The insectoids were done for.
Their defeat was so swift that I didn't even have time to react. Even though I knew that it was only a matter of time before the empire's army wiped out these 100 million insects with their superior technology and quality of soldiers, I still felt that this victory was a little too sudden when they died in batches of a million.
A hundred million enemies! Just this number alone was enough to plunge even the most advanced army into an endless battle, not to mention the insane regenerative abilities of these insectoids and the speed at which they exploded at the frontlines. In addition to the fact that their numbers kept increasing during the battle, we finally annihilated a total of three hundred million insectoids! That was three times their initial numbers! On the other hand, we were unable to send out more than half of our forces into battle, and our ground base was still in a defensive state. If it wasn't for the heaven-defying advantages of Schilling's technology, I was willing to bet that any civilization would be delusional to annihilate three hundred million insectoids in such a hasty counterattack!
There were two reasons for our early victory.
First, the new forces that came from the results of Tawil's research.
As powerful mages, the Ravens played a huge role in this battle. Their arcane spells and shadow attacks were almost fatal to the insects. Not only that, these fellows who were skilled in "energy conduction" always fixed themselves to the surface of the planet's shield, relying on the endless energy provided by the countless psionic wells beneath them to turn themselves into human-shaped cannons with perpetual motion machines. Their area-of-effect damage made even our Psionic Storm Obelisk blush with shame. This was the strength of mages — when they were fully activated, they were like a bunch of meat grinders! Furthermore, with the support of endless energy, the arcane shields on their bodies were never broken. You could even say that they were Gold Saints carrying positron cannons. As the saying goes, as long as you have unlimited mana, it would be easy to solo Arti. Under the continuous release of forked lightning that covered an area of thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers, the number of insectoids that died even exceeded the results of the two lunatics, Pandora and Visca. One must know that there was a heaven and earth difference between the combat power of a mid-level apostle and a Commander-level apostle. With just a hundred Ravens, they were able to achieve the results that Pandora's Helium Flash had. I had to admit that sometimes, talents were really too important. Furthermore, as the Ravens always relied on the planetary shield to fight, the insectoids that they killed basically fell onto the psionic barrier and turned into green smoke. This was the main reason why the number of insectoids plummeted. No matter how disgusting the insectoids' hatching pool was, it was impossible for them to use green smoke corpses as nutrients.
On the day when the battle reached the most crucial moment, the hundred Ravens were evenly distributed to a hundred key points on the planet's surface. They used seventy percent of the energy of the entire planet's psionic energy system to transform into arcane arrows and forked lightning to attack. According to the images captured by our probes in space, the entire Black Egg had expanded to become a thorny planet covered in lightning. We used the Ravens' magic to create the strongest defensive and counterattack shield in the universe!
However, there was one thing that gave me a headache. Vega didn't seem to like the Ravens. Although the Armored Scorpions and the Ravens were often mentioned together because they were part of Schilling's Three Great Heroes, it seemed that … there was a lot of conflict between the three great heroes.
Of course, this subtle conflict wasn't because of any conflict between the Ravens, nor was it because the Ravens' strength in this battle had completely suppressed the Scorpion Troopers that could only be crowned king in small scale combat (although the Ravens were indeed many times stronger than the Scorpion Troopers when facing a group of enemies). In fact, when it comes to strength, the Ravens and the Armored Scorpions were on par with each other. It was just that one specialized in group attacks while the other specialized in single combat. In addition to the special circumstances of this battle, the Armored Scorpions had the advantage of being in the limelight. It didn't mean that the Scorpion Troopers were inferior to the Ravens. As an outstanding member of the Imperial Army, Vega wouldn't be petty enough to be jealous of the fighting strength of his allies.
"The Armored Scorpions are fanatical fighters. The only thing they trust is the longsword in their hands. These stubborn fellows don't even use the Photon Cannon that they are equipped with often, not to mention their feelings towards magic." Hearing my doubts, Sandora explained, "In the eyes of the Armored Scorpions, using magic to fight is unreliable. It lacks courage and the 'artistry' in their point of view. Similarly, in the eyes of the Ravens, the Armored Scorpions are crude and inflexible. They don't possess the wisdom and spirituality of spellcasters. That's why they always look down on each other."
