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[Assistant] There are only 200 to 300 people and most of them seem to come from the northern region.


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[Assistant] There are also a few rats from the bloodsail, but there are fewer rats willing to go as compared to the first two times.


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[Assistant] These people had only one use which was being the consumable after taking the pills.


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[Assistant] Now the Queen of Clearwater was moving towards the north and the southern territory was powerless to resist.


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[Assistant] Timothy would undoubtedly continue to attack His Highness Roland's territory, so he must send the news back to Border Town as soon as possible.


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[Assistant] Next, clown will present to you the secret information, or perhaps, a gossip, clown said in an exaggerated tone. I can't verify the truth of the news. However, those merchants make it sound very real so I'll take it as a truth.


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[Assistant] They mention that Garcia Wimbledon's black sail fleet appeared in the kingdom of Everwinter and attacked the church causing the siege of Wolfheart city to crumble.


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[Assistant] They're preparing to take the advantage to sell goods which are in shortage there before the winter.


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[Assistant] The Queen of Clearwater actually went to the Kingdom of Everwinter.


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[Assistant] Theo felt slightly surprised, but it was not important if the news was true because when she chose to leave the kingdom of Grey Castle she had given up the right to compete for the throne. That's all.


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[Assistant] Well, I know it's a bit far from the Kingdom of Grey Castle, he said while sticking his tongue out, but I'll find out more useful news next time. Ahem. He'll cough twice.


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[Assistant] Your Excellency, I've some new clues for the task you entrusted me with.


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[Assistant] Timothy has built a new workshop in Inner City and recruited many mud craftsmen.


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[Assistant] They purchased a huge amount of saltpeter and shipped them to there.


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[Assistant] However, my people couldn't learn more about the use of saltpeter as the workshop was heavily guarded. Oh? Theo was surprised. They've really moved the saltpeter into the workshop? Indeed. Hill nodded. I've also personally stalked a carriage of goods. This was an extremely valuable piece of information.


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[Assistant] He had served his highness Roland for a long time, so he knew that the invincible gunpowder was an alchemical item mainly composed of saltpeter.


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[Assistant] He noticed that and arranged Hill Fox to probe the whereabouts and uses of the goods since the saltpeter from the Niter plant around the King's City was largely acquired.


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[Assistant] The intention of the other party to transfer the saltpeter from the alchemist workshop to the production workshop meant that they had mastered the gunpowder formula.


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[Assistant] The crowd left the mansion in batches after the confidential conversation.


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[Assistant] He'll suddenly ask before he left. Your Excellency, can we really dethrone Timothy with what we're doing?


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[Assistant] Of course, the guard said with a smile. Didn't you see the letter His Highness Roland sent through his routed troops? His throne is crumbling.


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[Assistant] Theo saw an unexpected acquaintance, Sean, when he returned to the covert trumpeter tavern in the evening.


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[Assistant] He was also a guard around His Highness Prince Roland, just like himself.


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[Assistant] They walked into the guest room on the second floor and both of them greeted each other before Theo pulled the curtains closed and whispered, How did you know that I'm here?


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[Assistant] There were three tawny birds flew into the room and stopped on the table while cooing at him until each of the bird was fed with some grain. It was the first time Theo ever saw such a gifted bird. This is...


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[Assistant] A carrier pigeon trained by the witch, Sean padded the pigeon on its neck and explained. Different from the normal carrier pigeon, they could fly freely to and from both the places by itself without anyone letting them out or putting it back to their nests.


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[Assistant] All you need to do is to give the pigeon a specific command, and they'll send the news to his highness.


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[Assistant] If everything goes smoothly, you would receive His Highness' reply within a day.


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[Assistant] In the newly built castle backyard, Maggie fiddled with her wings and tail, twirling around to show everyone.


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[Assistant] Roland, who had already heard what had happened from the other witches, was still stunned when he saw the demonic beast form of Maggie.


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[Assistant] She had become an enormous brown-feathered bird with a 10 meters long tail and a wingspan of about 15 meters.


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[Assistant] When she fully spread her bat-like wings, the blood vessels and bones under the thin skin were quite distinct under the sun.


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[Assistant] She had limbs the size of an adult and talons instead of hands to support her long body.


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[Assistant] Her head was the most conspicuous, with three eyes lay triangularly on the top and both sides of the head.


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[Assistant] In addition, a fierce looking mouth that was not the kind of common bird-like beak covered a large part of the face.


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[Assistant] Maggie's lips moved and revealed sharp teeth and a long tongue as she talked, making other girls cry out in astonishment. This is the Demon's Mount.


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[Assistant] Leaf said, fortunately, we didn't run into such monsters in barbarian land, or none of us could have escaped.


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[Assistant] If she didn't evolve the new ability, I'm afraid I couldn't survive at that moment. Nightingale said, stroking Maggie's glossy neck, I'll prepare a bag of small pieces of grilled fish for you every day. Oh. I know. I'll season the fish with more honey. The giant bird whisked its tail even more cheerfully. Those were his grilled fish pieces. Roll inside inwardly.


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[Assistant] How could Nightingale reward others with food that she stole from the kitchen and talk about it so loudly? Then, as usual, let's test your new ability. Sure! Oh.


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[Assistant] After a morning of hard work, Roland gained a detailed insight into Maggie's ability after she shapeshifted into a beast. The change had followed the convention of enlargement.


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[Assistant] Her new form as the enormous brown feathered bird was twice the size of the devil's mount.


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[Assistant] Her loading capacity also saw a slight upgrade, so she was now capable of carrying two witches while flying.


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[Assistant] But her speed at full load, which could be kept at about 80 kilometers per hour, was much slower than lightning's.


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[Assistant] However, since any load would reduce Lightning's flying height and exhaust more of her magic power, Maggie's endurance was an advantage.


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[Assistant] As long as the giant bird was completely shape-shifted, the depletion of magic power was slow.


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[Assistant] The height she flew or the load she carried did not matter. The only concern was her physical strength.


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[Assistant] Maggie's magic power had also grown considerably, allowing her to climb from the bottom to a medium ranked witch in the witch union.


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[Assistant] She had enough magic power to shape-shift seven to eight times a day.


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[Assistant] Roland also confirmed his previous hypothesis through Maggie.


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[Assistant] The understanding of their own abilities determined the evolution of the witches, whether they understood it through learning or sudden enlightenment.


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[Assistant] This also meant there was a possibility for the witches to evolve naturally.


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[Assistant] As time went on, a few of them would be lucky enough and eventually stand out.


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[Assistant] The new ability, which was miraculous enough to turn the fallen to the ethereal, absolutely overtook the old one.


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[Assistant] Could this be the reason why the church fully suppressed the wild witches?


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[Assistant] After lunch, the Lord's Castle ushered in a great event.


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[Assistant] After nearly four months of construction and renovation, the Wich building was finally ready for use.


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[Assistant] Roland marveled at the building with only three stories and less than 50 rooms.


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[Assistant] Though it looked like the ordinary self-built house in the modern world, this building represented the highest construction level of the mainland kingdom, not from its size, but technique-wise.


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[Assistant] It was the first brick and concrete structure built with concrete beams and pillars reinforced with bamboos.


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[Assistant] Roland remembered what Carl, overwhelmed with emotion, had said to him when he poured the first concrete earth pillar. I never thought that cement could be used this way.


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[Assistant] After being mixed with pebbles, you can shape it any way you like and use it for any part of the house.


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[Assistant] Your highness, I believe it won't be long before masons completely disappear from the masonry.


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[Assistant] In addition to the beams and pillars, the floors were all paved with the prefabricated cement slabs with holes dotting the center. It awakened Roland's childhood memories.


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[Assistant] These old building materials can only be seen by the post-80s as they were completely abandoned by the times and replaced by cast-in-place concrete slabs before he turned 20.


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[Assistant] Yet the old prefabricated slabs were reborn in border town.


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[Assistant] The witch building stood on the left of the castle, forming an L shape with the castle.


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[Assistant] The open space surrounding the two buildings was the new garden.


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[Assistant] It was three or four times the size of the old one. Enough relief to improve the cultivation of grains and fruits.


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[Assistant] Evelyn, who was staying in the new home, felt uneasy.


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[Assistant] Having been in Border Town for a month, she seemed to have done nothing more than wine tasting for his highness.


