Star Forge Titan

Both of the people in the conversation were from the Lind Royal Army.

Taking into account the fact that the magic vehicles participating in the competition are much faster than ordinary magic vehicles, the referees for this competition are all members of the mechanized magic brigade under the Lind Royal Army. Among them, the tank commanders and elite non-commissioned officers are all extraordinary people who have been promoted to "Steel Soldiers".

However, even the fastest vehicle among the Lind Royal Army's current magical cavalry cannot keep up with the advanced magical vehicles that use the latest magical engineering technology, so the race can only be supervised by dividing the responsibility into sections.

In addition, they are also observers dispatched by the military in order to confirm the current progress of magical engineering development and provide opinions and references for the subsequent development of military magical vehicles.

In addition to the personnel of the Army Mechanized Magic Brigade, the Ninth Department of Security also disguised themselves as referees and mixed in. Their mission was to prevent possible conspiracies by evil cult forces. After all, this was a large-scale event that gathered a large number of people.

"That's the truth, especially the two in the front. They're practically flying. I'm afraid only those veterans in the Air Force could catch up with their speed."

In the communication channel, the referee of the No. 11th stage was still chattering, but he soon found that the other side seemed to be silent.

On the other end of the intercom, Referee No. 13, who was sitting astride a three-wheeled single-person magic cavalry, suddenly stopped talking. He stared at the rapidly spreading ripples in the kettle, then quickly realized something and looked up into the distance.

On the distant horizon, a cloud of smoke and dust expanded rapidly, and it was obvious that something was coming towards this side quickly.

"Ah, I think I've seen it..."

"I'm right, right?" Referee No. 11 wanted to say something, but he was immediately interrupted by the other party.

"I feel like you're kidding."

"what?"

"With those Air Force gentlemen who have to hang napkins on their backs when eating, and their airships that move as slowly as aristocratic carriages, there's no way they can catch up to these two monsters!!!"

Along with shouts of astonishment, Referee No. 13 was instantly engulfed by the storm and dust stirred up by the passing magic car, and his ears were filled with a deafening sound like the howling of a gale.

At the same time, roaring across the track were the Hope and Golden Thought, which were tied for first place.

The Hope activated its hurricane thrusters for the first time and even increased its speed to beyond the speed of sound in a very short time. However, what was unexpected was that the Golden Thought was not to be outdone and overloaded its magic engine to increase its speed to a level comparable to the former.

The strong winds stirred up by the two magic cars along the way could even completely blow away the simple stands that the spectators outside the track had temporarily built with waste materials such as wooden boxes from a distance. The scattered popcorn and tickets blown away by the north wind were like a colorful sandstorm on the spot, causing a series of screams and cheers.

Fortunately, the height of the stands is not particularly high, and the area where they are located is all soft sand, so although the spectators climbing on it were quite frightened, no one fell and was injured. At most, they just got some skin scraped off.

Just like that, accompanied by the shouts of the audience, two magic cars moving side by side rushed into the Tungut area at the same time.

Looking at the flying dust around them, the two vehicles simultaneously transformed their bodies, and the dark golden light of [Reshape the World] and the red light of High-Speed ​​Alchemy lit up at the same time.

The wheels have increased grip, increased width, changed tread patterns, raised chassis, longer wheel spacing, and lowered air intake filters.

After the series of changes were completed, although the vehicle speed decreased, neither the Hope nor the Golden Thought suffered any operational accidents due to the harsh external environment. This made Ivan even more impressed with the technology of the Linde Alchemist Association.

You know, although he did not use the full set of mature magic technology decades later, both the hurricane thruster and the shockwave magic engine were cross-world products that combined the technology of the mechanical civilization of the previous life.

But obviously, every civilization cannot be ignored.

At this moment, Diana's expression was also very serious. Although she felt that her driving skills today were almost at 120%, the strange driver sitting in the Golden Thought was like a cold machine. Every operation was close to the theoretically perfect level, which made her feel more and more stressed.

But soon, the short-haired girl calmed down again by taking deep breaths.

