What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"Just because of this, she was worshipped as a god?" Fran was stunned. You have to know that the gods in this world are real and sometimes they will perform miracles. If a mortal is worshipped as a god, won't she be besieged by clergy of other religions?

Duke Vasa explained: "For some reason, after Merlin became a legendary magician, the number of magicians in the Roel people increased dramatically, clearly exceeding that of other races. So far, only the Holy Roel Empire has a complete set of magicians to accompany the army to fight. Otherwise, it is obvious that the spirit knights alone cannot fight against other gods.

The favored race is fighting back."

"But I still don't understand why the Mage Tower is targeting the Shinra Cult." Fran asked puzzledly: "Shouldn't they be in the same camp?"

"This question can only be explained to us by Her Lady Saint." Duke Vasa said.

Christina pondered for a while, then shook her head and said, "After the Holy Roman Empire was defeated by the nobles, a large number of documents were burned, and many high-ranking clergy including the Pope were killed. This left countless gaps in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. I don't know what happened before this.

What happened?

At this point, Christina said thoughtfully: "But I remember that in that war, Rainbow City did make a great contribution. But after that, there was no longer any grudge between them and the Shinra Church. Sometimes, they would even protect some clergy from persecution. I also communicated with some magicians, and I couldn't see that they

How much hatred they have for me."

"Could it be that Yerona's personal grudge?" Duke Vasa asked curiously.

Christina shook her head and said, "I don't know her at all. Anyway, thank you, Your Majesty, for providing me with this valuable clue."

Fran said: "Since we don't know, we can only arrest Yelona and interrogate her. I hope she hasn't escaped back to Rainbow City."

"As far as I know, Jerona and her magician army should still be in the Principality of Bieson." Duke Vasa said, "Grand Duke Bieson wrote to me some time ago, asking me to lead the troops to meet him. I declined on the pretext that I was seriously injured."

"Grand Duke Bieson hasn't given up yet." Fran was a little surprised.

"He wants to rely on the huge financial resources of Venice and Genoa to continue the resistance." Duke Vasa said: "Duke Bieson's military command ability is not good, but his diplomatic skills are good. He must have tried every means to make Venice and Genoa continue to invest in him."

"This is what Her Majesty Margaret should be worried about." Fran said with a smile.

"Are you planning to return to Vienna next, Lord Mayor?" Duke Vasa asked curiously.

"Yes." Fran said, "The war is basically over, and I have no interest in looting, so I might as well go home early and make money."

"In that case, I have a small request... I wonder if the city lord can help."

"Your Excellency the Duke, please feel free to speak." Fran said.

"I have a little daughter who is only twelve years old this year. I hope you can bring her to Vienna. If possible, you can bring her with you and let her study with you. If you don't mind, you can let her be your personal maid."

What?? I?? Bring your daughter?? And treat her as a personal maid??

And he's only twelve years old?

If this gets out, where will my reputation be?

Chapter 102: Your daughter, I will raise her

Fran didn't expect Duke Vasa to make such a request.

The key point is... I am the lord of Orila City! The leader of the monsters! Is it appropriate for you to hand over your petite and lovely daughter to me? Besides, I don't know the etiquette of the nobility. If I teach your daughter to be a strong and funny girl like Goronil who only knows how to swing a hammer, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Vasa family?

Thinking of this, Fran said, "My Lord Duke, please think twice. With my status... isn't it a bit inappropriate for your daughter to follow me? I think Saint Christina is more suitable."

"You are joking." Duke Vasa said with a smile, "If it weren't for the new weapons and tactics you brought, how could Her Majesty Margaret defeat our coalition so easily? I think firearms will definitely bring about earth-shaking changes in the world in the future. So I want my daughter to follow you, the founder of firearms, to express my gratitude.

Influenced by the latest technology and knowledge. ”

"Uh..." To be honest, Fran didn't like children very much. Children were really noisy and troublesome (like herself when she was a child), and the other party was a noble lady, which was even more unbearable for her. In comparison, Christina was more suitable to take care of children.

