"What are you?"

Hearing the other party's words, You Lian took a half step forward and waved his hand to signal the others to disperse, while he walked straight to the glowing ball and asked. At the hearing of Yuren's question, the glowing sphere sank for a moment, and then the sounds in the entire space suddenly began to become strange, and they changed into different language families, either low, or high, or euphemistic, or majestic. After changing for a while, this regained its original voice.

"I'm the steward of the Stellar Radiance, the Artificial Elf Three, Mavi - I'm in charge of providing your master with all the power and support you need to activate the Ring of Möbius. ”

"Artificial elves?"

Hearing the other party's self-introduction, Julien hadn't said anything, but Charlotte and O'Faryl had already cried out in surprise.

You know, on this continent, everyone has a common understanding - Manna created creatures and souls, but the power of Manna itself is not conscious. Because of this, when talking about this topic, it is easy to bring up another question, that is, since Mana can create souls and lives through the power of nature. So, can humans, who are already able to harness the power of Mana, also use this power to create artificial souls and lifeforms?

This idea has been around for many years, and of course, the Church of Holy Grace considers it blasphemous to Mana, and they even take a mocking tone to denounce those who have such an idea as whimsical. Because the creation of life and soul is a divine and great ability that Manna possesses. As human beings, it is simply impossible to grasp this wonderful and great power to create new life. However, while the Church of Grace is rebuked by this, it is popular among the Mage's Guild and the royal family. From the former's standpoint, if you can master Mana's ability to create life, then it is equivalent to declaring that the mage is the one who has mastered the root of the power of this world. And from the latter standpoint, if you can use Manna to create new life, then it means that everything that a country needs for development, population, army, these problems can be easily solved. Therefore, both sides have spent considerable human and financial resources on research on artificial life.

But unfortunately, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Perhaps, as the Church of Grace declares, the creation of life is an eternal and inviolable and inviolable right that belongs only to Holy Mana. Although the Mage Guild and the royal families have invested much in this area, they have achieved little success. With the passage of time, many countries have abandoned this illusory plan, and even those that are still going on are only half-dead to see if the heavens will open their eyes and give them a little luck. And the only ones who continue to study this are the group of lunatics of the Mage Guild.

Charlotte was a member of the Alchemist Society, and O'Fariel was a princess of a country, one of them had participated in such experiments, and the other had heard of it. So, when they heard the strange ball in front of them tell their true identities, they all screamed in surprise. After all, both sides know very well that it is very difficult to create artificial life, let alone an artificial Mana elf, and now, in this ancient device that has gone through an unknown number of wind and rain, there is actually an artificial elf sleeping?

Does this mean that many people who have spent hundreds of years without making progress have already been done a long, long time ago.

Offariel's heart was only full of surprise at the moment, but Charlotte's heart was extremely complicated, she looked at the ball, revealing a mixture of doubt, puzzlement, sadness, disappointment, and expectation. Although she is no longer a researcher, the Alchemist Guild has long since disappeared and has been completely integrated into the Mage Guild. But this does not quench the girl's deep passion for research.

"The Ring of Morbius?"

Yulian glanced at the two young ladies before turning around again, unlike them, he had no interest in artificial elves, this kind of technical work was not in his scope, and for the young lord, he was more concerned about the effect of the source conversion device. I don't know what kind of abilities it has, but for now, at least they're not locked up in some mysterious and troublesome enchantment for a slaughter.

"That's the name of the device, who made it, what's the use?"

"The Ring of Morbius is the third experimental source energy conversion device manufactured by Marston, the president of the Marston Alchemy Association, in the year 912 of the Tour of the French calendar. As a Möbius Ring focused on energy research, its main function is to ........."

After hearing Yu Lian's inquiry, the white ball of light began to introduce his surname and origin to him, and at this moment, the ball of light was like an experienced businessman, selling his goods to customers. And the more people listened to its introduction, the more frightened they became.

According to the self-proclaimed "manager" artificial elf, the Source Device can control Mana's power and limit its use to a certain range within which almost everything is under the control of its inadopter, except for the inability to create new life. In other words, in this land, as long as its Steadopter has enough raw materials and enough Mana power, then he can even transform the entire Twilight Forest into a huge, bustling city in one day!

