After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 230 - 106: Automatic Magic Wand·Ignition Technique

Chapter 230: Chapter 106: Automatic Magic Wand·Ignition Technique

"It’s done."

Topps said as he rested in the basement lounge. The blue core in his chest grew dim, indicating that from this moment on, he could no longer hear ultrasonic waves beyond human auditory range.

He carefully handed the three lightweight magic wands to Yila, who was watching from the side, and solemnly said, "With your optimized spell model, the new ignition technique wand... as you call it, the automatic magic wand · ignition technique, is completed."

Yila looked at the ignition technique wand in his hand, similar to Topps’ own wand but much smaller in size. He handed one to Vera, who was extremely curious, and through Vera’s [Wings] received Mana, attempting to input it.

There was no sound... He couldn’t hear the wand’s chanting at all.

However, according to Xiaogang and Topps, the reason for choosing Mechanical Language was due to its brevity; Mechanical Language had a powerful expressive capability, with the sounds produced in a second able to replace chants of hundreds of words.

This was beyond the capabilities of [High-speed Chanting], and even more outrageous than the [High-speed Divine Speech] mastered by the gods. It had to be compared to elves to be aptly described.

However, a weak but stable flame appeared at the tip of the wand, illuminating the dark basement... Mana consumption was higher than normal spellcasting, approximately 40% more.

This was unavoidable; the main waste was the natural dispersion of Mana into the wand... In other words, the shorter the wand and the better the material used to store Mana, the less wasted Mana there would be.

This waste was naturally inconsequential to Yila... after all, he was using Vera’s Mana.

But Vera might not be so comfortable. She frowned while waving the flame and said, "The Mana extraction speed is so fast, maybe three times that of the original ignition technique... Ah, is half of it Yila’s extraction? Then it’s fine, but there’s still 1.5 times the consumption."

Vera said this while scrutinizing the automatic magic wand, discovering the problem and saying, "Although it’s good, wouldn’t making the wand shorter reduce the consumption?"

From this, it seemed that despite Vera’s mischievousness during school, she did attend the basic courses properly, and she was actually very smart, almost immediately identifying the problem.

"Yes, but the original length of the ignition technique results in this length of the automatic magic wand."

Topps said, beginning to acknowledge Yila’s term [automatic magic wand], and raised his own wand, saying, "For fireball technique, it’s this length... If it’s a higher-level spell, the length could be unimaginable."

The original length determined the length of the automatic magic wand...

The original text of fireball technique was about four hundred words or so, and the wand in Topps’ hand was slightly shorter than twenty inches... only slightly less than half a meter.

In other words, if it was a legendary spell with ninety thousand words, the automatic magic wand to release such a spell would be about a kilometer long... the Mana waste rate would be 99.999%.

No matter the material, it could not be used by anyone... so designing such an automatic magic wand was out of the question, or it would be the most wasteful decoration.

"What a pity."

Yila said this, and Topps and Vera knew clearly what he pitied, but... there was no way around it unless there were Mana superconducting materials in this world.

Otherwise, the idea of arming the Demon King Territory with war-level magic-activating troops was certainly unrealistic...

"However, let’s continue with the basic design of the wand... How’s your learning of Mechanical Language going?"

Yila asked, and Topps, looking very tired, responded, "I’ve been gradually learning, but it’s still difficult. Some characters’ conversion is very counterintuitive... For example, in Mechanical Language, the difference between ’sun’ and ’worm’ is very small."

Topps mentioned examples, rubbing his eyes in frustration, and said, "There’s no logic at all; meanings are decided purely by the combination of characters... even harder than Divine Era Text."

"Fortunately, I don’t need to learn the verbal forms, just ensure the written conversion."

Indeed, this was something worth celebrating.

Nodding, Yila patted Topps’ shoulder and said, "Rest if you’re tired, take care of your health... Also, there will be a large bathhouse built tomorrow, just like the one from the previous Caesar Duchy period. You’ll have the opportunity to take a bath... You look exhausted."

"Ah, I actually don’t like bathing very much."

Topps said with a smile, pointing to the blue core in his chest, "Because I’m not sure if this thing can be submerged in water, although getting rained on is fine... Is there any task you’d like me to do next?"

Clearly, Topps sensed something, but it was not an unspeakable matter.

"Yes, I hope you can build more [Water Creation Technique] automatic wands. The original text of Water Creation Technique isn’t much, it shouldn’t be particularly difficult... These wands have Mithril mixed in, right?"

Yila said, weighing the wand, which was evidently lighter than steel, saying, "We need a lot of Water Creation Technique wands; I hope you can add more Mithril material... Can you do that?"

Topps nodded; he needed to familiarize himself with Mechanical Language while making wands anyway. Although his next goal was Mage’s Hand, since Yila wanted Water Creation Technique wands, it didn’t matter at all.

But as for more Mithril...

"I have only so many resources at True Red Tower... We’re out of Mithril."

Topps said, looking helpless, "Also, I’m using standard steel wands... they don’t enhance magic but can increase casting distance and can be used as a weapon, with some Mithril and my modifications."

In other words, the former was a funding issue... The latter required purchasing.

"Did you bring them yourself? I thought you applied for these wands from Youyou."

Yila said, patting Topps’ shoulder, "Later I’ll take you to Youyou... the ghost who manages the Demon King Territory’s finances and see if there’s any Mithril left in the warehouse. I’ll also help you apply for some funds."

Saying this, Yila turned to lead Topps upstairs, casually asking, "I haven’t heard of standard steel wands before; where are they produced? Where can we buy them?"

To which Topps quickly replied—

"The Empire capital, Caligula Commerce."

"..."

Instantly, Yila stopped in his tracks, and at that moment he thought...

*"Rather than making money for Caligula, I’d rather go there and steal (rob)."*