(Thanks to Nano Plague Swarm: Luo Yu for the donation. Bonus release 21/30.)
On Moon 2, there was a core factory district that had already been developed into a secondary industrial Hive City. Its tallest building stood over eight hundred meters high.
The Iron Skull Archmagos's lair was here as well. He called this entire secondary industrial Hive City complex the Iron Skull Lair.
Through the Iron Skull Lair's central control room, he could control every factory on the planet and issue different production orders.
This was also his mechanical laboratory, where the Iron Skull Archmagos built and tested his dark mechanical creations, the ones he could never speak of to outsiders.
Inside the Iron Skull Lair, the Iron Skull Archmagos received word that Li Qinwu had come to see him. He put down his work and went to greet him.
The Iron Skull Archmagos's mechanical body strode into a freight workshop. From far away, he spotted Li Qinwu and the wreckage of two Knight Mechs on the two freight vehicles behind him.
The Iron Skull Archmagos stopped walking. His mechanical eyes began scanning the damage to the two Knight Mechs from a distance.
Li Qinwu walked over to him and asked:
"Well? Can you fix them?"
The Iron Skull Archmagos stood there scanning for a good ten seconds or more before asking:
"What happened? How did their chassis get damaged this badly?"
Li Qinwu briefly told the Iron Skull Archmagos about the fighting on the Fortress World. The Iron Skull Archmagos let out a strange laugh:
"You fought that battle, got nothing out of it, and lost all that military strength. Any regrets?"
Li Qinwu clicked his tongue.
"You don't know shit! I traded material resources for political capital.
"Before long, word that I helped Titus fight will reach