Nick picked up the pieces and observed them but frowned as he couldn't identify it. At first glance it appeared to be bronze but it was far too sturdy to actually be it and there was no corrosion at all despite the enchantments on the metal being destroyed for over a thousand years. Using the system Nick analyzed the pieces and smiled at what it told him. The metal was called olympium and was an alloy created by Hephaestus that the forge god used for most of their intricate works. Even more surprisingly was that the pieces belonged to a magical drone created out of the metal.
This raised Nicks hopes greatly that this was indeed the location that Hephaestus was sealed but the possibility that it was just the tomb of a powerful wizard that found the alloy also existed. Knowing this Nick collected as much pieces as he could and continued on his way further into the crevice. The walls got smoother and wider the deeper he went while more and more pieces of drones showed up and Nick had even started to find some more whole constructs.-
The general body shape he could see for the majority of these drones was vaguely arachnid like except they had clamps on their front for manipulating things. Nick couldn't quite put his finger on it but something about their shape bothered him , like he should know what they were but at the same time he shouldn't as well. It was a weird sort of deja vu rather than anything actually paradoxical in nature and it was driving him crazy. In the end he could only continue collecting the drones as he went deeper into the stone structure underground.-
'What is this place? There is almost no magic at all besides these drones and even then most of them have long since lost all power or been destroyed. If anything this place seems almost entirely mechanical in nature.' Nick thought in confusion the more the stone started to look as if it had been carved long ago and inlaid with metal pipes and plating. Even stranger was that he could hear steam moving through the pipes to somewhere further in. There was plenty of traps along the way but again none were magical and most had even been disabled prior to his arrival.-
Nick pushed open a large set of metal doors that stood in his way further in and for the first time since entering this place found a working drone. This one was different then the others however as it looked almost humanoid if it wasn't for the strange rolling wheels it used to move about and weapon hands. The right hand was a mechanical blade while the left appeared to be a sort of crossbow without a string. Again Nick had a horrible sense that he should know what this was but couldn't for the life of him figure out why.-
The drone also spotted him and steam rose from the side of it's head and it turned violent and raised it's crossbow arm to fire a bolt at him. Nick waved his wand creating a shield that stopped the bolt before immediately pointing at the drone "Immobulus!" he spoke and the spell appeared in a flash of blue causing the drone to stiffen in place as it was magically paralyzed. Nick walked over to it at this point and began examining the enchantments on it carefully. They were horribly complex actually as there was a sort of primitive A.I that detected race and dictated the actions of the drone as a result as well as a set of tasks that it would need to perform in various scenarios.-
'These enchantments are some else entirely. It's like a form of mechanical life with that last step not being taken to truly make it alive. Even stranger is that it seems to be intentional as well.' Nick thought with a deep frown as once again a part of his being was screaming at him that he should know what this is and what made it. "Disrumpere!" Nick said with a flick of his wrist and the drone lost it's enchantment before falling to the ground in perfectly intact pieces that Nick collected to put together again later.-
Looking around the room Nick saw three other door that went in three different directions so he on a whim chose to take the one to his left. Behind that door was what appeared to be a bed room to his surprise and had a metal mechanically locked chest , a stone bed , a table with stone chairs and a bookshelf with what looked to be the remains of books on it. The books were sadly reduced to fragments and Nick felt like maybe the repair charm might hopefully fix them.
A/N: this ->(..) means missing text.
"Reparo!" he spoke softly and the magic struck the haphazard pile of book remains and Nick watched hopeful that he could learn something about whoever built this place. It was slow going but eventually the magic finished running it's course and Nick sighed at what he saw. the few books that were able to be salvaged to a degree were repaired to that an degree and not a big one either. 'Whatever , something is better than nothing.' he thought as he started looking at the script written on the parts of the paper that was legible.-
{Strange lands I have arrived at after(...) , It's been (..) days since I arrived in this place and I have made several discoveries that (...) , I recently had a run in with the local race of men in this world and diplomacy fell through as we don't speak the same language , drastic measures need to be taken to rectify this.} That was all that was understandable in the first book and Nick made an inference based on the context clues written within these scant few lines. This was that whoever constructed this place was not from this world which was shocking.-
He had long theorized that it was entirely possible to travel to other realities after he himself had done so after he died but from his understanding it was extremely difficult to do while alive. Souls he had found were more energy than anything else so it took much less effort to send this energy to another place compared to a physical body well attuned to it's world. Unfortunately these books were in terrible condition and as a result were lacking the details Nick needed to try and figure out how this person got here from wherever they came from.-
Moving onto the next book Nick found a reference that he recognized and he finally understood why he had been having such a bad case of deja vu. {After scrying this entire world I have come to a startling conclusion , there are no mer here nor daedra (...) , My realization of finding myself in an entirely new reality has lead to a sense of dread setting in , I am truly alone.} That was the only legible entry in the second book and it told nick exactly what wrote the entry and where they came from , a Dwemer from Nirn was in this world at some point.-
This was an earthshattering discovery as the implications behind such a thing was insane for various reasons. It was a well recorded fact that the dwemer were basically all mad scientist types with little regard for other races being contempt and disdain. It was so bad in fact that the leader of them in a single part of the world went so far as trying to forcefully elevate the entire race to divinity rather than try and make piece with their enemies. This arrogant act caused nearly the entire race to go extinct as they zero summed from existence.-
Nick had a burning desire to know if this particular dwemer arrived in this world because of that act or if they had come to this world before that point somehow. Both possibilities came with their own implications and weight but both were different. If the dwemer came as a result of Kagrenacs folly them it was also possible that others of that race or even the majority of that race had been translocated to different realities. If the dwemer came via other means however it means there may be the key knowledge to dimensional travel somewhere in this place.-
'I don't know exactly when this person arrived on earth but I assume it was either after the gods died off or sealed themselves away or the gods never noticed them for some reason.' Nick thought seriously before moving to the next book. {An astounding discovery! (..) I have managed to leech off the magicka of the object to power my home I (..) The seals still hold tight but I shall persevere to discover what secret they hide from me! (....) I am dying , I almost didn't realize it but my magicka is consuming me to maintain itself slowly , I (...) weakness in my bones as I write this last entry.}-
'So this person seems to have arrived after the gods vanished and was being tier four but not by much.' Nick noted after he finished the book. Unfortunately even using the repair charm again and again did nothing to recover the lost texts which left him with many questions and no answers. He was hopeful however as there was mention of seals which means a god might still be here. With that in mind Nick left the room and walked to the door to the right of the center hallway/room and pushed it open.
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