"Rex, this is a test subject." Salin rubbed his brow and sighed at the blueprint.
"Three of these ships have been built. We're not the first."
"Oh? I don't think Alchemy City has such ships. "
"This ship … Father built it without the parliament's knowledge. The blueprint has never been leaked. All three ships sank in the Cabbage Lake to the south of Holy Rock City. Other than the royal Mages loyal to Father, no one else knows about this. "Rex's expression was gloomy. Father's ambition wasn't just to overthrow the Vatican. He wanted to unify the continent and had to face Cloud Flow's fleet.
Alchemy City wouldn't start a war with Cloud Flow, so Emperor Charnak wanted to build his own magic fleet. Unfortunately, he was killed by the Vatican before he could achieve his wish. Sephiroth knew about this plan, but he couldn't control the nobles of Cloud Flow City, so he didn't dare to carry out Charnak's plan immediately.
Rex looked at the alchemy blueprint floating in the air. There were tears in his eyes. Many things disappeared after father died. It wasn't just the magic fleet, but also the magic city that father supported.
Alchemy City was already rotten and couldn't help Qin Yin unify the continent. Those Magic Shooters were used to being high above and didn't think about the future of humans. For the Magic Shooters of Alchemy City, it was fine as long as no one dared to offend their dignity. Alchemy City was attached to the Qin Yin Empire and didn't think about how to help the empire realize its glory and dreams.
Countless magic resources were monopolized by Alchemy City. Rex struggled in Bitter Water Prefecture for ten years and only produced one Magic Shooter — Fayern. Unfortunately, Fayern was dead too. Bitter Water Prefecture was worlds apart from Alchemy City. There was no hope of saving Qin Yin.
"There's something wrong with this ship." Salin looked at it for a long time. He couldn't comment on the power part, but he was very clear about offensive spells. It was too difficult to attack underwater. This kind of ship had to float on the surface of the water in order to activate the alchemy magic array in the hull and fire the magic stone cannon.
Rex sighed. "Salin, you don't know how strong Cloud Flow's fleet is. If not for Alchemy City, the coast of Qin Yin would never have a day of peace. This ship was originally used to carry death warriors. The ship will be filled with Magic Incendiary Potions, and you will only surface when you are near the Cloud Flow Battleship. Then, you will ignite these Magic Incendiary Potions and perish together with the enemy.
"This …" Salin did not expect this complicated ship to die together with the enemy. He recalled the hunting ship from Alchemy City being attacked by that giant ship, and he felt a little helpless. That kind of huge warship could fire magic cannons at close range. No matter how many Warriors you had, you wouldn't be able to get close.
Bang!
The magic tower's gate was hit hard. Shika and Nelis were alerted at the same time. The fog monster was trying to enter the tower and was attacking! The fog monsters had some ability in the thick fog, but once they left the fog, they were like fish out of water. If they really charged in, Salin and Rex wouldn't even have to do anything. Shika would be able to smash the fog monsters into piles of minced meat with just a stick.
"How troublesome!" Salin turned around and said to Nelis, "Let Sicardo rest. If any monsters come in, use the scroll to destroy them."
"Yes, Master," Neris answered seriously. Most of the scrolls in her hands were saved up by Salin when he was practicing magic. The quality was terrible, and Salin was not good at making scrolls. He only wanted to familiarize himself with the process of storing those spells. As for the effects of the scrolls, it was not something he could control.
"Rex, if this alchemy ship uses the shell of the Coiled Turtle as a material, it will definitely be very useful. But do you think we will have a chance to catch another Coiled Turtle?"
"It's very difficult. If it's just a normal hunting ship, it will be knocked over by the Coiled Turtle. If it's a fleet, the Coiled Turtle will just dodge."
"We can't even catch a second Coiled Turtle. Even if this ship is modified, it won't be of much use to you. What you need is a huge fleet. What's the use of only one ship? Find a way to install alchemy machinery on the shell of the Coiled Turtle, and it will be good enough to sail back to the continent. If we are in a hurry to modify it now, we won't be able to use it in the future. It's just a waste of time here. "
"No, Salin. Before I saw your spell, I also thought that this kind of ship was a waste of Warriors' lives. But if we can deduce the magic array for that spell of yours, we can create spells suitable for underwater attacks. "
Hearing Rex's words, Salin raised his hand, and an ice bomb appeared in his hand, floating in the air. The ice bomb was surrounded by dense water vapor. As long as Salin continued, the water vapor would ignite and explode.
