As a professional mage, Palin's magic power is much more powerful than that of wrought iron.
Especially in recent years, for some reason, his magic power has suddenly increased rapidly, and his own strength has also increased by leaps and bounds. Five years ago, he was just an ordinary mage who had just entered the intermediate level. But now, he has reached the level of a senior mage or even close to the peak of the advanced level. Not only is his magic power as powerful as a rushing river, but there are also inexplicable things in his mind. He cast many spells, as if someone had injected power and knowledge into his body.
He once asked Sui Xiong for advice on this matter. Sui Xiong did some research and finally concluded that the problem lay with his soul.
Palin had actually died in the Death Cloud Trap back then. When Sui Xiong arrived later, his soul was no longer in his body and had entered the underworld. At that time, Sui Xiong didn't know how to recall his soul, so he relied on the residual thoughts of his body and used earth science methods to resurrect him. In other words, he is currently incomplete. Strictly speaking, he is just a walking body, similar to undead monsters such as walking corpses and skeletons.
But Palin is not that low-end thing. He is still alive and retains complete life functions. Even his body and his soul still have a connection that is difficult for even gods to detect.
Perhaps it is because of this connection that when his soul becomes extremely powerful, it feeds back to the physical body, causing the physical body to quickly become stronger.
But... being able to elevate his physical body from an intermediate mage to one close to the high-level peak, and even seems to be continuing to improve, has the potential to break through to the legendary realm in one breath... How powerful is his soul
Sui Xiong discussed this matter with Weier, the know-it-all. Weyer believed that maybe Palin's soul was not in the underworld, but went to hell and became a big shot in hell.
Hell is a special world that is located on the edge of the "material side" of the world circle and adjacent to the "negative side". At the same time, it is connected to the "spiritual side" through the River Styx, and there are even passages to the "frontal" in many places, which is extremely weird.
The main border between this world is the underworld and the abyss. In fact, it is a separation point between the underworld and the abyss.
Evil souls were supposed to fall from the underworld into the abyss after death and turn into demons in the abyss, but hell stopped them and punished the evil ones. After this punishment cleansed the souls of evil, they were sent to Styx, restart the cycle of life.
Whenever demons from the abyss want to invade the material plane on a large scale, they often go through hell first, because except for some extremely special demons, the vast majority of demons do not have the ability to break through the barriers of the world ring. When the "negative" reaches the "material plane", there is only one way to go through hell, Huashan Mountain.
Whenever this happens, the legions of hell will go out in large numbers to stop them, eliminate them mercilessly, and repel the invasion of demons again and again.
In other words, hell is not only the place of final judgment to punish evil, but also the front line against chaos.
When Sui Xiong dragged a world from the abyss back to the material plane, it was because of the support of the God of Justice, Jorgadman, and the Lord of Order who sent a number of "positive" small worlds to neutralize the world he dragged. Only by pulling on the "negative" power of that world can one easily break through the barriers of the World Ring. This is a special case and not sufficient evidence.
Generally speaking, the more powerful the demon, the stronger the "negative" power they have, and the harder it is to get rid of the "negative". Although it is easier for weak demons to escape the "negative", they themselves are not strong enough. Therefore, whether a powerful demon or a weak demon wants to invade the material plane, most of the time it can only go through hell.
Then, there is no more.
The supreme rulers of hell are ten powerful men called "Kings of Hell". They all have powerful power even among gods. They are the supreme judges and leaders.
Under them are the judges known as the "Duke of Hell", the border commanders known as the "Margraves of Hell", and the local lords known as the "Earls of Hell". There is no particularly strict correspondence between these three and the titles in the human world. They are probably just a little bit similar in terms of status, that's all.
Further down, there are administrative officials called "Hell Viscounts" and military officials called "Hellboys". They often work in pairs to rule an area together.
Under their command, there are many powerful soldiers called "Hell Knights", each of which is transformed from a powerful soul. These hell knights patrol the territory day and night, not missing any signs of trouble or any clues. No sinful soul can escape their capture, and no demon can break through their barriers.
Because of the frequent battles, the strength of the innocent souls in hell often improves very quickly, especially those souls who serve in border areas. It can even take only a few decades to be promoted from mortals to baron or even The status of a marquis.
