62: Möbius (2-in-1 chapter)

High in the air, Yuna drove Valkyrie back to Peak City with a flying wing.

Behind her, the stronghold of the steppe people had turned into a sea of fire, and the steppe people were shouting and hurriedly extinguishing the fire, and the scene was more chaotic and chaotic.

Noren has some regrets, if Ryan is more decisive, at this time, he will be able to send an elite knight to raid the stronghold, and he will definitely be able to achieve greater results.

But it's not bad, the white crow and the individual magic cannon are not one-time consumables, since there is a first time, you can come to the second time.

After gaining the support of the City Lord's Mansion, he was able to have sufficient resources to create many cross-era alchemy weapons, and under the pressure of the powerful "technological level", the outcome of this war was decided.

All that remains to be considered is how to destroy the enemy's remaining combat strength with minimal losses and end the war once and for all.

"Today's mission is over."

Nolan sent a voice to Yuna through the soul link, "Good job, Yuna, let's go back and rest first." ”

Then, he took off the black raven mask and smiled at Ryan and Evelyn on the side, "Well, this farewell gift to the prairie people must be impressive to them." ”

The two of them looked at the direction of the steppe people's stronghold in the distance from the city wall, and their expressions were also shocked.

Not long after the white raven arrived, a fire broke out in the stronghold of the steppe people, and the smoke could be easily seen from several kilometers away, and the scale of the fire was probably not small.

Presumably only high-level fire-based spells can inflict such damage, has the firepower equipped by the White Raven evolved to this extent?

"Is this the Heavenly Flame?" Ryan looked at him with blazing eyes, and already had a guess in his heart.

"That's right."

Noren said frankly, "Miniaturizing the magic guide is the direction of my current research, and all the individual weapons on the white raven are my latest experimental weapons.

"It's just that compared with the city defense magic cannon on the city wall, the stability and specific performance of the experimental weapon need to be further verified, not only the production cost is higher, but also there is a lot of room for optimization, and it is not yet possible to mass production."

"I see." Ryan's expression was slightly regretful.

Now that the white crow was able to set fire to the top of the steppe army and then return safely, he was just wondering if the Linfeng army could also form a flying squad to bombard the enemy in turns.

It's just that Noren politely rejected the subtext of his words, according to him, whether it is the flying equipment of the White Raven or the individual strategic-level magic guide, it is currently an existence that cannot be mass-produced.

Whatever the reason for not being able to produce it, since Nolan himself said so, no one could force him.

After all, this amazing alchemy technique is the only one.

For Nolan, the current white raven still needs to maintain its own particularity and uniqueness in front of everyone, and the alchemy weapons she is equipped with must be the most advanced and cannot be mass-produced.

In this way, he can maintain a high enough status in front of the City Lord's Mansion and the Knights.

What's more, an opponent of the level of the Prairie Man doesn't need him to sacrifice such a killer weapon as mass-produced flying equipment.

The new city defense magic cannon alone is enough to beat them to the point of losing their armor.

After a while, after he has gained a firm foothold in Linfeng City, consolidated his position, and evolved the equipment of the White Raven to become more advanced, he will plan to gradually decentralize the follow-up technology to the army.

"No, no, even that is enough!"

Evelyn's eyes sparkled, "The new City Defense Magic Cannon is much smaller than we thought - it shouldn't even be called a City Defense Cannon anymore, it could have more combat uses!"

"We can mount it on the chariot and let it go with the Knights, and under the fire of the new magic cannon, no one will be our opponent!"

"Tanks, huh?" Noron Villa.

"Tanks?" Evelyn let out an "oh", "What a strange pronunciation, that's what you named it?" ”

"Just mention it, don't care."

Nolan waved his hand, "From tomorrow until the end of the war, I will provide the army with magic cannons with the production of three per day to assist you in destroying the remaining forces of the steppe people."

"Even if they retreat temporarily, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue and wipe out all their living forces.

"Otherwise, after ten or twenty years, the war will break out again, and Linfeng City will never be at peace."

"I understand." Ryan bowed.

As a veteran soldier who had fought for the Roland Empire outside, he would do so even without Nolan reminding him.

