Secretary of the Devil's Castle

"The climate in the empire is always very good. We have fertile land and hardworking people. Whenever the harvest season comes..."

Sitting in the reception room, Fatalia listened to Libit's chatter, and finally raised her eyebrows after a few minutes and said: "Prince Libit, don't need to talk nonsense, you should know that I prefer to deal with things efficiently, so Let's open the skylight and talk straight, what do you want?"

Libit was taken aback, then leaned back on the chair with a smile, and spread his hands in a helpless look, "So Her Royal Highness just wants to see me waste so much saliva, right? But it doesn't matter, I'll just speak straight. "

With that said, Libitt sat up straight again, clasped his hands and leaned forward slightly, "Your Highness Fatalia, I, Libitt Reinhardt, represented the Reinhardt Empire to make representations to the Cairns Empire. We need The ore of your country."

"Isn't it enough to say that earlier?"

Fatalia also put down the black tea in her hand, and changed to a slightly more formal sitting posture, "However, Prince Lippit, what resources can your country offer in exchange?"

"Food, a lot of grain. As far as I know, your country's grain production is not good. Presumably, exchanging unused ore for urgently needed grain should be a profitable business, right?"

Libitt looked very confident, and it was a matter of course, but Fatalia was also very confident, after all, she had the upper hand in terms of intelligence.

Fatalia said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, I hope you don't put me on the same level as ordinary demons who don't like to use their brains, and don't think that you can lower the price and exchange less food for more food." Ore. Let me put it bluntly. Compared with the Cairns Empire, maybe your country needs to conclude this deal? As far as I know, your country’s borders seem to be unstable, and many trade routes have been blocked. , obsidian, magic spar, these ores, even though your country has a vast territory, the production is seriously insufficient, right? On the other hand, demons are rough-skinned and thick-skinned creatures that can survive and multiply on the magic island, which is regarded as a forbidden area for life by the outside world , if you miss one or two meals, you won’t starve to death.”

Fatalia's scarlet eyes were shimmering, but Lippit thumped in his heart, knowing that he should not be able to take advantage of it, and then Fatalia continued: "Besides, Prince Lippit , although you are the first prince, your younger brother, the third prince, has always been dissatisfied with your status, right? He seems to be leading troops on the border recently and has made a lot of military exploits. If you are here A three-year diplomatic activity has not achieved anything, so the position of heir to the Reinhardt Empire, are you still sitting firmly?"

"...Well, Your Royal Highness, maybe we should make a more appropriate ratio,【

(Wuhu, because the story connection is not smooth, a small plot was inserted and rearranged, don't worry)

Chapter 57 Revolution from the Lab

If it is impossible to finalize the details of the trade between the two countries in just one day or less, even if Fatalia is excellent, it is impossible, and her purpose of coming to the Reinhardt Empire Mission is not directly For signing contracts and the like, she just wanted to establish a channel of communication with the Reinhardt Empire through Prince Libitt, and she didn't even give any hope that a single conversation would lead to trade.

But it also happened to be the time when Prince Lipbit was lacking in merit, and the competition for royal power and the replacement of the throne within the Reinhardt Empire were also extremely cruel. That's why Lipbit chose to give up some of his benefits, and at the price of concessions, he directly determined that the two countries would have a war. The fact of trade, but the specific details are not something that can be decided by a mere first prince. He has to tell his father about the more detailed part, the king of the Reinhardt Empire, and hand it over to the king and the ministers. We have to judge.

Fatalia and Libitt had a full exchange of ideas. They determined the bottom line acceptable to each other's countries in this trade, and agreed on future trade plans. At the same time, they had reservations about each other's ideas...

Well, in layman's terms, it was just two people talking for a long time, except for confirming the trade and in order to facilitate this trade as soon as possible, Prince Libit will persuade his father to give up part of the benefits after returning to China, and then it is all nonsense.

This kind of back-and-forth is very common in exchanges between countries. Even Fatalia and Libitt communicate very quickly. At least it doesn’t take half a month to hold a meeting like other countries in the mainland. If you want to talk about something, you have to talk about it for three days, and talk for a long time without talking about the main point.

Both Fatalia herself and the Keynesian Empire abhor this inefficient behavior. You must know that time is money, especially the Keynesian Empire that has begun to gradually change. If it really takes half a month, I don’t know. How many variables will there be?

