Swordmaster's Youngest Son Novel - Chapter 824
Chapter 824
November 7th, 1803.
“Wow… This is the gift that the boy, Luche, prepared for me. It’s quite a rare item.”
Swish.
Murakan said, scratching his back as he lay on his side.
There were stacks of cookies baked by Latrie and a basket full of eaten Strawberry Pies nearby.
Murakan was reading the ecchi magazine that Luche had left behind in Tikan.
“Hmm, not even a copy, but the original. How did he manage to obtain this valuable item during the conflict? He must be quite resourceful. I really like it.”
“Murakan, are you lazing around again?”
“Who’s lazing around? Quikantel. There’s simply nothing for me to do.”
“Everyone else is busy except you.”
“What am I good at? Fighting. But there are no fights now. So, I guess I’m just enjoying my time, you know?”
“Well, I guess that’s true.”
The Red Legend Tribe continued to invade the Lutero Magical Federation.
The conflict between the two factions became known as the Red Legend War.
Even though Elona had been released from her seal, Zipple couldn’t gain an advantage.
Instead, they were fighting against relentless attacks. This was due to the fact that they lacked spatial teleportation technology, unlike the Vamel Alliance.
Of course, Elona’s presence wasn’t completely insignificant.
If they couldn’t pinpoint Elona’s location and attack the area where she was waiting, or miscalculate the time she would arrive on the battlefield, the Red Legends who faced her would perish without exception.
From the Red Legend Tribe’s perspective, the fortunate thing was that no air fortresses or Grand King of Battle class warriors had encountered Elona yet.
They already classified her as a presence above the Blue Legend Tribe’s God of Battle.
There was a sign of movement in the hallway. Murakan recognized that it was Jin and Gilly’s footsteps and quickly hid the ecchi magazine and cookies from view.
“Oh, you’re here. Boy. And my Strawberry Pie. I was meditating. You know, when you have so much power, even organizing it takes quite a while.”
“Wipe the cream off your mouth before you speak. It’s obvious you were playing around.”
“It could be considered part of meditation, you know.”
“Sure, if you say so. Come on, let’s go to the Sword Emperor’s territory.”
“The Sword Emperor’s territory? Alright. Is my Strawberry Pie coming too?”
“Gilly has a lot of work to do, so she needs to rest. If you want to play with Gilly, you have to do something too.”
“What’s with the cold words? Are you saying I can only have a date with my Strawberry Pie if I do something?”
“Isn’t ‘date’ and ‘having fun’ a little different in meaning?”
“Well, then, Strawberry Pie, do you agree too?”
“Well, instead of looking at the ecchi magazine here…?”
“Huh, I see. In that case, I’ll make sure to do something meaningful and come back. Let’s go, movodo!”
Murakan said, following Jin as they left.
Gilly watched their backs and burst into a smile.
“Ugh, argh, even though I regained my old powers, I just can’t get used to this.”
After the Red Owl’s spatial jump ended, Murakan vomited again.
“I have to go everywhere today. What are you going to do?”
“Ugh… For the sake of playing with Strawberry Pie, I guess I can handle this.”
“Jin, are you here? Murakan-nim is here too.”
“Elder Brother Jin, and the great black dragon Murakan!”
Valeria and Luche greeted the two.
“Oh, Luche. I received the gift well. It’s a piece that can definitely go in my collection. If you have any desires, let me know.”
“Well, there are some parts at the shipyard that need significant adjustments. Please resolve them with your great power, Murakan-nim! It seems it will take some time with the knights and Magicians here.”
“It seems like a meaningful task that Strawberry Pie would approve of. Alright, let’s go!”
Immediately, Murakan followed Luche and entered the interior of the shipyard.
“What about Doctor Qwaul?”
“Lately, Dr. Qwaul leaves most of the construction work to Luche and focuses on research. He’s in the lab with Honka, but be careful because he’s in a sensitive state. He almost went crazy. It’s best not to bother him. If anyone other than me enters, he’ll make a fuss.”
Toad Honka, the monster with the inner core, had spent most of his time with Maliet Histor in the past.
That meant Honka had witnessed the process of Maliet creating the Iello.
Thanks to that, Honka’s memories were proving to be of great help in creating mass-produced Iello.
Although Honka didn’t fully understand Maliet’s work, whenever he explained what he saw and heard, Qwaul used it as a basis to make deductions.
“I see.”
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the Vamel Alliance’s growth depended on the results of Qwaul’s research.
From the distribution of communication devices, the development of mass-produced Iello, the Golden Fleet, the Lafrarosa project, to the mass production of Red Owls: all of these tasks were Qwaul’s responsibility.
Furthermore, Zipple and the Red Legend Tribe were busy waging war, so they couldn’t put pressure on the alliance, and Orgal and Zephyrin’s condition still wasn’t improving, making it the perfect time for Qwaul to focus on research.
Among them, especially the communication devices and the mass production of the Iello were tasks that needed to be accomplished immediately.
Although it was the Red Legend War for now, it was unknown when it could escalate into a world war.
Furthermore, it wasn’t just the Red Legend Tribe that posed a problem.
