Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 50: Visit to the Golden Valley
"How do you know that?"
King Tyron still couldn't believe that the news about the artifact had suddenly popped up. After all, the artifacts of five ancient civilizations had disappeared together for a thousand years, and the dragon clan had tried to find them, but had no clues. Moreover, during this period, there were countless false news about the artifact, most of which were fabricated by someone to defraud the dragon clan of their treasures.
The news that Meteorite delivered the artifact at this time was a little too unbelievable.
According to the relationship between the two parties, Meteorite should not have made up such a big lie, but his head was indeed a little confused.
Luke said, "Of course I have my own channels. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. This experiment has caused too much trouble. I need to go to the palace immediately to meet the queen and explain to her what happened here.
goodbye!"
"Good-bye..."
King Tyrannosaurus saluted Luke, watched him return to the Clear Sky Museum, and then immediately led the dragons to fly towards the steel plant dragon nest.
The trace of the artifact has been revealed, which is a major event enough to awaken all the sleeping dragons.
The inexplicable fear in his heart made King Tyron think of the war thousands of years ago. The order of this world was getting out of control, and it seemed that a war was approaching rapidly. Moreover, due to the participation of new large civilizations, if a civilization-level war broke out, the scale would definitely exceed that of the ancient war.
The dragon clan cannot stay out of it.
And where is the location of the dragon clan?
King Tyron felt that he needed to return to the Dragon Kingdom and convene a meeting of the ancient dragons to tell the secluded dragons about the changes he had seen in the world. There was also news about the artifact and the king's inheritance. The Dragon Kingdom needed to unite again and send more dragons to the Golden Shield Empire's Saint Lun City.
Even if it causes an arms race, there must be no mistakes in retrieving the artifact.
Luke returned to the Clear Sky Museum and after meeting Agatha, he returned to the palace with her.
In the royal carriage, Agatha said to Luke: "You seem to have done something remarkable again. Is there anything you can tell me? Can you tell me about it?"
Luke sat opposite Agatha, looking out the window at the street, and answered, "It was Clear Sky who was doing an experiment, but something went wrong during the experiment. The city's blackout was not what we expected, and we don't know how much damage it caused. I will do my best to compensate."
"Then I'll have to blackmail the richest man in the empire for a sum of money?" Agatha said with a smile: "It depends on the situation. Did the experiment succeed in the end?"
Luke said: "Although the experimental results are different from what we expected, it can be considered a success. I got a very powerful sword, Qingkong's strength has been further improved, and his safety during his visit to the Golden Valley is more guaranteed."
Agatha worriedly warned: "During this period, the World Bank has decoupled from the Empire in many areas, threatening the Empire to abandon its current energy policy. The contact between the Shining Gold People and the At County Alliance also proves that their bottom line can be broken.
During your visit to the Golden Valley, if the Golden People do not follow the rules, it will be difficult for the Empire to provide you with assistance."
Luke knew that visiting the Golden Valley was full of uncertainties and more dangerous than any other trip. He wanted to be Liu Bang, but the Golden Man might not be Xiang Yu.
However, Luke still confidently comforted Agatha: "It is for safety reasons that Qingkong and I conducted this experiment. You can be completely assured of Miss Qingkong's strength, and I also have enough means to protect myself.
As long as we delay the World Bank's funding of Art County League until the end of winter, we won't have to worry too much about the Shining Gold Man in the future."
Agatha looked at Luke with light in her eyes: “I believe in you, because no matter where you go, you can bring me a miracle.
This time you and Qingkong will not only be able to return safely, but you can also bring Yin back with you."
Luke nodded and said, "Yes, we need to bring Yin back and take care of Pan and Leo."
Agatha suddenly said, "Dell wrote to me."
Luke was a little surprised because Qingkong also received the letter from Dale, but he didn't. At first, he thought there was a delay in the delivery of the letters. Now that Agatha received Dale's letter, it means that there is no problem with the delivery of the letters by the Secret Service.
"What did she say?"
"She talked about her life at Emerald Magic Academy and her elf friend who liked to use embellished words. She also talked about how all her grades were excellent and how smart she was that made people jealous.
Finally she said..."
Luke, who was listening, asked after Agatha paused, "What did you say?"
Agatha looked at Luke: "She blessed us!"
Luke smiled and knew why Dai'er didn't write to him.
