Pillars of Ita

"This matter is related to an ancient artifact," Dottori explained, "and I hope Mr. Ed will keep it secret. Not long ago, the archaeological team of the Empire found a A magic device from before the age of the seven sages, it is like a magic furnace, but it has never been recorded in the imperial technical annals. The alchemists of 'Mobius' are working on it, but all Everyone can’t make up their minds, because this tower-type magic furnace is very different from the technical route we know in the past, and even the masters of the ‘Empire Workshop’ are arguing about it.”

"The Osu Artisan Association is calling all the alchemists who are familiar with the tower-type magic furnace to come to Aiyinbulok. Several masters have arrived at the mobile fortress before, but they all have no idea about the tower-type magic furnace. An affirmative answer. I think that since Mr. Ed is also familiar with tower-type magic furnaces, he might be able to participate in it."

Before returning to the hall, Fang Plover silently thought about what the other party said.

A magical furnace that has not been recorded in the Imperial Technical Yearbook, which is somewhat similar to the Technical Score of the Craftsman Association, which records in detail the evolution and development of each technology of the Imperial Alchemist Association since its establishment.

Of course, the world is full of strange inventions, and most useless gadgets will not be recorded in the crystal of the Artisan Association.

However, there are always some technologies that have been unknown since their birth, but they are not meaningless, and some are even called epoch-making, but they just disappeared into the long river of history due to chance and coincidence.

Fang Plover has a lot of such technologies at hand, such as Hein's holy crystal, Delan's magic recovery,

Dottori said this matter so solemnly that the Mobile Fortress of 'Mobius' even summoned the master craftsmen to go to Einbrok to study an ancient artifact. The magic furnace is extraordinary.

The era of the seven sages of heroes actually refers to the 140 years from the birth of Kaolin-Ishurian great alchemist Braut-Greybeard, through six great alchemists, to Luo Zhen's disappearance.

That was the last era of the Heroic Age after the great alchemist Nick Lemay, who was born in 669 and died in 712, which means that the magic furnace found in the Nozpitz border area is almost the same A product of this era.

About 400 years ago.

In that era, new magic furnaces had appeared, and it was also the era of the peak of tower magic furnaces. New technologies were still in their infancy, but the technology of the old era had passed its most glorious time.

The alternation of old and new begins quietly.

It is not surprising that a tower-type magic furnace was discovered in that era, but what is strange is the attitude of the alchemists, which aroused Fang Plovers' curiosity. What kind of magic power does that ancient magic furnace have? To get the whole 'Mobius' arguing about it?
The first page of the Artisan's Handbook reads:

'Alchemists should be curious. '

In Altaria, curiosity is the sail that drives people to explore in the endless unknown etheric sea.When mortals take over the mantle from the Numelin elves and go further and further on the road of magical skills, they will realize what has never been realized and discover what has never been discovered.

Also transform the unknown into the known.

Fang Plover didn't intend to limit his curiosity, besides, he planned to visit the mobile fortress of 'Mobius'. The Imperial Workshop is located under it, which is the legend in the hearts of all alchemists.

As for whether he could find anything from it, he didn't expect it.

Although his technology was inherited from Hein, the tower-type magic furnace has experienced nearly six centuries of evolution since then.Ayin Brock issued a technical summoning order, and those true masters couldn't see anything from it.

Then Fang Plover can only have cautious expectations for his own good luck.

But no matter how you say it, the Imperial Workshop kept the magic furnace a secret from the outside world, and it was good for him to participate in it and gain a lot of insight.

What's more, Dottori told him not to worry too much. This request itself has nothing to do with the morning star of the empire and the seraphim.

After all, he himself has met the conditions, and the nature of the business belongs to the business.

Of course, in this transaction, Dottori gave him a huge discount on behalf of "Gu Jin's Magic Attic".

Dottori made another appointment with Fang Plover to go to the Imperial Workshop a week later.

The latter calculated the time and found that he happened to be free, so he readily agreed.

Before leaving, Fang Plover entrusted the other party to purchase a batch of alchemy raw materials, some of which were fake and some real—most of them were to complete the quarterly order with the Oak Knights. After helping 'R' and Shana to make After that batch of equipment, he was running out of stock on hand.

But Fang Plover also mixed in the materials he practiced in the next craftsman competition, and added some raw materials for long-term storage as a cover-up.

So even if the members of the Sacramental Guild are still here, he is not at all worried that the other party will analyze something from it.

After all, he was not the little apprentice who had just left Capka. Speaking of which, he really missed the carefree days when he was with Miss Scarpe.

Now, he has also learned to guard against others.

Fang Plover not only needs to guard against the people of the Sacramental Guild, but also guards against 'Gu Jin's Magic Attic'.

Although the two sides get along fairly well.

