suddenly asked: "Masi isn't there, is she?"

Before Li Qi could answer, there was a murmur in the headset, and Aurora said softly, "Your reward!"

This is the spiritual network, how could Tess not hear it?Marth, who didn't look aside, lowered her head and covered her mouth, her ears were red?

Li Qi was shocked at first, and then half-hearted.

Can I take back what I said earlier?I want to go back to Beta City now!
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In the northern part of the Shenyun Plateau, outside the Fort of Holy Light, the originally flat field was completely destroyed by large ravines and potholes. From time to time, a large fireball flew out from both sides, smashing into the protective barrier and the land where no one could be seen.And the scattered small fireballs continued continuously, exploding clouds of dust on the ground.The reason why it didn't burn was because everything that could be burned had already turned into coke.

In the deep and wide ditch, a magical vehicle with six thick metal legs and claws and a camouflage net hung on it propped up the front half of the vehicle.The turret in the middle of the car rotated, and the barrel of the quadruple rate magic guided gun protruded out of the trench, aiming at a target outside the protective barrier.

"Drop! Drop again!"

A head protruded from the turret, and while looking through the binoculars, it muttered into the car. Seeing that the gun barrel was lowered to the lowest point and maintained a high angle, it cursed helplessly: "The designers in the research institute don't have any depression angles in their minds at all. concept?"

Another half of his head poked out, and he greeted nervously in a low voice: "Captain! Be careful! The enemy now has a legend in command, beware of him running out to hunt!"

"He dares!"

Yuskal, the deputy commander of the [-]st Armored Battalion of the [-]st Armored Brigade and the company commander of the Armored Company, said disdainfully: "If he really escapes, let's lead him to the legendary sniper position, even if he can't be killed, we will maim him! The guys on the opposite side, the higher the level, the bigger the ostentation, how would they want to fight alone?"

Having said that, he still retracted his head.

In the cabin which has become much smaller than the old-style magic vehicle, Yuskar patted the driver on the shoulder: "Change the cannon to a place where it can be placed flat on the edge of the ditch, and the adamantine golem finally got out of the way." Protective barrier, if you don’t smash its head today, I’m sorry for those comrades who died in its hands!”

"I'll try my best, Captain," the driver murmured, "This fellow is not the previous Magic Turtle Car. Although the protection is up, he still has six legs, but the weight is several times that of the Magic Turtle Car. He is not so dexterous."

Yuskal disagreed: "Isn't it equipped with a magic furnace? It should be even stronger."

"It's big, but it's a new gadget after all. Who knows what will go wrong." The driver nervously pushed the lever, and a faint white light appeared in his hand. The twenty-ton armored combat vehicle retreated.

The thick metal claws kicked forward first, leading the whole body to rush out of the ditch, exposing the entire front of the car and half of its belly.

Yuskal shouted in the car: "Why do you have to shrug forward when reversing!"

The driver said aggrievedly: "Captain, if you want to back up, do you just slide backwards and your body won't move at all?"

Fortunately, the six-legged chariot retreated immediately.

The gunner saw the enemy's situation through the gun mirror: "I saw someone on the sniper position looking this way! It's not just one position!"

Yuskal urged: "Quick! Quick! Full throttle!"

When the driver pushed the lever to the end, there was a low buzzing sound, and the vehicle body vibrated slightly. The magic furnace at the rear of the chariot was running at full speed, driving the six feet to take extremely fast small steps, and shift positions in the trench.

Several beams of light like pulsed lasers passed over the trench, and clouds of smoke and dust exploded on the wall of the trench not far away. This is the attack of the hero-level magic crossbow.

"We have been found!"

Yuskar said angrily: "They chased us, how did the enemy find us? Magician? They would throw the magician to the front line as an observation post?"

The gunner in the crew, who was in charge of loading shells, filling fireballs, and doing miscellaneous tasks, looked through the rearview mirror of the turret and exclaimed, "Captain! We're smoking!"

Yuscal moved his eyes to the rearview mirror, and took a deep breath: "Is this white smoke... from the magic diffuser?"

"not good!"

The driver patted his forehead and said annoyedly: "It's not a magic disperser, it's because the waste residue produced by the magic furnace is too hot and easy to catch fire, so I installed an ice circle to cool it down, and then the ice turned into water, and the water was boiled. There was steam, steam..."

Yuskal growled: "Don't I know that steam is white smoke!?"

The driver shrank his neck and said timidly, "It's written in the operating manual, but I didn't remember it."

