624. chapter 622 621 the resignation of lord selak our journey
Chapter 622 621.The Resignation of His Excellency Selak – Our journey is a sea of stars!
Although Archduke Bloodfear, the old pirate, had made up his mind to be the Riddler, his assistance was indeed tangible.
Paula, the halfling captain, had made her decision at midnight that day, and she was going to ride the winds of this rare fortune.
So at midnight, Captain Paula ran off with several of her inner crew to have an audience with the Scarlet Consul, causing Miriam to have to get out of bed and change her clothes for a reception at the administrative compound.
It was indeed a great event.
If Paula could bring more airships for Transylvania to be converted into weapons of war, it would mean another truly usable air force under Murphy’s command, in addition to the single flying soldier like the vampire.
Although some of the very aspiring manufactures among the smaller players had already begun to privately conspire in preparation for making wooden airplanes, Murphy obviously didn’t have that much time to wait for them to retrace their aerospace steps.
According to the deduction of some mysterious “big brother” on the forum, even with the technical support from the real world, with the skills and resources the players have now, it is not so easy to reproduce a WWI level airplane in Transylvania.
Especially in the case of the vomit sauce in the hands of a full set of drawings, but spent two months even a combustion engine can not get the situation.
Vomit Mud Sauce looked unreliable, but he was a professional engineer, the kind with a license! Even a professional like him couldn’t get it right, it was obviously unrealistic to expect players to save up an airplane just by brainstorming.
Transylvania’s industrial base is too weak, the smooth operation of the arsenal is still relying on the various industrial instruments that Governor Murphy “robbed” from all over the world, and to expect such a small number of machines to complete the industrialization of the world is really a fantasy.
In this case, it would be great to rely on external relations to get a fleet of airships.
Even if we can’t use Chardonnay’s connections to arm and transform the airships, as long as we drive them back, even if we use the most stupid “sticking our hands out of the cockpit and throwing hand grenades” method of the former World War I style air combat, it is still an important upgrade of the means of striking.
However, Murphy and Miriam both know that this kind of thing can not be rushed.
Captain Paula is also to little by little to go to the relationship, but also carefully cover up her and the Transylvanian secret deal, otherwise the Steam Lords Council chastisement down, she a small airship owner really can not handle this kind of thing.
But Murphy now has a preliminary network.
Therefore, while Paula’s crew ate at the official hospitality restaurant in the Scarlet Fortress, which was run by the great cook Shawan himself, and roared forward in several carriages to the Treasure Bay to enjoy the good life, Murphy also returned to the ruins at the very bottom of the Blood Wyvern Cloisters.
He found the old flywheel and spoke directly:
“Can your old treasure that runs the Halfling black market get a hold of a dirigible? Can you modify the arithmetic beads for the airship?”
“Huh?”
This question blindsided the old Flywheel who was up all night thinking about a complex engineering puzzle, but the gloomy fellow’s mind was spinning so fast that he immediately responded and said:
“So, you’re planning to replace the instrument cores on the airships with the arithmetic pearls I cracked, thus bypassing the regulation of those fools from the Steam Lords and turning the Halfling airships into your weapons of war? It won’t work, Murphy!
It’s not that it can’t be done on a technical level, the technicalities are pretty well solved.
I’ll admit that your solution is indeed a good one, but don’t you forget that the best intelligence agencies on the continent are in the hands of the Steam Lords, and just one use of that blimp weapon of yours would be enough for the Council of Lords to issue a ban.
The halfling people can spend a thousand years in this chaotic continent peacefully not just because we are lucky, the steam lords are not really stupid even though they appear in the continent with the image of harmless people.
The huge intelligence network of the Thieves’ Guild allows them to get all kinds of news at the first time so that they can make judgments.
It’s a loop you have no way of getting around.
Therefore, my advice to you is to press on for now, and if this strategy can only be used once, make sure that you have enough airship formations under your command first My old babe can help to collect those resold second hand airships for you, and have your partners bring them under their command in the name of acquisition.
But there can’t be too many, from what I know of those idiots, getting up to ten small used airships would be enough to trigger their attention.”
“Good idea!”
Murphy nodded, but then he asked with a puzzled look in his eyes:
“You seem to have a strong opinion of the Steam Lords, why are you always so enthusiastic about this kind of thing that would break their rules?”
“Because they’re a bunch of idiots!”
Old Flywheel scolded in a grumpy tone:
“My mentor had already advised them on his deathbed, as they did, to protect Chardonnay Harbor from the real world, so that the halflings would remain unaware of the chaos and danger of the continent at some point in time when something was bound to go wrong.
Halflings cannot self-segregate themselves from the continent!
We’re part of this world, and we have to get involved instead of pretending like ostriches that nothing is happening!
The Steam Lords think they’re protecting the people, but they’re not!
Okay, okay, I don’t have any special feelings for those idiots who live in Chardo Harbor and think the world is at peace.
