Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 410, Section 408: The Fallen Lion (Please Subscribe)
One day later.

Lion Manor, second floor, study.

Luo Yi now held a thick stack of documents, bound into a book-like format.

The black and gold cover is enchanted; it doesn't have much effect, but once opened, it can never be restored to its original state.

Luo Yi fumbled with the cover paper, looking at the four large characters on it—"The Fallen Lion."

Yes, this is the list that Grand Duke Carlisle gave him.
It was taken directly from the Imperial Archives, then transported through the Magic Mirror to the Moonship, and finally delivered to Loy's desk.

It's less of a list and more of a detailed plan and a complete archive.

A faint golden-red aura glowed on his fingers, his fingertips shimmering like knives and blades as he lightly slashed across the cover.

As the battle aura and magic collided, a soft 'pop' sound rang out, the seal was broken, and a slender hand slowly unfolded.

This time, Luo Yi read very slowly. Although there was a blue light flashing in his eyes and the deep blue light was scanning automatically, he read it word by word.

Then, he found what he was looking for.

Cardinal Archbishop of the Church of the Sun God, Blessed by the Lord of Light, a fifth-tier legendary powerhouse, His Majesty Saint Vermont.

This legendary powerhouse, who has lived for a thousand years, was the source of the turmoil in Bremen recently. After bowing to the Pope, his life was extended.

He remains a pillar of Bremen.

The Demon Slayer, the Dragon God's Favorite, the man known as the one who carved through the Blood Abyss Plains, a fifth-tier legend, the Green Dragon Knight Quentin Perkins.

Although the Old World was unified by the human race and almost all the other races were driven out, it is not true that there are no bloodline remnants!

Quentin Perkins is said to have dwarven blood, and is even a noble among dwarves, inheriting the bloodline of the Golden Dwarfs, who are born with immense strength.

Relying on this monstrous strength, he once tamed an adult green dragon on an island in the endless ocean, forged a contract, and thus gained the favor of the dragon god, achieving legendary status.

Thus, he became one of the few dragon knights in the entire Old World.

His most glorious achievement was actually being ambushed and falling into the first level of the abyss, where he fought his way through the Blood Abyss Plains, and finally climbed back up from the abyss.

This is the origin of his title "Demon Slayer"—the number of demons and devils who died at his hands was indeed countless.

This man is absolutely extraordinary; he is now a guest of honor of Napoleon III and the most distinguished guest of the Bonaparte Empire.

The flames that burned down Lion's Castle were the breath of the Green Dragon.

Dark One, Shadow Slave, Fifth-Order Legendary Mage, 'Blackfire' Farin Zacharias.

This person's identity is extremely secretive; no one knows his background, his lineage, or even his school of thought.

He displayed legendary strength the moment he appeared.

He is skilled in dark magic, fire magic, and shadow magic. His methods are extremely cruel, and he enjoys dragging his enemies into the shadow dimension to torture them to death.

Logically speaking, such a person should have been hunted down to death by the church!

However, when you become powerful enough, even if you believe in darkness and manipulate souls, as long as you don't do it too badly and incur the wrath of heaven and the resentment of people, you can still walk in the light.

Even the church will turn a blind eye!
After all, he was a legend, and to kill him, you would need at least three legendary units to even attempt it.

It's just an experiment; if you want to kill them, you have to be prepared to die together.

Therefore, this person is a guest of honor of the Sardinian royal family, invited personally by the queen, and is now a royal retainer.

The meteorite he summoned breached the magical defenses of Lion Castle and burned it to ruins.

These three legends are the three legendary powerhouses who took action in the 'Fallen Lion' plan.

However, contrary to Luo Yi's guess, the one who actually led this operation was the Church of the Sun God.

The so-called Old Noble Alliance and the Witches' Hermitage were both initiated and organized by the Church of the Sun God.

The reason is simple: compared to other countries, the church is actually the one most afraid of magical machines!
Because the church fears that with the expansion of the magic industry, the faith of the Seven Gods will also spread beyond the Habsburg Empire.

Therefore, throughout the Old World, the Church of the Sun God was the most wary of magical machines.

It was also because of the church's interference in secret that, let alone industrial promotion, even simple magical machinery could not leave the country.

The church was extremely vigilant!

It was because of this that Count Karl Raymond, after the Church was unable to effectively stop him from promoting the magic industry, resorted to a drastic measure.

This is actually another way of making an example of someone!
The effect was remarkable; with the destruction of Lion Castle, the Habsburg Empire's industrial expansion plan completely failed.

Even those nobles with ambition were intimidated by it!
From this perspective, if the Habsburg Empire did not have the Church of the Seven Gods, it would likely have been nipped in the bud by the traditions and conservatism of the Church of the Sun God, even if the magic energy industry had begun to take shape.

