Wizard's Journey

Chapter 166 The Heart of the Mech

The magic transmission stopped, the crystal ball went dark, and Gulini disappeared from the screen.

A smile crept across Grimm's lips as he activated his magic and used the crystal ball to reconnect with another demon hunter. A few breaths later, the figure of Viktor, the Mech Heart from the rookie trial, appeared on the light screen of Grimm's crystal ball.

"Hmm? Green, is it about your Mech Heart?" Victor asked thoughtfully after seeing Green reflected in the crystal ball.

Green nodded.

Just as he was about to say something, the myna flapped its wings and flew to Grin's shoulder, pointing a claw at Viktor and sneering, "Gah! That's right, it's about that Mech Heart thing. My noble, great, and wise young master Grin doesn't like wasting time waiting for people, so if you know what's good for you, you'd better hurry up and get your master here! Oh, and bring some Kenru fruit along... Ah!"

Green tossed the myna bird into the dimensional rift, then turned to Victor, who was staring in disbelief in the crystal ball's light screen, and said calmly, "Uh... that's settled then, I have some things to attend to."

"Ah? Okay, okay."

Victor disconnected the crystal ball, and the Green Crystal Ball once again fell into darkness.

Space distorted, and a myna bird appeared on Grimm's shoulder, feigning a wronged expression, rubbing its head against Grimm's ear in a fawning and ingratiating manner, saying, "Master, I was also doing this for..."

Green ignored the myna bird. Over the years, he had learned all its tricks. He merely glanced at the myna and said indifferently, "Go and have Lou Ken prepare some fruit platters and drinks. You also come over when the Mech Heart is being negotiated and auctioned later. If you can squeeze some more profit out of that ancient Mech Heart beyond the agreed-upon transaction, you'll get a share of the profits."

Green knew he wasn't good at negotiation and bargaining, but this talkative myna was different.

Moreover, it was this myna bird that explained the true value and historical origins of this mech's heart to Green.

"Dividends!?"

The myna bird widened its eyes and let out a sharp cry, its wing feathers seemingly trembling with excitement. Intrigued, it pressed on, "How will the profits be split? Fifty-fifty?"

Green simply turned his head and quietly looked at Little Eight, without saying a word, creating an exceptionally cold atmosphere. The myna's excited expression froze and then subsided slightly. It circled its wings nervously and shyly, stiffly asking, "Uh... Master, a 40/60 split isn't unacceptable."

Green remained silent, simply gazing at the myna bird on his shoulder without blinking.

"Oh my God!"

The myna bird covered its head with its wings, its eyes constantly peeking at Green from beneath them. Seeing that Green showed no sign of compromise, only staring at it with a calm and menacing gaze, the myna bird, after a good dozen breaths, finally made up its mind and wailed, "Fine, fine, for your sake, Master, for your sake, Young Master, I... oh no, I'll take a 30/70 chance, but even for Young Master Green... this is a one-time thing!"

However, Green remained unmoved, staring calmly at the myna bird; the scene was eerily quiet.

The man and the bird stared at each other blankly.

The myna bird pointed one wing at Green, its other foot-long wing resting on its back, and trembled as it said, "Master, if it's a 20/80 split, I swear on the honor of the great Steel Emblem Myna, I will absolutely not agree..."

"20/80? Swearing an oath of honor to the Great Steel Emblem Myna? Uh, you're overthinking it. Actually, what I meant was... 10/90, you get 10%, I get 90%." Green said matter-of-factly, ignoring the petrified myna on his shoulder, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a small metal ball from the dimensional gap and walked into the laboratory.

Now, more than thirty years had passed since Green became a formal wizard, and it seemed that Guli Ni had only just become a formal wizard with the help of the Seventh Ring Holy Tower, which was later than Green had expected.

However, this is understandable.

While it's true that the higher a wizard's intelligence, the greater the chance of becoming a full wizard, the proportion of wizards who obtain the qualification of a prospective demon hunter wizard who become full wizards is extremely high. With the full support of the Seven Rings Holy Tower, although it cannot guarantee 100% success, at least 90 out of 100 wizards have a chance of becoming full wizards.

But uncertainty is uncertainty. Even if the probability is extremely high, no wizard apprentice can guarantee that they won't be one of those unfortunate wizard apprentices.

Moreover, compared to the fact that a top-tier wizard apprentice can immediately advance to a full wizard after obtaining the Heart of the World, the psychological torment of advancing to a full wizard in the Seven Rings Tower during an uncertain future is simply unimaginable.

I am afraid……

If those wizard apprentices who enter the Seven Rings Holy Tower do not advance to become full-fledged wizards, they are unlikely to ever come out again in their lifetime.

……

Without mechanical blood, Grimm cannot pilot a mech to fight, but he can still engage in combat using external means.

