In the blink of an eye.

Queen Kaa stayed on the White Sturgeon Island for half a month.

In the past half month, she basically never left the VIP reception area of ​​Crescent Castle and lived a life similar to that of house arrest.

Fortunately, she didn't have much freedom in the Kaa Palace, so she didn't accumulate much negative emotions.

That afternoon, the island baron, who she only saw once or twice a day, suddenly found her and said mysteriously, "Your Majesty, come with me. I have something good to show you."

The queen was getting annoyed by the high delay in transmitting commands. Upon hearing this, she waved her hand at Rosenpei's assistant wizard, signaling him to send a pause command to Kaa.

She complained in a bad mood: "Baron, if you keep going like this, I will be the Queen Mother of the Cao in less than half a year."

"I understand~ I understand~ So I found the perfect solution for you."

"I hope you mean perfect."

Having said that, he still followed Rosen obediently and followed him into the underground magic laboratory in the backyard of the castle.

Rosen brought the queen to a secret laboratory at the innermost part and opened the door, revealing a spacious, bright and tidy room.

There are a large number of strange magical runes painted on the walls around the room, isolating all movements from the outside world.

The layout of the room is full of life.

There is a living room, bedroom, bathroom, and a special room with the words 'Remote Control Room' written on it.

The queen found that the room was fully equipped with all kinds of furniture of very high quality, just like a luxurious room in a luxury hotel.

Out of her feminine sensitivity, she stopped at the door: "Baron, what does this room mean?"

Rosen pointed to the remote control room.

"I spent a lot of effort to build the puppet control room specifically for you."

"As for these living facilities, they are to facilitate your daily rest, and the real focus is here."

"By the way, there is a secret door in the secret room that connects to your residence on the ground. Look, it's right here. This way, you can enter the control room at any time."

Seeing that the queen was still standing at the door, he urged her, "Come in, I have a tight schedule. I have to leave after I explain the situation."

The queen finally came in, came to Rosen's side, and looked at the so-called remote control room.

The room was neither big nor small. There was a strange leather chair inside, and all kinds of strange things were installed around the chair.

The most eye-catching thing is a strange-looking rune helmet.

Rosen showed a hint of pride on his face: "I call this a telekinetic hat. Come, sit on the chair."

"To ensure comfort, this chair is specially designed for your body shape, with leg rests and footrests, and you can adjust your sitting posture at will."

"I have also installed various magic arrays in this room to ensure that the room is cool and fresh, so you won't feel uncomfortable no matter how long you sit there."

The queen did so hesitantly.

After she sat down, she saw Rosen move the strange rune helmet to her head, covering her forehead and the back of her head.

"Now, do you feel calm?"

"Yeah. But what's the use?"

"Lean back and close your eyes."

As they were talking, Rosen noticed that the queen was wearing a low-cut summer dress, and because she was lying on her back, her full body was exposed.

He was stunned for a moment.

"This is really huge, much bigger than Neferniloya, almost as big as Longmian Snow Peak."

But business is important.

After a quick glance, Rosen retracted his gaze and continued, "There is a rune of 'Mind Vision' on the hat. Use your mana to sense it and activate it."

The queen did as she was told.

When she did so, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she found herself on a strange ship speeding on the sea.

The ship was very fast and the waves were quite high, so the ship cut through the waves and moved forward like a sharp sword.

"It's the Black Stone battleship from the White Sturgeon Island!"

The queen understood at once, but was soon greatly confused because she found herself sitting on a bed in the cabin.

She looked down and found her body in a black dress. She subconsciously raised her hand to observe and found that the hand was exactly the same as her own.

At this moment, she heard a woman's voice beside her: "Madam, wake up~"

She immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw a blue-haired woman walking towards her: "Madam, you are finally awake. I thought you would continue sleeping."

The queen felt very strange: "Where am I now?"

"In the Golden Ocean, about 500 kilometers from the coast of Cao."

The queen then discovered that she was wearing a very simple bracelet on her wrist. When she paid attention to the bracelet, she clearly felt that there was a majestic and pure magical power in it.

This discovery shocked her: "Pure mana lattice?!"

"No, it is the Philosopher's Stone, Your Majesty."

Rosen's voice came to my ears: "Don't open your eyes, otherwise it might interrupt the telepathy."

The queen did as she was told, but she asked, "What does the Philosopher's Stone mean?"

"A strange crystal lattice that can store the 'power of the wise'. It is a very, very precious thing."

This Philosopher's Stone was one of Rosen's highest achievements in transfiguration alchemy and was extremely difficult to create. Even if he created one, he would have to spend a lot of effort.

"Your Majesty, if you sense it carefully, you will find that it is not pure mana, but a kind of quasi-pure mana. They are indeed very similar, but there are still differences."

The queen felt it carefully: "Is there a difference? Why can't I find it?"

"Because your level of mana practice is too low and not sensitive enough."

"Once you actually use it, you will find that the power of a sage can only be used to transform power of order level 10 and below."

"Order Level 10? What does that mean?"

"I set the levels for various forms of energy, a total of 40 levels. Below 20 is noble energy, and above 20 is lowly energy."

