When Abel walked through the door, the scene in front of him made him stunned.
This is a huge cave. The walls, floor and roof of the cave have been trimmed to be very smooth. It looks like a huge room.
The height of the cave is more than forty meters, and the width is a full thousand meters. At this distance, in order to ensure that the cave will not collapse, there are many magic circle patterns densely covered on the mountain wall.
Although the size of this cave is already amazing, what is even more amazing than the cave are the twenty huge steel puppets standing in the cave.
Abel has seen too many steel puppets, ranging from the ancient steel puppet the size of an ordinary person used in Frankenstein's body, to the small war puppet he used to save his life, to the ten-meter steel puppet he encountered. A tall, large puppet.
But all the puppets I saw before were nothing compared to the puppet in front of me.
The steel puppets in front of him are each twenty meters high. The height is not the key, the key lies in the material of these puppets.
If other people came here, they would only marvel at how tall these steel puppets are, but he is a master of alchemy and a master of blacksmithing. When it comes to understanding of materials, almost no one in this world can surpass him.
And he was very familiar with the materials used by the twenty huge steel puppets. These were the materials used by war fortresses and ancient war machines.
In other words, these twenty huge steel puppets should be war puppets left over from ancient times, and judging from their height, they should be specially used for frontal battlefield battles.
Think about the war weapons that could be used in frontal combat on the battlefield in ancient times. What a terrifying war machine it would be.
"Grandmaster Bennett, these twenty ancient steel puppets are the most powerful war machines of our dwarves. Unfortunately, when we participated in the battle with the demons from outside, every ancient steel puppet was more or less damaged. Although most of the damage can be repaired by consuming top-level magic stones, there are still some damages that cannot be repaired!" Dwarf King Gunther looked at these steel puppets with warm eyes and said in a regretful tone.
"Your Majesty Gunther, I haven't done much research on the ancient steel puppets!" Abel also looked at the steel puppets, shook his head and said to the dwarf king Gunther.
"Grandmaster Bennett, for so many years, our dwarf alchemists and blacksmiths have been studying the ancient steel puppets without interruption. Although they cannot copy the ancient steel puppets, they have also found the possibility of repairing them!" Dwarf Wang Gang Se explained with a smile.
With that said, Dwarf King Gunther made a hand gesture and invited Abel to get close to the ancient puppet.
"Currently, among the twenty ancient steel puppets, only three are still fighting, two can only move, and the remaining fifteen have completely lost their ability to move. We have found the cause of the damage!" Dwarf King Gunther pointed. An ancient steel puppet in front of him said.
"Where's the damage?" Abel asked curiously.
"In fact, when we got these ancient steel puppets, we found that all the spirits in them were damaged, but it is precisely for this reason that we can study them. We use trained operators to replace the functions of the spirits. Although their spirits The combat power cannot be compared with that of ancient times, but it can still meet the combat requirements. In order to be able to use these ancient steel puppets, we installed a human-operated system of skipping souls on its internal main control system. It is this system that due to our changes during the battle, the main control system part lost its due protection. The damaged ancient steel puppets are all damaged by the main control system, and repair requires the help of the master of alchemy! "Dwarf King Gunther! He didn't hide anything and said everything he could.
Naturally, these are top secrets among the dwarves. It can be said that the existence of twenty ancient steel puppets requires everyone who has any thoughts about the dwarves to take this into consideration.
Only three ancient steel puppets are left with combat effectiveness, which almost greatly weakens the role of the ancient steel puppets.
You must know that the most terrifying thing about the ancient steel puppets is the terrifying scene that sweeps away when twenty ancient steel puppets charge at the same time.
After listening to the words of Dwarf King Gunther, Abel naturally knew where the ancient steel puppet was damaged.
If an ancient war weapon still has a spirit inside, it would be almost impossible to study it.
The spirit controls this weapon and when it does not provide energy, the ancient war weapon is completely shut down and cannot be studied at all.
