"It's hard to say." Richard was skeptical about the old man Lich's words. "Some of the special equipment I have here require very strong power to drive. Even if you create some skeleton centurion or skeleton thousand captain, it may not be possible." If it can be operated, it can only be assisted by other machinery.”
"You mean, my magic puppet is not as good as your iron-shaped machine?" Lich Old Man Afu felt a little offended and raised his eyebrows.
Richard spread his hands and said, "Isn't it right? Just in terms of natural strength, it can't be compared to it. Bones are not as hard as steel."
"I don't deny what you said. Bones are indeed not as hard as steel, but in other aspects, our spell puppets are much more useful than your iron lumps. At least they can understand what I say."
"I don't deny this." Richard said, "The magic puppet is indeed more flexible in practical applications and has a certain degree of intelligence. In fact, I think it would be better to transform the magic puppet."
"Renovation?"
"Yes, transformation." Richard nodded, "In my opinion, the bones of your current skeleton are just a medium for storing and transmitting energy, which is equivalent to a channel to facilitate the effects of spells. Perform smoothly.
It can play many roles, but it is best used to store and transmit energy. It is too wasteful to use it for other support and even combat functions.
Just like a person, he would never use his heart as a projectile to attack the enemy, nor would he use the blood vessels in his body as a rope to try to hang the enemy.
We can transform this kind of white-bone skeleton so that its bones are used as pure energy channels, just like the source of magic in the wizard's body. Then we can choose to use metal as a strong support frame and special iron armor as a defense to protect the entire body. The bones and skulls are wrapped and used.
To put it simply, the bone skeleton serves as a core, and then uses this core to create a more powerful and useful spell puppet, adding different attributes such as high defense, high speed, and special attack.
One advantage of doing so is that it effectively reduces the loss of casting materials. After all, once the casting material is successfully cast once, it will be tightly protected. Even if it is damaged due to other reasons, it will be blocked by external defense and support structures.
The external defense and support structures can be manufactured in large quantities, which ensures that this kind of magic puppet can survive for a long time. Normally, it can perform many functions by virtue of its external structure. Under some special circumstances, they can be quickly organized into an army and become the main force in the army. "
"Can this still happen?!"
After hearing the words, the old Lich didn't say so, but his eyes already showed this meaning.
Afterwards, the old Lich thought seriously about Richard's proposal, and his body couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the military scene that Richard mentioned last time.
To be honest, as a lich, he was completely unfamiliar with the Skeleton Sea and so on. In his memory, he had created seas of skeletons to meet the enemy many times during his lifetime, causing thousands of skeletons to rush towards the enemy and drown them directly.
But the more this happened, the clearer it became to him that the Skeleton Sea looked mighty, but was actually very fragile.
Because the skeletons that make up the Skeleton Sea have very low individual strength and are almost like cannon fodder.
This determines that the Skeleton Sea may be able to deal with some ordinary enemies with its numerical advantage, but once the enemy is too powerful, it will be directly ignored.
Therefore, the core combat power of a lich is never a sea of skeletons, but some higher-end magic puppets.
For example, the Rotting Banshee, Skeleton Warrior, Ancient Corpse Beast, Black Knight, etc.
However, Richard's proposal changed this situation.
If Richard's proposal can be realized, a group of steel skeletons that are more than two meters tall, have strong shells, can move at high speeds, and have many special attack methods may still be weaker than high-end magic puppets, but as long as the number reaches hundreds, It's enough to make many wizards feel afraid.
After thinking for a long time, the old man Lich suddenly had an idea and looked at Richard and said, "Hey, by the way, isn't your proposal the same magic knight you told me about before?"
"It is indeed similar." Richard said, "But there is still a threshold for magic knights. Due to physical reasons, the number will be limited. And if your modified spell puppet can solve several key spell problems, The number will be almost endless."
"But the key magic problems that need to be solved are not easy." The old man Afu, the lich, recognized the reality and said, "If I don't talk about anything else, just how the external structure can be perfectly combined with the so-called core, I will There is no idea. In addition, it is not easy to introduce the energy of the core to the outside and increase the amount of energy storage. "
"Anyway." The old man Lich sighed and said to Richard, "If you really want to realize this, you have to wait a long time. Rather than waiting for this improved spell puppet to succeed, to be honest, you still It’s better to hire more people to help.”
Having said this, the old man Lich suddenly discovered something strange. He raised his head and asked Richard: "Yes, why don't you hire more people and develop your own power? In the past few months, I think Now that you are out, you are busy with a lot of things, and you are as busy as a spinning top by yourself. Wouldn’t it be better to develop your personal power and let your confidants help? "
Richard smiled and did not answer.
The old Lich asked seriously: "Seriously, why don't you develop your own private power?"
"Do you want to hear the answer?" Richard looked at the old man Lich.
"Yeah." The old lich nodded.
"Okay then." Richard replied aloud, "There are many reasons why I don't develop my power now. The simplest one is that the benefits of doing this are not as high as you think.
As an example. If I want to develop my power and train my subordinates, in order to ensure the quality of the other party, I must personally invest a certain amount of energy, which will consume extra time.
One or two people are nothing and can be used as a pastime, but when there are more people, it becomes a big burden. And a few simple people can't help me much. Only when the number of people reaches a certain level can it be effective. How much time do I need to put in to get to this point? Half a year? One year? Or how many years
As the number of people increases, the problems involved will also increase, and more things have to be considered, such as leaking secrets. After all, I have a lot of things that I cannot reveal. Another example is management issues: how to make reasonable use of everyone and keep each other motivated? Another example is the issue of growth. My research is constantly changing. How can I let them quickly keep up with my ideas and progress
Of course, this is just one reason, there are others. "