The Lord of Ashes

Thane stayed in the Black Iron Castle for less than a week.

In addition to purchasing a lot of his favorite alchemy materials and some gadgets, the biggest gain was the purchase of many construction parts unique to the Neisser civilization for the constructor Yuli.

As one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Neisser Star Territory War, the City of Steel plundered a large number of assets from the Neisser civilization.

These assets include both material wealth and intellectual property rights.

The development path of golem construction followed by the Neisser civilization still has a lot in common with the mechanic system of the Wizarding World and can be learned from each other.

Yuri's constructed golem had been damaged in many cases before.

Especially in the battle with the second-level black magician, in addition to the scarred flames' golem, there were also two standard golems that were close to being scrapped.

On the borders of the City of Steel, the structural components that Thane can buy are obviously much more abundant than those at the Holy Tower of Origin.

Even with Thain's magic coins opening the way, Yuri had never seen some top-quality golem parts before, she had only heard about them.

In the past, those top-quality parts were specially used for constructed golems whose combat power was comparable to that of second-level or even third-level creatures.

This also shows that different world civilizations have different recognitions of material value.

The same component is extremely precious in the Neser civilization, but in the retail market in the wizarding world, it is very likely to be bought for a few magic coins, or at a lower price.

It’s not that the mechanics in the wizarding world are blind, but that civilizations in different worlds have different values.

Moreover, as the defeated party, the Neisse civilization’s products may not be that good in the first place.

Except that Yuli, a purebred constructor, can use those construction parts directly.

Other magicians in the wizarding world probably only have the mentality of dismantling and studying them at the beginning, and will not use them directly.

"With these parts, I may be able to upgrade the Flame again."

"Including the two standard golems that are close to being scrapped, they can also be repaired and strengthened." Yuli said to Thain.

"Well, we will stay in the City of Steel for a while, which is enough for you to complete the renovation and repair work." Thain said.

This time going to the Western Islands, Thain must be fully prepared.

The main purpose of staying in the City of Steel for a period of time is to increase one's strength to the limit.

Not only the issue of Yuri's combat strength recovery, but also Thain's important experiments must be resolved as soon as possible.

…

Since the Black Iron Castle.

Thain took Yuri with him and visited Husasburg, Mana Sky City, Marino Mechanical Port, Andis Underground Metal City, and many other areas within the City of Steel.

Many cities and regions within the City of Steel in the Wizarding World have the development characteristics of the mechanics of the City of Steel.

Many cities and internal buildings are very different from the south coast, green land and other places that Thain has stayed in before.

Because the overall environment is different, and the development system of mechanics is too different from that of normal elemental magicians.

This change has even affected the lowest levels of human civilians in the City of Steel.

Thain was shocked to find that the level of education of the lowest level of human civilians in the City of Steel was obviously higher than that of other areas in the Wizarding World.

Knowledge is a monopoly in the wizarding world.

This monopoly does not refer to the mastery of elemental knowledge by magicians, but the monopoly of ordinary human nobles on literacy and learning abilities.

Why is it said that the vast majority of magicians are from the aristocratic class, and just being literate sets the threshold too high.

Those billions of ordinary human beings in the wizarding world work hard all their lives just to fill their bellies, and many of them can't even write their own names.

Moreover, Thain also found out that the average education level of humans in the City of Steel is relatively high. The main reason is due to the official resource tilt and capital injection from the City of Steel.

This is an exception in the entire wizarding world.

Similarly, the City of Steel is the only special area in the Wizarding World where civilians and aristocrats are not clearly distinguishable.

Thain couldn't tell whether this was a good or bad situation.

It is also difficult to figure out the specific thoughts of those high-level officials in Steel City.

But subconsciously, Thain felt that the occurrence and change of this situation might have a profound impact on the future development of the entire wizarding world.

Perhaps the senior officials of the Steel City are also experimenting, experimenting with a bottom-up change.

And those paying attention to the trends here are not only the top brass of Steel City, but also those from other areas of the Wizarding World.

...After traveling around some areas in the City of Steel, Thain finally brought Yuli to the center of the hinterland of the City of Steel, an underground city called Eskar.

Building cities underground is not the prerogative of the dark magicians in the Underdark, including the mechanics of the City of Steel who also like to do this.

And he did it more slippery than those black magicians.

The underground city with obvious layers of metal texture gives people a strong science fiction and visual impact.

The freshness and shock brought to Thain by the City of Steel was so great that it gradually caused a deeper change in Thain's views on alchemy.

Alchemy in the wizarding world is definitely more than simply making a few magic items.

It has a higher level of meaning.

From the construction of space fortresses and star ports to the manufacture of a magic ring or necklace, these are all representatives of alchemy.

This time in the City of Steel, Thain did not learn any in-depth knowledge of alchemy, nor did he receive any notes or inheritance from powerful alchemists.

What he got was just a cognitive change.

This will also have a significant impact on Thain's future growth.

Perhaps due to his early experience in the underground city of Mensobra, Thane was particularly fond of underground cities.

Thain planned to stay in this underground metal city called Eskar for about two months to half a year.

After spending a sum of magic coins, Thane rented a medium-sized laboratory with relatively complete equipment in the east of the underground city of Eskar.

This laboratory was originally the laboratory of a second-level magician, so it is sufficient for Thane to complete any of his current experiments.

And perhaps because of being underground, Thain felt inexplicably at ease here.

And finally began to deal with the trophies he had obtained from the second-level black magician, including some more sensitive experiments, which he also put on the agenda this time.

…

In the metallic silver laboratory, Thain looked at the mermaid Elisa lying flat on the experimental table, without much emotion in his eyes.

Eliza's pink fish tail patted the experimental table uneasily.

Including the double milky white shells on her chest, they were also a little trembling.

Seems to be scared.