"Bang~~~"

The car door closed gently, blocking out all the noise of the world.

The interior of the car became unusually quiet.

This is the latest electric car built for the Duke of Weilan at great expense by Weilan's First Automobile Factory in collaboration with major weapons research institutes.

Rosen drove the car himself and Naya sat in the passenger seat.

Both of them used the legendary transformation technique to disguise themselves, and looked like a pair of ordinary middle-aged people.

The exterior of the car was also concealed using deformation techniques, making it look exactly like an ordinary civilian electric car.

"Is this... the Black Stone Cart?" Naya was surprised.

Rosen shook his head, stepped on the accelerator, and drove onto a newly opened tempered clay road.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Naya carefully felt the means of transportation that Rosen showed her.

First of all, it is very safe, with all kinds of shielding and defense arrays available, and the body of the car is extremely solid, no worse than her Black Stone Car.

The second is the amazing ride comfort, which far surpasses her Black Stone car.

The thick leather chair beneath her was not only soft and thick, but also wrapped her in a broad embrace. The constant temperature air flow array in the car completely isolated her from the midsummer heat.

Even though the speed increased significantly, the car was as quiet as ever, and there was no smell of burning black stone.

That's fine, as long as you are willing to spend money, Nawat's Black Stone Car can also do it.

What shocked Naya the most was that the car was accelerating very quickly, as evidenced by the rapidly changing scenery outside the window, but she hardly felt any bumps.

For a moment, she even experienced sensory distortion, feeling that the moving scenery outside the window was not real but a magical illusion.

The legendary wizard's sensitivity allowed her to quickly find the reason.

"It's a force spell powered by a legendary crystal!"

She found that every time the car accelerated, a completely opposite force would act on her, almost perfectly offsetting the discomfort of acceleration.

Similarly, similar phenomena occur when turning or braking suddenly.

She asked directly: "How can the adjustment speed of the keli energy spell be so fast?"

Rosen smiled slightly: "It is a brand new achievement of magic, called 'Force Vector Control'. It is a military technology, a system magic composed of multiple sub-spells. The basic principle is not difficult, but the structure is very complicated."

"I personally don't think it's necessary to install it on the car, but those researchers insisted on installing it for me in order to show off their results to me."

This technology comes from the Aircraft Research Agency.

It is very powerful. It is currently widely used in high-speed blasting unmanned aircraft. It can greatly stabilize the flight attitude of high-speed aircraft. Installing it on a car is really an overkill.

After a pause, he explained, "This is the masterpiece of our Weilan First Car Factory. Its scientific name is 'Black Oil Lightning Car'. It has not been fully promoted yet, but the technology is mature."

"The power that propels the car comes directly from the Lightning Artifact, which ultimately comes from an oil extracted from black stone. We call it 'Light Oil Extracted from Black Stone', or simply black oil. Of course, it's not actually black, but transparent and slightly yellow."

"Because it is oil, it can be transported into the combustion chamber through a pipeline, avoiding the tedious process of manually adding black stone."

"At the same time, the products of oil combustion are all gas, so there is no need to clean the combustion chamber again and again."

"Finally, the body is formed in one piece using a large-scale deformation technique used exclusively for engineering, which minimizes the loosening of structural connectors due to long-term use, increasing the firmness of the body and also minimizing various annoying noises."

As he spoke, Rosen slammed the accelerator, and the electric car accelerated violently, exceeding 100 kilometers per hour in a few seconds.

Even at such a high speed, the cabin is still very quiet and the body remains stable.

This is due to the excellent quality of electric vehicles themselves, as well as the extremely wide and smooth road surface.

Anyone with eyesight can see that this quality of transportation is several eras ahead of Nahuat! What shocked Naya even more was that they were not the only car on the road.

In fact, there are quite a lot of cars on the road, and the speed is not slow, but big and small cars are driving in an orderly manner on their own lanes.

"Is the whole of Veran like this?"

Rosen shook his head: "Of course not."

"This road has just been opened and is 150 kilometers long. Most of the vehicles on the road are public assets and the drivers have undergone rigorous training."

"Only a very small number of cars are privately owned, probably less than 1 percent."

“But everything is improving rapidly.”