Moreover, Prince Lipbit himself is in a hurry, Fatalia can specially choose the day before Lipbit will return to China to visit, just to put pressure on Lipbit through this tight time, so as to take the initiative in the negotiation, After all, if the dignified first prince of the Reinhardt Empire fails to make achievements in the diplomatic mission for three years, it will have an impact on the evaluation of both the voice of the people and the king.

"Your Highness Fatalia, I have already made your thoughts very clear, but our country..."

"Hey! You dead bird!"

The two were talking, when a guard shouted suddenly from outside the door, and then the door was knocked open, and a black shadow suddenly broke into the room and interrupted Libitt's words.

"Gah-"

A large pitch-black bird landed on Fatalia's shoulder. Because of its size, Fatalia even had to tilt her head to avoid being swept by the crow's tail feathers.

Seeing that the crow and Fatalia seemed to be very intimate, Prince Lippit couldn't help but raised his brows, and asked curiously: "Your Highness, this is...?"

"Oh, it's called Xiao Hei."

Fatalia scratched the crow's chin, and then Xiao Hei spat out a small scroll from his beak and it fell into Fatalia's hand. Fatalia opened the scroll and looked at it while continuing to answer Prince Lippit The question, "The daimyo Charon, my pet, but he is more like a pigeon than a crow, a carrier pigeon."

"Cuckoo?"

Charon, who was obviously fatter than when he was first summoned, tilted his head, and actually cooed twice.

Libby was dumbfounded: "Ah, this..."

But Fatalia looked at the contents of the note and her brows gradually stretched and raised, she seemed to be in a good mood, and then she squeezed the note tightly, and the note in her palm was quickly reduced to ashes by an invisible flame, " Your Highness Lippit, although I really want to continue chatting with you, it seems that I have to deal with urgent matters. Anyway, the general opinions have been exchanged, and the details should be discussed with the officials of your country and the king. Then , I will take my leave first.”

"Huh? Are you leaving now?"

Prince Lippit was taken aback for another moment, then scratched his head and said, "Well, since Her Royal Highness has something urgent to deal with, please go ahead, what a pity, I wanted to have dinner with Her Royal Highness, and there are many more The special delicacies of our country have not been let His Highness taste."

"The delicious meal at noon can already make up for one or two. As for the others, I think I will have a chance to try."

She reached out and poked Charon off the shoulder, and then Fatalia stood up and gave a skirt ceremony, "Thank you Your Highness for your hospitality, and look forward to seeing you next time."

"I look forward to seeing you next time, Her Royal Highness Princess of the Cairns Empire."

Fatalia bid farewell to Prince Lippit in a hurry, then got into the carriage and galloped towards the academy.

What made her so urgent was a sentence on the note, which came from the basic magic department of the academic academy-that is the department responsible for analyzing magic runes and exploring the essence of the world, and Fatalia's name is also in this department hanging in.

What was written on the note was: There has been a major breakthrough in spell model analysis.

Just this sentence.

But still enough to please.

Fatalia came to the academy non-stop, and couldn't even wait for Favna to get out of the car to help her down, so she pushed open the door and jumped out, and then ran into the academy with a skirt that was in the way, The guards guarding the gate had already raised their vigilance when they saw the galloping carriage at first, and put down their weapons when they saw the emblem on the carriage clearly, and when the carriage stopped, they were already for Fatalie. Ya opened the door, and then watched with a smile on the occasionally turbulent Princess as she rushed into the academic academy.

Fatalia dodged left and right all the way to avoid all the researchers along the way, and rushed directly into the room of the Ministry of Basic Magic. When she came in, she saw Ender talking with the head of the Ministry of Basic Magic, and then Fatalia couldn't brake in time. He bumped his head against Ender's tall body.

"Ugh."

Ender was startled, quickly supported Fatalia, and then flicked her forehead, "Don't be so rash."

"No!"

Fatalia snorted in pain, then rubbed her reddened forehead and said, "I'm sorry, Father, I was a little overjoyed when I got the news, so is what is written on the note true? Minister?"

A skeleton wearing a white robe leaned slightly towards Fatalia, and made an old voice from his bone-only throat, "Of course, Your Royal Highness, our analysis of the spell model, finally, finally, has Crucial breakthrough!"

His emotions were very high, almost like a feeling of madness, but Fatalia understood why.

Malcolm Francis, undead, age is unknown, but it is certain that he is an old guy much older than the Cairns Empire, and he is also a powerful eleventh-level mage. In addition to the minister of the Ministry of Basic Magic, he is also One of the twelve generals.

And it is also a corner of the seven deadly sins, representing greed.

