End of the Magic Era - Chapter 931

Chapter 931: Presentation

Andrew looked almost lifeless as his eyes followed the Grey Beastman’s finger and discovered a red-skinned Beastman carrying a huge warhammer swaggering along the street. People on both sides of the street would frequently greet that Beastman.

“Hey, do you want to trade or not? If you don’t want to, I’ll go look for someone else.”

Andrew promptly apologized and traded according to the table’s rates. Even if it was a bit on the low side, he still traded cereals, seeds, fruits, and all kinds of natural resources from Noscent, most of which were edible things.

But for these things, he ended up getting ten Level 10 puppet warhorses, ten servant puppets, as well as a large stock of spare parts.

These cereals and fruits were of little value in Noscent, and after a quick calculation, Andrew’s heartbeat frantically accelerated. These things would net him twenty to thirty times the profit once they were traded in Noscent, and that was after deducting the cost of the planar teleportation.

Andrew tightly clenched his Spatial Ring and, with an extremely excited expression, he asked about what was in highest demand here before he left through the Teleportation Gate. This time, he didn’t feel that the Teleportation Gate’s fees were expensive.

On the other side, Dale had a labor puppet carry the large haul of cereals and seeds as he cheerfully returned to his home.

“Hey, lil’ sis, look at what I brought back! 500 kilograms of cereals as well as 50 kilograms of wheat seeds! Wheat! This is what those delicious biscuits of that newly opened biscuit shop are made from. With these seeds, we can plant our own!

“It doesn’t even matter if we can’t farm! We just need to spend some money and hire two farming puppets, and once the wheat has finished growing, we’ll have enough to eat for a whole year!

“Look, there are also some Dragon Fruits! Last time, Lord Xiuban gave me half a Dragon Fruit and it was extremely tasty. Moreover, we can plant the seeds ourselves! When the time comes, we will have more Dragon Fruit that we can eat!

“Expensive? Not at all! Just ten Level 10 horse puppets and ten servant puppets. That person was really cheap and offered really lenient rates from the table. I felt so embarrassed that I gave him some spare components.

“Yeah, it’s been pretty good ever since Sir Merlin came. We can eat our fill, and the fort’s surroundings aren’t that dangerous anymore. Since Sir Merlin has arranged many puppets to protect us, we can now plant cereals and fruits.

“Beastmen can’t farm? Who said that? It just wasn’t feasible before. There was also so little prey in the Four Seasons Plain before, and it’s not like we could trade with those brainless red-skinned fools, could we?

“Pah! I specifically asked Lord Xiuban, but Lord Xiuban is a Draconic Beastman. No, I don’t know what a Draconic Beastman is, either… In any case, he is different from those brainless red-skinned fools!

“Before, when I crafted one warhorse, it would at most exchange for one beast leg, and even if we saved up, it would only be enough to eat for three days. And sometimes, I would have to take some risks and adventure outside the city to hunt some puppets or go through the broken components at the garbage dump.

“It’s a lot better now! On this first deal, I didn’t have to risk my life, and I was able to secure food for half a year, as well as seeds. We can farm!

“Fool! I won’t let you try the Dragon Fruit if you say again that we can’t farm!

“Yes, of course. After it has grown, I’ll deliver some to Lord Xiuban, and Sir Merlin as well. Then, I’ll let you eat biscuits every day, how about it?

“Rest assured, we won’t fall back to the old days again. Everyone can eat his fill now. I just saw Lily, and she has gotten plump.

“Hurry up and eat, it is said that Sir Merlin is recruiting people, I’ll go try my luck next time…”

The Four Seasons Plain’s development was unstoppable, especially in the Grey Beastmen’s fort. A large number of alchemists were sharpening their minds, wanting to be hired by Lin Yun. Being able to join Lin Yun’s alchemist team was an honor.

This kind of prosperity completely shocked every newcomer. This place wasn’t like a fort that had just experienced war… It was more similar to a prosperous city of Noscent. The order was strict, the alleys were clean, and even small snacks were being sold.

The entire fort’s energy sources and defenses were all in order.

No local bullies could be found here. Even if there had been some, they could no longer be found. After a few were beaten to death by unreasonable puppets, everyone within the fort followed the rules.

The defenses of the eight forts of the Four Seasons Plain had been completely changed, and with the arrangements of the Grey Beastmen’s fort and the Radiant Fort, a totally new system had been set up. There was now an open Teleportation Hall between the eight forts, making it easier for people, except very large caravans, to come and go between the forts.

