my age of magic

Chapter 1248 52. Metal softener

While Lao Zewang was leading the orc girls to transport food to Xinliu Valley, I took Katerina to the Magic Seal Workshop to check the details of the giant crossbow arrow, the concentrated fire rune board and the miniature tornado rune board. Regarding the engraving situation, four old dwarf artisans happened to be at the magic seal workshop, and they were replacing new gears for a magic engraving machine.

After several months of debugging and operation, the old dwarf craftsman has basically mastered the core working principle of the magic engraving machine. However, due to the limitations of metal materials and processing technology, there has been no way to make a more durable transmission mechanism and core. device.

Katerina and I walked into the magic seal workshop, just in time to see four old dwarf artisans hunched together, fishing out a yellow orange gear the size of a washbasin from a kerosene tank. It is polished with magic red copper and copper alloy. Although this metal material is slightly softer, it is not as brittle as cast iron and is easier to process.

They carefully hoisted the gear with scaffolding, pressed it on the main shaft of the engraving punch, and inserted it precisely into the middle of other gears. The engraving punch and the magic seal machine were connected as a whole.

The ground was covered with oil, but the old dwarf craftsmen stood in the oil without paying attention. One of the old dwarf craftsmen still had a pipe in his mouth, and sparks would fly out of the pipe every time he squeezed his mouth. It made my heart jump, worried that this little spark would fall on the kerosene and ignite a fire, and I would tell all these old guys here.

Several old dwarf craftsmen didn't see me and Katerina walking into the workshop. They sat side by side on the bald drive shaft next to the oil tank to take a break.

An old dwarf craftsman sighed and said: "It would be great if we could get some refined carbon steel from our side, at least it can prolong the service life of these gears by five times. Copper gears are only suitable for making clocks and watches. It's really stupid to have a big machine with brass gears."

"What else can we do? This is the capital of the Green Empire, not our city of Stan. It's better not to think about those unrealistic things." Another old dwarf craftsman said dully.

"The kingdom of the dwarves and the Grimm Empire have always had this kind of trade relationship. Maybe you can buy refined steel in the imperial capital." The third old dwarf craftsman said.

"But even if it is possible to buy back the blanks of refined steel, what about the few files we have in hand?"

The dwarf artisan with the dull voice poured cold water on the subject.

The old dwarf who spoke at the beginning said: "Let's think of a way to see how to make these magic printing machines run more stably, even if it can be increased by one or two percentage points."

The dwarves raised their heads, and their eyes fell on the huge magic engraving machine in front of them. With the roaring sound, the magic engraving machine had already begun to print the arrows of the giant crossbow. A female dwarf quickly burned one by one with crucible tongs The broken crossbow arrow was clamped into the die, and with another loud noise, the engraving molds were brought together, and the engraving mold opened after a short stay of a few seconds.

The color of the arrowheads of the six red-hot giant crossbows became dim, leaving clear red copper magic lines on them. The female dwarf clamped the arrowheads of the six giant crossbows into the large iron frame next to them. The dwarves are responsible for checking that the magic circles on the arrows of these giant crossbows can work normally.

An old dwarf craftsman sighed: "I really want to know how those goblin inventors did it in the Hex era when the goblin civilization was at its peak."

"Maybe the answer can be found in those surviving blueprints." An old dwarf joked, he felt a figure shaking behind him, turned around to see me, and said to me with a hint of excitement in his muddy eyes: " Lord Jijia, I haven't seen you coming to the magic seal workshop for a long time."

For the dwarves, they like living in caves. They have lived in the underground warehouse for more than two months, and they have already regarded this place as their home.

I nodded to the old dwarf artisans, and gave them a bottle of white wine from my magic pocket.

Although barleywine is always the dwarf's favorite, occasionally they enjoy tasting other types of wine.

"Oh, kind Lord Jijia, thank you for remembering that we like to drink, oh, it is actually a bottle of white wine with the year written on it." An old dwarf wiped the oil from his hands and took the bottle , squinting at the words on the wine bottle.

What the old dwarf said as a joke touched me deeply. It reminded me that when I was searching for the blueprint of the magic engraving machine, among the many parchments left over from the Hextech civilization, except for the combination of magic and technology. In addition to the mana machine, there are some other aspects of knowledge stored in those parchments.

It’s just that in the Hex era of goblin civilization, whether it’s alchemy, magic pharmacy, or other disciplines, it’s far less famous than the magic machinery invented by goblin engineers. Some traces of goblin civilization can be found in some ancient ruins.

Even if the gods want to erase this disgraceful history, some magical machines have completely integrated into the human world.

I once saw a page depicting a set of pictures of a goblin alchemist cutting a piece of metal with a knife in a metal plate.

It was a picture that looked a little weird. The goblin alchemist licked his lips slightly, and his eyes radiated greed and joy. I found that picture very annoying, perhaps because of this, It makes me want to know what this alchemist is doing.

So, I asked the senior in the water magician's guild who is proficient in linguistics to translate this text to me, which also made me understand that among the magic conversion potions prepared by alchemists, there is a very magical potion called ' Metal softener'.

It's a pity that I was focused on the magic engraving machine at the time, so when I found that the page had nothing to do with the magic engraving machine, I threw that page into the library stone room.

I didn't know the forging level of the Green Empire before. In the eyes of the dwarves, it was so backward. They obviously had the design drawings, but they couldn't process the parts.

At this time, I thought of the parchment, and suddenly realized that it might also be a page related to the magic engraving machine.

So I said to some old dwarves: "I once saw an article on a piece of parchment about various solvents and softeners. The article said that there was a magic potion called metal softener. , as long as it is applied to the metal surface, the metal can be as soft as fresh cheese, and the metal can be easily cut into any shape you want with a table knife, and the cut is as smooth as a mirror."

