Star Forge Titan

The Rogilas, which was slowly descending overhead, cast its shadow on the ground. Ivan exerted a little force with his toes, and silently activated the boxing configuration that had been memorized by his body like muscle memory, allowing him to quietly leap to the top deck in an almost horizontal posture, while the cats and bugs rushed into the battleship along the lowered gangway.

After everyone took their positions, Ivan sat in the captain's seat and looked at the three-fifths of the Gaia disk embedded in the platform, and then issued new instructions to the entire ship.

"Rogilus, set off."

The engine roared and spewed out bright flames, propelling the spacious floating battleship (model) into the sky again.

During the rest period, Alvin had searched the entire ruins of Kahlo City, but he still couldn't find the two fragments of Gaia Disc that fell into the hands of the First Witch King Horhara.

Therefore, in order to obtain full authority to fully utilize the power hidden in the earth vein network to transform the desert, and at the same time prevent the fragments from falling into the hands of dangerous people such as Chaos Followers, Ivan decided to set out personally to find the two missing fragments of Gaia Disc.

Of course, trying to find two pieces of excavated treasure fragments that are less than the size of a palm in such a vast and silent desert is as impossible as looking for a needle in a haystack.

But what makes us human is our ability to use tools. His divinely gifted golden eyes, transformed, allowed Ivan to clearly discern the unique magical fluctuations emanating from the Gaia Disc fragments. He therefore planned to use this as a basis to find a scholar-type transcendental expert in crafting magical equipment and possessing a deep understanding of spells, and have them create a search device specifically designed to locate the disc fragments.

Among the extraordinary people that Alvin knows, Heidi, the female mage from the City of a Thousand Towers, is undoubtedly one of the most suitable candidates in this area.

Unless he intended to drive the airship directly back to Lind or Elrond, no matter how long that would take, the question of whether the Rogilas could continue to fly after leaving the coverage of the earth vein network was an unavoidable problem.

So, I had to go and disturb the female mage who was always unfathomable.

Chapter 108: King of Hunters

The sorceress Heidi is currently in the river city of Nulnris.

After joining forces with the Fist of Freedom, this woman, who was a successful businessman in addition to being a mage and scholar, took on the responsibility of unifying and managing all existing chambers of commerce in the Silent Desert.

Therefore, the Rogilus's destination on this trip was Nunnris City. Although this spaceship was essentially a large-scale model aircraft that was casually remodeled from the Giant King's domestically produced high-precision ancient model kit, its actual flight speed was not slow. In fact, it could even be said to far exceed most vehicles of the same period, making it a next-generation advanced aircraft.

Thus, before the sun rose again, the floating battleship (model) had already arrived at the city of Nunnris.

The residents of Nunnris City have become accustomed to this beautiful magic ship because it has been used as a temporary cargo ship to transport people and materials to this place many times before.

Even the land port outside the city had a dedicated berth for the Rogilas, complete with different takeoff and landing procedures for both day and night. As the searchlight mounted beneath the bow shone a beam of light down to the ground, the soldiers on guard at the land port immediately lit a large bonfire to guide the landing warship.

The heavy landing gear came into contact with the specially leveled and solidified berth floor. The buffer device contracted slightly to dissipate the impact force, and the Rogilas completed the landing mission safely and steadily.

The excellent design ensured that the entire process was virtually silent, and the vast majority of residents sleeping peacefully in the distant city were unaware of the warship's return. However, the Fist Fighter apprentice on duty at the land port was the first to reach the gangway. Perhaps having learned of the events of the past few days, he gazed into the cabin with an excited look.

It was a young figure that looked familiar to Alvin, but upon closer inspection, it was Lucas who had stepped forward and was injured.

"Lucas, have you recovered? That's great." Accompanied by the sound of powerful footsteps, Ivan's words came out from the cabin before he did.

The young fist fighter apprentice was now even more excited, and even his voice was stuttering.

"Sir Alvin, welcome back!"

"Why are you so serious? We've known each other for a long time." Alvin waved his hand helplessly, returning the greeting while signaling others to return to their posts.

