Chapter 1311: Falling Into a Trap
Goblin Totokani looked at the spherical radar and the map device beside it.
The former uses the magic arcane eye to detect the up, down, left, and right directions outside the airship, and transmits the real scene to a spherical crystal. The airship is located at the center of the sphere and is used to accurately grasp external information. After all, the Sid is a fully covered design with no windows to peek out. If you want to know the topography of the ground and whether there are birds or other airships approaching, you can only rely on this set of radars.
The latter is a tracking map with its own GPS positioning. However, Midi does not have GPS satellite support, so this is a dynamic map that is supplemented and improved by integrating the map information in Lin's hands and continuously collecting terrain information through airships. The positioning of the airship is of course also the result of inference from the landforms and features.
The map information recorded here will also be synchronized with the information stored somewhere in the forum. It can be said that even if Totokani does not give a share of the Sid's commercial income to a certain magician, the map information update alone can be said to be worthwhile.
Of course, the goblin didn't know all this. If he had found out, Totokani would have complained bitterly to someone about the fact that he had done so much work for nothing and not received any compensation. Therefore, it can be said that Totokani’s vicious remarks against someone are not unjust.
But the matter in front of me has nothing to do with a certain magician far away. Totokani repeatedly confirmed that he was indeed close to Duke Rizal's residence, so he began to control the Sid to lower its altitude.
With the flexibility of the Sid, the hull can move vertically up and down. Of course, this is a way of driving without regard to passenger comfort.
Unless there is an emergency, Totokani is accustomed to rising slowly and descending slowly. On the other hand, it was also due to several sudden ascents and descents that caused unsecured cargo and passengers to roll around in the cabin. Things were broken, people were injured, and it was troublesome to smash the internal devices of the airship. So after suffering a few hardships, Totokani stopped showing off his superb operating skills in front of others or in private.
The lower half of the spherical radar instrument reveals more topography as the airship gets closer to the ground, and the walls of White Fox City also appear from the edge.
White Fox Castle does not have a city wall, but White Fox City does.
As a rule of thumb, the sky above populated areas is a no-fly zone. In addition to the self-restraint required by magicians, it is mainly designed for flying monsters. As long as a monster with a certain power level or above enters the sky above the town, those who can fight it will knock it down. Therefore, airships are usually parked outside the city or at designated locations within the city.
However, White Fox City was not today's destination, so Totokani controlled the Sid to bypass White Fox City and fly towards White Fox Castle on the hill.
As a defense system of a fortress group, Baihu Fort has a higher fortress on the outside and a lower one on the inside, showing a concave shape. In addition to interconnecting tunnels, there are also high-altitude connecting passages that allow people in the main castle to directly access the surrounding arrow towers for defensive operations.
The tops of the surrounding defense towers are conical, which not only facilitates drainage, but also makes it less likely for snow to accumulate on them and collapse the roof. At the end of winter, when the snow was sparse, the top of the Arrow Tower was covered with bare black tiles, and there was no remnant snow.
There is a large platform on the central main fort, which has many uses, one of which is to park airships. If the host family is defeated, as long as there is time, the airship can be entrusted to pick up the people from the air. Most of the enemy troops could only look forward and sigh.
As for the special operations of parachute invasion...just think about it. Even on the earth where humans lived in time, not many forces have this skill. It's hundreds of thousands of years too early to think about playing like this in Lost Land.
Of course, if technology is not enough, it is possible to achieve this kind of combat with the help of magic and suitable soldiers. However, the difficulty and cost of training this kind of soldiers may not be the same as that of ordinary troops and special forces on Earth. I am afraid that only a brave-level team can do it.
Not to mention the surprise invasion by airships. From the time the lookout noticed the trace of the airship to the time the airship landed on the invasion platform, the defensive magic tower and arrow tower could fight against the airship in the sky for who knows how many rounds.
If there are not enough airships, how can they be opponents of defensive fortresses assisted by magic towers. If the quantity is sufficient, make a surprise attack! Just blast the ground to pieces in the air, and then send the marine infantry to walk in openly.
Even at the speed of the Sid, Totokani was frightened when approaching such a combat fortress. Fortunately, the Sid came under Duke Rizal's commission and had been notified through the forum in advance. Therefore, the defensive magic towers in the fortress group will not fire upon seeing the shadow of the boat.
Compared with the original Sid, there were no reversing and deceleration devices, forcing someone to use special flight maneuvers to decelerate. The now perfect Sid has full spoiler and engine reversing functions.
The movements in the air are not only fast, but also flexible. So Totokani gently and deftly parked the airship on the central platform surrounded by arrow towers. His movements were smooth and smooth, without any feeling of stumbling.
