Chapter 391: The Secret of the Seal

After entering winter, the heavy snow subsided a lot.

Roland hummed a ditty and looked at the three manuscripts on the table.

They are the new ammunition trial production and production plan, the new generation of light weapons finalization plan, and the mage tower construction project.

The first two are products that he has conceived for a long time. 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 launching * projectiles.

Although it is known that this type of propellant is to dissolve nitrocellulose into nitroglycerin, and finally obtain a viscous jelly that can be sliced ​​or granulated, but the specific ratio needs to be slowly tested by the alchemist.

Fortunately, Kymer Struer is now very proficient in quantitative and qualitative tests. If this kind of task is given to him, he should be able to get the results within a week or two.

Since it is necessary to produce a brand new propellant, the development of new light weapons must naturally be on the agenda.

Compared with the large-caliber revolver rifle used in black powder, the double-base propellant gunpowder only needs a small amount to achieve equivalent lethality. Therefore, in terms of comprehensive power and cost performance, the new rifle is converted into a small-caliber automatic weapon. Inevitable choice.

Of course, its specific parameters have to be further determined according to Anna's processing results.

Roland took a sip of hot tea and placed the third manuscript in front of him—this is what he is most interested in right now.

Compared with the previous plans, the content of this document seems extremely inconsistent - at the request of Agatha, he planned to build a mage tower on the other side of the witch building for the research and manufacture of sigils.

Think about it, amidst a forest of chimneys and factories, there is a majestic magic tower. This feeling is simply... very fashionable.

Roland couldn't help laughing out loud.

Nightingale, who was nibbling on the dried fish, rolled her eyes, "Are the 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 inside." The prince took out a thick leather book from the drawer—it was a sigil encyclopedia translated from the experimental notes left by the Quest Society, which recorded the Quest Society for more than two hundred years. The resulting full recipe.

For him, this is a whole new world.

After Agatha finished translating, Roland spent almost the whole night on the book. Looking at the list of magic stone uses and combinations, it was like assembling the rune language. Probably when the chief alchemist got "Elementary Chemistry", he read those chemical formulas with such excitement and excitement.

For knowledge that has never been seen before, even if it is only fur, it will be very attractive.

"For example?" Nightingale leaned sideways.

"Like this," Roland pointed to a line on the page. "The ancient witch called it a listening sigil, which can be used for long-distance communication. It is similar to a tracking sigil. Once it is made, it can be effective even if it is separated." He pointed down Moved, "The materials are also very simple, only one echo stone and one marker stone are needed."

According to the description in the book, this kind of sigil has a range of dozens of miles. Although it is not as good as the mobile phones supported by signal towers and satellites in the later generations, it is also enough to be used as a short-distance walkie-talkie.

"Really?" Nightingale glanced at it twice, stretched out his hand to push his fingers away, and pointed to the right page, "But here it says, "Echo Stones come from Heart Horrors, and Mark Stones are often found in Devil's Camps." How do you get them? These two magic stones? "

"No, we already have the materials," Roland said enthusiastically, "The red spar that Lightning found in the ruins of the stone tower is an echo stone, and as for the marker stone, it is also the component material of the tracking sigil—in this way The sigil Tilly carries several sets, just take apart one set."

"Even if Agatha can make it, you can only get one Listening Seal at most."

"Just let her try it out. Anyway, after fighting the devil in the future, there will be more and more magic stones." It's just that there is no condition to study the application of magic power before, but now with the technical support of Agatha, for He will definitely not let go of such a resource that is almost free.

"Alright," Nightingale shrugged, "What about the Divine Will Seal, what magic stones does it need?"

"This... I remember it was on the last page." Roland turned the book to the last page. "By the way, what's the result of your combat effectiveness test?"

Nightingale was choked up, and it took a while before she uttered two words, "Secret!"

Uh, was it hit by Anna?

"I found it, here," he pouted, "the four required magic stones are all written with unknown... probably because the Quest Association did not record it in written form for the sake of confidentiality. But according to Agatha, Most of these magic stones come from high-level devils, even if they are written down, few people will be able to get them."

"Then you hang such a precious thing in the hall majestically," Nightingale snorted, "If those superhuman beings find out, I'm afraid you'll be so angry that you'll come back to life."

Because it is not considered a precious thing at all, probably... it is equivalent to more than ten kilograms of T.N.T., Roland smiled, but did not answer.

...

This time, he waited until Agatha had finished her day's acid-making work before calling her to the office.

"This is the mage tower I designed for you. Can you take a look?" Roland held up the sketch. "The basement is a warehouse, and there are three floors above, which are the apprentice test room, the main tower test room, and the office."

"Wait...why is it called the Mage Tower?" Agatha frowned, "I just want a chemical laboratory like Mr. Kyle's, just a little more spacious and transparent. And such a stone tower is very troublesome to build Well, Taquila had to be made into a tower shape because of the small size of the city, and you have quite a lot of open space here."

That would be unfashionable! Roland shouted in his heart. "In short, the construction problem is not difficult to solve. Besides the above functional areas, do you have any other requirements?"

"No more," she spread her hands, "if you insist."

"Very good," Roland put down the sketch, and then recounted his thoughts in the morning, "Can you finish making the sigil by yourself?"

"No," Agatha shook her head. "Although the talisman is the connection of the magic stone, the materials used to transmit the magic power are very complicated. The most important thing is that it needs the blood of the devil."

The prince couldn't help being taken aback, "What?"

"You heard me right, it must be fresh devil's blood," she said in a deep voice, "When exploring the essence of magic power, Quest has done tens of thousands of experiments, and finally proved that the blood of witches, devils and evil beasts The properties are very different, and the functions they can play are also completely different."

"The...flesh and blood of the witch?" Roland was taken aback. He suddenly realized the meaning behind these words, and couldn't help asking, "What role can they play?"

"Create God's Punishment Army." Agatha said expressionlessly.

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