Chapter 308: Reasoning with Allies, Discussing Firepower with Enemies (12)

Naya Manor.

Spinn Mage stood at the entrance of the underground secret chamber, reporting respectfully: "Your Majesty, the secret chamber has been fully prepared."

According to your blueprints, it is divided into inner and outer chambers; the inner chamber is a cube with 30‑meter sides, the outer chamber is 20 meters high with length and width exceeding 80 meters, and it has been given specific rune reinforcement.

One could say the entire manor's underground has been hollowed out.

Luosen stood at the doorway, surveying the chamber's arrangement, then released a detection spell inside, and carefully sensed the power resonance effect within the chamber.

After a few minutes, he nodded: "The precision is a bit lacking, but overall it's still usable."

I still need to fine‑tune it a bit. You stand guard at the door and don't let anyone disturb my casting.

Yes, Your Majesty.

After Luosen entered the secret chamber, he began to cast a transformation spell.

Spinn Mage's transformation skill was still quite good, but he only knew the blueprints, not the specific principles of the technique, so he fell short on many details, especially in precision.

What Luosen needed to do was to carry out a refinement, and based on that refinement, construct the final step to completely finish this large elemental projection chamber.

The workload was not large, but the construction standards were extremely high; Luosen took over an hour to finish it completely.

Upon completion, he immediately entered the inner chamber of the elemental projection chamber.

This is an elemental resonance cavity with 30‑meter sides.

Its volume is considerable, yet the precision of its spatial shape reaches the 10‑micrometer level.

Just a glance gives the feeling of superlative precision, as if it were a "god‑made object".

After everything was finished, Luosen came to the reserved safe casting position within the resonance cavity.

First he cast a defensive spell of ten‑thousand Luosen scale to prevent the projection from being disturbed.

When the spell was completed, the inner walls of the secret chamber showed a strong metallic sheen.

Immediately afterward, he cast a coordinating spell of the same scale to neutralize the minor interference that the defensive spell would cause to the impending large elemental projection.

Then Luosen spread his arms wide, focused his mind intensely, and through the power of faith connected to a blood‑flesh substitute within the empire.

Controlling the substitute, he stepwise activated the large elemental projection device set up in the northern mountains of Swan Castle.

So‑called elemental projection is essentially the same as phase‑shift technique; it is a kind of "spacetime transfer technique".

Although the principle is the same, the means of realization differ, and so does the difficulty.

Depending on the transmission target, there is a distinction between elemental projection and spiritual projection.

Depending on the completeness of transmission, there is a distinction between global projection and local projection.

According to precision, there are two kinds: non‑living projection and living projection.

Traditional phase‑shift technique belongs to global living projection.

Its difficulty is extremely high, its limits are great, its consumption is enormous; at present only living beings can achieve it via "self‑casting".

What Luosen has achieved is "extrinsic casting, large‑scale, non‑living element global projection technique".

It is commonly called the "planar transfer technique".

Considering the projection itself, the casting difficulty is actually not high.

The entry threshold is especially high because it requires a vast amount of power as support.

Getting back to the point.

"Buzz buzz~~~ buzz buzz~~~~"

As the projection proceeded, huge power undulations surged continuously in the secret chamber, causing the air to show one ripple after another like heat waves.

But because of the massive protective barrier and the secret chamber's special structure, this tremendous commotion was almost completely shielded; what finally reached outside the chamber was equivalent to a low‑tier spell.

After the ripples lasted about five minutes, a gigantic light‑shadow reaching directly 20 meters suddenly appeared in the air.

After the light‑shadow appeared, it quickly shifted from illusory to solid, ultimately becoming a spheroid polyhedron whose surface was carved with many strange runes.

This is the super‑power core that Luosen specially forged for this operation, which he calls the "Eternal Heart".

At critical moments it can provide immeasurable power—not only can it supply Luosen with vast mana, it can also greatly strengthen the magic ring within a ten‑kilometer radius, and when needed, construct a huge magic‑ring prison.

So where does all this power come from? Naturally, through "heavy‑nucleus fission".

In other words, it is a small fission reactor.

It weighs close to 100 tons, and to complete this cross‑planar projection the power consumed is roughly equivalent to completely annihilating 10 kilograms of element.

Put another way, that is about equivalent to detonating a super‑nuclear bomb with a yield of 8 billion tons of TNT, or detonating 160 Tsar bombs.

To obtain this power, the Natural Empire ran the three newly built giant solar cores of Weilan continuously for three days and three nights.

If placed in the era of burning Black Stone, perhaps this power could be afforded, but the cost would be unacceptable.

