When I heard that the City of Angels could only produce 2,000 newborn angels a week, I felt that the speed was incredible—not too fast, but too slow, even to the point of doubting whether it was an Imperial facility.

A facility the size of the City of Angels, training two thousand soldiers in seven days, may be a considerable production speed for ordinary civilizations, but for the Xiling Empire, it is simply unbearable for the speed of violent soldiers to be reduced to "thousands".

What's more, what we urgently need now is a whole legion......

When I said what I thought, Bella Vera showed a disapproving expression, she looked at me, shook her head and said, "You are limited by your own preconceived ideas, mysterious things are different from science and technology, and they are quite different. These are two technical systems with their own complete systems, and it's not just the amount of force used that is different - if you just replace the heavy cannon with an arcane missile, the individual fighter with a magic flying carpet, and the two armies from firing ion beams at each other to launch eye prismatic rays, you can count as the difference between the technology department and the mystery department...... Don't you think it's too child's play? ”

I'm embarrassed to admit that that's what I thought in the first place......

"Whew-" Bella Villa sighed helplessly, as if she couldn't help me with such a whimsical simple logic, "Well, I don't blame you, since you came into contact with the empire, you really haven't learned much about the mystery system, and that knowledge was only unsealed by you in the past two days." I'll give you a make-up lesson - the biggest difference between the military strength of the Imperial Mystic Department and the Science and Technology Department is. We never produce the most basic classes from the production plant, you know? The most basic unit on the mystical 'production line' is the mid-level apostle, and the mystical classes you know, such as the Spiritual Angel, the Raven, and the upcoming Arcane Law Enforcer, Magic Vanguard, etc., are all mid-level or above units. That's why it seems to you that the production efficiency of the City of Angels is so low. That's not a place to produce soldiers at all! ”

I listened to Bellavira's words word for word, and realized that the power of the Imperial Mystic Department was still very different from what I had always imagined, and I immediately became extremely curious about it. Of course, this discrepancy is not surprising, although I did not have a specific concept before, but I can understand how different the two different technical systems will be in the process of their respective development and refinement. The various means and ways used by the mystical and technological systems in exploring the truth of the world are so different, and the branches and leaves that spread out of them must naturally take on different forms, just like those forks in the history of human civilization that go in different directions. Each stage of human civilization will give birth to a vastly different view of the world, and as a result, a large number of daily habits, tools of production, religious beliefs, and even state forms that are almost incomprehensible to each other will be produced. There are so many stages of civilization on a small earth that are separated from each other. Not to mention the fact that the behemoth of the Xiling Empire gave birth to two almost completely opposite technical routes at the same time.

"In other words, the strength of the mysterious side is actually more of an elite route?" I thought about it for a moment and said my understanding, "The mystical side is full of mid-level apostles, so aren't there any low-level members?" You don't have soldiers? This is also too different from the technology side. ”

"Of course not," Bellavila shook her head decisively. "Any skill system with a complete tech tree cannot do without basic units, and a large enough soldier class to take on all basic tasks is indispensable. It's just that for us, the soldiers don't come from the production line. But...... Such. ”

Bellavira said as she held her hand into the air, and the air was filled with visible arcane brilliance and entity fragments of unknown composition, and the way these things appeared immediately reminded me of the use of the information regeneration technique of the Xiling Console to build various imperial facilities—perhaps these are two different techniques? The little radiant things that Bellavira had summoned were rapidly converging and rapidly forming the inorganic base skeleton and body with astonishing precision, and when the last fragment of a flash of unknown composition landed on the notch in the back of "its", what appeared before us was a look and shape and Bella Villavilla...... Or Raven 001 is almost identical, but the whole body is crystal clear, the newborn humanoid creature looked around blankly for a moment, and then stood behind Bellavila with a blank expression, like a loyal guard. …,

"I've heard about your experiences in that world, and those angelic clones in the Sky Tower must be impressive," Bella Vera looked at me with a smile, "This is the basic soldier of our Mystic Apostle. We don't make these things from factories because we don't need them. The special transformation of the world by the mystic system makes it easier for us to achieve precise control of energy and matter, as well as the control of our own spirit and even soul with our individual strength, so we have developed puppet and clone techniques. Elemental creatures, mindful clones, arcane constructs, and spirit creatures are the basic soldiers of the Mystic Department. This is a construct in front of you, it is driven by my arcane power, and the body composition material is directly from the information 'plundered' from the world, and if this information is properly rewritten, it can become a 'substance' that is no less than the steel and iron bones of the imperial soldiers, you should be familiar with this, and this is what the Xiling host does. ”

My suspicion was confirmed, and this was an important factor in the classification of the Hero as a hybrid Hero Apostle.

