Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 183: Hammer of Thunder and Fire! The Truth about the Magic Box! Dodor III Seeks Credit

"Boom——"

The hemispherical building was violently broken open from the inside, and a huge human-shaped hole was knocked out on the thick metal wall. A huge and burly figure strode out from the darkness.

This is a metal puppet that is more than ten meters tall. It has no head and there are signs of rust and fracture on its neck. Its two hands are holding a huge black hammer that is almost bigger than its body.

It was obviously chasing Dodor III. After quickly locking onto Dodor III's position, it smashed Ronan's head with a hammer without saying a word.

“Whoosh—crackling!”

The terrifying giant hammer crushed layers of air, making a series of terrifying and fine explosions.

At the moment the giant hammer was swung, many traces of rune light paths suddenly appeared on the huge headless puppet. Before the giant hammer fell completely, a dim yellow halo emanated from the hammer surface, suddenly enveloping Ronan and Dodor III on his knees.

Ronan suddenly felt his body sink, as if he suddenly sank a few inches. The extremely solid metal ground under his feet also made a creaking sound as if he could not bear the weight.

"Gravity field?!"

"Boom! Bang!"

The terrifying giant hammer with a hammer face diameter of nearly eight meters smashed hard on the ground. A large piece of metal ground exploded directly, raising a huge dust wave mixed with countless metal fragments. The street surface was lifted up layer by layer, and the ground shook violently, as if it was experiencing a miniature earthquake.

Ronan, wrapped in armor, appeared in another location not far away. Dodor III was at his feet, following closely.

Under the mask with countless silver and white flowing out complex and mysterious patterns, Ronan's eyes flickered slightly.

The power of the hammer strike just now by the metal puppet brought out by Dodor III is no less than the power of the spell released by an ordinary late-level second-level wizard.

Combined with the gravity field aura on the hammer and the hammer swing attack that doesn't require much guidance, it's difficult for an average late-stage level 2 wizard to deal with this move.

This is the result of the other party experiencing a long time of erosion in the Mechanical Heart ruins, the puppet's body is rusted and damaged, and the power of the rune array in the body is weakened. If it were in its heyday, the strength of this metal puppet might be comparable to that of a third-level wizard, or even higher.

"No wonder Costi said that all the metal magic puppets in the south come from the inheritance of the Mechanical Heart. The dwarves' research on metal puppet technology has indeed reached a very high level. Combined with their powerful forging skills, it is even more powerful.
I don’t know if he received any guidance from Spierter.”

"And such a powerful mechanical civilization has fallen. Is there any powerful existence in the south that even the mechanical heart fears?"

Ronan thought of the Ancient Mirror Court that had moved away, and wondered if the disappearance of these two major forces was due to the same reason.

These thoughts only flashed through Ronan's mind, because after the first blow failed, the huge metal puppet grabbed the giant hammer and turned around to rush towards him again.

A huge pit covered with cracks appeared directly at the place where it was hit by the hammer.

Faced with the metal puppet that was striding towards him, Ronan had no intention of getting entangled with it and faced it head-on.

Two metallic figures, one big and one small, silver-white and black, approached rapidly. The moment the latter raised the giant hammer in his hand again, the silver-white figure suddenly disappeared.

The next moment, he appeared behind the huge black figure, and then without stopping, he rushed straight into the broken hemispherical metal building.

"Shh-"

Ronan rushed into the building and the first thing he saw was an extremely huge blacksmith's forge. It was covered with dust, but there was one place that looked very clean. It was the place where the forging hammer should be placed, which was the huge black hammer held in the hand of the metal puppet outside.

A dwarf's home may not have a bathroom, but it must have a blacksmith's furnace.
Ronan thought about the information he had read in the wizard book and looked around the room. He quickly found a black spherical object among the scattered debris. Then, with the sharp sound of something breaking through the air approaching quickly from behind, he flashed away from here.

Ronan, wrapped in living silver, held Dodor III in one hand and something he had just found from an abandoned building in the other, and moved quickly between the buildings like a ghost.

He stopped only when the heavy footsteps could no longer be heard.

Putting Dodor III down, Ronan casually threw the spherical object in his arms to the ground.

"Bang--"

The surface of this black spherical object has been rusted to the point where its original shape is almost unrecognizable. If Ronan guessed correctly, it should be the head of the headless metal puppet that fell off earlier.

