Chapter 508 Return and Changes

Everyone in the cave camp was silent for a moment as they watched the scene in front of them.

After all, whether it was the Dawn Wizard Alvin or the Sword Saint Tirion, they were both big shots, and no one present was qualified to intervene and mediate.

Watching Tirion leave, Alvin looked around with an unpleasant expression and asked in a deep voice:

"Who at the scene has entered the ruins?"

Without Tirion's detailed introduction to the internal situation of the floating city ruins, Alvin naturally could not rush in directly, but needed others to provide him with more detailed information.

Although he was arrogant, he was not stupid.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to reach the level of the Dawn Wizard.

"This. Your Majesty Alvin, several of us have followed Dean Hiram into it." At this time, several men in wizard robes raised their hands slightly restrainedly and said.

These people were part of the group that was rescued last time, and they were also representatives of the Federal Mechanical Research Institute who did research here after Dean Hiram left.

"Oh? Are you researchers from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute?"

"Last time, you were the ones who were trapped inside and needed rescue?" From what the other party said, it was the team from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute that was trapped inside with Hiram last time, which made Alvin's face a little relieved.

After all, the other party was also a candidate who was familiar with the situation.

He naturally knew that Hiram had left the camp, otherwise he would have found Hiram long ago.

"Yes, Your Majesty Alvin." Several people said respectfully, but in their hearts they were complaining, "This Your Majesty Alvin really can't speak. Trapped inside? Can't it be said that he returned successfully? "

"You guys come with me, I'm in charge of the camp now." I saw Alvin said to the federal soldiers around him, and then took these researchers into the tent to learn about the situation in detail.

"So, the whispers inside can actually be avoided as long as you are deaf?"

"Yes, Your Majesty Alvin."

"It's so simple."

Alvin couldn't help laughing.

It's good to enter later. With the reference of the experience of the predecessors, there are fewer processes that require human lives to explore.

It seems that the Sword Saint Tirion and his group have not made no achievements before. At least they have obtained some rules of the floating city.

"After killing those goblin mummies, will black bugs crawl out of their heads or black mist float out?" Alvin asked again, picking the point he was interested in.

"This. We have only seen black bugs." The leading researcher hesitated and said.

"Huh? Then why did the report submitted by Hiram say that there are monsters transformed from black mist below?" Alvin looked at the few people suspiciously.

"This. We haven't seen it with our own eyes, in fact, including Dean Hiram. This is the information provided by the young Lord Ryan to Dean Hiram after exploring the negative second floor alone."

For this question, several researchers looked at each other and told the truth.

"Oh?" This news made Alvin stunned.

So that's the case.

But there are actually two possibilities in this case. One is that what Ryan said is not true, and the purpose is naturally to delay the progress of the Federation's exploration of the ruins. The second is that what the other party said is true, but it is actually better. His fire magic can just kill the black bugs and black mist.

Once he understood this, Alvin's mood, which had deteriorated due to Tirion's departure, suddenly became much better.

"Your Highness Alvin, Your Highness Garrett has arrived." One of the four followers who came to the camp with Alvin before, the dagger girl with light steps and relatively petite figure, came in to report.

"Okay, let's go to greet him together." Alvin nodded and stood up.

At the entrance of the cave camp.

A middle-aged man in a blue wizard robe with gold thread came to the camp under the escort of a team of female warriors wearing bright silver chain mail and holding spears and shields.

The other party had a warm expression and a smile on his face, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze, which was completely different from the feeling Alvin gave to everyone.

Many people in the camp looked at this person with respect.

The other party was Garrett, a lightning wizard who was extremely rare among air wizards. In terms of quantity, he was even rarer than ice wizards among water wizards.

Even compared with rare metal wizards like Ryan, he was not much behind.

"Your Majesty Garrett, welcome!"

"Your Majesty Alvin, long time no see."

After a brief greeting, the two of them quickly sat down in the main tent of the camp.

"So, Your Majesty Tirion has left?" Gatler frowned when he heard the news.

You know, the other party is a sword master. Without such a combat force, the subsequent exploration of the floating city ruins will inevitably be affected.

"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty Gatler, I have contacted the military as soon as possible. Soon, Your Majesty Gutierrez will arrive at the camp early tomorrow morning."

"In addition, these researchers from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute are also survivors of the previous batch. They just told me the details of the floating city ruins." Alvin pointed to several researchers on the side and said nonchalantly.

"I see. If Gutierrez comes down, he can naturally replace Tirion." Gatler heard that Alvin had thought it through, and his brows relaxed again, nodding.

In addition, he, Alvin, and Gutierrez all had experience in the military, so the basis for cooperation was inherently mature.

"However, without an epic-level strongman who is familiar with the situation to lead the way, we still need to be careful."

