Magic Industrial Age

Virgil looked wary as the gaunt old man clutched the water skin to his chest, asking, "What do you want?"

"Just curious, really curious. I never expected there to be such a treasure that could rapidly restore fighting energy."

Virgil grinned smugly, chuckling, "That just shows how little you know!

Besides, it doesn't just restore fighting energy, it can restore magic power too! It's definitely a must-have for home, travel, murder, and arson!"

"So, what exactly is it?"

"Ever heard of Treants?"

Loye frowned slightly, and Deep Blue immediately activated, pulling up a series of information in his mind.

"Are you talking about the Treants that appear in mythology?"

"Didn't expect you to know something!"

Virgil looked at him with new respect. Seeing the curious gazes of the other three, he explained: "Treants are a unique race. You can't find them in the Old Continent anymore.

Well, actually, I doubt you can find them in the New Continent either."

"They are a race dedicated to tending forests, said to be the spirits transformed from the oldest trees, wandering the world to turn barren lands into forest seas."

Otto couldn't help but interject, "Like elves?"

Virgil shook his head: "In ancient times, elves and Treants were mortal enemies!

The reason is simple: Treants believe that elves are just parasites, parasites living in the forest. With them around, they only absorb the nutrients of the trees, causing the forest to wither and decay."

"Facts have proven that they have a point. Of course, the elves don't agree, and the two sides have fought several wars, causing deep conflict!"

Loye quickly said, "Uh, can you talk about this treasure first?"

"Oh, this is a byproduct of Treants tending the forests. It's a wine they brew.

They call it the Isis Spring, and it's as famous as the Elves' Spring of Life."

"Of course, compared to the widely known Spring of Life, its fame has been buried in the long river of history.

But, you can't underestimate its effects."

"Restoring fighting energy and magic power is nothing. The most important thing is that it can cultivate various green plants. Just a drop can make them sprout, bloom, and bear fruit."

"That's amazing?"

Loye couldn't help himself and moved closer, saying, "Bishop Virgil, you see, you're also a friend of my father, and my journey is fraught with danger.

How about gifting me some Isis Spring?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Magic power surged as Virgil flipped his hands, indicating that he had none: "A Treant friend gave this to me a long time ago. After all these years, this is all that's left.

I can't bear to use it myself. You want some? Dream on!"

"I don't need much, just ten or eight drops?"

"Humph!"

"Three or five drops, I can accept that?"

"Humph, humph, humph!"

"Can I buy it? Gold Thalers, golden, shiny Gold Thalers, okay?"

"This..."

Virgil was somewhat tempted. Seeing that there was hope, Loye's mind flashed with an idea.

He looked at Virgil and asked, "Um, Bishop, Your Excellency the Great Red Dragon, are you short of money?"

"No!"

"Yes, you're not short of small money, but you're short of big money, and even more short of ways to make money.

I believe you should understand Earl Carber's choice. The reason why he's promoting magic-powered machinery so urgently is because he sees the trend of the times."

"There's a saying that if you stand at the eye of the storm, even a pig can fly! You should know what that means?"

"It represents wealth, huge wealth, the kind of huge wealth that can build many golden houses."

"Don't you really want a piece of the pie?"

"You're asking how to divide it?"

"Simple, join my company and become a founding shareholder! I'll lead everyone to get rich, lead everyone to make money, make big money, make unimaginable Gold Thalers.

By then, you can build a palace, cover it with gold, and lie on it to sleep!"

"What, I'm lying to you?"

"How could I possibly lie to you! Go ask around, go to Auckland City in the Habsburg Empire, I studied there for two years.

Yes, only two years!

But, I accumulated at least hundreds of thousands of Gold Thalers in wealth, and half the city depends on my industry to live.

That's definitely not fake."

"Olivera, he's the witness, you can ask him. If you don't believe me, take a trip there.

You can take a look at that place, everyone who cooperates with me makes a lot of money."

"Of course, if you want to join my company, you have to invest, not much, just give me ten drops first.

Consider it an early investment, then you go investigate, and we'll go to the battlefield.

When we meet next time, we'll talk in detail."

"I guarantee that investing in my company will never let you suffer. An annual growth rate of 200% is definitely guaranteed."

"What? Can't do it? I'll compensate you if I can't do it!"

"If you don't believe me, let's put it in writing!"

......

The long night is finally coming to an end!

As dawn was about to break, Sunset Town was still silent.

In the past, the herdsmen would have gotten up early to work, but on this day, only Virgil Berry's figure walked towards Sunset Town.