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[Assistant] She was also in the bottom in the last test with only 5 points.


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[Assistant] Although Teacher Scroll did not publicly announce the test results, she could easily pry into the information.


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[Assistant] Even Maggie who could not complete a sentence got 61 points. She suddenly felt she was no better than an idiot.


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[Assistant] Still, His Highness treated her as usual without discrimination.


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[Assistant] From time to time, he sent for her and they would talk about wines produced in different regions and taste the newly made hot white liquor.


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[Assistant] She even earned a gold royal at the end of last month, which worsened her uneasiness.


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[Assistant] Compared to the other four witches, she seemed like a freeloader.


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[Assistant] There's actually a kitchen next to the living room for cooking and a weird little white painted room.


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[Assistant] Are you reluctant to be part with the sisters of which cooperation association who have shared one bed with you? Evelyn was silent for a moment before she whispered. We've been here for more than a month, right? Almost.


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[Assistant] Lotus is about to finish the new city wall that she's responsible for.


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[Assistant] Honey has trained plenty of carrier pigeons for his highness. Sylvie even dared to accompany his highness to investigate those terrible monsters. She said in frustration, I'm the only one who has done nothing.


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[Assistant] I don't even have any training arrangements and I also have the worst test scores. I really don't know why His Highness invited me here. Well, Candle mused for a moment. Why not ask him personally? Huh. Prince Roland is Lady Tilly's brother. And you've noticed that he treats witches with sincerity.


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[Assistant] Even Sylvie who used to tell us to stay away from Roland and to beware of Roland has changed her attitude. Yesterday, she couldn't help complimenting him. Candle shrugged. He won't bite you if you ask him. Is that so? That seems reasonable.


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[Assistant] Evelyn thought for a moment and decided to take Candle's advice to get rid of the anxiety that had haunted her for so long.


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[Assistant] Roland called Bariff, the city hall director, to his office the second day after the relocation of the witches from Sleeping Island. I need you to issue a recruitment announcement. He pushed the drafts towards Bariff. Ten people for one week's work. Preferably women.


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[Assistant] Which kind of flower do you mean? The coarse flower or the refined flower?


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[Assistant] The grains can be crushed before being baked into loaves of bread or wheat cakes, and yet the bread your highness eats is made from the refined flour that has been sifted to remove the bran.


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[Assistant] The yield of the refined flour is only 60% of the coarse flour and the corresponding bread is softer.


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[Assistant] It has a price so high that only great nobles can afford it.


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[Assistant] The thing that Roland liked most about the former treasurer was his good understanding of all the ordinary commodities.


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[Assistant] Due to the underdeveloped agriculture and efficient food supply, the same thing could be eaten in different ways according to the social class. Take the common wheat for an example.


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[Assistant] The disadvantage was that wheat holes and sand remained in the porridge, making it gritty to eat.


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[Assistant] By comparison, the low-class nobles cared more about daintiness.


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[Assistant] They would ask people to sift away the sand and pulverize the wheat into the coarse flour for baking bread and cake.


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[Assistant] As for the rich great nobles, food, which was viewed as a way to pursue an enjoyment of superb cuisine, was more meaningful than just something to fill their stomachs.


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[Assistant] After being sifted further, the coarse wheat flour would become the snow white fine flour from which the beige bread was made, smooth and sweeter.


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[Assistant] The starch is further refined and processed from the refined wheat flour, Roland explained. After the workers are recruited, I'll send someone to tell them the procedure. Fur, further processed? Barov could not help but stare at Roland. How much wheat will it take?


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[Assistant] Baref nodded and asked again, Why would you prefer to recruit women?


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[Assistant] Because they're more careful and I want to see more women employed rather than them just staying at home.


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[Assistant] Roland suddenly remembered something and he continued, at present, in Border Town. Of all classes established by the universal education, the woman's class seems to be progressing more quickly, correct?


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[Assistant] That's indeed the case, with ladies scroll mainly in charge of the Ministry of Education.


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[Assistant] Women in town, who barely had anything to do except taking care of children and completing housework, have been spending most of their time learning and reading.


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[Assistant] In that case, I request that you recruit some female apprentices into City Hall after the next assessment and gradually increase the proportion of female jobs, role and ordered. Your Highness, this is unheard of. Bear a frowned.


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[Assistant] My apprentice is just as good as a woman when it comes to being careful.


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[Assistant] Then make it heard of, Roland said bluntly, it's the easiest and quickest way to increase the workforce without growing the population.


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[Assistant] If all of the women can contribute to the construction of the town, I would have the double manpower.


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[Assistant] All you have to do is to guide the people in order to change their mindset. As long as the pay is attractive, I believe they'll apply, out one by one.


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[Assistant] After Barov took his leave, Nightingale laughed in the prince's ear. What kind of goody are you going to make this time? The starch? No, it's not for eating. Roll and drink some tea.


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[Assistant] But, we can actually get some good ingredients during the process.


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[Assistant] Pour the refined wheat flour into the water. Knead and scrub until the water has turned completely white. And then do it again with new water.


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[Assistant] At last, the remaining sticky substance is gluten, which can be used to fry or quick stir.


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[Assistant] Adding a bit of honey or spices will make it particularly delicious, especially with the flexible texture.


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[Assistant] But what Roland wanted was greater than just something to eat.


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[Assistant] The starch that settled in the milky white water that had been sifted was what he really wanted. It was the main material of explosives.


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[Assistant] Since nitroglycerin had not yet begun its testing trial, and neither had TNT, nitrostarch was relatively the simplest high explosive they were able to make, and the production process was exactly the same to nitrocotin.


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[Assistant] But, the sensitivity of the finished product was low so that it could not be ignited by an open flame. It could only be ignited by using a detonator.


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[Assistant] Nitrostarch, more powerful than TNT, was widely used as a substitute for TNT during World War I and World War II.


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[Assistant] With highly refined starch, those alchemical apprentices who had been extremely proficient in the production process of nitro cotton would presumably be capable of producing a batch of nitro starch in a short period of time.


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[Assistant] After lunch, Roland had returned to his chamber to take a nap.


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[Assistant] However, that was when he heard footsteps outside the door.


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[Assistant] His heart thumped a little wildly, guessing it was most likely Anna who would come for him at this time of the day.


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[Assistant] Would she pick noon to come here because she was too tired and fell asleep last time? Come in.


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[Assistant] Roland was a little surprised when he saw Evelyn standing outside the door. Uh, it's a bit different from what I was expecting.


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[Assistant] He coughed a little, wore a genial smile on his face and said, what's the matter? She walked over to the table and bowed her head.


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[Assistant] Despite looking a little nervous, she said, Your Highness, I wanna ask you a question.


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[Assistant] Is it just another platitude like why do you treat witches so well?


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[Assistant] Roland thought to himself, and yet in the spirit of treating the comrades like a warm spring wind, he smiled. What do you want to ask? Why did you pick me to come to Border Town?


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[Assistant] The question shocked Roland for a moment. Is she complaining about the bad wine?


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[Assistant] My ability is neither as good as Sylvie's nor as practical as Lotus's and Honey's. She said in a low voice. And if you want someone to taste your wine for you, a Gold Royal per month is sufficient enough to hire a professional winemaker from the King's City. What do you think of the variety of wine?


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[Assistant] The alcohol burns at first, but it mellows if you drink it slowly and get yourself used to it.


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[Assistant] And the drink that's made of ice, fruit juice, and syrup is richer in taste.


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[Assistant] But all of these are based on my personal preference. Evelyn replied cautiously, My family-run tavern only sold cheap wines and watered down ale, so I'm not very clear about which kind of wine the nobles would prefer. So it's not a problem with the wine. The prince was silently relieved.


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[Assistant] He rose to open his bookcase, took out a can of ale from the top shelf, and placed it in front of Evelyn. Can you turn this ale into my brewed white liquor? I think that's no problem.


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[Assistant] She reached out her hands and held the jar soon the dingy wine began to change.


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[Assistant] While bubbling, the ale was gaining clarity and then finally became as transparent as boiled water, which was marvelous to Roland who could already smell the strong bouquet of the transparent liquid.


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[Assistant] He could not wait to dip his finger into the liquid and have a taste.


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[Assistant] He felt the bitter and burning sensation, which was the exact taste of high-proof alcohol. Roland could not help but laugh. This is what you're chosen for.


