A trace of understanding appeared on Lin Yun's face. 'Sure enough, he's an Artisan. To be able to design this semi-finished Max Mana Reactor, he's definitely a first-rate Artisan in terms of puppeteering. It looks like it's true.'
"Take me to see Sir Crowits."
Hesitation could be seen on Dunas' face before he cautiously reminded Lin Yun.
"Sir Merlin, Sir Crowits … His temper isn't very good. He usually ignores the people of the tribe and only opens a puppet parts shop. Although he is the fort's only Artisan, very few alchemists are willing to come in contact with him …"
Lin Yun indifferently waved his hand. Others might not be able to see how powerful this Crowits was and might only think that he was an ordinary Artisan.
But how could Lin Yun not see through it? Apart from peak Artisans with extremely high attainments in the field of puppeteering, ordinary Artisans absolutely couldn't design this semi-finished Max Mana Reactor. Even an Artisan specializing in puppeteering couldn't do it.
Because the design within was at least a hundred years ahead of the current era.
After all, when it came to alchemy, basic formulas and theories were the most important. They might develop very slowly, but things that relied on basic theories and formulas would change very quickly. The same thing might fall from the throne of peak design within a year.
This was similar to his previous life. The basic theory had been Newton's Three Laws for over a hundred years, but the results relying on the basic theory would change every year, becoming stronger and stronger. But to be able to rely on the basic laws to design something that was a few decades ahead of the current era, this was very shocking.
This Max Mana Reactor wasn't just a simple result, it also raised a new basic law!
That full right-angle pattern was a masterpiece that challenged the current basic law. Even if it looked very crude, in Lin Yun 'eyes, those patterns were carved at the level of a future Apprentice Alchemist.
But in this era, it was a masterpiece that completely surpassed the current era!
Dunas looked at Lin Yun's excited appearance and didn't have the heart to say anything else. He could only nervously lead Lin Yun to Crowits' shop.
Before coming, Dunas had secretly sent someone to notify Crowits, afraid that Crowits would anger Lin Yun and bring a disaster to the Grey Beastmen.
Lin Yun had a huge number of puppets under his command, and the most important part was that apart from the labor and support puppets, the battle puppets were all at least level 30!
Just by relying on this puppet army, they could annihilate the Grey Beastmen three times in a day.
Lin Yun was somewhat amazed as he stood in front of the shop. That shop was truly remote and wasn't on the main road of the Grey Beastmen's fort. Moreover, the shop looked very small, and the walls outside were covered in mottled traces.
A pitch-black animal skin curtain hung on the door. It was unknown if it was covered in oil or something else, but it was obvious that it hadn't been cleaned for at least seven or eight years.
'This is an Artisan's shop?'
Dunas awkwardly chuckled and explained in a low voice.
"This … Sir Crowits' temperament is a bit strange. Apart from alchemy, he doesn't care about anything else …"
Lin Yun didn't say anything. He waved his hand to make Dunas wait outside before minding his own business and opening the dirty curtain before entering the dilapidated shop.
There were a dozen illumination spells in the shop, and apart from the aisle in the middle, there were puppets everywhere. All kinds of puppet parts, big and small, were piling up on the shelves.
In the depths of the shop, a small and thin old Grey Beastman was sitting behind a table. His left eye was wearing a five-fold magnifying glass, and his other hand was using tweezers and a miniature pen to carve runes on a fingernail-sized part on the table.
Lin Yun calmly walked over and confirmed with a glance that the person in front of him was the only Artisan of the Grey Beastmen's fort, Crowits.
Apart from Artisans proficient in alchemy, this kind of miniature control center component simply couldn't be made by a Master Alchemist.
Lin Yun calmly waited. He could see that this miniature control center was only left with the crucial runes and the command step, which was the most crucial step.
After half an hour, Crowits put down the tools in his hands and expressionlessly threw that precious miniature control center component into a box on the side, clearly dissatisfied.
At that time, Lin Yun walked over.
"Sir Crowits, let me introduce myself. I am Mafa Merlin, the new ruler of the Grey Beastmen Tribe and an Artisan. I came here in hopes that Sir Crowits would join my alchemy team. We have the best technology there, the latest and most perfect skills, as well as some things that transcend this era. I believe Sir Crowits won't be disappointed …"
Facing a peak Artisan, Lin Yun gave him enough respect.
An esteemed Artisan only had such a shabby alchemy shop. Moreover, Crowits was only a 5th Rank Archmage.
