Your war hammer is too fake

The King of the Woods pounced on Morgan very quickly, and he flew back even faster. When the sturdy figure, which was three meters tall when standing, was about to smash into the crowd of people gathered around him, he suddenly stopped and floated in the air, unable to move.

"Hand over Nayes," Morgan put his hands on his hips, his expression arrogant, "or I will make you a widow right now!"

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Author's note: I originally wanted to write Orion roaring and rushing towards Morgan, but after thinking about it, I decided to keep this plot more serious...

Chapter 306: Parting Ways

The Asrai of the South left Athel Loren and were far away from war and strife.

An Jiyue and Morgan did not kill the two demigods. After Nais was brought here, An Jiyue, who was hiding in the dark, dispersed the telekinesis that held Orion in place. The two demigods could not be killed at the moment. The Lords of the Sacred Scriptures needed them to use their lives to appease the anger of the dwarves and completely end the feud between the dwarves and the wood elves.

If we kill Orion and Ariel now, how will we settle the grudge against the dwarves, especially the dwarves of Fort Desolation? We can't let Brok Ironchisel learn from Wu Zixu's experience and get an iron whip to whip the corpses.

Seeing that Morgan was safe and sound, Nayis was somewhat resentful in her joy. The clever spellsinger had already realized what had happened, but she did not think that Morgan had done anything wrong. When Ariel's soul was corrupted by the use of dark magic, and the whole of Athel Loren was shrouded in madness, hatred and depravity, the young Nayis dared to help the forest elder Adanhu to gather troops and use force to stop Ariel's madness - she herself was not the type to be loyal to her lord blindly.

"I should have accepted your invitation two hundred years ago," Nayes looked into Morgan's icy blue eyes, her slightly tangled tone revealing a sense of relief, "but it's not too late now."

Not only Nais, but also hundreds of wood elves who were extremely dissatisfied with Ariel chose to pack up and follow their relatives in the Southland after learning what their queen had done. They believed that they had fulfilled their obligations as vassals, but Ariel and Orion, especially the former, had not fulfilled their obligations as lords. Therefore, from the perspective of feudal law, they had the right to unilaterally terminate their allegiance to the two demigods and choose a new lord worthy of their loyalty.

They swore allegiance to Morgan, who thought about it and decided to accept. Of course, Morgan also told them in advance that the rules of the Crucified Wood Court were very different from those of Athel Loren, and that the southern relatives had evolved a new culture. If they wanted to go to the South, they had to accept or at least not oppose the new customs. In this regard, the wood elves who took the initiative to surrender all said they could accept it.

Before leaving, Morgan summoned all his subordinates and claimed that he had something important to announce.

"From today on, the Zhemu Royal Court is officially independent!" Morgan was actually not very good at this kind of speech. Even the speech was written by An Jiyue and then given to her to memorize: "We are no longer the subjects of others, we are our own masters!"

The huge crowd at the scene suddenly burst into cheers, and the shouts reached the sky.

"From this moment on, I am no longer Lord Morgan, but the Evergreen King Morgan! I don't need anyone to crown me, because this crown is what I have earned. Cheer, my subjects! For this new country, for our bright future!" When he said this, Morgan glanced in a certain direction.

At the edge of the crowded party, Ariel appeared there at some point, staring at everything in front of him with an expressionless face.

"At the same time, to distinguish ourselves from those cousins ​​who abuse violence without self-reflection, who claim to be the guardians of the forest but only see Athel Loren, who are keen on revenge but cannot see who the enemy is, and who have no honor at all for all these heinous acts." Morgan took a deep breath, she felt that the corners of her mouth were even harder to suppress than AK. "The people of Ulthuan are called Asur; the people of Naggaroth are called Druz; the people of Athel Loren are called Asrai."

"We were once Asrai. Our ancestors were once Asur. Few things in this world are eternal and unchanging. It is inevitable to make changes in accordance with the times, and we are no exception. At this moment, under the witness of the sky and the earth, the past and the future, and the ancestors and descendants! I, Morgan Linge, declare——"

"We are no longer Asrai! Our new clan name is 'Kaldorei', which means 'Sons of the Stars'!"

