Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 356 The Beginning of the Field of Despair

"Congratulations, you have mastered this magic." Rorschach applauded heartily - for himself and for the tower spirit.

Andre had no feeling of joy. He had a lingering feeling of doubt: Have I really mastered it?
Andre, who did not blindly follow Rorschach, decided to take the initiative to verify. He released the [Ice Ray] again. The distance of the ray was not far enough and the temperature was not low enough. It was still the same.

Rorschach calmly resolved the spells fired by his apprentice and showed a satisfied smile: "You can try to outline the secret contract again, and then cast the spells like me." He slowly demonstrated to Andre the terms "Ability Deprivation" and "Ray". Characteristic value, after Andre did it, he instantly stimulated a ray that far exceeded the first time he cast the spell.

However, in Rorschach's eyes, Andre's three spellcastings were not as good as his own, nor were they as good as the spell prototypes he entered into the tower spirit.

When the mage acts as the spellcasting intermediary of the tower spirit, he is like a trumpet, converting the spell signals fed back to him by the tower spirit into real spells. However, Andre has less internal magic power and his normal spell-casting level is low, so the effect of spell-casting is still reduced.

It seems that the strength of the spell caster will still affect the power of the spell. Rorschach silently recorded the results, but what is certain is that the assistance of the tower spirit has lowered the threshold for spell casting.

"Let's go, let's go to the new steel plant today to make arrangements for construction and confirm the recruitment situation." Rorschach drove Andre into the prepared carriage. Byrne's coal-producing area is further south in Lanster. Close to Salou, the border of the Holy Kingdom.

Rorschach took Andre away from Taling. In addition to inspecting the new factory, he also wanted to test whether the spatial distance would cause significant delays in auxiliary spell casting.

It is common practice to locate steel plants in coal-producing areas, and imported or self-mined iron ore is transported through water systems. If steelmaking is the core, the factory should actually be built near the iron ore producing area. After the coal is produced, it will be coked and then transported to the steel plant. However, in Rorschach's plan, coal is also a raw material for other raw materials such as aromatic organic matter, water gas, etc. , after on-site mining and refining, it is efficient to export higher value-added products.

The only bad thing is that it is a bit close to the border. Of course, the once menacing Holy Kingdom did not choose to deal with the relatively "hard nut" of Byrne. What's more, its army is retreating now and has lost the pride it had when it started the war.

Now there is only panic in the newspapers in Valois, and the people have turned their anger 180° to the National Assembly, which they once boasted about.

"Gentlemen, the deserters from the Battle of Salou have returned to Valuauna, awaiting justice. However, we still do not know whether it was the mutiny of the soldiers or the incompetence of the commander that caused the tragic failure.

"The only certain things are two points: the remaining generals of the Second Army refused to accept the dispatch of the National Assembly, and the imperial army is mobilizing on a large scale, with their boots and muzzles pointing towards our motherland.

"I deeply regret the defeat in the war. I have submitted my resignation to His Majesty this morning. This cabinet will be dissolved!"

Amid everyone's astonishment, the Speaker read out the situation report and resignation letter without any hesitation. The speaker was originally the leader of the National Assembly, equivalent to Istany's prime minister. Other ministers were responsible to him, and he should have been responsible to the National Assembly and the kingdom.

Then the Speaker resigned, simply and shamelessly.

The delegates reacted with blood rushing to their heads. They began to scream, yell and argue, accusing each other of the opposing factions as cowards and responsible for the defeat of the war.

Maxim saw everything in his eyes. He and the club members played a key role in the great changes, but now it is the "big figures" from the past who have won most of the people's hearts and voices, such as the former Duke who changed his name to "Equality" Melo Wenjia, such as wealthy businessmen and justices, he and other club members were just young lawyers and reporters, and became disobedient "little pawns".

The National Assembly invented the concepts of "active citizenship" and "passive citizenship", which use gender and property to determine whether a citizen has the right to vote and stand for election. Maxim was also ostracized because he insisted on speaking out for the poor in the third class.

However, the kingdom has reached a difficult moment, and the club should stand up!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At his signal, the Rock's fans took off their left shoes and tapped the hard heels on the table. Since the Speaker resigned, no one was able to stop such behavior. The sound of their knocking was very consistent. This regular knocking sound was like the enemy's marching footsteps, which soon attracted the attention of all the representatives. Both the so-called "radicals" and "moderates" now stopped bickering and looked toward the "rock" at the center of the knocking.

Maxime signaled the tapping to stop and began his speech: "Citizens! The most active citizens of Valois!" He said the latter sentence in a mocking tone.

"Because a series of shameful things happened here and on the front line. We and those generals with noble backgrounds personally put the motherland into danger. However, what I see is that the princes are still arguing in vain! We must realize that The situation is urgent and we must respond appropriately!”

"What do you think we should do? Other cities in the kingdom are in chaos, and the legions stationed in the country cannot leave. Otherwise, the entire kingdom will be in chaos before the imperial man steps in!" a representative asked.

Due to the turmoil in the kingdom, many cities reduced taxes to the royal capital and went their own way. Many poor people imitated Valuvana and stormed the city hall, but now the National Assembly declared their actions illegal. The National Assembly had hoped that a victory would unite the kingdom, but it was clear that rashly launching a war had the opposite effect.

Maxim seriously proposed measures:
Admit failure to the people and declare a state of emergency across the country; issue an ultimatum to all parts of the country and call on local armed forces to voluntarily gather in the royal capital to defend the motherland; cancel the discrimination against "passive citizens" and arm all citizens who are willing to defend the kingdom, regardless of high or low.

"Impossible! The facts of the past few months tell us that sans-culottes with guns will only burn, kill and rob property owners!"

"Would you rather give up your wealth to the invaders than trust the third estate to defend your country? You will always exploit the anger and unrest of the people to achieve your own goals, but it is time to let the citizens make their own decisions about Valois We have to fight for our own survival and for our motherland!" Maxim did not want to blame the other party too much. Now he must reach a consensus as soon as possible to mobilize the National Assembly and mobilize the people of Valois.

The squabbles of the conference should be put aside, the game of financial figures should be suspended, and all the men and resources of Valois should be used to fight the Empire in bloody battle.

is there time? Maxim's firm eyes hid the last trace of worry.

However, there are still forces gathering at the border, which may buy time for Maxim's measures - they rush from the monastery, the church, and the knight's station to the fields in the northern part of the kingdom to camp and reorganize.

The holy oil is burning, the chants are lingering under the banner of glory, and the acolytes put on the shining armor for the warriors. They are the Paladins. Since the Holy War, the Paladins scattered around have gathered together for a long time to form an unrivaled cavalry division.

Joseph was a little older, but with the blessing of divine magic, his voice could travel far, resounding through the wilderness that had been deserted since the beginning of winter: "The Lord's most loyal, toughest, and most powerful warriors, take up arms to defend The kingdom of the Lord, the glory of the Lord!
"More importantly, protect the Lamb of the Lord. No matter how far they are lost, please don't forget that they are your and my brothers and sisters. Among them are your and my closest relatives. They are compatriots with us."

Although the Paladins are still raising swords and lances, under the light of the Lord of Order, everyone will use cold weapons to harvest the lives of the invading enemies.

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