Chapter 571 - 488: King and Son
The Mechanical Book, ever since it was presented to the King by the Wood Stone Clan, had set the entire Dwarf Kingdom of Kaelonde abuzz, with new types of machinery springing up like mushrooms after rain, as if each day brought forth fresh creations from the soil of the kingdom.
Among these, the Steam Engine deserved special mention.
The content on steam engines occupied a significant place in the Mechanical Book. Thanks to the meticulous illustrations provided, even if the Dwarf Craftsmen couldn’t read the text, they were able to replicate its structure repeatedly and even use it as a prototype to develop even more practical steam machinery.
Kafu the Sixth sat enthroned, watching three or four craftsmen tinker with the latest machinery before him.
"This armor... it’s unexpectedly massive."
Kafu the Sixth surveyed the sample before him and couldn’t help but exclaim.
Before this wise King lay a nearly three-meter-high giant armor, its huge steam engine almost exposed at the back, nearly two meters in height, and the armor’s arms connected by copper steam pipes, with massive legs capable of almost half-meter leaps under the steam’s power.
Such large armor was naturally not for Dwarfs, but for their brethren, the giants.
God created both the Dwarfs and the giants so that the expert forging Dwarfs and the immensely strong giants could rely on each other. In the early days of both races, the giants, like oxen, plowed the plains and like chisels, carved out mines in the mountains, providing the foundation for the Dwarfs’ settlements.
The existence of the giants also expanded the Dwarfs’ imagination as they first came into contact with steam engine technology.
After the craftsmen had finished tinkering, they called for a long-waiting giant to don the massive iron contraption.
And after some cumbersome movements, the giant actually managed to wear the several-ton armor, albeit panting and moving awkwardly, but still managing to support his body.