“Kaldorei!!” Everyone, whether they were members of the system or newcomers, excitedly shouted out their new names: “Kaldorei! Kaldorei! Kaldorei!!”

An Jiyue, who was blending into the crowd with the appearance of "Arwen", finally laughed out loud at this moment.

……

[Dustan Falcon: Damn it, Morgan is going to set up his own business? When will the toilet seat sink? I want to be the Phoenix King.]

[Morgan Ringo: Green Chaos' reputation has long been tainted. How can I go out if I don't cut it? I can't stay in the Southland all my life.]

[Administrator#Xiao Yiyue: Am I the only one who cares about the name Kaldorei...]

[Barel Magic Hammer: You are not alone upstairs. ]

Today's chat group was as lively as ever, although there were only seven members in the group, one of whom was in a dormant state due to a severe soul injury, and his avatar was always gray. After secretly observing for a while, An Jiyue interrupted the mental connection with the chat group and turned his attention to other things.

Liu Jianguo, a staff member of the Jade Court, Gao Yun, a secret agent of the Jade Court and the governor of the caravan, and Qin Yu, a high-ranking astronomical official, three negotiating representatives from Yulong Yuanbo's command, have been wandering around Xuanshui for half a month with An Jiuyue's special permission, recording countless valuable first-hand information and even flipping through a lot of documents from the treasury of Sanhe Prefecture.

Except for the research department of the Tower of Babel and the Xuanshui Arsenal, all the things in the open were open to these three. As for the secret laboratory in the underground space of Steel Rock, even in the entire Anxi Army system, only a few people knew of its existence, and they only knew that there was such a place.

After returning to her old nest, An Jiyue, who had been busy running around recently, finally had time to relax a little. The girl did not return to her home, but went directly to the secret laboratory. Anyway, there were beds and beddings here, as well as a fully equipped kitchen, and eight large refrigerators filled with food drawn from the entertainment pool. This was the girl's private area, where she could let down all her guard. Even Jin Zhifan had never been to this place. In addition to An Jiyue herself, only Xiao Yiyue had visited this place.

"Let me see... beef brisket? Forget it, I'm a little tired of it." An Jiyue was wearing a loose gray plush pajamas. Ever since she drained the heat from the magma lake and solidified it into a super-large igneous rock mixture, the temperature in this underground space has been between "cool" and "icy". "Drumsticks? When were these put in there... you'll take it."

There were eight refrigerators in the kitchen of the secret laboratory, each of which was large enough to fit two An Jiyues in. After searching through one of the refrigerators, An Jiyue used telekinesis to hold up the ingredients and then closed the refrigerator door with her hands.

The girl prepared a small basin of salt water with boiled water and threw the drumsticks into it to soak. Frozen ingredients, especially poultry, will have a stronger fishy smell than fresh ones if cooked directly, so they need to be soaked in salt water for at least half an hour. Of course, the "half an hour" here refers to the thawed ingredients.

Opening several plastic containers of vegetables one by one, An Jiyue took out a small potato, a very small carrot and a small piece of broccoli, washed and cut them, and then boiled water. After the water boiled, she added two spoons of salt and then poured a little cooking oil into the boiling water. The former can give the vegetables a basic flavor, and the latter can keep the vegetables bright in color after blanching.

The first thing to put into the pot is the potatoes cut into small pieces. After boiling for two minutes on high heat, add the carrots, and finally the broccoli. After blanching the vegetables, remove them from the water and place them in a large colander and set aside to drain the water.

"At this point, the drumsticks are almost done soaking," An Jiyue said in the kitchen where she was the only one there. "If they are fresh, skip this step. Next, let's process them."

[Yeah. And then?] Aiwen, who was watching this side through the live broadcast function, asked while taking notes.

For some reason, Knight Ji suddenly proposed to learn how to cook recently, so An Jiyue would try to cook whenever she was free, and broadcast live in private chat when cooking. Since she was not a professional teacher, An Jiyue didn't know how to teach. Apart from the basic skills, she would just cook whatever dishes she could get, and Aiwen just learned it by making do.

