Wizard Bloodline

"Barbabia Gabriella Goldenbeard."

Ronan muttered the name and fell into thought.

This is obviously the name of a dwarf, and the "Dodor Short Tail III" written on the previous nameplate should refer to the name of the gray goat he is holding in his hand.

So, this metallic gray goat is the pet of a female dwarf named Barbaby?

Ronan had read some literature about dwarf civilization.

Dwarves are an extremely rough race. They are naturally strong and good at forging, and almost all of them are natural master craftsmen.

Within the dwarf community, most of the dwarves' surnames are named after their forging tools, such as "steel hammer", "copper furnace", "silver grindstone" and so on.

Those who can use the beard that the dwarves are most proud of as their surname are usually nobles within the dwarf clan.

Because the dwarves value their beards too much.

Even their women will grow a thick, thick beard. If two dwarves fall in love at first sight, they must have taken a fancy to each other's beard.

Ronan didn't know how noble the surname "Golden Beard" was among dwarves, but he must be a noble.

If we reason based on the "三世" suffix in the Gray Goat's name, it might be possible that he belongs to the royal family.

Ronan gently touched his smooth chin and looked at the lame gray goat in his hand that seemed extremely docile and well-behaved.

If it was an alchemy pet given to his beloved daughter by a certain dwarf royal family, it would be reasonable to show such extraordinary qualities.

"It looks like... I still found a treasure."

Ronan thought, trying to slowly loosen the palm holding the gray goat.

He was always on guard against this guy escaping.

But what surprised him was that after he pinched it with a little force, the lame thing that was so slippery before became extremely docile now.

Moreover, she felt some inexplicable closeness to him, taking the initiative to move closer to him, even sticking out her tongue to lick his ankles.

"Are you afraid of me?"

Ronan's eyes flashed slightly, "It's because of the dwarves' natural power. The dwarf princess who used to be its owner would pinch it as hard as I just pinched it when playing with it... This guy is used to being abused, so Do you recognize me as your former master?”

No matter what the reason was, this metal puppet goat named "Short Tail III" showed spirituality far beyond Ronan's imagination.

The fact that a magic puppet can channel spirituality to such an extent reminded him of the dawn-level silver cane that gave birth to self-awareness that he encountered in the secret realm of the Garden of Mirrors.

Ronan took out several high-grade magic stones from the space ring and handed them to the goat, but the latter dismissed them. Instead, he looked longingly at his right hand, where the activated nightmare tungsten steel and Neiman metal were attached.

"Does it feed on metal?"

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he took out a few spare pieces of metal from the ring and threw them to Gray Goat. The latter immediately ate them all in a few mouthfuls like eating grass, and then looked at him again. , and became closer to him.

"It's true."

Ronan felt a little surprised, threw a few more pieces of metal over, and then casually put them into the ring while the other person lowered his head to chew.

At this time, the Ice Crystal Demon Snake arrived, and Ronan finally had time to look at the small pit that had just been dug out by the Gray Goat Puppet.

A black metal base was revealed under the pit. There was a circular groove on the base, one finger deep, and there were rune-like indentations at the bottom of the groove.

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he took out the magic box as a guide. Before he could take the next step, he saw that the magic box made of countless brass gears suddenly collapsed on its own, automatically flowing into the round hole like water. in the groove

"Kakaka——"

Ronan subconsciously took a step back due to the continuous sound of metal machinery turning, and then he saw two metal columns that looked like they were made of brass rising rapidly from the ground.

The pillars are engraved with intricate and exquisite patterns, which look like layers of intertwined black vines...

"bite--"

Something flew out from between the metal columns, and Ronan caught it in his hand.

Opening his palm, he found a golden gear the size of a thumb cap, which looked extremely delicate.

Before Ronan could take a closer look, strong energy fluctuations came from in front of his eyes. A stream of light quickly intertwined between two brass metal columns, and finally turned into a white vortex similar to an arch. A faint mysterious ancient aura came from came out from the vortex.

"It saves me the time to find the entrance."

Ronan looked at the vortex arch in front of him and saw streams of gray smoke swimming like snakes around the vortex.

