Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 286 - 7: Exoskeleton Armor

Chapter 286 -7: Exoskeleton Armor

As is well known, when more than three men gather together, a king of ideas is born.

At the moment, among this group of Fire Lizards, there was only one female, Sulina, and they all possessed considerable hands-on ability.

So, an excellent idea was born.

“This design has a problem, everything needs to be changed except for the external shape.”

As one of the Fire Lizards with the highest level of alchemy in the group, Calion was the first to offer his opinion.

Sulina followed closely behind, commenting on the design.

“I’ve tried maintaining Holy Armor before, and although I couldn’t understand the internal structure, I could still grasp some of the design philosophy.

I’ll go and draw the structure I saw back then right away.”

As the only female among the Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters, Sulina had long since put the matter of gender to the back of her mind. She was virtually indistinguishable from the male Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters—except that she had her own room and her own toilet.

Sulina quickly drew the structure of the Holy Armor she had seen, and thanks to Lord Richard’s training, each of the Fire Lizards was incredibly accurate in drawing.

Looking at the structure Sulina had drawn, one of the Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters muttered:

“How does this thing look like the outer shell of an insect?”

“No, not an insect’s carapace.”

Patelin, who had been recruited alongside Calion, suddenly spoke up.

“How much do you know about anatomy?” Patelin asked.

The Masters looked at one another and shook their heads.

Giant Dragon Alchemy didn’t require the study of anatomy; among the Fire Lizards, the dissection of corpses fell under the field of funerary studies.

Because Fire Lizards made mummies for burial, this process required removing the organs from the body and then wrapping them in spices and placing them in metal containers.

Patelin explained, “Before I studied alchemy, I learned how to make mummies, so I’m quite familiar with the anatomy of Fire Lizards.

In my opinion, this structure is not an insect’s carapace but resembles a special skeletal structure. And those structures we can’t understand are probably the ‘muscles’ of the Holy Armor.”

As Patelin spoke, his eyes grew brighter, and he began excitedly:

“So the Holy Armor is a powerful body without a brain, and the Fire Lizard wearing it is its brain! If we continue with this line of thinking, we’ll need to use…”

The surrounding Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters exclaimed in unison:

“A nerve control system.”

Calion immediately ran towards the World Mushroom at the center of the Secret Realm.

In the Holy City under the World Mushroom’s cap, Ulysses was leisurely napping.

“Lord Ulysses! Lord Ulysses!”

Calion’s voice awoke Ulysses from his nap; he opened his eyes, and his emerald gaze made Calion shudder.

The fact that Ulysses liked to eat the brains of Fire Lizards was well known to every Fire Lizard in the Secret Realm.

“Gah, what is it, Fire Lizard?”

Calion bowed his head and said humbly:

“Lord Ulysses, we need to contact Lord Richard. We have a brilliant idea that requires Lord Richard’s decision.”

Ulysses glanced over Calion’s shoulder to see the rest of the Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters looking eagerly at Calion.

Richard had once told him that these Fire Lizards were all technicians, and now that they were gathered together, it seemed the matter was indeed urgent.

Ulysses yawned: “Gah, I understand.”

With that, Ulysses opened the Secret Realm Rift and came to Richard’s side.

Richard was currently in the intermittent Wise Time, and as he had not made any modifications to his body, human reactions were all present.

Seeing Ulysses, Richard asked curiously:

“Why have you come out?”

Ulysses lazily replied, “Gah, I didn’t want to come out, but those Fire Lizards you’re raising suddenly wanted to see you. When you have time, head back to the Secret Realm.”

After speaking, Ulysses opened the Secret Realm Rift again and returned to the Secret Realm.

Richard frowned. The Fire Lizards wanted to see him; could there be problems with the workshop in the Secret Realm?

Richard was about to get up when he suddenly remembered that he was currently engaged in a certain activity with Ali that was beneficial to body and mind.

“Go ahead,” Ali’s voice sounded in his ear.

Ali sat up, her brows still carrying traces of spring. She lazily leaned on Richard’s shoulder, her warm breath gently blowing in Richard’s ear, giving rise to a tickling sensation.

“Work comes first, and I’m not some harlot fused with a Succubus Bloodline.”

…

In the Secret Realm, the Fire Lizards saw Ulysses return and gathered to discuss how to vividly describe their idea when they met.

Without a doubt, their idea was excellent.

But an excellent idea did not guarantee its realization.

The complex and exquisite structure of the Holy Armor stood before them like a mountain. Even though they were resolutely determined, they still had some reservations.

Could they really make their own Holy Armor, even a highly simplified version?

A worried Fire Lizard Alchemy Master spoke up: “What if Lord Richard rejects our idea?

Lord Richard likes stability, and such highly unstable projects are probably the least welcome in his eyes.”

“If he rejects it, we’ll build it ourselves,” Sulina said. “We have enough spare time, and Lord Richard has given us authority over the materials.”

“He rejected the project, we just lost a lot of resources, that’s all, not that we can’t do it at all.”

