Magic Industrial Age

The night grew deeper, and the world became even darker. Although the streetlights hanging on the main street had windproof covers, they still swayed in the night wind, causing the already dim yellow light to flicker uncertainly.

Even so, it couldn't stop Roy's footsteps.

He had neither a lantern nor a torch, but his movements were swift and silent, like a ghost in the darkness, flashing forward in the shadows.

But this was not entirely due to his own ability!

In fact, he had only been in this city of Auckland for two months and couldn't be considered very familiar with it.

But who told him to have Deep Blue!

Deep within his pupils, a blue light seemed to flicker, revealing a three-dimensional map.

Like a navigation system, it marked the starting point, destination, and Roy's route, with a flashing dot representing himself.

Roy had spent only a day wandering around to complete this map of Auckland.

With this map, Roy was able to move around like a fish in water.

And his target was Lombard Street 1, Mrs. Cassidy's rental house in the bustling South District.

This was his residence in Auckland. Although he came to study, and Philant Magic Academy also provided accommodation, he had his own secrets, and the academy's four-person rooms were not suitable for him.

Therefore, he carefully selected and rented a house off-campus.

Time flew by quickly, and in about half an hour, Roy was already standing in front of a house.

He took out the key, gently opened the door, and, using the sparse moonlight, prepared to go upstairs along the wooden floor.

Even though his footsteps were very light, the old wooden stairs creaked.

As a result, the light of an oil lamp lit up in the corner room on the first floor, and an old woman with gray hair poked her head out.

"Is that you back, Mr. Roy?"

Roy paused and said, "Mrs. Cassidy, I'm disturbing your rest."

"I'm old, and my sleep is light anyway. It's nothing. Is there anything I can help you with, Mr. Roy?

I've prepared hot water in the kitchen for a good bath, and there's some bread, bacon, and milk. Having some before bed will warm you up."

Roy thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Mrs. Cassidy?"

"It's no trouble at all!"

The old woman's voice immediately became louder, and she happily walked out of the room. Although her hair was gray, her body was very healthy, even robust.

She went upstairs 'thump, thump, thump', carrying food and milk in her hands, and then prepared hot water for Roy.

As for Roy's clothes thrown aside, stained with blood, she acted as if she didn't see them, directly collected them, and prepared to take them down to wash.

Well, saying it's a rental house is more like a privately run bed and breakfast, providing not only a place to live but also many additional services.

Of course, the price will be much higher.

Roy was also hungry. He swallowed the food in a few mouthfuls, took a nice bath, changed into clean clothes, and lay down on the bed.

Normally, after a night of running around, fighting, and killing, he should have been tired, but at this moment, he was mentally excited and unable to fall asleep.

Looking at the night sky through the window, the dark clouds shifted slightly, revealing a corner of the bright crescent moon, but Roy's thoughts were churning, and his memories went further and further back.

Without a doubt, he was not a native of this world. It wasn't appropriate to call it taking over someone else's nest. He preferred to call it 'awakening past life wisdom,' with two sets of memories in his mind: 'previous life' and 'present life'.

In his previous life, he came from the technologically advanced Blue Star.

He was a standard rich second generation, with money at home, no worries about food and drink, and never had a real job, just spending his days and nights in bars and nightclubs, picking up girls.

In his thirties, he lived a life of luxury and extravagance, but also freely and unrestrained!

And in this life, he was Roy Royfitz, a 17-year-old boy from Fairo Town in the Duchy of Norman.

He had experience studying with a family teacher and was quite accomplished in etiquette, history, and heraldry. He had also trained with the guard captain and learned some basic swordsmanship.

About three months ago, in June of the New God Era 310, he set off from Fairo Town, sailed south, passed through the Silver Sea, intending to study in the city of Auckland in the Habsburg Empire.

But at sea, he was robbed by the Bloody Mary pirate ship. Although he experienced many things, he was no longer the same person.

Of course, the Bloody Mary didn't get any benefits either. It was said that after just finishing the robbery, they ran into a warship of the Habsburg Empire and were chased so hard that they almost ran aground and sank.

Jack the Ripper was captured at that time and was detained in the Alamo prison in Auckland.

As for Roy, after escaping death, he still landed in Fisherman's Port in Auckland as planned and applied to Philant Magic Academy.

