Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 699 Eye-opening
"Teacher, please look!" Chris pointed excitedly to a huge metal armor placed in the center of the laboratory, showing off his treasure with great enthusiasm, "This is a project personally initiated by His Majesty and led by the Kingdom's Alchemy Experiment Center... an experiment on a demonized armor!"

The man in the mirror nodded, signaling the high-level alchemists who were following him to stay where they were, while he stepped forward and carefully examined the metal artifact whose casting craftsmanship was impeccable.

The entire suit of armor was nearly three meters tall, and the outer armor plates shone with the silvery-gray luster that only refined steel possesses. At the center of the chest, where the heart was located, countless tiny magical runes were engraved on the surface, so small that they could not be discerned with the naked eye. At this moment, they were slowly changing their strange colors with an uncertain flickering frequency, similar to breathing.

Is this armor... alive?

The person in the mirror subconsciously raised their hand and gently tapped the surface of the armor with their fingers. "I think I understand now. This demonized armor has been implanted with His Majesty's unique soul core, so in reality... it's actually a living alchemical beast, right?"

Such advanced communication skills with teachers are truly delightful...

Chris was overjoyed and quickly nodded, explaining, "Teacher's judgment is completely accurate... But, what's implanted in the demonized armor isn't ordinary beast souls, but demonic beast spirits! It's precisely by using their powerful soul energy and our own magical talents that we've been able to give ordinary mortal soldiers the dual extraordinary abilities of a spellcaster and a bloodline warrior!"

The scene immediately erupted into chaos. The alchemists, who had been ordered to stay put, could no longer stand still and rushed forward, circling around the demonized armor.

"This...how is this possible? How did you do that?"

"The soul extraction and transfer technology was indeed invented by His Majesty Harvey... But how can a mortal easily control the souls of these magical beasts and unleash their innate abilities simply by using a suit of armor implanted with beast souls?"

"No! Don't forget, His Majesty has an even more astonishing soul-stitching technique! It must be a deep suturing of the souls of mortals and the spirits of magical beasts, just like the Chief's soul-fusion ascension ceremony, making the two one!"

"You... How can the soul of a mortal be compared with the soul of a high-level spellcaster? Such a weak soul, once combined with a magical beast, will inevitably suffer irreversible erosion. In the end, what you will get is nothing more than a humanoid beast that has completely lost its mind."

The person in the mirror coughed heavily twice, and reprimanded with a stern face: "Don't speak recklessly!"

It's one thing to ask about someone's secret knowledge... but to go around pointing out potential flaws in their sophisticated technology would be extremely rude and would likely incur immediate displeasure from other alchemical organizations in the Southern Territory.

Chris chuckled as if nothing had happened, "The difficulties you raised were actually the same dilemmas we faced back then... But with His Majesty, the founder of this school of thought, all the problems were solved through repeated experiments and verifications."

"Oh?" The person in the mirror was immediately intrigued and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty has successfully resolved the issue of fusion between different souls? Is this a secret that can be revealed so easily?"

Chris nodded and gestured to a guard who had been standing by the laboratory wall since their arrival.

"Come... let me introduce you all. This is Captain Sek, the Starfire Warrior whom His Majesty has carefully nurtured."

Having never seen anything like this before, Cyke was surrounded by a group of old men and said somewhat awkwardly, "His Majesty ordered me to come and demonstrate to you masters how a mortal can control a demonized armor..."

After saying that, he walked to the front of the demonized armor and stepped onto the wooden ladder to climb inside.

"Wait!" An elderly, white-haired high-level alchemist stepped forward from the crowd, grabbed his arm, and said with a serious expression, "Let me see... hiss, whether you have received any additional bloodline or physical modifications."

He expertly grabbed Sek and examined him closely, even kneading his arms and chest himself, leaving Sek flustered and only able to look to Chris for help. "They are indeed not bloodline warriors... Their daily training only involves regular injections and small amounts of magical potions to enhance energy and nourish the soul, which is not enough to modify their bloodline and body."

After saying that, he nodded slightly and immediately and nimbly lifted the outer shell of the magic armor and scurried inside.

Through the energy pipes suspended from the ceiling, the energy-gathering array was quickly activated, continuously pouring magical energy into the magic armor... It took Seke less than ten seconds to skillfully enter the fusion state.

Then came some simple steps, and after striking a few standard fighting poses, Cyke cooperated fully with the alchemists' requests, performing actions that allowed them to verify their conjectures.

"It truly is a strange creation that fuses the souls of mortals with the spirits of magical beasts!"

"This soldier... he actually managed to retain his human sanity and wasn't corrupted by the demonic beast's soul... that's really strange!"

"Could it be that the beast soul implanted in this demonic armor was originally flawed? Otherwise, how could he suppress the opponent and successfully control its abilities?"

The person in the mirror observed silently for a while, then suddenly spoke up: "Mr. Sek, please demonstrate to us how to control the beast soul to unleash its innate magic."

The seemingly tall and bulky enchanted armor nodded, raised its hand and grabbed the metal frame standing beside it. The magical runes on its chest and arms lit up instantly, and a chilling wave of magical energy emanated from it.

Everyone stared intently... and discovered that the shelf he was gripping was rapidly covered with glistening frost. The freezing effect even spread from the shelf to the ground, enveloping a small area of ​​the laboratory in frost.

Then, the Starfire Warrior slowly retreated a few steps, raised his hand, and silently launched an ice blade that struck the metal frame with a bang, causing it to shatter like brittle glass and scatter across the ground.

Undoubtedly... this is an effect that can only be caused by magical attacks.

The soldier who had just climbed into the magic armor was now completely confirmed by the hands-on verification of these high-level alchemists... there was no magical fluctuation in his body at all; he was just a robust ordinary mortal!
The alchemists present fell silent, and the person in the mirror looked at his former student Chris with complicated emotions.

One of his arms and both legs had even been transplanted and transformed into alchemical prosthetic bodies using soul-stitching technology.

The reason they sent him to Harvey's Northern Frontier Territory was merely to achieve a deal; they had the idea of ​​pushing this troublesome student out of the country.

However, under Harvey's command, he rose to a terrifying level in less than three years...

While the alchemists surrounded Sek, bombarding him with questions, Chris quietly pulled his mentor aside and whispered earnestly, "Teacher, please agree to His Majesty's proposal as soon as possible and join us completely!"

"Compared to the increasingly decadent magic capital of Alaye, where factional struggles are fierce, Starfire City is truly a city of miracles for our alchemist faction!"

(End of this chapter)