Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 392 Preparations for Establishing the Base

Just as they approached Perrin Castle, the usually composed Baron Claire suddenly stopped, staring at the sky in astonishment, and exclaimed, "What's that?!"

Following Baron Claire's gaze, Yarrow's pupils constricted, and he murmured, "That's—a hot air balloon."

"Heat, air, ball?"

Baron Claire repeated the phrase, savoring it for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Lord Moon, is that a treasure you created?"

"You're all back now, so keep calling me Yaro."

Looking at the colossal object floating above Perrin Castle, Yarrow's feelings were somewhat complicated.

"Don't worry, that thing is indeed related to me."

Turning back, Yaro explained, "Some time ago, I taught Bevin the principles and methods of making hot air balloons. After Bevin calculated the specific data, I made one myself based on those data and confirmed that the data was correct..."

"Wait a minute," Baron Claire interrupted with a wry smile, "Mr. Yarrow, could you put it more simply?"

"To put it simply?"

Yaro paused for a moment, then said succinctly, "I did make one before, but it wasn't that huge thing in the sky, and I only taught the method to Bevin."

Baron Claire finally understood.

"You mean... that huge, magical artifact in the sky was made by Bevan?" Baron Claire turned around abruptly and asked incredulously.

Yaro nodded, his tone wistful: "Yes, not only that, but Bevin might be watching us from that hot air balloon right now."

Wow, that hot air balloon floating in the air is almost half the size of Perrin Castle.

What's the point of building such a big hot air balloon?

Surely they're not trying to exaggerate Perrin Castle's significance, are they?

However, it's not entirely without its advantages.

Yaro glanced furtively at Baron Claire beside him.

Humans are naturally afraid of things that are too big, and coupled with the human pursuit of "flying," that huge hot air balloon completely captivated Baron Claire's mind.

This fact, laid bare before him, was enough to make him defy Miss Milina's wishes and cooperate with his request to ambush Red Lanelli.

However, this level is not enough to achieve our goals!

Aro's eyes flickered slightly, but his face remained impassive as he smiled and awakened Baron Claire: "Come on, I'll show you those treasures that can help you out of your predicament."

……

boom!

With a violent explosion, sand and gravel flew everywhere, knocking the surrounding soldiers' heavy armor askew.

A moment later, the people hiding in the ditch cautiously poked their heads out.

"This thing is awesome!" Bud muttered excitedly.

"No matter how many times I see it, I can't help but be awestruck by the power of this force," said the assistant butler, Bevin, standing ramrod straight, with a soft sigh of admiration.

"Alright, alright, I know very well how powerful this grenade is, you don't need to exaggerate anymore," Yarrow smiled, turning to Baron Claire beside him, "Shall we go see how it works?"

"certainly."

Baron Claire, with a serious expression, slowly walked over and carefully examined each piece of collapsed heavy armor belonging to a soldier.

Judging from its destructive power alone... this treasure doesn't seem very powerful?

The reason Baron Claire had this idea was because he had previously witnessed Yarrow's powerful sword strike after a long period of preparation.

Even the exploding fire sword that cleared a distance of ten meters didn't cause this much of a commotion, especially considering that Yaro repeatedly said, "This is a treasure that can solve this predicament."

But the result?

The soldier's heavy armor only had some penetrating wounds; the overall structure was not damaged, and it could be used again after a little repair.

Claire frowned, carefully choosing her words, "Um... the power is quite good. Even a fully armed knight would suffer some damage if they took it head-on."

The rider can carry 400 pounds and train at his limit for half an hour.

While one cannot carry extreme weight during actual combat, wearing a set of heavy armor weighing over 200 pounds is no problem at all.

What does 200 pounds of plate armor mean?

In the medieval period, plate armor commonly seen on the battlefield weighed only about 25 kilograms, yet it was already capable of providing basic protection against old-fashioned matchlock muskets.

Here, it weighs almost five times as much!

Judging from the power of these penetrating wounds, it would be difficult to cause direct damage to a fully armed, formally equipped knight.

At most, it would only cause the knight's internal organs to vibrate through the violent roar.

"Baron Claire, I am well aware of their power, but this level is already sufficient." Yaro understood the strength of a formal knight, perhaps even better than Baron Claire.

Baron Claire took a deep breath, about to explain, but Yarrow waved him off.

"I know that grenades may not be powerful enough to kill a fully armed knight outright, but they can still cause damage to them, can't they?"

"Back then, when facing fully armed regular knights, you could only deal with them by sending out your own regular knights. Perhaps you could gain a slight advantage by waiting for them to tire themselves out, but ultimately you couldn't resist the entire empire, could you?"

"Things are different now. With this treasure, ordinary soldiers also have the means to threaten regular knights. Even if your regular knights are not here, those ordinary soldiers can hold off the empire's regular knights."

"Moreover, if they were to force their way into the city, they certainly wouldn't be able to wear the best and heaviest armor. If their armor were thinner, grenades would pose a greater threat to them."

"Isn't this... the best treasure for defending your city?"

Baron Claire pondered for a moment: "Lord Yarrow, what you say makes a lot of sense, but if we want to achieve this condition, the quantity needed is quite large."

"quantity?"

Yaro turned to look at the castle and smiled silently.

Baron Claire looked in that direction, but only saw a group of servants moving about—wait a minute!

Could it be... that they are making this kind of treasure?

This is a very bold conjecture, with a huge leap in thinking involved, just like it's hard for anyone to associate a beggar with a nuclear bomb.

Noticing the change in Baron Claire's eyes, Yaro didn't keep him in suspense any longer. "That's right, they're helping me process the materials. Once those materials are processed, they'll be specially refined by me and made into a large number of hand grenades."

Although gunpowder was the "bait" thrown out, and Yaro had long been prepared for the formula to be exposed, he still intended to cover it up to some extent.

For example, could you add some magic stone powder?

Of course, besides concealing the formula, Yaro also wanted to "sell" it at a better price.

This "price" is not about money, but about the power of discourse, or rather, influence.

To put it more precisely, it was about increasing influence over Baron Claire.

Yaro now has some vague ideas.

For example—by leveraging Baron Claire's influence over the Earl's territory, some human resources could be poached to the Viscount's territory, and then the population of the Viscount's territory could be used to expand the laboratory at the Dryad's place.

Here, we will establish our first base, entirely of our own.

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(End of this chapter)