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[Assistant] Right, like the Aeropress is a good brewer that travels well, though it kind of breaks my mind that the new Aeropress that they're releasing is travel-focused. They fixed the one thing that wasn't wrong with it. You know, like it already traveled really well.


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[Assistant] Except now they put a lid on the whole thing so you can't put a grinder in it. It just seems like a weird bunch of decisions that I don't necessarily understand.


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[Assistant] That aside, this was my thoughts on a couple of travel brewers, the Umph and the Coflano GoBrew. If you're looking for a travel brewer, I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts. Do you really want something specifically for those few instances a year when you are traveling? Do you want something that you use every day that can also travel well?


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[Assistant] Did you buy one of these two? Did you back these on, on crowdfunding? Do you have one? Do you still use it? I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you have a great day.


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[Assistant] Over 13 years in the NBA, Bill Russell won 11 championships, making him the greatest winner in the history of professional sports.


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[Assistant] Russell was the anvil upon which Red Auerbach hammered out the famous Celtic character. Sometimes it required that he spill his guts.


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[Assistant] Admired for his intensity in the locker room, Russell often displayed an abrasive attitude towards the public and the press.


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[Assistant] Born in Monroe, Louisiana on February 12th, 1934, 20 years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against segregation, William Felton Russell was imbued with a family tradition of standing up to the white man.


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[Assistant] The times hadn't changed since Bill's grandfather held off the Klan one night with a shotgun.


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[Assistant] Standing six foot two, Bill caught the eye of basketball coach George Poles.


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[Assistant] Who created his 16th spot for him on his junior varsity.


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[Assistant] In his senior year at McClimans High School, Russell's play encouraged the University of San Francisco alum to successfully lobby for a scholarship for him at the college across the bay.


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[Assistant] At 6'9 and a half, Russell led San Francisco to a record 55 straight victories and back to back NCAA titles in 1955 and 56.


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[Assistant] Well aware of Russell's defensive skills, Boston coach Red Auerbach also knew that the center would be taken early in the 1956 NBA draft.


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[Assistant] So with the trade brewing with St. Louis, which had the number two pick, our bot got a backdoor assist from Celtics owner, Walter Brown, who made sure that Rochester did not choose Russell with its number one selection.


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[Assistant] In a trade for Ed McCauley and Cliff Hagen, Russell went to the Celtics.


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[Assistant] After leading the U.S. basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in Melbourne, Australia, he had a rookie season in which he averaged 20 rebounds and carried Boston to its first NBA championship.


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[Assistant] But despite his role as the centerpiece in the Celtics dynasty, he was never embraced by a city ethnically divided.


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[Assistant] Four years later, he went to Mississippi after Medgar Evers had been murdered and conducted a basketball clinic in Jackson, the belly of the beast.


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[Assistant] In an era when most black athletes chose to be silent, Russ Russell stood to his full height.


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[Assistant] He charged the NBA with racial quotas and pushed for the first black referee.


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[Assistant] Despite such exceptions, a wall of white racist behavior isolated Bill Russell and other African Americans on the Celtics.


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[Assistant] Russell responded to northern racism in the same way he had been taught back in Louisiana. He moved his family to Reading, Massachusetts, a predominantly white suburb of Boston.


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[Assistant] On the way to guiding the Celtics to the 1966 championship in his last season as head coach, Auerbach kept Boston in suspense as to who would be his successor. After the first game of the NBA Finals, Auerbach showed the basketball world how much he valued his star.


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[Assistant] Nineteen years after baseball's color barrier was broken, he named Russell the first black head coach of a major American professional sport.


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[Assistant] Their battles constituted a chapter in the legend of the NBA.


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[Assistant] Even though Wilt Chamberlain averaged 15 more points in his career, Russell had the edge where it counted. In eight playoffs, Wilt's team won only once. And in 143 games head on, Russell won 86 to 57.


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[Assistant] Their bond was tested in game seven of the 1969 finals. In Russell's last game as a player, Chamberlain failed to play the last five minutes.


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[Assistant] The Lakers lost 108-106 and in the aftermath, Chamberlain suffered a blow that would hurt long after his knee recovered.


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[Assistant] When Wilt died of heart failure in October of 1999, few felt the loss more profoundly than Russell.


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[Assistant] The 35-year-old Russell retired with 11 NBA titles and career averages of 15 points and 23 rebounds.


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[Assistant] After accepting a sizable offer to become general manager and head coach of the Supersonics in 1973, Russell guided them into the playoffs two of four seasons. But the will that had driven Boston to greatness soon fell asleep in Seattle.


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[Assistant] After a stint in the broadcasting booth Russell returned to the floor in 1987 as head coach of the Sacramento Kings.


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[Assistant] That day to day grind, I don't think that he was ready for it. After a 17 and 41 start, Russell relinquished his role of coach and withdrew into the front office.


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[Assistant] The edgy complexity of Russell's personality was publicly demonstrated in 1975 when he refused his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.


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[Assistant] Russell insisted there was no value in autographs, but if others were willing to pay, he was willing to sign. In 1992, he inked a $2 million seven-year contract with a collectibles firm.


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[Assistant] He then had a brief second marriage to a former Miss USA in the late 1970s.


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[Assistant] Living near Seattle with his girlfriend, Marilyn Nault, Russell penned his third book, giving us a glimpse of what lies beneath his tough exterior.


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[Assistant] When a gala night for him was planned in 1999, Boston's initial chill was predictable.


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[Assistant] We're not going to do it. Facing the embarrassment of a thin turnout at the Fleet Center, Russell was not above waging a friendly media blitz.


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[Assistant] Those close to Bill see an infectious personality, a deep sense of humor, a strong intellect, and a fierce social conscience. To those shut out by Russell's wall, he seems distant, detached, and uncompromising. The question is, will we ever get to see Bill the way his family and friends do? For Sports Century, I'm Chris Fowler.


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[Assistant] Who can play at that game? How do you think I got my wealth?


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[Assistant] Well I hate to be the bearer of even more bad news, Caroline, but the Golden Gilded Gala Gala has been cancelled.


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[Assistant] Russell went back to his room, got the key to the city, went over to the mayor's house.


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[Assistant] There are many stories in the history of our world.


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[Assistant] Most are lost, scattered in the winds of time.


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[Assistant] But this story, our story, should not be forgotten.


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[Assistant] For the Dark Lord Sauron had not forgotten the past, and of all the peoples of Middle-earth, he held none with more hatred and more fear than the Dunedain.


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[Assistant] And so Arathorn and his rangers led the grieving family north, past the mighty rivers and through the vast forests of Rudar.


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[Assistant] Can bring such immense darkness and change into our lives.


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[Assistant] News of orcs assailing other villages came to his ears. Peaceful homesteads, far from hell, were likewise menaced.


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[Assistant] The tower door filled as many of the Dunedain fled their homes and sought safety in numbers.


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[Assistant] While Arathorn made his lonely way into the cold mountains, Gilraen would await his homecoming in the fading summer of the West.


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[Assistant] I wandered too far from the village, but your captain found me.


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[Assistant] By his fear of failing his most important task.


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[Assistant] A dark shadow crept back into their lives. Arador, son of Argoni, Lord of the Dunedain, found himself in a shallow dell, amid the chill, blinding vapors of the Coldfells.


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[Assistant] So a year after the loss of his father, on the first day of the third month,


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[Assistant] The Dunedain had a measure of peace.


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[Assistant] But while the lord of the Dunedain and the sons of Elrond laid their plans, the orcs, by stealth and cunning,


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[Assistant] Are you injured? No. Go on, where is your son? Where is Aragorn?


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[Assistant] Then the Lady of the Dunedain bid farewell to her kin and to all her people. For to protect the last children of Numenor, she bid Halberon disband Taurdor.


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[Assistant] And the Dunedine to find safety in small secret settlements in the depths of the forests of Rudar.


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[Assistant] Let us bestow upon your son the peace and honor he has earned. For I account your loss as my loss, and your grief as my own.


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[Assistant] Yet your mind is not at ease. I now know.


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[Assistant] Let Sauron send all the armies in this world against us. I will not hide from who I am while I have a breath in my body and a sword in my hand. Forgive me. There's nothing to forgive my son. You have been of great service to me and the Dunedain. You are a true heir of kings.


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[Assistant] Your mother used to remind me.


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[Assistant] That the people looked upon us for guidance. That we had to stand fast no matter what. Perhaps, uhm,


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[Assistant] One day, you will find someone with as much wisdom and beauty to counsel you.