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[Assistant] Looking at the puzzled look on Evelyn's face, he clapped his hands and said, I'm going to set up an alcohol factory. No, it's a brewery. Would you like to be my chief winemaker?


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[Assistant] The fireplace was blazing inside the King's City's Palace Hall of the Kingdom of Everwinter.


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[Assistant] Summer here was exceptionally short when compared to the Kingdom of Grey Castle, with its four distinct seasons.


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[Assistant] The coming of fall was more like a warning for the upcoming cold and a cold wind would quietly arrive before people would change their light jackets.


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[Assistant] Garcia Wimbledon was sitting on her throne in her fox fur overcoat while listening to the complaints and requests of the nobles. She did not like this palace.


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[Assistant] The pillars, walls, and floors were all white stone which had been polished smooth and made translucent to look like ice.


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[Assistant] Even though she sat on two velvet cushions, she could still felt the biting chill spreading up to her from the steel throne.


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[Assistant] The damn house seems to be built of ice. She thought unhappily.


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[Assistant] The fellow was long-winded when the matter needed only a few words.


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[Assistant] The main point was nothing more than that Archbishop Heather presided over a public trial of sinful nobles, most of which were sentenced to the gallows.


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[Assistant] Although he was lucky enough to avoid being hanged, he was still sentenced to confiscation of his property and was forced to deal it out to the civilians who had suffered from his persecution.


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[Assistant] I can understand your request and your private property shall not be infringed upon.


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[Assistant] After a moment of contemplation, Garcia continued in a calm voice, but it'll be hard to clarify the specific amount.


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[Assistant] Provide me with a balance sheet from the last five years. I'll replace a portion of your compensation from the seizure.


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[Assistant] Well, I can only give you compensation in accordance with the standards previously announced if you can't provide the balance sheet. There are other nobles being ransacked around you. If I give you more, others will get less, right? That's right. Who knows whether the numbers you declare are true or not. Don't be so verbose, Knight Halon. Those gold royals were not yours. You should be content with what you've got.


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[Assistant] They can only beg for compensation from the deities in the heavens.


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[Assistant] Seeing that all the nobles around him were glaring, Knight Halon could only bow, saying, Okay, I accept the compensation you've given me, and thank you for your mercy, your majesty. Next, Garcia said with a smile.


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[Assistant] I'd like to send my best regards, your majesty," a white-haired old man said as he stepped out of the crowd, with his hands on his chest.


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[Assistant] The caiman of the Silver Heron family was shining on his chest.


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[Assistant] Marquis Baud, I remembered your domain did not suffer attacks from the church mobs.


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[Assistant] Yes, he nodded and said, they definitely wanted to attack, but they couldn't.


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[Assistant] Snow Ridge was easily defended, and my knights blocked the invasion of the mobs. My son, however, was less fortunate. He was on duty at the palace on the day of the riot.


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[Assistant] In order to protect the former queen, the believers killed him and hung his body on the gate.


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[Assistant] A guy named Butcher killed my son, and he has become the leader of the surviving rebels.


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[Assistant] The gang of people has been hiding in the impassable mountain range to the north. I want to kill them to avenge my son. Marquis Bauds stated calmly. I don't have enough manpower.


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[Assistant] I'll only feel relief after killing the foes to avenge my son, your majesty.


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[Assistant] I'm not requesting that you dispatch knights to search for the rebels.


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[Assistant] There are many grottoes at the foot of the mountain, and they must be hiding there.


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[Assistant] However, the entrance to the grotto is extremely narrow, and the knights can't invade since it's blocked off by rubble.


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[Assistant] I was hoping that you would provide me with the alchemical materials necessary to destroy the gate and I'll do the rest by myself. He wants snow powder, Garcia thought and frowned.


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[Assistant] The formidable power of the snow powder is almost ever victorious.


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[Assistant] It can be the trump card needed for game changing, so it shouldn't be spread around.


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[Assistant] As she went to refuse the marquee bodes request, he said again, If you grant my request, I would return back to the palace to work for you.


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[Assistant] The Silver Heron family would support your rise into power in the kingdom of Everwinter. Garcia slightly paused upon hearing his words.


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[Assistant] When the church put the former queen to death, a portion of important officials were also killed.


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[Assistant] Marquis Baud was quite prestigious here. He could work as the Prime Minister to unify the rest of the nobles, which could, to some extent, ease the dilemma of the administrative difficulties. You request too much.


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[Assistant] She contemplated his words for a moment before making the final decision.


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[Assistant] But, since I'm not willing to give you gunpowder directly, I can send my specialized alchemist to assist you in destroying the gate.


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[Assistant] After the official business was over, Garcia went to the back room.


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[Assistant] Ryan came forward and handed a cup of heated fruit wine to her. It's hard work, your majesty. Those nobles all turn to you as expected.


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[Assistant] In this case, you'll still be able to take over the whole kingdom of Everwinter, gradually, even without depending on the King of Wolfheart. If it wasn't for the church, Garika shrugged her shoulders.


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[Assistant] The church's move to deprive the nobles of the inheritance right had caused them all to side with her.


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[Assistant] She had won the wide support of the nobles and, together, with her efforts to greatly undermine the rights of the church power holders, it would make it less difficult for her to gain a firm foothold in the King's city.


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[Assistant] However, she would still have a long way to go to take control of the kingdom of Everwinter, people there were greatly influenced by the church.


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[Assistant] The soldiers of Black Sail Fleet, who were dispatched to wipe out the churches in some of the large cities, had suffered attacks from civilians and believers alike.


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[Assistant] Therefore, there was a vital importance to align with the Kingdom of Wolfheart, not only to help resist the Church, but to also weaken the influence of the Church by thinning their population.


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[Assistant] As for the civilians who were as stubborn as mules, they should all be killed.


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[Assistant] Oh, by the way, the King of Wolfheart sent you a letter. Ryan took out an envelope and said, You were busy dealing with the administrative affairs at that moment, so I didn't bother you.


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[Assistant] Garcia looked serious as she opened the envelope and read the letter. Bad news?


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[Assistant] The months of demons is about to come. Are they planning to abandon the New Holy City? Ryan's eyes bulged in shock.


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[Assistant] Garcia returned to her desk, contemplated a moment, and then frowned.


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[Assistant] It was impossible to think that the church would let her off the hook, but she had not expected them to counterattack so quickly.


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[Assistant] She would be well prepared if the church had waited to wage war until spring, but the enemy obviously did not want her to have the respite.


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[Assistant] If she did not accept the request for assistance from the King of Wolfheart, she would not be able to resist for long if the Kingdom of Wolfheart collapsed. However, there was a chance.


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[Assistant] Provided that the troops from the church were exhausted to near death in Wolfheart City. The enemy would then suffer from a great calamity as the demonic beasts invaded massively into Hermes.


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[Assistant] They might send out more of the God's punishment army. Even so, she had more powerful weapons, like the snow powder.


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[Assistant] That, used with the black water from the Styx River, would create an evil fire powder that would be lethal if thrown over the high wall in Wolfheart City.


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[Assistant] She could absolutely destroy the collective strength of the enemy.


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[Assistant] Realizing this, Garcia said, execute my command. The troops of Black Sail Fleet are to get ready for the expedition. We'll get through winter in Wolfheart City this year.


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[Assistant] Chapter 303. Preparation for aerial attack.


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[Assistant] After a week's assembly and testing, Roland and Anna finally completed developing the impact fuse for the bomb.


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[Assistant] Compared to the fuse for the artillery shells, there was no need to withstand high temperature and pressure, nor high G overload when during the detonation. That's why the structure was surprisingly simple.


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[Assistant] But even for such a simple thing, which was made up of a firing pin and a spring, they had to conduct countless experiments to succeed.


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[Assistant] The main issue was that no one knew how much elasticity the spring required to avoid ignition during an accidental fall.


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[Assistant] In the same time, they had to guarantee the firing pin would trigger the bomb during a normal launch.


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[Assistant] He and Anna could only test this by changing the thickness and the hardness of the spring little by little.


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[Assistant] Thus, Roland could choose from a variety of high quality materials.


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[Assistant] In the end, through testing, they ended up using the steel alloy number 1365, which had a relatively high hardness, but a lower toughness.


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[Assistant] So, even if the bomb fell from an altitude of one meter, it would not be completely compressed. After the selection of the spring, the rest was easy.


