arcane emperor

Chapter 562 Harvest from the Gulf Territory (8500)

A hidden force secretly left Black Crow Castle under the bloody moonlight.

They traveled all the way west, not only avoiding the cities and villages where the Cole elves were, but also avoiding the thugs who were sweeping and looting everywhere.

Looking at the desolate ruins in the distance, Sera's eyes were full of calmness and indifference.

Sera didn't take the grudges between the surface elves and the drow too seriously.

She was just wary of the Elf Kingdom of Cole, especially after getting to know them better.

Cole Elf's performance is not weak, it can even be called excellent.

Even though Cole elves towns and villages were destroyed every day, they showed great fighting ability and spirit of resistance.

Even when faced with the ferocious gray dwarf and drow armies, he still showed no flinch.

You know, the coalition of raiders organized by the gray dwarves and the drow is one of the most outstanding combat forces in the underground world.

Maybe there are many unknown and terrifying existences in the vast and deep darkness.

But for now, the combination of gray dwarves and drow is enough to pose a huge threat to a kingdom and power.

There are nearly 40 troops, and it has been almost a month now, but they have not captured all the Cole Elf cities in this area.

This explains a lot of problems.

Woji, who was accompanying him, had obviously thought of this and was very grateful for the cooperation with the Gulf Territory. At the same time, he also wanted to see the true strength of the Cole Elf Kingdom.

Of course, before that, they needed to rush to the depths of the Canterlot Mountains as quickly as possible, where they planned to build a gray dwarf castle and base.

They move very fast and can always bypass the gathering area of ​​Cole elves and move forward sneakily.

Behind them, more than 50 Cole Elf troops have once again surrounded Black Crow Castle and the surrounding cities.

Unfortunately, they arrived a little late. Hundreds of raiders, numbering in the thousands, had already broken out of the encirclement they had set up and were wreaking havoc in other places.

After the Cole elf army defeated a gray dwarf team in a nearly crushing manner.

The gray dwarf team that was originally united soon began to wander independently.

The Cole Elf army is preparing to gradually narrow the encirclement.

An elite force of more than 5 people was sent directly to Black Crow Castle. They were preparing to retake the fortress that controlled the passage.

Unfortunately, they underestimated their opponents.

The walls of Black Crow Castle have been further strengthened and transformed, becoming not only very high, but also thicker.

A towering arrow tower stands every 50 meters, densely covered with hundreds of shooting ports.

More than 3 gray dwarf elite warriors are stationed in this increasingly ferocious and fortified city.

What makes the Cole elf commander feel aggrieved is that the Mystic Lock, which originally belonged to the city and was one of the strongest defensive forces, has become the amulet of the gray dwarf combat troops.

This also means that one of the most powerful killing moves of Cole Elf is the Elf Spellcaster.

There will be no use for it.

It is impossible for elven spellcasters to withstand the interference and influence caused by the charm and join ordinary combat teams.

As a result, the difficulty of taking over the Black Crow Castle has been greatly increased.

Matthew looked at the Cole Elf army coming from afar, noticed the probing gaze of the second prince Kreize next to him, turned around with a smile and said:

"The longer we hold on here, the more chaos others will cause."

Even though he said that, the second prince Kraize has never been a selfless and selfless character.

Seeing other people eating meat, but I can only get beaten, I feel a little uncomfortable!

After a moment of hesitation in his heart, the second prince Kreize couldn't help but continue:
"If we suffer heavy losses and lose Black Crow Castle, it may lead to the failure of the entire plan."

If I lose this battle, your Gulf Territory will be in vain.

Matthew naturally understood what the second prince Kreiser meant, smiled slightly and comforted him and said:
"As long as we can win this battle, they will see the weakness of the Cole Elf army, and then they can rest easy."

Nodding somewhat suspiciously, the second prince Kreize was about to step up the arrangements for city defense operations.

From time to time, he stared at the Gulf Territory warrior hiding in his cloak with surprised eyes.

I saw them clearly issuing various orders, carrying various materials to the city wall, arranging various defensive weapons, and completing the defensive arrangement against the Cole Elf army as quickly as possible.

This was the first time that the second prince Kreize discovered that these gray dwarf warriors under his command could actually be so obedient and obey orders.

