The matter of the intruders did not affect my daily routine much. Even the outco of the investigation ended with Misseger telling , the won and children have been spared, and that was it.
I did not bother questioning her further Andassis the Seventh really had no reason to deceive on such an inconsequential matter.
In fact, the king was more than busy with recent events. The palace was on high alert, though I would still spot the king from ti to ti, and perhaps glean so passing information off him.
Essentially, he was hurrying about in preparation for their counterasures against the kingdom of Ertalon. Lest one forgot, they were the true masterminds of that recent party in the lab.
If there was soone most affected, it would be ister Belud. It was his disciples who turned out to be spies, and Misseger spared no efforts in digging out this fact. Her decision to use psychic magicks indiscriminately against the two isters students was not well-regarded.
ister Amori was a mber of the royal family, thus he was never likely to make a fuss out of this, but ister Belud was no loyal family mber. He was a temperantal dwarf to begin with, and this stint in the kingdom was only temporary Thus he was beside himself when he learnt of his disciples fate. Though it was worth noting that he himself was a suspect by association.
It was only after a round of intense surveillance that he was declared innocent. Freedom returned, the dwarf imdiately went on strike. It took the combined efforts of Andassis the Seventh and ister Amori to finally convince him to return to work, but that did not an he was happy about it either.
For the first few days, his face was blacker than a hamr, raring to find trouble with anyone he could -not , of course.
In spite of that, the dwarven ister was still a valuable team mber.
Thanks to the completion of the first prototype, the only question that remained was how to preserve as much strength of the first inside the subsequent mass-produced pieces.
It took another whole week of tests and discussions to finally iron out a new prototype.
The ditation Stones were still required, but the amount required per armor was reduced from three to one. This had the effect of increasing the activation ti from 0.5 seconds, seen in Wyrm, to 3.0 seconds. The synchronization rate had also taken a hit, aning there was a greater ti lag between the pilot and the machine.
However, the reduction of two ditation Stones ant that we saved a total of 4000 gold pieces per suit. Yet even that was an underestimation of the future cost savings. With the roll-out of these machines, the prices of ditation Stones would only skyrocket. No amount of legislation would reverse this trend. The lure of money was no small temptation, one that could even supersede the law at tis!
The durability of Wyrm was in large part due to the use of dragon scales and Redleafs arrays. Such extravagance was naturally impossible in a mass-produced magitek armor.
The scales alone were a headache. Adding on the fact that carving those arrays required manpower and were prone to failure, the cost would be astronomical.
In the end, it was decided that the magic resistance would be provided from the use of Duranium. For its cost, it was one of the better magic resistant tals.
The dragon skeleton used in Wyrm was also swapped out for any high-level magical beast skeleton. The outer armor plating was changed to use a newly-developed alloy, invented by ister Belud himself. Its durability could withstand the full-force strike of a six-star, bordering that of a seven-stars defense.
Even so, the total cost of producing magitek armor ca out to 25000 gold pieces
Thankfully, the effectiveness of a magitek armor far-outweighed its cost. A trained pilot could easily take on a five-star, while an ace pilot could take on a six-star!
This newly-developed model capable of mass production was called the ssianic Knight. It was a full set of jet-black armor that was very reminiscent of heavy infantry -Redleaf gave the aesthetics a flat 0/10.
Aesthetics aside, this new model was a force to be reckoned with, whether we were talking about its physical defenses or magical defenses.
Its armants were a greatsword or a spear, basically dieval weapons. Of note was that the ssianic Knight model inherited the shoulder cannons of Wyrm, albeit at a lower firepower.
All in all, it took us two months to finish the first batch of mass-produced ssianic Knights. But that celebratory mood was swiftly dampened by the onset of bad news War had broken out
Andassiss northern neighbor, the kingdom of Ertalon had declared a surprise war. With lightning-fast tactics, they had swept up ten territories, and were on course towards the heartlands of the kingdom!
The reason for their rapid progress was simple -the nobles in those lands had surrendered.
This news arrived at the dead of night, rousing the king from his slumber with a fury that nearly blew the palace up
On the morning of the following day, a visibly older, and visibly tired king ca knocking on our lab door with his bodyguard.
Honestly speaking, his visit caught off-guard. Shouldnt he be busy working on the war? What was he doing here? A movie?
The majority of his lords had already surrendered to the enemy. Those who did not give up at first quickly did so upon seeing the massive army of the enemy. Even those who chose to fight to the death could do nothing against a giant army of 20000.
With the threat of a giant army on their doorstep, and treacherous nobles to contend with, the kingdom was in turmoil. The peasants were fearful, and the remaining nobles were contemplating switching sides. By this point, the king was on the verge of collapse So what was he doing here?
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