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[Assistant] Even though Roland had never seen a fuse before, he could still come up with a design by himself according to how it worked.


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[Assistant] It was certainly not state of the art, but it would be enough for the current crude bombs.


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[Assistant] The completed fuse looked like a cylinder, 12 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide, with a thread below it which could reach up to the top of the bomb.


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[Assistant] Its interior looked like a downward convex groove so that the firing pin, which had the same shape, could fit inside.


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[Assistant] In the idle state, its top part would be pushed by the spring to the groove mouth, while the firing pin inside the groove was just one finger away from the primer.


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[Assistant] For security purposes, Roland also opened a hole in the head of the firing pin and used a plug to keep it fixed on top of the ammunition case.


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[Assistant] This way, before the launch, it was necessary to pull the plug first or else the firing pin would not move upward and downward. The simulation launch was held on a sunny afternoon.


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[Assistant] Because the weight of the bomb after it was filled with gravel and black gunpowder was close to five times Nightingale's weight, Roland did not board the hot air balloon and instead watched the launch with a telescope from 300 meters away.


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[Assistant] Apart from himself, Iron Axe, the commander of the First Army in Carter Lannis, the Chief Knight were also watching the simulation.


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[Assistant] You planned to use a hot air balloon to throw a giant explosive package in the palace? Carter could not believe his ears when he heard Roland's plan.


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[Assistant] To initiate an attack from an altitude of 2 kilometers, disregarding the city walls and the garrison forces, this redefined entirely as concept of a combat. But of course, having stayed in Border Town for almost a year, his previous concepts had been redefined many times already.


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[Assistant] As long as it's controlled properly, this is entirely possible. Roll unknotted.


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[Assistant] Timothy is currently recruiting soldiers of the militia by force.


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[Assistant] If he isn't stopped, the Western territory will definitely suffer from another attack of a drugged army. And even if we win, it won't benefit us at all.


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[Assistant] According to Theo's secret letter, Timothy still wanted to use his old tricks to decrease Roland's strength.


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[Assistant] He was not sure whether the people sent out from Barov would be on time to recruit as many people as possible to border town before it was too late.


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[Assistant] Supposing you successfully release Thunder's Fury on Timothy's head, he'll be utterly scared.


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[Assistant] Theo had mentioned in the letter that Timothy had probably figured out black gunpowder recipe and had opened a workshop in the inner city, planning to mass produce it.


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[Assistant] After thinking carefully, Roland still decided to choose the palace as its target. The reason was simple. The palace was much more eye-catching.


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[Assistant] When looked from an altitude of 2,000 meters, even the most magnificent city of Grey Castle was half a palm big.


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[Assistant] Therefore, it was important to choose the target of the bomb in advance.


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[Assistant] The palace was situated in the middle of the inner city, surrounded by red tile wall.


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[Assistant] At the top of it, there were white slates which were particularly eye-catching, making it impossible to miss the target. But the workshop was different.


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[Assistant] Without layout chart of the king's city and ground guidance, it would be impossible to describe the exact location of the target by words. Plus, the workshop's area was not so big.


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[Assistant] If the bomb were to fall on top of a civilian's house, the whole plan would fail.


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[Assistant] Suddenly, a white shadow fell on the ground, causing a pillar of smoke in the simulation field, followed by the thunderous sound of an impact. Looks like the bomb has landed. Roland put away the telescope. Let's go see the results.


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[Assistant] After a week's training, Lightning's bomb dropping technique had improved significantly.


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[Assistant] This time, the bomb had hit the ground just five meters away from the target.


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[Assistant] The whole bomb was sunk in the ground and the outer shell was greatly deformed due to the impact.


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[Assistant] Once the cloud gazer landed, Anna used her black fire to cut open the bomb, and everyone saw that the soil near the fuse had been burned black. This proved that the primer's temperature was high enough to ignite the gunpowder which was spread on the ground beforehand, so the fuse itself worked properly.


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[Assistant] If the interior of the bomb was filled with nitrous starch, it would easily create a 4 to 6 meters deep hole, and everyone within a vicinity of 50 meters would die.


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[Assistant] Since the development of bomb had been completed, the next thing to do was to plan the attack.


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[Assistant] Roland looked everyone around him and said slowly, the surprise attack on King's City will be carried out next week.


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[Assistant] First, Iron Axe. You'll lead a group of 50 flintlock squad members and escort the witches to the outskirts of Silver City.


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[Assistant] Normally, from the Western Territory to the King's City it required at least a week's trip and with the Cloud Gazer it would take around six days to go and come back.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, with the dropping equipment installed, the basket could only load two people, and since Nightingale was not going, only Anna had the ability to fight out of the four witches.


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[Assistant] Thus, spending six nights in the wild would be too dangerous for them, and he did not want to risk it.


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[Assistant] If you set out from Silver City, you'll be able to complete the mission in just one day and return before nightfall.


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[Assistant] Next, the witches for this mission are Anna, Wendy, Lightning, Maggie, Nightingale, and Sylvie.


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[Assistant] The last two will be responsible for monitoring the surroundings, while the attack will be carried out by the first four according to our training. Especially Lightning. He looked at the little girl. Our success depends on you.


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[Assistant] Just leave it to me, she replied and patted her chest.


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[Assistant] The last thing I want to say is, be careful. Roland emphasized each word. I'll be waiting for your return in Border Town.


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[Assistant] For days later, under the escort of the First Army, the first bomb easterly win number one, carried out by a carriage, was loaded on a freighter to Silver City.


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[Assistant] May never thought that by the time she would set off for border town once again, and her heart would be filled with expectation.


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[Assistant] The forest along Redwater River started to become yellow and the blowing breeze had a trace of chilliness.


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[Assistant] The river water with its waving light was flowing below her, and from time to time one could see fallen leaves sliding across the rail.


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[Assistant] The play that you performed, The Witch Diaries, was it really written for you personally by His Highness?


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[Assistant] As May turned around, she saw a group of actresses gathering behind her and in front of them standing a woman who looked at her nervously. She recalled that her name was Swallow. Ah, sorry. Irene waved at her from the bow of the boat and laughed. I couldn't answer their questions, so I told them to go ask you. Such a fool. May rolled her eyes. In the past, she would have answered them with a sneer.


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[Assistant] It was the minister of education of the city hall, Lady Scroll, who wrote it for the witches. Ah, is that so? Swallow blinked. We thought it was true when seeing you fight with Bella.


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[Assistant] His highness wrote it personally, and his highness wrote it personally for me. These two sentences are so different, but yet they still manage to confuse the first with the latter. May thought.


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[Assistant] His highness has approved both the script and the theatrical performance, so mocking the script indeed means mocking his highness. In this aspect, I didn't lie to her. Have you met his highness?


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[Assistant] I heard that he has the iconic long gray hair of the crown and is extremely handsome. Is that true? I also heard that he's romantic and has many lovers. Ah, really?


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[Assistant] Looking at this lively group of young girls, Mei could not help but frown. Damn it. She should have never responded to their curiosity. Alright, stop bothering Miss Mei.


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[Assistant] Rosea came forward and sent them away while giving me an apologetic look. It's alright.


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[Assistant] Out of the 35 people, only 2 of them have previously performed, while 26 of them haven't even completed all of their drama classes.


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[Assistant] According to what you used to say, they can be considered as more the unhatched than the chicks.


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[Assistant] Even if the Lord's requirements for the play aren't so high, I'm afraid it'll still be hard for them to be accepted. If it's revenge against Bella that you seek,


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[Assistant] Although there's still a long way to performing on stage, they can at least read and write.


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[Assistant] Haven't you realized that this type of people is exactly what his highness needs? She paused for a moment.


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[Assistant] Do you believe that Prince Roland Wimbledon asked us to perform because he really loves drama so much?


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[Assistant] If it was Lord Petroff, then the answer would be affirmative.


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[Assistant] Before he started managing Wang San's stronghold, he used to go to the theater every week.


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[Assistant] But as Highness Roland, except for the first performance of a new play, he's never appeared in the town square. So the reason he's promoting drama isn't for pleasure, but to pass on his ideas to the public by showing the performances.


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[Assistant] May continued, compared to the first plays, which emphasized on resisting oppression and that witches aren't evil, the new plays dawn and new city aim towards people's recruitment and the message of getting rich through hard work.


