Chapter 335 Approaching (Two chapters in one)
The border of the province of Munster, Longya Pass.
Two people were seen running fast, and behind them, dozens of staggering humanoid monsters were chasing them.
If you look closely, you can see that the bodies of the dozens of humanoid monsters are all covered with colorful mushrooms, and at the same time, a yellow-green rancid gas is spreading around.
The two people running in front are the two survivors of the "Black Sword" team who did not enter the mine to explore, the third-level wizard apprentice Medeiros and the sword and shield knight Luka.
"Medeiros, these ghosts are getting more and more."
"Yesterday, we successfully killed more than a dozen, but I didn't expect these monsters to become more and more difficult now!"
"Why haven't you sent support from the branch yet?" The sword and shield knight Luka, who was running fast, said with a tired face.
The two of them have released both blood falcons.
Even if the first one may have had an accident, it is impossible for both to have an accident. The message must have been delivered.
"Not so fast! In the Munster branch, the captain's strength is already top-notch. Do you think it will be useful even if the other diamond-star teams are sent here?"
Medeiros said with a solemn face while running away quickly with the help of Swift Wind.
"This..." Hearing his companion's words, Luka's face darkened. Although he didn't want to admit it, what Medeiros said made sense.
"It is likely that the branch should be waiting for support from the imperial capital."
"But I believe it should be soon, at least, the vanguard should be soon!" Medeiros didn't know whether he was talking to Luka or to himself, he just heard him muttering in a low voice.
Since the day before yesterday, these humanoid monsters covered with fungi have begun to appear from time to time in the mine. After they found the human village, they immediately launched an attack.
This also allowed the two to see the whole process of the villagers being transformed into these humanoid monsters.
Medeiros, a third-level wizard apprentice, named these infected people as Xun people, which means spore people or mushroom people.
After these ordinary villagers were infected, they went in and out of the mine several times, and the number of mushroom people decreased. However, the strength of the mushroom people who came out again would gradually increase.
But the most troublesome thing is its high infectiousness.
If you fight in close combat, you will soon be infected by the yellow-green mist emitted by the opponent.
Fortunately, if you stay far enough away, you can still barely resist it with the physique of the great knight.
Otherwise, Luka would have died in the previous small-scale battles.
This also made Medeiros and Luka believe that there should be some source of infection in the mine, and considering that there was a forbidden door inside.
Therefore, they can almost be sure that there is a 90% chance that there is a problem with the forbidden door in the mine.
This also explains why their captain 'Black Sword' Guerrero, whose strength has reached the quasi-legendary level, did not come out alive.
"Fuck! There is also one in front." Luka's sharp eyes immediately reminded.
"Turn left!" Medeiros shouted.
"Oh no, there are also on the left, they have surrounded us!" Luka said with a pale face.
Just as the two of them were panicking and wondering whether to fight, suddenly, these humanoid monsters stopped and quickly returned to the original path.
This made Medeiros and Luka a little confused. They looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
"Boom!"
The two suddenly felt a vibration under their feet, and then, a sound like a landslide came from the direction of the Adachi Mine.
Even though the two were already several kilometers away from the mine, at this moment, they could clearly see that a large amount of smoke and dust suddenly erupted from the ground, and then, a huge dragon rushed out from the ground.
"Ang!!!"
The dragon roared loudly, and a thick yellow-green gas lingered around its body.
And from the broken hole in the ground, a large number of mushroom people poured out, some of which were as big as ogres.
"This must be the source!!" Medeiros looked at this scene and said in a daze.
"I understand! Those mushroom people come in and out to infect humans just to provide energy for this dragon."
"Medelos, look at the direction it's flying." After hearing what Luka said, he suddenly thought of something and looked very ugly.
"Not good! It's heading towards the direction of Bretsin County City!"
"I know, it's going to continue to recover."
The two of them suddenly changed their expressions!
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Munster.
On the way back to the mansion from the church, Ryan didn't chat too much with the beautiful woman, but his face was always solemn.
