Chapter 513 Frontline
Deep into the iron mine cave, the vampire warrior skillfully opened a hole that was skillfully disguised and took Helot into a narrow and deep passage.
In the passage, Helot keenly realized that this passage was not formed naturally, but was forcibly opened through powerful magical power.
On the walls of the passage, traces of high-temperature spell burning lava stones can be vaguely seen. The magma is compressed and cooled to form a solid wall, and the entire passage exudes a metallic luster. The ground of the passage is paved with slide rails, which are obviously used to transport construction materials to pass.
All of this shows that Dali can really do miracles!
As we gradually deepened, the magic of Torch Mountain became more and more apparent. Helot could feel that the ice element and the fire element were extremely active here, but in this special environment, these two originally conflicting elements were cleverly integrated to form a unique balance. Cold and high temperature coexist, ice and fire intertwined, as if there was a certain tacit understanding between them. This magic effect that coexists with freezing and burning contains extremely huge potential destructive power.
A thought came to Helot's mind, he could probably guess what kind of magic cannon the Azure Mages were building.
Normally, the fire element is known for its irritability and instability. When using fire magic, fire magicians often need to invest a lot of energy to discipline and shape fire elements to reduce waste of energy. However, even the best fire magicians find it difficult to increase the energy utilization rate of fire element to more than 50%. As the level of fire magic increases, the waste of energy will become more and more serious.
In contrast, ice elements exhibit completely different characteristics. It is extremely plastic, and the utilization rate of elemental energy can easily reach more than 60%. Excellent ice magicians can even increase the utilization rate to 70%. However, the destructive power of the ice element, especially the large-scale destructive power, is far less than that of the fire element.
In addition, another disadvantage of the fire element is its poor controllability. After a fire magic is released, its own instability and the impact of the external environment often lead to serious energy loss, and the hit rate will drop significantly when it is too far away.
Therefore, fire magic is mostly used for medium-range attacks, or to directly stick to the face.
Ice elements have very good plasticity and can directly charge energy into condensed ice. The ballistics of ice are computable and manipulated, so the ice element is very suitable for long-range and even ultra-range attacks. However, the attack range of the ice element is limited and is more suitable for single-body fixed-point attacks.
At this time, the coexistence of ice and fire elements in the Torch Mountain just made up for the shortcomings of these two elements. The combination of the accuracy of the ice element and the destructive power of the fire element makes this place have the potential to achieve ultra-long-distance, precision, large-scale and large-scale strikes.
The concept of weapons such as "super cannon" or "ballistic missile" could not help but emerge in Helot's mind. However, he still didn't know what the specific design ideas of the Azalea Mages were.
Through the narrow passage, Helot finally arrived at the center of Torch Mountain. This is a huge hollow space, with a shaft of thousands of meters long and fifty meters in diameter leading directly to the top pass from the bottom of the mountain.
Herot stood at the edge of the shaft and looked down. The supposedly hard ice actually showed a viscous liquid, rolling like magma, and bubbles popping out from time to time, exploding a bunch of cold air.
Looking upward, the fire element appears in the shape of snowflakes, fluttering and flying towards the mountain pass. This scene is a wonder, where ice and fire coexist perfectly, breaking the laws of nature.
At the same time, Helot also saw a large number of azure mages busy on the cliffs of the shaft. They used various props to cast alchemy spells to enchant.
"Herot!" A familiar cry came, and then a large group of ghosts gathered from all directions and finally merged into Frank's appearance. Frank floated to Helot and gave him a warm hug: "I always think you should have come these days, but you really appeared! It seems that there is a spiritual echo between us."
Herot responded with a smile: "I just felt a familiar feeling here, and you really appeared. It seems that we really have a good understanding."
"Who made us brothers!" Frank said excitedly, "Come on, I am leading the Azure Mages to transform this place into an Ice and Fire Elements Research Institute. You will definitely bring us some novel ideas."
