Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 769 - 731: Play to Strengths

Chapter 769: Chapter 731: Play to Strengths

After obtaining the Armor design drawings for Monte and Dusa, Rocky began to study Hammerfire’s design philosophies for these two types of Armor. This task seemed simple, but in reality, it was not easy because Hammerfire was a master after all. Even the most ordinary Armor he personally designed contained many subtle complexities that were hard to comprehend.

Fortunately, Rocky was a disciple trained by Hammerfire himself. Not only had he inherited the ability to design Armor, but more importantly, Rocky was also more familiar with Hammerfire’s many design habits and trains of thought. Even then, he spent a week studying the two sets of blueprints before he finally organized his own thoughts.

After that, he went to see Pelaya once again.

“Teacher, I know what to do now!”

Upon seeing Pelaya, Rocky was very excited, and Pelaya, curious about his excitement, asked with interest, “What do you plan to do?”

“I want to design a piece of Heavy Battle Armor for the Beastmen!”

“Heavy?”

At these words, Pelaya obviously paused, pondering for quite some time before speaking again, “You mean… design a heavy type like the traditional Land Combat Armor?”

The concept of Heavy Battle Armor was rather vague to Pelaya, as strictly speaking, there was no such thing as Heavy Battle Armor in this world. However, the idea could be easily understood upon reflection, which led Pelaya to quickly associate it with the old-fashioned Land Combat Armor.

The so-called old-fashioned Land Combat Armor referred to Armor so heavily armored that it was incapable of flight, a type of old-fashioned Armor. Pelaya remembered that when the Holy Angel Armor first debuted in the Arena, its opponent had been of that kind. So when Rocky brought up Heavy Battle Armor, she immediately thought of the old-fashioned Land Combat Armor.

“Exactly, that kind!”

Seeing Pelaya mention the old-fashioned Land Combat Armor, Rocky nodded repeatedly to confirm that this was indeed his idea.

“But won’t it be too cumbersome?”

Facing Rocky’s enthusiastic nods, Pelaya furrowed her brows. She was clearly not in favor of this idea. The old-fashioned Land Combat Armor might have had heavy armor and powerful armaments, but its performance was extremely poor due to its excessive weight, eventually leading to its obsolescence at the hands of Tank-type Armor. If Rocky designed Beastman Specific Armor in this way, it would certainly not be a good thing.

“No, Teacher, I’m not planning to design the New Armor as an iron ball. I just want to increase the armor on the Beastman Armor,” Rocky explained.

Pelaya’s concerns were certainly valid, but Rocky had also anticipated these issues. He didn’t aim to make the New Armor overly cumbersome, as he had his own ideas, which he then explained to Pelaya in full.

Based on his concept, with the physical prowess of the Beastmen far surpassing that of ordinary humans, he could employ some ‘heavy-duty’ measures in the New Armor designs.

For instance, when designing Armor for a regular Void Magic Warrior, if the goal was to increase the Armor’s speed, one would need to consider both the Armor’s propulsion and the Void Magic Warrior’s endurance. If the propulsion was too strong, the Armor might achieve an extremely fast speed, but the Void Magic Warrior inside would not be able to withstand it, inadvertently restricting the Armor’s potential for speed.

However, for the Beastmen, there were fewer considerations of this nature. A Beastman’s endurance was several times greater than that of ordinary humans. Although too much propulsion would still be overwhelming, their endurance was certainly higher than that of a regular Void Magic Warrior. With this in mind, Rocky could afford to be more bold in designing the propulsion of the Armor.

It was precisely because he intended to design the New Armor as Heavy Battle Armor that such flexibility was possible. If it was just ordinary Armor, the Beastman’s physical prowess would undoubtedly allow for a significant increase in speed. Yet, speed just needed to be faster than the enemy’s, not the fastest. If the Armor’s speed did not hit the highest mark, wouldn’t the potential for powerful propulsion be wasted?

Therefore, Rocky thought of increasing the New Armor’s armoring. In this way, while making full use of the propulsion, the design would not only ensure the New Armor’s speed but would also enhance its defensive power, achieving two aims with one action.

In fact, Rocky approach to all aspects of the New Armor was similar. For the weapon system, he planned to equip the New Armor with heavy weaponry. Ordinary Armors might not accommodate such firepower, or at most could be outfitted with one or two heavy weapons, but the New Armor could fully do so as it was designed for Beastmen, whose powerful bodies could effectively wield an array of heavy weapons.

Rocky shared his ideas and planning in detail with Pelaya, and after listening to all he had to say, she pondered a moment before nodding in agreement.

Though Pelaya’s field of research was not Armor design, she had been involved in the design of many more Armors than Rocky could have imagined, and her experience in this area was profoundly substantial. So when Rocky finished explaining his concepts, Pelaya quickly realized that not only was this strategy viable, but also it could be fully realized with the technology they currently possessed.

With this realization, the two immediately set to work, turning their ideas into practice and beginning the drafting process for the New Armor’s details.

Consequently, the research institute in Thunderhawk City was simultaneously engaged in the design of two kinds of Armor—one led by Hammerfire designing the novel White Demon Armor, and the other spearheaded by Rocky and Pelaya for the Beastman Specific Armor. As time gradually passed, Aniye, after finishing his current projects, joined the effort. He did not focus exclusively on one Armor but juggled both, truly showcasing the expertise of a master.

Days went by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had elapsed. During this time, Rocky encountered no significant events, aside from Backhill Village still being sporadically attacked by Demons and the increasing orders for Armors received by Thunderhawk City. There was nothing else of note.

However, the rest of the world was a different story. In that period, profound changes were stirring. The reason was simple: for everyone, the time for the third counteroffensive war was drawing ever nearer.

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Even though The Three Great Alliances had not officially announced the date of the war’s commencement, the news that The Three Great Alliances would launch the third counteroffensive war in a year’s time had spread like wildfire. Now, the entire Sky City was aware of it.

Upon learning this, the various forces in Sky City and the numerous small and large sky cities immediately began preparing. After all, no one wanted to be cannon fodder in this world-level conflict due to inadequate preparations.