Because Bishop Theon and Brandoer both had the same view, that is, even if His Majesty the Emperor could recover, the situation would not be much better than it is now.
According to the internal statement of the Goddess Church, 'The catastrophe has come, and only the most devout believers can get the blessing of the goddess.'
Originally, Ryan felt that after he had changed his job to 'King of Thousand Blades', it should be no big problem to deal with some risks in the short term.
But now it seems that the future situation may be more difficult than he imagined.
"If you don't think ahead, you'll have immediate worries."
"Don't be lazy about improving your strength."
After returning to the mansion, Ryan took out the third and last item given by Instructor Mogaro - the parchment scroll of the Iron Combat Puppet from the drawer.
"It's almost impossible for a Dragon Vein Wizard to meet the job transfer conditions in a short period of time, but I don't know if the Combat Puppet is as I thought, maybe there is another way."
Ryan's eyes flickered.
The effect of the activation in the morning left a deep impression on him.
The object he activated in the morning was just a metal that was deformed casually. According to the level, it was just a dummy. But this time it was different. It was a precision-made puppet.
Ryan was still looking forward to the combat puppet made of metal and assembled.
At the same time, he wanted to verify several ideas in his mind.
Ryan spread out the parchment roll, and a complex and precise iron combat puppet component drawing appeared in front of him.
The content of the drawing mainly included the specifications, dimensions, materials, etc. of the feet, legs and torso. It seemed that because of the combat puppet, there was no palm.
Extending from the right forearm was a blade axe, which had both the stabbing ability of a sword and the chopping ability of an axe, while the original palm position of the left hand was replaced by a heavy tower shield.
Normally, the production of this iron puppet, if done by a master blacksmith, would take about three months, and there would probably be problems during assembly, such as the precision not meeting the standard.
Even for a rare metal wizard, it would take at least three or four days to complete one.
However, for Ryan, a "freak" wizard whose gifted magic is metal deformation, the difficulty of making it is not much more difficult than making a complete set of knight plate armor.
Ryan took a quick look and started to make it.
Since it was the first one, Ryan used the two iron shields hanging on the wall in the study as raw materials for decoration and quickly deformed it to make it.
About half an hour later, all the parts of an iron battle puppet were completed.
After spending some time assembling it, Ryan looked at the battle puppet that had already taken on a human form and smiled.
"Activation!"
As Ryan chanted the spell and pointed his finger, the iron battle puppet quickly climbed up from the ground. It seemed that because of the movable joints, it was much more flexible and fast in action.
This made Ryan raise his eyebrows and nodded with satisfaction.
If the activation spell cast on the metal dummy before consumed one unit of mental power, then this time, when the target of the activation spell was the iron battle puppet, the mental power consumed reached three units.
"This activation spell is quite peculiar."
"It is completely different from the general witchcraft that consumes basically fixed mental power."
This made Ryan understand more deeply the words in the note of the activation spell - 'This witchcraft is a guided witchcraft. The casting time and mental power consumption depend on the complexity and size of the object.'
"In addition, judging from the speed, it can be seen that the Iron Combat Puppet is quite strong."
"According to the puppetry principle, after casting the activation spell on the Iron Combat Puppet, it is considered a success."
At this time, the system prompt suddenly sounded:
[You have studied the Iron Combat Puppet, and your understanding of the relevant knowledge has improved! ]
[You have learned a new skill - Iron Combat Puppet]
[Your skill Iron Combat Puppet has been improved, experience value +1]
At the same time, at the bottom of the Warhammer Wizard (Legend) panel, next to the witchcraft 'Activation Spell', a new icon appeared.
The pattern on the icon is almost a photo of the Iron Combat Puppet.
Ryan focused his attention on the line of small words below the new icon:
[Iron Skin Combat Puppet lv1]
Iron Skin Combat Puppet lv1 Effect: A small combat puppet endowed with primary intelligence and mobility by the Activation Technique.
(Note: The comprehensive combat power of the Iron Skin Combat Puppet is related to the material.)
