The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"These guys look like the regular army of the empire."

After quietly approaching an armed man on patrol, Dark Wing No. 1 did not attack immediately, but first carefully observed the other party's appearance.

Although his clothes looked worn and dirty, his walking and standing postures were very rigorous and standard, and it was obvious that he had received long-term training.

Considering that Duke Booker has always been a supporter of the Second Prince, these people might actually be soldiers under the Second Prince in disguise.

"This is Number One. I'm ready to capture my target. Please help me attract the attention of the other targets."

[No. 2 received. The rest of the team has moved to the assembly point. I am preparing to throw an explosive at other targets. Please act after seeing the signal.]

The members of the reconnaissance team are all elites who have been strictly screened, so this simple cooperation does not require any further confirmation.

With a loud bang near the wreckage of the truck, No. 1 took advantage of the target's attention being diverted and rushed out from the shadows.

All members of the reconnaissance team carry non-lethal weapons, and No. 1 is no exception - when the specially made shock device comes into contact with the opponent's body, it immediately explodes with a violent wave that is enough to make a person lose all five senses instantly.

Although this thing would also affect him, the specially made combat suit was enough to offset most of the shock. So No. 1 just paused slightly and knocked the target unconscious, then dragged him directly into the shadow of the ruins.

The other armed men whose attention was drawn by the explosion were indeed startled at first, but as they were obviously well trained, they immediately assumed fighting stances.

But before they could react, the entire reconnaissance team had already left the scene, leaving no trace at all.

[Confirm that the reconnaissance team has left the target area and started calibration - the fire control system is operating stably and the error is within the allowable range.]

[No. 3 and No. 6 turrets have confirmed that loading is complete and can fire. ]

[Position: seven, six, two. Trigger the fuse, fire two rounds at once. Fire!]

Then, in the seemingly empty sky, a dazzling light suddenly appeared.

"What the—"

The highly concentrated fluid magic source stone caused a high-temperature explosion that was enough to melt the rocks the moment it hit the ground - and humans without any defense were simply unable to resist this terrifying force.

[Confirmed that the target location's life signals are completely silent. ]

……

"The accuracy deviation is quite obvious... Is our position too high?"

After commanding the White Bird to conduct a precise test shot on the ground, Aarons immediately checked the results of the shooting.

Although the explosion did not affect the reconnaissance team, the accuracy of the firepower projection was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory - conducting direct shooting at the ground at an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters did not seem to be a good idea.

"Miss Spider sent me the ballistic analysis data... Hmm, it seems that in order to ensure perfect shooting accuracy, we must descend to an altitude of about 800 meters."

"Given the size of this ship, it should be noticed immediately when it lands at that altitude, right?"

"But if we don't do this, we can only use guided weapons if we want to carry out precision strikes. The manufacturing process of such weapons is too complicated, and it is impossible to fire continuously like artillery."

There is really no such thing as having the best of both worlds in this world - if you want to ensure large-scale firepower projection, you must land at a height where you can be detected or even attacked by the enemy. And if you want to protect yourself, you cannot carry out high-intensity combat continuously.

"So, it is up to you, the captain, to decide what to do next."

"There's nothing we can do... Dark Wing, report the situation."

[Captain, we have conducted a preliminary interrogation of the prisoners. They are indeed the Second Prince's subordinates.]

There really was something hidden here - although Duke Booker seemed to have lost his mind, he still had some tricks up his sleeve.

After the civil war officially began, the Second Prince could openly look for what he needed in the polluted duchy without having to worry about the intrusion of other forces.

[This soldier's rank was too low, so he didn't know more specific information. But according to him, the Second Prince seemed to be trying to collect a new ore called Spirit Source Stone, and he just happened to have a small sample on him.]

"It seems we are lucky. Dark Wing Team, return immediately after dealing with the prisoners. Teacher Jiangyue, I need to immediately understand what the Second Prince is trying to do."

"Understood. I'll ask the technical team to prepare now. After the Dark Wing team returns, have them deliver the samples there as soon as possible."

No matter what the Second Prince was planning, Aarons would eventually have to fight him - and this prince who was famous for his martial arts was definitely not a fool, so his side could not act rashly.

However, what is the so-called spiritual source stone?

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"The test results are out, Marquis. Duke Booker really did have some tricks up his sleeve. He deliberately used spiritual power to pollute this place."

After the reconnaissance team returned to the ship, Jiang Yue immediately analyzed the samples they had obtained - although the analysis did not take long, the final results were not very pleasing.

"The so-called spiritual source stone is something that has a certain probability of deterioration after the magic source stone is contaminated by a large amount of active spiritual energy. The properties of this material are very unstable, but it can quickly release a large amount of spiritual energy - do you know what this means?"

"Has the disadvantage of the low efficiency of the magic source stone been overcome?"

"Under normal circumstances, making this kind of thing is a waste of resources. But now is a time of war, and there are too many magic source stones in the Duke of Booker's territory to use up... Even if the production is only one tenth of the total, it is enough to deal with this civil war."

So the Duke of Booker did this incredible thing, actually to support the second prince in his fight for the throne.

Even though his mind was confused by the conspiracy of the Star-Seeking Caravan, Duke Booker was still a noble who ruled a place. After Aarons once again realized the level of a noble, he dared not take it lightly again.

"But the Second Prince probably hasn't completely taken control of all the resources in this place yet, so outsiders are secretly collecting Spirit Source Stones... This is also an opportunity for us."

"what do you mean?"

"Send a telegram to the Fourth Legion, tell them the situation here, and let them decide whether to send people over to grab these resources. The Spirit Source Stone doesn't mean much to us, but it should be very precious to them."

Since the Second Prince has not yet completely controlled the Duchy, the legions stationed in the border territories may have a chance to get a piece of the pie.

They are not the only ones who know how to fight in a spiritually polluted environment - and this is Aarons' strategy.

"Everyone listen up - this ship will start to advance towards the Dukedom of Ophir from now on. It is expected that we will immediately enter a combat state after entering the target area. Please prepare for battle."

The crew's main duties are to operate weapons and maintain the facilities of the internal factory. Once the battle begins, all systems on the ship will enter full-load operation mode.

So every crew member on the ship is important - and Aarons's job is to protect everyone.

"…Did I overlook something?"

However, even though he knew the secrets of the Duke of Booker's territory, an inexplicable haze still remained in his heart.