"Soon, wide and smooth roads like this will be spread all over Weilan, which will greatly improve the efficiency of cargo transportation between regions."

This was obvious, Naya nodded in agreement.

After driving for about an hour, Rosen turned the rudder and turned from the tempered clay road into an equally flat and spacious branch road.

"Where are we going now?"

"There is a river ahead. A new shipyard has just opened on the river bank. It can quickly manufacture various small and medium-sized ships."

"fast?"

Naya didn't quite understand the meaning of fast.

After a while, the car drove to a high ground by the river.

Rosen parked the car on an open space on the side of the road, and then used the "Eye of Glory" to make the shipyard below the high ground appear inside the car.

"Look at this pillar that is carved with runes. This is the shipyard's most important manufacturing tool, called the 'Pillar of Creation'."

"Look, a large amount of raw materials for shipbuilding have been delivered to the slipway below the Pillar of Creation. The total weight of these materials is about 100 tons."

"Under the joint control of multiple engineering mages, these materials can be fused and transformed at once to form the main body of a small ship."

"If there are enough materials, such a shipyard can build 15 inland cargo ships a day, each with a carrying capacity of more than 200 tons."

"Arcane Conversion Array" has two application directions, one is food making, the other is transfiguration.

The Pillars of Creation is the application of large-scale transfiguration.

The one in front of us is a civilian shipyard, and the Pillar of Creation it is equipped with is far from the largest.

The largest one is at the Weilan First Shipyard. That thing can transform 5,000 tons of materials at a time and directly make a battleship.

The First Shipyard has currently built two Pillars of Creation and plans to build 20 more.

If the power is running at full capacity, a 5,000-ton Black Stone warship can be launched every day, and 30 warships can be produced in a month, which is faster than making dumplings.

Naya was greatly shocked as she looked at the various craftsmen and mages busy around the Pillar of Creation, as well as the small cargo ship that was quickly taking shape.

"So, this car was also created in this way?"

"Similarly, this car uses a high-speed precision deformation platform. Its scale is much smaller than the Pillar of Creation, but its advantages are speed and precision."

"In short, we have developed many instruments based on the same principle to suit various application fields."

After a pause, he revealed a little: "We also use similar technology in the manufacture of various weapons."

Naya's heart was slightly shocked.

She also understands the Arcane Conversion Array.

Nawat also has many applications, but it is not as good or as widely used as Weilan.

Because she could see clearly that the arcane conversion array was only the basic principle, and various ingenious ideas in subsequent engineering applications were also very important.

One brilliant idea is just a small improvement, but when countless brilliant ideas are combined together, a qualitative leap occurs.

For example, at the private shipyard in front of her, Naya found that the workers cooperated with each other very tacitly, and each worker was only responsible for a small part of the work.

The advantage of doing this is that every worker is very familiar with his or her job, which not only ensures extremely high work efficiency but also very stable product quality.

And such creative ideas happen to be what Nahuat lacks the most.

Because Nahuat invested too many resources in fighting demons, there were not enough resources left to encourage innovation.

People also live in a constant state of vigilance against the devil, their spirits are always tense, and naturally they lack many sparks of inspiration.

When all these factors are combined together, Nawat is far ahead in terms of demon defense, but has obvious shortcomings in the creation of social wealth.

All these thoughts turned into a long sigh: "The Dritan plane is lucky to be able to avoid being spied on by demons for a long time."

Rosen nodded in agreement: "But this kind of luck will not last forever. In the foreseeable future, the invasion of demonic forces will surely intensify significantly."

Naya was relieved to hear this, and she looked up and stared at Rosen.

"Mage Rosen, I'm glad you have such a sense of crisis, but if a powerful demon like the Shadow Lord descends upon the Natural Alliance, how will you respond?"

After all, there is no Blood Soul Legion of Nawat here, nor is there the vigilance of the entire nation. At the same time, there is also very little experience in fighting against demons.

Relying solely on a legendary wizard is no match for the six legendary demons.

Rosen was not worried at all about meeting the Shadow Lord. He smiled and said, "Master Naya, don't forget that I, Weilan, have enough mana crystals."