She is gentle, kind and patient, and is the perfect person to take care of children.

Seeing that Fran was still hesitating, Duke Vasa smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord City Lord. My daughter doesn't have the bad temper of those noble ladies! She is very quiet. If the Lord City Lord finds it troublesome, he can send her back. In any case, please meet my daughter first."

"Well, okay." Fran had no choice but to say.

Duke Vasa gave a few instructions to his men, and after a while several soldiers entered the tent with a girl.

"Gustave, the people in front of you are Lord Fran and Lady Saint." Duke Vasa introduced.

"Greetings to the Lord Mayor, and Greetings to the Lady Saint." The little girl named Gustave bowed to the two of them. Her every move showed that she had received an extremely good education.

Ah, what a lovely girl, a real beauty.

She looked so delicate and graceful that Fran almost couldn't help but hug her.

But... Fran quickly remembered the city of Aurora. Not only was it dark, but there were also factories and military camps around Thermopylae. Fran couldn't bear to send him to such a place.

So Fran leaned over and asked, "Little Gustave, do you know that you have to follow me next?"

"I know! I'm going to Orila City." Gustave nodded, her eyes full of calmness, without the panic that a child of her age should have. She was obviously going to a place far away from home, and she didn't have any relatives around her.

"Do you know the city of Orila?" Fran said, "Once you get there, there won't be so many delicious foods or beautiful clothes."

"I know." Gustav said, "Father usually asks us to do the same. Although we are the descendants of the Grand Duke, we are not born to enjoy all this. We must have enough strength to match it."

It seems that Duke Vasa has taught his children well.

"Are you willing?" Fran asked again.

"I am willing!" Gustave said, "Don't worry, City Lord, I will never cause you any trouble. I will be a good boy."

After hearing this childish oath, Fran couldn't help but smile, then she touched Gustave's head and said, "In that case, I will promise the Duke to take her to Orila City."

"Thank you so much, City Lord." Duke Vasa struggled to stand up, then bowed to Fran.

After a short supply in Stockholm, Fran prepared to return to Vienna with her troops. However, before she had gone far, she ran into Wallenstein who was rushing over.

Wallenstein said nothing, but paid a high price to buy all the artillery and ammunition that Fran brought with her army, and then set out on the expedition again. From her appearance, it was clear that Margaret's attack on the front line was not going well.

After investigation, Fran found out that the magician Yelona from Rainbow City had not left the battlefield, but had taken her mages to stay in Helsinki, the capital of the Principality of Bieson.

Although Yerona and her magicians didn't even have a chance to fight back during the field battle, and were forced to flee in panic after being blown away by firearms, the role of magicians was once again highlighted during the battle to defend the city.

Unlike the magicians that Fran imagined who could use forbidden spells to destroy a city or even a continent at any time, the individual combat capabilities of the magicians in this world were not that strong, and they did not have any particularly outstanding advantages compared to warriors of the same level.

Therefore, most countries will never bring magicians to play when they go to war.

Who would be willing to bring such a type of soldier whose lethality is not as good as that of the Spirit Knight, but is more expensive to train than the Spirit Knight, and most importantly, is particularly fragile?

But the emergence of the magic circle has made a qualitative leap in the role of the magician. By the way, the magic circle also made a qualitative leap in Merlin's hands.

The magic circle can combine the magic power of many magicians together, and then exert a powerful effect through the center of the circle! Move mountains and fill the sea, call the wind and rain, and burn the city with fire. The more magicians in the magic circle, the more powerful the magic circle will be.

It is said that when the demon world invaded, the legendary magician Merlin personally commanded a magic circle of more than a thousand people and wiped out 50,000 elite troops of the demon clan at one time, becoming famous in one battle.

However, the more magicians there are in the magic circle, the greater the pressure on the center of the circle. If one is not careful, the magic power may backfire and the body may explode and die instantly. The entire magic circle will also explode due to the loss of the center of the circle.

Imagine a bomb exploding in the very center of your own army formation. This is no joke.

