Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 102 Hot Air Balloon

After reading Sazarburg's letter home, Herme had great concerns about Hackland's form.

Because according to Katya, a new overlord has risen on the Haklan Grassland, and the self-proclaimed whip of Niya, Ulu, has won a comprehensive victory over his opponents.

At present, a large number of defeated Haklan tribes have poured into the Cossack land, bringing a lot of chaos to the Cossack land.

But because of this, Katya was able to gather a group of Hackland nomads, and it is estimated that they will reach Wengerburg in a few days.

Herme welcomes this, the more cheap and brave cannon fodder the better.

But he wasn't so happy about the Hackland situation.

The rise of a new grassland overlord is ultimately disturbing.

And according to Katya, his father-in-law apparently also noticed that something was wrong. The number of Sechi Cossacks has doubled, and it is said that atamans everywhere have received quasi-mobilization orders.

Regarding what happened there, Herme can't do anything at the moment. He can only tell Katya to pay attention to strengthening the defense of Fort Sazar, and there is nothing else he can do.

Then Herme can only pray that the so-called Niya Whip will collapse as soon as possible - this is a rare thing in the history of the grassland - or the next best thing is to hope that even if this guy makes trouble, he has to solve it by himself After the Second Northern War.

Therefore, Herme was in a bad mood, and when Selchik and Marciu came to report later, he seemed half-hearted.

These two obviously also noticed the absent-mindedness of the Duke Protector, so they didn't say much, and immediately retreated after finishing the report.

However, this kind of mood was wiped out in a short time after Herme learned that the manufacture of something under her order was completed.

At least I have something to cheer me up to divert my attention.

Iron Pillar Square, this square built under the guidance of Hemei's work-for-relief thinking is famous for the huge iron pillars that are neatly arranged.

Since the establishment of this square, it has become a focal point for citizens to gather and communicate. You can always see a large number of vendors selling goods, and missionaries and propagandists give speeches to the citizens to boost morale and hearts.

But today, Iron Pillar Square was sealed off by the Wengerburg Guards.

Soldiers with spears blocked all the entrances and exits, forming a human blockade.

But even so, there are still quite a few citizens who came to see the excitement. They were either blocked by soldiers at various entrances and exits, or they climbed directly to the roof.

No one is allowed to enter except relevant personnel and officials and nobles of the Lord Protector's government.

Even though it was blocked, Tiezhu Square was full of people.

Some were officials and nobles of the Lord Protector's government, some were high-ranking officers in the army, and finally some were scholars of Vengerburg.

It can be said that all the important figures of the Protectorate's government in and around Wengerburg are here.

They stand together according to their respective affinities and factions. At first glance, this is a scene of the distribution of factions within Aden.

People talk in groups of three or four for power distribution, for future actions, or for strengthening alliances.

In addition, there are some people who have been summoned to work here, and they have been discussing work and tasks with their deputy and secretary.

And it is only because of the order of the Lord Protector that these important figures in the government of the Protector of the Kingdom, or in other words, the important figures in Aedian today, are ordered to witness what is going to happen here.

Many people were reluctant, but immediately changed their minds after reluctantly heading to the square.

Now everyone is looking at the huge monster next to the iron pillar in the center of the square.

Even people who are the least interested in this will take a look at it from time to time, wondering what the protector of the country is tossing about.

At first glance, this is an extremely huge spherical airbag.

The main body of this multi-layered airbag made of high-quality silk is black, and it is embroidered with the coat of arms of the royal family of Aedirn, the tricolor pattern of Yamagata.

This airbag is very huge, like a giant. Below the airbag is the opening of the airbag, and under the opening is a burning flame.

And under the flames, there are hanging baskets hanging from the airbags, allowing people to stand inside.

The Lord Protector is now standing next to the hot air balloon with his important ministers, and they all look at this huge monster with great interest.

Even the little king Baldwin is there, but the little king has been sleeping in the nurse's arms and doesn't care about the outside world at all.

And that's fine, if he keeps crying, the scene will be quite embarrassing again.

Under the attention of everyone, Dirban, the chief master of the gunpowder workshop, flipped into the hanging basket and sat down neatly, and then came up another chief master, Bo Ning, the dwarf, and then the two of them cooperated to untie the sandbags on the hanging basket.

The two moved very skillfully, because he, his apprentices and some artisans and scholars from Aedirn made this hot air balloon.

And the idea of ​​this hot air balloon is of course the idea of ​​our Duke Huguo.

Herme's order to build hot air balloons was deliberate, and the technological limitations of hot air balloons were not high for the era.

And there are really things that the technology of this era can't handle, and there is magic.

When it comes to magic, Wengerburg has a warlock craftsman resident there, Durban, and the experienced craftsman Boning the dwarf.

