"Okay~, I'll listen to you, boss~"

With a slightly seductive tone, Scorpion threw himself into Bane's arms.

Although he knew he had to travel again tomorrow, the environment and atmosphere, coupled with Bane's own desire for a child, led to the start of a war that was not so timely.

…

The next morning, both sides walked out of their tents, looking a little tired.

"Bane, Scorpion, we must keep the fact that we have obtained the legendary weapon a secret for the time being. At least, don't tell anyone about it until we return to Khorvaire."

When he saw Bane and Scorpion, Carl went straight to the point and gave them some instructions.

Bane and Scorpion did not show any suspicious attitude that would alert his psychic power, and they nodded obediently and agreed.

In this regard, Carl has 90% confidence in his psychic powers.

Because so far, there are few people who can hide their emotions when he deliberately uses his psychic powers.

As for why it was 90% instead of 100%, the remaining 10% was deducted by Carl because he was afraid that he would rely too much on psychic power.

Following this conversation, the atmosphere in the camp immediately became harmonious.

The three ladies prepared breakfast, and Carl took out the legendary weapon and discussed with Baine how to bring it back to Khorvaire safely.

The customs of Sharn will check the dimensional bags, and when the news about the legendary weapons comes, it will be immediately spread throughout the continent of Korval.

Carl was not afraid of them robbing him, because Akanix and Eruden were not pushovers either.

But the only thing to worry about is that they will send out all kinds of high-level thieves to steal! Then they can say: It was you who didn’t keep a good look at the things!

Carl had taken the lightning train from Sharn back to Eruden before. It was very easy for those high-level thieves to steal in that environment.

"If possible, how about taking a boat from the west of Khorvaire and heading directly to the Eluden Plains? Although it takes a little longer, there should be no need to worry about the news leaking out."

Searching for all the solutions he could think of, Bain gave some suggestions with some worry.

But the sea of ​​Eberron is too violent. Although the tidal force brought by the twelve moons is suppressed by the power of Eberron itself and the Golden Crystal Ring of Siberys, even with current technology, ships traveling between Khorvaire and Xen'drik still often suffer shipwrecks.

The distance from Storm Bay to the port of Eruden Fields is much longer than the distance from Storm Bay to Sharn. If it is the holder of the Storm Dragon Mark, there may be some hope, but Carl and the others are in a bit of trouble.

Shaking his head, Carl rejected Bane's idea.

"This is too dangerous. Instead of doing this, I might as well create a supernatural device that can cast a teleportation array and let it send us back to Akanix. I know the rune sequence of the academy's array, but the problem is the construction period..."

The creation of a supernatural device that could cast banishment almost cost Carl his life, and it was only a 4th-level spell at that time.

This time we are going to manufacture an extraordinary magical machine for 5th-level spells, so the difficulty is naturally soaring.

According to Carl's understanding of himself, he would have to wait until he reached level 12 or even level 13 before he could be sure.

However, the specific situation will have to wait until his machinist level reaches level 10 before we can judge.

Carl himself was not sure how much the "Magic Item Proficiency" feature would improve his skills.

It is said that the first real watershed in the artificer profession was created here.

As they were talking, breakfast was already cooked.

Carl put away the Golden Spike Harp and went to have breakfast with Bain.

"Why don't we end this exploration here? Wouldn't it be dangerous for us to carry this thing around with us?"

At the dinner table, Scorpio expressed his concerns.

However, this experience of unlocking the secret room made Carl more eager to explore those so-called abandoned ruins.

With the guiding ideology of “since we’re already here”, and under Carl’s constant persuasion, the frightened crowd had no choice but to follow him to continue exploring several other giant ruins that no one had visited.

This exploration took nearly a week.

Because there was no direct access between the major ruins, Carl and his friends tried their luck and ran around everywhere before they finally visited all the abandoned giant ruins.

But good luck is always limited. Except for the sixth ruins where everyone harvested a lot of gold and gems, the remaining ruins were really empty-handed.

But even so, Bane and Scorpion were glad that they did not rebel because of the gold and gems they were given.

They worked very hard for two years, but they didn't make as much money as they did by following Carl to explore an abandoned ruin.

How can I seek justice?

After this incident, the two became more determined to have their future children enrolled in Akanix. At the very least, it would be possible for them to be Carl's apprentice.

On the way back to Storm Bay, the five of them rode on motorcycles and used a short-range communication device with constant transmission technology to discuss the specific matters of modifying the base after returning.

