I was a lord farming, how did I become an emperor?

Chapter 361 Northern Magic Research Center

Chapter 361 Northern Magic Research Center
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There are still many things in the warehouse.

But apart from the construct guards, the rest are all materials and semi-finished parts.

Compared to Kevin's laboratory, Rhodes was more convinced that the wizard Melos had gone to fight.

Moreover, Melos believed he could return, so he left most of his belongings behind.

Unfortunately, Rhodes couldn't find any wizard diaries or similar documents; otherwise, he might have been able to find out what had happened.

"No one should touch anything here. Let Zoya and Sainda handle it when they arrive."

Rhodes circled around and ordered, "Doron, send two men to guard the door."

Rhodes wasn't suspicious that there might be a traitor sneaking in, but rather that he was worried someone might mistakenly enter without knowing the value of the place. The guards' primary role was to provide a warning.

"Yes, sir," Doron replied respectfully.

Rhodes did not linger at Melos's residence and led everyone back to the hall.

"By the way, notify Lawrence to send someone over; this place needs to be rebuilt."

Rhodes instructed Doron, "Have Bard bring some men over first and build me a blacksmith shop."

Whether it's armor or construct guards, these all require the involvement of blacksmiths.

Rhodes also plans to have his wizard apprentices modify the furnace and improve the smelting process.

Sufficient temperature is required to cast parts, eliminating the need for inefficient manual production processes.

"Sherry's construction team also came to build some wooden houses."

"Yes, my lord."

Doron nodded vigorously. "I'll go and have someone send the message back right now."

After Doron left, Avril asked, "Darling, do you plan to develop this place in the future?"

"Ah."

Rhodes responded softly, "This will be the Northern Magic Research Center in the future."

If the teleportation array can be successfully built, communication between the North and South will be much more convenient.

In addition, the place has complete experimental equipment and various books, so both potion workshops and alchemy workshops can be established here.

The outer perimeter will expand outwards from the Abyss Wizard Tower, continuously developing and constructing, with wizard academies relocating to the outer perimeter.

So in addition to Zoya and Senda conducting research here, more wizard apprentices will soon be coming here to work.

Wizard apprentices do the important work, while ordinary people assist them and handle the peripheral tasks.

In this case, the surrounding services and supporting facilities must be complete.

Rhodes needs to make plans for these things as soon as possible.

"Uh-huh."

Avril nodded. "Then the underground temple in the southern province will also become a research center."

"Ah."

Rhodes nodded.

In addition, Rhodes also wanted to build a secret research center.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows; you can't put all your eggs in one basket.

However, we don't have that capability yet.

"How's the research going, teleportation array?"

Rhodes then changed the subject and asked Avril, "How much more is needed?"

"The spatial coordinates have all been deciphered. Now I'm learning how to cut magic crystals."

Avril replied earnestly, "Teleportation arrays require magic crystals with the same magic power to ensure stable magic power transmission."

“I’ve heard Sainda mention this before…”

Rhodes said, "There seem to be some pre-cut magic crystals in town. I'll have them bring some over."

"No need, the cuts they made may not even meet the specifications of this teleportation array."

Avril laughed and said, "But it would be even better if you could send two more apprentices."

"No problem, as long as you're willing to teach them."

Rhodes didn't have any powerful wizard apprentices under his command, but he had several dozen who could help him.

"Great."

Avril tiptoed and gave Rhodes a light kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, darling."

"I have a question."

Rod smiled and looked at Avril, asking, "Is it true that different types of facilities require different specifications of magic crystals?"

Fearing Avril might not understand, Rhodes added, "For example, with this teleportation array, do different types require different amounts of magic crystals?"

Some are the same, some are different.

Avril said thoughtfully, "I'm not entirely sure about the specifics, but when I was researching, I found four or five different specifications of magic crystals."

"This situation is not good."

Rhodes looked at Avril and explained, "Each magic crystal in a magic array has a specific size, so the people who process the raw magic crystal ore have to make multiple sizes."

"This increases the workload without us even realizing it."

Rhodes' vision for the future is standardized assembly line operations, with uniform specifications being the most basic requirement.

Magic crystals are an extraordinary source of basic energy, comparable to electricity and oil in the previous life.

Therefore, standardizing the specifications of magic crystals is as important as standardizing the octane rating of batteries and gasoline, just like standardizing the writing system and the gauge of carts.

