The Lord of Ashes

Old Man Piton's private laboratory is in a secret basement in the residential area of ​​the heavy factory.

It seems that this place was originally used as a warehouse for stacking materials. I don't know when it was converted into this by old man Piton.

Old Man Piton's laboratory, like his lifestyle, was extremely slovenly.

There was a strong smell of engine oil lingering throughout the laboratory, and Thain doubted whether the old man could live to be three thousand years old.

Because he has been in such a harsh environment for a long time, coupled with the corrosive effect of heavy metal elements on cells, even if he is a second-level magician, he will inevitably be affected by a shortened life span.

In fact, the reason Piton was moved by Thain's 10,000 magic coins was because the old man was in urgent need of money.

There is almost nothing in this world that money‏‎‏‎‏​‎‏‎​‏‏‎‎‏‏ cannot buy.

If you have enough money, even life can be extended.

Old Man Piton was in extremely poor health, just as Thain had guessed.

If the theoretical lifespan of a second-level magician is three thousand years, then this old man can live to be 2,500 years old, which is already a blessing.

The harsh experimental environment and lack of attention to maintenance and hygiene caused the old man's hair to wither and his body functions to wither.

Old man Piton is 2671 years old this year.

The reason why he is alive today is also related to the large number of life-extending potions and natural treasures that the old man bought and took.

Alchemists are almost the richest group of magicians of the same level in the wizarding world.

The business deal that Old Man Piton took over from Thane, excluding the cost, was able to earn about 7,000 magic coins.

Which second-level magician can become rich so easily in a plane war?

Old man Piton relies on his ability to make a living.

If he really wanted to be cruel and forcefully extend his life, Old Man Piton could even change himself into a life form and become a lich of the undead clan.

Then enjoy a life span of ten thousand years.

It's just that few orthodox magicians are willing to do that.

The change of life form is not as simple as it sounds, except for a certain probability of failure.

Another major factor that restricts the number of lichs is that when other magicians in the wizarding world are transformed into undead, the elemental power they control will also be twisted into the power of death. The number of necromancers in the wizarding world is constantly increasing, and elemental magicians are the largest category.

Old Man Piton is a fire elementalist. If he transforms into a lich and loses his original pure fire origin, even if he has special undead methods such as hellfire, his alchemy skills will definitely be greatly reduced. .

I don’t know if it’s an unspoken rule in the wizarding world. After arriving at the Sky City, Thane also didn’t see the lich.

Those who can appear here are all purebred "human beings".

With the Purple Thorn cigar in his mouth and billowing smoke, Old Man Piton quickly got into working mode after arriving at this underground laboratory.

Smoking spicy cigars for a long time is not good for old man Piton's health.

But this old man doesn't seem to care about his own life at all. Although his body is in extremely bad shape, some bad habits cannot be changed.

This may also be related to the fact that old man Piton has no descendants or apprentices.

If there is a junior close to him, he can be controlled more or less.

Old Man Piton now lives purely for himself.

He could do whatever he wanted, and it was considered cool.

After old man Piton entered working mode, Thain was certainly not idle either.

He already has some experience in combining the construction of golems with magic alchemy technology, and now he has old man Piton with extremely rich alchemy skills. Why can't he learn it quickly?

Perhaps because he didn't have an apprenticeship, Old Piton turned a blind eye to Thain's behavior of stealing from his master.

His alchemy skills cannot be acquired in life or taken away in death.

In addition to turning in the light of arcane and making a contribution to wizard civilization.

A few more clever apprentices like Thane would be taken away, so it wouldn't be a loss.

Old Man Piton's transformation of the constructed golem is really not a lie.

Thain could tell that the old man didn't understand the construction science of Nesser civilization, but that didn't prevent Old Piton from upgrading Yuli's puppet according to his own design and conception.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!" While radically transforming the constructed golem, old man Piton also passed on some private goods to him because of the amount of money given by Thain.

"The energy cluster weapons of technological civilization are more powerful and more unstable than the magic weapons of our wizarding world, but they are better in terms of convenience."

"I see that you added a small energy converter suitable for space fortresses to this little slave girl's golem. This is a good idea."

"But your steps are still too short, why not be more aggressive?"

"I added the four-section elemental rocket thruster of the war airship to the back of this red golem."

"Its energy core has been replaced with the standard crystal of the Light Prism Fortress. The power it will bring will definitely be stronger by then!" Old Man Piton said as he slapped the metal surface of the Flame Constructed Golem.

"But in this case, will it be accompanied by a higher risk factor during use?" Thain asked with a layer of white sweat on his forehead.

Old Man Piton glanced at Thain and asked: "Is the plane war you are participating in dangerous?"

Seeing Thain nodding, Old Man Piton said, "That's it! There's no such thing as absolute safety."

"Isn't she your slave? Developing her combat value as much as possible is what you should consider."

"Could it be that you kid..." Old Man Piton looked teasingly at Thain and Yuli back and forth until Yuli's face turned red.

Thain is very thick-skinned, so there is nothing unusual this time.

Old man Piton was not a particularly boring person. After teasing Thain, the old man continued, "I have studied a lot about technological civilization over the years."

"Although those technological civilizations can create combat units comparable to level two or even level three, the inherent physical weakness of their civilization's creatures is the biggest shortcoming that cannot be ignored."

"A group of below-level creatures suddenly gained second- and third-level power with the assistance of the technology system. Can they be considered true second- and third-level creatures?!"

"Humph, on the battlefield, as long as you aim and hit, it may be just a first-level power level spell. If it hits the mecha's energy system or other important nodes, it may directly destroy a third-level mecha."

"But for the third-level magicians in our wizarding world, even if the magic shield is removed, it is absolutely impossible to kill them with a first-level attack method."

"One of the major drawbacks of technologically civilized mechas is instability."

"I will help you thicken the key parts of this demon doll, but if you want to absolutely avoid danger, the best way is not to let her step into the battlefield." Old Man Piton taught Thain a lesson.

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