This kind of biological transformation and scientific research capabilities are quite rare even in the Eruden Wilds.

It was hard for Carl to imagine that the other party did this just to gain control of Storm Bay.

“Children are the future, and adults who have been hopelessly influenced by the environment can only become the nutrients of this land.

Go! Go kill people in town."

With a wave of his hand, a group of twisted tree spirits passed Carl and ran towards the town.

There were still vines and some strange shrubs growing on that piece of land, and the surrounding spirits seemed to have been caught by a bug. They were constantly being attracted over and thrown into the plants and trees, becoming activated into tree spirits.

"If you do this, you will provoke a counterattack from the Dragon Mark Family and other forces."

Unable to figure out the other party's true intentions, Carl gave a seemingly kind reminder.

“Oh, don’t worry, they are half-undead creatures, they hate the aura of divine power, and they won’t get close to the Dragon Mark Family and other forces’ bases.

It was because I had discussed it with them that my plan went so smoothly.

An orderly and stable Storm Bay is what everyone wants to see. The ruling strategy of the Storm Council is too bad!"

At this point, the druid chuckled.

“Speaking of which, I was able to make up my mind to thoroughly cleanse Storm Bay thanks to your reminder. The children you trained will become the backbone of the development here in the near future.

Okay, enough of the small talk. Have you rested enough? If you have, let’s have the second round. I believe I can beat you!”

Just as he was about to continue, Carl suddenly somersaulted on the spot.

The body of the Megatron mecha quickly deformed in mid-air and then turned into a supersonic aircraft.

"boom--"

As the engine ejected a Mach ring, the Megatron mecha carried Carl through the sky and disappeared.

The druid didn't react to all this for a while. He stared blankly at the direction where Carl left. After a long while, he sighed:

“Forget it, there will be a time when you agree.

I remember the girl named Joanna was also quite suitable.

The nobles of Sayre are desperate to restore their country. As long as they are willing to accept the beliefs of the Son of Winter, it is not impossible for them to settle here. "

"Phew, luckily that guy didn't chase me. If I had known earlier, I should have directly asked the Dragon Mark Family to send an urgent message to Master!"

In the wilderness near Storm Bay, Carl, whose energy was exhausted, climbed out of the mecha and breathed a sigh of relief.

The flying form consumes too much energy and cannot support him to fly long distances.

"I have to hurry back to the base to report my safety... Now that that guy knows my identity, will he come to the base to block me?"

Placing his palm on the mecha, Carl felt the empty backup hidden energy source and couldn't help but sigh.

Arcanic Power Armor is powered by the magic power of the magic network, which is connected to the artificer.

This magic is like mobile phone data, which is consumed according to the "network speed".

So Carl installed a backup hidden energy source for the mecha based on the battle mage's characteristic of magic surge, so that it can fight even when the "network speed" is insufficient.

The previous full-power operation fully activated the device.

As a result, even if the normal power consumption is restored, the mecha cannot be started for the time being.

"According to the current situation, it will probably take more than half an hour."

Feeling it carefully, Carl made a judgment.

…

While Carl was temporarily missing, Hope and Ying were preparing to go out in the base of the underground ruins.

The two of them had already taken everything they could, and Hope even took some weapons that Carl had not yet completed.

"Ouch! You can't help much if you go over there now. If Carl really sees that the situation is bad, he will definitely run away. Have you forgotten that his mecha can fly?

Bane has confirmed that the Megatron mecha has been summoned by Carl. No news now is the best news. He may be busy for the time being, so he couldn't get back in time. "

As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Hope's face lit up with joy and he went to open the door.

Ying on the side wanted to stop him, but Hope had already opened the door.

"Karl escaped from me. Don't worry, he wasn't hurt at all. The fact that this artificial life form is still alive is proof of that. I came here to ask you companions to help persuade him. I want him to be in charge of managing Storm Bay. This is a good job."

After throwing the restrained V to the ground, the druid, who looked middle-aged but had gray hair, turned and walked away.

Everyone in the living room fell silent.

Although everyone knew that those mechanisms would not be very effective against truly powerful professionals, they did not expect the current situation.

After the druid left, Baine and Thorin hurriedly took over V's reconnaissance position to prevent other malicious guys from approaching.

About ten minutes later, Joanna came over with several of her classmates.

"Something happened in town!"