Considering that the race requires driving from early morning until night, and only ends when arriving at the Linde National Circuit in Lutetia, she must manage her physical strength well.

Seeing Diana's performance, Ivan nodded secretly. In addition to vehicle performance, the competition also tests the driver himself.

At this moment, Karbant's voice came from the axe-shaped Annihilation Axe hanging at his waist.

"I really miss it." Relying on the power of the contract, the demon spirit that has turned into a lamb sighed.

"What do you miss?" Ivan asked casually while monitoring the vehicle's operation.

"Of course I miss that exhilarating battle decades ago." Karlbant's spirit jumped onto Ivan's shoulder and looked into the distance at the rolling yellow sand outside the oval fairing of the cockpit.

"Oh?" Alvin raised his eyebrows as if realizing something.

"Back then, the old guy didn't have Alzheimer's." Karlbant subconsciously covered his cheeks and gasped as if he had a toothache.

"You mean the Grand Master Ian McClare?" Ivan suddenly realized.

"Yeah, that's when he brought a bunch of students to corner me in this area and we fought for seven days and seven nights. Ha, I killed two of his students and crippled three or four, but that guy's punches were pretty powerful!"

As he spoke, two puffs of air blew out of Karlbant's nose. The soft white hair all over the materialized spirit body trembled slightly, and he looked extremely excited.

"Besides, it was me who created a hellfire storm that burned this place so badly that no grass grew for decades. Look, the parched trees over there haven't sprouted any new leaves yet. [Hellish curse] You're worthy of being my uncle, Karlbant. Hahahahahahahahaha."

As he was talking, the guy jumped up.

I saw a lamb, about the size of a palm, that could walk upright on its hind legs, tap dancing on Ivan's shoulders. It looked so joyful.

"Heh." A sarcastic expression appeared on Ivan's lips.

"Then someone was locked up in the basement of the library for decades as a dementia experiment."

"!" The dancing Karlbant froze in place, with one of his hind legs kicked high above his shoulder and stood there in a daze.

Then, it slowly lowered its legs, clenched its front hooves, and tremblingly crawled back into the soul crystal. Faint complaints could be heard from within, such as "That bastard is too insidious." "Using that move beforehand..." "Calling for help in a duel." "If you're brave, just fight one on one..."

"Hmph." Alvin curled his lips, then unexpectedly saw the smile on Diana's lips from the reflection of the cockpit fairing.

She actually has the leisure to listen to crosstalk. It seems that this witch has not yet fully exerted her full strength.

At this time, a towering and steep Gobi canyon appeared in the distance. The contestants had to pass through the narrow path sandwiched between the rock walls on both sides, which even included several sudden and sharp turns.

The most critical point is that the track is limited in width and can only allow one car to move forward.

In other words, it is very difficult to overtake after entering it, and it may even cause misjudgment due to the interference of the vehicle in front on the field of vision, leading to tragic accidents such as collisions.

But Aiwen suddenly laughed and reminded:

"The opportunity has come."

"Yeah." Diana nodded slightly, her fingers gripping the steering wheel slightly relaxed, then tightened again.

"Don't forget the function you tried during practice." The expression on Ivan's face became more and more expectant.

He knew that he was about to witness the amazing driving skills of the current Witch of the Sarthe Circuit and the future Valkyrie, and he was going to do so from the best seat in the audience.

The opponents seemed to have noticed the characteristics of the track as well. Even through the fairing made of reinforced glass, the two of them could hear the sharp sound of the Golden Thought's overloaded magic engine running beside them, and the red light of high-speed alchemy was unfolded again.

As the shape of the car body changed, the expensive alchemical fuel was quickly consumed. The magic car, which was golden in color with only the cockpit pitch black, began to speed up again. In the blink of an eye, it squeezed in front of the Hope and regained its first place.

"Don't be impatient, just follow the steps in training." Alvin pressed the mithril magic conduction interface with both hands, and the power of [Reshaping the World] emitting a dark golden glow from his palms was ready to be unleashed.

"Hmm." Diana's expression suddenly froze.