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[Assistant] To understand a script, apart from putting yourself in the position of the character, it's also necessary to contemplate and realize the true meaning of what it intends to reflect as much as possible. This is also a quality that a good actor needs to possess. Yes, thank you for your guidance. She bowed respectfully. Rest assured. May smiled.


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[Assistant] In case you don't want to perform anymore, you can still find a pretty good job in Border Town.


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[Assistant] You may even enter the city hall and become an administrative officer.


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[Assistant] After all, His Highness doesn't focus on status or family background.


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[Assistant] A career like that is much easier than that of a performer.


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[Assistant] As the ship arrived in town, May right away noticed Furlan Eltech standing on the dock. Obviously, he was there for Irene.


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[Assistant] She could not help but sigh as she saw the girl throwing herself into his arms. Isn't that person morning light Ferlin Eltech? So he was not exiled by his highness. The first night in the western region, so nice. Shallow admired. I thought he would be with the star of the theater. Stop talking nonsense. Everyone stopped talking upon hearing May's cold tone. Quickly gather your luggage and disembark.


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[Assistant] Gate in Roseo will take you to the City Hall and have you registered. Everything else will be arranged by them. Yes, everyone replied respectfully.


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[Assistant] As she came down to the docks, Furlan, with his arm around his wife, approached and said respectfully, Miss May, Irene just told me about the clash in the theater. Thank you for keeping an eye on her.


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[Assistant] There's no need to thank me, Mei replied. They're actually targeting me, though it looks like they're offending her.


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[Assistant] Even so, I still have to thank you, the knight laughed.


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[Assistant] If it weren't for you, she would have definitely cried at that time.


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[Assistant] When the couple left, Mae curled her lip, carried her luggage alone, and walked towards the residential district.


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[Assistant] Even though she had given up on him, but seeing them together still made her feel a bit sad.


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[Assistant] Furthermore, that familiar figure also did not appear, even though he had promised in his letter that he would give her a surprise.


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[Assistant] Well, he was, after all, someone important to his highness. Would not he be able to move freely like the morning light, right?


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[Assistant] Having arrived home, Mae put down her luggage and felt a sense of relaxation that she had not felt for a long time.


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[Assistant] She took a long breath and walked to the cupboard to take out some white liquor.


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[Assistant] Just as she was about to pour herself a drink, she heard someone knocking the door. At the door, Carter Lanis was standing before her. I didn't expect you to arrive an hour earlier. He wiped the sweat from his forehead.


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[Assistant] I came here straight from the barracks when I heard that the ship from Long Song Stronghold had arrived.


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[Assistant] Curiously, even though he did not wait for her at the docks to escort her, her mood instantly became better after seeing him like this. Would you like some drink? No, thanks. I'm on duty this afternoon. Carter waved his hand. All right. She nodded. His Highness's work is more important. I wanted to give you a present.


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[Assistant] The Chief Knight took out a white wooden box from his pocket and handed it to her. Is this the newest product from the convenience market? May asked curiously as she took the box. When she opened it, she saw a yellow-orange ring.


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[Assistant] At the top of it, there was a transparent gemstone which reflected various colors of light from the autumn sun that shone through the window.


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[Assistant] Without a doubt, the ring was priceless, something unlikely sold in the convenience market. And when Nobles gifted a ring, it meant she could not help covering her mouth. Miss May, will you marry me? Carter asked earnestly.


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[Assistant] It had been four days since the witches and the first army departed.


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[Assistant] According to the plan, they should arrive at the Silver City suburb the following afternoon.


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[Assistant] Since they were equipped with Honey's carrier pigeons, Iron Axe, Anna, and Nightingale set rollin' letters every day.


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[Assistant] Though they were not as fast as mobile phones, they were not slower than newspaper messengers.


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[Assistant] If there were more carrier pigeons, with birds flying between them all the time, maybe they could achieve the effect of texting.


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[Assistant] With Nightingale away, the Chief Knight had taken over the task of defending the castle.


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[Assistant] Roland was puzzled to see that Carter had been especially cheerful these days. It seemed that he had encountered something pleasing.


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[Assistant] Was being Roland's personal bodyguard the cause of this extra cheerfulness?


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[Assistant] Roland shook his head and focused on the report from Carl Van Bate, the Minister of Construction.


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[Assistant] Over the past month, with the assistance of the witches from Sleeping Island, they had made amazing progress on the construction projects in Border Town.


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[Assistant] The first was the successful completion of the steel bridge across Redwater River.


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[Assistant] Compared with traditional stone and wooden bridges, the steel bridge was much easier to construct.


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[Assistant] The main body of the bridge was prefabricated, and then it was hoisted and assembled into place.


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[Assistant] Two floating islands raised by lotus in the river course further simplified the difficulty in erecting the bridge, shortening the construction of the main bridge astonishingly into a month.


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[Assistant] By modern standards, this bridge was short and narrow, with a simple structure and low load capacity, making it a project that was purely a waste of materials.


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[Assistant] However, in this era, it could be regarded as a magnificent bridge. It had a total length of 100 meters.


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[Assistant] The bottom of the bridge was high enough for the inland river ships to pass through. Something impossible for any of the heavy stone bridges.


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[Assistant] Secondly, Lotus's new city wall had also been completed.


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[Assistant] This purely mud-built city wall had increased the size of the town twice over.


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[Assistant] If he built a city on the basis of the town in the future, the original town would be the virtual inner city.


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[Assistant] However, Roland preferred to use first ring and second ring to describe it.


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[Assistant] Perhaps one day in the future, this place could be expanded into a megacity with seven rings, and officially named the Imperial Capital.


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[Assistant] Finally, as for the construction of the Kingdom Main Street, some parts of the foot of the impassable mountain range had been flattened by lotus, greatly reducing the construction time. Now the roads could go straight through.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, what's your next construction project for Lotus? Carl asked after reporting the progress.


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[Assistant] He had three major renovation projects to be implemented in the following days. The first would be the estuary project.


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[Assistant] They would look for a low opening in the southern mountain ridge and then level out the terrain to build paths to the shallow beach. This could only be achieved by using Lotus's ability.


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[Assistant] Once completed, the western region would own a seaward harbor. The second was residential expansion.


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[Assistant] Although City Hall had invested a lot of manpower and financial resources to speed up the construction of residential districts, nearly 3,000 people might still be without the warmth of brick houses come winter.


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[Assistant] The simple shelters and wooden sheds they had at present could not keep warm.


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[Assistant] He would need a number of cave dwellings with thick walls and heated brick beds to solve the problem. The last project was the construction of a shipyard.


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[Assistant] To produce shallow water gunboats, he had to build a spacious shipyard first. It could not affect the shipping on Redwater River.


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[Assistant] Roland planned to lower the riverbank on the west side of the town to form a dry dock.


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[Assistant] Then he could install a lifting valve at the side of the river to control water intake and runoff.


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[Assistant] It would be a large project with huge earthwork, which would also require Lotus's ability.


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[Assistant] After considering for a moment, he finally decided to give priority to residential expansion.


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[Assistant] Since they had brought the refugees from the eastern region to border town, they were responsible for their basic life necessities.


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[Assistant] If they froze or starved to death, it would not only be a major loss, but would also lower people's sense of belonging to this place.


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[Assistant] So where should this temporary residential area be located? Karl asked. Located in currently the Surfshack district. Roland glanced at the map. It's far from the defense line of the city walls.


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[Assistant] They'll also be sheltered from the wind by the impassable mountain range.


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[Assistant] After the Minister of Construction left, he was about to take a nap in his chair when Kyle Cici came in.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, the large-scale acid-making process you required has been successfully developed. His words were a great relief to Roland's tiredness. He stood up from the desk in surprise. Really? Take me to see it. They came to the laboratory at Redwater River.


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[Assistant] Roland knew that Kyle had brought some apprentices and a distinguished alchemist from Redwater City, but this was his first time meeting this young man.


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[Assistant] You actually remember my name, Chavez said in surprise. Sir Kyle has mentioned you on many occasions. Roland patted his shoulder in encouragement. Nice work.


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[Assistant] Then he looked to the chief alchemist and asked, how is acid produced here? Kyle laughed while touching his beard.


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[Assistant] It was developed successfully because I deducted the chemical equations completely from that elementary chemistry. Look at that furnace.


