A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 242 Funds are burning. Explosion!

The two fully armored warriors were not only extremely agile, but also achieved 100% synchronization. Rorschach's first instinct was that it was a waste of talent for the two brothers in the can not go and pilot the mechs in the Ocean.

They walked forward step by step, their designs incredibly cool. The tall, fully enclosed armor itself exuded a sense of oppression, while the exposed magical pathways shimmered with blue light, like magical or even sci-fi light strips outlining their shapes. Their capes fluttered in the gentle breeze on the water's surface.

"So cool!" Rorschach thought to himself, while Andrei blurted it out.

All the guys had smug looks on their faces—I knew you guys would say he was handsome.

"Brother Luo Xia, I heard you're pretty good at fighting?"

"Not only am I good at fighting, but I also have connections. You know the Royal Magic Academy, right?" Rorschach really wanted to say that, but he still had to be modest: "Not at all, who spread such false rumors?"

"Master Cano."

"That was Master Kano's encouragement and high expectations for me. Besides, we mages aren't competing to see who has the highest combat strength, right?"

"Brother Rorschach, your mood changes faster than turning the pages of a book!" Snow exclaimed in amazement. "Andrei, you should learn from your teacher."

"yes!"

You're kidding me!

"I've kept you here today because I need to ask Master Rorschach for a favor. We need to test these two." Snow flicked the fully armored warrior with his finger, making a dull thud.

Empty? Rorschach realized there were probably no real people inside. He activated Arcane Vision, and the two figures in front of him instantly turned into "little golden men," almost blinding Rorschach.

Everyone returned to the tent, where the banquet tables, chairs, and plates had been cleared away, leaving ample space.

The two armored warriors removed their helmets, which were completely empty. The internal structure was entirely a magical circuit. Rorschach wanted to take a look inside, and the warriors immediately knelt down, revealing the internal structure.

The interior contains simple mechanical structures such as springs and linkages, but it is mostly a magical circuit, echoing the "light strip" on the surface. There is a furnace-like structure in the chest, fueled by blue crystals familiar to Rorschach.

"Originally, these alchemical armors could only move under the light of the Starlight Torch Tower. Now, with the transmutation dust refined by Brother Rorschach as a power source, their range of movement has greatly increased." Snow patted the armor happily.

How many features have you crammed into the Starlight Torch Tower? Rorschach was speechless. What happened to the birthday gift for Charles XVI?

"But our ambitions go beyond that!"

The head of the alchemy department snapped his fingers, and a huge blueprint was produced. Its design was basically the same as the helmet that was now as tall as a person, but Rorschach noticed that the unit of length seemed to be wrong.

"Eighteen meters?"

Holy crap! You guys are going to build a superpower!

There was something familiar in the blueprints; Rorschach recognized the structure—if he wasn't mistaken—"You're going to put a transmutation dust extractor inside its breastplate?"

The mage Snow gave a wicked smile and opened his arms: "Mage Rorschach, don't you think it was completely unnecessary to set up such a large shed for our previous experiments? It was completely unnecessary to go outside the city, wasn't it?"

Is this how your Alchemy Department squanders its budget? Don't you know the entire kingdom is desperately short of money?

Rorschach was deeply shocked: "Master Cano knows you're like this."

"Shh! Master Rorschach, you and Andrei have seen our secret project, so you're in the same boat now. We've completed the master's task ahead of schedule, so why not use the money we saved to have some fun?"

No, no, no, Rorschach looked at the armored warrior who had already stood up and pressed his head back down. You must have been planning and implementing this for a long time.

"We've heard you have a lot of real-world experience, so before we build the final model, we hope you can fight against smaller machines and find out their problems."

Rorschach was still quite interested, since it wasn't his own money being burned: "A battle, right? What are the rules? Also, I'd like to learn more about this creation."

"We're not in this for winning or losing; we're just collecting data and testing. So there are no rules, feel free to experiment. As for information about Alchemist Armor 2..."