After passing the assessment, he is now a first-year student at Philant Magic Academy.

The reason why he approached Jack the Ripper this time was partly because Deep Blue had a need, and he had accurate sources of information.

On the other hand, it was because enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

However, these are not the main points. The main point is that two months of memory sorting made him clearly realize that this is not an ordinary world!

The known continents of the Helka world are two, old and new, both of which are extremely vast.

In the Old Continent, the birthplace of civilization, the forces of various empires, kingdoms, and duchies are intertwined like hemp, and there are many contradictions and constant wars between them.

Moreover, in addition to the human race, the books clearly record elves, dwarves, orcs, giants, and dragons, as well as many magical beasts.

However, after the great Sun God won the War of Faith, these alien races were mostly driven overseas and to the New World.

There are also heaven and hell, real gods and demons, and even transcendent professions that allow mortals to grow continuously.

That's right, this is a fantasy world!

However, if it only stopped there, it would not have exceeded Roy's cognitive scope.

But when the memory was flipped to the end, especially about the Habsburg Empire, he was no longer calm.

The history of the Old Continent is long, with clearly recorded history lasting ten thousand years, spanning many eras.

From barbarism to civilization, from the Heroic Age to the Hundred Clan War, from the chaos of the gods to the unification of faith, from the rise of empires to the Age of Discovery...

Overall, the current Old Continent is a small-scale feudal agricultural economy. Lords and kings divide most of the land, and the knight class of transcendent professions is the basis of rule!

It can be said that this system is very stable and has been passed down for many years, even to the Age of Discovery, it is unbreakable.

If you ask why there is no budding capitalism?

Why is there no major change in the social system?

Roy wanted to say that when gods truly exist, when legendary powerhouses can defeat ten thousand enemies alone, as long as they want to maintain the status quo, they can only maintain the status quo!

But all this changed dramatically after the rise of the Habsburg Empire!

Because of the birth of the magic energy pool and the popularization of magic crystal manufacturing technology, the era finally took a big step forward!

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In fact, hundreds of years ago, the Habsburgs only occupied a small part of the center of the Old Continent, surrounded by principalities.

The Hohenzollern family gradually expanded through eastward conquests and finally established the powerful Habsburg Empire.

But if it only stopped there, it would only be another rising empire in history, just like the repeated history.

But Hohenzollern I was truly ambitious and talented.

He made a decision that changed the era, inviting twelve great magicians to establish the legendary magic research institution, the Royal Society.

Then, the Royal Society came up with the improved technology of the elemental pool—the magic energy pool—and magic crystal manufacturing technology.

In Roy's view, the magic energy pool is like a large power station. Once built, it can continuously supply energy, that is, magic energy.

And this magic energy can be transported to various industries to drive those large mechanical equipment.

For example, bulky smelting equipment, powered by a magic energy pool, and then equipped with a universal power machine, the efficiency is absolutely worlds apart.

For example, magic energy trains, although the current speed is not fast, you can't stand it being tireless and having a large load capacity!

The creator of the magic energy train is a modern alchemist named 'Stephenson'.

There are also magic energy ships, which completely abandon the limitations of sailing warships and are driven by magic energy. Even if they are made of steel, they can float on water.

This is the invention of the great alchemist and legendary mage Fulton.

Of course, if you want to talk about the generally recognized initial use of magic energy machinery, it has to be the technological innovation of the textile industry, the advent of the magic energy spinning machine.

However, the magic energy pool also has shortcomings. It is too bulky, difficult to maintain, and needs to be fixed in a certain place, and cannot be moved at will!

But what if the excess magic energy is stored in a small carrier?

The magic energy locomotive invented by the great alchemist Stephenson is clear proof.

As long as there is a magic supply, it can be driven, running at a speed comparable to that of magical beast horses.

When Roy straightened out this memory, he was no longer calm.

Because, what is this?

In another world, when similar events appear in history, there are only four words to describe it—the Industrial Revolution!

However, this world is different, the types of energy are very different, so change the name, how about the magic energy industrial revolution?!!!

In such an era, turmoil and chaos are almost everywhere, and it must be difficult to survive.

But Roy also has his own golden finger—the intelligent gene housekeeper, Deep Blue!

The new book has set sail, please collect, follow up and recommend, thank you all!