Chapter 402 Super large signal transmission tower!
Duke Carter is dead.
Although there were a large number of knights and guards surrounding the convoy, he was still pierced through the heart by a sudden arrow and died in an instant.
The news of Duke Carter's assassination spread throughout the western part of the empire at an unprecedented speed in a very short time, shocking all the nobles living in that land.
You have to know that this is a duke, one of the only two dukes in the western part of the empire!
No one had heard any rumors about the assassination in advance, and there was no way to find out who was behind the assassination.
All the people involved in this assassination were death warriors. After a successful attack, they did not even have the desire to escape. They committed suicide one by one, leaving no trace or clue.
This also made the already turbulent situation in the western part of the empire even more tense, and the aristocratic rulers living in this land were even more insecure.
After all... since even a duke-level noble could not successfully escape this assassination, if the target of the assassination was changed to other nobles, they would probably not be able to escape death.
No one knows whether such assassinations will continue or whether he will be the next noble to be assassinated.
Moreover, in addition to the news of Duke Carter's death, the significant decrease in magic power concentration also has a real bearing on the interests of every noble.
It is precisely for this reason that, although the western part of the empire still appears calm on the surface, in the hearts of almost all nobles, there is a sense of urgency that a crisis is approaching.
only……
While the nobles in the western part of the empire were distressed by the impact of the decrease in magic power concentration and worried about their own personal safety, on the other side of the continent, Bruno Stuart, Duke of Idar and ruler of the eastern part of the empire, had some rare leisure time.
Without exaggeration or flattery, the Principality of Idar's ability to act and execute is absolutely unmatched by any other force in the world.
Bruno originally thought that he would have to stay in Dorne for at least half a month.
But in fact, after the first exploration of the Warcraft Forest came to an end, Bruno had become idle and returned with the ship in mid-November.
As for the remaining trivial matters, Bruno's soldiers and officials could completely solve them on their own.
Following Bruno's orders, transport ships belonging to the Idar Chamber of Commerce transported countless cryostat stones dug from the Arctic ice field to the port of Dorne by sea, in units of tons.
These ice crystals that arrive at the port of Dorne will be loaded onto trucks and transported to the depths of the Forest of Warcraft in the shortest possible time, and then temporarily made into one oversized "refrigerator" after another.
The innermost layer is the Ebbinghaus snail, followed by a layer of cryolite, then a layer of wooden box, then another layer of cryolite, and the outermost layer is a special wire mesh cover made by the Idar Steel Plant.
Anyway, according to the common sense Bruno learned in his previous life, in a cold environment, the snail can use its own secretions to form a membrane to seal the shell opening, thereby protecting its soft body from the cold. Therefore, there is no need to worry about whether the snails in the "refrigerator" will be frozen to death.
In short, this series of operations and steps is to ensure safety while ensuring that the Ebbinghaus snail living in it can stay in a stable sleep state for a long time.
At the same time, in order to prevent any fish from slipping through the net or any lone snails, the Idar people also conducted a comprehensive search of the Forest of Warcraft.
The cryostat that was originally tied to Odin's captives was taken off, and they walked back and forth in the Forest of Beasts under the escort of Idar soldiers who were fully armed and wearing cryostat.
If Odin's captives are not crazy, it means that there are no fish that have slipped through the net; if Odin's captives are crazy, it means that we can make up for the loss and fill the gap in time.
With the concerted efforts of Idar's soldiers, the entire exploration and packing work was completed in only about a month.
After ensuring that all the Ebbinghaus snails living in this forest have been packed into boxes by the Idar people and put into hibernation, this forest, which was originally called the "forbidden area for mankind", is actually no different from an ordinary forest.
All the Ebbinghaus snails have fallen into a deep sleep and have been packed into boxes, but... the Idar people's mission has not been completed.
Bruno has no intention of moving these Ebbinghaus snails living in the Forest of Monsters elsewhere.
after all……
Although this magical creature has fallen into a deep sleep and its disordered mental power has been calmed, it is only temporary after all! If something goes wrong during the transportation and it wakes up in a crowded area, it will be a big deal! And Bruno will never allow such a risk to happen.
Therefore, under Bruno's order, the Idar army established a completely closed military base deep in the Forest of Monsters.
The biggest function of this military base is to house these sleeping Ebbinghaus snails! At least until the Babylon Tower of Babel is successfully built, they will all sleep in the military base.
That's right.
The ultimate solution to the Ebbinghaus snail is the Tower of Babel! Isn't the reason why Bruno is so busy and takes special care of the Ebbinghaus snail just for the Tower of Babel?
According to the wonder effects given by the wonder construction system, the role that [Babylon's Tower of Babel] can play is almost equivalent to a super-large signal transmission tower in another world! The existence of the Babylon's Tower of Babel can completely make the huge and chaotic spiritual power possessed by the Ebbinghaus snail stable and controllable, so that this huge spiritual power can radiate outward at a fixed frequency.
This means... as long as the Idar people can complete the research and development and application of signal receiving and transmission devices with the help of the wonder construction system, then another major change in the Principality of Idar will come as scheduled!
And long-distance information transmission will no longer be just a thin concept on paper!
By then, whether it is the ocean exploration that Bruno is now vigorously promoting, or the intelligence communication of the Idar CIA, the way of information transmission in the entire Idar Principality will become completely different!
For the now booming Principality of Idar, this can be regarded as a huge change that will change the world!
The construction of a super wonder like the Tower of Babel has naturally been put on Bruno's agenda!
Although there are two wonders under construction in the Principality of Idar today, the construction of Idar Public University, which takes up the most funds and manpower, is nearing completion, and the construction of the Alhambra Palace does not consume many resources.
