[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

All the way down the depth, the color of the sea water changed from sky blue to dark blue, and finally it was dark again. I don’t know how long it took to dive, but the original dark sea color gradually brightened again. The hull passed through a huge and transparent barrier, officially sailed into the realm of Atlantis.

It was a city of glory standing amidst the sea.

The traditional costumes of Atlantis can be used in sea water or in dry places. Looking out from the porthole, you can see a city patrolling team holding a trident and swimming in the water. Breathe freely.

"Unbelievable."

Steve said with emotion: "I never imagined that there is such a country under the sea."

"I can't even figure out how on earth they're able to keep breathing both on land and in water."

Stark sat next to Alphonse: "I didn't see them with gills either."

Alphonse: "..."

He coughed dryly: "I'm sorry, not all land people are like this."

Atlantis is now ruled by Prince Orm Mallos. After all, his political achievements are obvious to all and he is very experienced. Everyone is relieved to be entrusted with the job of acting as the king, but the real King Arthur is more like the whole people Although the heroic existence rarely shows up in Atlantis, every time he returns, he will attract crowds of onlookers and cheers.

In response, Aum: "..."

He always felt that the fight he had to fight with Arthur was unnecessary, really unnecessary.

But this time, due to unknown reasons, his cheap brother, uncharacteristically, appeared at the head of the welcoming team with him.

Considering the water pressure that people on land cannot bear, the driver drove the boat directly to the room where the seawater was blocked by magic.Orm and Arthur stood together, chatting with unfriendly expressions.

Orm: "I thought you'd be rotting on dry land like a can of salted fish in a bar."

He now knows what wine is!

Arthur: "Hahaha how could it be! After all, this is commendable——"

Steve opened the cabin door to say hello, and found that the two kings of Atlantis were in a good mood. The prince who was said to have a bad temper and hated land people even had a smile on his face. , I heard the second half of Arthur's words:

"——It's a rare opportunity to meet Captain America and Iron Man at the same time! Hahaha!"

Steve: "..."

As soon as he showed his head, he saw Aum's expression collapse at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Diplomacy is really difficult. Really, S.H.I.E.L.D. should have sent a professional over at that time.

Alphonse and Tony also came out of the carriage, looking around curiously, Al looked at the surrounding decoration: "It looks like a different style."

"It's not because someone smashed a lot of things in the palace."

Orm snorted coldly, in exchange for Arthur's dry cough.

Tony Stark's focus is elsewhere: "What is your energy supply here? I haven't seen any power plants along the way, and the underwater environment is not suitable for general use." In the form of power generation, even if it uses tidal energy such as wave power generation, Atlantis is located on the seabed, so it is difficult to get good energy transmission."

If it is submarine oil or liquid gas, this kind of place full of water is not suitable, and not all residents of Atlantis can breathe in the air, so the form of energy supply here must be able to Completely out of the water, or in the water does not matter.

"Some of the thermal energy supply comes from submarine volcanoes. The underground of Atlantis is closer to geothermal resources than the land."

Aum thought for a while: "The other energy supply is basically realized by magic power. Atlantis is located at the hub of the Pacific leyline in your land population. It is also more convenient to grab the magic power of the leyline."

Most of the mainland people do not have the ability to communicate with magic power. Aum expressed it concisely with the attitude of "you can't understand it even if you say it", but Tony Stark didn't care about the other party's narration at all. Behind Se, he looked around at the legendary mysterious capital.

Outside the room is the blue sea. Alphonse pulled out two diamonds and tapped them on the forehead of Tony and Steve. A transparent magic shield was instantly formed, wrapping around the two of them like human body strokes. .

"The protection of Lord Gem."

He blinked: "It allows you to move and breathe freely in the deep sea."

The main hall of the royal palace was illuminated by the glow of magic power. Although it was a scene in the deep sea, it was as bright as a sunny noon.Tony and Steve stayed in the magic barrier built by the two diamonds, listening to Arthur introduce them to the Atlantis Siren singer's concert.

——Although he, who has been on land all year round, does not know much about this knowledge, it can only be said that he is not too embarrassed after a lot of cramming.

"This thing won't break."

Steve curiously reached out his hand to touch the invisible diamond shield barrier around him. Because the media of air and water are different, the scenery he saw in his eyes was slightly deflected. As he moved forward, the barrier also changed. Like the outline of a human body, a piece protruded out, wrapping him firmly in it.

