Novel Full Chapter 224 Code Name White Demon!
“What are you all looking at me for?”
When Hammerfire mentioned the figure of fifty million gold coins, not to mention Rocky’s reaction, even Aniye and Pelaya turned to look at him, leaving Hammerfire baffled because he didn’t think the number was exaggerated at all.
In fact, it indeed wasn’t, as Hammerfire had just clarified: he intended to design brand-new technology, a whole new concept of armor that would be capable of instantly overpowering the Fifth Level Armor once completed. Given this premise, investing fifty million gold coins in research and development was not only reasonable but actually quite conservative!
Unfortunately, as soon as he mentioned this figure, Aniye and Pelaya realized that Rocky simply couldn’t afford it.
That’s why, after that, Orton simply punched Hammerfire in the head, nearly knocking him off the chair.
Perhaps because of the punch, Hammerfire seemed to have been stirred up emotionally, and he turned to look directly at Rocky, “City Lord kid, you can’t come up with the money?”
“I can’t, I can’t…”
Shaking his head as if he were a rattle-drum, Rocky immediately responded. Fifty million gold coins—he couldn’t come up with that amount even if he sold Thunderhawk City!
“What are we going to do now…”
Seeing Rocky shake his head energetically, Hammerfire also felt dejected.
However, at the moment when Rocky’s face turned pale, and Hammerfire was also feeling glum, Aniye spoke up, “How about this.”
As he spoke, he looked at Rocky, “City Lord Rocky, how much money can you come up with right now?”
“Five hundred thousand, and I can come up with another five hundred thousand after one month.”
Rocky answered the question truthfully—one million gold coins was the limit he could invest in this research at present.
“One million… that’s enough…”
Upon hearing this amount, Aniye nodded with a smile and looked at Hammerfire, “Hammerfire, your idea is correct. To apply runes to Armor, we indeed need to design a whole new Armor.”
“But, there’s no need to design something so advanced just yet. I think as long as it’s adequate, that will be fine.”
“But, but… Master Aniye, although our goal is indeed to apply runes to Armor, we can’t ignore the other technological aspects of Armor! Once Rune Armor becomes successful, it will inevitably replace the old-style Armor, and many technologies currently applied to Armor—we surely can’t just neglect them, can we?”
Facing Aniye, Hammerfire felt compelled to explain his thoughts, which were actually quite simple: he wanted the top-notch technology of runes to be fully applied to Armor. This included using runes as the core to drive Armor, as well as to drive other technologies related to Armor.
“Of course, we need to do research.”
But hearing this, Aniye merely smiled and then said, “We will certainly conduct this research, but we cannot achieve everything all at once. The runification of Armor is a major project, it’s not something that can be accomplished just by designing a new concept of Armor. We need to do it step by step and ensure each step is solid. Only then can we truly bring out the full potential of runes.”
“So I think, indeed, we need to design a New Armor, but the level doesn’t need to be very high. I think basing it on the Fourth Level Armor would suffice.”
“Can’t it be Fifth Level…?”
Upon hearing that he should design a New Armor based only on the Fourth Level, Hammerfire became like a child, pleading gloomily.
“No.”
Unfortunately, Aniye shook his head in the face of Hammerfire’s pleas and subsequently provided his reasoning: “The most advanced Armor may be the Fifth Level now, but in terms of both manufacturing maturity and technological completeness, the Fourth Level Armor remains the most perfected. Even today, Fourth Level Armor still possesses considerable combat capability.”
“Besides, you said it yourself—to fully apply runes to Armor, it’s imperative to include the other technologies related to Armor. The Fourth Level Armor’s technologies in all aspects have long matured. You can completely incorporate these technologies right from the start of the design, and then we can work together on improvements. This will not only save time and effort but also won’t be excessively expensive.”
There was a reason why everyone favored Aniye to lead this project—his control over the big picture of the research was indeed stronger than anyone else’s.
Just like everything he was saying now, which was clearly the result of careful consideration. It was helpful for the research and also took into account Rocky’s situation, leading everyone to nod in agreement and fully concur.
“Alright! I’ll start drawing the design now!”
With the decision to research an Armor specially designed for runes, Hammerfire, an expert in this field, promptly got to work, ready to begin drawing the designs.
Such task was naturally his forte, and don’t forget—it was going to be based on the Fourth Level Armor, the most perfect of which had come from Hammerfire’s own hands, so designing this New Armor was virtually effortless for him.
Furthermore, Orton and others would also participate in this design process, as they were experts in various fields. Their involvement wouldn’t complicate Hammerfire’s work; on the contrary, it would provide tremendous help.
Under these circumstances, it took around three days for Hammerfire and the team to finalize the concept for the New Armor!
This New Armor, specially designed around Mana Runes, was codenamed White Demon. The design template was based on the Hammerfire Armor—the most perfect Fourth Level Armor.
Following Aniye’s instructions, Hammerfire didn’t load the White Demon Armor with too many high-tech features. This New Armor would adopt all the mature technologies from the Fourth Level Armor. Additionally, since it will utilize runes for operation, after much deliberation the team decided to use Third Level, Fourth Level, and Fifth Level, making it a total of three different Rune levels, for mana output.
The primary reason for this was to test the full range of rune applicability. After all, the purpose of designing this New Armor was to utilize runes; however, considering Rocky’s limited funds, applying multiple levels of runes on a single Armor became the best solution.
On the other hand, while the New Armor was being detailed in design, Rocky was also getting busy. He was responsible for procuring the necessities for manufacturing the New Armor!
Hammerfire gave Rocky a list detailing dozens of essentials for making Armor, including equipment, materials, components, and so on. All these were items Rocky had to acquire, and only with these in hand could the New Armor be truly crafted by Hammerstone.
The time had come to spend money.
Up until this point, although Orton and the others had been researching for nearly a month, the research had stayed in the theoretical phase, and virtually no money had been spent. In other words, from now on, the real expenditure began! Continue your story on empire