MTL - Lord of the Mysteries-Chapter 8 New era
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The screams of the wind and the torrential rains are like the notes. The three-masted sailboats fluctuate between the peaks of the waves, one by one, like the giants throwing and catching, catching and flying.
Alger Wilson faded in the eyes and found himself standing on the deck, no different from the previous one.
Followed by him, he saw the grotesque glass bottle in the palm of his hand broken, the snow and snow, and the raindrops.
In just two or three seconds, this ancient creature completely lost the traces that once existed.
A hexagonal crystal snowflake emerged in Alger's palm, then quickly faded until it disappeared, seemingly shrinking into flesh and blood.
Alger nodded as if he was thinking about what was invisible, and calmed for five minutes.
He turned his body and walked to the entrance of the cabin. Just entering the door, he met a man who was also wearing an embroidered lightning robes.
The man with soft yellow hair paused and looked at Alger, extending his right hand and putting his fist on the chest:
"The storm is with you."
"The storm is with you." Alger's rough face did not bring a little extra emotion, and he held the right boxing left chest.
After saluting each other, Alger entered the cabin and walked along the aisle to the captain's room in the distance.
All the way, he didn't even meet any sailor or crew. It was quiet as if it were inside the grave.
The captain’s room door opens, and the soft, thick dark brown carpet appears in front of his eyes, with bookshelves and wine cabinets on either side, a book with a yellowish cover and a bottle of dark red wine sparkling under the candlelight. Different luster.
On the desk with the candle, there is a bottle of ink, a quill, a black metal telescope, and a sextant made of brass.
Behind the desk, a middle-aged man with a long hat and a pale face looked at Alger step by step and said with angrily:
"I won't give in!"
"I believe you can do it." Alger calmly said that the weather was not very good today.
"You..." The middle-aged man stopped and seemed to have not expected such an answer.
At this moment, Alger’s body bowed slightly and suddenly rushed forward, bringing the distance between the two closer to the desk.
Snapped!
His shoulders were tight and his right hand slammed out and pinched the throat of a middle-aged man.
Without giving the other side a chance to respond, he showed a piece of illusory fish scales on his back, and the five fingers were crazy.
Click!
In the crisp sound, the middle-aged man looked up and his body was lifted up.
His feet twitched violently, but he quickly recovered calm, his eyes stunned, his pupils began to diverge, his crotch position became moist, and there was a stench.
Alger lifted the middle-aged man, squatting down his back, stepping on his feet and approaching the wall next to him.
boom! He used the middle-aged man as a shield and slammed into the front, his arms thick like monsters.
The wooden walls shattered, and the violent wind and rain brought the tide of the sea water into the air.
Alger twisted his back and threw the middle-aged man out of the cabin and threw it into the waves like a mountain.
The darkness of the sky, the wind and the rain, the power of nature buried everything.
Alger pulled out a white handkerchief, rubbed his right palm with his heart, and threw it to the sea.
A few steps back, he patiently waited for his companion to enter.
"What's wrong?" Less than ten seconds, the man with soft yellow hair just rushed in.
"The captain has escaped." Alger gasped and annoyed and replied, "He still has some extraordinary power!"
"Damn!" The yellow-haired man whispered a curse.
He came to the breach and stared into the distance, but nothing could be seen except the wind and the waves.
"Forget it, he just comes with it." The yellow-haired man waved his arm. "We can find the ghost ship of this era, we will only have credit."
Even if it is the leader of the sea, he does not dare to sneak into the water in this weather.
"And if the storm continues, the 'Captain' can't support it for a long time." Alger nodded and found that the crack on the wooden wall began to creep at the speed visible to the naked eye.
He glanced deeply, subconsciously turning his head and looking at the position of the rudder and sail.
Even if there are heavy planks, he can clearly know the situation there.
No mate, no second officer, no crew, no sailors, no living people!
There is nothing left there, and the rudder and sail are adjusting in a strange way.
In the mind, the "fool" who was covered with gray and fog was emerging, and Alger suddenly sighed.
He turned his head and looked at the raging waves outside, and said with a dream of expectation and fear:
"The new era has begun..."
............
The capital of the Kingdom of Lun, Beckland, Queens.
Audrey Hall pinched his cheek and couldn't believe what happened.
On the dressing table in front of her, the old bronze mirror was broken into pieces.
