“Sizzle~Sizzle~Sizzle~”

“Tsk~tsk~~”

“Crack! Crack!”

Seven days later, an S-shaped circular assembly line appeared in the lord's secret magic laboratory, with strange-looking craftsman puppets standing on both sides of the assembly line.

Along with all kinds of strange sounds, the assembly line was running slowly, and wisps of lightning were jumping and running on the assembly line like elves.

On both sides of the assembly line, bizarre-looking craftsman puppets were running at an almost crazy speed, so fast that afterimages appeared.

But at this speed, it still maintains great accuracy.

It exudes a strange beauty of precise order.

At the beginning of the assembly line, there are only a few simple components, but as you go further, the assemblies become more complex.

Until the end of the assembly line, a crudely shaped humanoid puppet appeared.

As soon as these humanoid puppets land on the ground, they can walk and talk. At first glance, they look like living people.

They automatically walked to Rosen.

Rosen had been waiting.

He used the four-ring transformation energy condensed by his wife Selena to perform fine transformation on this rough-looking humanoid puppet and maintain the constant transformation effect.

After this beautification process, the crudely shaped magic puppet turned into a real 'Black Iron Guard'.

This 'Black Iron Guard' was wearing a frosted hardened mithril mask on his face, a black hooded leather armor with silver patterns on the inside, a black rune leather windbreaker on the outside, black leather pants with weapon buckles on the bottom, and a pair of long steel-soled combat boots with matte metal buckles on his feet.

In addition, on the back of the leather windbreaker, there is a large golden sun emblem embroidered with dark gold thread, indicating his noble status as a guard of the Adrian family.

He also wore exquisite hardened mithril instruments around his neck, chest, and belt. In his left hand he held a rune dagger, and in his right hand he held a carved hardened mithril staff of a simple and elegant style.

These details show that this man is not only a Black Guard, but also a middle to upper-level commander of the Guard!

Its style is cold and tough, which perfectly reflects the toughness of the Duke's Guards.

An ordinary person would be terrified if he were stared at by her, and even a seasoned warrior would feel a chill in his heart.

"This is the fiftieth Black Guard. It is the last product of the first batch and also the best one."

Rosen's voice was very soft, revealing a strange sense of tenderness.

Selena, who was standing by, noticed that there was a hint of kindness in his eyes when he looked at the puppet, just like a father looking at his best child.

She was a little confused: "It sounds like it's powerful?"

Rosen nodded slightly.

"I used the best materials at hand, a fully debugged craftsman puppet, and my latest puppet-making experience, and poured all of it into it."

In terms of materials, he is naturally not as good as the Sage Levin, but in terms of the advanced technology and the completeness of the puppet's heart, he is much better than Levin, which is a reflection of Rosen's latest puppet manufacturing level.

At this moment, his heart was filled with the joy of showing off his proud achievements to his fellow mages.

Because when he was in Dawn City, no matter how good or cool something he created, he could only admire it by himself.

He walked over to the puppet and continued his introduction.

"According to the setting of Puppet Heart, it is a high-level 20-star battle mage named Akali. It masters four types of spells: arcane, mind, force, and lightning. It is especially proficient in lightning spells."

This is how Rosen defined the identity of the Iron Guard commander.

Selena circled around the puppet Akali and said, "Huh, she's actually a female mage?"

Rosen shrugged. "Since they are Madam's personal guard, it would be reasonable to use female battle mages for close protection, right?"

Selena nodded: "That's true."

She reached out and pinched the soft flesh on the black-clad guard's chest: "Why is it so hard?"

"A form-fitting armor made of hardened mithril. Makes sense, right?"

"Reasonable."

Selena continued to check, and then found that the female mage had a very good figure, even perfect, which made her a little envious.

"Since you're a warrior, you should be stocky and strong. Why would you make your waist so thin and your hips so big?"

"I just changed it. Sorry ma'am, if you think it's not good, I'll change it."

"Forget it, forget it. Let's just leave it at that. I hope no reckless man will fall in love with her. Hey~ You even conjured up an excretion area for her?"

"A soldier without normal life activities will arouse suspicion, so when necessary, they can perform normal eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and even have personal desires and needs, so as to dispel the suspicion of those with ulterior motives."

"Okay, that's pretty neat, but how good are their fighting abilities?"

"In terms of combat power alone, it is quite powerful. Its greatest advantage is not the number of spells it has mastered, but its fast reaction speed, which is much faster than that of humans."

