Soon, after Alice manipulated the familiar for a while, she pointed to the jars and said:
"These liquid magics are very powerful, making it much easier to use magic with them."
"Moreover, from my observation, the civilization that built this ruin once used this liquid magic as a driving energy source."
"The only thing we don't know is how this liquid magic is extracted and preserved."
As Lind listened to Alice's analysis, he seemed to have thought of something.
He reached out and touched the inner wall of the opened jar, and sure enough, there was a layer of silence stone coating.
"I'm starting to figure out how to preserve it..."
Lind told Alice that the inner wall of the jar was coated with a layer of silence stone.
"I see... Is this how it's preserved?"
The girl lay down beside the jar, carefully observing the structure of the inner wall.
Just then, one of the soldiers in the hall seemed to touch something.
"My lord, I think I've found a mechanism."
A soldier, who was lying on the wall, shouted excitedly as he reached into a cylindrical groove in the wall and fumbled around excitedly.
There was a "click" sound.
The soldier's hand was pushed out.
Immediately afterwards, the wall next to the soldier moved, and a door split open from it.
Three peculiar "relic mechs" emerged from the deep doorway, their large single eyes gleaming with a ghostly blue light.
The group of people just stared at each other, dumbfounded.
A moment later, the giant single eye of the "Relic Mech" turned red, the entire relic lit up, and a piercing sound rang out.
Magical runes flashed behind the three "relic mechs" floating in the air, and like the familiars Alice had just created, they "grew" two iron arms that rushed straight towards the group.
The soldier who activated the mechanism was immediately pinned to the ground by the Relic Mech, while the mechanical arms of the other two Relic Mechs spewed out jets of flame and began to swing.
"What's that on his hand... it looks like a welding torch to me?"
"Welding torch? What's that?" Alice asked in a mix of panic and confusion.
As Linde watched the mechs unleashing streams of flame from their hands, memories from his past life seemed to overlap with the scene before him.
...This dreaded sense of déjà vu is just too strong.
Aster reacted quickly, rushing to the lead mech, dodging the swinging mechanical arm, and forcefully slashing out with his sword.
The hard feel that Astaire had imagined did not materialize; instead, it was a smooth, cutting sensation.
This sword strike sliced the menacing relic mech in two.
"Sir, these things are weak. Just be careful of their weapons."
Lind, who was confronting a relic mech, also sensed that this thing really didn't look like it was for combat; it was too weak.
With the help of the activation aura, Lind was able to easily dodge the mechs' attacks.
After all, this thing is only used for waving a welding torch and headbutting people, so it's easy to understand.
"Could it be that it's not for combat?"
This made Lin De want to make the arrest.
"Alice, control it! Don't break it!"
Linde beckoned to Alice, who skillfully cast a suppression spell, sealing off all the movements of the mechs in front of Linde.
The other soldiers also rushed towards the last mech.
For some reason, the mech seemed to understand something, and immediately released the soldier who was being held down on the ground, flying towards the passage they had come through earlier.
Seeing this, Aster took a step forward, wanting to rush up and intercept the mech that was trying to "escape".
As a result, just as Aster was about to capture the mech, white electricity suddenly surged from the mech's body.
"What?"
With a deafening roar, accompanied by a massive tremor and a powerful shockwave, Aster was sent flying backward.
Lind reacted quickly and caught Astaire as he was thrown backward.
Astaire coughed twice, feeling a little dizzy.
"Aster, are you alright?"
"M-Sir, I'm alright, it seems to have exploded on its own."
Linde looked toward the spot where the explosion had just occurred. As the smoke cleared, the passageway that had just been there was now collapsed by the enormous impact, leaving only ruins.
With the explosion, the lights and alarms went out, and everything fell silent again, with dust still falling from the ceiling from time to time.
"I'm sorry, sir... I couldn't stop it."
"It's alright, things are beyond our control, we went too far..."
Looking at the collapsed tunnel mixed with metal and silence stones, Linde understood that going any further was out of the question. He had already gained a lot from this trip, and there was no need to risk his life any longer.
"Let's pack up and leave this place..."
Linde looked at the mech that had been cut in half, and at the tanks in the hall.
"Take all these things with you, and keep your mouth shut when you get back. Don't tell anyone what happened today."
"yes!"
…………
About a week later, Lind and his group finally returned to their territory.
Linde originally planned to explore other parts of the territory as well, but after taking these canisters and the remains of two mechs, he was short-handed.
Lind decisively abandoned his previous plan and returned directly to his territory with the spoils of war.
What Linde got this time is enough to keep him busy for a while.
As for other parts of the territory, he planned to send some soldiers to explore them.
For example, Weeks, who was sent out to find gregarious magical beasts, had already returned to his territory before Lind and his group came back.
After a good day of rest in his territory, Lind summoned the young bronze warrior.
"My lord! I have not failed you!"
As soon as he entered the tent, Weeks knelt down and presented a simple map made of parchment.
Although the map is simple, it is drawn very clearly, and you can see where each place is at a glance.
"You can draw maps?"
Linde looked at the young man named Weeks. It seemed that this soldier named Weeks had some unique skills.
"My lord, my skill in drawing maps was taught to me by my father. My family used to be hunters in the earldom."
"I see……"
Linde looked at the map in his hand. Next to the camp was a simple fortress symbol. This should be the Blackrock Fortress in front of him.
To its east, behind the forest on the mountainside, is a cave, with an animal head marked next to it.
At this moment, Weeks spoke up at the opportune moment:
"My lord, I followed this group of magical beasts all the way and finally found their cave in the forest to the east, and I also got this."
As he spoke, Weeks pulled a very thick piece of armor from his bag.
"I sneaked into their nest while they were out foraging at night and found a large number of scales."
"They also have a peculiar habit, which might be considered good news."
"Oh? What kind of habits?"
Linde immediately became interested.
“They regularly clean their nests, removing the scales that have accumulated inside and piling them up outside the nest.”
"So you mean...to have someone come and collect these nail plates periodically?"
"That's right. If done properly, even the armor plates inside the nest can be taken away!"
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