But as I said before, the business belongs to the business, and there is no guarantee that the other party will sell him for the next business. There is no friendship between him and the Imperial Workshop.

But Dottori is worthy of being a professional manager, and he didn't show any emotion on his face.

The other party only notes the demand for the plovers below, and checks the inventory in the warehouse, and then settles the accounts for him one by one-of course, there is not much discount in this regard.

But the bulk of the cost is the Knight Annihilator and the Choker.

Although Fang Plover fell in love with the Morning Star of the Empire and the Seraphim, he also expressed great interest in these two new types of constructs.

For one thing, he bought the Morning Star of the Empire here, the Seraphim, and there is no secrecy. As long as the latter is used, outsiders can guess his identity.But that is not the case with the Knight Annihilator and the Choker. These two types of structures are visible to the naked eye and will be sold. In the future, they may become the main structures of battle craftsmen at this stage.

In terms of low recognition, mass-produced constructs have incomparable advantages over variants.

Moreover, the knight-type annihilator and the choker are also very good. The former is the main structure for frontal combat, and the latter is an assassination-type structure. The two complement each other and just fill in the tactical gap of each other.

It is completely satisfied with Fang Plover's own needs for the main battle structure.

The prices of both are not cheap, but both have a [-]% discount-this is not a discount from Dottori to him personally, but a promotion strategy for new products, which everyone can enjoy.The knight-type annihilator is more expensive, after all, it is a split structure, [-] lissels a piece.The choker is much cheaper, only a little more than half of the former.

Fang Plover purchased ten knight-type annihilators and six chokers, and because they paid with points from the Craftsman Association, they could get a discount of 20.00%, and the total cost was less than [-] points.

In the market, the exchange ratio between technical points and Rissel is 110:[-] (floating in real time), but in the internal trading of alchemists, technical points are actually much more popular than Rissel. The association can exchange for some things that cannot be bought with Rissel, or are difficult to buy.

To be honest, Dottori couldn't help being a little surprised that Fang Plover can spend such a large amount of points to buy things——

First of all, it is one thing to be able to come up with such a large sum of points, of course it is not particularly surprising, after all, Dragon Alchemist is well-known.

But using the points to buy common alchemy supplies is another matter. It's a little bit of a trick, or it doesn't care about your own points at all. The former is fine, but the latter has a lot of meaning.

Of course the manager probably thought it was the latter.It's just that Fang Plover knows his own family affairs - in fact, he simply doesn't have that much money.

The richest period of the Seven Seas Brigade was around the time when Tansnier was building the Seven Seas Traveler. At that time, with the support of Her Royal Highness Istonia, all kinds of resources were continuously transported to the shipyard without any worries. Funding cut off.

Later, after they left Istonia, Her Highness the Princess made an additional payment to their account, about 120 million Rissels.

Fang Yan sometimes felt that Her Royal Highness was really like the mother of the Seven Seas Traveler.

Estonia is also almost half the home of the Seven Seas Brigade.

Most of the people on the boat thought the same way, especially those lying flat——

But it is impossible for Her Royal Highness to give them money from time to time.After all, Her Royal Highness and Aleph are still responsible for their own people. On the other hand, the Kingdom of Kaolin is pressing harder——

So after leaving Estonia, the Seven Seas Brigade's source of funds was officially exhausted.

The remaining regular transactions with the Oak Knights are basically equal to the regular investment of Ugudora and Zi Feiyu in the Seven Seas Brigade, but after the accident in Tapolis, this source of funds is also basically regular. intermittently.

Now, although the Oak Knights have been rebuilt, they are no longer what they used to be, and they have to spend money in every aspect, so naturally it is impossible to invest too much in them.In fact, the Seven Seas Brigade will post some money for Fang Plover and Hongye's next quarter's deal.

But Fang Plover didn't mind either.

After all, the two sides established a friendship in Duoliffin, and the Oak Knights handed over elite players such as Jita and Luo Yu to the Seven Seas Brigade, and also took a precious magic book, and now the Seven Seas Traveler is not a knight The brigade under the regiment——

But more than an ally.

Fang Plover is not the kind of person who makes trouble, Yugudora and Zifeiyu gave them a lot of help when the Seven Seas Brigade was first established, and it can even be said to be pampered.Of course, although there were factors of division within the knight order at that time, he did not forget this kindness at all.

Now that the Oak Knights have been rebuilt, he has taken a lot of investment from Hongye one after another, and it is understandable to choose returns.

Fang Yan sometimes thought that maybe this was what Ugudora and Zi Feiyu wanted to achieve when they met him in Grande.

It is well known in the world that the 'Silver Dragon' lady has never done business at a loss. He thought it was a bit exaggerated when he completed the deal with the Knights, but he didn't expect it to be true today.

