It was precisely because she knew too much about the power of the Warlocks that Vanessa could never forgive the detestable enemy who lured the Warlocks into the Goblin Plane!
If not for the fact that she did not have enough power to wipe out the opposing forces, she would have stabbed the detestable fellow in the heart with her own hands. It … It was too despicable. It actually dragged the entire Goblin Plane into danger for its own selfishness.
Such a fellow should be hacked into pieces …
As she cursed, Vanessa pushed open the wooden door and went to the small open-air platform outside the residence.
This was a metal castle with a strong Goblin style.
Although the layout of the building was similar to that of the human castles, there was a huge difference in the building materials. Human castles were mostly made of earth, wood, and boulders, while the Goblin castles were made of a large number of metal components, with the occasional addition of wood. Even the wooden walls had to be covered with a layer of sturdy metal plates to increase their sturdiness.
So, from afar, this Royal Castle that belonged to the Demi Royal Family looked like a steel castle made of pure metal. It reflected the golden light unique to alloy materials everywhere.
Due to the short stature of the Goblins, the Goblin buildings were mainly short and sturdy. In terms of style, the Goblin architects displayed their creative and divergent thinking, creating all sorts of strange Goblin buildings.
Just the roofs of the Goblins' buildings were strange and varied, not to mention the others.
There were round mushroom roofs, conical roofs, spiky roofs that looked like lightning rods, and strange roofs that had their own heads carved into them …
So, looking from a high vantage point, there were no two buildings that looked exactly the same in the Goblin castle.
Due to the fact that they advocated frugality and economy, the paths between the Goblin buildings were extremely narrow and crowded. Moreover, there were all sorts of wires, levers, and capstans between the buildings. There were metal trapdoors, suspension bridges, and small cars sliding on the tracks everywhere …
Moreover, most of the buildings were still steam-powered, so their tall iron chimneys were constantly emitting black smoke. On the streets, goblins rode chocobos, golem beasts, and self-propelled robots, strutting through the streets with their heads held high.
In the distance, Gnome caravans had already arrived at the edge of the castle. The Gnome in charge of the caravans was waving his whip, instructing the slaves to unload the goods from the Kodo's body.
Above the castle, Gnome helicopters flew across the sky with the ear-piercing roar of machines. A large Gnome Airship was slowly approaching the port at the edge of the castle. There was an endless stream of Gnomes coming and going.
Princess Vanessa looked at the people who lived and worked in peace under her rule. Her heart was filled with boundless pride, but at the same time, there was an indescribable fear and uneasiness.
She loved her people, loved her own country, and loved the goblins' unique culture … But all of this had been changed by the sudden appearance of magic.
Magic represented a cleaner and more efficient source of energy, and it could never be cut off. Hence, when they first came into contact with magic, none of the Gnomes could reject this new energy source that represented the great future.
But for some reason, the more magic energy they came into contact with, the easier it was for the Gnomes' fragile and small hearts to be corrupted.
And the leaders of the various consortiums and financial groups, led by Gaz Lurvi, all became arrogant and greedy. They even wanted to get their hands on the terrifying and evil power that did not belong to the Gnomes.
Vanessa could vaguely guess why Gaz Lurvi would collude with the Sorcerers World and lure the evil Sorcerers into the Gnome Plane. After all, when a 96-year-old overage Goblin grasped superpower, what it wanted to do the most was nothing more than to live a longer and more comfortable life.
And this was something that the Gnome civilization could never solve!
Hence, for selfish and evil purposes, that bastard lured the even more evil and terrifying Sorcerers into his home. And all of this was for the pointless struggle of a dying old Gnome.
The blueprints of the Thunder God Titan that Tigole had sent back had all the Royal Gnome Engineers mesmerized and obsessed. The basic power of Level-4 could perfectly merge the Gnome engineering machinery and alchemy technology into one. It would become the most powerful war machine that would witness the rise of the Gnome Empire.
Once such a thing was successful, the engineers and alchemists involved would definitely go down in history. They would become sages that countless Gnome descendants would worship.
No Gnome could resist such a huge temptation!
Based on what Vanessa knew, after the blueprints were sent to the Royal Academy of Engineering, those white-haired Gnome engineers had not slept for three days and three nights. They gathered all the Gnome engineers, and then invited a group of old fellows from the Alchemy Workshop to assist them. They were in full swing researching every detail and core technology of the Thunder God Titan.
