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[Assistant] Low level demonic beasts were nothing but food for demons, while powerful mutant demonic beasts were actual threats to demons.


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[Assistant] When the months of the demons arrived, their attacks usually decreased, giving us some time to recover.


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[Assistant] Agatha paused and changed the subject to the nearby enemy. If there are dinothers around, that means a demon's town can't be far away. Where are they?


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[Assistant] Just west of the Mist Forest, behind a large snow mountain.


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[Assistant] Roland roughly told her about his investigation. It's completely covered in red mist. No, not completely.


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[Assistant] Agatha exclaimed those short stone towers are used to maintain the red mist by evaporating a stored liquid, so they need to be refilled periodically.


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[Assistant] That's why those demons always hide underground to reduce usage. We can try to capture this battalion.


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[Assistant] Initiate an attack on the demons, the witches all gasped in fear.


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[Assistant] There are multi-eyed demons on watch, which meant that there's probably a chaos beast in the battalion.


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[Assistant] Otherwise, there would not be high-level demons stationed in such a remote and small battalion.


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[Assistant] She bit her lip. A chaos beast will always preserve its ability to produce its last magic stone.


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[Assistant] Even if it is not a powerful magic stone, we can still use it to further the research of the quest society, and even find the principle of transforming God's stone of retaliation.


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[Assistant] After a long silence, the prince cleared his throat and asked, Isn't the red fog extremely toxic? There's no way for us to approach it right? It's only toxic to witches.


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[Assistant] According to the Quest Society's research, normal humans, plants and animals can all survive underneath the red fog.


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[Assistant] In addition, fire can speed up its rate of dispersion, Agatha plainly replied. Weren't you the one who said even normal people could fight the devils? Well, prove it for me to see.


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[Assistant] The winged hybrids can be lured away by our flying witches. She said as she pointed to Tilly the rest of the people can stand by waiting for us to rouse the devils and lead them into a trap.


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[Assistant] If what you said is true, taking this stronghold should be a piece of cake.


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[Assistant] He paused. This plan you came up with is highly susceptible to risk.


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[Assistant] We have no idea just how many devils are lurking around.


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[Assistant] Every time the Blessed Army mobilized its people in the past, everyone went in with the expectation of a bitter battle to the death. As I thought, he's delusional.


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[Assistant] In order to achieve an end goal, casualties are an eventuality.


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[Assistant] Only a naive rookie who's never experienced the cruel reality of war would worry so much about every single individual life.


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[Assistant] Though extremely disappointed, she still controlled her feelings, managing to hide her doubts.


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[Assistant] In the afternoon, after attending his presentation of this so-called new weapon, everything will become clear.


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[Assistant] Only now, Agatha no longer harbored any real expectations.


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[Assistant] They were just a prince who's only fought before on paper, a bunch of witches with support abilities, and finally some fragile and useless ordinary mortals.


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[Assistant] Even with the most powerful of weapons, how strong could they possibly be?


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[Assistant] Perhaps from the moment the Union collapsed, humanity had already been destined for destruction.


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[Assistant] You often spoke of the battle of divine will. Why do you call it that?


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[Assistant] Isn't it simply a war to repel the devil invasion? Roland took a new piece of paper, raised his quill, and asked. That's what everyone called it.


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[Assistant] On the eve of the bloody moon, the gates of hell shall open, engulfing the world we know.


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[Assistant] That's what was written in the history books, either way. These damned stone gates would appear every few hundred years.


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[Assistant] The first horde of devils used them to come to the land of dawn and rabidly attempted to murder us all.


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[Assistant] So the pattern of their invasions is also related to this?


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[Assistant] They needed the red fog to survive. In order to leave the fog, they had to depend on their own handheld reservoirs, the leather pouches, metal containers, and demonic beast hide tanks.


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[Assistant] This is also the reason we were even able to have the second or third battles of divine will.


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[Assistant] Only when the stone gates appeared could the devils build their fog-generating obelisks, which were usually taller than even mountains and had a wide area of diffusion.


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[Assistant] A single one is enough to cover the entire furrow planes, she explained slowly.


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[Assistant] If another battle of divine will erupt, the devils will definitely construct an obelisk in the middle of the plains to serve as their base.


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[Assistant] After it's complete, they'll use their fortresses at the boundaries of the fog to initiate their attack.


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[Assistant] This time, I'm afraid there's nowhere left for humanity to run.


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[Assistant] If that day comes, everyone can at least escape to fjords to weather the storm. Tilly shrugged her shoulders.


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[Assistant] Are you talking about those few islands in the middle of the swirling sea?


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[Assistant] How many people could a tiny land like that possibly sustain?


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[Assistant] It's nothing but a place of desperation where one waits for their eventual demise, Agatha snappily retorted.


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[Assistant] Alright, everyone cheer up a little. At least we now have a decent understanding of the devils we're up against, the prince shrugged and said. By the time the third battle of divine will begins, we won't be unprepared. Let's call it a day here. Anything else we can discuss after lunch.


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[Assistant] Agatha finished her sumptuous lunch and followed Wendy back to her room.


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[Assistant] Life in the wastelands was a lot more luxurious than she imagined.


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[Assistant] Both the variety and taste were far superior to that of any feast in her memory.


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[Assistant] She thought that perhaps this was because she was born in an era of war. Those days, be it in her own stone tower or at the fortress of the Union, food consisted solely of bread, jerky, and vegetable soup.


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[Assistant] Yet her salt, butter, and honey were all plentiful, as well as some delicious spices she didn't recognize.


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[Assistant] Even though she wanted to maintain her image, she nevertheless couldn't help but devour an entire plate of fried mushrooms as well as two huge pieces of honeyed steak.


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[Assistant] However, the more she ate, the angrier she became.


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[Assistant] She both loathed herself for succumbing to the temptation of delicious food, bringing shame upon tequila, and loathed the prince for being so short-sighted as to be wasting time savoring delicacies while the humanity walked towards its doom.


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[Assistant] Thinking of this, she couldn't help but harden her tone and say, I'm already familiar with the castle halls now.


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[Assistant] Also, if you wanna talk about anything, I'm always here.


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[Assistant] Bottling your feelings up in your heart will only make them fester.


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[Assistant] Didn't he say he was going to show us the new weapons in the afternoon? Why'd he leave all by himself after eating? You mean Roland?


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[Assistant] This is probably because he's taking a nap. Wendy covered her mouth and whispered. That's his majesty's habit. Usually after lunch he'll always sleep for at least an hour.


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[Assistant] His majesty often says the body is the foundation of all efforts.


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[Assistant] Without enough rest, it's impossible to fulfill the duties of a lord. An afternoon nap. What kind of habit is this? A whole night isn't enough for him.


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[Assistant] Agatha angrily thought, this is obviously nothing but a lazy person making excuses, yet you actually wholeheartedly believe him.


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[Assistant] Do you really believe that he can win against the devils? No, even against the church that has been suppressing you all?


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[Assistant] I can't speak for the other sisters. Wendy gently replied, but I myself do believe in him.


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[Assistant] Because his majesty is capable of making the things that no one else imagined, or even dared to imagine, happen. To me, he's someone who's made countless miracles happen. Mira, please?


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[Assistant] Even witches everywhere were being hunted to death. He saved the association.


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[Assistant] When everyone saw us as demons, he created a place where we could coexist in harmony. In a single short year, His Majesty has managed to use an army of peasants to fend off the months of the demons and defeated Duke Ryan who had a territory several times of his. Even the mad empowered army of Greycastle wasn't able to take a single step past our border.


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[Assistant] But these are merely the battles of mortals compared with the war between God's punishment army and the devils. They're completely different. Agatha shook her head.


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[Assistant] Of course it's not just this. Wendy continued, his teachings and theories allowed four sisters to evolve their abilities, and has unceasingly created increasingly powerful weapons, which allow knights and even ordinary people to win against extraordinaries. These are all miracles that I've personally witnessed.


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[Assistant] Not just the wild rumors of a tavern, nor the bombastic descriptions of historical records. They happened right in front of my eyes.


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[Assistant] One day he'll become the king of Grey Castle and lead us to defeat any and all of our enemies.


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[Assistant] Her eyes were filled with mirth yet her voice was full of confidence. That's what I believe.


