Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 563 It Will Always Be Useful

The unpleasant encounter with the elves is finally coming to an end.

As their night talk came to an end, Hill walked out of the shadows into the moonlight, tears still on her face. In fact, she had already cried once before Rorschach came to her.

The half-elf stared at the human youth and said, "Now I understand. Perhaps before asking for help, we elves should save ourselves first, or at least eliminate some of the corrupt and degenerate members."

"Those elders are very old," Luo Xia said seriously, "Don't let them go because of this. Otherwise, neither you, the half-blood princess, nor the so-called Victory Saint, will have a peaceful life."

Hill finally burst into laughter: "What you said makes sense."

"I hope it won't be so uncomfortable when we meet next time." Rorschach took out the wooden mask from the storage ring: "I didn't provide any help, so forget about the gift."

"No, please stay." Hill insisted, "This is the gift I picked for no other purpose. It's really just a gift. Even though it looks a bit crude, it was a mask that only priests could wear in the past. It's said to be a real ritual item and may have magical effects."

"But you don't know how to use it anymore, right?" Rorschach casually said a critical hit, but he still accepted it: "Well, thank you for your gift. If I find anything, I will tell you."

Hill said no more. She nodded and disappeared into the darkness.

The Arcane Senate readily accepted the Northern Confederation's sincere cooperation. The most intense quarrel that broke out at the temporary meeting was over the distribution of high-purity mithril. Who asked those short guys to be willing to provide the best stuff in their boxes?
At this point, there were many more dwarves in the aerospace center, as well as the steel plant, precision factory and BASF.

These new masters are all studious and curious. In order to prevent their questions from interfering with other people's normal work, they can only temporarily issue a rule that each person can only ask three questions a day. Each of them holds three question cards. The experts who have answered the questions will collect the cards and receive rewards from the Special Zone and the Dwarf Confederation.

Kempson Steel Works, beneath a blast furnace.

"Oh, you have three small questions for this one, one card won't do."

"You idiot, why are you pretending to be tall? Tell me quickly! Why is the blast furnace designed like this? What materials are used in and out of these flanges? What is the purpose of this design?" The dwarf who asked the question was so angry that he wanted to swing a wrench - he was asking Johnson. Although he was a dwarf, he always regarded himself as a Bavarian and refused to give his compatriots even the slightest convenience.

Unhappy, Johnson wrapped his leather jacket tightly. "What are you talking about? You're asking for core secrets right away. I can only say I have nothing to tell you! Besides, I'm only responsible for designing and building factories and equipment. I don't know the specific process. You should ask someone else for help."

"Good brother, don't be like this. I'll treat you to a drink after get off work." The new dwarf was not familiar with the human master, so he took advantage of Johnson today.

"Drinking? Is there anything drinkable?" Johnson put his hands in his pockets: "Hey, you're making me miss home now."

"We have strong liquor from the North. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Johnson nodded, looking cunning: "That's more like it. Listen, I'll tell you once, it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. Just remember to leave a hole here. Although I can't figure out why it's like this for the time being, just copy it honestly, it will always be useful."

The addition of dwarves, although annoying, did help to advance progress and promote production, and soon the natives of Byrne got used to the presence of these masters. In addition to this form of cooperation, the Dwarven Confederation also urgently hoped that the National Salvation Alliance could expand to the west and north to ensure the stability of its trade routes with Byrne.

This is a bit difficult. The Empire has already gained a firm foothold, and now the Valois National Guard has shrunk its front line to a state of almost retreat. If William II can reorganize the existing troops, then the National Salvation League will soon have a head-on conflict with the Empire.

Rorschach received intelligence and analysis from Varan: "At first, other members of the alliance were encouraged by the joining of Bomya and Byrne, but when the rumors about Prager reached their ears, the young masters began to express unnecessary concerns and questioned whether we were interfering too much. "In fact, their results are not optimistic. Without your support and my guidance, most of the actions launched by these people failed, especially a group of backbones in the imperial capital were arrested on the spot. The emperor of the empire used this to control the great nobles, punishing and detaining them and pardoning them at the same time, which actually strengthened his authority.

“There have been successes and failures in other places. If they are too far away for us to intervene in the situation in time, most of them will be put out by the Imperial Army.

"The only thing worth noting is that the states that originally belonged to the Tam River Alliance have now begun to unite and show an ambiguous stance between the Imperial Capital and the National Salvation Alliance. They seem to want to avoid any military conflict within their territory, regardless of which side fights which side, and they also want to continue to maintain trade relations with us.

"Not only them, the morale of most of the Imperial Army is low. They are not very willing to participate in the war, and they are very welcoming to the Alliance's call for a cessation of the war."

Is this the Southeast Mutual Protection? Rorschach felt embarrassed about the war-weariness of the Imperial Army and the people. On the one hand, this was a good thing, allowing the slogans of the National Salvation Alliance to be shouted louder, but on the other hand, if the Alliance (actually Byrne's) army took the initiative to attack, it would not be able to cater to these emotions and would also be morally damaged.

After much deliberation, Rorschach made a decision that even Andre could not understand.

"Teacher, do we really have to do this? Even if we want to expand our system, now doesn't seem to be the right time. To build Bomya according to Byrne's standards, we need to invest more. And isn't it said that the end of the world is coming? What's the point of us continuing to build now?"

"Then it makes sense to run to other planes?" Rorschach rolled his eyes at his apprentice and explained his decision: "Don't be so hypocritical. For most people, whoever can bring them a better life and better hope, they are willing to go with that person. This is a universal rule.

"If a disaster that covers the world comes one day, and you want to save the world, you must first make people all over the world willing to obey your command, right? This "willingness" cannot be generated immediately, and you have to accumulate trust in their hearts from now on. I have made it so clear, so just cooperate with Valan and do a good job here.

“Every effort we make will be useful.”

After all, Andrei was still a little lacking in this aspect. Rorschach believed that even if Varan was called a "devil" by Pavel and others, he would definitely understand and resolutely implement his decision.

In deep winter in Prague, the temporarily repaired railway tracks were connected to the lines in Bavaria.

Freight trains drove from south to north, with snowplows on the front of the trains breaking up the snow on the tracks. This time they were not delivering weapons, but supplies to keep people well fed and clothed.

The remaining slag from the coking coal was screened and transported to Bomya, and the temporary pressing plant started operation. A few days later, the people of Prague received a batch of free coal. Unlike the coal blocks they used to burn, this time they got regular machine-made coal with honeycomb holes, which was easier to burn and produced less smoke.

The Bohemians were amazed at the "Bain coal", while the Bain soldiers, spellcasters and workers who moved in were slightly disdainful and proud of this surprise.

"Oh, this coal is really good. Thank you, sir." The woman who finally got the coal said some compliments.

"Tsk, there's heating in my hometown. Do you know what heating is?" The staff who distributed coal gestured.

The woman couldn't understand, but still had some hope: "Will there be heating in Prager in the future?"

"I think so." The staff member looked around. This was the capital of Bomiya, with houses of all colors standing side by side. Some of them were old, while everything in his hometown was new. "Kempson used to be worse than here."

(End of this chapter)