The last ray of sunset fell into the depths of the mountains. Under the dim skylight, the glow of the magic crystal street lights lit up one by one under the control of the timing device. Before the stars in the sky flashed, the stars on the earth became brighter first, and in the bright lights, the nightlife of Cecil citizens had just begun.

Night is not the end of the day, it is just the beginning of another event.

The street taverns are brightly lit, and the workers who have just finished work are resting and relaxing in the tavern to fill their stomachs. The Magic Network radio device in the square is playing evening news programs, which makes nearby citizens stop and stay in high spirits. Some restaurants that are open late, shops lit up the light signs at the door. Passionate owners and clerks are attracting customers at the door, and waves of people are walking towards the east or south of the city, which is the direction of the factory area and night school.

Sonya Shuangye stood on the street, looking at the prosperous city in surprise. She looked at the street lights and couldn't help but say, "This place... is far more lively than the royal capital of Ansu."

"Cecil is the most prosperous city in the southern border, and probably the most prosperous in Ansu," Saldrin said next to him, with a proud voice. He was temporarily assigned as a guide to lead visitors to visit the city. After all, no one in this city is more familiar with the preferences of the silver elves than him. "Maybe there are no historical buildings in San Sunil, but everyone here lives better."

"You can see," Sonia nodded slightly, "This place reminds me of the Gondor Imperial Capital back then... The same bright lights and the same advanced prosperity, but they have essential differences... There is only one Gondor Imperial Capital, but there are more than one bustling city here. It seems that I can't take you home. This is indeed a good place worth staying."

Silver elves love traveling, and almost every young elves has had at least a hundred years of travel experience. In the elves' verbs, "a good place worth staying" is the best evaluation of foreign lands.

"This place is developing very fast, and it will develop faster in the future, even in other places in Ansu, those relatively closed and backward cities have been developing continuously over the past few hundred years, and the Silver Empire... The Silver Empire has not changed much for 10,000 years," said Saldrin. "That is a very depressing place for me."

"Her Majesty the Queen has been advancing the construction of a new city."

"I'm not referring to the new city, mother, you know," Saldrin interrupted Sonia, "...How is the situation in my hometown over the years?"

"If you are talking about peace, then the empire has always been peaceful. If you are talking about those 'heritances'... 'heritances' are declining," Sonia sighed softly. "As of fifty years ago, all technical research has fallen into a bottleneck, stuck in the bottleneck of the great division of the primitive elves. The data is cut off, the data cannot correspond, and the technology field is full of black boxes... Scholars still maintain hope, but some say we are already in the quagmire."

"The bottleneck of the original elves..." Saldrin couldn't help but repeat the word that had a special meaning to the silver elves.

Legend has it that there was only one clan at the beginning. Whether it was the gray elves, sea elves, dark elves or silver elves, they all originated from the "primary elves" on the distant old continent. The elves had extremely advanced civilizations and could even create sky palaces that could stay permanently at the top of the atmosphere. However, a sudden disaster caused this powerful ancient civilization to fall apart...

The primordial elves who escaped from the disaster left the old continent in an ark flying on the sea. In the waters that were about to arrive in the new continent, they encountered the tower in eternal night. They were reckless and accidentally entered the tower, but were cursed by incredible power. The noble primordial elves turned into defective subspecies, gray elves, dark elves, sea elves and silver elves split and gradually parted ways. The civilizational heritage of the primordial elves was also cut apart during this great division, and was fragmented in the messy memories of each subspecies, and it was difficult to reproduce.

Many elves know this legend, and most elves scholars believe that this legend should be true, or at least part of it is true.

"Isn't this very strange? Our technology may have been interrupted, but even if we start research from scratch, we shouldn't have been stagnant for so long," Saldrin couldn't help but say, "Did we subtypes really degenerate during the mutation process, so that our minds can't understand the technology of the primitive elves at all? This shouldn't be."

Sonia shook her head: "No one knows what's going on... Maybe the Queen and the Supreme Academy know something, but they can't do anything. And things like this are not something that a ranger like you or a messenger like me can think clearly."

Saldrin fell silent for a moment, but in the silence, he slowly raised his head and looked towards the city center.

"Mother, do you think human intelligence can help?"

Sonia obviously didn't understand what Solderin meant: "You mean the technology of this city? They... are indeed advanced than other places, but today's humans are obviously behind the Silver Empire..."

"Maybe, on the overall level, the human kingdoms have not yet returned to the glory of the Gondor era, but do you know that in this city of Cecil, humans used a new technology called 'rune logic' to realize the spell effects of elves on artificial machinery..."

Sonia opened her eyes wide: "...are you saying it seriously?"

Saldrin looked at the Lord's Mansion from afar: "I just feel that this is where hope is."

...

Gao Wen took back his gaze from the window, returned to his desk, signed his name on the document, and then handed it to Hetty: "I agree with the improvement plan for the repulsive train. You are right. Cost is a major issue. We cannot just emphasize the most advanced plan."

"Thank you for your understanding," Hetty lowered his head and said, "Ancestor, the commendation for Carol merchant Cod has been delivered, including preparing him to accept the order to enthrone. But... do you really want to enthrone a civilian merchant as a knight?"

Gao Wen looked up at the other party: "Herty, do you still value 'original' so much?"

"No, it's not a matter of origin," Hetty shook his head, "but the title of 'Knight'. The title of knight has always been obtained by military merits and other martial arts. It is a symbol of courage and loyalty. Although it is the last among the noble titles, it has an extraordinary honorary significance. The profession of 'Businessman' has always been regarded as having no connection with honor...."

"Cod is not just a businessman, Hetty," Gowen said slowly in the eyes of Hetty, "he is a pioneer."

