#272 - Section 272 - From Baron to Lord

"Mmm, this one is the prettiest, I want this one." Lucy said happily, seeing the slender, fiery red ruby dragon.

The ruby dragon was very happy, stretched its head over, and gently nuzzled Lucy's face. Lucy happily hugged its head, looking very content... Asking for fresh flowers.

Lucy hadn't cultivated before, and her strength was weak, but the ruby dragon knew this and was very careful with her.

Lucy carefully climbed onto the giant dragon, and under the ruby dragon's lead, flew happily in the dragon's nest, constantly familiarizing herself with the giant dragon.

"Allen, come and chase us, hahaha." Lucy was also riding a giant dragon for the first time, flying in the sky, and she was very excited.

"Coming." Allen saw the mind dragon eager to try on the side. Judging by the dragon's age, it was just a child.

However, Allen rarely played with it. Today, it had long been unable to hold back.

Allen also sat on the mind dragon and flew towards the jewel dragon in the sky.

...The two giant dragons were chasing and playing in the sky, very happy.

Allen also enjoyed a rare moment of leisure. He had been worried sick since learning that the undead of the Atyes Empire were going to attack Allen Duchy.

However, now Allen Duchy has another dragon knight, and a jewel dragon knight at that. At this rate, the strength of Allen Duchy is developing rapidly.

Early the next morning, Allen summoned Finance Minister Sparrow and Oliver.

"Greetings, Duke." When the two saw Allen, they knelt down and saluted.

"Mm." Allen nodded, "I already told you yesterday that a great war is coming, and asked you to prepare."

"Duke, we have already begun to prepare, and we guarantee that we will not delay matters." Sparrow and Oliver said nervously, thinking that Allen was dissatisfied with their actions.

"No need to worry." Allen said, "I just have some instructions."

"Sparrow, transport the prepared war materials to the coast of the duchy. The great war will break out there. We still have three months."

"Yes, Duke." Although he didn't know where Allen got the news, Sparrow agreed without hesitation.

After all, the Duke is watched by the God of War, and these must have been told to the Duke by the God of War.

"As for you, Oliver." Allen turned to him.

"Within three months, you must ensure that at least two railways are laid to the coast. Can you do it?"

Chapter 389: Shields and Large and Small Turrets

"Now you can put aside the railways in other places for a while and focus on laying the coastal railways." Allen looked at Oliver.

"I will remember the Duke's instructions." Oliver hurriedly agreed.

After instructing the two of them, Allen came to Boltzmann's side.

After all, this energy shield and turret will be a major weapon against the undead. He was still a little worried about not asking about it himself.

Allen saw the alchemy laboratory, and the soldiers at the door saw Allen and hurriedly half-knelt and saluted: "Cid, Graveman, greetings, Duke."

"Mm." Allen nodded and walked into the laboratory.

Allen personally requested these guards at the door. After all, these alchemists are treasures to the duchy.

Although there is absolutely no danger near the royal capital, it is better to be safe than sorry. Allen still selected two "910" guards.

Although they look inconspicuous, they are seventh-level knights, enough to solve most of the troubles.

Allen walked into the laboratory and was pleased to find that it was not very dirty. This was thanks to his foresight, knowing how unreliable it would be to let this group of alchemists take care of the cleaning, and he sent out cleaners in advance.

Now it seems that the effect is still good, and several people who were busy also discovered Allen.

"Greetings, Duke." Boltzmann and the others hurriedly saluted.

"Mm, Boltzmann, how are your shields and turrets doing?" Allen was most concerned about this.

Hearing this, Boltzmann immediately looked bitter.

He glanced at Allen and said boldly: "Duke, we can already successfully replicate the shields and turrets, but what we lack most now is energy blocks."

"Energy blocks?" Allen was a little puzzled, "Didn't you say before that the storage of energy blocks is very sufficient?"

After Boltzmann successfully refined the energy block through the second-stage alchemy, and the operation of the iron car also required a lot of energy blocks, Boltzmann began to refine them day and night.

Fortunately, he later found a lot of helpers, and with their help, the royal treasury stored hundreds of energy blocks.

"That's right, we do have a lot of energy blocks stored, but this shield and turret consume too much energy, especially the turret."

At this time, Urfa and Lilith took out a device from behind and placed it in front of Allen.

"Duke, please take a look, this is our improved shield technology."

Allen looked at the palm-sized black iron ball in Urfa's hand, with a groove on it.

Allen took the small ball and saw the groove on it, thinking it should be for placing energy blocks.

Sure enough, Boltzmann handed him an energy block, "Duke, just put the energy block on it, the size and strength of the shield can be adjusted."

Allen took the energy block and placed it on it.

Suddenly, with a soft sound, small cracks slowly opened on the iron ball, and blue light burst out.

With a flash, a light blue罩罩包住Allen.

Allen reached out and touched the shield, a white light flashed on his hand, but the shield still looked unchanged. Allen said in surprise: "It's still pretty good."

If he had known earlier, he would be in the legendary realm now. This shield can actually withstand half of his strength, which is very good.

If his current strength wasn't so high, he might have been tempted to use one himself, but giving it to Lucy wouldn't be bad either. "This is a prototype for the Grand Duke, we specifically developed another shield based on the Grand Duke's requirements," Boltzmann said.

