Chapter1153:SurgingUndercurrents

Atthemomentwhenthefacelessgodachievedadecisivevictory,onahighpointnearthecentralwaterveininthemountains.

Hazyraindropsfellinthisarea,causingatranslucentrippleforsomeunknownreason,asiftherewasaninvisibleobjectintheairblockingtheraindropsfromfalling.

Thisisasecretstrongholdoftheempire,withapassagedugoutfrominsidethemountain,finallycreatingasniperpoint.

EventheEmeraldSeaDragonBeastdidn’tnoticethepresenceofthissecretimperialcamp.

Atthismoment,insidethissniperpointprotectedbyspecialmagic,astrangemachinewasbeingsetupinthecenterofthecamp.

Withalengthofovertwentymeters,themachinehadathree-partcompositemechanicalstructure.

Itdisplayedagracefulstreamlineshape,whichlookedlikeaworkofartcomparedtothebulkyandheavy250mechanicalcannon.

Alargebracketmadeofmemorymetalwasfirmlyfixedontheground,andthethree-partmechanicalstructureslowlyrotatedwithafaintblueglow.

"Dowestillneedtolaunchanattack,teacher?"LudwigXIIhimselfappearedinthecenterofthemysteriousweapon.

Behindhim,thelastthreepowerfulmachinesoftheempirearerunningatacrazyspeed,creatingthunderousripplesintheair.

Theempire’sultimateweapon,stillinthedevelopmentstage,isthemassivespiralelectromagneticcannon,designedfordecisivebattles.

Theprincipleisthatthethreemachinescreatealargeelectromagneticcoilundertheirfeet,harnessingtheirpowertosupplyenergytotheempire’sexperimentalelectromagneticcannon.

Comparedtotraditionalcannonsthatusechemicalenergy,theexperimentallargespiralelectromagneticcannoncanunleashprojectilesthatcantearthegroundapart.ItsspeedandpowerareenoughtoshredthebodyoftheEmeraldSeaDragonBeast.

TheplanofImperialSagePoincar茅istosummontheancientweaponsoftheSiaKingdom,lureoutthehiddenEmeraldSeaDragonBeastinthecentralwatervein,anddestroybothancientweaponswithasinglestrikewhilethetwosidesareengagedinbattle.

Killingtwobirdswithonestone,usingoneelectromagneticcannontotakecareoftwotroublesomeenemies,it’salmostaperfectplan.

Oncethemassivespiralelectromagneticcannonhasbuiltupenoughpower,itbecomestrulyformidable.

Insidethespiralelectriccannon,thereisaspecialdevicethatcancombinethepowerofallthreemachinesandcontinuouslyenhancetheirupperlimit.

Intheory,afull-poweredshotfromthemassivespiralelectromagneticcannonisequivalenttothecombinedforceofnearlyahundredofthesemachines.

Ittakesseveraldaystofullychargethelargespiralelectromagneticcannonbeforeitcanunleashapowerfulattackthatcandestroyeverything.

Evenifthereisalivedragon,afullychargedlargespiralelectromagneticcannoncankillitwithasingleshot.

Butnow,ImperialSagePoincar茅hesitated,whichwasrareforhim.

"Theinformation...doesn’tmatch..."

"Inthehistoryofthedivineera...suchaweaponhasneverappeared..."

Inthesecretrecordsleftbythered-robedmageswhoonceruledthecontinent,therearetracesoftheblackirongiant,theEmeraldSeaDragonBeast,andtheunseenOperaHousePhantomandRiftSpaceDragon.

Thosetraceswereerasedfromhistorybythemages,butitdoesn’tmeantheydon’texist.

Onlythesilver-whitegiantfromtheSiaKingdomtrulyhasnopresenceinhistory,notevenahintofashadow.

ThisalsoposedachallengeforthecalculatingPoincar茅.Basedontherecordsofthedivineerawar,heroughlyestimatedthestrengthoftheblackirongiantandtheEmeraldSeaDragonBeast,andconcludedthataslongasthelargespiralelectromagneticcannonisfullypowered,itcanpenetratetheseancientweaponswithasingleshot.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槣)

Anyopponentwithdatacancalculatetheupperlimitandfindawaytodefeatthem.

Scienceisarealisticwaytoanalyzeandsolveproblems.

However,theformuladoesn’tworkforopponentswithunknowndata.

Atthismoment,Poincar茅isfacingacentury-oldproblem,tryingtocalculatetheanswerwithoutknowingthedata.

"Stopattackingandgathermoreinformation."

AfterwitnessingthesilvergiantbeingsealedintheEternalIcyCoffinandthenbreakingfree,tearingaparttheEmeraldSeaDragonBeast,Poincar茅issuedtheordertoterminatetheplancodenamed"DragonHuntingOperation."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Threemachinesranforseveraldaysandnights,desperatelychargingthedevelopinglargespiralelectromagneticcannon.Suddenly,thetitledmachinecollapsedwithaloudcrash.Inside,theskilledoperators,theempire’smostelitehero-rankedknights,foamedatthemouthandlostconsciousness.

Normalhumanscouldnevercontinuouslydriveatitledmachineforthreedaysandnights,evenhero-rankedknightscouldn’tachieveit.

Inordertoturnthemintoqualifiedpowersources,Poincar茅madethemconsumespecialdrugs,essentiallyusingprecioushero-rankedknightsasgenerators.

Withthecommandtoforciblyterminatetheirmission,thethreehero-rankedknightswerefinallyfreedfromthetragicdutiesofthepowergenerator.

"Morris,retrievethesemachines,"Poincar茅orderedtheredmagicarmoredknightstationedinacornerofthecamp,thenwalkedawayfromthissniperpointwithoutlookingback.

Morris,whohadalreadyfirmlyenteredthecoreoftheempireandshowedsignsoffurtherascent,hadastrangesmileonhislipsashelookedatthelargespiralelectromagneticcannonwithintenseeyes.

Everythingismine,whetherit’stheblackoverlordorthislargespiralelectromagneticcannon,soontheywillallbemine.

Whatbelongstome,noonecantakeaway.

Eventhisempire,thisworld,willsoonbemine.

"Ada."

"Ada."

Aftersecretlyexchangingasecretsignalthatonlytheyunderstood,thenewestrisingforcewithintheimperialarmybegantakingcontrolofthisretreatingsnipercamp.

Theempire’shardshipistheperfectopportunityforthesepowerfulandhonestyoungpeopletostepontothestage.

EvenLudwigXIIhadhighhopesforthisnewgenerationofknightswithmagicarmor,whocamefromsmallnoblefamiliesorevencommoners,believingthattheywerethefutureoftheempire.

However,thereisacondition:theymustbeloyalandobedientdogstotheempire,servingtheroyalandnoblefamilies.

Onlyobedientdogswillberewarded.

Nobodynoticedthattheseknights,whowereseenasloyaldogsoftheempire,hadsilentlybeeninfectedbyanominousdarknessintheireyes.

"Thoseancientweaponsarereallypowerful."

"Soonerorlater,wewillalsohavethiskindofpower."

"EverythingisforthegreatAda."

"HoorayforAda!"Theseyoungpeoplewithblackparticlesintheireyeshavealreadystartedoccupyingimportantpositionsintheempire.

Inatimeofweakenedmagictide,whocantrulyresistthepoweroftheextraordinary?