Chapter 53 Forced Purchase

"No wonder the spear's propulsion method is so strange!" I sighed.

The opponent's master said proudly: "This is a great achievement of the alchemy technology of our Kingdom of Gods. Of course, it is different from ordinary creatures. Usually birds rely on wings for propulsion, or there are also creatures that rely entirely on magic power to fly, but Their speed is very slow. We combined the characteristics of various creatures and found the shape of a creature that is most suitable for high-speed flight, so the shape of the Jet Wyvern was determined. Later we found that this shape of creature cannot be relied on The flapping of wings provides power, and no matter how fast the wings flap, the actual speed cannot be increased much at all, so we thought of using other ways to propel. Then we thought of combustion jet technology, but this is a This kind of mechanical technology could not be combined with biology at that time, so we began to study how to integrate biology and machinery. Finally we succeeded, and you can also see the current Jet Dragon, which not only has a perfect power shape, but also has The extreme speed beyond sound can be said to be the truly best air ride.”

I snapped my fingers and the bird suddenly appeared on the table between us. The people on the opposite side were startled at first, but soon noticed that this thing was very similar to the Jet Wyvern, except that it was much larger.

The mage looked at me excitedly and said, "How did you get this?"

"Picked it up."

The mage obviously thought I was lying to him, but he didn't dare to resist, so he had to concentrate on watching the flying birds coming. He carefully walked up to Asuka and stretched out his hand to 'touch' it. As a result, Asuka immediately flapped its wings, which frightened him and retracted his hand.

I said to him: "Tell me first, do you have anything similar here?"

The mage nodded and said: "This is very similar to a jet dragon, but it is obviously different from ordinary jet dragons. I'm really surprised that we have never made such a thing. I really don't know how you got it. Is there something else? What force could think of creating synthetic organisms like us?"

"I think your technology is rare. At least I don't know anyone who can reach your level." The mage looked very happy after hearing what I said. After all, scientists hope that others will recognize their research. Although strictly speaking, what these guys are doing is not scientific research, but alchemy is actually similar to technology, except that the basic principles are slightly different. I continued: "I personally suspect that he may be in a mutated form, but I am not sure. I hope you can help check it after the negotiation is over. It is best to find a way to strengthen the spear. My forces also use long spears. , if they can all be strengthened to this level. It will definitely be a very meaningful thing."

"Of course, I would also like to study it even if you don't tell me."

I continued to look at the king, and then asked: "Is this the only flying island in your country?"

"Of course our kingdom of gods is more than this small area." The king said angrily: "This is just my royal city. We also have many other floating islands like this."

This news surprised me. I originally thought that this was just a floating island, and it was understandable that no one had discovered it. But if there are a lot of them flying around the world, why hasn't anyone noticed them?

“How many cities like this do you have?”

"There are nine in total including the royal city."

"Then why have I never discovered this place? It should be easy to see such a big thing on the ground!"

"That's because most of our activities are at sea, and we usually don't get close to the land. There are no people on the sea, and there are only ships passing by occasionally. As long as you pay attention to avoid it, there will be no problem."

"That's understandable." I nodded and said, "Then please tell me, is your specialty limited to alchemy?"

"Yes. This is enough for us to study." The mage replied.

"Then what are your alchemy achievements other than Jet Dragon?"

Just as the mage was about to open his mouth, the king immediately replied: "There is also the technology of integrating and refining rocks. We can directly extract the required part of the ore with a magic circle without using fire. We don't need to dig the ore out of the ground. We only need to draw magic on the ground. It can be extracted directly. And the purity is much higher than refining."

"Magical mining, right?" He actually has such good technology, it seems like he will make a profit this time. "So besides this, what other achievements have you made? For example, in terms of weapons?"

"No more." The king replied: "If there were any weapons, we wouldn't have been beaten so badly before. We have always only used alchemy to improve our living standards and have not used it as a weapon."

