Chapter 7 Preparation

Ashrufate looked up at the Supreme King, but the latter seemed to react at all. It was obvious that it was the Supreme King that the guard expressed provocation.

It seems that the Supreme King is not effective in saying the words alone. No wonder, as a young man, it is difficult to get enough respect among ordinary dwarves, let alone commanding the army. Of course, the Engineers Association is an exception. Engineers admit that there is enthusiasm and a standout among young men - the latter is valuable.

Ashu Rufate suddenly grabbed the hand of the provocative dwarf. The latter laughed. "Do you want to compare strength?" he said. He was very confident to overwhelm the young man, because unlike humans, the power of the dwarf will increase with age. Just look at the length of the dwarf's beard and you can estimate his strength without leaving any distance.

The two began to compete with one arm, but this time, even the Supreme King watching was incredible. Ashrufate easily suppressed the other party and twisted the long bearded warrior over with the power of one arm, twisting it to the point where he almost sprained the other party's arm. Then he retracted his hand first, then stretched out again like lightning, grabbed the hammer warrior, raised it with one hand, and threw it to the ground on one side. This time, the fall was quite heavy, and the guard couldn't struggle for a long time.

Seeing this scene, several warriors nearby dropped their weapons and surrounded them. Perhaps it was the indulgence of the Supreme King, or perhaps it was because they saw their companions being knocked down so simply that a chaotic battle broke out under the throne.

Even the Supreme King forgot about other things and temporarily looked at the fight under the throne. By dwarf standards, this master Ash Rufate looked thin, but he was very powerful and did not fall below in this melee. Since everyone was wearing armor, the beating of the body was almost effective, and the only targets available for attack were the face and neck. Ash Rufate protected his head with all his strength, dodged or used the armor on his body to withstand the fists of others. The Supreme King clearly noticed that the young master rarely used punches, but each hit made a persevering long hammer warrior collapse directly to the ground. The target of his attack was always only his chin, and each punch was steady and ruthless, and he would never fail.

When the melee ended, half of the Supreme King's guards were spread on the ground and struggled in vain, trying to get up but doing it. The remaining long-hammered warriors who did not participate in the battle looked at Ash Rufate in amazement, who was still standing steadily in front of the throne. Even the Supreme King was moved by this scene.

"Master Ash Rufate." The Supreme King couldn't help but raise one hand and pay tribute to the amazing warrior. He now understood that although this young man was a great caster, he was definitely more than a great caster. "I will consider your suggestions."

In just one night, the news about the Engineers' Association's plan to recover the peninsula spread throughout Karaz-Karak. Although the rumor had already flown all over the sky, now even the conservative dwarves understand that this plan is no longer a wishful thinking or a vague rumor among the members of the Engineers' Association. Because the Supreme King has accepted this suggestion. At least the official has revealed that the Supreme King allows the Engineers' Association to prepare for war "unrestrained".

Some people say with certainty that the Supreme King met the great casting master Ashrufate and was eventually impressed by the master's eloquence. Some people say that this is because after being defeated by Karak Grom, the Supreme King was eager to use a victory to awaken the confidence of the dwarves.

But in any case, from the members of the Engineers Association, they have stepped up the pace of preparation for war. Some things are witnessed by everyone, and are fake: in the warehouses of the association, members come in and out all day long, moving all kinds of things; in the workshops of the Engineers Association in the city, people hear the jingle of hammers all night long; on the streets, you can often see a group of dwarfs with the logo of the Engineers Association on their clothes pushing a cart by, and the things on the car are covered with canvas. The owners of the hotel industry clearly feel the change - many engineers from other places moved into Karaz-Karak City.

As for the root of all this, many people have proved that since he came back from meeting with the Supreme King, he has been hiding in a small workshop. It is a "private small workshop" suitable for dwarves who are interested to create some gadgets that can be made without the help of others. The most common use is to create a weapon of his own. Everyone has no special thoughts on this. Since Aishu Ruffat locks the door tightly, he is obviously creating something important.

Of course, Ashu Rufate didn't make anything. Because he actually knew nothing about using hammers and anvils to create something (this is the basic skills of all dwarves). If someone sneaked in at this time, he would be very surprised: because the great caster of the responsible person was on the table, using common language (this is what the human language wrote.

"The troops I can gather in this war are about 6,000 to 7,000." Ashu Rufate wrote his combat plan on paper. Although Carrie thought that planning or something was enough to make a draft, Ashu Rufate still insisted on writing these things on paper. This was something Thomas once repeatedly emphasized - because people's thoughts are extremely difficult to figure out. There are often situations where even the same person cannot understand their past thoughts, and they cannot even remember their past thoughts. Only by using paper and pen can they record them clearly.