Naya was startled, then she patted her forehead gently: "Oh~ I actually forgot about such a good thing."

Most of her worries immediately dissipated, because the legendary crystal was indeed a magic weapon that could turn the situation around!

With his superb fighting skills, as long as he has enough legendary power to support him, ordinary demons are no match for him.

Therefore, the emergence of the legendary crystal is a turning point in the fight between mortals and void life.

She felt much happier and asked with a smile, "So, Grand Duke of Weilan, do you have anything else to show me?"

Rosen smiled slightly: "You are worried about the Glorious Empire's aircraft, so I will show you our aircraft."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved it inside the car. The light and shadows changed, and a background of blue sky and white clouds appeared.

"This is the sky above our heads, the altitude is about 8,000 meters."

"Wait a moment, about five minutes."

As he spoke, Rosen raised his hand and touched a rune on the car, and said to the rune: "Execute Plan No. 1."

Then, Naya heard a very concise and serious response: "Got it."

Obviously, this is Weilan's unique communication tool.

Nawat also has a magical instrument with similar functions. Naya didn't delve into the principles behind it, so she wasn't surprised.

She waited patiently.

After the fourth minute, a ball of light suddenly flashed across the image at an extremely fast speed.

"Swish~~" it passed by, and I vaguely felt that it was a silver-white aircraft, but the speed was very fast and I couldn't see its specific appearance clearly.

"What is that? I can't see it clearly at all!"

Rosen immediately opened the door and got out of the car: "Come, look at the sky."

Naya got off the car and saw an inconspicuous white line in the sky extending rapidly towards the distant sky.

At first glance it doesn't seem fast, but considering that the opponent's altitude is eight thousand meters, and after a slight calculation based on the angle difference, Naya found that the speed of this thing has reached an extremely astonishing level.

It was a speed that Nawat's airship could not even imagine! The white line in the sky appeared for about thirty seconds, and then disappeared without a trace.

She subconsciously asked: "Where did it go?"

"Still in the sky, but with the invisibility spell activated."

As he said this, Rosen showed a hint of ostentatious pride on his face.

"Madam, perhaps the Glorious Empire was once far ahead in the art of invisibility, but our Weilan's invisibility is not bad either."

"I believe that in some aspects, our stealth performance may not be worse than that of the Glorious Empire, and may even surpass it."

Naya didn't believe it.

She said seriously, "The Glorious Empire has more than 600 million people, and has been developing for many years. Weilan only has 30 million, and has just started. The total investment in the field of invisibility is probably 100 times less."

"Why do you surpass me?"

Rosen immediately sensed that this was a critical issue.

Not only Naya is asking, but also the faction behind Naya is asking.

They are asking themselves: 'Why should we give up our cooperation with the Glorious Empire and support you, Weilan?'

He knew that he had to explain his advantages.

Then, Rosen put away his casual attitude and answered seriously.

"Master Naya, what you said is correct, but it does not fully reflect the current real situation."

Seeing that Rosen had changed his casual attitude that had been caused by the intimacy, Naya immediately returned to work: "Master Rosen, please tell me the truth."

Rosen began to explain one by one.

"First, we in Weilan are just starting out, but our starting point is not much different from that of the Glorious Empire."

"The reason is that we once seized a batch of advanced glorious instruments from the glorious empire on the battlefield, and I also studied the power of glory in detail with the keenness of the legendary realm. In some aspects of my understanding of the power of glory, I even surpass the Lord of Glory."

"And this is the true starting point of our invisibility technique. Obviously, this starting point is not much worse than that of the Glorious Empire."

Naya nodded in agreement: "You are right."

Rosen continued, "Secondly, although Weilan only has 30 million people, the entire Natural Alliance has nearly 600 million people. In terms of population size, there is no obvious gap between the Natural Alliance and the Glorious Empire."

Naya felt something was wrong, so she immediately stopped him: "Wait, Weilan is yours, but the Natural Alliance is not. You can't put the Natural Alliance on your head."

Rosen smiled: "The Natural Alliance is indeed not mine, but the flow of talent, business exchanges, and trade markets of the Natural Alliance are completely open to Weilan."

"Except for Aaron, there is almost no barrier in other kingdoms and principalities."