Sives' explanation made me feel slightly relieved. "The subtle conflict between the two clans has been going on for a long time. They have even treated it as a custom of their own clan. However, there's no need to worry, this conflict is benign. They only have a difference in fighting philosophy and there isn't any conflict in itself. The unity of the Schilling's Army is unquestionable."
I didn't doubt Sives' words at all. Putting aside the other races, the chances of internal strife between the Schilling's people was definitely not higher than a genuine disk appearing in the hands of Sicarro. Although the Armored Scorpions and the Ravens would occasionally quarrel with each other, on the whole, they still acknowledged each other as important comrades. That was enough.
The second reason that brought us victory was related to a certain crystal — the cursed item that came from Big Sister.
In the final moments before the insectoid race was destroyed, they seemed to be unable to create any more Wyverns.
Some strange thing spread to every single Wyvern, greatly weakening their combat strength. Their DNA became chaotic and produced all kinds of harmful evolutions, just like humans who were exposed to nuclear radiation. Furthermore, this phenomenon didn't only appear on the adult Wyverns that had already entered battle. According to the information sent back by the detectors, twisted pieces of flesh and broken limbs were constantly floating out from the hatcheries of the frontlines. After analysis, these things were determined to be the remains of Wyverns that had failed to develop. Ever since Big Sister's crystal was implanted into a certain Wyvern's body, not a single Wyvern was born among the insectoid race.
It was just like how the 'Wyvern' branch race of the insectoid race was cursed.
This time, the main force of the insectoid race that attacked Planet Black Egg was the Wyverns. Only they could rely on their numbers to pose a certain degree of threat to our planet's shield and battleships. After these withered Winged Toads were unable to 'regenerate', there was naturally no suspense in the battle.
Tens of thousands of insectoids were burned to ashes by our battleships. All the enemies that approached the planet's defense line were smashed into smithereens by Raven's arcane magic. When the enemy's numbers were reduced to a certain extent, a gap finally appeared in their defense line. Pandora and Visca personally led the heavily armored Apostles and relied on their unique floating cannon tactics to infiltrate and collapse the thick defense line formed by a large number of giant Wyverns. They completely destroyed the enemy's hatchery pool. Then, it was a completely unskilled harvest. The insectoids didn't seem to have any concept of retreat, or perhaps their commander thought that there was no need to preserve these soldiers. In any case, I couldn't understand their values. The Empire's assault battleships annihilated all the remaining insectoids in the orbit. Other than the necessary research samples left for Tawil, these enemies were all turned into clouds by the psionic radiation devices on the battleships.
The only regrettable thing was that we didn't find the insectoid's commander among them. Everyone here were soldiers who served as war weapons. Their commander was still at the rear. The planet that they came from should have a Cerebrate or something similar. We discovered some inflated biological 'organs' among the last few groups of insectoids that stubbornly resisted. These nerve groups that had a radius of tens of meters were like disgusting brain tissues that had been peeled off. They didn't have any ability to move, attack, or defend. They completely relied on the nutrients of the lower-ranked insectoids to survive. Tawil believed that this was the reason why the Cerebrate was able to remotely control this hundred million army from another planet. The mobile hatchery pool that produced disposable soldiers, the Cerebrate's nerve amplifiers, and the giant Wyverns. The appearance of these insectoid units that we had never heard of before pointed to one fact: The insectoids in this sector were far more troublesome than what was described in the Starcraft storyline.
General City, the command hall of the crystal tower.
The battle against the insectoids had ended. Currently, the various departments were making post-battle statistics and preparations for the next step of military expansion. Meanwhile, we would be summarizing the problems that we discovered in this battle. Renault was also invited to attend the battle conference that was supposed to be held in the Schilling's upper echelons because we needed more information from this local.
This bearded uncle who reeked of alcohol seemed to have finally quit drinking in the past few days. It wasn't that alcohol was strictly prohibited in the Schilling's barracks, but he and the human soldiers that he brought with him were so busy being shocked by the power of the Schilling that they even forgot about their personal hobbies.
On one side, there was an overwhelming swarm of 100 million insectoids. On the other side, there was a base that had just been built on a barren, foreign planet. Within a few days, all the battleships had already disintegrated into the city's defense force. In such a situation, not to mention the humans, even the Protoss of Protoss who possessed mysterious technology would probably be annihilated by the endless rain of wyverns' saliva within a few days. Tens of millions of wyverns had gathered together. Even if they were to collide, they would be able to knock down the Protoss' fleet. However, they had witnessed a miracle that absolute technology could create. A planetary-level psionic barrier that covered the entire planet didn't even flicker under the collective attack of tens of millions of wyverns. Not only that, there were alien warriors who could release lightning that was countless times stronger than that of nature, summoning the wind and summoning the rain like mythical creatures. Alright, I admit that the latter wasn't actually considered technological power … But how was I supposed to explain the principles of magic to Renault?
