"You mean water vapor?" Hearing Penny's description, the two middle-aged men thought for a moment and laughed, "Well, it seems like a good idea, but it's more of an engineering category. ”

"Do you want to change a magical creation into a construction machine?" Lusendier frowned: "Well, considering many factors, if this machine wants to completely transform the power system, it needs to be changed a lot. ”

"Actually...... There aren't too many things that need to be changed. Penny looked at the giant iron fellow.

After the initial shock, he also saw that this was a magical creation, and it had little to do with engineering.

It was not easy to make the iron wheel capable of carrying the puller, and the rolling collision between the iron wheel and the ground could shock the passengers in the car, but the constant magic force field wrapped around the iron wheel provided enough cushioning that Penny could feel the surging arcane power erupting from the iron shell when he got close to the iron shell.

It can be seen that in order to make this thing able to carry people, Lusendir has undergone many experiments and debugging.

Penny felt a little regretful in his heart, many of the functions of this iron fellow were with the help of the power of the arcane, and with the mechanical craftsmanship of Ferron, it was impossible to make such a thing.

It's like the airship technology that has been passed down from the Harua region, without the help of a mage, ordinary people's craftsmanship cannot be manufactured. Therefore, these things are destined not to be mass-produced, and civilian popularization is absolutely impossible in the short term.

Based on the information in Penny's mind, it is speculated that even if he has enough manpower to research the process technology, if he wants to mass-produce this iron turtle, he will basically not be able to do it in a few years.

However, 'inventing' a steam engine to power the Iron Tortoise was not a difficult task for Penny, as he had been developing this thing for a long time, and he had been doing research on it since he had obtained the engineering know-how of the Ancient Empire.

Knowing that steam can generate power, the remaining difficulty lies in the mechanical aspect, which is not as difficult as Penny is now.

He had already achieved considerable results, and had made some rudimentary samples on his own, and after trial and error, the power was also passable, but due to the problem of the gray dwarf process, he was temporarily unable to produce large steam equipment with practical use.

So Penny had already shifted the focus of his research to industrial bases, such as lathe tools.

However, the production problem should not be difficult for high-level mages.

He thought for a moment, and the quill and ruler in his hand worked quickly, drawing more than a dozen drawings in a row, and hand-drawing the structure of a condensing steam engine.

Lusendier and the middle-aged man next to him looked at Penny's drawing, their eyes getting brighter and brighter, and they praised it: "Oh, this is a very delicate machine, but Sir Sean, don't you think, we don't have to use pure machinery, maybe add some magic devices, maybe it will be more elaborate." ”

"I'm ashamed that studying mechanics is just a hobby of mine. Penny nodded, "So I didn't care about perfecting it with magic." ”

'It's already good and I can see his value. The middle-aged man nodded: "This is indeed a genius creation." ”

"Hmm...... Superb design indeed. Lusendir patted Penny on the shoulder: "Oh, Sir Sean, if you are a believer in Gunde, you may be able to become a vote of the elect because of this." ”

Penny smiled.

"We need to make a sample to test the effect, and then we can think about the problem of transforming it with arcane. ”

The middle-aged man whispered, carefully observed the drawings for a while, did not know where to recruit a few dwarves, and after a few words, these dwarves brought a bunch of materials from the wall, including pig iron, steel, leather, and some metal with a slightly red color.

This is red-hot iron extracted from lava iron ore near an active crater, which is harder than steel and more heat-resistant than most metals.

Pheren's steel may not be enough for the steam engine, so some dissimilar metals are necessary, but this makes Penny frown.

This further increased the difficulty of building a steam engine.

"If you reinforce it with the aid of magic, maybe you can make something like this out of more ordinary materials. He pondered in his heart, while paying attention to the middle-aged man's movements.

"Hell......man's hand" The middle-aged man guided the lengthy incantation, pointing his finger at the large pile of materials, and after a bright light and a brief sound, a huge machine appeared in the center of the laboratory.

Penny's gaze flickered for a moment.

Steam engine...... Seeing that a machine that had changed an entire era was only formed under a fifth-order spell, he sighed a little in his heart.

There is no need to wonder why the world has not developed enough science and technology for thousands of years when various civilizations have risen and fallen for thousands of years.

Because the power of magic is too powerful, and it is not a rare thing in Faeron, there are hundreds of mages who can cast fifth-level arcane skills in Serre.

If you calculate it, you can clearly find that it is also the mainstay of civilization, and in another world, the probability of producing engineers among civilians is not much higher than the probability of giving birth to mages among the commoners of Feron, and the number of famous scientists of the same era may not be higher than the total number of ** divisions of Feron now.

And the gods seem to be consciously upholding the rules of the game in this world.

Then the appearance of the steam engine in this world is not so significant, it can only make some magicians marvel a little, and then it will become an accessory to the arcane like the construction technology.

Thinking of this, Penny felt a little unhappy in his heart.