Not only that, the layout of the magic circle is also extremely particular. Not only do you have to prepare several huge stone slabs with magic imprints in advance, but you also have to place these stone slabs on the battlefield for debugging. The larger the magic circle, the longer it takes to debug, and the more stone slabs are needed.

Therefore, the magic circle seems extremely bloated for the ever-changing battlefield and is not very suitable for field combat.

But when the magic circle is used in a city defense battle, there will be no such shortcomings.

After all, the city walls wouldn't move, so they could just fix the magic circle, and then use all kinds of powerful magic to block the enemy's siege. They could even prepare special fortifications to ensure that the magicians and the magic circle were foolproof.

As a master of ice magic, Yerona is particularly good at defending the city. The extreme cold field can slow down the movement of the siege troops and relieve the pressure on the defending troops. The ice restriction can even summon a solid ice wall to resist various arrows and stone attacks.

Previously, in order to pursue the defeated army as quickly as possible, Margaret left all the heavy weapons such as artillery behind, and all the cavalry went into battle lightly.

This did gain a lot of merit in the early stage, killing the enemy and forcing them to retreat step by step, some to flee, some to surrender. However, when they encountered the tough nut of Helsinki, the disadvantages of light equipment were exposed.

Margaret failed to capture the city after a long siege, and then she remembered the advantages of artillery. However, her baggage train was far behind, and it would take them forever, so she could only ask Fran for a high price.

However, Margaret only bought Fran's artillery and did not invite her to join the battle, so Fran naturally would not take the initiative to propose it.

After handing the artillery to Wallenstein, they continued northwards back to Vienna.

The reason why Fran went back in such a hurry was not because she wanted to go to the Golden Dome Cathedral to preach devoutly with Christina, but because the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce was crowded with envoys who wanted to buy firearms.

There were so many people in these envoy groups that no hotel in Vienna could accommodate them. Some envoy groups even booked an entire brothel, kicked out all the boys and girls who were selling their bodies, and moved in themselves. This left a large number of workers sleeping in the open, and for a time the price of takeout was extremely cheap.

If Fran doesn't go back to maintain order, these envoys may not be able to hold back and directly rob the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce.

Chapter 103: Return in Triumph

On the way back, Fran tried to chat with Gustave, this lovely girl, to find out what she liked, but soon Fran was surprised by her hobbies.

She enjoys reading history and studying war sand tables

Is this...is this the hobby of a traditional aristocratic little girl?

To be honest, even Fran herself couldn't understand the war sand table. As for the thick history book... Fran felt sleepy after reading it for a while.

It’s over. No more chatting today.

Afterwards, Christina took over the conversation with Gustave on behalf of Fran.

But after chatting for a while, Christina was surprised at how rich her

Not only that, Gustave also has a far superior logic and thinking ability than her peers, which is obviously professional training. When encountering a village on the road, Gustave can tell the geographical location of the village, its specialty, and then analyze the reasons for its poverty.

Although the analysis process and results are somewhat different from reality, and this is also because of her status as a noble lady, which makes it impossible to deeply investigate the actual lives of ordinary people and think from their perspective. But considering that she is still a child, this is already remarkable.

Fran originally thought that this was a special training given to her by Duke Vasa, but she soon discovered that this was not the case, it was her own hobby.

Unlike other noble ladies, she doesn't like dancing, banquets, poetry and flowers, heroes and knights. Her biggest hobby is to stay in the study and read various history books.

While other girls of the same age were still dreaming of their own prince charming, she was fascinated by reading the biographies of Charlemagne and Franco the Great of the Holy Roman Empire. While other girls were trying on various skirts, she was staring at the maps collected by the Duke of Vasa, or sneaking into the military camp to look at the sand table.

The Duke of Vasa was not the kind of old-fashioned and traditional patriarch. After discovering that his little daughter's hobbies were different from those of others, he did not interfere forcefully or force her to become a lady for a family marriage. Instead, he allowed her to enter and leave the military hall freely and even found retired officers to answer her questions.

