Harald smiled at the corners of his mouth, as if he had expected Edmund's reaction, and paused slightly, turning around.

Under the roof, he had to bow his head, Harald was not the prodigal kid now, he had real strength. Edmund pursed his lips, "I don't know why you're interested in what happened to me. I was going to tell the Mage Guild, you know, it's our obligation. ”

"But now. Edmund smiled and shrugged his shoulders: "It seems that going back is unlikely, so this news doesn't seem to be of much value." ”

"You made the right choice, Mr. Cox. Harald nodded.

Then Cox muttered for a moment and began to tell the story - from the time he led two warships out to sea, the journey was not peaceful, and he encountered two or three bands of pirates during the process, but none of them were successfully eliminated.

Reluctant, Edmund decided to venture into the waters of the Rift Stones, where they met the strange and ugly fish monster for the first time, and as he said, the scout was the only one to come back alive.

However, this does not end there. Edmund has been at sea for more than 20 years, has seen too many strong winds and waves, and has the courage to lead the fleet back to another sea area of the Martyrs Islands and land again.

And this time, he personally led the team.

Because it was early in the morning, the fish monsters were hidden, and Edmund successfully completed the reconnaissance, and also found two stone pillars, ready to be shipped back to the ship, which can be regarded as an explanation to the Mage Association, and the spoils of the sea.

While the sailors were carrying the pillars, Edmund stood on the top of the hill and observed the movements around the island, and noticed something terrifying.

A quirky island of seaweed, shells, barnacles, is rising in a surrounding fjord. On closer inspection, it was not an island, but more like a structure buried in the deep sea for thousands of years, with several conical domes, dense caverns, and countless strange statues, mostly half-fish, half-human, and a giant statue covered in seaweed, revealing only a terrifying squid-like head.

The palace was rising from the bottom of the sea at a slow pace, stirring up the mud and sand and tumbling, but the area he saw was the size of a castle. As the height increased, more and more strange buildings began to appear, and the area of stone pillars, palace gates, and even steps doubled.

The well-informed Edmund knew very well that this strange floating island palace must involve mysterious powers. And in the navy of the Duchy of Venden, there is also a legend.

Evil rises from the sea, greedily wanting to take over the land. When the stars of Discord shine, the black waves roll, the storms rage, and shadows cover the land.

Just as he was in doubt, countless things in the caves began to wriggle, black and black like tadpoles, the size of clay urns, and poured out of the mouth of the cave like a tide, and fell into the sea with a flutter.

In an instant, the ocean around the palace seemed to boil, and black shadows rose and fell in the sea, spreading in all directions.

There were too many of them to count, and Edmund, who was completely frightened, thought that he was exposed, and immediately gave up carrying half of the stone pillars, and fled the island with the sailors in a panic.

After that, he did not hesitate and led the fleet to prepare for the return voyage. Unfortunately, on the way back, he encountered a large pirate fleet led by Ralph.

"That's the way it is. Edmund frowned tightly: "I don't care which side you are on now, but this information, please help me send it back to the principality." Not only my daughter is there, but also your father. ”

"You mean, a palace rises from the ocean?"

"That's right, a magnificent, just one glance at it, and I shudder. It was as if it had been buried in the mud of the seabed, and it had awakened at this moment. The caves, the statues, the terrible shadows, were as strange and evil as the prophecies of the end times. ”

Harald's face also became solemn, his brows furrowed tightly, and the offensive to annihilate the Holy Spirit and the orcs was about to be launched, but the commander never ignored the crisis from the sea.

Seeing that Harald was silent, Edmund seemed to have recovered some of his skills, and snorted coldly: "Do you still think that you can defeat those strange things?"

Harald, who was keen on seafaring, was also very attentive to gathering information at sea, which is why he personally asked Edmund about it.

"Why not?" Harald asked rhetorically.