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[Assistant] I go now to Rivendell, where Elrond Half-Elven awaits me. When I return with his good counsel, then perhaps we shall have a wedding.


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[Assistant] Oh, now I can thank you for asking me to help you celebrate. You were celebrating.


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[Assistant] And let's say I'm sorry for that crack about the passage money. Now do you think we can be friends?


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[Assistant] Now I quit. He plays too rough. He's the wrong guy, Nita.


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[Assistant] Let's worry about him. He acts like he's got a claim on him.


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[Assistant] Look, need it. I'm sorry. But it did look like a frame up.


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[Assistant] There'd only been one rocket. They thought of everything, didn't they?


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[Assistant] I thought I saw them in my healing. I ran to a thalvin man on sea.


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[Assistant] He urges you to send your wife and son to Imlegis for safekeeping.


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[Assistant] And for you, Arathorn, to lead the Duna Dime by secret ways to other lands and flee this encroaching danger.


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[Assistant] Hare Krishna, Krishna Vichakpur, welcome to the mom's podcast.


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[Assistant] So I think also the fact that you come in


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[Assistant] This is, I feel a slightly different subject, but those three letters I was, or three articles, letters, whatever you want to say.


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[Assistant] These three in one sense are considered as the competitors or challenges to Vaishnavism. The worship of the Devatas, the Advaitavad philosophy and say non-Vedic dharmas like Christianity.


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[Assistant] And can be a saintly person. So Prabhupada, so he said Bhaktivinoda Thakur is appreciating the saintliness. He is not like


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[Assistant] Holy endorsing, if he exhibits, if he's authentic or if he's genuine, then I offer my obeisances. Third case, he's talking about Vaishnavism, not so much as,


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[Assistant] A specific practice as more of a, more of a, you could say a universal emotion.


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[Assistant] A rising of Christianity in the heart, rising of Vaishnavism in the heart of a Christian.


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[Assistant] Those are the pastimes which actually give the experience of Rasa.


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[Assistant] Krishna is expert, he's shrewd, he guides the Pandavas. He's in Veera Rasa. Yes, Veera Rasa.


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[Assistant] When you're talking about Transcendental or what do you mean, Aprakrita? Supramundane.


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[Assistant] So faith is more like a, you could say operational assumption, whereas belief is more like a, like a, you could say conviction.


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[Assistant] Conviction about certain ideas. Yea, inarguable tenant.


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[Assistant] What you're saying is you need to play a video package so that the casuals know who she is.


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[Assistant] So I traveled, stopping ever and again in great strides of a thousand years or more, drawn on by the mystery of the Earth's fate.


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[Assistant] Watching with a strange fascination the sun grow larger and duller in the westward sky and the life of the old earth ebb away.


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[Assistant] In the earlier parts of the 19th century, there, there, there were stories that involved, uhm, time travel or, uh, or kind of visions of often the future.


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[Assistant] But what tended to be different was, uhm, these were often kind of explained in terms of sort of either dreams or supernatural occurrences, uhm, or visions or something like that.


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[Assistant] There's a feeling exactly like that one has upon a switchback of a helpless headlong motion.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think it depends what you want. I don't think anybody should be forced to say or do or be anything specifically. I think like, I mean, that's what I've always heard about.


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[Assistant] She's doing everything. She's breaking all the rules. She's doing this. She's doing that. And it's like, to me, I'm, I don't see that because I'm, I'm literally just doing exactly what I want to do. And then it's seen as this weird, like,


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[Assistant] In the beginning I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I did and now it's looked at as this thing. So of course I think anybody should fucking do whatever they want, be whoever they want. If you want to be


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[Assistant] Blank, go be blank, you know? If you wanna, like, love whoever you want, be whoever you want. Fuck, I don't- Do your thing, dude.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I don't know. I mean, go listen to the bad guy. On Apple Music, on Spotify, on Spotify, on Tidal. Go listen to it.


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[Assistant] Like, have to do with music. For real. I mean, okay.


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[Assistant] My whole life isn't music. I only am-


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[Assistant] Listening to more of it, making more of it. Like, I don't understand how people don't have music all day every day. Like, either playing it or making it or listening to it or thinking about it. I don't get how, I don't know, I can't, I can't not have music around me all the time. My backpack is literally a speaker.


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[Assistant] It really depends. I think it's really easy to be offered a lot of money for something.


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[Assistant] That, that it's so much money that you forget what the actual offer is and you're just like, yes, yes, of course, yes, money. And then suddenly you're in this like horrible situation that you did not think about. So.


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[Assistant] Love. I think of beautiful people, first of all. Beautiful, beautiful people. Uhm, the most beautiful place. Barcelona yesterday was gorgeous. It's been beautiful here. Everybody outside is just like, loving and like,


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[Assistant] So good, I don't know, I love Spain. I love Spain, for real. So romantic. I'm like, I feel like I'm on like a romantic vacation with myself. Like I'm my own boyfriend, yea.


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[Assistant] Rosalia! Oh god, I love Rosalia. Oh my god. You know what I have to say about her? At Coachella, I watched her show, and basically,


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[Assistant] Cause I really was like, I can't beat this. I was like, nobody is ever gonna beat this show. This is the most incredible thing I've, and I've told her that. She knows. I was like, after your show, I didn't want to do it anymore. I was like, it's not worth it.


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[Assistant] Teen Idol, I think of Marina and the Diamonds. The best song in the fucking world. Oh my god, Teen Idol was my shit.


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[Assistant] That's all I think. I don't even know what a teen idol is. I just love that song.


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[Assistant] In addition to the flame in the fireplace, there was also a mahogany candle holder on Barov's table.


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[Assistant] The top was divided into four fork branches, with the one in the middle being the highest and the other three in a triangular shape.


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[Assistant] Each branch had a burning candle on it, with their quiet light like bright icy mountaintops. The room was filled with the smell of pine oil. The scent of sweet and moist rotten wood made him sleepy. But in border town, he could not ask for more.


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[Assistant] Elegance had nothing to do with this poor land and having a house for shelter was already very good. Not to mention that he now had a large group of houses.


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[Assistant] His office was located in a compound not far from the castle, where the city hall initially built by the former Lord Lay.


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[Assistant] Of course, the Lord took all his men when he left, and now it was the assistant minister's territory.


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[Assistant] The continuous rustling sound of writing and the whistling winds outside the window constituted two different worlds.


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[Assistant] Barov was struggling to write on a wooden table fully covered with books and old scrolls.


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[Assistant] There were two low-lying, long tables beside him, which were hardly used and just for placing manuscripts.


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[Assistant] When it was necessary, he would call his disciples to work at the low table to arrange information or compose drafts.


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[Assistant] The candle on the mahogany holder had already been changed three times.


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[Assistant] Apart from getting up to replace them, Barov did not stop writing. Time was precious for him.


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[Assistant] There was a pile of documents waiting for him to deal with, and his Highness' financial expenditure also needed to be carefully reviewed.


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[Assistant] Now, Barov worked an average of 10 hours a day, but he did not feel tired at all.


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[Assistant] Instead, here he was able to work freely and had unending vigor. This was the taste of power, he thought. He no longer had to ape his tutor's footsteps. All the disciples had to obey him. No one dared to hinder him or cause problems.


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[Assistant] As long as he completed the orders of his royal highness, the specific process of governance could be decided by him.


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[Assistant] It would be perfect if the prince's order could be slightly more normal. Barov pouted regretfully.


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[Assistant] For example, the document in front of him that had Roland's personal seal had a request to send staff to Willow Town to recruit management personnel and also to purchase a double-mast ship.


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[Assistant] The second article also specifically wrote, in view of the price, you can do without the captain, helmsman, and sailors. He did not know whether to laugh or cry after reading it. Without these people, who will drive the ship back? Do you expect them to walk back after buying it? Why do you need to buy a boat? This is the most critical point.


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[Assistant] The trading between Border Town and Willow Town was very stable.


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[Assistant] If you want to expand your trade after winter, you can just ask them to increase the number of boats.


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[Assistant] Buying boats isn't a wise choice, not to mention the town's port can only be used for docking.


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[Assistant] Without any shipyard protection or sailors to manage them, it will be abandoned before long.


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[Assistant] Probably his highness was up to his crazy ideas again, right? As for the first request, he could understand its motive. Currently, everyone in the city hall was busy.


