According to what he understood, the birth of the profession of Artificer was also related to the Eternal Furnace, and at the time when mankind was just beginning to develop, the Eternal Furnace and a series of giant technologies were the source of the rapid development of human civilization.
In other words, human civilization is not just its own progress, it also includes the archaeology of giant civilizations.
"Tsk, I never thought I would come across so-called archaeological research one day. I always thought it was a joke."
Rubbing his forehead, Carl just felt a headache.
If things were really as the dwarf said, then he really couldn't go directly to cause trouble for the Dragon Mark Family just because they had betrayed him.
At least not until it is confirmed that Ruiyi Drael's conspiracy has been crushed.
Carl raised his hands and was about to summon his mecha, but Ying and Mitris grabbed his arms on both sides.
"Don't move! Be quiet!"
With a tone of gloating and a hint of arrogance, Mitris looked at Carl with a smirk on her face.
"What are you doing?"
After looking Mitris up and down, Carl pulled his arm, but Mitris and Ying held it tightly.
"You haven't cleared yourself of suspicion yet. We can't let you summon that big guy. What if he wants to kill people to silence them?"
As she spoke, Midris actually stretched out her free hand and pulled Carl's face, as if she felt that there was some unspeakable secret hidden under this face.
Hearing this, Karl frowned.
"You're talking as if I've been completely replaced by the Nightmare Spirit! Don't worry, that's impossible. My spiritual core is still mainly a machinist. If I were possessed by someone, the profession of my spiritual core would also be replaced by that of the other person. Don't you have the art of reincarnation? You can't even think of this?"
Looking at Mitris's disdainful expression of "Oh, I really didn't think of that", Carl was 100% sure that this guy was just taking revenge.
Long ago, the Necromancers and Druids discovered through their research on reincarnation that the spiritual core of a profession's power is closely related to its master.
It is not possible to gain another person's professional abilities by occupying their body through reincarnation.
Rather than taking over another's body, the nightmare spirit is more like modifying the target's personality and mind.
From this perspective, even if Carl is really defeated by the Nightmare Spirit, Carl's personality and memory will continue to influence the Nightmare Spirit, and may even reversely influence the Nightmare Spirit like Rose did, making it think that he is Rose.
After all, according to Iris, Rose was originally a drow commander, but because she had the talent of self-dream world like Carl, she was parasitized by the nightmare spirit.
As if she felt that what Carl said made sense, Ying silently let go of the hand that was holding Carl.
Carl could clearly feel the trembling body of this little transparent person, which made Carl want to touch the other person's head to comfort him.
But before he could take action, Nia and Hope looked over.
"Although what you said is true, we don't know much about the Nightmare Spirit, so we'd rather kill someone by mistake than let him go! If you are really Carl, you can punish me however you want after this is over, but if you are the Nightmare Spirit, believe me, I will use all my energy for the rest of my life to torture you!"
With bloodshot eyes, Nia looked up at Carl, looking fierce and aggressive.
"Damn it! Nia was obviously saying something harsh, but why did I feel so warm inside? I was a little touched."
As the thought flashed through his mind, Carl looked at Hope standing beside him for help.
But Hope just smiled apologetically at this side, and then took out a set of things that looked a bit like torture instruments from his dimensional bag and put them on Carl.
Karl: …
This was a toy that Carl had made for Hope before, but he didn't expect to use it on himself today.
Seeing Carl's deflated expression, Hope's actions towards Carl became much more intimate.
This set of torture instruments was a little privacy for the two of them, so Carl's reaction made Hope feel that the person in front of her was still her boyfriend.
Realizing that he would not be able to escape until he had thoroughly proved himself, Carl gave up all plans to break free and simply entrusted the task of repairing the mecha to Nia.
Seeing that he cared so much about the mecha, Nia trusted Carl a little more, but everyone still restricted Carl's personal freedom and kept at least three people monitoring him at all times.
Gradually, night fell.
Hope and the others took turns to keep watch and simply set up a tent on the deck.
Looking at the four people sleeping on the cold and hard deck with some heartache, Carl scratched his forehead and suggested:
"How about we go back to the cabin and sleep? That way we can all sleep on soft beds and avoid the cold wind on the deck."
As soon as she finished speaking, Nia rejected him mercilessly: "No!"
Then, she stared at Karl who was sitting under the mast and said in a cold voice: "That room is for the real Karl and us to live in. You are not qualified to live in it now because you don't know who is real or fake!"