The reason is simple. In more than a month, these gray dwarf warriors have been convinced by the latter's "fist".

Of course, I want to make these gray dwarf warriors who are accustomed to being loose and cruel, obedient, instead of rising up to resist.

After beating them with a stick, they naturally have to give them a sweet date.

The ample food provided to them by the Gulf Territory was an unprecedented enjoyment for these gray dwarf warriors.

And if you want to get good wine, you must be "obedient".

After the simple version of the Gulf Leader's regulations was implemented, naturally a considerable number of gray dwarf warriors could not adapt to it for the time being.

But it doesn't matter, there are too many gray dwarf warriors who don't have enough to eat.

Those guys who maintained their own force and identity were quickly liquidated.

After clearing out a quarter of the gray dwarf soldiers, this newly established team of ten thousand people finally had basic rules and discipline.

The second prince, Kreize, had many complaints and thoughts about this.

But he still endured it, and it was far from time to fall out.

After all, almost all the supplies of the entire Black Crow Castle are still inseparable from the funding of the Gulf Territory.

He was reluctant to leave Black Crow Castle behind.

Yes, the entire Black Crow Castle was renovated and more than 3 gray dwarf warriors were mobilized, which would not be possible without the strong support of the Gulf Territory.

To this end, the Gulf Territory invested more than 500 million gold coins in supplies and a thousand-man training and construction force.

Such a huge investment is naturally not to improve the relationship with the gray dwarves, but to receive actual rewards.

After counting the supplies and harvest, Ji Fan excitedly reported to Matthew:

"This week, we obtained a total of 1345 new high-level magic materials, obtained 72 spell books, captured 675 elf spellcasters, and 972 million gold coins..."

After the report, Jifan recalled the greedy eyes of the looters and continued with a smile:

"They don't seem to be satisfied with the transaction conditions we proposed, and some are already preparing to discuss and take action."

Matthew shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and looked through the detailed material ledger.

He saw many kinds of extremely rare and important magical plants, and continued to tell Jifan:
"As long as they dare to take action, teach them a profound lesson, and the rest will be honest."

"If someone dares to provoke, then raise the price for them with confidence. Who said they don't have advanced teleportation technology?"

The reason why Matthew has the confidence to say this is because he has successfully mastered the crucial treasure of Black Crow Castle - the Mystery Lock with the help of the Grand Arcanist Kenoman!
That's right, both Matthew and the Grand Arcanist of Kennoman are very interested in the myth-locking technology mastered by the Cole elves.

Not to mention the Dragon Madness Mystery Lock that caused huge turmoil and caused the dragon to fall into decline.

Suffice it to say that in every Cole Elf city, the city's Mystery Lock, which can withstand most magical attacks and destroy and suppress spellcasters inside, has a very powerful and practical effect.

The control core of the Mystic Lock is the light blue arcane crystal held in Matthew's hand.

There are no magic lines or fluctuations on its surface, but there is magic like water flowing inside, slowly flowing.

The entire image of Black Crow Castle is condensed into this large arcane crystal.

More detailed data slowly appeared in front of Matthew's eyes.

"Intermediate Mystery Core: A transcendent arcane creation that can control the intermediate Mystery that relies on its existence. It can perform many operations such as spell defense, magic control, prohibition of spell casting, phantom fog, etc."

In order to control the core of Mystery Lock, Matthew spent more than 1000 million Destiny Power to erase all its original authority.

Based on the research information provided by the Grand Arcanist of Kennoman, Matthew's own control over the Mystery Lock was confirmed.

After mastering the secret lock of Black Duck Castle, Matthew realized that the success of this raid was due to major surprises and coincidences.

Mysteries are different from elemental energy pools.

Not only is it unable to produce magic energy, it also continuously consumes the surrounding magic energy.

In a sense, it performs a magic-forbidden operation on the inner area.

It is from another deeper level that cuts off the influx of elements in this area and absorbs the existing elements at the same time.

It is equivalent to a small magic net, which can achieve a wide range of spell effects through various preset spell designs.

In a sense, if you study the myth locks deeply enough, it will greatly promote and improve the understanding of the essence of magic nets and spells.

This is one of the reasons why the strength and mastery of spells among Cole Elf spellcasters are usually higher than those of other spellcasters.