It looked like he had been stuck at the 5th Rank for a long time. There was no need to think about it, Lin Yun knew that this was because Crowits had put all his energy into puppeteering.
Even if the Grey Beastmen's casting talent came from their magic patterns, after reaching the 5th Rank of the Archmage realm, they still needed to comprehend Laws and start establishing their own Law foundation. That way, they could advance to the 6th Rank of the Archmage realm.
Comprehending Laws required a lot of time and energy. Basically, all mages spent far too much time on this matter, or it could be said that no mage would complain about spending too much time comprehending Laws.
Relying on benefits or advancing in rank had absolutely no attraction to Crowits. Only puppeteering could attract this kind of peak Artisan.
Lin Yun talked about some matters regarding the alchemy team in detail, and he even told Crowits about the underground puppet base.
But Crowits didn't even raise his head. He looked for a small control center component and used a pair of tweezers to pinch a small pen before starting to carve runes and patterns on it.
Lin Yun frowned. Although he had expected that Crowits would be very difficult to handle, he hadn't expected that he wouldn't even look at him, as if there was no one next to him, minding his own business.
Lin Yun thought for a bit and started talking about some knowledge regarding puppeteering. It was something that transcended this era.
After saying that, Crowits raised his head and casually glanced at Lin Yun out of the corner of his eye, undisguised disdain on his face.
After glancing at Lin Yun, Crowits continued with his own business, treating Lin Yun as invisible.
Lin Yun thought for a bit and couldn't help chuckling.
Knowledge regarding puppeteering wasn't like potioneering and Magic Tool alchemy, especially potioneering. Every material's ratio, temperature, degree of extraction, order, and method had strict and precise data. As long as the data was said, it could be determined whether it was real or not.
But puppeteering was different. Apart from some key components, there was no standard data for many areas. Every puppet was different, and the same component might have hundreds or even thousands of different components, but they would all be correct.
It was just a rumor, but this Crowits was treating those things as advanced conjectures.
Or it could be said that those things could be made, but the price was too high, and there simply wasn't a universal model. It was possible to spend a tenth of the price to use other materials to make something with the same effect, and the effect might even be better.
There were too many conjectures in the field of alchemy, and most of them had no research value. Even if they could be successfully made, they had no practical value.
For example, a mana reactor that surpassed the conjectures of this era would cost a spirit mana crystal, while a mana reactor that could achieve the same effect would only need half a spirit mana crystal.
Even if that advanced conjecture had research value, it had no practical value.
Lin Yun was an Artisan and was proficient in potioneering, Magic Tools, arrays, and puppeteering, so he naturally understood this principle.
Seeing that Crowits was minding his own business and simply ignoring him, Lin Yun turned to leave.
After Lin Yun left the shop, Crowits finished carving the component in his hand and raised his head with a dissatisfied expression.
He knew that the Grey Beastmen's fort had been captured, but it didn't matter. In any case, that human didn't start a massacre, didn't exterminate the Grey Beastmen, and didn't affect his alchemy research, so he didn't care.
Had it not been for Dunas telling him in advance, Crowits wouldn't have let Lin Yun enter his shop and would have acted as if he hadn't seen him. It was all because the Grey Beastmen had just been captured, and Crowits felt that it was better not to provoke Lin Yun to avoid implicating the Grey Beastmen, even if they were a group of idiots with no common language.
Lin Yun knew that he couldn't invite Crowits now. This kind of puppeteer specialized in alchemy and didn't even care about his own rank. Apart from making him interested, nothing else would be useful. Even threatening the Grey Beastmen's fort would be useless.
Lin Yun had Dunas look for a puppet laboratory with a complete set of tools and equipment. How could Dunas dare to ask anything? He promptly looked for the best puppet laboratory in the fort.
Lin Yun took Crowits' semi-finished Max Mana Reactor and entered the puppet laboratory by himself, not coming out for an entire day.
After entering, Lin Yun looked at the semi-finished Mana Reactor and frowned.
The prototype and concept of Crowits' Mana Reactor were complete, but those hard, right-angled patterns were a complete mess. The mana runes carved and their positions were too different from the complete Max Mana Reactor. If he wanted to modify it, it would be better to make a new one.
A new Max Mana Reactor only needed a sample, and it didn't need to be too advanced. Lin Yun would be able to complete it in an hour.
However, it took an entire day to modify this half-finished product …
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