Chapter 781: 781 Kongriff Newton

Chapter 781: Chapter 781 Kongriff Newton

Those who could be bestowed the title of “Doctor” in Steam City were few and far between.

The title of Doctor here was different from that in Holy City.

One had to be personally authorized by the Gold Master or Mr. Newton themselves. Only those who had made extraordinary contributions in the field of steam technology research and development could possibly be given this title.

Most of them were of advanced age, certainly not a young man who seemed to be in his early twenties.

Moreover, the name “Nicholas” was completely unfamiliar, he had never heard of it before.

Just at this moment.

Sssss… Steam kept gushing out from the giant armor, some node areas of the armor had been heated to a red glow.

Full power – crushing!

The angry Steam Knight was forced to go all out, turning the mechanical puppet in front of him into scraps.

Then he turned his furious eyes to the young man on the second floor.

“Dr. Nicholas? Valen. Nicholas… Are you the first place winner from the last knight tournament?”

This heavy steam knight named Jonathan had watched the entire process of the tournament as a member of the knight regiment.

After all, the last knight tournament had a very important significance for the Steam Knights.

The Mechanical God Sect, after more than a decade of hard work, finally achieved the coexistence of “Battle AI” and “Self-awareness”.

With a common student as the carrier, they introduced the most advanced biology and steam mechanical science, modifying a combat clergy member that was close to perfection (The “Seed of Fate” also underwent qualitative changes due to the introduction of machinery).

Such a masterpiece also received recognition from the Gold Master.

It appeared on the stage of the knight tournament by the name of “Creation of the Gold Master”.

According to the standards of past knight tournaments, through calculations by the steam differential machine, the probability of this creation winning the first place was calculated to be 73%.

The Steam Knights planned to use this perfect creation to win the “sequential first” and submit the “Plan for the Manufacturing, Training, and Expedition Use of Mechanical Knights” to the council.

But unexpectedly, two unforeseen incidents occurred during the competition.

1. The creation couldn’t adapt to the sparring type of fighting yet, it was difficult to control the strength of its shots. During the competition, it displayed an overly strong murderous aura, almost causing the death of other contestants.

It seems that the control of the creation still needs further adjustment.

2. In the final, under conditions where all parameters were normal and there was no energy loss, the creation was directly defeated by [Valen. Nicholas].

Moreover, according to Nicholas’s subsequent performance, he hadn’t shown his real strength in the fight against the creation.

These two points directly disrupted the plan of the Steam Knights.

However, the Gold Master was not angry, but rather admired Han Dong, this young man.

He personally offered an olive branch to Nicholas and also proposed a deal that was hard to refuse.

However, it was rejected. Nicholas eventually chose to join the Secret Language Knight Order under the leadership of Captain Hugo.

These series of events also caused a sensation among almost all knights of the Steam Knights.

Back to the scene.

Jonathan stared at Nicholas leaning on the railing of the second floor and immediately signaled for all his clergy below to stop.

“Doctor? My database doesn’t have any information about your identity in Steam City, and I remember you joined the Secret Language Knight Order… Nicholas, you’d better have a good enough reason to explain the situation here.”

“Reason?

You see for yourself.”

Han Dong threw the envelope sealed with the steam wax seal over.

Staring at Mr. Newton’s signature on the letter, and the tone of ‘peer communication’, Knight Jonathan immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

In his view, Han Dong may have rejected the Gold Master at the tournament, but he had a secret collaboration with him privately.

“The letter is indeed real.

However, what’s the deal with the ‘Battle AI’ implanted in this regular mechanical puppet? I hope Knight Nicholas can give a satisfactory answer.

Both the laws of Steam City and the highest constitution of Holy City are extremely strict in controlling AI.”

“Involving the ‘Bishop Level’ top-secret, do I also need to report to you?”

Han Dong’s question left Jonathan speechless.

Still, Jonathan had a knot in his heart, not to mention being pushed to full strength by a rubbish mechanical puppet… He encountered a junior who had just become a knight, and was oppressed verbally, making him unable to respond.

But… if his impulsiveness angered Mr. Newton, it would be more trouble than it’s worth.

“Indeed, there’s no need to report to me.”

Han Dong sports an arrogant expression, “I originally planned to complete the base parameter modification of bio-mechanical functions in this robot factory ahead of schedule… Now, you lot have messed it up before the data has even been measured.”

“Forget it, take me straight to the [Sacred Ring].”

Han Dong’s words struck fear into Jonathan’s heart, quelling most of his anger.

“We… we were just acting according to orders from above. We didn’t know you were conducting an experiment here.”

“Forget it. You guys have it hard too. I will not mention this to Mr. Newton.

By the way! This factory and I have a close private partnership. Some simple parameter calculations involving mechanical life are done here.

You should understand what I mean, right? From now on, keep your missionary work away from this factory.”

“Yes… I will report this to superiors.”

“Good, let’s go.”

After that exchange, Han Dong had gained an absolute advantage.

They then walked down the staircase and as Han Dong patted Knight Jonathan’s heavy armor, they left the factory under the puzzled but grateful eyes of the workers.

Factory Director Franky looked perplexed, glancing at Knight Charlie who had emerged from the rest area.

“Charlie… what’s going on?”

With a wave of Charlie’s hand, everything in the factory that was disordered or destroyed from the fight was put back together by invisible strings. He said, somewhat helplessly:

“It’s nothing. This kid and Newton really do have a covert partnership… Now, I owe this kid two favours.”

……..

Knight Jonathan acted as a guide and accompanied Han Dong throughout.

By riding the super-fast elevator within [Steam Pillar], they arrived at the Sacred Ring layer, which was four hundred meters high.

Gear-formed crosses were visible everywhere here.

The personnel walking here were universally dressed in copper-trimmed robes which only differed in color.

Besides providing different types of protection, these robes were also used to cover their deeply modified bodies to prevent the ‘biomechanical’ alterations happening to them from frightening ordinary knights.

Via the ‘connection corridor’, they arrived at the headquarters of the Mechanical God Sect – [Sacred Ring].

The entrance of the Sacred Ring.

As Han Dong presented a special letter, a distinct aura instantly descended.

The Sacred Ring guardians armed with power battle axes and Knight Jonathan, who was accompanying Han Dong, immediately knelt… A cold sweat traced down the cheek of Jonathan.

“Nicholas, you’re finally here!

What do you think? Isn’t [Steam City] spectacular? With your erudition, you surely can appreciate the ‘beauty’ of this place, right?”

Kongriff Newton personally came to receive them.

In Newton’s value system, ‘knowledge is power’.

Dr. Nicholas is a scholar possessing robust ‘power’.

Therefore, Newton views him as an equal, regardless of whether he is a newbie knight or not.

Newton appeared very different from his aristocratic image when meeting in the outside world.

Inside the Sacred Ring of Steam City,

Mr. Newton revealed a hint of his [True State].

His whole body was ‘wrapped’ in a type of ‘liquid gold’ that seemed to originate from the Fate Space… even the right half of his face was like that… only the left half retained a human appearance.

Perhaps he was in a wrapped state, or perhaps the ‘liquid gold’ was part of his body.

He abandoned walking.

Whether it was the anti-gravity effect of the liquid gold, the magnetic levitation effect between the liquid gold and the magnetic field inside the Sacred Ring, or Newton’s inherent flying ability,

He reached the entrance by ‘hovering’.

Such a demeanor was just like a [God].