"Have you found the crystal?"
After listening to the report from the commander in charge of searching the battlefield, I focused my attention on the cursed crystal that caused the complete collapse of the army of the insectoids. The Ravens were highly effective killing machines, while my sister's cursed crystal was a divine artifact that caused the insectoids to be unable to replenish their numbers. Comparing the two, I felt that the latter was the deciding factor of victory.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have retrieved the crystal."
The commander replied. Then, he gestured for a soldier to place a large metal box in front of us.
The security was really tight. It seemed that even the fearless Schilling soldier would have goosebumps when faced with the strange power of my sister's curse.
That palm-sized psionic crystal was placed in an extremely sturdy level 13 safekeeping box. It was said that this kind of permanent psionic shield was so sturdy that it could survive a supernova explosion unscathed. But now, it was being used to store a psionic crystal that could normally be treated as a battery. After the lid of the safekeeping box slid open, a diamond-shaped crystal that was slowly emitting a black halo was revealed. It was obvious that it was still in an active state. Furthermore, it was constantly emitting an aura that made us feel uneasy.
My sister stretched out her body and used her index finger to lightly touch the cursed crystal. The latter let out a low hum before instantly returning to its original clear blue color.
However, that sense of danger didn't decrease by much.
"Is this the magical crystal that caused the insectoids to lose their ability to reproduce?"
Renault carefully observed the small, beautiful crystal from afar. His tone was filled with disbelief. However, Tychus, who was beside him, seemed to be much more carefree. Although he also had a cautious expression, he still came over with great interest. He reached out his hand in an attempt to touch the crystal as he said, "If the Federation's Starlords or the Proteus Protoss who have been harmed by the insectoids were to find out about this, they would definitely offer a large sum of money … Any price that you can think of …"
Liliana glanced at the cigar-smoking uncle who had always proclaimed himself to be the number one bounty hunter in the universe. She said calmly, "Don't touch it. Didn't you see what happened to those insectoids? You'll be impotent for the rest of your life. "
I spat on the spot.
Tychus shuddered and hid as far away as he could.
Ignoring the shocking words of a certain unscrupulous loli who didn't have any self-awareness as a priestess, our attention was still focused on the cursed crystal on the table.
"From the looks of it, its power seems to apply a curse on a single individual. Then, using the principles of the law of causality, this curse extends to the entire race that the individual belongs to." Sandora knocked on the table with her index finger. "As for why the curse only applies to the wyverns that came to attack this planet and not to all the insectoids in the entire Star Zone, it should be due to the limitations of its power. Also, its effective range isn't clear. Could it have also left a curse on the other wyverns of this Star Zone? We still need to investigate this further. "
"That's already perverted enough …" I said with a twitch of my lips. This thing was something that could curse an entire species! Even though it seemed that there was still a limit to its power, I had no doubt that this crystal would be able to trigger the next Armageddon if it was thrown onto Earth. "Sis, can you create more of these crystals?"
If this thing could be mass-produced, it would be far too easy to deal with the insectoids. All I had to do was grab a sample of each unit and stuff it into their stomachs. All that was left was for them to fend for themselves. I didn't believe that those fellows covered in mucus could rely on DNA mutation to deal with something like a curse!
However, my fantastical wish would never come true. Big Sis turned her head and rolled her eyes at me. "This thing can't be mass-produced! The amount of mental power required to charge it is tremendous. Also, the appearance of too many of these things will disturb the balance of the world. Do you still remember what I said? The so-called 'luck' has a limit. The maximum amount of misfortune that a race can suffer is limited to the point of extinction. Although this crystal can't curse the entire insectoid race, it has the ability to 'cast a curse on the entire race'. That's why even if I can create two cursed crystals, only one of them will work at the same time. "
Alright, in reality, I already had a trump card that could instantly wipe out a unit of the insectoid race. I should be satisfied.