The only martial arts in the world that cannot be defeated is speed.

No matter how many tricks you have, I am faster than you, so if any monster comes, I only need one move to deal with it.

“Basically not necessary.”

"I set up a nearly complete puppet heart for her."

“In terms of combat, she can be completely autonomous. At the same time, because the mask and clothing cover almost all the body details, there is no need to worry about flaws in her expression.”

The biggest reason why Levin and Puppet No. 2 need Rosen's remote control and take up a lot of computing power is to control the puppet's "facial micro-expressions".

People are very sensitive to facial expressions, so "realizing facial expressions" is simply a computing black hole.

"It sounds like there are no disadvantages."

"Yes, and it is unavoidable."

Rosen walked to the combat puppet, lifted up his leather armor, and poked his finger into his belly button with a little force.

"Although I use as much lightning energy as possible, arcane energy, mental energy, and psychic energy for controlling puppets all need to be charged from here."

"Although each one is small, 50 of them together would be a big burden."

To fully charge 50 high-level puppets at a time, a magic master like Selena would have to consume five tubes of mana.

That means Selena will have to spend five days doing this job.

And if it is not used after being fully charged, the power in the crystal lattice will slowly dissipate and can only last for three months at most.

Selena suddenly had a headache: "Can we use lightning to replace everything, remove the arcane and anima, and only have the puppet psionic energy?"

Rosen shrugged and said, "Madam, this is a good suggestion. I already have some ideas for solving it, but they haven't been successful yet."

"My dear, I sincerely hope that you will succeed soon."

At this time, because the last puppet was successfully built, the powerful production line came to a complete stop, and the frantic work of the craftsman puppets on both sides also ceased.

Selena took one look at it, and then another, and felt very displeased.

"It's such a pity that such a powerful craftsman puppet has stopped working like this."

Anyway, the power of lightning comes from sunlight, so it would be a waste if you don't use it.

Rosen felt the same way, but he had to draw Serena's attention to a fact.

"Ma'am, the supplies purchased from the Shire have been almost exhausted."

"Hey~ Supplies~"

The biggest advantage of an island is that it is isolated from the outside world and serves as a natural fortress.

The biggest disadvantage is that the place is small, the people are few, and the resources are scarce.

Rosen was not idle either.

He walked over to the assembly line and began to fine-tune the artisan puppets.

“Although large items cannot be produced, some small items can still be produced.”

"Alonso has been so busy refining equipment these days that his hands are almost smoking. It's a good opportunity to take over his work so that he can concentrate on exploring new knowledge for us."

In Rosen's expectation, the greatest role of Alonso, Vigo, Kao and other wizards, as well as the outstanding wizards to be recruited in the future, is to help him create things that do not exist in the world, rather than being hindered by boring, monotonous and repetitive work.

Just leave the repetitive work to the artisan puppets.

At present, Rosen can't help Wei Ge with alchemy, but Alonso's refining work is the strong point of the puppet production line.

As long as the operating parameters of the craftsman puppet are set according to the refining book and it is charged with various energies, the number of magical instruments it produces in a day will be more than Alonso produces in a month, and the quality is very stable.

If the technological requirements are raised to an extremely high level, the final product will be very exquisite and highly competitive in the market.

And because most of the production processes are powered by the Lightning House, the mana consumption is less than one-tenth of that of a normal craftsman puppet, and there is still huge room for optimization in the future.

The extremely low mana consumption means that the demand for charging mages and even the territory population is much lower than that of traditional lords.

Extremely high production efficiency means the potential for astonishing bursts of production capacity.

As long as the resource shortage problem can be solved, the production capacity will explode! And this is the biggest trump card that Rosen, a small island lord, dares to compete for hegemony! Of course, everything is just the beginning.

"Madam, the Black Guards are ready. Let's find an opportunity to have them appear, shall we?"

"But how do I get on stage?"

Serena asked, tilting her head.

Rosen found it adorable, so he leaned close to her white jade-like cheek and whispered to her for a while.

Selena's cheeks felt itchy and she subconsciously shrank her neck to avoid it, but she soon took the initiative to move forward and rubbed her husband's ears.

She also listened carefully to her husband's plan, and her eyes became brighter and brighter.

"My dear~~~Your idea is really great. It will surely scare the rebels so much that they won't be able to sleep!"

(End of this chapter)