Blazing Flame Monarch, Level 4.
Grimm was bent over his workbench, silently scribbling something on a piece of parchment.
After experiencing the war in another plane, Grimm had once again realised his lack of magic equipment.
After becoming a Grade 2 Magus, he had been busy running around all day and did not have the time to collect fire elemental equipment that was suitable for his use. This had unknowingly lowered his battle prowess!
Every time an elemental Magus wanted to raise their rank, they had to accumulate knowledge and train their spiritual force over a long period of time. This was to allow their spiritual force and physical body to be in sync. This was the only way they could unleash their battle prowess to the fullest.
However, the amount of time needed to achieve this was so long that it could cause one to collapse. Hence, many Magi could only place their hopes on gathering suitable magic equipment in order to greatly increase their strength in a short period of time.
A suitable magic equipment could often multiply a Magus' battle prowess!
Many Combat Magi who obtained a suitable magic equipment would even slightly adjust their techniques in order to unleash the power of the magic equipment to a greater extent, increasing their compatibility with the magic equipment.
In the past, Grimm and the others had mainly fought against the natives of other planes, so they did not have a deep understanding of this. However, once the focus of the family was shifted back to the Magus World, with Grimm's current equipment grade, it would not be as easy for him to gain an advantage against Magi of the same rank.
When they were still Grade 1 Magi, their spiritual force was not enough to support their unbridled battles. The proportion and weight of some forces outside of oneself became more and more important. Back then, Grimm had the support of magic puppets and could often outnumber his opponents, allowing him to gain the upper hand in battles between Magi of the same rank.
However, after becoming a Grade 2 Magus, the frequency of battles between Magi of the same rank had decreased significantly.
After all, Grade 2 Magi were the main fighting force of any family or organisation. Once a battle broke out between them, it would have a huge impact on themselves, the environment, and the organisations behind them. Hence, unless they had no other choice, the chances of a battle between Grade 2 Magi were much lower than between Grade 1 Magi.
For example, when Grimm had helped Mary deal with a Tier 2 Vampire family, the result of which was a blood feud between the Vampire family and Grimm. Even the Crimson Family's Wizards had to be careful when they went out. They were afraid that the news would be leaked and they would become the target of the Vampire Family's revenge.
In the past few days, Grim had learned about the strength of the Sorcerer World's Grade 2 Sorcerers. He was surprised to find that even with the help of the terrifying Balrog, his strength was only below average. This was partly because he had accumulated too little knowledge and resources, but more importantly, it was because he did not transform the knowledge and resources he had mastered into basic strength.
Therefore, Grimm took advantage of this rare free time to study and understand the information the A.I. Chip had gathered and organised. He began to think about how he could optimise the allocation of resources and turn them into his own battle prowess.
After thinking for a while, Grim realized that he should dig deeper into the application of elemental magic puppets.
In the past, the Elemental Puppets were more like portable elemental puppets.
They could be released in battle and given a few commands. Their performance in battle was almost completely controlled by the A.I. Chip.
Now that he had the knowledge of runes from the Knight Plane and the magic machinery technology from the Goblin Plane, Grim had an urge to combine them.
Previously, Grim had thought of creating a special construct that combined the advantages of elemental magic puppets and metal magic machinery — metal magic puppets. However, due to the limitations of special magic alloys, he could not derive them. Hence, he could only find another way and put his attention on external magic machinery armours.
After living two lives, the mechanical Gundam of his previous world had left a deep impression on him.
Now that he was a powerful Magus in another world with the power to destroy the heavens and earth, some things that he had only dared to dream about in the past were now possible.
What was a Gundam?
It was just some composite external armor!
Whether it was a full protective force field, a special alloy with high strength, or a myriad of weapons and equipment, these were no longer unrealistic fantasies. They were 'small problems' that could be solved with complex alchemy and superb forging techniques.
In the past, the controllers of the Gundams were weak humans, which was why they needed the most protection.
Now that Grim was a powerful Elemental Magus, he did not need to spend so much effort on physical protection. Instead, if he really wanted to create external armours, he would need to consider how to maximize the elemental strength of the host body.
