Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 467 The Last Dance

As for the creative team, the recently popular "Saints Squad" won the first place.

When Valentine came out to receive the award, there was a lot of cursing and crying from the audience, which finally converged into one sentence:

“Give me back!” “Give me back!” “()()(), give me back!”

Apprentice Jin had no choice but to grab the microphone: "Dear customers, we have clearly stated in the contract that no refunds will be given if the service is interrupted due to force majeure. That... Force majeure just gave us an award! But the cups can still be used. If there are any quality problems, you can contact us."

Rorschach stood beside the team and sneered silently - this team would be in seclusion in the secret research institute of the Vox factory for at least two months, and it would be a miracle if they could be found.

Valentine still had that annoying smile on his face. He wanted to take the microphone back: "Let me say a few words!"

The audience suddenly became quiet, and everyone chose to listen to the main creator's speech first. This shows that Saint Valentine's reputation is still quite high.

"If it weren't for Master Rorschach's guidance, I might still be serving everyone now. Of course, there's nothing wrong with it bringing happiness, but Vox Gas Plant is like a wider ocean and a higher sky to me.

"Finally, I would like to share with you a quote from Master Rorschach: 'Young people, learn to be moderate.'

"Thank you, thank you everyone."

All the customers were shocked by his shamelessness. There was a brief silence at first, and then the overwhelming curses almost overturned the award ceremony. The Valentine group was the only one to be blasted off the podium by various debris and spells. Although Rorschach and other judges symbolically cast a protective spell on them, the unlucky apprentice Jin was still hit by the "guaranteed to make you vomit" spell and was dragged away while vomiting.

This kid is really a god! Jin Gang had just played a trick and exposed Rorschach, the mastermind behind the interruption of the Happy Service, to the public. Now the Living Saint has just said a few words and focused the firepower on himself. I guess no one will remember that it was Rorschach who did it. It's really tearful.

As for why Jin was not protected, it was purely an accident. Rorschach watched him being dragged away from the venue like a dog that had eaten ten pounds of chocolate.

Among the three special prize teams, "Guaranteed to Make You Vomit to Death" mass-produced scrolls, making a huge contribution to the public security of the Lanster-Kempson District of the Kingdom of Bain. The fermentation tanks were naturally applied to food factories, and the Vox Gas Factory absorbed the Valentine team and the Ice and Fire Engine.

Especially the Ice and Fire Engine, which will be used as the power source for the railroads in Byrne. Due to the Empire's steel orders, Rorschach has obtained some technical standards of the Empire's railways, such as the strength and spacing of the tracks, as well as the carrying capacity of the Empire's standard locomotives.

Rorschach doesn't need to get the blueprints of the Imperial train. Now the "Ice and Fire Engine" is a better choice, which will be used as a power source on Byrne's train. In this way, there are more transmutation dust collectors that need to be built to provide power energy for the vehicles and constructs that will be mass-produced next.

There are also many designs that have practical value and need to be sorted and filed one by one, and then evaluated and matched by the factory. The organizing committee also specially selected some technically insensitive works and published them in the newspaper after obtaining the team's consent.

For the first time, the people of Byrne, who have always been paying attention to the design competition, learned what the mages are doing, what they have made, and what changes will it bring to their lives in the future. Although people in the special zone have become accustomed to it, it is a new experience for other places and the Tower of Secret Magic. People's impression of spellcasters is no longer just the receptionist with a sour face, the guild with everything that is shockingly expensive, the scary tower of magicians, and the weird and strange people. Oh, Bart and his resident magician tower are exceptions.

At the internal summary meeting, Caroline was not satisfied with the result: "The time is too tight. In less than a month, many people have just gotten started with the spell chain system. If the competition schedule is extended to three months, the completion of the work will be much better."

"If we can get the majority of people to accept 'Magic Cloud', our goal will have been achieved. The other results and impacts are all unexpected surprises. Three months won't wait for anyone."

There are three major events that are about to take place and will have a significant impact on the Special Administrative Region.

First of all, the summer crops. The spring wheat harvest time is in mid-to-late July, which is still a few days away. At this time, the Special Zone will conduct a statistical inventory of the fields and then put the construct harvester into use. It is estimated that the Forest Tower will also come - they want to verify the effect of the artificial fertilizer made by Rorschach.

Taking food from farmers is not an easy job. Even if it is legally justified to settle the equipment, fertilizer payments, and special zone taxes, collecting food is a matter that can cause big problems if you are not careful. No matter how noble and perfect the law or the contract is, food is life, and survival is the natural law of farmers.

The second thing was to fulfill the agreement between the Special Zone and the Byrne Royal Family. According to the requirements, they had to deliver twice as much food to the kingdom as in previous years in order to maintain the status of the Special Zone in legal terms. However, the population in the Special Zone was extremely large, and Rorschach was unwilling to pay the food.

In the past, it was feasible to buy it with money. Many free cities and free states paid a sum of money to the monarch to buy their autonomy. Unfortunately, the war was still going on at this time, and the royal family might bite the bullet and demand food. In addition, there was another factor. The "June Financial Crisis" hit the kingdom hard, and then some people couldn't help but investigate where the special zone got so much money.

Then the King and Prince Otto: What the hell?

If they were still mentally sound, they would have found a way to "reduce the power of the vassal states" by now. As for Rorschach and the Tower of Mysticism, they each took a step back and jointly built "Vox" with the upper echelons of the kingdom. This was an act of giving a slap in the face and then giving a sweet reward.

But who dares to play like this with the royal family? Oh, the other two parties are wizards, so let's eat if there is food to eat. But while eating, the royal family rubbed their faces and muttered: The empire didn't treat me like this.
Rorschach guessed that the other party would make trouble for the grain delivery and attack the Special Administrative Region. He kept tapping the table with his fingers, making a clattering sound: "Should we overturn it or not?"

There is also a very important event that can affect the entire continent - the small district reform will affect Rorschach's actions.

Logically speaking, as a special case during wartime, the parliamentary term should be suspended, but the prime minister still pushed it through, and the war itself entered a relatively stable stalemate stage, with both countries taking a breath and holding back on their big moves.

Their strategic actions will also be carried out around the collection of summer grain. At the same time, the empire will also forcefully promote the reform of small electoral districts. If successful, it can be expected that it will achieve its own thorough integration for the first time and institutionally dissolve the feudal system that has survived in the old empire to this day.

If the war with Valois had not begun, the empire might have had to go through civil war to achieve this goal. Therefore, regardless of the temporary defeat on the battlefield of Valois, the prime minister insisted on carrying it out and completing it during his tenure and during the war with Valois.

This will be his last dance. The unified empire is the precious legacy that the chancellor and His Majesty leave to the next emperor.

(End of this chapter)