Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 60: The Spells of the Banshees
Ash couldn't help but smile as he watched his tribesmen carrying things in and out.

When she was escaping from the Abyss, she was filled with despair. The Banshees finally found a way to lift the curse, but in the end they were still unable to survive in the deep sea and had to maintain their flesh and blood magic for the rest of their lives without interruption.

She had imagined the future of her people many times, but even in her most beautiful dreams, she had never imagined the current scene.

The tribesmen no longer fear pollution, and they no longer need to maintain flesh and blood magic in the shallow sea. They can even leave the water and come to the shore.

On the night the battle ended, many tribesmen looked up at the starry sky in the sea breeze, stunned and speechless.

For some reason, the banshee living at the bottom of the seven seas yearns for the stars in the sky.

Ash couldn't help but smile.

"Sister Ash, our construction is almost complete."

Nini came over with a slightly strange look on her face. Ash had been laughing for no apparent reason lately, and Nini began to wonder if she had been contaminated again.

Ash quickly put on a stern face, swung his tail, and snaked his way into the cave.

This was originally a natural cave. The size of the passage was just right for Zeus, but it was too narrow for the banshees. After some discussion, the banshees decided to expand the cave.

In just a few days, the space here has expanded many times, from a small room to a wide square.

Some banshees were still building. They put their hands on the rock wall, and soon the hard rock softened and flowed down like liquid.

Spell: Turn fossils into mud.

Seeing this scene, Ash suddenly remembered something. She took out a small notebook from the bag on her waist, held the four corners of the notebook with four hands, and took out a pen with the other hand and started writing.

"Sister Ash, what are you doing?" Nini came over curiously.

"Record the spells we can use." Ash said seriously, "The Lord asked us to record all the spells and see if they can be used for anything."

"Then it would be better to send us directly to do the work. Our magic can't be taught to others, so what use would it be if the lord knew it?"

"That's not the case." Ash smiled softly and took out a small bottle from the cabinet next to him. "For example, this is an alchemical item made by our lord. It's called nitroglycerin. It can explode violently, but it's too dangerous. Throwing it might cause it to explode prematurely."

"but."

Ash raised his hand, a bright light of magic flashed in his eyes, and a sea snake suddenly appeared in the air and fell to the ground with a snap.

Ash poured a drop of nitroglycerin into its mouth, and the sea snake closed its mouth and quickly crawled away.

Not long after, a muffled sound was heard from the depths of the cave.

"See? The combination of magic and science and technology has an effect beyond imagination. This is just the simplest application."

Nini opened her eyes wide, and she couldn't help but think of the battle that night. The short girl from the Silent Temple was dressed like an iron barrel, and she felt that she would not be able to gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation.

But if there is such a snake, it will get into the crack of her armor.
Not only that, she can summon many sea snakes at once, feeding each sea snake a lot of drops of that oil.
"do you understand?"

Nini nodded excitedly. She couldn't wait to compete with Nora.

Ash thought further. Hughes had given her a blueprint not long ago, which was a blueprint of a steam engine.

The drawings were quite complicated and she didn't quite understand them, but she understood what Hughes meant.

He wanted to develop a metal processing method to at least solve the part that the blacksmith shop could not complete - that is, the production of cylinders and various metal pipes.

Ash had been worried about this for several days. Her magic couldn't solve the problem directly, and she didn't know how to smelt or forge.

Well, maybe she's just not smart enough. Using sea snakes to detonate nitroglycerin was Monica's idea. Maybe we can try with her again.
"Sister Ash, what are these boxes for?" Nini pointed to a corner of the room.

Ash came back to his senses and said, "Well, let me call all the tribe members here first and discuss it together."

"My people, please come to me!" Ash called out from his heart.

Ever since all the banshees signed a symbiotic contract with Zeus, they can use the short-range telepathy that comes with the contract with each other. Although the banshees have a telepathic connection with the entire clan, this kind of telepathy is more convenient.

And the better thing about this kind of telepathy is that it can connect with a few specific people individually.

For example, the current link was established by Zeus. All the banshees are in it. Zeus named it "Castel Banshee Working Group". In addition, there are "Banshee Family" and "Explosion Group".

Somehow, Ash always felt that Hughes had a strange expression when he explained the names of these links to her.

Ash is the spiritual message sent in the work group. Hughes: "Received"

Ash: 『.』

Ash: "No, my lord, you don't have to come over. I'm summoning other banshees."

Hughes: "It's okay, I just suddenly wanted to reply like this, don't mind me ^_^"

Ash sighed. The Lord seemed to be obsessed with this mind link recently. He even figured out how to use some special language to form expressions within this link.

The banshees gathered and Ash led them to some huge boxes.

"These are the weapons sent by the Lord. You can pick out the ones you like and use them."

The lid of the box was opened, and inside were mostly long-handled weapons, including spears and long-handled axes.

As for why there are no swords.
Nini picked up a long-handled axe, which seemed a little small compared to her tall figure.

"Too light."

"There's no way. These are for humans. You know, they're all very small."

"This is already their largest weapon. I saw Sister Ash try a smaller sword, and she had to pinch it with her fingers."

"Where's Monica? These should be just right for her, right?"

The banshees laughed and waved their weapons.

"Who is calling my name?"

A low growl sounded in the cave.

The banshees turned their heads to look over.

Monica came out from the corner, wearing three layers of heavy armor, and her six hands were full of weapons, which were now pointed at the banshees.

"Sure enough, these are just right for her."

"So small and cute."

"Monica, raise your sword higher, and look at me with more contempt. That's it."

Monica was pointed at, her face gradually turned red, and she rushed over with her weapon raised: "Waaaaaah! I'm going to fight you!"

She charged from top to bottom, and wearing full armor, she thought she could easily disperse them.

Then she slid and was lifted up by Nini by her armor, hanging helplessly and furiously in the air.

The banshees laughed and made noises again.

Ash smiled and shook his head, then opened the mind link and started a private chat with Zeus.

"how?"

"Not so good. These weapons offer very limited improvement to us."

"It's okay, just use it for now. I'll have someone craft a batch of weapons and armor later."

"OK."

"My workshop here has produced the first batch of soap. I'll send you two boxes later, along with your spell list. Please hurry up and send it over. I've got some great ideas."

"OK."

『.』

There was silence for a moment, but the mind link was not broken. Ash waited quietly for her lord to ask a question.

Sure enough, a message came through after a long time.

"Ash, is there a spell that can bring the dead back to life?"

(End of this chapter)