On July 23, Terra 766, a full-scale conflict between the Redwood Forest natives and Port Harrison began under extremely sudden circumstances.
In the redwood forest, more than 150 hard-core hunters were mobilized to raid more than 17 fishing villages along the coast, burning fishing grounds and more than 20 shellfish farms. Seven shamans and great shamans led the team to completely destroy the area.
Two border villages in Brown Elm Forest and Yuxi Forest killed more than 200 innocent villagers.
Port Harrison launched a counterattack that day. The port guard used each guard tower as a node to capture and kill 21 hunters. The next day, they used alchemical artillery to bombard all the indigenous settlements on the Ewok River in the west, creating a large number of
In addition to casualties, rare and expensive flame retardant agents were also used to create multiple forest fires in retaliation.
For a time, all hunting and medicinal gathering operations around Harrison Port were suspended, and all surrounding villages shifted to a defensive posture.
In contrast, all the indigenous tribes moved to the northwest near the Byson Mountains. The two sides launched sporadic but fierce offensive and defensive battles against the strongholds and villages upstream of the Ewok River, resulting in casualties on each other.
Without dispatching the totem masters, the maritime power of Harrison Port has an absolute advantage, and the natives cannot interfere with the fishery. Therefore, for now, the situation in the city is relatively stable, and all the residents have long been accustomed to this happening once every ten years.
large-scale conflict.
However, in the past, the conflicts between the natives and Harrison Port mostly originated from the extremely rare magic potion, or the competition for the ownership of rare Warcraft materials. Sometimes, the accidental death of important figures on both sides led to war...
All in all, when there were fights in the past, everyone knew why.
But this time, no one knew why the natives launched a sudden attack.
There are rumors in the city that the sacred tree of the indigenous people is about to bear fruit, so it needs to be watered with blood. Some people also say that the indigenous people have eaten too well in recent years and have too many people. The redwood forest can no longer support them, so they must go to war to kill some of them. More
Some people say that the indigenous shamans predicted the coming disaster, and the current fighting and death are just part of the way to avoid the disaster...
Everyone is very interested in this kind of topic, especially those who have nothing to do in the city, such as hunters and herb collectors who often interact with the indigenous people.
Even though some of them were recruited into the guard to fight with the natives, there were still many who stayed and passed the time talking about such rumors every day.
Ian is different, he doesn't have so much time.
In fact, during the recent period, he has been too busy to touch the ground.
In addition to daily chores such as buying groceries, cooking, firewood, rice, oil, and salt, Ian needs to exercise every morning when he wakes up. After breakfast, he continues to exercise physical fitness and body flexibility, and then has lunch and condenses the essence.
Ordinary Terran people usually only have two meals a day, and only three meals a day can be provided when the family has a lot of money and the funds are healthy. However, regardless of the money left by Osenna, Elders Hilliard and Puder gave it to them respectively.
It gave Ian a lot of money and resources, so when it came to food, Ian didn't fall behind at all, and he ate quite well.
But equally, his study intensity is also quite intense.
After refining the essence in the food, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Ian will go to a building belonging to the city hall to take classes with the local blacksmiths, alchemists and some White people in Port Harrison to learn alchemy and inscriptions.
As the youngest student, Ian really attracted a lot of attention at the beginning.
However, no one would ridicule, "What does a child know?" because his identity as a psyker has been announced to the public by Viscount Grant and Elder Puder.
Many people even felt that this class was even specially held for Ian, and the big guy was just taking advantage of it, so not only was there no ridicule, everyone was quite gentle towards Ian.
Then, Ian's learning speed gave everyone the wrong impression that 'this class is just for this guy!'
While everyone was still reciting and trying to memorize the numerous basic principles of alchemical substrates and inscriptions, Ian was already able to use instruments to perform simple substrate extraction under the guidance of Elder Puder.
It’s just a simple separation and purification, a primary school level chemistry experiment.