The two sides rushed into the canyon track one after the other. Golden Thought slowed down slightly, obviously realizing that the opponent could not overtake on this section of the track, so it switched to normal mode to reduce the long-term pressure on the magic engine.

"It's now!!!"

Even the short-haired girl who was always cold and silent couldn't help but shout, and Ivan and Diana took action at the same time.

Diana quickly pressed button number three on the dashboard, then pushed the left throttle valve up to the highest position, fully releasing the output of the magic engine. At the same time, she pulled down the critical light stone and activated the hurricane thruster for the second time at the fastest speed!

The critical light stone exploded the moment it fell into the pipe, and the magic light lit up again inside the thruster. The deceleration rod made of inert magic metal retreated two sections, and the light of magic impact began to ignite!

At the same time, Alvin's eyes widened, golden lightning flashed on his spine, and the original magic power roared out like a turbulent river, and the surrounding mechanical structure of the Hope also changed at the same time.

The outer shells on the left and right sides of the car body popped open outward, revealing the distributed nozzles connected to the Hurricane thrusters inside.

Immediately afterwards, the movable vector nozzle at the tail of the Hurricane Thruster also quickly switched to the preset deflection angle.

When the magic jet interfered by the deceleration rod is fully deployed, the nozzles spewing out flames and strong light are not just the pair of main thruster nozzles at the tail, but also the distributed attitude control nozzles throughout the vehicle body, which simultaneously start the magic impact propulsion!

The rock wall was hit by the high-speed condensed magic power, leaving two melting tracks emitting dark red light. The resulting reaction force pushed the Hope to break free from the constraints of gravity. She was like a phoenix wrapped in flames and light, suddenly blooming with brilliant magical light!

Then, Hope really took off!!!

Flames shone, winds howled, and when the tires with enhanced grip touched the solid road surface again, the entire magic car accelerated and sprinted in a strange posture, standing sideways and adhering to the rock wall.

The Hope, relying on the magic impact to propel itself out of the track restrictions, was wrapped in dazzling golden-red flames, like a phoenix flying freely in the sky, and overtook in an instant with an incredible route!

Hope, ranked first!!!

Chapter 200 Intelligent Flying Car

Thoughts of Gold, a top-secret design from the Linde Alchemist Guild.

This magic vehicle has the high-speed alchemical ability to quickly change its body to adapt to various terrains. On the other hand, it also has an epoch-making design that far exceeds the existing concept of magic vehicles.

Therefore, when the Hope surpassed the Golden Thought and took the first place in a way that most people had never imagined, the many alchemists gathered in a secret hall on the top floor of the Linde Alchemist Association headquarters fell into a moment of silence.

"How did he get through there?!?" someone asked in disbelief.

"Hasn't the cooling system managed to cool down the residual heat of the powerful alchemical generator?"

"When can the hyperbolic mode be activated again?"

There was also an alchemist who questioned in a sharp voice, but the panicked question did not receive an answer. Instead, it was only another problem that made people want to pull their hair out.

"It will take at least fifteen minutes to decompress and dissipate heat."

"Fifteen minutes? Another fifteen minutes and we won't even be able to see the exhaust of that amateur rickshaw!"

This hall filled with noise was not a remote audience seat specially prepared for alchemists.

In fact, this is where the "brain" of the Golden Thought is located.

The reason for saying this is actually very simple. There is no real person driving in that mysterious racing car which is completely golden with only the cockpit being pitch black!

As the guild group where most of the top alchemists in Linde gather, the Alchemist Association naturally possesses the most advanced magical engineering technology.

If some of the great wizards and scholars who started the magical engineering revolution had not been affiliated with the Lind Royal Society, the power to formulate standards for the magical engineering era would have undoubtedly fallen into the hands of the Alchemist Association long ago.

Relying on the gathering of the smartest people in the field of alchemy, they developed another winning trump card besides high-speed alchemy in a short period of time before the start of the competition.

The Alchemist Association's trump card, the technology it intends to use to defeat all other competitors, is a new magical vehicle development project involving experiments with the use of small, specialized mechanical computing towers on magical cavalry.

