Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 612 Diagnosis and Treatment
The train wheels and the rails made a clanging sound.

"How is it?" asked Master Humboldt who had just come in.

Rorschach put his hand on Richard's forehead: "There are signs of collapse." He glanced at the anxious Libby and added: "But overall it's okay."

The non-commissioned officers and guards who rushed over after hearing the noise suddenly opened the door. Their eyes lost focus for a moment, and then they retreated in a daze and closed the door of the carriage.

Libus finally realized a crucial problem: "You are casting a spell! This is in the forbidden magic area of ​​the empire!"

"The reason behind it is simple, but are you sure you want to listen?" Rorschach frowned.

Libus was a little scared. She wanted to forget it, but she still mustered up the courage and said, "I want to know, just like I want to know why Richard fainted and why you two were able to arrive immediately after he fainted."

Rorschach and Humboldt looked at each other and decided to tell the girl the truth.

First of all, the anti-magic devices that the empire had deployed over a large area had been replaced on a large scale with "dual-mode versions" - just like the old machines, they could simply interfere with and distort magic power, and form groups to create large areas of dead magic zones.

But it can also switch to "weaver" mode, polarizing the frequency of magic power. In this case, mages who know string magic can of course continue to cast spells.

Libus was incredulous: "Impossible, the emperor wants to ban magic! Unless the entire magic ban organization has been bribed by you?"

"How is that possible?" Rorschach denied it directly: "We bribed the entire empire.

"With its current depleted industrial strength and economic situation, it is a fantasy to quickly roll out the entire system, unless we get external support. We have indirectly sponsored the great plan of His Majesty William II. It can be said that the middle and late stages of the project, from the new magic generator to the jammer and weaver, were all provided to the Empire by us through the Valois company.

“The maintenance and operation of a huge system cannot be separated from external support, so who can provide such resources and technology?

"So except for the earliest machines, all machines running in the empire now have 'backdoors', so-called dead magic areas, which can be converted into areas covered by special magic nets at any time. As long as you are allowed and master special spellcasting skills, you can 'go online'."

"How could His Majesty allow this?"

"He has no choice, nor does he need to choose." Humboldt took over the conversation: "No matter how the system works, it can make traditional spellcasting methods ineffective and suppress the activities of gods such as Mother Earth. This is enough for the emperor.

"And the new spellcasting method is now only in the hands of a small number of guild members. Miss Crocker, do you think that for the emperor, the magic guilds that have lived in peace with the empire for hundreds of years are a greater threat, or your imperial spellcasters?"

"Of course," Libus recalled the night when William II ascended the throne. Neither party was a magic guild, but she swallowed the answer.

"So, under the pretext of guarding the border, the emperor concentrated the imperial spellcasters in the border duchies and central areas that were widely polluted by the Mother Goddess. This was also a way for the emperor to get rid of the 'legacy of his predecessors'. After all, the chief military magician who was loyal to the royal family passed away earlier than the late emperor, and most of the remaining military magicians have become unstable factors." Richard is the new chief, the chief imperial magician who is worthy of his trust. He is also a border earl and a 'warden'. He subdues the imperial spellcasters who followed him to the north and cultivates a new batch of talents in the territory that can be used by the emperor, whether they are spellcasters or engineers who master new technologies." Humboldt finished his analysis.

Rorschach made a final addition: "This is the Senate's analysis of William's mentality and behavior. Although we have not communicated directly, fortunately, His Majesty has matured a lot compared to when he first took office. He knows how to compromise and have tacit understanding, which makes it much easier for us to interact with him.

“In return, we will not actively and massively leak the new spellcasting system to the original batch of imperial spellcasters. They will continue to fight the servants of the Mother Goddess in the traditional way, while a group of newcomers, regardless of whether they have magical talent or not, will receive our training and become a helper in building the territory.

“This is also part of the tacit understanding.”

Libus' eyes widened. Although she had seen some so-called "under-the-table things" in the Grand Duke's Palace, she was still shocked by the two great wizards. Because their tone was extremely calm, as if they were talking about the weather, talking about the emperor of the empire, dissecting his behavior, and rewriting the empire's plan according to their will. And they did it. The two of them cast spells without any obstacles, which was proof.

What shocked her even more was what happened next regarding Richard.

After chatting for so long, Richard gradually became active. This was because the area where the train passed through was already covered by the magic network, unlike the completely "dry" area in the imperial capital.

He opened his eyes and saw the girl beside him, then saw his friend and felt Rorschach's hand on his forehead. At this time, Rorschach had already checked Richard's body. He stayed in the imperial capital for too long, which was a completely, rigidly magic-free area. After the train came out, it plunged into a place covered by a magic network.

Being stranded in the dead magic zone, his special body fell into a state of emptiness. Although he would not die suddenly, he would gradually weaken. And suddenly entering the edge of the magic network, due to the performance limitation of the machine, the polarized magic power was divergent at the junction of the two areas. When Richard connected, he was not in a good enough state to cope with the impact of the environmental change. The non-native magic circuit in his body was destroyed, and gaps and cracks appeared between his soul, which was not one with its container.

Now Rorschach used his own method of controlling magic to reconcile the abnormal circuit operation in his body. In addition, the train had entered the stable area of ​​the magic network, and his soul was in harmony again, and he naturally woke up gradually.

However, at this moment he still felt extremely sleepy and had to force himself to keep his eyes open.

"I'm fine. Based on my experience, I'll be fine as long as Rorschach arrives." Richard saw that Libby's face was full of worry, so he smiled and told her not to worry.

Rorschach disagreed with Richard's statement: "To be precise, if something happens to you, I can always arrive and cover for you. Do you want to tell her what happened to you?"

"I'm so sleepy that I can't think straight and can't organize my words well, so please tell Libusi and don't keep it to yourself."

"Okay." Rorschach told her everything about how he blew up his friend and resurrected him. Libus asked in a trembling voice, "Is Richard still him?"

"It is absolutely certain that his soul has never been changed and remains kind and upright."

Hearing Rorschach bragging about himself in front of Libby, Richard wanted to be modest, but he didn't expect his friend to say, "As for the body, he just lost the genetic function, but his other abilities are very excellent, even better than the original one - the body I made is close to perfect in many dimensions."

(End of this chapter)