Release that Witch Chapter 290: Investigation plan

Roland was sitting at his desk, thinking about how to attack the Kingdom Capital palace, and the floor-to-ceiling window behind him suddenly heard a knocking sound.

Going back, I saw Lightning lying on the window with a look of panic, and Macy squatted on top of her head, pecking at the window quickly.

As soon as Nightingale opened the window, the little girl flew into Roland's arms.

"What's wrong," he startled, "what happened?"

"Black stone goo! Huge snowy mountain goo!" Macy fell on the table and patted the wings to report.

"Ah?"

"None," Lightning muffled, "It's Devil, I see Devil!"

"What?" Roland looked serious, he touched each other's head to stabilize her emotions, "don't panic, you speak slowly."

It took a while before Lightning lifted his head from the prince's arms. Jin Canchan's short hair looked messy, and there were two light red marks around his eye sockets, which were apparently pulled out by windshields during high speed flight. I planned to draw the border line of Hidden Forest, and then went west along Scarlet Water River. Then I found a big mountain ... "

After listening to her detailed description of what she saw and heard, Roland could not help but widen her eyes. The red mist that Devil relies on is behind the snowy mountain, and it is only 200 kilometers away from Western Region?

He glanced at Nightingale, who nodded. "I'll call the other sisters."

An emergency meeting is then held in the castle office.

After Roland recounted the situation discovered by Lightning to everyone, the group of witch who had experienced the night of killing all showed an uneasy expression, especially Leaf. As the killer of two Devil witch, couldn't help but cover He opened his mouth and whispered.

"His Highness, I suggest to further explore the area covered by red mist," Scroll said first. "After all, Lightning just looked at it from a very long distance, and it is not certain that Devil will certainly be under red mist. In addition Even if this is confirmed, it will be investigated whether they will cross the sea-side mountains and reach the kingdom mainland along the coastline.

"I agree with Scroll," Wendy nodded. "Although they are very powerful, prepared defenses are better than grabbing hands."

As the two oldest witch of Cooperation Association, Scroll and Wendy have always been the backbone of many sisters. Although others are still a little scared, no one wants to just sit and wait.

Roland also tends to this countermeasure. Seeing that everyone has not expressed any objection, things have basically been settled in this way. The key is how to implement them.

"Use a hot air balloon to detect it," Anna suggested, "cover the sky with camouflage, cover it with clouds, and fly over the sea."

"You can also bring Silvie," said Nightingale, "her ability is so suitable for this situation."

"Yeah," Roland nodded, "Besides ... I'm going too."

"His Royal Highness!" As soon as his words were out, Wendy, Scroll and Nightingale all stopped at the same time, "You can't take this risk yourself!"

"Not risky," Roland waved his hand. "If they have the ability to leap over the sea or mountains, they should have been all over Four Great Kingdoms. The reason why they are still gathered in the extreme west is that Devil is not as scary as expected. . "

There is another reason he didn't say. He is more experienced than anyone in judging the development level of a different type civilization. If he can see Devil and their cities with his own eyes, it will be extremely useful for future development directions and response strategies. Great help.

"But ..." Wendy showed hesitant.

"Relax, just glance at it from afar," the prince smiled. "If it's dangerous to stay in the distance for investigation, I won't agree to let you go."

"Okay, but you must bring me," Nightingale was the first to change his word when dissuasion was not effective.

Looking at the serious eyes cast by the other party, Roland knew that she had been rejected by impossible, and after thinking for a while, he announced: "Then the people in this trip are Anna, Wendy, Soraya, Silvie, Nightingale, Lightning and Macy. "

"set off is one week later. In addition to the necessary food preparation, I will equip each of you with a revolver. Practice it for a week, so that even if it is not combat type witch, it has the ability to fight back against any enemy. . "

Hot air balloons are not as fast as Lightning. I ’m afraid that they will fly a full day for more than two hundred kilometers. Therefore, we still need to camp overnight in the wild to complete the investigation. Considering this, dry food, tents and weapon are all Is a must.

"Yes, Your Highness," witches answered in unison.

After everyone left, Roland had time to look at the black ore brought back by Lightning.

"You say this kind of stone is everywhere on the edge of the forest?"

"Yeah," Now Lightning has returned to peace, sitting at the table of mahogany, shaking his feet, his cheeks still have some redness, and "the closer to the foot of the mountain, the more, the lower the stone-covered ground is, if you look from the air, It's about ten times larger than Border Town. "

Roland put it in his hand and stunned it a little.

In terms of weight, it is a lot lighter than ordinary stones, and it is unlikely to be metal ores. The appearance is hard and light, which can reflect the metallic luster, and expose is on the surface ... Is it possible Is this a coal mine?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly called Anna back again.

Under the burning of the black fire, the stone quickly turned red and translucent, and looked like iron ore in the smelting furnace, but it did not dissolve because of this. Even after the black fire was recovered, the orange light emitted by it did not weaken at all, and a slight blue-blue flame was seen on the surface.

Roland confirmed his own speculation, this is indeed an excellent qualitative anthracite.

"It turned out that coal mines look like this," Lightning said, "I thought they were all fragile and fragile like charcoal, and there were too many powders, and my palms would get dirty with a touch."

"That is coal briquettes and briquettes that have been crushed and processed with water," Roland laughed. "Most coal mines are like stones when they are mined. Of course, the better the qualitative raw coal, the harder it will be. Like these stones, the surface can even reflect gloss. "

This unexpected discovery delighted him.

Coal is not rare in Greycastle. Both Fallen Dragon Ridge and Silver Light City are produced by coal mines, and are mostly used for kiln and heating. But in fact, it is extremely versatile. Before the popularization of internal combustion engines, it was the burning coal that propped up the steam-powered half of the sky. After coking coal, it can replace charcoal, iron and steelmaking, which is much more environmentally friendly than cutting trees. Even after entering the electric era, coal can also be used to make gas, hydrogen, and asphalt. Excellent fuel.

It is obviously better to hold an open-pit coal mine than to rely on imports. The only question is, how to develop it?

Roland moved his eyes to the newly drawn map of Lightning.

It seems imperative to build more inland steam cement ships. (To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation.)