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Chapter 1219 Chapter 141. Magic Train
"Don't be so stubborn..."

The eldest sister showed her worry. If such a huge steel beast lost control, it would be troublesome...

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Annan smiled back and stepped into the cab on the extended foot pedal.

Everything about the locomotive restored from Annan’s drawing is brand new, but it evokes Annan’s old memories.

"Just flip the switch to open it. Can you do it? If not, let me do it."

He was awakened by Michael's urging voice outside.

Annan took a deep breath, gripped the control lever, and pulled hard.

The magic runes in the magic machine were instantly activated. The magic elements that had never been restrained for tens of thousands of years honestly output powerful power to the magic mechanism, causing the gears that were interconnected like works of art and filled the entire wall to rotate rapidly.

The magic circuit lit up, absorbing magic power from the pile of magic stones next to it.

The rotating gears made a rhythmic sound that was more pleasant than the first test. As the largest gear began to slowly turn like the second hand of a clock -

The locomotive under my feet suddenly trembled, and then moved forward slowly and steadily.

Annan suddenly had a feeling, as if there was fog outside the car window that could not be dispersed before, but as the steel behemoth roared forward, all the fog in front was torn apart, revealing the clear blue sky.

He skipped the Steam Age and all subsequent technology trees and embarked on a completely new path.

That road is so strange and yet so fascinating that one can't help but want to explore it...

"Don't be proud, Annan, you are not the only one on this road..."

Annan whispered to himself.

The ancient Goblin Empire, the ancient wizards of Wilhelm, and the modern dwarves have all trod this path.

But think about it from another angle: they either failed, or did not value this path, or just took a few steps and then became complacent... Why can't we accept their legacy and strengthen ourselves?
But what Annan needs to consider now is... should he call it a train or a magic car?
At this moment, the locomotive, which had been moving slowly for several meters, suddenly stopped, causing Annan to stagger and he had to grab the handrail to stand firm.

The locomotive lay still, and the magic runes in the magic energy machine became dim.

Did the magic machine overheat? Or did it accidentally run off the track?

Annan leaned out of the cab and asked Michael who had caught up with him, "What's going on?"

"I don't know either, let's take a look first!"

He boarded the locomotive, Annan made way, and jumped down to return to his eldest sister and Olmedo.

"Why?" Olmedo asked puzzled.

At this time, the magic train only had one locomotive and had not yet been equipped with dozens of cargo boxes, but it was enough to puzzle her.

She had seen the magic energy machine, but it was just a bunch of magic runes and magic stones. How could it drive a machine weighing thousands of pounds?
"You should go to school for a while." Annan avenged Olmedo's previous mockery of him. "This involves the effect of force. In short, it takes a lot of force to make a cart move, but it doesn't take much force to keep the cart moving after it's already moved."

"But it's still 200 percent away from the million pounds you said," Olmedo countered.

"The trial version of the magic energy machine only uses some ordinary magic runes made by the apprentice wizards in a hurry, magic stones made casually by the apprentice wizards, and magic circuits made by the apprentice wizards in their spare time. The official version will use more sophisticated magic runes."

"Do we have that many wizard apprentices?"

"You don't know this, do you? I require every soldier in the Punishment Corps to take an apprentice."

Annan won a great victory. He blinked at the elder sister who was watching them bickering with a smile, and went back to the front of the car to ask Michael, who had his head stuck in the magic energy machine, "Have you found the problem?" "Well, the magic board I used as a magic circuit has been corrupted by the large amount of magic power it outputs."

"Can't understand."

"The material is not good. We need to change it."

"I see. How about using Mithril?"

Mithril is also known as magic metal, a natural magical material. It is to magic what metal is to electricity, and can even transmit magic without loss.

"I have no problem with that. It's you who's spending the money anyway."

In addition to the mithril plates, Annan also asked the Mage Tower to prepare a batch of fine magic stones, and the blacksmith shop to prepare some rails to extend the railway to one hundred meters.

Five days later, Annan came to the corner of the construction site again to witness the three tests of the magic train.

Michael pulled the control lever, and the most significant change in the magic train with new materials was that it started faster, and it took less than ten seconds to go from a standstill to the speed of a human walk.

In addition, Michael also "added" a reverse function - the specific method is to remove the lever, change the direction and then put it back, and the magic train can move backwards.

The main railway is only a hundred meters long, and if we don’t do this, we will have to move it around.

After repeated tests, the magic train was found to be very stable, but new problems arose.

Like the golem, the magic energy machine also faces the problem of insufficient magic power.

The consumption of magic runes is not much, but the consumption of a bunch of magic runes is terrifying. The magic stones are drying up one after another, and there is no time to replenish them.

Even if Dumbledore were to improve the magic runes, it would only extend the time by a few minutes at most, which would not be of much use.

This obviously did not meet Annan's expectations... Which train could only run for a dozen minutes at a time and then have to rest for a few hours before continuing?
So either we need to improve the quality of the magic stone or increase its quantity...

The difference with the golem is that the golem cannot carry bulky magic stone replenishments due to aesthetic requirements... no, because of combat requirements, but the magic train can!
For the magic train, a single carriage is more than enough to hold the magic stone.

How is this different from a steam train using a separate carriage to carry coal?
Just as Annan was about to tell Michael his idea, he saw him staring at the magic machine in a daze.

"What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking, since the magic stones are consumed one by one, can we modify the magic circuit so that the magic stones are consumed evenly and their usage time can be extended through recovery?"

"good idea!"

"Also, the magic train is moving and won't stay in one place. If we engrave magic gathering runes on the train body, can it also improve the efficiency of restoring the magic stone?"

“What a genius idea!”

The magic train can still be improved, but at this point, its existence can be announced to the outside world.

Now that the magic train is already there, what about other magical technological products?
After leaving the rest to Michael, Annan rushed back to the City Lord's Mansion and locked himself in the study. He asked Abby to deliver his three meals a day and never went out. When someone knocked on the door, he would just say don't disturb him. Only Lily could go in.

"What's up with him?"

Idilia asked Abby.

"Miss, I don't know either... When I entered, Master Annan was drawing at the table and talking about something weird like the Internet..."

(End of this chapter)