Now, Matthew has successfully mastered the secret lock of Black Crow Castle, which will extend its scope of influence. With the expansion of the city wall, the connecting passage will also be surrounded.

It is impossible for other gray dwarf forces and drow to have bad intentions while he has mastered the Mystic Lock.

After receiving the Lord's promise, Jifan nodded happily.

He had long since lost sight of those greedy fools, so he just wanted to practice with them.

These guys won't be honest unless you give them a good beating.

That's right, the Gulf Territory, which single-handedly dominated the entire underground forces and invaded the Cole Elf Kingdom, was the biggest winner in this war.

With the help of the gray dwarves, they firmly controlled the crucial location of Black Crow Castle.

By continuously releasing looters from the underground world, you can weaken and attack the Elf Kingdom of Cole without having to pay the price of a single soldier.

The gray dwarves are unwilling to provoke other underground forces, but that does not mean that the Gulf Territory will not take action.

After a large number of underground forces passed through the passage.

In just one night, the Gulf Territory re-blocked the interior of the passage by establishing a fortress.

Unless they are willing to use a large teleportation circle to teleport people and materials back to the underground world.

Otherwise, they can only take the Golem train track built by the Gulf Territory to transport a large number of people and materials.

The gray dwarves couldn't do it at all. They couldn't be beaten again and again, so they could only obey and let others control them.

The drow elves have such ability, but they are definitely reluctant to spend a lot of supplies, and they are more willing to invest in the battle with the Cole elves, so they choose to pay temporarily.

Of course, these guys who are keen on killing people and setting fires are not the kind of weaklings who can be manipulated by others.

Once they find an opportunity, or after completing this battle, they will definitely target the Gulf Territory again.

However, they will not survive until that time!
Precious and rare magic materials, including mythical locks, longevity spells, war golems and other manufacturing technologies, quickly entered the Gulf Territory through the hands of hard-working gray dwarves and drow elves.

The major research institutes and factories in the Gulf Territory greedily devoured and digested these technologies and resources, and quickly completed the improvement of production capabilities and methods.

Unknowingly, the production technology of the Gulf Territory has gradually integrated the advantages of the Netheril Empire, the Dwarf Kingdom, the Gray Dwarves, Cole Elves, Drow Elves, El Elves and many other forces.

Combined with Matthew's development experience and foresight in his previous life, it has become a very powerful production factory.

Despite its production scale, it cannot meet the huge war needs.

But it has shown extremely outstanding production potential and will surely become a world-class factory resounding throughout the material plane in the future.

Therefore, Matthew will fully support the second prince Kreiser.

While continuing to hold on to the Black Crow Fortress, try to create as much chaos as possible in the Elven Kingdom of Cole.

They deserve it!
The army in front of them is the first army sent by the Cole Elf Kingdom, but it is definitely not the last.

What Matthew has to do now is to defeat this powerful army.

Looking around, Matthew saw the luxurious configuration of this army.

The pure white war horses vaguely reveal the aura of magical creatures. According to legend, they have the blood of unicorns.

Each such high-level war horse is worth more than a thousand gold coins.

Just for the mounts, these 5 troops cost tens of millions.

Each elf warrior wears bright golden armor, shining in the sunlight, giving people a dazzling majesty.

It is impressively a sophisticated level of enchanted armor, just one step away from reaching the level of advanced magic equipment.

It's even better than the current enchanted armor in the Gulf Territory.

They carry amazing long bows on their backs, and the long bows are covered with gorgeous magic lines.

On both sides of the horse, in two large quivers, arrows with dazzling tail feathers were shaking slightly.

The strength of these soldiers can also match their luxurious equipment. They are all mid-level peaks, and the average challenge level is as high as 12.

In the center of their team, hundreds of carriages were galloping steadily.

The carriage traveled extremely fast without any bumps. It was like a suspended carriage floating in the air.

On both sides of each carriage stood two burly steel golems.

The emerald green metal shell gives people a sense of sight that blends into the surrounding grass.

At the end of the team, five hundred giant lizards came with a violent shock.

They were dragging tall siege machines, and if you count them carefully, there were as many as 200 of them.

In addition to them, a figure flying in the air also attracted everyone's attention.

That was one huge gryphon after another.

It has a strong body, a huge eagle beak, wings that are five to six meters wide when spread out, and huge claws with thick and powerful limbs.

