Above The Sky
Chapter 747 - 747 12 Finally Remembering the Spoils of War_2

747: Chapter 12: Finally Remembering the Spoils of War_2 747: Chapter 12: Finally Remembering the Spoils of War_2 “Second, you’re asking us to start work now, but that’s really difficult—those Rebel Highlanders have dismantled the Elemental Crystals and the raw materials for the Alchemy Furnace.

We’re left with only the most basic metal materials.

Even if we start now…

I really don’t know what to start on,” he said.

These two issues were indeed the most practical and immediate concerns.

Ian, of course, wouldn’t get angry because reality did not accommodate his orders or blame the craftsmen for their inefficiency—he was a technician himself and was certainly no stranger to the principle that engineering tasks must be rooted in reality.

The first issue was, in fact, inconsequential, as Ian did not need a full workshop staff; anyone with a bit of operational experience would do.

Therefore, he indicated that Ambur could recruit as many people as possible, and the Guard Squad soldiers would accompany him to arrest them.

Later, a new list would be created, and they could receive more food rations.

Regarding the second issue, Ian inquired in detail about what materials were left in the Alchemy Workshop.

After getting the answer that ‘almost all Sublimation Materials had been exhausted,’ he too furrowed his brows.

Indeed, it was a conundrum.

What Ian now wanted to set the Alchemy Workshop working on was known on Earth as ‘exoskeleton powered armor.’

On the Terra Continent, this type of armor actually had a very simple name—’Sublimation Armor.’

Armors like the Entangling Void Armor and the standard Armor Suit of the Inspector Knights came with a bit of power and sat between regular armors and full Armor Suits.

They were commonly used by Adventurers and explorers for Labyrinth Exploration—after all, though full Armor Suits were powerful, they had their difficulties in terms of endurance and size.

Sublimation Armor, however, posed fewer problems in these respects.

But the Powered Armor that Ian was looking for differed subtly from the Sublimation Armor.

Sublimation Armor, in essence, still primarily catered to Sublimators.

Its power was not used to drive the armor but to activate a certain sublimation ability, for instance, the auxiliary jet flight of the Entangling Void Armor or the Magnetic Light Knight’s Magnetic Sand Armor.

Sure, it had its own power, but to unleash its true combat potential, it required larger amounts of Primordial Essence from Sublimators.

In essence, Sublimation Armor was like a small Armor Suit with a Sublimator as the Power Furnace Core.

However, the type of Powered Armor Ian wanted to create had its own power source and could amplify the strength of even Ordinary people, affording them a share of sublimation abilities.

Clearly, such a design concept was rather odd—instead of arming a bunch of Ordinary people to give them a bit of sublimation ability, it would make more sense to enhance a Sublimator.

The latter would obviously mow down the former with ease.

That was the rationale, but Ian had a plan.

From the very beginning, he intended to restructure the military system of his territories.

With the Exoskeleton Armor designed to merge Earth technology with Terra Technology, a large number could potentially pose a threat to Sublimators.

And most importantly, it could inflict a dimensional strike on an enemy’s conventional forces, akin to an attack by a Sublimator.

—Yes, my soldiers might not beat a Sublimator…

but your soldiers can’t beat Sublimators, nor can they beat mine!

As long as Ian could ensure that his forces would prevail over local Sublimators, wouldn’t that result in a comprehensive crushing of the enemy?

Yet without even the basic raw materials, all these further plans would be of no use.

“Lord, if what you intend to create is such Sublimation Armor…”

At this moment, Ambur was flipping through a stack of design blueprints given by Ian.

A vision of a massive, cumbersome, and fiercely robust suit of armor akin to a diving suit began to take shape in his mind; it became clear to him, “then everything else is negotiable, but we don’t have the ‘Radiance Crystal Chips’ needed for the weapons section.”

This hairless craftsman of the Golden Folk with golden eyes and some wrinkles on his face looked up earnestly and said to Ian, “You wish to create a kind of Sublimation Armor that can continuously fire those previously seen scorching rays…

or, to be more precise, prismatic rays.

