Magic Industrial Age

Although he shouted 'Success!' and had full confidence in Loye's plan, Miller didn't discard the necessary caution. After calming down, he immediately did two things.

First, he personally lit a portion of Soul-Fixing Incense. Inhaling the faint, rising blue smoke, he began a meditation session.

As a specially trained magic marksman of the Empire, Miller's strength was not weak, and he had long since mastered the basics of meditation.

He felt the effects of the Soul-Fixing Incense, confirming it was definitely a good secret medicine to aid meditation.

However, for someone like him who had already mastered the basics of meditation, its verification effect wasn't significant.

Out of options, he went to the Empire's Magic Academy and found a young man who hadn't yet started meditation but had completed the basic courses.

Then, he gave him some money and asked him to experience the effects of the Soul-Fixing Incense.

As a result, after the experience, the young man not only returned the money but also took out his own, begging Miller to sell him some of this incense.

This change of events left Miller somewhat dumbfounded, but the effect of this meditation secret medicine was clearly satisfactory.

Having obtained this result, Miller did the second thing: he hired an apothecary.

Yes, an apothecary, not a magical apothecary.

Then, he personally purchased the raw materials, carefully calculating the cost, and had the apothecary concoct the Soul-Fixing Incense according to the recipe.

After all, it was a secret medicine. Although it didn't involve magic, it had extremely high requirements for the weight of the medicinal materials, the processing of the raw materials, and the concoction techniques.

The apothecary failed eight times before finding the knack and successfully concocting a batch.

Just as Loye had recorded, a standard batch yielded fifty grams, which could be divided into five portions.

If only these five portions were considered, the cost was indeed only between fifteen and twenty copper Thalers.

The difference was mainly because this was the Imperial Capital, where everything was very expensive, even the raw materials.

But even so, such a small cost for a portion of secret medicine was truly astonishing.

Miller couldn't hide the confusion in his heart. It was truly unbelievable that such an important secret medicine had such a low cost.

However, once Miller confirmed the efficacy, the huge weight in his heart completely lifted.

Then, he ignored the rumors outside and locked himself in his room, not leaving for two days.

In those two days, he predicted many countermeasures and collected a lot of information about the Minister of Machinery.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated!

Only after two days, feeling fully prepared, did Miller put on his most gorgeous clothes, board a carriage, and knock on the door of the Minister of Machinery's home.

No one knows what the two talked about that day, but according to the Minister of Machinery's servants,

On this day, the Minister of Machinery's laughter even shattered the air.

Also on this day, the nobles of the Imperial Capital knew that the Minister of Machinery had gained a new favorite.

Baron Miller Petrovich, this country bumpkin from the countryside, had caught the eye of the Empire's Minister of Machinery, and everything was different.

……

Loye naturally didn't know what was happening in the Imperial Capital, and wouldn't have cared even if he did.

He believed that those old guys standing at the pinnacle of power had enough wisdom to see the great benefits of Soul-Fixing Incense.

Miller's matter was almost certainly settled.

But all of this had little to do with Loye. He was just learning, cultivating, meditating step by step, and gradually accumulating his magic power and battle qi.

However, things in this world always take you by surprise when you feel secure.

Two letters made him feel the malice of fate and the sorrow of parting for the first time.

……

18 Lombardy Street, training room.

Oliveira was stretching his muscles here. Amidst the 'crackling' sounds, some sweat seeped out from his bronze skin.

But this couldn't completely conceal Oliveira's lean yet explosive physique.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and Hoover stepped in.

Oliveira frowned slightly and said, "Loye has gone to school; he's not here!"

"I'm not here to find Loye, but to find you."

"Find me?"

Hoover nodded very seriously. The next second, he used only one sentence to make Oliveira jump up from the floor.

"Yes, I'm looking for you. There's a letter for you, written personally by Count Raymond, which must be delivered to your hands."

As he spoke, a letter was delivered to Oliveira. Oliveira tilted his head slightly and saw the clear lion emblem on the golden sealing wax.

That was the emblem of the Raymond family, from Count Raymond's right-hand ring, also representing that this letter was personally written by the Count.

Oliveira didn't hesitate, taking it directly. A strand of battle qi gently sliced it open.

Then, Oliveira took out the letter and quickly browsed it.

Even someone as cold and hard as him couldn't help but change his expression.

Beside him, Butler Hoover couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? What does the letter say?"

"The Count wants me to go back!"

……

Afternoon, study.