Griffins are advanced magical creatures with an IQ that is no less than that of humans.

Some legendary griffins can even speak human words.

Behind them is a lithe elf knight.

Each of them has undergone rigorous training and has extraordinary shooting skills and close combat capabilities.

The challenge level of the Griffin Knight is very high, reaching 17+. It is not only the eyes of the entire army, but also a very powerful trump card.

Fortunately, there are not many of them, only twenty or thirty.

Matthew subconsciously raised his eyebrows and whispered with interest:
"It's actually the Magister Legion? It seems that they are really ready to finish their work in one battle. This is great!"

The Magister Legion is one of the five legions of the Cole Elf Kingdom.

The total number of people in each legion is as high as 20, and the 5 in front of you are only part of it.

This powerful unit has appeared in many expansion packs in the memory of previous lives, showing extremely powerful combat effectiveness.In the end, they fell into the mighty demonic disaster.

As for now, they are one of the most powerful legions.

However, Matthew was not nervous at all. After all, the ones fighting these guys were the gray dwarf warriors under the command of the second prince Kreize.

No matter how many people die, Matthew doesn’t feel bad at all!
Moreover, Matthew and the second prince Kreize may not necessarily lose this time.

The Mage Legion, which has excellent mobility and powerful spellcasting ability, was just restrained by the Black Crow Castle at this time.

"Maybe this time we can really teach the Cole Elf a lesson."

The hundreds of thousands of people and nearly 2 soldiers that the Cole elves have lost so far only make them feel distressed at most.

If this regular army suffers large-scale losses, it will definitely make the Cole Elf Kingdom heartbroken.

Matthew is also planning to capture a few high-level elf mages to "learn" their skills and spells.

After receiving Matthew's explanation, the second prince Kreize immediately relaxed a little. Looking at the prepared city wall, he began to look forward to it.

Now is a great opportunity to understand the strength of the Cole Elf Kingdom's army, so naturally you have to watch and understand it carefully.

The outer wall of Black Crow Castle is already 10 meters high, which not only gives people a considerable sense of oppression, but also surrounds the passage to the underground world.

Facing this majestic castle, the Elf Commander Cole frowned.

"What is going on? A newly built city wall? This is impossible!"

It has only been less than a month and a half since the fall of Black Crow Fortress.

The towering walls outside Black Crow Fortress are definitely newly built.

Not only does it look seamless, without any gaps where stones accumulate, it also tilts slightly outward, and the front is full of convex and concave edges and corners.

This bastion-type design can protect catapults and even attack weapons such as artillery to the maximum extent.

It can also use the cross firepower on the left and right sides to carry out fire suppression and alternate attacks on combat units climbing the city wall.

What made him even more troubled was that one after another dark metal muzzles were exposed on the shooting ports at the top of the city wall.

The Cole elf commander, who understood the range and power of dwarf artillery, couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he looked at the completely unfamiliar and terrifying Black Crow Fortress.

"Do you really want to fight again?"

Logically speaking, the defender has an absolute advantage.

There are examples of the attackers being dozens or even hundreds of times more powerful than the defenders, but still unable to defeat the opponent.

With a similar strength, the 5 Cole Elf troops could hardly capture the Black Crow Fortress, which was garrisoned by 3 gray dwarves.

Even if the Cole Elf commander is confident of victory, he cannot guarantee how many Cole Elf warriors will survive to the end.

What was different from what he thought was that Matthew was looking forward to what surprises the Cole Elf Force in front of him could bring him.

After all, the Cole Elf Kingdom at this stage is the strongest in the northern continent in terms of national strength and military combat effectiveness.

They will decline and be unlucky in the future, but not now.

"Will they really attack? There are only more than 5 people. They shouldn't be so bold, right?"

Touching the thick and solid city wall, feeling a lot bolder, the second prince Kreize asked with some anticipation.

Matthew glanced at the engineering golem behind him who was working hard, and replied in a determined tone:

"As long as the opponent is not stupid, they will definitely choose to attack immediately."

"The longer he delays, the higher the price will be."

Matthew has already made a choice for the other party.

Building a solid city wall 10 meters high in one and a half months is a signal to the other side.