I just don’t feel for my mentor!
My mentor was one of the founding fathers of steam engineering, and his life was dedicated to engineering and Chardonnay Harbor, but those fools ignored his warnings and continued with that silly isolationism.
Bach Jr. agreed that it wouldn’t work, which is why she went to the Tower of the Ring.
Minx also knew it wouldn’t work, which is why he strongly urged the recruitment of more Outsider students in the Engineering Academy.
You see, I’ve had my share of conflicts with my mentors and siblings, but we also have something in common, which makes us recalcitrant in the eyes of the Steam Lords, who see us as unstable.
That’s a bunch of idiots!
They’ll have to pay for their stubbornness someday giving them a hard time is my favorite thing to do, and that’s what brought me and my old baby together.
Oh, I’ve had a sudden genius idea!”
The old flywheel let out an eerie, shrill laugh, and he coughed twice, addressing Murphy:
“My old babe can help your collaborator acquire the old airships in the name of the company’s expansion, she has contacts in that area, and you can form a new company through those men you have in Chardonnay Harbor and go to the airship factories and place orders.
We halflings have developed our airship craft over the centuries, and have become process-oriented in our production.
It takes at most two or three months from the time an order is placed to the completion of production of a new airship, and the news I received a month ago said that one or two airship factories have gone to the brink of bankruptcy due to poor management, and they are now craving for orders to come back from the dead.
This desire can be utilized to conceal some important information.
Well, Halfling business competition is always brutal.
If you’re fast enough, and you’re stuck at a precise enough point, you’ll have another five to ten new airships before the Steam Lords put a ban on them.
My advice to you is to build big!
The bigger the better!
My Flywheel Consortium can even advance some of the funds, but the largest of the airships will be mine! I have to have an airborne lab that can be moved around and isn’t so easily tracked.
I can have Dina return to Chardonnay Harbor to help you do this.”
“It’s quite a find to have a treasure of talent like you in a halfling city.”
Murphy looked at the old Flywheel who had become excited by the fact that he was able to cause trouble for the Steam Lords, and he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration:
“You guy really has a rebel bone, then, the installation and debugging of the arithmetic pearl after the airship comes over will be left to you?”
“No problem.”
Old Flywheel waved his hand and said:
“Thirty thousand gold coins for debugging a ship, one bite price! If you want to ask me to make you drawings for the modification of armed airships, then add another ten thousand. I advise you to hurry up and raise the money.
Whether you’re buying old airships or building new ones you need lots and lots of money, and from my observations over the past few days I can tell you that your Transylvania’s finances are very, very unhealthy, and you’re already on the verge of bankruptcy.
You’ve really failed as a lord.”
Murphy didn’t care about Flywheel’s trolling, he knew better than anyone else how bad Transylvania’s economic situation was, but wasn’t it something that couldn’t be helped?
Anyone sitting on the volcano pile of Transylvania couldn’t possibly reverse this bad situation.
Murphy could only take one step at a time.
“Tomorrow afternoon in my office, we are going to discuss the program upgrade of the Operational Treasure Pearl, this is something you promised me, don’t be late.”
Murphy felt out his pocket watch and looked at the time, then left the place.
When he arrived at the nighttime administrative compound, he was just in time to see Miriam and Captain Paula there mingling and discussing the vision of future cooperation.
Murphy had intended to discuss with Miriam whether he could squeeze a little money out of the precarious finances to spend on the purchase of a new airship, but before he could enter the hall, he saw the accompanying First Mate Claire swaying out of the room.
“Pablo told me to tell you, Handsome Murphy.”
The titillating pirate first mate flirtatiously reached out and placed her hand on Murphy’s shoulder as she whispered:
“The Blood Fear Fleet can provide a sum of money for your endeavors…”
“You can read minds, can’t you?”
Murphy sighed:
“Or is it that my handsome appearance can no longer hide my poor poor poor breath? Why does everyone know I’m short of money?”
“No, not really.”
Claire shrugged, truthfully:
“The Blood Fear Fleet still has a batch of ‘goods’ left to sell on the Paula side, and we’re too lazy to go back and collect the money, right now is no longer the time to cherish wealth, and pirates can become very generous if they can use that money to buy their lives.”
“Then let’s double it.”
Murphy thought for a moment and said:
“I’m going to place an order to make new airships at the airship factory in Chardonnay Harbor, and the number is around five to ten, which obviously requires a large amount of money, so if the Blood Fear Fleet can help me advance the money, then the Blood Vulture Clan will be more than willing to step in to help when you guys are in trouble.”
“Are you serious?”
Claire seemed to have sobered up all of a sudden.
She stared at Murphy’s handsome face and said:
“You don’t even know how much trouble we’re in, and you dare to make such a guarantee? Aren’t you afraid of losing your Transylvania as well?”