Just as I passed this extremely dangerous crystal to Big Sis and told her to store it in her personal space, the door of the command hall suddenly slid open. Tawil's projection stood at the door and bowed to us. "Your Majesty, I have a major discovery to report to you!"
Oh my Goddess of Luck! Bless Jingle, it was another major discovery!
Tawil's major discovery had quickly become synonymous with the rise in battle strength. Every one of her results seemed to be shocking. From the restoration of the Space-Time Management Center to the successful production of Raven, the value of this female scientist to us was no less than an entire Empire fleet! Science is the first productive force. Grandpa Marx, you didn't lie to me!
Tawil came before the holographic projector in the command hall and inserted a memory crystal into it. Immediately, the scene of the battlefield that we had previously recorded appeared before us.
It was the scene of a Raven killing almost ten thousand insectoids with ease. A huge Frost Nova followed by a forked lightning of unprecedented scale. Tens of thousands of Wyverns and other miscellaneous soldiers were turned into flesh, blood, and internal organs that fell onto the planetary shield at the bottom of the screen.
After the scene was played three times, Tawil changed the content of the projection and showed the scene in the laboratory.
"We captured a Wyvern that was full of vitality." Tawil pointed at the ugly creature that was restrained by four energy rings in the middle of the screen. Around the creature stood a circle of scientists who were observing the scene inhumanely. On top of the creature's head, there was a ball of dazzling lightning. "Then, we used the most primitive of electric shocks to attack this Wyvern based on the average power of the Raven's forked lightning."
The dazzling lightning arcs turned the entire image white. The Wyvern's shrill roar echoed throughout the command hall. When the image returned to normal, we saw that the Zerg that was used as a test subject had collapsed on the platform. Its entire body was charred black, but …
"The damage it suffered was obviously much lower than the forked lightning. There was an obvious difference. The insectoids that died to the forked lightning would disintegrate within a millisecond. However, this Wyvern that was burned to death by the high voltage electric current lasted for more than a second and its corpse was still intact."
Our faces were instantly filled with curiosity. The exact same attack method, the exact same power, when used on the same target, would actually produce such a different effect?
"We conducted many experiments on other captured insectoid samples and simulated the entire battlefield environment. The attack methods that we used included fire, frost, and arcane magic. In the end, we came to a conclusion. The insectoids are extremely vulnerable when they are attacked by magic. Their physical bodies would even suffer at least three times the damage from magic attacks."
Everyone, other than Shallow Shallow who didn't feel anything and Liliana who was completely oblivious, had their eyes lit up.
"What's the reason?" Sandora's lips curled into a smile. Even though as a ruler, she only needed the result and not the reason, she was still extremely curious about such a strange phenomenon.
Tawil shook his head slightly. "The reason is still being analyzed. Part of the reason might be that the insectoids have never come into contact with the 'magic' and 'elements' in their long years of evolution. This caused them to lack the immunity to be corroded by magic. Another reason might be related to the body of the insectoids. At the moment of being attacked by magic, the body of the insectoids would instinctively try to resist the damage caused by the invasion of magic. However, magic has an extremely unique property: the role of a catalyst. According to the information provided by a raven, this special energy that is transformed from the caster's spiritual power is not only an effective conversion agent and controlling factor for the elemental energy, it is also a super catalyst that amplifies the power of the attack. Almost every type of energy will be catalyzed by magic. This is also why magic attacks always have a large amount of additional damage and not just the basic damage of ice and high temperature. The special body of the insectoids contains a large amount of chemical substances that are used to deal with emergency damage. This is their unique constitution. These substances can be used to neutralize strong acids, reduce temperature, resist radiation and so on …"
"Then … These chemical reactions that should be able to save their lives, under the indiscriminate catalysis of magic …"
Sandora had already understood Tawil's deduction. She did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Tawil also had a face full of laughter. "They were burned to death by the chemical reactions in their bodies — theoretically speaking."
"If the insectoids had such an obvious weakness, how could they have been so domineering for so long?"
I had a puzzled expression on my face. Vega's theory sounded reasonable, but could the insectoids really have such a huge weakness? The various life-saving chemical substances in their bodies would go berserk because of a small catalyst?
Tawil turned off the projection system and smiled. "We are lucky. The various chemical substances in the body of the insectoids will not go berserk because of the catalysis. However, the only thing they cannot resist is the 'magic' catalysis. That energy form is completely beyond the scope of the rules of this universe. At least in theory."
