Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 195 Hex 1

Zahnal, the constructs were constantly busy. They rescued the surviving withered mages and transported them to a safe place to recover.

Then, they collected the damaged construct parts and put them away.

Finally, they came to the broken part of the magic network, absorbed a large amount of arcane energy from it, and repaired the destroyed crystal towers, trying to recreate the Arcane River.

After a few days of hard work, the constructs had some results. But it was also these successes that caused the constructs to disperse and gave everyone an opportunity.

The Troll Riflemen sneaked up the valley and launched a surprise attack on the lone construct.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a few soft sounds, the construct was hit by several magic pulses and was instantly paralyzed.

The ogre team, which had been prepared, immediately rushed down, picked up the construct, and ran back to the hillside.

The surrounding constructs noticed this and immediately began to chase.

This situation was reflected in Jack's eyes through the monocular telescope.

A smile appeared on his lips, and he picked up the communication stone: "Learn them into the ambush circle."

"Received, Captain!"

Molda put down the communication stone and shouted exaggeratedly: "How terrible!"

The other ogres immediately followed suit and shouted, "I'm scared to death!"

"Run!"

Then he ran towards a hill not far away, carrying the construct with him. He ran neither too fast, fearing that the construct could not catch up, nor too slow, fearing that he would be attacked by the construct's magic.

Just like that, he was at the edge of the construct's magic range, making the construct unwilling to give up the pursuit and all the way to the top of the hill.

At this time, they found that a large number of trolls emerged from the grass around the hill. They carried a cylinder and aimed at them.

The constructs immediately gathered magical energy and tried to activate the magic modules, but countless rays of light flooded them first, destroying the magic circuits in their bodies and paralyzing them.

Seeing all the constructs paralyzed, the ogres immediately rushed over and carried them away.

The crew quickly returned to the Black Pearl, placed the construct in front of Jack, and then returned to Zahnal to continue their sneak attack on the construct.

This time, the constructs seemed to have gotten smarter. They worked in small teams, and even if they were attacked by surprise, they would quickly send reinforcements to prevent the ogres from snatching the paralyzed constructs away.

Even so, the loss of the structure was still huge.

Those paralyzed structures were sent to El-IS. After examining them, El-IS frowned immediately.

The magic patterns of the constructs are made of rare materials, which are currently scarce resources. It is impossible to repair all the constructs.

After thinking for a while, Ellis took out a communication stone and said, "I need some mithril and arcane dust..."

Until these materials are delivered, he can only let these constructs remain paralyzed.

However, Jack would not give him time to repair the construct.

Those constructs had already solved many of Jack's doubts. He took out some parts and quickly assembled the constructs.

Then he took out a charging orb, drew magic patterns on it with mithril, and then input soul energy into it. The reason why the constructs obey the orders of the maker is that the maker will input his own soul energy into their core.

These soul energies are a safety device. If they cannot be broken, the construct will never betray its creator.

Jack replaced the magic module of the construct, removed the attack spells, and turned them into protective spells and auxiliary spells.

This is the first construct Jack created and it must be used in a critical place.

Jack gave it a resounding name, "Hex No. 1".

This is a beta version of a construct crafter designed specifically for installing a magical furnace.

Jack first put it into the bottom cabin for a walking test. If it can't even walk, then it means there is something wrong with the design direction.
The Black Pearl's bottom hold has a small interior space, and this test version is a bit too large, which may cause problems such as being unable to turn around.

Sure enough, after testing, the construct was found to be stuck in the hatch three times and in the corner five times.

Jack immediately adjusted the design, shortening its body, reducing its combat parts, and even removing its legs.

In place of legs are two energy emitters that allow the construct to fly.

The combat parts have been transformed into mechanical arms that can work in all directions, eliminating the problem of turning.

After unnecessary parts were reduced, Hex-1 changed from a huge and sturdy guy to a spherical shape.

The robot arm can be retracted into the sphere to reduce the resistance of flight. But there is a problem: it will fall to the ground while flying.

Jack slapped his forehead. Isn't this top-heavy? He quickly took out the blueprint and started to modify it.

The energy transmitters are increased to eight, four on top and four on the bottom. All eight transmitters can be adjusted in direction, and then a master control module is installed to control these transmitters at the same time, so that Hex 1 can always float in the air.

After another test, it finally met Jack's requirements.

However, in this case, its only function is to undertake maintenance work. And this maintenance can only be controlled remotely by Jack.

After all, Hex 1 has no intelligence and cannot operate autonomously. Jack was inspired by the Hunter's skill Beast Eye, and then combined with Hex 1's soul energy to perform remote control.

Simple patrols and battles can be completed by Hex 1 itself. Remote control is used to control the magic furnace. When the magic furnace is running, it will become very dangerous if a malfunction occurs.

If Jack repairs it himself, it will be very dangerous, but if he uses Hex 1 instead, it will be much safer.

At the beginning, Jack was not very proficient in remote control and could not even fly, let alone control the robotic arm.

He was a human being after all, and was not used to commanding four robotic arms.

Fortunately, he still has time to train. With his intelligence, he should be able to skillfully operate Hex-1 very quickly.

Jack is very confident about this.

At night, Isel returned to the Black Pearl, "I found Al-Is."

"Where?" Jack immediately activated the magic map.

Isel pointed to the end of the valley and said, "There is a basement here, which should be left over from the time of the Elven Empire. The space below is very large, with at least hundreds of constructs and a large number of injured withered mages. El'is is at the deepest part, where there is a huge construct factory, and those paralyzed constructs were transported here."

"It seems that El'is is short of materials and cannot repair the construct for the time being. However, El'is has already asked people to prepare the materials, but I don't know how long it will take for them to be delivered."

(End of this chapter)