As Chu Tian’s gaze fell upon the Magician’s chest, he suddenly understood.
[Blessing of the Artisan’s Emblem (Unique)]
All Life Skills: Level +2 (Can raise maximum level to Grandmaster.)
All Life Skills: Increased proficiency growth rate.
All Life Skills: +20% success rate.
All Life Skills: +50% efficiency.
This was something he had snatched from Black Earth City. Chu Tian had been overjoyed when he obtained it. It was a legendary item. Upon his return, he had given it to the young man before him. He never expected… it would actually yield such results in his hands.
Chu Tian recalled that the war chariot, once manufactured, was unique. A veritable mobile fortress. In his previous life, Chu Tian had the fortune to see one, and that war chariot seemed… slightly larger than the current one. Did this mean that this item could be continuously upgraded and strengthened?
“How much will it cost?” Chu Tian asked slowly. He knew that if this war chariot were deployed when the Fortress Conquest began, it would be a major trump card for him…
“Wuwuwu…” After Chu Tian spoke, the Magician before him actually began to cry. Chu Tian was speechless… What was going on, why was he crying?
“Boss… you’re still the boss… You have no idea. I’ve gone to see your Executive Chairman several times. When she found out I’d spent all the shop’s funds and asked her for a loan… she directly blocked me. I only spent over forty thousand gold coins, was that necessary? They even… even… forbade my girlfriend from seeing me, saying I was a prodigal son… They have no idea that this war chariot is the result of my painstaking research. Even if it costs a little more money, once it’s activated… I dare guarantee it will help the boss!” The Magician spoke with snot and tears, practically releasing all his pent-up emotions after hearing Chu Tian’s words. When he saw Chu Tian, he had been very anxious, fearing Chu Tian would scold him severely… After all, only he knew how powerful this thing was. No matter how well he described it, without seeing its actual might, no one would believe him. Moreover, he had directly invested over forty thousand gold coins, which, converted, amounted to forty to fifty million Dragon Coins…
Hearing about the over forty thousand gold coins, Chu Tian’s eyelids twitched. He cast his gaze upon the partially assembled Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot, his eyes gleaming.
“Stop crying, I just want to know when this thing can be put into use!” Chu Tian asked, patting the Magician on the shoulder.
“If the funds are sufficient, three days… no… two days… I can get it moving!” The Magician’s eyes flashed with excitement as he spoke.
“How much more is needed?” Chu Tian’s eyes lit up. The Fortress Conquest battle would not be over in a day or two. Deploying it three or four days, or even a week later, was not an issue.
“Conservatively, it’s short this much…” the Magician said, holding up a finger.
“Ten thousand gold?” Chu Tian asked, confused.
“Uh… it’s a hundred thousand!” the Magician said cautiously.
“What?” Chu Tian raised an eyebrow… A hundred thousand gold, that was over one hundred and twenty million Dragon Coins…
“Boss, don’t get agitated, you hear me…” the Magician began again.
“Go on…” Chu Tian had calmed down. He was still relatively composed because he knew the power of the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot. Estimating, he had already spent forty thousand gold. If another hundred thousand gold were added, such an investment was indeed substantial at the moment. However, the benefits it could bring were also immense. He had once witnessed the awe-inspiring sight of a Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot single-handedly smashing through a fortress.
The Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot was incredibly durable. Its weakness was super city defense equipment or siege equipment. Those super catapults could damage it. However, such equipment was static, immobile. The Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot, equipped with the Demonic Element Magic Cannon researched by the Magician, could attack from extremely long distances. Before the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot could enter the range of super city defense weapons, the Demonic Element Magic Cannon could already open fire.
However, this magic cannon also had a drawback: it had no destructive power against city walls. Against city defenses and engineering weapons, its destructive power was immense. With the cooperation of both, the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot could truly advance unhindered in siege battles. Logically, in his previous life, the Demonic Element Magic Cannon should have been something he developed before the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot. He didn’t know how it was now…
However, Chu Tian knew that even without the Demonic Element Magic Cannon at the moment, in an era when human labor defended cities, the appearance of the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot would be everyone’s nightmare. The giant impact booster equipped at the front of the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot, when activated against city walls, was such that no city wall could withstand its impact. Once the walls were breached, the war chariot would enter the city. The chariot could carry a large number of combat players, directly infiltrate enemy territory, and then swarm out. Coupled with the siege personnel outside the city, attacking from both inside and outside, what fortress could not be taken?
However, as Chu Tian waited for the Magician to explain, and these thoughts flashed through his mind, the other party then said, “One hundred thousand gold is just to get it moving. The weapon system… is another matter… I’ve recently been researching a magic cannon, and it’s still in the research phase, which also requires funding. Also, I plan to equip it with a super impact booster at the front, which I’ve already handled, but I still need money to build it. Furthermore, I plan to equip the chariot with automatic engineering machine guns at 360 degrees… their power… you know the concept of a Gatling gun firing blue flames, right? And I need to install a ring flamethrower and an ice sprayer at the bottom of the vehicle. One for offense, one for defense, they can eliminate enemies approaching the war chariot and also slow down pursuing enemies. The chariot will also be equipped with several turrets that can throw incendiary pots or the like. And the rear of the vehicle will be equipped with dozens of instant acceleration boosters…”
The more the Magician spoke, the more excited he became, but for Chu Tian, it was incredibly daunting. He had never seen these things in his previous life. A moment’s thought, and he immediately understood why the Demonic Giant Mobile War Chariot in his previous life only had the acceleration booster and the super impact device. It was likely that the Magician’s initial concept was just as grand. However… that was all money! Not to mention how much it would cost to equip these things, the subsequent combat expenses were also an enormous sum of money. The ring flamethrower consumed high-pressure oil, and Chu Tian knew the system’s selling price was 1 gold coin per liter. He estimated that just spraying it would be spraying gold coins! The ice sprayer was the same… Consumables like incendiary pots, and the Gatling gun firing blue flames, although they were all engineer products, that thing consumed a lot of bullets. A burst of fire, and how many gold coins would be gone? He quickly interrupted the Magician’s thoughts.