With Lin Fan no longer interfering, Trazyn's work proceeded quite smoothly.
As an antiquities collector and archaeologist, Trazyn had practically maxed out his artifact restoration skills. So, while linking Orikan to the Butcher's Nails, he worked more like a sculptor molding clay.
Trazyn teleported over vast amounts of living metal and spread it across Orikan's body. Through kneading, cutting, and shaping, an Orikan with Angron's build was born beneath Trazyn's hands.
A Primarch's head and neck were far larger than an ordinary person's, making it possible for Trazyn to install more Blackstone. Trazyn's technical skills truly were not that great, but he was wealthy. He could easily dig out plenty of Blackstone ornaments from his little storeroom that matched the Butcher's Nails.
These ornaments were embedded within the living metal. In essence, they were not connected to Orikan's data core at all—they merely looked as though they were.
The massive metal giant's face still retained Orikan's design, complete with its enormous single eye. Trazyn believed this would make Lin Fan's subconscious assume that Orikan's consciousness would hold the dominant position in this body.
After finishing his work, Trazyn waited for a long time. Then he heard an unusual thumping sound.
"Could a few cables have been plugged into the wrong places?"
Thinking this, Trazyn pressed an instrument capable of seeing through a living metal body against Orikan. All the basic systems were functioning normally, yet the source of the sound remained unfound.
It couldn't be a heartbeat, could it? That would be too bizarre.
Thoroughly puzzled, Trazyn pressed his head against Orikan's broad chest. Then his nonexistent ears told him that an illusory heart was beating within that soulless metal body.
A distorted metallic voice came from Orikan's grille-like mouth. Then he noticed Trazyn pressed against his chest.
His confusion