In the next few days, other than pushing forward the various research projects that had almost filled his schedule, Elvin spent most of his free time on this warship.
With Elvin, Oakley, and a few of the most skilled craftsmen on the Storm Horn as the main force, they formed an assault team.
After Elvin hosted the first meeting and explained his ideas, all the members of the assault team were very interested in this new warship that was still on paper. They couldn't wait to turn it into reality.
Therefore, they started the design of the modification plan, even forgetting to eat and sleep.
During this period, it was inevitable that several versions of the design plan were rejected.
It was either that it didn't meet Elvin's expectations and didn't meet his expectations, or that it was too abnormal. With the current material's structural strength, it didn't meet his requirements at all.
Later, Oakley Jeffery decided to use his power for personal gain and shared a large amount of the kingdom's warship data with Elvin. This allowed him to use his "Data Analysis Vision" to calculate and analyze the data, and then feed it back to the assault team for continuous revision.
Because the main material of the warship was naturally grown oak, and not standardized and highly homogenous steel, even if it was a warship with the same specifications, every warship would have significant differences.
It was the same even for the cast-iron cannons on the warship or the muskets in the hands of the soldiers. Due to the limitations of the casting process, it required the craftsmen to finely rework it. This also caused the difference in the performance of the weapons.
Therefore, they weren't nitpicking.
Instead, they hoped to maximize the performance of the first new warship in their hands. It might even become the model for the entire kingdom's new warship.
Another week passed.
Even Elvin's most important research project — the suppression plan for the "Adventurer's Blood" — had been successfully completed. Only then did they finally propose the best plan based on the current conditions, and it was unanimously approved by everyone.
In Oakley's words, it was:
"The modification on the existing foundation is ten times more difficult than redesigning a battleship!"
Of course, the more difficult part was yet to come.
A large number of sailors were gathered to remove the open-air cannons and began to dismantle the upper deck and the forecastle.
However, they, who always felt that the warship wasn't sturdy enough in battle, suffered greatly this time because of the sturdy hull.
Take the open deck as an example:
After the initial laying was completed, it was necessary to first use a linen cloth soaked in tar to block the gaps, and then pour in hot tar to completely seal the gaps. While effectively waterproofing, it also made the deck more stable.
Therefore, for warships that need to be scrapped, the navy generally does not waste time and effort to dismantle and recycle them. Instead, they use them as cannon targets and directly sink them in the sea.
But the Starden Castle was different, because the materials had other uses after they were dismantled. It was impossible for them to dismantle it by force.
Therefore, even if Elvin gathered all the spare manpower on the island and worked overtime 24 hours a day, the progress of the project was still not satisfactory.
Although rebuilding a sailboat wouldn't take three to five years like building a new one, it was still a time-consuming and laborious job.
If he could only rely on these sailors to complete the preliminary work before the end of his mission to guard the new continent, it would already be extremely efficient.
Thus, in order to avoid further complications, Elvin decided to postpone his other research projects and do it himself. He wanted to show these useless fellows what the productivity of a Magus was!
It was another night of staying up all night.
But this time was different from a few days ago. Most of the soldiers had already left the dock, only the ship's engineer, Oakley Jeffery, the core craftsmen, and a small number of auxiliary soldiers stayed behind.
Of course, after hearing what Elvin wanted to do, the officers of the "Storm Horn" and the captain of the "Endeavour", Robins, also stayed behind to join in the fun.
"Sir Captain! I don't mean to offend you, but … can you really use witchcraft to build a ship? "
After hearing Elvin's suggestion until tonight, Oakley, the senior engineer, was still in disbelief.
In a place like the new continent, there were countless strange things, and the isolation of the supernatural was not as strict as in the old continent. As a senior engineer with a high status, of course, he had heard of Magi.
But his impression was only of poisonous spiders, lizard tails, strange decoctions, curses, totems … and other strange things. He never thought that witchcraft could be related to mankind's greatest weapon.
"Of course! How do you think the mainland's flourishing mechanical industrialization came about? "
Elvin, who was drawing a spell with Milan on the dry dock, answered without turning his head.
If it was not beneficial to the normal human world, how could the "Light of Alchemy", which was spread across many countries, surface so openly? And the method that he wanted to use was even more direct!
"Phew, done!"
At this time, the complicated spell was completely formed in the hands of the two.
The eight meter diameter circle passed through five small circles drawn with spiritual runes. The circles were connected to each other, and together with the dense spiritual runes, they formed a complicated rune array.
They represented the four basic elements in the foundation of Alchemy: Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and the fifth element, "Soul".
Then, Elvin began to place various "spiritual" items corresponding to the elements in each small circle.
The Fire element represented Vitality, Passion, Flame, Destruction, Life, Sun … So, Elvin placed a small six-pound cannon in this circle.
The Water element represented Purification, Love, Witchcraft, Intuition, Ups and Downs of Fate, Travel … So, he placed a golden cup that accompanied the sunken ship across the ocean and stayed underwater for three hundred years.
The Earth Element represented prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, fertility … So in this circle was a golden lion that had been polished until it was shiny, and one could tell at a glance that it had been through countless transactions.
The Wind element represented Knowledge, Freedom, Breathing, Growth of Plants, Enlightenment … So, Elvin placed a rare weapon that had accompanied him through many battles, the Sword Staff.
Finally, he straightened up and looked at Milan. The latter understood and consciously stood in the last circle that represented "Soul".
Elvin checked it one last time and confirmed that there was no problem. He just thought to himself, 'Should I write a book and call it One Hundred Ways to Use Milan?'