"Can the specifications of the magic crystals in this magic array be modified?" Rhodes asked.

"It should be possible, but I can't modify it."

Avril shrugged helplessly. "Ms. Celinesha might need to make some adjustments."

Rhodes nodded slightly. "Let's leave the teleportation array like this for now."

Building the teleportation array was quite difficult, and since it was an important facility, Rhodes didn't want to make any changes easily, in case of any accidents.

"But when making devices or items that require magic crystals for power, try to adjust the specifications of the magic crystals you use."

Rhodes turned to Vivian and said, "Here's what you'll do. Make a note of this, and when we get back to Riftrock City, we'll have Celine and Falkford plan it out together."

"Ok."

Vivian nodded in agreement.

"Nothing else, I'll go take care of my work now."

Avril said, "Once the magic crystals are cut and inlaid, the teleportation array is basically complete."

"it is good."

Rhodes nodded in agreement and watched Avril leave.

"Let's go check out the next person's room."

Rhodes led Vivian toward Anos's private area.

Annos's school of thought seems to be the same as Kevin's.

But more items were left behind in his private sphere.

As soon as Rod walked to the table in the living room, he saw some magic scrolls on the bookshelf.

What kind of magic is it?

Rhodes picked one up with his spellcaster's hand and asked Vivian, "Do you remember this?"

Vivian shook her head. "I don't know, but the markings on it prove that it's a second-circle spell scroll."

"nice one."

Rod didn't even glance at it before putting it directly into his storage space.

Second-circle spell scrolls can only be crafted by qualified wizards, and whatever they are, they are all valuable.

There were four books on the shelf, which Rod took away one by one.

"There should be some good stuff here, look carefully."

After Rod finished speaking, he began to search carefully.

Vivian was in charge of the living room, and Rod was in charge of the bedroom.

Then Rhodes discovered a beautiful magic bracelet in the bedroom.

However, I've never seen any of the runes on it before, so I'll have to consult the ancient texts later.

Vivian didn't find it in the living room, but she found a box of extraordinary gems in the laboratory, each one the size of a quail egg.

The laboratory was fully equipped, and there were many herbs on the shelves, but they had lost their magic.

There were also some bottles and jars containing powders and liquids, but Rod didn't touch them because he didn't know what they were.

Then Rhodes, with Vivian in tow, found two strangely shaped staffs in the warehouse—they were the color of octopus tentacles, twisted and meandering, with a suction cup-like pit at the top.

The pit contained fragments of extraordinary gemstones, and it appeared to be damaged.

"I don't know if it can be repaired."

Rhodes put the two staffs away.

The three wizards gained a lot in their private sphere, but much of it needs to be repaired.

Rhodes thoroughly searched Anos's private area again, and after confirming that nothing was missed, he left with Vivian.

……

Four days later.

Zoya and Sainda arrived at the Abyss Wizard Tower with five wizard apprentices. Following Rhodes' orders, Doron led them directly into the Abyss Wizard Tower.

"There really is such a place..."

Zhuoya stared wide-eyed at the magical lamps on the wall that were flashing with light.

"Sainda, you're too tight-lipped!" Zhuo Ya's voice carried a hint of complaint.

"Miss Zhuoya, please don't slander me!"

"I only knew that the lord had a treasure vault, but I didn't know it was in this place!" Senda said irritably.

Senda was equally shocked as she looked around at everything, her hand unconsciously stroking the runes on the wall.

"Look at that ring of stone pillars in front, isn't that a magic circle?"

As Senda was about to walk forward, Doron quickly stopped him, saying, "Master Senda, Lady Avril is repairing that magic circle. No one can approach for the time being."

Sainda glanced at Doron, but her gaze remained fixed on the direction of the teleportation array.

“Master Senda, please don’t put me in a difficult position.”

Duolong said with a wry smile, "If you want to see, the adults will come in a while and won't stop you from seeing."

"That's fine."

Senda turned his head and looked at the magic lamp on the wall. He walked to the wall and reached out to touch the magic lamp, but found that he was too far away.

"Guards! Guards!"

Without turning his head, Senda shouted, "Go get me a chair! I need to study this magic lamp properly!"

"Working under torches every day, it's blinding me!"

"Let's not study the magic lamp for now; that's someone else's job."

Rhodes came out of Kevin's house, accompanied by Vivian and Avril.

"grown ups."

Everyone bowed in respect, including Senda, who was extremely deferential.

