Chapter 1362: Chapter 74
“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”
“Defensive charms! Quickly, prepare the defensive charms!”
After several rounds of bombardment, the Persian secret mages finally reacted, hastily gathered together, reciting the divine words to construct a magic barrier.
Light curtains rose among the Persian army, overlapping operating magic circle diagrams like shields of light erected upright.
The layered flame patterns not only blocked the magic cannon attacks from the sea but also extinguished the chaotic fire seeds about to spread.
“Tsk, these imitations seem to only have this much effect.”
On the deck, the tall and slender Plato, dressed in a scholar’s robe, patted the slightly warm bronze cannon barrel in front of him, shaking his head dissatisfiedly.
The magic cannons, driven by magic power as fuel and ammunition, are quite special, but ultimately, they haven’t transcended the realm of mysterious systems.
Therefore, their attacks can still be defended against using a magic barrier.
Aristotle stepped forward, comforting him:
“Being able to replicate seventy to eighty percent of the original power is already remarkable, teacher. After all, we’re using cheap and common [Bronze], rather than the rare [Mountain Copper]. Considering it from a practical perspective, this improved version is more suitable for equipping the army.”
His teacher, deeply influenced by their master Socrates, liked to preach human nobility and exceptionalism, hence was very keen on studying and uncovering ancient human civilizations of the Golden and Silver Ages to prove that humans possess creativity as outstanding as, if not surpassing, divinity.
Among the many ancient human civilizations, the Light Era of Atlantis, which once perished in the Chaos Sea Domain, was the subject he was most interested in.
For this reason, he specially wrote a miscellany named “Dialogues” to document his research content.
However, in a world ruled by deities, such theories and research directions were quite unconventional and destined not to be recognized by the mainstream.
Therefore, the situation for Plato in Athens was never too pleasant to speak of.
Especially after their master Socrates was accused of sacrilege, many scholars and disciples related to him were implicated.
It was at that time that Aristotle, having already established a foothold in Rome, extended invitations to his teacher Plato and his friends and students, hoping they would come to Rome to establish education and conduct academic research.
Initially, Plato was reluctant to leave his homeland.
However, upon hearing that the Roman Divine Era was built on the foundations of the Atlantis civilization, and that the Pantheon held a wealth of technological data related to the Atlantis civilization, the great philosopher immediately relocated to Rome with his family to embark on his research.
Incidentally, he also brought along a large group of colleagues, friends, and students from Greece, whose talents had been stifled.
To this day, this luxurious research team has restored and improved no less than dozens of Atlantis technologies.
The metal warships beneath their feet and the bronze magic cannons installed on the ship are among them.
The reason they are here, on the one hand, is due to an order from above to map the realm of the Roman Divine Era for Rome, and on the other hand, is to find an opportunity to test Atlantis’ black technology and some of the things they’ve restored.
Therefore, they logically joined the bandit-hunting team of Caesar and Alexander.
But they didn’t expect to encounter the infiltrating regular Persian army before even taking on any bandits.
Upon initially discovering the enemy, everyone realized they could not face them head-on.
Therefore, after a discussion, Alexander and Caesar decided to use themselves as bait, luring the Persian army to this coastal open area.
Then, the two led the Roman legion to defend against the danger, holding the Persian army at the front, while Aristotle and the scholars led the fleet to the nearby sea, using ship cannons and other advantageous weapons to launch a fierce attack on the flank of the Persian army.
Although there were some twists and turns, everything went smoothly.
Their joint forces successfully caught the Persians off guard.
However, the Persian army, with superior numbers and military strength, was clearly not ready to swallow this bitter pill.
A quarter of an hour later, hundreds of magic flying carpets, woven from magic beast fur, rose into the sky from the Persian army’s camp. Spellcasters, each wearing a white robe and holding a divine lamp, sat cross-legged on them, steering the flying carpets towards the enemy ships near the sea while quickly chanting the divine words, summoning a variety of magic lamp spirits.
Plato raised his eyebrows, turned his head, and jokingly remarked to the people behind him:
“Gentlemen, it’s time for a lesson for our opponents.”
On the deck, dozens of scholars, draped in toga robes and wearing leather sandals, nodded unanimously, their faces displaying a proud, cold smile.
Being able to enter the circle of the three wise men Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and be accorded high-status treatment by the Roman Empire, was itself a testament to their capability.
And indeed, this is the case:
All of them have furthered their studies at the Academy of Athens, and most have credentials of teaching there, with research directions covering various fields like economics, culture, politics, science, and nature, with their achievements and reputation significant enough to establish their own schools of thought.
The only downside is that they tend to be troublemakers, lacking reverence for the gods, hence not very well received by Athens’ orthodox thinking.
But precisely because of this, they have traveled further on the road of [research] and [discovery], becoming the undisputed [wise men] among the mortal group.
And at this moment, it’s time to validate their [academic] levels!