It’s indeed an extremely potent weapon, but it’s not good to deploy the same weapon design against the enemy uniformly.”

“Moreover, we don’t have the raw chemical materials required for its weapon materials…

All we have left here is pure Dawn Glow Grass Extract.

In other words, even if we need to replace the weapon system with a new one, we must have the raw materials for this weapon system, and it must be activated solely by the Primordial Essence of the Dawn Glow Grass Extract.”

“I see,” Ian said.

He was also a bit worried.

He did indeed carry some raw materials with him, but the quantity was obviously not enough to equip an entire troop.

Moreover, compared to Powered Armor, ensuring the ammunition for Charged Rifles was the most prudent approach.

Truth be told, just from yesterday’s battle alone, nearly half of the ammunition for the charged rifle had been depleted.

This was one of the shortcomings of both sublimation armor and alchemical devices: in comparison to conventional weapons’ logistics, their sustained combat operation was difficult to maintain, even for an alchemist lord like Ian.

——Could it really be necessary to wait for the next batch of supplies from Nauman City?

As Ian considered this, he realized that doing so would mean owing a favor to Marquis Barton.

Although it wasn’t a big deal, it was best to avoid getting entangled with such a hawk owl whenever possible.

However, at that moment, Scott approached and whispered to Ian, “My lord, have you forgotten your spoils of war?”

Ian raised an eyebrow, “What spoils of war?”

Now it was Scott’s turn to be confused, “The ones left by the three highlander leaders you killed yesterday——Karry Yamaguchi was finished off by our soldiers; Xi-Song Jiangu had his upper body incinerated by you; and Martin Hanging Peak was completely burned to ashes by the main cannon of your armor suit…

But didn’t their weapons remain?”

“Karry’s broken Wolf Tooth Club, Xi-Song’s Swift Thunder Bow, Martin’s Thunderous Sword…

and that Dragon God Ring, didn’t you say you’d put them in the castle and look at them when you had time, just yesterday?”

“Oh!” Ian suddenly realized.

He had killed those three so swiftly that he subconsciously thought of the remains as ‘reduced to ashes,’ never expecting that their belongings could have survived under prismatic rays: “I didn’t expect that.

Those weapons must be quite impressive to have withstood such power.”

It seemed he had made an empirical mistake, assuming that nothing would be left after exposure to the rays.

Yet in Terra, there were all sorts of materials of strange and formidable strength.

An unexpected gain, indeed.

“Can the sublimation material used to make weapons be recycled as raw materials?”

Ian turned and asked the stunned Ambur craftsman.

“That, of course, my Lord…”

Ambur was utterly dumbfounded and spoke somewhat hesitantly, “But to reforge already crafted sublimation weapons back into raw materials is, well…

somewhat wasteful.

It’s quite expensive…

Those weapons, if used by you, Lord, would surely be better than what our soldiers could do with this kind of armor…”

Ian shook his head, “I’m just asking if it’s possible.”

“In theory, yes.”

Ambur hesitated, a craftsman’s sense of duty preventing an immediate answer, “But I need to see the state of those weapons first, my Lord.”

Ten minutes later, the weapons were delivered.

A towering sword nearly three meters tall, a thunderous longbow, and a half-melted stick of crystal iron.

[Thunderous Sword]

[Second Energy Level·Weapon·Elite·Inedible]

[Crafted with pride by the last great craftsman of the highlanders, Teyaltar Stonescale, using Magnet Thunder Rocks and Thunderous Crystal Iron from the depths of Silverwing Peak.

When a Sublimator wields it, infusing Origin Quality, they can activate “Thunderstrike,” unleashing an ultra-high temperature electric arc upon the enemy, melting their armor and flesh upon impact.]

[With sustained infusion of Origin Quality, the weapon can become a “Thunderous Blade,” from which surging thunder light spreads along the blade, creating a colossal edge potent enough to cleave through city walls.]

[It has been used to cut through the defense lines of Imperial Full-Armored Heavy Infantry, capable of breaking even armor suits.

Only the most powerful highlander warriors can wield it.]

[Contained Primordial Essence: 3659.5163 elite units]

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