Dago made his move

Through the goat's exterior, he "saw" five vigorously beating metal hearts made of countless gears, intricately crafted mechanical components fitted tightly together, and a vast number of complex Rune Magic Arrays, each independent yet interconnected, their links interlocking.

Those arrays were not static, lifeless objects. They breathed and pulsed at a dizzying frequency.

Every tiny rune absorbed the free energy particles around it, converted them into pure kinetic energy, and fed it into the metal hearts.

Within Dago's mental perception, the friction of meshing gears sounded like an exquisitely precise symphony, without a single discordant note—only the pure beauty of order.

"A masterpiece that perfectly combines alchemy and runology..."

Dago narrowed his eyes and murmured under his breath.

His [Eye of Truth] spun furiously, trying to record that fleeting spark of inspiration.

In truth, metal golem spells had never particularly appealed to him. A wizard's energy was limited, and everyone knew better than to bite off more than they could chew.

But further along the path of metal spells, golems were an extremely important and powerful school of magic.

They represented creation, the granting of "pseudo-life" to lifeless objects—an important key to the gates of truth.

The Thorn Ring had no corresponding legacy. Its old fossils preferred shaping elements.

If he wanted to continue down the path of metal spells, or even glimpse the secrets of the legendary "mechanical ascension" or "soul constructs," now was just the right time to begin preparing.

A ready-made, advanced specimen left behind by the Dwarf Civilization was worth even more than a finished high-tier magical implement.

A high-tier magical implement was merely a tool, whereas this goat was a vessel of knowledge.

While Dago examined the metal golem goat, it also noticed the presence of the man and serpent.

The little thing was quite