If "being able to prepare a New Year's Eve dinner independently" is used as the standard for being able to cook, then only two and a half of the group members can cook. An Jiyue and Barrel are the two, and Xiao Yiyue is half. Originally, Bing Ruolan could cook before she crossed over, but unfortunately, after being a real daughter of a famous family for fifty years, her cooking skills have deteriorated to the point where there is nothing left.

As for Aiwen, she doesn't have any cooking skills at all...

"Then we will remove the bones from the drumsticks. Remember not to damage the integrity of the chicken skin, as we will need to fry it later," An Jiyue said as she picked up a kitchen knife and was about to start, but suddenly stopped, "Well, it looks like I won't be able to finish this meal."

【What's wrong? 】

"That fellow Skink has been caught."

The author says:

Author's Note: Reply to reader "Bergman Ranger":

Since they have killed people to seize power, they must at least create some "legal basis" for their actions, right? At this time, even the slightest claim must be exaggerated into a strong claim.

Answer to reader "Reader1697544911":

Reality is not a game, there is no restriction that an army can only have one lord. Even in the tabletop rules, an army can have multiple lords.

Chapter 307 Home Delivery

It was already the beginning of June in the year 2503 of the Imperial Calendar.

On one of the 16-ton slipways of the flying ship branch of the Xuanshui Arsenal, the hull of the Swift-class frigate No. has basically taken shape, and workers are currently installing the hull and forged steel armor on it. It is expected that this new generation of warship will be able to roll off the production line on the th of this month, and complete outfitting and test flights before the end of the month; on the other hand, the coalition forces of the Anxi Army and the Midden people have also penetrated deep into the Brass Fortress, and the Chaos believers are currently relying on the central tower to hold on, and there are signs that they are holding some kind of magical ceremony.

However, no matter what their intentions were, their failure was already doomed. The four Grasshopper IIs under Aiwen's command had recently completed a modification. The Mozhe from Sanhe Prefecture installed a new navigation device of the same type as the Swift class, enabling it to carry out unguided long-distance raids in unfamiliar airspace. Currently, this mini fleet is making final preparations for sailing. When their shadows appear over the Brass Fortress, no matter what tricks the Chaos believers have played, they can only be defeated by the coalition's Air-Ground Integrated Combat Youth Edition.

The operation to retake the Brass Fortress was coming to an end, but the progress of the attack on the Dragon Islands was greatly accelerated due to an unexpected but reasonable event.

Originally, according to the assessment of Xiao Yiyue's generals, even with the flying ship, it would take until the end of the year just to occupy the temple city ruins on the three main islands and consolidate their defenses. After taking over the hatching pool of Fear Rock, the Dragon Islands would just enter the rainy season. By then, not to mention humans, even the lizardmen would not be able to launch a large-scale offensive during the rainy season.

In the battle plan led by Xiao Yiyue, the Shuofang Army will consolidate its control over the Fear Rock during the rainy season, and then organize an attack on the remaining two main islands after the rainy season is over. As long as all three hatching pools are captured, this battle will be considered a preliminary victory. It is destined to be a long-term task to wipe out all the lizardmen on the island. The tropical rainforest is too suitable for guerrilla warfare; however, as long as the lizardmen's troop replenishment is cut off, no matter how difficult the Lizard Communists are, they can eventually be killed.

In addition, the foreign colonists from Longya Mountain are also a big problem. The Dragon Islands are not some unknown remote place. Although it is far away from the main shipping routes, there are still foreigners visiting from time to time. Here, you can see all kinds of nationalities, and these people come with various purposes. Some come to seek the legendary gold treasure, and some simply want to become a conqueror who will go down in history.

Although not as famous as the Skorgian colony in Lustria, there is also a colony in Dragonfang Mountain. The residents here are mainly humans and some unique races from Inda, as well as a small number of dwarves attracted by gold, and occasionally high elves. They brought prosperity and opportunities to the Dragon Islands, but also chaos and crime.

Before a Skink called Kaveri rose up from the depths of the islands and united all the feral Lizardmen tribes in the Dragon Islands, the colonists would occasionally clash with the real masters of the area, and even go to war. The two sides maintained a dynamic balance, and it is said that in the past, a Raja from Inda (Note 1) even tried to recruit Lizardmen to serve him, in order to further enrich the species diversity of his army, which already had many Monkeymen and Tigermen.