Looking at the metal puppet head in front of him, Ronan's eyes flickered slightly, his lips moved, and he quickly uttered one weird and difficult syllable after another, accompanied by a few specific gestures. A large amount of mental power surged out of his mind, and violent spell fluctuations were released. Large tracts of free metal energy particles gathered around him.
"#￥!!@!"

As Ronan uttered the last syllable of the spell, a large number of metallic energy particles gathered from all around and swarmed towards the metal head on the ground, turning into a thick black vortex that instantly enveloped it.

After a moment, the vortex converged like smoke, and a black human figure more than ten meters tall appeared.

It is almost the same as the metal puppet that chased Ronan before, the difference is that this black human figure has a rusty head with unrecognizable facial features, and its body is in a semi-illusive state, and it does not have the iconic black hammer in its hand.

【Mirror Soul】Spell!
Based on the aura provided by the magic medium, the prototype of the medium can be simulated and replicated to a certain extent.

This spell was cast for the first time after Ronan came out of seclusion.

Ronan looked at the magic puppet summoned by the [Mirror Soul] spell in front of him, thought about it, and made some further modifications to it.

He lightly raised his right hand, and the metal on the surrounding streets and buildings immediately peeled off and gathered towards the black figure. After a while, a realistic puppet body was formed.

Even the giant hammer in the hands of the original puppet was reproduced one-to-one. Although the quality is definitely different, it can at least increase its lethality to a certain extent.

"Boom!"

Ronan commanded the puppet to attack, and the latter smashed a hole of moderate size on the ground with a hammer.

It’s almost equivalent to the strength of an average second-level wizard, and Ronan is quite satisfied.

In a mechanical heart filled with metal and with a very high concentration of free metal energy particles, summoning a metal magic puppet to drive it is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice.

Although this thing's power is average, it's easy to summon. It won't hurt if it's damaged, since there are metals everywhere that are suitable for acting as media.

Although the spell creature summoned by the [Mirror Soul] spell is one-time, it will not disappear until the spell medium is completely consumed.

Ronan could even consider temporarily forming an army of magic puppets within the Mechanical Heart.

Of course, this is just an exaggeration. Even if Ronan could do it, he doesn't have that much energy. The most he could do is to form a puppet team, which would be enough.

After ordering the metal magic puppet to stand guard on the side, Ronan finally had time to check the metal box found by Dodor III.

It looks almost exactly the same as the magic box that Costi gave him. It must be Spierte's magic box of surprise.

Even Ronan didn't expect it to be so smooth. He found one with almost no effort, and he felt a little excited.

He picked up the magic box and held it in front of his eyes, examining it carefully.

Costi told him how to open the magic box, saying that he needed to crack the "lock" on it first.

The lock is not complicated, the most difficult part is getting the magic box.

Ronan stared at the countless rotating gears on the magic box for a while, then stretched out his fingers and gently turned a few of them.

"Kacha kacha——"

After a series of mechanism turning sounds, all the gears on the black metal magic box stopped turning at the same time, a faint white light emanated from it, and then the entire magic box opened in all directions like a flower bud.

A thumb-long crystal potion bottle lay quietly in the box.

Ronan picked up the bottle and could clearly see the fingerprints on his fingertips through the crystal clear bottle.

"empty?"

Ronan frowned slightly, picked up the bottle and shook it gently, only to find that there was potion inside, but the potion was too transparent and too clear that at first glance he thought it was just an empty bottle.

Ronan hesitated for a moment, but decided to open the bottle of potion.

He pressed the mouth of the bottle with his thumb and turned the crystal bottle slightly, so that a little bit of the medicine inside got on the tip of his thumb.

The moment the liquid medicine touched the tip of his finger, Ronan's thumb disappeared.

"Invisibility potion?!"

Ronan blinked his eyes, and after repeated attempts he discovered that this was indeed a special potion that could make objects invisible, but it was much more powerful than ordinary invisibility potions. Not only could it perfectly hide the body shape, but also the smell, body temperature, soul breath, and mental fluctuations.

"nice one."

A hint of joy appeared in Ronan's eyes. There was no telling when this potion might come in handy.

He estimated that this bottle of "invisibility potion" could last him two or three times. If the requirement for concealment was not so high, he could use it more than ten times after diluting it.

How long does the drug effect last?
At least after Ronan completed the preliminary analysis of the drug's effects, his disappeared thumb had not reappeared.

"for you."