"My new suit can still withstand the water pressure from the outside world."

Tony turned his head jokingly: "But old Popsicle, you will turn into a compressed can under water."

Alphonse passed by, frowning and wondering: "The mana concentration in the nearby sea area is very high, enough to keep a few simple defensive spells running continuously, and no matter what the reason is, I don't want anyone to die in the here."

Aum snorted and agreed, "Otherwise, the seawater would be polluted."

Tony could only spread his hands: "...Don't be so serious Al, I was just joking."

Because of the special environment under the sea, the mechanical structure of many buildings is completely different from that above the ground. While admiring the scenery outside, Steve racked his brains to think about how to convey some Aegis to Prince Aum. The peace strategy that the bureau has ordered, such as some limited commerce, or opinions or suggestions on the disposal of surface waste. After all, this prince does not seem to be very easy to get along with, but he is very easy to get along with. ...

The American soldier looked worriedly at the real King of the Seven Seas with loose long hair and holding a trident. The other party even wanted to sign his autograph when he saw him. After all, which American would not like Captain America... Unfortunately, this The guy doesn't seem to be in charge.

Sure enough, it is unreliable in modern society that the royal power is concentrated on the most capable person. Steve thought, if the leader is determined according to the individual combat ability, he really can't imagine Hulk becoming the president of the United States. , which is too exaggerated.

The real honest man was grimly thinking about how to talk to Prince Aum, who hated land people, when the regent in golden armor said coldly: "Except for the guy who sells weapons on land, you Did you really come to Atlantis with a purpose?"

Captain America: "...!!"

He immediately lifted his spirits.

So Aum looked at him condescendingly again: "Since this is the case, let's take a step to talk—or don't you really think that my brother's idiot will listen to the other party?"

Captain America hastily followed. He has made a lot of preparations these days. He forcibly memorized a lot of content from trade goods to cultural communication. It can be said that he has given full play to his early art soldier skills.Alphonse and Tony followed Arthur to the direction of the concert, and the three of them chatted while walking.

"We have made a lot of preparations for the establishment of diplomatic relations with Atlantis. Steve said that he read a few books on marine biology before coming here, and he also went to the aquarium by the way."

Alphonse said to the King of the Seven Seas: "I can guarantee that the surface world hopes for peace as much as Atlantis."

"Of course, after all, I myself live on land most of the time."

Arthur seemed much easier to get along with: "To be honest, I was quite surprised to hear that Iron Man came to Atlantis himself and built a lot of waste treatment plants. Many people around have mentioned it before. you."

"What did they say?"

Alphonse asked rather curiously.

"They chanted 'gay for iron man' on the ground as Iron Man flew overhead."

Arthur replied.

Alphonse: "..."

Tony: "..."

The scene was very embarrassing for a time, and I always felt that Arthur was a little bit easy to make people cold.Alphonse coughed dryly, and turned to look at Tony: "I remember you also said that you are going to prepare for coming to Atlantis?"

Tony Stark thought to himself, he spent most of his time rushing to make a new ark reactor, but he couldn't just say that this was his preparation, so...

Stark: "I watched the entire SpongeBob SquarePants."

Alphonse: "..."

A stiff smile appeared on the alchemist's face. Fortunately, it was Arthur who was chatting with them now. If it was someone else, maybe this would be the beginning of a diplomatic accident.

The visitors had no formality, and Arthur himself did not have the airs of the King of the Seven Seas. He was able to pick up such a difficult conversation smoothly: "Ah, I saw that too, the children near my house I like it very much. When I came to Atlantis for the first time, I still imagined that there would be recreational activities like catching jellyfish here.”

"So there is?"

Tony looked interested.

"No."

Arthur shook his head: "If you're interested, there's also a one-on-one tournament here, but if you're wearing a steel suit, you're cheating and you can't participate."

Alphonse pushed his monocle and followed behind silently: the stage of this dialogue is too elusive, even Lord Gem can only listen in on it.

After a brief visit, several people sat down in a ring-shaped place similar to a grand theater.The bubbles around Alphonse, Tony and others were particularly conspicuous, attracting strong crowds from many local residents of Atlantis as soon as they appeared.