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[Assistant] The dozen staff that Barrow brought was responsible for the regulation of commerce, statistical reports, and income and expenditure settlements.


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[Assistant] He himself handled the administrative and legislative services, which was obviously unreasonable.


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[Assistant] If His Highness wanted to separate these departments, he needed to increase the employees in the City Hall.


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[Assistant] This was a very normal reason, but yet Barov did not want to let go of his power so soon.


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[Assistant] Having all the power in his own hand was just too satisfying.


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[Assistant] He thought that even his teacher, the kingdom's treasurer, was only responsible for the finances of Greycastle. But he, Barov, was the Hand of the King.


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[Assistant] Ahem, well, only effective in border town, he added in his heart.


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[Assistant] Although His Highness Roland had promised this, there was still a long way to go before he could ascend the throne.


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[Assistant] Barrett found that he subconsciously included Prince Roland again as a contender for the throne.


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[Assistant] In the past, he would not have thought that this noble son with bad character and lack of any learning or skills could be Chrome King.


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[Assistant] Since coming to Border Town, he had no end of surprises.


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[Assistant] Up till now, Border Town was under the protection of the militia.


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[Assistant] It was standing firmly in the western region and looked like it would persist for a long time. This was already good enough.


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[Assistant] Coupled with His Highness' new inventions, and a good understanding of the people's hearts, he was completely different from Prince Roland back in the Kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] He resembled more a demon who had an insight into everything. At this time, there was a sound of knocking at the door.


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[Assistant] Barov reluctantly stopped the business at hand and said, come in.


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[Assistant] Coming through the door was one of his favorite disciples, the writer Jero. Teacher, another rat was caught. Yeah? Did you manage to find out anything? He said he was sent by the second prince.


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[Assistant] We found a package of cement powder on him, some coins and a letter.


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[Assistant] Jero came forward, handed bare of a leather-wrapped envelope. We're still interrogating him to get more information. Teacher, how should we deal with him? Just like before.


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[Assistant] After interrogation, compile all the information into a book.


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[Assistant] Then sentence him as guilty and hang him, Barov said nonchalantly.


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[Assistant] The door was closed again, but Barov did not go back to his work immediately.


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[Assistant] Way before the months of demons arrived, Roland Wimbledon had called him to discuss this problem.


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[Assistant] His Royal Highness believed that when the cement, new snow powder, and witches were disclosed, the spies sent by his siblings would not be able to retain their patience and would come out from hiding. This would be the best time to remove the rats.


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[Assistant] Barrow agreed with the first half of the statement, but did not agree with the latter part.


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[Assistant] In his view, Border Town had more than 2,000 people, so it was impossible to monitor everyone.


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[Assistant] They did not have the manpower or time to prevent this sort of small offense. His highness refuted. How could there be no one? Every subject of border town can be our eyes.


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[Assistant] At that time, Barov felt it was wishful thinking on the prince's part.


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[Assistant] He wanted to let these ignorant and dull civilians monitor the possible emergence of rats It was completely impossible It turned out that he was wrong


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[Assistant] At the first census conducted in winter, Roland deliberately mentioned to all the indigenous people that stayed here for more than five years. Longsong Stronghold's conspiracy to burn the grain failed, but they still did not give up. They already sent enemies to lurk among the people.


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[Assistant] Most of them were disguised as relatives of the town people or businessmen that did not evacuate in time.


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[Assistant] These spies would find any opportunity to scourge everyone.


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[Assistant] If anyone saw any suspicious characters, they should report it to the city hall immediately.


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[Assistant] Once verified, they would receive a reward of 25 silver royals. This trick turned out to be surprisingly effective.


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[Assistant] Although there were some false reports, it was not long before that the first rat got caught this way.


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[Assistant] At that time, Barov also remembered that Roland proudly said something quite awkward. What was it? He tried to think, that's right.


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[Assistant] Let the enemy get drowned in the sea of the civilian battles. Really weird wording and syntax. Barov shook his head and spread out the letter.


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[Assistant] The guy, known as the Groundhog, repeatedly stressed in the letter that many factors proved that Prince Roland Wimbledon had been replaced by a demon. Bariff could even read his fears through the lines.


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[Assistant] Associating this with His Highness' manipulation of human sentiments, Barov could not help but agree.


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[Assistant] He took a deep breath, moved the letter to the candle, and soon the paper was engulfed by the flame and turned into ash.


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[Assistant] Even it's true, he's a demon who was not afraid of God's stone of retaliation and able to endow him with power, right?


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[Assistant] Chapter 72, The Palace Discussions in the King's City.


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[Assistant] Timothy Wimbledon was sitting on the throne with a red gemstone scepter in his hand, looking down at the ministers in the palace hall.


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[Assistant] He thought this feeling was what he wanted instead of staying in Valencia, entangled with businessmen for trivial matters.


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[Assistant] When he knocked the tip of the pure gold scepter on the polished marble floor a crisp sound reverberated. He nodded when the attention of the people was on him. Let's begin.


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[Assistant] Your majesty, I have something to report. Nightwimer spoke first.


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[Assistant] He was Nick Maine's Steelheart Knight, responsible for the defense of the King's City. Go on. Can we suspend the manhunt of witches? Your Majesty, the hunt is getting out of control.


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[Assistant] Yesterday, I heard that some girls from civilian families were arrested and interrogated in the dungeon. One of them actually died there. Later, it turned out that they weren't witches. Now people in the outer city are panicking.


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[Assistant] King Wimbledon III's true cause of death was still uncertain so far, but he did not think his father would commit suicide.


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[Assistant] In particular, the strange smile prior to his death gave Timothy the creeps.


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[Assistant] The church also confirmed that the god stone of retaliation on his father's wrist was not switched, making it still effective.


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[Assistant] But these things alone could not completely exonerate the witches.


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[Assistant] When it came to oddness, no one was better at it than the witches.


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[Assistant] The warden, the castellan, and the guards have been sentenced to 10 lashings and fined 25 silver royals. One person is dead and three cruelly tortured.


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[Assistant] But the villains are getting off with just a few whips and some fines?


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[Assistant] Nightwimer said coldly, and who gave you the right to make that sentence?


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[Assistant] His Excellency Prime Minister Wyke, or Minister of Justice Lord Pallah. Your Majesty. At the unusual time, I have to act unusually.


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[Assistant] Langley knelt down on his knees, crying out his grievances.


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[Assistant] Despite some negligible setbacks, the witch hunt has been very successful.


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[Assistant] We've caught at least fifteen witches lurking in the King's City. The witches are being tortured.


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[Assistant] Although the ministers in the hall could guess his real purpose, the word to the public should be that the first Prince Gerald had killed the king. He would not allow this point to be overturned. 15 witches? Steelheart knight scorned in a contemptuous tone. Very well.


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[Assistant] Originally, the King's City had become the Witch's Battalion.


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[Assistant] A few years ago, the church captured only six members of the Witch Cooperation Association during the rounded up hunt at the forest east of the King's City.


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[Assistant] He was annoyed with the fool Langley, who had equally foolish subordinates.


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[Assistant] If he did not lack talents at the start of his throne ascension, he would not have promoted this fool.


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[Assistant] Even if he had wanted the credit, he should not have faked the numbers.


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[Assistant] These 15 people were probably the same as those hapless civilian women.


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[Assistant] He did not want the church to intervene, but there was no other way.


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[Assistant] Go to the church and ask Priest Ferry to confirm the identity of those 15 people. Stop all the inquisition and torture.


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[Assistant] Whenever you arrest anyone, a priest's verification is required from now on.


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[Assistant] If I find out that you failed to keep your subordinates in line again, I'll throw you into the King's City moat as fish feed. Well, yes, your majesty. Do it now!


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[Assistant] After asking Langley to leave the hall, Timothy turned to his treasurer.


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[Assistant] breathing out turbid air, Timothy noticed his ministers were silent. Since no one has anything to add, I'll speak.


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[Assistant] Sir Bullet was from the Flynn family and had remained in his position for three decades.


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[Assistant] He was old with a head of gray hair, an age where one of his feet was in the coffin. He cleared his throat. I'd like to report to your majesty.


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[Assistant] I've heard nothing about your third younger sister, Garcia Wimbledon.


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[Assistant] Your fourth younger brother, Roland Wimbledon, has replied with a letter.


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[Assistant] His letter said he'll consider returning after the months of demons ended when his subjects are safe and sound. But. But what?


