"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
On the streets of Einro recently, this kind of roar was heard one after another. Young mages rode mechanical iron horses, chasing each other, leaving a mess and black smoke.
The shining wheels of stainless steel left wheel marks on the ancient streets. Young people cheering and laughing enjoyed the passion of speed. The violent wind brought the skirts and curses of the ladies, and the black smoke rose. Blackened the security guards who heard the news. As for the roar in the back of the head, there is no license plate in this world for them to copy.
Soon, as the knights' driving skills continued to improve, new speed legends were constantly being refreshed. Riding roaring iron horses chasing each other in the streets has become the most fashionable entertainment for young mages.
"Drag car racers? It caused a traffic accident in the past year in one week? Does it have anything to do with me? I'm just a legitimate businessman with my duty. If someone kills someone with a kitchen knife they bought, do you still want to arrest those who sell kitchen knives? shop?"
Seeing the indifferent young mage in front of her eyes, Xue Li, who was working as a disciplinary inspection worker, was angry, but she still couldn't do anything about it.
This is not the first time she has dealt with the "master" in front of her. Within a week, the master actually came to the guard station to pick up people nine times. Although it was not a serious crime, his subordinates kept updating various Number and new types of moral lower bound records.
Especially that half-dragon man even made his cell his home, reporting on time every day, not knowing what he did, and making all the prisoners frantically ask the prison guards for help, asking for a new cell...
"Well, I think it's safer here."
When he asked, the simple and honest half-dragon man actually shuddered, and seemed to have offended many people, but when he checked the file, he actually found that he was a hunter of holy-rank beastmasters, which means he didn't come. Have you successfully offended Epic or even a demigod in one week
As for the others, those who sell fake goods, those who run naked, those who cause bombings, those who fight and cause trouble, are constantly causing trouble. .
But today, Shirley's patience has reached the limit. Perhaps the character of her subordinates cannot be equated with her own moral quality. At least the embarrassment and depression he has come to lead people every time is true, but the next day or even the same day In the afternoon, he came to lead people again. In addition to making people doubt his sincerity of "absolutely taking care of these bastards", it also made people wonder if these men are some professional criminal group, or they are simply giving The Security Bureau and the Disciplinary Inspection Department are looking for trouble.
But for the wave caused by the Garden of Thorns, this is still only a side.
With those cute elf shop assistants, the new garden of thorns suddenly opened up a market among female mages. Even women who are not interested in plant magic still enjoy afternoon tea in the forest cafe behind the store all day long, watching these The cute little guy running around can spend the whole day... Of course, there are also male mages, especially some old mages with gray hair, who want to get in, but most of them can't stand the dazzling eyes of female mages and quickly run away.
While the female mages and apprentices used it as a leisure resort, the boys quickly got their new toys.
"Iron Horse No. 7" is a new thing that constantly produces black smoke, noise and traffic accidents in the streets and alleys. It is similar to the rocket car of goblin engineering, but only has two wheels (silver hook: auxiliary wheels will cost extra!), and When people are still questioning whether such a thing can run, those goblins who are the demonstrators have already started racing in the streets.
Originally, the mages only thought that this was another strange and dangerous new thing for goblins. They brought snacks and prepared to watch fireworks. When it was surprising that, except for those traffic accidents caused by driving mistakes, these iron horses did not explode automatically... This is totally against the common sense of goblin engineering!
Soon, when a young man with a wealthy family couldn't stand the temptation of novelty, he bought one for research, and after unraveling it in public, the entire Tower of Clouds became a sensation.
"Ultra-small energy pool! It's still so stable! How is it possible?!"
"No no, it should just be rechargeable circulating pool water!"
"It doesn't matter what his principle is, as long as it can be used."
"It seems that the research direction of Master Hesta and Master Diego is wrong. There is no need to generate new energy in small energy pools, just to be able to store and recharge."
"Olivia's Magic Box" is indeed an epoch-making invention. The biggest drawback of engineering is not the unstable explosion from the beginning, but the lack of stable and lasting power. If a special powerful biological magic core is used as the power source , not only is the cost too high, but once the power source is exhausted, it will become a pile of scrap metal until a new power source with similar properties is obtained.