"Of course. However, Your Majesty Gatler, you don't need to worry. The water magic of His Majesty Hernandez in the previous team was suppressed in the ruins, and his strength was greatly affected. We are different."

"The three of us are the best combination after the military coordinated the situation in the floating city ruins. We all have our own strengths. So, I believe that this time our harvest will be more abundant than the previous team."

"Well, I heard that the young strongman Ryan from the empire is a rare metal-type dawn wizard?"

"Haha, maybe, but in my opinion, the biggest role of the metal-type dawn wizard here is that it can directly punch two holes in the metal ground of the floating city." Alvin said in a slightly teasing tone.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, as a sword master, should be able to do this easily."

"In addition, with the design drawings, we can also go down the normal passage, it's just a little slower."

"Well, since Your Majesty Alvin has done such a thorough preparation, I feel relieved." Gatler nodded and laughed.

"It should be, Your Majesty Gatler. I plan to wait for Your Majesty Gutierrez to arrive tomorrow, and then we will set off. What do you think?"

"Okay."

Ryan, on his side, had already arrived in Zetaia. At this moment, he and Hiram were on the top floor of a high-rise building in Zetaia, sipping Bordeaux while overlooking the green and boundless seascape in the distance.

As for Hernandez, he had already left Zetaia and continued to the Principality of Andorra where the mission was to be carried out.

"Dean Hiram, I just listened to your introduction to the common puppets and golems involved in ancient goblin engineering, which really benefited me a lot." Ryan smiled and raised his glass to Hiram to express his gratitude.

Ryan was really not being polite.

Because he really improved.

The prerequisite for his promotion to Goblin Engineer (Legend) was three-'Mastering the knowledge related to goblin engineering'. At this moment, there was an additional percentage behind it, showing a value of 28%.

Although Hiram was not good at fighting, he still had some practical skills, not to mention his research ability.

"Your Majesty Ryan, you are too polite. With your talent, you can figure out all this knowledge with just a little time." Hiram complimented with a smile.

In fact, he was not really complimenting.

Before talking about goblin engineering, Hiram had always thought that Ryan had such strong strength at such a young age, and he must have invested all his time and energy in witchcraft and mental power.

Unexpectedly, after a few words, he found that Ryan really understood!

Because he talked about the difficulties in the actual production of several puppets, Ryan took over the conversation very smoothly, which showed that the other party was real and had really done it himself.

This shocked Hiram completely!

He couldn't figure out how Ryan could be so strong in combat and so proficient in the study of puppetry.

"But I still want to thank Your Majesty Hiram. After dinner, I hope to have time to continue discussing relevant knowledge with you."

"Of course, then. Lord Ryan, several nobles from the Zetayan Administrative Office have been waiting for a long time. How about we go to the dinner now?" Hiram said with a smile, pointing to several officials who had been sitting at a round table for at least an hour and a half.

Seeing Hiram and Ryan looking over, several officials immediately stood up and bowed slightly with a smile.

"Okay." Ryan smiled and nodded.

Although he was not interested in this kind of social event, he could still participate for Hiram's sake.

However, just as the two stood up, a familiar voice came from the door: "So you are here."

"Your Majesty Tirion?" Ryan and Hiram couldn't help but look at the majestic figure who had just appeared at the door in surprise.

"Aren't you going to the floating over there?" Hiram blurted out.

But he immediately noticed that there were people from the Zetayan Administrative Office beside him, and immediately changed his words.

"Don't mention it. It's that guy Alvin who's here. I don't want to stay." Sword Saint Tirion waved his hand and signaled those irrelevant people to leave.

"Huh? Is it Alvin who's here?" Hiram had naturally heard of this person's reputation.

"Well, Garrett and Gutierrez will be here soon. They plan to explore the floating city ruins in depth, so I won't play with them." When mentioning this, Tirion said with a cold face.

"Explore in depth? Are these guys very strong?" Hearing this, Ryan couldn't help but become curious and asked.

"Average, one is a fire dawn wizard, and the other is a rare lightning dawn wizard. As for this guy Gutierrez, his strength is about the same as mine."

After hearing this, Ryan was even more surprised.

Is the Federation so extravagant? Sending dawn wizards to explore the way regardless of casualties?

You know, even he doesn't dare to go to the negative third floor.

Let's not talk about other things, just the strength of the monsters in the prison area. If the strength of these three people is as strong as Tirion said, and they don't have any powerful killer weapons, they may be able to kill the ancient minotaur and other three infected monsters, but they are definitely not the opponent of the black fog claw monster.

"Your Highness Tirion, didn't you tell them about the dangers inside?"

"Of course I did. But their small goal is the negative third floor, and they even want to go deeper into the negative fourth floor. Do you think they will listen to my advice?" Tirion said with his eyes downcast.

"This..."

Ryan and Hiram couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Your Highness Tirion, then if you refuse this mission, will it have any adverse effects on you?" Hiram couldn't help but ask with concern.