"Your ice bomb has already advanced to level-five, and it has fire attributes. If you can manifest it with a magic array and activate it with a magic core, you can release it underwater. A level-five spell is already a threat to Cloud Flow's fleet. "
"Yes." Salin dispersed the ice bomb in his hand, leaving some snowflake-like ice shards in the air, which quickly dissipated. The fog monsters outside were still hitting the magic tower's door, but Salin was too lazy to care about them. He would think about it when the door was broken.
"I'll modify the mechanical power part. You'll be in charge of the research on the offensive magic array."
"That's difficult." Salin sweated. He had originally chosen magic pharmaceutics. It was not a problem for him to research some strange potions, but to ask him to study magic arrays was like asking a fish to learn how to run on the road. The only way was to use Figaro's magic formula to deduce it. That was a huge amount of calculation.
"I have to do it even if it's difficult, Salin. I'm really tired by myself," Rex said. She sat down and leaned against the chair, looking a little annoyed.
Salin looked at her. Rex's face had never looked so haggard. Other noble girls at this age should be married or even about to have children. Rex, however, had to carry on her father's will and do things that seemed impossible.
Salin really wanted to tell Rex, "You can leave everything behind and ignore it." But the lingering sadness in Rex's eyes stopped Salin from saying it.
It seemed that his desire was not as strong as Rex's. If it were him, could he persist?
Her uncle refused to support her, and her brother was a powerless emperor who was not respected by the nobles. The country was established in the desolate Kushui Prefecture, and barely had enough food. It was even difficult to do business in an enclosed environment. Was she going to fight against the entire continent with the power of a prefecture under such conditions?
"Okay, I'll do the math." Salin pointed at Rex's chair. Rex understood and immediately stood up, giving the chair to Salin. She only had this chair in her Shenluo Ring. Usually, she and Salin sat on the floor.
Salin sat down, looked at the alchemy structure diagram floating in the air, and took a deep breath. Luckily, he still had Myers' necklace. Salin poured all his spiritual power into the necklace, came to the space of Figaro's magic formula, and started to deduce his Ice Bullet.
Rex was not pretending to be pitiful. Salin had been with Rex for a long time, and knew that she was a simple person. All the hypocrisy of the nobles had nothing to do with her. If Rex could save herself some trouble and just marry into Yunliu, with her status and ability, the Yunliu royal family would not dare to mistreat her.
In a way, Salin was very grateful to Rex. When he was at his worst, it was Rex who took him in. Rex treated him the same as other mages, not belittling him, not using him. At that time, Rex had never thought of using Jason Statham, who was behind Salin.
Salin was greatly influenced by Rex. With his original personality, he would hide when he encountered something. After spending a long time with Rex, Salin gradually dared to face difficulties and dangers. The environment in Kushui Prefecture had also changed his personality a lot. He was no longer so dark and passionate. If he encountered Count Alphonso's son now, he would definitely not rashly kill him.
That murder was also a display of his cowardice. He looked happy to take revenge, but in fact, he was extremely self-abased. Salin felt lucky. If he had followed Ainphent back to the Clyde family, who knew what would have happened. Ainphent was his friend, but with Ainphent's personality, if his mentality at that time interacted with Salin's, Salin could easily become an extreme mage.
Once he was extreme, it would be hard for him to walk the right path.
Rex was also calculating quickly. She was not as proficient in Figaro's magic formula as Salin was, but she was more familiar with the changes of the magic circle. Figaro's magic formula was a tool. Her ultimate goal was to modify the magic circle, so that the original idea on the alchemy ship could be adapted to the new material.
She didn't need to calculate much. Rex couldn't be more familiar with this alchemy blueprint.
The shell of the Coiled Turtle was very special. There wasn't a complete space in the middle. Instead, there were vertical bones supporting and dividing it, forming an enclosed natural cabin at the four limbs. Rex had to find a way to use this space. After installing alchemy machinery, even if the machinery was damaged, the ship wouldn't sink. This required a relatively large change to the structure of the alchemy machinery. Rex was also proficient in alchemy, so this wasn't a problem for her.
However, what she and Salin wanted to do was indeed beyond their abilities. Usually, designing new magic circles and creating large pieces of equipment were things that only Magic Shooters could do. Salin was a level-four mage now, and Rex was only level-six. Even with the alchemy blueprints left by predecessors, the amount of calculation required was still very shocking.
If Salin didn't have Goddess Myers' necklace, which allowed him to use a very short amount of time to calculate large-scale formulas, he wouldn't have any way to solve the problem in front of him.
The alchemy ship had to be able to attack, or it would likely be captured. Salin was very clear about what this thing would mean to Qin Yin and Yun Liu once it was successfully made. Even Alchemy City would be affected by this kind of warship.
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