And when the mass-produced and stable power source is solved, under my design and guidance, the loaded metal mount will naturally emerge as the times require.
It is also expected that the mages can discover the key points so quickly. After all, there are two truth-level mages competing with each other in the research project of the micro energy pool, but obviously there is not much progress. After all, this technology has been researched since the beginning. something wrong.
The energy pool is not unfamiliar to mages. Each mages tower has its own large energy pool as a backup magic power reserve. The super-level mage is close to the infinite magic power in his own mage tower, and it is still a small amount to say that the strength has tripled.
"Don't attack a mage's lair." This is the basic rule of conduct for any adventurer. Those who dare to trample on this principle have basically died.
The reason why the ultra-small portable energy pool has always been researched by mages is to enhance the combat power of mages when they travel, but they either start from the soul, or from natural phenomena, or from alchemy, but obviously, never. Engineering, which no one thought would be completely unrelated to magic, has recently come to its conclusion.
According to the Mage's technology, the smallest ability pool is the size of a room. For a long time, even smaller technologies are regarded as impossible. "Powerful energy creatures" require no small amount of space.
After all, in a sense, although they are both scholars who are pursuing the truth, magicians and "scientists" and alchemists have significantly different perspectives on things, and there is no difference between them. After all, the most basic spells of magicians are all It violates the conservation of energy and matter that the engineers use as the theoretical basis, and they follow two paths from beginning to end. If you insist on comparison, it is completely chicken and duck.
According to the principle of large and medium-sized energy pools, the mages only consider how to obtain more energy in a small location to make a kind of "perpetual motion machine", but they do not want to just save energy to achieve self-circulation, and it is enough to keep charging. , and when there is a problem with the research direction and there is no corresponding theoretical basis, whether it can get results is probably no different from buying a lottery ticket.
When the research that was originally thought to be impossible suddenly came to fruition, and the top researchers among the mages pursued the success of engineering research by goblins all their lives, and when the finished product was placed in front of everyone, even the calm mages could not accept it.
"dismantle!"
"Yes, take him apart!"
Under the cheers and encouragement of enthusiastic bystanders, when the owner of the car was ready to open the research on the spot, he found a dense seal with a "safety card" seal on it, and the specified magic wave must be entered. It can only be lifted. Of course, this little thing is not difficult for the mage. Therefore, with the help of the archmage next to him, this small seal was immediately forcibly cracked.
Then, no then...
"Bang!", "Bang!"
In fact, it doesn't matter. The mage is very good at all kinds of magic traps. After using magic to crack, a numeric keyboard form will pop up. You need to enter a password composed of 20 numbers within ten seconds. Even if you know the password, you need to be fast. , for the five-body inactive mages, obviously this is a bit too difficult.
Well, are the sorcerers accustomed to the explosion in their research, or are they still a little bit conscientious about the golden teeth, at least the energy pool detonated by this explosion is not very powerful, at least no one died.
But in a sense, the mages are really rich. When the news of the small energy pool in the "Iron Horse No. 7" spread, all the valuable Iron Horse series were sold out in one afternoon, and then …
I heard explosions all over the city all night, and then it was dark, and the gate of the Garden of Thorns was full of "black people" queuing up to shop...
Of course, when top mages intervene, the goblins' door locks can't hold them back for long. It's only a matter of time before such technology is cracked, but in fact, this technology that was originally intended to be sold is also on the next batch of sales lists, waiting for them to be almost the same. Once it's cracked, it's time for the sky-high price to continue to grab money.
And soon, after the research, these motorcycle iron horses were naturally tried by the mages, and another gain was discovered.
"So smooth! Much smoother than a horse! And very fast!"
In a sense, the long-distance travel of a mage with a low physique is definitely a hard job. In their eyes, this novel gadget is far more comfortable and flat than a horse. If it is just for enjoyment, it is nothing.
"You can actually sit on it and cast spells!"
The magician requires full concentration, and even enters a trance-like state of absent-mindedness in a short period of time. If it is on a horse that cannot stop bumping, it is basically impossible to achieve, and the smooth running of these iron horses on the street attracts people. new eyes.
