Thordrin wasn't an expert in magic technology, and he didn't quite understand how Gawain's machines and mass-produced circles worked, but he was at least an experienced warrior and a well-informed adventurer - he could see the great advantages and prospects of those never-before-seen and incredible magic powers, and he could roughly imagine the circumstances in which these weapons could be used, and that was enough.

Of course, Sölderlin himself knew that his judgment based on his previous experience was certainly not enough, those new weapons were too powerful, the concept was too advanced, and the idea of "allowing every ordinary person to unleash the magical power of destroying the world" was a crazy but real tendency in Cecil's territory, so Mr. High Ranger himself was not sure how far those weapons would eventually develop, but one thing he was sure of - he knew what he wanted.

"The Iron Ranger that the lord ordered me to train is a whole new class, and he gave me the task of designing new weapons and validating new tactics, which you know, is a very challenging task," Thorderling said with a smile - because Mr. Nicholas Egg in front of him was always smiling (funny), which made everyone who spoke to him laugh, "so I had some ...... Thinking ahead. We can find a quieter place to talk about the design in detail. ”

"Of course, we can go to the machine shop," Nicholas Egg said with a buzz, getting up and floating, "Hmm...... There are too many people in the craftsman hall, so let's go to my office. ”

Nicholas Egg's office is located right next to the Artisan Hall, which is both his office and his usual residence. It was a room that few people came in to visit except Rebecca and Gawain - it was probably hard for outsiders to imagine how a one-and-three-meter-diameter sphere could live and rest, and Soldlin was equally curious about it, and after entering the cylindrical room, he saw a lot of strange looking ...... Thing.

He saw a lot of high and low metal cylinders lined up in the room, and some smooth metal plates inlaid on the walls, there were no beds, tables and chairs in the room, but there was a circular platform that could allow Nicholas Egg to stay and rest in the middle of the room, and next to the circular platform, Thorderlin also saw a three-tiered shelf, which was filled with all kinds of metal artefacts, but the appearance of those artefacts looked really ...... Strangely enough, some of them resembled intricate sails, some of them resembled nested rings, and some of them were simply twisted and tangled lumps of metal, and Sölderling believed that even the best art connoisseurs could not see the significance of these things here.

"You did all this?" He looked curiously at the large metal ball floating in front of him, "These...... Ornament? ”

"I make it out of scraps at my leisure," said Nicholas Egg, "and my memory is incomplete, but occasionally some hazy impressions come to light, and Gawain suggests that I model those hazy impressions and save them, which may help me to remember something." Of course, this method hasn't worked so far, but it's still fun to make these gadgets. I guess these things must have been something I was exposed to so much back in the day, which is why I made such a strong impression in the ring polarizer - oh, the ring polarizer is my memory organ. Let's not talk about that, but tell us what you think. ”

Thorderlin's attention suddenly shifted from the room full of "crafts", and he coughed lightly and said, "First of all, about the protective gear currently used by Cecil's combat soldiers - as far as I know, their magic armor has a 'lining' with various runes painted on it, right?" ”

"That's right. The original version of the magic armor engraved the runes directly on the metal armor, but this easily caused the runes to malfunction when the armor was shocked by shocks, and it was not conducive to upgrading and replacement, so we later added a tactical lining to the armor and made it of tough leather," Nicholas Egg said, casually taking out an iron ingot from a nearby pile of metal ingots, and the metal floated between him and Thordrin and quickly changed shape in mid-air like a liquid, Within a few breaths, it took on the current standard armor of Cecil's combatants, and the various parts of the armor were scattered in front of Solderlin, "This part - this is where the tactical lining is located. ”

"The tactical lining is a lot like cotton armor or leather armor worn in steel armor, but its main function is to carry runes, so the coverage and protection are lower than leather armor - this is also to reduce costs," Nicholas Egg continued, "At the moment, the runes we have integrated on the tactical lining are mainly weight reduction to reduce the burden of the armor on the soldier as a whole; Weak Elemental Protection, which is used to increase the soldier's resistance to low-level magic; Breeze Shield, which resists a certain amount of external attacks and can be used to resist toxic environments. On top of that, we've also set up protective runes that resist high and low temperatures, and although they are all weak, they are enough to make soldiers survive longer in many extreme environments. ”

Thorderling looked at this set of armor that could almost turn ordinary people into low-level transcendentals, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "These things rely on the battle backpack for energy?" ”

"That's right, there's a high-powered magic capacitor in the battle pack, and in addition to charging the weapon crystal, the surplus energy is supplied to this armor," Nicholas Egg floated up and down, "The biggest energy-consuming unit in this armor is weight reduction, but that's also the most important part - without it, the soldier's physical exertion would have increased exponentially." ”

Thorderling pondered for a moment and said, "If we give up this layer of steel armor, or only keep the light armor, and reduce the amount of combat crystals carrying, will we be able to lighten the battle backpack as well?" ”

“…… Theoretically, yes," Nicholas Egg thought for a moment, "but that would make it much less protective ......"