(Note: The level of the Iron Skin Combat Puppet is synchronized with the level of the Activation Technique, and cannot be directly increased by adding points.)
"Hmm? Interesting, is the Iron Skin Combat Puppet a separate skill?" Ryan was slightly stunned when he saw this system prompt, but soon laughed.
"No experience bar."
Ryan immediately noticed this point. After lv1, there was no bracketed content, that is, no experience bar.
"This is a good thing, because in this way, I only need to improve the Activation Technique, which is a witchcraft. In disguise, a lot of skill points are saved."
After making one, Ryan continued to make it according to his long-standing idea.
But this time, he changed the material.
This time he made it with hardened adamantium.
With the experience from the last time, he made it faster this time.
Twenty minutes later, Ryan had completed a battle puppet with a shell made of hardened adamantium.
Thirty-five minutes later, he made another battle puppet made of demonized thorium.
After the three battle puppets of different materials were completed, Ryan thought about it and took the iron battle puppet to the training room on the first floor.
He wanted to test the three battle puppets of different materials to confirm his guess.
When Ryan walked into the training room, he didn't expect that there were already three people in it. They were Angus, Neoro and Vieri from the team.
When they saw Ryan coming in with three things that were obviously puppets, several people were stunned.
Ryan smiled, it seemed that he didn't need to test it himself.
"It's just right, you are all here, try the effect of my battle puppet."
"Captain, is this a battle puppet? It's rare." After Neoro walked around the iron battle puppet and looked at it, he was amazed.
Because most wizards specialize in elemental witchcraft, such as fire and water, and the rare ones are earth, ice, etc.
In other words, the pursuit of powerful lethality is the goal of most wizards.
Only a few will spend their time researching potions, training pets, or making puppets.
"Captain, could it be that you made all three puppets yourself? I didn't even see the nameplates on them." Neoro asked suspiciously.
Although he knew that his captain was a metal wizard, he felt that his captain would not spend time and effort to make such a puppet. He had never seen him pulling them to practice extraordinary combat skills every day.
"Yes, it was indeed made by me."
"Huh?" The three of them looked at Ryan in surprise, revealing a kind of incomprehension in their eyes, as if to say, 'Why, captain, you like making puppets again? '
"Who will go first?" Ryan was looked at strangely by the three people, and immediately stopped entangled in this question and asked immediately.
"Let me try first!" Vieri looked at the three puppets and was also quite curious. He immediately rushed to say.
Ryan nodded and immediately took the original version of the Iron Combat Puppet forward and stood in the center of the venue.
"Swoosh!"
The Iron Combat Puppet stepped heavily and rushed towards Vieri quickly.
"Dang!"
Facing the Iron Combat Puppet's right hand chop, Vieri first carefully waved his sword with both hands to parry, but the next second, his face relaxed and quickly counterattacked.
"Dangdang! Chi!"
After two consecutive attacks were blocked, Vieri went around the side of the Iron Combat Puppet and chopped it, immediately splitting the waist of the Iron Combat Puppet.
However, even though it was damaged, the Iron Combat Puppet was still fearless and attacked Vieri.
"Oh! No, Captain, I chopped it." Vieri stepped back two steps and shouted.
"It's okay, just a test." Ryan waved his hand and said.
He didn't mind the damage. His focus was on the performance of the iron battle puppet just now.
"It's about the combat power of a formal knight, with no obvious weaknesses, fearless and brave, equivalent to the combat power of a senior knight. Sure enough, at the level of a formal wizard, this kind of iron battle puppet is basically useless."
Ryan thought, and at the same time, he walked forward and put his right hand on the damaged part. The next second, the iron skin was restored to its original state.
"Captain, the puppet's combat is not very good. I can beat ten of this kind by myself."
"Oh? Then try this one again."
Ryan smiled and waved his hand, and saw the dark silver battle puppet walked onto the field.
"Huh? Different color? Different material?" Neoro narrowed his eyes and quickly discovered the difference.
