In the core forging area, in the deepest steel hall, there is a huge three-meter-high transparent crystal jar. Through the translucent crystal compartment, you can see a strange creature soaked in light green liquid.
This monster is only the size of a basketball, with a brown exoskeleton and countless sharp jointed limbs. Its specific image is similar to a round centipede, but it has a bony tail and spider-like mouthparts, and is covered with inverted Hook teeth. Its head is covered by three layers of carapace, and each layer of carapace has a crystal-like luster and two strange concave compound eyes.
It seemed to be just the larvae of some kind of creature, with traces of immaturity visible all over its body, such as the wide insect wings that were only half-formed on its back, and the newly formed bone on its head. The small horns, the bone blades on the limbs that have not yet fully grown, and the faint runes on the carapace all prove how powerful and adaptable it will be to fighting when it grows up.
"The breath of chaos."
A low voice sounded, and Joshua looked at the monster floating in the crystal jar with a serious face. He said in a deep voice: "This feeling..."
This kind of terrifying image and chaotic aura can only be accumulated and nurtured over a long and long time. In the warrior's knowledge, only one kind of creature can have it.
Aragami.
Previously, what made Joshua suddenly shut up and frown was the remains of the Aragami soaked in a crystal jar in the old dwarf's forging room.
"Master Moria, is this the God of Desolation?"
Joshua turned to ask the old dwarf, and the old dwarf replied cheerfully: "Yes, this is the corpse of the Aragami that I collected before. Don't worry, you should also be able to tell that it is already dead. There will be no any harm."
Noticing the warrior's gaze turned back, Moria seemed to understand what he was thinking, so he immediately explained: "Claire is also a member of the fight against Chaos, otherwise, that guy Nostradamus wouldn't Ask her to deal with the problem of chaos aura corroding the earth for you."
"No, that's not what I was thinking about."
Joshua shook his head and said, looking a little confused: "I have killed many wild gods, including many young ones. Why are there such big differences in their images?"
Recalling the ferocious scorpion-like monsters with six pairs of jointed limbs and wings that he had killed in the demonic tide, he then turned his head to look at the equally ferocious round tailed centipede in front of him, but the warrior was a little confused. .
The larvae that appear during the demon tide all have the same form, so there is no reason why the Aragami here should be different.
"The Aragami will quickly mutate into various forms according to the needs. This young body of mine was caught a hundred years ago. After such a long time, it has long been different from the previous one. Of course, it is more likely to adapt, or maybe it is just Due to pure chaos mutation, we will never know how many kinds of wild gods there are in the opposite world."
Moria gave a rough explanation. He walked to the crystal jar, operated the console at the bottom, and then said: "After the death of the waste god, generally speaking, it will turn into fly ash and disappear between heaven and earth, leaving only the I used a special solution to preserve those crystal-like crystals, so that I could study the weaknesses of these monsters and forge stronger and better divine machines and armors."
Joshua was silent and did not reply to the old dwarf's words. He looked around carefully and discovered that there was not just one green crystal jar, but five scattered in every corner. The corpses of the Aragami were of different sizes, and the warrior even sensed the aura of the golden realm from one of the corpses.
"Joshua, what is that magic energy you mentioned before?"
The old dwarf seemed to be very concerned about the sudden interruption of the conversation. He brought the topic back to its original track, his face full of curiosity.
"What I wanted to say before was the magic armor."
Putting aside the vague feeling that something was wrong, the warrior briefly recalled it in his mind.
Although the name of magic armor is simple and easy to understand, in fact, it represents the highest crystallization of rune magic and magic technology in the future.
In the late version of the previous life, facing the endless offensive of the Kuroshio and the monsters invading from other worlds, although the number of humans was large, they could not withstand such rapid consumption. In order to improve the strength of the bottom soldiers, many breathing methods was opened up, the spell inheritance was made public, and the design of magic armor was also proposed and practiced.
