Chapter 75: The Shield Guardian

“This~” The Old Mage said hesitantly, “Although I have achievements in refining Potions, that is only relative to the Human Race. In fact, for the highest achievements in Pharmacy, we have to look at the Elves who are born to deal with plants. If the toxin on Krishchen is really a secret made by the Elves, I’m afraid I am power less!”

Old Xie was depressed when he heard this and could not help but complain, “You are a Grandmaster Alchemist anyway, but you can’t recast the Blink Dagger, and you can’t cure poison. What exactly can you do?”

“My specialty is Combat Puppets, Puppets, do you understand?” The Old Mage shouted angrily.

“You mean making garbage like Steel Golems?” Old Xie shrugged disdainfully, “What’s the use of that broken thing? Any organized elite soldiers can easily knock down those scraps of copper and iron. They can only show off their power in narrow places.”

“Who said that?” The Old Mage immediately said angrily, “Come with me, I’ll show you how powerful the latest Steel Golem I personally designed and developed is!”

Saying that, the Old Mage forcibly dragged Old Xie into one of his laboratories and showed Old Xie a giant Steel Golem that was over four meters tall. This was a guy who looked very fat, with a broad body and a round waist. Old Xie estimated that its weight alone was at least several tons. With just this bulk, it could definitely easily block the collective charge of most human elite soldiers.

This guy had two weapons. In his left hand was a giant shield, almost the size of a door panel. In his right hand was a Heavy Sword. The sword was nearly two meters long, a foot wide, and a palm thick. It weighed at least several hundred catties. Looking at the cold light flashing on the blade and its huge body, it gave people a huge pressure.

The Old Mage said proudly, “This is the latest Combat Puppet I developed, named Shield Guardian. Isn’t it powerful?”

“It looks good, but I don’t know how it performs in action!” Old Xie shrugged.

“What? You still dare to doubt my ability?” The Old Mage immediately shouted angrily, “Then I will let you see how powerful it is. Shield Guardian, chop this little bastard to death for me!”

As soon as the Old Mage finished speaking, he saw the Shield Guardian’s eyes suddenly shoot out a red light and quickly lock onto Old Xie. Then, with very agile and smooth movements, it quickly lifted the Heavy Sword and slashed hard at Old Xie’s head. From the Old Mage giving the order to the Shield Guardian starting and slashing this sword, the whole process took less than a second. Whether it was the Shield Guardian’s reaction speed or its action efficiency, both were shockingly high.

Old Xie was considered half an expert, so he naturally knew the difficulty of this. He could not help but secretly praise the Old Mage’s Shield Guardian as ‘good’! Subsequently, to test the strength of the Shield Guardian, Old Xie did not choose to dodge, but took out the seed of the Thorn Wood, catalyzed it into a wooden staff as thick as a bowl, and then with the momentum of holding up the sky, he forcibly blocked the Shield Guardian’s sword.

When the sword and staff intersected, a loud bang was heard. With a flash of sparks, the Shield Guardian’s Heavy Sword actually chipped and then bounced back. Old Xie didn’t feel good either; his arms were a little sore and numb. Not only was the wooden staff in his hand split with a not-so-small gap, but even the bluestone ground under his feet cracked inch by inch.

Seeing this, the Old Mage was startled and hurriedly stopped the Shield Guardian who still wanted to attack. He asked with concern, “Hey, kid, are you okay?”

“Hmm, it’s okay!” Old Xie shook his sore and numb arm and said, “This guy has a strength of about ten thousand catties. It really can’t be resisted by a Naga Arm! If it were a Behemoth Arm, my absolute strength would definitely be above his.”

“Damn, are you a monster?” The Old Mage heard this and shouted directly, “How do you have such great strength? You know, even a Level 4 Warrior wouldn’t dare to take this sword of his head-on!”

“Hehe!” Old Xie naturally wouldn’t explain anything, he just smiled proudly.

Then the Old Mage made a new discovery. He first looked at the gap on the Shield Guardian’s greatsword, and then his eyes immediately lit up. He hurriedly said, “Kid, what is that thing in your hand? How is it harder than my finely cast steel?”

“Seed of the Ten-thousand-year Thorn Wood!” Old Xie said indifferently.

“What? I can’t find such a treasure, where did you get it?” The Old Mage immediately said with surprise and joy, “Lend it to me for research!”

“I bought it from the Hercules Family’s magic shop, and it cost 10,000 Gold Coins!” Old Xie said with a grin, “How about it, cheap?”

“Cheap, absolutely cheap!” The Old Mage immediately said with surprise and joy, “They must have wanted to show goodwill to our family, otherwise, you couldn’t buy it even if you spent 100,000 Gold Coins. But, this price reduction is a bit too much, isn’t it? What’s going on?”

“This seed is a defective product, and the Magic Power consumed is twice that of other normal seeds. However, the hardness has also increased, which can be considered another form of compensation!” Old Xie then said solemnly, “It doesn’t matter if I lend it to you to play for a few days, but the key is, you still have to worry about Krishchen’s matter!”

“I told you, I can’t do anything about Krishchen’s poison!” The Old Mage immediately said anxiously, “The Elves have a talent for Natural Magic. They deal with various plants almost since they were young. In the research of Pharmacy, we Humans are far inferior to them.”

“Even if you can’t do it yourself, can’t you find someone else?” Old Xie hinted, “For example, your friends, comrades-in-arms, mistresses, or Illegitimate Children.”

“What kind of messy nonsense is that!” The Old Mage blushed from Old Xie’s teasing and immediately shouted dissatisfiedly, “Do I have any mistresses or Illegitimate Children?” Although the Old Mage said it firmly, there was a hint of guilt in his words. It was obvious that this old guy wasn’t a clean character.

“Hehe, I don’t care what you have, anyway, you have to find a way to cure Krishchen’s poison!” Old Xie was too lazy to care about the Old Mage’s messy affairs. He just put on a look of having you cornered and said proudly, “I advise you not to refuse me, because if you refuse me, my mood will be bad. And if my mood is bad, my strength will be affected in the Duel with the Little Princess. And if I perform abnormally and lose~ oh my, the consequences will be serious! You might never see that Alchemy Blueprint again!”

“You, you are threatening me!” The Old Mage immediately said angrily.

“No, no, this is not a threat, just a kind reminder! You better think it over!” Old Xie said, turning around with a smirk on his face.