Ronan threw the first golden gear to Dodor III, who made a cheerful "baa" sound and then ate the golden gear in a few bites like a biscuit.

Ronan examined the material of the golden gear. It was quite ordinary, even inferior to the nightmare tungsten steel and Neman alloy in his hand, but there was a strange magical power added to it, making it extraordinary.

It's just like the effect of [Silverization].

It has certain research value, but the metal itself does not have much value. Now that he has a magic box in his hand, it doesn't matter if he throws the gear to Dodor III to satisfy his craving.

Ronan fed some more metal to Dodal III.

"continue."

Ronan no longer needs to use the mutual sensing function of the magic box. He relies entirely on the native Dodor III and drives him as a "search dog".

Dodor III was also happy to be driven by Ronan, and ran very fast on his four short legs.

Two days later.

"Click——"

The metal magic box opened layer by layer in front of Ronan like a flower. The white light from inside dissipated, and a dark green foul-smelling gas quickly rushed out of it.

"Oh!"

Ronan spread out his mental power, squeezing the air and dispersing the gas that had just been released in an instant. A strong wind blew past, sweeping away the smell in an instant.

After doing all this, I looked at the magic box again and found it was empty. It seemed that the box was originally filled with that disgusting smelly gas.

Ronan looked calm as he casually threw a golden gear and some pieces of metal to Dodor III. It was hard to tell whether he was disappointed or not.

During these two days, through Dodor III, he found a total of seven magic boxes, and he also had a deeper understanding of the meaning of the word "surprise" in the surprise magic box.

In addition to the magic box in front of him that contained an unknown foul-smelling gas, he also saw dried feces of unknown creatures, unknown insect monster specimens, and even completely empty magic boxes in the opened magic box.

In comparison, the "invisibility potion" in the first magic box is actually the most valuable gain.

Then there were a few runes of not very high grade and a low-level prophecy spell named - [Mystical Divination].

Ronan spent a day and a half to successfully master the spell. The effect after casting it was to condense the free energy particles in the air into abstract symbols of unknown meaning.

I haven't felt any effect yet, maybe there will be new changes after I become more proficient in it.

"These magic boxes...are actually divided into different grades?"

Ronan did not rush Dodor III to continue searching, but instead lined up all the opened magic boxes in his hands in a row in front of him.

If you look closely at the appearance of these magic boxes, you can detect some subtle differences.

For example, the number of gears on it, the way the gears are arranged and constructed, and even the size of the magic box.
If we just want to classify the magic boxes based on these subtle differences, the number of samples is still too small.

Ronan thought about it and turned to have an in-depth "communication" with Dodor III.

"Big... the exterior design should be as luxurious and exquisite as possible"

Ronan didn't know whether Dodor III's little goat brain could understand what he meant, and the target he set for Dodor III was just a very subjective and rough judgment of the grade of the magic box. Dodor III had eaten Ronan's "metal feed" for a few days and had become quite familiar with him.

After receiving the order, it let out a "bleat" and quickly rushed out.

Ronan let out a breath and followed behind patiently.

His communication with Dodor III seemed to be effective. This time, Dodor III ran for a long time and showed no intention of stopping.

The thick reddish-brown metallic fog that filled the ruined city-state gradually dissipated, and soon Ronan saw the outline of an extremely huge building in the distance.

-

It was a metal statue that was probably over a thousand meters high.

The statue looks like a dwarf with strong limbs and a majestic appearance, holding an axe in one hand and a hammer in the other, with a thick beard hanging down to his feet.

The entire statue seems to be made entirely of gold. Although its luster seems a little dim due to the erosion of time, it is still shocking to look at and has great visual impact.

Ronan was so fixed on the statue that he forgot to track down Dodor III.

He simply didn't bother looking for it. Anyway, that guy would come back to find him after finding the magic box.

Ronan looked down and saw a huge metal square under the statue. There were many metal square towers standing on the square.
He followed Dodor III wandering in the abandoned city-state of the Mechanical Heart for two days. The Mechanical Heart was too big, but now he seemed to be approaching the true center of this majestic city-state.

There are many metallic elemental lives wandering around this area, and thick reddish-brown clouds can be seen everywhere.

However, after a few days, Ronan also figured out the habits of these metal elemental life forms. Generally speaking, the range they roam in is not large, and as long as you don't intrude into their "territory", you will not provoke their attack.

