In the following days, in addition to promoting various research projects that had almost filled the schedule, Ivan spent most of his free time on this battleship.

A task force was formed, led by Alvin, Walkley and several of the most skilled craftsmen on the original "Storm Horn".

After Ivan hosted the first meeting and explained his vision, all members of the attack team were full of interest in this new warship that was still on paper for the time being, and couldn't wait to turn it into reality.

So I started to design the renovation plan without sleep or food.

During this period, several versions of the design were inevitably scrapped.

Either it is inconsistent with Ai Wen's vision and cannot achieve the intended performance, or it is too extraordinary and the structural strength of the current material cannot meet his requirements at all.

Later, Walkley Jeffery simply used it for public use and shared a large amount of the kingdom's warship data with Ivan. This allowed him to conduct data statistics and analysis through the "digital vision", and then fed it back to the attack team for follow-up work.

Correction.

Because the main material of battleships is oak, which grows naturally and is not standardized and extremely homogeneous steel, even if it is a battleship with the same specifications, each one will be significantly different.

Even the cast-iron artillery on warships or the muskets in the hands of soldiers are the same. Due to the limitations of the casting process, craftsmen need to perform refined secondary processing in the later stage, which also creates a gap in weapon performance.

So, they're not being picky.

Rather, he hopes to maximize the efficiency of this first new type of warship born in his own hands, and it may even become a model for the entire kingdom's new type of warships.

Another whole week has passed.

When even Ivan's most important research project, the "Adventurer's Blood" suppression plan, had been successfully completed, they finally proposed the best plan based on the current conditions and received unanimous approval from everyone.

In the words of Walkley:

"Reforming on the existing basis is ten times more difficult than redesigning a battleship!"

Of course, the more difficult part is yet to come.

A large number of sailors were summoned to unload the open-air ship-borne artillery, and began to dismantle the upper bow and stern towers and open-air decks.

However, they always thought that the battleship was not strong enough in battle, but this time they suffered a lot because of the strong hull.

Take the open-air deck as an example:

After the initial laying is completed, the gaps need to be blocked with linen cloth soaked in tar, and then hot tar is poured in to completely seal the wood board joints. This effectively waterproofs the deck and makes the overall deck more stable.

Therefore, the general navy will not waste time and effort in dismantling and recycling warships that need to be scrapped, but will directly sink them on the sea as artillery targets.

But the "Stardenburg" is different, because these ship materials have other uses after being dismantled, and it is impossible for them to violently dismantle them.

Therefore, even if Aiwen summons all the spare manpower on the island and works overtime around the clock, the progress of the project will still be unsatisfactory.

And although rebuilding a sailboat does not take as long as three to five years like building a new one, it is still a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

If these sailors alone can complete the preliminary work before the deadline of their mission to station in the New World, it can be said to be extremely efficient.

So to avoid long nights of dreaming and adding variables, Ivan finally decided to postpone his other research projects and do it himself to let these useless guys see what the productivity of wizards is!

Another all-nighter.

However, this time is different from the previous few days. Most of the soldiers have left the dock. Only the ship engineer Walkley Jeffery, the core craftsmen and a small number of sailors doing auxiliary work are left.

Of course, after hearing what Ivan was going to do, the officers of the Stormhorn and the captain of the Endeavour, Robbins, also stayed here to join in the fun.

"Your Excellency, Captain! I don't mean to offend you, but... can you really use witchcraft to build a ship?"

From the time he heard Ivan's proposal until the end of the matter tonight, Walkley, the senior engineer, was still a little unbelievable.

There are countless weird things in a place like the New World, and the isolation of the supernatural is far less strict than in the Old World. As a senior engineer with a high status, of course he has heard about wizards.

But his impressions were only about poisonous spiders, lizard tails, weird decoctions, curses, totems... and other weird things. He never thought that witchcraft could be connected with the greatest weapon of mankind.

"Of course! How do you think the current raging mechanical industrialization in the country came about?"

Alvin, who was drawing spells on the dry dock floor with Milan, answered him without looking back.

If it is not beneficial to the world of ordinary humans, how can the "Light of Alchemy" spread across many countries come to the surface openly? And the method I want to use is more intuitive than it!

"Phew, done!"

At this time, the complicated technique has been completely formed in the hands of the two people.

A perfect circle with a diameter of eight meters passes through five small circles painted with spiritual inscriptions. The circles are connected to each other, and together with the dense spiritual inscriptions, form a complex array of runes.

They respectively represent the four basic elements in the foundation of alchemy: earth, wind, water, fire and the fifth element "soul".

