Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 759 Transfer of Prisoners
The Northern Frontier, the capital city of Starfire.

Reports on the military operations in Leroux Canyon were delivered to Harvey within two or three hours of the battle's conclusion.

The outbreak of the war in the wilderness progressed with lightning speed. Although a lot of time was spent on the initial planning and preparation and the deployment of troops, the actual battle lasted only one day and one night, with the main focus on speed and efficiency.

The emperor, who had anticipated the victory, reviewed the action report during his lunch break. Pierce, who was in charge of directing the battle at the front, sent back a message saying that he would present a more detailed summary of the battle later.

“They captured that alien evolved human alive…” Harvey picked up his wine glass, took a small sip, and calmly put down the documents in his hand. “That’s quite an unexpected bonus.”

Invited to lunch was Fran McCallin, a magician whom the emperor considered a close friend on a personal level. This former minister of the Federation's Department of Magic Affairs, now allied with the United Kingdom of Saint Valen, still chooses to be actively involved in the world of spellcasters and secular politics, using his rich political experience to provide the emperor with advice and suggestions.

"Before the operation officially began, we originally estimated that the success rate was less than 50%... The General Staff had considered almost every possible scenario, but underestimated the performance of the Starfire Warriors."

Unlike other spellcasters, the Magic Shield did not hold a skeptical or dismissive attitude towards this combat force composed of mortal soldiers who had used magical artifacts to gain extraordinary power through unconventional means. Rather than affirming their combat capabilities, they blindly trusted Harvey's visionary choice.

Harvey picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, chuckling softly, "Once they have enough practical experience, I believe they will bring us even more surprises. But right now, we need to focus on how to send that dying evolved human back to the capital."

In the encirclement battle that broke out in Yanshan, the target enemy suffered heavy damage from the combined forces of multiple combat units. Not only were its limbs shattered by the convergent beam weapon, but in order to prevent it from struggling and fighting back in its death throes, the high-level mages even took action to directly peel off most of the deep red crystal armor covering its body.

Fortunately, the life force of the evolved beings is significantly stronger than that of ordinary demonic lizard warriors. Although most of their fragile flesh and blood tissue is exposed to the air, as long as a small part of their crystal armor remains on their body surface, they can continuously heal themselves, preventing their bodies from rotting and decaying in an instant.

"Lord Duncan and his team discovered that as long as it is kept in a near-death emergency self-healing state, this guy will not have the extra strength to recover and bite back. In this way, we can ensure that it lives and safely transport it back to the capital."

After a moment of contemplation, FaShield added with a smile, "The two chiefs have been waiting impatiently ever since they received the news this morning... Lord Dawson even said that even if this guy couldn't hold on and died halfway through, we must remove its one giant pupil completely and send it back."

After all, they are completely unknown alien beings. Any tiny bit of flesh and blood that can be collected is invaluable experimental material for human spellcasters. Only by mastering them can we truly and deeply analyze the various strange characteristics of these alien races.

But Harvey's thinking went much deeper than that of the two legendary chiefs.

“I think simple live dissection is probably not very beneficial… Since the Demon Lizardman race is entirely produced by mass catalysis of the main consciousness, then there will not be much difference in physiological structure between the evolved humans and ordinary Black Lizardmen, Red Lizardmen and Winged Species.”

Of course, besides its terrifying ability to sense and lock onto targets, and to erode the spellcaster's own magic power and dissolve the magic structure matrix... it has now been discovered that its source is the swollen single eye embedded in its chest and abdomen.

“It’s not just that Demon-Eating Eye, but also this thing’s ability to tear through space and traverse planes without limit in a short period of time.” Although he had only seen the battle footage from the Ice Sea front, the magic shield still felt a bit horrified when he recalled it. “How did it accurately locate its real-world coordinates without relying on the energy transmission of the magic network? The difference in distance and direction in the spatial rift is completely different from that in the real plane.” Harvey shook his head with a wry smile, also expressing his confusion… He did have a guess in his mind, and the specific clue naturally came from the Dragon Chaser’s Crown that he had obtained by chance, but it had not been verified yet, so he did not intend to speak it out openly.

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Big Bear Lake Base.

The Son of Flame stared at the "tin can" that had been delivered ahead of schedule. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed somewhat like the enchanted armor worn by the Starfire Warriors... but it was a defective version due to manufacturing errors.

Besides lacking weapon slots for assembling chainsaw swords and magic shotguns, all the joints of the armor that originally allowed for flexible movement were welded shut, making it a truly seamless "iron coffin."

The energy storage chamber on the waist, originally used to infuse liquid magic energy and contain magic stones, has now been temporarily modified into a magic conversion device. Using a miniature magic array engraved inside, the liquid magic energy is continuously converted into elemental magic energy, which is used to release freezing magic to seal the alien prisoners imprisoned inside.

It must be said that this makeshift magical prison is indeed somewhat "tailor-made" for evolved beings.

"Isn't this just a demonized armor?" Duff circled around it, puzzled. "Does His Majesty really intend to use this thing to transport the alien evolved humans? Can you guarantee it will be foolproof?"

The fire mage shrugged and said helplessly, "If we don't return via the long-distance teleportation array, it's less likely to go wrong... With a squadron of airships escorting us and all the high-level battle mages accompanying us, even if it recovers and suddenly attacks, it won't be difficult to suppress it."

Nearly ten hours have passed since it was captured and controlled. Under close monitoring, it was found that the severed limbs of the evolved being showed no signs of regeneration. It seemed that just healing the few huge wounds had exhausted the little energy in its body, leaving it in a state of near death but not completely losing its vitality.

It would be more accurate to describe it as merely clinging to life...

"The temporary artillery positions at Yanshan need to be maintained for now, and all combat units involved in this military operation must remain on standby until they receive orders to withdraw..."

The Son of Flame frowned, recalling the instructions Pierce had given him a few hours earlier before leaving the base and rushing back to the capital. "Right now, the underground river tunnels beneath the Leru Canyon have also been breached by the enemy. Although the floating islands of the Lizardmen cannot easily make a comeback due to the seasonal tides, it has still planted a thorn in our strategic depth."

This operation is remarkably similar to the strategy humans use to build a permanent defensive base on the permafrost ruins of the frozen sea.

(End of this chapter)