"Oh? Then you are really a peace-loving country!" I said and took back the bird. Then he slapped the whole table into pieces of wood. In the shocked eyes of those people, he walked to the opposite side and kicked the king over. Those people wanted to save the king, but were immediately restrained by my guards. I walked over and stepped on the king's chest, pressing him to the ground. "Remember what I said before?"

"You...!" The king was so breathless from being stepped on by me that he couldn't speak at all.

I didn't wait for him to speak, but said to myself: "I said that the next negotiations require your cooperation. Then my words will fall on deaf ears, right? You dare to tell lies with your eyes open. It seems that you don't really want to negotiate with me. Alright." I suddenly glanced at the people present, and then said to the king on the ground: "Okay. Now designate your heir to the throne."

"You...what are you going to...do?"

"Hurry up, I'm not in the mood to play the truth game with you." I put more force on my feet and immediately stepped on the ground, causing blood to spurt out. "Quickly, point out the heir."

The king pointed a trembling finger at a man in his twenties or eighties in the crowd, who looked like a prince. I looked at the man and asked, "Is he the heir?" Everyone around him nodded, and it seemed that he was right. I suddenly lifted my foot, and with a squeak, the skates popped out. Stomped on the king's neck. His head immediately separated from his body. In the shocked eyes of those people, I withdrew my skates. Then he walked back to his seat and sat down as if nothing had happened. He glanced at the heir who was shaking violently. "Okay, don't be in a daze. You are the king now. Lift up your father's seat, sit on it, and negotiate with me."

The guys stared at me like they were looking at the devil, but it was just a stare of fear, not anger, because they didn't dare to show anger.

When the guy tremblingly moved his father's body away and lifted up the chair to sit on the ground, I continued: "Designate your successor first, I'm afraid I won't be able to control it after a while." With a boom, that person The chair the guy had just raised fell over again. It looked like he was quite frightened. I smiled and said: "Don't be afraid! I am still a very friendly person. Don't cause trouble for me, and I will be a lovely businessman. But...if anyone makes me unhappy, I will let him know the price. What."

The guy immediately pointed at the super monster-like princess. "She is the next heir." After saying that, he picked up the chair and sat on it. "I will cooperate with your negotiation!"

"Very good." I nodded. "Now continue with the question just now. I know that your alchemy technology has more than these achievements. Tell me all about it, especially its application in weapons and production. Unless it is particularly important in life, don't talk about it."

"Yes." This prince was more cooperative than his father. "In the military, we have developed a magic fusion device. It can convert any energy into magic power and then 'shoot' it out. But it sounds like the same thing, but it actually has many different applications. For example, in our city Build many light prayer towers. You can attack any location on this earth."

Whoops! The target appears! It seems that this Light Prayer Tower is the Babel Tower of our guild. "Tell me how it works."

"I have just said that the principle is the same, which is to gather magic power and then shoot it in a direction. When a mage uses magic, he has to create various forms of magic power, which is very laborious and wasteful. If the magic power is gathered into a bunch Like. Then focus on firing, the power will be much greater. And because the attack is directly launched with magic power, it saves the energy loss when converting into a special magic system, so the power will become even greater. Moreover. In order to attack the earth For the target on the opposite side, we also launched a reflector into space to be used as a transfer station."

"What kind of thing is this reflector?"

"I don't understand this very well, let's let the doctor explain it!" The prince was not a scientific researcher after all.

The master replied: "The emission mirror is just its function. These things are actually synthetic organisms like the jet flying cage."

"You mean you sent living things into space?" Damn, after a long time, a satellite was actually launched in this place!

The mage explained: "Ordinary creatures cannot live on it, and we have studied it for a long time before we figured it out. The basic structure of the reflecting mirror is still a lifeless substance, and the creatures fused with it only Control. These creatures have low intelligence and only know how to adjust the reflection angle according to the emission requirements of the Light Wishing Tower. Moreover, in order to cope with the extreme environment of space, the shell of this creature is particularly hard. In addition, they also They don’t have to eat because they are actually a semi-vegetative creature and sunlight is their food.”