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[Assistant] Weapons that enable civilians to defeat extraordinaries?


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[Assistant] After Wendy left, Agatha kept mauling over this phrase. Did they truly know what an extraordinary was?


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, she did not have a stone of measuring with her to clearly determine the powers and types of these witches.


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[Assistant] After waiting for an annoyingly long time, Nightingale appeared in her doorway. His highness invites you to view his new weaponry tests. If you don't wanna go, I'll go, she mumbled. Please lead the way.


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[Assistant] When she saw Prince Roland still groggy and yawning, Agatha had a sudden impulse to dump ice chips onto him to wake him up.


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[Assistant] However, this move would probably cause some misunderstandings with the other witches, so she could only think about it to herself.


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[Assistant] As they left the castle, she saw the entirety of the town in broad daylight for the first time.


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[Assistant] With the snow as a backdrop, the first impression that leaped into her mind was order. All the two story houses stood in clean rows and had exactly the same appearance, with matching white silhouettes and red tile roofs.


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[Assistant] The black roads were all straight as an arrow, splitting the town into equal square sections.


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[Assistant] Looking into the distance, the scenery seemed to be continuous layers of houses, trees and streets and so on. Even Tequila's inner city could never be this orderly.


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[Assistant] But she felt there was something about the town that couldn't compare to her city.


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[Assistant] Except the castle, there were no buildings worth a second glance in this town.


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[Assistant] There used to be only a little over 2,000, but now, with the refugees from the north and south, there are almost 30,000.


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[Assistant] There were only two thousand, and he claimed to defeat demons. What a stupid, hold on, thirty. Thirty thousand? Agatha widened her eyes in shock.


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[Assistant] Even in its prime, Tequila could only accommodate 50,000 people. Could this tiny place hold 30,000?


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[Assistant] She wasn't counting the populations of the surrounding villages, right?


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[Assistant] Although these square brick houses did seem to have a larger capacity than wooden bungalows, the increase of population wasn't merely a simple addition of numbers.


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[Assistant] After the population reached a certain point, demands on the city would also increase exponentially.


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[Assistant] Firstly, the demand for food and water would increase dramatically.


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[Assistant] Secondly, there would be more public safety issues following an increase in slums.


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[Assistant] Finally, even waste disposal would become a difficult issue.


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[Assistant] Towards the end of the Second Battle of Divine Will, Tequila faced all of these issues. Following the collapse of many major cities, more and more people flocked to the Holy City.


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[Assistant] Overpopulation did not strengthen the city's defense, but instead paralyzed the entire city.


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[Assistant] The Union had to forcefully remove a group of refugees to settle the crisis.


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[Assistant] After experiencing this firsthand, Agatha knew how difficult the growth of population was.


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[Assistant] As she observed her companion's casual demeanor, she somewhat distrusted her.


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[Assistant] Perhaps Nightingale had no idea what she was talking about and was simply lying to her.


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[Assistant] I should ask Wendy these kinds of questions in the future, she thought. At least she seemed more sincere.


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[Assistant] After crossing the crowded city streets, Agatha followed the prince and his group onto a city wall made of mud.


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[Assistant] This kind of short city wall was far from lofty and sturdy.


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[Assistant] There were no barbs on the surface of the wall, nor was there a moat surrounding it.


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[Assistant] Every hundred steps or so, there were protrusions of flat platforms on the top of the wall, which seemed to be prepared for ballistas.


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[Assistant] It didn't take a long walk along the wall for Agatha to see the weapon being tested that day.


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[Assistant] Its appearance was so unique that it commanded everyone's attention.


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[Assistant] It was a metal tube that looked like an enlarged iron spear, except there was no spear head.


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[Assistant] It was entirely smooth and had a slight silver tinge to it, so it didn't seem like a metal weapon. The parts at the ends of the tube were slightly complicated.


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[Assistant] Besides a stabilizing stand, there were also two shorter tubes that were attached to the top and bottom of the large tube.


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[Assistant] It had no pulleys or slots for arrows, appearing nothing like a larger ballista or mangonel.


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[Assistant] But she still could not figure out how this thing could attack enemies.


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[Assistant] This is a newly invented weapon of Border Town, the 152mm Stronghold Standard Artillery, symbolizing justice and glory. The Prince exclaimed, waving his hands.


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[Assistant] We made many improvements on the basis of the 12th, pound field artillery, and it's outstanding in all respects. It's undoubtedly a revolutionary weapon. Agatha couldn't help but frown.


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[Assistant] All this talk of justice, glory and stronghold standards sounded extremely superficial.


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[Assistant] Not to mention that the long string of introductions was a mouthful of made-up words.


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[Assistant] Was he really the prince, whom, as Wendy introduced, was learned and trusted by all witches?


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[Assistant] Three people dressed in the same uniforms immediately stood up and got to work.


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[Assistant] Agatha stood on the side and followed every movement of these men, hoping to understand the workings of this weapon.


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[Assistant] The prince demonstrated with his hands, nodded, and said, fire. Wait, is it ready this quickly?


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[Assistant] Just as Agatha was about to ask, a large boom exploded next to her ears.


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[Assistant] Her head immediately began buzzing and her surroundings quieted.


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[Assistant] The long metal tube spat out a ball of orange flames, blinding yet fleeting.


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[Assistant] In that moment, she sensed the immense power of the fire and felt the city wall trembling beneath her feet.


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[Assistant] A wave of heat rushed towards her, pushing her back a few steps.


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[Assistant] The cannon itself also suddenly sank back suddenly, but then it steadily returned to its original position.


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[Assistant] Nightingale supported her in time from behind and seemed to say something to her, but she could only hear fragments of whispers, as if they were coming from far away.


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[Assistant] Finally the buzzing subsided and her hearing was back to normal. Are you okay?


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[Assistant] She shook her head, looking towards the fields of snow but couldn't see any change. Were those flames only good for intimidating the enemy?


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[Assistant] Did you see the landing point? The prince asked the witch with green hair.


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[Assistant] It fell behind a small hill, nearest to the red flag. The ladder set after peering out for some time, but it was still much farther. Red flag? Agatha looked at Roland with puzzlement. What are they talking about? Luckily, the prince quickly addressed her confusion.


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[Assistant] This weapon can fire shells or bolts that you're familiar with to a long distance, so it's used to attack enemies far away.


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[Assistant] In order to observe the range of attack, I had lightning place colored flags every one kilometer, and the red flag was the last one at five kilometers away.


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[Assistant] He explained, by your measurements, one kilometer is a little over 300 yards. Agatha was stunned.


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[Assistant] Is he saying that that weapon fired a bolt over a distance of more than 5,000 meters? There were no pulleys or power storing mechanisms. How did they make it?


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[Assistant] Even siege beasts driven by magic power could only reach a range of 1,500 to 2,000 meters.


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[Assistant] If he was not lying, then a tall and sturdy city wall, combined with these kinds of weapons, could really fend off the demon's attack.


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[Assistant] But, it's probably not very easy for a weapon with such an astonishing firing range to fire even once.


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[Assistant] It just doesn't feel right without seeing where the shells landed. The prince stroked his chin and said, Next, let's test a fast triple shot flat aimed to attack targets in short range.


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[Assistant] The second time it fired, Agatha covered her ears up in advance. Then she saw an incredible scene. There was no endless charging work that she expected.


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[Assistant] Gigantic as the long metal pipe seemed, it was actually not as heavy as it looked like. Every shot seemed to shake the earth up.


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[Assistant] However, its base remained absolutely still, as if the pipe and the base were not related at all.


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[Assistant] The long tube was quick and accurate each time in terms of backing and resetting, and this process did not even require human control. Only three of the four operators were busy working, while the commander iron axe was just standing aside issuing orders.


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[Assistant] Withdrew the metal stopper, slid off the copper shell, stuffed the new bolt, and then fired. And repeated the process.


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[Assistant] Agatha could feel the ground-shaking anger of the Earth almost every ten breaths.


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[Assistant] At the same time, she also witnessed the soil and the snow columns kicked up one after another by the flat fire at a close distance. The prints did not lie that this weapon truly shot the bolt out at a speed that was impossible to capture with naked eyes.


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[Assistant] Judging from the interval between the firing time and the time when the snow columns were kicked up, it could be concluded that even a transcendent would absolutely have no way to avoid the attack.


