Chapter 868: Calais' Decision
The Calais Federation has been developing at a very fast pace since it established a relationship with the Leo Floating City.
Perhaps there is still a big gap in comprehensive national strength compared with those old empires, but in terms of business alone, there is a feeling of dominating the market.
It's not that the economy is large, but that with the help of magic airships, it has more trade routes. At the same time, with items like enchanted seeds, it can control the lifelines of some small countries.
The Duchy of Nott is the most typical example.
The fact that the Bloody Duke is now confronting Earl Luke on the banks of the Norton River can, to some extent, be seen as Calais' will.
The Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nott was not unaware of the pros and cons of this, but as his own agriculture was controlled by Calais, he had no choice but to take advantage of the situation.
However, for the time being, in order to ensure the smooth flow of trade in Middle-earth, the Calais Federation itself will generally use relatively "gentle" means to deal with problems and reduce the defenses of other countries against it.
This time, there was the perfect excuse of the previous envoy being killed, and the nobles within the Principality of Kerton invited administer justice, so they could make a small "legitimate" intervention.
The city-state of Calais is the core city of Calais. There are three top magic academies in the city that can continuously cultivate various outstanding magical talents.
Although the proportion of mages is not high, other talents in enchanting and potion making can also have quite high value, and the economic capacity they can leverage is much higher than that of traditional physical professions such as knights.
In addition, there are many wizard towers of varying heights erected in the Calais city-state, especially the three magic academies, where the interiors and surrounding areas are quite dense, which also represents the city's strong magical atmosphere.
An outstanding formal mage, relying on his own mage tower, can contend with and restrain the great knight. There are even examples of him killing the great knight in history!
These erected wizard towers alone are enough to represent Calais's confidence.
In addition, there is a small castle-like building floating above the city. That building is the floating wizard tower of the Grand Elder of the Calais Federation, and it is also the meeting place of the Council of Elders of the Calais Federation.
"What do you think?"
In the meeting room of the Council of Elders, there were only five figures communicating with each other at this time, and they were also the real top leaders of the Calais Federation.
Among them, the Great Elder was the genius apprentice of the mage who was accepted as a disciple by the legend back then. To some extent, he could be regarded as the great-disciple of the legendary mage of the Leo Floating City.
It is said that his wizard tower was designed with the help of a genius who has reached the pinnacle of wizardry and is now looking for an opportunity to break through to the legendary level.
Although they are both great mages, there is still a big gap between them in terms of mental strength, knowledge reserves and other aspects at the great mage stage.
This great elder himself is already a very outstanding wizard, obviously stronger than the other one in the Federation, but he is only the apprentice of that magical genius.
"Before his death, Councillor William also sent back some information about the savages, claiming that they were favored by the gods. But what's interesting is that the Moon . I don't know what the specific situation is."
"That elven-style song is related to the wild men. It would have been nothing if it had appeared, but the news we have received recently is really a bit unexpected."
"The monsters we have cultivated in cooperation with the barbarians have always been stuck at a degenerate ratio. The number of equipment is limited, and there is not much practical significance. If we can obtain the skills of the barbarians, it is not impossible."
"In fact, the situation was not bad at first. We let the nobles of Kedun test it themselves and we just had to wait and see how it went. But we didn't expect them to be defeated so quickly."
"It's not that they are too useless. Thousands of heavy cavalry are a strong force. I'm afraid the barbarians are too strong."
“…”
Several people were talking to each other, and their concern was about Kedun on the other side of the Principality of Nott.
Calais was indeed quite interested in the savages, and had learned some information when Senator William went there on behalf of the Mages Guild.
Originally, Calais actually wanted to gradually erode the Principality of Croton, but the means he adopted were not intended to be too tough.
We will launch a monetary offensive first, and let the nobles over there get tempted. Then slowly they will be able to coerce Grand Duke Kerton and win without fighting!
So after Count Luke launched the attack, they had the excuse of assassination and the "Magic Blood Warlock", and they endured it even though their overall strength was much stronger.
But now, the Warcraft taming plan is before them, which is difficult for them to refuse!
Calais has connections with the floating city of Leo, and its internal magical atmosphere is also rich. The number of official mages exceeds the total number of the four countries in the East Plains. It can be said that both its R&D capabilities and its magic item production capabilities are extremely strong.
But after being ruled by the Ferro Empire for so many years, they also knew that the military force in their hands was extremely important.
Simply having the strength of a mage is not enough!
Even though they have trained several regular knight legions, including heavy cavalry and light cavalry, they lack top-level physical professional combat power and have an urgent need for the Warcraft Knight Legion.
At the same time, the Warcraft Legion can also be seen as an admission ticket to the top powers , which can once again enhance their prestige.
Even if their hybridization technology is successful, they can also export the Warcraft mount business, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
This time, letting the Bloody Duke come forward to contain the situation is a test and a preliminary investment.
It’s a pity that the opponent knelt down too quickly!
Just when we were about to try to sneak across by magic airship, we found that we could not get in touch.
But it was fortunate that they lost quickly. If they were slower, it would have been really embarrassing if the magic airship flew over and we couldn't get in touch...
However, during this meeting, some of the nobles made contact again, gathered several thousand remaining soldiers and hid in their own territory.
He had gathered seven or eight knights and a warlock in his hands.
Since Luke couldn't be spared, the situation was temporarily stable.
This contact from the other party showed that the savages had an enchanted weapon that was suspected to be mass-produced, and it was with this weapon that they easily defeated their cavalry brigade.
"According to the latest description, the equipment used by those savages is a bit like the hand cannon that is popular recently."
One of the elders pondered for a moment, then placed a large pistol with an exaggerated shape, which was somewhat similar to a pistol, on the table.
This large pistol looks very gorgeous. It is inlaid with magic gems of six different colors, and the muzzle also appears to be very large.
In fact, the principle of firearms itself is not complicated, but for the high-ranking wizards, there is no motivation to design powerful weapons specifically for mortals.
Perhaps some wizards have already developed similar structures before, but they did not go further due to various problems.
However, even so, this kind of weapon, which is expensive but also more powerful and convenient for high-level use, has been created.
"I got this from Leo's floating city. It's a bit expensive, but its performance is indeed excellent. It can instantly cast six types of magic bullet spells, has a very fast reaction, and has a good range. However, it needs magic crystals as charging ammunition, so it's expensive to manufacture and it's not cheap to use either."
"No matter what, it won't be a problem to bring back some samples for research. Since they can be mass-produced, the production process shouldn't be too complicated..."
Because of the presence of the wizard, the understanding of various physical phenomena is still quite clear. Through Henry's description, the people in the Calais Council have vaguely understood the general principles!
But it is precisely because of this that they attach great importance to it.
No matter what, being able to quickly defeat a cavalry team of thousands of people with only two hundred people is a horrific result!
"So, are you going to show up in person this time?"
"William actually had some talent. He might be a great wizard in the future. He died there like this, but he still needs to give us an explanation."
“Justified.”