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[Assistant] The purified sulfur will burn in the furnace, and the resulting gas will go into the lead tank after further heating. Are all these devices made of lead? That's right. Only lead can withstand acid corrosion. Kyle nodded.


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[Assistant] The lead pipeline at the top of the tank keeps sprinkling down nitrosulfuric acid.


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[Assistant] Meeting hot sulfur dioxide, the nitric acid will decompose to nitrogen oxide, which will react with water and sulfur dioxide to generate the sulfuric acid solution.


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[Assistant] The ingenious part of the reaction is that nitrogen oxide only acts as an oxygen carrier, but it won't be consumed.


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[Assistant] In this way, the need for nitric acid is very small.


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[Assistant] Once the reaction starts, it can go on working forever. How's its output? Roll and padded the lead tank excitedly.


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[Assistant] Large-scale acid production was a prerequisite for the mass production of smokeless gunpowder.


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[Assistant] If this problem had been solved, he could produce the ammunition for the new generation flintlocks and cannon. This is the fourth device I've tested.


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[Assistant] Its daily output is equal to a week's output from the laboratory.


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[Assistant] We use a dry distillation method for a week, the chief alchemist proudly said. It isn't large because I just made it for testing.


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[Assistant] If I can use larger lead tanks, the output can be further improved. That's really good news. Roll and laughed.


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[Assistant] When Miss Anna returns, you can immediately start building a larger scale acid plant. In case the lead isn't enough, you can use iron instead.


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[Assistant] Ms. Soraya's coating can make iron containers withstand acid corrosion.


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[Assistant] Kyle nodded, but his next words made the prince's smile fade away.


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[Assistant] The large-scale acid making process has succeeded, and all five laboratories are filled with apprentices.


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[Assistant] Your Highness, would you please award the Intermediate Chemist to me as you promised?


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[Assistant] Skrull stood behind his highness Roland, quietly watching him writing out the manuscript.


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[Assistant] The autumn sunshine shone through the window onto her back, making her feel like being bathed in warmth.


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[Assistant] Oh, what contents should also be included, in addition to gain and loss of electrons? Can anyone tell me? I'm waiting online.


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[Assistant] The prince wrote down some words on the paper from time to time and then began to hold his forehead to meditate, occasionally saying some incomprehensible nonsense.


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[Assistant] Originally, Skrull was somewhat worried about his physical condition, but later she realized that this was just the normal state of his highness when he tried to recall his knowledge.


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[Assistant] Only today his symptoms were much more severe than before. Unfortunately, I can't help him.


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[Assistant] Scroll lightly side. I'm afraid Anna is the only witch who can help him in this aspect.


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[Assistant] I've already memorized the several pages His Highness wrote earlier.


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[Assistant] However, I just remember the contents but don't understand them at all.


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[Assistant] The knowledge is much deeper than the basic principles of mathematics and natural science we've learned in the past. Just reading it has already made me feel dizzy. No wonder that His Highness is so frustrated. How about we call it a day? Scroll could not help but say to His Highness,


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[Assistant] Roland gave up and dropped his pen, leaning against the chair. Then he sighed. I really envy your ability of never forgetting anything.


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[Assistant] If I could be like you, I would never need to worry about exams.


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[Assistant] Then I would be admitted to a famous university and achieve the pinnacle of my career.


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[Assistant] Otherwise, how can they figure out which prince is more excellent? he muttered.


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[Assistant] In fact, sometimes remembering everything isn't so good, Scrolls said with a smile, things like bad encounters, sadness, and griefs. I'd rather I could forget them.


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[Assistant] When she lived in Sea Windshire, she had been beaten and insulted countless times, just because of being poor.


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[Assistant] Until now, she could still remember the blows to suffering, the twisted faces of those perpetrators who beat her to release their anger, and the pain of each hit and kick.


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[Assistant] Only after she was sheltered by an old captain with broken legs had her life become slightly better.


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[Assistant] In fact, in places like the slums, every day many people died from fighting and killing each other, which was not less than those from hunger and coldness.


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[Assistant] For a long time, she had detested herself for clearly remembering the hardships she encountered.


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[Assistant] The scenes were so clear that the insufferable experiences turned into our nightmares every night.


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[Assistant] Until she entered adulthood and awakened to gain the derivative skill, Book of Magic, she began to understand that she had an extraordinary memory because she was a witch.


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[Assistant] Rolland probably guessed what she was thinking, and he showed an apologetic smile toward her and said, You're right. Scroll suddenly felt warmth flowing through her heart.


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[Assistant] Few people cared about a witch's feelings, not to mention that this man was a prominent member of the royal nobles. It's alright. It's in the past, your highness. Roland Wimbledon was different from any noble she met. No, he was actually different from any men she met.


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[Assistant] He owned profound knowledge, yet thinking of passing the knowledge to others all day.


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[Assistant] He had a noble background, but yet he did not have an arrogant and refusing attitude toward others.


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[Assistant] He was admired by all the people and could do anything as he liked, but yet he did not and instead, he would consider other people's feelings.


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[Assistant] A desolate and backward town had undergone earthshaking changes within one year.


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[Assistant] The witches gained their long-dreamt peace and freedom, which all thanks to his highness.


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[Assistant] If she had not experienced it by herself, she would never believe a ruler like this could exist in the world.


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[Assistant] Now, Scroll found that her thoughts were also changing little by little.


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[Assistant] But at this moment she felt that no matter who he married, his highness would ascend the throne of the kingdom of Greycastle.


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[Assistant] He did not rely on those noble members who knew nothing but following the routines and greedily fighting for power and fortune.


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[Assistant] Instead, he relied on people who supported him because he brought a better life to them.


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[Assistant] She vaguely felt that this power would be stronger than any other power before.


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[Assistant] Ah, well, Roland suddenly rubbed his head and said, this is the last page. Will we continue tomorrow? No, just give it to him like this.


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[Assistant] With another physics textbook, it'll be enough for him to study for a long time.


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[Assistant] His highness took a new piece of paper and quickly wrote a few characters.


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[Assistant] After all, it's normal for a book from ancient times to have some missing pages, right?


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[Assistant] Scroll took the paper and saw the name of the book on it. Intermediate Chemistry. Remnant.


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[Assistant] After finishing her memory work, she left his office and was ready to go to the city hall, but was attracted by the magnificent view of the castle backyard.


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[Assistant] After the expansion of the castle walls, the backyard became almost as large as the town square.


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[Assistant] It was planted with a wide variety of plants within less than a week. There was no doubt that this must be the masterpiece of leaf.


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[Assistant] Scroll walked deep into the garden along the passage of olive trees.


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[Assistant] After passing through a dense row of sugar canes, she saw leaves sitting by a small pond.


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[Assistant] Leaf did not bundle her hair into the usual braids. Instead, she had her green long hair casually hanging around her shoulders.


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[Assistant] She was gently tapping water with her white feet and holding some wheat grains with both hands and throwing them to the fish from time to time.


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[Assistant] Yes, Ms. Nanna restored them to their original form, so I finally don't have to endure the pain of the toes in winter. Have you personally improved all the plants in the garden? Yeah. Leaf happily pointed to the plants. Those are grapevine sheds. Here are fruit trees and crops.


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[Assistant] I also asked his highness to send some compost to test the absorption of new crops.


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[Assistant] There are dozens of birds nests in the fruit tree area, so the carrier pigeons that honey raises can all sleep in them.


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[Assistant] After all, when we were in the impassable mountain range, the ability you demonstrated was nearly as strong as that of Kara.


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[Assistant] His Highness said the evolution of one's ability comes from the understanding of our own abilities.


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[Assistant] The plant cells are indeed incredible, but I've thought long before that they should have been the same.


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[Assistant] You see, a bunch of grass can gather together to form pliable vines. If they're different, how can they integrate together like that?


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[Assistant] Scroll opened her mouth, but did not know whether to comfort her or agree with her.


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[Assistant] Finally, she said, even if your ability doesn't evolve, you can still do a lot of things for his highness. I feel it isn't far away from me. Leaf shook her head while her eyes were shining with excitement.


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[Assistant] Animals are life. Plants are also life. And even the parts that form them are also life.


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[Assistant] Birds need to nest on trees, and their feces can also fertilize trees.


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[Assistant] This number was measured by lightning when she flew perpendicularly.