After meeting Queen Christina, Luke began to prepare to visit the World Bank headquarters, Golden Valley. He first went from Saint Lun City to Raging Waves City. At this time, the Royal Ocean Escort Fleet just returned to Cape Harbor. A new 10,000-ton dreadnought-class ship built by Cape Shipyard was launched, and the Royal Ocean Escort Fleet entered the double dreadnought stage.
After Clear Sky, her entourage and the Moonlight Knights arrived at Raging Waves City, Luke and Clear Sky boarded the flagship of the Royal Ocean Escort Fleet, the "Augustine the Great".
The Dreadnought class steel battleship weighs 13,600 tons and has four twin 305mm main guns in front and back, and 22 other secondary guns. At the same time, the Dreadnought class steel battleship is equipped with torpedo tubes developed by the Alchemist Association of Raging Tide City. The steam-powered torpedo has a range of up to 15 kilometers and has a very high hit rate when assisted by Naga warriors for underwater guidance.
It can be said that the Dreadnought-class steel battleship has no rivals on the sea today, and one ship is equivalent to an entire fleet.
Luke's advanced knowledge of naval warfare allowed him to equip the Dreadnought-class steel battleship with auxiliary ships and supply ships. The Unit-01 steel battleship was downgraded to a frigate, and with enough airships added, this royal ocean escort fleet was formed.
Such a luxurious fleet is unique in the world.
After the Royal Ocean Escort Fleet completed a world cruise, all the countries along the way were deeply shocked by this fleet.
This is not an escort fleet, it is clearly a fleet to destroy a country.
With such a fleet, the Golden Shield Empire will have the final say in the areas covered by the world's oceans in the future.
In order to catch up with the Golden Shield Empire, to prevent what happened in the Rio Republic from happening to them, and to avoid being strangled at sea and asked to pay protection fees, various countries launched the Dreadnought-class steel battleship project when the Unit-01 class was still under development.
But most coastal countries immediately felt the pinch.
When the Unit-01-class steel battleship appeared, everyone was very surprised and shocked, but far from feeling powerless. After all, the development of all-metal battleships was a major trend at that time, and many of them were just the finishing touches. After seeing the Unit-01-class steel battleship, they could also figure out how to build one themselves.
However, you can't understand the Dreadnought-class steel battleship just by looking at it. The steel used in shipbuilding cannot be used to build the Unit-01-class battleship.
Cannons with a caliber of more than 300 mm, torpedoes that have never been heard of, and various advanced shipborne equipment.
Most countries can only sigh that only the City of Nutao can build such a giant ship.
It also forced a small number of countries with greater ambitions for the ocean to bite the bullet and launch projects, participating in this maritime arms race with the whole country's strength.
Yate County United is one of those countries.
The war with the Golden Shield Empire made the At County Alliance feel more threatened at sea. Their new fleet was eager to fight the Raging Waves City fleet, but when they heard that Raging Waves City had built a dreadnought-class steel battleship, they immediately retreated.
The Art County Federation was very dependent on maritime trade, so it had no choice but to participate in this maritime arms race. After learning that the Prime Minister of the Golden Shield Empire, Meteor, was going to visit the World Bank headquarters, a delegation led by the Speaker of the National Assembly immediately set out from Winter Capital to the Golden Valley.
At the same time, Leo also secretly sent a visiting delegation, led by Pan.
Many countries that smelled the crisis also sent their respective summit delegations to the Golden Valley. It can be imagined that when Luke arrived, it would be a world-class summit meeting.
The Golden Shield Empire's Royal Ocean Escort Fleet, which had two dreadnought-class steel battleships and more than twenty ships of various types, sailed out of Cape Port. More than a dozen new steam airships of different sizes and functions took off, forming a wide air warning network.
The visiting delegation consisting of Queen Clear Sky of the Moonlight Royal Court and Prime Minister Meteorite of the Golden Shield Empire officially set off for the Golden Valley.
After leaving the port, Luke said the fleet did not need to rush. They would stop at nearby ports to replenish supplies, organize local social gatherings, and visit and party on board.
Let those who have traveled far have time to reach the Golden Valley.
It also buys some time for the Winter War.
The Moonlight Royal Court and the Golden Shield Empire's joint delegation set off...
After the Art County Union Ice Cave agents sent the intelligence they obtained back to Winter Capital, the Art County Union immediately launched a winter offensive across the entire northern border.