Kaveri broke the balance that had been maintained for many years. The colonists knew very little about this mysterious lizard leader. His appearance and rise were very abrupt, and his thinking mode was evaluated as "not like a lizard man at all." Kaveri's name was first known to the colonists three years ago, when he led an ambush on an expedition that went too deep into the island, but did not kill these old world scum driven by greed.

The Skink leader offered the scum a glittering gold to persuade them to serve him. He offered a generous price, but would not allow deception. There were signs that Kaveri had a far better understanding of the Old World than one might imagine, but strangely, he knew almost nothing about Inda, which was right next door. In addition, Kaveri had a highly derogatory contempt for the Chinese Empire that the colonists could not understand, and he was particularly fond of spreading some lame rumors about China.

For the sake of gold, the colonists decided to ignore the guy's strange behavior.

Anyway, by spending a lot of money, Kaveri bribed many colonists to work for him. At Kaveri's request, the colonists found ways to get various weapons to arm his army. A mechanical engineer from Tyrell also designed a torsion ballista that the skinks could use based on Kaveri's rough schematics and the physique and height of the skinks. During this period, Kaveri even tried to equip his men with muskets, but the natural environment of the Dragon Islands obviously did not support him to do so.

The hot and humid environment of the tropical rainforest is a nightmare for firearms. The high humidity and frequent rainfall make black gunpowder easily damp no matter how it is stored. Although the strings of crossbows are also afraid of dampness, this can be overcome by replacing materials and other means, and the pulling force is simply not enough. This is not a defect for Kaveri's army. Lizardmen and giant lizards are too low in intelligence to use long-range weapons, and the skin lizards' small arms and legs are not capable of using strong bows and crossbows.

The Shuofang Army was able to use firearms normally in the Dragon Islands because the alchemists accompanying the army maintained the water-proof barrier 24 hours a day. For this reason, the soldiers could only fight without the support of spells. Caffrey did not have this convenience.

Relying on his superior intelligence and kryptonian gold tactics, Kaveri first conquered all the wild lizardmen tribes in Longya Mountain, and forcibly reorganized these cold-blooded relatives who had once degenerated to the point of being no different from wild beasts due to the lack of guidance from the magic toads into a fairly reasonable army, and then crossed the sea to conquer the wild lizardmen on the other two major islands. After completing the internal integration, Kaveri immediately set his sights on more distant lands.

It wanted to buy ships from the colonists and go to the South. The two sides had already agreed on various terms and paid the deposit, but the Shuofang Army launched an attack at this time. Caffrey had to temporarily put its grand plan on hold and focus on defending the territory it had finally conquered... Then Caffrey lost the battle and lost most of its troops in one battle.

With only the remaining two hatching pools, it was impossible for Caffrey to gather enough troops before the end of the rainy season. In desperation, this ambitious traverser who had his soul transferred to the body of a skin lizard could only look at his good neighbors.

Perhaps because everything had gone smoothly since the crossing, Caffrey had intentionally or unintentionally overlooked the fact that the colonists were willing to do business with him honestly because they had no ability to rob him. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy was also unable to launch an attack due to the arrival of the rainy season, Caffrey took out far more gold than any previous business, and asked the colonists to find the best mercenaries in the Old World for him - it would be best if he could also call the legendary "Dragon Lord" Asaniel.

The colonists took all the gold that Cavery brought, and they were not polite to Cavery himself. As the people who are probably the best at reading the wind direction in the world, although there are some War Dogs with good reputation and who abide by contracts, there are more bastards who are greedy for money and have no shame, and who eat up the next one after the previous one. They captured Cavery who dared to come in person without any hesitation, tied up the lizard, and drove the boat to Jingning in the north.

This fellow time traveler, whose reincarnation skills were not very good, fell into the hands of the Lords of the Holy Scriptures.

……

Note 1: Raja is an Indian title, equivalent to king. 阇 is a polyphonetic character, pronounced as du here, with the first tone.

