The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich

While the northern region is still freezing, the Central Plains of the mainland has entered a warm spring.

And in the palace of the Bayer Empire, the old emperor was waiting for his visitors in the garden.

Oros Moss Avery St. Milan of the Bayer Empire is a kind-looking silver-haired old man. He is not tall and does not speak loudly. He walks slowly and slowly. He seems to be an old man who is easy to deal with. A scholar, but in China, he has the "reputation" of the fox and scorpion emperor, which refers to his poisonous methods inside and outside.

It's hard to understand both internal and external poisons? "As long as the end is good, the means are acceptable" is his life motto, and he has always done so.

In order to consolidate the centralization of power, he used murder, division, blame, and fraud internally. For the sake of the national interest, he tore up various covenants and agreements several times externally, and provoked wars several times, allowing him to obtain "untrustworthy people" The nickname also caused the current Bayer Empire to lose all its allies.

But what is lost is what is gained. While he ruined the reputation of the Bayer Empire accumulated for countless years, the national power of the Bayer Empire has also reached the highest peak in history. Within half a century, it was annexed by it. There are seventeen small and medium-sized countries in China, and their territory has been greatly expanded, and their population has also increased significantly.

"Since the day I ascended the throne, the war has not stopped."

This exclamation was originally about his own helplessness, but in the middle and late stages, it was a kind of pride of a victor in a row.

On the other hand, successive victories in foreign wars have also increased the prestige of the royal family, and the domestic nobles are also extremely submissive to the royal family, in fact. All the big nobles send out heavy gifts every year to celebrate the old emperor's birthday. The heirs of the various feudal lords also approached the royal family in the capital to learn (serve as hostages).

Um. Those who refused to hand over the hostages and those who were disrespectful on the surface are dead, and the country has long been at peace. I am afraid that the authority of the Bayer royal family has reached the highest peak in history in the countdown of three thousand years.

This is only the achievement he made when he succeeded to the throne in his middle age, but in his later years, it will be even more remarkable. He spent more than 30 years on a century-old plan:

"Establish a military United Front Work Department to unify the command of national affairs. All enfeoffed nobles must perform regular military service. Those who evade military service will die, and those who default on taxes will die."

"The government controls the unified sales of important living and production supplies such as salt, grain, and steel, and those who smuggle goods and sell materials without authorization will be sentenced to death."

"Officially controls civilian idle forces, all combat occupations must be registered, adventurer associations and adventurers everywhere must be loyal to the royal family, all adventurers are the wealth of the country, and accept the mobilization of the country unconditionally in a state of emergency.

No adventurers are allowed, including mages! Unlicensed mages will be executed in public. "

It has to be said that Oros' wrist is very powerful, and he took over when the country was most turbulent. But he spent his whole life working hard to run the entire country to the highest peak in history. Although he is notorious, he has no faith and integrity at all.

Countless people at home and abroad are looking forward to his death. Assassins who sign in on time every month throughout the year can list a duty list... Although he is hated, even those who hate him the most have to admit it , he is indeed a famous monarch who has made this country strong and prosperous.

Monopolizing the sales of important materials and competing with the people for profit is indeed very annoying, but at this time the abundance of Bayer's treasury has far exceeded ordinary people's imagination. The annual military expenditure is three times that of the accumulation of surrounding countries, but the treasury is not at all At the same time, Bayer has not had a large-scale famine due to disaster years for decades, and the population and urban prosperity are at the highest peak in history.

The propertyization of relatively neutral adventurers and mercenaries caused a huge backlash at the beginning, but with the backing of the royal power and the army, a generation has passed, and the original waves have calmed down. Now the new adventurers They have already taken serving the country as a matter of course. Even rare professions such as mages have also consciously gone to register and become a member of the official.

Undoubtedly, this is tantamount to declaring war on the old management, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many neutral forces such as adventurers, mercenaries, mage associations, and the church of the gods. And assassination is already commonplace. His powerful guards who came from nowhere have never let him down. Even demigod-level assassins have fallen in his hands. He has never been afraid of any enemy's provocation.