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[Assistant] He addressed you as his highness on the envelope, not as majesty or the king. Timothy could not help sneering. His hopeless brother was still as stupid as ever.


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[Assistant] If Roland would return and serve him as the king, he could give him a good fief, where Roland might enjoy wealth and honor as a prince.


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[Assistant] If he did not come back, he should prepare his deathbed as soon as possible. No matter what Roland did, he would be prepared.


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[Assistant] But a week later she's gone missing along with her butler and two mates. I've ordered people to look for her. So far there's no information on her whereabouts. How did this happen? Why are they so unwilling to believe me? Timothy felt like his heart was blocked.


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[Assistant] Originally, he had had great expectations of this sister, hoping that she would be able to assist him.


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[Assistant] After all, Tilly had performed extraordinarily smartness from her childhood, even more brilliant than him.


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[Assistant] Compared to him, she was at a disadvantage to him only in one aspect. She was a girl. At first Timothy had been confident in her.


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[Assistant] From his father's arrangements, he did not intend to involve Tilly in the succession turmoil.


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[Assistant] She was to be given the domain in Silver City, near the King City.


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[Assistant] The business and trade there were ordinary, without condition to keep soldiers.


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[Assistant] It was strange that his fifth sister would unexpectedly go missing. Was this the choice of a smart person?


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[Assistant] Since she's missing, let the former lord take charge of Silver City. Keep looking for her. I can't let Royal Blood be stranded with ordinary folk. Gritting his teeth, he tried to suppress his upset.


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[Assistant] It required the agreement by both the King and Prime Minister to issue an order on the war.


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[Assistant] As the prime minister was his largest supporter, it should not be a problem.


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[Assistant] Sure enough, Marquis Weick replied, the matter shall not be delayed.


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[Assistant] Your Majesty, please issue your order as soon as possible.


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[Assistant] He was about to call the clerk to draft the document when they heard the sound of hooves outside the hall.


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[Assistant] After a burst of noise, a knight in a blue stripe cloak pushed the door open and marched inside.


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[Assistant] Timothy recognized him, Nying Moore, the famous Frostwind Knight.


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[Assistant] He went straight to the center of the palace hall and knelt down on one knee. Your majesty, I've just received the news from the south. He breathed a sigh of relief.


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[Assistant] Garcia Wimbledon, your sister, defeated Duke Joe Cole in the Southern Territory and occupied Eagle City. And she declared herself as Queen of Clearwater. All the Lords have responded in support to her. The Southern Territory is independent.


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[Assistant] On the bank of the Redwater River, the west of Border Town.


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[Assistant] The snow made it difficult for the carriage to move a single step.


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[Assistant] They spent half a day hauling their first field artillery out of town.


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[Assistant] What's it this time? Asked Carter, who had been accustomed to the new inventions of the prince. A larger flintlock?


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[Assistant] Kind of, Roland answered, and then commanded his people to remove the hook.


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[Assistant] He adjusted the angle of the gun carriage in person to keep the cannon flat and put the pole in the snow.


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[Assistant] The principles of the cannon and flintlock were exactly the same, so it was very appropriate to call it a larger flintlock.


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[Assistant] The cannon could load 12 pound solid iron balls with the shells and gunpowder put into the front chamber and ignited with fuses.


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[Assistant] Referring to the mature designs in history, Roland instructed the carpenters to build a wooden gun carriage for it.


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[Assistant] In order to improve the durability, they also wrapped the edges of the parts with iron sheet which bore more friction with the ground and more forces when launching.


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[Assistant] To make the carriage and wheels, Roland spent almost the same time as drilling the cannon bore.


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[Assistant] It took three carpenters one full week to complete them.


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[Assistant] Especially to make the wheels. With a diameter of half the height of a man, the carpenters first shaved four square timbers of equal length, and then infiltrated them and baked them with fire to bend them.


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[Assistant] Next, they whittled the groove for juggle joining at the ends. This entire procedure alone took four days.


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[Assistant] Therefore, in Roland's eyes, this handmade, 12-pound field artillery of a limited quantity was giving off a dazzling light.


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[Assistant] When the cannon was dragged out for a test, the prince made special arrangements.


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[Assistant] Besides Chief Knight Carter and Militia Commander Iron Axe, all the guards and knight apprentices also went along.


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[Assistant] Twelve members of the militia were sent to empty the venue and keep alert.


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[Assistant] In addition, he brought Nightingale and Lightning for the first time.


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[Assistant] Thanks to Nana, the prejudice towards the witches had reduced significantly and Nana herself became the person who was second only to the prince in stature.


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[Assistant] Do it according to the process and clean the bore first.


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[Assistant] Although Roland was quite clear about the structure of the cannon, he knew nothing about the operation.


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[Assistant] He was racking his brain trying to recall the scenes of operating the cannon in various medieval movies, trying to figure out a process.


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[Assistant] However, only God would know what the actual result would be. Lightning was in high spirits.


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[Assistant] She pulled out a mop-like cleaning rod from underneath the gun carriage and poked it into the muzzle.


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[Assistant] Different from the other witches contracts, Lightning proposed that as long as she was allowed to manipulate all kinds of novelty inventions, she would like to work for Roland with no salary.


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[Assistant] In the face of this money saving condition, Roland naturally agreed.


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[Assistant] Anyway, when it came to a secret project, he would study it secretly.


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[Assistant] There were many ideas in his mind waiting to be realized, and there would be enough for Lightning to study for a long time if he casually tossed out a few ideas.


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[Assistant] She fiddled a few times, but the mop did not bring out any debris.


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[Assistant] However, according to the process, she had to clean it a second time. She took another mop and fiddled a few times again. Then the bore cleaning was done.


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[Assistant] Do you see it clearly? asked Roland, looking at the Knights and the Militias. The test was also an exercise.


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[Assistant] Since the production of the flintlock had increased significantly, the militia was bound to evolve into irregular infantry while wooden guns would be replaced by flintlocks and cannons.


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[Assistant] This required a lot of shooting training, so they would skillfully operate these two hot weapons on the battlefield.


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[Assistant] Seeing that everyone nodded, he let lightning move on to the next step.


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[Assistant] Lightning took out a package of gunpowder wrapped with paper and stuffed it straight into the end of the cannon bore with a wooden pole. Then she put a shell into the end.


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[Assistant] After that, she took out a drill pipe and put it through the fuse hole in the rear of the cannon barrel, stabbed the gunpowder package, and then inserted the fuse. Thus, the launch preparation was complete.


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[Assistant] To prevent accidents, everyone withdrew 30 steps and hid behind the bunker.


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[Assistant] After lightning put the torch close to the fuse, the spark shone immediately and soon drilled into the cannon barrel in a short time. Then there was a loud noise.


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[Assistant] The high-speed airflow from the muzzle brought up the snow and raised a snow fog above the ground.


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[Assistant] The 12 pound cannon had a valid range of more than 1,000 meters in theory.


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[Assistant] Even if there was no rifling, the front shell would go in a straight line.


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[Assistant] The armor target, placed about 100 meters away, clanged and flew up when it was hit by the 12 pound iron ball.


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[Assistant] The speed of the iron ball did not reduce and it bounced back immediately when falling on the ground stirring up more snow.


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[Assistant] When the smoke of gunpowder cleared, Carter and Iron Axe were the first to run to the target.


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[Assistant] They found that the front of the armor target completely sunk and the front deck was attached to the rear deck with a palm-sized hole in its center.


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[Assistant] Obviously, the shell continued to fly forward about 100 meters after penetrating the target.


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[Assistant] Even when it fell on the ground, it kept rolling forward, showing the amazing power it contained. What a terrible penetrating force, Carter exclaimed.


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[Assistant] He could imagine the horrors of the enemies when they gathered together and then became broken down by several shells. By the name of three gods.


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[Assistant] Iron Axe began to believe that Roland was the messenger of the goddess.


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[Assistant] Except for the messenger of the goddess, who else could play the power of the flame to such an extent?


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[Assistant] The gunpowder particle, which he had repeatedly studied, was a common flammable material as long as it was ground up into powder and ignited.


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[Assistant] The Flame was the goddess' surging anger, as well as her most powerful weapon.


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[Assistant] Thinking of the never-ending, orange fire erupting from the whole of the southernmost land, he had an impulse to worship the prince.


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[Assistant] Roland was not surprised at the results, for the 12-pound field artillery could be described as a classic cannon.


