Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 553

By this, they perished

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Admittedly, although Li Wei had lost a Mecha, he had gained something more interesting from the Holy Maiden. Hmm, Li Wei felt that the Holy Maiden really ought to write down everything she knew, especially the basics.

After all, this world was no longer in the age of cultivation, when people could unleash forbidden spells that destroyed heaven and earth at the drop of a hat. It was now an age of declining magic, when even casting five fireballs took effort. Li Wei was not particularly interested in the advanced knowledge the Holy Maiden possessed, because being interested would do him no good anyway.

Take the Homunculus, for instance. Anyone would want one in this day and age. But the Holy Maiden had already said that the materials had gone extinct, so it could no longer be made.

Just listen to that. Materials going extinct. What a novel phrase.

So, rather than things that could no longer be replicated today, Li Wei wanted simple, convenient techniques that could be used in mass production.

For example, this Alchemy Array seemed very limited to the Holy Maiden, but in Li Wei's eyes, it could produce extraordinary results if used properly.

It could even create powerful dolls like this one, capable of slicing a Mecha to pieces. All right, Li Wei had to admit that his opponent had benefited from its material. If this thing had been made of steel rather than mithril, there was no telling who would have won!

Besides, Li Wei was very suspicious of what exactly this thing was.

He even wondered whether what the Holy Maiden called an Alchemy Array really counted as a magical array.

His [Soul Sight] could not detect even a trace of Soul Radiance. Even the legendary items in the Royal Family's treasury emitted

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