But on the other side of the high-handed rule, the domestic grievances are really not small. Countless people hope that he will die early, and many people hope that the Bayer Empire will return to the past. In the eyes of those who are interested, this seemingly powerful country, In fact, the foundation is not solid, and it is always crumbling in the wind and rain. It is only a matter of time before it falls apart.

The biggest and most fundamental problem is that Oros XIII has no descendants.

Maybe it was because he was injured in the early battles, or maybe the so-called theory of Yinde really worked. Anyway, although he had countless harems, he still couldn't give birth to a child. On the contrary, two concubines became pregnant, but they were killed by him the next day. They were dragged to feed the dogs, and all of a sudden, rumors that the Bayer Empire was doomed to have no heirs spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Of course, in order to solve this problem, he has also made efforts, such as taking in a lot of adoptive sons and adopted daughters, and after going through the wind and rain, there are probably more than 20 of the thirty or forty adopted sons and adopted daughters who have survived to this day , and Eoros' suspicious character, those who are too capable will be eliminated early, but it is basically unrealistic to find the heir that is accepted by all forces.

The oldest righteous prince Carlostan is over fifty, but he looks older than the emperor. The prince can live until now only because he is incompetent, not as ambitious as their elder brother, and he does not have the extravagant hope of being able to ascend the throne in his lifetime. On the throne.

"Anyway, he is in his seventies, and he doesn't have many days left. Let's wait for him to die, when the time comes..."

There is a self-evident unspoken rule in the main plane. The short-lived king must be short-lived. The gods will not allow the immortal king to exist. If a hundred years still miss the kingship, then the divine punishment will come unexpectedly.

The careerists sharpen their teeth in the dark, waiting for the old lion king to die in old age, among them are not only the wealthy wolves of the foreign race. And the same shaky old lion. His prince brothers who are still alive have been looking forward to his death for a long time. The lion king has fallen, and the fat territory will naturally usher in a new round of competition.

"It's not far away, it's not far away, and he hasn't practiced any martial arts or magic. Now he's just relying on the medicine jar to support him. Maybe he'll fall down tomorrow."

But today, the old king who seemed to be coming to an end, ushered in a long-awaited date. It was a visitor wearing a black cloak, led by the royal guards, into the garden of the old emperor.

"Emperor Esso, your personal arrival is the glory of our entire empire. It's a pity that it's not suitable to disclose the relationship between us now, and we can't entertain you with a feast."

The old king let go of the dignity of the king, got up quickly, and personally greeted the visitor who came with the night, just because the man in black in front of him was an immortal king who was far older and nobler than him.

Welcome to the face of Oros. Emperor Esso had no intention of staying in this plane. Every point is a torment for him, and he went straight to the point without hesitation.

"Maybe, we never cared about those false names. The only thing that can make me come is the real benefits. Then, young king, have you made a decision? Do you finally decide to embrace death and become one of us? attain true immortality."

A sudden gust of wind blew by, revealing the real face under the hood of the long robe, or, it should be said that there was no face, but the burning green flame in the skull already explained everything.

The undead who can be called the great emperor is probably only the legendary undead emperor. In front of these ancient emperors from the plane of death, even the modern gods are just juniors.

Countless shackles and seals covered the body of Esso the Great, but just the leaked power of death caused the black wind to billow in the royal garden, a large number of plants died instantly, and the land began to wither. There are bones returning to the world.

Facing this terrifying power that could make a brave man fearful, Oros, who was just a mortal, smiled.

"Back then, everyone knew that I, Oros, was the most trustworthy. From the moment you saved me thirty years ago, from the day that ancient contract was concluded, our agreement is destined to be valid forever."

Oros XIII also opened up his fine clothes, revealing his upper body, only to see that a piece of the abdominal cavity was missing, where the heart should have been, but it was pushed together with dark bones and rotten meat, which was expensive. Not even the perfume of silver roses could mask the stagnant stench of corpses.

