Ultra: Dark Shadow Mage, Founding a Magic Empire

Chapter 23 Magic, spare parts? What did you do?
"Your Majesty! Good news!"

Allen excitedly rushed over with a blueprint and said to Norman who was reading a book: "We have successfully developed the textile machine you mentioned!"

"Now we are making looms? What do you use to weave cloth?"

"Uh... Griffin Fur?"

Alan's long stride paused and he almost tripped over it.

"I was joking. Developing textile machines is the first step. While practicing, we must also pay attention to theory. We must compile the development of science and technology into a book, classify them, and form a system."

"As ordered!"

Alan gave Norman a detailed report on the current developments.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

Due to the sudden increase in population, most of the manpower is in mines and construction sites.

Women were organized according to regions and cities, trying to grow some plants brought out from the hollow in the center of the earth, and raising three-headed dogs and griffins on pastures.

Most of the elderly are idle, a few go to academies to teach, and some study and do research and development on their own.

It's strange to say, precisely because they are unemployed, they always like to live and travel to the Shadow Star, so these old people's magical attainments are even higher.

And because the population is so large, there are also many talented people among them.

Allen's Science and Technology Bureau expanded to 100,000 people, built many branches, and studied different disciplines.

Today, a complete basic theoretical discipline has been established, industrial development has been put on track, and basic models have also been established in fields such as physics.

All you have to do next is wait for time to pass and the seed will naturally grow into a towering tree!

However, under the blessing of magic, it would be better if these growths do not go astray...

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"Magic is actually a way of resonating and utilizing energy."

"Magic power is energy that exists in nature, and through special spells and the arrangement of runes, we can resonate with it, allowing this energy to be released in the way we want, or even absorb it into our bodies!"

"And the amount of stored magic power is one of the criteria for assessing magic levels. In addition to reaching the standard, you must also master the corresponding magic in order to pass the magic level test."

Norman stood on the podium, explaining the basic theories of magic to the students below.

The first class of every first-grade class is taught by him, the principal.

This was a common practice, and Norman gradually stepped down from this position.

After finishing the lecture, Norman returned to the top floor of the library again and discussed with the geniuses gathered there how to construct an atmospheric-level shadow barrier.

After another three years of development, they have made a major breakthrough!
"Your Majesty, we have completed the last test and can go into production!"

As soon as he entered the door, Morton, the vice-president of the magic school, rushed over excitedly and reported the latest developments to Norman.

"We added stability runes, durability runes, and control runes to the magic circle by changing the positions and reducing the number of runes. We have successfully simulated all the effects of the atmosphere!"

"Have all the experiments on the alchemical foundation of the magic circle been successful?"

"Yes! We can build 100,000 array eyes around the world with the Black Throne as the center to create a shadow barrier that can operate autonomously!"

"Do we have enough alchemists?"

"That's enough! Although most of them haven't received complete theoretical education, it's enough to make qualified parts!"

Parts?
When I was teaching and educating people, did you do something weird behind my back?

"Then take action quickly!"

Norman gave the order, and Morton immediately passed it on. The magic factory built on Shadow Star began to operate. The magic craftsmen who had been trained long ago began to divide the work and produce the corresponding parts.

The finished parts will be inspected by specialists, and qualified parts will be transported to the next link for rune carving and magic pattern processing.

Although they did not reach the level of the Industrial Revolution, thanks to Norman's constant guidance, they had already completed the theory and practice of the assembly line.

This is also one of the reasons why the Black Kingdom’s logistics can keep up with the Norman expedition!

Now that we have implemented assembly line operations, manufacturing large quantities of such alchemical components is not only easy but also manageable.

"Your Majesty, look."

"After rune carving and magic pattern processing, it is time to assemble and correct the magic patterns. And the carving is only simple primary magic patterns. Complete magic patterns will be carved after assembly."

Norman followed Alan to visit the factory jointly built by the Magic Academy and the Science and Technology Bureau.

Norman can only say that this factory is very good, very good!

After solving a big problem, Norman gathered a group of people again to think about the problems caused by the disappearance of stellar gravity.

……

More than a decade has passed, and the Black Kingdom is not only developing the Blue Star and Shadow Star, but also the Earth's core cavity.

Because of its special environment, the Black Kingdom's cabinet planned the Earth's core hole into a grain-cultivating area.

Although they cannot calculate how long it will take for the heat in the Earth's core to be completely consumed, judging from the appearance of the hollow space at the center of the Earth, they estimate that it will take about thirty to forty years.

Thirty or forty years is enough time for the Black Kingdom to research, develop and improve magic food.

However, due to the special way of entry and the large number of strange monsters, even the army of the Black Kingdom could not go too deep into it.

Only a small number of bases can be established, and exploration and development can be carried out in batches.

Among the ten exploration teams that set out this time, one was particularly special.

It is a frontier exploration team led by royal descendants, consisting of top students from science and technology institutions and magic academies, and several experts on the geocentric cavity.

Their mission is to go to the deepest part of the earth's core to detect an unknown signal.

"Is this the center of the earth? It's really amazing! There is actually a place with four seasons like this!"

Erica looked at the long-lost light, and her beautiful eyes lit up.

The Emerald Tree Man in a magic robe said, "Yes, but it won't be long before it loses heat and falls into the same situation as the surface."

"By the way, is thermodynamics true?" Erica thought of what the dean had told her before she came here, and asked her senior brother beside her.

"Of course it's true! That's what His Majesty said."

The senior brother was honest and directly mentioned Norman's name.

Erica nodded after hearing this and said seriously: "Since it is His Majesty's words, it must be true!"

"actually……"

A little girl wearing crude glasses said timidly: "Now many experiments can prove it, but some key points have not been confirmed yet, so it cannot be said to be 100% true..."

"Our little sister will definitely be a physicist in the future!" Erica praised.

"That's right!"

"Let's go! The next step of sample collection and data collection will still be up to the little princess!"

Everyone smiled when they heard this, and then headed towards the mission destination.

(End of this chapter)