And these introductions are far beyond everyone's imagination, you know, in this era, neither the Mage Guild, nor the royal family nor the church have mastered this skill. In fact, they simply created a tool that could extract the power of Mana, and then connected it to powerful but energy-intensive magical devices, which were then used to build cities and facilities. But this device omits this step entirely, it doesn't need any tools at all, that is, as long as Yuren demarcates a range for it now, then it can use the power of Mana to raise, uproot, harden and even transform the soil in this range into hard rock, and finally directly create a city wall. And in the process, apart from consuming a lot of Mana power, it doesn't even need the assistance of any other magic devices and tools!

In a way, this strange source conversion device has become an absolute bug.

Even so, though, it's not without its drawbacks.

Modern source conversion devices are not very efficient in terms of energy utilization, and whether it is a source extraction device or a magic guide device powered by the power of Mana, the power used is only a part of the source emanation. But this device is obviously different, it can fully and fully use Mana's power, but it also has some limitations.

For example, a source releases about 5,000 manas every day, and 1,500 of these 5,000 manas will inevitably be cast by the source, spreading to the surrounding areas, changing the soil, water and ore, etc., and these forces cannot be stopped and recovered. In other words, in fact, the only remaining 3,500 manas that can be used through the conversion device of a source every day can be controlled. Humans, on the other hand, use these Mannas to maintain the operation of the Magic Guiding Device, but because the consumption of their Magical Guiding Device itself is not high, they can only consume 2,000 Manna per day, which gives humans the illusion that the power of the source is infinite and inexhaustible. But in fact, they just didn't run out.

However, the device, known as the Ring of Morbius, is fundamentally different, and if it were to be used for this energy, it would be able to use it completely. But in this way, the source will enter a half-life due to the lack of Mana. If Yuren used it to create a wall at this moment, then the cost of Manna would be about 20,000. And such a huge amount is obviously not something that the source can bear, so if you want to get the job done. Then Yulian had to store the remaining energy in the source until they reached the limit of 20,000, and then use the surname again. If he doesn't wait for the reserve energy, but insists on overdrafting, then when the 20,000 Mana is consumed, the source will become weak, and it will not be able to do any work during this time, only after the surrounding Mana gathers again and fills the gap of 20,000. The source will return to normal again. And as for the time of recovery...... It depends on the size of the source itself and the concentration of the surrounding mana.

That's all there is to the introduction of this fountain conversion device, but there is still no clear answer to the questions that everyone is concerned about. Although Charlotte and the others are very curious to know when and by whom this source device was made. But the artificial elves' answers did not give them the answers they wanted, although in the face of their questions, the artificial elves also knew everything, but strangely, no one knew the name of the country, the union, or even the manufacturer it said. Not only had Charlotte never heard of this, but even Ofariel, who had read a lot since childhood, had no clue.

The only thing that can be proven is that the source converter is very old, possibly even dating back to some time before the Chaos Era.

As for Judy and Charlotte's doubts, the artificial elf also gave its own answer to the binding enchantment generated by this device before. It turned out that since the archbishop had only taken out the power of a divided source, its energy was not enough to fully support the operation of the device, so it was only a minimum self-protection of the conversion device. And the existence of that protective shield is also very simple - since this is to protect the conversion device, then naturally no outsiders will be allowed to enter, and since someone can activate this device, it means that he must know how to close it, and naturally there is no need to leave any gaps......... "What do you think?"

After listening to the artificial elf's story, Yu Lian, who had been silent beside him, asked. Charlotte, on the other hand, frowned, glanced at the artificial elf with a little wariness, and shook her head.

"I don't know, my lord, this thing is completely beyond my ability, and if I want to completely understand how it works, it will take me at least half a year. ”

"We don't have that long. ”

Julien shook his head, rejecting Charlotte's opinion.

"In three months, the Sith Empire will launch an attack on the Kingdom of West, and I will ensure that the Twilight Forest has enough strength to resist the opposing army within these three months, and with West's strength, it will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the gifted knights. So we need the help of the source, there is no doubt about it. ”

"My lord, are you a little too alarmist?"

Hearing this, O'Faryl raised a good-looking brow, after all, she is also the former princess of West, and she is still very confident in the military strength of her country, but in Yulian, these powerful forces within the kingdom seem to be nothing more than paper tigers in front of those gifted knights?

"This is not alarmism. ”

Yuren knew what O'Faryl was thinking, and he shrugged his shoulders with a funny smile, then looked at Judy.

"In fact, I can tell you that even now, with me and Judy, we can go from the Twilight Forest all the way to the palace of the Kingdom of West, even if there is no point in protecting the source, if you don't believe me, I definitely don't mind demonstrating it to you here. ”

“...............”

