Chapter 129: Goblin Technology Shocks People
After SI:7 and the Defias Brotherhood learned that the Covenant was going to build a fortress in the northwest of the West Wilderness, they sent a large number of stalkers to harass the Covenant to build a fortress.
In a head-on battle, the Defias Brotherhood and SI:7's stalkers combined could not withstand a charge from the Solas Cavalry, let alone against the Greymane Legion.
But playing dirty was different.
If you want to build a fortress, you must collect stone and wood, and build walls.
The Defias Brotherhood and SI:7's stalkers hid in the dark, assassinated lone people who were collecting building materials, burned the cut wood, and blew up the walls that had just been built.
All kinds of shady tricks and despicable means were used, leaving the Greymane Legion and Solas Cavalry camps without any progress in three days.
"This is not a solution, Lord Darius. We can't resist the harassment of two stalker organizations while building a fortress." General Varokal was so anxious that he led the Solas Cavalry to patrol around, but was still defeated by the omnipresent Defias Brotherhood and SI:7.
This was the first time that Lord Darius encountered such a thing. The flat terrain of the Western Wilderness became a trouble, forcing them to pay attention to enemies that might appear from the shadows at any time.
Just when Lord Darius and General Varokal were at a loss, a goblin steam warship docked on the coast of the Western Wilderness, and they found Lord Darius and General Varokal.
"Lord Darius, General Varrokar, I am Hobart Hookhammer from the Xiushui Cartel of Kezan Island. King Galin of the Covenant spent a lot of money to let the Xiushui Cartel help you solve the problem." The short goblin who called himself Hobart Hookhammer introduced himself confidently, as if his arrival could solve the problems encountered by the Greymane Legion and the Solas Cavalry.
Basically no race likes goblins, and Lord Darius is the same. He said dissatisfiedly, "Hobart Hookhammer, this is the West Wilderness. There may be stalkers from MI7 and the Defias Brotherhood around you. Be careful of your head."
"Don't worry about that. I came here to solve the two problems of those stalkers and building fortresses." Hobart Hookhammer didn't take the stalkers from MI7 and the Defias Brotherhood to heart at all, and casually threw two goblin engineering glasses to Lord Darius and General Varrokar.
The two didn't understand where Hobart Hookhammer's confidence came from, but they still put on the glasses with doubts.
After putting on the glasses, the world in front of them began to blur, but they saw the figure of the stalker that they could not see without the glasses.
"This is thermal imaging glasses, my work, it can sense temperature and make those stalkers nowhere to hide!" Hobart Grapplehammer introduced his work with great pride.
He can be proud indeed, thermal imaging glasses are undoubtedly the natural enemy of stalkers, stalkers below level nine cannot escape into the shadow space, and will have residual temperature and be detected by thermal imaging glasses.
The two who regarded engineering as a toy no longer dared to underestimate the short Hobart Grapplehammer in front of them, and Lord Darius' tone became kind, asking "Hobart, how many of these thermal imaging glasses do you have?"
"Thermal imaging glasses are not so easy to make, it took me a lot of effort, even the Xiushui chaebol did not have so many, but for the sake of King Garin (on the gold coin), I specially brought a hundred thermal imaging glasses." Hobart Grapplehammer stretched out a finger and said while spinning in circles.
The biggest trouble in dealing with stealth is that they cannot be found when they are sneaking. Although one hundred thermal imaging glasses are not many, they are definitely enough.
Lord Darius distributed all the thermal imaging glasses to the Gilnean musketeer elites led by his daughter Rona Crowley.
As the country that is best at using gunpowder among human kingdoms, the musketeers of the Kingdom of Gilnean are no worse than the dwarf musketeers and goblin musketeers.
The Gilnean musketeer elites ambushed in high places, using thermal imaging glasses, sniped the stealth of the Assassin's League and the Defias Brotherhood on a large scale.
In a short period of time, a large number of stealth were directly sniped and killed, emerging from the shadows. Even if they were not killed in one shot, they would soon be finished off by the rest of the covenant warriors and knights patrolling around.
The Gilnean musketeers with thermal imaging glasses became the death god of the Assassin's League and MI7 stealth, which led to fear among stealth wherever gunshots were heard.
After half a day, due to the heavy casualties, the Assassin's League and the Defias Brotherhood's stalkers retreated directly.
Lord Darius let out a sigh of relief, but he also knew that it would not take long for MI7 and the Defias Brotherhood to find a countermeasure and send more elite stalkers at the same time. Thermal imaging glasses could not stop them for long.
After witnessing the magic of goblin engineering, Lord Darius asked Hobart Grapplehammer, "Hobart, the construction of the fortress will be left to you. If you can successfully build a solid fortress for the Covenant in the West Wilderness, then I will reward you in my personal capacity."
"Hahaha, Lord Darius is so generous. Leave it to me, no problem!" Money is tempting. Even the technology geek Hobart Grapplehammer needs research funds. The reward of a private identity is for him alone, not for the Xiushui chaebol. How can he not be tempted?
Under the order of Hobart Grapplehammer, Lord Darius and Lieutenant Varocar cleared the area inside the selected fortress location, and all the soldiers of the Covenant also evacuated and waited outside.
Hobart Grapplehammer's goblin assistant placed all kinds of strange things in the empty fortress site center until it piled up like a small hill, and then placed a fuse bomb on it.
This wave of operations made all the human warriors of the Covenant very confused. What is he doing?
Due to the precedent of thermal imaging glasses, Lord Darius and General Varocar chose to believe Hobart Grapplehammer and waited for a miracle to happen.
Hobart Hookhammer detonated an impression bomb in the distance, and a huge explosion occurred instantly. The strong explosion even tore a crack in the space.
When the smoke and dust caused by the explosion gradually dissipated, a shocking scene was discovered. On the originally empty and flat plain, a medium-sized goblin-style fortress with complete facilities suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Hobart Hookhammer opened his arms and shouted proudly: "This is the capsule fortress, my invention!"