Alien world

Chapter 1579 Chapter 213. Scouting Knight
"Such a large group of soldiers will quickly attract attention no matter where they are teleported to."

Olmedo knew that the Black Watch Corps had always had a good relationship with them, so he told Annan not to worry.

"You make me even more worried."

Due to the delay in information, the news of the attack on Blackwatch came four days ago.

"It's not our turn to worry."

"makes sense."

Compared to himself, the empire is the one that is most worried.

Annan asked the commercial street to keep a close eye on Montreal Mountain. As expected... On the surface, nothing happened in the empire, but there were unusual movements in various places, which attracted the attention of many forces in Middle-earth.

But the empire kept its mouth shut, and the northern expeditionary force continued to advance after two days of rest, as if nothing had happened, so no one thought in that direction.

In case the news obtained by Stuen the Ratman was false, Annan also tried to test Olin, but got the answer "Don't tell anyone".

It seems that the Black Watch Corps has lost contact...

"Let's help too." Annan made the decision.

He didn't think the news could be suppressed forever... Apart from anything else, would the ratmen and demons who were the instigators keep the Empire silent? If they were to detonate it, it might lead to unrest.

"Have you decided to join the war?"

"No, we can do more than just send soldiers to fill the line." Annan shook his head and called Lilith: "Can you use prophecy to determine the location of the Black Watch Legion?"

Lilith tried to cast a spell, but the surging magic power flashed and disappeared like a bubble before it could take shape.

"No."

"Then we can only use the stupid method."

There was no time to explain, Annan ran out to find Mr. Dumbledore and took him to find Martin.

Because the airship is still being improved, a production line has not yet been established, and there is only an vacant factory for them to use.

Standing at the factory gate, the guard called Martin for him. He was holding a wrench and was covered in grease, making Annan almost unrecognizable.

"Why is it so dirty?"

"I put it on purpose," Martin said, rubbing it on his nose again, "so it'll look like a lot of work."

“I didn’t expect you could do this.”

"Just go and learn it."

Annan thought to himself that he was worthy of being Martin, and then expressed his idea: to send an airship to explore the Endless Sea in the north and west.

After all, there has been no news for so long, the Black Watch Corps is likely to have fallen into a no-man's land - this is the best outcome. If it were in another plane or even the void, not to mention Free City, even the Empire would have a hard time finding them.

Compared to combat and cargo transportation, the biggest advantage of airships is actually reconnaissance.

A low-flying airship is a target, but the nature of an airship allows it to rise almost infinitely. As long as there is thin air, it can rise to that altitude.

You can hit an airship that's floating at a few hundred meters, and you can let flying units catch an airship at a thousand meters, but what about those above a few thousand meters?

You can't see me, but I can see you;
You can't attack me, and I can't attack you;

You found me, and there's nothing I can do. I found you, and I'm targeting you.

"We don't even need to send people to watch. As long as we constantly or automatically activate the surveillance sentry magic on the airship, we can monitor the dynamics of the earth at almost no cost."

However, Dumbledore thought that Annan was thinking too simply. Even if sentries could be used to monitor the ground, the airship would still need workers to operate it.

"Can't we use magic to fix it?"

"Yes, but there is not enough time."

Obviously, Annan wants it as fast as possible.

It can also be operated manually by workers, and it will not be easily discovered if it is raised to a high altitude.

Since it is a reconnaissance aircraft, its size cannot be too large, and concealment and speed are the main considerations.

Dumbledore calculated a load-bearing ratio: an airship carrying a worker or soldier would need to be at least four meters long. Although it would be as inconspicuous as a hawk floating a few hundred meters away, it could still be spotted at a glance. "Can it be smaller?"

Deng Lishao still said the same thing: not enough time.

Annan looked at the new airship being built, thinking about how to increase the load capacity while reducing the size...

Annan caught a glimpse of the goblins running around in the factory, busying themselves with something, and suddenly realized that he had found the worker who was most suitable to fly the airship.

He waved and called over a goblin: "What are you doing here?"

"help!"

"What help?"

"Help the humans!"

"What can you do for humans?"

"Help humans in ways they can't!"

Annan gave up asking and turned to look at Mr. Dumbledore.

"Goblins can carry some things, help out occasionally, and stay here to learn - this is Dolai's suggestion."

Annan suddenly realized: "Is it here?"

Soon, Dolai was called over, and he said that he wanted to use this method to stimulate the talents of his people.

"The effect is very poor. I'm afraid the curse of the gods you mentioned has become one with us..."

As expected of a wise man among the goblins, Dolai was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"You are too pessimistic..."

"You don't have to comfort me." Dole said that he had asked Mr. Skeleton King to give him a thorough examination from body to soul.

The examination results showed that there was nothing wrong with its body and it was an extremely healthy goblin.

This means only two outcomes:

The gods’ curse is rooted in blood;
Even Skeleton King couldn't find any trace of the curse.

The former is even worse than the latter, because it means that this is a kind of "evolution", just like the evolution of life in a long process, but for the goblins, this evolution is selective degeneration.

The limbs are shorter, they lose the ability to grasp, and the heads are smaller, making it harder to think.

The worst part is that no one knows whether the degradation is still continuing…

They are already weak, but may be on their way to becoming even weaker.

"There will be a way." Annan could only comfort it like this. "I called you here to ask you, do you want to let the goblins serve as scout knights?"

Annan inexplicably felt that goblins and airships were a good match.

Is it because the ancient hobgoblins were into machines?

After some introductions, Dolai readily agreed: "I'm glad that my people can still do something insignificant for you."

The materials are all ready, and it won't take too long to make the reconnaissance aircraft that Annan requested, but the goblins who want to sign up are scrambling to get it.

The goblins never dreamed that they would become knights one day.

Why isn't an airship considered a mount, and why isn't a scout knight considered a knight?

As the goblin enforcer, Dole personally selects the scout knights.

Goblins that were too small or too large were screened out, and then those that were too cunning or honest were screened out, and finally dozens of goblins that were smart and loyal were selected.

Five of them are working as helpers in the factory. They will be the first batch of scout knights.

The weight of a goblin generally does not exceed 30 kilograms. Taking into account the clothes, food, carrier pigeons, etc. that they must carry, the airship can be reduced to about three meters in length and one meter in width.

Initially meet Annan's needs.

(End of this chapter)