After imbuing a bottle of cheap mechanical blood purchased from the free market with magic, Grimm dripped a few drops onto the Mech Heart.

Click, click, click!

After a series of mechanical metallic friction sounds, the surface of the metal sphere, which was only a few centimeters in diameter, began to writhe irregularly, like a constantly bouncing spiky ball. In a sudden surge of energy ripples, an ultra-thin, all-around enclosed metal armor with indescribable stretchability completely surrounded Grimm.

Just moments later, a metal suit of armor was perfectly fitted onto Green's body.

Green used his mental power to carefully sense the full functionality of this mechanical heart left behind by the ancient wizard.

The left arm is equipped with a miniature disintegration cannon that accumulates energy. Depending on the charging time, the attack range is between 230 and 680 degrees. However, to reach the maximum attack range, it may take more than an hourglass to charge.

The sonic resonance cutting giant sword on the right arm can attack materialized objects at a range of 250 to 310 degrees, and energy objects at a range of 120 to 130 degrees.

The chest and back armor offer 150 to 210 degrees of defense, while other areas offer 70 to 110 degrees of defense.

Its feet store a one-time lightning teleportation power, enabling the mecha pilot to teleport two hundred meters in a single lightning strike; the magical fluctuations on its back...

Rainbows possess camouflage capabilities, allowing them to achieve light-sensory visual concealment in areas with natural light.

It also has three auxiliary capabilities: continuous constant temperature, water curtain gloss, and odor sealing.

Ok?

wrong……

The mask also features a breathing filtration system. Could this be an auxiliary design for the human respiratory system created by ancient wizards before the development of wizard mask magic?

Although a formal wizard, with the power of nature, can control their breathing without dying from poisoning even if they breathe air with different rules and components from other worlds, prolonged discomfort is inevitable.

Ancient mechs are indeed very different from modern mechs.

Modern mechs have far fewer functions, focusing more on enhancing the wizard's attack and defense capabilities, as well as providing auxiliary enhancements to physique and strength. Other abilities are replaced by the wizard's shield.

Therefore, it's not unreasonable for Xiao Ba to value ten witch essences as equivalent to a low-level demon hunter weapon.

After completing all performance tests, Green retracted the activated ancient mecha into the Mecha Heart, took out a book titled "The Principle of Elemental Activation and Restraint of Thunder Purification Power," and sat quietly in the hall, patiently watching as Lou devoured plate after plate of sumptuous fruit platters.

A moment later, a signal appeared on Green's crystal ball.

Little Ba spread its wings and fluttered onto Green's shoulder, excitedly saying, "They're here! They're here! I bet it was that Gulini who arrived first."

After collecting the magic books and connecting them to the crystal ball, Grimm found the aged-looking Guinea standing in front of the flower garden fence of her demon hunter castle.

"You guessed right."

After saying this, Green stood up and opened the castle gate with a creak, looking across the lawn at Guinea outside the flowerbed.

Moving slowly, Green opened the flowerbed gate and performed a simple wizarding ritual, calmly saying, "Congratulations on your advancement to a formal wizard."

After looking Grimm up and down, Guli Ni calmly said, "I didn't expect you to choose to degenerate your mental energy to nourish your body. In that case, the magic power increase you will receive after advancing to the Saint Mark Wizard level and establishing a Wizard Tower will be relatively lower. But that makes sense. During the Regional Academy War, your physique was incredibly strong. Compared to a pure elemental wizard, an elemental surge body refinement wizard might be more suitable for you."

Green simply nodded without saying anything more.

As Guinea walked on the lawn in the castle courtyard, Grimm was about to lead her into the Demon Hunter Castle when a figure suddenly descended rapidly from the horizon. Grimm turned around, glanced at it, and said with a hint of doubt, "Hmm, so fast?"

After saying this, Green turned to Guinea beside him and said, "This is Viktor, an acquaintance of mine. He's also interested in that ancient mech heart. With Viktor here, the transaction regarding the ownership of this mech heart can proceed immediately."

Gulini's expression changed slightly as she looked at Green and slowly asked, "I'm not the only one here to trade for that Mech Heart?"

Green replied matter-of-factly, "Of course. Compared to modern mechs, the ancient wizard's mech heart has many shortcomings, but for some creatures without a wizard's shield, its amazing extensibility generally makes it more valuable than a modern mech of the same level."

Green already knew that the reason why Gulini cared so much about this ancient mech heart was most likely because this mech was not for herself, but for her pair of magical little sprites.

Victor greeted Gulini politely, seemingly anticipating that someone else was there, his eyes beneath his robes and cloak fixed on Green.

Nodding, Green gestured for Guinea and Victor to enter the room.

(End of this chapter)