Herot nodded, summoned the Old Code, put on mercury armor, and flew up with Frank. While flying, Frank introduced the design functions of the institute in detail.
After occupying Torch Island, Dorothia discovered that the unique environment of Torch Mountain was very suitable for transforming into a magic cannon, so she sent an invitation to the Azure Academy. After some research, the delegation sent by Zalan Academy believed that this place is not only suitable for building magic cannons, but also an excellent place to study the elements of ice and fire symbiosis. As a result, a large number of Azure Mages were sent to transform the Torch Mountain, and the magic cannons needed by Dorothia naturally became the first research and development project.
Regarding the design of this magic cannon, the azure mages' ideas coincide with Helot. They plan to use the complementary characteristics of ice and fire elements to build a ballistic artillery that can achieve ultra-long-distance, precision, large-scale and powerful strikes. Currently, the launch mode is tentatively set to two types:
The first mode is based on ice meteorite magic, filling a giant ice hockey with energy-concentrating fire element, and then accelerating through a kilometer-long gun barrel. The range of the first experimental stage is set to be fifty kilometers, and the damage diameter of the ice meteorite after the explosion can reach 500 meters.
The second mode is based on the meteor fire rain magic, and uses the ice and fire coexistence characteristics of Torch Mountain to interfere with the weather in Torch Island and near the sea. In this mode, the Torch Mountain cannon can perform precise hail bombing in a designated area.
Frank said with great pride: "According to our calculations, as long as the entire project is completed by one percent, this cannon can be put into actual combat."
Herot also has to admit that the conditions here are unique, almost equivalent to a naturally generated magic cannon, and you can use it by setting up a launch program. He couldn't help but sigh that if the indigenous people of Torch Island could organize enough manpower and material resources, Dorothia would probably not have occupied the island so easily.
Now, with this magic cannon, Helot's confidence in defending Torch Island has increased greatly. It’s just that time is urgent, and the construction of cannons must be accelerated.
"The construction speed of magic cannons must be accelerated." Herot said seriously.
Frank was a little puzzled: "We are already very fast... Is there something going to happen?"
Helot told Frank the news that the Endless Seas received support from other planes: "Although the undead invaded the Endless Seas to avenge the gloomy king, their massacre of creatures has caused public outrage in the living planes. This counterattack is just the beginning, and there may be a situation where all-plane creatures join forces to attack the undead."
Frank was shocked by the news: "At the full plane attack the undead! Then we should retreat quickly..."
"I have asked Dorothia to plan for retreat." Helot whispered, "but it is only one day to delay. When will your cannon be put into actual combat, it will determine whether we can defend Torch Island."
Frank knew the importance of this cannon in the island defense battle, and immediately said: "I will immediately apply to the Azure Academy and ask Dean Laem to send a group of Azure Mages to support it. The required alchemy materials will also be delivered as soon as possible." Accompanied by Frank, Herot went deep into the shaft thousands of meters long and conducted detailed element sampling at different locations. Then I carefully observed the construction process of the Azure Mages and also took detailed notes on some key points.
After completing the sampling, he bid farewell to Frank and returned to Dorothia's Skeleton Behemoth Camp with the collected samples and the design drawings of the magic cannon.
Although Helot had some of his own ideas about the construction of magic cannons, he did not rashly make his own suggestions. He knew very well that this was a huge and complex project, and Zalan Academy must have carried out detailed planning and design. Without understanding the specific design content and the on-site magic environment, any hasty advice may backfire.
Without sufficient investigation and research, there is no qualification to speak. Therefore, he decided to continue to collect more information and conduct more in-depth field surveys to ensure that his advice can really benefit the progress of the project.
At the same time, Dorothia began to re-plan the defense of Torch Island.
Helot also assumed his own responsibilities as promised.
Since he took over the iron ore, production has increased rapidly and the mortality rate of biominers has been effectively controlled.
On an open land near the coastline, a temporary camp was quickly built. The undead provided the living miners with abundant fish for food, and encircled a pollution-free sea area for sea residents to go into the water to recover their energy.
