Chapter 133: Constructs and Blueprints—Chapter 134: Alchemy Factory and Mana Crystals
The building in front of me is very much in the style of alien science fiction in the previous life, and the architectural form is similar to the modern high-tech residence in the previous life. In the courtyard, there is also a strange humanoid statue that was not in the previous buildings.
As soon as Donald stepped into the courtyard, he saw that the statue trembled slightly, and then shook off the dust on his body, and the man stood up.
"What is this? Golem?"
Messer, who was behind Donald, immediately shook his head:
"No, it's not a golem, it should be a magic construct similar to a golem, be careful, the magic construct produced by the ancient arcanist is far more powerful than the current mage!"
While Donald was cautious, he was also excited. I found out that this building is very different from the previous ones!
Looking at the magical structure, when it stood up, it was ten feet tall, almost the equivalent of two adults of medium stature, it had a distinctly humanoid appearance, and its body was made of solid stone and metal with a small amount of wood, not so much like a medieval full-body knight armor as more like a Gundam from a previous anime, except that there was no driver in it.
Donald liked it very much at the first sight of this structure, and decided to take it down intact, but the other party obviously had no mercy, and after a few seconds of red light in the eyes of the head armor, he raised his hard and heavy arm and launched an attack on Donald and the three outsiders.
With Donald's agile skills, he naturally wouldn't be attacked by a structure that was slower than the Black Iron Warrior, but the stone brick floor in the courtyard obviously couldn't withstand the full force of this big guy's blow, and it was shattered several pieces, hitting a three-foot diameter dirt pit in the courtyard.
"I remember, this is a constructor shield guard used by the Arcanists to protect themselves, although the attack ability is not excellent, but the defense is extremely strong, and don't cast spells on it, it has the ability to absorb and copy your spells......"
Messer's reminder was apparently a little late, though, as the shieldkeeper attacked Donald, and Kael'thas unleashed his flames from the sidelines. Sure enough, when two red flame snakes attacked the shield defender, one suddenly disappeared, and the other shattered like a cold stone with a ball of fire, and the fire snake shattered instantly, and all the lethal demonic flames splashed down, causing no damage to the humanoid structure at all.
"Ordinary shield defenders are immune to spell attacks below level 4, and psychic, toxin, and curse spells have no effect on him. ”
While dodging the Shieldkeeper's next attack, Donald took a moment to ask:
"Then how can you subdue this big guy, the spell doesn't work, how about attacking with a warrior?" The stronger the shield defender, the more he likes this structure, and the more he wants to keep it for himself. Although the strength of the water soul mage puppet is not bad, it is more obviously restricted by the environment, as long as it is a mage above bronze, he can see through its weakness at a glance, and defeat or even capture his own puppet. Along the way, he also subdued a few water soul mage puppets, but the combined value may not be as large as this magic structure.
But the magic structure in front of him seemed to have nothing to do, even if it was a gold-level enemy, it could only be destroyed by strong means, and it was impossible to win in an instant.
The old mage said in the rear of the battle:
"No, the heavy blows and slashes of the warriors below the gold can't hurt the shield guardian who has solidified the spell shield and damage absorption, it is an iron bean that can't be knocked and smashed, if you want to subdue the shield guard, the easiest way is to find the spell talisman that controls it, the shield guardian follows the master's actions, and the talisman that controls it must be nearby, as long as you get your hand and wear it on your body, then it will treat you as its own master and obey all your orders......"
When Donald heard this, he immediately looked back, and saw that there was no one outside this courtyard, and everyone else should be struggling in another building, so he simply asked Kael'thas to attract the attention of the shield defender first, and then consume energy and soul power to summon a war golem covered in metal armor.
"War puppet, pester this guy for me!"
The fifteen-foot-tall War Golem is a medium-sized metal golem in the Warcraft series, half as tall as the construct on the opposite side, and immediately confronts the shield defender after receiving the master's order.
The combat power of the war golem silver level looks stronger than that of the shield guard, but it is slightly inferior in terms of defense, after all, the shield guardian is endowed with a variety of powerful abilities by its maker, while the war golem only has the attribute of magic immunity, and other physical attacks must be borne by their own metal armor. If you fight against the sturdy shield defender too many times, I am afraid that the metal armor on the surface of the war puppet body will deform and fall apart.
