Before ascending to God, be a good lord

The Mechanical College of the Imperial Magic School is located in another valley 10 kilometers north of the Life College. Different from the entire forest of the Life College, this valley that is 5 kilometers long from north to south and hundreds of meters wide from east to west is like a Huge workshop.

There are more than a dozen suspended platforms floating evenly in the air. These platforms jointly unfold an entire magic circle and become the roof of the workshop. It not only blocks wind and rain, but also completely restricts the flow of magic in the entire valley.

Dozens of long corridors running from east to west connect the mountains on both sides and become the beams of the roof.

The mountains on the east and west sides have an average altitude of 200 meters. The mountains in the east are workshops and furnaces, and the mountains in the west are dormitories, teaching buildings and other school buildings.

From south to north, the ground is divided into material piles, parts warehouses, assembly plants, and finished product storage areas. The northernmost 1 kilometer is dedicated to a behemoth—the aerostat that the college is trying to repair.

The highest peak of the mountains on the east side is also the only building in the school that is higher than the roof - the Dean's Building of the School of Mechanical Engineering. From the corridor on the 40th floor of this building, you can have an unobstructed view of the entire college valley.

On January 1, Lant was invited to this corridor for the first time. In order to gain the reception of the demigod dwarf Slem Imperial, he installed a new magic furnace in the north and south mountains of the academy.

The demigod dwarf is as tall as any human legend. He has a dark complexion and looks like a black bear. He wears a metal work suit. There are dozens of magic circles on the left and right sleeves, and the huge gloves are inlaid with Various types of gemstones.

He does not need to walk to move, but rests half on a floating metal machine. This machine is like the big spider of the demigod mechanical goblin Other Prager, and it is also like a wheelchair. Demigods move around.

"This college also owes its merits to Queen Padmilla. It was she who transformed the ridges on both sides so that the Mechanical College could reach its current scale."

Slem looked at the air float workshop in the north and said, "Your Majesty Lant, I heard from Klein that you are interested in repairing that air float?"

Lant nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency, my territory is in great need of an air transportation vehicle."

"Only demand does not mean success. The needs of your territory are more urgent at the empire level. Dozens of legends have successively excavated more than 20 ruins in the past thousand years, including the design drawings, parts and even the final design of the airship. There is no shortage of important small magic furnaces." The demigod dwarf turned his attention to Lant, "Do you know why the airship still can't fly under such sufficient conditions?"

Seeing Lant shake his head, the dwarf said: "The goblins first developed a starry sky gate that can cross the starry sky, and then they mass-produced aerospace crafts. This is by no means an accident."

"Starry Sky Gate..." Lant had a guess, "Something doesn't belong to this world?"

The demigod nodded and pointed to the top of the valley: "Have you seen those floating platforms? The floating principle of those platforms is exactly the same as that of the floating boats. They are all high-level wind magic patterns that use the magic elements in the magic net. Transformed into wind elements.”

"now that……"

"Since there is a floating platform in the school, why can't the aerostat be repaired? Right?" Slem's face was full of regret, "Because all high-level floating magic patterns come from a There is a kind of monster named Dragonfly. Such a powerful creature does not exist in the world below us. The goblins captured it in other worlds and then used it on the floating boat."

Lant looked clear: "So, after the demise of the goblin empire, there will be no more dragon flies?"

Slem nodded and said: "Yes, this is why the aerostat has never been repaired. An aerostat requires dozens of high-level magic patterns. We have always wanted to find complete magic patterns from more goblin ruins. , but have not been able to get it together." ˆ ˆ ˆ "I heard that Your Majesty Lant has also found the remains of a goblin civilization?" At this point, the legendary dwarf Slem showed an expectant expression, "Have you found any such demons? Pattern?"

"No, the ruins I found were once a mine that produced almost no machinery." Lant shook his head regretfully, "As far as I know, there may be ruins in the southern forests of Hindukel. I will explore there in the future.”

"Have you two finished talking? Let's start drinking!" Sherman poked his head out of the door of the dean's office. He was already impatient with the waiting. "If you don't come over, Slem, I will drink it myself." ha!"

"You damn short beard, that's the Hundred Flowers Wine that Lant brought me!"

Although he has been a demigod for thousands of years, Slem still has the most basic quality of a dwarf: he loves to drink.

The two bear-like dwarves immediately ran to the wine barrel in the office and tasted various fine wines brought by Lant.

Sherman came with him this time, of course, not just for drinking, but also to promote Lant: "I'm talking about Slem, Lant is a kid who is very talented in machinery. The factory he built is definitely in the market. It’s the only one in the empire!”

Although the workshops on the third floor of the factory in the New Industrial Zone were kept strictly confidential by Lant and the Tower of Purity, the craftsmanship and organization on the first and second floors were still revealed to several demigods from the magic school.

Slem had a good impression of Lant's factory: "I heard from Klein, but I also told him that it would be very difficult to build such a factory in the empire. Even with the magic furnace, it would be difficult to build a factory like that." Can mobilize enough magic power.

He pointed at Sherman and said: "Now the magic power consumption near the imperial capital has generally reached its limit. The magic furnace is more about regulating and storing magic. Only your furnace hall volcano or the southeastern one has never had a new magic furnace. Wherever it is installed, the magic furnace will be of greater use.

But just developing those places would require considerable effort, and the imperial capital would not be able to expand wantonly. "

Listening to the dwarf's words, Lant nodded silently. Although dozens of magic furnaces had been installed in the Imperial City before, according to the estimates of the Church of Fortune, except for the few in the furnace hall of the Salt and Iron Division, the remaining ones in the Imperial Capital and Dragon The total amount of new currency that the Yacheng Magic Cauldron can bring is very small.

Because there are too many legends and high-level people in the two places, they are in the magic network, like a dense network, completely trapping the magic power emanating from the two Yangs.

"Oh, I really wish we could go back to the era of great development 400 years ago," Sherman muttered.

Slem ignored Sherman and said to Lant: "There is one more thing that I must tell you. I'm afraid the principal will be looking for you soon!"

"You mean Principal Louis Shendu?" Lant had actually met the demigod principal of the Imperial City Magic School once, when he was installing the magic furnace in Sherman's Furnace Hall.

"Yes, he is the most trusted disciple of His Majesty the Demon King Douglas. He probably came to you to ask you to accept the Magic Furnace Ticket."