A set of self-powered, fully-covered exoskeleton-type magic energy armor can allow a Black Iron-level warrior to gain enough strength to compete with high-level Silver level warriors. And if a high-level silver leveler has a set of magic armor with good performance, he will have the power to fight against the low-level gold level one.
Using runes to increase the strength of warriors and mages, and enhance their defense and survivability, not only does it not hinder spellcasting, but it also comes with some magical abilities. This kind of magic equipment that can be mass-produced in rune factories will be rapidly used in the future. It has become the standard equipment of elite legions in various countries. It is precisely because of the magic armor and a series of rune technology creations that mankind has not been wiped out in many disasters.
After roughly telling the old dwarf the mass production potential contained in the rune factory and the basic design concept of the magic armor, Joshua looked at the other person's eyes that were deep in thought and couldn't help but nodded.
To be honest, he doesn't understand any magic technology at all. Even if he does know a little bit, after coming to this real world, the warrior cannot be sure that everything is the same. Magic is not as good as martial arts. If there is a slight deviation, he will die. Not just himself, in this case, Joshua might as well pass on some of the advanced concepts and design ideas of later generations to some geniuses and strong people in this world, so that they can promote the progress of the world.
"What you said is very interesting... and the ideas are clear. It's worth a try."
Taking a deep look at Joshua, the old dwarf stroked his pale beard and sighed: "It seems that my thinking has been bound by a long life. You are right, the rune factory is The productivity of the production line...is this the word? Anyway, as you said, it is just used to make iron, which is too wasteful... "
After speaking, there was silence for a while. Moria raised his head and looked directly into Joshua's eyes. He smiled and said: "Next time we have a chance, we will continue to talk about this issue, but I brought you here today to let you know. You came here to complete the last step of 'casting the armor'."
The old dwarf quickly walked to the stone wall of his forging room, and then patted a certain place. Immediately, the metal wall made a rumble of gears, and then the wall that had no gaps was moved away. There was a hole, and a huge metal box appeared in front of everyone.
Moria stepped forward and opened the box. Inside was a set of huge and thick black armor supported by brackets.
This armor is made up of layers of thick armor stacked up one after another. The black outer armor covered in layers like dragon scales has no dead ends or flaws. On top of the helmet are two dragon-like horns with magical powers. The light flashed, and the observation port of its eye was a V-shaped crack, filled with transparent steel crystals, and the armor on its legs was also extremely thick and extremely hard.
This armor seemed to weigh at least more than 300 kilograms, or even heavier. Joshua could tell that the black outer armor was definitely mixed with some earth core dust and Titan Heart Stone to increase the weight of the armor. The armor's magic resistance, hardness, and weight.
"This set of armor alone weighs more than an ordinary knight plus his war horse."
Walking forward, Joshua stroked the armor and sighed with excitement: "If it's an Elf Pegasus or a Unicorn Knight, this armor can hold two...and it's very hard. I'll use a little force." , I actually can’t feel any material changes.”
A warrior is someone who can squeeze iron as easily as rubber with his bare hands. In his opinion, many armors are no different from plasticine, but this test did not cause any damage, which is enough to prove the hardness of this armor.
"Weight is also part of defense and attack."
Moria grinned and said, he looked very proud of his design: "You are a golden warrior. You will not feel tired when you wield hundreds of kilograms of weapons in battle. Wearing this armor will certainly reduce your speed, but It will also turn you into an indestructible and terrifying fortress, allowing you to fight on the battlefield without hesitation... You should understand when you need to use this set of armor."
Joshua naturally knew that in a wide military formation, if he put on this armor and started charging, he would be basically unstoppable. If he were riding a war horse, he would be more of a tank than a tank. No matter who he encountered, he would cut him with a knife. No need to move out, just run over.
However, in places like woods, swamps, and deserts, wearing this kind of super-heavy equipment is basically asking for trouble.