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[Assistant] Agatha looked at this silver-white long tube weapon and could not help being amazed. If...


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[Assistant] If Tequila was guarded by such a powerful weapon at that time, we should have been able to keep all the frightful demons below the city walls, and thereby prevented falling into the dilemma of attrition after the walls were destroyed. The war would perhaps not have gone that bad either. Was this weapon created by witches?


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[Assistant] After quite a while, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked quietly.


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[Assistant] From its bright and shiny appearance, this could absolutely not be handcrafted by mortals with iron hammers. However, the prince's reply greatly surprised her.


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[Assistant] By the way, the witches who have been engaged in manufacturing are all what you call assistant witches except Anna.


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[Assistant] Agatha felt that her long-standing idea was suddenly shaken.


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[Assistant] She thought she had been kind and generous enough to mortals, and for this she had been even marginalized by the Quest Society.


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[Assistant] However, it now appeared that what she had done was far from enough.


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[Assistant] Is that true that the Union had been wrong all the way from the beginning?


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[Assistant] Did it mean that what the prince said, namely mortals can defeat demons, was actually right?


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[Assistant] Yet if the cooperation between witches and mortals can generate such powerful strength, then why did the first battle of divine will end up with a disastrous defeat?


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[Assistant] With questions continuously coming to her mind, Agatha started to feel very confused.


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[Assistant] When the Longsong cannons jetted out flames in succession, Tilly was greatly shocked as well.


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[Assistant] Although she once stood on the top of the city wall and saw shells being fired at demonic beasts, the drawbacks of those firearms were also quite evident. It was hard to target at a long distance, and it could not shoot downwards if enemies drew close.


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[Assistant] It was only at somewhere in the middle that they were able to exert the optimum power.


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[Assistant] However, as the loading was sort of slow, it was very likely that swift hybrid demonic beasts may have already arrived at the foot of the city walls before they had time to ignite them.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, in order to quickly load and shoot, 5 to 10 people were required to run a mortar team.


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[Assistant] The weapon operation would be affected even a single step went wrong.


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[Assistant] Besides, it required someone to specially keep an eye on the combustion source upon ignition.


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[Assistant] When there was heavy rain, field artilleries probably would not be useless.


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[Assistant] Nevertheless, the Longsong Cannon newly developed by Roland did not have the aforesaid deficiencies.


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[Assistant] Charging from the rear of the cannon enabled the muzzle to stay lower than the breech and thereby largely increased the efficiency of close range shooting.


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[Assistant] The firing rate was also multiplied several times, yet the staff was reduced to three people.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, the cannon did not need to be lit by open fire, which meant that they could operate even in harsh weather.


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[Assistant] As its attacking scope was far greater than that of Manganelle's, it totally deserved what Roland referred to as an epical weapon.


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[Assistant] Although they currently relied on Witch's abilities to manufacture such weapons, Tilly believed that this was only temporary. Sylvie's observation could verify this. In the past, only Chief Knight was equipped with automatic weapons, but now each soldier had one in their hand.


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[Assistant] Ana only needed to create the facilities and equipment for the manufacturing of such weapons.


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[Assistant] Specific casting and assembling work could be independently completed by laborers.


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[Assistant] From Ashes and Enderlea's looks, one could tell that the Longsong canon was something that they could not possibly imagine.


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[Assistant] It was nice to have such an ally, but as a brother she felt he was even more distant.


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[Assistant] She even had a feeling that Roland had gone far ahead of her. This made Tilly a little frustrated. If only he could be more frank.


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[Assistant] Seeing the shells that were produced with great difficulty exhaust in a blink, Roland felt his heart was aching.


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[Assistant] In spite of this, he still had to put on an inscrutable look to cover up his unwillingness. This was not a new canon testing in a real sense.


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[Assistant] In order to achieve a brilliant demo effect, he asked Iron Axe to borrow a group of elite artillery from the artillery battalion and had them start on simulative shooting practice a few days beforehand, during which they also carried out two rounds of ball firing practice.


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[Assistant] This was nothing but a forced demonstration specially prepared for the witches.


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[Assistant] The shooting went on well, and the result was also excellent. At least from Agatha's shocked look, one could tell that the performance of the cannons had blown her mind.


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[Assistant] Nonetheless, to Roland, the firing performance of this Longsong cannon was far from ideal.


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[Assistant] With Ana's ability in precision machining, Luci is an element purification and Sylvie's in crack detection. Theoretically, he could manufacture modern cannons in a real sense, rather than a replica that only had a shooting range of 7 to 8 kilometers. The key lay in details.


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[Assistant] For now, it appeared that the setting of its chamber was too small.


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[Assistant] In consideration of the weight of fixed ammunition, Roland decreased the volume of the chamber on purpose, which resulted in insufficiency in powder charge.


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[Assistant] Although it had a long barrel of .40 caliber, its shooting range was still unsatisfactory. Another thing was propellant.


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[Assistant] Since nitroglycerin was still in the process of testing, all that was loaded to the cannons was nitrocotin.


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[Assistant] This was also a reason why Roland felt it was a pity that the nitro cotton consumed by a few shells was enough to load thousands of bullets.


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[Assistant] In addition, these smokeless propellants had not been gelatinized, which further decreased the powder charge.


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[Assistant] Finally, the shell itself was after all a larger version of the bullet.


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[Assistant] If the bullet had not been charged, it all relied on kinetic energy to create lethality. Missing the target meant zero harm.


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[Assistant] At this stage, it could only be used to attack some slow enemies.


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[Assistant] Overall, there was still a long way to go before they were able to barrage and cover every inch of the earth with cannon shells.


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[Assistant] However, Roland felt he probably did not have as much time as he initially expected.


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[Assistant] Ever since he knew that the transformation of the magic stone was originated from demons, he felt increasingly alert deep down inside.


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[Assistant] If demons also had their own scientific technologies, would they enjoy an advance by leaps and bounds in these technologies at some point?


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[Assistant] This was not a wild guess, but it could be best proved by the development of human civilization.


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[Assistant] It took mankind nearly a million years to enter the Iron Age from the Stone Age, but only 3,200 years from the Iron Age to the Age of Steam.


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[Assistant] From the age of steam to the electric age, it merely took 150 years, and the world directly stepped into the information era in another 50 years.


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[Assistant] From the information Agatha disclosed, demons were not an invariable race.


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[Assistant] Over 800 years ago, they combated in a close range with knives and shields made of bronze and pit iron, fighting in a similar way to mankind.


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[Assistant] In order to compete against witches, some senior demons would also wear god stones of retaliation.


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[Assistant] Every time they attacked a city, demons generally did not have any effective countermeasures for long-distance weapons such as crossbow bolts and manganelles, and therefore always suffered great loss before conquering a fortified city.


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[Assistant] If they were not born to possess such immense power, perhaps mankind would have become the ultimate victor of the first battle of divine will.


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[Assistant] Nevertheless, Demons had already been able to mass-produce Magic Stones in the Second Battle of Divine Will, and their groups had also experienced differentiation.


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[Assistant] Demons of various forms took on diverse operation missions, and even mad demons who outweighed in number had also developed measures for long distance attack.


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[Assistant] According to Agatha, they even created transportation tools and engineering instruments driven by magic stones.


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[Assistant] Now more than 400 years had passed. How far had they evolved?


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[Assistant] Roland originally thought Agatha would bring him the magic stone technologies from Tequila's Quest Society, and based on them, he would be able to wedge a new path of industrial development, but he did not expect that such technologies were from the enemies.


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[Assistant] In that way, the competition against demons would very likely become a war between industrial and magic stone technologies.


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[Assistant] Only the one that develops technologies faster will win in the end. At this thought, Roland could not help but heave a sigh. It seemed necessary to have a thorough discussion with Tilly.


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[Assistant] Roland met Tilly Wimbledon at his office after dinner.


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[Assistant] He felt pleased when he saw she came alone. At least there had been great progress in terms of trust between them.


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[Assistant] Roland poured a cup of tea and handed it over to her himself.


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[Assistant] It's mainly about how to cope with the third battle of divine will in our future.


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[Assistant] Tilly took the teacup and blinked, seeming to wait for him to continue.


