Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 102 Possible Conspiracy

From hell? Why do you say that?

There was obvious confusion on Ska's face, and Vika stopped talking and began to explain in detail.

"The achievement of Iron Guard is not unique to Gond. Strictly speaking, we are just standing on the shoulders of others and constantly upgrading and innovating."

"The original design ideas for these mechanical monsters came from a new Zonggui in Shangcheng District. It can be said that without him, there would be no subsequent Iron Guards."

"His name is Enver Gotash. This young man suddenly came to us two years ago and proposed to cooperate with all Gond believers to jointly develop a weapon that can protect Baldur's Gate from any threat. A powerfully armed robot.”

"We didn't know him well before, so not many people responded to his call at first, but he didn't give up. During that time, he came to us almost every day. With such persistence, some Gond believers Finally willing to listen to his plan.”

"When he took out the draft of the Iron Guard, I was deeply shocked by the unparalleled design, and Gotash's impassioned speech also successfully inspired the passion in our hearts. The beautiful future he described to us was even more... It makes our hearts move.”

"Gortash also claimed that he had solved the problem of power and energy. In order to prove that what he said was true, he even brought a power engine design draft he drew. In this case, many people were moved by his sincerity. Choose to trust and join his plan to build the Iron Guard."

"I was also one of these people at that time. In fact, I was almost the first batch of Gond believers to devote their energy to the Iron Guardian project. At that time, we all believed that this project would bring a better tomorrow to the world. In the past two years, This year we put almost all our energy into this.”

"As time went by, more and more Gond believers chose to join this secret plan. Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction, but I noticed something was wrong in the process."

Vika picked up the water glass and took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued.

“Gortash gained our trust with that first draft, but in the subsequent invention and creation process, we could never reach the metal parameters he set in the design draft, so at the beginning we Almost all of the prototypes that were produced failed, either completely unable to drive, or exploding after running for a few seconds.”

"But there is actually no problem with Gotash's design. The steel engine he invented completely abandoned Karin's broken magic crystal as a source of power. Instead, he boldly used the heart of the lava magic bat with flame amber, plus a certain amount of It is a new type of fuel mixed with smoke powder and some unknown blending agent, and uses this new type of fuel as the main source of power."

"This kind of fuel can burn for a very long time, and it can also produce extremely high heat during the combustion process. As long as it is added to a special engine, it can be used through the levers, gears and steam inside, as well as a series of delicate mechanism to drive the operation of the entire Iron Guard."

"Just a small jar can sustain activity for half a day, and the main materials used to make it are very cheap, at least much cheaper than Kalin's broken magic crystal."

But at this time, Vika shook his head and said with some distress.

"But the heat of this fuel is too high, and deflagration will occasionally occur. Even our refined steel cannot withstand this level of violent reaction. Although the Steel Guard at that time could barely move, once the driving time exceeded ten minutes, let alone If the engine breaks down, even the cab may be melted directly, which has no practical significance at all.”

"At that time, we all thought that this plan was destined to fail. Even if it continued reluctantly, it would not be able to achieve the original vision. Arming Baldur's Gate with steel was destined to be just a wild dream."

"But at this moment, Gotash suddenly announced that his miners in Cloak Forest had dug out a new type of ore that can withstand extremely high heat and can perfectly solve our current problems. .”

Speaking of this, Vika frowned. Since the disappearance of Lantan Island, Baldur's Gate has become the largest gathering place for Gond believers in the world of Toril. He is now gathering in the Hall of Supreme Miracles. I don’t know how much precious knowledge there is.

Some were brought from the island before its disappearance, but more were discovered from scratch by Gond believers in this century. As the general person in charge of the Hall of Supreme Miracles, he had been reading these documents all his life, so when Gotash took out the ores, he instinctively felt that they looked familiar.

However, the long-term difficulties were overcome, and the joy that came with it diluted his slight doubts. Vika only thought that Gond was showing mercy to the believers, which allowed them to discover the treasure in the midst of difficulties.

"At first I thought it was just good luck, so I didn't worry too much. However, just three months ago, when we had just broken through the Iron Guard to the fourth generation machine, something unexpected happened."

Vika faced Scar seriously, and then spoke.

"First, Gifford, who set off for Cloak Forest five months ago to assist Gotash in exploring whether the new mineral resources were rich, suddenly lost contact completely. It was already three months ago when contact was lost. We all thought that Gifford was likely to We encountered danger on the way and may have died unfortunately, so in order to prevent the same tragedy from happening again, we hired a whole team of adventurers to escort the newly departed prospector Rusa."

"But just a few weeks ago we received news of the death of that group of adventurers. They died on the road to Cloak Forest, and Lusa's life and death are therefore unknown."

Ugh--

Vika sighed helplessly, and then continued after a moment of relief.

"Although we all know that the Cloak Forest is very dangerous. There are rumors that the shadow druids living there have recently begun to be active again. These things are probably caused by them, but the two consecutive losses can't help but Let me think more, is there any other conspiracy behind this matter?"

"So from that day on, I quit the research and development of the fifth-generation Iron Guard, and returned to the Hall of Miracles with my two apprentices. While searching for information on related ores, I secretly sent people to collect information about Gotash."

"I originally thought that Gotash might have been blinded by profit and thought that we were going to intervene or even rob this mine, so he repeatedly hindered our investigators and even resorted to killing people to stop us. But then I realized it could be worse than that.”

"According to the information I have searched, he is not only a rich noble, but also a powerful politician. Enver Gotash can be said to have been hanging around in the high-end circles of Baldur's Gate in recent years. He is like a fish in water, and his full name is now Viscount Gotash."

"But the most surprising thing is that, according to the intelligence I have collected, he suddenly started to rise to prominence in Baldur's Gate more than ten years ago."

"At that time, he was just an unknown person, but based on his current achievements, you can understand how fast this guy has risen. It can be said to be frighteningly fast."

"I personally have no prejudice against Zonggui, but I can understand with my toes that this kind of guy who can climb from an ordinary person to a viscount in more than ten years is definitely not a good man, at least not as good as he has always behaved. harmless."

"It is precisely because of this experience that I have more and more doubts about him, but no matter how great the doubts are, they can only be doubts. Without evidence, I cannot force out his true face, and I also hold in my heart lucky."

"I thought that if it was really him who had done it, then Jifo and Russa should still be alive somewhere now, and if they are really still alive, it means that Gotash might be able to find his way back, like A genius like him shouldn't jeopardize his future in darkness."

"But... I was too naive, and it wasn't until now that I discovered that things were far from as simple as I thought."

(End of this chapter)