1321 Abomination Puppet Part 1 (1/2)

The puppet Saleen took out was an experimental product. It was produced within the alchemy factories in Alchemy City. It had a height of 9 feet and a humanoid form. The only thing not humanoid about it was the addition of two mechanical arms capable of rotating 360 degrees, which were stored within the cavities attached to its body and not usually used. When the need arose, they could be used to man weapons or do construction work.

Metal wings were installed behind the puppet's back. They were etched with wind magic array, enabling it to fly at high speeds for a short distance. The puppet was fitted within many miniaturized weapons, such as mechanical crossbows, blades, and javelins.

The puppet was not meant for mass production since Saleen still possessed the ancient warriors and star figures. The puppet was designed for construction. Combat equipment was only added along the way.

The red crystals in the eyes of the puppet before him shimmered for a bit. Black mist gradually coalesced and turned the red eyes purple. Low-pitched explosions were heard from the miniaturized magic power furnace in the puppet's body. The explosions were not intense. It was only a state that manifested when the magic power furnace was overtaxed.

Saleen wrapped the puppet with his territory. He found that within the puppet's core, the six-faceted crystal that controlled the magic array within had cracked a bit. Black mist seeped out of the magic power furnace, staining the entire puppet deep purple. The red materials lost their original look and came to look rather corroded.

The puppet suddenly took one step forward. After hearing no orders from Saleen, it knelt. Crisp metal sounds were heard. ”What do you need me do, Master?”

Saleen was not the only one startled. All the mages and warriors around them looked at the puppet, feeling flabbergasted. It was a high-level puppet, yet it did not possess intellect. Intelligent puppets existed only in ancient times.

Saleen looked at that purple puppet and probed it with his mental powers without saying anything. The magic power furnace within the puppet's internal spaces had completely changed. All six vents were shut, and the bronze surface became a faded black. The shut vents looked like closed eyes, yet the magic power furnace continued to supply power for the puppet. At the same time, it was consuming all ambient elemental powers around it, just like how human breathing. The elements were sucked into its body and infused into the magic power furnace.

Many abomination runes appeared on the surface of the furnace, but they were all purple. Their twisted shapes looked incredibly mystical to even the mages. Those runes provided the puppet with power for unknown reasons.

Saleen extended his hand and summoned a star figure before saying to the puppet, ”Spar with this thing for a bit.”

He did not even realize that the puppet was speaking in Ancient Myers Language.

That puppet leapt after taking its orders. Holding a blade in its hand, it began to hack away at the star figure, who thrust its spear in response, easily deflecting the puppet's attack. The spear, which was turned around to attack after deflecting an incoming blow, did not hit the purple puppet. The attack was in turn deflected by the mechanical arm at the sides of the purple puppet.

Both beings clashed noisily. Their movements and power inspired awe. Saleen did not go on to do anything else. He simply analyzed closely why that puppet came to possess intelligence.

Is it abominated? Saleen knew very little about the abomination plane, and little about them were found on the mages' notes.

Calculations zipped about in his mind. Magic perpetual-motion engine, puppet army, abomination… If those three things were to be combined and rendered under his command, he would have earned himself yet another kind of powerful soldier. Furthermore, those troops would be mainly made out of metal and fitted with a miniaturized magic power furnace, as well as a crystal core of the abomination.

Mages were usually cautious when venturing into uncharted areas. It was impossible for Saleen to craft huge batches of abominated puppets right away. He had no idea why the magic power furnace had turned into some living thing. He knew little about the powers of the abominations. It would have been meaningless if said power were to run out of control.

The battle was fought quickly. The purple puppet was hit by the star figure's spear a minute later. Its entire body was pierced. The control core of the puppet was wrecked by the spear. The puppet stopped moving with a crack. The purple miniaturized magic power furnace continued to breathe ambient energy instead of stopping to function altogether after the control core was destroyed.

Saleen discovered that the abominated puppet's true control core lied within the miniaturized magic power furnace. Something mystical had happened to the magic power furnace, changing the crystal core of the abomination and evolving it into intelligent life. More precisely, it was a way to resurrect abominations.

The resurrected abomination lost its original will. It took the puppet Saleen controlled to be its own body, taking him to be its master.

Saleen was somewhat put at ease. The abominations were bloodthirsty and ferocious monsters because they were controlled by some powerful forces. He immediately began to beat the War Drum of Fear, unleashing all pests within to snatch up any of the black crystals the size of a section of a finger.

Fifty abominations were organized into a platoon. Two hundred platoons made an army. The number of abominations emerging had surpassed 100,000. Saleen's Floating City was being strained. He brought almost all of his magic nuclei stock on the expedition, intending to fight Fycro if the need arose.

However, the abominations were of such huge numbers that level nine abomination armies appeared. It was something he never expected to happen. If it were to only be low-level abominations, his Floating City would not have had any trouble fighting them for one or two years. Level nine abominations, on the other hand, were things that could only be quickly killed by level nine magic spells.