Hearing this, Ofariel's eyes widened in surprise, she looked at Yuren, thinking that this was probably the most shocking speech she had ever heard in her two lives, although she did not understand military affairs, and she also knew that war was not child's play, it was not just as simple as tearing up the frontal battlefield, logistics, supplies, rest............ O'Faryl still understands these things in terms of government affairs, but now that Yu Lian dares to say with such certainty that he can go all the way to the West's Palace, this is really a bit beyond the psychological bottom line of the former princess, and she racked her brains, and she couldn't imagine what the young lord and knight in front of her could do this. She looked at Judy standing next to her with inquiring eyes, after all, this calm warrior looked much more reliable than Yuren, but to her surprise, even Judy, in the face of her inquiring gaze, nodded proudly and confidently, as if Yuren was expounding an unshakable fact.

"So what are you going to do, my lord? ”

Seeing that this was the case, Ofariel also decisively gave up his question and restarted the discussion at hand.

"Since this fountain is so useful, I think we might as well use it. ”

Apparently thoughtful, Yuren shrugged his shoulders and looked back at the orb floating not far ahead. In fact, he had already made this preparation.

Even after his resurrection, Yuren had been trying to re-extend his territory, but he didn't have much thought about it at the time. As a knight, Yulian didn't take this territory too seriously, so at the beginning, he just used it as a place where he needed to replenish his strength, after all, even if he was a knight, he had to spend money and eat, and he couldn't learn from beggars to ask for food everywhere. So at the beginning, Yulian was still very laid-back and wanted to spend this time. And the reason why he asked the group of mercenaries to wake up the sleeping twin sisters was just to fulfill the promise he had made to them, and he didn't think much about the war.

But now it is different, with the fall of Orlut, the Kingdom of West has borne the brunt of the Sith Empire's next target, and the current situation is that the Sith Empire has four gifted knights, and the Kingdom of West has none. The disparity in strength between the two sides can be seen, although it is said that the Twilight Forest is no longer a border area now, but Yulian can be sure that with the strength of the West Kingdom, if he wants to resist the army led by the gifted knight, his surname is basically zero. In other words, sooner or later, his twilight forest will become the front line of the war again, and for the sake of himself and his territory, it will become his top priority to strengthen the power here.

But Yuren is a knight after all, he is not a mage, he can use mysterious powers to build an enchantment to protect his land, and he is not a bishop, he can gather soldiers in the name of Holy Mana to fight for himself. Therefore, he needed some kind of power that could strengthen the defense of his territory in the shortest possible time, so when he found a possible surname of the existence of a source in Zack's territory on the outskirts of the Twilight Forest, Yuren immediately hit it with his mind. When Charlotte tells him that there is an abandoned Fountain Device in the underground space below the castle, Julien finally decides on his goals and plans. And for now, his plan has been very successful, at least so far - and they have achieved far more than Yuren had expected.

It's just hypothetical.

So now, Yuren needs to prove the usefulness of this device through experiments.

Thinking of this, he came to the side of the artificial elf again, staring at the glowing orb, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned to reveal a graceful smile.

"So, what can we do with the power of Manna that we have stored now?"

"Please wait, my master. ”

With the words of the artificial elf, the surrounding air suddenly began to distort, and then, a series of complicated, unfamiliar words and images appeared on it, and after a long time of transformation, it became the common script currently used in the mainland. In front of Yuren, these images flickered and changed, from towering castles to majestic city walls, tall bridges, etc., and there were even ancient buildings of dwarves and elves, so it can be seen that the original maker of this device may have entered all the information of these buildings into it, so that it can be used later.

After a long period of change, the picture finally stabilized, some of which appeared very bright, while most of the others were very dim. According to the artificial elves' explanation, this part of the caste energy needs to absorb and store more Mana power before it can be activated.

And just these parts that can be activated and used are enough to dazzle everyone.

Julien thought for a moment, then he held out his finger and pointed to the faint glow of the image facing him in the center.

It was a clear stream that flowed in the shade of trees.

The river of contemplation - the forces of nature will forever protect the wise who yearn for silence and will keep away the unscrupulous.

"That's it. ”

Then, Yulian said in a deep voice.

As soon as his voice fell, the pattern that had been floating around suddenly disappeared, and then, a bright and dazzling light burst out from the stone tablet again, and they spread like a stream in some mysterious trajectory, and then disappeared without a trace.

Then, the ground began to shake slightly.

(To be continued)