The "crystal man" that Bellavila had just created gave me a very familiar feeling, and after thinking about it for a long time, I suddenly remembered, isn't this the kind of elemental creature that Odemseus created that day in the Northland Ice Field? Of course, the crystal man made by Bella Vera herself is obviously more powerful and refined than those Goldall elemental creatures, at least "she" will not drop slag all the way down when she walks, perhaps this is due to the fact that the Goldall elemental creatures have gradually lost the strength of the first generation of creatures in the process of self-reproduction for a long time.

The apostles of the occult department actually relied on this method to produce basic soldiers. This made me never expect it, and at the same time I was more curious: "In this case, I have never seen other ravens make this for the sake of the sun...... Elemental soldiers? ”

Although it is impossible to see the combat power of this elemental creature can be geometric, if each raven has the ability to create its own constructor clone like Bellavira, the total amount will also be very considerable when it reaches a certain level, but they have never seen the elemental creations of the transition crows on the battlefield, they are always fighting alone, relying on their own mana power to fight like the most orthodox spellcaster. Otherwise, I should have known the mysterious system of the Dao earlier, which is an amazing feature.

"Because ordinary ravens aren't very good at making these constructs." Bella Vera tapped on the head of the crystal clear "Crystal Girl" beside her, who immediately split into a large small fragment and spun around her quickly, "Not every unit in the Mystic Department is responsible for creating soldiers, usually the Magic Vanguard and the Spiritual Angel are in charge of this aspect - you have already seen the clones made by the latter. As for Raven, we're a turret in the regular sense of the word, and we have the most powerful ranged attacks and support skills. And as a heroic class, ravens are basically used for special missions - special missions do not include squatting at home and pinching villains. ”

So I understood. The biggest difference between the Tech Department and the Mystic Department in terms of class building: the former assembles privates from an assembly line. The production efficiency is stable, and the latter uses large-scale facilities to manufacture directly produce middle and senior apostles, and then these middle and senior apostles create artificial life, the disadvantage of the latter is that it will face the dilemma of insufficient troops in the early stage, and even have a situation where there are no commanders but no soldiers, but the advantage is that over time, their "basic soldiers" can grow explosively. Each time a mystical apostle is created, it is equivalent to expanding a small production line. Their base soldier growth rate is based on the base of the mid-level apostles, the larger this base is. The faster the increase in staff, the more staggering. I have already learned from Oldmutius that the elemental creatures he creates can be maintained independently after birth, and he does not need to use mental power or anything else to maintain them, nor does he need a special energy supply, so as long as there is time and energy, the number of basic soldiers that a mystical Hiling Apostle can make is actually unlimited - of course, they will not really do this, although cannon fodder is useful, but if you spend all your energy and life to make cannon fodder...... He will be killed by his own commander. …,

There are many reasons for this difference, the most important of which is what Bellavila said earlier, the apostles of the occult system are focused on comprehending and observing this world from an individual perspective, and gradually become better at awakening themselves, and they are superior in the control of soul and spiritual power, so this characteristic of relying on ordinary apostles to create their own soldiers to supplement the army has emerged.

As for what ravens are not good at making soldiers, Bella Vera can, in fact, the reason is very simple-

"Idle." Sandora summed it up succinctly.

"Can you make sane basic soldiers?" I asked curiously, "Ordinary GIs are self-conscious, but you made this ...... Ice sculpture...... Oh, now it's a hailstone, and it looks like it's brainless. ”

"This is also one of the differences between the mystery department and the technology department," Bella Vera had a regretful look on her face, "Although we can personally create our own small army, but the puppet creatures generally created are not much intellectual, we can't directly infuse the will and soul into the arcane core like the factory assembly thinking core of the science and technology department, and can only give them some of the most basic behavioral procedures, so generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of the basic soldiers of the mystery department is much weaker than that of the imperial soldiers, It can only be balanced by the numbers and the masters behind them. Of course, this doesn't mean that we can't make something with a soul at all, it's just that it's harder—it's impossible to produce it as quickly as we just did. Sometimes it can take days to create a thinking golem creature, which is usually used as a squad commander to lead other golem corps. A mystical apostle, subordinate to a small army, and then carefully create a few assistants of his own, this is the basic unit of the mystical army. In individual combat, golem creatures advance or hold positions, and their makers provide firepower and support in the rear, which is our most common tactic. Of course, there are many other ways to fight, and I'm afraid I won't be able to tell you all about it in a while. ”

Sandora touched my arm. Mention one thing: "Remember those Gudel elemental creatures in the Northland Ice Field, right?" They have no concept of individuality, and call themselves 'Goodall' as a whole race, probably because they have only one consciousness. ”

With Bellavila's explanation, many things that I didn't understand were made clear one by one, in addition to the strange group of Gudel elemental creatures, I also understood what kind of coordination problem was faced between the Spellcaster Legion and the Imperial Six Legions: the Imperial GIs had to adapt not only to the sudden addition of a group of spellcasters who were as strong or even stronger than themselves, but also to get used to the large group of puppet creatures that charged with them without sanity and fighting in small teams, and the latter were naturally excellent meat shields and comrades-in-arms if they cooperated properly. However, mistakes in coordination are likely to lead to mutual delays, and this is only a possible problem in the early stage of the two sides in the cooperative operation, more than that...... Who knows how many there are.

