Happy times would always be short, and truly busy times would leave you with no time to even sigh about how short time was.
The entire Mage Country descended into a frenzy after it was confirmed that the delivery time would be 40 days. Even someone like Roxia who was directly involved in the delivery had already tossed aside his schedule. He didn't even bother to look at it, because it was impossible to complete.
He was quite rational and knew what was the most important thing. He couldn't delay at all, and could put everything aside.
The most important thing right now was obviously to become a rank 7 archmage and make the Land of Dreams a part of himself … This wasn't just a matter of improving his power level. More importantly …
"If I can't level up, won't I be locked up in the Mage Country forever? Isn't it foolish to level up at this time? Should I give up first and try again next time … No, that'll be the same as starting from scratch. And according to what Big Sister Rosa and the others said, if I fail once, the second time will be much harder. I'm already forcing myself to do this, so I might as well just give up now. "
Rorschach felt a headache coming on. He was basically locked up in the Mage Country.
He had used the most orthodox method of Embezzlement. He had continuously infused his magic power, will, and spiritual energy into his personal weapon, repeatedly connecting and communicating with it. Gradually, he had dyed it with his own colors, and in the end, it had become a part of him.
However, while other people's weapons could be taken away, could he really take away his Land of Dreams …?
Rorschach actually asked the professionals in the Mage Country about this. He asked if it was possible to activate a half-plane that was already anchored in the Mage Country, but they all looked at him as if he was an idiot. He didn't need to ask anyone else.
Rorschach still didn't give up. He even asked Big Sister Rosa … There was no helping it. She was the only high-level person that he could come into contact with and trust. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he could only trouble her.
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However, Rorschach could tell that every time he went to find her, she would be quite happy … Recently, since she was so close to him, Rorschach had nothing better to do, so he decided to chat with her. He treated it as caring for a lonely old woman … Back then, he accidentally mentioned it, and Rosa ignored him for an entire week.
He soon got an answer to his question, but there was an additional answer.
If he were to successfully evolve and become an Epic-ranked weapon, he would be able to fuse it with his body. Even if he couldn't carry it around with him, he would still be able to determine its coordinates and summon it. This was the conventional solution.
The other method was to cultivate a Soul World of the Demigod Realm. Moreover, it had to be a sufficiently large and stable Soul World to contain the Land of Dreams.
When Rorschach was fighting the Guardian of Mount Sainte, she had taken out that item. However, she must have used the geographical advantage of Mount Sainte to leave the environment and not be able to do that.
After that battle, Rorschach also went to understand the Soul World and knew what it was. Therefore, he very rationally gave up on this option.
"That would be even more difficult than digesting the Land of Dreams in advance and reaching the seventh step."
Just looking at the description of "Extreme stubbornness and emotions, enough to distort the will of reality and forcefully transform reality into one's own world", Rorschach felt that he couldn't do it.
"This level of stubbornness, 'It's all the world's fault, so I want to change the world', 'Although reality is sad, my world refuses to be sad', perhaps I have the willpower, but this level of stubbornness and emotions is something that the current me can't do … Yes, it's impossible."
Rorschach, who had always thought of himself as a normal person, finally gave up on this path helplessly. He who relied purely on logic and reason felt that he couldn't produce such level of emotions no matter what.
"Besides, there's no need for that. Once my Land of Dreams is healed, I can achieve a similar effect and turn any battlefield into my home turf."
Alright, there was no other path. It was better to continue hammering the pile bit by bit.
However, that didn't mean that he couldn't increase his combat strength … Considering the future of the Planar Battlefield, combat strength would always be Rorschach's first priority. Everything else would have to give way to this.
A spellcaster's combat strength was actually determined by the number of chess pieces he had in battle, the number of spells and magical items he had.
Mastering new magic? That wasn't something that could be done in a short period of time. Rorschach had just opened up his fourth laboratory and was producing "results" every day. However, 99% of them were meaningless and could only be used as a store of knowledge.
However, at Rorschach's current level, the direction of his future was already set. He could improve it step by step.