Tawil's report was completed. She stood quietly at the same spot, waiting for the next instruction from her superiors. As a researcher, she could only provide information, but it was still us who made the decisions.
Everyone in the hall fell into a momentary silence. Each of them was calculating in their minds how to make good use of this huge advantage. We are the only force in this universe that has mastered the power of magic!
Reynolds had been listening for a long time in a daze. At that moment, he had fallen into a state of confusion. He hesitantly nudged Liliana next to him and asked in a low voice, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but what are you discussing? It seems like you have discovered the weakness of the insectoids, but you mentioned … magic? "
Liliana waved her hand impatiently. "Uncle Beard, stay away from me. You reek of alcohol!"
Reynolds was speechless.
As it turned out, Reynolds was indeed only suitable for strange girls like the Queen of Blades. Facing a loli, even if it was a fake loli, he would still end up in tragedy …
"Ahem!" After a short moment of contemplation, a bold plan gradually formed in my mind. I waved my hand at Tawil and asked, "Tawil, can the Ravens be trained in batches now?"
Tawil showed an apologetic expression. "Sorry to disappoint you, Your Majesty. We have always been weak in the field of Mysticism. Currently, only Alaya can use his knowledge of the soul to help us train Ravens in small batches in the Shadow City. Mass production of Alaya is temporarily not feasible."
"I see." I stroked my chin, feeling a little disappointed. However, I was just asking casually. The main point of the question was the following. "Tawil, the World Gate between us and Azeroth is already stable, right? Also, the Mother Nest that we set up in the Verdis Empire (A hint, the first country that appeared in the world. Currently, the special metal used by the Schilling Army, Mystical Iron, was collected from that world. Due to the huge favor of saving the world, this other world has pretty much become one of our logistics bases) should have already built the World Gate, right? "
Shallow Shallow, who was the most quick-witted, immediately guessed my plan. She couldn't help but widen her eyes. "Ah Jun! It can't be?! "
"Isn't this a good idea?"
I said with a smile on my face. I was deeply proud of my crazy idea that suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"Ah Jun, I have to admit, you are a genius strategist!"
Sandora figured out my plan after Shallow Shallow. She immediately stood up with her eyes glowing. It seemed that she was extremely excited that a person who knew nothing about war actually had such a genius idea. It's a pity, baby. I guess this is just a flash of inspiration for me …
I couldn't wait to put this creative plan into action. Thus, in the next second, I began to give my orders. "Silvers! Contact the Spatial Management Center and order the Verdis Empire, the Ordo Empire, the Azeroth Salvation Army, yup, and the Puritans in the parallel universe to quickly gather their strongest spellcasters. As long as they are warriors who can use magic, gather them in the Shadow City and form the Holy Expeditionary Army. That's right, test their magic beforehand. We have to make sure that these mages use the same type of magic. "
Liliana stared blankly at my sudden burst of enthusiasm. After a long while, she said, "I really chose an incredible … boss …"
Originally, in our plan, we were supposed to gather our forces at top speed to attack the base camp of the insectoids in the neighboring star system after eliminating the hundred million insectoids. Otherwise, based on their reproduction speed, the place would definitely be filled with hundreds of millions or even billions of insectoids by the time we went over a few days later. However, after discovering the shocking damage that magic could do to these insectoids, building a Mage army that specialized in killing the insectoids became a more important task.
After all, in this Star Zone that was filled with human colonies, we couldn't use planet-destroying weapons like the EOP-03 to deal with the enemy every single time. In most situations, the main stage would be the landing battles and the regular battles against the insectoids in space. In such situations, the mages would definitely be of great use!
"But can those human mages really be of use?"
When the plan started to be implemented, all kinds of orders were sent to the other worlds and they received almost fanatical responses, my elder sister finally raised this question.
This was the central square of General City, one of the few places that we usually strolled around. My elder sister's sudden question stunned Sandora and me.
"The strength of a human mage compared to a Raven …" I hesitated before activating the mental connection and directly asking Raven 001 the question. "Raven 001, according to the information stored in the shared database, how big is the difference in combat power between you and a mage in the World of Azeroth?"
She immediately replied without hesitation, "Those human mages are at most beginner mages in front of us."
