The Origin of Arcane

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Sean opened his mouth, but didn't make any sound, but there was a loud noise from the opposite side.

That cliff, which was more than 30 meters high, disintegrated and collapsed like soft cheese.

Lili!

Except for Xiao En's mount, which didn't startle when it stepped on the fire, and didn't even raise its head, the other horses were startled to varying degrees, raising their hooves and screaming.

Fortunately, the knights present were experienced in many battles, and their reflexes were even better. Each of them came up with unique moves, and quickly calmed down their mounts.

However, the mixed shock and horror on his face could not be concealed.

They were frightened, and they are still not completely sure whether the scene that happened just now was caused by Tianwei or man-made.

If it was the latter, it would be too terrifying. Even those champion knights would not have the confidence to resist such an attack like the might of God.

The regent princess Sophilia, who remained calm from beginning to end, seemed to remain unchanged even if the sky fell, her complexion changed several times in just a dozen seconds, pale, blue, and finally fixed on a slight flush.

In just ten seconds, she thought of many things.

It's not just the feasibility of Jacob Jiang's return to flow, but also the application of this kind of thing and its impact on the world.

I am afraid that the mode of war will undergo earth-shaking changes, especially in terms of siege. Many myths about castles that are said to be indestructible and cannot be attacked from the outside are likely to be blown to pieces.

It has to be said that there is a huge difference in the way of thinking between Sophie Liya and Sean.

After Sophilia saw the power of black powder, the first thing she thought of was its military application.

And Xiao En thinks more about how to apply it to the construction of people's livelihood. With its help, it is much easier to open stones and build roads. Even this test explosion is not purely for the regent Princess Sophilia to see, but is being carried out here. By building the main road leading to the northern fortress and leveling the hill just blasted, it can be connected with another valley, and there is a smooth road within 30 kilometers.

Such differences are not only related to the life experiences of both parties, but also inseparable from their personalities.

At this moment, Sophie Liya was sincerely thankful, thankful that she didn't beat Xiao En out of the house as a lunatic and a liar, and thankful for the decision to go secretly to the Yongye Army this time.

It is precisely because of this series of reasons that the power of black powder is seen in this way, not on the battlefield.

After the shock, Sophilia didn't say anything, but just looked at Xiao En quietly, because she knew that since the other party revealed the hole card in front of her, he must have made all preparations, including explanations.

The name of this thing is the wrath of the mountain god. It originated from the alchemy secrets of the ancient Andes Empire. At that time, it was mostly used to make alchemy bombs and mining. After a series of restoration and improvement, they have stabilized, although they are not as powerful as recorded in ancient books. , if the number is enough, they can still exert the power to destroy the world.

Sean waited for a full four or five minutes, until they calmed down from the shock and shock, before he opened his mouth to explain.

He is very clear about the impact of the power of heaven and earth exerted by this kind of human power on a person.

It can easily destroy a person's self-confidence and belief. For example, Ban Hebrew, it was witnessing the explosion of the ice city that made him fundamentally change his attitude towards the Yongye Army. The merger and merger of the Walled Alliance will not be so smooth.

Of course, when Ban Hebrew secretly went to observe the offensive and defensive battle of Bingcheng, he thought he was doing it secretly. In fact, from the beginning to the end, there were people from the Yongye Army who induced him to see him on purpose, so as to defeat him in the end. purpose of defense.

It can also build up the self-confidence of a faction. Since the black powder blasting was successful, the top executives of the Yongye Army who knew about it have always carried a self-confidence that they did not have before, not only the confidence in Jacob Jiang Fuliu, but also Confidence in the rise of the Yongye Army, with such a trump card, there is nothing that can stump them.

It was not pure inertia that Xiao En pushed the black powder to the ancient Andes Empire, but as the ancient Andes Empire collected more and more information, the whole picture of the empire that shrouded the continent like a curtain background, in his The mind is becoming more and more complete.

Because the black technology of magic was piled up by them, the entire empire developed seriously, and the social form should be in the transition from slavery to feudalism. The lords in various places were also formed by those warlock masters, centering on the mage towers.

The output of the entire empire is used to give back to the infrastructure of the empire, and most of it is used for research on magic techniques, resulting in the entire social structure and living standards remaining the same for hundreds of years. If things go on like this, even with absolute force, the entire society There will also be violent turmoil.

The research on the social conditions at the time was only incidental, and what Sean was really interested in was the creations of warlocks like soul beast cards.

Although the warlock's creations were not found, there are more and more records about the warlock's creations, not only various magical equipment similar to enchanted equipment, but also alchemy bombs that can cause various explosive effects.

Because there is no record of the formula and the actual product, the explosion principle of these alchemy bombs and the difference between them and the black powder are unknown, but this does not prevent Sean from using their names.

