Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 41 In the Cave

"My Lord, all the catch has been inspected. There's nothing wrong with it so far. No pollution has been detected. The fishermen have also informed us that they are forbidden from going out to sea recently. I told them that there are pirates roaming the nearby waters."

"How is it, do they accept it?"

"Of course I accept." Connor looked a little strange.

"The wages you offer are enough to cover their two-day catch, but can this really last? Let's hire all the fishermen to do the work."

"Don't worry, we'll be short of manpower soon." Hughes chuckled.

"This time we hired them to renovate the workshop. Once the renovation is completed, they will be the first batch of workers."

Connor hesitated for a moment but did not refute. The workshops in the territory were cash cows, which was the consensus of all the lords. However, skilled craftsmen needed years of study to become familiar with every link, and this was true for any kind of workshop.

Where can we find skilled workers?

Considering that Hughes requested to build a school, maybe he really has a way.

Zeus certainly had a way. In fact, he had already figured out how to implement it. If he hadn't been delayed by this strange pollution, he should be in the workshop now directing the workers in the construction.

Zeus sighed. He was only focused on developing his territory, but he didn't expect troubles to arise one after another.

Fortunately, these pollution problems can be solved soon.

Zeus glanced at the sea not far away, where the banshees gathered and were casting flesh and blood magic on Monica.

These banshees have some strange magic skills, and I wonder if they can be used to help the territory's production.
This is the treatment location agreed upon by Hughes and Nora, a seaside cave.

When the tide is high, the sea water will cover the top of the cave and the entire cave will be buried under water. Now that the tide is low, they have come to the cave.

The water here will not rise until night, when it will be dark and there will be no need to worry about being seen. But now it is blocked by the caves, and it is a place carefully selected by Hughes.

After Connor and Zeus finished their report, they left the cave. He needed to go outside to keep watch. In order to keep it secret, there were only him and Zeus here. The other servants delivered the supplies and carriages to the periphery and went back. He personally drove the carriage to bring Zeus here.

Connor also knew what the Banshee meant to Zeus, so he was extremely careful and tried to avoid any risk of being exposed.

I hope everything goes well, Connor sighed in his heart.

It’s really strange to think about it. He has been a sailor in the sea for many years, so how come he has never heard of any pollution?

"That is."

Connor's spirits suddenly lifted as he saw a short figure walking slowly towards him in the distance.

Yes, Nora from the Temple of Silence, Connor had seen her.

just
Why is she wearing full plate armor and carrying a huge shield?

Connor was a little alert. He looked into the distance and it seemed that no one else was coming.

A man wearing full body plate armor can easily deal with the attack of more than ten people. If he rides an armored warhorse, he can also disperse a hundred or so unarmored bandits.

If a rebellion breaks out in a noble's territory, it is usually enough to send a few knights. After they charge together, the servants behind them can come up and clean up the battlefield.

Although Nora came alone, Connor's expression was still a little solemn.

"Ms. Nora, are you in battle? Do you need my help?" he shouted.

Young Master Xius is not far from here, he will definitely be able to hear it. Besides, they can hide in the sea, so it won't be a big problem.

Connor felt a little relieved at the thought. As Nora approached, his eyes suddenly widened.

这 是
Heavy armor from the North?
In the White Crow Duchy in the north, priests charged into battle wearing heavy armor. The heavy armor specially forged by the temple could even block the volleys of the Empire's musketeers. The army formations they charged through were like plowed land, leaving only blood and wailing.

After a few tentative frictions, the Empire immediately became friendly and generous. After signing a friendly treaty with the White Crow Duchy, it turned its attention to the western battlefield.

I just heard that the soldiers coming down from the battlefields in the north seemed to have contracted a strange disease. When they saw the pure white armor with the holy emblem of the bone-white raven painted on it, they would go crazy and chant the holy scriptures of the Temple of Silence.

Looking at the bone holy emblem, Connor swallowed.

"This is necessary equipment for treatment." Nora's voice came from under the cold and hard mask. She took the flail from her waist and turned it a few times.

A puff of smoke rose, and Connor saw that one of the three spiked meteor hammers on her flail was emitting a faint smoke.

Hughes also came out and looked at Nora's outfit, his eyes twitching unconsciously.

".A portable incense burner?"

"Yes." Nora said seriously, "This one is responsible for exorcism, this one is responsible for treatment, and this one is responsible for..."

"Hit someone?" Xius asked subconsciously.

"No, these three can hit people." Nora's face became serious. "This one is responsible for preaching."

Hughes and Connor looked at each other and chose to keep their mouths shut.

The Undertaker of the Silent Temple spoke more today than before. For some reason, Zeus saw an eagerness in her eyes.

"Neither of you is contaminated." Nora looked at the two of them strangely. "Who needs treatment?"

"Please follow me." Hughes took Nora into the cave. Connor nodded to them and continued to stand guard.

"Let Monica get closer to the water. Ash, tell this Miss Nora what exactly happened, Miss Nora?"

Hughes turned his head and was somewhat surprised to find that Nora had raised a huge tower shield at some point, holding a flail in her right hand, and even lowered the visor of her helmet.

The white armor had been carefully maintained and looked murderous. Xius couldn't help but take a step back.

Is this really a healing device?
Zeus was very skeptical, but he remembered that it seemed to be the same in the online games in his previous life. The more armor was exposed, the stronger the defense. Perhaps these extraordinary equipment could not be judged by common sense.

And the flail in her hand, um, the incense burner, was indeed smoking.

Ash had regained consciousness, and although she still looked weak, she was in good spirits. With the vitality provided by the symbiotic contract, she had recovered faster than expected.

At this moment, she lowered her head and looked around before she noticed the little man in front of her.

There was no way around it. Although Zeus was relatively tall among humans, he still had to look up when talking to the banshees. And Nora, even from a human perspective, was relatively short.

Therefore, Ash saw the tower shield first, and then walked around half a circle before he saw Nora standing behind it.

Nora raised her head with great effort, trying to look at Ash, and then...
click!
The back of the helmet collided with the breastplate.

Nora was silent for a moment, then stopped trying.

Although this kind of plate armor looks like a tin can, it is actually quite flexible. Nora can now jump around without any problem.

But this flexibility does not include looking up at the ceiling, and the craftsmen who made the plate armor really did not think of this use.

Damn it, next time I must ask the Temple to change the design of this helmet!
(End of this chapter)