"Hey, are you sure you want to get off the ship here?" The dwarf had a good time with Rob for the past month and a half. Life at sea had always been lonely, and after losing his harp, he became more talkative. The others on the ship usually had things to do, so Maledona could only chat with the future Supreme Magus. Seeing that they were about to reach their destination, the dwarf prince felt a trace of reluctance in his heart.
"Well, thank you for your hospitality these days, Your Honor," the young man solemnly thanked Maledona. He was penniless when he boarded the ship. The sea was vast, and he had nowhere to work even if he wanted to, so his food these days was provided by the dwarf for free.
"That's not it. Your knight friend was very generous, and these things were included in the ship's fare." Maledona shook his head, and then threw a gold coin to the young man. "Oh, I almost forgot. Since he didn't board the ship, this money should be returned to you."
Rob was a little touched. He knew that the dwarf did this because he saw his current predicament and found an excuse to help him. He could not help but say, "If there's anything in the future, you can come to me. I live at …"
"No, no, don't tell me." The dwarf waved his hand, and said with lingering fear, "I don't want to get into trouble again. I was miserable enough last time in Port Labrador. A few more times and I'll hang myself."
"Ah? So you already know. "Rob was taken aback." But how did you know? "
"Come on, whose attendant can be as ignorant as you? You can't even tell the difference between Lough and Lough. I bet you can't tell the correct order of serving the dishes at a banquet …" The dwarf rolled his eyes. "That old thief with the pointy hat should be the leader of the royal cavalry. He's been staring at you from beginning to end, and only glanced at me when I annoyed him. They're really here for you. And that knight friend of yours, he looks at you as if you're his father-in-law. Why didn't I notice it earlier?" Maledona slapped his thighs and wailed with a pained expression, "4,000 gold coins! That's 4,000 gold coins!!!"
Rob was quite embarrassed. This matter originally had nothing to do with the Dwarf Prince, but in the end, he was the one who suffered the most out of everyone.
The young man thought for a moment and asked Maladona, "You said you were smuggling magic devices. Do you have magic carving knives and blank array discs?"
"Huh?"
"I've been observing your ship's arrays in the past few days, and I feel that the conversion efficiency isn't very ideal."
The dwarf nodded. "After all, I found someone to modify this airship privately. It's not as good as a real alchemical airship, whether in terms of consumption or maneuverability … Eh? Wait, how did you know? Are you an alchemist?! " The dwarf's eyes widened, and he looked as if he had seen a ghost. "F * ck, when can humans learn alchemy?!"
"No, no, you misunderstood. I'm not an alchemist. I just read a few books related to alchemy before, and I can see the flaws in these alchemy arrays," Rob explained.
The dwarf breathed a sigh of relief, and his face became a little disappointed. It was amazing that he could see the flaws in alchemy arrays just by reading some books, but without alchemy, it was useless to repair and perfect alchemy arrays.
"Although I only know a little about alchemy arrays, I'm very familiar with magic arrays. I don't know if you've heard of the floating fortress?"
The dwarf could not help but gasp. The mortal enemy of alchemical airships — the floating fortress, known as the ultimate weapon of mankind? In the Second Magic War, human mages devoted themselves to developing a large aerial vehicle that was specially designed to deal with alchemical airships.
It was an awe-inspiring fortress forged from steel, with over a hundred magic cannons protruding from inside, shrouding everything in all directions. Its sinister appearance vividly displayed the beauty of slaughter and destruction. As soon as it appeared, it made the dwarves suffer a great loss. The most exaggerated time was when three floating turrets overturned twenty-four alchemy airships, making the former overlords of the sky lose all face.
But now it was an era of peace, and trade and commerce were dominant. All the major races on the Dawn Continent were busy developing their economy and making money. The war was a long time ago, and Maledona had no intention of bringing up the past.
"You know how to build floating fortresses?!" The dwarf was astonished, thinking that this was too awesome.
"No, I don't." The young man's answer was very straightforward. "Besides, it's useless even if I know how to build them. You don't have the materials."
Rob hit the nail on the head. The core materials of floating fortresses were extremely precious, and it was impossible to produce them unless a whole nation was involved. So far, there were only ten floating fortresses in the human world, five of which were owned by the Lionheart Empire, three by the Free city-state, and two by the Sacred Alliance.
The dwarf was discouraged. "Then why did you bring this up?"
"The floating fortress has many functions. The original magic array is very complicated and has high requirements for materials. Only a level 8 grand mage can build it. But if you only want to keep the basic function of floating, I can try to make a simplified version and install it on your ship. The next time you activate the alchemy array, it should reduce the consumption by 60% to 65%."
"Oh my god! You can do that?! " Maledona was so shocked that he sat on the ground. Even the best alchemy airship in the dwarf world only consumed less than 40% of the energy of the Luck Goddess. In other words, with this change from Rob, the Luck Goddess would become the best alchemy airship in the entire Dawn Continent.
Moreover, it was the only airship powered by alchemy and magic. This prefix sounded very cool.
However, the dwarf had never heard that alchemy array could be mixed with magic array. This wasn't like making oatmeal, where one could mix as many flavors as one wanted. Alchemy and magic were two completely different systems. It would be amazing if they could barely be put together without conflict. How could one expect them to work together?
"Yes. I've thought about the main problems on the way here. Now, I can try!" The young man nodded.
"What the hell? Who the hell are you?" The dwarf was truly shocked this time. He rubbed his face and said, "To be honest, this isn't something an ordinary person can do. I've never heard of a ninth-grade super magus being able to do this. I have a bad feeling that we've gotten ourselves into big trouble this time."
"So, you don't want this magic array?"
"Yes, of course I want it. Are you kidding me? My sister is counting on it for the rest of my life!!!" The dwarf was no longer reserved. He hugged Rob's thigh with a hungry look. "Hurry, hurry, hurry. I can't wait. Give it to me now!!!"
"…"
So the young man stayed on the Goddess of Luck for another half a month. During this time, not only did he complete the Levitation Magic Circle that he had promised to give to Maledona, but he also made a small magic circle out of friendship and gave it to the dwarf as a token of appreciation and compensation for his help in Port Labrador.
As for the second magic array … Your Honor, the future super mage, actually felt that it was quite embarrassing to make this kind of thing, but he couldn't resist the dwarf's pleading. In the end, he spent an afternoon to complete it. The only function of this magic array was to emit some inexplicable but useless golden light when the Goddess of Fortune took off.
The dwarf took the liberty of giving it a strange name of "atmosphere generator."
"This time, I owe you a big favor." Maledona scratched his head. "Compared to your two magic arrays, these things on my ship can only be called garbage. How about this?" The dwarf took out a small wooden whistle from his pocket. "If you need my help in the future, just blow this. No matter where I am, I'll come as soon as possible."
Rob did not refuse and accepted the dwarf's gift.
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