This can be seen from Sophilia's performance. From the beginning to the end, the shock she showed was within a controllable range. It is obvious that she has seen similar descriptions in other materials.

It's just that I haven't seen the real thing, and I didn't expect someone to be able to imitate it, and I didn't raise any doubts about Xiao En's explanation.

After taking a long breath, Sophie Liya resumed her initial calmness: Since Your Excellency General has the Mountain God's Wrath in his hands, there is no need to go to Lanjiangshan. I think our cooperation can go further. .”

Of course Sean knew what Sophie Liya was up to, so he blocked the road and said, The production of Mountain God's Wrath is limited, and all of them are stored up now to prepare for the blasting of the mountains and rivers. They will not be sold.

Even if it is in stock, Sean is not prepared to let this thing flow out of his hands easily, because he knows very well that it is not difficult to imitate this kind of thing, especially the alchemy in this world is not to be underestimated.

Even if you take a detour, if you go far enough, the power that erupts is quite terrifying.

Once flooded, it is unknown what kind of impact it will have on Arshan.

But even if it is covered, it may not be able to cover for a long time. There is no shortage of smart people in any world. It may be difficult to find a feasible path from thousands of possibilities, and it may be accidental. After all, many times you don’t know what you want. , let alone a clear direction.

But with a direction, it will be much easier to conduct targeted research.

The research and development department of the Yongye Army is the best example.

Leaving aside the fact that Princess Regent Sophilia will definitely spend a lot of manpower and material resources on research in this area after her return.

This is because the Yongye Army is ready to let Sophie Liya watch the actual blasting, and they are already mentally prepared, and they don't expect to monopolize the black powder forever.

But before that, accumulating more advantages and earning more benefits is the most important thing.

There is no absolute in anything. If it is not possible now, it does not mean that it will not be possible in the future. Princess Regent Sophilia is not aggressive, forcing the Yongye Army to sell black powder to her. This is not a long-term cooperation.

As a good politician, long-term vision is very important.

Feng Shui takes turns, and when she takes the initiative, the Yongye Army will naturally obediently deliver the black powder.

For this, Sophilia is full of confidence. The Yongye Army has an unavoidable weakness—food, and this is exactly her advantage.

What a terrible woman. Sean smiled wryly in his heart.

Dealing with such smart people is often very comfortable, but sometimes it is really a headache, and it is difficult to take advantage of it.

The Yongye Army had just lifted a little curtain, and the other party could already guess the panorama hidden behind it.

The Yongye Army naturally had multiple considerations for showing Sophilia the trump card of gunpowder.

Enhancing Sophilia's confidence is only one aspect. The Yongye Army mainly wants to increase its value in Sophilia's eyes, so as to ensure the smooth progress of grain purchases after the Jacob River returns.

Xiao En will not place the safety of the Yongye Army on the whims of others. He has a deal that the other party cannot refuse, and the right way is to let the other party take the initiative to trade with him.

However, judging from Sophie Liya's performance just now, she has already understood the plan of the Yongye Army.

This is more passive, and then maybe how the other party will let the blood out!

As long as it's not too much, the Yongye Army will have to pinch their noses and recognize who makes what they lack now even more deadly.

A field test speaks louder than words.

Since then, Princess Regent Sophie Liya never raised any doubts about Jacob Jiang's return.

However, she did not change her itinerary because of this, but stayed in the Yongye Army for two full weeks as planned.

During this period, of course, Sophie Liya was not idle, but accompanied by Xiao En, she basically searched all the places that the Yongye Army could open to the outside world.

Obviously, the shock caused by the black powder blasting experiment was far stronger than what she showed. She was making an assessment, assessing the true strength of the Yongye Army hidden under the water, and to what extent the two sides could further cooperate.

Before the secret mission to the Eternal Night Army, even though Amelia had brought back her assessment of the Eternal Night Army, believing that they had great potential, Sophilia still did not regard the Eternal Night Army as a close ally.

It hurts to say it bluntly, but it's true.

Want to be close.

It has to be attractive enough.

Sophie Liya has enough power and food to attract the Yongye Army.

Before that, the Eternal Night Army was not enough to attract Sophie Liya, and the ships and the agreement that constrained the Kingsley family were far from enough.

Just like when Sophilia threatened the Yongye Army back then, she still has more options, it's nothing more than a question of high price and low price.

As for the Kingsley family, the Yongye Army wanted to plot the Swamp of Despair, and the conflict between the two sides was irreconcilable. Whether there was an agreement with Sophie Liya was the same.

Black powder is just a seesaw, not enough to fully support the relationship between the two forces.

The Yongye Army is now a bit like a peacock with its tail open, trying to show its most valuable side - within its own bottom line.

