"Hey......"

Cervantes sighed and stood on the rampart of the city to look at the mess in the distance.

Until the road before the fortress was completely destroyed, although it was outside the border, but they also built it.

Even though it doesn't connect to the nearest town, once you pass through a forest, you can see that a path can lead you in the right direction, which is a pleasant thing to do anyway.

This gray road is also a sign of proximity to the Duchy of Sorrow, and almost all merchants and adventurers who come to play the Duchy and the Kingdom of Kolo will be happy to see this road, because it means that their bumpy journey is about to come to an end, and in front of them is the civilized land they have been thinking about day and night.

Those who have not actually been to the wilderness will never know what it is like, and not only does it require constant vigilance, but also food and water protection, and sometimes warmth.

This was built by order of Serena, so it was natural to repair it after the battle, but ......

Not only was the land before the fortress shattered, but there was a wide ravine in front of it, and when the groundwater gushed out, it was almost a lake, and the only way to build a road was to build a bridge.

That's a lot of money!

"Alas......" The black dragon sighed powerlessly again, leaning on the female wall softly, looking at the broken earth in front of him, and had a headache How to explain to the maid.

Fortunately, this time he managed to keep the enemy outside the borders of the principality, and if he managed to infiltrate them, the maid would probably have skinned him, and Cervantes was a little scared just thinking about it.

Since the bridge is about to be built, it is better to dig the river again!

It is basically impossible to fill the ravine in front of you, so it is better to dig a river channel and make fortifications.

Cervantes seems to be seriously injured, with wounds in many places all over his body, but in fact the injuries are not very serious, at least now he can move freely after the war.

The scope of the previous battle was a bit too large, but fortunately it was the spring breeze and the winter snow had not melted, otherwise it would have been very difficult to block the road.

In order to prepare for this battle, the Principality of Sorrow quietly blocked the roads on the edge of the border, and those who went out or came in were blocked.

Although Cervantes Benlong didn't care much, the maid said that the Duchy was still inseparable from the merchants and adventurers, and if they were to know that the region was in turmoil, they might reduce their trade in the future, and the Duchy would lose money.

Cervantes pondered it again, and it always felt that this was a bit unpleasant.

Are they going to be so passive and defensive?

If this continues, then sooner or later this place will be lost, although after this battle, the Plague Church may have to slow down for a while, after all, they have lost a legend and many priests, and the duchy has nothing to lose.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days?

In the past, in order to stabilize the priesthood of the plague god, the Plague Church would send a team of legends and more than a dozen priests to the Principality of Sorrowful Wind.

Trying to reawaken people's fear of the plague by spreading the plague in large numbers and causing a large number of deaths here, so as to stabilize the cult of the plague and even make the plague god go further.

The black dragon and the maid had long understood what those people were planning, but even if they did, they didn't come anyway?

Because the goal is clear and ambitious, a large force will be dispatched.

However, it was because their target was so obvious this time that Cervantes was able to intercept them in time and accurately, but if the Plague Church wanted to retaliate later, they might not be able to stop everyone.

The Plague Church only needs to send some desperate members to bring the plague virus, and then maliciously spread the plague within the principality, so that they can scramble and cause great damage to the country.

They can't search through everyone's belongings, do they? Something like the plague virus, even the congregants will get infected before they enter the territory, and then detonate the virus after entering the territory.

The people of the Plague Church are a bunch of crazy people, and the fact that they believe in the god of the plague is enough to tell that they are crazy and can do anything.

Where would normal people worship such a thing as 'plague'?

But now no one knows where the plague church is lurking and where the plague god is, otherwise the major churches and countries would have come to the door a long time ago, and it would be their turn to worry about these things.

Sera must have her own ideas, right?

After all, she would feel very uncomfortable if she took one step and didn't think about the next few steps, so she didn't have to worry so much.

............

"According to your instructions, all the 'vaccines' that can be made at the moment are here. ”

Ziegler pointed to the sealed glass tubes on the table and counted them one by one: "Cysts, boiling blood, 'suffocating flowers'...... And, most importantly, the plague, it's here. ”

The red dragon clasped his hands to his chest, shook his head, and sighed: "It's a pity that the cost is too high, the manufacture of these vaccines requires the use of magic, and it requires an absolutely closed laboratory and at least three mages with more than three rings, now these can only be made in the laboratory, and there is no great use." Serena, you can't make these vaccines available to civilians, it's too expensive for them to afford. ”

Looking at the vaccine on the table, the maid muttered for a moment.

"Do you know what I am most proud of so far, Ziegler?" asked the maid.

The red dragon shrugged, "How do I know...... Probably shaped the country?"

"No......" The maid shook her head slightly, the corners of her mouth twitched, "It was the invention of the [Harmony Technique]." ”

Ziegler frowned, and asked a little puzzled, "So, what does this have to do with the things we are talking about now?"

"I built the first magic machine—the first in the truest sense of the word!"

A bright smile spread across the maid's face, "After using the [Harmony] circle to connect several magic circles, you can use the magic energy machine by pressing the switch and connecting the magic power!"

Ziegler plucked out his ears, took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice, "...... You mean, that kind of magical machine that even ordinary people can operate?"

The maid smiled and nodded.

Looking at the proud smile on the maid's face, Ziegler silently grabbed his hair.

He seems to have gone from a somewhat neurotic researcher to an anxiety sufferer, and even though he was still wearing a white coat, he didn't look calm at all.

Ziegler frowned, bit his lower lip, gritted his teeth, and stamped his arms as if he were performing a silent burlesque — and it was a one-man show.

It wasn't long before he let out a sigh of relief and asked, "The time of the mage is over?"

As a traditional mage, Ziegler was able to accept some new ideas, but it was difficult for him to accept that a cold, lifeless machine had replaced the mage.

"No, it's probably the opposite, the mage is still a 'researcher', but the status may no longer be the only one. ”

The maid smiled and said softly, "The era of 'arrogant' classical mages is over, and we will usher in a new era......

The red dragon clenched his fists, glanced at the goddess of fortune sitting next to her with her eyes closed, and took another deep breath.

When he looked up at the maid again, he felt a disgust that he had never felt before, and he had never felt that this woman was so hateful before.

Her smile even looks like a hellish cunning devil is smiling at him – and that's never a good thing!

But......

Ziegler's face turned pale and he let go of his hand and laughed dryly.

He tried to stop this from happening, but the 'unknown' kept tempting him, watching his time slide into the bottomless abyss.

Because that's really ...... It's so much fun!