Arcane Mechs were one of the Arcane Empire's true core technologies.
In terms of secrecy classification, they ranked even ahead of Floating Cities and Cloud Ascending Ships.
At the height of the Arcane Empire, several Great Arcane Masters had already placed Arcane Mech research on their agendas.
However, for various reasons, the development of this strategic weapon had not gone smoothly.
The situation at the time was complicated.
The concept of Arcane Mechs had originally been proposed by Industrial Magicians. They longed to hold a higher position in the Empire's combat hierarchy rather than merely living as attachments to Cloud Ascending Ships.
As everyone knew, because Industrial Magicians were overly specialized, they often struggled to wield their power in one-on-one or small-scale battles the way Great Arcane Masters and combat casters could.
Thus, in battles against the Arcane Empire, enemies often targeted Cloud Ascending Ships or Floating Cities as a whole.
Once a Cloud Ascending Ship was crippled, the Industrial Magicians aboard were basically useless as well.
To compensate for this weakness of Industrial Magicians, some Arcane Masters proposed the concept of wearable armor, which later evolved into the weapon of war known as the Arcane Mech.
Unfortunately, subsequent Arcane Mech development ran into difficulties.
For one thing, the Arcane Empire already possessed many war machines with similar functions.
For example, the moment Arcane Mechs were born, they faced direct competition from the construct industry.
The two were almost identical combat units. Arcane Mechs required wizards as pilots, while constructs only needed remote command.
Moreover, compared with the exorbitant cost of Arcane Mechs, constructs were far cheaper.
It was basically the difference between manned fighter jets and drones.
For another, the concept of Arcane Mechs was excellent, but their actual design was extremely troublesome.
Even during the Arcane Empire's golden