Chapter 98

Now, there was only one thing missing...

Each alchemical puppet has unique control runes, and the number of control runes varies depending on the type of alchemical puppet. For example, the mining alchemical puppets produced by the Gilded Rose have no more than three to five control runes, capable of performing only a few basic tasks like mining and transportation.

However, combat alchemical puppets have much more complex control runes, usually numbering in the dozens or more. Since alchemical puppets lack consciousness, only a sufficient number of control runes can allow them to adapt to the rapidly changing battlefield.

What Lin Yun lacked now was this control rune.

It seemed like an unsolvable problem.

A puppet that had been inactive for over three hundred years, trying to find its control runes in a moment, was simply an impossible task.

But Lin Yun actually smiled...

As he laughed, he took out the heritage-level ring. It was too obvious; in the entire Noscent world, only the Black Tower could create alchemical puppets based on the prototype of a Caucasian combat mage.

In other words, the skeleton lying outside the fork in the path was most likely the owner of this alchemical puppet.

This owner left behind two relics.

A True Spirit-level staff, which was the source of the alchemical puppet's magical power.

A heritage-level ring, which Lin Yun couldn't figure out the use of earlier, but now he understood—it had to be the control runes for the alchemical puppet.

Without hesitation, Lin Yun took out the heritage-level ring. As the mana array activated, a surge of mana was infused into it, and in an instant, a low, Noscent language incantation sounded in Lin Yun's ear.

One, two, three, four...

Even Lin Yun didn't expect that this alchemical puppet's control runes would number over a hundred and thirty!

Moreover, these over a hundred and thirty control runes were divided into several levels, each more precise than the last. The lowest level of control runes could even make technical corrections to the alchemical puppet's spellcasting, which was quite bizarre, essentially giving the alchemical puppet the spellcasting skills of a mage.

Of course, this was on the condition that the alchemical puppet's owner had already mastered these skills.

For Lin Yun, this was precisely the least of his problems.

After memorizing all the control runes, Lin Yun put the ring back in his pocket. Since the Bone Demon's awakening, Lin Yun showed a relaxed expression for the first time, because he knew he now had the strength to challenge the Bone Demon. If everything went smoothly, he might even be able to gain control of the Nether Iron ore vein ahead of time.

Thinking of this, Lin Yun inserted the staff into the alchemical puppet's body, the large elemental amber perfectly filling the empty space for the mana source. A large amount of mana began to pour in like a flood, and after three seconds, the alchemical puppet's fingers moved. After ten seconds, the alchemical arrays on the adamantine skeleton began to glow.

After thirty seconds, the light from the elemental amber dimmed, and the alchemical puppet's body suddenly trembled...

Recharged!

"Attack!" Lin Yun drew the dimming spirit staff and simultaneously uttered the control runes in Noscent language. The alchemical puppet's originally somewhat stiff body suddenly became upright, grabbing the nearby adamantine spear and rushing out of the narrow fork at an astonishing speed.

It was only then that Lin Yun realized how this fork in the path was originally excavated. It couldn't even be described as excavation; the alchemical puppet, clad in heavy plate armor, was like an armored bulldozer. With a single sweep of its three-meter-long adamantine spear, large amounts of earth were thrown up, and in just a moment, it had charged out of the hundred-meter-long narrow fork.

As the alchemical puppet rushed out of the fork, the Bone Demon also entered the cave. A low roar filled the narrow space, and two phosphorescent lights flickered in its hollow eyes. Dozens of necrotic fireballs orbited around its body, looking as sinister as the ghostly lights in a graveyard.

The moment the alchemical puppet appeared, the Bone Demon clearly paused...

Although the Bone Demon's combat power rivaled that of a High Mage, its intelligence was really not high. With its pitiful intelligence, it was truly difficult to understand the bizarre existence of the alchemical puppet. It was neither like an undead nor a living being, yet it emitted a shocking magical aura. What kind of monster was this?

The alchemical puppet clearly didn't want to answer the Bone Demon's question. It swung its adamantine spear horizontally, and the Bone Demon's massive body was immediately sent flying, crashing into the stone wall with a dull thud.

However, the Bone Demon, being a undead creature with combat power rivaling a High Mage, only let out an angry roar after the sudden heavy blow and then wobbled to its feet. Clearly, the alchemical puppet's previous strike had thoroughly enraged this ruler of the Black Wasteland. The two phosphorescent lights in its eye sockets burned fiercely, and with an angry howl, it charged at the alchemical puppet...

Another dull thud sounded, and the two non-human beings collided violently. One was an alchemical puppet wielding an adamantine spear, the other was the ruler of the Black Wasteland controlling necrotic fireballs. The battle was brutal from the start.

Each collision between the two non-human beings produced a bone-chilling thud. This was a battle with no defense, only attack, the intensity of which would make any human Great Swordsman pale. The Bone Demon could allow an adamantine spear to pierce its body to ensure a necrotic fireball hit, and the alchemical puppet could allow a necrotic fireball to explode on its body to hit the Bone Demon's skull...

In the flying dust, it was clear that the Bone Demon's three rows of ribs were already broken, looking hollow and terrifying. The alchemical puppet wasn't much better; its thick adamantine plate armor was dented in several places, and near its chest, it had even been pierced by the Bone Demon's bone spike.

As Lin Yun walked out of the long fork, he continuously uttered control runes, one hand tightly gripping the spirit staff, the other hand tightly holding the Sage's Chapter.

At this moment, only Lin Yun knew that his palms were drenched in sweat.

Because he only had one chance...

If he missed this opportunity, even if the alchemical puppet's combat power was formidable, he would have to stay in the Bone Plane forever. After all, the alchemical puppet's combat power was at most that of a Level 1 High Mage and a Level 5 Great Swordsman, which was still a very long way from the Bone Demon, who could rival a High Mage.

Now, it seemed that the alchemical puppet was on par with the Bone Demon, but Lin Yun knew that it wasn't because of the alchemical puppet's own strength, but because of the three control runes he was issuing per second.