Fran guessed that this was probably the reason why Duke Vasa wanted to entrust his daughter to her.

Duke Vasa's military command ability was very average, but he was well aware of his daughter's talent. If she was trained properly, she would definitely become an outstanding military strategist in the future.

Unfortunately, there are no outstanding military talents in the entire Principality of Vasa. If he doesn't want to delay his daughter, he must find a famous teacher for her.

If there had been no war, perhaps Gustave's talent would have been buried in this small principality.

The emergence of firearms made people all over the world realize that the way of war was about to change dramatically. As the first wave of victims, Duke Vasa was obviously more aware of this than others. Fran was the inventor of firearms, and in the future she would surely be surrounded by a large number of outstanding officers who were skilled in using firearms.

As the one who is close to the water gets the moon first, Gustave must have gained a lot of experience in the use of firearms.

If she could use this opportunity to become a leader among the new generation of officers in the future, she might even be able to revive the glory of the Vasa family.

The arrival of Fran also provided an opportunity for the Duke of Vasa, so he took the opportunity to hand over Gustav to Fran.

However, in Gustave, Fran also saw the limitations of aristocratic status. She could not see things from the perspective of ordinary people, nor did she know the lives of ordinary people. All she knew were countless cold numbers and words.

Fortunately, Gustave is still young and has every opportunity to experience the life of ordinary people in person and to feel things beyond classics and words.

I just don't know if this noble lady who has been pampered since childhood would be willing.

So Fran asked, "Little Gustave, after you go to Orila City, you will be taken to a place called the Academy. There you will study and live with children of your own age. From then on, you will have to take care of your daily life, including washing clothes, and even do all kinds of physical labor! Do you understand me?

What does that mean? "

"Everything is subject to the arrangements of City Lord Fran." Gustav nodded obediently, but after she finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

"Do you have anything to say? It's okay, you can speak freely in front of me." Fran said.

"Can I touch the city lord's gun?" Gustav's eyes showed deep curiosity.

Um, that sounds weird. Is it my fault?

"If it's a firearm, of course you can..." Fran said with a smile, "When you get to Aurora City, you'll have plenty of opportunities to see firearms. I know you want to learn about it, but before that you still have to learn a lot of prerequisite knowledge."

"Okay, I understand!" said Gustave.

After a period of rapid march, the troops soon arrived in Vienna.

The frequent news of victory at the front boosted the confidence of the citizens of Vienna. As one of the heroes, Orilla's army was also warmly welcomed by the people, with food and drink provided for them. Some people even raised the banner of "Roll and Orilla are one family."

It seems that I don’t have to worry about the affairs of the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce in the short term.

After that, Fran asked Vanessa, who was working in the tailor factory, to send Gustave back to Orilla City. (The reason why Vanessa went to the tailor factory was because Fran wanted to know the thoughts and work progress of the female workers. So Vanessa, who had pretended to be a soldier, pretended to be a female worker again)

In the city of Orila, Fran has opened several schools for children to replace the schools (slave training bases) of the big families. Some of the children are from far-sighted parents, but most of them are orphans who have lost their parents.

So Fran sent Gustave to the academy. As for how much she could learn and how much she could change, it all depended on her own luck.

After dealing with these matters, Fran began to deal with her most important matter - firearms!

At this time, the entire city of Vienna was already filled with envoys sent by various countries and forces. Now that Fran, the real boss, had appeared, all these people were excited, so they sent invitations to the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce one after another, and various gifts and local specialties appeared one after another.

Some envoys even brought with them beautiful dancers from foreign races, as well as strong and muscular young men who looked like they were suitable for public relations work, which made Fran laugh and cry.

Fran naturally accepted the gift, and the dancer gave all the Diffusion Million Magic Crystal Coins. As for the strong young man, he had a lot of minerals anyway. But she didn't meet any of the messengers, but told them that in half a month she would hold an auction in a casino called Diffusion Million Magic Crystal Coins to publicly auction the

Firearms! Tickets are 100 magic crystal coins each.