One guy stepped forward and offered to explain: "The outer shell is made of high-quality steel, the joint gaps have been optimized to make it waterproof and dustproof, the whole body is fireproof and freezeproof, the internal drive and circuit engraving uses a lot of mithril, and the power furnace in the middle is made of pure mithril."

"Consumes 328 grams of passivation dust per hour. Currently, without activating shields or casting spells, it has a six-hour lifespan. Its standard weapon is a 12-kilogram steel greatsword, with space reserved for adding an additional warhead."

Andrei, listening from the side, felt a chill run down his spine: "So powerful, won't the teacher be in danger?"

Before Rorschach could even express his disrespect for his master, the alchemist immediately said, "It's alright, the battle can be stopped at any time. Master Rorschach, you just need to call it a halt."

Rorschach nodded.

A makeshift arena was set up, with the key feature being that six mages, including Snow, simultaneously erected a hemispherical shield, providing ample space for both sides to fight. One armored mage was inside, while the other remained outside for testing.

"Is Master Rorschach ready?"

Rorschach watched as his opponent assumed a fighting stance, the blade of his greatsword pointing directly at him. He felt that compared to a simple alchemical puppet, his opponent's movements were too agile and too human-like, as if he were being controlled.

"Ready."

"Three, two, begin!"

"Did you forget a number?!" Rorschach was still complaining when the alchemist charged at him with all his might, the blade slashing towards him. Rorschach dodged to the side and used his gigantic [Mage Hand] to protect himself, blocking the slash.

Both sides' strength exceeded each other's expectations. Luo Xia suddenly felt a sense of exhaustion. In order to resist a simple physical attack, he actually forced the magical power he controlled to reach its limit in an instant.

The armored warrior hadn't expected that Rorschach wouldn't summon a shield to defend himself, but instead would use the sinister "Mage's Hand." In Snow's Arcane Vision, Rorschach's hand appeared to be as large as his body.

Luo Xia needed to restrict the opponent's movements. He found that the opponent was too agile. He thought of the [Magnetization Technique] that he had developed some time ago. A sudden electric field burst out, and a series of snake-like currents ran through the surface of the armor.

"It's no use, Master Rorschach. I forgot to tell you, it also prevents static electricity."

If you're a smartphone, that's pretty impressive. Rorschach saw the armor's loop flash by; the protective magic array must be in effect. But as Rorschach predicted, the so-called "refined steel" wasn't alloy steel, but carbon steel.

With magnetization successful, under Rorschach's intentionally controlled electric field, the various parts of the armor began to repel or attract each other. The electromagnet was very powerful, and the warrior's movements began to slow down and become distorted.

Rorschach enchanted himself, and with the enhancements of [Levitation] and [Feather Fall], he simultaneously unleashed [Rorschach's Air Cannon] with both hands, taking flight and creating distance between himself and the samurai on the Z-axis.

"We definitely need to consider flying enemies." Snow nodded, having received useful feedback.

If you could make an 18-meter object fly, that would be truly amazing.

The [Melting Ray] was unleashed. At first, the warrior intended to withstand it, but after noticing that his armor was showing signs of softening and turning red-hot, he quickly activated a blue shield. Rorschach hadn't expected to use his own magic against him, and another ray shattered the barrier.

However, the high temperature also successfully demagnetized the armor, and when the next molten ray struck, the armor tumbled repeatedly.

Is this a gamepad or a keyboard and mouse? Rorschach has a sense of déjà vu.

Then he noticed what command Snow gave the samurai. Upon receiving the command, the samurai stopped rolling, raised his sword again with both hands, and the greatsword emitted a dangerous white light.

The [Magic Scream] was emitted, but it had little effect on the samurai; the white light on the sword fluctuated for a moment before continuing to gather.

It seems that it's not about manipulating the ether in the environment, but rather consuming the magic of transmutation dust.

"The strongest attack is coming, Mage Rorschach, show me your true power!"

"You said it yourself!" Rorschach, in the air, saw Snow's gloating expression and gritted his teeth, also starting to gather his strength.

Humans were one step ahead.

The Great Disintegration Technique!

(End of this chapter)