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[Assistant] Especially the famous Napoleon Canon, which shone in the American Civil War, fully proved that the large caliber was the beautiful truth.


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[Assistant] Next, he tested the cannon's strength with different doses of gunpowder.


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[Assistant] Although he knew that it could cause damage to the cannon, it was necessary to do the tests.


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[Assistant] When shooting with three parcels of gunpowder, the cannon muzzle rose and the carriage moved, but the barrel showed no obvious deformation. It seemed that the steel barrel was excellent in strength.


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[Assistant] Finally, roll and determine the standard amount of powder should be 1.2 times the amount used in the test.


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[Assistant] All that was left was to select the canoneers and practice it over and over again.


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[Assistant] Your highness, this weapon is powerful, but it's too heavy.


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[Assistant] If it were to run into a pit, it could hardly move said Carter, who immediately found the shortcomings of the new weapon.


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[Assistant] Moreover, the cannon barrel should be cleaned every time before loading.


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[Assistant] Since the cannons use more gunpowder and shells than the flintlocks, I'm afraid we need five or six people to operate one cannon. Yes, but everything is worth it.


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[Assistant] As long as we're equipped with two or three cannons, the Duke, no, I mean the demonic beasts, like giant turtles, will be impossible to break through the city wall. Roland coughed and felt that was close.


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[Assistant] As for the shortcomings of the 12 pound cannon, he intended to solve that by shipping.


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[Assistant] It would be a complex and huge mechanical system to apply steam engines to steam powered boats, even to the most primitive paddle steamer.


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[Assistant] Instead of transforming them by himself, it would be better to buy two masted sailing ships and then quickly transport the militia and the cannons behind the duke's troops with Wendy's control of the wind.


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[Assistant] With this, he would attack from both sides and annihilate the duke's forces.


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[Assistant] Roland sat in the office, looking at the request documents to recruit more administrators and purchase sailing ships.


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[Assistant] Barov cleared his throat and answered, No, your highness, we can't.


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[Assistant] The price of a two-mast sailing ship is between 80 to 120 gold royals, but that's just the cost of shipbuilding. The price may be higher with crew costs.


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[Assistant] The total price is estimated at over 200 gold royals. Didn't I say that we don't need sailors or helmsmen? We also don't need a captain.


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[Assistant] We just need a ship, Roland said, hammering on the table.


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[Assistant] With Wendy on board, he would not need so many people to operate the sailing ship. Most of the inland river boats sailed straight.


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[Assistant] So the oarsmen and sailors were redundant, and any helmsman could handle that.


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[Assistant] Anyway, with the vector of wind, did he have to worry that the boat would not go forward?


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[Assistant] Your Highness, there's no such business, at least not in Willowtown. Bear have explained carefully, you may not know much about the industry.


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[Assistant] Generally speaking, the owner of the ship is also the captain, maybe a businessman or a noble.


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[Assistant] The former will recruit the crew himself and do business or transport goods between the major towns and docks.


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[Assistant] The latter will normally recruit a deputy captain to live on the ship instead of himself.


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[Assistant] Employees aren't paid on a monthly basis, but once every one to three years.


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[Assistant] Most of the time the ship and the crew are tied together.


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[Assistant] If you purchase the ship from the captain without the crew he hired, then he loses the hiring salary.


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[Assistant] Even for the great nobles, 80 gold royals isn't a paltry sum that can be freely shed.


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[Assistant] Including the rough gemstone trading with Willow Town from the beginning of this month, City Hall now has a total of 315 Gold Royals.


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[Assistant] If you spend most of it purchasing the ship, you won't be able to pay the militia next month.


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[Assistant] The assistant minister said this without pausing and then lifted his cup to drink his ale. You said most of the time. Yes. He nodded.


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[Assistant] There are two cases when the ships will be sold without the crew.


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[Assistant] The first case is that the merchant is in desperate need of money so that he'll sell his property.


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[Assistant] Port of Clearwater, Sea Wind Shire, and Farsight Point.


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[Assistant] Only seaports have shipyards and can produce new ships.


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[Assistant] So, this was what he had meant when he said there was no such business, at least not in Willowtown. Roland was silent for a moment. It was too far away to go to seaports to buy ships.


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[Assistant] When the assistant minister left, the prince was lost in thought.


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[Assistant] Shipping was an irreplaceable part of his strategic plan.


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[Assistant] Without fast and convenient shipping, he would not be able to use cannons in the battle.


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[Assistant] The Duke of Longshan Stronghold usually recruited farmers, knights and mercenaries and the marching speed would be slow. However, their speed was slower.


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[Assistant] As Carter had said, by land, a mud pit could make the cannons difficult to move even one step.


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[Assistant] There were no asphalt roads in this era, not even any stone roads. There were so many people walking that they formed trails.


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[Assistant] The road was fine during sunny weather, but it got muddy on rainy days. Would he have to build the ship himself?


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[Assistant] Roland spread out a piece of paper and wrote down the specifications he needed.


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[Assistant] Firstly, the ship would need to transport one or two cannons as well as about 30 people.


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[Assistant] Ships in this era were driven by sails and not equipped with a power system.


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[Assistant] Secondly, the ship would only be sailing on inland rivers. It would need to be stable and reliable.


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[Assistant] With a shallow draft, it would not be easy for it to capsize or sink.


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[Assistant] Thirdly, it would need to be easy to operate so that the militia could handle it quickly after minimal training.


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[Assistant] Considering all these points, there was only one solution, a barge.


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[Assistant] In the world where Roland used to live, this kind of ship, with its extremely shallow draft and low center of gravity, could be seen everywhere along almost all the river routes.


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[Assistant] In the old days, the ships stacked with sand or gravel almost flat with the surface of the water were all barges.


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[Assistant] As long as there was a tugboat, it could pull several barges forward like a train.


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[Assistant] After the ship type was determined, the next key point was to determine which material should be used to build the ship.


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[Assistant] From rafts to the ship of the line, from sailing in the rivers to sailing in the seas, wooden ships could always be a good choice.


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[Assistant] It was a pity that Roland did not know how to make a flatboat with logs, and there were no craftsmen.


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[Assistant] If he relied on the few carpenters, he could only make a large raft which could fall apart at any moment. Iron ships were built similarly to houses.


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[Assistant] The keel was made up of the primary and secondary beams put in a crisscross and covered with iron sheets.


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[Assistant] If Anna could do the welding, then the overall stiffness would be guaranteed.


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[Assistant] However, it would deplete the reserves of the iron or which were already small.


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[Assistant] It was clearly a better choice to use these iron oars to produce steam engines and barrels. The concrete boat became the final option.


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[Assistant] The construction of the city wall had been finished, and there were still some raw materials left.


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[Assistant] As long as Anna calcinated them once or twice, they would have enough concrete.


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[Assistant] The construction of the concrete boat was much easier than that of the iron boat.


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[Assistant] They only needed to make a wooden template reinforced with iron bars and then fill it with the concrete.


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[Assistant] Even in his rural village, people could build several concrete boats for fishing.


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[Assistant] The iron boat would need regular rust cleaning and painting, while the concrete boat would not require much maintenance.


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[Assistant] It could be built at a low cost, but still be strong and durable.


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[Assistant] Even if he had not learned how to build an ocean ship, building an inland concrete barge with a relatively low level of technology would not be too hard, would it?


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[Assistant] Roland picked up a quill and quickly drew the draft of the barge.


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[Assistant] A shed with walls was put up along Redwater River.


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[Assistant] In order to facilitate the launching of the ship, Roland located the shipbuilding site as close as possible to the riverbank. Sheds could keep out the wind and snow.


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[Assistant] At the same time, two pots of charcoal were put in the room to avoid the impact that low temperature had on the hardening effect of the concrete. The carpenters created the basic template of the hole.


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[Assistant] The round bow would reduce the forward resistance and the square stern would increase the loading area.


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[Assistant] The width of the boat was about 8 meters and its aspect ratio was 3 to 1.


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[Assistant] Compared with the conventional ships whose ratio was 8 to 1, it was quite bulky. In the center, they set up two masts.


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[Assistant] At the stern, they set up a stake reserved for the rudder. Other places were crisscrossed with iron bars. It did not matter that there were no iron wires for banding.


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[Assistant] All the intersections of the iron bars were personally welded firmly by Anna, forming an iron net over the bottom of the ship.


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[Assistant] Once the template and rebar were ready, Roland ordered the workers to start the pouring operation. The well mixed concrete was poured into a template.