Soon, waves of magical power came again.

Even with group spells, with the population of Sunset Town, it would still take him a long time.

In the other direction, the figures of Loye, Olivera, Iron Knight Phil, and Flame Sword Saint Otto were heading forward, facing the rising sun!

After a great battle, although it ended in a way that no one had imagined, everyone was still in a good mood.

At first, everyone remained silent, but after a while, someone couldn't help but speak.

Flame Sword Saint Otto directly asked, "Earl, isn't it bad to deceive a Red Dragon like that?

If he gets angry, we can't stop him!"

Loye rolled his eyes: "I don't like the way you put that, 'deceive', when did I deceive him?"

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"What I said is all true, okay!!!"

Iron Knight Phil interjected: "Is it true that your assets increase by 200% every year?

And, you said you'd lead him to make money, but the problem is, the company, where's the company?"

"In the entire Flower Territory, there's only the Lion Merchant Guild, which mainly runs sea transport!"

"You guys don't believe me?"

Loye finally stopped. He tilted his head slightly, looked at Iron Knight Phil, and then glanced at Flame Sword Saint Otto, asking, "You guys don't think everything I just said was a lie, do you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, although the company doesn't exist yet, it really can exist!

I'm familiar with making money, and now is a great era, full of opportunities to make money!"

"When the time comes, not only the Red Dragon, but all of you will have shares. Don't worry, the income will definitely not be less than what you have now!"

"When this extra income becomes the main source, you won't even look at the little bit of income from the fields.

By then, it will be much easier to change the system, liberate the farmers, and conduct a census and re-education."

Seeing that these two didn't seem to understand, Loye didn't bother to explain in detail. It involved his subsequent plans, and it was meaningless to say too much now.

"Alright, alright, you just need to know that you should follow my lead, and I guarantee that your gains will far exceed what they once were."

As he said this, Loye seemed to think of something again, and raised his hand to take out a magic potion bottle.

Inside, there was a mass of emerald green liquid, exuding a rich life aura.

It was, Isis Spring!

He took out another empty magic potion bottle, carefully dripped a drop into it, then put on the bottle cap, and threw it to Iron Knight Phil.

Even as a fourth-tier Catastrophe, Iron Knight Phil was still flustered as he took it, holding the bottle, he couldn't help but ask, "Earl, what is this?"

"Of course, everyone gets a share!"

Following the same method, Loye once again divided out two drops, giving them to Flame Sword Saint Otto and Olivera respectively.

Having this was equivalent to having an extra trump card to save their lives, and no one would dislike having more.

As for the remaining, there were only eight or nine drops in that small bottle.

Carefully putting it away, Loye finally said, "Alright, now we have to hurry, we need to catch up with the main force in the shortest time possible."

"And also, I hope nothing happens at Frostmoon Canyon!"

......

When the four of them let go and hurried, their speed was naturally extremely fast.

Moreover, to make a long story short, they didn't actually delay much time, so, only two days later, they caught up with the main force.

After not appearing for a long time, even with Grand Knight Commander Alfonso Zech concealing it, it was somewhat difficult to conceal it.

It wasn't until Loye showed his face that he suppressed the knights' commotion.

At this moment, Loye once again discovered that the team had grown a lot again.

Along the way, there were naturally additional knights coming, bringing some militiamen, more or less, and constantly expanding the team.

Basically, powerful empires would maintain a part of fully detached soldiers, who trained every day in combat skills, and studied every day how to win wars!

Like the Habsburg Empire, it even abolished the knight system, and instead implemented a new conscription system.

But in small countries like the Norman Duchy, knights and militiamen were still the main force.

The signs of war were that the knights received orders, brought their own armor and weapons, organized the territory's militiamen, brought food and supplies, and embarked on the battlefield.

There were many reasons for this situation, the main one being that with low productivity, the output of a village could only support the cultivation needs of one knight.

Thus, only by enfeoffing the knights could the rule be maintained.

But this method also represented slow mobilization, uneven troop levels, difficult coordination of command, weak fighting will, and so on!

After Loye caught up with the main force, he really felt that this swaying forward was too slow.

But there was no way, the knights were still gathering, the troops were still gathering, and it could only be slower.

Fortunately, if the Raymond family was like this, the Wick family wouldn't be any better!

Even if there were other families supporting them later, such as Earl Wick's superior noble, the Carlisle family.

They would also have to mobilize their troops so slowly!

Of course, with the slowness, Loye had some different ideas, such as trying to fill up his fighting energy.

And also breaking through to Transcendence!

Three more updates are here!