Unlike ordinary people's greed for property, rights, and power, Malcolm pursues knowledge, and he almost devotes all his energy to learning new magic.

It is said that before turning into the undead, Malcolm was wanted by the countries on the mainland because of his pursuit of magic, especially the forbidden magic. Before he died, he cast magic to transform himself into the undead to continue to explore the mysteries of magic , and because of his obsession with magic, Malcolm was chosen by the great sin and became greedy.

The reason why Malken worked for Ender was only because the Cairns Empire could provide him with a suitable research environment, and as the devil, Ender Keynes would not have any opinion on Malken's research on forbidden magic, because he pays attention to What is more is a practical, in addition to no taboos.

But of course, experiments on the human body are still prohibited, but there are also artificial puppets as a substitute.

Later, Fatalia brought a new idea, that is, research on the basics of magic, which almost drove Malken crazy. After the initial doubts and curiosity, Malken plunged into it. into this bottomless pit.

Although Fatalia doesn't know the basic physics of this world—or should I say the basic magic, she can be sure that no matter which world it is, this kind of discipline that involves the most basic laws is the same pit.

At the same time, she was not worried that Malken's sin of greed would have too much influence on him. After all, what he pursued was more knowledge, and when there was a correct path, the search for truth was endless.

A moment of silence in advance for Mr Malcolm, although he has lost his scalp, let alone his hair.

Malcolm brought Fatalia and Ender to the laboratory. The magic laboratory was slightly different from those in the previous life, but it was basically the same, with bright light, rush and less hair. For researchers, there are many safety rules, except that various instruments belong to the magical world, basically there is no big difference.

While walking, Malken explained: "In the past few months, our entire department has analyzed and compared tens of thousands of magic spell models. Although it is difficult, we have gained something. Then There is also a certain commonality in the complex spell model, and there is also an internal logic. These parameters and runes are all reasonable, and the conversion formulas in it are extremely complicated, and may be divided later - rune literature, Other departments such as magic mechanics and magic formulas, but now it is still up to us to study these massive spell models. And the major breakthrough in the research on spell models that I mentioned earlier is this one.”

The three of them came to a test bench. A magic circle was drawn on the table made by Mithril, but this magic circle was surprisingly simple. There was a huge circle drawn on the table, but there were only two connections between the two sides of the circle. A rune, I have no idea what this magic circle is for.

Right now, it appears the experiment is about to begin.

Two researchers in white robes were standing by the table and were recording something with a notebook, while the instruments next to them were beating different parameters.

"Magic environmental interference is being eliminated..."

"How much magic power is released this time?"

"Three units, the larger one is easier to calculate."

"Received, ready to start the experiment."

The magic power was injected into the magic circle, and the whole magic circle began to light up with a blue light, and then these blue lights gathered at the runes on the left, and then quickly transmitted to the runes on the right, followed by the runes on the right A bright beam of magic power emerged from the text.

"2.74..."

"Have you eliminated environmental interference?"

"Not yet, it is being calculated."

"There is also the loss of the transmission of the magic circle itself, the interference of Mithril, etc. Don't forget."

"Go away, you're calculating, you're calculating, don't bother me."

The two researchers were cursing while recording various parameters in the experiment. They were going to carry out the next experiment based on these parameters, but Fatalia looked at Malken with some curiosity. She didn't understand the experiment. The purpose of, "This is?"

"These are the only two runes that we have analyzed so far. They are involved in almost all magic. It can be said that these two runes are the well-deserved cornerstones of today's magic system."

Malken opened his arms, as if to embrace the rune in front of him, "Energy storage, and energy release."

Fatalia's pupils trembled violently. She knew what was the cornerstone of modern society. One of them, and the most important one, was energy. The first energy change drove the first industrial revolution, and the second The first energy revolution drove the second industrial revolution.

It can be said that energy is the lifeblood of modern society.

As for energy storage and energy release, although they are only the two most basic runes, the possibility contained in them made Fatalia see the precursor of a huge change. Is this the wind of reform?Maybe it was a huge storm that could overturn the world.

Moreover, if there is a breakthrough in this area, it will also be of great help to the factory to be opened next and the mass production of magic props under research.

Should it be called a discovery in the fundamental field?Just what Fatalia can see has such a wide-ranging influence, and I don't know what else can be derived.

Fatalia touched her chin and thought for a while, then raised her head and looked at Malken, "Minister, can these two runes be put into practical use now?"