And Fang Plover thought about it carefully, and found that there was no sign of reluctance in it.

That's a really good decision maker.

he thought.

But even in the hands of Yugudora and Zifeiyu, the Oak Knights are still splitting up step by step. What is the problem?

Fang Plover thought about it but couldn't think of the reason for the problem. He was not a person who was keen on fighting for power and profit, and he didn't like dealing with the Grand Council, so he put this problem aside for a while, and his thoughts returned to the present.

After the Great War in the North, the Seven Seas Traveler completed maintenance and overhaul, plus the purchase of supplies, and then the money was spent like running water.Only then did he really have a clear understanding of what it means to maintain a floating ship.

So in this cognition, the Seven Seas Brigade must have ushered in the first wave of disengagement.

Fortunately, the deal with 'R' and Shana saved them another wave.

However, nearly one-fifth of the more than 100 million Rissel earned at that time has been spent today.

Of course, the remaining money is still enough to complete the transaction, but he is not the only one in the Seven Seas Brigade. Even if he is the captain and the main force in the group, it is impossible to spend more than 100 million on himself.

The raw materials for alchemy can go to the accounts of the Seven Seas Brigade, which is about 20 Rissels. After paying the bill, Fang Yi estimated the remaining funds in the group, and there was only less than 100 million left.

This is really spending money like water...

The maintenance of the Seven Seas Traveler, the daily purchase of materials, the personnel funds of the second regiment, the maintenance costs of Mr. Huiyan and his platform, plus his own alchemy, and now he also supports the rebuilding of the Oak Knights.

For the first time, Fang Plover felt the pressure that Tianlan and Miss Attila felt on a daily basis.

When he returned to the hall, he couldn't help mentioning this matter to his ship officer lady, "I have to find a way to make some money first."

Although Sylvaide was not in charge of the ship's finances, she was clearly aware of the matter, and nodded slightly after hearing this.

But she didn't have a good way to deal with this matter. Although she had experienced a lot since Sir Marvey's disappearance, she was never short of money.

An old friend of Sir Marvey and an ally of the Albert family, she will always try to take care of her, the 'Queen of the Dead'.The noble daughter has never worried about making money.

She has never experienced too much difficulty in her life, and even before she met Fang Plover, her situation was much better than Fang Plover.

Hearing Fang Yan's words, Sylvie thought for a while, "How about I introduce my father's friends to the captain, maybe some of them want to sponsor the Seven Seas Traveler."

But Fang Plover shook his head.

Seeing him shaking his head, Silvade simply and wisely remained silent.

The motto left by Luo Zhen for future generations is: "Time passes like water, and wisdom grows with each passing day—"

And this young lady seemed to take good care of this blessing. She was born with a perceptive heart, so she naturally understood that Sir Ma Wei's allies supported his fleet because of the kingdom's political interests.

And the Seven Seas Brigade is not a small adventure group that has just emerged. Those people are willing to support the Seven Seas Brigade, perhaps because of the name of Dragon Alchemist, but more because of her identity.

In terms of her status as Sir Marvey's daughter.

Fang Plover was unwilling to get involved in the political disputes of the kingdom. As a ship officer, she naturally had nothing but support.

Her desire has never been to justify the family name.

Instead, he went to the second world with everyone to find his father.

Fang Plover's thinking starts from himself - as an alchemist, what else can he contribute to the team?It may be a way to make money with alchemy, but human energy is limited after all.

He is the main craftsman in the team, but he is also the team leader. With the captain of the Seven Seas Traveler, orders for the Oak Knights have already taken up a lot of his time. , but it is not stable.

And it's easy to reveal some secrets.

But besides alchemy, what else can he do?

It is enough to think about exchanging the points of the Artisan Association for money. He still has about [-] points in his hand, which is all he has earned from Tansnier to the present.

The biggest one is the patent of the crystal design he left in Elpaxin, but that thing is not actually his property, but the inheritance left to him by Hein.After that, he also uploaded the designs of the silver bee and the evil star, but the results were almost negligible.

Not worth mentioning.

At that time, Fang Yan put out his heart.

He lowered his head and pondered, while others were talking about what they had seen before—mainly about the Sacramental Guild. Tianlan and Pappalal were obviously very dissatisfied with each other, and it could be regarded as a tradition between the third division and the first division. Obsessed.

Dottori, who came out from behind, opened the suppression magic circle on the central booth at this time.

Let Fang Plover proudly convert the Morning Star of the Empire and the Seraphim into information crystals.Because it is a legendary construction, "Gu Jin's Magic Attic" also presented a special information crystal.

It is a small gift.

The two parties then bid farewell and left.

Fang Plover led everyone out of the hall.They still have to meet up with Laila, after all, this is only the first stop for everyone, and then they have to rely on this lady guide.