On the platform, there was already a group of strong armored warriors waiting in line. In the radar, Totokani even saw nobles in fine clothes. It was the first time for a goblin to be treated with such courtesy.
In the past, when I took on business related to nobles, unless I was transporting the nobles themselves, there was never a time when the deacons of these nobles came forward to contact me. Especially in those days when people were disgusted with ghosts, they even sent the groom of the stable to explain the matter to him.
Now that he is flying the Sid, Totokani feels that his cards are higher, and he is different from other mud-legged guys who also fly airships. No matter how others brag, no airship is faster than the Sid. This is an unchanging fact.
So the goblin was proud.
When he parked the airship, he first shut it down. The hull of the boat is equipped with landing gear, so it can stay on the ground safely without having to maintain a floating state. After all, the airship will continue to consume power if it is idling. To a stingy goblin, this is an unforgivable sin.
However, he and his daughter still arranged each other's appearance and clothing together, then opened the hatch and got off the boat with a smile.
Then he saluted and said, "Lord Rizal, Totokani Afstan is here to serve you at your call." When the elf raised his head, what greeted him was not a warm smile and a friendly greeting. Greetings, but cold arrowheads pierced into his eyeballs.
There was a constant popping sound of arrows falling into the body. Not only the goblin Totokani, but also his daughter Polly who followed behind him was not spared. The high martial arts of the Duke's Guards allowed them to shoot arrows without having to draw the bow in preparation. As soon as the bow is in hand, the arrow is ready to shoot. Because of this, you can shoot the goblin into a hedgehog before it can react.
After a round of arrow attacks, everyone did not have the bad habit of standing still and observing the situation. Instead, he abandoned his bow and drew his sword, ran forward, and added a few more swords to the body. After confirming that the two goblins were too dead to die, they gave up their positions near the airship hatch and waited for their master's orders.
Lord Rizal indeed came to greet the Sid in person, but it was different from what the dead goblin imagined. He instructed his subordinates in disgust and pulled the two small corpses apart. First, he took the people and walked around the Sid and made some comments. Then he walked from the hatch ladder into the cabin of this airship, which was famous for its speed.
On the other side, another group of people walked out of the stairwell on the roof. Led by the eldest son of the old Duke and his heir, in addition to a group of generals belonging to the Rizal family, there were also a few people who did not look like nobles, nor did they look like they served the nobles. Finally, a group of nobles watching the fun followed, including several children of the old Duke and his vassals.
If Totokani were still alive, he would be able to recognize several of them. These people are also people in the small circle of airships, and they are the ones who love to question the performance of the Sid.
It's just that, the buyer is the one who dislikes the goods. The reason why this group of people like to argue with the goblin Totokani on the forum is not because they are jealous of the various performances of the Sid.
Especially not long ago, this group of people just sold the airship they had built and used for a long time. They are planning to find a sponsor to build a new airship.
No, the big buyer who took over the medieval airship offered another good deal, a replica of the Sid. So they stayed. And this group of people is also the reason why the old Duke does not need the goblins and their daughters.
Now they followed the young master of the Rizal family into the cabin of the Sid.
Even if this airship is well-known on the forum, even if it is stopped, as long as the cabin is opened, the most basic lights will be lit inside, so that people will not be in the dark, but it will not be too bright. The layout of the cabin is very different from the layout of ordinary airships, but after all, it has been in the business of transporting passengers, so the general situation has long been circulated on the forum.
What makes this group of people most curious is the core of the airship, namely the flotation device and the engine configuration that drives the propeller. These parts are well protected by goblins with covers, so they have never been seen by outsiders.
But it's not their turn to make the decision here yet. It means that among this group of people, there are more people who are interested in clinging to the powerful than are simply technical geeks. So they ran around recklessly without boarding the boat.
"Father, I have brought you here." The young master of the Risa family said respectfully. Duke Rizal's authority was so strong that even his biological son did not dare to challenge it.
Rizal was just comparing the differences in the internal cabin layout between the Sid in front of him and the airship he bought before. Then he thought about what form his troop transport ship needed to take. In response to his son's greeting, he didn't even look back, he just said: "It seems that there is a big difference between what you sold me. Are you sure that it will be started, or even a counterfeit?"
Hearing Duke Rizal's question, the group of airship technicians did not wait for others to pretend to explain, and responded directly: "Sir, there is absolutely no problem in starting. There may be some differences in the internal design, but in terms of control, the method But they are very similar. We are people who can build airships, not just buy them from others and only know how to simple repair them. Besides, the two goblins can control it, which means that the Sid is not so noble that it must be operated by a magician. control."
"Well, then start it and at least light up the lights inside. This way, you won't be able to see anything clearly," Lord Rizal ordered.