Because of that legendary equipment, everyone's exploration plan was changed to a conservative one.

In the next period of time, everyone has to wait until Carl upgrades his mechanic level to level 10.

During this period, everyone should stay in the base and try to reduce going out.

However, as they continued to move away from the center of Xen'drik, they found that they had not encountered any other adventurers.

Although Xen'drik is huge and the adventurers from Storm Bay are scattered all over the continent without making any splash, it shouldn't be so sparsely populated, right?

Finally, after traveling back and forth countless times, the group saw a few low-level adventurers beside a lake.

At the critical moment, Ying and Xie took action.

As scouts of the team, both of them have impressive speed.

Relying on their excellent agility, the two men stopped the motorcycle suddenly and then flew towards the battlefield with the help of inertia.

Carl and his friends were not as agile as the two of them, so they could only stop the car and then attack.

However, compared to Shadow and Scorpion's simple throat-cutting, Carl's is more gorgeous.

"Get out of the way!"

Along with the reminder, spheres compressed from solid nitrogen fell into the lake and on the shore.

The fishman with water on his body was immediately affected by the low temperature and his movements became slow.

Some unlucky fishmen were even hit directly, and the whole fish turned into fragile ice sculptures. They were pushed to the ground by their companions and turned into debris.

After this wave of AOE damage, Carl joined the battlefield controlling the Tiga Power Armor.

The nitrogen-fueled leg armor made Carl's kicks particularly powerful, and many fishmen had their heads kicked in by him.

Bane in the back was not to be outdone. He wielded two revolvers with great ease, and many fishmen were shot in the eyebrows and died on the spot.

Soon, this group of fishmen were wiped out.

It was not until this time that Carl realized that he seemed to have been to this place before.

"Thank you! Thank you for the rescue, seniors!"

When the battle was over, a pretty good-looking girl ran over with a flail and thanked Carl and the others.

Judging from her appearance, she should be a priest, and a priest who believes in the gods of destiny.

Because Carl saw the octagonal holy emblem on the opponent's armor.

"May the gods of destiny bless you."

Although Carl was a shallow believer in the Gods of Destiny, he still performed the proper etiquette between believers with the other party.

Most priests nowadays believe in the Silver Flame. Seeing a priest who believes in the Gods of Destiny is even rarer than meeting a chef on the street who doesn't use Teflon to cook Cantonese food.

Although Carl’s own father is one.

But Ryan's priest level has not improved much in more than 20 years, but his warrior level has recently broken through to level 10.

Seeing Karl's standard and skilled etiquette, the light in the girl's eyes seemed to suddenly brighten up.

This made Hope and Ying quickly stand on Carl's left and right, like two Dharma Kings protecting the religion.

"Thanks again for your help."

After bowing to Carl, the girl turned around and waved to her companions standing in the distance.

This almost means that he wants to return to Storm Bay with Carl and the others.

Looking at this group of seeded players whose average level was only about level four or five, Carl and others did not refuse, but put away their vehicles and continued to walk towards Storm Bay with them.

The two boys in the opposing team were extremely envious of Carl's power armor. They kept looking at him along the way and whispered to each other from time to time.

The pastor girl who was suspected to be the captain did say a few words to them, but the two boys still couldn't help but look at Carl.

After walking two areas forward, the priest girl suddenly remembered something and ran forward to ask Carl and his group:

"Senior, are you adventurers who just returned from deeper depths?"

Nodding, Carl replied, "Yes, what can I do for you?"

Biting her lower lip, the priest girl took a few steps closer and whispered, "A strange disease has been spreading in Storm Bay recently. Many civilians have suffered from diarrhea. Seniors, please pay attention when you return."

After saying that, the girl ran back to the team at the back.

"diarrhea?"

Hearing the other party mention this word, Carl immediately recalled his previous experience.

There was no way. Although a week had passed, they really felt uncomfortable for a long time.

He and Hope looked at each other, and both of them looked a little solemn.

Because they quickly thought of the possible route of transmission of the disease - the two adventure teams that Carl had let go.

Controlling the helmet to remove the suit, Carl twisted his neck, leaned over to Hope and asked:

"Do you think it's possible that the druids of the Sons of Winter did this? That kind of mushroom should only spread among druid societies. The population structure of Storm Bay is so distorted, there's no guarantee that they won't spread the plague."

When this was mentioned, Hope nodded solemnly.

During these days of exploration, she saw the marks left by druids on certain trees more than once.

This proves that there may indeed be druidic activity in the forests of Xen'drik.

(End of this chapter)