Stopping the wild thoughts in his mind, he took off the extra things on his body and handed them to Gary, who was guarding by the side. Wearing only a newly made oak fruit around his neck, he walked into the center of the circular tactic in a linen robe.
He gestured with his hand, and naturally, someone went to extinguish all the lights in the dock.
At the same time, all the onlookers held their breaths.
The dock was completely silent.
Elvin felt the spiritual power that was gradually getting stronger around him and took a deep breath.
Subconsciously, he touched the lock mark on the back of his neck. After confirming that the "Adventurer's Blood" would finally not suddenly run out to cause trouble, he raised his hands, palms facing up.
A spell that seemed to contain infinite vitality was slowly spat out, echoing and resonating in the dock.
Whoosh!
Then, Elvin's spirit instantly rose and connected with a certain existence that did not have self-consciousness but had boundless power.
Boom!
There was a roar in his head.
It was the mysterious source of the "School of Revitalization", the "Tree of Life" that existed in the world's root!
“sta！”
After the last spell was spat out, the magic power in Elvin's body and the Revitalizing Spirit Light poured into the rune array under his feet.
Strings of characters and lines lit up one after another.
Whoosh!
Then, an emerald green brilliance that was as transparent as jade gushed out and instantly enveloped half of the battleship.
Without using a ritual, the original limit of Elvin's Revitalizing Spirit Light was only a sphere with a radius of three meters. As long as the volume did not exceed this range, there was no upper limit to what could be revitalized.
The main effect was that it could slightly affect non-living things or change the form of matter, allowing them to gain temporary vitality like elemental creatures.
The changes that occurred during this period would continue to exist even after the spell was ineffective, achieving the effect of changing the form of matter in a disguised manner.
Restriction: The higher the density of matter, the slower the speed of revitalization. It was ineffective against extraordinary items.
The so-called "ritual" was to establish a connection with a certain world rule, spiritual spirit, god, and other existences through a specific ritual. It temporarily made one's own consciousness retreat, and the spirit resonated with the supra existence, activating a powerful ability that exceeded one's own limits or even one did not possess!
[Beyond Limit Ritual — Revitalizing Hands!]
At this moment, after activating the ritual, not only was the area of influence of the Revitalizing Spirit Light greatly increased, its strength was also greatly increased. Within a range of thirty meters in a straight line, the "Starden Castle" seemed to have been hit by a disintegration spell.
Wooden planks, tar, linen, iron nails, wooden wedges … Then, under the disbelieving gaze of the onlookers, they bounced off the hull of the ship and landed on the ground with clangs.
At the same time, the jaw of the ship's engineer, Oakley Jeffery, also landed.
"Oh my Goddess, this is unbelievable!"
Then, with the help of this pair of "Revitalizing Hands" that came from witchcraft.
The speed of the modification of the battleship was as if it had been fitted with rocket thrusters, advancing rapidly one day after another.
Flattening the deck, repairing the ribs and sides of the ship, thickening the hull …
Although in order to maintain sustainability, Elvin and Milan would only activate the ritual for half an hour every night, even this half an hour was equivalent to half a month's worth of work for the sailors.
In just a short ten days, even the outfitting of the modified battleship was nearing completion.
If they had not witnessed the gradual transformation with their own eyes, Oakley and the group of officers would not have dared to believe their eyes.
"It's too beautiful!"
At this moment, the battleship lying in the dock had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!
The original "Starden Castle" was a large third-level battleship with 74 shipboard cannons.
< Specifications > Displacement 2,950 tons, length 56.42 meters, width 14.90 meters, sail area 2,485 square meters, crew size 680.
< Armament > Double deck, single deck, open deck, a total of 28 32-pounder cannons, 30 24-pounder cannons, 16 9-pounder cannons.
Now, its bow and stern and the original open deck had completely disappeared, becoming a double deck cruising ship with the same height at the front and back.
< Specifications > Displacement 2,340 tons, length 56.42 meters, width 14.90 meters, sail area 3,213 square meters, crew size 450.
< Armament > Double deck, transparent cannon: 28 24-pounder cannons, 28 32-pounder cannons (one sunk deep in the sea, temporarily unavailable), two 24-pounder bow and stern cannons.
In hydrodynamics related to ship design, there was a parameter called "Wave Barrier Speed", related to the length of the ship, exceeding this speed would cause the resistance to increase. The correct way to build a high-speed ship was to increase the length-width ratio, increase the sail area (power), and sharpen the bow (reduce the resistance).
Elvin didn't dare to change the overall length-width ratio of the ship. After all, it wasn't a simple matter of flattening and rounding. The structural strength was there, and if he accidentally broke the keel, it would be a huge loss.
But the mast passed through several levels of cabins, and the bottom was connected to the keel at the bottom of the ship. The lower the cabin, the more usable the mast was. The sail area increased by a full one-third, and after the weight was reduced, it was also beneficial for speed.
Now, although the overall speed of the cruising ship couldn't reach the maximum speed of the "Constitution," it had surpassed all the battleships of this era. With the help of the "Monsoon Goddess" on the bow, it wouldn't be inferior to the "Constitution" in the slightest.
Apart from that.
Elvin also drew a semi-permanent spell on the deck, which could temporarily endow the rigging and sails with activity, allowing him to take over most of the work of the sail rope crew in an emergency.
It also gave it a little taste of a transcendent battleship.
After gathering all the people who had contributed to the ship to brainstorm.
In the end, Elvin accepted Oakley's suggestion and named the heavy-armored cruiser "Morning Star". It represented the brightest morning star that appeared in the sky at dawn, but … It wouldn't be the only one.
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