465 The Trick Is To Grind For More Points

The reason behind the marionette's sudden "sunsetting" was clear: it was simply because the marionette's excruciating weight had tortured its frail joint to the point of breakage.

Such an occurrence was inevitable. There was simply no material in this world that was strong enough to handle a hundred-odd ton in motion, yet. Thus, even with the mystery solved, the Engineer's progress was still forcefully halted since he could not find a better alternative to the materials he had used to create the propeller shaft.

Once again, it was proven that progress could never occur independently in a field because every field in science and tech was really a part of the bigger whole. Hence, though the Walkers were told to be inspired by Earth technology rather than to imitate it completely, even physics-defying knowledge such as magic and alchemy could only create that many shortcuts to an actual emulation.