Although Apprentice had no talent for learning magic, he possessed unparalleled ability and luck in other areas, especially mechanics and materials.
Wild Mage and the others were still clicking their tongues in amazement, unable to understand the principle behind it. They even wondered whether it contained some magic they did not know about.
As time passed, people in the mortal world gradually began to make certain guesses about the relationship between the Technology God and the Magic Goddess.
Perhaps it was like the War God and the Fertility Goddess. Their divine authorities complemented each other: excessive population led to war, war caused the population to plummet, which triggered a baby boom. The two cycled endlessly, and in the end, the gods representing those respective authorities came together...
Perhaps the Technology God and the Magic Goddess were the same...
Under such circumstances, the thing confining these Worm Monsters could naturally have been magical runes.
Such situations were not uncommon in Magitech Devices. They could even be called commonplace.
As mages, they could not help but follow that line of thought.
Yet they had never imagined it would be so simple.
These monsters ate ore. Imprisoning them with metal and stone was like locking a human inside a bakery—they would eat their way out sooner or later. But by changing their approach and using resilient plants to confine them, the task became much easier.
As for why the surface needed to be carbonized, some mages did not know.
But Apprentice understood it very well.
"Carbonized Wood has excellent resistance to decay. High-temperature treatment makes its surface denser, while the wood inside retains its own resilience."
Apprentice seemed to have noticed the others' confusion and explained with a smile, "In short, things have gone far more smoothly than we expected. Raising these little