Chapter 426: Fortress crisis

Elano, one of the deputy commanders of the Southern United Army, stands in the southern part of the Ogden Empire, from the fortress wall, overlooking the city wall.
In recent days, the Miro Fortress has almost fallen into a carnival, because the rain clouds that Elano sees now know that there may be another heavy rain later.
In this desert with a hot climate and no rain all year round, how exciting the next rain can be, not to mention the heavy rain in recent days, even making Elano doubt whether the fortress at the foot is built on Among the desert.
Although Elano is not the founder of this fortress, he has been defending the territory of the empire for decades. Even though this desert is also included in the Northern Black Forest, he has never seen it here. Such extreme weather.
Yes, because here is a desert, the proportion of water and fire elements is unbalanced. Even if it is just a continuous heavy rain, it is definitely ‘extreme weather’.
On the contrary, compared to the civilians and soldiers caught in the celebration, the Deputy Head of the Griff of the Logistics Corps looks less beautiful.
"It's rainy again..."
Even if he just passed by, he could hear Griff's broken thoughts containing grudges.
On rainy days, the new muskets are not unusable. At least compared with the muskets that used to be in good weather, the new muskets can be used in various extreme environments only if they are properly stored.
But the problem lies in ‘how to properly preserve’!
Because it is raining almost every day, it is impossible to save these firearms and ammunition in the same way as the previous maintenance of armaments. These things are very "precious". If they are not well maintained, they will easily appear on the battlefield. problem.
New firearms can be used in many environments, but the premise is that they are properly preserved, which is not a contradiction.
Elano has not returned to the interior of the empire for many years, and he has forgotten his time because of years of guarding.
Although the sergeants who accompanied him changed from batch to batch, because of the terrible Black Forest, he needed all his strength to resist the wave of those monsters. He has not returned to the mainland for a long time.
He didn't know before that a thing called ‘steam engine’ had appeared in the empire, and even the new class of ‘new nobility’ knew nothing about it.
It is precisely because he has been here for decades, that the Milo fortress has not been destroyed, and the Northern Black Forest has not been able to erode the imperial territory that has been recaptured.
Maybe after he returned to the interior, he would be shocked by the development of the empire over the past few decades. In fact, he originally planned to return to the imperial capital to report his duties in the near future, because he is also the time to train an heir, although he is a legend and has a long life It can even be compared with long-lived species such as elves and dwarves, but he also knows that the Black Forest is becoming more and more dangerous, and it is better to train an heir as soon as possible.
But the sudden imbalance of elements disrupted all his plans.
This is a desert. In the past few decades, before this, it has been a desert.
But with the influx of a large amount of water elements, the proportion of elements in the desert has begun to change, and the ecological environment on which the creatures depend has also changed.
Unlike ordinary beasts, in this desert, many monsters with fire elements flowing in them have been greatly affected by the imbalance of the elements. The most significant impact is that their strength is limited, and many lower-level monsters have also been unable to suppress the food chain. An attack was launched.
Because this is a desert, the environment is more extreme, and the bloodline tendency of the monster is also relatively single, so when the elements begin to become unbalanced, the entire desert becomes chaotic.
Of course, only in the desert, the monsters in other parts of the Northern Black Forest have been devastated. It is just that the monsters in the desert area can't bear the huge amount of water elements entering the desert.
Therefore, in recent days, Elano has been busy, and Griff, who had originally recorded the actual test of the new firearms and will leave, was forced to stay.
Although Griff belongs to the Logistic Corps, he is still a member of the Southern United Corps and needs to follow Elano’s orders.
Sitting in the command room, Griff grabbed his fluffy hair, because of the continuous rain and rain in recent days, the air humidity has also increased a lot, and even some traces of humidity appeared on the indoor floor.
However, for them, this is not a good sign.
"Somewhat..."
In the Ogden Empire, many people are not too cold about things like magic, so several kerosene lamps were placed at the corner of the table, and Elano and Griff gathered together to study what happened in recent times and Its countermeasures.
The thick clouds have completely covered the sky of the fortress, and the darkness has enveloped the entire fortress, but if you listen with your ears, you can still hear the cheers of the people in the city.
"Another heavy rain."
Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Elano asserted so.
If it is in the interior of the empire, people may have begun to complain. After all, those food crops will fall under the heavy rain. If you want to save the food you cultivated, you must work under the heavy rain, which is likely to cause disease. It may even die.
But here is not the interior. The continuous heavy rain brings not only water but also the cold in the late autumn.
"The heat dissipation of sand is very strong!" Griff can't help scratching his hair. "Now the temperature is not only low at night, but also during the day. Are you equipped with cold-proof materials...well, I think so too ."
Looking at Elano's blank eyes, Griff sighed, which was also within his responsibilities.
"This winter is unusual!"
Griff shook his head and said: "It is well known that the rotation of the four seasons is related to the proportion of elements. In this desert, because the fire element often takes the upper hand and occupies a large proportion, the winter is relatively cold, but now it is not. It’s the same, the sudden imbalance of elements not only disrupted your plan, but also our plan-Deputy Chief Elano, you may not know, in fact, the Southern United Army has never prepared cold protection for you!"
After hearing that, Elano was stunned for a while, and then he was furious!
"what?!"
With a bang, Elano clapped the table and roared, "Who did it? Even embezzled the supplies of the United Army?!"
Even if it is not necessary, it is also a reserve material. It seems that winter is now coming, and now the temperature has become abnormal. If there is no cold protection material, what will happen?
But even with anger, Elano remained a little calm. If Griff had done this, then he could not have dared to talk about it so calmly with himself.
Even if you really want to beat someone, you should also find the right creditor!
"It was done by our logistics corps..."
Seeing Elano's eyes wide open, Griff hurriedly waved his hand: "But it has nothing to do with me! Really, it was the group of noble children who came to gilt to do it themselves. This matter is known to almost all senior leaders of the United Legion!"
Listening to Griff, Elano frowned deeper and deeper.
"So why didn't they kick those guys out of the legion?" Elano asked coldly~EbookFREE.me~ Even if they were not sent to the military court, at least, they would kick those people out of the legion. Why did the leader still keep them?
And Griff said, this matter is not a day or two!
Griff scratched his temples and smiled awkwardly, "Because those aristocratic children will put that money into the production of the factory, and there is not much need for cold protection here... This is their original word, it has nothing to do with me! "
Looking at Griff, who shook his head, Elano felt a sense of silent fatigue pouring out of his heart...
Why did he fight for so many years? What was the purpose of guarding the imperial frontier for so many years?
Elano suddenly felt himself a little tired, then sighed and said: "Can the supplies be put together before the winter?"
"May not work..."
Hearing this, Elano closed his eyes in pain.