Chapter 577: Saints' Betrayal, High-Energy Magic Crystal (Two in One)
In January of the 317th year of the New God Calendar, when the war had paused, Loy's actions were earth-shattering.
A legendary and famous dragon knight in the Old World was defeated just like that.
If it weren't for the previous warning, he would have inevitably fallen!
It seems that, since some time ago, legends have become less valuable, and the turmoil caused by this has also affected many aspects.
But, so what?
Luo Yi doesn't care. With his current strength, he has the qualifications to not care!
For him, even though he had been dormant for so long, it was time to settle this old grudge.
In fact, he was not close to the former Raymond family, and he had only met Count Carl Raymond a few times.
However, as the owner of Flower Territory and the successor of the title of Lion King, he also took on this cause and effect, and naturally he had to do what he should do.
Besides, he was actually very measured in his actions and didn't kill everyone.
The commotion he caused in Bremen naturally caused a huge stir!
The Cathedral of St. Vermont acted as if it was facing a formidable enemy, and the Sardinian royal family sent out strong men early on. The queen pieced together and managed to call over seven or eight legends.
But numbers are just numbers. If numbers are useful, then strong people will be worthless.
Luo Yi just treated them as nothing and didn't care at all, but what about these legends?
He behaved very politely and didn't seem like he was here to stop Luo Yi. Or perhaps, the Queen's order was just an order. What should he do specifically?
To what extent?
Of course, the general will not obey the orders of the king when he is away from home!
They will not risk their lives to save face for Her Majesty the Queen, so there are really no fools who have to rush out and seek a sense of existence!
However, Luo Yi’s goal was not achieved!
Because the Cardinal, His Holiness Saint Vermont, was not at home.
At this time, he realized that the Church of the Sun God was launching a large-scale purge of the thirteen clans of the blood clan.
This extremely murderous cardinal is probably also joining the war!
Luo Yi was somewhat depressed because he didn't find the target, but he couldn't stay here.
A top fighter like him has become the focus of surveillance by all countries. His every move can cause panic.
If you don't show up for a long time, you might even be suspected.
However, what Roy did not expect was that not long after he returned to the Flower Territory, St. John Stuart, one of the twelve cardinals of the Church of the Sun God, came.
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Lion Manor, in the study.
Roy and Saint John sat down face to face, and tea was served. Roy spoke first: "Your Majesty, we agreed before.
The church will not interfere with my feud with St. Vermont!"
St. John's face was serious and ugly.
But even so, after hearing Luo Yi's words, he tried hard to force a smile: "Why, do you think I'm here to be a peacemaker?"
“Isn’t it!”
"Not really. I came here more to inform you of a piece of news."
Luo Yi had a strange expression on his face: "If it's just a piece of news, there are plenty of channels to pass it on, so there's no need for you to go there in person, right?
Is the Cardinal's time so worthless?"
"It's not that my time is worthless, but this information cannot be leaked in the slightest.
In the entire church, only five people know about it now, and even most of the cardinals have been kept in the dark."
Luo Yi's expression also turned serious, but he was even more curious: "Could it be that Nesriel can no longer hold back and is about to take action?
Or what kind of terrifying magical technology will the Hohenzollern royal family come up with?
By the way, is it appropriate to tell me such a secret information?"
Saint John did not respond, but looked at Roy seriously and said, "If that were the case, the entire Old World would have been informed, not just you.
So, this news is about you!"
"What exactly is it? Can you please stop keeping me in suspense? You know how annoying it is to leave things unsaid!"
Saint John pursed his lips. "Saint Vermont has rebelled. He betrayed his faith and was taken in by the Blood Prince, Lord of the Abyss, Caesar Hall Toledo. He has entered the 138th layer of the Abyss."
"What?"
Even Roy was stunned at this moment. He stared at St. John with wide eyes and blurted out, "Is he crazy?"
Saint John also had a bitter face and said, "When I heard the news just now, I had the same thought as you: is he crazy?!"
"Wait, let me tell you the details first!"
"It's nothing, actually. The Church is just promoting a large-scale purge of vampires. There aren't many of them in the Old World, so they're mainly concentrated in the New World.
Over a period of time, the vampires of the Glorious Empire were killed in pieces, and at least four vampire grand dukes were killed by the legends of the church.
St. Vermont, bah, bah, bah, it was that traitor from Vermont who also joined the war at the beginning and performed very bravely.