"Ding Ding Ding!"
The battle in the center of the field had already started.
In less than half a minute, Vieri chopped several times in a row, all of which hit the surface of the hardened fine gold battle puppet, but after the sparks flew, only a shallow mark was left.
"Break the limit! Whirlwind!"
After a few minutes, Vieri, who was a little embarrassed, opened bursts one after another, and after performing secret skills, he barely cut off one arm of the hardened adamantium battle puppet.
"Hu~Hu~"
"Captain, why is this puppet so hard?" Vieri took a breath and asked in surprise.
"Could it be hardened adamantium?" Angus, who was standing next to him, touched it and said in astonishment.
"Hmm!"
"No wonder! My goodness, captain, you used so much hardened adamantium to make a battle puppet, it's too extravagant!" Vieri's eyes widened.
You know, many great knights don't have a set of knight suits made entirely of hardened adamantium, but their captain has already started using it to make puppets.
"Captain, then this one...can't it be demonized thorium?" Neoro, the son of the Marquis, looked at the familiar metal color and couldn't help asking.
"Yes." Ryan smiled slightly and nodded.
"Hiss~" The three of them took a breath of cold air, with an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"You guys train first, I'll think for a while."
Ryan walked aside, thinking about the combat power that the hardened adamantium battle puppet had just shown.
"Super strong defense plus fearlessness is equivalent to the combat power of a peak knight. Facing an opponent who can't use witchcraft, it is comparable to the level of a beginner knight."
"Sure enough, different materials have different combat power."
"In addition, ordinary iron battle puppets are not useless. If there is a powerful bomb, once combined, it will be a killer weapon - a self-destructing battle puppet."
"One is not enough? Then ten, or even more."
"By the way, the notes of the battle puppet say that it is synchronized with the level of the activation technique. What will the effect of the activation technique after lv2 be?"
Because the activation technique is special after all, it is a rare guided witchcraft.
Ryan recalled the guided witchcraft he mastered. The only one before was 'Scorching Touch'.
Curious, he decided to add a little to see the effect.
As the points were added, the activation technique instantly upgraded to lv2, and a memory of the training of the activation technique flooded into Ryan's mind.
After Ryan came to his senses, he immediately checked the changes in the description of the Activation Technique lv2:
Effect of Activation Technique lv2: Consume a certain amount of mental power, induce mysterious energy particles, and give a certain humanoid or animal-like dead object activity, giving it primary wisdom and certain mobility, which lasts for one hour.
"Huh, the duration has increased from half an hour to one hour?" Ryan's eyes lit up.
"Other wordings have also changed. A certain amount of mobility seems to be stronger than simple mobility."
"Interesting." Ryan nodded.
Immediately, Ryan cast an activation spell on the hardened adamantium combat puppet, and then issued some simple instructions.
He found that the mental power consumption of the Activation Technique lv2 increased, and the agility of the hardened adamantium combat puppet also increased a lot.
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the training room.
"Knock, knock!"
"Come in."
The person who came in was Olena, the deputy director of the mission hall affairs.
After she smiled and nodded at Neoro and the others, she walked up to Ryan and said,
"Sir Ryan, the federal delegation will be here soon, and the Executive Office has notified you that you can set off."
"So soon? Okay, Sir Olena, let's go over there now."
On the carriage.
"By the way, Mr. Ryan, there is one more thing. The Duke of Munster has proposed to Admiral Edward that he wants to hire you as the chief security consultant for Munster." Olena
"Admiral Edward means that you can decide for yourself."
Chief security consultant?
Ryan nodded, his face thoughtful.
He had served as a security consultant in the trade zone before, so he naturally knew that a consultant was basically a sinecure.
The main responsibility is to deal with special events or emergencies in the city after receiving relevant requests for assistance from the Administrative Office.
But in fact, Ryan's own family lives in Munster, and he was almost the first to participate in the previous attacks.
In other words, whether he is concurrent or not, for Ryan, there is not much difference in essence.