The demon seal wall guarded by Ameris.
If it happened to collapse, the remaining demons in the underworld would begin to act, and they didn’t harbor good feelings towards the surface world.
After the world was split in half, the demons were involuntarily confined to the underworld.
Most of the demons’ goals were the resurrection of the Sun God or the occupation of the surface world.
-[The entrance to the underworld is solely here. However, it is surprising that someone has brought mortals from the underworld to the surface without my knowledge… It’s quite annoying. I don’t know what trick he used, so I have to find him and punish him. How many demons did he summon?]
-I can’t know for sure, but I estimate it to be no more than ten thousand. However, there are probably no more than ten truly powerful demons who could pose a real threat.
-[Just accumulating dust, it seems. He must have used his steel portal ability that you mentioned.]
According to Ameris, the demons that Orgal was leading were simply ‘dust’ compared to the whole.
Furthermore, since they possessed ancient technology like the Red Legend Tribe, the current Vamel Alliance would find them difficult opponents.
‘Of course, it would be better if the demon seal wall didn’t break… But Elona’s seal collapsed without warning.’
The Demon Seal Wall and the sealed Demon King Zito.
Jin had a strong intuition that they would also be released someday, just like Elona.
The Vamel Alliance and the human world needed to maintain their firm stance even after all those threats emerged.
Murakan’s return alone wouldn’t be enough.
The fact that Zipple, even with Elona, was struggling against the Red Legend Tribe and the war wavering proved it.
It wasn’t the power of an individual, but the overwhelming strength of the entire faction that was needed.
“I’ll update you on the progress. The communication devices will be manufactured in quantities of five or more and distributed to each outpost soon. The portable communication devices are already in the prototype stage, but they still need improvements before actual use.”
“Still, the fact that prototypes are already available is impressive. It’s much faster than what Sir Jen and Sir Teben expected.”
“While there are no prototypes for mass-produced Iello yet, it seems Dr. Qwaul is gradually finding clues thanks to Honka. As Honka claimed, it’s likely to be completed within a year as planned.”
“A year, huh? The Red Legend War won’t end in that time. Unless there are problems with the Demon Seal Wall and Zito, we should have enough time.”
“As for the Golden Fleet… Well, we’ve achieved some results by analyzing the Red Legend Tribe remains obtained recently. However, there are fundamental problems. You know them too, right?”
“I heard they require a large amount of Light Hearts.”
“That’s right. We need Light Hearts or something equivalent to convert into a power source. And to obtain enough Light Hearts, we have to complete the Lafrarosa return project or obtain them from the Red Legend Tribe. The first could take an unknown amount of time, and the second is highly unlikely to work. The Golden Fleet design is based on the Legend Tribe’s Light Hearts, not the Red Legend Tribe’s.”
“It’s not a situation where we can snatch Light Hearts from the Red Legend Tribe. To do that, we would have to participate in the war, and using the Red Legend Tribe’s Light Hearts feels uncomfortable.”
“Even if we had the Light Hearts, converting them into a power source would be another problem. It’s not an area that can be solved with technology. At least, that’s what we’ve discovered so far.”
“If it’s not technology, does it require divine power?”
“Probably. The missing parts of the Golden Fleet blueprint that your brother Boras provided. They could be related to that.”
Finding the missing parts of the blueprints at this point would be impossible.
Those parts were lost even before the current Legend Tribe was trapped in Laprarosa.
“So, the Golden Fleet won’t be completed without my improved Record Magic or some revolutionary means. Of course, if given enough time, it’s possible to create a fleet similar to the Golden Fleet, but…”
To improve her Record Magic, Valeria needed to find succession temples, but she hadn’t found any since Maliet.
‘In my previous life, Valeria seemed to have found most of the succession temples when she was around twenty-seven or twenty-eight. This time, due to the changes I caused in history, there’s a high probability that it will be faster… But there are too many burdens to simply wait.’
Furthermore, even if her Record Magic became stronger, it didn’t guarantee that she would automatically find the missing blueprints.
And even if she found them, there was no guarantee that the method to obtain them was feasible in the present.
Therefore, Valeria and Qwaul focused on finding a “revolutionary discovery”.
They knew they had to come up with a method themselves.
“Indeed… the Laprarosa return project and the production of the Golden Fleet are the biggest problems.”
“Yes, we are testing thousands of experiments for those two problems. But, yesterday, Dr. Qwaul and I came up with an idea.”
“What idea?”
“Caltor.”
“Caltor?”
The guardian dragon of Yulian, Caltor.
After being rescued by Jin from Joshua’s mansion in the past, Caltor had consumed part of Ozdock’s inner core, but he still hadn’t regained consciousness.
Since his heart was completely shattered, it was inevitable.
However, thanks to Yulian’s dedicated care and the efforts of his companions, there were signs that he was gradually recovering recently.
“Yes, the Thunder Dragon, Caltor. When he awakens, I plan to try communicating with the God of Storms, Peitel. Peitel’s power is lightning, and fundamentally, he is a god, so his abilities should be significant. It could become the solution we need.”