Ali’s words ignited a fire in the hearts of all the Fire Lizards.

Indeed, Richard’s rejection of the project meant only losing resources, but their most valuable and important wisdom could still be utilized.

As long as they were willing to research, resources would merely slow their progress, not prevent them from reaching their ultimate goal.

At that moment, all the Fire Lizards made up their minds.

If Richard didn’t agree with the project, then they would rely on themselves to research it.

Even if doing so meant they might spend their entire lives without achieving the final goal, a beautiful future was enough to let them die smiling.

For a craftsman, there is nothing more important than a superb work of art.

Soon, a rift opened in the Secret Realm, and Richard, wearing a black Wizard Robe, arrived in the Secret Realm.

Richard, noticing his nurtured Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters congregating, expressed his surprise:

“Wow, you’re all here. What exactly happened in the workshop that brought you all together?”

A few Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters looked at each other and finally, it was Calion who stepped forward to share their thoughts with Richard.

“It’s like this, Lord Richard. The blueprints you gave us for the Alchemy Puppet have inspired us greatly.

So, we came up with an idea to design our own Holy Armor, and we need your technical and material support.”

Richard frowned upon hearing this:

“Hmm? Your own Holy Armor? The technology is much more complex than you think, you can’t make it.”

Calion hastily explained:

“No, no, no, we don’t want to replicate the Holy Armor; we want to make a set of Armor similar to it.”

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“Oh, I see now. I couldn’t make the Holy Armor myself,” Richard said, finally understanding.

Having said this, Richard asked with interest, “You can’t just talk the talk if you want funding; at least tell me your design ideas and what the final product can do.”

Calion was momentarily stunned, realizing they had only thought of asking Richard for support and had forgotten that their idea was still just that—an idea.

But seeing Richard’s gaze, Calion didn’t dare to directly admit they had nothing yet.

Such risky projects with long development times were not Richard’s favorite; if Richard felt he was being played, the project might truly be rejected.

Calion glanced at his colleagues out of the corner of his eye and noticed Ali holding the blueprint for the Holy Armor, subtly signaling him with her eyes.

Remembering what Patelin had said earlier, Calion bit the bullet and told Richard:

“It’s like this, my lord, we currently have a rudimentary idea. Based on what we know of the Holy Armor, we’ve tentatively decided the design approach for this set of Armor is… Exoskeleton Armor.”

Having said this, Calion repeated what Patelin had said earlier and spontaneously added much of his own interpretation, trying to make the idea as appealing and convincing as possible.

After Calion finished, he watched Richard nervously.

He didn’t know if the picture he had painted would attract Richard.

Richard was silent for a moment, then he said:

“Exoskeleton… Interesting. Your approach is good; I agree. What resources do you need?”

Exoskeleton Armor, this design idea Richard had almost forgotten.

The crazed wizards of the Wizard World simply transformed their bodies into machinery, and after seeing so many insane wizards, Richard had forgotten about the brilliant thing that was the exoskeleton.

Moreover, the Holy Armor also used an exoskeleton.

This showed that the design idea was not wrong, at least not once the technology had reached a certain level.

Seeing Richard agree to the project, all the Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters showed their joy.

Calion said eagerly: “My lord, right now we need technology in nerve control, which used to communicate with the Volcano Turtle to transform it into the Dragon Breath Cannon.

The current New World Island has Volcano Turtles, so someone must have inherited this technology.”

Richard nodded: “Good, you first work on the design, and I will return to the Red Sun World as soon as possible.”

With that, Richard was about to leave the Secret Realm.

But before entering the rift, he suddenly stopped, turning to ask Talgar, who was celebrating the project approval among a group of Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters:

“Talgar, what’s the status of the thing I asked you to research?”

While Talgar was celebrating with those around him, Richard’s sudden questioning caused him to freeze in place, stuttering:

“That that that… the project, it’s close, my lord. I’m about to figure it out.”

Richard’s expression cooled; Talgar’s response clearly wasn’t right.

Although the Exoskeleton Armor indeed had a bright future, they couldn’t neglect the present for it.

The Red Sun Gold Pattern Stone piling up at the mines was becoming a mountain; if they didn’t figure out the special Alchemy ink technique soon, he would have to build another warehouse for storage.

While building a warehouse wasn’t particularly troublesome, it was an unnecessary action.

He felt it necessary to expedite this project’s progress.

Richard commanded the Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters surrounding Talgar:

“Put aside the Exoskeleton Armor business for now and help Talgar finish the ink project. The ink project directly affects the resource abundance for your… Armor project.”

The surrounding Fire Lizard Alchemy Masters who had been amused by the spectacle could no longer laugh.

“Yes, my lord.” (In unison)

Before leaving the Secret Realm, Richard suddenly asked: “By the way, Calion, what is the name of your project?”

Calion thought for a while and, after discussing with a few nearby Fire Lizards, told Richard:

“My lord, we have named our project ‘Mechanic’.”