The biggest shortcoming of the mage is undoubtedly the slow and sluggish body. Once it is approached, it is extremely difficult to open the distance. If you can cast spells while moving at high speed, the doubling of strength will be less.
However, even if the battle mage profession specializes in combat spellcasting, it is still extremely difficult to master the skills of mobile spellcasting, and the speed of movement is extremely slow, and if you cast spells while sitting on a carriage... The wooden wheels and bearings without shock absorption make the Your ass keeps going up and down, and a bump at a critical moment is a fatal magic backlash.
There is indeed a mount that allows people to cast spells on it smoothly - giant beasts such as dragons, but it is difficult to obtain...
High-speed mobile casting was once considered impossible, but sitting on iron horses and sidecars to cast spells smoothly did not seem to be difficult, and at that time, the advertisement of the Garden of Thorns was published, "Let those muscle sticks always be in our buttocks. The slogan of eating ashes behind.
And as if to verify the content of the advertisement, the magic swordsmen from the north rode motorcycle iron horses on the street, perfectly showing the excellent shock absorption performance of motorcycles, as well as the feasibility of casting spells while moving at high speed.
As long as the mage knows the needs of the mage, this seemingly inconspicuous little toy can actually greatly improve the survival rate of the mage in the wild.
As a result, No. 7 Iron Horse became a stepping stone to open the market. Young people quickly learned the driving skills of motorcycles, and quickly lost the useless auxiliary wheels. They even started racing competitions that the police officers hated. He paid for a driver and sat on the sidecar to enjoy the fun of driving.
For a time, "Have you bought it?" and "How many cars have you bought?" became the greetings among the mages, and there always seemed to be a long line of people at the gate of the Garden of Thorns.
And this is just the beginning. Two days later, the buyers have turned into snatch-like purchases, and the share of 100 vehicles per day can be snatched up the night before.
But the most important thing is that the Garden of Thorns has put out a new advertisement. After one month, these iron horses can be exchanged for "Justice Points".
"Justice points? I've heard the announcement before, and it seems that it's not difficult to get started, but if you get it in a while, doesn't that mean that the iron horse will only be sold for a month?"
Then the sales became even more popular. The iron knights who had already bought it showed off on the street, which intensified competition with each other. Even for a sales quota, the archmages were willing to take out their treasures. Although a black-hearted businessman did not make a temporary increase The price is evil, but just selling the sales quota has made a huge profit.
This sales method seems to be really powerful. If there is anything more suitable for promotion than "good quality and low price" and "novel and interesting", it is probably only "limited sales, first come first served" "limited sales, and then out of print".
On the other hand, the rapid increase in street racing has made the Guard Bureau and Discipline Inspection Department represented by Shirley abhorred.
And looking at the bulging blue-haired girl in front of me, I actually had a headache. If possible, I don't want to offend the official police department.
It is worth mentioning that the public security management unit of the Tower of Clouds is divided into two parts, one is the regular security bureau, and the other is the discipline inspection unit within each magician organization. Apparently they can't control the mage.
The latter, in the name of the magician organization, investigates and punishes the mages who have crossed the line by means of internal disciplinary inspection. Of course, due to the duplication of duties, the disciplinary inspection team is very idle when the organization under its jurisdiction does not have any wrongdoing mages. , so many mages of the Disciplinary Inspection Department also work part-time in the Security Bureau.
In my eyes, this Mage Shirley Alan is not only the law enforcement officer of the Security Bureau, but also one of the high-level supervisors of the Disciplinary Department of the Blade of Arcane. When the word "steel" falls on a lady, it is obviously not a good word. At least the elements of cold face and stubbornness are real, but in a sense, it is a true portrayal of this overly serious female mage.
Just because of the constant leadership recently, I realized that the guy's more and more nagging, the respect originally gained for the identity of the archmage has disappeared, and every time she looks at my expression, she always feels like she is watching. Scumbag, and every time I watch me successfully lead someone away, it's like the hot-blooded police detective yelling "I will find evidence to send you to prison" to the cunning villain in the old-fashioned movie...
How can I somehow become the villain again? ! Am I really that teleporting mocking face and sin generator.
And while I was still hesitating about how to fool the "hot-blooded detective" in front of me, there were quarrels and explosions from the warehouse behind me, and new troubles came.