Release that Witch

290. Chapter 290 Investigation Scheme

    Sitting at his desk, Roland was wondering how to attack the Kingdom Capital Palace, and the floor-to-ceiling window behind it suddenly heard a knocking sound.

    Looking back, I saw Lightning squatting on the window, panicking, and Macy squatting over her head and slamming the window.

    Nightingale just opened the window and the little girl flew into Roland’s arms.

    “What’s wrong,” he groaned. “What happened?”

    “Black stone! Huge snowy mountains! ”Macy landed on the table and patted his wings to report.

    AH
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    “No,” Lightning muttered. “It’s Devil, I saw Devil!”

    “What?”Roland looked serious. He touched the other’s head and stabilized her emotions. “Don’t panic, you slowly said.”

    After a good while, Lightning only from the Prince’s bosom, the golden short hair appears messy, around the eyes there are two circles of light red mark, apparently in the high-speed flight by the wind mirror, “I intend to hidden Forest border painting out, then along the Scarlet Water River goes westward, and then discovers a mountain … “

    After listening to her detailing what she saw and heard, Roland couldn’t help but widen his eyes. The red mist that Devil relied on was behind the snowy mountains, and only two hundred kilometers away from the Western Region?

    He looked at Nightingale, who nodded. “I am going to call other sisters too.”

    An emergency meeting was held at the castle office.

    After Roland retelled the findings discovered by Lightning to the crowd, the group of witches who had experienced the night of the killings showed their uneasy look, especially the Leaf. As a killing of two Devil’s witches, they couldn’t help but hold their mouths. Whispered low.

    “His Highness, I suggest further exploration of the red mist coverage,” Scroll first said. “After all, Lightning only looked at the distance, and it was not certain that Devil would be under the red mist. In addition, even if this is confirmed, it is necessary to detect whether they will cross the mountains facing the sea and reach the mainland of the kingdom along the coastline. ”

    “I agree with Scroll’s point of view,” Wendy nodded. “Although they are very powerful, it is better to have prepared defense than to get rid of it.”

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

    Roland also tends to respond to this strategy. Seeing that everyone has not expressed any objection, things are basically settled. The key is how to implement it.

    “Use a hot air balloon to investigate,” Anna suggested. “Let the distant view cover the sky camouflage, cover the clouds and fly over the sea.”

    “You can also bring Silvy,” Nightingale said. “It’s a good fit for her ability to cope with this situation.”

    “Well,” Roland nodded. “Other…I also need to go. ”

    “His Royal Highness!”As soon as his words were exported, Wendy, Scroll and Nightingale stopped at the same time. “You can’t take this risk yourself!”

    “It’s not an adventure,” Roland said, “if they have the ability to leap into the sea or the mountains, they should have been all over the Four Great Kingdoms. The reason why they are still gathering in the West is that Devil is not as terrible as I thought. ”

    There is another reason why he didn’t say it. He is more experienced than anyone in judging the degree of development of a different type civilization. If you can see Devil and their cities with your own eyes, there will be a future development direction and strategy. Great help.

    But,Wendy is exposed to hesitant.

    “Reassured, just look at it from a distance,” the prince smiled. “If you are in danger of being in the distance, I will not promise to let you go.”

    “That’s okay, but you must bring me,” Seeing dissuasion is invalid, Nightingale first changed his mouth.

    Looking at the serious eyes cast by the other side, Roland knew that she was impossible to reject her. After thinking about it, he announced: “There are people other than me, Anna, Wendy, Soraya, Silvy, Nightingale, Lightning and Macy. .”

    “After a week of set off, I will give each of you a revolver in addition to the necessary food preparation. Practice it in a week, so that even non-combat type witch has the ability to counterattack in the face of any enemy. ”

    The speed of the hot air balloon is far less than that of Lightning. I am afraid that it will take a whole day to travel more than two hundred kilometers. Therefore, everyone needs to camp in the wild for one night to complete the investigation. Considering this, dry food, tents and weapons are essential items. .

    “Yes, Your Highness,” Witches said in unison.

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

    “You said that this stone is everywhere on the edge of the forest?”

    “Well,” Lightning has now calmed down, sitting on the mahogany table and shaking his feet, and his cheeks are still a little red and have not faded. “And the more you get closer to the foot of the mountain, the more the black stone is covered by the ground. Border Town is a dozen times bigger.”

    Roland put it in his hand and snorted, and his heart jumped.

    In terms of weight, it is much lighter than ordinary stone, and it is unlikely to be metal ore. The appearance is hard and light, it can reflect the metallic luster, and it is exposed on the surface…Is it possible This is a coal mine?

    Thinking of this, he quickly called Anna back.

    Under the burning of the black fire, the stone quickly became red and bright, and it looked like the iron ore in the smelting furnace, but it did not dissolve. Even if the black fire is recovered, the orange light it emits is not weakened, and the blue-blue flame that rises slightly can be seen on the surface.

    Roland confirmed his guess, which is indeed a good qualitative anthracite.

    “The original coal mine was like this,” Lightning said. “I thought they were as fragile and fragile as wood carbon, and there was a lot of powder. If you touch it, you will get your hands dirty.”

    “It’s a crushed, water-mixed briquettes and coal cake,” Roland laughs. “Most of the coal mines are like stones when they are mined. Of course, the better the qualitative coal, the harder it is. In the end, it’s like these stones. Similarly, the surface can even reflect gloss.”

    This unexpected discovery made him happy.

    Coal is not a rarity in Greycastle. Both Fallen Dragon Ridge and Silver Light City are produced in coal mines, mostly for kiln and heating. But in fact, its use is extremely extensive. Before the popularity 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 smelting and ironmaking steel. It is much more environmentally friendly than cutting trees in Datun. Even after entering the electrical era, coal can refine gas, hydrogen and asphalt, and can also be used to generate electricity, which is considered to be inexpensive. Excellent fuel.

    Holding an open pit mine in hand is obviously much better than relying on imports. The only question is, how do you develop it?

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

    It seems that building more inland steam and cement ships is imperative.