The Lebuses are a savage, unruly people, and they have never had the option of coexisting with other peoples in their minds.

At that time, the Roland Empire unified the territory of mankind, but more than one alien race was conquered by the Roland people by force.

It was only after Roland I promulgated the Huairou policy that the vast majority of aliens chose to live with the Roland people and did not leave their homeland.

The Lebs would have had the opportunity to become a part of the city, but in fact, the few people who returned to the city lived well in the city and were not discriminated against because of this.

Reiner's descent from the Lebuses, but still being able to be the deputy of the Prime-Peak Legion and becoming the confidant of the head of Marco, is the best example.

But this path of peaceful coexistence between the two peoples was completely rejected by the Heavenly Father of the La Buses tribe decades ago.

He believed that it was a shame for the Lebs to submit to the Roland Empire, and that the Lebs steppe could only have one master, and that was the Lebs tribe.

Therefore, even if he fled with his people outside the territory to live in worse conditions, he had to lie down and vowed to make a comeback one day.

This is a noble mission that has been enough to make their blood boil for generations of Heavenly Fathers, and after instilling this sense of mission in their tribe for a long time, the whole clan has fallen into a madness of thirst for war.

In the seventy-seventh year of the Roland calendar, it was also the first seventy-seven years since the La Buses tribe, who were fully prepared, returned to the grassland.

In fact, even at this point, there was room for manoeuvre, and at that time it was Ivan, the lord of Linfeng City, who was in charge of the city, and he had a cowardly personality and deep sympathy for the plight of the Lebs clan.

As long as this generation of Heavenly Father can restrain his murderous behavior and sit down with Ivan to negotiate, the two forces can still coexist peacefully.

The vast grassland allows them to live together.

But they don't, they only have war in their eyes.

At this point, both sides have shed too much blood in the war, and the contradictions between the two ethnic groups have become irreconcilable.

It's a Möbius loop forged by hatred, and the easiest way to unravel it is to wipe out one of them completely.

Perhaps this is the only way to do it now.

Fortunately, with Noren's assistance and the rapidly growing combat power of Peak City, it was not difficult to completely destroy the enemy.

Ryan instructed the lieutenant beside him, "Tonight, install the magic cannon on the chariot, and I will have it go out with the Knights tomorrow." ”

"Yes!" The adjutant had to be ordered to go.

"It's been a hard time for you."

Ryan looked at Nolan again and patted him on the shoulder, "Ringpeak City will not forget Ling and Yuna's contribution in this war, and after the war is over, you will be treated as heroes as you deserve." ”

"It should." Nolan modestly took his leave and left.

He is willing to join the war and help the Linfeng army fight against the steppe people, partly because of the agreement with Yuna, but also because of his own considerations.

It's true that he is a reborn, but he has been staying in Peak City for seventeen years, and it is also false to say that he has no feelings for this city.

His city is being invaded by the enemy, and he is beaten so aggrieved, and he has the strength but does not make a move, which is not in line with his style.

Bullying Linfeng City, after my consent?

And, as he said to Luo Zhen before, the so-called troubled times produce heroes, so that a powerless grassroots can rise quickly, and joining the war is the fastest way.

He also has this utilitarian mind.

In the words of the previous life, this world is a world of demons, and humans know about magic, but they have not yet studied this magical power at a deeper level.

In modern times, Roland I, who is as strong as the "sage" who surpassed the ninth order, only lived to be one hundred and twenty years old before he died.

The transcendents here are not like the immortals in the legends of the previous life, who can live a long life without relying on the power of the world, without eating or drinking, in the deep mountains and old forests.

They also want to eat, drink, and raise, and they also want to improve their worldly status, so as to gain more power and cultivation resources.

This is especially true for alchemists.

Alchemists don't even have personal strength, and they can barely do anything if they don't have alchemy materials and related manufacturing equipment at hand.

And if you want to obtain rare resources such as alchemy materials and manufacturing equipment, you need worldly status and power.

This is one of the reasons why he has always wanted to climb up.

Originally, he planned to spend a few years in Linfeng City to make a name for himself, accumulate his contacts, get rarer alchemy materials, and make more powerful alchemy props.

