Chapter 573 571: Talented and Project-rich (Two-in-one)

Marius Gray, a fourth-level Scourge Mechanic Mage, is proficient in the production of small and medium-sized magic energy pools, and his main research direction is new types of artillery shells (missiles).

This was the one introduced by the legendary wizard Venus Carter, nicknamed 'Stubborn', who was notorious for his bad temper in the imperial magic research community.

He is not tall and is short and fat. He has a classic "strong man" hairstyle, a flat nose and a face full of stubbornness. He looks very unkempt.

He arrived very quickly, arriving at the gate of Lion Manor on the fourth day after Venus and Loyti came. It was obvious that he did not delay at all after receiving the news.

When the legendary wizard Venus received the news, he hesitated for a moment, then dropped the matters at hand and hurried back from the demiplane.

He was really afraid that his old friend would get stubborn and have a conflict with Luo Yi.

Ordinary people would never provoke a saint like Luo Yi, but the problem is that his old friend is not an ordinary person.

However, when he really arrived, he saw his old friend, Marius Gray, holding Roy's hand, looking very excited.

"A confidant, a confidant! I finally met someone who understands me."

"Your Majesty, you don't know, when I talk to people, they all think I'm crazy!"

Roy is also sincere: "Being half a step ahead is a genius, being one step ahead is a madman.

It’s not that you’re crazy, it’s that they can’t reach your level.”

"Don't worry, when you come to me, just study it carefully. The information I give you can be used as a reference.

If you have any needs or ideas, feel free to contact me!"

"Okay, okay, that's great."

"What do you think of naming the second mage tower in that demiplane?"

"Let's call it Marius Mage Tower. Your Majesty, you understand me so well, and I will never let you down.

The manufacturing technology of small and medium-sized magic energy pools, if anyone wants to learn, I will teach you right away!

There are so many missile types out there. Which one do you think is most urgent? I'll prioritize its research."

"Hahahaha, Lord Marius is still so generous and open-minded!"

Roy was having a pleasant conversation with Marius Gray. When he saw Venus coming, he nodded in greeting.

After everything was discussed, Luo Yi got up and left, leaving the venue to his two old friends.

The legendary wizard Venus walked up to her old friend and asked in disbelief, "What's wrong with you?"

Marius Gray looked up at his old friend and shook his head: "You don't understand me!"

Looking down again, he saw the thick stack of documents at his feet, and his eyes became moist: "Your Majesty understands me! He really understands me!"

The corner of Venus' mouth twitched, and she also looked down, and saw a lot of information on the table. The cover read - Missile iteration, type and some structural conjectures.

He reached out and picked it up, flipping through it quickly. After just a few glances, he saw many terms he had never heard of before.

Intercontinental missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-tank missiles, anti-ship missiles, stealth missiles, close-range combat missiles...

There are also long-range air defense, precision guidance, hypersonic speed, maneuverable trajectory change...

"This is?"

Venus opened her mouth to ask, but Marius Gray snatched it away: "Mine! Mine! All mine!"

"You are not allowed to steal my project!"

…

Kenan Albert, a fourth-level mechanical mage, participated in the construction of the ironclad ship. Although he was not the designer or chief engineer, he was one of the three leaders in charge of the construction.

He was also a victim of party disputes, contacted by spies sent by Ange, and was originally unwilling to receive flowers.

However, he still came after receiving a letter written by Luo Yi himself.

He became the master of the Siren Port Mage Tower, specifically responsible for the design and development of the Flower Territory armored warships.

This was to fill the gap in Flower Territory, and Loy gave him great authority and resources.

…

Terry Jones, a fourth-order mechanical mage from the Habsburg Empire, was introduced by Hill Douglas.

Hill Douglas also has a master, although he only recognized him after he became successful, but the power of the school is a force that cannot be ignored in the wizarding world.

The reason why he was willing to accept Hill's invitation was that his own research had reached a bottleneck.

As a mechanical wizard, everyone has a dream of invention, but not everyone has the talent for design and invention.

Therefore, he was very interested in the project provided by Hill, a junior fellow student in his own school.

After Hill took over Roy's project on wireless communications, he worked day and night but made little progress.

Even Luo Yi couldn't give him much help, so he thought of looking for someone.

They hit it off immediately and came over to team up with Hill Douglas, occupying the third mage tower in the half plane.

…

Ms. Bridget Lehman, a rare female fourth-order mechanical mage, was recommended by His Majesty Saint Bartholomew.