After the Eternal Heart appeared, Luosen quickly checked its performance, confirmed everything was normal, and then activated it.

"Buzz~~~~"

In the low but majestic buzzing sound, the cube slowly started up and began to output pure magical power.

This way Luosen gained his own exclusive power source, no longer needing to draw mana from the Nawatu Plane magic ring.

Naturally, it would cause no interference to the plane's magic ring.

Thus, from the perspective of the void, one could completely fail to sense any movement in this secret chamber.

But this is not enough.

To prevent the Eternal Heart from being destroyed by enemies, Luosen made further settings to put it into "safe operation" mode.

In this mode the Eternal Heart will establish around it an unprecedented‑scale magical shield whose strength is extremely close to that of the high‑energy spellcraft domain.

To break through this shield's defense, unless a great god charges forward wielding a divine artifact, it is impossible.

Only now did Luosen finally feel completely at ease.

He turned and came to the outer chamber of the secret room.

First he completely sealed off the inner chamber, and then he himself linked to the Eternal Heart inside via ghost resonance.

Because the distance is short, loss is minimal, and the power transmission efficiency reaches 99%.

After all preparations were complete, Luosen began a larger-scale elemental projection.

Wooo~~~ wooo~~~~

One after another, rings of air ripples spread outward from his body, and in the air small rectangular light-shapes kept appearing one after another.

The light-shapes then turned into numbered boxes, which were neatly stacked in this underground chamber.

After about half an hour, the chamber was nearly filled with neat boxes, each containing individual military equipment for mundane combat.

Only then did he say to the Spin mage guarding the chamber door: "I'm ready here; go notify Amonke to come get the weapons."

Yes, Your Majesty.

While the Spin mage called for people, Luosen did a final check of the munitions, confirmed everything was normal, and then waited patiently in the chamber.

About an hour later, a deep male voice came from outside the chamber: "Your Majesty, I have arrived."

He was Naya's cousin, the chiliarch of the Sky Guard of Youlai City, Amonke.

With a thought from Luosen, the protective spell surrounding the chamber vanished: "Come in, chiliarch."

The chamber door was pushed open, and a group of short but sturdy men walked in, their features somewhat resembling Naya's.

His soul strength was at the peak of the nine rings; although he cultivated magical power, most of it was used to maintain his own physical strength and various defensive spells, typical of a battle mage. Upon seeing Luosen, he gave a military salute and addressed him as "Your Majesty."

He was not alone; behind him followed five trusted aides, who likewise saluted Luosen.

Luosen nodded in response, and with a thought, a munitions box slid over from the side.

He opened the lid of the munitions box, and inside lay a neat row of dark, lustrous firearms.

At first glance they resembled traditional firearms, but the craftsmanship was noticeably finer and the materials appeared more high-end.

Luosen picked up a firearm, pulled the bolt, which emitted a metallic "clack", and began to introduce the weapon's performance.

"High-precision automatic rifle, codename 'Blazing Sword', made with hardened krypton-forged spiral rifling high-pressure barrel, high-precision active dead-light scope, effective range reaches 2 kilometers, attack strength within a kilometer is Legendary +5."

Clatter~~

Luosen then pulled over an ammo box, opened it, and inside lay rows of cyan-black runic bullets.

"These are the standard runic bullets for the Blazing Sword, made of a special alloy, with powerful armor-piercing and magic-piercing capabilities."

While speaking, he used Mage Hand to quickly press the bullets into the magazine, then with another "clack" chambered a round.

"The Blazing Sword is the main weapon of my Natural Empire's special forces; each rifle comes standard with ten magazines, each holding a hundred rounds."

He spoke while holding the rifle level, simultaneously constructing a special force-field spell target in front of the muzzle.

"Its usage is basically the same as the Nawate firearm."

"But there are two modes. One is automatic rapid-fire mode: look at this button, push it to the position, then pull the trigger."

Rat-tat-tat~~~ rat-tat-tat-tat-tat~~

The rifle emitted a deep, powerful vibration sound, not harsh, basically inaudible beyond fifty meters; at the same time, the muzzle spat out a small wisp of blue flame.

After the bullet left the muzzle, it immediately entered the force-field spell range, its speed sharply decreasing, revealing a clear visible helical trajectory within the field.

"See? This weapon fires a single bullet that spins at high speed in the air, completely unlike the scatter mode of firearms."

"Thus, its recoil is much smaller than that of firearms, its range far greater, and its precision much higher."

"If you hold the trigger down without moving, it can fire at most 800 rounds per minute."

