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Chapter 579 - 579 577 Seeking the Demon Tower (Extra

Chapter 579: Chapter 577: Seeking the Demon Tower (Extra chapter, asking for monthly passes) Chapter 579: Chapter 577: Seeking the Demon Tower (Extra chapter, asking for monthly passes) Drip, drip…

The Thunder Sound Machine kept emitting signals, then it created various lines on a piece of paper, which the operator would translate into content.

After translating a piece of Thunder,

another employee immediately took the translated note and hurriedly left the Thunder Sound Station, where outside, a guard responsible for delivering messages was waiting. The guard took the note and swiftly navigated through Red Castle to reach the Red Fort Hall, where he handed the note to the guards of the hall.

The guard then quickly carried it into the hall to hand over to Grand Duke Russell.

“Uh.”

Russell glanced at the note, which was from his grandmother, Lady Ingrid, detailing her feelings about the play “Phantom Dragon Shattering the Firmament.” She found the quality of the drama had declined significantly.

“Phantom Dragon Shattering the Firmament” is the fourth installment in the Su Luo series, the latest masterpiece by the “King of Exciting Drama,” Nicholas.

Unfortunately, since its release, the reception has been far less enthusiastic than the first three installments of the Su Luo series.

“Ever since I ascended to the role of the Grand Duke, Nicholas’s creativity has become restricted,” Russell put down the note and shook his head.

He then called over a servant: “Go to Evernight Castle and pass a message to Nicholas. Let the Su Luo series end here and focus on creating other dramas.”

“Yes, Your Grace!” The servant left in a hurry.

Russell then picked up a piece of paper and wrote a reply to his grandmother, handing it to the servant to deliver to the Thunder Sound Station—nowadays, the Thunder Sound Station is the Dragon Sleep Continent’s version of WeChat, allowing communication anywhere, regardless of the vast distances.

One could say,

with the Thunder, the warm lands finally became truly connected as one.

The newly established Thunder Sound Machine factory had previously received a significant order from the Scorching Torrent Kingdom, and before Viscount Fred from the Molten Fire Duchy departed, he placed a substantial order due to the overwhelming demand.

Considering the distance and difficulty of transportation, Russell simply authorized Marquis Arno and Viscount Fred to produce Thunder Sound Machines in their own countries after they returned.

Of course,

Russell demanded a certain licensing fee for each Thunder Sound Machine.

“Your Grace the Grand Duke, when the Thunder Sound Machines are spread throughout the entire Dragon Sleep Continent, and Thunder freely roams the skies of the continent, that will be the moment when humanity transitions from scattered nations into a tightly-knit community!” Viscount Fred highly praised the Thunder Sound Machine before he left.

And he extolled Russell: “Your Grace, you have not only created the pinnacle of the Way of the Knight but will also surely lead humanity into a warmer era!”

He was more than ten years Russell’s senior, but quite evidently, he treated Russell as a mentor.

“Fred, you flatter me,” said Russell modestly with a wave of his hand.

Yet Fred spoke solemnly, “These are my sincere feelings, Your Grace. If only you were willing to take on students, Fred truly wishes he could follow you and learn, not only the Way of the Knight but also the scholarly thinking that you possess.”

After a pause, he continued, “Once I return to my country, I will immediately dispatch a delegation of scholars to come and exchange ideas and learn in the Shadowflame Duchy… During this time, I’ve witnessed the blueprint of the industrial era that you’ve sketched out, and it’s magnificent, truly stirring!”

Influenced by Russell, the Shadowflame Duchy had embarked on an industrial revolution with a distinctive Dragon Sleep Continent flair.

This path was primarily focused on industrializing metals and gems.

After all, bipedal flying dragons were the source of all resources and minerals.

For example, around the Black Oil Dragon Ross, an industry based on black oil developed, including oil refineries, kerosene lamp factories, liquefied gas factories, asphalt plants, and so on.

Around the Black Oil Dragon and Black Coal Dragon, a steam engine industry evolved, creating steam carriages, steam trains, steam spinning wheels, etc.—internal combustion engines were still under research and development, not yet ready for application.

Around the Black Iron Dragon, Manganese Steel Dragon, and such, a casting industry developed, manufacturing various steel materials.

Around the Ammonium Salt Dragon, fertilizer factories were developed.

