Chapter 71-71- Four-layer nesting dolls
In the evening, Copperskin and other mechanical puppets in the kingdom went to great lengths to hold a welcome ceremony for the two guests from afar. In addition to sitting together and replenishing their magic power with energy storage boxes, Yvette also saw various entertainment programs performed by the puppets for her, such as imitating acrobats throwing sandbags or performing operas.
Although from a human perspective these performances were terrible, with stiff and clumsy movements, poorly read lines, and even sandbags thrown at the audience's heads, the puppets were all very happy. This joyful mood had an invisible infectious power that put Yvette in a pretty good mood.
She felt that, at least as an audience, the puppets' laughter should be genuine.
After the welcome ceremony, looking at the puppets busy with the final cleaning work, Yvette felt like she seemed to have forgotten something.
This feeling of doubt did not go away until she fell asleep in the new room that Tongpi had cleaned for her.
Then, she slept peacefully in the air-raid shelter for a night. When she went outside the next morning, she saw a black dragon covered in snow and tied with reins, having to curl up and guard the RV. Only then did she finally realize what she had forgotten.
She saw a sealed iron door in the air-raid shelter hall. Once it was opened, Dugrabi could enter. But because the welcoming ceremony attracted her attention, by the time it was over, she had completely forgotten that there was a black dragon lying alone outside. She even forgot to untie its rope and let it go out to hunt for dinner.
"Thank you for your hard work," Yvette said, walking over to untie the rope.
Dugrabi didn't know how to answer. After a moment of silence, he turned his head away and didn't look at her.
Perhaps because it was only separated from the outside world by an iron door, the sound insulation effect of the air-raid shelter was average. Last night, when it was lying outside, enduring the wind and snow, and silently warming itself by the fire with its dragon breath, it could clearly hear the laughter and joyful chatter in the hall, as if it came from another world.
Compared to the humiliation of pulling a cart, this feeling of being forgotten seems even more difficult to accept.
"I didn't mean to do that," Yvette said again.
Dougrabi remained silent, deciding to play the role of a taciturn old horse. How could a horse talk to people? It would only work hard and swallow all its sorrows.
"What do you want?" Yvette was a little helpless. She was really not good at coaxing children. Although the black dragon was almost 100 years old, considering the 2,000-year lifespan of dragons, it was only about the size of a five-year-old child.
Dougrabi was tempted. Now seemed like a good opportunity to ask for his apprenticeship, and the third-rate wild god might agree. But when he thought of the sleepless, cold, and hungry winter night last night, his emotions suddenly surged. He turned his head away, but remained silent.
Yvette continued to wait, and seeing that the Black Dragon still didn't respond, she decided to give up for the time being - rationally analyzing, now didn't seem to be a good time to communicate.
She asked Tongpi to open the iron door so that Dugrabi could go in and rest at any time, and then she began to think about the exploration plan for Kuks.
First and foremost, she had to ensure safety. The mysterious Spider Woman could shatter the Magical Mecha's magic barrier with a single strike, which meant her current spell defenses had a high probability of being breached. If she didn't want to constantly rely on her tentacle hardening for defense, she had to find a way to increase the defense of her Scarlet Armor.
Of course, it was possible. During the last month in the dream, her mastery of the engine was still very raw, practically a complete novice. Although she had roughly completed the four elemental techniques of ice, fire, wind, and thunder, as well as the specifications and structural upgrades of the three physical techniques of scarlet armor, muscle release, and regeneration pump, after all, it was a hasty upgrade, and she was a beginner in the engine field, so the results were bound to be less than ideal.
She had taken this into consideration at the time, so during the upgrade process, she basically only upgraded the architecture, while the details under the architecture were left largely blank, waiting for her subsequent continued thinking and filling.
Now she can finally fill in the content according to current needs.
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Time drifted away quietly like the misty snow outside the valley. In the blink of an eye, Yvette had stayed in Kux for more than three months.
