Global Lords: Hundredfold Increments Starting With the Undead

Chapter 919: Chapter 583, Dragon Crystal 45 (Brothers, Happy National Day)_2

He had lived for so long.

He couldn’t remember where he had heard it before.

But now was not the time to reminisce about the enemy.

Stopping the Blood Clan’s invasion was the pressing matter at hand.

After pondering for a moment, Odys returned the Sound-transmitting Shell to the Skeleton Attendant’s hand.

He ordered, “Summon all the officials.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The Skeleton Attendant withdrew.

Soon, a large group of Undead entered the Royal Palace.

These Undead were dressed primarily in the dominant hues of the Undead, but their bone structures revealed their races.

Dwarves, Goblins, Humans, Orcs.

They had all gathered here, now all a part of the Undead.

Members of the immortal.

Once everyone had entered, Odys spoke in a grave tone, “The Blood Clan has launched an attack from the north, and they have already taken ‘Howling Fortress’. What do you think we should do next?”

…

Elsewhere.

Eight Peaks Mountain, Gray Iron City.

The shooting range!

Pop, pop, pop!!

Pop, pop, pop!!!

Following the piercing sound of gunshots,

the Dwarf marksman stylishly holstered his gun, opened the cylinder, ejected the casings, and reloaded.

Then,

it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop again!!

Bullets poured onto the wooden target in front.

Leaving behind a series of clean holes.

After shooting five rounds, the Dwarf marksman ceased fire.

He passed the revolver to Fang Hao, explaining, “The accuracy is quite good, and the feel and weight are also acceptable.”@@novelbin@@

This time, the revolver trial had brought in Dwarves adept at using firearms.

They were more familiar with guns than Fang Hao and the others.

In the evaluation, besides accuracy, they also considered the feel, weight, and other factors.

Overall, the revolver at hand was already quite impressive.

It was a significant improvement over the short-barreled muskets.

Fang Hao nodded and scrutinized the revolver in his hands.

Now the appearance of the revolver was very similar to those from his previous life.

Prior issues with the too-long barrel and overly heavy frame had been addressed and corrected.

Now, it looked pretty impressive.

Seeing Fang Hao’s serious examination, Cao Junming and the Dwarf researchers from the design institute all watched apprehensively.

They were quite afraid of Fang Hao.

After all, a single word from him could determine their life and death, including Cao Junming’s.

“Not bad,” Fang Hao said.

Phew~!

The atmosphere on-site relaxed all at once, like bellows exhaling in unison.

This made Anjia, who had been watching from the sidelines, laugh out loud.

“I’m glad you’re pleased, boss,” Cao Junming hurriedly approached and said eagerly.

“How many revolvers do we have now?”

“Boss, only this one. It’s a test model. If you’re satisfied, we can go into mass production,” he replied.

“And the bullets?”

“There are still 12 bullets left.”

“Don’t mass-produce them,” Fang Hao stated, looking towards the side, “Bellerga.”

“My lord,” the Dwarf King stepped forward respectfully.

“Find someone to do the engraving, and engrave the blueprints as soon as possible,” Fang Hao instructed.

Bellerga nodded in understanding.

Although the Dwarves had suffered heavy losses in the great war, the loss of researchers and craftsmen was not so severe.

Engraving blueprints was not a difficult task for them.

After Bellerga nodded in confirmation,

Fang Hao turned his gaze back to Cao Junming and the Dwarf researchers.

He said softly, “Tell me about the next step in our research plan.”

“Ah?” Everyone present was stunned.

They had all been focused on developing the revolver, and had not prepared any plan for the next phase of research.

It was Cao Junming who first regained his composure.

He immediately said, “Boss, there are two directions for our next research. One is the improvement of projectiles, to replace the current black gunpowder and round bullets. The other is the improvement of firearms towards semi-automatic development, but both paths are quite difficult and will require substantial effort.”

Fang Hao nodded, considering the difference between the two directions,

Then he said, “Improve the projectiles.”

For now, the bolt-action rifle troops among the Undead seemed sufficient.

Even if they managed to develop automatic or semi-automatic weapons, it wouldn’t necessarily lead to a significant improvement for the Skeleton marksmen.

On the other hand, improved projectiles would increase the loading and firing speed of the cannons, significantly enhancing the coverage of firepower on the battlefield.

“Understood, we will draft the plan immediately and begin the research,” Cao Junming promptly said.

Fang Hao nodded, “Good.”