Although the Witch King had been annihilated, the Silent Desert had not completely returned to peace. Within this vast and sparsely populated land, there were still many sand bandits and robbers who needed to be conquered. These bandits, like carrion-eating jackals, lacked the strength of lions, but they posed a threat to other peace-loving people and severely impacted the recovering economic and trade activities.

Therefore, even in the city of Nunnris, which was the focus of the development of the Free Fist, it was necessary to be vigilant at night to guard against various temptations and threats from the outside.

"Brad is probably resting at this time. As for Heidi..." Ivan paused, realizing that his understanding of the female mage was quite limited.

However, at least one thing is certain, that is, no normal person would go and disturb a woman with whom he has an ordinary relationship at night.

In addition, this is not the modern era with a rich nightlife, especially in the Silent Desert, a border area with limited development. Most people would choose to fall asleep early and not get up until the sun rises the next day to start a day of hard work.

But he learned an unexpected news from Lucas.

"A market that doesn't even close at night? Has the commercial activities in Nunnris developed to this extent?" While listening to Lucas' introduction, Alvin looked at the commercial street that was still brightly lit in surprise.

Considering the importance of the Silent Desert's specialty spices in the regional commerce, the Free Fist's newly built city of Nunris arranged the market necessary for commercial activities in the most convenient area of ​​the city, that is, near the main central street.

Looking at the bright lights and the more expensive magical lighting in the distance, Alvin couldn't help but sigh that the pursuit of a better life was indeed the strongest driving force. Even though it had only been a few years since he acquired his own land, some people were already bringing their thriving crops to the market.

Although night is not the best time to sell agricultural products, the corresponding handmade crops and various finished spices are still doing a booming business.

Looking at this lively scene, Alvin felt quite emotional. At this moment, a familiar female voice suddenly came from beside him.

"What? Are we, the 'King Who Hunts Kings for Fun', feeling that our efforts have paid off?" Heidi said in a slightly teasing tone.

"Hunting kings for fun? Overlord? What kind of weird title is that?"

Alvin turned around and looked at the tall female mage without surprise. He naturally sensed her arrival early, but the address used in these words made him stunned.

The female mage Heidi is still wearing the local ethnic dress with strong desert characteristics today. The slender gold chain attached to the white multi-layered gauze skirt sways gently as the woman walks, making the exposed waist look more slender and graceful.

"The hunter king who hunts tyrants, the king of kings who takes pleasure in hunting kings, that is the overlord who overthrows the rule of the Witch King." The female mage said calmly a series of titles that made Alvin want to find a hole to crawl into.

"Or, having personally killed more than half of the Witch Kings, you still feel that you are unworthy of such a majestic title?" Heidi smiled at her fellow countryman from the North who was a head taller than her, without disguising the teasing in her words.

"Please spare me, those are not what I want. It just sounds embarrassing." Scratching his cheek, Alvin could feel the awe from everyone from this title. He did not reject the former, but the latter was not what he wanted.

Sighing silently, Alvin decisively decided to change the subject.

"Are you free now? I just need to ask you for something."

"Oh, it's so late and our Overlord is not going to rest yet. Well, it seems that he doesn't intend to let him rest either." Heidi held up the folding fan decorated with white feathers against her bright red lips, and smiled at the boy in front of her.

"No kidding, this is a very important matter." Aiwen was not very good at dealing with this kind of big sister type of person who took off without saying a word. Fortunately, the other party also knew the principle of 'stop when enough is enough and continue next time'.

Soon, the two arrived at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in a carriage pulled by lizard hunters.

After a brief greeting with the others, they entered Heidi's personal magic research room.

After the door was closed, the magical light that lit up on the surrounding walls indicated that there were excellent confidentiality measures in place.

Seeing this, Alvin took out the three-fifths fragment of the Gaia disc in his possession and began to explain his next plan.

Chapter 109: A helping hand

"A search and detection device designed to target specific magical fluctuations?"

After hearing what Alvin asked, Heidi's long and beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly.

"You can try, but I'm not an alchemist specializing in the creation of magical items. It's hard to say what the actual effect of the finished product will be. The scope will most likely be quite limited."

"Oh, I see." Alvin nodded without showing any disappointment.

The long and peculiar history of the rise and fall of Palladia's civilization has led to a considerable number of adventurers in this world specializing in ruins exploration and treasure excavation.