Edmund took a deep breath: "Those weird things, they don't look like fish monsters. But I can assure you, it's not an easy thing to deal with. ”

"Either way, it's important information. Harald nodded: "You won't regret what you said today, whether it's the Blackstone Collar or the Duchy of Vendôme, I'll be grateful to you in the end." ”

Edmund pursed his lips, looking a little unconvinced: "You don't have to be so confident in front of me, the Mage Guild will not stand idly by." The power they possess must be greater than yours. ”

Harald smiled slightly, did not answer, waved his hand and said: "I hope you adapt to life here as soon as possible, the world will change soon, perhaps, you have the opportunity to see it with your own eyes." By the way, I'll write back to Alyssa on your behalf. ”

"You'd better mess with my daughter less!" Edmund glared at a pair of tiger eyes, "I don't want her to be hurt because of you, and I don't want her to have anything to do with a traitor." ”

"Mr. Cox, it's up to your daughter to choose. ”

Harald laughed and turned away in style.

"You bunny!" Edmund gritted his teeth as he stared at the arrogant 'boar', remembering the night of shame when the good girl he had raised for more than ten years came out of the woods in disheveled clothes, followed by Harald who didn't even lift his trousers, and wanted to go up and castrate him at once.

My heart hurts, you bastard.

Ambition is rampant!

......

"Linda, we made it!"

There was a cheer from the docks, Alice's exclusive laboratory, in a tidy warehouse. Alice and Linda hugged each other, their faces full of excitement.

Yes, Alice, who has been well rested, is in good spirits and her mind is more active than ever.

Crystal Magic Engine, successfully developed.

In the very center of the laboratory is a prototype of the Crystal Magic Engine, with the original rotor engine at its core, with two wire transmissions made of crystal and multicolored alloys at its core. After many days of research by Alice, she found that there is a threshold for the flow of magic that can pass through a unit of time for a unit volume of colorful alloys, and as long as the thickness and length of the wires of the colorful alloys are mastered, the magic flow can achieve stable output, and the same is true for crystals.

Of course, that's not what makes them excited.

There is another important discovery.

The essentia mined from the seabed, named by Qin Song himself, can not only be used to refine metals, but also contain abundant magic power, which is also the opposite of the polarity of crystals, which can form a magic field in the rotor magic engine and stimulate the rotor to rotate to do work.

And to extract the magic in essentia, Linda played a crucial role.

The Rock Power Talisman, a sigil that can extract energy from stones, can continuously absorb the magic power contained in essentia ore, which means that essentia ore belongs to the rock category before it is smelted!

This major discovery almost directly solves the problem of the source of magic power, and completely deprives the magic device from its dependence on witches.

In other words, the two of them have teamed up to discover new energy sources.

The magic energy supply device currently placed in front of the two of them was relatively rudimentary, consisting of a piece of essentia ore cut into a rectangular shape and a set of crystal clusters of equal size, bundled together by a wooden partition in the center. The output of the multi-colored alloy wire, which is embedded in the essentia ore and engraved with the power of the rock sigil, is directly connected to the inner lining of the engine's magic guide material. The crystal is directly connected to the crystal lining through a tube filled with crystal powder.

The iron core inlaid with crystal protrusions on the mana engine can obtain a stable supply of mana by rotating it, and form a basically stable mana field, and the speed of rotation is also stabilized.

At this point, the structure and principle of the magic engine have laid a solid foundation.

"Alice, congratulations!" Linda, who is a sister to Alice, was happy for her from the bottom of her heart: "Your efforts have paid off. ”

"Linda, congratulations!" Alice gave Linda a big hug and said with a fluttering eyebrow, "Your divine power has solved the biggest problem!" ”

"Decide what?" asked Linda curiously.

"This device, called the Alice-Linda device, will replace the steam engine as our new power unit. Alice waved her hand in high spirits: "Just like Qin said, motivation is the key to development. Achieving efficient energy and efficient power units will enable us to take the future of Blackstone Collar one step further. ”

"Oh, no!" Alice tapped her head playfully, "Forget Veronica, she also owes a lot of credit to this device." Qin's guidance is also indispensable...... Well, that's called the Qin-Alice-Linda-Veronica device?"

"Hmm. Linda laughed and said, "It's a little too long, it's too tongue-twisting." ”

"That's right. Alice poked her finger into her lips, thought for a moment, and clapped her hands, "Then it's simply called the Blackstone Engine! ”

"Let's go, Linda!"

"What?"

"Start planning for the next step. ”

"What's next?"

"Of course. A new type of ship, a ship that doesn't need sails!" Alice pulled Linda with great interest, since the power plant has been successfully developed, then the new type of ship that Qin Song mentioned can be upgraded to the agenda.