During this period, she mainly focused on improving and fine-tuning the Scarlet Armor. Under the 10w specification limit, the defense power is limited, so her main improvement direction is overlapping techniques, that is, applying two layers of the same technique on the body at one time, so as to achieve an effect that exceeds the current specifications.
In elemental spells, this wasn't a difficult task; it was just a matter of adding an extra rune ring. But in sustained spells that required self-strengthening, this required a special 100,000-watt architecture, which was one of the reasons why Yvette had been so determined to upgrade the architecture.
She even planned to design a superposition technique that could barely reach the 10w specification and was specifically used to assist with nesting dolls. If this superposition technique could be successfully developed, she would have four layers of nesting dolls. At this time, the safety factor should be very considerable.
Of course, the price is the consumption of many times more magic power. Fortunately, as a natural mage with more than 2,000 magic points, such a price is not unbearable for her.
On the other hand, Bingyu and Dugrabi gradually got used to the local life.
Bingyu's integration was undeniable. As a legitimate member of the mechanical tribe and a new generation of puppeteers in the Sky Kingdom, her experiences along the way provided her with a wealth of topics to discuss. Within a few days, she had become a prominent figure in the area.
Dugrabi's situation was the complete opposite. Perhaps due to its ferocious appearance, resembling a distorted creature, and its inability to communicate verbally, few golems dared approach it. Furthermore, it itself held these shabby alchemical creations in great disdain, often pretending to breathe to intimidate approaching golems. Consequently, most of the kingdom's inhabitants kept their distance from it.
There were exceptions, however. A little girl from the Mechanical Tribe named Jasmine, through her tireless efforts, had become somewhat familiar with Dugrabi. Although their communication was limited to physical contact, after several attempts at intimidation failed to scare the little tin man away, he gave up and occasionally allowed Jasmine to clean his out-of-reach back.
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Time flies, years pass silently, and in the comfortable life, winter snow once again covers the valley, and a year has passed just like that.
During this period, no danger occurred in the kingdom as they relied on air-raid shelters to avoid passing mountain whales. Bingyu remembered the advice of the local residents and did not dare to approach Kukes. He carried out archaeological work in the ruins of the surrounding towns and villages.
Dugrabi simply did nothing - the dragon race is a race with unique advantages. As long as they eat normally, their magic power will naturally grow with age. When they reach a certain level of ability, they will automatically awaken dragon language magic without any effort.
What it does most on weekdays is to hang out with the puppet child Jasmine and several other child puppets, looking at the nearby mines left over from the era of human civilization, or gazing at the collapsed skeletons of human buildings in the distance.
Finally, one cold morning, Yvette, who had been staying in the RV or the air-raid shelter for a long time and never went out, pushed open the door and walked outside. She stretched leisurely at the outline of the city of Kux, which was shrouded in mist and looming like a mirage outside the valley.
Finally it was done, she thought, she finally had four layers of crimson armor for protection.
With such defensive power, it shouldn't be possible for the mysterious Spider Woman to shatter it all in one blow, right? And as long as there was a window of opportunity, she could re-cast the spell, stacking the four layers of defense back on to avoid fatal damage.
So, are you heading out tonight? To explore the mysterious city center of Kukes? To explore for intelligence?
She was somewhat tempted, but soon, as she stared at the snowy scenery in front of her, some scattered, unpleasant memories gradually emerged in her mind.
No, we're not fully prepared. Who knows what monsters or secrets are hidden in that place? Even the God of Machinery has suffered heavy losses. How can we let our guard down?
Besides, the four-layer protection has not been tested in actual combat. Who knows if there will be any hidden bugs?
Just in case, let's improve the most lethal thunder element technique. Now that we have the ultimate four-layer defense, we should also have the ultimate four-stage thunder.
It won’t be too late to explore next year when the conditions for attack and defense are met.
(End of this chapter)
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