Under the leadership of Mayor Qiaoer, Xiahou Yan rushed to the research institution just established by Shuangfengling:

Manhattan Laboratory.

Although it seems that this double vaulted building, led by Master Nicholson and located south of Tongquetai, is mainly responsible for trivial matters such as identifying spoils, repairing weapons, and developing agricultural tools, its meaningful name still shows the wolf ambitions of a time traveler lord.

The current Shuangfengling is no longer the poor habit of picking the buttocks and fingers in the past:

The overall arc-circle structure of the Manhattan Laboratory is built with luxury steel purchased from the left bank town at a high price, but with stone brick filling in irrelevant parts - making it look like a rounded version of a pyramid, or a squiggle, an upside-down butt.

The appearance of this laboratory is very eye-catching in the Shuangfeng Ridge, which has a square overall structure. It is said to be the proud design of Master Donald.

Xiahou Yan felt that Master Donald's pursuit of building safety has always been reliable;

As for the aesthetic level of the old architect...

He firmly reserved his opinion.

Since some more dangerous alchemy and magical work may be carried out in the future "Manhattan Laboratory". This building not only adopts the safest structure, but also is located far away from the core area of ​​the territory. Master Laurie also specially invited Bergrade, and the two magicians worked together to arrange a protective magic circle for it.

In addition to the interlaced cordons outside the laboratory, the building is filled with the dangerous atmosphere of being free from being close to.

Xiahou Yan followed Mayor Joel, passing through the coolies who were rushing to transport weapons, gathering the craftsmen who were doing maintenance work around "Tare You Life 3,000", and the sword-caster who was sweating profusely by the furnace. Finally, at the deepest part of the "Manhattan Laboratory", he found Master Nicholson, the elf mage Bergrade, and the rune armor piece cast with "Talentino mild steel".

Now, the armor piece is lying quietly on a long stone table.

It is much thinner than Xiahou Yan imagined. The metal sheet like a cicada wing seems to be blown by the breeze at any time. It is because of its slightly curve that it has a certain sense of substance in people's eyes;

Such a light and thin shape may make modern mobile phone designers ecstatic, but in the eyes of the Lord, who believes in the "thickness and caliber of armor are everything" in the big ship and giant cannon school, it seems a bit unreliable;

He was really a little sorry:

How good would it be if Sirius, a swordsman sent by Yanxi City, used a giant sword instead of a thin sword? At least he could provide more magic metal materials to the territory, right?

But soon, Xiahou Yan's eyes were attracted by the runes engraved on the soft steel sheet.

If the iron-wood rune board found in the Dragon Bone Peak treasure house has a wild and quaint aura, which can be used as a mask for ogre shamans, then the "Talentino soft steel" engraved with the "Wind Protection" rune is like peeled off from a spaceship, full of the sense of technology that belongs to the future.

On the surface of the soft steel sheet, the familiar "Wind Protection" pattern was outlined lightly and smoothly by the craftsmen of Frost Fengling with some kind of knives;

A faint magic glow flowed slowly through these patterns, projecting crystal light spots on the dome of the laboratory.

Xiahou Yan closed his eyes gently and almost immediately felt the wind-type magic fluctuations filled with the laboratory. The fluctuations were weak, quiet and quiet, but they contained an irreversible sense of power.

Xiahou Yan only felt the similar aura on the epic staff collected by the Xuecheng Museum.

"Lord, this is the thing that has carried Master Kobe's hammering hundreds of times and destroyed one of his arms." Mayor Joel reminded in time.

Bergrade looked up at the Lord Lord, but he wanted to speak but stopped.

As a junior magician and an elf, Bergrade certainly knew that he had helped Shuangfengling create a terrifying piece of equipment:

The elf runes that have been buried in the sand and the last masterpiece of the craftsmen of the Elf Empire, "Talentino Soft Steel", are probably the first time in nearly a thousand years;

Even regardless of actual effect, just the rarity and collection value, the value of this rune film is enough to be in the city;

What's more, its effect is so domineering:

Relying on the reserved magic power alone, it can withstand hundreds of full-strength hammers from skilled craftsmen. This is a protective performance that cannot be compared with any heavy armor, which is enough to support any slightly trained adult to be unparalleled in the battlefield without eyes of swords!

With it, the "In-Chief" will become a cheap deal without any risks;

With it, the Assassin will become the first behind-the-shelf profession on the mainland to be eliminated;

With it, why did von Wickma, the former commander of the Orc Federation, die inexplicably by a crossbow arrow!

Bergrade hasn't even figured out where this unknown little lord of the empire got the inscribed master version of the elf rune?

Based on intuition, Bergrade believes that this may be related to Vilf;

Based on experience, he refused to admit that the waste girl had other functions besides writing novels;

Based on reason, Bergrade knew that if he took the liberty to ask the Lord about this, he would not get an answer, but a crowbar that was coming quickly.

So, in just a few days, the elf wizard Bergrade, who seemed to see through the vicissitudes of the world, chose to continue to remain silent.

I have to bow my head when I live under someone else's roof... Bergrade smiled bitterly and warned himself: No matter which elf tomb is dug in Frost Fengling, as long as it is not my own...

Xiahou Yan didn't know the little things in the shadow mage's mind.

He stood by the stone table, staring at the rune film happily and then, and after a long time he raised his head:

"Aren't this all good? Mayor Joel, why did you tell me something wrong? And you kept making a bitter face?"