His eyes flashed slightly, and he stretched out his hand to gently touch the gray smoke. He watched the smoke slowly slip away between his fingers like sand, and a faint feeling of fatigue came from his fingertips.

The power of the curse of time.

Only the entrance to the secret realm that is old enough will have the power of the curse of time. It seems that the ruins of the Heart of Machinery are indeed some years old.

Ronan spread his fingers and tried several methods to intercept part of the power of the time curse, but all failed without exception.

In the wizarding world, there are several series of spells that are recognized as transcending ordinary elemental spells and possess an unparalleled lofty status. Once they can be mastered, they will definitely have great power that others cannot match.

Time spells, space spells...are among them.

Especially for time spells, Ronan searched through wizard books but could not find any examples of mastering the power of time.

Mastering time means having infinite life, infinite wisdom, and infinite power.

Even in ancient times, or even in an era older than ancient times, the power of time was an ethereal and unattainable legend.

Any spells in the name of time that are circulating nowadays are not real time spells. For example, the "Aging Aura" cast by the Resurrection Society An-Leader who died in Ronan's hands before was just a high-grade curse spell, which forcibly deprived the opponent of his vitality, thus achieving an effect similar to being washed away by time and rapidly aging.

Ronan had just successfully integrated the power of space into his own spell system, and his ambitions expanded. He wanted to touch the throne of time.

Facts have proved that this can only be a delusion.

Ronan shook his head, threw away the unrealistic idea, and prepared to enter the vortex arch.

"Why is it so short?"

Found by the puppet gray goat "Short Tail III", the vortex arch opened by the magic box was only as high as Ronan's chest after it was completely formed.

Ronan had to bend over to get in, let alone the Ice Crystal Serpent.

Considering the height of the dwarves, Ronan was relieved about the height of the vortex archway, which proved that this was the correct entrance to the Mechanical Heart.

Ronan asked the Ice Crystal Serpent to guard the door, lowered his head slightly, and stepped into the vortex archway lightly.

"Swoosh-"

"Clang! Bang-"

The reddish-brown thick cloud suddenly hit the mirror-like smooth dark silver round shield, and there was a sound of metal collision.

The dark silver shield was thrown out fiercely, bursting out with great energy pressure, directly shattering the thick cloud, and then a slender and upright figure appeared from the void.

Blue eyes, chestnut hair, handsome and heroic face, it was Ronan who had just entered the secret realm.

At this time, Ronan frowned slightly, looking at the magic round shield in front of him with a sunken center and a large area of ​​rust marks.

Being attacked right after entering did not surprise him. After all, there are risks in exploring any ancient secret realm, and being killed at the entrance is quite normal.

What really surprised him was the thing that attacked him.

The reddish-brown thick cloud that he had forcibly dispersed with magic was now gathering together again not far away, and faintly transformed into a huge shape that looked like a beast or a rhinoceros.

Ronan narrowed his eyes and looked at the thick cloud in front of him. The [Eye of Truth] was woven between his eyebrows, and with his mental power, he could detect that this should be a kind of "quasi-element life" naturally formed by a large number of metal particles and metal-based energy particles.

The concentration of metal-based free energy particles in this space is surprisingly high, so it is not surprising that this kind of metal-based elemental life would be born.

Judging from the strength of the attack just now, the strength of this thing is about the middle stage of the second level, and it is extremely aggressive. After being repelled by Ronan once, it immediately attacked him a second time.

The huge metal elemental life rushed towards Ronan with a roar, carrying a strong smell of rust.

Ronan looked calm, and stretched out his right hand towards the rhino-shaped elemental life. Countless mysterious auras belonging to the extraordinary realm flowed out from his five fingers.

"Ding Ding Ding——"

As if the sound of iron-cast swords breaking free from the weapon rack and flying up, the two metals after [Space Silverization] turned into countless palm-length handleless daggers, rushing towards the metal rhino like a swarm of silver bees.

If you look closely, you will find that each of these handleless daggers is very similar to a "mirror dagger".

"Whoosh——"

At the moment when countless daggers flew out, countless metal energy particle flows on the ground, air, and were also stained with silver, turning into streams of silver mist, like the brilliant tail flames of countless daggers.

