There was less than half a month until New Years. Even if the people of Banta City were focused on their work because of the high wages, at this time, most people were preparing for New Years and they all stopped what they were doing.
Akali had announced to her two research groups that they were on vacation two days ago. Then she had been busy taking care of the research after the members left, as well as making a year end report.
Xu Yi attached great importance to the work of the Academy of Magic. Not only did he need to look at their report every once in a while, he also needed each research group to submit a summary of their research this year at the end of the year. He also needed to evaluate the progress of next year's research and determine the general direction of next year's research.
Akali didn't like this kind of work the most when she was in the academy.
But now that she was the leader of the two research groups, this report could only be completed by her and no one else was qualified.
Then again, Akali was very willing to show off in front of Xu Yi, so although writing this year end report was very boring for her, she still insisted on completing it with a very serious attitude each year.
After writing the final word of the report, Akali gave a long stretch.
After finishing this report, it meant that her work for this year was over.
Following this, it was officially the holidays and she could properly rest for a while.
Looking at the gloomy weather outside the window, Akali thought that it might snow again today.
Thinking of snow, she thought of her hometown in the north of the kingdom. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be covered in snow right now.
Thinking of her hometown, Akali couldn't help feeling a bit homesick.
Although she was happy working at the Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce and had a good salary, because it was too far from her hometown, she could only go back during New Years each year.
Now that she hadn't seen her family for a year, Akali missed them very much.
"I'll just go back and pack my things and head home tomorrow."
Akali's personality had always been one to do what she said. After tidying up the lab, she headed to the chief's office with the report she had written.
Each research group's year end report would be given to chief Evita, who would give it to Xu Yi. Akali wasn't an exception.
When she came to the chief's office, the door was closed.
She went to Evita's research room and although the door wasn't locked, Evita wasn't inside.
Akali thought about it and turned to leave the Academy of Magic.
Since Evita wasn't in the office or the research room, she should be in that place.
Walking out of the Academy of Magic, Akali found that the Falling Rain Valley was more deserted compared to normal, the workers were all on vacation.
Although New Flyer had a large backlog of orders, when faced with the issue of vacation, Xu Yi had clearly stated in the meeting before he left that no matter how heavy the work was, it couldn't delay the vacation. So after Xu Yi left, the CEO of the company announced that all the factories of the company would be closed for vacation.
Even if there were many companies in Banta City that were dissatisfied with New Flyer's orders, since Xu Yi had already made his decision, the other companies couldn't do anything.
After all, other than New Flyer, the other companies couldn't provide the magic machines they wanted.
Akali was very supportive of Xu Yi's decision and even praised Xu Yi in private, but what she received in return was a bitter laugh from Xu Yi.
"Now that our New Flyer is the biggest company, I can act arrogantly and ignore the feelings of the customers.
But this method isn't good. What I'm happy to see is that the competition in the industry becomes fierce, causing our company to have to comply with the orders of the customers. In the end, we have to consider the consequences of taking a vacation. "
Akali didn't understand what Xu Yi was worried about, but she knew that according to Xu Yi's words, at least for the next few years, New Flyer wouldn't need to look at other people's faces if they wanted to take a vacation.
As a third grade researcher of the Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce, as well as leading two research groups, Akali was more clear than most people that New Flyer had a terrifying advantage in terms of technology compared to other companies that wanted to produce magic machines.
At least the thing that Evita was currently researching, other than New Flyer, there wasn't a single company that was researching it, not even a single person.
Even in New Flyer's Academy of Magic, only Evita and a few dwarves, including Canbi, were researching it. Even Akali wasn't involved.
After leaving the Academy of Magic, Akali headed towards the depths of the Falling Rain Valley.
Because New Flyer had built various factories, the Falling Rain Valley had basically been completely developed. However, the Falling Rain Valley occupied an area of more than ten square kilometers, and there was still a large area that hadn't been developed.
Currently, apart from the bottom of the valley being flattened to facilitate future development, the rest of the area wasn't too different from its original state.
Not long after leaving the industrial zone, Akali raised her head and saw a black dot scurrying back and forth in the sky not too far away.
After walking towards the black dot for a while, Akali found Evita on a barren little hill who was staring at the black dot in the sky with rapt attention.
