Novel Full Chapter 1231: Iron Legion
Chapter 1231: Iron Legion
In the end, Rokuko was able to get quite a bit out of Haku.
It was clear by the looks on the faces of Haku’s subordinates that she had suffered quite a bit.
As such, Lin Fan stepped in to help Haku.
Rokuko knew that once Lin Fan stepped in, she had done enough and agreed to what Haku offered.
There was a bitter smile that appeared on Haku’s face, but she didn’t say anything.
It seemed that she had learned her lesson about putting her foot in her mouth, so she didn’t say anything this time that would just make things worse for her.
After this was settled, Haku said, “We called you back ahead of time this time to make sure that you knew all about this. You’ll be receiving the actual rewards when the celebration banquet is held.”
With a sigh, Haku continued, “I don’t want you to go to a place like that and expose yourself, but it’s necessary since this is a major victory for our Laver Empire. When it comes to things like this, it’s something that we have to do.”
Of course the one that she was saying this to was Rokuko.
There was no way that Haku would ever say something like this to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan knew it too, so that’s why he hadn’t even been listening to her.
Instead, he was thinking about something else.
He was thinking about establishing his own faction in the Laver Empire.
This wasn’t something that Lin Fan had been thinking about before, but he started thinking about it after hearing what Ye Qing Huan had told him.
Even if he carved out a place in the Heavenly Demon Sect for himself, there were just too many people that he didn’t know. The Heavenly Demon Sect was made up of many different people that had different ideas.
But it was different for this Laver Empire that was ruled by Haku alone.
Since she was the one that was in charge, the ones that were in power were those that were related to her. They were ones that wouldn’t betray her no matter what happened.
That meant that as long as Rokuko was with him, he would have a certain leniency.
That meant that he would be able to build up a faction that revolved around him.
Ye Qing Huan’s words reminded him that if he wanted to build his ideal, then he would have to seize a place for himself. However, it wasn’t as if it was possible with the sects in the state that they currently were.
Her idea was most likely for him to focus on the Mu Empire and help it develop for the future.
But Lin Fan had a different option.
Haku held most of the power in the Laver Empire, but that didn’t mean that she controlled it with an iron fist. She still shared power with the nobles of the Laver Empire.
That was what Lin Fan was planning to gather.
The nobles of the Laver Empire had power that Haku gave them, but they didn’t have enough power to overthrow her. They only had enough power to allow themselves to live without any worries.
But if all of the nobles were gathered together into a single faction, then it wouldn’t be a small amount of power that they wielded.
It would be only around 30% of the power of the Laver Empire, but that was still a large amount.
After all, the Laver Empire was one of the top empires of the magic continent.
As for how Lin Fan would get these nobles on his side…
…
“You’re back! How was the test run?” Duke Rosewood said as soon as he saw Lin Fan.
He didn’t even bother greeting Lin Fan and Rokuko the moment that he saw them, the only thing that he cared about was the results from the testing of the suit that Lin Fan took with him.
Lin Fan didn’t mind this since he knew how eccentric Duke Rosewood was.
But in the first place, it wasn’t as if Duke Rosewood was an outsider.
He had already invested in Duke Rosewood’s research and they were working together to develop these magic item suits, so it could even be said that they were conspirators.
In that case, there really was no need for courtesy between them.
Lin Fan didn’t say anything and just took out the magic item suit that he had taken to raid the Clear Star Sect with.
“Ah, look at all the dents and scratches! Just how fierce was the test?” When Duke Rosewood saw the suit that Lin Fan took out, he couldn’t help looking closely at it as if he wanted to see all the damage that it had taken.
But at the same time, the way that Duke Rosewood treated this suit was as if he was treating it like it was his baby.
After looking at it for a bit, Duke Rosewood turned back to Lin Fan and looked at him as if he was waiting for an answer.
“It’s not that bad. I was fighting someone that was even stronger than me and I definitely wouldn’t have won that easily if it wasn’t for the support of the suit.”
A proud look appeared on Duke Rosewood’s face when he heard this.
Naturally he was happy to hear Lin Fan praising the suit like this, but then he revealed a more serious look as he said, “Please don’t be too rough with it, it’s only a prototype.”
Lin Fan just said with a smile, “Don’t worry, I wasn’t that rough. If I was rough, then…”
Duke Rosewood raised his hand to cut Lin Fan off in the end.
There was a part of him that wanted to hear what Lin Fan would say, but there was also a part of him that didn’t want to hear what Lin Fan would do. After all, the thing being battered was his precious prototype.
Seeing this, Lin Fan just said, “You’ll find a log in the suit, so why bother asking me?”
“Well, I want different perspectives. It’s not as if everything can be described using the data, right?”
Lin Fan gave a nod, but he didn’t describe the battle in the end.
After all, it wasn’t as if he could actually describe what happened since he hadn’t been on the magic continent when it happened. The matters about the cultivation continent were better kept hidden than revealed.
Duke Rosewood didn’t seem to mind this as he started looking at the data from the suit that Lin Fan handed over.
But when he saw the actual data from the suit, there was a very strange look that appeared on his face. He looked at Lin Fan with this strange look as if he was waiting for Lin Fan to say something, but Lin Fan said nothing in the end.
That was why Duke Rosewood had no choice but to say, “What happened? What are these readings? What did you do?”
Lin Fan remained silent for a bit longer, but eventually he said, “I used one of my powers with the suit, that’s why there are those readings.”
After saying this, he went over to grab a magic stone and held it in his hand before using the suction force on it. When he did, he could feel the mana being absorbed into him, but then it came out as spiritual energy that nourished him.
When the spiritual energy came out, there was a surprised look on Lin Fan’s face.
That was because this was far more spiritual energy than he thought this mana stone would provide.
It seemed that this was another method of using his suction force…his void powers that he hadn’t thought of.
Mana stones were quite common on the magic continent…
“This power…I’ve never seen anything like this before. I certainly can’t replicate it, but it seems like it actually works with my suit…” Duke Rosewood said this as if he had discovered a new path of research.
It was clear that he wanted to put the suction force that Lin Fan used into the suits, it was just that he hadn’t figured out how to do it yet.
While the two of them were lost in thought like this, Rokuko suddenly said, “What about what we came here to see? Is it ready?”
When she said this, both Duke Rosewood and Lin Fan seemed to snap back from their thoughts.
Duke Rosewood revealed an excited look after hearing what Rokuko said before saying, “Of course it’s ready.”
Then after a pause, he lost a bit of that excitement before saying, “Well, it’s mostly ready. There are still a few kinks that have to be worked out.”
Lin Fan and Rokuko weren’t surprised to hear this since it was a big project that he was working on. It would be strange if everything really was working as it should have.
Once he finished explaining this, he brought the two of them to a special place and demonstrated something to them.
Their eyes lit up as they watched this demonstration.
When it was over, Lin Fan said, “Un, it doesn’t matter that there are still a few kinks with the controls. What you’ve managed to do in this time is already considered a miracle.”
A wide smile filled with pride appeared on Duke Rosewood’s face when he heard this.
He had been worried about what Lin Fan would say, but those worries disappeared when he heard this.
Instead, he just asked, “What do you want to call it?”
“Of course it’ll be the Iron Legion.” Lin Fan said without any hesitation.