Hyper-Dimensional Player-Chapter 402 - 28: Witch Demon Skull

Servo Skull?

Witch Demon Konggs reacted swiftly, saying immediately, "Your Majesty intends to disguise my skull as a curiosity of the Mechanical Divine Sect?"

"It’s possible."

No sooner had he spoken than he removed his skull and respectfully handed it to Duncan. The existence of a witch demon is very peculiar, as even without a skull, it can still control its headless corpse, and even if its body is completely destroyed, it doesn’t matter because it has a hidden phylactery.

This is a human skull with a smooth and standard shell.

Duncan reached out and touched it, grasping it in his palm, feeling like demon hunter Illidan holding Gul’dan’s Skull, he thought for a moment and said, "The servo skull needs to be drilled and modified to implant some mechanical devices."

"You don’t mind, do you?"

Witch Demon Konggs shook its head, only the cervical vertebrae moved, because its skull was in Duncan’s hand, responding, "Your Majesty. I just need to store part of my soul in the skull."

"As long as the phylactery exists, the body is just a tool."

So it was decided.

Using a witch demon’s head disguised as a mechanical skull, then find a way to activate a bit of the mechanical soul, unless facing the insight angel descending into reality, it would be very unlikely to discover Konggs’s witch demon identity.

With this powerful ally, Duncan could do whatever he wanted conveniently.

In the future, he could even directly modify the servo skull onto his shoulder armor, thus making it Duncan’s equipment, reducing the chance of exposure even further.

All along.

Duncan didn’t ask Witch Demon Konggs where its phylactery was!

Even if asked, it might not hand it over, and truly powerful beings don’t care whether witch demons have phylacteries, because with or without a phylactery, they could still die.

At this moment, Duncan was the only one left at the excavation camp.

From Witch Demon Konggs’s mouth, Duncan also learned many secrets about the underground ruins, which had been buried and abandoned for thousands of years. Konggs came here seeking the Soul Furnace from dwarf legend but found no clues, eventually deciding to rest here because of the presence of earth energy.

Until Konggs, who was asleep, was awakened by them.

Besides, the dwarf’s underground ruins indeed holds numerous treasures, including a large amount of gold and silver, and relics from the Mythical Era.

But to Witch Demon Konggs, these held little attraction.

It had been dead for so many years.

Now only soul-related artifacts hold any value for it.

"Your Majesty."

At that moment, Witch Demon Konggs had abandoned its original body, leaving only a skull hanging onto Duncan’s right shoulder, connected to a servo mechanical arm. The mechanical arm, designed by the Mechanical Divine Sect to resemble Dr. Octopus’s mechanical tentacle, was connected through a mechanical nerve bundle and was quite flexible.

This witch demon concealed the Soul Fire, appearing just as an ordinary skull, the surface the most polished and refined it could be, respectfully saying, "Below here is the Divine Hall area."

"It’s dedicated to six divine spirits of the dwarves."

"From the collapsed passage on the right, there’s a path leading into the dwarf ruins’ forge area, where many curiosities from the Mythical Era can be found."

"Where those mortals died earlier was one of the dwarves’ treasuries."

"But it’s been cursed."

With Witch Demon Konggs as a guide, Duncan had nearly marked out the ancient ruins ahead.

Yet he didn’t rush to excavate, instead taking out an electric drill and starting to drill holes in the witch demon’s skull—since it’s a servo skull of the Mechanical Divine Sect, it naturally needed some mechanical modifications to appear more legitimate.

Duncan drilled a hole on the right side of the witch demon’s skull, then implanted a signal receiver through the mechanical arm, followed by connecting a processor engraved with mechanical prayer, and lastly considered adding a light source on its forehead, a speaker under its mouth.

If auxiliary combat was needed, a mechanical arm could be installed at the cervical vertebrae, and equipped with some light weapons.

The critical anti-gravity engine was missing here.

In the Mysterious Era, wizards often used anti-gravity rune, later improved by the Mechanical Divine Sect, into a mass-produced turbine engine.

Eventually, Duncan spent a whole day finishing drilling five holes into the witch demon’s skull.

To make it look more like the Mechanical Divine Sect’s style, Duncan connected a mechanical duct from the cochlea of the witch demon’s skull extending to the lower part of its frontal bone, then spot-welded a gear-like insignia onto its forehead, making it undetectable for anyone.

Regarding the mechanical soul, Duncan found that in this world, all mechanical constructs possess souls or spirituality.

Using Eastern descriptions, even a stone could refine itself into a spirit or demon, possessing spirituality, so why couldn’t metal, steel, or machinery possess spirituality, possess souls?

It’s all about refinement into spirits isn’t it!

The so-called mechanical soul is actually the spirituality of the mechanical, especially weapons that have followed their masters through battles, are more prone to develop spirituality.

Many mechanical curiosities in this world require recognizing their masters.

The process is to tame the mechanical soul.

After Duncan engraved the mechanical prayer, a faint mechanical spirituality arose inside the witch demon’s skull, which started to tremble as its soul was overwhelmingly powerful to the faint spirituality.

"Don’t frighten it."

Duncan stroked the skull in his hand, welding the final bit of the mechanical insignia frame, he whispered, "I will tame it."