"Because of my personal reputation in the Natural Alliance, the top talents from all over the Natural Alliance are flocking to Weilan."

"Master Naya, we all know that when it comes to developing cutting-edge magic, ten thousand farmers are no match for a wizard who has received advanced magic education."

"And a thousand highly educated wizards are no match for one top wizard with outstanding talents."

"The truth is, in terms of the number of top wizards, our Weilan is not much behind the Glorious Empire. Perhaps it has reached half of the Glorious Empire."

Naya nodded slowly: "I haven't done a detailed investigation in this regard, but with your status and achievements in magic, it is indeed enough to attract a large number of mages to come and join you. I will assume that what you said is correct."

"But even if it's true, you're still short of half the number. 50 people against 100, you still have no chance of winning."

Rosen raised his third finger: "Finally, it is the institutional advantage of Weilan."

"The Glorious Empire is an empire, with an emperor and nobles, and the emperor and nobles control a huge amount of national resources."

"Although reforms have been made over the years, the intensity is not great. Resources used for personal enjoyment still account for more than 70% of national resources."

"And our Weilan system is not much different from Nawat's. You must know the advantages of this system."

"I can also tell you clearly that I, Weilan, can use more than 90% of the country's resources to develop forces."

Naya blinked and said, "Duke, your Swan Castle is not cheap."

Rosen immediately said, "Swan Castle doesn't just belong to me, it's also the administrative center of the entire Weiland. I personally only occupy less than one-fifth of the area of ​​Swan Castle."

"But even if Swan Castle belongs to me alone, it is far inferior to the luxury of the Lord of Light."

"The Empire's Never-Sleeping Palace, just the area of ​​the horse farm alone, is three times the size of my Swan Castle. Not to mention the large number of aristocratic interest groups in the country."

Naya immediately said: "But Weilan is too small. Even if you use 90% of your resources for development, and the Glorious Empire only uses 30%, the actual resources invested are still far greater than yours."

Rosen immediately said, "I, Weilan, am making a lot of money from the entire Natural Alliance. Of course, it's still far less than the Glorious Empire, but the difference is not that big."

"At the same time, I have also developed some financial means to make money, which can advance future money for use now."

"The overall conclusion is that if the Glorious Empire can spend one gold coin on developing magic, then I, Weilan, can spend two or even three gold coins to do the same thing."

"Of course, Weilan's current overall strength is definitely not as good as the Glorious Empire, but in some areas, we have unique advantages. These advantages allow us to protect ourselves and even defeat our opponents in some areas."

There has never been a true victory of the weak over the strong in the world. It is just that wise men use their own strategies to create local strength and hit the powerful opponent's soft spot, thus achieving the apparent victory of the weak over the strong.

But in essence, the strong still defeats the weak.

Rosen is currently investing a lot of resources in the development of high-speed unmanned blasting aircraft.

He also believed that this move was enough to help him win any near-shore defense battle.

Naya had done some research on Weilan and knew that what Rosen said was not a big problem.

Seeing Rosen speak so confidently, she was greatly encouraged.

Because there are very strong voices in Nawat supporting the Glorious Empire, and even many people in her faction believe that there is no need to go against Duke Vilan and Sassmar.

But Rosen's record of killing demons continuously was too dazzling, and the results of his magic that he shared were also amazing. This convinced some people to support Rosen with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

But I just try it out. If I find the situation is not right, I will give up immediately.

Therefore, her journey to this plane actually came with a lot of pressure.

But now, she was completely determined to support Rosen.

Seeing the young duke facing the sun with a vigorous look, she couldn't help but smile teasingly: "Grand Duke, if someone who doesn't know the truth hears you say this, they will definitely think you are delusional."

Of course Rosen could hear Naya's joke, and he could also feel that she was completely convinced by him, and he was very happy.

He smiled and said, "My sweetheart, the saints said that valuable information in the world must come from down-to-earth investigations, rather than rumors. You have put this into practice perfectly."

"You remember the words of the saint clearly."

“I remember clearly the words of the truly great, for their words contain the most precious knowledge in the world.”

After saying that, he turned back to the car and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see our newly opened flour mill."

“It’s my honor.”

(End of this chapter)