Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 722 Lessons Learned
As expected, early the next morning, Harvey heard about the "glorious deeds" of the four squad leaders of the Starfire Warriors from Ironhead, the deputy captain of the Royal Guard, during breakfast.

Upon learning of these individuals' audacious and illegal actions, Harvey did not show any dissatisfaction or anger; instead, he found it somewhat amusing.

"Don't they realize that the prisoners they've captured have all been injected with large amounts of anesthetic drugs, greatly reducing their actual combat capabilities?"

Tie Tou couldn't help but chuckle, then shook his head. "Your Majesty, it was because you gave them... how was it again? Oh! Right! Too much pep talk! that these greenhorn recruits overestimated their abilities and really thought they were something special."

The fusion of demonic armor and beast spirits is indeed the most cutting-edge war technology in Starfire City, but the premise is that this "sharp knife" that can be used as a trump card to carry out decapitation missions on the future battlefield must be wielded by qualified warriors who are equally capable of matching it.

A group of ordinary people, who had only undergone less than half a year of military training, were forced into the magic armor. In the short term, they were like children wielding a heavy hammer. Not only could they not unleash the full power of the magic armor beast spirit, but sometimes it even had the opposite effect.

This is also the main reason why Harvey did not plan to send them to the battlefield after completing the training in a short period of time.

Harvey picked up his hot milk, took a sip, and calmly instructed, "It's not easy to select targets that meet the conditions for soul fusion from nearly ten thousand new recruits. It would be a loss to easily expel them... But we can't let this go unpunished. Those who deserve punishment should be punished without hesitation. These young people need to know that Starfire Warriors also need to strictly abide by military discipline and will not enjoy any special privileges due to their special status."

After all, these young lads didn't mean any harm; they were simply curious about future enemies and eager to improve their own strength and fight... All they needed to do was give them a good beating to solidify their discipline.

Thinking of this, Harvey suddenly became curious about the hand-to-hand combat that had broken out in the detention room, and changed the subject by asking, "How did that warrior named Sek perform in the battle against the Winged Ones?"

"A complete mess... Your Majesty, Spider originally intended for them to fight hand-to-hand, but ultimately let him use the chainsaw sword. Even so, it still took him three or four minutes to kill the target by throwing the sword from behind when the target had no will to fight and was only focused on breaking through and escaping."

Harvey was not surprised by the result at all. He nodded and said, "That's normal. Without long-range beam weapons, you can only fight on the ground and can't deal with enemies that can fly. In a moment of desperation, using swords as projectile weapons to kill enemies is a sign of being quick-witted."

After all, when they actually get to the battlefield, the terrain and environment will be a hundred times more complex. Swords and blades will break, and ranged weapons will run out of ammunition. They must learn to make good use of all available resources and use every means to defeat the enemy in times of crisis.

“But the problem isn’t entirely due to a lack of combat experience…” Tie Tou pondered cautiously for a moment before pointing out the issue he had discovered. “Your Majesty, the combat and shooting training that these Starfire warriors are currently receiving is, after all, the same kind of training that the Northern Army uses to train ordinary soldiers. Whether it’s close combat or shooting practice, it’s all done step by step according to the training manual.”

This meant that they had to figure out how to control the magic armor and fuse with the beast spirits on their own, without any ready-made experience to refer to... After all, they were the first batch of Starfire Warriors, and no one but themselves could give them advice in this regard.

"So you think it's too formulaic and rigid?"

"Yes... I think it's best to put them into actual combat as soon as possible, even if we start with the weak orcs, and gradually accumulate combat experience so that they can truly be transformed."

In any case, the rigid training that follows the manual day after day, apart from making the fighting movements more standardized and the shooting accuracy gradually improved, can never compare to the real feedback of cutting the enemy's flesh with a sword on the battlefield. It also cannot give you the feeling of the adrenaline rush of close combat with the enemy, where every punch lands and every life-or-death struggle is intense.

In this regard, bloodline warriors, who automatically acquire combat skills due to their awakened talents, are the most qualified to speak. Harvey pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, bloodline warriors are clearly more experienced in this area... Let's do as you say, and arrange for these people to be integrated into the Special Operations Independent Regiment in batches to participate in the mission of clearing out the orcs!"

……

After breakfast, Harvey returned to his office on the second floor as usual to begin dealing with the increasingly heavy workload of government affairs.

Captain Tommy of the Royal Guard seized the opportunity and entered, whispering, "Your Majesty, Minister of Construction, Mr. Haru, requests an audience... He arrived early this morning."

Harvey put down the documents he had just picked up. "Let him in..."

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Haru, who was guarding the door, walked in right on time, bowed respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty, the second phase of the Starfire Building project, located behind the New Federation Building, was successfully completed yesterday."

"Oh? So fast? Weren't we all complaining about the slow progress of the interior decoration project just last month?"

Haru scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and chuckled, "That's because spring planting just ended, and there was a gap in the recruitment of temporary workers... But fortunately, the Ministry of Finance recently issued a wage increase decree, and with everyone working day and night, we finally caught up with the schedule, even shortening the original completion deadline by more than half a month..."

The Starfire Building project started as a sketch drawn by Harvey and has now been successfully completed in less than ten months. According to his previous life's construction skills, it was an unremarkable achievement... but in the current environment where magic dominates the world, it is a miracle.

Despite the enormous amount of money and resources spent, Harvey couldn't find anything to complain about.

These three “skyscrapers,” arranged in a triangular pattern and standing 100 meters tall with 16 floors, will serve as landmark buildings in the royal capital, Starfire City. Compared to the surrounding concrete buildings, which are generally only three or four stories high, they will be easily visible to newcomers, allowing them to appreciate the formidable strength of this northern city, far surpassing that of other countries, as well as the prosperous scene brought about by magical energy technology.

"I will not attend the completion ceremony. Please notify the municipal department as soon as possible to inspect and accept the project... According to the planned schedule, let's give priority to arranging for the families of martyrs to move in."

Rather than treating it as a "vanity project" to be repeatedly shown off in the city, what Harvey really wanted to convey was... the significance of these buildings, which is also the issue that the public cares about most.

For whom was it built? And who is qualified to live in it?

The answer is simple... the people.

Or rather... the heroes who have made outstanding contributions and selfless sacrifices for human beings' peaceful life, prosperity, and development.

(End of this chapter)