However, man is not as good as heaven, and since the war happened to come, he would also improvise and take this catastrophe as an opportunity to prove his strength.

Now it seems that I am doing a good job.

With the help of the changes of the times, he was in a high position in Linfeng City in just over a month, chatting and laughing with several of the most powerful bigwigs, and mastered the alchemy resources of the whole city, and did what he planned to take several years to do at one time.

At the same time, he also created the legend of the white raven with his own hands.

The white crow is not only her trump card, but also her own business card, whether she is strong or not, and her status in Linfeng City, also affect others' evaluation of herself.

This war was just the beginning, and he had to spend a long time polishing the Valkyrie equipment so that the White Raven could fly higher and farther.

The "Undefeated White Raven" created the legend itself, which is a strong proof of his status as the strongest alchemist.

Nolan returned to the workshop, and after a short break, sat down in the lab again.

This evening, Yuna used a single magic cannon to carry out a tactical bombardment of the steppe people's stronghold at a high altitude, which not only caused serious losses to the steppe people, but also gave Ryan and Evelyn a little alchemy shock.

For him, this operation was nothing more than a test of the new equipment, and although the results were quite fruitful, he still saw a little flaw in the new equipment.

The most intuitive thing is that the mana consumption of high-level spells is still a bit too much for the Valkyrie's mana source.

After casting the "Heavenly Burning Flame" once, not only was the built-in mana source of the magic cannon directly depleted, but even half of the mana of the Valkyrie's backpack was drained.

That's why Yuna only cast a spell once and then immediately returned, because the backpack didn't have enough mana.

If I have to say, this is not actually a shortcoming of the magic cannon, but a limitation of individual weapons.

At the cost of high mobility, the mana source of the individual magic cannon cannot be as large as the turret, and it is not possible to change the mana source at any time.

At the same time, although the backpack is equipped with an emergency mana direct charging device, the driver can manually input the mana.

But Yuna is only a fifth-order knight, and the knight focuses on forging the body, and the magic power in his body is less than that of a mage of the same level.

Compared to the huge mana demand required to cast high-level spells, her little mana is a drop in the bucket, and she still has to rely on the mana source for energy.

However, the size limit of the mana source is here, and if you want to improve this problem, the most direct solution is to improve the quality of the mana source.

The source of mana is powered by mana crystals, which are divided into six qualities: azure level, dark blue level, dark green level, orange and yellow level, vermilion level, and purple red level.

Valkyrie's equipment now uses orange-level mana crystals, which are already a rarer, military-grade quality.

However, on top of this, there are two levels: Vermilion and Purple.

If you can get a red-level magic crystal, the white raven will have a longer combat endurance in a single attack, and can release at least two or more high-level spells.

Every time you cast an additional high-level spell, the impact on the battle situation is huge, for example, in this battle, if Yuna has the opportunity to cast the "Sky Burning Flame" twice, it may even directly wipe out the Prairie stronghold!

Nolan made a note on the list and prepared to send someone to the City Lord's Mansion to see if there was any inventory of rare red-level magic crystals available for use.

At this moment, he suddenly had an idea.

To open your mind a little more, since they are all high-level spells, why does it have to be "Heavenly Burning Flame"?

"Sky Burning Flame" has a large damage range and a long duration, so it is suitable for road closure and clearing miscellaneous soldiers, but it does not have the effect of killing high-level transcendents with one hit.

He had noticed through Yuna's first-hand perspective that not all enemies were killed within the range of Sky Burning Flame.

High-level mages can cast defensive spells, high-level knights can briefly resist fire if they are well-armed, and if they happen to be on the edge, they can quickly escape the radiant range of spells.

In the case that the low-end combat power of the steppe people has already suffered similar casualties, it is precisely these high-level transcendents who are difficult to kill in one breath by the "Heavenly Burning Flame" that have become the target of their current attack.

"It seems that the time has come again to ask questions of the book of omniscience." Nolan closed his eyes and focused.

After several battles, he already had enough knowledge to acquire other high-level spells.

Thanks to the merchants, night to dawn, and Bofeng people for their rewards.

Busy day outside, even later sorry orz

(End of chapter)