Magic Industrial Age

The months of January and February in the New God Calendar year 314 were spent busily with profit sharing and factory construction. By early March, Loy directly initiated the military buildup plan.

Although the initial plan was for a thousand people, which wasn't many, they wouldn't be involved in production or miscellaneous affairs. They would receive military uniforms for all four seasons each year, and be provided with three meals a day, as well as specially formulated magic potions for training.

This alone was already unimaginable to outsiders.

In addition, there were generous monthly salaries and various benefits. Even the taxes they had to pay were waived by Loy.

It could be said that the conditions were quite generous, generous to the point that even the younger sons of nobles would be tempted.

Of course, with so many benefits, the recruitment requirements were naturally extremely high.

Applicants had to be between 18 and 25 years old, absolutely the peak of their physical fitness. Priority would be given to those who had started meditating, those who were literate, and those who were strong and robust.

As for basic combat skills, it would be best if they had them, but it wasn't a requirement!

This recruitment was open to all the residents of the Flowery Fields, regardless of status or position, but they had to be born here, and their parents and families had to be here as well.

This was to screen out a group of good, honest people!

With these benefits, Loy was confident that he could recruit people, but the extent of the enthusiasm far exceeded his expectations.

Even many nobles wanted to send their illegitimate children over. They weren't stupid; even if they didn't care about the salary and benefits, they could see Loy's huge investment in this legion.

Loy didn't refuse anyone, but special requests were not allowed. They had to pass the screening process.

Although he said he only wanted a thousand people, he actually recruited as many as fifteen hundred. The plan was to implement a bottom-ranked elimination system, where only the truly hardworking and outstanding would remain.

To this end, Loy even built a huge new military camp under the Dome Mountains, complete with various facilities.

Of course, construction would still take some time. In the current stage, the recruits were all placed in the military camp outside the city.

Grand Knight Alfonso Zech was in charge of preliminary training. The specific training programs and courses were actually the same subjects used to retrain the Knights Order.

It could be said that Loy was preparing to cultivate them as his confidants.

Frankly speaking, the Lionheart Knights Order wasn't bad, but after all, times had changed. It was hard to say how many of them would adapt to modern mana-powered warfare in the future.

The so-called retraining was actually more about having them accept and understand the mana-powered industry. In addition, with the rise of private enterprises, some of them would definitely transition from military positions to become capitalists and merchants.

Loy would definitely not stop this. Only the remaining pure soldiers would be incorporated into the new legion.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, military reform was also a necessary part of his many reforms.

Otherwise, the more wealth accumulated, the more it would attract the covetous eyes of 'jackals and tigers'. When that time came, life would really be difficult.

Having been busy until mid-March, Loy finally freed up some time, and then, without hesitation, he chose to go into seclusion once again.

This time, his battle aura accumulation was full, and he needed to carry out the third [God's Sigh] practice, to carry out the final refinement.

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Mechanical Mage Tower.

Meditation Chamber.

Soul-stabilizing incense was burned, and wisps of green smoke rose, rendering the small meditation chamber hazy.

Loy sat cross-legged, entering a state free of distracting thoughts as he breathed.

Only golden-red battle aura emerged from his body, blurring his entire being.

Until a huge, drum-like heartbeat sounded, and visible ripples spread outward with Loy as the center.

Originally, it was just ripples in the air, but at this moment, even the golden-red battle aura was the same.

It was as if a huge tide was rising on the sea, wave after wave, like crashing waves on the shore, heavy and overlapping, seemingly endless.

Until it reached its extreme, the tide rolled back, and then, accompanied by ripples, it submerged into his body.

At this moment, the battle aura core in his heart had undergone inexplicable changes.

Along with the heartbeat, it was also beating violently, sometimes swelling to almost the same size as the heart, and sometimes shrinking to the size of a sesame seed.

It was also in this violent change that the golden-red battle aura was compressed and refined again. The total amount was constantly decreasing, impurities were being eliminated from the body, but the quality was rising.

It should be said that this was a natural process, after all, Loy had already cultivated God's Sigh to LV2 (99/100) a long time ago.

It had been so long that he himself had forgotten, only because the Holy Brilliant Battle Aura had not been fully accumulated that it had stopped there.

Up to now, Loy's understanding has been constantly updated and deepened. For example, this [God's Sigh], at first, he only thought it was a kind of condensing battle aura, so as to obtain a higher quality holy skill.

But in fact, it also follows certain rules.

The human body is, after all, flesh and blood tissue, a carbon-based life form, and the battle aura extracted on this basis also has its limits.

It's like water vapor turning into water droplets when it encounters cold, and then condensing into ice, but beyond that, even if the temperature is lower, there will be no other changes.

The battle aura cultivated by war occupations, one condensation is considered high quality, and two condensations is comparable to a fourth-order natural disaster.