They often need to use magical devices with detection functions, but due to the limited applicability of such items and the limited funds of most low-level adventurers themselves, not many truly capable and outstanding wizards will devote their energy to researching such magical items.

After all, given the sensitivity of spellcasters like mages to magical fluctuations, their own perception is the best detection device. Furthermore, the requirement to target specific magical fluctuations would only increase the difficulty of developing related equipment.

In addition, even for extraordinary people, it is not easy to perceive the subtle differences in magic fluctuations.

Sensing the fluctuations is one thing, but carefully discerning the differences is another, and the ability to directly perceive the fluctuations of magic with extraordinary vision like Alvin is even rarer.

For example, magic fluctuations are like the electromagnetic waves in Ivan's previous life. People can detect their existence with tools, and even use machines to transmit information over long distances with the help of electromagnetic waves, but they must use their own ears and eyes to see and hear the existence of electromagnetic waves and even their waveforms.

I'm sorry, this question is seriously beyond the scope of the topic and is beyond the ability of ordinary people.

When he thought of this, Alvin felt that things might be more troublesome than expected, and he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Looking at this young yet unusually powerful fellow from the North, Heidi's face showed a subtle expression. Whether from the perspective of a Northerner or a Transcendent, she couldn't understand why they would go to such lengths for a group of strangers thousands of miles away from their hometown.

So Heidi asked directly.

"Why?" After getting a little closer, the tall northern woman who also came from the ice field looked into Ivan's eyes seriously and asked the question.

"Why?" Alvin was stunned and didn't understand what the other party meant at first.

"I wonder why you're willing to do so much to these insignificant people?"

"The vast majority of the Free Fists have been harmed by the Witch King's tyranny and want to overthrow it and establish a new kingdom where more people can find happiness. A small number of people want more benefits, and there are also those whose motivations are a mixture of the two. But no matter which side, they all have completely justifiable internal driving forces."

The female mage spoke in a steady voice. Although she was still dressed like a dancer with a strong sense of traditional desert culture, her words revealed the rationality and objectivity of a mage and scholar, and exuded an aura as cold as the white snow on the northern ice fields.

"But why do you, a barbarian from the north in the eyes of outsiders, take this cause so seriously?"

"Is this the question that puzzles even a mage like me?" Heidi's eyes were so deep that it was hard to tell her true feelings at the moment.

After hearing this, Ivan didn't respond immediately, nor did he shout out any passionate declaration. Instead, he stood up and walked back and forth twice, a thoughtful look on his face.

"I'm sorry, I haven't thought deeply about this question, so I may not be able to come up with an answer right now." The black-haired young man shook his head slightly apologetically, but soon the expression on his face became warm and sunny.

"But I think it's true that everyone has the right to pursue their own happiness in a way that doesn't harm others."

"The right things should be supported. It may sound naive, but if the world cannot achieve even such a small amount of naiveté, I think it is necessary to correct it, or even reshape it." Ivan said this in a normal tone, as if describing something that was a matter of course, but Heidi raised her eyebrows involuntarily.

"Besides, it's not like I haven't gained anything at all. I can get something by helping others. Personally, this is enough." Although the female mage said that she had gained something, there was not a trace of selfishness in her voice. Instead, it made people feel very open.

"What a truly childish and naive statement." Heidi couldn't help but let out a low laugh.

Not knowing what she was recalling, she lowered her head to hide the expression on her face, while hugging her shoulders and trembling slightly. She looked like she was suppressing the urge to laugh out loud, or forcibly suppressing some other emotion.

After a while, the female mage raised her fingers to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, perhaps from laughter, and then looked at Ivan again.

"Or, as expected of the Overlord of Hunting, you can make such a domineering declaration so casually." Heidi said this teasingly, making the latter smile awkwardly but politely.

Compared to the teasing jokes in her mouth, in fact, the first title that came to her mind was not some bardic-style overlord, but... hero!

No one is born a hero, but the dream of becoming a hero is rooted in the heart of every young man who still has a glimmer in his eyes.

At this moment, Heidi realized this very clearly, realizing that the young man in front of her was a rare man with heroic potential, no, an outstanding man who had already become a hero!