However, when the news came that you had killed the Green Dragon Knight Quentin Perkins, he started to behave a little strangely, but the church didn't care.
No one could have imagined that such a small oversight would allow him to contact the Blood Prince, set a trap, and kill three legends of the church, harvesting their souls and ultimately sinking into the abyss.
Luo Yi frowned and said, "You mean, he was intimidated by my strength and chose to defect?
How is this possible?! I didn't even kill Quentin completely, nor did I intend to kill him completely?
He paused, then continued, "Don't tell me this person hasn't even practiced the Resurrection Technique? Is the church's 'Great Resurrection Technique' a fake?"
"Of course not, but you only know one side of the story!
Resurrection magic can never be used without limit. For example, if you revive someone once with the same method, it will be useless the second time.
As for the defector from Vermont, he truly lived for a thousand years, having long since passed his limit, making resurrection useless."
"So what if he was beaten to death?"
Luo Yi added: "He is the one blessed by the Lord of Light. When he dies, his soul will go to heaven and be reincarnated as an angel!
Anyway, it's better than going to the abyss, right?"
“Who says it’s not?!”
"There has to be a reason, right?"
St. John was silent for a moment, and finally said, "We have discussed this issue before. It seems that Vermont's opinions and views were not accepted and adopted by the church.
Frustrated and frustrated, I impulsively did something so foolish as this."
"But betrayal is betrayal, and the church will definitely make him pay the price!"
"Then why did you rush over to inform me?"
"That's the thing! I need to explain it to you first. You should be clear about what happens next..."
St. John's unclear words made Luo Yi stunned, but he understood it just by squinting his eyes slightly.
"I see. What do you need me to do?"
"All you have to do is do nothing and don't express your opinion."
"Understood."
…
St. John came quickly and left even faster, quietly, with almost no one noticing.
Then, just three days later, news spread like wildfire that St. Vermont had died and his soul had returned to heaven.
However, it was not Luo Yi who took action, but he died in the siege of the Grand Duke of the Blood Clan, and his body was never found.
Then, the church quickly arranged the funeral, posthumous canonization, and final judgment, then selected the new twelve cardinals and continued to fight...
Everything that was necessary was there, but each step was incredibly fast. In a short time, everything was settled.
From now on, Saint Vermont is dead, killed by the vampires!
As for the traitor of the same name named Vermont, he will always be hunted by the church.
Roy could understand the church's actions. If word got out that one of the twelve cardinals had chosen to rebel, the resulting crisis of faith would be too terrible.
This will make countless people doubt the greatness and power of the Sun God, and then their faith will be shaken!
This is a serious consequence that even the church cannot bear!
It would be better to use the death of Saint Vermont to inspire ordinary clergy and then intensify the cleansing of vampires.
In fact, in the Glorious Empire, the church not only drives the power of churches in various places, but also includes the imperial royal power and other races, forming a trend of exclusion.
As a result, the life of the vampires became even more difficult. They were like rats crossing the street, and everyone was shouting and beating them.
In February of the 317th year of the New Divine Calendar, another major event occurred, completely covering up all of this.
That is the Empire's announcement that it will implement the 'Unrestricted Submarine Program'!
To put it bluntly, the Empire's magic submarines will no longer have any concerns and will attack ships on the Endless Ocean and the Silver Sea with impunity.
The war has reached this point, and both the coalition forces and the empire are almost running out of resources.
The difference is that the Empire can rely on its advanced industrial system for production, while the Allied Forces have a vast rear supply base.
The Imperial Navy proposed this submarine attack plan, targeting the warships of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
According to the plan given by the navy to Hohenzollern III, as long as it lasts for five months and can destroy 600,000 tons of the Sardinian navy every month, the material supply system can be cut off.
By then, the Kingdom of Sardinia would be in a situation of lack of food and clothing, and a great famine would occur in the country, forcing the queen to make a choice and withdraw from the war!
Without the support of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Bonaparte Empire would be unable to survive on its own.
Is this plan feasible?
Actually, there is. If everything can be completed according to the plan, perhaps we can achieve our goal!
After all, although the Kingdom of Sardinia has colonies all over the world, its mainland only consists of three islands.
The area is really small and supplies are really scarce.
However, military affairs are military affairs, and purely military analysis can never replace politics.
The first country to be offended by the "Unrestricted Submarine Program" was not the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the Glorious Empire.