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[Assistant] The middle of the template was flat and the walls were one and a half meters high, forming the cabin walls.


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[Assistant] At first sight, it looked like a very large bathtub.


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[Assistant] Everyone involved in the construction, including Anna, had never thought that this strange thing made out of the same material as the city wall would eventually be a ship.


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[Assistant] Kara noticed that the witch who was carrying her was breathing rapidly.


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[Assistant] Get someone else to carry me, said Carl loudly. Leaf, you carry me instead.


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[Assistant] Walking in the cold of the impassable mountain range was very exhausting, especially in a snowy winter.


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[Assistant] Every day, the 42 witches had to find a suitable camp after walking a short distance and re-energize their medallions to withstand the sudden drop in temperature at night. Yes, respected mentor. A witch squatted down in front of Kara.


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[Assistant] Kara summoned the demonic snake and made it wrap around the witch's arms and pull herself up.


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[Assistant] Kara observed that the witch could not help trembling slightly. Damn nightingale. Kara thought bitterly.


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[Assistant] If Nightingale had not repeatedly refused her kindness, she would not have been cruel to her sister.


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[Assistant] At this crucial time in their search for Holy Mountain, Kara could not afford to take any risks. And what was the result?


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[Assistant] After the damned traitor escaped, she was ready to stab her to death without hesitation. This was the result of her kindness. Kara's thoughts were filled with anger. Nightingale had damaged her spine.


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[Assistant] Although Leaf quickly healed her wounds with herbs, Kara's lower body was already paralyzed, and her feet had completely lost consciousness. Wait until I reach the holy mountain.


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[Assistant] Respected Mentor, there are demonic beasts ahead of us.


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[Assistant] Scarlett, who is in charge of investigating, reported.


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[Assistant] She could see through obstacles, shelters and all traps. Nothing could be hidden from her.


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[Assistant] At the same time, she even had the ability to see fast moving objects clearly.


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[Assistant] She had been able to knock off the judgment army's bolts once during a confrontation with the church. Put me down. Leaf, you go to help them. The witch nodded as she squatted and placed her on a stone. Her hands supported her body as she fell into the snow. She felt the cold come through her palm.


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[Assistant] Kara thought unpleasantly, couldn't you at least wipe the snow away before letting me down? But she did not say it. Leaf was an irreplaceable member of the association.


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[Assistant] If it was because of Wendy and her good temperament that the witches had gathered and established the Witch Cooperation Association, then it was because of Leaf that everyone had the courage to follow her.


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[Assistant] Without her ability, most witches would have died along the way, hunted by the church. Thinking of Wendy, Kara could not help feeling hurt.


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[Assistant] She had never expected that Wendy, who had established the witch cooperation association with her, could betray her for Nightingale.


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[Assistant] Even when Wendy blew her away, she had not wanted to kill Wendy.


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[Assistant] The venom secreted by the snake of magic suffering would be painful and take effect slowly, but not lead to death immediately.


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[Assistant] The toxin could only be removed quickly if nothing is bitter. She just wanted to give Wendy a lesson.


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[Assistant] If left alone, the toxin would invade her head and could not be cured It was the wrong decision for Nightingale to take her away


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[Assistant] Without the antidote to nothingness, Wendy would not survive for more than a day.


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[Assistant] Could it be that she, as a church nun, had no chance to go to the end with her sisters?


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[Assistant] As for the other betrayer, Lightning, Kara did not care too much.


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[Assistant] She had joined the Witch Cooperation Association recently, and her abilities seemed to be flying.


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[Assistant] She always put forward different views in the search for Holy Mountain and even openly questioned the Holy Book.


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[Assistant] If it had not been for the ideals of the witch cooperation association, she would have killed the talkative little girl and tossed her aside in the snow.


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[Assistant] Two wolf-shaped demonic beasts emerged from behind the hillside.


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[Assistant] The Sisters of the Witch Cooperation Association were skilled at dealing with them. The Sisters who were not able to fight moved backward.


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[Assistant] Leaf drove her magic first, causing weeds to grow rapidly.


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[Assistant] The green leaf suddenly broke through the snow and entangled the demonic beast's feet.


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[Assistant] Another witch, Windseeker, dried up the air around the demonic beasts. The two monsters suffocated quickly.


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[Assistant] Foaming at the mouth, they fell to the ground in convulsions. This was the power of the witches, Kara thought.


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[Assistant] Common people who relied on swords alone would easily lose their lives in the face of two demonic wolves.


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[Assistant] Only the witches with magical powers were the darling of the deities.


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[Assistant] Stone, who was responsible for the camp layout, found the leeward place.


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[Assistant] They decided to take a break here and eat something to renew their strength. Stone quickly transformed the land. The snow transformed into fresh soil.


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[Assistant] The ground seemed to come alive, weaved and wriggled, and soon became smooth and dry.


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[Assistant] All the witches performed their duties and soon set up the pot to make porridge.


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[Assistant] The snow was boiled in a cup mixed with some herbs strengthened by leaf and immediately sent out strong fragrance.


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[Assistant] Give your badges to Shino, cried the little girl with extraordinary red hair like a leaping fire. Her ability was also related to fire.


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[Assistant] She could inject temperature into an object and make it glow for a long time.


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[Assistant] The badges of the Witch Cooperation Association, the coin of Holy Mountain, were made by her alone.


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[Assistant] The ability seemed insignificant, but it was helpful to the Witch Cooperation Association, especially in the march through the impassable mountain range.


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[Assistant] If there was nothing to hold heat, it would be easy to lose temperature and fall into a coma in the cold wind and heavy snow.


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[Assistant] After eating the oatmeal, the witches packed up and continued on their way.


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[Assistant] According to Kara's conjecture, the so-called Gates of Hell was actually the key to Holy Mountain.


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[Assistant] The church deliberately called it the land of evil, hoping to prevent witches from reaching Holy Mountain.


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[Assistant] According to the records in ancient books, they needed to go through three stone gates, and the last one was in the barbarian region.


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[Assistant] The stone gates were usually hidden under the ground and would only rise to the surface when the bloody moon appeared in the sky.


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[Assistant] They had set out from the camp and been walking in the impassable mountain range for about half a month. Soon they would leave the range and enter wild places.


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[Assistant] It was still snowing in the dusky sky, and the clouds were low. The silhouette of a city loomed through the clouds. She had never seen buildings like this before. They looked like spires standing side by side.


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[Assistant] If the black dots above were the windows, then these spires were about 333 meters high.


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[Assistant] This was definitely not something human beings could create.


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[Assistant] Even the Church's proudest cathedral, the Hermes Cathedral, was only 50 meters high.


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[Assistant] Since it was not built by humans, then there was only one answer. The city was built by the deities.


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[Assistant] Kara was so excited, a voice pounding in her heart relentlessly. She had found Holy Mountain.


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[Assistant] The city in the sky looked unlike those in the ancient texts, which were glittering and magnificent.


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[Assistant] Although the spires were spectacular, the whole of it was grey and black, and even in the day, it was dull.


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[Assistant] Not to mention the city was filled with a thick red mist akin to blood. There is something, crowding in those caves. Scarlet's voice was a bit dry.


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[Assistant] I can't see it clearly, but those things don't resemble gods. A layer of goose bumps rose all over Leaf.


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[Assistant] Scarlet could see the farthest out of the members of the witch cooperation association, and the way that she spoke made Leif uneasy.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, Lightning had left with Nightingale, or else she could have flown closer to look. Sisters. Holy Mountain lies before us. The mentor waved her hands as she shouted. Just a bit further, and we'll find our eternity. She immediately urged Stone to move her forward.


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[Assistant] Leaf wanted to step forward to stop them, but her feet stopped her. She remembered what happened to Wendy two weeks ago.


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[Assistant] She was afraid that if she discouraged them, it would not make sense to the respected mentor, and she would not stop. The walking women began to speed up.


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[Assistant] After leaving the foot of the mountain, the snow seemed to get lower and the surrounding temperature also raised.


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[Assistant] This is what was forbidden in legend. A place where humans can't step. Leaf thawed. But there are footprints in this no man's land. If lightning was here, would she be joyful?


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[Assistant] Looking back, the towering mountains behind her rose and fell, like a barrier that could not be crossed.


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[Assistant] Leaf could not help but guess that it was precisely because of the impassable mountain range that the demonic beasts could not directly attack the hinterland, but rather must pass through the northernmost regions.