In addition, it can be regarded as a thank you to the Duke of Munster for giving the mansion before. Ryan thought about it, nodded, and said:
"In that case, I agree."
Since Ryan's new mansion is in the noble district, it only took ten minutes for the carriage to reach the airship docking platform.
At this time, the square of the airship platform was already crowded with people. The red carpet was laid on the ground, and the guard of honor and military band were arranged on both sides of the crowd.
The Duke of Munster and Admiral Edward surrounded another old man in gorgeous clothes and stood at the front of the crowd.
"This is Duke Victor from the Imperial Capital, and he is also the person in charge of the Eagle Federation delegation sent by the Imperial Capital to welcome the Eagle Federation." Olena on the side whispered to Ryan.
Ryan nodded.
He did not squeeze to the front, but stood at the back of the crowd.
Ryan did not like this kind of welcoming and sending off, but he was looking forward to the difference between the people on the Federation side and the Empire.
"Look, is that it?"
A middle-aged noble pointed to a place in the sky and said in astonishment.
This made several nobles nearby frown slightly. After all, this kind of shouting and yelling was too rude among the nobles.
However, when everyone looked up, they couldn't help but look surprised.
Ryan couldn't help but look in the direction of the crowd, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
A huge airship was seen flying towards this side from the distant sky. In contrast, the escorting griffin knights were as big as flies flying around a cake.
Ryan had never seen such a large airship before. In comparison, it was about ten times the size of the imperial military airship he had taken before.
As the airship gradually approached, a buzzing vibration sound came from far away.
"What is this sound? It seems to come from the airship." A noble asked in confusion.
"I don't know, I have never heard such a sound, it seems to be very regular." Another noble shook his head and said.
Ryan raised his eyebrows.
He was very familiar with this vibration sound. In the busy streets of his previous life, the cars that shuttled like the wind, the low hum of the engine was much better than this.
Obviously, the airship should be equipped with some more primitive power device.
"Could it be a steam engine?"
Ryan's heart trembled and he couldn't help but guess.
When the airship was about to arrive in Munster, the oppressive feeling like a small mountain made many waiting nobles change their faces.
"The Eagle Federation was split from our empire hundreds of years ago. Has it developed to this extent now?" a noble exclaimed.
"This airship is really huge. It is more than three times larger than the largest cargo airship I have ever seen in the empire." Another noble was also shocked by the size of the Federation airship.
And Ryan could understand more.
The huge airbag was like a full ellipsoid cloud. The surface was grayish white. It should be made of some special cloth that was extremely tough and strong.
The huge ship-shaped cabin hanging below had a brass-colored metallic texture.
With Ryan's excellent eyesight, he could see the dense rivets on it, covering the large brass plate on the surface of the cabin.
In terms of the sturdiness and craftsmanship of the cabin surface alone, it has surpassed the empire by a level.
Moreover, at the rear of the cabin, there are two huge bronze exhaust pipes, spraying a lot of white steam.
At the same time, there is a huge propeller at the tail, which is different from the one used on ships. This one is much larger.
And the buzzing sound just now is the sound of the power device that turns it.
"It is indeed a steam-powered device!" Ryan thought to himself.
At this time, the old man in gorgeous clothes next to the Duke of Munster snorted and said,
"The Federation is a group of arrogant people who want to defeat dragons and gods by studying the technology of the ancient goblin empire."
"If the imperial dragon knights were not busy, how could they show off like this?"
Ryan glanced at the old man and thought that the imperial dragon knights were very strong, but the significance of steam power was probably not clear to most people.
And he naturally knew that steam power was called the symbol of the "first industrial revolution" in the previous life.
As the giant airship slowly moored, the band began to play.
Just as the welcome ceremony was about to begin, suddenly, Colonel Stanley, with a solemn face, walked in quickly, came to Admiral Edward's ear, and whispered a few words.
And the Duke of Munster's personal guards also came to report quickly!
Immediately, the faces of the two people all changed!
(End of this chapter)
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