The Empror's Trap

Chapter 85: Ch 85 - An Eye-Opening Experience Vol2

"Grand Marshal, look - this is their Holy Armor. Here’s the arm section, here’s the breastplate. This Holy Armor can be operated to some degree by this machine I brought back."

"Once soldiers put on this Holy Armor, they can march thousands of miles without excessive fatigue. Both its strength and defensive capabilities far surpass our Camelot battle armor."

Before Kenji, Rinas pointed out the various parts of the Holy Armor model in detail.

"What’s their power source?"

Kenji asked the crucial question. Since it was driven by that machine, the device Rinas brought back must be the power core of the entire Holy Armor set. Considering the Holy Knights were few in number and an elite unit, this Holy Armor likely required an expensive or hard-to-obtain power source.

"According to reports, its power comes from a mineral they call magic crystals. I researched it - in our Camelot, this mineral is generally called spirit stones."

"Spirit stones?!"

Kenji immediately understood.

Spirit stones were actually very common minerals - simply put, they were minerals similar to precipitates in this world’s spiritual energy circulation process. Unlike oil in his original world, spirit stones were renewable resources, with fast regeneration rates and large reserves.

However, current applications remained limited because spirit stones were both fragile and unstable despite storing large amounts of spiritual energy, making reliable long-term storage difficult.

Using this for Holy Armor power likely meant treating spirit stones as magical energy storage, allowing the magic to flow through pre-designed formations to trigger fixed formations affecting the Holy Armor.

After all, he had noticed strange symbols on both the Holy Armor model and the machine.

To be honest, it was no wonder the machine looked crude - likely even those in the Western Empire responsible for developing it didn’t understand it deeply, and the machine was probably treated as a consumable item.

Since it was an under-researched consumable, making it just functional enough was sufficient.

Kenji had no plans to use spirit stones for things like firearms - that would be too difficult to produce, and spirit stones themselves were hard to control. Being part of this world’s spiritual energy circulation meant high energy dissipation rates until proper preservation methods emerged.

Carrying it as reserves might not work well - misfires and explosions could become common occurrences.

When the emperor sees you, exchanges pleasantries, then suggests you visit the Grand Marshal, and you immediately agree and turn to leave... this behavior might make a petty emperor think:

Oh, so you people leave so readily, eager to see the Grand Marshal, huh?

At least exchange some words with the emperor.... When you are told to go... you really just go - why are these young military officers all so straightforward?

Kenji sighed, but there was nothing to be done - they were the ones he’d promoted, extremely capable but also young and mostly unlike Kenji who’d been steeped in court politics since childhood. How could they be expected to handle court affairs well?

"Next time in this situation, tell Her Majesty: ’Your subject hasn’t seen Your Majesty for long, now meeting Your Majesty today, whatever Your Majesty asks, your subject shall answer fully.’ And don’t just jump in when someone directs you to me, exchange some pleasantries."

Kenji could only teach him this way.

"OK, I understand."

Rinas said humbly.

Seeing his subordinate so modest, Kenji felt relieved.

He truly feared these fresh bloods of the empire might get destroyed by not knowing how to play the game with those old fellows.

He could protect them, but what about when they left his protection? Those old guys in the empire now, those wanting to eliminate them weren’t just one or two.

"Lina, stop watching, come eat with us - you haven’t eaten either."

Kenji waved, and after hesitating briefly, Lina obediently sat beside him.

However, everyone present stared at Kenji and Lina as if they’d seen ghosts.

Their stares made Kenji somewhat uncomfortable.

Come on, eat - why aren’t you eating?