Hence, after looking through most of the relevant information, Grim finally gave the A.I. Chip the command to research on the Gundam of another world.
[Beep. Receiving Host's latest command. Beginning to search for information on the 'Exoskeleton Composite Auxiliary Combat Equipment' …]
[Beep. According to the data in the database, the 'Exoskeleton Composite Auxiliary Combat Equipment' will have the following basic abilities. Host may add or remove them according to his needs …]
[Beep. Life system circulation system … Using the host's human race as a template, create a complete life system within the equipment to support the host's ability to survive in various harsh environments …]
[Beep. Battlefield information collection system … Allow the equipment to investigate and collect the necessary information on the battlefield …]
[Beep. Battlefield command platform … Host can rely on this platform to complete dynamic command of the entire battlefield …]
[Beep. Body function strengthening system … Using magic machinery to construct the exoskeleton framework, using runes to construct the energy circulation system, strengthening the basic attributes of a certain part of the body …]
[Beep. Energy amplification system … Using magic abilities to amplify the power of the foreign world, increasing the strength of the host's energy attacks …]
"… …"
"… …"
A series of beeping sounds reverberated in Grim's mind.
Grim repeatedly thought about his original intentions and the knowledge and resources he had now, trying his best to weigh the effects of each of the A.I. Chip's suggestions on the final product.
In short, the more functions he added to the auxiliary combat equipment, the more the various systems needed to be coordinated, and the more terrifying the knowledge and resources they would require.
With Grim's current situation, trying to be greedy would be a dead end.
If he added all the functions, the A.I. Chip could indeed design a powerful auxiliary combat equipment for him. However, many of the knowledge and resources were not available to him immediately. It would probably take him more than a hundred years just to collect these resources and knowledge.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Grim felt that it would be better for him to start from scratch and start with the simplest version.
"A.I. Chip, remove all unnecessary functions, and only keep the basic body strengthening and energy amplification system. Give me a few usable models."
[Beep. Received command. Beginning to infer the basic model of the auxiliary combat equipment based on current data …]
Grim slowly closed his eyes and emptied his mind. He poured all his spiritual force into the A.I. Chip, using it to calculate the data and construct the models.
Finally, after 7 hours, 24 minutes and 51 seconds, the A.I. Chip finally projected a few strange equipment models in Grim's mind.
[Beep. Based on data analysis, there are 3,719 types of equipment that meet the Host's requirements …]
[Removing the overly high requirements, there are 586 types left …]
[Removing the knowledge and resources that I have yet to master, there are 17 types left …]
[Removing the unnecessary functions, there are 2 types left …]
With the A.I. Chip's filtering and searching, the strange equipment and mecha in Grim's mind began to disappear one after another. In the end, only the two strange items were left, spinning slowly.
Grim's attention first shifted to the equipment on the left.
Following his gaze, a bright beam of light illuminated the equipment from top to bottom, allowing Grimm to clearly see every detail of it.
This was a strange equipment that resembled metal armour. There were small magical devices within the golden breastplate, and the devices relied on runes to communicate with each other.
Every time Grimm's gaze fell on a certain part of the strange armor, the basic decomposition diagram and energy circulation diagram would be magnified several times, allowing him to see them clearly.
This set of armour had + 3 to all attributes, and the terrifying ability to increase fire magic damage by 45%. However, to achieve this, the only magic alloy that could be used to create this armour was the Quelas Alloy that Grim had obtained from the goblin plane.
Looking at the weight of this armour, it was likely that he would need to use all the remaining Quelas Alloy to complete it. This also meant that Grimm would not be able to create another Magical Furnace or Spatial Furnace until he found a new replacement for the magical alloy!
Grimm's fiery gaze lingered on the strange armor for a long time before he reluctantly shifted his gaze away.
Following Grim's gaze, the second set of equipment was illuminated by the beam of light.
This … was not a complete set of magic equipment, but a strange set made up of three to five independent small pieces of equipment.
What Grim saw was a crown, a bracelet, a belt, a pair of boots and a pendant. Each of them had their own unique attributes and magic effects. When they were pieced together, they could form a complete set of magic equipment.
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