Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 718 Ready to make a move
"So you're going to climb over here? Aren't you sure you won't get spotted by the patrolling soldiers?"

“Of course! Otherwise, do you plan to just swagger in through the gate?” Santas rolled his eyes and pointed to the towering wall in front of him. “There are very few patrols here, and the area next door is the camp of the Blood Warriors. Even a mouse wouldn’t dare to pass by.”

Indeed, as Santas said, it was a public holiday, and most of the soldiers who were not on duty in the barracks left the camp. Even if a few stayed, they mostly read books in their dormitories and did not wander around the back streets and alleys out of boredom.

The four of them, piloting massive magical armor, crept along the secluded edge of the wall to this point. Apart from the towering watchtowers, they did not see a single person along the way.

"After all, it's a place where prisoners are held. Even if we climb over, it will definitely be heavily guarded... and wearing magic armor makes us very conspicuous. I think we'll definitely be discovered."

Even though he had sneaked here, Sek still had some doubts.

Santas rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "What's there to be afraid of? I've already inquired beforehand. The guards watching over those alien prisoners aren't ordinary soldiers at all, but guardian alchemical beasts! The most crucial thing is... they'll only choose to ignore us if we go in wearing our magic armor."

Once human soldiers are equipped with demonized armor, they will be regarded as one of the same kind by alchemical beasts and will not be easily blocked or attacked... This has long been a semi-open secret among Starfire warriors. According to the instructors, it is probably because the demonic armor has a soul core fused inside, which essentially makes the Starfire warriors wear an alchemical beast shell, becoming a kind of half-alchemical, half-soul creation.

After receiving the final reassurance, the four of them finally stopped hesitating. Controlling their heavy and massive magical armor, they slightly bent their knees, pushed off the ground, and leaped into the air. Then, they gently pressed their hands against the top of the wall, easily vaulting over the courtyard wall, which was more than three meters high.

bang——

The landing was quite loud... immediately attracting the attention of the watchful alchemical beast fixed to the metal winch on a nearby watchtower. It turned its body and looked at the four of them, but only held its gaze for a few seconds before looking away again.

Santas clenched his fist excitedly and said, "See? I was right! They don't care about us at all... Wearing the magic armor is no different from putting on a disguise."

The four of them then set off without further delay, heading towards the alien prison located underground. After successfully deceiving the alchemical artifacts guarding the way, they finally arrived at their destination without any major incidents.

Looking at the dark, alien creatures lying haphazardly and crammed together in the iron cages in front of him, his curiosity was immediately aroused.

"As expected, he was injected with a large amount of anesthetic; he looks no different from being dead..."

"Look at their wings! They don't have feathers at all... instead, they have membranous fleshy wings like bats. It's disgusting!"

"How fast can these giant bats fly? Can they keep up with a griffin?"

“I think it is possible… Look at them, although they are large, their limbs are thin and long, so they should be more agile and swift than the demonized beasts in the sky.”

Barr curled his lip and said disdainfully, "So what? Once they're targeted and locked on by a beam weapon, they'll be riddled with holes in the blink of an eye. The instructor said they're just the lowest-ranking evolved beings among the Lizardmen, unlike those one-in-a-million high-ranking evolved beings... those are terrifying beings that can take on more than ten battle mages."

Gregor pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Then... if we're on a mission alone and the enemy we're facing is them, how will the Starfire Warriors defeat them without the support of beam anti-aircraft weapons?"

The heavy, enchanted armor prevents Starfire Warriors from soaring freely through the skies like flying monsters. This means their future battlefields will be limited to the ground, leaving them in a relatively passive position when encountering enemies capable of flight.

After a moment of thought, Sek said in a low voice, "Don't forget what the instructor said: the Starfire Warriors are specially trained to counter these alien monsters... The single beam bullets mounted on the rapid-fire shotguns have a range that is exactly the same as the distance of the red lightning of the Demon Lizardmen. This means that even in a field encounter, we can form a temporary anti-aircraft array with our individual weapons!"

Santas and Baler exchanged a glance, then exclaimed in realization, "That's right! Although the enemy has air superiority, in a ranged weapon exchange... we have magic armor that can withstand several attacks of red light, while they only have a thin outer shell!"

"Then... what if the individual beam runs out of energy during long-distance operations?"

Sek narrowed his eyes, revealing a rare fierce expression. "Of course, we'll use the natural terrain as cover to lure them down to the ground... Don't forget our close combat skills that we've practiced day and night, and our chainsaw swords that can easily saw through steel armor."

Close combat with the winged species among the Lizardmen... that sounds like the ultimate hypothetical enemy they've been training against all along.

Santas, somewhat eager to try, couldn't help but urge, "How about... how about we secretly awaken a winged creature and use it to test our skills?"

Barre was startled and quickly said, "Are you serious? This will cause a huge commotion, and what if the four of us can't control this thing and it takes this opportunity to escape... We might not be able to bear the responsibility even if we twist our heads off!"

Santas shook his head, a look of disdain on his face. "You have so little confidence in your own strength? You're simply letting His Majesty down! If the four of us can't even defeat a winged creature that's been drugged, what right do we have to be Starfire Warriors? Wouldn't it be better for us to go home and farm?"

The sarcastic and provocative words immediately stung the pride of the other three and stirred up their already restless thoughts.

I'll just awaken one winged creature, experience what it's like to fight it, and also test the results of my long-term training... I shouldn't cause any major trouble.

Just as the four climbed out of the demonic armor and split up to search for the awakening injection in the medicine cabinet next to the iron cage, the door of the underground detention cell, which had been slightly ajar, was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

A slightly familiar-looking special forces warrior led several team members in with grim faces... It was the Spider Commander who had previously sparred with them.

The four men's expressions changed drastically. They wanted to run away, but there was nowhere to hide. Moreover, they were wearing their own demonic armor and were now standing in the most conspicuous place in the cell.

"What a bunch of audacious bastards! They even dared to sneak into the cells where alien prisoners are held, and they were even wearing demonized armor!"

Before the Spider Commander could speak, the other team members had already started shouting at him, and even pulled out their explosive guns from behind their backs, ready to be loaded at any moment.

The alchemical beast guards that had been standing quietly against the wall suddenly moved and stomped up, pinning the four of them to the ground.

(End of this chapter)