Chapter 238: 237 Big Bird Corps Adds Another Fierce General!

Chapter 238 237.Big Bird Regiment Adds Another Fierce General!
When Brother Loyalty heard Lord Murphy’s words, his heart began to thump in excitement.

He felt that he might have triggered the legendary “hidden quest”, but this quest did not appear immediately, on the contrary, Murphy was like a real NPC first and loyal brother talked about “history”.

He looked at the gray-black gunpowder powder that had been processed by Brother Loyalty, and stretched out his fingers and twisted some of it, rubbing it in his hands.

The unique smell of gunpowder made him move his nose.

“I heard your questioning outside just now, about the stagnation of the dwarves and halflings in the art of gunpowder, and you are wrong in that assertion, my warrior. It is not as if they have abandoned their research in this artifact of war, it is simply a result of you being from the Otherworld unfamiliar with our history here.”

Murphy shook his head and addressed the wide-eyed Loyalist brother:
“Not only did the halflings not stop their research on gunpowder, instead, they came up with an upgraded and excellent product shortly after the appearance of dwarven firearms.

According to my shallow history studies, I can tell you with certainty that in the large-scale prospecting operation carried out by the dwarves on the outskirts of the Dark Mountain Range in Era 430, their prospectors accidentally found some magical minerals.

It was the appearance of those minerals that completely changed the history of halflings and dwarves on this continent.

That stuff is called ‘Burning Gold’.
Have you heard of that name?”

“Uh-huh uh-huh!”

Loyal nodded vigorously as he said:

“It comes up in Lady Trish’s alchemy class about as often as the word ‘loyal’ comes out of Lord Maxim’s mouth.”

“Uh, that’s not a word you want Maxim to hear, it’s very damaging to a loyalist’s mind.”

Murphy was amused as he waved his hand and said:

“Anyway, Burning Gold is quite a magical substance that possesses all sorts of marvelous properties.

If you’ve ever disassembled a witch hunter’s automatic hunting crossbow, it’s not hard to realize that the reason that compact steam furnace can provide such a surge of power is precisely because of the gold-burning catalyst added to its combustion furnace.

A mere metal rod the size of a fingernail cap can give it far more than ordinary power in the marvelous movement of steam.

I’m no expert on the subject, so I can’t really elaborate to you on how this thing works.

But the fact of the matter is that I have heard from Miriam, who has said that a certain steam engineering teacher of hers once summarized in class that a large portion of the foundation of halfling technological development was based on the study and use of combustion gold.

The great thing about this stuff is that it can also be used in gunpowder making.

Have you seen the special ammunition used by those witch hunters?

Those projectiles have a tiny amount of gold-burning powder added to them, and it only takes a little bit to turn ordinary black powder into magic.

Getting hit by a bullet like that would be quite painful even for a vampire like me.

We all thought it was normal before, but after hearing that brilliant analysis you just gave me, I suddenly realized that perhaps what is normal in our eyes happens to be the greatest abnormality in the eyes of you otherworldly people.”

Murphy paused, giving Brother Loyalty a little time to think.

He then asked:
“So, in your world, there is no such near-universal mineral as ‘Burning Gold’, right?”

“Of course not.”

Brother Loyalty said to himself that this NPC was really intelligent, and that talking to him did give him a marvelous feeling of chatting and discussing with someone from another world, this game really had no say in terms of immersion and sense of immersion.

He replied:

“Our technology over there follows the principle of the technology tree, one technology is illuminated in order to promote the progress of other technologies, there isn’t a marvelous substance that is so magical that it can be used in every industry, listening to what you said, this thing called combustion gold can be used as both an accelerant and a catalyst that accelerates the kinetic energy of steam.

That’s pretty incredible indeed.

But your statement also explains my confusion, if it only takes a little bit of ignition gold powder to make black powder explode with several times the destructive power, then there really is no need for Halflings and Dwarves to continue to delve deeper into the basic black powder level to light up the tech tree that they don’t even need to do so.

Ah, it seems I still don’t know enough about this magical world.”

“Well, it does, but I have a task for you!”

Murphy patted Brother Loyalty on the shoulder as he said:
“I want to ask you to make some weapons for us in the way you do it over there, I mean, follow the tech tree over there to design new weapons, Transylvania needs new weapons.”

“Hmm?”

Loyalist asked back, puzzled:
“But you already have a marvelous substance like Burning Gold, why do you need…”

“Because Transylvania does not produce burning gold! My warrior, at least as far as I can remember, this land of ours has not managed to gain the favor of Mother Earth.”

Murphy said in a hushed voice:
“Fantastic as those minerals are, they are in the hands of the dwarves.

Only the priests of Gaia have a marvelous way of discovering the accompanying gold-burning ores hidden in the minerals, and it is the untold secret of the dwarves and halflings how to process them to make them truly usable.