Obviously his physical body was disgusting and frightening, but Oros' smile remained the same, seemingly painless, but only the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes made him look a little depressed.

"I have been a living dead for more than thirty years. From that day on, do I have any other choices?"

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Unlike the south where there are long days, the northern regions tend to get dark earlier in winter, especially at the end of winter, when it is only after six o'clock in the afternoon, and the whole of Defende is already completely dark.

Magic Lamps, the latest product of Magic Mechanics, have been distributed to every household as a daily product, but most of the families still have the usual living habits of the past. After dinner early, lie down in the warm bedding, Get ready tomorrow morning.

There were no pedestrians on the bustling streets a few hours ago. Pedestrians were either hiding in their warm homes or getting drunk in bars and hotels. After all, even at the end of winter, the cold at night was still deadly. Death on the street or something, although it is a pity, happens from time to time.

When the whole city seems to have fallen into silence, there is a place on the outskirts of the south of the city, where there is a closed three-story bungalow area, there is no distinction between night and day, it is always bright all night, and there is always noise.

"Boom!" The loudest sounds were all kinds of explosions. Judging from whether the person flying in the sky was a goblin engineer or an alchemist, one could tell that there was an alchemy laboratory and an engineering laboratory.

In the blacksmith's shop in a corner of that closed area, the sound of knocking and knocking never stopped no matter day or night.

At this time, I am also here, checking the progress of an important work.

"Juzitou, how is the situation? How is the quality of these ores. Can it meet the demand?"

"This batch of magic iron ore is of good quality, and our few mines can produce such special goods. You should buy it from Oran."

Seeing me nodding silently, old Hoyle continued with satisfaction.

"If the materials can keep up, the progress is still very smooth. But the time is too fast. In three days, I can probably produce something. I can run, jump and watch, but I definitely can't fight."

"It's just as good as it looks."

To showcase new equipment, the most important thing is the design idea and the new technology in it. Anyway, those invited guests may not know the goods, just fooling around is enough. With orders and funds, I will actually start the production line.

"..."

The cold winter wind turned the dwarf's wine nose red from the cold, but the dwarf took a sip of wine with a displeased face. He didn't answer. As a senior armor master, he was quite dissatisfied with rushing to make inferior products.

"Is it worth it? In order to find me, I searched all the flower streets."

"Hmph, don't be too self-righteous, it's just by the way. If you work here obediently, it will save me a lot of trouble. Guess what will happen to your brothers if I tell your brothers that they were locked in because of you. you."

"Those unscrupulous bastards will just tear me apart. Sly, lanky human beings who pick on old Hoyle. Be careful your daughter doesn't grow a beard."

Taking a puff on his pipe, the dwarf muttered a dwarven-style swear word under his breath, then picked up the hammer and continued clanging.

Hoyle, a gray dwarf, a master blacksmith specializing in armor, nicknamed Orange Head, a member of the League of Gentlemen, is also my most trusted master blacksmith, and his skills have gone a step further in cooperation with goblins. If he wants to give his current The level of armor forging ability may have surpassed the boundaries of mortal masters and reached the realm of legend.

The advancement of lifestyle professions is far more difficult than that of combat professions. Legendary combat professions have their own soul emblems and their own unique paths, while legendary blacksmiths also have their own paths.

But his path is so special, so special that it is the only one in the world, so special that it really can't do without him.

In the blacksmith shop, the one beaten by old Hoyle was a goblin mech. This is not too unusual. The goblin harvester and the mechanical giant are already very mature engineering products, but the strange thing is this mecha size.

The height of the mech is 2.4 meters, and the weight of the mecha itself probably exceeds 150 kilograms. If the energy engine composed of the "Olivia's Box" on the back is not working and exerting the power of its own power, even the orcs will Can't wear armor like this.