Malken scratched his smooth head and said: "It is possible, but Your Royal Highness, I don't recommend putting it into use right now, after all, we still have too many things we don't know about runes. , I suggest that we wait until we are certain that it is not dangerous before talking about the actual use of it."

"Ah That's good."

With that said, Fatalia turned and looked at Ender, "Father, I think you can have some expectations for this technology, it will soon overturn the order of the whole world."

Chapter 58 Border Wars

"About the application of the two basic runes of energy storage and energy release, the prospects I can see are already vast and unbelievable. There is no doubt that it will bring about huge changes. Fortunately, we are The person who caused this great change, so we should seize this opportunity to widen the technological gap between us and other countries in the world."

Listening to Fatalia's words, Ender pondered for a while, then looked at Malcolm, "Continue to study, try to find more meanings of runes, fully analyze the secrets of spell models and magic circles, and as soon as possible Complete the investigation on the hazards of the basic runes—perhaps, they can provide energy to the entire Demon King City."

Compared with Fatalia, who didn't have a clear understanding of the various details of the Cairns Empire, Ender had more practical ideas about the application of these two runes.

At the same time, Ende, who is a powerful mage, also had other thoughts: Since there are only two runes involved in the experiment, it means that there may not be a so-called energy transmission rune, that is to say Is the actual energy transfer done by the magic wire?

Ender stroked his chin, staring at the crude circle.

No, it is still not so sure. Although it is certain that the magic power wire has the effect of transmitting magic power, it is not certain that there is no magic power transmission rune, and the two do not conflict.

Still need more information.

Ender's eyes flickered, and then he patted Malken's shoulder, "Continue to study, don't worry too much about the funding issue, I hope this laboratory can produce something that can be put into practical use as soon as possible."

"Of course, His Majesty the Demon King."

Malcolm leaned over to salute, and when he heard Ender talking about his problem, he was so excited that his bones creaked. This is great news for a researcher—but the current basic magic The research has just begun, and it's just that we haven't found a place that needs to burn money.

Seeing the back of Ender leaving, Fatalia scratched her cheek, then tugged on Malcolm's robe and said: "Minister Malcolm, if you need to transfer a large amount of funds, please submit a report, although the father I don’t need to worry too much about funding issues, but the flow of funds in my research laboratory is also under my jurisdiction, so I hope the minister will not forget to tell me why I need to use a lot of funds.”

"Of course, of course, Your Royal Highness."

Malcolm rubbed his hands, there was no barrier of skin and flesh, but such a simple act of rubbing his hands made a creepy crackling sound, "I will remember to submit the report, you can rest assured."

"That's good."

Fatalia nodded, then turned and left, "Then I will take my leave first."

"Go slowly, Your Royal Highness."

Malcolm watched Fatalia leave, then adjusted his robe, turned and looked at the simple magic circle with only two runes, because there was no flesh and even the eye sockets were nothingness, no one could Seeing his emotions, he then injected magic power into the magic circle, watching the process of gathering and releasing the magic power, he couldn't help but grow his mouth and let out a silent laugh.

Once he wandered in the fog for a long time, just groping forward with vague traces, but now, thanks to the little princess, he, Malcolm Francis, has finally found a real road that can lead to the distance, He can feel that the door of truth has been opened to him, he can feel that he is walking on the right path, and he can feel that endless mysteries are waiting ahead.

He is the greed of the great sin, he is extremely thirsty for knowledge, and this greed that is enough to swallow his mind is also the source of power to push him forward.

The magic circle lit up again and again, illuminating Malken's pale skeleton body.

Maybe he is a lunatic, but a lunatic also has the right to explore the truth of the world.

At the same time, the western border of the Cairns Empire.

"Ow—!"

The black dragon flying in the sky let out a roar, and then spit out a hot dark purple dragon's breath, splashing it on the demon army below, and the battlefield was covered in flames in an instant, and the flame formed by the huge magic power was like divine punishment to the weak existence. As long as it is contaminated, it is impossible to get rid of it. Flesh, bones, soul, and even magic power are the nourishment for the flame to burn.

Under the dragon's breath, only embers remained.

On the battlefield outside of the dragon's breath, there is a meat grinder where blood and flesh are flying. Demons are fighting with demons. The magma pools created by them cut the battlefield, flying in the sky are harpies, gargoyles and other races with the ability to fly. There are more undead tribes returning from the dead world with a crackling sound.

Even if the country is undergoing great changes, the expansion of the empire will not stop. The expeditionary army led by Tana has arrived at a brand new city and is about to devour it.

"Get down on the ground! You only deserve to eat the mud on the ground!"