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[Assistant] According to Agatha, the Four Kingdoms was merely a tip of the land of dawn, and that even the barbarian land used to be the most prosperous fertile plains.


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[Assistant] It was after being defeated by demons twice that human beings had to retreat to this place.


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[Assistant] Based on the time the stone gates open, the third battle of divine will is at the corner.


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[Assistant] Roland hesitated for a moment and stated bluntly, I hope you can stay.


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[Assistant] Tilly smiled faintly after a short pause and said, I didn't expect you would say that.


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[Assistant] The strength of demons is unpredictable, and we must gather all the powers available to win the war.


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[Assistant] Although Agatha said the First Battle of Divine Will was operated by both mortals and witches, it was very likely that their cooperation was only on the surface, which essentially had no difference from the Second Battle of Divine Will.


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[Assistant] Once these memories are converted to physical entities, mortals can also burst out powers beyond imagination.


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[Assistant] The right choice is to have witches take care of the operation of war machines, while ordinary people fight in the war.


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[Assistant] Upon a big war, one more person means one more source of strength.


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[Assistant] Tilly took a sip of the tea and did not answer for quite a while. Roland felt his heart was in his throat.


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[Assistant] Yet under such circumstances, there was no use feeling vexed.


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[Assistant] He put on a composed look, waiting silently for Tilly to speak.


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[Assistant] After seven minutes or so, Tilly finally heaved a sigh and broke the silence. If I stay, what about the witches on the sleeping island? Does that mean she agreed? Roland restrained his excitement. Ask them to come to the border town. They are totally welcome here.


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[Assistant] I'll mark off a plot of land for your witches, and each of them will be equally paid as those in the witch union. Ah, I don't mean making them members of the union. They'll still be led by you.


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[Assistant] It's like establishing a special autonomous district in the western region.


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[Assistant] This is not only convenient for our cooperation, but also helpful to boost the mutual understanding between us. Will they be equally paid?


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[Assistant] She could not help but smile. You don't mind their abilities? You know most of them can't fight for you.


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[Assistant] No, no, Roland waved his hand repeatedly and said, in the cooperation model I have conceived, assistant witches, on the contrary, can play a more important role than combat ones. Because it isn't themselves that are strengthened, but hundreds of thousands of ordinary people. Nature doesn't lack power, but lacks people who discover and make use of them.


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[Assistant] In view of the public concerns, I can't refuse your request to jointly fight against the intrusion of demons. In view of the personal concerns, I also want to stay here to learn the interesting knowledge. However, I can't give you my consent now.


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[Assistant] A bit surprised, Roland immediately asked, why?


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[Assistant] Since I am the leader elected by the witches on the sleeping island, I can't decide their future based on my personal preference.


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[Assistant] Once moved to the western region, the organization will inevitably lose its independence.


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[Assistant] If something happens, they'll be too vulnerable to resist.


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[Assistant] If one day there are conflicts between us, should all the witches have to pack up and return to the sleeping island again? No, I'll never.


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[Assistant] I can't put their future in an oral promise. Tilly interrupted, if you were me, would you surrender everything of yours to me simply because we are allies? Roland was instantly speechless. He knew the answer even without thinking about it.


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[Assistant] If he himself was in such a situation, he would never agree with others easily.


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[Assistant] Most of the time, the closer two people are, the more likely they'll have conflicts.


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[Assistant] That's exactly what the so-called befriending a distant state while attacking a neighbor means. The same applies to powers and lovers. See? You are worried about the same thing as I am. But, you are my younger sister. I won't hurt you. Roland had no choice but to make the last effort.


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[Assistant] Really? But for the reason you just said, I still can't trust it. Tilly closed her eyes somewhat melancholy. This is probably why I can't promise you right away.


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[Assistant] She paused for a little bit, as if she wanted to leave those thoughts behind. Let's just treat each other as an ally for now. I will give my full support to the construction of Border Town.


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[Assistant] If you need witches, I'll try to meet your requirements as much as I can.


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[Assistant] If it's really hard to resist the attacks from demons, you can still return to Sleeping Island and spend the rest of your life in peace. This is all that I can do so far.


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[Assistant] Nightingale revealed herself and put some firewood inside.


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[Assistant] Cracking sounds came from the fireplace and the flames suddenly rose up.


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[Assistant] Roland looked at the stretched shadow of the cup and took a deep exhalation.


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[Assistant] Tilly had been away for some time, and he had been recalling their conversation to see if there was any way to change the result. But it ended up in vain. Trust is very intriguing, and only by taking a lot of time can he earn someone's trust.


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[Assistant] It seems that you're not capable of everything, said Nightingale.


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[Assistant] She brushed off the dust on her hand and sat back at her usual place. What on earth did you say to her that day? A white lie. Roll and lean on the chair. It's very normal that she doesn't believe it.


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[Assistant] He paused and said, You said that you had a younger brother.


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[Assistant] If he suddenly becomes very different than he used to be and keeps saying that he's still himself, will you believe him?


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[Assistant] Do you mean that guy who looked innocent but then betrayed me at the back?


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[Assistant] Nightingale twitched her mouth. As far as I see, he was basically no different than a mutation. Well, I shouldn't have mentioned this. It doesn't matter.


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[Assistant] Anyway, I'm not a member of Jel and family anymore and they're just strangers to me. She said carelessly.


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[Assistant] She and I were once just like strangers as well, roll inside and continued, or I would rather say that I didn't get along well with anyone in the palace. If you feel bored, you can share it with me.


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[Assistant] Nightingale gave a subtle smile. I've been very curious about the royal life, but I also wanna know how bad you were at that time.


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[Assistant] How could you be so bad that your notorious reputation was even spread to the Silver City? To be honest, back then I was much worse than now. Roland could not help but raise his lips.


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[Assistant] He picked some stories from his memories and said briefly, probably from the moment she fell onto the glass slack, she began to hate me. It's indeed.


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[Assistant] Roland raised his eyebrows and asked, How could you know that? Of course I know.


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[Assistant] Didn't she say these words, in view of the personal concerns? I also wanna stay here to learn the interesting knowledge. Nightingale imitated.


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[Assistant] I'm just telling the truth, she shrugged and continued, and I think it's fine to maintain the status quo. Why?


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[Assistant] She promised to give priority to providing witches for the town to support you against demons, so there's no difference whether she stays here or not.


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[Assistant] If the witches on the sleeping island all come to the town at the same time with more witches like ashes, I may be very busy.


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[Assistant] Nightingale threw a dried fish into her mouth and muttered, Not everyone is as obedient as Maggie.


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[Assistant] How could it be? Nightingale waved her hands and said, I just keep my eyes on her occasionally to prevent her turning against the witch union. Really? She turned her head to another side and whistled. I'm not sure if it's an illusion. Roland stared at her. Why do you feel so happy when I was rejected?


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[Assistant] That's an illusion, affirmed Nightingale, and then she looked at the door. Well, someone is coming. With these words, she concealed herself. Was it just her excuse to get away?


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[Assistant] Just at this moment, someone began to knock on the door outside the office. Roland was very surprised. It was almost midnight now. Who would come at this time of night?


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[Assistant] He changed a new candle for the candlestick and said, come in. The visitor was Agatha.


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[Assistant] The prince was shocked for a moment and asked, what's the matter?


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[Assistant] She didn't reply, but came to sit down at the round stool beside the table. Miss Wendy said that the flintlock that can fight against extraordinaries and the cannon with an amazing long shooting range were both your ideas. Is it true?


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[Assistant] And the theories behind these things and their manufacturing methods are all recorded in the books you wrote?


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[Assistant] Do you mean natural science, theoretical foundation, and elementary chemistry?


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[Assistant] There are related theories in them, but as for their manufacturing methods, they're not written down because of length, said Roland. After all, they are just textbooks for elementary theories. Do you come to see me just for this?


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[Assistant] Only members of the witch union can learn such knowledge, right? She didn't reply, but continued to ask.


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[Assistant] Roland nodded and had almost figured out what she wanted to say.


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[Assistant] Then I applied to join the witch union, Agatha said without a pause.


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[Assistant] But the witch union is an organization belonging to the border town.


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[Assistant] Are you sure you want to work for the town? He said with curiosity. Its lord is not a transcendent, but just an ordinary mortal.


