Mage Adam

Adam quickly decided to make his own body and the Vital Generator entirely out of silver metal.

He remembered everything about how to make mithril, which was well-known among mages. Making it was straightforward and didn't need magic or any special energy, so it was simple to create even with basic tools.

The Original Flames, a very strong power he had, could melt metals easily. With Adam's ability to control metals, he soon collected a lot of mithril.

The next step was to make the core part of the Vital Generator, which was very important, almost as much as sparkling his Original Flames. Its job was to keep the flame safe and to use its energy as best as possible.

This part was a bit difficult for Adam.

When metal beings were created, they started off very simple, with their thinking and understanding just a bit better than a baby's. The Vital Generators didn't do much except keep them alive.

These metal beings treated each other well. When they found a new one, a more advanced being took it to a place where they could learn basic things, like simple energy systems and how to make their metal bodies stronger.

But Adam didn't want to start off without any defenses. The rules of this world weren't clear yet. Many Metal Eaters had seen him leave a fight and go underground. It wasn't sure if they were still waiting to catch him if he came back.

Even if he had to look like a new being, he wanted to be able to defend himself. It would be embarrassing if he had to show his true power and run away as soon as he was reborn.

"I know a lot about energy systems, but I wonder if using them here would draw too much attention to the origin?"

"Why not just try it, Master? Something seems off with this plane's origin. Your obvious arrival didn't cause any trouble. Trying a few energy systems should be fine, just don't use any magic."

After the Reincarnation spell was partly removed, the devil now could talk. He thought he could show up in this world whenever he wanted, but hadn't because he was scared.

Adam was curious, "Why are you so brave now? If we get caught, I'll be okay, but you could be in big trouble."

The devil laughed, "Master, did you forget what I can do? I've left a part of me with Mage Rex and made a special deal with it. If I die here, I can come back to life there." The devil was quite pleased with this.

Adam didn't focus on the devil's minor plans and decided to directly start building his Vital Generator.

The Vital Generator acted like a power source. Its main job, besides keeping the flame safe, was to supply strong energy.

Adam used a powerful magic array from the mage world, with mithril as the main ingredient and other strong and good-conducting metals added in. It took him two days and a night to finish his energy core in this world.

The Vital Generator was a big and detailed structure, shaped like an outer parallelogram, a middle sphere, and an inner hexagon.

The whole machine was made without any gaps, and you could clearly see the Original Flames burning inside. The energy was constantly moved through a connection to the flame, pulling the refined mithril from outside.

This process was quick. In just half a day, a pure silver metal giant about eight meters tall was completely made. After linking with the Vital Generator, it became Adam's new body.

Adam put many updated magic arrays inside his mithril body, mainly for fire and electromagnetic purposes, including all the magic he knew at this time. Due to limited energy, these magics could only work at a basic level through the circuits, yet it was enough to give him some ability to fight.

Adam discovered he could change his body however he wanted, like adding cannons anywhere or turning any part into a weapon.

This showed that the outer body was more like a weapon for metal beings and isn't that crucial. Weapons can be fixed, improved, or made again if lost, but the flames were essential.

Adam's strength was about the same as a level-one transcendent being, but his metal body made him one of the strongest at his level. Also, his defense, life force, and healing abilities were incredible. In some way, metal beings could be seen as perfect.

Adam thought that if there were enough of them and they had an open society to completely get rid of their natural enemies, the Metal Eaters, and grow without problems for many years, they could become a civilization that could talk to the mage world as equals.

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After making his body, Adam started moving from a thousand kilometers underground towards the top.

The pressure was huge, but his body was strong enough to handle it. Adam had never seen a level one body-refining mage, but now he thought that even such a mage's body might not be stronger than his, made entirely of top-quality metals.

As Adam moved, the ores around him were drawn to him, gathering as if they wanted to be part of him. But Adam didn't pay attention to them.

His knowledge of turning metals into other materials was limited; the best metal mixture he knew how to make was mithril. However, the metals in the colorful giants he had seen before were clearly made using better technology.

Adam thought he could make improvements to himself after joining their group, so he didn't want to use up his limited energy now.

A day later, Adam came back to the surface, one kilometer below ground. Just as he had thought, a group of more than a hundred Metal Eaters were still there, waiting for him to show up.

They were very good at noticing metal beings; even the smallest changes in a magnetic field got their attention right away.

The group of over a hundred creatures stopped moving around. They opened their big mouths, and fiercely hit the ground. The hard metal ores were as easy for them to break as soft cheese.

Adam knew they had found him. Two species that were natural enemies to each other always had a full set of ways to find and follow each other. Now, the only way to escape these Metal Eaters was to defeat them all.

Adam stretched his arms forward, making room to move underground. Then, bending his knees, the Vital Generator started sending energy to his whole body.

After charging for three seconds, he moved towards the surface like a huge drill.