Don't think that His Majesty Saint Bartholomew is undermining the empire. Although he is a member of the royal family, he is not Hohenzollern III and cannot solve all problems.

As one of the few female mechanical mages, she was marginalized in a field dominated by men and could hardly make any progress.

Not to mention, Ms. Bridget Lehmann was a strong-willed person, which offended many people and led to her being suppressed.

Therefore, His Majesty Saint Bartholomew introduced her to Loyi. Of course, he did not introduce her randomly. This lady's research direction is the compression and storage of magic energy.

In other words, how can we use the smallest volume, the most common materials, and the safest method to store more magic energy?!

This topic was not taken seriously in the past, because the simplest piece of moonstone magic crystal could meet the needs of all firearms and field artillery.

But when magic tanks and magic aircraft appeared, this inefficient energy storage method was no longer enough.

Therefore, this kind of research is valuable. The research of the three generations of land warfare kings is stuck on this energy reserve.

After chatting with Ms. Bridget Lehman, Roy introduced Ms. Palacios to her.

As both were female natural disasters, they obviously had more topics to talk about. After a long chat, Ms. Bridget Lehman looked at Roy with much kinder eyes.

What others say is never as good as what you see yourself. She saw Roy's respect for women in Ms. Palacios.

Therefore, she chose to stay without much hesitation, and brought a group of researchers to directly start the research project of "High Energy Magic Crystal".

…

Orpheum Benítez, a fourth-level classical alchemist, later turned to mechanical disciplines.

This person is also a typical example of a talented person who is not appreciated. He has extraordinary attainments in classical alchemy, but his life is not easy in the environment of the empire.

Although he dabbled in mechanical disciplines later on, his inherent thinking was difficult to change and was not accepted by many schools of thought.

He was one of the small fry affected by the internal party struggles in the empire. He could no longer make it, and was recommended by Baron Miller to come and receive flowers.

After a deep discussion with him, Luo Yi gave him the research direction - the research and development of individual combat equipment.

It is a very practical situation. When artillery coverage becomes a routine means and when magic tanks kill people everywhere on the battlefield, infantry becomes the branch of the army that suffers the most casualties in the war.

They couldn't withstand the bombardment, the crushing of tanks, the grenades and bullets...

Once they entered the battlefield, they became consumables, using their flesh and blood to consume the enemy's bullets.

But they are also human beings, sons of their parents, husbands of their wives, and fathers of their children.

They went to the battlefield to defend their country, not to die.

Therefore, Luo Yi needs to improve the soldiers' battlefield survivability.

The information he gave to Master Orpheen Benitez included a single-soldier magic-powered exoskeleton, a single-soldier magic shield, a small-range life detector, a kinetic energy reduction bulletproof vest, a cornering magic gun, a magic blast sword, and so on...

The reason for choosing Ofion Benítez is, on the one hand, that he has a strong desire to prove himself and wants to develop research and development projects.

On the other hand, the difficulty of these individual equipment is not low, and even the magic energy machinery is difficult to achieve at this stage.

Therefore, it would be best to use a combination of magical machinery and classical alchemy to see if there could be a breakthrough.

…

Eberhard Fletcher, a fourth-level wind mage, specializes in large-scale sonic attacks.

This one originally worked in the Kingdom of Sardinia and had his own independent magic tower and a group of disciples.

He was friends with Benito Freud, the great alchemist of the Freud family, and this time he came to him on his own.

The reason was simple. He wanted to dabble in mechanical magic, and in the entire Old Continent, the highest temple of mechanical magic was undoubtedly the Habsburg Empire.

But as a typical Sardinian and a fourth-level mage, it is naturally impossible for him to go to the empire to study.

If he went, he would most likely be treated as a traitor and a spy, so he had to settle for the next best thing and find the flower collar.

The reason why Loy was willing to accept him was largely because he wanted to study radar.

Yes, based on sonic magic, it is possible to imitate the detection method of bats and form a long-range detection method.

Whether it is a fighter jet or an armored battleship, it can only be considered to have eyes if it is equipped with a detection radar.

The last one is His Majesty Cicero Griffith, a legendary wizard and also a lich.

Liches are not all necromancers, but many legendary mages like to transform themselves into undead beings, lich forms, at the end of their lives.

Thus, continuing life!

They can split their souls into pieces and then be reborn, but as their lives go on, their emotions will become increasingly indifferent until they have no emotions at all.

Of course, that also takes a long time.

His Majesty Cicero Griffith is actually a traditional legend, obsessed with magic research, and belongs to the category of top otaku.

