Henry then ordered a double dinner, and shortly after he finished eating, Drummond had everything ready. He prepared 200 pounds of TNT and 40 delayed electric detonators, placed in a carriage outside the bar, divided into three boxes.
The total cost was less than 10 us dollars, which Henry continued to charge to his account. He then drove the carriage back to his home, stored the three boxes in his spatial inventory, and then drove the carriage back to the bar.
After returning the carriage, he immediately began his night patrol, focusing on the area near Linda's house.
More than an hour later, approaching dawn, Henry returned home, finishing an hour earlier than usual.
Upon arriving home, Henry tallied the money bags he had collected that day, totaling 1023.8 us dollars, which was a nice bonus.
Currently, Henry's biggest headache was dogs.
As long as the other party had a dog, he couldn't sneak in quietly.
The person who drugged the Border Collie Paul last time didn't contribute a release bead that included a drugging skill.
He did find five bottles and jars on him, but without any labels, they couldn't be used for now.
He would have to wait until he had time to test them on some animals to roughly understand their purpose, as Henry didn't know the specific usage methods and might not be able to properly utilize their medicinal effects.
Since he couldn't sneak in, he could only charge in head-on.
Since a blood feud had already been established, Henry couldn't let these insidious old schemers continue to plot in the dark.
Look at how many times Henry had been assassinated in the past few days?
First, release Shane, then shut down the mine, and then release Brendan when taking Linda to Denver to catch the train.
This was Henry's revised plan.
Since he didn't know what kind of hidden dangers were behind the mine, he would let them come looking for him.
At the very least, after releasing Shane and Brendan, the situation wouldn't get worse.
Henry might not be able to officially seize the mine for now, but at least he could ensure that no one could mine it without his approval.
Once those people understood this, there would naturally be room for negotiation.
The only risk was that Henry himself might attract more frenzied attacks, but would Henry be afraid of these fresh release materials?
Henry spent less than half an hour installing the TNT and delayed electric detonators, dividing them into 5 portions of 20 pounds and 20 portions of 5 pounds, and tying them firmly with ropes.
Grenades in this era were still in their rudimentary form, hardly used privately, and not practical.
So Henry could only manually DIY cluster bombs: the 5-pound ones with 3-second delayed electric detonators, and the 20-pound ones with 5-second delayed electric detonators.
Although they lacked the enhancing power of shrapnel from modern grenades, the power of high-temperature, high-pressure shockwaves was still not to be underestimated.
After finishing, Henry used the skill-containing white bead he obtained today.
Instantly, he was enveloped by a warm aura that appeared out of thin air. He found that he had been very interested in magic since childhood and had learned various escape, teleportation, and object manifestation magic tricks, as well as extensive practice experience.
A minute later, when Henry regained consciousness, he found that he had acquired the skill Magic LV3.
Henry treasured this skill as if it were a priceless treasure.
People in Europe and America during this era were already deeply fascinated by magic, and many renowned magicians had emerged.
Napoleon III, in 1856, even sent a French magician, Robert-Houdin, to quell a rebellion because the emperor believed his magic was real.
And Robert-Houdin actually succeeded with his "The Light and Heavy Chest" trick.
Robert-Houdin was the first to develop magic from a mere street entertainment form into a legitimate art form accepted by high society.
From then on, magicians began performing in high society, wearing tailcoats.
In England, there was also the Maskelyne family of magicians, whose legacy spanned over a hundred years, and the contemporary John Nevil Maskelyne was also highly renowned.
Producing eggs or coins out of thin air was already common magic.
Magic tricks like invulnerability, human dissection, head separation, mind transfer, and catching bullets with bare hands or even teeth were already prevalent.
Some magicians even successfully disguised themselves as contemporary witches, capable of summoning the souls of ancestors.
However, the original Henry knew these were all tricks of deception.
This was something his uncle, George Bruce, had told him personally.
George was the only relative the original Henry had ever met; he had stayed in the small town twice, each time for about a month.
The most recent time was five years ago.
He looked very much like the famous star George Clooney from a previous timeline, also a wanderer, and was thirty years old that year.
He claimed to be a great magician.
He liked Henry very much and had even taught him magic.
Unfortunately, the original Henry's personality was like his grandfather's; he disliked such deceptive tricks and never truly put his heart into learning.
Now that Henry had this skill, in future emergencies, if he suddenly revealed a pistol, dagger, or skill Flying Dagger, he would have sufficient justification.
Moreover, the origin of this justification was very clear.
This greatly increased the occasions where Henry could appropriately use his storage space, and his overt safety was significantly improved.
Although Henry was usually very careful, it was still difficult to avoid naturally taking out weapons from his storage space during future dangerous moments.
Aside from occasionally using this to amuse children and girls, and finding reasons for using his storage space, Henry had no interest in becoming a professional magician; LV3 was temporarily sufficient.
Setting his alarm, Henry reined in his excitement and quickly went to sleep, as he only had less than 3 hours of sleep left.
At 4 AM, Henry woke up on time, washed up, ate something, and then rode out on horseback.
About forty minutes later, Henry arrived at the fork in the private mountain road leading to Dwyer Manor.
He stopped his horse, dismounted, and walked alone along the mountain path towards the manor.
At this time, below the release life progress bar, there were 46 gray beads, 32 white beads, 2 green beads, and 174 gray bead empty shells, 58 white bead empty shells, and 12 green bead empty shells.
These release bead empty shells could withstand 30 machine gun bullets.
After some thought, Henry used 25 white beads and 36 gray beads, plus the 3 green beads and 1 white bead he had used previously, which was equivalent to 196 gray beads worth of energy accumulated in the panel. All LV3 skills began to flash—they could be upgraded to LV4.
Henry did not perform any upgrades, saving them.
Now, the release bead empty shells could withstand 37 machine gun bullets, which should be very safe.
It was a pity that there were no steel helmets or similar items in this era to enhance his head's bulletproof protection—Henry made a mental note to see if he could design one and apply for a patent later.
Henry put on his mask and quietly walked towards the manor, reaching the last corner in just over ten minutes.
The sky was still pitch black.
Henry took off his tall riding boots and put on a pair of cloth shoes.
Along this final straight path, on the rocks to the left and the eight specially left trees to the right, a gas lamp was hung approximately every 50 meters, totaling eighteen lamps.
It wasn't as bright as day, but it was enough for the sentries on the watchtowers to spot and start machine gun fire on enemies.
Henry took out his "One in a Thousand" Winchester Rifle at the corner and began shooting, first targeting the two exposed high tower sentries.
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