Chapter 402: Chapter 28: Witch Demon Skull Servo Skull?
Witch Demon Konggs reacted swiftly, saying immediately, "Your Majesty intends to disguise my skull as a curiosity of the Mechanical Divine Sect?"
"It’s possible."
No sooner had he spoken than he removed his skull and respectfully handed it to Duncan. The existence of a witch demon is very peculiar, as even without a skull, it can still control its headless corpse, and even if its body is completely destroyed, it doesn’t matter because it has a hidden phylactery.
This is a human skull with a smooth and standard shell.
Duncan reached out and touched it, grasping it in his palm, feeling like demon hunter Illidan holding Gul’dan’s Skull, he thought for a moment and said, "The servo skull needs to be drilled and modified to implant some mechanical devices."
"You don’t mind, do you?"
Witch Demon Konggs shook its head, only the cervical vertebrae moved, because its skull was in Duncan’s hand, responding, "Your Majesty. I just need to store part of my soul in the skull."
"As long as the phylactery exists, the body is just a tool."
So it was decided.
Using a witch demon’s head disguised as a mechanical skull, then find a way to activate a bit of the mechanical soul, unless facing the insight angel descending into reality, it would be very unlikely to discover Konggs’s witch demon identity.
With this powerful ally, Duncan could do whatever he wanted conveniently.
In the future, he could even directly modify the servo skull onto his shoulder armor, thus making it Duncan’s equipment, reducing the chance of exposure even further.
All along.
Duncan didn’t ask Witch Demon Konggs where its phylactery was!
Even if asked, it might not hand it over, and truly powerful beings don’t care whether witch demons have phylacteries, because with or without a phylactery, they could still die.
At this moment, Duncan was the only one left at the excavation camp.
From Witch Demon Konggs’s mouth, Duncan also learned many secrets about the underground ruins, which had been buried and abandoned for thousands of years. Konggs came here seeking the Soul Furnace from dwarf legend but found no clues, eventually deciding to rest here because of the presence of earth energy.
Until Konggs, who was asleep, was awakened by them.
Besides, the dwarf’s underground ruins indeed holds numerous treasures, including a large amount of gold and silver, and relics from the Mythical Era.
But to Witch Demon Konggs, these held little attraction.
It had been dead for so many years.
Now only soul-related artifacts hold any value for it.
"Your Majesty."
At that moment, Witch Demon Konggs had abandoned its original body, leaving only a skull hanging onto Duncan’s right shoulder, connected to a servo mechanical arm. The mechanical arm, designed by the Mechanical Divine Sect to resemble Dr. Octopus’s mechanical tentacle, was connected through a mechanical nerve bundle and was quite flexible.
This witch demon concealed the Soul Fire, appearing just as an ordinary skull, the surface the most polished and refined it could be, respectfully saying, "Below here is the Divine Hall area."
"It’s dedicated to six divine spirits of the dwarves."
"From the collapsed passage on the right, there’s a path leading into the dwarf ruins’ forge area, where many curiosities from the Mythical Era can be found."
"Where those mortals died earlier was one of the dwarves’ treasuries."
"But it’s been cursed."
With Witch Demon Konggs as a guide, Duncan had nearly marked out the ancient ruins ahead.
Yet he didn’t rush to excavate, instead taking out an electric drill and starting to drill holes in the witch demon’s skull—since it’s a servo skull of the Mechanical Divine Sect, it naturally needed some mechanical modifications to appear more legitimate.
Duncan drilled a hole on the right side of the witch demon’s skull, then implanted a signal receiver through the mechanical arm, followed by connecting a processor engraved with mechanical prayer, and lastly considered adding a light source on its forehead, a speaker under its mouth.
If auxiliary combat was needed, a mechanical arm could be installed at the cervical vertebrae, and equipped with some light weapons.
The critical anti-gravity engine was missing here.
In the Mysterious Era, wizards often used anti-gravity rune, later improved by the Mechanical Divine Sect, into a mass-produced turbine engine.
Eventually, Duncan spent a whole day finishing drilling five holes into the witch demon’s skull.
To make it look more like the Mechanical Divine Sect’s style, Duncan connected a mechanical duct from the cochlea of the witch demon’s skull extending to the lower part of its frontal bone, then spot-welded a gear-like insignia onto its forehead, making it undetectable for anyone.
Regarding the mechanical soul, Duncan found that in this world, all mechanical constructs possess souls or spirituality.
Using Eastern descriptions, even a stone could refine itself into a spirit or demon, possessing spirituality, so why couldn’t metal, steel, or machinery possess spirituality, possess souls?
It’s all about refinement into spirits isn’t it!
The so-called mechanical soul is actually the spirituality of the mechanical, especially weapons that have followed their masters through battles, are more prone to develop spirituality.
Many mechanical curiosities in this world require recognizing their masters.
The process is to tame the mechanical soul.
After Duncan engraved the mechanical prayer, a faint mechanical spirituality arose inside the witch demon’s skull, which started to tremble as its soul was overwhelmingly powerful to the faint spirituality.
"Don’t frighten it."
Duncan stroked the skull in his hand, welding the final bit of the mechanical insignia frame, he whispered, "I will tame it."
"Though you’re camouflaged as a mechanical soul, don’t expose yourself easily."
"Without my summon, consider yourself just an ordinary servo skull."
The voice of Witch Demon Konggs directly transmitted through mind link, respectfully answered, "Yes, Your Majesty."