The author says:

Author's words: The south wind has returned here too... The quilt is damp when you touch it, and you can't fall asleep in it.

Answer to reader "Jiang Lian":

Skinks are not group members. There are ten group members in total, and none of them are from the Lizardmen faction. They were in the old version, but they were deleted in the new version along with the Maozi group members.

Answering readers' questions:

There are arrangements in this regard, so I won’t spoil the details here.

Chapter 308 New Harvest

Jingning, Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division prison cell.

Like Xuanshui, Jingning also set up a pacification department to handle various intelligence work. The administrative division where Jingning is located is named Chengze Prefecture. This name comes from the day when the solidification progress of the order field here reached 100%. A emerald green rain fell from the sky, and every drop of rain was full of the power of Ji Lun, the wind of life. All creatures that were drenched by this rain, whether plants, animals or humans, all had no diseases and were radiant.

An Jiuyue believed that the reason for this situation might be that the haunted forest had already been marinated by the wind and sand of death. When the realm of order dispelled the energies deeply rooted in the earth veins, the long-suppressed wind of life in this place suddenly erupted, resulting in this rain.

Regardless, as a prefecture-level administrative division and the location of the Shuofang Army's headquarters, Chengze Prefecture should have set up a pacification office. Although both the prefectural government office of Chengze Prefecture and the county government office of Jingning County had jails, Xiao Yiyue ordered the prisoners to be locked up in the Chengze pacification office's jail and personally imposed restrictions on them, given the particularity and importance of the prisoners this time.

On the night that Caffrey was admitted to the Jinyiwei prison, Xiao Yiyue found the old jailer who was best at torture, and interrogated the spirit lizard together with the Jinyiwei professionals. As a result, Caffrey confessed everything just as the Aurora people brought up the guys they were going to use, and before they even had time to serve the "appetizers".

"So," An Jiyue flipped through the interrogation records, "this is Keshuzhan No. 2?"

"In terms of ability, I think it is far inferior to Keshuzhan. Keshuzhan at least established a powerful Hobgoblin Khanate and almost sent the Chaos Dwarves away," Xiao Yiyue crossed his arms and leaned against the cold stone wall. "No matter how much of this is due to the gold finger, at least it did it. I remember you said that Keshuzhan's gold finger is relatively weak?"

"Hmm..." An Jiyue nodded. "After Ke Shuzhan died, its gold finger seemed to be untied and then recovered by my war codex (see Chapter 43). I got three secondary anchor points because of this, which was a real bargain. Ke Shuzhan's gold finger has three main functions. One is to greatly speed up the training of troops, and the other is to greatly increase the loyalty of subordinates to Ke Shuzhan, which is especially important for capricious creatures like hobgoblins. The other is to be able to view the character's attribute panel and so on."

Xiao Yiyue turned his head and said, "Don't you have the ability to create something out of thin air?"

"Not at all," the girl shook her head, "That's why I said its gold finger is weak."

"That is to say, in terms of golden fingers, Kaveri is stronger than Keshuzhan... although they are both far inferior to us," said the governor of the Shuofang Army, "but in terms of achievements, there is really no comparison between the two."

The spirit lizard also has a golden finger. It has something similar to a system store. It can collect energy from the spirit vein giant network to exchange for items in the store. All the items sold in the store are the creations of the ancient saints. As long as the energy collected is enough, even the hatching pool can be exchanged. According to Caffrey's explanation, it organized an army to defend the hatching pool of Fear Rock, but was almost captured by Xiao Yiyue on the spot. That time, it relied on an ancient saint artifact to teleport and escape.

Unfortunately, as a spirit lizard leader, Caffrey does not have the authority to directly mobilize the energy of the giant spirit network, and since the temple city in the Dragon Islands has been destroyed, there is not much energy available for call upon.

This unfortunate fellow traveler could only survive by relying on the little energy that escaped from the Spiritual Vein Net. It took it three years to collect enough money for the individual teleportation equipment. What Cavery usually did most was to go crazy at the dazzling array of exchange items in the store. The reason why it planned to go to the Southland was actually to find the temple city of Zetland where the magic toad was located, and then get the method of using the Spiritual Vein Net from the magic toad, and at least get more energy.

