Chapter 234: Future Growth Path
Separation of People and Horses is quite successful.
EPR's research is indeed correct. Most of the magic power consumed by the Nightmare Knight is used to form a special magic resonance field.
This is also why the Nightmare Knight's defense ability is so high.
If the basic concept is correct, it means that their subsequent advanced research theory is also very likely to be correct.
For example, EPR believes that the knight can be 'decomposed' into various parts with different abilities. According to the needs of the current battlefield, various components are combined to customize the current battlefield or battle. More components can even be prefabricated and 'replaced' during the battle to achieve more flexible tactical changes.
The more Hardy thought about it, the more excited he became. If this theory is correct, then the Nightmare Knight he incarnates in the future will have a pair of propulsion wings and a magic thruster on his back, a magic shield in his left hand, and a long-range attack weapon with magic energy in his right hand. Wouldn't that be a humanoid mobile device? A knight?
Sure enough, is Oda the end of the melee battle?
The nightmare knight transformed by Hardy sighed leisurely and suppressed his excitement.
He is now a lump of iron and can only move, but actually has no breathing function.
He walked back to the Nightmare Horse and looked at the Nightmare, which was nearly three meters tall. He had a pair of red eyes and didn't like to move around. He seemed to have no ability to act independently.
But from the experiment just now, Hardy already knew that the nightmare not only had autonomous consciousness, it could even hear its own words.
Hardy reached out and gently stroked Nightmare's head like the other cavalrymen for the first time.
Because of the armor, Nightmare's head feels very hard.
But as if sensing Hardy's feelings, Nightmare's round, red eyes actually half-closed.
"It seems a bit cute."
Mrs. Sissi whispered from the side.
Personally, she is actually a little afraid of nightmares.
The huge size makes him look like a beast. The most important thing is that the dark magic on Nightmare is messy and a bit violent, unlike the dark magic on Hardy, which is stable and thick.
Moreover, she is a priest, with light magic power in her body, and she does have some instinctive aversion to the dark magic power of this disordered feeling.
But now that she saw Nightmare in front of Hardy, like a puppy being pampered by its owner, her fear of Nightmare dropped a lot.
Now that the separation of humans and horses has been successful, and the nightmare does have its own independent will, Hardy is ready to start testing the third experiment.
Magical abilities are enhanced.
According to EPR, after transforming into a Nightmare Knight, your magical abilities should not decrease, but should increase.
Hardy stretched out his hand to grab the air, and the black magic power transformed into a long black lance.
With a thought, the lance turned into a long and changing two-handed sword.
"Sure enough, I feel a lot more relaxed." Hardy said to himself subconsciously.
In riding mode, it is most convenient to turn magic power into a lance. It is not impossible to transform it into other weapons, but it will consume more magic power and is very laborious.
It's not as easy as it is now.
Why is there such a big difference between magic power transforming into a lance and a sword in riding mode?
This also just confirms that EPR's argument is correct, because the magic power of the two interferes with each other, forming a strange internal resonance of magic power, which increases the defense of the knight and war horse in disguise, but also increases the difficulty of casting spells.
In this case, the lance can be easily transformed.
Because it is preset and is a basic customization. To put it more simply, it is a professional talent skill.
Understood this way, things are much simpler.
This is also a problem Hardy needs to solve now.
The magic resonance caused the Nightmare Knight's defense to be too high. Whether it is at the physical level or at the magical level.
Before, the Nightmare Knight had a weakness of insufficient resistance to 'light magic', but since the goddess of light helped him sort out his body, the weakness of low light resistance has disappeared.
In fact, excessive survivability is not necessary, just use enough.
It is more practical to convert those overflowing defensive abilities into offensive abilities.
After all, offense is the best defense most of the time.
Hardy began to think about how to reduce the magical interference between himself and the nightmare.
Separating the man from the horse is only the simplest solution.
Nightmare has good attack capabilities and can be used as a defense to protect the dismounted knight.
Hardy can be used as a plate mage to perform turret-style output.
But there is a big problem. In this case, the nightmare's mobility is a bit wasted.
After all, this special demon war horse has not only good speed but also extremely strong endurance.
If you can cast spells on horseback and attack the enemy with spells while running... As long as the magic power is enough, it seems possible to defeat an army of ten thousand people.
Of course, the Nightmare Knight also has good spellcasting abilities after reaching the legendary level.
But that was done by relying on one's own strength to lift it up, then forcefully rush away, break through the interference of magic resonance, and achieve low-level spellcasting.
To put it another way, if the magic resonance between the two parties is not so strong, one's own defense does not need to be that high... In other words, it can be as high as it wants, as low as it wants, and can be adjusted freely...
This is what Hardy wants most. state.
How can I reduce the magical resonance between myself and the war horse?
Generally speaking, the intensity of magic resonance is directly related to the intensity of magic output.
When humans and horses become one, it is inevitable that the magic powers of the two will collide.
If it were so easy to avoid magic resonance, the nightmare knights of the past and present would have been masters of spellcasting long ago.
Hardy couldn't figure it out by himself, but he felt that he could solve the problem for himself with the help of genius' wisdom.
So during this period, apart from routine inspections of military affairs, he spent the rest of his time studying the few books he had brought back.
Because his magic foundation is not very good, there are a lot of high-level magic and theoretical content in it, which is very hard to read.
It is very painful to understand the content bit by bit.
Learning is inherently painful.
It's anti-human.
Only those who have overcome this pain can truly learn.
During this period, the Northern Army was frightened by Hadi's heavy cavalry regiment. After retreating five kilometers, they stationed themselves directly on the spot and stayed there for more than ten days without daring to attack.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the newly born Rommel royal family showed the high efficiency of a 'dictator'.
Not only were nearly 10,000 infantry regiments sent to the city of Kexilan, but even the central front and the western front each sent thousands of reinforcements.
And Hardy met with Sandor Hogg, a young general who came for reinforcements.
When the young man saw Hadi, he bent down and saluted, showing great respect: "Your Excellency Hadi, on the order of King Rommel, came to reinforce the city of Kexilan, and obey your command."
(End of this chapter)