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[Assistant] Any mortal that can create weapons to defend demons is not ordinary at all. Even in the Quest Society, there'll be a place for you.


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[Assistant] Agatha paused for a little bit and said, As long as it does no harm to the witches and it's not against the survivors of the Union, I don't mind cooperating with a mortal.


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[Assistant] Probably it's a little hard for her to say to work for Immortal at the moment, but Agatha's capability of accepting new things had impressed Roland a lot.


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[Assistant] Perhaps someone who was engaged in research was always able to accept new things quickly.


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[Assistant] And I've seen so many cities ruled by the witches before I was frozen, yet they were all gone without any traces. It'll be meaningless if we cannot defeat demons. I wish I could see the hope of victory here.


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[Assistant] You will, roll and nod it, but as to not be against the Union.


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[Assistant] I cannot promise that because it probably hasn't been gone, but just changed its name and covered itself up. What? Agatha was shocked. I've thought about what you said carefully.


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[Assistant] Even if you ran away from Tequila after it was defeated, there were still transcendence and many blessed warriors in the Union.


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[Assistant] On this undeveloped land in which many original inhabitants are living, they can't entirely extinct unless they intend to do so.


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[Assistant] Roland said in a deep voice, the church is probably a transformation of the union.


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[Assistant] It were not the mortals that took away the power and the methods of creating God's punishment army from the witches. But the witches themselves did that and turned the Union into an organization that hunted witches.


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[Assistant] In this way, it's more convenient for them to create a large number of God's punishment armies.


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[Assistant] Are you saying that it's the union that has led to the tragic situation where witches are oppressed and hunted? She said in great surprise. I'm not sure yet. It's just a guess.


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[Assistant] Roland stood up and went to the bookcase, took out several thick black books, and handed them to her.


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[Assistant] You can find their chronology written by the church itself and the histories of the four kingdoms written by astrologers. You can make reference to them.


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[Assistant] In any case, the Church is now our enemy that we must eliminate in the future.


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[Assistant] If you decide to stand on the side of witches and fight against demons with me, you're most welcome at the Witch Union.


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[Assistant] Early in the next morning, Hagatha received parchment scroll from Roland. What is it? A contract.


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[Assistant] After you leave your fingerprint on it, you'll officially become a member of the Witch Union.


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[Assistant] Roland seemed a little confused about what she said. Why ask?


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[Assistant] The restrictions on it are useless. Agatha pointed to the part of services and continued, It just mentions that witches cannot betray border town unless the mutual agreement between both parties is breached. But there isn't any restricting measures.


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[Assistant] If a witch does want to break the contract, she might have no pressure at all. Besides, and the wordings are way too loose. Is this a real contract?


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[Assistant] Well, I just wrote it casually and it's just a kind of formality. The prince nodded without any surprise.


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[Assistant] It seemed that Agatha was not the first one to point out the loopholes of this contract. It's a formality full of loopholes.


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[Assistant] Secretly criticizing the contract in her mind, she then touched the ink pad and put her thumbprint on it.


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[Assistant] There were very few requirements for both parties in the contract of the witch union.


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[Assistant] According to the articles, Agatha could barely see any differences after she joined the witch union.


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[Assistant] Although she thought it was unnecessary to sign the contract, she felt much relief than before.


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[Assistant] She said she would work with the mortals, but she knew it well that the man with grey hair was the real leader of the Union.


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[Assistant] If she had to work for a mortal like the way she served the Union or the leader of three cities with the utmost deference, she would probably not accept it. But now, she was at least free to a large extent.


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[Assistant] Roland put away the contract and asked curiously, what were the restrictions on the contract of tequila?


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[Assistant] Once you join the union, you should serve it for your lifetime and there was only death for traders.


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[Assistant] Okay, he took a breath and said, welcome to the witch union. After breakfast, remember to come to the castle garden. I need to test your ability comprehensively. The ability test was much easier than what Agatha thought.


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[Assistant] All she needed to do was to show every characteristic of her ability once in front of the prince and answer some questions.


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[Assistant] The form of the magic power is a sky blue pentagonal prism and it's a medium level. It belongs to the summon category. Your ability has evolved once.


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[Assistant] The initial performance is creating a low temperature, and it can freeze at a normal temperature after evolution, which is a very convenient ability Roland asked after recording the results. How did you get evolved?


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[Assistant] Constant practice and a sudden enlightenment, she proudly said.


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[Assistant] As the youngest high awakened, she was called the genius of tequila by all the members of the union.


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[Assistant] Every day I kept trying to lower the temperature to freeze the water instantly.


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[Assistant] One day, I saw a witch who manipulated the flame to melt a piece of lead into liquid, and as the lead was heated by the flame, the lead water began to boil.


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[Assistant] This scene made me realize that everything may have three states. Gaseous, liquid, and solid. Lead is solid at room temperature. But if the temperature is high enough, it can also turn into gas. Water is liquid at room temperature. And when the temperature falls, it can freeze into ice.


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[Assistant] So for gas at normal temperature, can it freeze as long as the temperature is low enough, just like the case of the lead?


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[Assistant] With this idea, I quickly felt the magic power in my body changing entirely, and I finally evolved into a senior witches.


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[Assistant] This enlightenment is also recorded in the general principles.


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[Assistant] In fact, she was the youngest which whose enlightenment was recorded in that book.


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[Assistant] Back then, even all the three chiefs praised her for such enlightenment was very significant in enlightening witches to evolve and in practical research.


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[Assistant] Actually, the gas can turn into flowing water in frozen ice.


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[Assistant] They are very normal phenomena, and there are many kinds of gases, each of which has different boiling points and melting points. Roland shrugged. Why should I be surprised?


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[Assistant] These are common sense and natural science theoretical foundation.


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[Assistant] It records the feelings and experiences of the High Awaken during their evolution. She's set in discontent, but the abilities of witches are different from each other, which makes it very difficult for them to evolve by imitation and referencing. So this book is of course incomparable to your natural science theoretical foundation. Did I say something wrong? The prince was quite confused.


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[Assistant] He seemed to figure out the reason, so he changed the topic quickly.


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[Assistant] You just said that the abilities of the witches are different from each other. So there's no one sharing the same ability among thousands of witches in the Union?


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[Assistant] No, she replied bluntly, the quest society believes that the form of magic power decides the ability, but there are no witches sharing the same form of magic power.


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[Assistant] But when you first saw Anna, you could instantly tell that it was the ability of fire control.


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[Assistant] It's just an informal categorization, which is easy to understand.


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[Assistant] The abilities of generating light and heat can be categorized into fire control, but with the development of magic power, consolidation after growing up, or high awakening, similar abilities will change greatly.


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[Assistant] Even at the initial stage of fire control, some witches are good at controlling the temperature, some generating greater fire, and some throwing the fire.


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[Assistant] Even if there are no obvious differences, it's because of the lack of careful observation, Agatha said. The Quest Society's categorization method was much more formal and basically the same as yours. Also three categories? Roland asked. Four.


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[Assistant] The main difference is the summoning type. The quest society divided it into two categories, magic power and shaping. You can understand the difference from the literal meanings.


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[Assistant] The former means that the summoning of the ability costs magic power all the time, just like Anna's.


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[Assistant] When the magic power is gone, the summoning of the ability will stop.


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[Assistant] And shaping can exist for a very long time. Just like the coding drawn by Soraya, right?


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[Assistant] Although I don't know the exact ability of Saria, it's pretty much like that.


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[Assistant] That can stay for a long time can be taken as shaping such as my ability of freezing at a normal temperature. Understood. Roll and recorded these contents as well. That's all for the test today.


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[Assistant] Usually, if you receive no assignment from me, you can practice your ability as you wish. But I'm thinking that someone might urgently need your help. Who? Kyle Cici, the Chief Alchemist of Border Town.


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[Assistant] According to the records of stall literature, temperature control was the key in large-scale production of nitrifying glycerol because the excessive heat of exothermic reactions was extremely prone to cause the sensitive dynamites to explode.


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[Assistant] As long as the temperature of the large reaction vessel could be kept constant, the nitrate and glycerin could be safely manufactured in batches.


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[Assistant] However, the ice water mixture had limited performance and heat absorption, especially when a large amount of heat was released.


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[Assistant] Its cooling rate was slow while the consumption of itself was fast.