"Trail Blazer?!" Heti repeated this word in shock. Obviously, she never expected that the ancestor would say such a special word. The word "Trail Blazer among Trail Blazers" was particularly meaningful. She remembered that the last person who received such evaluation from the ancestor was the unknown wild mage who invented the magic net...

"In the wild field, bravely taking the first step, to test dangers and benefit generations, is for pioneering. It is not limited to land or technology," said Gao Wen. "I know Cod is a businessman. He made those innovations for profit, but I cannot deny the value of what he did. He further pushed magic technology into the civilian field, in many aspects, even more in-depth and pragmatic than I thought. This is the advantage of his career and experience. In this regard, he is already known as a pioneer, and his courage to build a new factory and actively try new things... is also a veritable knight character."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly and continued: "More important is that we should encourage all behaviors that will help promote magic technology. For now, Cod is the most suitable for this benchmark."

"I get it," Hetty lowered his head, "I will seize this promotional opportunity."

Gao Wen nodded and asked, "How is Carmier's progress?"

"The institute has copied all the technical information brought by the elves and handed over to the Rune Research Institute for analysis and translation. The work has just begun. According to your order, the magic energy purification part of the 'pressure relief mechanism' will be prioritized."

Gao Wen nodded slightly and sighed slightly in his heart.

The magic system of elves and humans is completely different. In terms of specific spells, due to the different brain neural structures of the two races, humans and elves are almost unable to understand each other's spell models. Even a few mixed-race descendants who inherited the characteristics of two races at the same time can only release a few "interracial spells" at the same time. In the old technological era when "the extraordinary power belongs to themselves", this obstacle has plagued scholars of the two races for thousands of years. It was not until the concept of "mathematics" was introduced into the field of magic research that technicians began to study magic using pure calculations and reasoning, rather than relying on personal spiritual perception and spell casting talents to build magic, this obstacle was finally broken.

In the kingdom of mathematics, two clearly distinguished magic systems have a common language for the first time. No matter what kind of image and "extraordinary intuition" a magic model will produce in the minds of two races, it is unified in one framework in rune logic.

The elves have technologies that exceed the current human countries. Although the silver empire is declining as a whole, its technological height is still much higher than that of humans. Those huge lost technologies are undoubtedly a treasure house for humans.

Gao Wen lowered his head and began to continue to examine the documents waiting for him to review and review.

When the lords and royal families in the north rectify their resources and balance the forces of all parties, he will temporarily leave the land. Although he can still use the magic network to command the territory remotely by setting up relay towers along the way, remote remote control has its limitations after all. Before leaving here, he still has to arrange everything as much as possible.

...

San Sunil City, in the Silver Castle.

The brilliance of the magic crystal stone lamp illuminates the historic Wang Family Castle, and the study room on the second floor of the castle is brightly lit.

Moon Wales was sitting in a wide and comfortable velvet seat. He raised his head and looked at the magic lamps inlaid on the opposite wall. Under the exquisite brass lamp stand, the hexagonal rune substrates were neatly arranged, as if some new wallpaper, extending all the way to the ground and disappearing under the floor.

Victoria Wilder sat opposite the crown prince. She saw the other party's distraction, but she didn't care: "The crowning has been cancelled. Please understand that our highness is not stimulating to the East. But don't worry, it's just postponed. You will sooner or later take the throne."

"If you postpone it, I don't care," Wales took his eyes off the magic net units and looked at the Duchess in front of him. "I heard that the thermal ray gun has been copied successfully?"

"It's indeed copied," Victoria nodded, "In fact, the technology of that thing is not complicated at all. Although we don't know how the rune craftsmen in the southern border have good luck finding such a perfect rune arrangement, its core formation is indeed very simple. The Wang family mage and the rune craftsmen quickly copied the same weapon, but..."

Wales said quietly: "Is it a cost issue?"

"...cost, and production speed," Victoria nodded, "It is impossible for a few gold coins to create those magic weapons. Even if we launch the middle and low-level mages and rune craftsmen in the city, and the production capacity of the new factory, we will not be able to create ray guns that can arm a legion in a short time."

The duchess couldn't help but think of the Wang family wizard who successfully imitated the thermal ray gun. When the other party asked him how many weapons he needed and replied that he wanted several thousand, the other party's expression was about to show his ambitions with death.

"It's better to buy than to make it," Victoria said slowly, "this is the result obtained by the Wang Magisters Association after the discussion."

The fingers placed on the armrest of the seat suddenly turned white due to force, but quickly relaxed again.

He whispered: "This is indeed a rational conclusion, but reason does not necessarily mean wisdom."

"I agree with you in this regard, but we have not yet cracked the technical secrets of the South. This is the current fact." Victoria said lightly.

Wales shook his head, knowing that there was very little power in his hands, so after a moment of silence, he changed the subject: "When will you leave the capital?"

"After the cargo ship sets off," Victoria said, "I will go to the Holy Spirit Plain to take charge of myself to prevent the front line from changing, and to help you with the State."

During the political turmoil, at least one regent should be kept in the city of San Sunil, to save the situation on the one hand, and to... suppress the royal family.

Wales understood the deep meaning of Victoria's words, and he just said calmly: "I understand."

Victoria nodded and then stood up, but she did not leave, but quietly glanced at the middle-aged prince.

She couldn't help but recall when she was still very young, when she first came to Silver Fort and came to this study, her father and Francis II were at her and Wales' current position respectively. At that time, Francis II was also as quiet and silent as Wales.

"Your Highness," she suddenly couldn't help but say, "It is your duty in your blood to guard this city."
Chapter completed!