As for the specific operation of the iron ore, Helot decided to hand over the cumbersome management to the Death Corps.
From the scorched earth city to the rotten royal court, to the endless seas, the Legion of Death has been following Dorothia's butt, participating in various war camp missions. Due to Helot's close relationship with Dorothia, members of the Death Legion can receive more care and benefits in their mission.
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Although the Death Legion is preparing to join the Endless Sea camp this time to participate in the counterattack against the undead, there are still some personnel stationed on Torch Island to be responsible for attacking Dorothia.
What surprised Helot was that the person in charge of the Torch Island Death Legion was actually drunk.
In the Torch Island camp of the Death Legion, Helot saw a thousand drunken cups wearing tight black armor.
She gave Helot a mage salute to him with the etiquette of the game world, then looked Helot in the eyes and said with a smile: "There are always people who stay on Torch Island. I happen to have no other tasks recently, and I miss you very much. I think you will definitely come to Torch Island when you hear the news of a counterattack against the Dead, so I want to see you as soon as possible. The Legion is responsible for one or two bones participating in the counterattack against the Dead."
Helot sat down and said, "You still know me very well." Then he put a piece of ice-burning steel on the table: "This is a rare companion mine in Torch Island iron ore, called ice-burning steel, which is an alchemy metal with extremely high practical value. Dorothia handed over the iron ore to me to manage. I need professional people to participate in the operation of the iron ore and increase production capacity as much as possible."
Drunk in the wine, picked up the ice-burning steel, used magic power to detect its magical properties, and exclaimed: "This is really a magical alchemy metal. No wonder Dorothia attaches so much importance to it. I have been here for a while, but I have never seen it look like. Teacher, Dorothia handed over the iron ore to you as soon as you come. It seems that your relationship is indeed extraordinary."
Helot: "We have a high degree of mutual trust. How long will it take to take over the mining and operation of iron ore?"
After thinking for a while, he replied, "Two days should be enough. There is an experienced mine boss in our legion. I will contact him and ask him to bring a professional team here."
"This mission is left to you." Helot said again: "I haven't entered the game for a while. I heard that the Endless Seas received support to fight back, so I rushed over immediately. I don't understand many situations. What do you think about the defense of Torch Island?"
After drunkenness to Helot, she made full preparations for the problem. She first opened a map of the Torch Island sea area on the table.
"As a large plane, the undead cannot achieve complete occupation in its true meaning. The undead who arrived first occupied the continent, and the undead who arrived later could only radiate outward along the continental shelf to occupy the surrounding islands. The islands farther away were beyond reach. Those islands were controlled by the indigenous people and dragons in the endless seas.
Dorothia belongs to the undead force that later enters the endless seas, so it only occupies a not-so-large Torch Island, which is on the dividing line between the undead control area and the endless seas control area. If the coalition forces in the Endless Sea Area want to attack Nelson's land, the undead on the islands around the land must be cleared first, including Torch Island. ”
According to the standards of the player world, the continent in the endless sea is actually an island with an area of 10,000 to 20,000 square kilometers. Near Torch Island is a land called Nelson. If the coalition forces in the Endless Sea area want to retake Nelson's land, they will never bypass Torch Island.
Thousands of drunken drinks mark a circle on the map, and there is an island group composed of small islands and reefs to the south of Torch Island.
"This is the Mist Islands. The outer layer of the archipelago is surrounded by a fog. The hydrological environment is very complex. Without local people, foreign ships cannot enter the archipelago. There are many sub-dragons living in the Mist Islands. Therefore, many of the islanders inside make a living by hunting dragons and selling dragons, and there are also many strong people hiding.
I have recently received some news that several sea tribes will go to the Mist Islands to join the islanders inside.
Some volunteers from other planes also arrived at the Mist Islands.
The enemy that Torch Island is going to face should be them! ”
(This chapter ends)