The particularly conspicuous position in the front row is a large dry space propped up by a barrier constructed of magic power, and some Atlanteans, including Mera, who can breathe in the air gather and sit here, just like an ordinary concert. Premium seats are average.If you ignore the surrounding water, this is indeed similar to a large-scale concert on land.

Arthur raised the trident in his hand: "Thank you for the peace brought by the messenger from the land!"

There were cheers all around, the King of the Seven Seas was so popular.

In the center of the stage is a huge white shell surrounded by luminous pearls. The sea monster in a long skirt stretches out in the center of the shell, his arms across the sea, and his long hair flutters in the lights of the stage. No one expected that the beginning of the concert was actually a silent dance.

This scene is reminiscent of the Greek mythology where Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, was born among the waves and shells.

"In some ancient land legends, sirens are sea monsters that can confuse merchant ships with their voices and kill the crew to eat them. Their singing is enough to make humans hallucinate. In fact, this is just some misunderstanding."

Mera consciously took over the role of commentary. Without him, Arthur himself was not very familiar with the history and customs of Atlantis, and Aum, who was really familiar...he couldn't save his face and tell a few Land people came to explain.

"So the Sirens don't actually have such abilities?"

Tony asked curiously.

"With your esoteric knowledge now, it should be easy to think of it, right? The singing that can mislead merchant ships is a chant mixed with magic power. Ordinary siren singing will not cause such mental confusion."

Mera Tanshou: "After all, the original siren is known for its sound magic, just like Mr. Alphonse is good at using gems."

The topic involved Alphonse, and the affected alchemist looked at the people chatting with an innocent expression. After meeting his gaze, Tony Stark smiled and changed the topic to another topic he was interested in. Direction: "How does that thing light up?"

He refers to the luminous wheel that illuminates the entire Atlantis. I don't know what kind of material it is. Several huge light wheels provide illumination for Atlantis.

Mera didn't know much about this either: "Maybe... magic power?"

Tony sat in the auditorium and shook his head. What he wanted to know was more detailed information. This city, which is closely related to magic, gave him a lot of new ideas, and those ideas that came to mind urgently needed to be explored by him. A textual research.

"Although it is essentially powered by magic, I think the specific energy source for lighting up that lighting object is electricity."

he judged.

"Electricity?"

Steve looked back, a little surprised, the generator is very difficult to work in the sea.

"It's like a steel battle suit. Although it is essentially powered by the ark reactor, it actually has a whole set of functions to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy... If I'm not wrong, magic power can be combined with electricity. Transformed into each other, right?"

In the last sentence, although Tony was expressing his conjecture to everyone, his eyes were fixed on Alphonse, waiting for the other party's evaluation.

"That's right, after all, you've met Thor, so it's only natural that you can think of this..."

Alphonse nodded: "The modern magic department of the clock tower also has a student who uses galvanic magic. He is a disciple of El Mello. His idea is somewhat similar to yours."

As a universal energy source that can be converted into various media, magic power can be converted into various forms of use, and among them, the most closely related to modern technology is undoubtedly electric energy.Well, if you think about it the other way around...

"If enough energy can be generated, magic power can also be created out of thin air, right?"

Under the deep sea, at the Atlantis concert, Tony Stark suddenly asked Alphonse this question that sounded extraordinarily deviant.

"..."

The person being questioned was silent for a long time.

It was so long that Stark felt that the other party was probably planning to use silence to perfunctory the question, Alphonse nodded slowly: "There is indeed such magic, but it is not my field of expertise."

After finishing speaking, the blond gem dealer quickly added: "And this kind of magician's magic also needs to rely on its own magic circuit as a relay. If your body can't get through the magic power, there is no way to complete this kind of magic."

"——and different magic generally correspond to different magician families and physical fitness, and it is impossible for Cowles to easily teach galvanic magic to others."

Alphonse said cautiously.

It would be okay if this kind of question was asked from someone else's mouth. According to his understanding of Tony Stark, this question will inevitably be followed by a series of continuous dangerous attempts.

Although persuading people to quit in advance may not make people give up, it is still necessary to persuade them to quit.

Tony couldn't help laughing. "Al, I just raised a possibility...I didn't even say anything."

He leaned close to the alchemist's ear, and his lips could almost touch the other's ear:

"However, since you don't plan to sell spinel to me, isn't Mr. Alchemist planning to sell something else? As a big customer who pays enough sincerity, this is a suggestion worth considering."