"That's not the case. This is a mission led by the military. It's actually a good thing for them if I don't get involved. These three guys all have military backgrounds. In addition, when they were promoted to Dawn or entered the Sword Saint, they all received strong support from the military, which is completely different from my situation."

Tirion waved his hand and said indifferently.

"I see." Ryan nodded.

Sure enough, even among the epic-level masters, there are differences in closeness and distance. Whether in the Empire or the Federation, there are factions among the epic-level masters.

That night, after accompanying Ryan to the dinner, Sword Saint Tirion said goodbye and left.

Ryan almost dragged Hiram to talk with him until nearly two in the morning, when Hiram returned to his room.

In fact, if Hiram's research on goblin engineering had not been almost exhausted in recent years, Ryan would not have planned to let Hiram go back. After all, it would be difficult to encounter such a store after this village.

Of course, the effect is naturally quite significant. Ryan's progress in "mastering goblin engineering related knowledge" has reached 63%.

It won't take too long for Ryan to meet this job transfer condition.

The next morning.

Ryan, Hiram and a group of officials from the Zetayan Administrative Office greeted the imperial delegation at the airship docking point.

In the west of Zetaia's sky, a long snake flew in the distance. Airships of different sizes were lined up in two rows and slowly approached Zetaia in the air.

At the same time,

a majestic man with a short haircut came to the cave camp. He looked like an eagle and a wolf, and his eyes were sharp.

Unlike the two Dawn Wizards, Alvin and Garrett, who had followers before, he was alone, carrying a rare flat-headed sword. The blade was black and full of cracks, as if it was made of some kind of raw ore.

Another striking feature of the sword was that the end of the blade was flat, as if the tip of the sword had been cut off.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, you are finally here. Your

Majesty Garrett and I have been waiting for you for a long time." "Alvin, long time no see. Hey, Your Majesty Gartler is here too." Gutierrez smiled and said.

Because his jaw line was relatively straight and his lips were relatively thin, he looked tough, and even his smile seemed a bit forced.

"By the way, Your Majesty Gutierrez, you should take a rest first."

Alvin was interrupted by Gutierrez just halfway through his words.

"No, you two, I'm in good shape."

"I think we shouldn't waste time. I also learned the basic situation of the mission on the way. If there are any details, we can talk about it while we are on the mission." Gutierrez waved his hand and said.

He was the most senior among the three and had the right to speak like this.

"Haha, Your Majesty Gutierrez is resolute and decisive, much better than someone who turned away out of fear." Alvin said with a smile.

Although he didn't mention the name, everyone at the scene knew who Alvin was talking about.

"Haha, maybe Lord Tirion just doesn't want to contribute." Garrett also laughed when he heard it.

However, Gutierrez didn't laugh with him, but frowned slightly.

He knew Tirion's strength, and the other party should not leave for no reason, but at this moment he naturally wouldn't ask the reason again.

Soon, a group of more than ten people, led by three researchers, headed towards the ruins of the floating city.

Before entering, except for Alvin and the other two, everyone else had their hearing spell cast to avoid being affected by the whispers.

With two Dawn Wizards and a Sword Saint leading the way, the group moved very quickly. After quickly killing two groups of mechanical chocobo patrols, they arrived near the temporary camp where Hiram's team was trapped.

However, the hole that Ryan had previously drilled through to the negative first floor was gone.

"Huh? Why is it gone? It should be at this location." A researcher looked at the ground around him and said with a puzzled look.

"It should have been restored." Gatler bent down, used his right hand with an arc of electricity, and felt the ground, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, Alvin and I are not good at drilling through such a thick metal layer, so you may have to help."

"Well, leave it to me." Gutierrez did not refuse, and nodded immediately.

The next second!

He jumped more than ten meters high and swung the black sword in his hand towards the ground in midair.

In an instant, four black sword lights sank into the metal ground. The sword marks on the ground combined together, just like the four sides of a square.

"Bang!!"

Then, Gutierrez stood outside the square scratch and punched down heavily.

In his opinion, at this time, the metal ground should be hit by a square gap, but the next second, his face changed suddenly.

Because judging from the recoil force of the fist, the four swords he just chopped failed to penetrate the metal layer below.

"It's so thick!"

Gutierrez couldn't help but exclaimed!

"Huh? Didn't it cut it open?"

Alvin and Garrett couldn't help but be stunned!

Because according to Hiram's report, it was the young epic strongman Ryan of the empire who used metal witchcraft to "melt" it open. In their opinion, if a young man can do it, there is no reason why the old swordsman can't split it.

"Then" Just when Alvin was about to say something.

Suddenly, Gutierrez's face became serious and he said, "Attention, there is a big guy coming. It should be the mechanical octopus mentioned in the intelligence!"

Obviously, their delay attracted more mechanical monsters.

(End of this chapter)