In order to conduct experiments, they had applied for 17 major projects, 21 core materials and metals experiments, 175 technology verification tests, and five feasibility studies for the space furnace miniaturization technology …
Based on their attitude, they would not be able to support such a huge project even if they emptied the Royal Treasury. Moreover, if they poured all the wealth and resources of the Royal Family into this illusory Thunder God Titan project, then the Royal Family's plan to build their own Mana Army would inevitably be delayed.
Without a new Mana Army, how would the Gnome Royal Family fight against Gaz Ruvi's private mercenary army? Without a new Mana Army, what could the Gnome Royal Family do against the invasion of the evil Sorcerers?
If the ones who defeated the Sorcerers were not the Gnome Royal Family's army but Gaz Ruvi's private army, then in the hearts of the Gnomes, the Gnome Royal Family would lose their responsibility as a Divine Guardian. By then, what else could the Gnome Royal Family do other than watch Gaz Ruvi win over the hearts of the people who originally belonged to them?
The more she thought about it, the heavier the haze in Vanessa's heart became. Most of the time, the terrifying pressure on her frail shoulders far exceeded the combined pressure of all the other Gnome Princesses of her age.
If not for the support of the Royal Family's bloodline, which prevented her from retreating or compromising, she would be like the other 11-year-old Gnome Princesses. She would be doing her favorite engineering experiments and driving the alchemy products that she created herself. She would not have to worry about the difficulties and problems that were yet to come!
Unfortunately … she was Vanessa. She was the Princess Royal of the Gnome Empire. She was the most powerful Gnome in the Andermai Royal Family. In such an environment, she could only throw away her clothes and put on her armor to do what she could for the survival of the Gnome Royal Family!
Just as Vanessa was holding onto the metal railing and looking at the people in her castle, a flustered Gnome maidservant rushed in.
"Oh no … Oh no … Your Highness, the minister of state just reported that there was a sudden outbreak of a large-scale plague across the Empire …"
The petite and beautiful Princess Vanessa's scepter fell to the ground.
…
The plague had broken out!
It was as though the Grim Reaper of the Plague had just wandered through the Gnome Empire. From the south to the north, from the east to the west, a terrifying plague had broken out in the Gnome Empire.
All the infected Gnomes had a common characteristic. Their bodies were festering, and their green skin was covered with bleeding spots of various sizes. Once infected, no matter how strong a gnome was, it would collapse in an instant. From then on, it would become a pitiful fellow that could only scratch its own body until its skin broke and blood oozed out. Then, it would spit out mouthfuls of blood!
In the history of the Gnome Dimension's development, there had been large-scale epidemics before. But those epidemics usually had a clear source, and as long as the transportation was cut off, the scale of the epidemic would be greatly limited.
But this plague was obviously different from the past. Not only was the scale of the outbreak huge, but its characteristics were so strange that the Gnomes trembled in fear.
That was … the fatality rate of this plague was surprisingly low!
It was as though a certain Demon God was playing a vicious joke on the Gnomes. Although the number of Gnomes infected by the plague increased exponentially, the number of deaths was not high.
Among the infected goblins, apart from the frail individuals who couldn't withstand the Plague Bacteria's torture and died, most of the goblins were in excruciating pain and suffered all kinds of torture. However, they were still on the brink of death and didn't lose their last bit of vitality to the Plague Bacteria.
This indirectly proved that the source of the plague came from those evil Magi!
The Gnome doctors sent by the Gnome royal family finally discovered that the source of the plague was the contamination of the Gnomes' water source. But it was obviously of no help. The large-scale outbreak of the plague spread rapidly among the Gnomes. It spread from the cities to the villages, and from the villages to the settlements of various sizes.
The weakening of the goblins immediately led to a backlash. The other races that had been oppressed by the goblins immediately started a wave of rebellion in various places. As the main fighting force of the Gnome Mechanics were infected by the plague, the scattered Gnome towns lacked the protection of powerful magic machinery and fell into the hands of the other races.
The Gnome towns that had yet to fall had no choice but to start a large-scale massacre of the other races' slaves in order to protect themselves. This inevitably led to the other races' fierce resistance.
In a short period of time, the Gnome guards, militias, and local armies fought against the Gnomes. Both sides suffered countless casualties.
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