And the two of them are indeed very interested in the idea of ​​the Lord Protector. The idea Herme gave was actually discussed and papered by scholars of humans and dwarves, but no one has ever experimented, so follow When I came down, I started working.

When Herme knew that this world already had research in this area, she even lamented that this is indeed a world with magic, and many things have transcendence that does not conform to the times.

To create the hot air balloon, Durban and Bonin gathered some of Aedirn's best engineering and mechanics talents, as well as the craftsmen they already had.

But even so, the engineering is still stumbling. After all, it is extremely troublesome to design the structure of the hot air balloon and make a suitable airbag.

It took a lot of time just to find the airbag material, and finally solved the problem with magic. Dirban was like forging artillery in the workshop back then, and this time he did it himself.

After nearly two months of research and pondering, the hot air balloon was finally manufactured.

It can be said that this huge flying object has condensed the efforts of the entire Aedian scholars, and it is the embodiment of the essence of Aedian's technical capabilities.

When the air bag inflated quickly and pulled the gondola to float, everyone was cheering, because it meant that it was possible for human beings to go to the sky.

But the work is not over yet, the next step is the high-altitude experiment.

After this experiment, it can be determined whether the hot air balloon has achieved the performance that Herme wanted.

At first, Herme wanted to do it himself. This is one of the few things in this era that can remind him of his own era.

His council members and guards, however, hurried to stop him.

Damn, if something happens to this thing, the Protector will be a "trapeze".

Just not to mention whether this thing itself is reliable or not, don't forget, there are many flying monsters in this world, things like griffins and pterodactyls can directly shoot down this hot air balloon.

If you encounter that kind of flying monster, you can't even rescue the Duke at high altitude.

And if there is no Lord Protector, Yadian will not be finished in minutes. Now only the Lord Protector can restrain everyone in Adian. If the Lord Protector is gone, it will be a civil war in minutes.

So his decision was rejected by almost everyone. From everyone's point of view, it was really irresponsible for Herme to take such an unnecessary risk with his life.

His life is not only related to him alone, but to the whole of Aden.

After being lectured like crazy sutras, the Protector had no choice but to give up this idea and let Dirban and Boning, who had completed the manufacture of hot air balloons, experiment instead.

When the two first got the news, they both rejected it in their hearts.

If this is not done well, it will become a "trapeze". This kind of unprecedented thing is really exciting.

However, facing the order of the Lord Protector, this human-dwarf could only "voluntarily" agree with difficulty.

But this is also because they still have confidence. After all, this is something they created by themselves, and they still know the bottom line about it.

Now, just as Dirban and Bonin were untying the sandbags, Herme was watching eagerly, regretting that she hadn't been able to go up.

Since the Lord Protector once wanted to test it himself, now he is being watched closely by everyone, surrounded by guards.

Those Weilang people even formed a "wall" around Herme, ensuring that if Herme insisted on getting on the hot air balloon on a whim, they would immediately block the Lord Protector.

Marondo's people formed the second "line of defense", anyway, to ensure that the National Defense Guild was stopped in time.

As the two people on the hot air balloon untied all the sandbags, the giant began to slowly fly into the sky, and soon passed those tall iron pillars.

Gradually, the hot air balloon rose into the sky, and the coat of arms of Aden appeared in the sky of Wengerburg, without any sense of disobedience, as if it was there in the first place.

Many people in Wengerburg looked up and saw the coat of arms floating in the sky, but they didn't react at first glance, and they didn't think it was too strange.

And the next moment, they realized how terrifying this was, how the kingdom's coat of arms flew into the sky.

Seeing the hot air balloon rising into the sky, everyone in Tiezhu Square burst into cheers.

Among them, the one who reacted the most was Lord Protector Herme. He applauded and cheered, and even whistled.

And watching the hot air balloon take off, the important figures in the government of the protector of the country have different thoughts.

For example, Lechicki, he feels as if he has seen a change in the form of war. If such things spread, the high wall will no longer be a solid support for protecting people from then on.

Charon thought that the hot air balloon was very good for executing traitors. Escorting the traitors into the hot air balloon, and then rising to a high altitude and throwing people down, the deterrent effect it could create must be very good.

In fact, from Herme's point of view, this thing is just for scouting. Using a hot air balloon, you can see the arrangement on the opposite side clearly in minutes.

As for whether this thing can be further developed... Although this is a magical world, Herme can only say that he doesn't know.

Such things can only be explored by his warlocks and craftsmen. It would be best if they can produce flying battleships or airships.

And forget it, anyway, his expectations are very low.

But most people don't think so much, they all look at it as a curiosity.

At most, I think of the powerful effect of this thing in publicity. After all, not everyone's thinking is so sharp.

