Chapter 781: Chapter 359: Mechanical Guard (2)

The experiment records beyond this point were already blank.

"What a pity."

Luo De couldn’t help but shake his head as he looked at the blank parchment.

Melos was just a step away from completing the magic spirit he envisioned.

"Hmm... An item capable of continuously generating energy..."

Luo De couldn’t help but start pondering, "Can the Seed of Nature work?"

Luo De’s gaze fell upon the small skull on the table.

This was indeed Melos’s last achievement.

"There isn’t any evil spirit. Otherwise, a real test could be done."

Luo De couldn’t help but smile wryly.

Earlier, he had slapped the last evil spirit dead.

"Why is an evil spirit necessary?" Vivian asked curiously.

Although she had studied the experiment records with Luo De just now, he read too fast for her to catch some details.

"Ordinary undead, like skeletons and ghosts, have very weak self-awareness and low intensity of soul fire."

Luo De explained, "Simply put, when that kind of soul fire disperses undead energy, there’s nothing left."

"Whereas evil spirits are somewhat stronger in self-awareness."

"Although most of that awareness is malevolent, if its negative energy can be purified, a certain level of normal awareness can still be retained."

"Oh."

Vivian nodded, half comprehending, "Where did Melos’s evil spirit come from then?"

"He used quite a lot in the experiment records."

"The records don’t say. Could have been captured."

Luo De speculated, "In ancient times, there were probably many wild evil spirits around? He also had many high-level wizard apprentices serving him."

Luo De had seen some wandering soul energy in the graveyard last time.

If the energy was concentrated in ancient times, it might have turned them into evil spirits.

"Alright."

Vivian responded helplessly, "I thought he could make them."

"Can’t say for sure."

Luo De stood up, "Let’s go to the library inside and see if there are other books and experiment records related to this."

"Okay."

Vivian replied, following Luo De inside.

Having experience in Wizard Kevin’s domain, Luo De was basically familiar with the layout here.

Luo De stepped straight into the library.

The collection of books remaining here was clearly more than Melos’s and included many on golems and magical guardians.

"Zhuo Ya and Senda would probably like this place."

Luo De laughed and said.

Golems are somewhat similar to the magic energy armor Luo De envisioned, especially in terms of energy driving.

But golems are still too mechanical, especially when lacking self-awareness, their combat experience is almost nonexistent.

Many golems’ combat methods are set by wizards, relatively single attack modes, lacking combat techniques.

If knights could control the magic energy armor in battle, it would be an entirely different situation.

This conceptual problem is still significant, such as knights’ spiritual power not being strong enough, requiring magic spirits for supplementation.

Whether knights’ physical strength is sufficient or needs to be supplemented by taking Constitution Potion, etc.

This is a complex research process, originally Luo De’s concept.

But now, with the predecessor Melos, Luo De feels hopeful.

Seeing the desired books in the library, Luo De was in high spirits.

Immediately, he took Vivian to the adjacent bedroom.

As soon as the door opened, a two-meter-high figure instantly appeared in Luo De’s view.

Instinctively, Luo De raised his hand, seeing it was a magic guard, or mechanical guard.

It appeared to be semi-finished.

Luo De approached and carefully examined the golem from all angles.

The mechanical guard was fixed on the metal bracket in the corner, like a set of empty armor forcibly propped up into human shape.

Its chest was half-open, inside was a skeleton similar to a human but larger.

Dense runes were carved on it, and it was inlaid with some extraordinary gemstones, resembling magic gemstones.

The guard’s head was like a helmet, inside were empty eye socket structures.

The left arm was already assembled, similar to the arm armor of full plate armor.

The right arm was just a bare metal frame, empty with no protection.

The waist was similarly an empty frame, only the lower limbs were complete.

"What a pity, I wonder if anyone can complete this thing now." Luo De lamented.

Although mechanical guards are relatively ordinary puppets, the construction process is exceptionally cumbersome and involves many disciplines.

"Master, look at this."

Vivian interrupted Luo De’s viewing and handed him two more Soul-Binding Treasure Pearls.

Luo De accepted them for a careful assessment, identical to the ones previously discovered.

"There are three more here, but there seems to be no evil spirit inside." Vivian said.

"Maybe they didn’t have time to capture any before leaving."

Luo De said.

"That’s not necessarily the case, dear master."

Vivian picked up a scroll on the bedroom table, listing Melos Wizard’s tasks for November 7th.

There were over ten items, densely packed.

The item Vivian pointed out was the most striking to Luo De,

"Assign tasks to apprentices outside to capture five hundred skeletons for refining evil spirits."

"Skeletons can be refined into undead?"

Luo De looked at the scroll’s tasks in surprise, "But there wasn’t any refining method in the library just now."

Luo De glanced around, finding no books or scrolls in the bedroom either.

"Search everywhere, maybe Melos didn’t take them away."