Mayor Joel squeezed a face that was suitable for mourning and was about to speak when he was stopped by Master Nicholson.

"Lord, this is the matter between the craftsman group and the Manhattan Laboratory. Let's report it to you." Master Nicholson carefully considered the words, "As you can see, after engraving the rune of "Wind Protection", 'Talentino Soft Steel' has become an epic armor with far superior to the ironwood rune board. According to the calculations of Master Bergrade and the experiments of the Kobe brothers, the energy storage of this rune is enough to withstand hundreds of full-strength attacks by professional warriors."

"Hmm." Xiahou Yan tried hard to pretend to be a magic expert.

Master Nicholson smiled bitterly:

"Lord, but the problem lies in the 'measurement'! According to Master Bergrade, the soft steel sword in the hand of the swordsman in the Rock Creek City was actually an ancient weapon given to the Grand Duke Houston on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Stardust Protector not long ago."

Xiahou Yan glanced at Bergrade in shock.

At that time, everyone in Shuangfengling was still wondering where Sirius got the elf soft steel sword with the effect of "Wind Protection". After going around, it was actually given by Bergrade!

Bergrade smiled bitterly:

"The sword I gave to Yanxi City was the work of the last group of craftsmen before the fall of the Empire. The runes on it were originally the incomplete version of the "Wind Protection", and it was severely worn and worn for thousands of years, so the effect was far worse than the newly engraved armor piece - otherwise, Her Majesty the Queen would not be willing to give it away, and Mr. Sirius would not have lost to you so easily."

Xiahou Yan smacked his lips:

Speaking of this, Master Nicholson and his team seemed to have melted an old antique in order to do the experiment!

The Empire has no Cultural Relics Protection Bureau or something, right? No, right?

Master Nicholson took over the conversation and said:

"Lord, because the runes on the soft sword are incomplete, they cannot use all the energy storage in the magic metal to cool down. Sirius did not use up the terrifying energy accumulated by the "Talentino mild steel" in that battle at all!"

"Who made him love to use second-hand goods?" Xiahou Yan shrugged.

"But Lord Lord, Sirius did not do this when he exhausted his magic power, but Master Kobe did it..." Master Nicholson's voice was as thin as a mosquito.

"What?!" Xiahou Yan's hair stood up.

Master Nicholson has a bitter face:

"The magic energy contained in that piece of mild steel that has naturally accumulated over thousands of years has not dissipated after being melted, but has been exhausted by our Master Kobe's high-intensity knock-on experiment! After the measurements of Master Bergrade, now our rune film will be received again..."

Master Nicholson looked at Bergrade, who compared the "two" with his fingers, just like celebrating victory.

"...As long as you are attacked twice, the magic energy will be completely exhausted and cooled down." Nicholson continued.

"It was exhausted twice..." Xiahou Yan was confused, "But aren't runes that can be recharged naturally and restored to cooling? Just let it charge itself like those iron boards, won't it be enough?"

Master Nicholson felt heartbroken:

"Lord, this is the problem! We now know why the Elf Empire was destroyed without the actual use of "Talentino mild steel" - because the charging efficiency of this magic metal is extremely low! Taking this rune film as an example, it will take about thirty years to wait for it to recover naturally!"

Xiahou Yan was stunned.

Bergrade kindly advised:

"Mr. Igor, think about it, when you are fifty years old, you will be able to get hundreds of chances of fighting again!"

"Then...then...then, can't I wait until it recovers naturally, and let the magician charge it forcibly?" Lord Lord was shaking.

"Lord, there is no professional wind magician in our territory." Master Nicholson naturally forgot about Master Laurie's apprentice Wilson. "And, we say that it is 'extremely low in charge' because it is huge in the charging process: if you want to fill the magic capacity of this rune film in a short time, you may need to consume all the magic power of the three primary wind magicians..."

Xiahou Yan reached out to hold the stone table to prevent himself from fainting:

Three junior magicians... The magician's own magic power was also saved by meditation. After reaching this level of magic masters, who the hell would be willing to use it as a human power bank for you?!

Master Nicholson said carefully:

"Anyway, Lord Lord, my suggestion now is... you should use the remaining two protection opportunities, right?"

Xiahou Yan almost roared between his teeth:

"Call Master Laurie here..."

"Ah?" Master Nicholson said in surprise, "Don't you understand? Master Laurie, and other magicians like you, cannot charge the wind runes..."

"Not charging..." Lord Lord growled in pain, "I need a calm spell now..."

The rune film "Talentino soft steel" on the stone table is filled with a sarcastic light.

...

That night, Lord Lord, who was sitting in the living room of the Corner Eagle Manor, covered his head with an ice pack, saw Tom Lawrence walking in with a calfskin notepad in his arms.

"See Lord!" The director of the Political Department of the Kaituo Army saluted the boss with a smile.

"I lord is in a bad mood now..." Xiahou Yan muttered, "Speak quickly if you have something to do..."

"I just heard that you are in a bad mood and came to make you happy!" Lawrence laughed.

"Master Laurie has already given the words "erotic novel"..." Xiahou Yan sighed and pointed to the stack of old books he brought to tiptoe.

"It's not that kind of despicable thing!" Lawrence scoffed, "Lord, did you tell me before that the Political Department should carry out more literary and artistic activities among the recruits to enrich and expand the spiritual lives of the soldiers and the leaders!"

Xiahou Yan thought about it and it seemed that such a thing was happening.
To be continued...