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[Assistant] Besides, it was very troublesome to produce ice cubes.


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[Assistant] In light of these, ice cubes were suitable for laboratory tests, but not for the mass production.


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[Assistant] As the frozen coffin of Agatha could easily produce low temperatures, such as nearly 100 below zero, it was undoubtedly a great way to cool down the container.


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[Assistant] Roland did not know whether the news was reliable or not, but it didn't stop him from trying one by one.


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[Assistant] Even in the event of an accident, Nana could always save her life.


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[Assistant] Back in his office, he wrote a reference letter and gave it to his guard, who brought Agatha to the chemical laboratory and sent the letter to Kyle Cichi.


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[Assistant] Besides introducing Agatha's abilities, he also made up an upper-class identity for her in the letter to mellow the alchemist so that he would take good care of the witch who might bring great help to the chemistry experiments. Roland was still worried after the guard left.


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[Assistant] He knew Kimor was straightforward while Agatha was arrogant and hoped they would not get into a big fight with each other.


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[Assistant] Scroll pushed the door open and walked into the room while he was pondering whether he should go to the lab to take a look.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, here are the results for the second batch educational examination.


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[Assistant] She smiled with a curve at the corner of her eye and continued, this time, 762 students have passed the exam and half of them are adults. So many. Roland was pleased.


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[Assistant] Compared with the first group of more than 50 kids from Carl College, half of the adults graduated this time proved that night school training did work.


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[Assistant] At the same time, it verified the feasibility of a series of training programs formulated by the Ministry of Education based on different training schedules and durations.


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[Assistant] Yes, you've been implementing universal education for almost six months now, and these students are generally under 25 years old. It's not too difficult for them to master the basic reading and writing skills. It probably has something to do with the characters themselves. It would never be as fast if it was Chinese instead.


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[Assistant] Roland thought to himself, although he always felt that these earthworm-like characters were awkward.


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[Assistant] During the initial implementation of Universal Education, he had no idea how far it would go. After all, it was utterly new to the Kingdom of Greycastle.


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[Assistant] In accordance with the principle of encouragement and subsidy, he had been discussing with Skrull for a long time to formulate a set of educational programs for minors and night classes for the workers and make a series of incentives to tempt the workers to study. The result appeared to be really good as of now.


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[Assistant] Of course, all of these were attributed to the executor's scroll for she really did a good job in management. Thanks for your hard work. Roland nodded. It's my pleasure to be at your service, your highness. She bowed.


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[Assistant] As she was the eldest witch in the union, it was hard for Roland to compare her with the young girls like Anna and Lightning.


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[Assistant] When discussing things, Shu would both silently listen to his thoughts and brutally point out his mistakes.


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[Assistant] Sometimes, he even felt like a junior in front of Scroll. Probably, she was born to be a teacher.


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[Assistant] Anyway, the long-standing factories could finally be put into use with the new productive forces.


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[Assistant] Please invite over Barov, he said with great excitement. The city hall director rushed to the castle quickly.


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[Assistant] As his workload had been increasing since he started building the city, he seemed older now with balder head and more wrinkles on the forehead.


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[Assistant] He probably had also received the news of the new group of graduates in town and took the initiative to ask.


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[Assistant] Exactly, Roland nodded. Since the months of demons this year came earlier, Timothy won't be able to disturb the western region.


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[Assistant] I'd like to scale up the army of Border Town in order to deal with the war next year and increase the number of factory workers at the same time. And the city hall as well. Bear of added.


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[Assistant] After the town is expanded into a city, your territory will be five to six times bigger.


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[Assistant] The City Hall will need more officers to manage such a vast land.


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[Assistant] No worries. The prince smiled and said, You're not forgotten.


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[Assistant] The rest will be recruited by the steam engine plant and the bicycle plant, with at least 100 allocated to the latter.


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[Assistant] You may set the salary based on the previous standards, but that for acid factory workers can be a little bit higher. Try to fill all the vacancies quickly.


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[Assistant] As for the soap and perfume plant, the main tasks were completed by the witches, and the ordinary people will only need to repeat a few simple operations.


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[Assistant] The workers there don't need to be literate, so there is no need to recruit graduates for them.


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[Assistant] Roland believed that education could not only improve one's knowledge and vision, but also improve his sense of responsibility and sociality, which were exactly the significance of enlightenment.


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[Assistant] That was why advanced factories required large numbers of elementary educators, who knew their social attributes and the importance of cooperation, altruism and self-discipline better than the illiterate.


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[Assistant] Barrow startled and said, This is equivalent to the amount of the current headcount of the First Army, Your Highness.


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[Assistant] If they're equipped with the resources and weapons in accordance with the specifications of the First Army, the cost won't be low. I have taken these into consideration. Just do it.


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[Assistant] Knowing the danger of the demon's invasion, he naturally could not be planning as slow as before.


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[Assistant] Besides ruling the entire western region, the first task in the spring of the coming year was to completely defeat Timothy.


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[Assistant] As long as he wiped out the regime against him, the new town of the western region would become the veritable King's City even if the other areas were not seized.


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[Assistant] By then, both the expansion of population and the promotion of trade would be allowed, rather than be limited as it was currently.


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[Assistant] However, the prince did not think Barov had to know the plan since all the latter needed to do was to arrange financial and material distribution.


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[Assistant] After the city hall director left, the guards brought a new message. Margaret's caravan had arrived.


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[Assistant] At the pier, more than ten sail ships were lined up in a column with the top of their masts and their interlacing hemp ropes covered in snow, such that they looked like threads of clear silver.


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[Assistant] Refugees filed out of the cabins and rushed towards the large open space in front of the pier.


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[Assistant] This was not the first time Border Town welcomed refugees from the Kingdom of Grey Castle, and therefore the entire procedure seemed very orderly.


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[Assistant] For lines of iron fence separated the crowd into two columns, which helped to control the crowd movement and prevented a stampede.


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[Assistant] On both sides of the fences, there were policemen carrying batons on patrol.


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[Assistant] Anyone who pushed his way through or attempted to climb the fence would be beaten.


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[Assistant] Although there was punishment, there was also reward. In order to comfort them after an arduous journey, the refugees would each receive a hot bowl of gruel when they passed through the railed passageway.


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[Assistant] In any case, filling up their stomachs before all else could effectively abate the refugees' fear and discomfort of being in a foreign land.


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[Assistant] This time, aside from the policemen, First Army soldiers, and City Hall officials, Nightingale and Sylvie also took part in the inspection to locate the drug users who were planted in the crowd by Timothy.


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[Assistant] Under the surveillance of the Eye of Magic, pills and snow powder had nowhere to be hidden. Thank you for all that you've done for Western Region.


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[Assistant] Roland looked away from the crowd and said to Margaret beside him,


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[Assistant] If it wasn't for your fleet, these people would have to spend the winter in the slums of other cities.


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[Assistant] It was rare for your highness to ask me for help in such an urgent tone of voice and naturally I had to do my best. She laughed.


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[Assistant] However, many sailors were unwilling to set sail in the heavy snow, and hence I was only able to pull together these 13 sail ships. It's better than not even one. Roland puffed out a white breath.


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[Assistant] After he learned that there were still large numbers of refugees held up in Silver City, Redwater City, and Willow Town, he sent a letter of help to Margaret's Chamber of Commerce, hoping that it could deploy a fleet of sail ships to help him transport the refugees.


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[Assistant] Although 13 was a smaller number than he expected, all of the refugees could be transported by making the sail ships take two extra trips.


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[Assistant] Assuming that each sail ship could accommodate 100 people, and each trip to and fro required an estimated two weeks, the 3,000 stranded refugees would take roughly a month and a half to be transported.


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[Assistant] Because the gold royals brought along by a small platoon of the First Army were insufficient to last for this entire duration. Therefore, on the last return journey, the sail ships had to transport food and winter clothing as well.


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[Assistant] Roland did not wish to see the refugees carry their hopes of a better life on board the ships, yet eventually fail to reach the destination.


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[Assistant] Thanks to Lightning, Margaret calculated the transportation costs to be two times the normal daily rate.


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[Assistant] Any other merchant would have considered this to be a foolish transaction, as the transportation costs alone exceeded the value of the goods.