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[Assistant] The sky was loosely specked with puffs of white clouds that seemed so close to her that she almost felt they were within her reach.


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[Assistant] If she really wanted to touch them, however, she had to fly up for another several hundred meters.


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[Assistant] The entire hot air balloon was colored in white and blue, perfectly fused with the sky from a distance.


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[Assistant] Like the easterly wind number one, lightning was also in camouflage.


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[Assistant] Since his highness had told them that the raid must be quick and unexpected, the First Army landed before the boat arrived at the pier of Silver City and marshaled toward the backside of the mountain ridge nearby on foot.


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[Assistant] Thanks to Sylvie's monitoring, the Army successfully reached the camp unnoticed.


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[Assistant] After tents were pitched, the cloud gazer slowly rose and was ready for bombing the following day.


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[Assistant] It had taken them a week to commute, and now it was exactly the beginning of mid-autumn. The white figure in front of the balloon was Maggie.


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[Assistant] As it was inconvenient to observe in the basket, she took over the guidance and scouting work.


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[Assistant] After turning herself into a goshawk with white tail feathers, Maggie was thus able to quickly capture various roads connecting cities and towns, as well as carriages running on these roads.


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[Assistant] It seemed that Gashock's eyes worked better than a telescope for scouting.


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[Assistant] Lightning was happy to know that Maggie at least could not help adjust the landing spot of the bomb. Otherwise she would truly become an idler. Are you tired? Anna asked while leaning against the basket. Get in to take a rest. There are no demons right now anyway. The little girl shook her head. I can fly at this speed for a whole day. Are you a bit nervous? Wendy also joined the conversation. Certainly not.


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[Assistant] Wendy continued in a gentle voice. Everybody knows that you've been in low spirits for the past few days.


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[Assistant] You weren't afraid, but were simply not good at battling.


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[Assistant] If I were you I wouldn't necessarily have done any better. Wendy's right.


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[Assistant] Most witches don't possess the combating skills that Nightingale does. And a comforted lightning. Come in and have a rest.


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[Assistant] You'll need a lot of magic power to adjust the landing spot of the bomb later.


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[Assistant] Persuaded, lightning let out an imperceptible snort and flew into the basket, head hanging.


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[Assistant] Before she completely landed, Wendy had pressed the little girl firmly into her chest.


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[Assistant] Nobody will blame you, so you don't need to cast the blame on yourself, understand? Yes.


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[Assistant] After flying for the whole morning, Maggie returned to the cloud gazer while flapping her wings and reported to the three people in the basket.


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[Assistant] The King's City of the Kingdom of Grey Castle is right at the front. We're almost there. Choo! Lightning left the basket and raised the telescope.


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[Assistant] Like Prince Roland had said, the magnificent city wall of the King's City, which wound like a blue thin thread that twisted and crooked along the whole city, could be easily detected from above.


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[Assistant] Based on the original plan, they should have first distributed pamphlets before dumping the Easterly win number one.


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[Assistant] After several trials, however, they had discovered it was impossible to have the flyers land at their designated spot, even with loadings.


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[Assistant] If they lower the height, they would then be easily spotted by people on the ground.


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[Assistant] After all, the cloud gazer was not a tiny balloon.


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[Assistant] People would naturally look up when sheets drifted down and thereby see them flying in the sky.


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[Assistant] As such, His Highness had at last asked Theo to spread the message, whereas they were only responsible for bombing the palace in the air.


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[Assistant] Wendy manipulated air currents to let the basket hover above the King's City. Are you ready?


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[Assistant] Lightning gave an approving nod and said, open the valve.


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[Assistant] With a clink, the heavy bomb was detached from the basket and plunged straight down to the ground.


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[Assistant] As the loading was abruptly discharged, the hot air balloon rose swiftly. Lightning was too familiar with the steps coming next.


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[Assistant] As the parachute at the end of the easterly wind number one slowly opened, lightning soon caught up with the bomb and started to adjust its trajectory little by little.


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[Assistant] For witches of the Witch Cooperation Association, the King's City was familiar to them.


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[Assistant] During the time they had traveled to barbarian land to seek holy mountain, they had hidden in the slum of the city for a few months.


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[Assistant] The purpose of staying in the King's City was to collect food and recruit new members.


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[Assistant] In fact, Saria and Echo had joined the Witch Cooperation Association during that time period.


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[Assistant] Although having not personally experienced herself, Lightning had heard witches were less tolerated in the King's City than in any other cities.


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[Assistant] Witches were executed almost every month at the square in the outer city.


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[Assistant] Therefore, their stay in the King's City had been the shortest among all others, for to linger one more days had meant more suffer from the loss of their sisters. Lightning did not like this flourishing capital at all.


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[Assistant] If she could throw the bomb right above Timothy's head and end his regime, she would be very glad to do so.


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[Assistant] She believed that if Roland were the ruler of the kingdom of Grey Castle, there would have been no such tragedies. Right now she just got an opportunity to correct the error. Winds whistled in her ears.


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[Assistant] As lightning flew lower, the landscape below started to become clearer. More details of the palace and the inner city were presented.


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[Assistant] Compared with the lower-rise residences where peasants lived, the palace was much larger.


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[Assistant] Its main architecture consisted of a dome temple, a reception building, and a tower castle.


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[Assistant] There were also numerous complimentary buildings such as barns, barracks, and stables.


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[Assistant] In view of the fact that the castle was fortified and that its roof structure was complicated, Roland picked the temple as the bombing target because it was easier for them to ignite the fuse there.


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[Assistant] With the bomb dropping rapidly, it was soon about time to detach the parachute.


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[Assistant] Lightning pulled the trigger to let the sleeve separate from the bomb while at the same time quickly flying upward with the sleeve.


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[Assistant] Although she remembered his highness had told her repeatedly to fly high enough to keep herself safe before the bomb landed and not to turn around to see the explosion, the little girl still lowered her head in curiosity.


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[Assistant] A blinding flash lighted up the temple, and soon a fireball began to grow in size.


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[Assistant] The white illumination immediately turned into a bright orange-red color and was then engulfed by the surrounding smoke and ashes that sprang up. The blast only took a few seconds.


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[Assistant] Next lightning heard a deafening explosion that almost tipped her over in the air.


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[Assistant] She had never seen a real battlefield full of bombards before, but she was totally shocked by the monstrous power of the easterly wind number one.


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[Assistant] The noise produced by the bomb was ten times more than all the sounds produced by those terrifying weapons that discharged iron balls.


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[Assistant] Smogs that ejected from windows envelop the pillars surrounding the temple, permeating throughout the garden and the hallway outside.


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[Assistant] Presently, several cracks appeared around the dome where the bomb landed. Lightning's attention was attracted to the explosion. She gazed at the last of the temple while holding her breath.


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[Assistant] In a second, black cracks were all over the dome like spilled ink that streamed down.


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[Assistant] As the bombing continued, the dome finally failed to support itself and collapsed, kicking up an even thicker gust of ashes and crumbs.


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[Assistant] The temple of the palace crumbled under the fierce attack of the easterly wind number one.


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[Assistant] For the past few days, Theo had been in touch with His Highness on a daily basis.


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[Assistant] Although he had witnessed numberless incredible incidents since becoming Roland's guards a year ago, the new order he had received again blew his mind, making him feel bewildered.


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[Assistant] To advertise the bombing of the palace of the King's City and spread the rumor that it was actually a punishment role in Wimbledon imposed on Timothy Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] When the militia who used to attack the western region had retreated to the king's city, Theo had heard warnings from those soldiers.


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[Assistant] At that time, he had simply thought their warnings were another Roland's bluff or distraction strategy.


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[Assistant] He had believed that the prince's real intention was, as what Garcia had done, to attack and loot other cities before winter while Timothy was busy with defense work.


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[Assistant] However, the subsequent order from Border Town alarmed him.


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[Assistant] It appeared that His Highness did mean to attack the King's city, as he had instructed him to make preparation for pre-war political propaganda.


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[Assistant] The latest order specifically stated that Roland would launch an attack on the first day of mid-autumn, which was exactly the time previously warned by the militia.


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[Assistant] The order read, advertise the bombing of the palace and tell the public its a punishment.


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[Assistant] This meant his highness would directly attack the inner city of King's City. Thea wondered how it could be possible.


