After entering winter, the snow has subsided a lot.
Roland hummed a little tune and looked at the three manuscripts on the table.
They are the trial production and production plan of new ammunition, the finalization plan of a new generation of light weapons, and the construction project of the mage tower.
The first two are the products that he has long conceived. Now, with Agatha's refrigeration and temperature control, the production of nitric acid in the town has greatly increased, and the stability of large-scale production of nitroglycerin has also been solved. *Conditions for injection.
Although it is known that this kind of propellant is made by dissolving nitrocellulose into nitroglycerin to finally obtain a viscous gel that can be sliced or granulated, the specific ratio still needs to be slowly tested by alchemists.
Fortunately, Kemo Strell is now very proficient in quantitative and qualitative tests. If this task is given to him, he should be able to get the results within a week or two.
Since a new propellant is to be produced, the development of new light weapons must naturally be on the agenda.
Compared with the large-caliber runners selected at the time, the double-base propellant can achieve equivalent lethality with only a small amount of weight. Therefore, in terms of comprehensive power and cost performance, the new conversion to small-caliber automatic weapons is an inevitable choice.
Of course, its specific parameters should be further determined according to Anna's results.
Roland took a sip of hot tea and put the third manuscript in front of him, which was also what he was most interested in at the moment.
/ m.qul.
Compared with the previous plan, the content of this document seems extremely incongruous. At Agatha's request, he planned to build a mage tower on the other side of the witch's building for the study of sigils.
When you think about it, a towering magic tower is mixed with chimneys and factories, this feeling is simply... fashionable.
Roland couldn't help laughing.
Nightingale, who was nibbling on dried fish, rolled her eyes, "Are sigils so interesting? The Witch Kingdom has many sigils, but they still lost to the devil in the end."
"But there are also some very interesting things in it," the prince took out a thick-covered book from the drawer. It was a complete collection of talismans translated from the experimental notes left by the quest, which recorded the results obtained by the quest for more than two hundred years of all recipes.
For him, it was a whole new world.
After Agatha finished translating, Roland spent almost the whole night on this book, looking at the dazzling list of magic stone uses and combinations, as if he was assembling rune words. Probably when the chief alchemist got the "Elementary Chemistry", he also came to those chemical formulas with such an excited and excited mood.
For knowledge that has never been seen, even if it is just fur, it will be extraordinarily tempting.
"For example?" Nightingale leaned over.
"Like this," Roland pointed to the line on the page, "the ancient witch called it the Listening Sigil, which can be used for long-distance communication, similar to the Tracking Sigil. Once made, it can also be separated." He pointed down. After moving, "The material is also very simple, only one echo stone and one marker stone are needed."
According to the description in the book, the range of this sigil can be as long as tens of miles. Although it is not comparable to the mobile phones of later generations supported by signal towers and satellites, it is also enough to be used as a short-range walkie-talkie.
"Really?" Nightingale took two glances with her probe, stretched out his fingers, and pointed to the right page, "But here it is written that the Echo Stone comes from the Heart Dread Demon, and the Marker Stone is often found in the devil's camp. How do you get these two? A magic stone?"
"No, we already have the materials," Roland said enthusiastically, "The red spar that Lightning found in the stone tower ruins is an echo stone, and as for the marker stone, it is also a talisman that tracks the components of the talisman. Intiri carries several sets, just take one apart."
"Even if Agatha can do it, you can only get one listening sigil at most."
"Just let her try it out. Anyway, after fighting with the devil in the future, there will be more and more magic stones." In the past, there was no condition to study the application of magic power. Now, with the technical support of Agatha, for He will definitely not let go of this almost free resource.
"Okay," Nightingale shrugged, "What about the sigil of divine will, what magic stones does it need?"
"This... I remember it was on the last page," Roland turned the book to the end, "By the way, what was the result of your combat effectiveness test?"
Nightingale suffocated, and after a while, she uttered two words, "Secret!"
Uh, was this hit by Anna
"I found it, here," he Nunuzui, "the four magic stones needed are all written as unknown... Probably because of confidentiality considerations, the Quest Club did not record them in written form. However, according to Agatha, these Most of the magic stones come from high-level devils, and even if they are written, few people will be able to get them."
"Then you hang such a precious thing in the hall with grandeur," Nightingale snorted, "If those extraordinary people know about it, I'm afraid you will be angry and alive."
Because it's not a precious thing at all, maybe... it's equivalent to a dozen kilograms, Roland smiled and didn't answer.
…
This time, he waited until Agatha had finished her day's acid production before calling her to the office.
"This is the mage tower I designed for you, can you take a look," Roland drew up the plan vertically. "The basement is a warehouse, and there are three floors above, which are the apprentice test room, the tower master test room, and the office."
"Wait... Why is it called the Mage Tower?" Agatha frowned, "I just want a chemical laboratory like Mr. Kemo, a little more spacious and transparent. And such a stone tower is very troublesome to build. , Taquila had to be made into a tower because of the small size of the city, and you have a lot of open space here."
That's not fashionable anymore! Roland shouted in his heart. "In short, the construction problem is not difficult to solve. Apart from the above functional areas, do you have any other requirements?"
"No," she said, spreading her hands, "if you insist."
"Very good," Roland put down the sketch, and then recounted his thoughts in the morning, "Can you complete the sigil alone?"
"No," Agatha shook her head, "Although the talisman is the connection of the magic stone, the material for transmitting the magic power is very complicated. The most important thing is that it needs the blood of the devil."
The prince was taken aback for a moment, "What?"
"You heard it right, it must be the blood of a living devil," she said solemnly, "The Quest Society has done tens of thousands of experiments when exploring the essence of magic, and finally proved that the flesh and blood of witches, devils and evil beasts The nature is vastly different, and the role it can play is also very different.”
"Witch's... flesh and blood?" Roland was shocked. He suddenly realized the meaning behind these words, and couldn't help asking, "What role can they play?"
"God's Punishment Army." Agatha said expressionlessly.
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