29. The Great Arcanist riding a cockroach
. "Very good, very strong!"
Charlotte's face was pale, his eyes rolled down at the crowd running past the commander's mouth, his eyes twitching, and he was speechless and he didn't know what to say.
"There's no way, I'll get used to it."
Feiri looked at him with a sympathy, reached out to pat his shoulder and comforted him, but her eyes kept aiming in the middle of the crowd.
The square in front of the Raccoon Legion Command was filled with smoke and dust. Dozens of untidy female soldiers were holding brooms, mops, kitchen knives and other messy things, and they ran and threw things in front. Most of these female soldiers just put on tops randomly. When they ran, they naturally leaked their spring scenery. They didn't even wear underwear and shoes and socks. They shouted and jumped under the sun with their bare legs, which made the sentry at the commander's office look straight, and they didn't even notice the water left at the corner of their mouths.
However, these female soldiers did not intend to run naked, they came out to chase and kill the pervert.
"The thief was killed!"
"Shameless old man!"
"Old pervert, return my panties!"
"Smashed his camera! He just now kept lying on the bathroom window to take photos."
...
Amid the roars of the female soldiers who turned into tigress, an octopus with a weird shape... No, it was the weird archanger who was smugly in the square, easily avoiding the towels, soaps and knifes flying behind him, and seducing a group of female soldiers to run east and west naked. He saw that he was wearing only a pair of shorts on his body like a fat ball, and more than a dozen tentacles swayed like Christmas trees in the wind.
The reason for this illusion is that most of them are covered with women's underwear, underwear, rings and necklaces. One of them is also a trendy camera hanging on it, which has some similarities with the Christmas tree full of gifts. What a noble person the Great Arcane is, naturally he will not run away with two legs. Looking down from his fat ** who almost broke his pants, you can clearly see that his mount is... a big cockroach?
"I'm not very strange about Owo doing things like sneak shots and stealing underwear. After all, this old man dares to publish nude photos of His Majesty Elastra." Charlotte, who finally came to his senses, shook his head and pointed to Owo's strange mount in the distance to ask Fili, "What I wonder is how he chose such a disgusting thing to do for transportation. Where did he get such a big beetle? I've never heard of such creatures near Emon and even the entire New Neserel colony!"
"I did that." Feili answered laughter and cry after hearing this.
"What?"
"Look carefully, it's not a living creature at all, but an iron puppet I made!"
Charlotte widened his eyes in surprise and looked back at the mount of the Great Arcane: pure black, oval body, six short legs, two tentacles - what is this not a cockroach?
"Why did you do such a weird thing? Or did Owo have any strange preferences?"
"In fact, more than one. I have made at least thirty units this time, intending to use for magicians and priests who go to the battlefield. Although Owo has a weird personality, his aesthetic view is still normal. In fact, everyone thinks that such a shape is expensive. But there is nothing we can do!" Feili shook her shoulders and spread her hands, showing a helpless expression, "Since there is no good materials in this place and no good craftsmen, I can only do it like this!"
The profession of magicians has always been known for their slow reaction, weak physique and poor flexibility. Although they can use them well, they are also the best target for thieves or surprise attack troops. Especially after the long-range sniper rifle, many famous combat mages were shot and killed by snipers during the march. After all, advanced magicians who can ignore bullets are a minority. Most magicians on the battlefield have to rack their brains to come up with various life-saving tricks for their own safety.
Learning to wrap the paladins into cans of tin is a pretty good choice. But the magician's body is usually not able to wear heavy armor. If it is hard to put it on, it is probably someone else to carry it away. This is obviously a stupid act of seeking death on the ever-changing battlefield.
It is a more traditional practice to prepare a bunch of protective magic or accidental amulets. The accidental amulet can use pre-stored magic at the moment the body is attacked. However, this is generally only suitable for fighting alone. In the battlefield, a few protective magic is not enough, and it will also squeeze out the spells that store attack magic. Many protective methods in the era of cold weapons are not practical in front of guns, such as "defense arrows" and "stone skin technique" that can easily deal with bows and arrows, but in front of bullets with high speed and strong penetration, it is not much use - a powerful sniper rifle can even penetrate steel plates, and the thin layer of stone on the skin cannot be held back. Even if it holds a few rounds of guns, what should I do if I get a few rounds of guns?
Generally speaking, the situation of sneak attacks on mages is mostly born in camping and marching. The barracks are protected tightly and magic traps can be set up. But it is not possible when marching. At that time, the army's defense is the weakest. Even if the mage can ride in a bulletproof carriage with iron plates, people will lie down like a horse that kills you. Moreover, there are not roads on the battlefield for vehicles to drive, and four wheels cannot roll when encountering complex terrain.
Therefore, the mage's driving must have three basic requirements: defense, maneuver and comfort - it sounds like a tank. However, there is a better choice in the magic world, that is, the magic puppet.
