Asher smiled and walked into the room where the Heart of Machinery was placed.
This was a large warehouse specially cleaned out.
At this moment, inside was placed a Heart of Machinery that seemed to float in midair.
Asher patted Cat-Worm and Little White Snake.
"Time for you to work."
"First transport over the Water Essence Steel, one hundred kilograms will do."
Cat-Worm: o.O
Little White Snake swayed its tail.
Little Raven: 'Bird can do it! Let bird go!'
Asher pressed down Little Raven's head, "No, you can't!"
Shadow tentacles deployed.
Cat-Worm puffed and huffed, puffed and huffed, finally, with difficulty yet successfully, managed to transport the Water Essence Steel, the heaviest material, into the room.
Cat-Worm lay flat with six legs up.
That pair of messy doodle-like eyes almost turned into a dazed shape.
Don't ask.
If you ask, it's just too tired.
Seeing this, not only did Asher not feel distressed, he even stroked his chin and fell into thought, "Hmm… this can count as a kind of training method, right?"
"Looks like it's quite effective."
Could consider adding it into the daily training list of his pet beasts.
Anyway, there was so much Water Essence Steel, setting aside some to make training equipment for pet beasts wasn't much of a problem.
Cat-Worm: "?"
"Meow!"
Cat-Worm, who was lying flat just a second ago, jumped up instantly upon hearing Asher's words.
'No way!'
'This one thing absolutely no way!'
Asher looked at Little Raven, Little White Snake, and Little Jellyfish, "How about it, want to give it a try?"
"It's kind of fun, isn't it?"
Little Raven flapped its wings twice.
'Bird has no opinion!'
'All for the beastmaster!'
Little White Snake also flicked its tongue.
'Training anyway. Training is training no matter how. Snake has no opinion.'
"Gulu!"
Little Jellyfish waved its long tentacles.
Cat-Worm alone and helpless: "..."
Cat-Worm cast a pleading glance at Angel.
Angel: ?
Though it had only one eye, Angel perfectly expressed its thoughts with that one eye.
'What are you looking at me for?'
'Does this training have anything to do with me?'
Realizing that Angel really didn't need to train, Cat-Worm's expression gradually turned bleak.
"Is it necessary? It's not even that tiring, actually," Asher found it funny, picked up Cat-Worm, and poked its head with a finger.
Such a dead-fish-like appearance.
People who didn't know better would really think he was some black-hearted beast tamer.
Not that bad.
"Maybe it's because of attributes," Charlotte at the side looked and said a fair statement.
"And special steel with attributes has a powerful density, it's still quite draining for pet beasts."
"Just lifting it is nothing, but transporting and moving…"
'Mhm!'
'Still quite difficult.'
Luckily the distance from the courtyard to the room wasn't too long.
Otherwise Cat-Worm wouldn't just be lying down and striking.
"In that case, even more reason to strengthen training," Asher pinched the pair of horns on Cat-Worm's head and said seriously.
'Exactly!'
'All the more reason for training.'
Cat-Worm stopped moving.
Lay flat.
Stopped struggling.
Deal with it later.
Charlotte looked at Cat-Worm's complete give-up attitude and couldn't help twitching the corner of her eye.
She thought about it and still didn't say anything.
This was Asher's pet beast.
Asher must have more detailed training plans and future cultivation directions for them, she as an outsider shouldn't meddle.
"Can we start now?", Charlotte shifted her gaze from Cat-Worm to the Heart of Machinery in front.
Her gaze toward the Heart of Machinery was full of interest.
'How exactly does the Heart of Machinery operate?'
It's definitely not fake to say she was curious.
Compared to one hundred kilograms of special steel.
The remaining materials were easier to bring in.
Easy-peasy.
Once all materials were ready.
Asher gave Angel a look.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Angel flew toward the Heart of Machinery.
Outsiders seemed to feel a wave of energy, and then the Heart of Machinery began operating.
Asher gave Angel a thumbs-up.
'Nicely done!'