Generally speaking, the danger level of the Mechanical Heart ruins is not high. During his exploration, the headless metal puppet with a hammer that he first encountered was actually the most "dangerous" opponent he had ever encountered.

Ronan's eyes flickered, and several metal magic puppets summoned by the [Mirror Soul] spell behind him scattered in all directions.

Wrapped in the [Living Steel] armor, he used the effect of [Space Silverization] to flash forward and quickly move towards the golden dwarf statue and the square.

During these two days, in addition to several surprise magic boxes, Ronan's biggest gain was a large amount of rare metal media.

For a metal wizard, the Mechanical Heart is a treasure trove of resources everywhere. There are so many metal forging materials left by the dwarves.

Although most of them have been corroded by time and even Dodor III didn't bother to take a bite of them, as long as one is willing to spend some effort, some alloys and metals of decent quality can be extracted from the rusted waste.

Ronan collected a lot of them gradually, and selected some to mix into the original Nightmare Tungsten Steel and Neman Alloy, making the metal knight armor formed after activation two sizes larger, and the body height increased to nearly three meters, becoming more and more majestic, and the style was quite harmonious with the surrounding environment.

In fact, before this, Ronan had already felt that the grades of the two metal media, Nightmare Tungsten Steel and Neiman Alloy, were a bit unable to meet his current combat needs.

With the promotion to the third-level wizard approaching, the upgrade of the metal spell medium is also an urgent matter, both in terms of quality and quantity.

Now we can only say that it is temporarily used.

Soon, Ronan safely entered the metal square under the golden dwarf statue.

As soon as he landed, he saw Dodor III with his butt sticking up, doing something under the golden dwarf statue, with half of his body buried in the ground.

Ronan was too lazy to pay attention to it. While it was looking for the magic box, he looked at the metal square towers standing in the square one by one.

There are some rough-lined pictures engraved on the square stele tower, and the content of the pictures seems to record something.

Ronan saw a picture on a square stele tower, which showed a group of bearded dwarves guarding a dwarf wearing a crown and holding a scepter.

The content on the next square stele tower changed. It was still the same group of dwarves, but they were kneeling on the ground, including the dwarf wearing a crown, and seemed to be worshiping something.

"Is it some kind of sacrificial ceremony? So this is a square used for sacrificial ceremonies?"

Ronan looked up at the huge golden dwarf statue beside him thoughtfully, searching his mind for information about the dwarf god.

Tudor III had disappeared, leaving only a large hole where the arch had been.

Ronan withdrew his gaze and continued reading.

The pictures on the stele indicate that the sacrifice has ended.
Oh no, Ronan looked at the contents of the next square stele tower and found that the sacrificial ceremony should have officially begun.

Every dwarf in the picture is sweating profusely in front of his own blacksmith's forge, seemingly working hard to forge something.

Immediately afterwards, the collective forging activity ended.

Every dwarf who participated in the forging raised his hands, holding a staff, a sword, a crown, or something like that in his hands.

Everything glows, and seems to be magical equipment containing the power of runes.

Then these equipments began to collide with each other, some broke and fell to the ground, while some still shone brightly.
The process of the magical equipment colliding with each other was extremely tedious and long. Ronan quickly looked through the square towers one by one. After walking through most of the square, he saw a hammer-shaped weapon that smashed all the forged objects and achieved the final victory.

The dwarves used an entire square tower to describe the power of this equipment. It was a huge square short hammer with patterns of lightning and fire carved around it, as well as countless ripples representing the fragmentation of space.

"Oh my goodness, Thor's hammer?"

Ronan reached out and touched the texture of the hammer pattern, muttering something.

The pattern on the next square stele tower shows the winning Hammer Forger Dwarf receiving the reward from the Crown Dwarf, with countless dwarves below waving their hands and cheering.

Ronan understood. This seemed to be an ancient and unique tradition of the dwarves. They held forging conferences to worship the craftsmen and forging gods they believed in.

Looking at the next picture, Ronan's eyes suddenly burst into a strong brilliance, and the whole person rushed to the front of the square stele tower in an instant.

"Magic Box!"

Ronan stared at the picture on the square stele. He saw the dwarf wearing a crown carefully put the hammer surrounded by thunder, fire, and countless broken ripples into a square metal box.