His future was the Land of Dreams. In that case, improving the Land of Dreams was equivalent to investing in his future.
The most direct idea was to build a few cannon turrets on top of the Land of Dreams. In the future, he could use the cannon turrets on the Land of Dreams to bombard the other side … This idea was simple and practical. Rorschach tried it before giving up.
"This thing is too expensive. Also, this power … I can probably surpass it with a high-level plant catapult."
For firearms, the factory price was at least ten times the cost price (raw materials, labor, design). The high profits were used to rip people off.
Others could only accept it. The market price was just that ridiculous. There was nothing much to say.
However, Rorschach, who was already an arms dealer, did some calculations and decided to forget about it.
Not only was the price obviously ripping people off, but more importantly, it was impossible to buy anything good with money.
"The gears must be rusty. Is the magic conversion ratio really connected? Also, look at the degree of wear and tear on the cannon barrel. Are you trying to fool people with a retired military item?"
Not only that, the other party even laughed and took out a written certificate to prove that this was a magic cannon turret that had been in service for 35 years. It had undergone two major repairs and countless minor repairs.
Rorschach was instantly dumbfounded. Both parties weren't on the same page at all.
The other party was showing off that he had connections and ability to obtain real military items. Furthermore, it was a "high-quality item that had been repeatedly tested on the battlefield." Meanwhile, Rorschach didn't care about this so-called "Perfect Service Medal recipient."
"35 years of service. The certificate was issued 12 years ago. The cannon turret was repaired 47 years ago. It's a second-rate item that was left at the normal border. Plus, it takes several decades to design and produce it. The manufacturer isn't famous either. Plus, the ones left at the second-rate war zones are all obsolete items. It's not wrong to say that this technology is from 100 years ago … What's the point of buying this thing? To display it as an antique? "
Roxia had only been willing to take out the store's most treasured item after Roxia had tried his best to persuade him. And, if Roxia really wanted to "give up" this item, the price would likely be an astronomical figure.
Rorschach also understood that it wasn't that there weren't any good items in the market. It was that he didn't have the means to obtain good items.
Armory merchants were connected to the military. The new types of armory they sold were strictly controlled. As a newcomer, even if he had the money, he wouldn't be able to buy anything.
Although Rorschach hadn't been accepted by the armory merchants' circle yet, he did recognize a few large armory merchants that supplied goods to the military. They all had the legal appearance of a magical society, but they usually wouldn't accept orders from individual merchants.
Rorschach felt that he could at least buy some armory by risking his old — er, young — face. However, he would probably be targeted by the Mage Country's security department, which would cause a lot of trouble.
"… Most importantly, I'm still too poor. Even this antique is so ridiculously expensive. Just how expensive are their first-rate items?"
Rorschach called a few of his "peers" and asked a few questions in a roundabout way. The numbers he received caused him to unhesitatingly give up on the idea of using money to solve his problem.
"Ha, is it because I don't have enough money …? I really don't have enough money. Cough, cough, I can do it myself. Why should I spend money to find someone else? "
Rorschach had no choice but to give up on the idea of using magical weapons to arm his Dream World. At least, he had to give up on it for the time being.
However, he was right about some things. He could have done it himself from the very beginning. It was just that his technology tree was a bit too long, and he would need to slowly climb up the tree (many years). Also, he was worried that if the Dream World's weapons were all biological and natural technology, it would be too simplistic in terms of defense and combat. It would be easy for him to be countered in special situations and against special opponents.
Rorschach wanted to use magical weapons mainly because of this consideration. If the weapons were too simplistic, it would be easy for others to counter them. It would be especially difficult to hide the fact that he was a nature mage. If the enemy used the power of death, the power of plague (against plants), or the ability to modify insects, they would all counter him … Rorschach felt that if he was the enemy, he would have made preparations beforehand.
When the situation was right, it would be beneficial to have another technology tree as backup. Although he failed this time, Rorschach didn't give up on this idea. He would buy more armory in the future when the situation was right (and he had the money).
But at least for now, the first military line in the Dream World, the production line for natural magic armor (magical plant outer shells), was ready for mass production.
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