Chapter 5: 05.A transportation revolution
March later!
Prince Erza's estate, training grounds.
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"Burst, Spin, Swift!"
"Mysterious and powerful Fire Elemental Spirit, please listen to my request and summon your mighty power!"
"Magic - Explosive Spin!"
Accompanied by a longer chant, a storm of flames about three feet in diameter was released from the void magic formation in front of the magic staff, hitting the rock pile in front of it with precision!
"Boom!"
Accompanied by an explosion, the rock pile, which stood at a height of 16 feet, was directly blown apart, even leaving behind a cratered depression of about two feet or so in depth!
The initiator of the magic, as could be heard from the childish voice, was William himself.
However, he was less than pleased with the magic.
"Tsk." William frowned slightly.
A high level magic that was chanted at full power was only equivalent to an air-to-ground missile level.
Although my favorite thing is still mechs, I have to admit that the modular specialized one-war model is the optimal one.
It's not easy for me to cross over, and I also happen to be from a powerful family!
There are still natural advantages to the current location of the country, so I'm sorry for these conditions if I don't do something about it!
Hmph! You aborigines only know violent magic and fighting qi, plus being blinded by gorgeous mechs, that's just the right time to let me, who knows about otherworldly integrated warfare, teach you what war is!
William couldn't help but clench his fists tightly, his eyes filled with desire for all kinds of magical machinery, as well as inspired war fervor!
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"But it has to be taken one step at a time, that railroad should be finished today, right? With the help of earth magicians who can change the earth, it should be quick."
William said to himself as he looked into the distance, then smiled.
"Uncle Ryan, let's go to the wagon building yard, count your knights and call five more Frostbite Riders to come along with me to carry it." William shouted.
"Okay, I'll go arrange it right away." Uncle Ryan.
The Frostblade Riders were an important guarding force for the manor, there were only twenty in total, mobilizing five at a time was already the limit for William, a young boy who was only seven years old.
Soon, under Uncle Ryan's orders, five Frostblade Riders were assembled.
These were all military-standard third-grade mechs, which were already the highest level of standardized mechs in their Kingdom of Ivysu, and only a Prince like Ersha could afford to own them.
William looked up at this big guy that stood 16 feet tall.
The angular fuselage, the well-worn paint job, the huge sword that still has a gaping hole in it, ah ...
It really doesn't matter what time of day it is, even if it's a waste of time for something like war, it's damn handsome!
"Lord Lendl, the squad has been assembled, please give the order!" The mech in the center opened its hatch and a red-haired man said with a military salute.
He was the captain of this five-man squad.
"Let's go, follow me to move the stuff." William said immediately.
The squad leader was slightly stunned, moving things?
Calling us Frostbite Riders out is moving things? This thing we're piloting is a weapon of war!
"Oh..! By the way, although it feels like the movement is a bit small it shouldn't be too necessary, but what you were told to move today and what you saw at the end, you are not allowed to say anything about it hear me?" William said seriously.
"Yes!" The squad leader also hurriedly replied seriously!
Once the railroad starts operating, it's definitely not possible to hide it, but it's definitely a good idea to hide it for as long as you can first.
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Two hours later.
The 16-foot tall Knight Mechs, carrying a 16-foot long front end, and two thirty-foot long empty carriages, all covered with black cloth, arrived in a dense forest.
And this dense forest was the very place through which the new railroad of the mine and smelting works passed.
At the same time, grandfather Ursa and father Polly, who had already been notified, also came here.
Even, anti-detection magic was set up.
"Is this what you started planning the year before last, little William, and are now able to implement?" Grandpa looked at the carriage under the black cloth that Frostbite Rider carried over, and roughly already understood something.
Spirit sensing the special iron wheels under the black cloth, he knew why he couldn't drag it on the unusual road and purposely let Frostblade Rider carry it over.
"Yes." William said with a nod as he poked his little head out of Uncle Ryan's hatch.
Then turning to Frostbite Rider he ordered:
"Lower the carriage slowly, with the iron wheels aligned with the rails, but don't put it askew." William said.
Frostblade Rider uncovered the black cloth of the front carriage and carefully lowered it, it was all made with precision calculations and was easily aligned and placed on the tracks.
Ursa and Polly, looking at the one front end and the two cut-off carriages, and the rubble-covered railroad tracks, fell into a brief moment of contemplation.
The complexion, too, became grave.
"Apart from the people in the car-making yard, little William did anyone on your way here look at these carriages?" Ursa asked.
"No, the wheels were all extra customized at another factory, and it was only on the way that the workers from home came to help put them together." William laughed.
"Hmm." Ursa nodded in satisfaction.
Polly understood as well and turned to Frostbite Rider and the others:
"What you are seeing now must not be made known to anyone else until it is made public!" Polly ordered sternly!
"Aye! Lord Polly, Lord Lendl has already explained this as well!" The captain replied solemnly.
Surprisingly, he had said that?
Polly looked at his seven year old son who was still grinning, and was surprised in his heart, was this really the kind of thought a seven year old should have?
"Little William, do you know what this road and this carriage that you made means?" Ursa asked seriously and gravely.
"What is it grandpa ... huh." William laughed, "Probably, a transportation revolution."
A transportation revolution!
The five jockeys were inwardly shocked!
How could they use the word "revolution"?
Even Uncle Ryan, who had prepared for this, could not hide his shock.
How could a seven year old child cause a revolution in transportation?
"Large loads, specialized circulation, and low labor are gathered into a highly efficient transportation."
"A car captain a train, far more than the speed and cargo volume of a large transport team, special lines dedicated to maximize transport efficiency!"
"Just need, one high power magic elemental power core."
William said with a smile and a small finger extended.
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Uncle Ryan and the captain, they held their breath at once!
William's explanation also instantly made them realize that this railroad, which William had seemingly built at random, was able to change the entire transportation industry!
The word 'revolution' definitely deserved it!
"Hmm...!" Ursa and Polly also took a deep breath to calm down.
"Originally, I was torn on whether or not to send you to Aiens Academy, but now Grandpa is telling you. Next year, I will personally send you there!" Ursa said seriously!
William, was really seriously considering about the military!
Why?
Because transportation, logistics, is the most solid foundation of the military!
In that case!
Then there was no reason, not to send this talented grandson of his, to the Aynes Military Academy!
"What is this road called? What should the car be called." Polly asked with a light smile after calming down.
"Railroad! If the car is ... called a magic moving car." William said after a slight hesitation.
After copying the invention, the name is better to change it slightly, after all, the train in the previous life was indeed initially powered by fire, but in this one it is - magic power!
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Sacred continent continent, Valer calendar 3245 years, Aivisu Kingdom.
This world's first railroad and magic-powered train was successfully built under secret circumstances!