"This is what you previously said, Professor Asher, the activation of the Heart of Machinery is related to this pet beast called Angel?", Charlotte looked at Angel and the Heart of Machinery in surprise.
She recalled what Asher had previously said.
Suspected that Angel was a creation from the same batch as the Heart of Machinery.
Angel had the ability to activate the Heart of Machinery, precisely because of this.
The authorities chose to give usage rights of the Heart of Machinery to Asher.
Privately, it wasn't like no one talked about this. Thought it was Asher talking nonsense.
How could such a thing exist.
Charlotte had also speculated privately.
But she always felt that this thing being in Asher's hands didn't seem to be a big problem.
But now…
Asher might actually be telling the truth?
Asher immediately understood what Charlotte was thinking.
"Of course."
Asher said calmly, "Everything I said was the truth."
"Do I look like someone who lies?"
Charlotte: "..."
Charlotte carefully, thoroughly, and completely looked Asher over, and finally came to a conclusion.
"Indeed doesn't look like."
If in the past, Charlotte thought Asher was a bit like a little fox.
Now, in Charlotte's view.
Asher seemed overly pure and kind.
'Some things…'
"…Sometimes you really don't need to be so honest," Looking left and right, seeing no one was paying attention and everyone was watching the Heart of Machinery, Charlotte quickly leaned closer to Asher and whispered.
Charlotte's voice was already near a breath.
No helping it.
Charlotte now had a guilty feeling like she was corrupting a child in private, "Telling appropriate lies isn't a big deal, people should learn to protect themselves, understand?"
As she spoke, Charlotte seriously looked at Asher.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Asher curled the corners of his lips.
Hearing this, Charlotte rolled her eyes at Asher.
'Know what you're doing?'
'Why do I not feel at all that Asher knows what he is doing?'
She even began to think Asher was silly, naive, and sweet.
Noticing Charlotte's gaze, Asher: "..."
'Alright, fine.'
'No need to explain.:
'Charlotte can think whatever she wants.'
But Asher also didn't expect that his "nine parts truth, one part lie" disguise would be so successful.
'Presumably in the eyes of people in the Beast Tamer Alliance, I appear just like that too?'
'Tsk tsk.'
Asher faux-patted his nonexistent conscience.
'Mhm.'
'Doesn't hurt at all, in fact, even feels a bit smug.'
As for Angel and the Heart of Machinery…
Looking at the Heart of Machinery in midair extending external absorption organs like blood vessels, Asher smiled again.
He hadn't expected either.
Between Angel and the Heart of Machinery, such a special link would be formed.
Earlier, Angel had used the energy in its body to awaken the slumbering Heart of Machinery.
Angel also told Asher.
Only during awakening was mythological creature energy needed.
Afterward, other energy could be used to replenish and activate, it wouldn't further consume the myth energy in Angel's body.
But whether the Heart of Machinery could also be counted as a kind of beast, Asher didn't know.
In any case, the Heart of Machinery had latched onto Angel.
Or more accurately, latched onto the mythological energy Angel could provide.
The Heart of Machinery and Angel established a special, stable link. As long as the Heart of Machinery used materials to create semi-living mechanical-attributed beasts, a small portion of the corresponding material energy would be replenished into Angel's body.
Heart of Machinery: 'Angel carry me! Boss, take me! I'll steal car batteries to support you!'
Asher who knew about this: "..."
Well, how to say. Feelings were a bit complicated. But not that complicated either.
Thinking carefully…
This was actually very beneficial for Angel.
At the very least, the huge pile of materials originally needed, possibly larger than Dragon King's body size, could be significantly reduced.
As long as there were beast tamers to purchase mechanical beasts, the Heart of Machinery would have work.
Angel could become stronger.
The cost?
Just once a year, and each time 1% to 5%, according to the work of the Heart of Machinery, to provide corresponding mythological creature energy.
This account was acceptable to Asher.
Thus Asher opened the Heart of Machinery blind boxes to the public.
Asher thought a lot in his head.
But said nothing.
These things only needed him to know.