We can build a lot of fortifications!
If the Cole Elf Commander does not attack, Black Crow Castle will have more and more defense facilities.

It will be more difficult to capture it.

As long as the Black Crow Fortress is not in the hands of the Cole elves.

Every day, more and more underground world looters emerge from the underground world.

Faced with this situation, the Cole Elf Commander could only launch an attack.

Sure enough, the Cole elf commander thought clearly and decisively issued the attack order.

The first to attack was the steel golem that jumped down from the suspended carriage.

Matthew, who was watching the battle, watched indifferently as the steel golems rushed over in neat rows.

I couldn't help but whisper in my heart: "You know, in order to allow you to launch an attack with peace of mind, I have many defensive facilities that I have not prepared..."

These steel golems hold a sledgehammer in one hand and a drill in the other, and their whole bodies are exuding surging waves of magic power.

It turned out to be the "Assaulter" golem that the El elves reported was causing huge trouble to their castles and fortresses.

These Attacker Golems are very powerful, with high defense and thick health bars. Normal attacks cannot do anything to them.

The battering rams and magic drills in their hands can not only break through city walls, but are also very powerful killing weapons.

Unexpectedly, the gray dwarves had already responded. The dwarf artillery, which was even better than those produced by the dwarf kingdom, showed extremely destructive power.

Just one salvo caused considerable damage to these attacker golems.

When the Attacker Golem withstood the bombardment of two rounds of artillery, it rushed to the city wall.

It also ushered in fatal damage!
More than 200 dwarf artillery pieces were pushed to the firing port at the same time.

The fixed shooting angle has confirmed their shooting target and direction.

It happened to be the location where the Attacker Golem rushed towards!
Rumble!
The destructive roar of artillery fire echoed across the entire battlefield instantly.

Three to four hundred rotating steel cannonballs hit the Impactor Golem's body with heavy hammers.

Although they have powerful defenses, they are still just bodies of steel and are not immortal.

After being severely hit by steel cannonballs, more than 30 Shocker Golems were instantly scrapped.

The remaining Attacker Golems were also shrouded in artillery fire and suffered more and more damage. Broken arms and legs were common, and crawling on the ground was also normal.

There were still some attacker golems that came to the city wall with difficulty and began their job of attacking and destroying the city wall.

However, the Shocker Golems were broken down too fast, with one or two falling down almost every minute.

With a sudden shock in his heart, the Elf Commander Cole did not hesitate to order the Elf soldiers who had been waiting for a long time to push the well car and the siege ladder towards the direction of the city wall.

Seeing the opponent's large forces begin to attack, Jifan gave the counterattack order without hesitation:
"Team 123, let go!!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
The gray dwarves' volleys of enchanted crossbows caused considerable trouble to the Cole elves.

Ordinary shields are completely unable to withstand it, and the toxins contained are extremely vicious and deadly.

As long as you get a little bit of it, you will immediately fall into a weak state of paralysis and weakness.

Many Cole elf warriors who were unable to dodge were instantly knocked down by a few crossbow bolts.

Before they even came into contact with their opponents, there were already casualties among the elf warriors.

The Cole Elf Commander felt distressed, but he was also secretly surprised by the other party's preparations.

Mystique suppresses the caster.

Dwarven artillery suppresses the golem.

Crossbowmen deal with large numbers of enemies.

The opponent's preparations made the Cole Elf Commander very uncomfortable.

But when he looked at the increasingly approaching well-mounted carriages and ladders, which had begun to approach the city wall, his originally high-spirited heart gradually relaxed.

As long as you can rush to the city wall.

With the elite level of the Cole Elf warriors and their numerical advantage exceeding 60%.

This battle should be settled!

At this critical moment, a faint mist spread to the surroundings.

The condensed fireballs hit each and every siege equipment with a "bang".

Click!

Whoa!
The terrible impact instantly destroyed these wooden construction machinery.

Several high-level elf spellcasters stepped out of the carriage, their faces a little ugly.

They combined multiple "spell counterattacks", but they did not have any impact on the flying fireballs.

This made them feel both frustrated and angry.

They reasonably believed that the reason why the spell cast failed to achieve the desired effect was entirely due to the mysterious lock.

This should have been one of the most powerful weapons in the Cole Elf Kingdom, but now it has become the enemy's trump card and is used against them.