The so-called devil, in short, uses an earth element as the power core
Go into the huge artificial body and let it act according to the will of creation. There are two major categories of stone puppets and metal puppets, which must be used by mages. If you buried it in a cab, it is almost equivalent to Gundam. Of course, the puppets cannot fly, cannot use magic, and cannot use guns and cannons. It is not difficult to load the cannons onto the puppets. The difficulty is how to operate weapons in the cab - there is no computer system in the puppets, and the earth element instead of computers is low in intelligence, so they can only execute the simplest commands such as "forward", "retreat", and "stop", and at most let them go up and fight with bare hands.
Although the artificial intelligence level is relatively low, the mages originally wanted only vehicles, not combat machines. As long as they met the three basic requirements of defense, maneuver and comfort, the stone puppets had poor protection, so the iron puppets that had been strengthened to protect became the favorite ride for combat mages, basically similar to armored transport vehicles. Feili took this thing when he first drove north. However, those were eliminated by regular troops as scrap iron for the militia, because they were old. The specific performance had to be discounted. Moreover, even these old Guxuns were lost in the city of Glory, so the entire Xin Naserier had no military puppet.
"Because of the lack of catalyst, the steel production of steel mills is too poor, and the factories in the New World have no experience in producing large metal parts." Feili explained to Charlotte the reason why he made the iron beetle. "The iron puppets that were put together are always unstable in the center of gravity, unable to maintain balance in action, and they can't walk with two legs. Moreover, the steel that makes the body is too brittle, just like glass. After falling down, cracks often appear. I really have no choice but to change it to climb on the ground."
"Then why do you do six legs? The earth element does not have two more legs than horses!" Charlotte still had some difficulty understanding this.
"Oh, the two extras are for spare. Because the material strength is not up to standard, the four legs of the Iron Puppet are always broken, so I had to hang two more. If they break, they can be installed on the spot."
"Also, this shape...even if you use crawlers, you should be a personal shape!"
"Don't the manned witch have bulletproof functions? But the steel quality of the composition is too poor and can easily be broken. I had to cover a layer of smooth lightweight guard plate as external armor on it, so it turned out like this."
"...What's going on with the tentacles on the top of the head?" Charlotte felt like he was about to faint.
"That was actually two springs for anti-collision. The iron puppet was slow to react and either hit the wall or collided all day long. So I got two springs to prevent it from getting into traffic accidents."
"Why isn't it installed on **? Doesn't it bump into something when it goes backwards?"
“Because there is no need.”
"ah?"
"The puppet's leg joint processing technology is not up to date, so it can only move forward or stop, and cannot go backwards, so there is no need to install springs on **." Feili gave a very disappointing answer. "But there is also an advantage, that is, there is no need to worry about them retreating and running away while charging."
"What a shameful thing!" Charlotte added his forehead with one hand and showed a very painful expression. "Fortunately, I'm not a mage. If I asked me to ride a cockroach out for a date..." He shook his head, "I'm afraid any beautiful girl will run away!"
"...You have been fucked by a pair of dark elf mother and daughter, but you are not satisfied yet! Do you really want me to punish you on behalf of God?"
Seeing that Feili was about to fight, Charlotte quickly waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I won't joke anymore. That tentacle monster is still making trouble outside!" He stretched out his finger to Owo, who was still teasing the female soldier, "This guy is now your subordinate, so tell me how to deal with him, right?"
***
After a quarter of an hour of pursuit, the delicate and weak female soldiers finally couldn't support them. They were so tired that they leaned against the tree beside the wall, sticking out their tongues and breathing. Owo walked around the small square proudly for a few times, feeling a little boring. Just as he was about to leave, the iron cockroach under the ** suddenly fell into a nest and couldn't move.
He was about to go down to check it out, but suddenly he felt that he had been cut off from the magic net. While he was surprised, a familiar voice suddenly sounded not far away.
"Close the door, let the dog go!" Feili shouted. A group of black-backed wolfdogs raised by Charlotte immediately rushed out of the headquarters under the instructions of the owner and rushed towards Owo viciously. The great arcane who suddenly lost his magic suddenly lost his magic was knocked down by the group of dogs before he could react... The wonderful performance of the tentacle monster fighting the group of dogs began. The female soldiers who had rested enough also raised their kitchen knife and broom to join in the fun. For a moment, the swords and swords were shining, and their underwear spread all over the floor. It seems that the pervert is really a high-risk industry!
"Okay, I should go back too." Seeing that the tentacle monster was no longer able to fight back, Feili clapped her hands and walked out of the camp gate under Charlotte's suspicious gaze. "Fortunately, I was afraid that he would do anything, so I installed a disposable anti-magic array on this puppet in advance. When these women were angry, you'd better arrange a few strong guys to tie him back to me, remember to stuff them into a cage with anti-magic array!"
"...Hey, wait, what should I do if this iron cockroach?"
Chapter completed!