The streamlined armor is inlaid with obsidian protective plates. This kind of special protection used to strengthen the chariot is far superior to the plate armor of the knights. Even the small-caliber goblin artillery can only leave a trace.

Yes, this is not a mechanical battle partner, but a pure armor. There will be soldiers wearing armor inside it, not the driver who operates the mech.

"Although this design idea is good, but the problem is also in front of you. If you don't have the ability to control the elements, you won't be able to activate its magic power circuit. Even if you have my special magic power parts, if the magic power is not enough, it will be just a pile of scrap iron."

"Don't worry, there are quite a few of my subordinates who have the ability to control elements. I give priority to supplying your funds and materials. I will finalize the shape as soon as possible, and then strive to start mass production next year. I will find some people who have been taken advantage of as sponsors and experimenters. You Just be bold and innovative. Those 'good-hearted people' will use their lives to feed back the data of your work."

Seeing this old dwarf who fell into a working state and became silent, touched the solid protective plate of the heavy armor and the steel body, I couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.

"With this, my Four Spirit Swordsmen can at least triple their combat power... Should I paint it red and install a ram?"

To decide how far a career can go, not only depends on its strengths, but also its weaknesses.

The worst of the four-spirit swordsman is probably still the defensive ability of a mortal body. A mature four-spirit swordsman must not only sharpen his own magic sword skills, but also train hard to control the ability of elements, and specialize in swordsmanship. It is extremely unrealistic to expect them to have the same hand-to-hand combat ability as ordinary knights and warriors without counting magic power.

The fragility of their physical bodies and the need to use magic power also forced them to wear light armor on the battlefield, in stark contrast to those muscular boys who were still able to move freely wearing heavy armor weighing dozens of kilograms .

But on the battlefield, weak defense is the most deadly. Bows and arrows are always the most cost-effective killing weapon. Bows and arrows are flying all over the sky. You can encounter them every time. The magic swordsman who has worked so hard to be killed by a stream arrow or gravel What a waste of money.

"The first batch of mechas, the "Sith Warrior" model with high protection, high power increase, and short-range explosive capabilities, are all supplied to the Silver Cross Corps (Four Spirit Swordsmen). The second batch of mechas includes The 'interstellar machine gunners' with high mobility, medium protection, and high continuous combat capability are all supplied to magic bullet shooters and top hunters."

In my long-term blueprint, the armored army of the future has already formed a battle formation. Between the armored dragon and the giant metal battle statue, countless armored warriors act as the main force. They accompany me all the way to kill demons and gods. Song drove the demons back to the abyss, and kicked the undead emperors back to the plane of death.

"The firepower special type 'Tauren machine gunner', the sword master special type 'Force Master', haha, I can conceive a perfect upgraded version now."

When the magical steel army of the new era takes shape, I will let these old antiques who are still alive in the Middle Ages deeply understand what is meant by "advanced technology is combat effectiveness" and "lag behind is beaten". The sound brought me back to reality.

"Don't dream, many parts of this thing are extremely demanding, and now only I can make them, your local craftsmen will break even a kitchen knife, even if I work hard for you, one every three months is considered fast, Besides, even if I can keep up with the progress, can your mineral materials keep up? Just relying on the open-pit loose mines of the barbarian tribe, even if you don’t have enough materials in ten years.”

"Also, you can still buy pig iron ore, but the output of magic ore is too small. If you can't get high-grade magic ore, your mecha army will be the target of thunderstorm spells."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but frown, although it was uncomfortable to have my dream interrupted, but what he said was the truth.

The matter of mining there has already started, but the battle situation here has involved all my energy, coupled with the lack of large-scale equipment in the cold and freezing weather, it is already the limit to obtain some open-pit minerals by simple and rough mine explosions, and deep excavation has not yet been completed. Expand.

"It seems that I have to go there again. A mining area is not safe, and I need to prepare a few more. Or.... Ask the Holy Church to knock more." (To be continued..) ()