Black Knight From Blue Star

Chapter 234: Future Growth Route

 The separation of humans and horses was quite successful.

E.P.R's research is indeed correct. Most of the magic power consumed by the Nightmare Knight is used to form a special magic resonance field.

This is also why the Nightmare Knight’s defense ability is so high.

 If the basic concepts are correct, it means that their subsequent advanced research theory is also very likely to be correct.

For example, E.P.R believes that knights can be ‘decomposed’ into various parts with different abilities. According to the needs of the current battlefield, various components are combined to customize the current battlefield or battle. More components can even be prefabricated and 'replaced' during the battle to achieve more flexible tactical changes.

The more Hardy thought about it, the more excited he became. If this theory is correct, then the Nightmare Knight he incarnates in the future will have a pair of propulsion wings and a magic thruster on his back, a magic shield in his left hand, and a long-range attack weapon with magic energy in his right hand. Wouldn't that be a humanoid mobile device? A knight?

 Sure enough, is Oda the end of melee combat?

The Nightmare Knight transformed by Hardy sighed leisurely, suppressing his excitement.

 He is now a lump of iron and can only make movements, but actually has no breathing function.

He walked back to the Nightmare Horse and looked at the Nightmare, which was nearly three meters tall. It had red eyes and didn't like to move around. It seemed like it had no autonomy.

But from the experiment just now, Hardy already knew that the nightmare not only has autonomous consciousness, but it can even hear its own words.

Hardy reached out his hand and, for the first time, gently stroked Nightmare's head like other cavalrymen.

Due to the armor, the Nightmare Head feels very hard.

 But as if he felt Hardy's feelings, Nightmare's round, red eyes actually half-closed.

 “It seems a bit cute.”

Mrs. Sissi whispered from the side.

 Personally, she is actually a little afraid of nightmares.

 The huge size makes it look like a beast. The most important thing is that the dark magic on Nightmare is messy and a bit violent, unlike the dark magic on Hardy, which is stable and thick.

Besides, she is a priest, with light magic in her body, and she does have some instinctive aversion to this dark magic of disorder.

 Just now seeing Nightmare in front of Hardy, like a puppy being pampered by its owner, her fear of Nightmare has dropped a lot.

Now that the separation of humans and horses has been successful, and the nightmare does have its own independent will, Hardy is ready to start testing the third experiment.

 Magical ability enhancement.

 According to E.P.R, after transforming into a Nightmare Knight, your magical ability should not decrease, but should increase.

Hardy stretched out his hand to grab the air, and the black magic power transformed into a long black lance.

With a thought, the lance turned into a long and changing two-handed sword.

 “It really feels a lot easier.” Hardy said to himself subconsciously.

 In riding mode, it is most convenient to turn magic power into a lance. It is not impossible to transform it into other weapons, but it will consume more magic power and is very laborious.

 It’s not as easy as it is now.

 Why is there such a big difference between magic turning into a lance and a long sword in riding mode?

This also proves that E.P.R's argument is correct, because the magic power of the two interferes with each other, forming a strange internal resonance of magic power, which increases the defense of knights and horses in disguise, but also increases the difficulty of casting spells.

 In this case, the lance can be easily transformed.

 Because it is preset and is a basic customization. To put it more simply, it is a professional talent skill.

 Understanding it this way, things are much simpler.

 This is also a problem that Hardy needs to solve now.

  Magic resonance causes the Nightmare Knight's defense to be too high. Whether it is at the physical level or the magical level.

Previously, Nightmare Knight had a weakness of insufficient resistance to 'light magic', but since the goddess of light helped him groom his body, the weakness of low light resistance has disappeared.

 In fact, excessive survivability is not necessary, just use enough.

 It is more practical to convert those overflowing defensive abilities into offensive abilities.

 After all, offense is the best defense most of the time.

Hardy began to think about how to reduce the magical interference between himself and the nightmare.

 Separating the man from the horse is only the simplest solution.

Nightmare has good attack capabilities and can be used as a defense to protect dismounted knights.

 Hardy can be used as a plate mage to perform turret-style output.

 But there is a big problem. In this case, the nightmare's mobility is a bit wasted.

After all, this special demon war horse has not only good speed but also extremely strong endurance.

If you can cast spells on horseback and attack the enemy with spells while running... As long as the magic power is enough, it seems possible to defeat an army of ten thousand people.

Of course, after the Nightmare Knight reaches the legendary level, he also has good spellcasting ability.

But that was done by relying on one's own strength to lift it up, then forcefully rush away, break through the interference of magic resonance, and achieve low-level spellcasting.

To put it another way, if the magic resonance between the two parties is not so strong, one's own defense does not need to be that high... In other words, it can be as high as you want, as low as you want, and you can adjust it freely...

 This is the state Hardy wants most.

 How can I reduce the magical resonance between myself and the war horse?

Generally speaking, the intensity of magic resonance is directly related to the intensity of magic output.

 When man and horse become one, it is inevitable that the magic powers of the two will collide.

If it were so easy to avoid magic resonance, the nightmare knights of the past and present would have been good at casting spells long ago.

Hardy couldn't figure it out himself, but he felt that he could solve the problem for himself with the help of genius' wisdom.

 So during this period, apart from routine inspections of military affairs, he spent the rest of his time studying the few books he had brought back.

Because his magic foundation is not very good, there are many high-level magic and theoretical content, which is very hard to read.

 It is very painful to understand the content bit by bit.

 Learning is inherently painful.

  It is anti-human.

 Only those who have overcome this pain can truly learn.

During this period, the Northern Army was frightened by Hadi's heavy cavalry regiment. After retreating five kilometers, they directly stationed themselves where they were and stayed there for more than ten days without daring to attack.

  Seizing this opportunity, the newly born Rommel royal family showed the high efficiency of a ‘dictator’.

Not only did nearly 10,000 infantry regiments be sent to the city of Kexilan, but even the central and western fronts each sent thousands of reinforcements.

 Hardi met with Sandor Hogg, a young general who came for reinforcements.

When the young man saw Hadi, he bent down and saluted, showing great respect: "Your Excellency Hadi, on the order of King Rommel, you have come to reinforce the city of Kexilan and follow your command."

 (End of this chapter)