Alchemy is indeed simple, but inscription involves manual skills. You need to use a carving knife to carve various patterns on materials such as wood, stone, and iron sheets.
Ian does have shortcomings in practice, but with the help of the condensed source seed and the control of the body after breathing guidance, he is at least not the worst one.
After the alchemy class ended, it was around six or seven in the evening. When he returned home, he not only had to take care of his brother and cook dinner, but also continued to exercise.
After feeling tired, Ian will immediately perform breathing guidance to calm the essence in the body, and then wait until Hilliard comes back after nine o'clock to learn the other party's various advanced sublime courses until going to bed.
At the end of the day, Ian felt that he was more fulfilled than when he took the engineer certificate exam. The intensity of his life was at least three times that of taking the postgraduate and college entrance exam. Even with his spirit, he had no room to think about other things.
However, he didn't feel hard.
Ian became an engineer because he wanted to go to space, and all the knowledge he learned was to take him one step closer to his dream.
But now, coming to another world, all the knowledge, whether it is alchemy, inscriptions or sublimation common sense, each one makes him feel relished. It is an unknown that he has never come into contact with on earth.
Just knowing it is enough joy, let alone learning deeply about these things that you already like, it is simply a kind of enjoyment.
Of course, the most important thing is that these courses are not difficult for him at all.
"Basic alchemy is essentially chemistry. Although it includes some catalysis and synthesis content that has never been seen on earth, as long as you accept this setting, the difficulty level is at the entry level of elementary school or the top level of junior high school."
"Inscriptions are a little more difficult. Similar to integrated circuits, this thing is essentially a pure craft that requires extremely high proficiency and hand-brain coordination. Otherwise, there is no way to use an engraving pen to draw such complicated inscriptions on the material.
circuit diagram."
"As for sublimation knowledge, as long as you memorize it, it's fine. For me, it's the easiest."
Perhaps because he was reborn and had a soul, or simply because his physical condition was very good in this life, Ian's thinking ability was much stronger than those of his 'classmates' who had not yet condensed their souls.
However, he did not show any impatience and asked Elder Pude to give him a small start to speed up his learning progress.
Because what he lacks now is not time, but stability.
Ian knew very well that the more potential he showed, the higher the treatment he would receive. After learning about his talents in alchemy and inscriptions, Viscount Grant even came to the class to ask him about some basic knowledge he had recently learned.
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After getting a clear answer, the noble looked at Ian with not only admiration, but also a hint of caution. This means that Ian has psychic powers and can sense thoughts that are so subtle that they are almost invisible.
Since then, Ian has shown no further intelligence.
Too much is not enough.
In Port Harrison, just be an ordinary genius. If you go too far, it will be dangerous.
Instead of being outstanding, it is better to be a little bit messy so that you can feel comfortable.
And while Ian was studying hard at the group of books.
Outside the city, the conflict between the imperialists and the natives became increasingly fierce, but neither threatened the core of either party.
The Sequoia Aboriginal rear area has never been disturbed, with a steady supply of supplies and manpower, and the official roads in Harrison Port are also very tightly protected, with aid supplies originating from the provincial capital and even the central empire.
Are being delivered one after another.
I heard that in early autumn, another batch of support materials from the Imperial Capital will arrive.
According to the propaganda of the Viscount House, when the caravan arrived, it was the moment when Port Harrison broke the balance of power and defeated the natives.
In short.
Now Ian has enough time to adapt to this strange but gradually becoming familiar Terra continent.
Everything was on track, and he started intense study that lasted for more than a month amid the flames of war.
During this process, many students only learned the most basic production of gunpowder crystal dust and the repair of inscriptions related to alchemical artillery, and were hurriedly transferred to the front line... And this was exactly the result that Viscount Grant wanted.
Only Ian was able to complete this crash course, which lasted for more than a month, from beginning to end.
The tide ebbs and flows, time flies.
It is now September 19, Year 766 of the Terran Calendar.