After Donald withdrew into the building in the courtyard, Messer and Kael'thas were left in the field, as well as the war golem that Donald had left behind.
The two behemoths fought in the courtyard, and the others couldn't intervene at all, if it weren't for the shield guard's task of guarding the master's house behind him, the surrounding buildings would have been demolished by the two of them long ago.
Messer is capable of subduing this constructor, but if he were to make a move, the shield defender would probably only have some parts left, and even if the person who made him was resurrected, he would not be able to restore it to its original state.
Messer knew what Donald meant, and he was reluctant to destroy such an ancient arcanist's creation, so he just cast some auxiliary spells on the side to help the war puppet contain the shield defender, and delayed as much as possible to buy Donald more time.
When Donald entered the building, he was in danger at the beginning.
It was a trap left by the previous owner in his home, and Donald, though cautiously prepared, was caught off guard by the oncoming metal arrows.
Thankfully, after too much time, most of the elemental and magical-based traps that the arcanist had laid out had failed, and only a few pure traps were still functioning.
In his opinion, the owner of this residence is not like a mage, but more like an alchemist, not only is there a lot of traps on the outside, but the inside of the house is also full of various alchemical materials and parts.
Time was pressing, and Donald didn't care what the materials were, and hurriedly searched for the spell talisman that the teacher said.
After a few minutes of searching, he finally found a palm-sized bronze amulet in a room that looked like a master bedroom, and he thought that it should be this thing, so he immediately put on the amulet and ran out of the house as fast as possible.
"Stop! I order you to stop!"
As soon as Donald ran outside, he shouted at the shield defenders.
Seeing that the shield defender who was pressing the war puppet underneath felt Donald's presence, his eyes flashed red, and he stopped attacking at that time and turned to face Donald.
Although it does not understand Donald's lingua franca, it can sense the spiritual mind of its master through the amulet.
From the time they were created, these constructs were associated with a specific spell amulet, and they would consider the person wearing the amulet to be their master.
Seeing that the shield defender obeyed his orders and listened, Donald excitedly gave another order, directing the shield defender to move forward, turn around, stand, squat, and have a lot of fun.
After all, he was a fun-loving big boy in his previous life, and at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, there was no young man who had just graduated and went out to work hard, looking mature. Coming to this world, fused with the original Donald's soul memory, and his identity is a minor teenager, although he has endured a lot of hardships, but in some ways he is still a child, and now he has obtained a Gundam-like magic structure that he has been hoping for in his previous life, and he is naturally excited about it.
Still Messer couldn't stand it, and reminded him:
"Okay! when you've had enough, let's go see what else is valuable inside, we don't have much time to waste here!"
Donald immediately relented, ordered the shield defender and the war golem to stay where they were, and re-entered the Arcanist's predecessor's residence with the teacher and Kael'thas.
As a magical construct created by the caster to act as a bodyguard, the shield defender's highest goal is to protect their master with a sturdy body made of spells, and although they have no special abilities other than combat and simple labor tasks, they will still do their best to obey any orders of their master, protect and follow them anywhere, unless their owner tells them not to.
This time he entered the residence, Donald did not leave, but put away all the items that could be seen that the weapons were well preserved, and these alchemy materials and structure parts may be able to be used in the future. Moreover, many ancient creations have been reduced to waste products with only research and ornamental value because there is no material restoration, and with today's gains, maybe they can create more value for themselves.
Soon the three of them made a big discovery, looking at the three-point sheepskin drawing in the teacher's hand, Donald's mouth was a little closed with a smile.
In addition to the shield guard that Donald obtained, there are also lower-level steel guards, and more advanced magical constructor rune guards than shield guards.
Magical constructs like the Shield Guardian are the work of ancient arcanists, and the current magical golems in the mage world are only known for the production of various golems, and the advanced magical constructs have been lost for thousands of years.
However, low-level golems are slow-moving, have low intelligence, and are easily damaged, while high-level golems, while powerful are expensive enough to break the bank for most mages and make up the materials.
Although the alchemy golem summoned by Donald with the Book of Truth is cheaper and more convenient in comparison.
However, compared to the war golems created by the Book of Truth, the advantage of these three magical constructs is that they can all have a certain degree of magical ability, and have a higher degree of intelligence and flexibility, perhaps in terms of absolute physical attack power, they are not as extreme as the war golems, but in other aspects such as physical strength, they can completely make up for this small weakness.