Everything developed at a rapid pace, and Lin Yun no longer personally paid attention to the development of the forts. Everything was carried out according to the rules he had put in place, and ever since that Archmage of the Cloud Tower had personally come to apologize, no one dared to challenge the established rules.

“Sir Merlin, there is some news from Sir Crowits. He said he had a new breakthrough, and he is asking for Sir Merlin’s inspection,” someone announced from behind the door.

Lin Yun was a bit surprised, but he smiled before using Flight to fly out of the fort.

The Sky-Sealing Array had been personally set up by Lin Yun, so it had no effect on him. He only gave Magic Tools counteracting the effects of the Sky Sealing Array to his trusted subordinates, and besides these people, no one could fly in the fort.

The people on the ground had respectful expressions as they saw someone flying through the sky, because only important people could fly in here.

Lin Yun flew to a place over three kilometers away from the Grey Beastmen’s fort. There was only a barren hill completely made of mountain rock. There were no ore veins, and it wasn’t suitable for agriculture. It was now being used as a testing facility for the alchemy team.

There was a puppet factory there, as well as all kinds of refined instruments. Everything new would be tested here.

After all, those kinds of puppets were very dangerous when something went wrong, especially their mana reactors. They could explode with a single mistake, so this kind of thing couldn’t be tested within the fort.

An excited Crowits rushed over as Lin Yun landed.

“Sir Merlin, it’s done! That full right-angle mana reactor has been finalized! Moreover, the laser cannon you mentioned is ready for experimentation…”

Lin Yun was startled. How long had it been since Crowits started working on that mana reactor? The first full right-angle mana reactor, the Max Mana Reactor, should have appeared over a hundred years in the future.

Moreover, Lin Yun had only given Crowits some knowledge regarding right-angle arrays and some principles regarding the Max Mana Reactor. Somehow, with only that, Crowits personally crafted it in three days.

The Max Mana Reactor was bound not to appear now; it would actually be known as the Full Right-Angle Mana Reactor.

This was made using the machines within the factory, the kind of machine without battle ability and specifically used to craft puppet components.

The procedures were compiled in advance so that the machinery in the factory would produce Full Right-Angle Mana Reactors.

There was a huge gap. The previous prototype had been made by Crowits using special equipment and machinery he had crafted himself, while the current mana reactor was a finished product that could be mass-produced. Its manufacturing costs and resources had been optimized, and the discarded materials had been reduced to an acceptable level.

This meant that all the puppets of the puppet army could have their mana reactors changed to a Full Right-Angle Mana Reactor!

This would greatly increase the burst power of the puppets. They would also be able to last two to three times longer in battle, and their energy costs would be cut by half.

Moreover, many new weapon systems could be loaded onto the newly crafted puppets, and the old puppets could also have new weapon systems installed once their mana reactors were changed.

Crowits had been studying the remains of the Heaven Rank Puppets and managed to emulate a kind of new weapon that could be loaded onto the puppets.

It was that terrifying laser ray with extreme piercing power and explosive power, usable at both long range and short range.

But that kind of weapon system had huge power consumption. He had striven to reduce the consumption, but only casting puppets at Level 30 or above could use it. Moreover, because of its huge power consumption, Level 30 casting puppets could only have ordinary casting power for their level.

Level 35 puppets would be able to display the power of a Level 36 or 37.

And the strongest laser cannon consumed even more energy. A Level 30 casting puppet would be able to display the power of a level 33 puppet’s all-out attack, and it was because the spell was too formidable. They would need to wait at least ten seconds because they could fire another round. During that time, the mana reactor would be in a state of overload, and ordinary spells couldn’t be cast.

The crux of the problem was that the burst power provided by the mana reactor wasn’t powerful enough.

Lin Yun could make mana reactors even more powerful than the Full Right-Angle Mana Reactor, but he had too many puppets working under him. If he did them all one by one, he still might not be done after a few years. Mass production was the only way.

When Li Yun arrived, that temporary factory and laboratory base started working at full capacity. He made the machines and equipment start producing Full Right-Angle Mana Reactors.

Mechanical arms first polished and cut components into shape, and then more of them would carve runes and patterns onto the components. Finally, mana crystals would be stuffed inside. The entire process was automatic, and very few steps required the assistance of an alchemist.