"You're Viscount Roster?!"
The Wandering Wild Mage looked at the lord before him, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "You're really willing to invest in my self-charging magic array? Even though the array looks pretty complete now, it's definitely still a prototype."
A few days later, Ren's earliest believer, Viscount Roster, found the wild mage.
Facing the wild mage's honesty, Viscount Roster smiled and nodded: "I know, but the potential is huge, isn't it? You're a respectable magician, a bold pioneer. I think you're really worth investing in! Get in the carriage first—we can chat on the way!"
Remembering yesterday's divine revelation and the things God had told him, he became incredibly excited. Looking at this mage who wasn't welcome in the capital, his gaze grew especially gentle.
"My experiments are very expensive and I'm not sure when there'll be results, or even if there'll be results before my life ends!" The wild mage took a deep breath.
"You already said that on the Magic Net." Viscount Roster noticed the wild mage's caution, so he emphasized again: "I'm a mid-level magician myself. You don't need to stress it too much."
After finally easing the wild mage's concerns and inviting him into the carriage.
Viscount Roster wasn't in a hurry, instead pulling out a parchment: "Take a look at this, Mr. Wild Mage."
The wild mage looked at Viscount Roster somewhat suspiciously, not quite understanding, but still took the parchment.
Soon his eyes began to burn with intensity.
That gaunt face was full of excitement, even somewhat... obsessed.
Viscount Roster didn't disturb him, just sat there quietly, watching this wild mage who wasn't old but already looked aged, his gaze quite complex... He didn't know much about this wild mage, but he knew the man had to continuously absorb magic power to stay alive, knew he was the inventor of self-charging arrays, knew he would definitely become a fellow traveler...
No one understood the value of self-charging magic arrays better than him!
During magic bomb production, the most time-consuming part was the charging process.
Magic bombs had already gone viral on the Magic Net, and the recent great battle must have made all the nations notice their effectiveness. It wouldn't be long before the major nations, at least the Kingdom of Dawn and Gray Fort Empire, would enter an arms race.
Gray Fort Empire had Magician Legions, giving them unparalleled competitive advantage in this area. For the Kingdom of Dawn to compete was almost impossible.
Self-charging arrays would become their only hope!
Before long, his Roster territory would see unprecedented development.
He would become new nobility in the kingdom!
Of course, this was just the first step. Next, he'd use this opportunity to completely promote the name of the God of Technology, promote the name of Magic Conductors! Get more people in the kingdom to notice the God of Technology!
Get more people to worship and believe in the God of Technology, to rush toward a perfect future!
At some point, Roster had become increasingly convinced that following the God of Technology was the only way to make this world more perfect, to leave behind that decaying past...
Collecting his thoughts, Viscount Roster's gaze toward the wild mage remained burning.
This was someone mentioned by God himself—what an honor!
"Amazing, absolutely amazing! Making the gathered magic power more stable, being able to freely control this gathered magic power through these flexible interfaces—genius work, pure genius! Viscount Roster, I never imagined you could deduce such a perfect self-charging array from the scattered information I posted in Magic Space."
After who knows how long, the wild mage finally put down the parchment in his hands. "My earlier doubts were disrespectful. You're truly a great magician, far superior to those decaying fools in the capital."
"No, no, no, Mr. Wild Mage, I didn't complete this self-charging array—I just received divine revelation." Viscount Roster quickly waved his hands in explanation: "It was God who told me all the information about self-charging magic arrays, and He told me there was someone of your exceptional talent, so I wanted to invite you to join our Roster territory, to join my enterprise!"
"God?! The Goddess of Magic?! I never imagined you were actually a chosen one! No, you're practically a living saint—ordinary chosen ones can't receive knowledge." The wild mage stared blankly at Viscount Roster, truly not expecting to hear such an answer.
"No, not the Goddess of Magic—the God of Technology! The God of Technology who created the Magic Internet together with the Goddess of Magic, who created magic bombs!" Viscount Roster's expression was very serious: "This is a new system independent of the established magical framework."
Under Viscount Roster's introduction, the wild mage gradually understood.
So magic bombs weren't like ordinary magical items—they were so special...
"Wait, does this mean self-charging arrays can directly charge the storage runes of magic bombs?" The wild mage's reaction was quick. "No wonder! No wonder He noticed my self-charging array. For Magic Conductors, self-charging arrays might even be more powerful than magical anomaly zones."
"Mr. Wild Mage, do you have any complaints about God modifying your self-charging array?" Viscount Roster raised an eyebrow slightly.
"No! How could I?! On the contrary, I deeply admire this God of Technology. All the problems that troubled me for so long have been completely solved, and even many issues I hadn't noticed have been optimized. Compared to those stubborn mages, He... truly deserves the name of God!"
The wild mage suddenly found he didn't know how to express himself. Since he began researching this knowledge, he'd basically faced rejection everywhere. Hardly any traditional magician would give him a proper look.
Even in the Magic Internet era, with tens of thousands of magicians, even hundreds of thousands gathering online, barely anyone could understand him.
The knowledge and research he shared out got mostly attacks and mockery in return.
But just when he'd fallen into despair, the God of Technology actually appeared, actually perfected and enhanced his array. Honestly, he didn't even think he'd contributed much to it.
The improved self-charging development became simpler and more powerful. If not for the basic runes still being similar, he wouldn't even think this was an upgraded version...
Moreover, now one of His believers, Viscount Roster, was providing funding for him to build giant self-charging arrays, letting him get through this life-or-death crisis.
Even though these self-charging arrays were mostly for producing magic bombs for Roster territory, they genuinely helped him too. This was a win-win situation.
Under these circumstances, how could he possibly have complaints?
For a moment there, he even considered whether to convert to the God of Technology...
The carriage moved quickly. Viscount Roster wasn't far from the capital to begin with, so they soon returned to Roster territory.
The wild mage looked at the scenery outside and couldn't help but pause slightly. His sharp senses detected that this place seemed different from other parts of the kingdom!
"Mr. Wild Mage, do you feel like my Roster territory is somewhat different from other noble territories?" Viscount Roster seemed to notice the wild mage's expression and asked with a smile.