Then Alvin began to place various "spiritual" items corresponding to the elements in each small circle.

The fire element represents vitality, enthusiasm, flame, destruction, life, the sun..., so what Ivan placed in this circle is a 6-pound cannon.

The water element represents purification, love, witchcraft, intuition, ups and downs of fate, travel..., so what he placed here is a golden cup that accompanied the sunken ship across the ocean and stayed underwater for three hundred years.

The earth element represents prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, fertility..., so placed in this circle is a polished gold lion that has gone through countless transactions at first glance.

The wind element represents knowledge, freedom, breathing, plant growth, enlightenment..., so what Ivan places here is the extraordinary weapon sword and staff that has accompanied him in many battles.

Finally, he stood up and looked at Milan, who understood and had already consciously stood in the last circle representing "soul".

Ivan checked it one last time and confirmed that there was no problem. He just thought secretly in his heart, how about writing a book by himself, called "One Hundred Ways to Use Milan"?

Stopping the random thoughts in his mind, he took off the extra things on his body and handed them to Gary who was guarding him. He only wore a remade acorn around his neck and walked into the center of the circle wearing a linen robe.

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He stretched out his hand to signal, and naturally someone went to extinguish all the lights in the dock.

At the same time, all the onlookers held their breath.

It was completely quiet in the dock.

Ai Wen felt the increasingly strong spiritual power around him and took a deep breath.

Subconsciously, he touched the extra lock-shaped mark on the back of his neck to make sure that "Adventurer's Blood" wouldn't suddenly come out to cause trouble this time, and then he raised his hands with palms facing upward.

The mantra that seemed to contain infinite vitality was slowly uttered, echoing and resonating in the dock.

call--

Then Ivan's spirit instantly rose, and he was connected to a being who, although he did not have self-awareness, possessed tremendous power.

boom!

There was a roar in my head.

That is the mysterious source of the "Activation School", the "Tree of Life" that exists at the root of the world!

"sta!"

The last curse was uttered, and the magic power and activated aura in Aiwen's body poured into the rune array at his feet.

Strings of characters and lines light up one after another.

Wow——

Then, a jade-like emerald green light burst out, instantly covering less than half of the battleship.

Without the use of rituals, the original limit of Aiwen's "activated aura" is only a sphere with a radius of three meters. As long as the volume does not exceed this range, there is no upper limit to what can be activated.

The main effect is to slightly affect non-living organisms or change their physical form, allowing them to gain short-term vitality like elemental creatures.

The changes produced during this period will continue to exist even after the spell expires, achieving the effect of changing the physical form in disguise.

Limitation: The greater the density of the material, the slower the activation speed, and it is invalid for extraordinary items.

The so-called "ritual" is to establish a connection between oneself and certain world rules, spiritual spirits, gods, etc. through specific rituals. Temporarily make the self-awareness give way, the spirit resonates with super-level existences, and initiates transcendence of oneself.

Limitations or even powerful abilities that you don’t have!

[Exceeding Limit Ritual·Activating Skillful Hands!]

At this time, after initiating the ceremony, not only the range of influence of the activated spiritual light was greatly increased, but the intensity was also greatly increased. Within a straight line distance of thirty meters, the "Stardenburg" seemed to have been hit by a dissociation spell.

Wooden boards, tar, linen, iron nails, wooden wedges... slowly shook, and then jumped away from the hull in the disbelieving eyes of the onlookers, and fell to the ground with a "clinking sound".

At the same time, it landed on the chin of naval engineer Walkley Jeffery.

"My Goddess, it's unbelievable!"

Then, with the help of these "activated hands" from witchcraft.

The transformation speed of the battleship seems to be equipped with rocket thrusters, advancing rapidly every day.

Smooth the open deck, repair the ribs, sides, thicken the hull...

Although in order to maintain sustainability, Alvin and Milan only start the ceremony for half an hour every night, but even this half hour is enough to cover the workload of the sailors in less than half a month.

However, after just ten days, even the outfitting of the refitted battleship was nearly completed.

If they hadn't seen it change bit by bit with their own eyes, Walkley and the other officers would not have believed their eyes.

"So beautiful!"

At this time, the battleship lying in the dock has undergone earth-shaking changes!

The original "Stardenburg" was a large third-class ship with 74 ship-borne guns.

[Specifications] Displacement 2950 tons, length 56.42 meters, width 14.90 meters, sail area 2485 square meters, capacity 680 people.

[Armament] The double-layer gun deck and the single-layer open deck have a total of: 28 32-pound guns, 30 24-pound guns, and 16 9-pound guns.
To be continued...