Chapter 158: Where the metal meets magic
"Ah... ah... I don’t... Nothing like that..." The old man fumbled but after a while, he wiped his eyes and started talking slowly. "He... he was always fond of riddles," he murmured. "Said no one would find his secrets unless they understood how he thought. He always told me, ’Father, the heart of creation lies where the metal meets the magic.’"
"The heart of creation lies where the metal meets the magic," Damon repeated under his breath. "Sure, very useful and not at all vague." He lifted the mechanical sphere again and examined it carefully.
"Metal and magic," Damon mused, his mind jumping to the basics of crafting, materials and mana circuits, things he had no idea about.
In his previous life, he had spent all his time researching and learning about vampires and trying to find out hidden clues about the legendary item of the vampire race. He had absolutely ignored all of the professions and only paid a little attention to alchemy.
Now that he thought about it, this sort of mech tech was not really popular in his last life. Sure, some players chose engineering as their profession skill and their secondary class. They had tried their hands at it but nothing came out of it.
Engineering was also one of the more pricier professions and had even bankrupted many so much so that some straight up rage quit the game and left.
Damon stared at the sphere for a good ten minutes. "Yup, my only option is to brute force the shit out of this." He narrowed his eyes at the mechanical ball, rolling it around in his palm.
"Well, let’s see how you tick," he muttered. Then without any hesitation, he channeled a hefty pulse of mana directly into the sphere, fully expecting some hidden mechanism to click or maybe a small panel to slide open.
Instead, the thing gave a high-pitched whine, brightened to a piercing white, and then, BOOM!