Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 403-401: The Magic Eye Network (Please Subscribe)
It's hard to describe how Luo Yi felt at that moment!

It's like all the foreplay has been done, and you're all ready to deliver the fatal blow, only to be abruptly stopped.

The transformation from initial bewilderment to frustration, followed by anger, and finally fury is truly indescribable to outsiders!

After a pause of at least three breaths, Roy finally stiffly turned her head to look at the red dragon Virgil and asked, "Shouldn't you give me an explanation? What's going on?"

Red Dragon Virgil shrugged: "Didn't you see it say on the sign? You need to renew!"

"The Demon Eye Alliance, also known as the Money-Grubbing Alliance!"
The free magic mirror can only match their magic eyes; it seems free, but the playback content afterwards is very expensive.

"So, the five thousand Tills you mentioned before, this is it?"

"That's right, if you want to watch, I can renew my subscription now, but you'll have to pay for it!"

Luo Yi's face twitched, and she took a deep breath, finally suppressing her anger, and said, "Renew the subscription, I'll pay!"

As he said this, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll pay!!!"

"Ok."

Virgil the Red Dragon happily walked to the Magic Mirror, performed a series of operations, and just before making the final decision, turned back to look at Loy.

"Five thousand gold thieves, are you sure?"

Luo Yi expressionlessly took out his dimensional bag, pulled out a box of Kintil, and threw it on the ground.

"Count them yourself!"

"Ok!"

Virgil the Red Dragon slammed his finger down, and the frozen screen began to move again.

However, it was a live broadcast after all, and the scene changed to a battle between these aircraft and the dragons from both sides.

Upon closer inspection, Luo Yi discovered that these aircraft were rather primitive, likely belonging to single-engine, single-seat biplane fighters.

There's a large propeller at the front, and wings on either side of the cockpit; the upper one is larger, and the lower one is smaller.

The entire structure is painted black, reflecting a metallic sheen, clearly indicating that it is made of steel.

However, upon closer inspection, intricate magical runes and flowing magical energy can be faintly seen beneath the black paint.

There is also a seemingly nonexistent defensive force field on the outside of the fuselage.

As for its attack methods, they are relatively limited, consisting of two magic-powered heavy machine guns mounted on the left and right sides.

It wasn't a Maxim Gatling gun, but a specially made six-barreled Gatling gun. Pull the button, and fire would erupt from both sides, unleashing a hail of bullets.

Although the viewpoint was quite high, Roy's eyesight was excellent, and she even caught the words on the fuselage: Fokker!
This made Luo Yi think of even more things.

During this period of information gathering, Roy actually ordered a lot of various periodicals from the magical world of the Habsburg Empire through the Roy Fitz Magical Group.

There were some before, but those were for Lilia to study, and Loy didn't look at them much.

This time, in order to learn more information, I read through many journals, and with DeepBlue's help, I stored them all as data.

This includes some news about the brilliant designer Fogg and his studio.

Their goal is to use magic to drive mechanical flight, so that ordinary mage apprentices can experience speed and excitement in the sky.

In fact, the mainstream direction of the magical world in the Habsburg Empire is airships, which utilize the principle of thermal ascent and are also developed from hot air balloons.

However, the airships had obvious drawbacks: they were slow, large, and easy targets, making them sitting ducks if deployed in war.

Even though the empire had piled on a lot of advanced technology and provided various protections for the hot air balloon, Loy felt that this thing was not suitable for war.

As for the Fokker design team, they have also published papers in journals, but it is clearly still in the experimental stage.

At the time, Roy lamented that the Empire had chosen the wrong path in its magical technology development and had gone in the wrong direction.

But now it seems that it was clearly a deliberate concealment, to be used as a trump card only at the crucial moment.

At this moment, these magical flying machines and the bipedal dragon knights were completely entangled in a fierce battle.

The two sides used the sky as their battlefield, chasing each other, exchanging blows, and firing their battle aura and bullets at each other, creating quite a spectacle.

Luo Yi could actually tell that this Fokker Magic Energy Flying Vehicle was still too rudimentary, unable to perform various high-altitude maneuvers, and its sharp turns, dives, and climbs were not particularly fast.

The problem was that this strange-looking thing appeared so suddenly that it caught the Wyvern Knights off guard.

The frontal barrage of large-caliber bullets killed many bipedal wyverns.

These bipedal dragons howled in agony as they plummeted from mid-air, smashing into a bloody pulp.

Only when most of the wyverns scattered and spun around, dodging with various movements, did they manage to escape unscathed.

When they returned with overwhelming force, they destroyed many magical flying vehicles with their acid breath and claws. The fireworks that exploded in mid-air were quite dazzling, and some flying vehicles, trailing smoke, streaked across the sky before crashing to the ground and exploding into a ball of fire.