"Alright, no need for so much formality."

Rhodes waved casually with a smile, then looked at Sainda and Zoya.

"Your home ground is over there."

Rod pointed to Melos's private area. "Come on, let's go take a look inside."

"Excuse me, sir."

Zhuo Ya asked, "What kind of magic array are those pillars forming?"

"Teleportation array."

Rhodes said calmly, "Avril has already replaced half of the magic crystals on it, so it should be usable soon."

As soon as the words were spoken, Zhuoya and Sainda froze on the spot.

"You mean a teleportation array that can teleport people?" Senda couldn't help but ask.

"It should also be able to teleport dogs."

Rhodes replied, "Other ordinary items should also be able to be teleported, but we'll need to test it out."

"Then, then, don't you need a pair of teleportation arrays?" Senda pressed.

Rhodes nodded slightly. "Yes, there's another one in the southern province of the Empire. Celine from the Dawn Society is in charge of repairing it."

"Celene...the wise one?"

Zoya looked at Rhodes in shock, "The Wise One has also joined your ranks to serve you?"

"To clarify, we are all working together for a better tomorrow."

Rod waved his hand. "Alright, let's get down to business. We can talk about the rest later."

Rod didn't give the two a chance to ask any more questions and went into Melos's residence first.

Zoya and Sainda quickly followed, wondering what Rhodes wanted them to do.

Without lingering, Rod led the two through the living room and headed straight for Melos's warehouse.

Pushing open the warehouse door, two "iron men" clad in armor instantly appeared before the two men.

"Oh my god!"

Senda held his head, stunned on the spot.

"what is this?"

Zhuoya looked at Sainda with curiosity, her face also showing excitement.

Although she didn't recognize what was in front of her, Zelda's reaction spoke volumes.

"Magic Guardian, also known as Construct Guardian!"

"This contains knowledge of mechanics, runic arts, forging, and many other things. This is a true extraordinary product!" said Senda loudly.

"My teacher once said that in ancient times, the Summoning School of Wizards relied on this to fight against the believers of the gods!"

Senda glanced at Rhodes, "I never expected that the lord could find something like this!"

"Besides these two construct guards, there are many books about them in the adjacent library."

Rhodes smiled and said, "Will these help you speed up your research on magic-powered armor?"

"Of course!"

Without hesitation, Senda excitedly shouted, "With this knowledge, the previously mentioned idea is very likely to come true!"

"But we don't have enough manpower!"

Senna hurriedly said, "I need wizard apprentices who know how to engrave runes, not those novices from Frostleaf!"

"I will do my best to arrange manpower for you."

Rhodes nodded slightly.

The Dawn Society might be able to spare some wizard apprentices, but Rhodes couldn't guarantee that.

"Good good!"

Senda was overjoyed and turned to examine the construct guard closely, even reaching out to stroke it.

"What a pity, what a pity."

Senna shook his head with a sigh, "It's a pity there's no magical spirit. This thing can only serve as a reference for us; it can't actually move."

"Then why don't we just create a magical spirit?"

Zhuoya suggested, "How about I summon a skeleton monster and try stuffing its soul fire inside?"

"The soul fire of the skeleton monster is utterly incapable of powering such a construct guardian; it would only taint it!"

"Unless you have a high-level soul fire, the construct guard can't have great power!" Senda said irritably.

"Don't worry about the problem of the magic spirit, there is a solution."

Rhodes explained Melos's research to the two of them.

"A bold idea, truly befitting a wizard from ancient times!"

Upon hearing this, Senda looked excited and said eagerly, "Let's go make it quickly!"

"You guys research the magic armor first, I'll handle the rest."

After calmly giving his instructions, Rod pointed outside and said, "There's a half-finished product in the next bedroom that can also help you with your research."

"Great!"

Sainda strode out of the room. "Zoya, come with me!"

"coming!"

Zhuo Ya responded, but did not take any action.

She glanced at Rod, then stammered and lowered her head.

"Speak your mind, Zhuoya. You're not an outsider anymore."

Looking at Zoya's expression, Rod said, "No matter what it is, I will do my best to help you."

Zhuo Ya raised her head, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's my father."

“He wrote to me, asking me to tell you that he wants to serve you,” Zhuo Ya said.

Zhuoya was also straightforward, and she spoke directly after hearing what Luo De said.

"Can consider it."

Rod nodded thoughtfully.