The old dwarf is still introducing: "The outer layer imitates the structure of dragon scales and the Titan Heart Stone, which can basically render silver-level magic ineffective, and the main material of the armor is [Aragami Crystal] used to cast the divine machine, even with my own full strength A single blow cannot destroy the armor quickly, and at most there will be a few obvious dents, but that's all."
Stroking the shell of the armor with satisfaction, Joshua turned his head and said, "What are the final steps?"
The old dwarf quickly replied: "It's up to you to inject energy into it and activate the magic patterns on it."
After saying that, he laughed again: "Haha, the oath that your ancestors and I made back then was 'a divine machine, a set of armor', and now you have contracted a second divine machine. Logically speaking, I should I’m giving you two sets of armor, but the materials are basically used up. It’s really difficult to make this second set of armor, so you’ll have to wait a long time.”
Rin, who was standing quietly aside, tilted his head and blinked. He was suddenly mentioned and looked at Moria with some confusion.
"There is no need to forge a second set of armor, and there is no need to complete the so-called oath like this."
Rubbing Rin's head and hair, Joshua shook his head and said: "And how could I take other people's things for nothing? Even if it is an oath, it is an oath with my ancestors, not with me. Master Moria, my The knights brought the materials of the Great Ajax Dragon-hunting Spider and the Black Eclipse Dragon that I had hunted before. They were all gold-level materials. I think they were enough to pay for the materials. If they are not enough, you can tell me. Anyway, I will. I really like hunting monsters, and if I look for them deliberately, it’s not difficult to hunt golden monsters.”
"No need..."
Waving his hand, the warrior stopped the old dwarf from speaking, and then said: "If you really want to help me, then we can modify the structure of this armor in the future... Didn't I mention the general design idea of the magic armor before? ?"
Having said this, Joshua grinned and smiled: "We can start from this aspect and forge the world's first set of... magic armor!"
Claire, who was standing aside, looked at Joshua and Moria, who were having an intense discussion about armor design. The elf druid couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Men are like this. They like weapons and armor... They always like this kind of thing."
She whispered to herself softly, and she did not show an irritated expression. Instead, there was a faint smile on her face, and her eyes were floating, as if she had returned to a long time ago.
Time passed in the discussion.
After a long time, Moria, who had roughly finalized the armor modification plan, took a breath. He looked at the design drawings in front of him with satisfaction and praised: "I didn't expect that, Joshua, your forging and design skills are very solid. I thought You are just a pure warrior."
After all, my life occupation level is also level 22, and I spent a lot of time training back then.
Shrugging, Joshua was also very satisfied with the design in front of him: "Sometimes, men always fantasize about being able to build weapons and equipment that satisfy themselves, but it was not until the end that I discovered that I have no talent in this area. If you don’t have talent, instead of blindly envying other people’s abilities, it’s better to take what you know a step further.”
"It's much better than most people, you just lack the time to practice."
After taking a breather, Joshua suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, Master Moria, besides getting the armor, I have another purpose for coming here this time."
He solemnly took out a small box from his chest. The warrior opened the box and handed it to Moria. He said seriously: "Please help me identify this piece of steel crystal. There is a strange power in this piece of steel crystal." , I can’t analyze the source.”
"Crystal of steel? This thing is not common."
"Be careful and don't touch it directly. Touching it will have weird side effects."
Nodding to show that he understood the warrior's prompt, Moria took the box handed over by Joshua. Light golden fighting spirit ignited in his hands, and then he took out the black-red crystal placed in it.
The old dwarf, who has been dealing with ores and weapons for more than a hundred years, looked at it carefully: "The color is a bit strange, the power in the crystal is leaking out quickly, and everything is very stagnant... Wait, according to this escape speed, this crystal is not Should it have dissipated long ago?"
"What force maintains its shape?"
I fell asleep while writing this... Ah, I also want to update steadily... but the time I go home is not fixed recently.
This chapter is really a merge of two chapters. I forgot to update it this morning.
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