It turns out that biological satellites also use terrestrial solar energy, which is a good idea. I nodded and said: "Okay. I have a general understanding. In addition to this Light Prayer Tower, what other weapons do you have?"

"As I said, there are some objects with the same principle. But in fact, the core is the same. You can imagine laying the Light Prayer Tower flat. Then the light beam 'shot' from the top can actually damage the enemies in front. Yes. This is equivalent to a door cannon, but it is simpler than the Light Prayer Tower. The connection system with the space reflector is removed. In addition, we also have a small Light Prayer Tower."

"Small? How small can it be?"

"Three people can carry it and run. If necessary, one person can do it, but it must be a strong man with strong muscles. But we usually put it on the back of a large beast, and then ride a person up to 'operate' it. . The power of that thing when it fires is pretty good, about the same as the power of a mage's magic missile."

"Damn, magic missile is a zero-level magic with no attributes. It's so bad!"

"But our launcher can fire more than seventy times per minute. Although the power each time is not great, the continuous attacks are very powerful."

I thought about the master's explanation for a moment. This thing can basically be understood as a machine gun. Although the power is a bit small, the victory lies in the fierce firepower and strong sustainability. If it was mounted on the back of a large creature as they said, wouldn't it be the same as an armed chariot? It seems that this thing has great development potential.

I asked the master: "Besides the launcher based on this principle, is there anything else?"

"This...!" The master glanced at the prince who had just ascended the throne, and saw the prince nodding before saying: "In fact, the most advanced application of alchemy in our country is the fusion technology like the jet dragon, rather than specializing in the production of some kind of Weapons. But if we really want to produce weapons, we can enchant various weapons."

"Very good." I nodded: "Okay. My questions are almost over. Now let's talk about our deal." I said seriously: "I am the buyer and you are the seller."

"What do you want?" the prince asked cautiously.

"Your alchemists and all the alchemy techniques."

"What?" The mage stopped before the prince could speak. "You can't do this. Alchemy is our life. Without it, how can we survive?"

"What I want is all the alchemists and alchemy techniques. You can come to my place to study for me. Anyway, you only like to study technology. As for who will use the results, I don't think it is very important to you, right?" Seeing the mage Some hesitation. I threw another big bait. "You won't suffer any loss when you come to my place. At least I have all kinds of precious materials, and many of them are treasures that you can't get anyway. Also, my alchemy laboratory is amazingly big. The equipment is amazing. It's much better than your place. If you come here, you can definitely give full play to your strengths. How about it? Are you interested?"

The mage looked very interested in me, but he was too timid to agree. My eyes kept glancing towards the prince, obviously indicating to me that I needed the prince to nod. It seems that no country will be a complete community, and there will always be various forces within the country. The imperial concubine must have something in the hands of the royal family, so he didn't dare to agree to it himself.

The prince obviously didn't want to. These alchemists and alchemy techniques are the basic strength of their country. If they are all abducted by me, then he will have no wealth whatsoever. However, now I am controlled by others, even though I don’t want to. The prince seemed a bit too angry to speak out. But he was the king now after all, so he finally had the courage to ask. "So what's your offer?"

"Your fate." I smiled quite innocently, but everyone across from me was covered in cold sweat. “Do you think this price is acceptable?”

"Okay, okay." Almost without thinking, all the people on the other side unanimously agreed to the proposal.

"Hey, it's a pleasure to cooperate. Now take me to your alchemy room. I want to know more about your technical level."

After completing the agreement, I was taken to the largest research room, but compared with Essinger, this research room can only be regarded as a small workspace. But seriously. The researchers here may have done more than Essinger's two-knife researchers. In fact, Essinger's alchemy research laboratory is just a mixed team. Except for a few pillar figures who are real masters, most people are recruited from the city. The advantage of freedom is that they can do any profession, but the disadvantage is that they cannot do any profession well! When everyone here is brought back to Essinger, it is estimated that the technical strength of our research department will improve several times.