"Hey, standing so high up, aren't you cold?"
Evita didn't notice that someone had come to her side. After hearing Akali's voice, she was clearly surprised.
After seeing that it was Akali, Evita glared at her, "You finished your work?
Why did you come here to find me? "
"Un, I finished the report and was planning to give it to you. But I found that you weren't in the research facility, so I knew that you must have run outside to do experiments."
Akali raised her head to look at the black dot circling in the sky and asked, "How is it?
Is there any progress with the Magic Airship experiment? "
Evita shook her head in distress, "There's no problem with taking off and flying slowly in the air, but there's still a problem with maintaining a long flight time.
Just like right now, it can only fly for two hours at most before various problems occur.
It's either the Magic Crystal's magic power supply being unstable, or it's because the Magic Array inside the Magic Airship is changing. There are a lot of problems. "
"Why do I feel that these problems aren't problems with our Academy of Magic?" Akali said in a confused voice.
"The problem with the materials should be managed by the materials research facility."
"That won't do." Evita shook her head.
"The chairman said that materials research takes the most time and it's hard to make any improvements in a short period of time, so I can only think of a way based on the current materials.
For example, I'm considering if I should add an Earth Magic Array to the parts that are easy to deform to increase the hardness of the material. That way it can last a bit longer. "
"Doesn't this thing have a Wind Magic Array attached to it? If you add an Earth Magic Array, wouldn't there be a conflict?
Wouldn't it be much more difficult? "Akali was a bit confused.
"There's always a way to overcome the difficulty, it's much better than having no way to solve the material problem." Evita said with a faint smile.
"Isn't the problem that the Academy of Magic needs to solve in terms of magic? As for the other problems, we can't care about them."
Akali muttered in a low voice before saying in an indignant voice, "Sir chairman really is something, he always has high requirements for our Academy of Magic. Look at the group that studies Magic Array Resonance under me, sir chairman only tells them to research this thing thoroughly and it's best if they can come up with a detailed data system.
He's a powerful magician himself, doesn't he know how hard it is to come up with a detailed data system for something like magic? "
"Doesn't this mean that the chairman has high hopes for you?" Evita pursed her lips into a smile.
"Moreover, isn't the chairman organizing a theoretical system in this field?
The book he published last month, "Discussion on the Basics of Magic Machinery Power System", actually had a lot of descriptions in this regard.
I feel that ….. he's already considered this field much further than us. "
"Hmph, if he's that capable, then he can research it himself. What does he need us researchers for?"
Seeing the angry Akali, Evita shook her head with a smile. She lightly pressed the remote control in her hand and the black dot in the sky began to slow down and slowly descend.
When it descended to a height where they could clearly see it, they found that the black dot was actually an oval-shaped magic airship.
If Xu Yi was here, he would definitely recognize that this thing was exactly the same as the model of the magic airship that had hit his head in Evita's lab. However, the difference in size was like heaven and earth.
The model that hit Xu Yi before wasn't even as long as a palm, but this one was already over three meters long and a meter wide. There was even a groove in the middle, so it wasn't a problem for a person to sit in.
Akali looked at the model of the magic airship that slowly descended in front of her and was a bit stunned.
"Hey, Evita, I haven't seen it in a while and your experimental model has already become this big?" Akali said as she walked over to look inside the magic airship. She was even more shocked.
"Wa!
There's actually such a large piece of iron in here!
It can still fly so high like this?
It's too strong! "
"This piece of iron is only fifty kilograms, it's not even as heavy as a person." Evita shook her head.
"My goal in researching this magic airship is to allow normal people to fly in the sky. It's still far from that."
Akali clicked her tongue and praised, "If you can really research this thing and allow normal people to fly in the sky, then you'll be too amazing!
I feel that when that time comes, your name will be written in the history of the entire continent! "
Evita rolled her eyes at her, "The chairman has already said that you developed the magic array resonance technology. In the history of the continent, your name can already be written."
Akali giggled, "What?
Are you jealous of me? "
Evita slowly shook her head, "If I really wanted to be jealous, I wouldn't be jealous of you. I would be jealous of the chairman.
No matter what we research, I think that in the history of the continent, our names won't be carved deeper than his. "
Akali was silent for a bit before slowly nodding.