Giving Angel the suspected identity of being a creation from the same batch as the Heart of Machinery was merely to better cover up Angel's powerful strength and the potentially exaggerated speed of its growth.
But at present, aside from Asher, no one else thought in this direction.
Even because they saw Angel could really activate the Heart of Machinery, they believed Asher was telling absolute truths.
So honest he couldn't be more honest.
'At this rate this Professor Asher will suffer in the future!'
Not just Charlotte, but Asher's staff had similar thoughts.
None of them said much.
They just planned to help Asher keep a lookout in the future.
'Absolutely can't let Asher get scammed by outsiders.'
Asher: "?"
The Heart of Machinery absorbed all the materials placed on the ground and began to work.
Ka-Chak! Ka-Chak!
Gears ground together, and there came a sound like a heartbeat.
Asher glanced over.
"Probably will take a few days, shall we go back to work?"
Creating a brand new creation, a mechanical beast, was a different matter from simply making a body for Angel.
The former required more time.
The latter just needed a body.
Exactly how many days… Asher wasn't quite sure.
He used Charlotte as a guinea pig not without reason.
Many things had to be explored through practice.
"I'll stay here a bit longer."
"Maybe it'll be fast?"
"This is my custom-made beast, I want to see it first," From the moment the Heart of Machinery started operating, Charlotte's eyes never moved away.
Asher: "..."
Asher turned his gaze toward the others.
Pierce, Levi, and Eliana who were stared at: "..."
QAQ
'We also want to stay. But, we are workers.'
Trying to pretend they didn't notice the boss's gaze was unrealistic.
So they could only turn and cry as they walked to their work stations.
Sarah, who had joined the research institute earliest, walked to Asher's side, "Professor Asher, could you implement that glass-replacement plan you mentioned earlier soon?"
While speaking, Sarah gestured with both hands.
"Definitely won't affect our work efficiency!"
Asher didn't expect the usually most composed Sarah to be so interested in the Heart of Machinery's work process.
As if understanding Asher's look, Sarah smiled and explained, "Partly just interested in mechanical beasts."
"As for the other part…", Saying this, Sarah looked back at the massive Heart of Machinery, her eyes carrying a bit of fervor.
"The Heart of Machinery itself is also highly research-worthy, isn't it?"
Whether the application of the Heart of Machinery, or its functions. Or even its appearance… there were too many mysteries and knowledge on this huge Heart of Machinery.
It was really hard not to want to study it.
Plus, their daily work wasn't even that difficult.
Just being Asher's tools, once their regular work was done, they could even do their own research and advance their studies.
Now, being so close to the source, they get the first opportunity.
With such a huge Heart of Machinery right before their eyes, disassembling it and getting inside to research definitely isn't allowed.
But side research, deducing from observing the Heart of Machinery's working process, is always possible, right?
At this moment, Asher, who finally understood these people's thoughts, was silent for a moment.
He didn't expect that the workers under him were actually this ambitious...
"Alright."
After thinking it over, Asher agreed.
'Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, just letting everyone take a look.'
Very soon, Asher informed the beast tamer construction team about this matter.
"Small case!"
"Leave it to us!"
The leader of this beats tamer construction team was a beastmaster specialized in ground and rock attribute pet beasts. He slapped his chest loudly with a pa pa sound.
Right in front of Asher, he directly made a military pledge.
"The price is negotiable, it won't be missing when the time comes," Asher also smiled.
Although the beast tamer construction team isn't cheap, but they're fast.
They follow instructions and requirements.
However you want it is how they'll do it, they absolutely won't do it according to their own ideas.
For Asher, this is just a matter of spending money to save time.
Just this price...
"Heh heh!", The beast tamer foreman looked at Asher's expression and instantly guessed what Asher was thinking.
"No choice, we all have to eat, you know!"
"Just my family's pet beasts… sigh! Better not mention it! The money earned from this job will just barely cover their food expenses for a year!"
Asher smiled.
'Playing the pity card, huh?'
The beast tamer foreman was just casually chatting, and very quickly got to work.
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