The gnomes poured water into the tank and grease the pistons, the middle-aged man frowned, meditated on the side for a long time, as if preparing a spell on the improvise, he guided for a while, and a corrected wall of fire technique fell under the boiler.

The boiling sound grew louder and louder, the dwarf twisted the valve, the steam ran down the intake pipe into the cylinder, and the sound of the clicking connecting rod gradually amplified until it merged with the sound of the flywheel turning to form a roar that shook the eardrums.

The Fire Wall Technique gradually dissipated, and a burst of surprise appeared in the eyes of Lu Sendier and the middle-aged man: "Oh, it seems that this thing is very suitable as motivation." ”

"Yes, yes, it only takes a constant fire wall technique to be able to run for a long time...... However, this thing alone doesn't seem to be able to support the operation of my armored car......" Lusendier held his chin in thought with a solemn expression on his face.

Penny could only shrug his shoulders secretly, and I have to say that the power of this steam engine is still a little lower.

"So, either take more steam engines, or replace them with bigger ones, or modify the machine with some arcane...... But anyway, want to make it fit my iron dick...... It will take a while. Lusendier thought for a while, and spread his hands helplessly.

"I'm sorry I didn't help...... Penny also regretted it.

"Actually, it's nothing...... Lucy, I feel like this machine is worth more than your iron guy. The middle-aged man suddenly smiled and turned to Penny: "Your name is Pennessian......?

"You've won a prize. Penny was a little embarrassed.

"Of course I'm not an award. The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows: "The value of this machine lies in the fact that ordinary people can also do many things with it...... Isn't it?"

Then the middle-aged man smiled at Lusendier: "Well, you don't have to worry, Lucy, you will definitely have your wish come true." ”

"Really?" a smile appeared on Lusendil's face, "That's great." ”

"Thanks to you, I was able to appreciate such wonderful things. The middle-aged man blinked: "I'm going to rest." ”

"You walk slowly. Lusendier respectfully saw the middle-aged man off, then breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Penny, "Oh, dear, you've done me a great favor. ”

"Help?"

Luxendier looked at Penny's bewildered expression and narrowed his eyes: "Oh, it seems that you still don't know who that person is just now?"

"He ......"

"He's Lord Feinstein. ”

"Uh...... But he ......, "Penny is a little sluggish, that man doesn't look like a red-robed mage at all.

"Oh, don't be surprised, from the perspective of life, he has been dead for more than ten years, and he is just what he has changed from. Lusendier shook his head: "Well, my father helped him complete the transformation ceremony, but few people know about it. ”

Penny was stunned for a moment, and then finally knew where Lusendil's confidence came from.

Relying on this back door, he really doesn't have too many problems becoming the dean of this college. The so-called election campaign is just a cover that can justify his position as dean.

Otherwise, with his qualifications, according to the promotion rules in the Mage Guild, this position would not be his turn anyway.

And the funding of Frass is also so that he can have enough capital to establish himself here.

In this man's plan, everything is predestined.

In this way, those high-level ring mentors who came from all directions for this position were cleanly swept away by Luxendier...... While marveling at the ingenuity of this man's calculations, Penny was also glad for his luck.

"Well, we can go back and wait for news, and in a few days, we'll see what Del Songpaya's expression is. ”

Luxendier didn't look at the steam engine, and turned to leave.

"Wait, sir, don't you need to modify it further?" Penny frowned.

"Anyway, it's just a reason to fool those people, and it doesn't need to be too detailed. Lusendier pouted.

"So, can you let me take this thing away. Penny gestured to the steam engine.

"Oh, you're going to take it?" Lusendier thought for a while, he also understood the value of this thing deeply, but with the drawing, a prototype is really not very important, after all, as long as he wants to make it, it only takes a few days to make a new one: "Yes, you can take it." ”

He instructed the gnomes to disassemble the steam engine into several parts, place it in a magic bag, and hand it to Penny.

"I take the liberty of asking, I'm also interested in that tank......" Penny looked at the armored car...... A thought also appeared in his heart, and he asked tentatively.

To be able to design such a thing, the technology involved in it should not be underestimated.

If you can study it by heart and take the essence of it, you may be able to quickly make some things that go against the sky.

"Uh...... Are you interested in it?" Lusendier raised an eyebrow, as if surprised.

"Not bad. Penny nodded, "I'm intrigued by his designs." ”

"Actually...... There's nothing for you either, and although the design is a bit troublesome, there's nothing too expensive in it. Lusendier shrugged, he didn't really value the creations he had spent a few years of time sparing to relieve boredom, and he was in a good mood right now: "It's just a toy." ”

He tossed a large scroll to Penny: "For us mages, the arcane is the most important, junior, I still give you a piece of advice, don't put too much energy into things other than the arcane, with your talent, if you focus on the arcane, the achievement will only be higher." ”

Penny didn't dare to refute the obviously didactic words, so he could only nod his head.

"Alright, the surface work is done, it's time to go back and pack up. Lusendier yawned and left the lab.

Penny followed, and the door to the lab closed quickly behind him.

(To be continued)