Then, she thought of the problem that Alvin was facing and suddenly smiled.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about the limited range of the search device."

"Huh?" The female mage's words made Alvin make a surprised sound.

"You must know how to borrow the strength of your companions." Heidi smiled mysteriously.

"Young Overlord, right now, everyone in the Freedom Fist, no, the entire Silent Desert, would be willing to be your companion."

"So, are you still worried about not being able to find the two small fragments that fell into the Dustless Sea?" The female mage said this with a smile on her face.

“…” Ivan was silent for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Ha, it seems I'm also a mediocre person who gets carried away by power. How can I ignore everyone's power?"

Shaking his head, the handsome young man looked down at the tall female mage, who was only a head shorter than him. After staring at her for a moment, he spoke with great seriousness:

"Although I'm a little embarrassed, please lend me your strength."

Under his gaze, Heidi's expression froze, and she took a deep breath before responding.

"my pleasure."

Chapter 110 Searching the Mountains and Seas

A few days later, in the exclusive research room of the Golden Sand Chamber of Commerce.

Heidi held a metal compass the size of a pocket watch in her hand and muttered something.

"Eyes of bronze, you are not metal, you are the eyes of a flying bird, looking down upon the earth, sharp as an eagle."

"Crystal Eye, you are not a mine, you are the eye of the mist, gazing into the unknown, predicting the present."

After saying this, Heidi sprinkled a handful of shimmering powder in her hand.

"Add a little magic, um, this is a witch's spell."

The sorceress was currently wielding a unique spell unique to witches. This spell, imbued with magical power, could distort materials, ultimately achieving effects beyond the realm of conventional magic. Legendary ancient witches, or even great witches, could even use this spell, known as the "Word Spirit," to distort the world itself.

Of course, Heidi had not yet reached this level of crystallization, but with the last decisive words, the two pointers of different lengths on the metal compass the size of a pocket watch began to spin rapidly. The longer one was made of brass, and the end of the shorter one was inlaid with a very fine crystal.

Finally, the two pointers, made of different materials, suddenly converged, pointing to Ivan, who was right next to them. At that moment, he happened to be carrying the three-fifths of the Gaia Disc fragment he had already obtained.

"Is this, successful?" The black-haired boy took out the three-fifths fragment that was closed together with some surprise. As the hand holding the fragment moved left and right, the pointer on the metal compass also changed its angle slightly.

"Don't underestimate the witch's spell." Heidi sang in one breath and winked at the other party. Her expression was as calm as ever, but her eyes were full of confidence in her own spell.

At this point, the development of the Gaia radar was obviously much faster than expected, and the initial experimental version was completed in just three days.

"It's much faster than expected. Professional matters should be left to experts. Can this thing be mass-produced?" Alvin praised subtly, and then asked a more important question.

"Of course, this compass is originally a magical item exploration device commonly used by ruins explorers, that is, a group of adventurers who specialize in ruins exploration. As long as my spell ruins are combined with the prophecy spell enchantment that already exists in them, and then equipped with this detection device that uses alchemy to lock onto the wavelength of magic, it can achieve the function of long-distance detection and calculation of specific fluctuations." Speaking of what she is good at, even Heidi became as talkative as other wizards.

It turns out that the reason why it was so many days earlier than expected was mainly because this invention was not a brand new creation out of nothing, but a modification of some existing magical equipment.

The metal compass in Heidi's hand was the result of combining the magic item search device originally used by ruins explorers with the rare spells that the Witch Agency was proficient in. Although the magic device looked only the size of a pocket watch, it actually used at least three technologies.

Thinking of this, and considering that he was the one asking for help, Alvin felt embarrassed to interrupt Heidi, so he just kept smiling and listened to the bombardment of professional terms for half an hour.

Fortunately, he gradually understood some of the knowledge, and then activated the passive ability called "learning" that he had as an excellent student in his previous life, and began to discuss professional knowledge with Heidi.

Since he hadn't chosen the spellcaster class in the game, Ivan's knowledge in this area was limited. While he had mastered some advanced theories, he lacked the fundamentals. Furthermore, the time required to advance to a higher level in the spellcaster class was significantly longer than for ordinary classes, which was why he chose this more resource-intensive but swift path.