While this hybrid personality has all sorts of things that leave people speechless, Bella Vera has really started her job of helping us build a well-established legion of spellcasters that is in keeping with the status quo of the new empire, as she promised. She had already made contact with Aurelia and had a general understanding of the characteristics of the fifteen-day region's strength on the mysterious side back then. And worked out a reconstruction plan with the original main force of the Fifteen Heavens District, the Angel Legion, as the inherent main force, and mixed arcane spellcasters and various auxiliary units. She incorporated a portion of the ravens into the new legion that was about to be formed. Not only to replenish manpower, but also because the ravens have been active in the legions of the New Empire for a long time, and they know more about the armies of the New Empire. Regarding the positioning of the new legion, Bella Vera mentioned his opinion: ...,

"Auxiliary operations, at least initially, should be positioned as auxiliary operations. There is a lack of infrastructure on the Mystic side, there is not enough time, and many large and super units cannot be manufactured. It would be too reluctant for the caster legion born in this situation to fight on its own. I suggest that you don't rush into forming the Seventh Legion, and that it is better to have them mixed into your First, Second, and Sixth Legions. The first two legions were the Imperial Ace Army. The Sixth Legion is a special unit dedicated to fighting against the Fallen Apostles, and these three legions are most likely to fight tough battles. ”

"Didn't you make it independently?" Sandora pondered, "It's true that it can be done in the short term, but sooner or later the Seventh Legion will have to be established, and it can't be mixed like this forever." Moreover, there is a huge difference between the occult and technological units in terms of maintenance and logistics, and the apostles of the mystical department cannot use the weapon links and energy supply modules of the imperial soldiers, which will bring great problems to the logistics of the mixed legions. ”

"That is for the future, at least when the size of the caster legion is still small, this difficulty can still be overcome." Bellavira waved her hand, "I have better news for you than this - Aurelia has found some technical information on space weapons, including the Halo of Radiance, which she planned to report to you tomorrow, but I'll reveal it to you in advance......"

"Are you sure? Can it be made now? Sandora suddenly looked surprised, apparently she knew about the thing Bella Vera mentioned, but I was confused: "Glowing Ring? What the hell? ”

"What do you think our mystical legion relies on to fight space wars?" Bella Vera shrugged at me, "A bunch of shielded magicians rush into space, punching warplanes and kicking missiles? Relying on the strength of the individual to bombard the main guns of the fleet? ”

Bellavila's description was so vivid that I immediately scrolled the unscored scene in my head twice, and quickly shook my head: "It sounds quite funny, but it's really unreliable." ”

"The Glowing Ring is a 'space weapon' created by the Mystic Technique." Bellavira snapped her fingers, and a huge holographic projection suddenly appeared in mid-air, the background of the projection was a bright starry sky, and in the starry sky was a mysterious golden ring of light and mist, perhaps this is the so-called glow ring, and the wonderful thing is that such a thing looks disembodied - it is simply a halo, composed entirely of erratic light!

"An individual or a soldier, no matter how strong a single person is, if he faces a war weapon created by a group of people as powerful as himself using collective wisdom, he is still weak. In large-scale space melee and higher-level cross-border warfare, the power of large-scale weapons and legions created by collective intelligence is the mainstream. Just as there are dazzling fleets on the tech side, there are also space weapons on the mystery side. Merely...... What we've made may seem a little hard for you to understand. They are very different from spaceships and the like, from the principle, to the appearance, to the way of fighting, in fact, it is difficult to associate with a spaceship. ”

"This is an aura composed of holy light and rune binding techniques, and inside is a highly active holy light, the concentration of these primordial energies is so high that it completely excludes all cosmic constants inside the glow ring, and creates an operating platform that can be independent of the current world realm, and when it is fully charged, it will become like this......"

Bella Vera spoke, and the holographic projection in the air suddenly changed—a large black-and-red painted Fallen Apostle warship appeared opposite the Glowing Ring.

"I'll tell you how terrible arcane weapons destroy enemies." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )