In Solomon's eyes, this wasn't difficult at all.
Last time in the Ash Tower's Demiplane, didn't that young Great Mage do the same thing? I casually cast two spells to cover for Merlin to disassemble the two puppets into two piles of components. What, is this very difficult?
To be honest, this couldn't be blamed on Solomon.
As a layman who knew nothing about alchemy, how could he know how complicated an alchemy puppet was? How could he know what kind of skill this instantaneous dismantling meant? In Solomon's eyes, wasn't this a matter of course? Wasn't a puppet a product of alchemy? It was already attached to an alchemist, so how could it not be dismantled? Was it just waiting to lay eggs?
In fact, after returning from Oddrock City, Solomon had complained to Thorpe a few times that puppets were too unreliable. Once an Alchemist got close to them, they could only wait to be disassembled. The few territories of the Sage Tower couldn't be guarded by too many puppets. Hearing these words, Thorpe's expression changed as he looked at Solomon.
Nothing could be done about it, Solomon was a layman who knew nothing about alchemy.
But Suyass was an expert …
Moreover, he was an expert among experts. In the entire Andlusa Kingdom, there weren't many experts more experienced than him.
Solomon didn't know how complicated a puppet was, but Suyass knew. Solomon didn't know what kind of technique this instantaneous disassembly meant, but Suyass knew …
Suyass looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"High Mage Solomon, y-y-you … Did you see that?" Suyass was stunned. He stood there with a lifeless expression, not even able to guide the Cloudstorm as he kept rubbing his eyes.
'I must be seeing things, I must be seeing things …'
Suyass did his best to console himself.
But Lin Yun didn't even give him the chance to console himself. Just as Suyass was rubbing his eyes, Lin Yun, who was under the effect of Haste, once again darted out like a ghost, relying on Solomon's spells as cover to get close to the 2nd puppet's back.
Then, he did the same thing. His hands softly moved twice, and that puppet suddenly stiffened before shattering into a pile of components.
As for the last one, there was no suspense. This time, Lin Yun didn't even wait for Solomon's spells to cover him. He directly cast an Ice Fire Shield and relied on the protection of the rapidly rotating red and blue rays of light to resist the concentrated magic rays and execute the last puppet on the spot.
Then, there was no then …
"This, this, this … this is cheating, right?" Suyass rubbed his eyes until they were almost swollen, but he still saw three piles of parts scattered on the ground. At this time, he almost went crazy.
What was going on …
How could it be so fast? That was a puppet! Even if it was disassembled according to the original design, it couldn't be disassembled like this. How was this any different from magic?
"High Mage Solomon, you, you, you … Did you see?" Suyass stammered as he repeated his previous words.
"I saw it, I saw it …" Saruman replied perfunctorily. He thought, 'You really haven't seen the world. I already told you that you were slow this time, but you were still scared to the point of peeing your pants. If you were the one who went to the Demiplane last time, who knows how scared you would be …'
'Those from the Mercury Tower aren't good, their mental fortitude is really bad!'
Saruman silently made this evaluation in his mind …
"It's settled, let's go." At this time, Lin Yun had already finished picking the parts from the three piles. As before, he scoured the floor and put all the useful parts into his Spatial Ring. After finishing, he noticed that Suyass' expression was a bit off. "Sir Suyass, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing …" Suyass came back to his senses after being asked by Lin Yun, but he still had a complicated expression as he looked at Lin Yun.
It was normal. As a peak Master Alchemist, Suyass was bound to step into the Artisan realm. Moreover, he usually came in contact with people like Nolan Karon. His horizons were so high that ordinary alchemists wouldn't even bother to look at him.
After a few encounters, Suyass had already discovered that this young Great Mage's alchemy skills were very high. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break a True Spirit Maze Array with just a few pointers.
But Suyass truly didn't think …
Very, very strong, to that extent …
This already couldn't be described as' very strong ', it was like cheating!