After a general visit, the overall feeling here is that it is too shabby. I wonder if the king is not willing to spend money. There are very few equipment and materials in this place. The only thing worthy of praise is the quality of the personnel. Compared with the hardware facilities, the technical foundation here is much better. The psychiatrist I was negotiating with at the beginning mentioned their biofusion technology, and I immediately asked for a site visit when I got here. It is said that fusion is actually a matter of luck. No one knows what the result will be until the experiment is done. This is probably the biggest difference between magic technology and real technology. The results are completely unpredictable.

Just to be on the safe side, a few mages decided to show me the most basic fusion. Although this fusion technology is relatively basic, it has included all their technologies, so it is very representative. Several mages first took me to a stone platform carved with complex magic circles, then placed a rabbit on the platform, and then placed a swan on it.

The master took a crystal stone from the experimental area and placed it in the center of the magic circle. With the sound of the spell, the crystal began to slowly melt into a green liquid and flowed onto the table. The lines that made up the formation on the table were actually grooves. The melted crystal liquid flowed into the grooves, and soon the entire formation was covered by the crystal liquid.

Another mage took out a glass rod, dipped a drop of red liquid from a flask and threw it into the array. As soon as the drop of liquid fell, the entire array flashed. When the light disappeared, all the rabbits and swans in the array had disappeared. It was replaced by a four-legged animal with wings. This little thing was covered in white fur, but its head did not look like a rabbit, and certainly not like a swan, but more like a cat. Its wings are no different from those of a swan, except they are a little bigger.

I looked at this little monster curiously and asked the doctor. "What is this?"

The mage walked over and took the little animal into his arms, and while 'touching' its head, he said: "We call this fusion creature rabbit and goose, because it is a hybrid creature of rabbit and swan. Although it itself does not have any Special abilities, but don’t underestimate the refining technology just now. We can fuse two harmless little animals into one cute little animal, and we can fuse two large monsters into one brutal monster. So, our It is very easy to militarize this technology."

I nodded in agreement. The teacher is right. The principles are the same. If you can fuse small creatures, you can also fuse large creatures. In fact, the real difficulty here lies in the fusion of souls. Almost all alchemists can make Chimera, but only the mages here can completely merge the two creatures into a brand new species, which shows their technological leadership.

The master saw that I understood what he meant, and began to show off happily: "The difference between our fusion creature and Chimera is that the souls are completely integrated, and what we fused is a new species instead of Chimera. Most chimeras don't live long, and they have to be remade when they die. But we don't. Just like the rabbit and goose I just showed you, if we make another one, they can mate with each other and then give birth to babies. Rabbits and geese. In other words, they can pass on their fusion characteristics to the next generation, and no rabbit or goose will give birth to a rabbit or swan. So we say that this is a completely independent new species, not a simple Fusion creature.”

"How is the sex of a fused creature determined?"

"If the creature before the fusion is a creature with gender differences, then the higher the proportion of males, the higher the possibility of being a male after the fusion. For example, using male Rabbits and male swans will 100% produce male rabbits and geese, but if they are one male and one female, it is a blind collision. In a few cases, special individuals without gender will be fused, but in this case It's a rare situation and we've only encountered it three times in all our years of research."

"Then let me ask you something. If I put a bunch of very powerful creatures into the formation and fuse them, what will come out in the end?"

"This...!" The mage said in embarrassment: "Basically, I can tell you for sure that an invincible and terrifying creature will appear as a result, but you will definitely not be able to command it. Because the more powerful the creature, The character after fusion becomes even weirder. Like this rabbit and goose, because it is a low-level fusion, its character will become extremely docile. But if there is a dragon and a phoenix fused, what comes out will definitely be more destructive than God is also a god of destruction. Although the strength of biological fusion may not necessarily be one plus one equal to two, it will at least be greater than one. We can be sure of this."