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[Assistant] The city wall of the King's City was the strongest one throughout the Kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] It was as thick as two residence buildings putting together.


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[Assistant] Even bombarded by the cannon invented by his highness, it was still impregnable.


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[Assistant] Apart from the fortified castle, there were numerous knights, guards and recruited militia defending the King's city.


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[Assistant] The prince would need to have an army of at least 10,000 people to penetrate the defense line.


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[Assistant] As for employing witches to launch a sudden strike, it was also a too optimistic and unrealistic tactic.


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[Assistant] There were incessant god stones of retaliation in the palace, and those in halls and bedrooms were giant in size.


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[Assistant] They would immediately render witches powerless once they entered the room.


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[Assistant] This was also why nobody had retaliated for the massive witch hunt Timothy was conducting so far.


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[Assistant] After all, it was impossible to assassinate a royal family member in the palace. The strategy would also bring another potential problem.


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[Assistant] If a witch did manage to murder Timothy Wimbledon, the church would probably benefit the most from its outcome.


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[Assistant] With simply a little instigation, the Church would be able to condemn Prince Roland for colluding with Devil's minions to usurp the throne.


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[Assistant] By that time, nobles would have also united together to resist Roland's army.


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[Assistant] With that being said, Theo believed that as smart as the Prince was, Roland must have already foreseen these prospective difficulties. So, how would His Highness break into the inner city? Your Excellency, did you wish to see me?


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[Assistant] Perceiving the surprised look of the former acrobat, Theo smiled wryly.


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[Assistant] Normally he would clearly communicate the order to these people, but this time, he felt hard to hand his highness' task in advance.


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[Assistant] If the palace was not bombed, not only would he look very absurd to issue this order, but it would also compromise the prince's integrity at the same time.


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[Assistant] On the contrary, if his highness did succeed, the shock created by this operation would be revolutionary.


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[Assistant] These people would build greater confidence in Roland's plan, for they would witness what a dangerous threat his highness could pose to Timothy's ruling without even physically being here.


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[Assistant] It would be a much more earth-shaking blow than oral advertisements.


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[Assistant] In this light, Theo decided to pick a middle way, which was to ask Hill to wait for the bombing in the inner city.


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[Assistant] If the prince did implement his plan, then so much the better.


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[Assistant] If the plan failed, he would just say the messenger got held up with something on their way. Have some tea. Theo smiled. Don't have a questioning look all the time. The most important thing for an intelligence agent is to conceal himself, sir.


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[Assistant] It looks like that the number of the guards on the city wall has also doubled. Does it have something to do with his highness order? That's right. Timothy.


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[Assistant] No sooner had Theo finished his last sentence than a thunderbolt roared above the mansion. Windows rattled at the powerful sound.


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[Assistant] Although the shock was quite fugitive, Theo could clearly feel the ground was shaking.


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[Assistant] Hill was caught fully unprepared and the tea cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Hill was dumbfounded.


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[Assistant] As soon as the pair ran out of the mansion, their attention was diverted to a streak of black smoke around the palace area.


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[Assistant] Apparently, that was the cause of the previous thunderbolt.


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[Assistant] Theo had seen his highness' cannons and flintlocks, so he knew only alchemical powder could create such severe damage.


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[Assistant] He also believed regular cannons could not generate such an intense shock.


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[Assistant] It was more like the offspring of the explosives that had been used to attack armored demonic beasts earlier.


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[Assistant] He looked at the fallen chandelier, too frightened to pronounce a word. Your majesty, ahem. Your majesty, are you okay? The prime minister was choked by thick ashes in the air. Hell, what just happened outside? Timothy was silent. His dry throat forbade him to make a reply promptly.


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[Assistant] A silver armor knight had just been crushed by the chandelier.


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[Assistant] The night had just been about to report to him on the recruitment of refugees when the chandelier plunged and broke his neck.


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[Assistant] Timothy could not imagine what would have happened if he had paced one more step forward. At this thought, all his hair stood up on its ends. Was that an earthquake? The treasure had yet to fully recover from the shock.


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[Assistant] Although a little nervous, Steelheart Knight was overall calm compared with the other ministers. He helped Timothy up and led him downstairs.


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[Assistant] While they were walking, the new king noticed the ground was littered with broken glass.


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[Assistant] Through the broken windows, he saw the hall of Skydome next to the castle was completely gone, except a few lonely stone pillars enveloped in smock.


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[Assistant] This was definitely not the effect of an earthquake, but of an explosion generated by a large amount of snow powder.


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[Assistant] Timothy realized that it was almost suicidal to slip out of the castle now, for God knew where else Roland Wimbledon had deployed snow powder.


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[Assistant] Therefore, the basement built with thick, sturdy stones was the only safe place. Damn it. Timothy cursed within himself.


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[Assistant] He wondered how his fourth brother possessed those alchemical weapons.


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[Assistant] Could it be possible that Garcia had given Roland the ingredients and asked him to wage a war against him before she had left Port of Clearwater, so both he and Roland would be consumed by the battle?


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[Assistant] Even if that was the case, how did Roland manage to ship snow powder to the palace? Even an extraordinary which could not possibly do so.


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[Assistant] You take the nightage to conduct a thorough search of the palace, especially of places for hiding snow powder, such as the drainage system, the garden and the barn.


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[Assistant] Once you've found someone that appears suspicious, arrest him immediately, no matter he's a noble, a guard or a servant. I want you not to miss a single soul. Yes, your majesty.


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[Assistant] The new king did not realize that his back had been covered with cold sweats until Nightwimer departed.


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[Assistant] He could not believe that Roland had indeed succeeded in hiding snow powder in his palace unnoticed. It did not matter what method he had used.


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[Assistant] If he could hide snow powder in the palace, he could definitely put them in the castle as well. You aren't as safe as you've accepted.


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[Assistant] But it's a good question, and I for one would love to hear an answer for it. So Billy took some time today to ask, uhm, the only group of people who might have the imagination to answer that question.


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[Assistant] Big year. Sixteen tracks and a new album, happier than ever. Woo!


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[Assistant] Keep it in your head when you were making it and when you and Phineas were sitting together.


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[Assistant] Um, I realized last night as I zoomed in that there's a tear on your cheek, Billy. Is this a happy tear or a sad tear? What's going on with this tear?


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[Assistant] The documentary, The World's a Little Blurry, which I so enjoyed. One of the things I most enjoyed was watching you and Phineas and your relationship and just like this just amazing like bond that you have. And learning in this documentary that there was times when you don't like writing songs.


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[Assistant] This home cost 200 million dollars. The fastest sailboat that's ever been built. I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.


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[Assistant] My dad just said right before dinner, oh by the way, you were adopted and we're having meatloaf tonight. It was so shocking, I just put it away and thought about it. For years.


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[Assistant] Without really, you know, confronting all and realizing all of the implications.


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[Assistant] Oh my god, we can beat IBM to markets because IBM doesn't believe in their own idea.


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[Assistant] I was in Japan and I was talking to a Japanese business executive and, uh, he told me, uh, you know, that the problem with America is that we just have no stomach for competition.


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[Assistant] And, uh, we weren't kids anymore and the business wasn't a little business anymore. It was a big business and we had to replace virtually all of senior management. And it was a very painful process.


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[Assistant] And the idea that people are going to install this in their households and manage these things in their household, to me is hilarious. And it's time for something that's easier to use. Well, this is clearly part of our strategy to throw in Microsoft. But the way you throw in Microsoft is not somebody that, you know, throw darts at Bill Gates and hate and envy Bill Gates.


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[Assistant] You have to think, think about products and create products that are better than the products that Microsoft is selling.


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[Assistant] With a passion. Put the stuff on the net. It's bits. Don't put bits in cardboard. Cardboard in trucks. Trucks to stores. Me, you know, me go to the store. You know, pick this stuff out. It's insane. I love the internet.


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[Assistant] Oh, I know honey, but fix it back the way it was. Do you...


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[Assistant] I'm sorry Annie, Frank's just a dope I guess, but he means well.


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[Assistant] Oh Kate, I'll have your hat finished by tomorrow. Just some trimming left to do.


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[Assistant] He started looking out and seeing how the landscape was changing.


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[Assistant] And how the carnage that was done to some of his competitors was going to give him an opportunity to go make some acquisitions.


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[Assistant] And he really was the one that started the whole M&A trend within the technology industry.