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[Assistant] If they could somehow find Holy Mountain, no matter the method, they would not have to wander any longer and could have peace. She gently sighed.


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[Assistant] To tell the truth, she was moved when Nightingale spoke to the cooperation about all that she had seen and heard in Border Town.


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[Assistant] When Wendy asked who wanted to leave with Nightingale, she could not help but try to move forward and tell her name.


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[Assistant] But until the end, she still failed to cross the heart of the threshold, and she was left as a shadow of the past.


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[Assistant] Leaf shook her head. She did not want to think about things that had already passed.


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[Assistant] She moved to keep up with the group and crossed the yellow and white line into the wilderness.


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[Assistant] However, it was not long before strange things began to happen.


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[Assistant] No matter how they sped up, the city retreated at the same speed.


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[Assistant] After two hours, the holy mountain was still in the clouds, neither smaller nor bigger. It was as if they had not moved at all.


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[Assistant] Respected mentor, let us rest. Our sisters are tired, said Stone.


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[Assistant] Over this period, a number of women had carried the mentor, but Stone had kept it up the longest. No, how could we stop now? Kara refused the suggestion without hesitating. This is the test from the deities, sisters.


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[Assistant] If there's no firm will, we can never reach Holy Mountain. We can't stop.


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[Assistant] We must continue until the gates of Holy Mountain appear before us.


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[Assistant] Seeing that persuasion was futile, the women marched forward.


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[Assistant] However, the situation did not change, and while wandering the witches also encountered two waves of demonic beasts. The second wave consisted of two deformed beasts.


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[Assistant] Leaf created longweeds to trap the beast, but it could not stop one of her sisters from being hurt and bleed.


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[Assistant] The city remained in front of them, but the silhouette seemed to fade, like the city itself was disappearing.


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[Assistant] According to their past experience, they must find suitable camping place to set up a camp.


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[Assistant] However, this area was completely different from the impassable mountain range, which seemed to be almost flat and was littered with the occasional demonic beasts. They simply could not stay there overnight.


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[Assistant] Respected mentor, we must return to the foot of the mountain.


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[Assistant] Let scarlet lead the way, with red light lighting the path. Then maybe we can make it back by midnight. No!


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[Assistant] Kara shouted, we've spent all the afternoon coming here without stopping.


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[Assistant] At this point, we've spent more than half of our strength and it'd be impossible to return at the same speed. Sisters, let us move on. We'll rest once we've reached Holy Mountain. How about Sherry?


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[Assistant] People asked, pointing to a witch who had collapsed lifeless on the ground.


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[Assistant] We've no time to bury her. The instructor shook her head and said, leave her here. The earth will take her. Leaf closed her eyes in sadness. A sister had left them.


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[Assistant] If she had had more strength, then she would not have needed to die in this desolate land where even a tombstone could not be left.


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[Assistant] As the crowd sat there undecided as to whether they should move on or retreat, Stone suddenly exclaimed, Look at the sky, the city is gone.


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[Assistant] Leaf opened her eyes, looked up, and saw that the sky had become grey-black.


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[Assistant] The clouds had hidden in the night and with them, the city had disappeared without a trace. It was as if it had never existed.


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[Assistant] Everyone stood still, and for a while, there was a terrible silence.


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[Assistant] There was the city you could never get, for it was an image floating in the air, and when the sun fell the illusion vanished.


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[Assistant] Leaf suddenly remembered a story from Lightning's Adventures about those at sea who saw bizarre fantasies. She shivered. We were cheated.


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[Assistant] Lightning mentioned in a story that this phenomenon often occurs on voyages, but on the land is much rarer. All we saw was a phantom.


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[Assistant] At this point, Scarlet suddenly called out, warning them, be careful. Something is coming.


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[Assistant] Scarlett took two steps back. I don't know what it is.


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[Assistant] As she spoke, a shadow closed in at lightning speed directly towards Scarlet.


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[Assistant] Although she saw the light enclosed by shadow, she could not dodge the bolt. It was just too fast.


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[Assistant] In the blink of an eye, the shadow pierced through Scarlet's chest, making her fly backward. She was nailed to the trunk. It was a spear.


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[Assistant] On her left, two shadows came out from the night, bulky and peculiar, different than the normal visage of a demonic beast.


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[Assistant] And then Leaf saw that there were two figures riding on the backs of the mixed species. They were tall, twice the size of a normal person.


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[Assistant] They wore no armor but the clothes of some indescribable material. No, one would be reluctant to call it clothes.


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[Assistant] It was as if they were wrapped from head to toe in a swollen animal skin, bulging in many places.


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[Assistant] And yet the most striking thing about the two figures was the two masks they were wearing. They were obviously transformed heads of demonic beasts, ferocious and terrible.


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[Assistant] Their eyes with reddish brown crystals dug into their skulls.


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[Assistant] A full patch of leather on their heads seemed to be peeled back, running down their back and shells.


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[Assistant] One man was equipped with a few spears on their mount, another with strangely shaped iron gloves.


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[Assistant] Kara's harsh screaming pulled all the attention back to the enemy.


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[Assistant] Stone placed her hand on the ground, turning the snowy land in front of them into a large swamp. This was the correct response. The mounts were hybrid wolf beasts with wings.


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[Assistant] They were not only fast, but could fly for short distances.


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[Assistant] However, these two obviously could not. Their wings had been cut off, hemp rope was tied onto their bare bones, which were held, but the demons riding them.


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[Assistant] Therefore they could not fly over the swamp, but would have to cross over it. This would give the sisters time. However, the enemy did not act as expected.


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[Assistant] Rather, they drove the mounts forward entering the swamp.


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[Assistant] Then, by the impulse, the demonic beast leaped into the sky, jumping across the remaining distance, right to the place where the non-combat type witches were gathered. Spread out, quick!


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[Assistant] Leaf's voice had not fallen before the iron-handed demon wearing the three-fingered iron gloves was already killing the witches in the crowd. His degree of agility did not match his body at all.


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[Assistant] The witch close to him did not have time to react and was punched in the head.


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[Assistant] Then there were another two sisters that the iron-handed demon pinched on the neck. The others were alerted and ran about in panic. It was only Shino that stood still.


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[Assistant] Even though her ability was not suitable for fighting, she did not turn away, but rather drew the crossbow from her back and took aim at the creature.


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[Assistant] The iron-handed demon dodged to the side, lifted its feet to send her flying. Along with the rush of power came a muffled sound.


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[Assistant] The little girl was sprawled on the ground and clotted blood flowed through her mouth.


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[Assistant] The spear-wielding demon turned around, walking towards the terrified stone.


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[Assistant] Right when he was about to pierce the witch through the chest, flames erupted in front of him.


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[Assistant] Red light rolled between his legs, grabbing Stone's hands and running.


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[Assistant] Their opponent attempted to catch up, but was stopped by a black wall of gas.


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[Assistant] Leaf poured all of her power into the earth causing all sorts of plants to appear out of it.


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[Assistant] When he waved his hands to get rid of the snake, the vines fluttered and captured his feet, tugging them backward and causing the heavy body to crash to the ground. Run, sisters, run! shouted Leaf, her voice shaking in fear. Escape, fast! Hurry away from these terrible monsters.


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[Assistant] They are recorded in the ancient texts as sources of evil, demons that have appeared out of the gates of hell.


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[Assistant] The poison from the demonic snake seemed to be ineffective.


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[Assistant] The iron handed demon fell to the ground, who seemed to want to grab the vines that had scratched at him.


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[Assistant] The spear-wielding demon saw his companion's difficulty and was soon focused on Leaf, who was controlling the vines.


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[Assistant] He lifted a spear, getting into position to throw it, his arms quickly swelling.


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[Assistant] The original bulging skin was stretched to a thin layer and even through it, one could see blood vessels and dark bones. Leaf, watch out!


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[Assistant] Stone once again turned the ground into a quagmire, this time directly casting herself at her opponent.


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[Assistant] The spear-wielding demon suddenly sank down and the spear he had thrown instantly changed direction, inserting diagonally into the ground in front of Leaf.


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[Assistant] A section of the spear as tall as a person was submerged into the ground. Leaf burst out in a cold sweat.


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[Assistant] After throwing the spear, the swollen arm shrunk rapidly, quickly becoming something similar to a dry wood. The spear-wielding demon could not throw spears now.


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[Assistant] She immediately realized that it was a good time to escape. She was not alone in this.