The so-called Tower Spirit was originally a magical artificial intelligence installed on masterpieces of classical magic such as the Mage Tower.

Its existence structure includes traditional versions similar to elemental life forms, as well as different subspecies that imitate other types of magical life forms.

Simply put, a tower spirit is an artificial intelligence that can help mages deal with a large number of tedious tasks, including calculation, statistics, and manipulation of magical devices.

But no matter what type of tower spirit exists, their common characteristics are that they consume a lot of energy on a daily basis and their bodies take up a large space, so they need a carrier unit that is large enough, strong enough and has a large mana generation mechanism.

Usually these carrying units are magic towers or larger, rarer spell fortresses, which are architectural units that meet all the requirements, and this is the reason why they are called tower spirits.

Because of the need to create tower spirits, before the Magic Revolution, traditional mages also had a special branch of knowledge called computational law.

After the magical engineering revolution, the Linde Alchemist Association also conducted large-scale magical engineering research and gradually discovered that these researches would also generate a large number of mathematical problems that required complex calculations.

Therefore, in order to improve research efficiency, alchemists teamed up with engineers specializing in mechanical design to invent a special calculation-assisted machine called the "Difference Engine."

The machine can automatically store, verify, read and output numbers through the meshing, rotation and translation of a large number of gears.

The original Difference Engine had very low calculation capabilities, but through the strengthening of components through alchemy and the continuous development of mechanical manufacturing technology, the laboratory version of the Difference Engine is now capable of performing very complex automatic calculations.

Later, alchemists came up with a sudden idea, which was to combine the traditional magic technology of tower spirit manufacturing with the differential machine enhanced by alchemy.

The result was a successfully miniaturized mechanized computing tower.

This technology was also used in the subsequent design plan of a new type of magical vehicle, and the product was the unmanned thinking racing car named "Golden Thought"!

The reason why it got such a strange name is, on the one hand, naturally because of the special position of the precious metal gold in alchemy, and secondly, the huge amount of money and manpower spent on the plan made the value of this magic car far exceed the same weight of gold. It is so expensive that even a financially strong organization like the Alchemist Association feels the pain.

Furthermore, it also records the various responses of the best racers to different terrains. Based on this vast data set compiled from various models, the driving-specialized Talion equipped on the Golden Thought possesses efficient driving technology that approaches the theoretical limit.

When necessary, alchemists can also use remote intervention to help the mechanical tower spirits mounted on racing cars make quick decisions, and even use manual intervention to deal with complex problems that may arise.

In addition to the alchemical generator installed inside the magic car, it is not impossible to remotely upgrade and modify the magic car to achieve faster speed and higher adaptability.

All in all, at least in the eyes of many elite alchemists of the Linde Alchemist Association, controlling a specialized mechanical tower spirit is the most advanced super driver of this era.

Moreover, it does not have the shortcomings of human drivers, such as being large in size, having excess weight, and having limited physical endurance, which would add "burden" to the magic racing car.

But now, the extremely expensive self-driving thinking racing car, designed and produced by the collaborative efforts of the top alchemy researchers, is being watched in disbelief by many scholars...

It was surpassed by a nameless magical vehicle built by a young alchemist from Genoa who knows if he even has a diploma, in a private workshop without a formal name, using who knows what other methods, and whose appearance looked vaguely familiar to the alchemists. !!!

Looking at the remote images transmitted at a high cost on the crystal screen hanging in front of the hall, almost all the alchemists and scholars fell into frenzy and confusion.

Nicolas Flamel, who was in charge of the racing plan, was particularly frantic, pulling at his dwindling hair. Considering that he had previously worn a wig when attending formal events, it was clear how devastated and miserable he was at the moment.

"How come the driver of that car is closer to the theoretical limit than our Golden Thought!"

Faced with the Vice President's roar, the vast majority of alchemists chose to remain silent.

"..."

"Probably..." A young alchemist raised his hand uncertainly.

"By luck?"

“…” Upon hearing this answer, Mr. Nicolas Flamel’s face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.