“I’m afraid, but fear is no reason to stop, I need a win, Transylvania’s business is just getting started, and I don’t want to see a defeat that destroys everything.”
Murphy said softly:
“For that, I’d rather make a deal with the devil! As terrible as your troubles are, they don’t have to be any more ferocious than the devil’s, do they?”
“Ha, you’ll definitely be an excellent pirate on the Sea of Mists, Sir Murphy, you’re really open-minded in critical moments, okay! We’ll shell out that money.”
Claire gave a thumbs up, then licked her lips and whispered:
“However, I also have a small additional condition, look. I’ve given you so much money, Handsome Murphy, don’t you also have to shoot something I want?”
“I think Pablo would be a few thousand meters away aiming for my head with Dark Luck.”
Murphy spat:
“If your hands continue to be less than decent, I’m going to have to perform a headbutt on you.
Don’t be such a slut, Claire.
You and I both know that you’re actually a very conservative woman.
If you’re sure of Pablo, you won’t do anything to break his heart. I forgot to tell you two, I can really read minds. I knew what you two were when we first met.
Tsk tsk, the pirate business can actually give birth to a love child like you two, it’s really rare.”
“Ch, obviously has a handsome face but is so traditional, meaningless.”
Claire removed her hand from Murphy’s clothes, she sent a passionate flying kiss towards the distant dark night, and swayed her body back to the room to continue her company.
At this time, on the transom platform of the Good Luck ship that was suspended at a height of almost 70 meters above the ground, Captain Pablo who maintained a sniper stance put away the Dark Night Good Luck that was loaded and strengthened with six BUFF in his hand with a face of satisfaction, able to shatter the defenses of the Gold One with a single shot.
Aiya, today his dear Claire did not give himself a cuckold again, it is really good.
In other words, let Murphy so handsome guy stay in his own woman side is really let a person fear, although their own for Claire’s fidelity is very confident, but in case Murphy has a bad heart, Claire really do not necessarily hold ah.
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The next morning, Maxim, Kudel, Adele, Femis and Happy Stick who were summoned back by Murphy as well as commanders like Master Qin were invited to step onto the cabin of the Good Luck.
They must begin to familiarize themselves with the unique vehicle of the mechanical airship, and reset the current strategic plan to include the airship as a “special unit” of Transylvania in the tactical arrangement.
It was the first time for the NPCs to see such a thing, but the players were very excited.
Rod and Master Qin were discussing about the invincibility of the Kirov and the 50 Kirov’s ability to push through everything, while the other players who came along with them exclaimed that the development team was awesome.
Now even the Hundred Star Behemoth was ready for the war mongers!
“I declare! We, the Transylvanian Air Force, are finally bullshitting!”
The self-proclaimed “Commander of the Transylvanian Air Force”, the thirty-year-old Smoke Sang looked at the cool airship with a lot of emotion, and in his heart, he had already begun to fantasize about the cool scene of himself commanding a formation of airships to bombard the capital city of the Golden Sparrow.
Beside him, the “Medieval Evangelist”, who just entered the game yesterday, was even shouting and running around, causing a group of halflings to look at this strange group of guys as if they were idiots.
But if you want to say who is the most excited in the game, it is definitely not Smokey or Stick or Master Qin, although they can understand the military significance of airships for Transylvania, but there is another group of people who have a different understanding of the use of airships.
“Ah, isn’t this the kind of big ship we wanted that can fly? I knew the development team wouldn’t let us down!”
The wide-bodied, always smiling logistics officer of the Riptide Knights, the senior EVE operation god, and His Excellency Serak Fender, who had been putting running ships on his lips all day long, was so excited that his whole body wobbled the moment he stepped onto the airship.
He screamed and shouted to a few of his fellow officers beside him:
“I’m going to add a teleportation module to this ship! We’re going to complete the preview before entering the Star Ocean on this continent! We’re going to create our own dreadnought! We’re going to command the invincible air force of Transylvania and lay claim to a great big frontier!
We’re going to rebuild the greatness of the shiprunners, and we’re going to build our own dynasty of traders!
Fleet!
At my command!
Target stargate, prepare to jump!”
A few other EVE bigwigs were also very excited, for them, the significance of the ship is extraordinary, although the dirigible is not a conventional airship, but at the moment, it is not not that condition.
It’s okay to make do!
At least this airship can fly, and it is indeed a ship!
Than in the ground channel monopolization Cadman River shipping, this kind of driving a dirigible all over the continent wandering things obviously more in line with their appetite.
“Tepal! Ferdin! Uther, listen to me.”
The Honorable Serak Fender grabbed the arithmetic jewel and shouted to his officers:
“I’m resigning today, old me, so you guys can find a new logistics chief again, we’re going to start our great journey of conquering the Star Ocean, and don’t call me anymore, I’m afraid my new airships will get the wrong idea, so that’s it.
Bye bye you le.”
(End of this chapter)