"Though you’re camouflaged as a mechanical soul, don’t expose yourself easily."

"Without my summon, consider yourself just an ordinary servo skull."

The voice of Witch Demon Konggs directly transmitted through mind link, respectfully answered, "Yes, Your Majesty."

This is merely an external body.

The witch demon’s soul rests in the phylactery, if its body is destroyed, it can revive through the phylactery, just find some bones and create a new body.

"Everyone’s dead."

"It’ll be hard to explain when they return."

Currently, Duncan’s mechanical cultivator outfit had been freshly modified, extending a mechanical duct from the right shoulder directly linking to the witch demon’s skull, at activation, the skull could even emit a ghostly blue glow.

Days quickly passed.

The first to return with people was unexpectedly the Esoteric Practitioner Bert, upon seeing the servo skull added to Duncan’s shoulder, his expression appeared quite disappointed.

Because Duncan increasingly resembled a mechanical cultivator.

He still hoped Duncan would join the Esoteric Buddhism.

The next morning, Tassia secretly returned with a team.

——Mechanical Court Cultivator (three stars silver-gray).

In the crowd, Duncan immediately spotted a cold man with a fully mechanized right arm. Among the array of ’rebel’ marks, the mark of this Mechanical Court Cultivator was extraordinarily conspicuous.

"Is this someone from the Mechanical Divine Sect infiltrating the rebels?"

"Infernal Affairs?"

Upon learning of the deaths of others, Tassia glanced deeply at Duncan. With her came a high-ranking rebel member named Diamond, who stared at Duncan, his gaze falling on the servo skull on Duncan’s shoulder, full of distrust.

"The rebels don’t seem to have any real strength!"

Within this team, that Mechanical Court Cultivator was actually one of the top leaders, Tassia’s status didn’t even compare to his.

As soon as Diamond arrived, he took over command of the entire excavation camp.

He even secretly assigned people to monitor Duncan.

It was already a bit of a burning bridges scenario!

Tassia seemed to notice this too, her expression showed a trace of guilt as she looked at Duncan, she entered the tent and seemed to have a quarrel with Diamond, then stormed out shortly after, she was directly stripped of her duties.

This oil lady was a defector, she wasn’t completely trusted by the rebel leaders either.

"Your Majesty."

"These people seem to be rebels!..."

At this moment, the Witch Demon Konggs whispered: "Among them, there is a member of the Mechanical Divine Sect’s court."

Konggs possessed a hint of soul insight.

He could discover people from the Mechanical Divine Sect without surprise, Duncan’s expression was very calm, slowly saying: "I know."

The Witch Demon Konggs cautiously asked: "Need me to secretly get rid of him?"

With the strength of a six-star silver-gray Witch Demon, it wasn’t difficult to quietly eliminate a Mechanical Priest.

Duncan rejected: "No need."

"Since the people of the Mechanical Divine Sect have followed, then it’s clear this place is already exposed."

The rebels basically couldn’t achieve anything.

Duncan had other ideas at this point, he was originally part of the Mechanical Divine Sect, if this ancient ruin was already exposed, then naturally he would first clean his hands of it.

At this time, the Witch Demon Konggs continued: "Your Majesty."

"I’m well-versed in Domination Series spells."

"That court’s Mechanical Cultivator, although protected by a Mechanical Mind, if employing High-level Suggestion Technique and spells to dominate humans, I still have a chance to control him."

Oh?

You have such ability?

Upon hearing, Duncan contemplated, slowly asking: "How confident are you?"

Witch Demon Konggs replied: "At least ninety percent."

"If he’s already completely turned into a Mechanical Construct, it’s slightly tricky, as I’m not adept at dominating Mechanical Creatures."

"But as long as his brain is still human biological matter."

"I can penetrate his Spell Resistance."

Ninety percent confidence?

This Witch Demon is rather modest.

Duncan had a general idea at this point, slowly responding: "Then act on my orders."

The first step was to clear his own name.

Duncan looked at the rebel members secretly monitoring him from behind, quietly approaching that court Cultivator, who also noticed the servo skull on Duncan’s shoulder, his expression showing slight surprise.

"Master Qiao sends you greetings."

Duncan’s voice was barely audible, but the court Cultivator clearly heard it.

His gaze glanced at the people secretly monitoring, quietly leaving.

Duncan waited for a while.

He seized an opportunity to head to a secluded corner of the camp, while it was completely dark around, those two monitoring rebel members immediately followed.

Crack!

A mechanical arm extended from the darkness, directly twisting one’s neck, Duncan also instantly took action, smashing the other’s head with a reverse hammer strike.

Sure enough.

That court Cultivator followed.

He held a modified gun, aimed at Duncan’s head, coldly asking: "Why are you with the rebels?"

"Who do you serve? Master Qiao? Or the Bishop of Area F46?"

But at that moment.

The empty mechanical skull on Duncan’s right shoulder suddenly emitted a deep light, the next second, the court Cultivator’s expression gradually became vacant, as if his mind was completely dominated.

"Your Majesty."

The Witch Demon Konggs humbly said: "Your lowly servant has completed your command."

"You can now make him do anything."

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