In an environment with a high concentration of free metal energy particles, Ronan's metal magic power was greatly enhanced, and the power of the extraordinary domain [Living Steel] was pushed to an unprecedented height.

In just a moment, the aggressive rhino-shaped metal element life was hit by countless daggers, and its forward momentum stopped.

Countless streams of silver mist wrapped around the body of the "rhino". Although it was quickly dyed reddish brown by the rusty power emitted from its body, at this moment, a trace of space stagnation power was emitted from the silver daggers.

"Ding——"

In an instant, the "red rhino" was nailed to death in mid-air.

Ronan's open five fingers closed together, and with a crisp "click" sound, the entire metal element life form "shattered" and turned into pieces of smooth reddish-brown fragments falling from the air.     A touch of black and red broke free and was about to fly away with a tremor, but was restrained by Ronan's mental power from a distance and captured in his palm.

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he quickly took out a ball of gray powder and a bottle of black potion from the space ring.

He crushed and mixed the two materials, and used the fingertips of his left hand as a pen to quickly draw a complex and mysterious rune pattern in the void.

He threw the semi-solidified rune towards his right hand, and at the same time, the strong frost power gathered in the palm of his hand. Soon, the vibration stopped, and Ronan had a fist-sized dark blue ice cube in his hand.

Ronan studied more than 3,000 runes in the Silver Ring Ascetic Attic. This is one of the runes with a sealing effect. With the sealing power of the ice magic, it suppresses the spirituality in the metal element core, just right.

This kind of elemental life core with spirituality is worth studying, especially for wizards who follow the summoning and puppet flow.

Ronan could keep it to himself and study it, or trade with others.

Through the sealed ice, Ronan saw that the so-called core of elemental life was a rusty metal medallion half the size of a palm.

A corner was missing, and there were traces of rust on the metal.

One side is engraved with the image of a rhinoceros, and the other side is engraved with a few lines of small characters. However, due to the age, it has been rusted and blurred. I can only barely make out "Shaba..." and a few other words in dwarf language. Written words.

Ronan took a brief look at it, then put it into the space ring, and then had some time to look at the ancient secret realm in front of him.

At this time, he was on a long street.

The long street is extremely spacious and can accommodate at least eight carriages traveling in parallel.

The entire long street is completely paved with metal, and traces of runes can be seen in many places. On both sides of the street are metal buildings strewn with heights. The overall tone is mainly black and brass, giving people a sense of Extraordinarily thick and solid feeling.

These metal buildings are generally tall and rough in shape, but the doors of the buildings are not high, which is a typical dwarf architectural style.

Both the long street and the buildings have become rusty and dilapidated due to the loss of the protection and protection of the rune array and the erosion over a long period of time.

Many buildings have traces of being bombarded by spells, perhaps by wizards who came here to explore before.

Ronan turned the flight ring and slowly lifted into the air, his field of vision also expanded.

As the location increased, Ronan discovered that the ruins of the Heart of Machinery were much larger than he expected.

He estimated that he had flown up to a height of four to five hundred meters, but he did not even fully see the Mechanical Heart.

In all directions, there are metal buildings lined up like building blocks, among which wisps of reddish-brown, black-brown, and silver-brown smoke are swaying and rising, just like curling smoke from cooking stoves.

"The mechanical heart is like an extremely huge city-state"

Ronan looked down at everything below, imagining in his mind that thousands or thousands of years ago, an extremely prosperous dwarf civilization thrived here.

Later, for unknown reasons, this civilization fell.

All the dwarves left, and the magnificent city-state was abandoned.

Ronan thought, and slowly took out the golden gear that was left behind in the Magic Box of Spierte after opening the entrance.

He has not forgotten why he came here.

The small golden gear was suspended in front of Ronan, rotating slightly at an extremely slow speed.

Kirsty told Ronan that there is a special induction between the magical box of Spierter and the magic box. You can find another magic box through one magic box.

He tried to move in the air, and his body began to descend, getting closer to the tops of the buildings in the city-state below him.