When Caffrey was tied up and sent here by the human colonists and mercenaries from Longya Mountain, this personal teleportation device was also sent here - mainly because the colonists had no idea what this thing was and thought it was just a stone craft with exquisite workmanship. When Caffrey was caught by the colonists, all the lizard-style gold ornaments hanging on his body were looted, but this real treasure was left behind.

During the interrogation, Caffrey tried to conceal the origin and function of the device, but unfortunately he was facing veterans who had been immersed in this field for more than ten years. Especially the old jailer who was seconded from the government office and had more than forty years of experience. His ability to observe words and expressions had been honed to the point of almost reading minds.

Using the individual transport device as a breakthrough point, the interrogators quickly broke down Caffrey's defenses and will without torture, and dug out information about the golden finger he possessed.

When An Jiyue led Jin Zhifan and flew all the way from Xuanshui to Jingning, Cavery even told her when he masturbated for the first time before crossing. An Jieshuai originally wanted to meet this fellow traveler and talk about their respective journeys through time, but she only saw an empty shell whose spirit had been completely destroyed, mumbling meaningless syllables in vain and woodenly. Finally, the two Jiedushi discussed it and decided to give this fellow spirit lizard a quick death, since they had already dug out all the information they wanted to know.

Unlike when Ke Shuzhan died, after Caveri died, the two governors next door did not get any extra benefits. During the whole process, the two war books did not detect any unbound systems or the like. It seemed that the whole meaning of the existence of this spirit lizard companion was to remind the Lord of the Book that they were not the only ones who had the intelligence advantage.

Afterwards, the two did not leave immediately, but simply chatted in the dark cell of the Jinyiwei.

"What a pity. Among the many creations of the ancient saints, there are so many good things, and in the end we got this," An Jiyue said, tossing a stone "dumbbell" in her hand, "a technical black box that cannot be analyzed."

"Look at it from a bright perspective. At least we are not completely unsuccessful," Xiao Yiyue shrugged. "Haven't you always wanted to crack the mystery of the magical teleportation spell of the magic toad? This may be a good start."

"Thank you for your good words, although I actually want the technology related to the energy dome more," An Jiuyue said, "In this world, things like teleportation spells always have hidden dangers... even if it is the teleportation of the ancient saints."

The Energy Dome is a unique defense facility of the Lizardmen. In a total war, it only provides some extra garrisons, but in the background, the so-called Energy Dome is actually a super-large magic shield that can cover the entire temple city. The defense of the Energy Dome is extremely exaggerated. With the energy support of the Spiritual Vein Giant Net, this thing can last for hundreds of years under the siege of the Demon Legion that has not been weakened by the Great Vortex. And only the Lizardmen in the entire Warhammer have this cool thing.

Neither the High Elves nor the Dark Elves had anything like it. Their walls were just walls, only they were magically reinforced and made of fine materials.

The two chatted for a while, and then walked out side by side. In addition to Caveri, Jingning actually had another matter, which was about how to deal with the human colony in Longya Mountain. Originally, the army would just go there and flatten it, but now that these scumbags had the merit of "capturing the enemy chief alive", some things could not be done so roughly.

"My opinion is just one. These people must all get out," An Jiyue was the first to set the tone. "No matter how great their contributions are, I plan to enclose the Dragon Islands and use them as a testing ground. No outsiders are allowed here."

"That's fine. At most, we can give them some financial compensation later." Xiao Yiyue had no objection to this. "Speaking of which, the reason why these people were so decisive in defecting was that someone played a very key role in the middle."

"From your tone," An Jiyue tilted her head, "Do I know this person?"

"I think we know each other. Gustav Winkler, you should be familiar with this name (see Chapter 218)," Xiao Yiyue said, "Do you remember what task you gave him in the name of Aiwen?"

"…Did he find any clues?"

"I don't know. Maybe you could go ask?"

"What identity do I have to ask?" An Jiyue asked back: "Forget it, just put on a show for him. Cooperate with me."

"no problem."

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Author's words: My daily routine is disrupted because of the return of the south wind...