"The minimum range of the shield is one kilometer, and one energy block can withstand a full-force attack from a Dragon Knight for a day."

"The larger the range, the more energy it consumes, but this isn't the place to show it off, so we made this prototype."

"That's really good." Allen looked at the shield in his hand, very satisfied.

When the time comes, as a Dragon Knight, she can protect herself.

"By the way, make a few more of these shields, I have a use for them." Allen thought of Marco and the others, this would be perfect for them.

"Grand Duke, this..." Boltzmann was troubled, "Time is too tight, we are already rushing to make shields and turrets, if there is more work..."

"Then forget it." Allen saw their lifeless expressions and could only give up.

It seems this idea can only be discussed after the war.

"Well, this shield does consume quite a bit of energy."

"A lot? Grand Duke, you'll know what a lot means later..." Boltzmann led Allen to the back of the laboratory.

Behind the laboratory was a large open space, probably the alchemists' testing ground, it looked very dilapidated.

Allen looked at the middle of the open space, where two things were covered with black cloth, one large and one small, looking very mysterious.

"Grand Duke, please look, this is the turret we developed." Boltzmann said, walking to the side of the object and forcefully pulling off the black cloth.

Allen looked at the turret in front of him, very interested. He had imagined the turret to be like an ancient iron cannon.

But this turret was even more full of technological flair.

The small turret had three legs for support, with a horizontally placed cylinder as the working center, and a muzzle in the front, looking very ferocious.

Behind the cylinder, there was a place that looked like a control panel, with two telescopes on it.

The small turret was about three meters high, and the large turret was even more exaggerated, a full ten meters.

The large turret had a huge circular base, with a shape similar to the small turret, but more complex, with two things that looked like antennas on top.

Allen couldn't help but stroke the two turrets, the shock that these two huge weapons gave people was too strong.

"There are several types of turrets in the ruins, but we chose the two most suitable ones and made some modifications." Boltzmann introduced to Allen from the side.

"Grand Duke, please look, this is the first model of turret. It is simple to operate, and only requires a Bronze Knight. And each of its bombardments is equivalent to an attack from a Level 4 Silver Knight. Every minute, it can release super energy, equivalent to a full blow from a Level 6 Knight."

"So powerful?" Allen was overjoyed.

"Grand Duke, please look." Boltzmann stood on the control panel of the small turret, and Ulfa put a rockery about four or five meters high in front of it.

Boltzmann controlled the turret, aimed at the hill in front, and after a moment of charging, a blue beam of light blasted onto the rockery.

With a burst of violent explosions, dust scattered everywhere.

When the dust cleared, there was no trace of the rockery in its original place.

"Good, Boltzmann, try this big turret too." Allen waved his hand.

Chapter 390 Energy Block Assembly Line

"Grand Duke, this place is too small, I'm afraid we need to find a large enough place."

"So powerful?" Allen was pleasantly surprised. He closed his eyes, and after a while, he beckoned with his left hand.

A wall of light appeared in front of the group, "This is my strongest defensive measure at the moment, you can attack with confidence."

"Great." Boltzmann and Ulfa looked very happy.

They had finally created this big turret, but they had long wanted to test its power. If they weren't afraid of destroying the palace, they would have couldn't help but want to try it.

Immediately, Boltzmann and Ulfa worked together to adjust the turret and pressed the start button. With a sound, the light in the muzzle of the big turret became stronger and stronger.

After a moment, a huge white beam of light, as thick as a bucket, roared out and hit the wall of light.

The white light was so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. After six or seven seconds, the turret stopped.

"Well done, this is already equivalent to the attack of a Saint Realm powerhouse." Seeing Boltzmann and the others looking at him expectantly, they must also want to know the power.

"25 Great, we succeeded." Boltzmann and Ulfa laughed at each other. Even Lilith, who wasn't very interested in mechanical alchemy, was very happy.

"But sir, this attack requires five energy blocks." Boltzmann said with a wry smile.

"What?" Allen looked at Boltzmann. He knew that this turret was so powerful, so the energy required would naturally be high.

But the fact that it required five energy blocks at a time made him feel a toothache. He knew that an energy block was refined from magic stones and contained a very amazing amount of energy.

But after thinking about it, it was still worth it, after all, this was equivalent to having half a Saint Realm powerhouse more.

"How many energy blocks do we have left?" Allen asked Boltzmann.

"Grand Duke, there are less than three hundred left." Boltzmann said cautiously.

"嘶!" Allen began to have a toothache again, what's the use of so few.

With the consumption of these shields and turrets, I'm afraid it's only enough for a few days.

"Grand Duke, we also know that energy blocks are scarce. We have been desperately making energy blocks these days, but the time it takes to make these energy blocks is too long, and we can only make thirty blocks a day."

"Is it troublesome to make these shields and turrets?" Allen's face darkened a bit when he thought about having to make shields and turrets.

Boltzmann also guessed what Allen meant and shook his head.

"Grand Duke, these things are not difficult to understand the principles. We can hand over the other parts to the blacksmiths in the duchy, and we only need to make the core."

"That's good!" Allen breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the production speed of these energy blocks is too slow to keep up with the supply at all.

Allen stroked his chin, pondering. And Boltzmann and the others did not dare to disturb Allen at all.