Such as the northern fortress and the energy reaction room, Sophie Liya didn't even have the chance to get close to Baili, not to mention the biological anomaly research institute, and even the medical research base, which was restricted and open, only let her see what the Yongye Army wanted to do. To let her see.

Even so, when the regent princess and her party left, the relationship between the two sides also heated up. It wasn't just a little bit of intimacy. After all, the Yongye Army had a lot of good things, and even the well-informed regent princess was a little dizzy.

For example, the new paper that the Yongye Army has just released.

In Xiao En's opinion, it is still a substandard product, not to mention the poor quality. The paper is either as thick as cowhide, or too thin. It is the same as the draft paper in the previous life. If you are not careful, it will be scratched and the ink will be soaked. .

Sophie Liya felt like she had found a treasure, and when she left, she ignored the inconvenience caused by hiding her identity and pretended to be a carriage.

Many things that the Yongye Army seems to take for granted may be rare items in the outside world.

Now, not only the Yongye Army is eagerly hoping that the Jacob River will return, and the food from the Princess Regent's army will be brought up sooner, but Sophilia is also eagerly hoping that the various unique products of the Yongye Army can go down the river sooner.

Then, as mentioned earlier, Princess Regent Sophilia made a desperate move and entered the arena in an all-round way, adopting a series of dazzling and incomprehensible measures.

There are lessons learned from the liquidation of the Holy See of Saint Ether. Even though many of Sophilia's current actions seem to be very brain-dead, no one dares to question and ridicule them. Out of reach?

All kinds of spies and intelligence personnel have frequent activities.

It is a pity that there are very few people who understand the overall plan, and they are all Sophilia's diehards.

Many of the people who execute the plan below only know a little bit. Even if the news is leaked, it is still a glimpse of the leopard.

After all, the Yongye Army had gone to great lengths to persuade Sophie Liya with real evidence, let alone guessing on their own based on rare evidence. I'm afraid there are no people with such a big brain in this world.

However, there is never a shortage of smart people in this world. It doesn't matter if they don't understand Sophilia's plan, it doesn't mean they can't follow suit.

Either they held the land that the Princess Regent wanted to buy and refused to sell it, or they spent a lot of money to rob her of those seemingly inconspicuous lands, which caused some difficulties for Sophilia's land integration.

That's all.

Compared with those competitors, Sophilia has an absolute information advantage. Before launching the plan, she has fully considered various possibilities, including the one in front of her—they really know the virtues of those lords and aristocrats too well.

Therefore, in the purchase and merger operation, there is a mixture of true and false, false and true, and even those who implement the plan are not sure, let alone the opponent.

Most of the real acquisition plans were completed in private and secretly before the lords and nobles reacted.

Many of the things on the table were deliberately thrown out by Sophie Liya later to attract the attention of those interested in interests. If they really dared to compete with the Princess Regent on this, they would probably lose even their underpants.

Sophie Liya has never been a gentle person, especially when dealing with her enemies.

Rumors spread faintly that the abnormal behavior of Princess Regent Sophilia is closely related to the newly rising forces in the Andes Mountains.

Someone tried to start from here, but regrettably found that compared to Sophilia's fief, this is the real monolith, and the difficulty of getting in is quite high. Entering a confined space, even if there is news, it cannot be delivered.

In this era of underdeveloped economy, the floating population is not as simple as being scarce, but rather rare. Many villages and towns do not see a single outsider for months or even years.

Whether it is infiltration or information transmission, spy sentries rely heavily on caravans.

However, the external business channels of the Yongye Group Army are all government-controlled businessmen, and many of them are Hawkeyes with special missions, so there is no possibility of outsiders getting involved.

As for Hawkeye, who instigated the rebellion against the Yongye Army, the difficulty was even higher.

Let’s not talk about this unit, even in the Yongye Army, it is a unit with a high level of secrecy, and the personnel information inside is only in the hands of a very small number of people. Let’s just talk about the outsiders who have limited information about the Yongye Army, do they know that this unit exists? Still a problem.

Not to mention digging out the eagle eyes that are lurking deeply, and digging out the news from the mouths of these people with firm beliefs.

Difficulty is no longer a question of whether it is high or not, but an impossible task, at least not under the current circumstances.

The espionage training methods of the Eagle Eye Special Service of the Eternal Night Army have surpassed this era by several eras. It is not blown out, but Arshan's use of spies and methods is far from being improved.

In the end, he had no choice but to let it go, and turned his head to continue fighting with the regent princess. Even if there was a gap between them, it was still visible to the naked eye, and there was still a slight chance of winning.

Condolences to Mr. Jin Yong who passed away! Without Mr. Jin Yong's novels, Yong Ye might not be able to walk on the current path!