"Is there really such a magical alchemy potion?" Several old dwarf artisans asked me in unison.

"Is it true? Let's go to the blueprint collection room to find out." I smiled and said to the old dwarves.

Unexpectedly, when the dwarves heard that they were going to the blueprint collection room again, they all shook their heads like rattles.

Some old dwarves even complained directly: "Oh my God! I have to read those obscure goblin scripts again. Dwarves hate those tadpole-shaped scripts. I'd rather stay here and use kerosene to clean the casing than try to figure out those The meaning of goblin script."

No dwarf was willing to walk into that blueprint collection room, so I didn't feel particularly reluctant, so I took Katerina to the magic collection room to find the alchemy formula for the metal softener.

When Sister Guoguo was freezing the stone chamber, I opened the seal of the stone chamber and took the opportunity to check the status of the ice monument inside the stone chamber. The ice monument created by Scholar Xiao En is obviously not that easy to melt, but I found that the inside of the ice monument is frozen The water elemental body of Sister Guoguo became more and more clear and transparent.

Scholar Xiao En told me that the reason why Sister Guoguo’s water elemental body is like this is that Sister Guoguo is assimilating the ice monument little by little. Once her body completely disappears in the ice monument, it means Sister Guoguo completely transformed into an ice elemental body, and gradually occupied the ice monument.

I stroked the surface of the ice tablet with both hands, and stared at Sister Guoguo's exquisite face.

Katerina stood beside me, looking at Sister Guoguo sadly, and asked me: "For so many years, you have been looking for a way to wake her up?"

I nodded silently, and said to Katerina: "It was only three years ago that I discovered Sister Guoguo's remaining soul in the shackles of war. I found that she gradually became an elemental body. I have been unable to wake up, and what worries me the most is that once Sister Guoguo's water elemental body wakes up and possesses elementary wisdom, then that water elemental body will completely invade Sister Guoguo's remaining soul, which is exactly That's why I asked Scholar Xiao En to seal Sister Guoguo's water elemental body in the ice tablet."

"Fortunately, I have found a way to awaken Sister Guoguo's incomplete soul, and I have gathered together the soul gems and soul horns. There are also some clues from the ancient altar. The reason why I have not acted for a long time is because I need to accumulate some strength. I know, the ones blocking my way are a group of level [-] monster swamp dragons." I said to Katerina.

Katerina stared at me in disbelief and asked, "Are you sure it's a group...and a dragon?"

"That's what Moraya sent me in the video." I don't intend to hide anything about this matter.

"So you have been preparing for dragon slaying? Including building a small town in the Trum area?" Katerina asked me.

"The town of Trum was built and a piece of territory was purchased from the Duke of Samoyed there, also so that I can have the title of noble earl." I said to Katerina. "I trained those barbarian slaves to deal with those swamp dragons."

"A group of swamp dragons guarding the ancient altar?" Katerina asked me.

I nodded to her and said, "You can also call them swamp poisonous dragons. According to Takama, they are the real masters in the jungle swamp."

Walk out of Sister Guoguo's ice room, re-stick the seal on the big stone door at the door of Sister Guoguo's stone room, then walk into the blueprint collection room on the other side, and start to look through the formula about metal softening and curing.

In fact, there are many types of blueprints and recipes on these bookshelves. Katerina and I really spent a lot of effort to find this recipe blueprint.

Holding this recipe blueprint in my hand, I nodded to Katerina and said, "This is it!"

When I unfolded the formula drawing and saw the detailed notes inside, I learned about this metal softener.

But a new problem was born, I am not an alchemist, so I can't understand the refining methods of these alchemy formulas.

At this time, Katerina reminded me: "Jijia, the airship over the airport town is about to berth. Shall we go to the airport?"

"Um, is that airship going to land so soon? Come on, we can't keep Marvin and Spei waiting at the airport for too long!" I hurriedly ran out of the blueprint collection room, and Katrin Na left Xinliu Valley together.

After more than a hundred beast girls emptied the two warehouses, their physical strength began to decline slowly, and they no longer had the speed of moving at the beginning.

Even so, the beast girls still gritted their teeth and insisted on moving the mountains of supplies in the warehouse.

I greeted the old orc Zewang and signaled for him to take the orc girls back to Xinliu Valley.

The old orc Zewang nodded to me to indicate that he understood, and waved to me again, leading the orc girls back to Xinliu Valley with supplies.

……

I stood on the hitching post in front of the gate of the airport town, and I saw Marvin and Spei in the crowd at a glance. The two of them walked out of the airport along with the crowd. Marvin was wearing a black magic suit. Robe, especially eye-catching in the crowd.

Spei was wearing an exquisite leather armor dress with a knight's sword hanging from his waist. This kind of dress was very common among noble girls in the imperial capital.

The two walked out along the crowd, and saw me waiting at the door immediately, so they forced a passage out of the crowd, and ran to me with excitement on their faces, Marvin stretched out his only intact one. The intact arm hugged me tightly.

"Why did you come here now? I have been waiting for so long at the imperial capital!" I patted Marvin on the back vigorously and said enthusiastically to him.

Ma Wen looked at the size of the airport town in the imperial capital, and said to me with a smile: "Jijia, you are right, the imperial capital is really big!"

Spee and I also warmly hugged each other, and Spee explained to me: "The magic grocery store in El City has some minor problems, so the date is half a month later than originally expected."

"What happened to El City, is there anything I can help?" I asked Marvin.

Ma Wen smiled and said to me: "It's nothing serious, it's been dealt with. Ji Jia, hurry up and find a restaurant and take me to eat something. I know I arrived in the imperial capital today. I haven't eaten much since morning, and now I'm starving to death..."

(End of this chapter)