Chapter 771: Chapter 356: Armor Can Also Be a Living Being

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Zhuo Ya listened to Luo De’s requirements and turned to exchange a glance with Senda.

"What you’re saying, we know, but currently it’s a bit difficult..."

There was some difficulty in Zhuo Ya’s tone as she explained, "This time the arm armor’s runes added demon crystal, and the enchantment runes are passive, continuous amplification."

"The attack magic you mentioned is a one-time burst of magic power, which will interfere with other rune effects of the arm armor."

"The result is that after casting the attack spell, all enchantments on the arm armor will become ineffective."

Senda nodded in agreement with Zhuo Ya’s words.

"Just like my first-generation design, that’s why we didn’t add such trigger-type spells," Senda supplemented with an explanation.

"This isn’t very good."

After listening to the two, Luo De thoughtfully said, "I want both passive enhancement and active attack."

Without waiting for Zhuo Ya and Senda to say more, Luo De proactively suggested,

"Can we set up an independent magic power supply module?"

Luo De raised his arm and gestured, "For example, inscribing the runes on the inner side of the arm armor and setting a layer to increase the active attack runes?"

"If that’s the case, it should be feasible..."

Zhuo Ya thought for a moment and turned her head to look at Senda beside her.

Senda nodded, saying, "But it will increase the complexity of the production and the weight itself."

"If you want to make it like magic jewelry, it will be more difficult and require more time."

Senda shrugged helplessly.

"We can appropriately increase the weight to reduce the difficulty."

Luo De said without hesitation, "This type of gauntlet is inherently not intended for ordinary soldiers and knights but can be designed according to the abilities of advanced knights."

"By the way, the increase in magic attack I mentioned is for the left arm." Luo De reminded.

"Understood." "Okay."

Zhuo Ya and Senda successively responded.

Zhuo Ya lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "There’s another issue, Lord Duke."

"Mm, go ahead." Luo De nodded in acknowledgment.

"You mentioned that the gauntlet will also involve the whole body in the future?"

Zhuo Ya tried tentatively, "Will other parts also have both passive amplification and attack spells?"

"Of course, it inevitably will."

Luo De said without hesitation, "It may not be realized now, but it’s our future goal."

"That’s what I’m worried about, Lord Duke."

Zhuo Ya explained with a slight frown, "If there are too many abilities, it will increase the mental pressure on the knights."

"After all, they are not wizard apprentices like us..."

"I know."

Luo De nodded and asked with a smile, "Do you remember what I told you about the autonomous abilities of the armor?"

"You see, this activated steel itself is used for crafting undead puppets."

"So why not add undead’s soul fire into the activated steel?"

"Controlled by soul fire, the armor’s entire function, while the wearer only needs to bind and communicate with the soul fire, wouldn’t it lighten the wearer’s pressure?"

Luo De’s question clearly stunned Zhuo Ya.

Only now did she fully understand that what Luo De previously mentioned as active interaction was to add a soul to the armor!

"Indeed, we can make the entire set of armor into undead creatures of skeletal monsters!"

Zhuo Ya’s voice was filled with excitement, "Those cannon fodder undead creatures have no independent consciousness, but executing orders is completely fine!"

"Not only that!"

Senda simultaneously widened his eyes, "If it is an independent undead creature, we can somewhat neglect the weight issue!"

"Smart, Senda."

Luo De approvingly nodded, raising his left hand to clasp his palms together, slowly clenching his right fist, "If the armor you forge is large enough, it’s actually akin to putting a knight inside that suit of armor."

"And not letting the knight bear the weight of the armor."

"Just like people sitting in a carriage!"

Zhuo Ya was indescribably excited, as if having discovered a new continent, she exclaimed in a surprised voice,

"Lord Duke, you’re simply a genius!"

Luo De felt somewhat excited in his heart.

In the end, what he saw in films and TV shows in his past life, mechs might be realized in the future by means of magic.

Such discussions were incredibly thrilling.

Luo De also shared many ideas with Zhuo Ya and Senda, such as whether previous enchantment standard parts could be applied to full-body armor.

Also, about the power integration of the full-body armor, whether the magic runes could be disassembled more finely, whether there were magic patterns inside that could be shared among multiple rune designs, etc.

Luo De’s thinking leaned more towards engineering technology from his past life, opening new avenues for Zhuo Ya and Senda.

The three talked into the late night, ending only when Avril came to remind them, and they each went to rest.

Next day.

Luo De did not rest and took Avril with him after breakfast to inspect the entire Northern Wasteland territory.

He examined the ranch, the magical beast valley, the racecourse, the Black Stone Mine, and other places.

In Black Pine Ridge and Ice Blade Valley, watchtowers were already built densely, roughly every six or seven miles there was one.

These watchtowers monitored nearby farmlands and forests, ready to report any anomalies at any time.

Currently, the biggest anomaly in the Northern Wasteland is, of course, wild beasts and mutated magical beasts.

More importantly, these watchtowers can provide supply and resting places for hunters and the gathering wizard apprentices, allowing them to travel freely even in snowy weather.

Most of the watchtowers were still built of wood, a distance away from Luo De’s stone tower outposts.

Luo De’s final inspection site was the Magic Crystal Mine.

This mine is located at the edge of Razor Plain, in the depths of the mountain, and it is Luo De’s most important industry now.

A large number of soldiers were stationed here, managed personally by Blom.