Suyass wasn't Solomon. Solomon could feel that this was normal because he knew nothing about alchemy. But who was Suyass? He was the disciple of Artisan Nolan, the master of the Mercury Tower. He could be said to be one of the few peak Master Alchemists in the entire Andalusia. Suyass' understanding of puppets was far from what an ordinary alchemist could imagine.
But it was also because of this understanding that Suyass knew how frightening that young Great Mage's actions were.
That kind of dismantling speed could only be achieved with a complete understanding of puppets.
The so-called complete understanding referred to a complete understanding of every component and every detail. This could be explained if it was the creator of the puppet, but that young Great Mage had clearly seen this kind of puppet for the first time, just like him. He hadn't even known what the three puppets' original forms were before he had used his Mage Eyes to clearly understand the situation.
From the moment he saw these puppets to the moment he dismantled them, no more than a minute had passed.
But in such a short minute, he had already understood every detail of these three puppets. What kind of insight was that? What kind of frightening computing ability was that?
Moreover, the dismantling technique …
Compared to insight and computing ability, the dismantling technique was what truly stunned Suyass. Suyass had led the puppet army in the Golden Forest Plane for a few years, so how could he not know how frightening that dismantling technique was? It was like magic, it couldn't be achieved without repeated training.
Ordinary people might only feel that this technique was mystical, but Suyass knew that it wasn't as simple as mystical. This meant that this young Great Mage had incomparably rich experience with puppets, and this kind of experience might have come from making thousands of puppets, or fighting thousands of puppets to gain this kind of instinctive experience.
This discovery made Suyass realize that Lin Yun wasn't just a genius.
After dealing with the three puppets, the group of four finally left the botanical garden. But compared to before, Suyass' expression as he looked at Lin Yun had clearly changed a lot.
"I'm guessing that we should be able to reach Vaughn's laboratory after leaving this botanical garden …" Lin Yun didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Suyass' expression.
When it came to dismantling puppets, few alchemists of this era could compare to Lin Yun. Even Artisans specializing in puppeteering couldn't do it. Nothing could be done about it, who told them to not have experienced that era thirty thousand years in the future?
At that time, all kinds of puppets were buried everywhere in the desert. They had lost their source of mana and were lying in the desert like corpses. After being dismantled generation after generation, the usable parts became fewer and fewer. By Lin Yun's era, the puppets that could be found in the desert had already been dismantled countless times.
But even if it was such a puppet, Lin Yun and the others wouldn't let it go. Sometimes, they would squat in the desert for a few days and nights just to take out a few screws or a few springs. After over twenty years, Lin Yun had already seen all kinds of puppets. Some were damaged, some were even more damaged, and some couldn't be any more damaged. After disassembling countless puppets, every detail of every puppet had been deeply engraved in Lin Yun 'mind.
As for dismantling techniques …
'If you dismantled so many puppets, you would be able to perform magic like Lin Yun …'
"That's hard to say. Vaughn is the last Artisan of the 3rd Dynasty. How could a Great Mage like you imagine his way of doing things? What if he separated the botanical garden from the laboratory?" Although he was somewhat surprised by the way Lin Yun dealt with the three puppets, Fran still showed an unconvinced expression due to his long accumulated resentment.
Unfortunately, he met Lin Yun, who specialized in dealing with all kinds of unconvinced people.
"Haha, High Mage Fran's imagination is quite good."
"You …"
"Fran, shut up." Suyass' expression suddenly turned unsightly.
Fran didn't dare to say anything else when he heard Suyass' words. He only muttered, "That's true, what if …"
"What if!" Suyass immediately became angry and his voice became a lot louder. "If you were Vaughn, would you be that stupid? Would you build the botanical garden and the laboratory so far away? Don't tell me you don't know that some magic materials have a limited shelf life?"
"…" Fran's expression stiffened. He had been focused on refuting Suyass and had forgotten about that.
"Alright, it's not far ahead …" Lin Yun didn't pay attention to Fran's retort. He only focused on controlling the Mage Eyes to search the surroundings. After a dozen seconds, the Mage Eyes returned with the results. Then, Lin Yun frowned. "But it's a bit troublesome …"
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