"For example, Psychic Energy is level 13, Puppet Psychic Energy is level 12, Pure Force is level 11, and Arcane is the lowest, which is level 15."

"Among the lowly abilities, the highest level of lightning is 21, and the lowest level of wind is 39."

The queen understood a little: "So pure mana is level 1?"

"No, it's level 3."

"Level 2 is the power of the soul, level 1 is the power of the ring, and the power of destiny is level 8."

"That is to say, Your Majesty can use the power of the sage in the Philosopher's Stone to release the power of all magic systems except the power of destiny."

There are some things Rosen didn't say.

For example, a warrior's battle qi is at level 14, which is higher than arcane power but lower than anima. Therefore, the burst of battle qi has good defense against spells below arcane power, but its defense against anima is useless.

For example, Strength of Steel is level 7 and Strength of Nature is level 8.

So the power of steel actually slightly suppresses the power of nature. Unfortunately, the talent of the Iron Dragon is relatively dwindling.

Back to the topic.

"So, I can't tell fortunes anymore?"

"To be precise, you can't use the puppet for divination. But you can do the divination yourself and then pass on the results."

"puppet?"

The queen immediately lowered her head to examine herself very carefully, but the more she examined, the more surprised she became.

"Is this a puppet? Isn't this flesh and blood?"

As the queen spoke, she heard the Baron whisper in her ear: "It is flesh and blood, but it is also a puppet."

"Necromancer!"

The queen was shocked: "You actually practice necromancy?!"

"Your Majesty, when you carefully examined the body, didn't you find that it was warm?"

The queen was startled and found that it was indeed warm. She could feel the pounding heartbeat and the need to breathe. The skin had the same touch as a living person.

The blue-haired woman next to him also looked at him with a normal look, not like she was seeing a dead body at all.

"I do not understand."

The queen was really shocked. She really had no idea what was going on.

This was beyond her common sense of magic.

The baron's voice came into his ears again: "Your Majesty, have you heard of the 'living dead'? It means that the body is still alive, but the soul has dissipated."

The queen nodded slowly: "I have heard of it, but these 'living dead' usually don't live long."

"Usually they don't live long because there's no one to take care of them or because the care methods are not correct. But I know how to take care of the 'living dead' so that they can stay alive for a long time."

After a pause, the baron's voice continued to reach his ears:

"I found a woman whose soul had just dissipated but whose body was not yet completely dead."

"I used the Golden Blessing to revive her body, then used Transfiguration to transform her into the queen's appearance, and finally used some special secrets to turn her into the queen's telepathic puppet."

"In other words, this puppet is an extension of your soul, Queen."

Rosen can naturally also use this flesh and blood puppet remote control technology, and because of Lai Fu, it is more convenient to use.

But there is a price to pay, which is that Lai Fu’s three-line extreme operation will have one less line.

On the other side, the queen's heart was pounding as she listened, and she felt that the baron's magic was like a miracle and incomprehensible.

She wanted to ask the other party how he did it, but she also felt that even if the other party explained it, she might not understand it.

"I want to ask, why can telepathy sense such a long distance?"

Rosen chuckled: "We have to thank your majesty for the spiritual meteorite."

After a pause, he briefly explained the basic principle.

"Psychic energy decays very quickly and weakens rapidly with increasing distance, but lightning power decays much more slowly."

"With the help of your Majesty's Mind Meteorite, I added a conversion tool in the middle to achieve the transformation of mind-lightning-mind."

Although it is just a sentence, it takes a lot of effort to build a delay-free transmission path for lightning signals.

Of course, these are all confidential, so there is no need to tell the queen.

Although the queen only understood the basic principles, she was already extremely shocked.

She couldn't help but sigh: "Baron, you are such an incredible magic genius!"

When Kao's wizard obtained the Mind Meteorite, he could only use it to cast a large-scale sleeping spell, but this island baron actually created something that was almost a miracle.

After a while, the shock in her heart finally subsided: "Do I need to keep the puppet alive?"

"Of course you need to. You have to control her to complete everything a living person needs to do. But don't worry about forgetting. If there is no remote control, the communicator will remind you in time if something special happens."

"You won't let your puppet faint from hunger, or wet the bed in the middle of the night and lose your dignity as a queen."

"By the way, it should still take some time to get to Kao. Your Majesty, can you solve the puppet's personal problems and let her go back to sleep?"

The queen did as she was told.

When solving the puppet's personal problem, although she knew that there was no one around the puppet, she felt a little uncomfortable and felt embarrassed to take off her clothes in front of the baron.

After finally solving the problem and controlling the puppet to rest again, she took off her telekinesis hat and saw the Baron standing beside her, looking at her with a smile.

"Your Majesty, now you don't have to worry about losing control of the political situation in Kao, right?"

This did solve her worries almost perfectly, but there was still a small flaw.

"What if the sage power in the bracelet is exhausted?"

Rosen spread his hands and said, "This is a difficult problem that I haven't solved yet. Fortunately, Your Majesty is the Queen of Kao, so you don't need to cast spells yourself on weekdays."

