Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 63 Magic Bullet
In the end, Asdalen was unable to defeat the two inexperienced research-type spellcasters.

But at his strong request, Harvey agreed to do the same as last time, with Reiner conducting the experiment while he stayed behind the laboratory's special explosion-proof shield, using his reconnaissance eye to guide and observe the experiment.

In Asdalen's words, Reiner's new prosthetic body will arrive next month anyway, so as long as this body is not blown up and cannot be put back together, he can die at will.

"We can't be too careless. Our beetle ore stock is running low, and we need to rush to produce the next batch of magic guns... We need to conserve experimental materials..."

Harvey smiled bitterly and looked at Reiner, feeling helpless against the old-fashioned Asdalen.

Reiner placed a beetle ore in the center of the reorganization array, then walked to the energy gathering array himself to start charging the array.

The magic circle's effect on breaking up mineral-type magical substances is indeed the same as that on plant-type magical materials, and they are also instantly decomposed into crystalline powder.

Harvey was not worried at all that there would be any problems with the crushing and decomposition experiment. After all, the Alchemy Exploration Society had already developed a special decomposition instrument for magical substances.

The key lies in the restructuring step.

As Reiner started the second phase of the experiment, the energy of the magic circle instantly reversed and accelerated. The ore that had been decomposed into crystal powder slowly condensed and reorganized, eventually forming a translucent composite material with an irregular shape.

"Huh? It hasn't returned to the crystal form of the ore?" Harvey saw this phenomenon through the reconnaissance eye and was suddenly puzzled.

Logically speaking, the decomposition and reorganization of mineral materials should restore their original form...

After all, it is not an organic life form like a plant.

After obtaining Harvey's permission, Reiner slowly approached the translucent composition in the center of the magic circle with tweezers and poked it gently.

"My lord! It...it's soft!"

Semi-solid? Or semi-solid? Asdalen was also confused. He moved closer to the magic circle, snatched the tweezers from Reiner's hand, and then tried to touch the mass.

"Indeed, there is no material stratification. It is in a semi-solid state as a whole, just like..." He seemed unable to describe it with concrete things.

"It's like jelly... or slime..." Harvey muttered to himself.

Then he walked out from behind the special explosion-proof shield, took the tweezers from Asdalen who was standing there thinking hard, and carefully peeled off a small piece from the substance.

Then transfer it to a fixed stand on the laboratory bench.

However, after just over ten seconds, the small piece of material that was peeled off gradually solidified and hardened from its original jelly state, returning to the hard crystal form of the ore.

"What a miraculous mineral! Its properties change so drastically when it's aggregated or separated."

Harvey carefully took out the completely solidified ore particle, handed it to Reiner and gave instructions.

"Let's verify whether this decomposed ore particle actually stores pure compressed energy..."

Reiner had intended to insert it into the energy slot on his waist, but he found the particles were too small to be fixed. He could only pull it through a power supply line from the energy focusing array and try to extract the magic energy contained in the ore particles. He randomly chose a magic gun that had just been made on the assembly line and the fire stick version that had not yet been fully charged as the energy source.

As the energy pipeline was connected, the energy storage inscription on the magic gun lit up slightly and then went out in an instant.

"Sir! This ore particle really still contains compressed magic energy and can even power the magic gun!" Reiner reported to Harvey in surprise.

Harvey quickly stepped forward, took the magic gun, and shot at the black stone wall.

The energy beam quickly penetrated the stone wall, leaving a hole as thick as a finger.

"It can only provide the magic energy needed for one energy beam..." Harvey said with some regret.

At this moment, Asdalen has divided the soft semi-solidified ore into ore particles of uniform shape and size to confirm that a complete beetle ore can be divided into ten solidified particles in equal proportions.

"Wait!" A sudden idea flashed in Harvey's mind.

A beetle ore can be transformed into a magic gun. Then, if the beetle ore particles are divided into ten parts, they can provide the magic gun with energy for ten shots.

Isn't this the magic rifle bullet!
If the magic gun is simply modified to reserve a storage compartment for the ore particles, this magic weapon, which is already technologically advanced beyond this era, will be no different from the rifle in his previous life.

It can also fire continuously! No need to repeatedly load and unload like a bolt-action rifle!
If there are enough ore particles provided, it is not impossible to even upgrade it into a magic version of the minigun!
Harvey dropped the magic gun and hurried back to the lab table. He pulled out a blank piece of paper and began to use charcoal to draw the blueprint of his imagined magic gun modification on it.

The ammunition bay does not need to be fixed to the gun body. It is best to assemble it with the gun in the form of a magazine. The weight also needs to be controlled. After all, ordinary soldiers are not alchemical beings. If they carry a gun that is too heavy, it will greatly consume their physical strength and combat power when marching long distances or fighting on the move.

Well... let's set the magazine capacity at ten rounds for now. After the production of beetle ore increases, we can consider upgrading it to a large-capacity magazine of twenty rounds.

The output of beetle ore depends on the reserves of low-level charged magic stones. After all, only this kind of "magic feed" can accelerate their growth and reproduction cycle.

As for the reserves of low-level charging magic stones, it depends on the money you have...

Thinking of this, Harvey turned around and gave Reiner instructions without hesitation.

"Withdraw 20,000 gold pounds from the 50,000 gold pounds you received the day before yesterday and sign a continuous supply order with Mr. Frost Giant in the Underground City. If his production is insufficient, contact Mr. George Santos of the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce."

Buying magic stones from the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce is definitely more expensive than Harvey buying magic stones directly from the Federation using his identity as a spellcaster member of the Federation.

But in terms of security and secrecy, Harvey would never consider purchasing magic stones from the Federation's channels.

After all, no non-combat spellcaster would purchase so many charging magic stones in such a short period of time, which would undoubtedly attract the attention and investigation of the Federation.

There is even a high possibility that they will be suspected of purchasing magic stones in order to smuggle or resell them to non-alliance alien races. If this crime is pinned on them, they will never be able to clear themselves of it even if they jump into the sea.

The Federation has always strictly controlled the circulation of magic stones, especially the export of magic stones from the elves, and the possible smuggling of magic stones to their mortal enemy, the demons...

Being cautious and low-key is the state you need to maintain most at the moment!
(End of this chapter)