The leather boots stamped across the exquisite Xilan carpet as Horn furrowed his brow, striding rapidly through the palace corridors on both sides.
The annoying clicking sounds had been appearing more frequently since he entered the Mechanical Palace, but Horn refused to agree with Patrick's claims.
He could indeed hear a faint sound; perhaps there was some peculiar mechanism? Or some kind of strange artifact?
Ever since discovering that the steam engine and electricity were unusable, Horn had adopted an almost despairing attitude towards similar industrial machines.
Although a spring could serve partially as an engine, the problem was its high power yet short duration, suitable for explosive spring guns but less so for looms or pumps compared to animal or water power.
Essentially, it's because the mountain bronze spring relies solely on human mana to input energy, and humans cannot provide that much mana.
Not everyone possesses the terrifying mana strength of Horn.