"If it's really exhausted, I'll rush over to recharge it for you personally, and a full charge will last about half a year."

"Rush over to recharge my bracelet? That would take so much time."

Rosen smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, this is what I should consider."

As soon as the queen saw his smile, she had a vague feeling that this baron must have mastered some kind of magical device that allowed him to travel at high speed, just like her airship, or perhaps even faster than her airship.

Next, Rosen carefully explained to the queen the various precautions when using the puppet, and finally gave her a special puppet instruction manual.

"Okay, Your Majesty, now let's talk about follow-up cooperation."

Arriving at the living room outside the control room, Rosen sat down on a chair and handed a list to the queen.

"We have established a new route with Levender, and I hope the khal will join in the trade."

"This list records the items our island needs, and the price we are willing to pay is marked at the back."

Starting new trade would be a good thing, the queen nodded in agreement.

She took the list and looked at it carefully. "The price is quite good, but I heard that the Nobundo family of Levender plans to open a large shipyard with you to build Black Stone cargo ships?"

"indeed."

The queen entered into negotiation mode, tapping the list lightly with her fingers, showing the ability of a strong woman.

"So, what will it take for the Baron to transfer the Lightning Messenger's magical technology?"

Rosen had naturally thought about it a long time ago: "Generally speaking, I only sell finished products."

"But if the khal can give me enough support in the Vilan Civil War, I can sell a spellbook on the basic principles of lightning."

Rosen also brought this book, called "The Mystery of the Creator, an Initial Exploration into the Nature of Lightning", which explains some simple electromagnetic principles and basic methods of realizing electromagnetic waves, but does not explain the specific techniques at all.

"Can I take a look?"

"For now, you can only read the first three pages."

The queen took the spell book and looked at it.

After reading the first page, her eyes were shocked.

After reading the second page, she subconsciously clenched the pages with both hands.

After reading the third page, she was a little distraught and returned the spell book to Rosen reluctantly.

"What support does the Baron want? As long as it's not excessive, I will definitely satisfy you."

She was not worried about opposition in the country. If there were any opponents, as long as she gave the spell book to them, they would be speechless.

In her eyes, this is another strategic spell book that can change the fate of a country. It is a priceless treasure! Rosen smiled slightly, took out six Chenxi Bank deposit certificates from his arms, and gently pushed them in front of the queen.

"Your Majesty, please look at this, especially the magic seal."

As he spoke, he kindly handed over a magnifying glass.

The queen was puzzled and observed carefully.

As she looked at it, her expression changed and she took out one of the bills: "Is this a fake bill?"

Rosen nodded: "Obviously."

The queen was startled: "You did it?"

It is not easy to forge a bank deposit certificate.

Rosen shook his head: "It's not me, it's the Levender royal family."

"My idea is that, when necessary, Your Majesty should point this out publicly and make Dawn Bank lose its credibility."

The most important thing for a bank is, of course, its credit.

A bank without credit will go bankrupt in an instant!

But if Rosen revealed this, it would bring him into trouble and bring him hatred and suspicion from the people of Weilan.

But if Kaa did it, there would be no consequences, and the power would be much stronger than if he did it himself.

The queen's eyes lit up: "Oh, Baron, you are so bad!"

If Kao were to do this, the credibility of Dawn Bank would be completely destroyed.

The main users of large-denomination bank certificates of deposit are southern county earls, ancient aristocratic families and emerging wealthy businessmen.

These people have enormous power in the South, but now, the money they deposited in the bank is not safe! Why are they fighting to the death?

Isn't it just for money? Therefore, one wave can cause serious internal strife within Nanfang County.

The Duke might even die suddenly because of this! Rosen smiled: "Your Majesty, thank you for your help in advance."

As he spoke, he simply pushed the lightning spell book on the table forward and said, "Your Majesty, it is yours."

The queen was delighted, but also troubled: "How should I take this book back to Kaa? Should I copy it?"

Rosen was about to say "I'll send it to you in a few days" when a communication from the magic center interrupted his thoughts.

The messenger was Cavendish, and the message contained ecstasy.

"Lord, there is a huge breakthrough!"

Rosen was also overjoyed, with a genuine smile on his face: "Ahaha, after investing so much money, I finally see some results!"

He has invested 350,000 Ogg in Cavendish Laboratory.

This is 350,000 real money, accounting for 40% of the total budget of the magic center.

Without seeing much return, I just invested hard.

He immediately stood up and said goodbye: "Your Majesty, I have something urgent to do. Please feel free to do as you please."

The queen was very curious because she had rarely seen Rosen smile in the past half month.

He usually looks calm as still water, but occasionally he frowns in thought.

What could make him so happy must be great news.

Although she knew it was inappropriate, she couldn't help but ask, "Can I know?"

Rosen was stunned and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he looked down at the queen, he saw her looking up at him with the expression of an elementary school student thirsting for knowledge.

After a few seconds of silence, he considered, "Knowing secrets comes at a price."

The queen hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let me see it first, and then we can discuss the price, okay?"

She was obviously not someone who couldn't afford the price, so Rosen nodded: "Okay."

(End of this chapter)