Chapter 134 The Alchemy Factory and the Mana Crystal After the three of Donald walked out of the arcanist's house, they saw such a scene in front of them.
The Ansel family and others represented by Edwina and the Thorne family led by Horton are gathering outside the gate of the courtyard, confronting the two puppets and constructors.
Because the courtyard has been made a mess by the battle between the two big guys before, Donald and the others don't know if these and shield defenders have fought with the war puppets, but looking at the solemn looks of those people, it is estimated that they may have suffered some losses from the shield defenders and war puppets, and they have realized the strength of these two big guys.
"Donald, are you all right! Mother and I heard the movement on your side, and immediately gave up on our opponents and rushed here! But these two golem guards are here, and we can't get in!"
Horton said the same thing over there.
Of course, Ferdinand's concern is genuine, and the meaning of the Thorne family is probably not so pure. I guess I've heard a big movement here that is different from everyone else, so let's see what benefits are available!
Donald smiled and said:
"I'm sorry to worry you, but we didn't suffer any damage, and we gained a lot! These two big guys are puppets and constructs under my control, and they won't attack without my orders!"
Donald didn't hide his gains, anyway, he got them by his own ability, and with a helper like the shield defender, although his side has the smallest number of people, it is already the most powerful of the three. As long as the two silver mages can't spare their hands, the remaining swordsmen and other professions can be completely dragged down by just one shield guardian.
Edvina and the others couldn't help but be envious when they heard that Donald had not only harvested such a powerful magical construct, but also obtained the ancient arcanist's construct-making blueprints.
However, the two silver mages and the family behind them were not famous for their alchemy, and the most valuable magic structure blueprint fell into their hands, but it was better to get the finished product directly. Because with their ability, it may not be possible to produce it after decades of research, and the words of an external alchemist are not safe.
And these drawings are in the hands of Donald and Messer, two masters and apprentices who are both good at alchemy, maybe they will soon be able to produce finished products, and when the time comes, with the friendship between them, they can naturally pay for them.
As he spoke, Donald waved his hand and put away the massive war golem. Leave only the Shield Defender along. The two-person tall shield guard is much smaller, and it is much easier to move around in this ruin than a war golem.
The war golem is not a real creature, although it has a soul and intelligence in its energy core, but the body itself does not have a trace of vitality, so it is not affected by the storage space, and it will not die when it enters it, but it will fall into a dormant state, as long as the next time Donald takes it out, it will wake up immediately.
"Keep going, the real treasure is yet to come. ”
As he spoke, the group moved forward again, and in the meantime, stimulated by Donald's harvest, the three of them entered the buildings on both sides of the road to search, and sure enough, the closer they got to the center of the ruins, the higher the quality of the harvest in these buildings.
Along the way, a lot of broken test equipment and materials were harvested, as well as a lot of finished weapons and equipment.
Many weapons are made of rare metals or even magic metals, although they have a certain value, but it is more difficult to rebuild the weapons that have been formed, and the loss of materials is also very huge.
However, these broken weapons are 100% recyclable materials for Donald, who has an anti-heaven artifact like the Book of Summoning! Once purified and recycled, they will at least save tens of thousands of gold soles in the future to buy materials.
So Donald took the initiative to collect all these waste weapons materials in the eyes of others. Others wondered how big his space equipment was, since they came to the Betsysaur Swamp until now, they couldn't count how many things they had loaded, and even if they were piled up in a medium-sized warehouse, it would be enough.
To the regret of Ansel and Thorne, the two families have never encountered a building with that kind of shield guardian since then. But come to think of it, shield guards are generally guards who follow their masters to fight, and are not used to watch the home and nursing home. Donald must have been the exception to get that.
However, the Thorne family found a structure in each of the two buildings, but both were steel guards who were inferior to the shield guards.
Compared to the Shield Guard, the Iron Guardian is a real knight's full body armor, they look like an undead creature in armor, always wearing weapons and armor from their previous life, but in fact it is a set of armor with magical powers. It's a little different from a golem.
The creators of the Iron Guards were usually created to make their homes better guarded, and unlike normal creatures, these magically active Steel Guards never took bribes, rarely made mistakes, and never stole from the Mage Castle, Residence, or Treasure Room.