Loye looked at the letter in his hand, scrutinizing it again and again, before looking up: "Teacher Oliveira, are you really going back?"

"The Count has summoned, and I have no choice but to return!"

"But the letter doesn't say anything? It doesn't even mention what the specific matter is. How can it summon you back?"

"If it's not said, it means it's not convenient to say in the letter.

If I didn't want to say goodbye to you, Loye, I should have returned to the Norman Duchy the moment I received the news."

Oliveira rarely said so much, but Loye still couldn't accept it: "But, but, this…"

"There's no 'but'. Fortunately, Loye, your strength has improved, and you're not afraid of ordinary transcendents.

Just be more cautious when I'm not around."

Loye's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say: "Can't you not go back?"

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Oliveira slowly shook his head, saying nothing, but he placed a parchment scroll in front of Loye.

"This is the share of Lightninger Mana Group. I'm leaving, so I'll return it to you!"

"Take it back, take it back. I won't take back what I've given away."

After a pause, Loye said as if resigned to fate, "In any case, can you at least have dinner before you leave?"

"Okay!"

……

Evening,

Everyone gathered again at 19 Lombardy Street, Hoover, Maruna, Lilia, Mira, Ang...

These people were naturally all there, which was also a common occurrence.

It mainly involved summarizing the specific affairs of the day, and then brainstorming to propose solutions.

Finally, Loye made the final decision.

But today, Loye didn't handle affairs, but instead had clothes and wine prepared, and took out fine wine to let everyone eat and drink to their heart's content.

Although it wasn't said, this banquet was clearly held to bid farewell to Oliveira.

Loye wasn't a wine lover, but today, he drank too much for the second time. Feeling the tipsy intoxication, he seemed to have found the feeling of being a dissolute young master in his previous life.

But when he woke up, Oliveira was already gone, which made Loye a little depressed.

Perhaps, parting is like this, causing sorrow.

Seeing that Loye was in a bad mood, Lilia moved back in with him, giving him a little warmth, which comforted his lost heart.

However, things in life are mostly unsatisfactory, and only a week after Oliveira left, another letter crossed the ocean and reached Lilia's hands.

That's right, this time it was for Lilia. Her father was critically ill and wrote a letter asking her to return quickly.

Only then did he learn that Lilia Lightninger wasn't from the Habsburg Empire either, but from another powerful country on the Silver Sea, the Tudor Kingdom.

Like Oliveira, she had come here to study, to learn the most advanced knowledge related to mana machinery.

Her family was engaged in industries related to mana machinery, and she had been in contact with it since she was a child, which was why she was so interested.

A girl who liked mana machinery, to be honest, few people in her family supported her.

Even her mother had strong opinions, but her father gave her the greatest support.

But this time, the letter said that her father had suddenly fallen ill, was critically ill, and asked her to return quickly.

You should know that this letter wasn't sent through a magic teleportation array, but crossed the ocean and reached Lilia's hands, and I don't know how long it took.

Lilia's eagerness was visible to the naked eye. She could hardly restrain herself and wanted to set off immediately.

The research tasks could only be put down, and Loye had no position to stop her.

To be precise, if it wasn't that he couldn't leave, Loye would have wanted to accompany her.

This long road was really unsafe. Lilia was just a magic apprentice and had no ability to protect herself.

In the end, Loye had to help arrange a group of people to be her guards.

The captain of the guard was also an old acquaintance, the captain of the Zijinghua Mercenary Corps who had taken the rescue mission before, the big man with the bow!

With the improvement of status and position, Loye naturally needed power, and now there were mainly two branches.

One was led by Ang, gathering the original Brotherhood's manpower, as well as some second-order combatants from the underworld.

After they were recruited, what they mainly did now was to provide security for the mana machinery factory, and settle those desperadoes who wanted to take advantage.

The other wave was led by the big man with the bow, a group of people Loye had recruited during the chaos in Auckland.

They were mostly mercenaries or detectives, with a higher moral standard, and most of them had families, and knew each other well.

At the beginning, the reason for recruiting these people had to be traced back to the three from the Greenman family, of which the young Evan Greenman requested to be able to return home safely.

Loye handed this matter over to the big man with the bow, and then, after the big man with the bow completed the task, Loye also felt that he needed some manpower, so he recruited him.

Adding some supplements, he gathered five or six second-order combatants, all of whom Loye supported.

This time, Lilia was going back to the Tudor Kingdom, and Loye sent everyone out, just to ensure her safety.

Life is impermanent!