Because, nowadays, the most merchant ships sailing on the Endless Ocean and the Silver Sea have become those of the Glorious Empire.
When I'm making a lot of money, you want to cut off my source of income?
That is no less than murdering one’s parents!
Therefore, the Glorious Empire chose to sever diplomatic ties with the Habsburg Empire on the grounds that its submarine had destroyed the merchant ship "Hausan Tunik".
There is no doubt that this news caused an uproar, which was more shocking than the death of one or two legends.
Because this means that the industrial power supported by the Habsburg Empire has finally stood in opposition to the empire.
The two sides completely broke up, which also meant the further strengthening of the coalition forces and the participation of the Glorious Empire in the war.
When this news came out, it caused panic among countless people, and even within the empire, there were signs of instability.
Fortunately, after a series of fierce battles and heavy losses, the Empire and the Allied Forces were unable to fight anymore.
The battlefield was still relatively calm, and it was even visibly calm for a long time.
However, does that mean the Empire and the Allied Forces are just sitting there doing nothing?
It's really impossible!
The stalemate on the battlefield made diplomacy extremely frequent, with exchanges and alliances becoming the norm.
The Glorious Empire's statement and stance indeed attracted a large number of supporters to the coalition, and strengthened the confidence of many principalities and kingdoms.
In addition, there are the rampant secret agents, and spy and counter-espionage wars are staged in every major city, creating a lot of white terror and making people uneasy.
Of course, Luo Yi couldn't feel these things because he didn't live in these cities.
For him, the most intuitive result was that more and more people were fleeing, both within the empire and on the coalition side.
Not only those at the bottom of society, but also many high-level scholars, magicians, extraordinary strong people and all kinds of talents with superb skills.
Faced with such a good opportunity, Luo Yi naturally would not hold back. He recruited a lot of talented people and filled them into various projects, which greatly promoted the progress of the projects.
It was also during this period that the various projects that Luo Yi had wholeheartedly supported finally began to produce results.
What surprised him most was the breakthrough in the 'High Energy Magic Crystal'.
When it comes to this project, Xianhualing also has a lot of technical reserves.
In particular, they had trade relations with the underwater world and harvested a lot of exotic materials.
The current second-generation magic tanks do not use moonstone magic crystals, but magic pearl magic crystals, and the energy density has been increased by at least twice.
But even so, it is still not enough for the third-generation magic tank.
Therefore, a long time ago, Flower Territory started the research on high-energy magic crystals, led by Lilia and assisted by Mrs. Linda, and tested many materials.
Then, Ms. Bridget Lehman joined and brought a lot of data from her previous experiments.
The combination of these two aspects has brought about tremendous innovation.
In Ms. Bridget Lehman's opinion, in terms of magic energy density, deep-sea magic pearls are actually the best carrier.
Even if precious materials such as gems and crystals were used, it couldn't be better.
However, Ms. Bridget Lehmann creatively invented the magic pearl linkage method.
To put it simply, it is to string the magic pearls together and let the magic energy inside flow, thus forming a cluster effect and greatly increasing the density of storable magic energy.
The same number of magic crystals, after being connected in series, have an exaggerated three-fold increase.
In addition, Ms. Bridget Lehmann also absorbed the concept of modularity and specially created a honeycomb magic energy storage device.
To put it simply, it is a rectangular box with each magic pearl pressed into it and the gaps filled with magic pearl powder to increase fluidity.
The surface of the box is carved with stable magic patterns using classical alchemy, and is driven by dissipated magic energy.
At this point, the new type of high-energy magic crystal group was completed. The volume was not much different from the original one, and the cost was only increased by 20%, but the magic energy storage was quadrupled.
Lilia conducted an experiment and placed it on a second-generation magic tank. Under normal circumstances, it can even maintain the shield for four hours.
If it withstands a saturation attack, as long as the defense is not broken, it can last for half an hour, which can be said to be a leap in performance.
More importantly, the modular design also has the advantage of quickly replacing high-energy magic crystals. Lilia is already changing the design of the King of Land Warfare.
She planned to leave enough space for tank soldiers to make replacements inside. Not to mention plug-and-play, as long as the replacement time could be compressed to less than 30 seconds, endurance would not be a problem.
But that’s not all!
If the 'Second Generation High Energy Magic Crystal' is a different approach, then the 'Third Generation High Energy Magic Crystal' proposed by Ms. Bridget Lehman is a truly subversive design.