Most importantly, they see it as a technological monopoly and do not intend to share the secrets of gold-burning with other races.

The firearms used in the military reforms of the Golden Flower Kingdom are based on the most common black powder, and I have heard that King Louis is also searching for gold-burning ores in the country and that the Tower of the Ring under his command has already made some discoveries.

And we.
Transylvania does not have the resources to squander, my warrior.

How can we rely on the grace of the Halflings and Dwarves for such a vital force as weaponry? We had no choice. All the technology was in the hands of the halflings. We couldn’t steal it.

But now you are here!”

The Vampire Lord’s eyes all blossomed as he said to Brother Loyalty:
“You have brought us the otherworldly art of war and steel, do you know what that means? We won’t have to rely on the technical support of halflings and dwarves anymore, and we’ll have an independent and well-established military manufacturing industry.
Yes, a new standard!
A new standard, not based on the power of mystical gold-burning, but on one step at a time. In your words, lighting up those marvelous technology trees! Well, that’s quite an image, and ample proof of my warrior’s super-potential in this area of intelligence.

Let go and do it.

I absolutely support your attempts in this regard.”

“Ding!”

The beautiful quest triggering sound caused Brother Loyalty’s heart to surge as he glanced down “

[Hidden Quest-‘Otherworldly Heavenly Fire’ has been triggered!

Quest content: Lord Murphy was captivated by your strange talk, and he realized that he already has a second choice in his hands, and Transylvania’s strength on the power level might depend on this long talk between you and Lord Murphy.

In short, the vampire lord has made up his mind that he cannot allow his domain to be held hostage, and he has begun to boldly experiment with the power of steel and gunpowder that comes from the Otherworld.

Of course, he and you both know that this is destined to be a long and arduous process.

Quest objective: to craft an ‘Otherworldly-Modern’ style firearm for Lord Murphy within 20 days, with the requirement that the quality should be no lower than Standard-Newbie, and that it can be completed with normal firing.

Mission Reward: Independent Manufacturing Workshop X1, Initial Research Startup Capital 5000 gold coins.

Development Team Tip!

This mission may touch the taboo of some countries and regions, so please make sure testers complete all crafting activities in-game!

“5000 gold coins? Crap!” Brother Loyalty was immediately a bit overwhelmed by the reward of this quest, and he realized that he might have inadvertently triggered a special playstyle for manufacturing players in the next stage.

Namely, building their own factories and workshops!
This also meant that with proper management, manufacturing players would likely become the richest group of players in the game.

Perhaps this was also a way to make up for the manufacturing players?
After all, apart from the rare players like Lady Water who were exceptionally talented and brought their own master specialties, most manufacturing players had no way of balancing both manufacturing and combat, and this game really had a wild road in that regard!

“Will not let you down! Lord Murphy.”

Brother Loyalty immediately nodded his head and accepted the task, Murphy smiled, waved his hand and said:

“Do your best, I look forward to the finished product you come up with.”

After saying that he turned around and spread his wings, disappearing in front of Brother Loyalty’s eyes before the sunlight completely flooded the earth, while the little player rubbed his hands together with a pounding heart while thinking in his heart:

“The forums say that the development team especially favors players with craftsmanship, it seems that this is not bragging, great great, so let’s hand rub a big classic toy for the first mission. Hmmm Old Lee? A water balloon? Or a 98K or a 56? How about a Colt?

I don’t think so!

What choice do grown-ups have?

I want it all!”
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“Why were you two suddenly chosen to join Consul Miriam’s advisory group? Is it because you’re articulate? Or because you’re both cunning?”

As the sun rises, several hunting ponies are making their way from the Barony of Darkness to the Scarlet Fortress, and the six-member “Big Bird Turning” group of Meow Meow is in the middle of a “strategic turnaround”.

Originally, they had been following the group and brushing the jackals, but Brother Meow Meow and Little Hands suddenly received a mission, asking them to participate in protecting Consul Miriam as she traveled to the city of Batasin to meet with an emissary from the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Nordstorf.

Of course, quests could be refused, but how could a player refuse a quest that was delivered to their door?
Anyway, they were already far behind Brother Bang and a few other teams in the team standings due to being two days late, and Woo Meow wasn’t in a hurry to fight for the first place, plus they could just as easily destroy Jackals on their way to Batasin City to earn personal points, so they happily accepted the mission and prepared to go ahead and meet up with Miriam.

However, Ring Rush and Black Silk Brother, who were riding on their horses, were still very unhappy.

They felt that they were being underestimated!

Obviously, they were also very powerful, so why didn’t they receive the mission that Lord Murphy had specifically given them?

“I told you all to brush up on your goodwill, but you just won’t listen!”

Brother Woo Meow said smugly as he rode his horse:
“It must be because we, Woo Meow, have higher favorability with Lord Murphy and Baroness Miriam, that’s why we received the quest ah! What’s more, the development team hints in people’s quests have already made it clear.