Alright, I'll admit it. For a bunch of fellows who could constantly cast Lightning Storm for an entire day and night without having to take a breather, it was already praiseworthy for them to treat Antonidas as their comrades. The difference in attack power was secondary, the most important thing was the Ravens' insane endurance in battle! What was the difference between their psionic reactor and Infinite Mana?
Based on this, even if we gathered human mages from various worlds, they would only be of limited use. If we were to talk about combat power, these human mages who stood at the pinnacle of humanity would be no different from a normal Schilling Army soldier!
However, after hearing my elder sister's doubts, that Raven gave us a reassuring answer. "If you are worried that those human mages don't have enough power, then this is not important. According to Researcher Tawil's findings, the true cause of death of the insectoids isn't our magic damage, but the catalysis of magic itself, causing several chemical reactions in their bodies to go berserk. As long as the human mages have magic power, that would be enough. After all, magic power is special in nature. Unless the caster's spiritual power is used to transform it, it would be very difficult to create it using conventional methods."
… Only to be used as a battery to provide magic power? Speaking of which, if the top-notch combat power of various worlds were thrown into the army of the Xiling Empire, they would only be able to serve as a battery … What a tragedy …
However, after confirming that human mages also had the ability to kill a large number of insectoids, another problem was placed in front of us.
They weren't Schilling's Ravens, who could withstand the cosmic radiation and vacuum environment to fight the Namekians to the death. These humans who had never left the atmosphere in their entire lives simply didn't have the power to fight in space!
Even if they were to carry out a planetary landing battle, they wouldn't be of any use. The natural environment where the insectoids lived was so bad that it would make every Environmental Protection Agency director commit suicide. The planet's surface, which was filled with poisonous gas and corrosive substances, wasn't any safer than space.
The battery was a good battery, but it was too fragile. It would leak on its own before it could be discharged. This was the rather rude evaluation made by the terrible fake loli Liliana.
However, it didn't take long for Shallow Shallow to find a solution to this problem. A team of marines brought by Renault gave this crazy girl unlimited inspiration. She proposed a plan to design a universal battle armor that human mages could use. To be honest, such a solution wasn't difficult to think of, but we had all fallen into the wrong path of thinking. Whenever we thought of mages, we would directly lean on Antonidas's tattered cloak. Who could be like Shallow Shallow, who didn't have a steering wheel, and associate the group of white-bearded uncles with the power armor?
Renault, who had been eating white rice on Planet Black Egg for a few days, finally realized that he could be of some use. Naturally, he was full of enthusiasm to assist us in developing this new power armor. However, other than providing a few armor samples at the beginning, the bearded uncle was soon unable to intervene. In Tawil's eyes, the power armor created by humans was so backward that he couldn't bear to look at it. Other than analyzing the necessary life-sustaining conditions for carbon-based life from these samples, she had to completely redo everything else.
I felt that this was quite awkward. Shallow Shallow and I had always thought that we were the only authentic humans left in this abnormal group. However, when Tawil said, "The physical conditions of His Majesty and the Matriarchs are completely incomparable to the standards of ordinary humans," it made us collectively speechless for a long time.
Tawil and her researchers were astonishingly efficient. Even though it was her first time researching this kind of armor for fragile carbon-based life, she still gave me a relatively mature design the next day. The newly designed power armor basically maintained the appearance of the human marines' armor. Mages didn't have any advantages in mobility or agility, so it was meaningless to strengthen their armor in terms of dexterity. Tawil focused on strengthening the power armor's defensive capabilities and … ease of control.
Yep, ease of control. This was the most troublesome part of the design. You couldn't let Jaina understand what a universal energy and power exchange valve was in just a few days, and don't expect Pope Mellon to understand the principles of aerodynamic joints. Our design goal was to develop a type of power armor that was completely automated and could be worn as easily as wearing clothes. Furthermore, it had to have a high degree of intelligence and be able to adapt to human thinking habits.
Tawil installed a new gadget near the helmet of the power armor. It was a learning device that could receive human mental waves and answer questions. It effectively solved the problem of human mages controlling the power armor. Tawil's original words were, "It's a good thing that can make the wearer forget that they still have a half ton of power armor to control."
The second major improvement of this power armor was its magical amplification function. This was a technology that Alaya and the Ravens had worked together to come up with. It was actually a type of mental amplification. A mage's spell casting was essentially a process of extracting and mutating their own mental power, transforming it into active magic. The power armor's magical amplification device was the last step of this process, amplifying the mage's mental power by two to three times. This would, to a certain extent, make up for the human mages' severe lack of combat strength.