Once energy is provided, the ancient war weapon is controlled by the spirit. Without the authority of the spirit, the ancient war weapon is a piece of waste.
The dwarves were lucky enough to obtain twenty ancient steel puppets, all of which were spiritually damaged. This gave the dwarves the opportunity to study them and control them with the help of dwarven technology.
When Abel thought about it, he estimated that these ancient steel puppets should have been attacked by the same attack in the same war, which caused all their spirits to be damaged. Otherwise, it was such a coincidence that twenty ancient steel puppets all had the same problem.
However, the ancient steel puppets were transformed to the level of the dwarves, and the gap between its technology and the ancient technology was revealed in the battle after the transformation.
The transformation of the main control system has greatly reduced the defense of the main control system.
As far as Abel knows, the fatal point of his war fortress is the main control system, which is made entirely of special alchemical materials and is the only material in all war fortresses that cannot be restored by energy.
Once there is damage, the entire war fortress will lose power and lose the ability to move.
This was the case with the ancient steel puppet in front of him, but Abel did not do much research on ancient war weapons, because he was unwilling and did not have the time to dismantle a war fortress for research.
Although his alchemy level has soared to the highest alchemy master in the entire continent, in terms of metallurgical technology, he can only be regarded as taking the lead among the dwarves.
The last time he came to the dwarves to help them make metallurgical materials for the main magic circle, he mastered the metallurgical technology through the technology provided by the dwarves.
"Your Majesty Gunther, I can only give it a try, but I am not sure!" He did not refuse the Dwarf King Gunther. He was very interested in the thousands of years of research of the dwarves and turned to the Dwarf King Gunther.
"Haha, Grandmaster Bennett, as long as you agree!" Dwarf King Gunther laughed and responded when he heard Abel agreed.
To be honest, his confidence in Abel is stronger than Abel's confidence in himself. Abel, the first alchemist in thousands of years to break through the master of alchemy, if Abel can't repair it, then no one can It can be fixed.
At this moment, a dusty old dwarf jumped out of the ancient steel golem.
What attracted Abel's attention was the aura of alchemical patterns in this dwarf's body. This dwarf was a half-step metallurgist who was only one step away from breaking through.
This is also the metallurgist with the highest level of alchemical patterns that Abel has seen among the dwarves. Although it is said that the dwarves have a master of metallurgy, even he cannot believe that anyone can improve the alchemical patterns just by relying on metallurgy. to master level.
You must know that high-grade metallurgical materials are already very rare. Unlike high-grade potion materials that can be continuously produced through planting, and even master potion materials can be planted in small quantities, every time a part of metallurgical materials is used, a part is missing in this world.
Since the emergence of metallurgists, the dwarves have been continuously mining metallurgical materials, most of which are medium and low-level metallurgical materials, and there are very few high-level metallurgical materials.
And the more it is mined, the less likely it is that advanced metallurgical materials will appear in the future.
It can be said that a thousand years ago, a metallurgical master could still appear, but now it is almost rare for a metallurgical master to be promoted.
"Hobson, come and meet Grandmaster Bennett!" Dwarf King Gunther shouted to the old dwarf.
"Master Bennett, the master of metallurgy and medicine!" Metallurgist Hobson looked at Abel with bright eyes and said excitedly.
"Grandmaster Bennett, don't be surprised, he is a little too excited!" Dwarf King Gunther glared at Hobson Metallurgist, and then apologized to Abel.
"It's okay, hello, Metallurgist Hobson!" Abel would not blame a metallurgist who was so excited when he saw him that he forgot to salute. He smiled and bowed slightly.
"Grandmaster Bennett, I'm sorry, I lost my temper. When you came to Ironforge last time, I was in retreat for research. It's a pity that I missed the opportunity to meet you. I didn't expect that you were still an alchemist master when you came last time. Now He is already a master of alchemy!" Metallurgist Hobson calmed down and said with excitement.