However, unlike the spring war, the Art County Union judged that the Golden Shield Empire Snow Army would still take a defensive stance, after all, winter warfare was advantageous to the Art County Union. However, the generals of the Art County Union did not expect that in the face of the clustered advance of the County Union War Fortress, the Empire Snow Army actually rushed out of the solid city fortress and drove the war fortress to launch an attack of equal intensity on the frozen ground.
The tall war fortresses collided with each other without giving way, their horns stabbed into each other's fortresses, and then the warriors of both sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
The cavalry galloped on the snow with their sabers brandishing, and the airships in the sky diligently cast war magic.
The Northern War entered its second year, and an unprecedented fierce battle broke out when both sides had offensive strategies. According to battlefield statistics, there were tens of thousands of casualties in just one week of fighting between the two sides, more than 20 war fortresses were destroyed, and more than 40 airships crashed.
The battle situation was reported to the respective command levels, and the commanders of both sides realized that the next battle would be a meat grinder. There was no easy-to-attack but difficult-to-defend terrain in the North, and the war was a battle of heads, equipment, and logistics.
At County Federation is aware of its own shortcomings, and after the World Bank expressed its willingness to provide support, the county federation is even more looking forward to the implementation of the support.
Botrovich is the second-in-command of the Art County Union and the speaker of the Congress. This time he led a team to visit the Golden Valley with an important responsibility. However, after he and his delegation arrived at the Golden Valley, they were always ignored by the Golden People. The whole team stayed in the Golden Hotel, but they didn't see any Golden People's senior executives.
As visiting delegations from various countries arrived in the Golden Valley, the Shuojin Hotel was gradually filled with heads of state and dignitaries . The merchants who originally lived here were asked to leave by the Shuojin people and move into other hotels and inns arranged by the Shuojin people.
After his application to enter the Golden Elders' Council was rejected again, Speaker Potrovich returned to his hotel residence in a bad mood and called Helkkin over.
Now Helkkin has passed the steam engineer assessment and resigned from his position as the chief of the Ice Cave to officially join politics. Due to his experience in the intelligence department, he is now serving as an assistant to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the At County Union. Because of his strong professional ability, he was noticed by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Botrovich, and was named to join this visiting group.
"Mr. Speaker." Helkkin took off his hat and saluted Speaker Botrovich when he came in. He was wearing a very elegant tuxedo and a fashionable wig, and he no longer had the fierce look he had in the winter capital.
"Sit down!" Botrovich did not show his anger at the Golden Man's neglect. He asked Helkkin to sit on the sofa opposite him in a friendly manner and asked the servant to pour a glass of strong liquor: "Your experience in the Ice Cave gives you a good working advantage in the foreign affairs department, and it is also the reason why I personally selected you to come to the Golden Valley with the visiting group.
If you perform well this time, I can give you more responsibility."
Helkkin bowed to Potrovich and said, "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your trust and trust in me. I have already contacted the Ice Cave's agents in Golden Valley. They are all my old subordinates and are happy to work for you, Mr. Speaker."
Botrovich said with a bad look: "Helkin, the ice cave cannot be used by private individuals. This is an important item in the county constitution. Although you have passed the examination to become a steam engineer through your own efforts, if you cannot cut off your ties with the ice cave, it will greatly affect your future career."
Helkkin immediately said in panic, "I'm sorry, Mr. Speaker. The politicians from all over the world are gathering in the Golden Valley now. It's a grand occasion that has never happened before. If we follow the intelligence gathering process of the Ice Cave, some important intelligence may be delayed in reaching you. In addition, the spies of the Golden Shield Empire are also very active in the Golden Valley. For your safety and the importance of this mission, I have to personally guide the Ice Cave agents here."
After listening to Helkkin's explanation, Botrovich's expression eased a lot: "Our mission this time is indeed too important. Special events require special treatment. This time I will not care about your violation of the County Federation Constitution.
Is there anything important you need to report to me?"
Helkkin knew that Botrovich was pretending to be angry. He summoned him just to hear the intelligence collected by the Ice Cave agents. However, his resume in the Ice Cave was always a stain that could not be washed away. All the superiors wanted to use him, but they did not dare to really use him.
If nothing special happens, it will be difficult for me to climb up.
Helkkin sorted out his thoughts and reported to Botrovich which country's delegation arrived in Golden Valley today and which countries' dignitaries met with each other...