The only regrettable thing was that we were still unable to find a way for human mages to have unlimited mana — the Ravens' energy source was psionic energy. Their dimensional reactor provided an endless amount of mana to cast spells. However, for humans, 1 UN (the common unit of psionic energy), when psionic energy entered their brain, it was enough to turn them into idiots.
Four days after I proposed my plan, the first batch of super power armors equipped with Schilling's advanced technology walked off the production line. These two-meter-tall steel cans had the same outer appearance as human power armors (one of the reasons for this was because Bubble admired the design of the human marines in StarCraft …). The color scheme was the common silver base color of the Imperial Army with blue borders. The chest area of the power armor had a Schilling military emblem that took up the entire shell. On the back of the power armor were the words "One World, One Dream" written in the languages of various worlds.
…
Then who the hell was the one who drew this on the blueprint!?
However, it was already too late to change anything — the first batch of mages from the World of Azeroth had already arrived at the World Gate of General City.
"Jaina? You came personally? "
Seeing that the leader of this mage army was actually someone I knew, Jaina, I immediately exclaimed.
I thought that my exclamation was quite loud, but the golden-haired woman in purple mage robes in front of me didn't react at all. She was busy scanning the surroundings with a shocked gaze. This native of Azeroth, who had come to a high-tech base on another planet for the first time, was already in a state of shock.
The dense mass of Azeroth mages behind her had the same expression. In fact, they were even more shocked than their leader.
"Oh my god … this is … another Outland!?"
After a long time, Jaina finally muttered to herself.
"Outland?" I frowned. "You mean the World of Draenor?"
The plot of Azeroth was still continuing? They were going on another expedition to the World of Draenor? That couldn't be right. The Burning Legion had already been used as cannon fodder by the Fallen Apostle. Furthermore, the Abyssal energy that was invading the various planets in the World of Azeroth had already retreated. What kind of power was there left in the Outland for the various races of Azeroth to go on an expedition?
This time, my voice finally caught Jaina's attention. She turned her head and saw that it was me. A happy smile immediately appeared on her face. She bowed to us and said, "Great God's Envoy, the expeditionary army from the World of Azeroth has gathered here to fight for you."
After a long separation, we exchanged cordial greetings. Jaina, who I hadn't seen for a long time, was once again among the "Gods". She was obviously very happy. Just as she was about to transform into a curious baby in the strange and magnificent scenery around her, I didn't forget what she had muttered to herself at the beginning. "Jaina, did you just mention the Outland?"
"Yes," Jaina nodded. "That is the homeland of our Beastman friends. After the Demon army was completely wiped out, we successfully grasped the key to opening the Dark Portal. The Salvation Army formed a powerful expeditionary army to cross the Dark Portal. In the end, we discovered that the Demon forces in that world had already been completely wiped out. The remaining Beastmen there were also freed from the Demon's curse. Now, the Salvation Army has established an outpost in the World of Draenor. We are working hard to repair the scars in the Outland. The Beastmen are also very happy to be able to rebuild their homeland …"
… Just how harmonious is Azeroth now? Oh Jingle above!
Jaina brought great news. I was even a little hesitant about whether or not I should let the Azeroth warriors, who finally had a peaceful life, enter a dangerous battlefield again. Especially a battlefield like StarCraft, which was obviously two levels higher than the war in Azeroth. Even with the help of the Schilling's advanced technology, would these humans be able to come out unscathed in the face of the most dangerous things in the universe?
"We are the warriors of the Salvation Army. Since the establishment of this organization, every new recruit must carry out this belief: We must fight for the Savior unconditionally at all times!"
This was Jaina's answer.
After the initial shock, the mages from the World of Azeroth quickly showed their calmness as the wisest and calmest of the human race. With the saying that "this is the battlefield of the Gods", they successfully improved their adaptability to all abnormal existences. Then, under the guidance of Renault's marines, they began to learn how to wear the power armor. After all, no matter how intelligent that thing was, it wasn't so advanced that it could appear on your body just by holding a magic wand and dancing two rounds on the spot.
Speaking of which, where did this novel idea of mine come from? Should I really design a set of Star Trooper power armor for Jaina to wear when she transformed into a beautiful girl?
… Shallow Shallow will kill me …
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