Looking down, Audrey saw a "dark red" flow in the back of his hand, like a star "tattoo."
The "deep red" gradually faded and eventually disappeared into the skin and disappeared.
Until this time, Audrey decided that she was not dreaming.
Her eyes flowed, her mouth curled up a little, and she couldn't help but stand up and bend over to put on the skirt.
A tribute to the air, Audrey's footsteps are brisk, her body turns, and she jumps up to the most popular "Ancient Elf Dance" in the court.
The figure was awkward and her face was a big smile.
Hey! The door to the bedroom was suddenly ringed.
"Who?" Audrey stopped the brush and set a graceful gesture.
"Miss, can you come in? You should be ready." The close-up maid asked outside the door.
Audrey looked sideways at the mirror of the dressing table, and quickly converges with a smile, leaving only a light touch.
She looked left and right and confirmed that the image had no problems before she opened her mouth gently:
"come in."
The handle twisted and her close-fitting maid Anne pushed in.
"Oh, it's broken..." Annie saw the end of the old bronze mirror at a glance.
Audrey blinked and said slowly:
"Oh, yes, um, before Su Shi came in, you know, it always likes to destroy!"
Su Shi is a golden-haired big dog with less pure blood. She is a gift from her father, Earl Hall, when she bought a fox terrier, but she is very popular with Audrey.
"You have to teach it well." Anne carefully picked up the bronze mirror fragments, fearing that she would hurt the lady.
After doing all this, she looked at Audrey and smiled and asked:
"Which skirt do you want to wear?"
Audrey said a little: "I like the one that Mrs. Ginya designed for my seventeenth birthday."
"No, others will say whether the Hall family has suffered a financial crisis, and a skirt actually wears a second time on formal occasions!" Annie shook her head and denied.
"But I really like it." Audrey said the temperature and the ground.
"You can wear it at home and wear it on less formal occasions." Anne did not discuss this matter.
"The one that Mr. Sides sent the day before, the cuff is the one on the ruffle." Audrey took a sigh of relief and kept an elegant sweet smile.
"Your eyes are always so good." Annie smiled and took a step back and shouted outside the door. "The sixth cloakroom, forget it, I will take it myself."
The maids began to get busy, one responsible for the long skirt, one responsible for jewellery, one for the shoes, one for the yarn hat, one for Miss Audrey makeup, and one for the hairstyle.
As the preparations came to an end, Earl Hall, wearing a dark brown vest, appeared at the door.
He wore a matching color hat and two beautiful moustaches. The blue eyes were full of smiles, but the loose muscles, the belly, and the obvious decrees began to ruthlessly destroy his handsome youth. .
"Beckland's most dazzling gems, we should set off." Earl Hall stood at the entrance and tapped the open door.
"Dad, don't call me that." Audrey stood up under the help of the maid, deliberately showing a bit of distressed look.
"Then my beautiful little princess, it's time to go." Earl Hall bowed his left arm and gestured to Audrey.
Audrey smiled and shook her head:
"This is Mrs. Hall, Countess, my dear mother."
"That side." Earl Hall smiled and bent his right arm. "This is the pride of the father."
............
Port of Pritz, Oak Island, Royal Naval Base.
When Audrey took his father's arm and walked down the carriage, he was suddenly shocked by the huge behemoth.
In the military port not far away, there is a huge ship with a metallic light shining. It has no sails, only the observatory, and two towering chimneys. There are two open-air turrets. .
It is so majestic, so large that the sailboats that are parked nearby are like a newly born dwarf in a cluster of giants.
"The storm is on..."
"Oh, my Lord."
"Iron armor!"
......
A voice is amazed by the low and low, and Audrey feels the same shock. It is a miracle created by mankind, an unprecedented miracle of the ocean!
After a long time, the nobility, the ministers and the lower house members recovered. At this time, a black spot in the air grew from small to large, gradually occupying a third of the sky, occupying the line of sight of everyone, and let the atmosphere suddenly become Solemn.
This is a giant flying object floating in the air. It has extremely smooth and beautiful lines. It is painted in dark blue overall. The solid and light alloy skeleton supports the cotton cloth with hydrogen balloon, and the bottom is hung. The machine gun mouth, the projectile port, the flat-body muzzle, the exaggerated snoring of the high-volume steam engine and the crazy rotation of the tail blades constitute a shocking movement.