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[Assistant] Stone, red light, and wind seeker, who had been struggling with the iron-handed demon, ran to the careless Kara. They wished to bring mentor Kara to leave with them.


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[Assistant] But she was too late to warn them as a line of blue light came from the iron-handed demon's hands.


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[Assistant] It was like a bolt of lightning piercing the sky and twisted to hit the three sisters.


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[Assistant] The blue bolt jumped between the three women, crackling.


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[Assistant] Their bodies went up in white smoke and they fell to the ground with their robes burning behind them.


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[Assistant] The attack seemed to consume the great effort of the enemy, and with heavy breathing, he stopped moving.


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[Assistant] At this time, Leaf's magic power had hit its limit.


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[Assistant] The vines disintegrated and changed, turning quickly into withering weeds. Everything is over, she thought.


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[Assistant] The mentor's desperate shouting faded as if she had grown far away as the strength of her body faded like a tide. She fell to the ground helplessly.


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[Assistant] After resting for a mere moment, the iron-handed demons slowly climbed up from the snow.


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[Assistant] No one could stop him this time as he went to stand in front of the horrified Kara.


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[Assistant] The demon stretched out his hand to choke the throat of the mentor, who wanted desperately to break free from the creature's fingers. But it was meaningless in this desperate state.


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[Assistant] Struggling, she sent the demonic snake out and it bit the enemy's arm and neck, but the iron-handed demon was unmoved but continued to grip tighter.


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[Assistant] As this was happening, one demonic snake bit the iron-handed demon's leather hose under its head.


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[Assistant] Red mist sprayed from the fissure, revealing tendons and bones.


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[Assistant] The iron-handed demon issued a terrible scream, the skin quickly fouling under the red fog, revealing tendons and bones.


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[Assistant] Even though he released his iron hand after this and tried to block the tube in panic, the fog quickly dissipated and his body began to tremble. He fell to the ground, motionless.


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[Assistant] The spear wielding demon with half its body buried in the swamp shouted. Leaf had never heard such a voice.


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[Assistant] It was like a sharp scream and a low roar together, and it hurt her ears.


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[Assistant] But the enemy's roar did not make Leaf flee, rather it gave her the will to win.


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[Assistant] Biting her lips, she struggled to stand up and picked up the crossbow that Shino fell.


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[Assistant] The spear-wielding demon obviously understood what she wanted to do, its two arms desperately waving.


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[Assistant] But in the swamp, the more you struggled, the faster you would sink.


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[Assistant] He tried to block it from entering his lungs, but the part of his windpipe that extended into his shell was exposed.


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[Assistant] This is for my lost sisters. Leaf thought, aiming at the tube she pulled the trigger.


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[Assistant] The crossbow bolt hit its mark and red mist spurted out where she had hit. When it sprayed, the opponent's head fell. She had killed the demon.


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[Assistant] Leaving the crossbow, Leaf looked back at the more than a dozen of her sisters that had lost their lives. She fell to the ground and burst into tears.


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[Assistant] Wendy opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar ceiling above her. There were cobwebs draping from the wooden beams.


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[Assistant] The ceiling was made up of grey bricks and had an unlit, circular chandelier.


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[Assistant] Slowly, the image turned from cloudy to clear until she could see every detail. It's not a cold rocky roof or narrow tent.


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[Assistant] Oh right, I've left the Witch Cooperation Association for more than half a month.


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[Assistant] I wonder if Mentor had successfully led the sisters to the discovery of Holy Mountain. Wendy thought. She took a deep breath.


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[Assistant] Although the air in the room was not as clean and fresh as that in a cave, its dullness and warmth made her comfortable.


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[Assistant] Her body was wrapped in a soft velvet quilt and the layers of cotton blankets under her sinks slightly every time she lay on them.


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[Assistant] Even if she stretched her body fully her toes wouldn't be exposed. She felt a little guilty at the thought of lazing on the bed.


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[Assistant] Even though she had only arrived for half a month, she felt a sense of peace.


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[Assistant] It was something that she had not experienced in a long time.


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[Assistant] In the castle, no one would disturb her no matter how late she got up. Just like today.


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[Assistant] Wendy turned to look out of the window and noticed that the gray sky was a little glaring. It seemed over 10 a.m.


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[Assistant] In her past wandering life, she did not have such a comfortable sleep before.


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[Assistant] She would be woken by the faintest sounds and had to prepare food before dawn.


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[Assistant] During that time, the witches had lived in the fear of being discovered by the church or dying in the next demonic torture.


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[Assistant] Even while hiding in the impassable mountain range, Wendy was always busy with the many chores.


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[Assistant] She had to help with seasoning the dried food and herbs, drying her sister's laundry, or cleaning the camp and so on.


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[Assistant] Wendy did not mind doing these works and felt happy when seeing the smile on everyone's faces. Yet, she could not resist the lazy life now. Unexpectedly, she was enjoying it. No, I shouldn't be lazy anymore.


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[Assistant] Clapping her face, Wendy pushed herself up and tried her best to get out of the bed.


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[Assistant] When she was in the convent, Mother Superior had always warned that God would never bless those who were lazy.


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[Assistant] In a while, I'll go to the castle backyard to practice controlling the wind and I'll clear the snow along the way.


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[Assistant] Wendy could not hold back her smiles whenever she thought of His Highness' requirements for her training.


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[Assistant] These were odd and eccentric requirements, such as asking her to control the wind 10 meters above her head after he had seen her performance.


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[Assistant] However, a witch could never extend the power as far as he required.


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[Assistant] Nevertheless, the prince wasn't angry when she had admitted that it was beyond her abilities.


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[Assistant] Instead, he had come up with a strange idea, standing on a stool and blowing the wind from the top and the bottom at the same time. After trying, Wendy found this a practical solution. The test result pleased his highness very much.


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[Assistant] In addition to asking Wendy to practice more, he also asked her if she was afraid of heights.


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[Assistant] Just as Nightingale described, Roland Wimbledon was indeed an unpredictable person. Yet, he was also a prince who cared about witches. Wendy sighed softly at the thought, Mentor, you're wrong. There exists a prince who doesn't hate witches.


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[Assistant] After she put on the new robe, she felt that it was a little tight at the chest. Wendy had been accustomed to it.


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[Assistant] When she was looking for the sewing kit to mend the cloth, there was a knock at the door. Come in. It was Nightingale. Wendy was somewhat amazed and laughed. Is His Highness still in bed? It's surprising that you have time to see me. What are you talking about? I don't have time to follow him all day. Nightingale lifted the basket in her hand. I've brought you some breakfast.


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[Assistant] Usually, it was the maid who served the breakfast to her room.


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[Assistant] Wendy had barely seen and talked to Nightingale except when the prince was asleep. She smiled in her heart.


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[Assistant] Wendy knew that Nightingale must have sneaked in to check if she had woken up and came in as soon as she was out of bed. Go ahead, what's up?


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[Assistant] She knew that although the first bite of magic power was not as fierce and long as the one in the day of adulthood, the witch was not completely safe.


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[Assistant] The younger a witch was, the less the pain she could endure.


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[Assistant] Wendy placed the basket on the bedside cabinet and walked to Nightingale. She clapped her shoulder and comforted her.


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[Assistant] Didn't his highness say that as long as the witch released her power every day, the torture would minimize? It was just a hypothesis. At least it sounds reasonable. Wendy went on. Anna's been through it this way, hasn't she?


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[Assistant] She was safe even on the deadliest day of adulthood, and you've seen it with your own eyes. She paused and continued, Where's Nana? She is at the hospital.


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[Assistant] As she was talked, Nightingale could not hold back her smile.


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[Assistant] I heard that her father, Baron Pine, has bought a lot of hairs from hunters and send them to the medical center. Nana will get to practice with them until tomorrow.


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[Assistant] It's nice to have such a father, Wendy said enviously.


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[Assistant] I don't remember anything about my childhood, which is very strange. It was like a memory gap.


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[Assistant] I don't have father or mother, and all the memories begin with the time when I was in the convent. Looks like I'm a little more fortunate than you. Yeah, much more fortunate. Wendy sat close beside her. Are you nervous? Nightingale remained silent for a while and nodded. Of course, Wendy knew what she was nervous about.


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[Assistant] Today was not only of paramount importance to Nama, but also a vital turning point for the fate of all witches.


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[Assistant] If she could get through the Bight safely, it meant that all witches would be free from being called the Devil's Minions, and Border Town undoubtedly would be their holy mountain.