Veyer speculated that perhaps after Palin's death, his soul came to hell and became a knight fighting against the invasion of demons on the border. After more than ten years, he has made many military exploits and greatly improved his strength. Recently, he was even appreciated by a certain Marquis and became a Hellboy.
If this is the case, the feedback received from his soul can greatly strengthen his physical body, so that his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, reaching the current level.
Of course, this is all just speculation. Hell is very repulsive to the visits of gods. Although it will not attack them in groups like the Abyss, if any gods come to hell, they will definitely be watched by the kings of hell inhumanely. It will not take long before they can only leave in despair. .
Sui Xiong felt that he was thick-skinned enough, but he once planned to go to hell to look for Palin's soul. But Weyer advised him to give up the idea.
"So what if he is found?" Weyer asked at the time, "Let him return to the body and resurrect him? Don't be stupid! He is already a warrior of hell, maybe even a powerful Hellboy. , maybe I will become a Marquis of Hell or something in the future... Why should I give up everything and return to the human world to be a mage who reads libraries?"
Sui Xiong thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, so he gave up the idea.
Later, he told Palin these things, and Palin also felt that since he was living well and had lived without a soul for so many years, there was no need to get his soul back. And if the soul is recovered, which one is more important, the soul or the body? This problem is difficult to solve. Anyway, he doesn't want to bow to the guy who may have been fighting and killing in hell for more than ten years, not to mention that he may be devoured or even eliminated.
So the matter was forgotten. For Palin, the only impact was that his strength was greatly improved, which was a huge benefit in vain.
At this moment, with his powerful magic power, it only took a short time to fill the magic furnace with the magic power required. Then under the guidance of Forging Iron, he started the smelting furnace, and saw that the originally dark smelting furnace glowed with red light. Powerful magic flowed in it, and soon produced an astonishing high temperature, burning the iron ore inside. to melt.
The rocks with lower melting points melted first, and they turned into viscous magma. When all the rocks melted, the wrought iron guided Palin to open the discharge port and discharge the magma.
After the magma is initially drained, the discharge port is closed and the second part of the magic array on the furnace is activated. The temperature in the furnace further increases, and the iron in the compound state slowly melts and mixes with the remaining impurities. This process will produce a large amount of poisonous gas. Fortunately, the furnace has a filter function, so just be careful not to get burned by the hot exhaust gas.
After a while, the iron in the furnace was completely melted. At this time, the third part of the magic circle was activated, and the molten iron was separated from the useless residue. The molten iron flowed through the discharge port into the stone trough covered with soil to isolate the high heat, and turned into The iron ingots and residue were then dumped into the scrap pit.
After a set of processes is completed, it is customary to clean the furnace. Forging Iron didn't let Palin do this. Even though Palin had become very strong, his figure was still thin. Cleaning the furnace was not an easy job, and it was not suitable for a frail scholar like him.
For the next few days, Palin lived in the blacksmith's shop. He turned on the furnace twice a day, once in the morning and in the afternoon. The rest of the time he spent the rest of his time thinking and researching carefully, figuring out the principles of iron-making, and wondering what was wrong with the "blast furnace" studied by His Majesty the Mask of the Void.
He drew a lot of pictures to analyze and study the magic furnace from various angles. Then compare the smelting technology of the dwarves with the magic furnace, trying to find similarities between the two.
He also went to other blacksmith shops, paid the blacksmiths some money, and learned their smelting methods.
Of course, those blacksmiths couldn't afford a magic furnace. They used traditional techniques, first making an iron blank full of holes like a sponge, and then forging it into a solid iron ingot.
Palin continued to study and research, trying to integrate various technologies, and finally integrated them into Sui Xiong's "blast furnace".
This was a long project, and until the day when the retirement ceremony was about to be held, he still couldn't find much clue.
These days, if he has achieved anything, apart from some fragmentary notes whose value is yet to be seen, it is the many extra iron ingots in the blacksmith shop.
Apart from anything else, at least for a long period of time in the future, Old Forged Iron will no longer need to open a furnace to make iron. These iron ingots are enough for him to use for a long time...