The airship that the king’s family took arrived, with a high ceiling and a view of all the majesty.
A "downward sword" badge with a stalk and a ruby crown on the sides of the car reflects the sun on both sides of the car. This is a symbol of the Augustus family's heritage dating back to the last century.
Audrey has not yet reached the age of 18, has not participated in the "introduction ceremony", under the guidance of the Queen, officially entered the social occasion of Beckland, declared adulthood, can only sit quietly in the same place, can not be close.
However, she is not too concerned about it, even because she does not have to face the princes and feel relaxed.
The "miracle" of mankind conquering the sky has steadily landed. The youngest guards who came down from the escalator were the young and graceful guards. They wore red military gowns, white trousers, honours, and rifles in two rows. Waiting for the appearance of King George III and the Queen, Prince, and Princess.
Audrey was not a big man who had never seen it. She was not interested in it. Instead, she looked around and looked at the two black knights who looked like statues to the king.
In this era of steel, steam and guns, there are even guys who insist on wearing full body armor!
The cold metal luster, the deep black helmet, gave a heavy, majestic, obedient feeling.
"Is it a higher sequence of 'disciplined knights'..." Audrey's heart flashed through the words of the elders in the family when they chatted, and they were conscious, but did not dare to approach.
With the arrival of the King’s family, the ceremony finally began, and the current Prime Minister, Lord Augueden Nigen, came to the front of the crowd.
He is a member of the Conservative Party, and the only man who has become a prime minister in his non-aristocratic status has been awarded the Lord for his outstanding contribution.
Of course, Audrey knows more, Aguchid's brother, the main supporter of the Conservative Party, called Pallas Nigan, the Duke of Nigan!
Aguhid is fifty years old, tall and thin, with thin hair and sharp eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you have already seen it. This is an ironclad ship. It is a shipwrecked ship that is capable of subverting the times. It is 101 meters long and 21 meters wide. It is designed with a high dry ship's side. The main armor belt is 457 mm thick and the displacement is 10060 tons. A total of four 305mm main guns, in addition to six fast-fire guns, 12 six-pound guns, 18 six-barrel machine guns, four torpedo tubes, the speed can reach 16 knots!"
"It will be the real hegemon, it will conquer the sea!"
The aristocrats, ministers, and parliamentarians had a commotion. The description of the prime minister alone was enough for them to imagine the horror of this armored ship, not to mention the real thing!
Agusid smiled a little and gave a few words, then bowed to King George III:
"Your Majesty, please name it."
"From the port of Pritz, it is called the Pritzker." George III's look was quite pleasant.
"Plitz!"
"Plitz!"
......
Beginning with the commander-in-chief of the Navy and the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy, the name spread in turn and eventually came to the armored ship. The officers and soldiers cheered in unison:
"Plitz!"
In the atmosphere of celebration, the salute was sung, and George III issued an order to set off the test.
Hey!
The sound of the whistle, a thick smoke from the chimney, the movement of the mechanical movement is faintly audible.
The behemoth set sail. When it drove out of the port and bombarded the uninhabited islands with two main guns, everyone was shocked.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The earth seemed to be shaking, the dust rushed into the air, the hurricane plunged out, and the waves were picked up.
Prime Minister Aguhid was satisfied and turned to the nobility, ministers and lawmakers:
"From now on, the seven pirates who call themselves generals, the four pirates who are called kings, can only tremble and wait for the end!"
"Their era is over, even if they have more or less extraordinary power, there is a ghost or cursed ship, and the ocean can only be a railway ship!"
At this time, the chief secretary of Agusid deliberately asked:
"Then they can't build their own armored ship?"
Some nobles and parliamentarians nodded secretly and thought that this possibility could not be ruled out.
Aguchid immediately smiled and shook his head slowly:
“Impossible, never possible! The construction of such an armored ship requires three large coal and steel complexes, requires more than 20 steel plants of above the size, and requires 60 scientists from the Beckland Artillery Research Institute and the Pritz Ship Research Institute. And more senior engineers, who need two Royal Shipyards and nearly one hundred parts factories affiliated to them, need an Admiralty, a shipbuilding committee, a cabinet, a determined king with an outstanding vision and an annual output of 12 million steel. Tons of great country!"
"Pirates can never do it."
Having said that, he paused, then raised his arms and shouted:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the era of giant ships and cannons is coming!"