Of course, intellectually, they are not as good as real human beings and other biological guards, steel guards can only obey the creator's simple and clear, limited to one or two basic concepts, if it is too complex or multiple orders are given at the same time, then it will contradict itself, achieve nothing, and even self-destruct.
Like a normal shield guard, the Iron Guardian cannot speak, but it can comprehend the commands described in its master's language on a spiritual level.
In terms of combat effectiveness, because it is a structure for guards, it is far inferior to the shield defender in terms of both defensive ability and attack power, and is only equivalent to a bronze warrior. However, spells such as psychics, toxins, hypnotics, paralysis, necromancy, etc., are all absolutely immune to the same as other constructs. In terms of resistance to physical attacks, it is also not affected by heavy hits and bruises.
Normally, the Iron Guardian has only one passive spell ability, which is Dark Vision. It can perceive all signs of activity in the immediate vicinity of the area it is guarding in the absence of light of about sixty feet.
After listening to Messer's brief explanation of the attributes of the two Steel Guards he had obtained, Horton was very happy. Although this magical construct is not as powerful as the one that Donald subdued, it is also a treasure that can be passed down to the family.
There are not many modern mages who can make such ancient magical creations, and it is estimated that only a few of the existing ancient families can survive.
Leaving aside the situation along the way, soon, half an hour later, the group of fourteen of them arrived in front of the building in the center of the ruins.
It is a completely different building from the surrounding Arcanist Empire, and it looks like it has the style of the barbarian era, giving people a strange feeling of being demonic and sacred. There are still some statues of dragons and basilisks outside, hideous and vicious, and you can see that there are certainly not any good gods enshrined inside.
"Looking at this pattern and decoration, it should be a great temple at least the kingdom level, but how can there be a temple in the Arcanist's territory?"
Edwina was the first to wonder. The rest of the crowd was also puzzled.
Only the three Donald knew that this temple was supposed to be the temple of the original evil god, but it was later used by the Grand Arcanist Serra to seal the evil god himself.
From the majestic pattern of the remnants of this temple, we knew that this evil god they didn't even know the name of the evil god at the beginning must have been extraordinary glory and power, but all this was buried in this swamp with the fall of the gods and the passage of time. There is hardly a single record of this deity in the outside world.
"Regardless of why it's here, maybe the Arcanist deliberately left a temple as a memorial, as long as there are treasures inside, it will have no other effect on us!"
The others who Ferdinand said were also in a much lighter mood.
The opposition between the arcanists and the gods, this is something they all know, a temple is in the territory of the arcanists, and those powerful arcanists will definitely not leave any hidden dangers, so they can boldly push open the door of the temple.
As soon as they entered the gate, they found that in addition to the original temple pillars and carved decorations, other related altar statues and other existences had been cleared, and the place had been transformed into an alchemy factory by the arcanists.
The vast temple is home to a large number of unknown metal machines and alchemy utensils. When Donald and Messer saw these facilities, their eyes lit up.
They all knew the value of these alchemy devices, especially for an alchemist, it was more precious than an artifact! Donald's ideas were more advanced than his teacher's, and the advanced industrial concepts from his previous life made him know that once any production industry formed a scale, it would at least exceed the value of traditional handicraft workshops by hundreds or thousands of times, not to mention that these were all alchemy factory equipment for the production of spell items and alchemical creations.
With them, he could establish an alchemical and magical industrial kingdom in Dalaran, even if it was possible to develop the same industrial level as in his previous life. Of course, this is just a part of his imagination. Before he had enough strength, Donald had already made up his mind not to come up with any ideas and products of his past life that were too advanced.
In contrast to the Donald's obsession with these alchemical tools, the others looked through the temple with a little disappointment, hoping to find something valuable to them.
Soon the luckiest Ferdinand found something that shocked him in a metal box beneath a metal machine.
As soon as he opened the box, the dazzling light and rich magic power inside bloomed.
"Arcane is on it, this is a magic crystal!"
Seeing the neatly arranged box of magic crystals, Edvina and Horton, the two silver mages, were already flushed with excitement, but the Miss Emily of the Thorne family cared about the gorgeous appearance of these magic crystals that were not inferior to the most precious gems, not their actual value.
This was only the first chest Ferdinand opened, and there were at least a dozen other metal chests of the same size and different ornamentation.
If all the same things are inside, that's all there is to buy a kingdom.
(To be continued)