Chapter 494: More Testing.
"How in the blazes does it move like that?"
"Aye, it’s leagues better than the old models... Ye tellin’ me Master Wayland made it all on his own?"
"Well, o' course! The Boss is the best smith alive, figured it all out himself - though, mind ye, I did lend a hand!"
"Ye reckon... it could take the place of an eye?"
"An eye? Ahh, not so sure 'bout that... but it’d sure do better than that ol' peg leg ye’ve got!"
A group of dwarves huddled around Bernir, examining his runic prosthetic arm. Several days had passed since they began working on the runic power armor. Eventually, they noticed that, while his arm was fully mechanized, it moved no differently than a regular arm. Typical golem-hand replacements were slow, usually only capable of clamping down on objects.
“Hey, are you done resting?”
The group’s chatter was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of Roland, fully dressed in his mage robes. In his right hand, he carried a suitcase that previously contained all his workshop tools and apparatuses. Clearly in a hurry, he didn’t wait for the dwarves to respond before setting it down and letting it unfold. The exoskeleton of the power armor was finished, though it still lacked most of its outer shell.
“We’re ready, Boss,”