"Of course, it's best not to do that, as it would be pointless."

After firing a burst, Luosen adjusted to another firing mode.

"Now it's high-precision single-shot mode; with the dead-light scope engaged, it can achieve near-perfect straight trajectory in any weather, with deviation no more than 5 mm within 1000 meters."

"This is achievable not only because the firearm's precision is extremely high, but also due to the magic-piercing property of the runic bullets."

"These specially crafted bullets can ignore gravity and air resistance affecting trajectory, achieving perfect straight-line attacks within a kilometer."

As a chiliarch, Amonke was naturally familiar with firearms, and the more he listened, the more shocked he became.

He took the rifle Luosen handed over, followed Luosen's pointers, test-fired a few rounds at the force-field target, and felt the weapon was very easy to control.

It is much gentler than firearms, yet its power is astonishingly great—truly every shot a blaze, every strike legendary.

But he had some reservations: "Your Majesty, such fine runic bullets don't look cheap."

He felt it was less like waging war and more like throwing gold away.

He was afraid the bullets might not be enough.

Luosen saw his worry and pointed to the nearby pile of ammo boxes stacked like a mountain.

"Time is tight; we didn't have time to prepare more."

"Here we have two thousand Blazing Swords and one million runic bullets; that should be enough for a while."

Amonke's body shuddered, his rifle almost slipping from his grasp: "How many?"

He seemed to have heard the number one million.

But such superb runic bullets, each a precious treasure, can they really be measured in 'one million'?

The aides behind him were also dumbfounded, shocked by the emperor's grand gesture.

What Luosen wanted was exactly this effect; his Natural Empire's magitech industry has been developing for nearly ten years since its inception.

The scale of its industry and its output are beyond the imagination of the impoverished Nawate.

Clatter~

He then pulled over another munitions box, opened it, and inside were rod-like objects over a meter long, as thick as an adult's arm.

"'Directed explosive blast, also called the 'Howling Lance'; point the tip at the target, activate the attack rune, and it will fly there on its own.'"

"'Its flight speed is 200 meters per second, it can fly up to four kilometers, and it can unleash a blazing shockwave of Legendary 10 power, accompanied by metal fragmentation.'"

"'This weapon is used for breaching fortifications or dealing with legendary powerhouses. Not many—we've prepared ten thousand for now.'"

Amonke felt a bit numb, sensing that the Natural Empire was truly filthy rich.

Splash~~

Luosen then brought over a third crate, but it was an equipment crate; when opened, it contained a set of excellent individual equipment.

"War God individual equipment set."

"War God helmet: when worn, it increases the warrior's soul strength by Legendary +1, grants immunity to soul strikes below Legendary 10, and comes with night-vision goggles."

"War God armor: it can block elemental and magical strikes below Legendary 10 strength, weight 10 kilograms."

"War God gloves: fireproof, waterproof, heat-insulating; wearing them allows one to directly scoop things from lava."

"War God boots: fireproof, waterproof, heat-insulating; they allow one to walk directly on lava."

"Time is short, so we prepared 2000 sets; each soldier's size has two sets prepared, one for use, one for change."

Amonke swallowed his saliva secretly, thinking to himself: 'Then am I not bringing 1000 Legendary warriors?'

It just felt fake, not like it was real.

Rosen Ziran could see that, but he didn't explain further, because the fact is the best explanation.

He got to the point: 'In half a month's Sky Council, Naya will propose to banish the light demons, but the council surely has many councilors bewitched by these void demons, even brainwashed.'

'They might not listen to reason, and might even think of allying with the light demons to launch a surprise attack on the Sky Council.'

'Your task is to ensure the council proceeds normally and to decisively repel any invading light demons and their accomplices.'

'By then, he will also attend the council; first he will reason, if reason fails, then he will use firepower.'

"No problem?"

Amonke originally felt it was very problematic, after all they only had a thousand people.

But now, with so many powerful war implements, he feels his strength is terrifying.

Splash~~

He again gave a military salute to Luosen: 'Your Majesty, glory belongs to you; leave the enemies to us to settle!'

Luosen, however, shook his head.

His gaze swept over the warriors, and he said in a solemn voice: 'We are all disciples of Saint Fidermont, and Nawat will forever be a mortal realm.'

'Any void being that attempts to invade Nawat, whether they call themselves god or demon, is our enemy.'

'Therefore, glory should belong to all mortal heroes!'

Those two words made the officers' blood boil; they clenched their fists, raised them high, and roared: 'Glory belongs to all mortal heroes!'

(End of chapter)