The battle was fierce and brutal, with losses on both sides, making it difficult to say who gained the upper hand.

However, the Knights Order is notoriously expensive, and even more expensive than the Knights Order is the Extraordinary Knights Order.

Above that, the Flying Knights became even more expensive.

Whether it's a rider or a flying mount, the money, wealth, and time spent are all measured in years.

In comparison, the Empire's Fokker brand magical flying vehicles are much cheaper, but training pilots is not so easy.

Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, and eventually the fighting ended with a halt and a period of rest and reorganization.

This is just one corner of the battlefield between the two sides.

Luo Yi said he thoroughly enjoyed watching it!

A clash between magic and machinery, a battle between the extraordinary and the mighty—it's hard to say who will prevail.
To outsiders, the endless stream of magical machines from the Habsburg Empire is overturning the established perceptions of the Old World.

In the following days, Luo Yi would go to the Golden House whenever she had free time, and gradually she gained a deeper understanding of the so-called Magic Eye Network.

The magic of the Magic Eye has a long history, but it was the new technology brought by the mage god Argus that truly made it popular. After combining with these technologies, the first mature Magic Eye was born.

That is, the kind used on magic warships!
The relationship between the Magic Eye and the Magic Mirror is similar to flying a kite, connected by an invisible magical supply line.

The advantage of this magic eye is that, in addition to observation, it can also locate, teleport, and even communicate in real time.

The downside is that each magic eye corresponds to a magic mirror, which is fixed. If either one is damaged, the whole system is ruined.

The Demon Eye is not positioned high enough, making it vulnerable to targeted destruction, and its field of vision is quite limited.

Nowadays, this type of magic eye has a name: low-altitude magic eye.

Since there is a low-altitude magic eye, there must also be a high-altitude magic eye, or more accurately, a near-orbit magic eye.

This involves extending the distance to a very high level, up to 500 kilometers in the air, almost exceeding the strike range that can be provided by those below the legendary level.

In other words, ordinary methods pose no threat to these demonic eyes.

For this live broadcast, the Magic Eye Alliance mobilized a total of twenty-four Magic Eyes, divided into two groups, which took turns using them day and night, providing a live broadcast of the battle situation in Alsace Province.

You'd be happy to say the Bonaparte Empire and the Habsburg Empire, right?

Of course not!
However, the Magic Eye Alliance is just that arrogant. If you're not happy, it doesn't stop me from doing live streams!
As for the five thousand gold tiers, it's because the Magic Eye Alliance is genuinely short of money.
Because the King of the Eyes has a grand plan: to create 40,000 low-orbit Eyes to directly envelop the world of Herka.

At that time, nothing that happens around the world will escape the detection of the Demon Eye.

Lloyd admitted that the idea was quite good, but it was not easy to put into practice.

Forty thousand demonic eyes—that's not about the money; it's about where you're going to find the eyeballs of twenty thousand suitable large demonic beasts!

Loy once asked the red dragon Virgil why the Magic Eye Alliance was so short of money, yet didn't think about making the Magic Mirror more widespread?

He believed that many nobles would be interested in the magic mirror and its contents, and would certainly not be stingy with Kintil.

Virgil the Red Dragon gave two reasons for this.

Firstly, the magic mirror requires a considerable amount of magic energy to operate, and if it weren't for the supply from the mage tower, an ordinary second-tier mage wouldn't be able to maintain it for more than ten minutes.

Of course, there are ways to overcome this problem.

After all, legendary mages are rare, but there are still many mage towers.

So, the root cause is still looking down on them.

The King of the Demon Eyes held ordinary people in contempt; without legendary strength, one was not even qualified to come into contact with his creations.

Therefore, even if Red Dragon Virgil wanted to trick Roy, he would only be willing to bring him into this circle after Roy achieved the fourth-tier Calamity.

You have to admit, in this extraordinary world, personal ability is the key to entry.

If you lack strength, no matter how influential you are, you will be looked down upon!

This reason is very good and powerful, and it fits the national conditions of this world. It left Luo Yi speechless and heartbroken.

What kind of magic mirror is this? It's clearly a television set!
This market must be huge! If we expand it further—TV series, movies, animation, news, and all sorts of things—it's incredibly lucrative!
It's ridiculous that it only circulates within a very small circle for such a laughable reason; it can only be described as 'outrageous'.

At one point, Luo Yi even had the idea that he absolutely had to get his hands on this magic eye technology; in his hands, he could definitely create all sorts of amazing things.

Of course, this was just wishful thinking; the nine legendary archmages of the Demon Eye Alliance brought his overheated mind back to calm.

Furthermore, there's the ability to directly observe the battle through the magic mirror, and the constant stream of information gathered from it.
Luo Yi even dared to assert that this impending final battle would, to a certain extent, determine the future direction and fate of the Old Continent.

　Second update delivered, will be revised again for the third update!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)