Fortunately, everyone's physical condition is pretty good. Even Nia, who has the worst physical condition, can use magic to resist slightly harsh environments.
The solid nitrogen launched by Carl previously completely froze the surrounding sea surface, so the temperature in this sea area is slightly low, and cold winds blow from time to time.
However, after fighting on the deck for a night, none of Carl and his friends caught a cold.
Early the next morning, as the submarine currents continued to spread, the ice in the surrounding waters had largely melted.
There seemed to be a riot among the soldiers controlled by the Ruiyi Drow warlocks. For a moment, they ignored Carl and others who were nearby and started fighting among themselves.
After breakfast, the dwarf brought news that the pirates and the Linland family had arrived at the port of Dalcat. The two sides had a fierce battle, and some members of the Linland family turned against them, causing considerable damage to the fleet.
At the same time, news came from Storm Bay that the manager of the Linland family who intended to take the position had been arrested. The Dragonmark family was furious, and Iris was rushing over to verify Carl's condition.
The information was both good and bad, but what Carl was most concerned about now was when Iris would be able to arrive here and clear his name.
As for the rest...
"If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Anyway, I have asked the dwarf to send the message."
Looking at the seagulls in the sky, Carl leaned back and calmed down for a while.
…
“Crash~”
Two days later, just when Carl had gotten used to his current life, a steamship belonging to the Linland family finally appeared in the sight of the observation tower.
The ship on the opposite side seemed to have discovered this side as well, and then more than ten minutes later, accompanied by the light of psychic energy, Iris appeared on the deck of the bronze and wooden warship.
Before anyone could speak, she had already walked quickly to Karl’s side and put her hand on Karl’s forehead.
The surging spiritual energy created a certain resonance between her and Carl. Spiritual energy lit up in Carl's eyes, and an illusory shadow of a clock appeared behind him.
"The Soul of Time Machine?"
Seeing this phantom, Nia and Iris exclaimed at the same time.
But when they saw the psychic energy rising from Carl's body, they were confused again.
Seeing Hope looking at her in confusion, Nia took the initiative to explain: "The Soul of Time Machine is a branch of warlocks, similar to psychic warlocks, dragon blood warlocks, and wild warlocks. But it is rumored that this type of warlock was born because of the power of the mechanical realm or other similar planes."
After that, Nia looked at Karl with suspicion and continued:
"None of Carl's ancestors should have reached such a place. How did he obtain this power? And judging from his current appearance, it seems that he has fully awakened the corresponding talent. As long as he gathers enough spiritual energy, he can directly do part-time work."
Just as he was about to set up a magic circle to prevent the "Karl" in front of him from suddenly attacking and hurting people, Iris in front of him said: "I have checked. Karl is not controlled by the nightmare spirit, but the nightmare spirit that invaded his consciousness seems to have been eliminated by him. The other party's knowledge and memory may have had a slight impact on Karl, and also activated Karl's warlock talent."
Hearing this verdict, the four girls breathed a sigh of relief, and Nia also subconsciously attributed Carl's aptitude for awakening the mechanical soul to the influence of the nightmare spirit.
Excited Hope hugged Carl and kissed him several times, while Nia took out the key and unlocked the torture instruments.
Carl, who was finally free, shouted that he would make something delicious to compensate himself, so the three girls pulled Mitris to cook.
"Your warlock talent is a little strange. The power of the Time Machine Soul and the distorted mind exist in your warlock talent at the same time. I have never seen anything like this before."
Seeing the four people leave, Iris looked at Karl and spoke with a serious expression.
She knew that Carl's psychic talent came from the failed parasitism of the mind flayer larvae. The effect brought by this psychic talent was different from the psychic talents brought by the dream spirits. It was more twisted and primitive, representing the more chaotic side of psychic power.
Although the psychic power of the dream spirit is more refined and orderly, it does not allow people to awaken the soul of the time machine.
As for the memory of the Nightmare Spirit that inspired this special thing?
That is even more impossible. If the memory of a nightmare spirit contains so much knowledge belonging to the field of mechanical realm, he himself may have been ordered.
The shadow of a clock hand appeared in his eyes. Karl waved his hand and said, "It's no good for you to know too much. Anyway, what are the advantages of my specialness?"
After a moment of silence, Iris said in an uncertain tone, "You can probably learn the characteristics and spells of the Time Machine Soul and the Distorted Mind at the same time?"
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