"Carrie, do you have any opinions?" Ashu Rufate put down his pen and looked at the battle plan he had planned. He was not very satisfied, but he could not think of any good way for a while. The number of enemies and us in this war was very different, and we must never expect to end everything through one or two battles. The only way to think of was to gradually weaken the enemy through a series of small battles. Each battle was to eliminate part of the green skin, and reduce the number of green skins by ants transporting food. In order to achieve this goal, he must improve the mobility and reconnaissance ability of the army, and form a situation where the war was favorable and retreated when the disadvantages were unfavorable, so that the green skins could not catch up and escape. Moreover, annihilation wars must be formed as much as possible, and the defeated green skins cannot escape and join another tribe. Because this is equivalent to increasing the difficulty of the next battle.

"Carrie?" Carrie didn't answer, so Ashu Rufat asked again. In fact, he was just a subconscious question, because Carrie never gave him any advice on war.

"Ah, master, you ask me this?" Carrie seemed confused in her voice. "But, to be honest, I really don't know much about these original forms of war. But to be honest, I don't think that's too difficult."

"So, what is war you know?"

"The war I know is actually simple. It is to drive a spaceship in the entire void, use energy weapons and protective force fields to attack and defend. Calculate and predict the enemy's attacks, and at the same time counter the enemy's calculations and predictions of us. It's quite a bit of a story. Hehe...ah, you may imagine that situation, but you can treat it as two fully armed heavy armored knights, engaging in a one-on-one single-handed challenge. This is almost this concept, this is my war."

"But master, you don't need to be so worried. Do you remember that I asked you to teach those dwarves the techniques? With those, it can greatly improve the combat power of your army. When the war begins, I will think of another way."

Over the past period of time, Ashu Rufate has promoted several small techniques provided by Carrie as a great caster. These are not special inventions, they are based on existing things and can be easily improved. For example, the simplest one is to let engineers use a small amount of paste to make the gunpowder powder into granular form.

"Can this method really improve the effect of gunpowder use?" Asu Rufat asked Carrie in his mind with some doubt. According to general logic, powdery shapes are always better than granular shapes.

"You believe me this." Carrie replied. "Anyway, those big potatoes will tell you the results in a few days."

Now, as long as Carrie is happy, he will call the dwarf "the big sweet potato". Although this is a vivid metaphor in a sense, it does not relieve the contempt and contempt in her tone.

In fact, Carrie now looks down on almost anything, full of condescending arrogance. She calls rats "those rats", humans "those idiots", dwarves "those big sweet potatoes", elves "those arrogant inferior creatures", and green skins "those brainless beasts".

Ashrufate picked up a musket on the side. This is a standard musket produced by the Society of Engineers. It has a delicate appearance and is much lighter than a human musket. Not only that, there is also rifle in the chamber of this gun - in fact, it is a groove in the barrel - it is said that this rifle can effectively reduce the adverse effects of gunpowder residue on launch.

Carrie has already said that if this rifle can be changed and transformed into a spiral, it can greatly increase the range and accuracy of the musket. Of course, the same is true for the cannon. However, it may not be too late to go up in this regard, because they don’t have much time to prepare.

"It's really a good thing among handmade muskets." Carrie has a high opinion of these muskets. "It has reached the peak of handicrafts and has almost no room for improvement. In this world, these big sweet potato firearms can really be taken out to show off."

It's not just showing off. Ashu Rufat remembers that in the bloody battle between Carac Grom, in order to break through the dwarfs' firepower line, the rats paid hundreds of thousands of blood.

"But in the final analysis, firearms of this level cannot determine the outcome of the war. The range is too close, the power is insufficient, and the shooting frequency is not enough." Carrie continued. "It is OK to defend the city, and it is also good to siege the city. But in field battles, although the long-range firepower is strong, there is still a need for the cooperation and assistance of melee troops... By the way, maybe we can enhance the power of the cannon through their runes."

"The power of the cannon."

"Now the dwarves have solid, chains, and scattered, but they have not blossomed."

“What is 'blooming'?”

"It is to make hollow in the middle of the cannon and stuff gunpowder into it. When the cannon lands, the gunpowder explodes, which can not only kill the enemy, but also produce a large range of killing. It will explode before landing, covering a large range of enemies."

"How can I explode after landing?" Ashu Rufat asked in wonder.

"This... is actually making fuses...but this involves too much. I think if we teach these to the dwarves, even a great caster would seem too knowledgeable. So we might as well use the dwarves' ready-made rune technology."

The so-called runes are the magic of dwarves. Due to their physical condition, the dwarves have almost no affinity for the magic Ba Feng, and magicians appear like other races who manipulate magic energy. But they invented runes and directly imported magic energy into items. To be honest, almost all dwarves have more or less rune technology to strengthen the items they make, especially weapons and tools.
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