When the lady was checking the material inventory of Flower Collar, she was shocked to find that there was such a treasure as the Divine Power Crystal.
With the attitude of giving it a try, she applied, and Luo Yi actually gave her the job.
Then, she mixed divine power crystal powder with magic pearl powder and some other substances to create a mixed magic material.
Its ability to carry magical energy has even reached an exaggerated level. Even the initial test products have increased their capacity by more than ten times.
If we fine-tune the proportions to achieve the best, there will be a certain leap forward.
If combined with the 'linkage method', the improvement is more than forty times, and the magic power output is almost equivalent to a miniature magic power pool.
Not to mention ordinary tanks, even some fantasy mechanical weapons can be deployed.
For example, power mechas, humanoid Gundams, aerospace fighters and the like.
Of course, the scarcity of divine power barriers means that they are destined to be impossible to popularize on a large scale and are also very costly.
But Roy gave the authority without hesitation to support Ms. Bridget Lehman's "Divine Power High Energy Magic Crystal" project.
The benefits brought by the breakthrough of the 'High Energy Magic Crystal Project' are truly enormous.
Not to mention anything else, Lilia immediately took out the project book of the third generation king of land warfare.
This was actually already planned, but now we have added and deleted some content and finalized it.
For example, the shield of a single-layer deflection force field is still a bit weak, so it can now be added with a second layer of defense.
The outer layer is for deflection, and the inner layer is for kinetic energy reduction. The two layers of defense working together can produce excellent results.
With the addition of detection magic and the application of infrared night vision, it is integrated into the imaging magic mirror.
This is the panoramic view, which completely solves the driver's vision problem.
It is worth mentioning that with the addition of the King of Magic Eyes, there has been a breakthrough in magic mirror manufacturing technology, and the imaging magic mirror is the best product.
Finally, Roy added a radio communication module.
That is to say, the Hill Douglas project will also be integrated into it, so that the tank can communicate internally and respond flexibly on the battlefield.
At this point, the third generation king of land warfare finally showed the appearance that Luo Yi expected.
There are also second-generation fighter jets, whose capabilities are constantly improving.
For example, if there is sufficient power, hypersonic flight can reach at least Mach 3.
For example, adding an aerodynamic magic shield can improve defense capabilities and prevent the enemy from being fragile and easily broken.
Another example is to increase its air combat capability and equip it with Marius Gray's research results, close combat bullets.
There has also been breakthrough progress in the individual equipment project of His Excellency Orpheen Benítez.
He hasn't developed a personal exoskeleton yet, but he has integrated a personal magic shield into his bulletproof vest.
A layer of magic metal is added to the bulletproof vest made of ceramic, a set of defensive magic shield is engraved, and then equipped with a portable "second-generation high-energy magic crystal", a set of individual magic shield is formed.
It sounds simple, but in fact the technical content is definitely not low, and it is even a mixture of classical alchemy and mechanical school.
It has not been finalized yet, but it is already possible to use magic power to activate the magic shield according to the needs of soldiers.
Loy also watched the actual combat verification of Orpheen Benítez. The dummy was still unable to withstand the shock wave of the explosion and was directly blown away.
However, thanks to the magic shield, he wasn't seriously injured after landing.
It can be said that the breakthrough of the 'High Energy Magic Crystal' project has brought about changes in all aspects.
Even with the arrogance of His Majesty Ferro, the King of the Demon Eye, he couldn't help but admire after seeing so many benefits.
It can be said that from this day on, many of Huahualing’s projects have already set foot on the foreground of the Habsburg Empire.
It was these achievements that gave Luo Yi some ideas.
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Lion Manor,
In the study,
Luo Yi flipped through the documents in his hand and asked abruptly, "Virgil, you said Vermont escaped into the abyss, and the Blood Prince gave him asylum. Does that mean he wants to stir up trouble in the Old World again?
Will you cause me trouble?
Should I take the initiative and give them a little shock?"
Bored Virgil looked up, bewildered, "What do you want?"
"What do you think about us going into the abyss?"
The red dragon Virgil was stunned. It took him a long while to move. He touched Luo Yi's forehead and said, "Let me see if you are confused by the fever."
"And you're even fighting in the abyss. That's a bottomless abyss!"
"Are you crazy, or is there something wrong with my ears?"
PS: Long chapter, updated earlier!
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