Therefore, almost as soon as Bruno returned to Idar, he set the construction plan of the Babylon Tower as the top priority of the Principality of Idar in the future! As the construction site of the Babylon Tower, a large number of people poured into the Dorne Port area adjacent to the Forest of Monsters, making this originally extremely empty and barren port city suddenly become extremely lively.
The originally simple port terminal began to expand, and migrant worker communities sprang up one after another.
A large number of ships transporting supplies traveled back and forth between Port of Dorne, Port of Hobbs and Port of Colon, making ocean transportation in the waters near Port of Dorne unprecedentedly prosperous.
In Bruno's opinion, although the current Dorne Port is nominally just a concession of the Idar people, and most of the Dorne territory is also controlled by the Odin Empire, but... who knows what will happen in the future? Whether through peaceful negotiations or war, the Forest of Beasts and the Dorne territory located north of the Forest of Beasts are the places that Bruno must take! This is the core interest of the Principality of Idar, and there is no room for negotiation.
…
End of November.
The temperature in the eastern part of the empire has become increasingly cold.
Most of the civilians in the Principality of Idar put on their newly bought cotton-padded clothes, which made most of them have happy smiles on their faces.
As for the homes of wealthy businessmen and nobles, they all installed new floor heating systems built by Riverside Properties.
Compared with traditional fireplaces, this new form of heating is obviously more comfortable, so much so that in the Principality of Idar today, fireplaces have gradually become a customary decoration in living rooms.
At the same time, two pieces of intelligence from the Idar CIA were placed on the table in front of Bruno by Clare.
Both pieces of information had nothing to do with the Principality of Idar, but in Bruno's opinion, neither was good news.
A piece of intelligence came from the central part of the empire.
After such a long and fierce battle, the second prince Rez finally successfully broke through the gate of the imperial capital St. Lawrence and occupied the capital of the Norman Empire.
Although it was a little earlier than Bruno had expected, it was not unexpected.
after all……
Whether judging from the quality or quantity of the soldiers in the hands of the two men, Rez's chances of winning the battle for the throne are slightly higher than Pitzman's.
However, thanks to the people planted by the Idar CIA in the imperial capital of St. Lawrence, Bruno was able to obtain some information that was strictly blocked by Rez.
For example...
The eldest prince, Pittsman, who proclaimed himself emperor in St. Lawrence, ran away! In addition, according to the intelligence provided by the frontline agents and the analysis of the Idar intelligence personnel, Bishop Fleming, who frequently traveled between the Norman Palace and Wilson Cathedral when the city was about to be breached, undoubtedly became the number one suspect who helped Pittsman escape!
The church might have taken action! This was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous signal for Bruno!
You must know that before this, no matter how the power changes in the Norman Empire, the Church of Light will strictly abide by the principle of neutrality and will never let itself be involved in any dispute.
But now...
Perhaps for some reason, the Church of Light could no longer hold back? Was it because of Protestantism?
Bruno didn't know the secrets that might exist in it, but his heart was involuntarily hanging in the balance.
As for the second piece of information on the table, it came from the western part of the empire.
On the surface, this information has nothing to do with the current Principality of Idar.
Bruno never worried about the concentration of magic in the eastern part of the empire, because the eastern part of the empire has always been known as a place with scarce magic.
Not to mention that the decrease in magic concentration only occurred in the western part of the empire, even if it occurred in the eastern part of the empire, Bruno would not be afraid at all.
As the saying goes, as long as the magic power in my territory is thin, then the reduction in magic power concentration will not hurt me.
The magic industrialization promoted by the Idar School does not rely on the magic power free in the air, but relies on the concentration and condensation of a large amount of magic power, and then transmits it through magic lines.
Bruno also doesn't have to worry about his own safety.
Because not only is Bruno himself a powerful wizard, but the Idar CIA agents beside him are all top-notch experts, and all of them are loyal to the Stuart family.
But……
The continued decrease in magic concentration made Bruno think of the eastern part of the empire today.
If the concentration of magic power in the western part of the empire continues to decrease...
Will it gradually evolve into another eastern part of the empire, becoming another place with little magic power on this continent? !
In Bruno's opinion, this is very possible!
Since the Idar CIA was established not long ago and its penetration into the western part of the empire was very limited, he was unaware of Duke Rune's suspicion of the Church of Light, nor did he know that Bishop Olson of the Inquisition had entered the Cecil Mountains.
but……
On the way to the Aset Basin, Bruno actually found the skeletons and relics of the Crusader soldiers in the Almis Mountains! If Bruno's guess was correct, whether it was Pitzman's escape or everything that happened in the western part of the empire, it might have some connection with the seemingly harmless Church of Light!
Thinking of this, Bruno couldn't help but frown and fell into deep thought.
"Claire..."
"exist!"
Hearing this, Claire quickly agreed.
As the director of the Idar CIA, Clare was naturally keenly aware of the implicit connection between the two pieces of information, so he stood beside Bruno with extreme seriousness, waiting for the Duke's next instructions.
"After all, my title of Duke was conferred by Rez, so... you should arrange for someone to visit His Majesty Rez and tell him that Pitzman's escape... might be related to the Church of Light."
"yes."
"etc……"
Bruno thought for a moment and added, "We should also send envoys to the western part of the empire. Whether the nobles in the west believe it or not, they should give Duke Lunn a few words. It would be best if we could establish an office of the Principality of Idar in the western part of the empire. You should discuss this matter with Old Ford."
For Bruno, whether it was Rez or the western nobles headed by Duke Rune, the Principality of Idar was qualified to have an equal dialogue, and he had no fear at all.
Because the number of troops they have, the territory they rule, the population they govern... all these data are laid out in plain sight!
On the contrary, Bruno was always feeling uneasy about the secrets that might be brewing in the Church of Light.
"As you wish, Your Excellency the Duke."
(End of this chapter)
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