Surrounding the Steel Dragon, they developed steel precision structural materials, such as doors and windows factories.

Surrounding the Footprint Dragon, they utilised the mineral produced by the Footprint Dragon—hafnium powder, which could glow and shine, resulting in the development of fluorescent stick factories.

Supporting the Rootline Family’s Bismuth Dragon, they established color weaving and dyeing factories.

Surrounding the Fire-stealing Dragon, they utilised the mineral produced by the Fire-stealing Dragon—cinder ash, which could keep warmth for a long time, leading to the development of thermal insulation material factories.

Supporting the Rainflower Family’s Blue Crystal Dragon, they produced top-end lenses for astronomical telescopes.

There were countless other developments.

Now, not only was Red Castle actively seeking industrial applications and increasing the added value for the minerals produced by the Bipedal Flying Dragons, but the great nobles who owned Bipedal Flying Dragons were also actively employing scholars to research their family’s minerals to see what new applications could be invented.

The Dragon Sleep Continent was not lacking in intelligent people; they were just dazzled by extraordinary powers.

Russell brought a bit of inspiration, and the scholars immediately opened the doors to a new world, using induction to begin a great dawn of technology. Of course, the technology here was a special kind after combining with Magic Power, and the potential for development was huge.

After sending away Viscount Fred.

Russell was about to return to Cigar Manor for lunch when his attendant hurriedly reported, “Your Grace, Great Scholar Placido seeks an audience with you, saying he has important good news to report to you.”

“Important good news?” Russell raised an eyebrow, “Please let him in.”

“Yes.”

The attendant quickly brought Great Scholar Placido in, and after paying his respects, Placido couldn’t wait to say, “Your Grace, we’ve succeeded, we have really done it!”

“What’s been a success?”

“The monster tracking tower, Your Grace!” exclaimed Great Scholar Placido excitedly, “Previously, our Scholars’ Roundtable Council couldn’t lock in on the Snow Giants or Frost Giants, but, Your Grace, the inspiration you gave us with the Thunder Sound has opened our eyes!”

Since Thunder Element Magic Power could transmit information, it was clear that Thunder Element Magic Power was omnipresent.

Or rather, Magic Power of any elemental attribute was omnipresent.

So.

By borrowing the principle of the thunder from the Thunder Sound Machine, the Scholars’ Roundtable Council changed their experimental approach and finally succeeded in developing the monster tracking tower with the help of the oscillation of Magic Power.

Shortly after.

Russell saw a prototype of the monster tracking tower in an estate just outside Furious Wind City, about a hundred meters high.

Of course, the actual monster tracking tower was just a large Magic device on top of the tower; the tower itself was made of ordinary materials.

“This is the comparison prototype machine,” Placido introduced to Russell in person. “We have another prototype machine out there in Fire Ant Swamp, intended for detecting Frost Giants and Snow Giants. It was that machine that found the Snow Giant’s trail.”

The purpose of the monster tracking tower was to quickly pinpoint the whereabouts of the Frost Giants and Snow Giants and then inform Red Castle at the earliest moment.

Therefore, between the two monster tracking towers, there was also the structure of the Thunder Sound Machine, capable of intercommunication.

Thus, when the monster tracking tower in the borderlands of the nation detected Frost Giants or Snow Giants, the one in Furious Wind City would also be informed immediately.

“Your Grace, look, this is the Magic Power map we made for the monster tracking tower, just now, the Snow Giant’s trace appeared here, remaining for about ten minutes before disappearing,” Placido said, pointing at a huge map.

This map depicted all the territories of the Shadowflame Duchy, as well as the snowfields radiating around it, and extended five hundred kilometers towards the national border.

“The maximum search radius of the monster tracking tower is five hundred kilometers, which is the limit of the propagation of Magic Power oscillation. Any further, and the oscillation would decay too much, utterly unable to pinpoint the interference signal of Magic Power caused by the Snow Giants or Frost Giants.”

“Good!” Upon looking at the map, Russell couldn’t contain his joy, “Build monster tracking towers immediately across all the enclaves and provinces of the Grand Duchy!”

The moment his words fell,

a signal suddenly lit up on the huge Magic Power map, indicating a trace of the Snow Giant appearing near Black Horse Snow Forest to the northwest.