This is a vicious circle!
It is worth mentioning that the opposition forces of the Church of the Sun God are mostly from the Sun faction, which are conservative and rigid.

But His Majesty Saint Vermont, who made this move, is the founder of the Light faction, who values ​​openness and innovation.

The reason it was him was because the Sun Faction produced an angel skeleton—yes, the very same silver angel skeleton that Luo Yi had acquired—and asked him to take action. At this point, everything Luo Yi had experienced seemed to have finally come to a conclusion.

In addition, Luo Yi saw many other people's names.

Evan Waters, Joseph Carlson, Hilde Zorc, Yasmin Guerrero, Angelina Calvin, Benny Ellis...

These are basically fourth-order natural disasters from the Bonaparte Empire and the Sardinian Kingdom.

The Church of the Sun God found two great kingdoms and then forced them to contribute manpower and resources, drawing them from various places.

Under the cover of the Carlisle family, they entered Flower Country, and under the protection of the traitor Regan Durant, they ultimately caused the tragedy at Lion's Castle.

Only then did the truth finally come to light.

As Luo Yi closed the book, she couldn't help but touch the four large characters on the page.

A fallen lion!

Without his sudden emergence, this plan would likely have truly become the final swan song of the Lion family, just as the book's title suggests.

But he is still alive, the King of Lions is still alive, so there are endless possibilities.

Jingle Bell!
The doorbell rang, waking Luo Yi from his sleep. He rubbed his temples and put the documents in his hand into the cabinet under his desk.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the sacred artifact, the Proverb Ring, from his hand, and it disappeared in a flash, disappearing into the ring.

"Please come in!"

“Your Excellency, it is Lord Robin Water who has come to visit.”

The door opened, and old Hoover pushed it open and entered. But before he could say anything, Lord Robin Waters, the Imperial Ambassador, strode in behind him.

He quickly reached Luo Yi and asked, "Is everything settled?!"

"I've got everything sorted out on my end, what about yours? Have you agreed yet?"

"There were some twists and turns, but in the end His Majesty the Great Hohenzollern made the final decision and agreed."

This gives the Empire's abandoned magical firearms and ammunition a market, allowing them to generate substantial revenue and cover military expenditures.

Lord Robin Waters paused, then said, "This matter is actually quite controversial within the Imperial Cabinet, mainly because it is suspected of aiding the enemy."

However, the Chancellor of the Exchequer eventually persuaded him, and the cabinet unanimously approved the proposal.

"I suspect the finance minister did some accounting for others, taking stock of war expenditures and subsequent subsidies."

Then everyone agreed.

Lord Robin Walter was taken aback and asked, "Is this your guess, or do you have other sources of information?"

Luo Yi couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "Even if I have access to information, can I be faster than you?"

This isn't a guess; I know how expensive a war is, especially with the fighting escalating on the Arthas front. The Imperial cabinet must be struggling with finances.

"As for your concerns about aiding the enemy?"

"Actually, it's nothing. First of all, you know better than I do about the generational gap in weapons. The old weapons that are sold have no advantage whatsoever against the new heavy machine guns and submachine guns."

Secondly, the empire spent so much time and money to popularize education, which resulted in a large number of high-quality soldiers who had mastered meditation.

Other empires don't have this kind of foundation!
Even if they bought the weapons, it would be impossible to select enough mage apprentices and complete their arming and training in less than six months!

Lord Robin Waters thought for a moment and could only nod: "You have a point!"

Luo Yi smiled and said, "Besides, the most frustrating thing for the Empire is not having enough powerful allies, but that won't be the case after this battle!"

Once those people have magical weapons, do you think they'll consider buying a few machines to produce their own bullets?
When they want to produce, do they still have to think about steelmaking and metallurgy?
When they start metallurgy, do they have to lay tracks, open train lines, and increase transport capacity?

"Whether they like it or not, once they embark on this path of no return, they will be pushed forward."

In the future, machinery will be found throughout the Old World, and the magic industry has already expanded.

His Majesty the Emperor must have seen all this, which is why he is so supportive.

"Luo Yi, has anyone said that you're actually suited to be in the cabinet? Your analysis is truly insightful!"

"Haha, Baron Miller said the same thing, but, you know, I actually hate trouble."

Now, let's discuss how much this first transaction should be.

"And most importantly, how should we divide the profits? What do you think of Panax notoginseng?"
"I'll take third place, you take seventh; that's my contribution to the empire."

"46%, that's the maximum I can negotiate, and it's also His Majesty the Emperor's reward for you."

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