“The Storm Council’s headquarters was breached before, but because everyone was dazzled by the treasures inside, the Storm Council’s people actually took this opportunity to counterattack. Now the situation has reached a stalemate.

There are many twisted tree spirits in the town. Their behavior patterns are a bit strange. They mainly attack buildings. When we passed by them, they didn't react, but some other adventurers were chased by them. "

Joanna talked about the two most important things in the town at the moment in one breath, like pouring beans.

Then she realized that Karl was not in the hall.

"Eh? Where's Senior Carl?"

Hope and Ying's expressions suddenly became a little ugly, and Scorpion walked up and told Joanna what had happened before.

Joanna's face suddenly became uglier than Hope and Ying combined. She almost lost her balance and fell to the ground.

At this moment, the voices of Bane and Thorin came from upstairs: "Karl is back! He is driving that silver-white mecha over here."

As soon as the words fell, Karl's voice also rang out.

"Hope! Shadow! And everyone! I'm back! I hope that druid didn't find his way here!"

Outside the base, Carl retracted the tires under the feet of the Megatron mecha, made it kneel on one knee, and then separated himself from the chest of the mecha.

Seeing that everyone who came out to greet him was safe and sound, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he saw V lying on the ground with his mechanical joints broken, he sighed helplessly.

"Has that guy been here?"

His eyes turned to Hope, and as expected, Carl received an affirmative look.

Covering his forehead, Carl felt for the first time in his life that he should stay in school honestly, and then follow the plan of his master Mooreban and work step by step towards becoming the tower master.

'No! In the end, I can't beat him! If I could beat him, all this wouldn't be a problem!'

With some fighting spirit aroused, Carl decided to upgrade his arsenal while the enemy was not coming again.

Especially "Optimus Prime" as a supplementary DLC for Megatron! Because it had just been promoted to level 10, Carl wanted to upgrade it again, so he dismantled it, so he didn't summon it during the fight, and ended up being beaten by the druid and couldn't fight back.

He thought that preparing a spare power armor and Megatron mecha was enough, but who would have thought that he would provoke such an enemy! This time, he couldn't do this no matter what! While secretly reviewing himself, Carl saw Joanna and her classmates.

"Huh? Why are you here? What's up?"

After saying that, Carl looked at Scorpion.

Scorpion was the only one in the room who was still calm. Hope and Ying were now lying in Carl's arms.

He repeated what Joanna had just said, and at the end, Scorpion added: "Miss Joanna seems a little unwell."

This sentence is actually a bit redundant, because anyone who sees the girl who was originally fine now sitting on the sofa with her eyes wide open can realize this.

"Hey! Joanna! What's wrong with you!"

With a sense of responsibility as a senior, Carl walked forward and called Joanna.

Waking up from some kind of trance, Joanna looked at Karl and gave a somewhat forced smile.

At this time, the classmate next to her spoke.

"When we were rescuing those infected people, the druid you mentioned helped a lot. He even helped us to transfer those people. Could we have become accomplices in his plan?"

They obviously had good intentions, but in the end they found themselves busy following the mastermind for most of the day. Carl didn't believe that these people were not upset.

But it has happened, what else can we say?

After a moment's silence, Carl waved towards Scorpion.

"Now that things have come to this, let's eat first."

So, under the somewhat surprised gazes of everyone in Kolanburg, Carl and others prepared a somewhat late lunch.

Later, Joanna and others joined in.

Perhaps they wanted to atone for some of their psychological guilt through hard work, so Joanna and her classmates worked very hard.

"You don't actually need to blame yourself. Although he was the one who spread the virus, you didn't follow him in spreading the virus. Instead, you treated many infected people. The current situation has little to do with you."

Having said that, these young people are still too thin-skinned to use this as an excuse to get out, and are still struggling there.

Soon, lunch was ready.

Although everyone performed above their expectations this time, several students from Korlanburg still seemed to have lost their appetite.

Joanna even almost choked herself.

Carl knew that persuasion alone would not be enough to resolve the knots in these children's hearts, so after dinner, he sent them to the Holy Knight Boys and asked them to train with those children.

Although the Winter Druid's methods were cruel, he was right in saying that children were the future, and as long as they did not grow up in the wrong way, the current environment would not cause too much trouble in the future.

"Alas, I don't know what Storm Bay will look like tomorrow. Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Plans can't keep up with the changes, so I'd better stay the same in the face of all changes."

(End of this chapter)