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[Assistant] On average, it cost one gold royal per two people, which, according to the current market price, would be enough to purchase several strong and high quality slaves.


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[Assistant] Margaret had initially expressed her doubts to Roland, but he was insistent on bringing these people over to the Western region.


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[Assistant] From the moment the refugees stepped on board the ships together with the emissary delegation, they were considered subjects of the western region, and it was in line with his duty to provide them with asylum.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, in Roland's eyes, the value of these refugees was far greater than that of slaves.


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[Assistant] After receiving education and training and eventually given employment, the wealth they would create through their jobs would be immeasurable.


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[Assistant] Returning back to the reception room of the castle, Roland ordered the kitchen to prepare a hot pottage for Margaret. Drink this, it'll make your limbs feel much warmer. Thank you for your kindness.


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[Assistant] The businesswoman scooped up a spoonful of the soup and sniffed. There seems to be white liquor in it. Indeed.


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[Assistant] He laughed. In addition, there's also pepper and honey, and the base is chicken soup.


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[Assistant] Spirit is always an excellent drink to dispel the cold, and when heated with chicken soup, it becomes even more delicious.


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[Assistant] The other seasonings are added to cover the pungent taste, as well as add flavor and a little spice to the soup, such that even a person who rarely drinks alcohol will find it palatable.


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[Assistant] Margaret slowly drank the potage and finished it with a loud burp. That's great!


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[Assistant] Every time I'm on the way to your place, I'm filled with anticipation, never knowing what novelty is in store.


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[Assistant] It's a pity that next year I'll probably be unable to visit you. Are you referring to a trading opportunity? Roland subtly caught the meaning in her words.


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[Assistant] The businesswoman noted, Timothy has decreed a ban on saltpeter trade, and therefore, sales are prohibited not only to King City, but also Silver City and Redwater City.


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[Assistant] Aside from supplying at a low price to the Alchemist Workshop, the only other customers are the nobility in the city.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, according to a piece of news that I heard from a City Hall source, Timothy is planning to blockade the Western Region.


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[Assistant] It won't be just saltpeter, but also merchants, which will be stopped at the frontier of Redwater City.


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[Assistant] When the time comes, not only Border Town, but also Longsong Stronghold and Willow Town will be affected.


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[Assistant] Although many nobles have expressed opposition, it's unlikely that Timothy will revoke his order.


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[Assistant] She shook her head in resignation. From next year onwards, I'll not only be unable to ship saltpeter and ingots over here, but even the steam engine trade will probably be suspended.


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[Assistant] Before completing the centralization of authority, hasty interference in the trading activities of other territories is always likely to evoke the resistance and defiance of the lords and nobles.


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[Assistant] Even if Timothy sends his own troops to blockade the land and river routes, the troops would easily be eliminated by assassins covertly sent by the local lords. Just let him try to enforce this policy for a year and a half. However, trade was the lifeblood of Border Town.


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[Assistant] Let alone a year, even half a year of blockade was a huge no-no.


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[Assistant] Saltpeter was a material used in large-scale acid production, and before the problem of synthetic ammonia was solved, it remained an irreplaceable component.


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[Assistant] If supply was cut off, the 152mm artillery would become useless, and the reloading of the new repeating rifles would also be massively delayed.


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[Assistant] However, compared to weapons, the prohibition of the steam engine trade was even more destructive.


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[Assistant] At present, the amount of gold royals stored in the city hall's vaults was not much.


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[Assistant] A portion of revenue was used in infrastructure projects and increasing the number of jobs, while another portion was distributed as pay to the townspeople and recollected through the sale of food, convenience goods and housing.


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[Assistant] This economic model necessitated a continuous injection of gold royals into the market, which had to be at least equal in amount to the wealth created by the subjects.


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[Assistant] At present, Border Town remained in a state of primitive accumulation and also did not issue credit.


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[Assistant] If the revenue from the steam engine trade was lost, finances might dry up to the point that pay cannot be issued to the people, and a full economic meltdown would follow.


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[Assistant] In any case the interruption of funds was absolutely unacceptable. This situation won't last long.


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[Assistant] Roll and spread his arms. I believe that you'll soon be able to visit our town again. No, when that time comes, you'll see a brand new city.


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[Assistant] Margaret was slightly surprised. Are you planning to build a city here? Indeed, after the months of the demons. He smiled.


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[Assistant] Also, I plan to set up a trade shipping route that connects directly to the fjords.


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[Assistant] Instead of passing through Sea Windshire or Port of Clearwater, it will set out directly from the western region towards the Fjord Islands. Will you be interested to participate in this?


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[Assistant] In this era harbors were, without exception, natural.


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[Assistant] Construction projects which required transforming the natural landscape such as man-made harbors were practically impossible.


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[Assistant] However, now that he had obtained Tilly's full support, he simply had to wait until the housing construction and sleeping island was completed, after which Lotus would come back to the western region, and furthermore, the crisis caused by the demonic beasts should have subsided by then. It would then be a suitable time to start work on the harbor. He stood up and pointed to a map that was hung behind him.


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[Assistant] In the south of Border Town, there's a shore where the depth of water is ideal and the surface area is highly suitable, sufficient to accommodate all of the facilities required by the harbor.


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[Assistant] By making only a few modifications and also flattening the ridges along the coast, I'll be able to transport goods from the inland of western region to the harbor. Modifying the shore and flattening the ridges


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[Assistant] Why is it that when you speak of these astonishing plans, I seem to get the impression that they are not difficult at all? Margaret said with interest. However, do you have a merchant fleet?


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[Assistant] You should know that sea ships and inland river ships are very different. At the moment, no! Roland spread his hands.


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[Assistant] This is also one of the reasons why I hope that you'll participate. I'll provide the ships.


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[Assistant] And also be responsible for shipping and selling, he added, while Western Region will only provide the goods.


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[Assistant] This was equivalent to possessing the exclusive dealership in the fjord region and with her experience, margaret could smell the potential profits.


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[Assistant] If he created his own merchant fleet and sold goods to the Fjords himself, the profits would be higher. But Roland did not want to expend too much energy and manpower in this area.


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[Assistant] He simply wanted to obtain some funds as soon as possible in order to maintain the rapid development of his territory.


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[Assistant] After the primitive accumulation was completed, it would only be a matter of time before he introduced credit.


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[Assistant] As expected, the businesswoman blinked her eyes and excitedly asked, You're entrusting it all to me? If the price is reasonable. Roland nodded.


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[Assistant] If you're willing to take care of Western region's overseas trade, we can discuss the details right now.


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[Assistant] The selling area is limited to the fjords, and the selling price must not be lower than the price at which we're currently selling to the Crescent Moon Bay Caravan. That's for sure.


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[Assistant] The steam-powered boat, which doesn't rely on wind power to sail continuously, has alone made it worth it for maritime trading teams to compete for and buy goods at high prices.


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[Assistant] She said in a highly assured voice, if selling directly to the Fjord Islands, I'm confident of doubling the price. We can share the excess profits together. Roll and laughed.


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[Assistant] And, aside from the steam engine, there's also another major product.


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[Assistant] He clapped his hands, and a guard who was waiting outside the hall immediately walked in with a plate in hand.


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[Assistant] On top of the plate was four or five gleaming crystal bottles, and each of them was only about the size of a thumb. This is Open It and Smell.


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[Assistant] Feeling curious, Margaret pulled the cork from the top of the bottle and sniffed. Her eyes immediately lit up. My gosh, you actually created perfume.


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[Assistant] I wonder, how is it compared with the perfume created by the Alchemist Workshop in King City? The fragrance seems to be stronger.


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[Assistant] Was this manufactured by the Alchemist Workshop in Border Town? More or less. Roland also took a bottle and placed it in his palm.


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[Assistant] In accordance with his demands, the perfume bottles were made by firing crystals of excellent transparency, and each of them had the same hexagonal prism shape.


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[Assistant] By spinning the bottle gently under light, the perfume inside the bottle would change into various shades of color and looked extremely aesthetically pleasing.


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[Assistant] If the sales concept of later generations was anything to go by, exquisite packaging could greatly increase the quality of the product itself.


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[Assistant] As the perfume served as the hit product to open up the Fjords market, he naturally took great care with every aspect.


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[Assistant] Compared to the steam engine, the perfume could be described as real low-cost goods.