And the appearance of that box looks like "Spirt's Magic Box" no matter how you look at it!
"The powerful hammer tool was put into the magic box"

Ronan continued browsing with burning eyes, and saw that the subsequent screen content turned into a conversation between the Crown Dwarf and several dwarves. Beside them were magic boxes containing hammer weapons.

Ronan looked at several pictures in succession and found that the crown dwarf and several other dwarves were always present in the picture, but images of legendary creatures such as goblins, winged dragons, and one-eyed giants kept appearing around them.

"Are you worried that goblins, dragons, and cyclops might come and snatch or steal the box?"

Ronan's eyes flickered as he guessed from what was shown on the screen.

If you think about it carefully, these legendary creatures do seem to have a habit of collecting treasures.

Apparently, even after the hammer was sealed in the magic box, the Crown Dwarf still felt it was not safe, so he discussed a better way to preserve it with a few of his confidants.

"What solution did you come up with in the end?"

"Buzz-"

Just as Ronan was about to move to the next square stele tower, he suddenly felt the ground shaking under his feet.

He subconsciously turned around and looked in the direction of the golden dwarf statue behind him, but at this time the vibration sound stopped again.

After waiting for a while, there was no other sound.

Ronan shook his head and continued his exploration.

Human figures began to appear on the next square stele tower.

He is a human wizard wearing a robe and his face cannot be seen clearly.

Under his guidance, the entire dwarf tribe began to collectively forge the same type of box.

"This is.Sibirte?!"

Ronan stood in front of several square stele towers, and his expression became extremely wonderful in an instant.

"So the dwarves created countless surprise magic boxes under the guidance of Spierte? The purpose was to cover up the real magic box that contained the hammer of thunder and fire?!"

Ronan felt that he had found the truth.

Because this "bad idea" of passing off fake things as genuine ones really seems to have come from Spierter's hand.

"So where was the magic box with the hammer hidden in the end?"

"Yes, how could such a top-secret matter be engraved directly on the square stele tower?"

But it is undeniable that the pictures engraved on these square stele towers are very valuable, and they may contain important clues to the only magic box.

Ronan took a look at the many square stele towers still left in the square, thought about it, and simply started to collect these square stele towers into his space ring.

He didn't know why the truth about the miracle box on the square stele tower had not been spread. Perhaps no one noticed it, or perhaps the wizards who came in to explore before didn't find this central area at all.

This is actually very reasonable, because if it weren't for Dodor III leading the way, he would probably be wandering around in some corner of the abandoned city-state now.

The Cosmos is simply too big.

Ronan stepped forward and tried to move the square stele tower. He exerted the terrifying power brought by his [Innocent Body] and the blood of the ancient frost hydra to a certain extreme, but the square stele tower was still like it had taken root and did not move at all.

There seems to be a rune array inside it, and it is connected to the base of the square underneath.

Using [Living Steel], it should be possible to partially activate the square stele tower and take it away, but in this way, the clues contained in the pictures carved on it may disappear.
Just when Ronan was considering whether to do this.
"Boom!"

The vibration sound that had occurred before was heard again, and this time it was a hundred times louder.

The entire metal square was shaking violently, cracking, and large areas of the ground were collapsing.
Ronan soared into the air in doubt, and picked up a few square stele towers that had collapsed due to the collapse of the square and put them into his space ring.

Before he could continue, he sensed a gray shadow "whoosh" into his arms at an extremely fast speed.

Before Ronan could check whether Dodor III had the magic box he wanted, he saw a shocking scene that he would never forget.

In the violently collapsing square, the thousand-meter-high golden dwarf statue in the center of the square was also collapsing rapidly.

As the golden statue collapsed, a giant metal square box hidden inside the statue, which was almost as big as a hill, quickly appeared.

The bottom of the square box is connected to the two thick legs of the golden dwarf statue. Amid the huge roar of collapse, this huge metal square box seems like a living thing.

"Click——"

He stood up from the ground with his two thick golden legs.

A strange creature with a black metal square box body and two golden dwarf legs.

It looked indescribably funny and weird.

Ronan, however, could not smile at all.

He stared blankly at the giant magic box in front of him, which was walking towards him with two huge golden short legs.

He subconsciously lowered his head and met the pair of bright sheep-like eyes of Dodor III in his arms.

"Mea~~"

Dodor III gave Ronan a joyful cry, his silly sheep face now filled with a smug look of seeking credit.

As if he was saying to Ronan——

"Is this box big? Is it big?!"

"Praise me, praise me!"

(End of this chapter)