But before they came outside, everyone heard a sound of arguing from outside——

"unacceptable!"

Fang Yan first heard a young man's voice complaining:

"Everyone is a student of the Academy of Magic, why do they treat us like this? What's so great about those people, isn't it just that they were born with good luck and happened to be born on the land of the empire? Does birth determine everything? Our principality academy students are born to be inferior?"

"Keep your voice down, Hayne, and those people will laugh at us for being mean-spirited again," said another voice worriedly. "Aren't you ashamed enough?"

"I'm ashamed," the voice said angrily, "You think they're targeting something, but they're targeting you and your background! Do you think you'll win respect by being humble? If you think so, then You can go and please them!"

"Say a few words, Hein," the third voice also persuaded, "Miss Brita is also from the Empire, do you mean that she is also counted among those people?"

"...Of course Miss Britta doesn't count," the voice calmed down a little, and he apologized, "Miss Britta is on our side, so I don't understand that."

But at this time another voice came in, pitying himself:

"This can't be entirely blamed on the people of the Empire. If it weren't for the people of Holfen College who committed such crimes, why would we not be able to stand up in front of the people of the Empire today? Our situation today is all due to the people of the Lynn family. Back then, those people bragged How big it is, how embarrassing it will be after the cowhide is blown.

Do you remember what the seniors said?We were not born at that time, but there were quite a few mages in the Principality who experienced the incident back then. Uncle Kerhan told me that there were quite a few people in the Principality who supported the Lynn family at that time? "

"At the beginning, the people of Lin En's family vowed to give the imperial people a little bit of color. Afterwards, it is only natural for the imperial people to hold grudges against us. We can't just allow us to ridicule the imperial people and not allow the imperial people to retaliate, right?"

"Juno, what nonsense are you talking about?" A girl's voice retorted sharply, "Mr. Ash, the great mage, is a liar, and what happened at Holfen College, those are all the things that happened to the Helfa family later on." It's just a rumor spread by the bastard!

You know this, but here you go along with what those people said, so what is the difference between you and them?
Also, don't you know Laila's parentage?When you were down and down, who helped you a lot, and this is how you repayed it?You have to apologize to Lyla! "

"I know, but the imperial people don't necessarily know," the voice quibbled. "What's the use of me knowing, I understand you, can the imperial people understand you? I'm not saying that Miss Leila is also a liar, because she is also a victim. By."

"Fart," the girl's voice hopped angrily, "Because the imperial people did it on purpose. Do you think the Haierfa family didn't have a certain family's instruction behind it?"

"You're a conspiracy theory, Brita," the young man named Juno replied, "I know you don't like the Hawk family, but how can we mages treat things according to our own preferences? How is that any different than those ignorant fools? To make an argument, you at least have to have something to prove it, right?"

"Be respectful to Miss Brita," the angry voice sounded again, "she's from the Empire, so she wouldn't want to join us in this muddy water. Besides, the relationship between the Helfa family and the Sly Xiao family is obvious. Things, now that they are the dominant family in the Principality, who do you think supports it?"

"I know you like Britta, Hein," Juno replied, "so I don't care as much as you do. I just think you should change the way you think. The Empire has never failed us, but we have failed the Imperials. "

The opponent stopped.

"If you think I'm a traitor, then I don't intend to change your opinion, but I'm actually on your side in my heart. I just don't want to see everyone suffer so much wronged in the empire because of a bunch of liars."

"Okay, that's all I have to say, and Miss Leila, I have always respected you, and I never thought you were the same as those people."

When Fang Plover and the others walked out the door, they happened to see this scene.

Two groups of young people were arguing fiercely, and both sides were wearing mage robes and apprentice badges. They were obviously students of the Magic Academy.

And Laila happened to be among the group of people, and she was guarding a girl in front of her, who was half a head taller than her, with black curly hair, eyes like emeralds, fair skin, and seemed to be from a good family.

It's just that the little girl looked angry, while Laila's face was pale, and she tightly pulled the former's sleeve, as if she was afraid that the other party would do something irrational.

And the leader of the other group, a tall and thin young man, bowed slightly to Laila, and then walked away with a group of people behind him.

At this moment, Lila saw Fang Plover and his group, she couldn't help being startled, and subconsciously became a little worried.

She didn't forget that she was still at work, but somehow she would meet Brita and her party and get involved, which made her extremely embarrassed, so that Juno didn't actually listen to what Juno said.

She couldn't help looking in this direction with some worry, for fear that the other party would have a negative view of her work attitude because of this.

"Mr. Ed, I..."

"How is this going?"

Fang Plover was a little curious.

He seemed to understand it just now, except for the little girl named Brita, everyone present seemed to be college students from the Stag Principality.

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