He transformed into a lich because he wanted to prolong his life and continue his research on magic.

His most well-known work, titled "The Complete Guide to Revitalization Practice and Key Points", has become a must-read for all legendary wizards who are learning the "Revitalization" technique.

In a sense, he and the evil lich Vito Márquez are two types of liches and cannot be compared.

He came to us on his own initiative, and the reason was simple: he just wanted to find a safe and stable research environment.

Of course, once you're here, you can't just sit there doing nothing. Luo Yi assigned him two tasks.

First, use the legendary magic "Activation" on all the wizard towers to create tower spirits.

This is very important. Only with the tower spirit can the mage tower be complete!

The offensive and defensive capabilities increased by at least 50%, and the convenience could be increased several times.

The second one, which was also the topic given to him by Loyi, was a preliminary attempt to use the tower spirits to assist in the command of wars and the control of magical machinery.

The topic is a bit long and convoluted. To put it simply, if we regard the Tower Spirit as an artificial intelligence, how can we apply it to war command and magical machinery?

This topic is a bit ahead of its time, but it is definitely one of the future development directions and is worth exploring and trying.

…

If we say that the previous development of Flower Territory was mostly about infrastructure construction and the production of magic machinery, it was an accumulation stage.

Now, we have passed the initial stage of construction and started to develop independent research and development.

In such a short period of time, the number of projects initiated by Flowers was so large, and the amount of wealth and gold consumed was so great that even Roy was a little overwhelmed.

As for the red dragon Virgil, he cursed Luo Yichun for being a spendthrift. Seeing the gold being taken away from the vault, he felt heartbroken.

However, Luo Yi knew that this was necessary. After passing the initial stage, they had to develop in these high-tech directions.

Even trial and error is a kind of accumulation!

Not to mention, with Luo Yi's grasp of the general direction, he can guide them onto the right path. As long as they are willing to work hard, there will always be rewards.

Even though there are many projects, if there are one or two breakthroughs, applied to the current war system, it is possible to achieve the effect of dimensionality reduction.

If a first-generation fighter jet encounters a second-generation or third-generation fighter jet, it may not even have a chance to attack!

If the research and development of "high-energy magic crystal" is completed, the endurance of magic tanks and aircraft will have a qualitative leap, and even more magic means can be loaded.

And as for the missiles, let alone intercontinental missiles, just a cruise missile with a range of one thousand kilometers would make the Empire and the Allied Forces listen to him obediently.

Of course, the reason why we can recruit so many talents is that Luoyi is no longer what it used to be.

Luo Yi had tried to recruit him before, but the reality was that Legend ignored him.

The ancient red dragon Virgil spread the news through his own channels, but no legend was willing to come. They were unwilling to talk at all, feeling that it would lose face for them.

Even the fourth-level natural disasters didn't have many applicants, and those who came were all arrogant.

But what about now?

After killing a demigod, his fame rose.

After occupying half of the plane, he had a stable rear base.

After his canonization, his identity was recognized by the entire Old World.

Now, if you just spread the word, many people will be willing to invest. This is the importance of reputation.

Of course, with so many people coming, there will always be some unqualified people filling in the numbers.

It is even hard to say that there are no spies planted by the Empire and the Allied Forces, or people with ulterior motives.

But now, on the one hand, Luo Yi is fearless!

If huge losses were really caused, Luo Yi would even dare to ride the ancient red dragon and kill directly in front of the palaces of those people, asking them to give an explanation.

Those emperors also had to show their attitude and respectfully escort him out of the country.

This is the top combat power of the main material plane, the deterrent power of the demigod.

On the other hand, it was also the sense of urgency that followed Luo Yi after he learned the 'truth'.

In the future, if he wants to protect this world, he has to stand against Netheril and of course be as prepared as possible.

And his actions don't stop there!

The time came to the night of October 1, 316 in the New Divine Calendar.

The moonlight is hazy and the fog is heavy.

A figure walked through the fog, as if alternating between illusion and reality, passing through one barrier and magic trap after another, and entered the Lion Manor.

At some point, he paused, looked up, and then a hoarse voice rang out: "Holy Dragon Knight, God Slayer, the great Lord Loyi, I am here at your invitation!"

In front of him, Luo Yi stood with his sword in hand, his posture straight.

After a few breaths of silence, Roy smiled and said, "Welcome the great King of the Demon Eye, the legendary archmage, His Majesty Ferro Farnsworth!"

(End of this chapter)