On the Seven Towers

Farrell stretched out his hand and said, "My family is a small family, and the patriarch has only five strands of beard. However, I was allowed to comb five strands of beard because I invented a forging method that was very powerful at the time and contributed it to the city lord. If I hadn't argued with the patriarch and made a bet, and accidentally blew up the family workshop, I wouldn't have fallen to this point."

Xiao Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "If it weren't for that, maybe you would be on the opposite side now."

"Yeah. Maybe this is a lucky thing." Sinclair comforted him. He even shaved off most of his beard, revealing his broad chin. Many dwarf warriors in the Marine Corps made the same choice as him.

"It's a pity for Lisa." Farrell murmured.

Ansaldo was obviously much more cautious than the patrol team, and he was not in a hurry to launch an attack. However, he still didn't realize what the pneumatic cannon was, and he didn't know that the formation they were in would suffer heavy losses in front of the pneumatic cannon. A dwarf wizard next to Ansaldo cast a sound amplification magic. He said in the dwarf's unique low accent: "Outsiders, you attacked my fleet, it was a big mistake. What exactly do you want to do here? Do you want to provoke a war between humans and dwarves?"

Xiao Chen also said in the amplification magic: "Governor Ansaldo, I came here with a friendly and cooperative attitude, but encountered your patrol team's obstruction. During the negotiation, your patrol team took the lead, and we were fighting back. And our counterattack is also to stop when we see the advantage. You should have seen it on the shore. Our strength is enough to destroy your patrol team, but we still held back."

"Human, I have seen many tricks like this. Relying on despicable sneak attacks to destroy my warships, kill my soldiers, and then occupy the moral This method won't work here. "Ansaldo said coldly, "Don't think that you can do anything here just because you have gained a temporary advantage. This land belongs to the Dwarf Kingdom. No outsider has ever been able to do whatever they want here. What you should do is hand over the murderer and pay compensation, otherwise you will face the anger of the Dwarf Kingdom. "

Xiao Chen didn't care about Ansaldo's empty warning. He said: "Governor, it's meaningless to say this now. I suggest we talk privately. I have an old friend of yours here. I will explain our intentions at that time. I will also show you evidence that it was your people who attacked our ship first. "

Ansaldo seemed a little hesitant and began to discuss something with his staff.

Xiao Chen said, "Governor, in order to let you see that we really showed mercy just now, so that you don't make a misjudgment, I will show you a little bit of our strength."

Xiao Chen pointed to a very old warehouse on the edge of the port, which looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, and said, "This old house is almost time to be demolished."

Ma Anmin, who was on standby, immediately issued a firing order. More than a dozen pneumatic cannons on the side of Houyi opened fire at the same time, and the whistling shells exploded on the wooden house. The explosions that the dwarves had never seen enveloped the entire port. After two rounds of bombardment, the abandoned warehouse had been razed to the ground, leaving only wood and stones covered in smoke and flames on the ground.

Such bombardment was far more impactful than the explosion just now at sea. Whether it was Ansaldo's army or the merchants and residents who were secretly watching the excitement in the port, they were all stunned by the momentum of the bombardment.

In addition to the echo of the explosion and the sound of burning wood, the entire port was almost silent.

The combined power of magic and technology roared in this ancient port, like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the dwarves who have lived in their own small country for thousands of years.

Mei Tiantian behind Xiao Chen lightly stroked her hands in the air, and starlight emanated from her fingers like mercury pouring down the ground. A translucent long ladder formed by magic light extended from the side of the ship, all the way to the dock.

Huang Zheng, the commander of the Marine Corps who had been prepared on the side, led a company of dwarf marines, rushed down the stairs, stepped onto the dock at a very fast speed, and set up a shooting position facing Ansaldo's dwarf phalanx opposite. These soldiers not only had rifles and machine guns in their hands, but also had ten mortars. The number of people was only about one-third of the opponent, but the momentum was more aggressive than the opponent.

Xiao Chen and Luo Ling, with Farrell and Sinclair, also walked down the starlight ladder and stood behind the Marine Corps' position.

Ansaldo watched the other party get off the ship and set up a formation, but did not dare to act rashly. When the mysterious weapon destroyed the old warehouse, he knew that the other party could use the ship to destroy his entire port at any time if they wanted to.

Although the other party's leader had already got off the ship, the black tubes on the ship had already turned and pointed at his position. With just one order from the other party, he and his soldiers would be completely finished.

But what surprised him was that the other party actually had an army of dwarves, and the appearance of these dwarves surprised him greatly. Many of them had shaved off the beards that were as precious as life for the dwarves. Some had short beards, and some even had bare chins. This was a crime that was enough to put the dwarves of the Dwarf Kingdom into jail.

He really couldn't figure out where these dwarves came from in the world. They had forgotten the customs and traditions of the dwarves and were equipped with strange weapons for humans to use.

For a moment, he even guessed that these people were the remnants of the prince who lost the war for the throne, but then he felt that it was impossible. As subordinates of the prince, they could not just abandon tradition, and they would not get the support of any dwarf nobles.

Xiao Chen and his men walked to the front of the position, and said to Ansaldo from a distance of dozens of meters: "Governor Ansaldo, it's the first time we meet. I am Xiao Chen from the Tower of China, and now I am the chairman of the Tower of China, that is, the leader. I came here this time to talk to you about something. There is also an old friend of yours here. I don't know if you still recognize him after not seeing him for many years."

Farrell took several steps forward, staring at Ansaldo with his big eyes, "Ansaldo, we haven't seen each other for many years. Do you still recognize me? Compared with those years, you are really much older. But I am also old. When you gave me to Viscount Moraton, you must not have thought that I could come back here, right?"

"You are..., you are Farrell?"