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[Assistant] When Evelyn realized that the spiciest white liquor was also a type of liquor, she started to continually produce liquors with very high concentrations and even skipped the final step of distillation.


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[Assistant] As for roses and other flowers with unique smells, they were made into various oil products by leaf.


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[Assistant] I heard that this thing can be sold in the fjords at a high price.


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[Assistant] You should know, the Alchemist Workshop in King City sells only a very limited stock of perfumes every year.


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[Assistant] The thousand or so bottles don't come anywhere close to fulfilling the demand.


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[Assistant] In fact, of the perfumes sold in other regions, a large portion is bought by maritime merchants and resold in the fjords. Margaret paused after she said this.


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[Assistant] I wonder, how many bottles of perfume can your alchemist workshop produce a year?


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[Assistant] If there's sufficient material, it should be approximately ten times the amount produced by the Alchemist Workshop in King City. Roland deliberately downplayed the actual figure.


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[Assistant] He did not want to sell this highly profitable good as if it was cabbage or earn only four or five thousand gold pieces a year.


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[Assistant] Along with the steam engine, the perfume served as his hit product, and Roland hoped that it would be able to bring back a similar profit.


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[Assistant] The businesswoman remained silent for a long while before she heaved. Your territory is truly full of the unexpected.


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[Assistant] So, does that mean you're willing to manage the sales of these goods? Of course, your highness. She stood up and bowed to Roland. I find this to be a rare opportunity.


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[Assistant] After a general agreement was reached, the specific details and contractual terms were handed over to Barrow to negotiate.


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[Assistant] Roland returned to his office and prepared to write a letter to Theo, who was hiding in King City.


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[Assistant] Whether to initiate an attack and overthrow Timothy, or to open up a new trading route, a fine balancing act was required. Roland did not want to put all his eggs in one basket.


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[Assistant] He hoped that even if the attack failed, he could continue to obtain Saltpeter. And the way to do this was self production.


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[Assistant] In the letter, aside from mentioning his intention to attack, he made a point to encourage Theo to contact the niter plants in the surrounding areas of King's City and purchase a batch of niter workers to send to Western Region.


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[Assistant] This year, life was certainly not rosy for Saltpeter merchants.


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[Assistant] Apart from prohibiting exports, Timothy also forced the merchants to sell at a low price to Alchemist Workshop.


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[Assistant] As a result, the profits of saltpeter fields naturally sank.


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[Assistant] Roland believed that as long as the pay was good enough, it would not be a problem to obtain entire factories worth of workers.


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[Assistant] The principle of saltpeter production was not complicated.


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[Assistant] At present, the population of Border Town was continually increasing and could already satisfy the large amount of feces required by the saltpeter fields. All of the conditions for self-production were fully met.


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[Assistant] Before defeating Timothy, this was undoubtedly one of the most stable guarantees.


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[Assistant] Snowflakes that were the size of a fingernail fell from the sky and covered border town.


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[Assistant] Grey elves danced in the wind and descended towards the land together, where they blended in with the white roofs and tree branches.


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[Assistant] In all probability, witnessing such a scene made one feel nothing but cold.


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[Assistant] She leant back on her deck chair, with half of her body covered by a soft woolen blanket, and her legs extended towards a fire barrel.


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[Assistant] This convenient device for warming oneself was invented by Rowland.


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[Assistant] A charcoal brazier was placed inside a square barrel, which was arranged in line with a chair separated by a horizontal wooden plank.


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[Assistant] It was different to a blazing bonfire which could cause burns if one got too close, yet did not provide much heat if one was far away.


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[Assistant] By placing one's feet on the wooden plank, one could safely enjoy the warmth of the charcoal fire from a close distance.


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[Assistant] And by additionally tucking into a blanket, one's entire body would feel warm.


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[Assistant] The swirling snow outside the window accentuated the cosiness of indoors, and the sense of bliss created by this contrast was deeply memorable.


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[Assistant] She had to say that the treatment that the witches received in Border Town was completely different from one year ago.


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[Assistant] Understandably, the witches did not wish to leave as even she herself was immensely enjoying this day.


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[Assistant] Apart from her, Anna and Agatha were also staying in the room.


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[Assistant] This was originally Anna's bedroom, and whenever there was a rare downtime, Tilly would bring her books to the room and seek advice from Anna for things she did not understand.


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[Assistant] At first, there were only the two of them, but now, there was also an ancient witch who had awakened from the ruins.


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[Assistant] Anna simply moved the fire barrel from beside the table to an empty space in the room and asked Roland to install two more deck chairs.


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[Assistant] The three of them sat around the fire barrel with their legs resting on each other and together they learned eye-opening and arcane knowledge.


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[Assistant] Of course, most of the time, Tilly and Agatha asked questions while Anna answered.


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[Assistant] It's hard to believe that a book like this could be written by a mortal.


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[Assistant] Agatha closed the cover of Natural Science Theoretical Foundation and inhaled deeply.


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[Assistant] The more I read, the more I realize that the world is the way it is.


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[Assistant] Amidst the mass chaos there are hidden rules, and everything operates according to the same rules.


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[Assistant] If he was born in Tequila, the Union would certainly accept him as a member, and there's a chance that he'll possess the same status as a senior witch.


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[Assistant] At first, she asked many questions regarding the book's contents, but through Anna's detailed explanations, Agatha's attitude towards Roland changed significantly.


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[Assistant] However, Tilly believed that this change was only directed towards Roland, while together, they continued to see other mortals as extremely dull and stupid. As she thought of this, Tilly sighed uncontrollably.


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[Assistant] Only she knew that all of this knowledge did not originate from Roland Wimbledon, but another person who suddenly appeared in his mind.


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[Assistant] Through these few days of contact, as well as Sylvie's supporting evidence, Tilly was able to confirm this explanation.


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[Assistant] However, it would be impossible for them to prove he was still Roland Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] What was even more suspicious was that he did not know where this portion of memory came from or who it belonged to.


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[Assistant] It was hard to believe that memory could be completely separated from his life. Or at least, she herself was unable to do so.


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[Assistant] As long as he recalled in his mind the knowledge of the court mentor and professor, the relevant segments of memory would flash in front of his eyes. Where exactly did he acquire all of this knowledge from?


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[Assistant] Agatha sighed and said, I had thought that the morals research has been extensive, but after these few days of observation, it seems that there's not much difference from 400 years ago and perhaps even a little behind. I don't know either. Tilly shrugged.


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[Assistant] In any case, the knowledge couldn't have been acquired in the palace. How was he like in the past? This question made Anna raise her head. In the past. Till he hesitated for a moment.


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[Assistant] He was arrogant, cowardly, bigoted, ignorant, unskilled and terrible


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[Assistant] His only merit was probably that he didn't make use of his status as a prince to commit any atrocious act. Oh, so he was equal to other mortals? No.


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[Assistant] Even among mortals, he was considered a terrible fella.


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[Assistant] She said, grumbling though he improved after coming here, it's still never clear what he's thinking.


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[Assistant] He would always hold back his words and yet wanted people to trust him. How is that possible? The room suddenly quietened. What's the matter? Tilly sensed something odd in the other two's eyes. No, nothing. Anna smiled with her mouth closed. This is the first time I've heard you speak about this.


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[Assistant] Damn, she only now realized that she had spoken too much. This kind of complaint shouldn't be coming from an ally.


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[Assistant] Tilly hesitated briefly and asked, didn't mention these to you before?


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[Assistant] The first time that anime met the prince, he was already a changed person, and hence it was meaningless to consider this question.


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[Assistant] There used to be a saying in the Quest Society that the more uncommon a person is, the more distinct quirks he has. Perhaps this kind of change is a normal occurrence.


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[Assistant] While in the palace, did Roland howl at the moon, or spend a long time staring and gesturing at the wall? What kind of quirks are these? Tilly could not help but shake her head.


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[Assistant] Apart from being a little eccentric in the way he did things, he was no different from ordinary people. However,


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[Assistant] I heard people mention that once during a court lesson, he publicly exclaimed that he would marry a witch, and probably because of these words, Gerald and Timothy constantly picked on him in the name of purifying the devil's minions, while his own father was also unhappy with the behavior.


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[Assistant] After that, his personality became more and more stubborn and unruly.