"Hobson's research on ancient steel golems is the most in-depth among our dwarves. He spends almost all his time on it!" Dwarf King Gunther introduced.
"Hobson Metallurgist, can you tell me about the ancient steel golem?" Abel heard the introduction from Dwarf King Gunther and turned to Hobson Metallurgist and asked.
"Grandmaster Bennett, the ancient steel puppets have been studied by our dwarves for many generations. In fact, many results have been achieved long ago. The various puppets you see today use this technology! "Hobson Metallurgist explained as he patted the ancient steel puppet beside him.
Abel couldn't help but pay attention. It turned out that the entire dwarf clan's puppet technology was derived from this ancient steel puppet.
"In fact, our understanding of ancient steel puppets is only superficial. Its most basic technology cannot be copied at our current level. Take this material as an example. Based on our research, we guess that this material is very likely to be made of It is made of the bones of powerful creatures and some materials whose ingredients we do not know, but we have never been able to master this ratio. In fact, even if we master it, we cannot imitate it!" Hobson Metallurgist continued.
"Why can't it be imitated?" Abel couldn't help but ask.
He is also very curious about these materials, and he has long been interested in studying them, but the most important thing for him now is cultivation, and he does not dare to invest too much time in them.
"Based on the material analysis of the ancient steel puppets, we found some bones in the ancient ruins. Those bones should be the raw materials for making this material, but do you know what kind of creature the bones were obtained from?"
Metallurgist Hobson did not ask Abel to answer. He continued: "Those bones are at least the bones of legendary-level creatures. Where can we find the bones of legendary-level creatures now? Even if we encounter them, we will die!"
When Abel heard this, he couldn't help but think of his ancient sneak boat, which was specially used for entering the ocean for reconnaissance in ancient times.
He has always wondered why such stealth ships were built in ancient times, considering that wars usually took place on land.
Now hearing Metallurgist Hobson's words, he thought of a possibility. In ancient times, the entire ocean provided materials for ancient civilizations. It is estimated that only the ocean can have huge legendary sea beasts.
Think about the size of these ancient war machines and the number of legendary-level bones required. If legendary-level human-sized bones are used, it will be difficult to produce even if all legendary-level humans on the entire land are killed. There are twenty ancient steel puppets in front of them.
Not to mention there are more war machines, such as his war fortresses, of which there are dozens.
"What kind of material is the main control material made of?" Abel asked again.
"I'm sorry, Grandmaster Bennett, we can't recognize the material used in the main control material, but I think it only needs to be repaired through the ability of the alchemist master. There is no need to re-refining the material!" Metallurgist Hobson replied road.
"Take me to have a look!" Abel said with some confidence after hearing that it only needed to be repaired.
At this time, Dwarf King Gunther stood aside with a smile and did not intervene in their conversation. Hobson Metallurgist seemed to have forgotten about him and took Abel directly up the ladder behind an ancient steel golem.
Behind the ancient steel puppet, a huge steel frame supported the ancient steel puppet. It was through here that they approached the heights of the ancient steel puppet.
"The fatal part of the ancient steel puppet is not on the head, but on the back!" Metallurgist Hobson said as he led Abel to the back of the ancient steel puppet.
He reached out and pressed twice on the back of the ancient steel puppet, then revealed the internal structure.
The first thing Abel saw was a flat plate with two cracks and many fine lines carved on it.
On top of this flat plate, there is an array control panel made of ordinary metallurgical materials. This modern technique is placed on ancient alchemy products, and it has the feeling of placing stones in a pile of stones.
He knew that this was probably a modification to manually control the ancient steel puppet, but he didn't know how much time the dwarves spent to make this modification.
However, this modification does affect the main control panel. Once attacked, the additional array control panel will naturally press on the main control panel, making it more vulnerable to damage.
But this kind of transformation is inevitable. Without this kind of transformation, this ancient steel puppet will not be able to be controlled and cannot be put into battle.