Mage? Spell Engineer!

Valois Empire Maxim interstellar flagship.

The emperor of the empire was already showing signs of aging. He spent most of his life winning victories and planning the next victory, and had no time to hone his skills in other aspects. Therefore, the arcane blessing of longevity to the emperor is very limited, and wrinkles are re-carving his majestic face.

"My Majesty, the restoration over there has failed, and a mage from the Tower of Stars has been detained by the Alliance." The minister carefully conveyed the news, which made Paul's brows rise.

"I want to know the details."

The minister quickly handed over the first-hand information collected and dictated the summary himself. This is a habit that His Majesty the Emperor brought from his military career. It requires both detailed and brief information, and absolute right to know and efficiency coexist.

After understanding what happened, the emperor shook his head: "It seems that the alliance has long wanted to wipe out the restorationists in one fell swoop, and used the heirs of the royal family as bait. Are those restorationists all stupid, doing things like this? I don't Spend less money to support these people, but you don’t even see the splash!”

Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to push the "Imperial Restoration Faction" in the alliance and cause some trouble for his opponents when he needed it. However, with the arrest of the foreign aid from Tower of Stars, he was in a little trouble.

"You are saying that those who still think about restoring the old empire are just stupid donkeys, aren't they?"

Paul was speechless for a moment. On the one hand, he wanted to ask the minister what he was, who funded the stupid donkey. On the other hand, he was a little confused, because when he was young, the "old empire" and "empire" meant something completely different from what it does today. The former is also called the "ancient empire" by Valois historians.

It seems like everything is becoming distant.

After reloading the language module, the emperor asked: "Do the Imperial High Court and Executive Yuan know?"

"I don't know. Only a few of us Privy Councilors know."

"Okay, then seal the file and end this matter." After Paul made his decision, he looked at the most important component of the Maxim. They were in the forward cabin of the starship at this moment.

The bow of the ship is occupied by huge machines. Troubled runes from ancient times to new ones are carved on various parts, connected in series by integrated magic circuits. In the middle is a large tapered disk, inlaid with more than a hundred crystal nuclei, each of which The size of a wheel hub, they are salvaged from the water elemental plane, polished and engraved with the required patterns.

This looks like a giant machine called "Shield Machine" in Rorschach's previous life, and its function is also similar. It can open up new roads between planes.

As Paul stared at the machine, Master Simon approached. He is the chief of the Alchemy Order of the Tower of Stars and Paul's junior brother.

The leader of the order showed amazing talent during Valois' most turbulent moments, presiding over a large-scale starship manufacturing program on the Kepler space station, laying a solid foundation for the new empire to move into the star realm.

Now he wants to introduce the Tower of Stars, or the most cutting-edge achievement in the entire magical world, to his senior brother and the supreme emperor of the empire: "Your Majesty, do you need me to explain it to you?"

"Although I have already listened to the report, I would still rather hear you introduce it personally." Paul looked at Simon's still fresh face, and vague envy flashed through his pupils.

It is said that since the promotion of the Spell Cloud system, the promotion of mages has tended to be younger. People like Simon who can become a high-level spell caster before the age of forty are likely to have a longer life span than the older generation of archmages.

Simon, who was unaware of the emperor's thoughts, was immersed in the world of technology:

"You must know that cross-dimensional and long-distance teleportation are very difficult things. In the first stage of relevant research in the past, we looked for cross-dimensional teleportation magic from ancient books, especially dead religious rituals.

“The introduction of the descriptor system marks the second stage of research:

"We can finally abstract the steps related to locking the destination in the casting steps and conduct an inductive analysis, and get the first question: Why must pointing to a specific plane show specific casting information, and there is almost a strict one-to-one correspondence. .

“After entering the star realm, we realized the second problem:

"No matter whether the teleportation array is one-way or not, whether its link can be established depends on the starting point. In the past, we basically projected outward from the main material plane. This problem is not prominent enough. When we want to go from other planes to another sub-planet, It becomes especially difficult when moving between super planes or unknown areas.”

"So?" Paul hoped that a sensible minister would stand up at this time and tell Master Simon: The emperor's time is precious.

"So we have the 'hole hypothesis' - the existing cross-border and long-distance teleportation arrays can be established, all relying on the space channels opened up by the divine power of the age of gods. Of course, it is a channel in an abstract sense and has no entity in the material world. .

"This hypothetical theory can also well explain why when the layer of transmutation dust completely envelops the main plane, it is difficult for us to enter the star realm directly, but we can teleport to other planes over long distances, although they are separated by these fragments of the Kingdom of God. and void.

"At the same time, the theoretical model allows us to imagine the process of teleportation - in the material world, the planes are scattered in the void, and the distance is very, very far;

“And in the symbolic world, they are closely connected. The subtle enrichment of symbolic elements and differences in plane laws create a thick transition layer between them, and even a solid space barrier.

"It is the tunnels left by the gods that allow us to cross the void of the material world, enter the star world on the side of the symbolic world, and then come out, realizing inter-dimensionality."

Simon asked the apprentice to unfold a diagram, which made Paul's eyes light up: the diagram marked the existing channels and connected planes. For example, there was no channel between the fire element plane and the water element plane, but they were both connected to the main plane and the air element plane.

For Paul, this was a map of great military strategic significance. The marked areas were no longer scattered between the stars, but had a definite depth and geopolitical relationship.

Of course, the most important hub with the most channels was still the main plane, and the Kepler station on it was not taken down by the Valois Empire, but was guaranteed to be independent by the Magic Guild and the Space Guild.

This made Paul sigh, and what made him even more regretful was that the next technology was not exclusive to the Starry Tower. Simon went on to explain what the machine does:

"And it is the 'channel pioneer' developed by the Tower of Stars, the Tower of Magic and the Tower of Secrets. No, it is the 'channel pioneer' developed by the entire magic guild with all its strength. It integrates almost all our achievements in space. It allows us to drill through the interface like gods and obtain the convenience of teleportation.

"It can even be said that this is our pre-technology to reach the end of the world and lead to the alien universe.

"Not only that, the entire ship is also integrated with the most advanced shield. As its name suggests, it will be 'unshakable'. Only it can shake the entire universe!"

Simon's voice almost trembled at the end, while Paul was not so excited.

He was thinking about something else: It's a pity, it's a pity that the alliance will definitely have similar machines. It is well known that the Tower of Magic and the Tower of Secrets are its backers. Not only that, there is also the Church of Order. For some reason, their "holy expedition" went smoothly, and it seems that there is also this kind of "shield machine" on the ship. No, it is incredible that they can have a starship of such a scale. The damn dwarves, if they have money, they will do any business.

Paul Zhuang asked casually, "Is the Arcane Senate about to hold the 'Sixteenth Annual Meeting'?"

Simon was startled: "How do you know?" He quickly reversed his gaffe in front of the emperor and confessed: "Oh, you are the emperor of the greatest empire in human history, of course you have a way to know. Yes, I will attend with Chief Snow."

The listener vaguely felt that Simon was teasing or even sarcastic, but today was not the time to care.

"I want to go with you." The emperor said firmly, trying not to give the master room to object.

"Do I know why?"

Paul put his hand in his pocket and stroked a faded Star Tower badge: "Because I want to see my senior brother and talk to Rorschach face to face. This Sixteenth Annual Meeting is my only chance."