"It can be replaced by adding a stone rune to the inner lining - although its effect is weaker than the steel armor forged by Cecil's collar at the moment, it can also provide soldiers with protection against ordinary light swords, and the stone skin rune is a basic rune group, it consumes much less energy than a formal spell like weight reduction," Thordrling said in his thoughts, "According to my concept, the Steel Ranger is not a class that has to confront the enemy head-on, and even if we have to attack, we will leave immediately after a blow- So it's better to save the weight of the armor and combat backpack and use it elsewhere. ”

"Understood, I'll consider a plan," Nicholas Egg said as he began to "pinch" the model of what Solderlin needed with another metal ingot, "and what else?" ”

"In terms of weapons, in addition to the Magic Terminal with a Thermal Ray Gun and a Force Field Shield, I hope the Steel Ranger will have some more powerful offensive weapons......" Thorderling said, thinking of the treacherous encounter on the Typhon border last winter, the mysterious cultist of the end of everything, and the battle between himself and the other party.

"In actual combat, I found one thing, that is, the traditional spell skills have limits, personal talent, the environment of the battlefield, the physical state of the spellcaster, there are too many factors that can affect the effect of a spell, but the magic guide is different...... As long as you still have the strength to pull the trigger, it's sure to exert a force you can trust...... And you can't prevent it," Sölderling had a serious look on his face, "This is what the crystallized grenade told me......"

Nicholas Egg was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "So what exactly do you want to say?" ”

"What I want to say is...... The stuff that just pulls a ring and pushes a button to blow up, they're all fantastic! A big smile appeared on Thorderling's face, "They will faithfully accomplish your goals in any situation, and I want every soldier of the Iron Ranger to use these loyal weapons...... I'll just make it clear, the magic crystal railgun, how small can it be? ”

Nicholas was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted: "What?!" ”

"I've seen the original version of the Justice-I Crystal Railgun, and I've seen the lightweight Persuasive-I Accelerator," says Soldling, "The Persuasion is almost one-fifth the size of the Justice, and can be pulled by a wagon, but it is said to be able to knock down walls – according to Miss Rebecca, the acceleration track could actually be further reduced, and the heavy overload device and the shaped base could be omitted if powered by energy storage crystals, She once told me about a plan to reduce the acceleration railgun to the extreme, and I think this plan is feasible......"

Nicholas listened to Sölderlin in a daze, and only then did he come up with words: "...... You said you were going to reduce the weight of the armor, and I thought you were going to let the Steel Ranger go the light route...... As a result, now you say you're going to let them carry a small magic crystal railgun?! Did you know that even if that thing loses weight, it's still a big guy? ”

"I have to emphasize two things, first of all, the Steel Ranger doesn't have to carry all the weapons on every mission, I want to design a multi-weapon one for them. Arsenal', this arsenal is used by the entire Ranger team, according to the needs of the mission, each soldier will carry different equipment, the miniaturized magic crystal railgun is just one of their spare weapons, secondly, light armor and heavy weapons are not contradictory, in the Silver Empire, there is a kind of heavy spear thrower in the Elven Ranger Guard, the weapon used is a heavy disposable spear, they are lightly armored soldiers, in order to carry the spear and throw the movement is convenient, their upper body even only has a leather chest guard- But they are the most dangerous hunters in the forest. I hope the Steel Ranger can do the same. ”

“…… Okay, okay, anyway, you know how to do this, I'll go back and find someone from the Magic Technique Research Institute to study it together," Nicholas Egg was convinced, and said as he recorded Thorderlin's request, "So what else do you need besides a light individual railgun?" ”

"Tactical eyepiece with distortion detection effect - I know this has been made, but it is not yet installed, and I hope to try it out first."

"Okay."

"A small, portable, wield-wielding blade that I have blueprints for—but I'd like you to transform it into a melt sword. The melt cutting sword should be miniaturized, right? ”

"It's a bit difficult, but it's a challenge. This may come at the cost of reducing the duration of continuous use. ”

"Acceptable. I'd also like to increase the number of grenades the Soldier can carry, preferably by adding additional grenade slots to their armor - but not in a way that affects mobility. ”

“…… I knew it...... By the way, do you elves have this fighting style? ”

"Not really," Toldling pouted disdainfully, "how can they have my knowledge?" ”

Mr. Dan: "......"