The reason for finding a few of us as Lady Miriam’s advisors is because we have specialties related to the financial field on our test applications, and this negotiation is to make use of those specialties.

This is clearly a mission set up by the development team for the purpose of enhancing the player’s perception and sense of immersion, okay?

On the surface it’s Ms. Miriam who’s going to negotiate, but in reality the plot direction and the outcome of the negotiation depend on how the players should operate, after all, it’s also stated in the mission description that Ms. Miriam isn’t good at the economic side of things, so it requires the wisdom of the testers.”

“Right!”

The pretender next to him who didn’t use his hands also grinned widely:
“I’m a professional in finance, okay? Older brother also graduated from the finance department, and the student party that went over with us are all high achievers in finance, isn’t it obvious? The development team is trying to get the best out of the testers.

I think this game will not only come out with the running business game, but will most likely allow players to participate in the economic construction of the territory.

Damn, at a glance, they’re very ambitious.”

“After all, it’s 100% real, based on this goal, it’s not surprising that the development team has come up with any strange and bizarre activities.”

The yawning Qu said with a grimace:

“Those things that are commonplace in reality are especially strange when put into the game, but this is also the charm of this game ah, we are the real plot leader, this kind of feeling is really great not to have to be treated as a footman.”

They quickly rushed into Scarlet Fortress on their high horses, and as a result, a square three-story townhouse dormitory building had already risen up in the outer city of Scarlet Fortress in the past few days.

The workers under the command of the bricklayers were making exterior renovations and corrections to this first “residential building”, and some carpenters from the camp were also making windows, doors and simple furniture for these houses.

“Wow, these administrative players are not doing a bad job!”

Sanwu Dou couldn’t help but spit out as he looked at the decent buildings from a distance on his horse:
“It’s just that TM’s heart and mind are a bit bad! This isn’t a replica of the Khrushchev building, giving people from other worlds to live in a silo, cool in winter and hot in summer, this conscience is really bad.”

“They were living in shacks before, so don’t complain.”

Woo Meow brother said a sentence with the brothers rushed to the administrative courtyard, was about to dismount but coldly saw an NPC wearing a black robe is and a small player pulling and tugging.

“I told you, there’s no such thing as nasty detection psychic energy!”

The black-robed NPC cursed with some exasperation:

“Spiritual energy spells are all sacred things, how come you’re using them to spy on women? I’m really pissed off! A guy like you is going to be burned to death when placed in the Tower of the Ring!”

“But before you accepted me as your disciple, you clearly said that detecting spiritual energy is quite powerful!”

That little player wasn’t convinced and retorted with his arms crossed:

“Why else would I have been tricked by you, this detection spell has no combat power at all ah, I don’t care! You’re my mentor, you have to teach me! I want the kind that can see through clothes.”

“I said! There is no such detection spell!”

Scouting Spiritualist Heru was so angry that he wanted to crack his “apprentice’s” head with his staff, he was also a member of Lady Miriam’s diplomatic corps, and he was happy to have the position of “Administrative Knight”, but he was very angry by his apprentice’s outrageous request. He was also a member of Ms. Miriam’s diplomatic corps, and was happy to have the position of “Executive Knight”.

Seeing that there were a few warriors watching, he immediately shook off his apprentice’s hand in anger, and then turned around and walked away with the elegance and decency that a Spiritualist should have.

“Hey man, what are you arguing with that NPC?”

Brother Meow Meow went over and asked, and the guy in front of him named “Thirty Years Old Smokey” grunted and crossed his arms and said:

“I was tricked by that cunning NPC, he said I was very talented and asked me to be his apprentice, I thought it was a hidden profession, so I switched to ‘Scouting Spiritualist’, but it turns out that this profession is too pitiful! It’s full of reconnaissance-type spells!

I don’t care if I don’t have any attack skills.

These scouts actually can’t even see through NPC’s clothes, so what do you think is the use of me learning these?”

“Crap! It’s the first time I’ve seen someone who put their thoughts so honestly! To tell you the truth, I also really want to learn this psychic detection technique that allows for perspective.”

Brother Woo Meow was astonished for a moment as he said to the complaining Smoke Sang in front of him:
“The two of us can definitely become close friends, why don’t you join my team? We’re short of a full-time scout and logistician, think about it.

When this game opens up the 18+ function, I’ll treat you to a good time!”

“Hey, that’s what you said, Brother Meow, I don’t have a team either, come on, let’s play together, where are you guys in reality? Why don’t we get together offline, and you can take me out on the town?
Nowadays, people are so hypocritical!
Unlike the two of us, we have to be honest!

As the saying goes, a gentleman is honest and open, and a villain hides his JJ.”

“Hey, you fucking can really a talent, line, come over some other day, buddy take you to experience experience, dash dash.”

(End of chapter)