After leaving the Dwarf research institute, he chatted with Bellerga about the recent affairs of the Human Federation.

Since the start of the war.

The Human Federation, after completing the purchase of cannons, continuously bought a vast number of cannonballs.

The quantity was simply astonishing.

This also allowed the dwarves to earn a substantial amount of cash, securing the capital needed to rebuild Gray Iron City.

Whether it be Gray Iron City or the other cities that had been damaged in the war.

All had begun reconstruction.

After having a private chat with Bellerga,

Fang Hao also left Gray Iron City and returned to his own city.

…

Time flashed by, and several days later,

Fortress Santa.

The meeting hall.

Tap tap tap!!

Urgent footsteps resounded.

Before long, a guard hurriedly rushed into the hall.

In attendance, all of the Federation’s people simultaneously furrowed their brows,

Looking at the guard with strange expressions.

“Reports from the front line indicate that the Undead army is shrinking its lines, attempting to retreat.”

“What!” everyone’s eyes widened.

The commander of the Hall of Justice – Nidam, stood up abruptly, his face filled with disbelief.

The guard immediately continued, “Just now, news came from the front line that the Undead army is attempting to fall back, entangled by the allied forces, awaiting further orders.”

This…

Having received the guard’s affirmative response, everyone showed expressions of joy.

They had finally waited for the Undead to retreat.

The Human Federation had survived this difficulty.

Seeing everyone’s relieved expressions, Li Rong at the back, however, curled her lips.

She thought to herself, you all should thank me.

If weren’t for my daily pestering of Fang Hao, could the Undead have retreated so quickly?

I’ve saved so many people.

But these thoughts she kept to herself, unable to voice them aloud.

Instead, Xu Haide, whom she had been manipulating, was being hailed as the heroic contributor.

This made Li Rong quite annoyed.

If there’s a chance, she’ll still have to kill him.

Nidam sat back down, his complexion instantly improving significantly.

His gaze turned to the others present and he said, “It seems that the Blood Clan’s troops have started to pose a threat to Odys. Now with the Undead planning to pull back, what are your thoughts?”

Brief chaos ensued in the hall.

Then, someone spoke up, “According to the treaty, we need to entangle the enemy, creating an opportunity for the Blood Clan army to take down the Undead’s main city.”

“The Blood Clan is also an enemy of humans, in my opinion, we should allow the Undead to retreat and then let the two sides fight it out, losing troops; that would benefit the Federation the most.”

“But what if the Blood Clan realizes we’re playing tricks and decides to ally with the Undead?”

“After fighting to this extent, do you think they can just ally on a whim?”

“Indeed, allowing the Undead to retreat and the Blood Clan to deplete their forces is most beneficial to humans.”

“…”

The ones present were only a portion of the generals off duty.

However, the direction of the opinion was already leaning towards letting the Undead withdraw to exhaust each other’s forces with the Blood Clan.

Li Rong felt infuriated inside.

You Federation people conduct yourselves like this, and you’ll have no friends sooner or later.

We accelerated our offensive out of fear that you would suffer too many losses.

Now you’ve forgotten the pain once the wound has healed,

And started to contemplate setting up your allies.

Li Rong stood up to counter with a few points, arguing for the importance of the greater good and the spirit of the pact, suggesting that they should hold the Undead.

But clearly, the majority of those present did not agree,

And so she could only sit down fuming.

“All right,” Nidam spoke softly.

The room fell silent, and Nidam continued, “I have understood everyone’s opinions, and I will propose your suggestions to Silver Wing City. The final decision will depend on the Silver Wing City council.”

At the same time, he looked at the guard below,

“Inform the front line that until new orders are given, hold the Undead, with one step back for one step forward.”

“Yes,” the guard answered and turned to run out.

The meeting dispersed, and everyone went back to report the good news.

…

The main city.

In front of the wishing well.

Three bunny girls were standing with their hands before their chests, eyes closed, praying for something.

The originally crystal-clear bottom of the pond was now covered with a layer of golden Gold Coins.

Ever since Fang Hao told them that this was a wishing well,

Maids would come here every day to make sincere wishes.

They appeared even more devout than churchgoers.

Fang Hao stepped forward to exchange equivalently.

[Dragon Crystal 45]

[Material: Blood Stone 100/100 (high success rate).]

He also said a prayer in his mind and chose to confirm.

After a few seconds of stillness, 45 Dragon Crystals,

Plopped into the water.