Simple anger is no longer enough to describe their mood at the moment.

They kept chanting spells and meeting the staff, releasing buff spells one after another, which fell on the surrounding soldiers.

The magical effects already included will not be greatly suppressed by the Mystery Lock.

The second prince Kreize, who should have been very nervous, suddenly felt that this scene looked very familiar when he saw a large siege equipment collapse.

is not that right?

When he commanded the gray dwarves to attack the city wall of the Gulf Territory before, he also encountered the same spell bombing.

Boom!

The explosive fireball technique instantly hit the waist of the engineering equipment and completely broke it.

Flying sawdust and parts were scattered all over the ground, and the heavy head machine fell down, crushing several Cole Elf warriors who could not dodge to death.

The terrible impact set off a surging air wave, which knocked down the charging Cole Elf warrior.

Watching huge fireballs flying out.

It hit the siege equipment one after another.

All the spellcasters in Cole's elf army frowned subconsciously.

"The opponent has at least 20 advanced spellcasters, who not only control the Mystery Lock, but also have the fireball spell casting expertise."

Regarding the intelligence gathered by the law enforcers, Commander Cole couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

He looked at the siege equipment turned into ruins and fires, and immediately thought of a solution that was not a solution:

"Hurry up and notify other spellcasters and ask them to release shields for the siege equipment. Don't forget about the Thunder Lizards and prepare more protective spells for them."

"If they like to explode, then consume as much of their spells as possible."

"Order the [-]th and [-]th Brigades to cover the castle with fire from the left and right sides."

"Order the remaining attacker golems to protect them in front of the siege equipment as much as possible."

"Notify other spellcasters to provide various spell benefits for each Cole Elf warrior who is about to enter the mystery."

It has to be said that when the Cole Elf commander began to enter the state, he no longer worried about the death or injury of the Cole Elf.

After working hard just to capture Black Crow Castle, his various plans and adjustments have achieved good results.

The frequency of siege equipment being destroyed immediately dropped by nearly 1/3.

The gray dwarf warriors on the city wall also began to suffer casualties.

The magic longbows of the Magister Legion soldiers have an excellent range of 200 meters.

The proficient projectile skills they mastered allowed them to attack the defenders above the city wall under the city wall.

The regrouped attacker golems, relying on their numerical advantage and the efforts of being passively beaten, forcibly dug a hole under the city wall.

Two or three impact golems can be allowed to settle inside and continue to destroy the interior.

Faced with the changes in the situation, Jifan did not panic.

He didn't pay much attention to those Attacker Golems.

The thickness of the newly built city wall has reached 8 meters wide.

No matter how fast they destroy, it will take at least 3 hours to open a hole.

By that time, the battle would have been over long ago.

He stared closely at the approaching siege equipment and secretly ordered the artillery units to aim at these behemoths that were getting closer and closer.

Boom!

The roaring fire instantly hit a well-mounted truck.

A big hole was opened in the square Jinglan cart.

Rotating projectiles dance inside, shredding anything in their way.

When the fire light dissipated, the Jinglan car was in a mess.

The artillery may not be able to break through the powerful defense of the extraordinary dragon beast, but it can still deal with these wooden siege equipment with a handful of hands.

At the same time, the duel between the gray dwarf crossbowmen and the elf longbowmen also reached a fever pitch.

Both sides used enchanted armor-piercing arrows. Unless they had a shield on their heads, the arrows would definitely pierce them.

But gradually, the crossbowmen began to gain the upper hand with their continuous shots.

Because, except for a small part of the city wall that was under attack, the other crossbowmen could pull the trigger without any worries.

The elven longbowmen below had no way to hide or escape, and could only passively bear the baptism of crossbow arrows.

They suffered huge casualties, gritted their teeth and escorted the Thunder Dragon Lizard, transporting the last 10 engineering equipment to the city wall.

To achieve this goal, more than 4000 elven warriors were killed or injured.

No matter how good their fighting skills are, no matter how long they live, no matter how rich their combat experience is, they will always be cannon fodder when they storm the city wall.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The huge jinglan cart leaned against the city wall, and several iron hooks fell down, firmly holding one end of the city wall.

The elf warriors who had been waiting for a long time came out in large numbers with shouts!

　Today 8500
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　　Rush!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)