Foreign Land Reclamation By A Vegetable-growing Skeleton
/ Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton Chapter 1384 – Chapter 1384 Chapter 945 Crystal
Chapter 1384: Chapter 945: Crystal-Plated Monarch Chapter 1384: Chapter 945: Crystal-Plated Monarch Everyone came to a cave and not far in, they saw a pile of dilapidated planting Mechanical Constructs, similar in model to what Ange was using now, but with their limbs and other parts severely worn. It was clear they had been used intensively for a long time and were broken beyond repair.
The Monarch casually picked one up and removed the Black Crystal from its chest: “Most of the Black Crystals are still here. It seems that these Black Crystals are quite common around here. When they break, they're just thrown away, not even bothering to reuse them. Now we don't have to go around looking for Black Crystals anymore. There are hundreds of planting Mechanical Constructs here, and the removed Black Crystals should be enough for our use.”
Negris glanced at them and commented: “It seems these were scrapped by the Divine Light Association when they built this place. It's all normal wear and tear, a hefty amount of work.”
“There are other models inside, and there's a 'head',” the Monarch added.
Soon everyone saw other models of Mechanical Constructs including ones for logging, but the saw had been replaced with a chisel, obviously meant for breaking rocks. There were heavy load models, typically having four or even six legs, and there were transport models, which had no legs, but had four to six wheels instead.
“Divine Light Association really likes to use Mechanical Constructs, huh? Why does the Friel Empire use so few? I only saw the planting, logging, and riding models in the Friel Empire,” Silver Coin said after taking a look around; all three types he mentioned were present here.
Shah responded, “That's precisely why the Empire is willing to pay any price to buy Chaos Stone farming technology. The energy density of Demon Crystals is too low; it's already a stretch to power logging constructs. More powerful metallic constructs, Soul Constructs, Guardian Constructs, need the higher energy density of Chaos Stones to operate.”
Silver Coin suddenly realized: “An energy level revolution. No wonder they were willing to pay such a high price.”
Silver Coin had always wondered why they were willing to pay such a steep price. He had originally thought it was for this renewable energy source, but it was more than that; it was for a higher energy level.
Why does the World Central Station's Guardian have a designated seat? Because their energy level is too low, they can only operate at full strength for a few minutes before they exhaust themselves, requiring a seat to replenish their Soul Energy.
If they switched to Chaos Stones, guardians like Petersburg could follow you in conquests to the south and north, even crushing the Church of Light.
Divine Light Association is very far away from the Friel Empire, so far that they can't transit through Teleportation Arrays and have to take Airships through the Void, just like how the Titans used to travel between the Master Plane and the Chaos Plane.
To get here, you first have to build a Bridgehead Fort, followed by some Chaos Stone Farms, otherwise, supply becomes a hassle.
The Divine Light Association has more advanced technology, so why were they driven out by the Friel Empire? Because it's too far.
Then why is it the Divine Light Association who attacked instead of the Friel Empire? Because the Friel Empire's Airships can't fly that far.
This is also why the Friel Empire is willing to pay a huge price to acquire the ability to farm Chaos Stones. Without such an efficient energy source, they could only ever be on the receiving end, never able to strike back.
Next time the Divine Light Association comes, they will surely bring more than last time. If the Empire can't quickly gain the capability to produce Chaos Stones, they might not be able to withstand the next invasion from the Divine Light Association.
Realizing this, Silver Coin couldn't help but rub his hands together, prepared to raise the price, since they were still in the 'inspection' phase and the deal hadn't started yet.
Continuing on, everyone finally reached the 'head' the Monarch had mentioned.
The lifelike stone head seemed to grow out of the rocks, integrated with the cave, and looked like some kind of humanoid statue.
The Monarch tapped it with a finger, producing a clear metallic sound: “Very hard, this isn't stone, but petrified metal. Ange, didn't you have a Subordinate God who could petrify objects?”
Swift Wind Rabbit and Shah stiffened abruptly, exchanging astonished looks. A Subordinate God?
Using a quantifier like that usually implies more than one. If there was only one Subordinate God, it would be referred to as 'your Subordinate God'. Could it be that Lord Ange has more than one Subordinate God?
Of course, Ange didn't need to answer that question, and on behalf of the Subordinate God, Negris replied, “It's not a Subordinate God, but the Six-winged Angel Luna. She has a Petrification Crossbow. Right, Shah, does the Temple of Light have Six-winged Angels?”
Shah shook his head: “We don't have Angels. We have Light Apostles and Demigods. These are the strongest forces in our Temple of Light besides the Master God.”
“Eh, you call a Demigod like you a powerful force? That's not very strong.” Negris mumbled, loud enough for everyone to hear.
“I really want to hit you, damn bipedal bird.”
While they bantered, the Monarch had already inspected the head and said: “This is a Metallic Construct that has been petrified. It's about twenty-some meters tall. Its body is in the rock, now merged with it. Looking at the rock's texture, it seems to have been trapped by a Marsh Spell and then petrified.”
“A twenty-some meter tall Metallic Construct? Petersburg is only six or seven meters tall, and this construct is over twenty meters?” Negris exclaimed in surprise.
Negris had seen many giant beings: Titans of over ten meters tall, War Giant Trees of dozens of meters, Little Demon King's true form over a hundred meters tall, Ancient Gods of hundreds or thousands of meters, and an Iron Scale Cleaner as big as a Plane. He had never seen such a large Metallic Construct.
Because constructs are products of alchemy, getting them to move requires very complex structures. The larger their size, the more complex the structure. At six or seven meters, their weight hits tens or hundreds of tons, imposing very high demands on the material's strength.
If it reaches twenty-some meters, the weight of the Metallic Construct will hit a thousand tons, and just standing becomes a concern of crushing itself.
To think there was such a massive Metallic Construct here, what a shame it's petrified. Otherwise, if Durken could study it, perhaps it could be replicated…oh, what a pity Durken isn't here.
“Ange, is there any way to call over Anthony and the others, just like Silver Coin?” Negris inquired.
Ange shook his head, Silver Coin was summoned because they happened to encounter a Commerce Guild very closely matching the definition of a swindler, plus there happened to be a God Status that had just ignited their Divine Fire. Such odds are tens of thousands times rarer than winning a Goblin lottery.
However, if they could cultivate blank God Statuses, and find (capture) some religions with close doctrines, it wouldn't be impossible. Even if the doctrines aren't close, doctrines can be changed. The Monarch can persuade them to change doctrines.
After another inspection to ensure there were no issues, Ange started to crystallize directly in the cave, disassembling the Black Crystals from the chests of the discarded planting Mechanical Constructs.
Hundreds of them, weighing a total of twenty pounds, Ange plated them all onto the Monarch in one breath.
Chapter end
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