Anyway, Loy took his second pure battle aura and collided with the fourth-order attribute battle aura, and almost didn't fall behind.

As for the three condensations, he believes that, purely in terms of quality, it is not worse than a fifth-order legendary war occupation.

At this point, it is also the limit of God's Sigh's condensed battle aura. Going further up, the pursuit is not the quality and quantity of battle aura, but something deeper.

That is a realm that Loy cannot reach at this time, but he has a guess that it should be the same as holy skills, involving the origin of the world and the field of rules.

Of course, that is too far away from him, and thinking too much is meaningless.

It only took a day for Loy to complete the third condensation of God's Sigh, and the battle aura was compressed little by little, eventually only leaving 70%.

It's just that the newly condensed battle aura seems to be very jumpy and very active, so that there is a feeling of being out of control.

For this reason, he spent another three days, polishing it little by little, until he was handy.

On the training ground,

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The magic barrier rises, and a faint blue barrier is like flowing water, enveloping Loy.

This barrier seems thin, but it is actually the strongest defensive form of the Mage Tower, which uses the softness of water to reduce the impact.

Even if high-level magic hits it, it can be weakened layer by layer, and eventually return to calm.

However, Loy didn't mean to train here today, he just stood still, and the golden-red battle aura bloomed, covering his whole body.

Loy squinted slightly, raised his arm, and carefully looked at it.

If the previous golden-red battle aura was more like a light, then now, it actually has a sense of graininess!

Yes, it's like golden-red particles, suspended around him, densely packed, so that it is like a light source, blooming golden-red light.

Loy can feel that this is not an illusion, but the battle aura has really condensed into substance and turned into a solid.

There is no doubt that the battle aura in this form, whether it is attack or defense, or magic resistance, or even the many effects and changes it can have, is far beyond the previous one.

"Condense!"

Just uttering a word lightly, you can see that the battle aura is rolled back, and a solid battle aura armor is suddenly formed outside Loy's body.

The overall color is mainly gold, with red as an embellishment. The shape is similar to the Silver Base Armor, but it also has a transparent texture.

Battle Aura Armor, a method that can only be used by fourth-order natural disaster powerhouses, and consumes a lot of battle aura!

Under normal circumstances, almost no natural disaster war occupations use it in battle. It is no exaggeration to say that it is flashy and impractical.

Moreover, even if it is a fourth-order natural disaster, it is difficult to last if you use the battle aura like this.

Loy has encountered no fewer than four orders, but in fact, only Ignatz Iselle has used this method.

This Oath Knight really used it when he was chasing Olivera and facing Loy.

But that is also the fourth-order bullying the weak. Facing the same level, do you think he would dare to waste it like this?!

To this day, this battle aura armor is more of a means to test the quality of one's own battle aura. The more condensed it is, the more durable it is, and the higher the quality of the battle aura.

Of course, Loy doesn't have the time to waste time. He just made some attempts and dispersed the battle aura armor.

Then, he raised his hand, and the golden-red battle aura condensed and bloomed at his fingertips, and finally turned into a crescent-shaped battle aura slash.

Yes, without using skills or weapons, this battle aura actually turned into a battle aura slash.

But without the irritability and impact that the battle aura slash should have, it was as tamed as usual, lingering at his fingertips.

Then, after Loy's movement, it rotated in the palm of his hand, the speed became faster and faster, as if it had accumulated to the extreme, and then it was sent forward.

The small battle aura slash suddenly shot out, with a whimper that cut through the air, and came into contact with the blue magic barrier.

The magic barrier was turbulent like flowing water, unloading force layer by layer, as if to resolve the power of the battle aura slash.

But after only a few breaths of stalemate, the golden-red light on the battle aura slash suddenly increased, and tore the magic barrier apart.

A huge opening appeared, directly dividing the barrier into two, and even more unrepentantly, it drew a semicircle in the air, and then returned to hit the barrier.

Boom!

The sound of elemental collision and annihilation sounded, and in the shock of the aftermath, the magic barrier suddenly shattered, and the battle aura slash also disappeared.

But Loy was also stunned!

He stood motionless in the aftermath, looked at the shattered barrier, and then looked at his hand. Suddenly, he felt that,

It seems that the three times condensed battle aura is far more powerful and more incredible than he imagined.

The changes in it are worth him spending more time to carefully ponder.

Of course, this does not prevent Loy from continuing to practice and improve. After three condensations of battle aura, [God's Sigh], the first holy skill that Loy practiced, is considered complete.

So, the practice of [Holy Fire] should also be put on the agenda.

If he can directly give the battle aura the characteristics of holy fire in the third stage of transcendence, then compared to the fourth-order natural disaster, it seems that there is no gap.

There is a saying that Olivera is right, Loy lacks a sense of security, so he never stops!