At that moment, Yuskar's eyes were tearing apart, as if he was about to take off the magic short gun hanging on the bulkhead and shoot the driver in the head.

Then his shoulders slumped, and he said with a wry smile: "Well, it's my fault, I still use the new tank as the old tank, this thing is not suitable for detecting sneak attacks at all, this matter can only be left to the spider The car is gone, now... let's retreat."

In the ditch, the armored combat vehicle dragged a long column of smoke, retreating rapidly to the south, and more and more dense beams of light and bullets shot over.Occasionally hitting the chariot, either burned a small piece of charred black marks on the turret or the body, or splashed a little bit of sparks, but did not cause serious damage.

More than ten kilometers away from the Fortress of Holy Light, behind the solid line of defense composed of the army's solidarity and dense trenches, in the former enemy headquarters of the army, the former enemy commander-in-chief Wilson listened to the report of Finn, the commander of the [-]st Armored Brigade.

"It's good that Yuskal is fine," Wilson said. "He didn't even know the equipment well, so he went to the front line to fight coldly. He despised the enemy strategically and paid attention to the enemy tactically. Even this Can't even hold on to the awakening? I think he needs to be locked up for two days to wake up."

"He has already done a self-examination," Finn hurriedly defended the calf: "Besides, the new chariot has changed too much, and the magic furnace will emit white smoke when it turns. How can we make a surprise attack in the future."

"The so-called surprise attack means that even if the enemy knows that we are coming, they have no time to make adjustments," Wilson said. Consumption is one-third less than before, what does that mean?"

Finn sighed, of course he understood the truth: "It means that with the same magic spar, it can support half as many chariots."

"Not only that!"

Wilson said: "It also means stronger protection, which means that the tank can be equipped with stronger magic cannons, and the combat effectiveness is at least doubled!"

"I don't mind if it can be equipped with a nine-power magic cannon," Finn said. "Otherwise, I still insist on keeping enough spider cars, or other tanks that don't use magic furnaces, to ensure the battlefield awareness of the entire brigade."

Wilson also sighed: "I think more than you. Although the people Bellino sent here are messy like a circus, some guys are quite tricky. There are a large number of magic cannons and a large number of war puppets. Now There are even airships. The Research Institute and the Magic Work Committee are busy with the mobile fortress project again, God knows what new gadgets they can come up with..."

"I understand……"

A gleam of determination flashed in Finn's eyes: "The Chief Cardinal told me before that we may not always have a technical advantage. Maybe at some point, we will face opponents who are stronger than us in terms of technology and equipment. At that time We have to use our strong will and our own flesh and blood to fill this gap!"

"Hey! I didn't mean that!"

Wilson said dissatisfied: "Although it is true to say these words, it has not reached that point yet."

Finn's expression remained unchanged: "We are still busy with the mobile fortress project, and it shouldn't be finished in a while. Before that, we can only face the enemy head-on."

"Well, it is indeed necessary to have such a determination." Wilson nodded slowly: "But as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, I will not let my comrades take unnecessary risks without having an absolute advantage. Therefore, Just wait for our magicians to conjure up new magic for us."

To the west of Beta City, in a valley covered by the Army Unity Barrier and the Hidden Barrier, hundreds of researchers gathered around a strange large magic device to look at it.

"Everyone disperses, everyone disperses! Have you forgotten all the safety regulations?"

The person in charge of the project bluffed: "If something goes wrong, you can take care of it. Who will take over the work?"

The researchers retreated far away, and the whole magic device was revealed. It turned out to be an old-fashioned magic turtle car without its claws.

The person in charge made a gesture, and the researcher sitting in the car gritted his teeth and activated the magic device, and the shining blue light was transmitted from various gaps in the lower part of the car.Under the silent gaze of the crowd, the magic vehicle slowly rose.

After rising to a height of more than ten meters, the person in charge said in a slightly trembling voice: "Activate the flying magic circle, with minimum output."

Another researcher sitting behind the car activated the magic circle, and the magic car started to move forward. The researchers on the ground cheered, and many people started to applaud.

The person in charge waved his hand: "Don't worry, this is the minimum output, now increase the magic power for the flying magic circle, the second gear."

The blue light became brighter, and the speed of the magic guide car was also increased from the previous turtle crawling to the walking speed of ordinary people.

The person in charge was about to continue to accelerate, when the blue light flashed a few times and then went out, the magic vehicle fell straight to the ground, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.

"Do not……"

The person in charge closed his eyes and sighed helplessly: "It failed again. Do we have to install that kind of magic stove that emits white smoke?"

(End of this chapter)