Above the boiling cheers, the hot air balloon rose higher and higher.

When the people in Wengerburg saw the hot air balloon, they were surprised plus some fear. After all, human beings are always afraid of the unknown.

However, because of the kingdom's coat of arms on it, people would not yell in panic or hide in their homes, but just looked at the huge hot air balloon in horror.

In the basket of the hot air balloon in the sky, Dirban and Boning looked at Wengerburg below, and the birds flew by their side.

Seeing the scene around them, both Durban and Bonin understood that from then on, they would become iconic figures in the history of the world's development. They were the first humans and dwarves to fly into the sky.

"Ahem, now I feel how correct the original decision was. To be honest, this feeling is great."

"Me too. Now the whole world is at my feet. I never thought that one day I could stand in this position."

Next, they began to carefully observe the Wenger Castle under their feet. The two had seen the appearance of Wenger Castle on many maps, but he had never had such an experience.

Seen from the sky, Wengerburg looks like an irregular five-pointed star.

The towering city walls demarcated the boundaries of the city, and everything on the ground looked like tiny insects.

The architectural layout of the capital of Aden was unreservedly displayed in front of his eyes. The top of one of the five-pointed stars is where a series of magnificent buildings such as the royal palace and the big education are located.

But from this height, these magnificent buildings look so small.

As for those houses, they are densely packed like a bunch of ants.

Then the eyes of the two people went outside the city wall, and saw patches of white, which were the land covered by snow.

Gradually, under the breeze blowing, the hot air balloon floated over the city wall.

It doesn't take long for a hot air balloon to rise to the sky, but in the sky, this time is enough to cover a considerable distance.

Wengerburg is already behind the dean, and the farmland and villages of the plain are below.

The passing of this huge "monster" caused waves of panic in the villagers, even if it had the coat of arms of the kingdom on it.

They either retreated to their homes or organized under the leadership of the village elders to prepare for the threat.

Since the beginning of the war, each village in Aedirn has established a stable militia assembly mechanism.

As long as it is necessary, the militia will gather in a short time to deal with all possible enemies.

Now these militiamen obviously regarded the hot air balloon subconsciously as some kind of monster or a Nilfgaardian conspiracy, so they assembled in large numbers.

As the balloon lowered, the sorcerer and the dwarf threw a rope from a gondola with an iron anchor tied to one end.

The movements of the two are very proficient, and this is an unknown number of trainings before getting on the hot air balloon.

When the hot air balloon had descended to a relatively low altitude, they flipped out of the gondola before the flame was extinguished.

The two slid down the anchor cable and landed on the soft grass, and the hot air balloon crashed down on the grass not long after the two left. The movement was quite loud.

Then he found himself surrounded by a group of heavily armed militiamen.

Two peasants pointed their spears at the two "men who fell from the sky," and most of the militia surrounded the deflated air sac.

Looking at the tense posture of the militiamen, it is obvious that they regard them as monsters or spies.

After all, they "fall from the sky", so the two of them cooperated very well and raised their hands honestly.

Now their lives are in the hands of these farmers. It would be too bad luck if they were killed because of wrong words or bad attitude.

In today's Aden village, lynching is as common as eating and drinking. There are not too many unlucky people who are killed just because they are suspected by the villagers.

Fortunately, the cavalry of the Lord Protector arrived soon, accompanied by local officials.

Officials then briefly explained the situation to the militiamen before disbanding them.

However, these militiamen were obviously still very worried, and looked back at the hot air balloon from time to time, and left with every step.

"My lords, we thought you were dead. We saw that hot air balloon fall down like that..."

The captain of the cavalry said loudly to Durban and Bonin.

It was disbelief written on his face that they were both still alive.

"So you think we're dead?"

Before the captain could finish speaking, the dwarf interrupted him with a wry smile on his face,

"Well, in fact, I myself have some doubts about whether I can survive. This feeling of heaven is too subtle, but in fact I just suffered some hardships. It is really a blessing in misfortune."

"Ha, I think it doesn't matter. For the feeling of flying in the sky, it's worth dying."

"You're talking big again..."

Soon after, a group of soldiers belonging to the standing army of New Aedirn arrived.

Their designation is Esenlan Division, the direct line of Hemei's direct line. It is this kind of army that can be engaged in the recovery of such key evidence.

With the help of soldiers, the huge balloons and baskets were shipped, and then they will be sent back to Wengerburg.

And at Wengerburg, the Lord Protector had ordered a grand banquet to be organized.

The advent of hot air balloons is a major achievement for the Protectorate and must be celebrated.

The two hot air balloon crews, Dirban and Boning, became the center of the banquet, but they were obviously absent-minded throughout the banquet, always thinking about the scene of themselves standing above the sky.

(End of this chapter)