The mental power has been paying close attention to the rotation speed of the golden gear.

But soon Ronan discovered that although the gear did have a certain "guiding" effect, just like a compass, his method of searching was too inefficient.

In other words, the sensing range of the gear is too small.

In other words, the distribution density of Spierter's Magic Box in the Heart of Machinery is too low.

"It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack with a small magnet."

Ronan pursed his lips and continued to move according to the guidance of the gears while thinking about whether there was a way to increase efficiency.

He did not deliberately avoid the metal elemental life forms wandering around in the city-state. He occasionally suppressed them when he encountered them. Along the way, he collected a lot of elemental life form cores.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

There was a sound like something kept hitting the closed door.

Ronan stopped and stroked the space ring with his right hand in circles. His eyes fluctuated slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a moment, he calmly turned the ring.

"Whoosh——"

A gray shadow quickly jumped out of the ring space.

Then he rushed toward the golden gear suspended in mid-air at lightning speed.

"Crack!"

Dodor Short-tailed III stretched his neck and stared at the golden gear that was close at hand. His pink tongue stretched to the extreme, trying desperately to lick the edge of the gear.

Unfortunately, Ronan's entire neck was tightly held by Ronan with one hand, and the distance of a few centimeters became a huge gap that was beyond reach.

"Mea~~"

After repeated attempts to no avail, Dodor Bobtail III looked at Ronan with pitiful eyes, full of longing.

"You want to eat this?"

"Mea~"

Dodor Bobtail III nodded, Ronan's expression moved slightly, and he had a new understanding of the spirituality of the lame gray goat in his hand.

"This thing is very important to me."

The light in Dodor Short-tail III's eyes dimmed.

"but.."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "If you can lead me to find more boxes containing this thing, I can consider giving it to you."

"Mea~"

Dodor Short-tail III responded, his little sheep head immediately turned in one direction, and his four short legs kept kicking hard in mid-air, as if he couldn't wait to take Ronan there.

"Is it really okay?"

Ronan blinked, feeling a little surprised.

He originally just thought that this puppet gray goat had existed in the Heart of Machinery for who knows how long, and he could be considered a serious native.

Maybe I knew where the Spierte Surprise Box was hidden, so I thought about giving it a try.

I didn't expect him to show that he knew, which surprised him.

Ronan loosened his hand that was pinching Dodor Shorttail III, protected the rotating golden gear in his palm, and then said lightly: "Let's go, lead the way."

Dodor Shorttail III looked at Ronan's hand with a longing expression, then spread his four short legs and quickly jumped in one direction.

This guy feeds on metal, but he disdains the metal all over the ground in the Mechanical Heart Ruins City-State.

Ronan guessed that it was because these metals were rusted and decayed. This guy was a "royal pet sheep" and was used to fine clothes and delicious food, so he simply looked down on these "stale" "metal fodder".

"Such a strong spirituality is almost stronger than the spirituality of the silver staff of the Dawn Order in the Secret Realm of the Mirror Court."

Ronan followed closely behind Dodor Shorttail III, his eyes flickering, and he secretly planned to dismantle the lame sheep and study it inside and out when he had time.

Even if this guy did not represent the pinnacle of the metal puppet forging technology of the Mechanical Heart Dwarf Civilization, he must be at a very high level.

If he could figure out the dense rune arrays in his body, he might be able to figure out a powerful metal puppet spell inheritance.

Soon, Dodor Shorttail III led Ronan to a certain place.

Ronan followed behind him and saw with his own eyes that this guy was like breaking through a layer of brittle paper, and crashed into a huge hemispherical black metal building with a "bang".

After a few breaths, it rushed out happily holding a black thing in its mouth.

Something seemed to be following behind him. The heavy footsteps kept coming, as if something huge was approaching quickly.

Ronan stood in front of the hemispherical black metal building, watching Dodor Shorttail III holding a metal magic box in his mouth and rushing behind him with a "whoosh", and then carefully poking his head out from between his legs.

He did not check whether the magic box in his mouth was the surprise magic box he was looking for, but instead looked at the direction of the hole where the heavy footsteps came from.