Duke Raphael's territory is in the west of the Luying Empire. It is a prosperous city. It takes about half a month to travel by steam ferry.
A few days' voyage further west, on the vast sea, there is a place not marked on the map called "Black Barrier Reef".
There is a castle on the reef and a towering lighthouse.
But there are no ordinary residents in the castle, but a secret bodyguard of Duke Raphael stationed there.
This is a pure military fortress.
Little known.
Recently, the war between the Luying Empire and the Mafa Machinery Empire on the east coast has become increasingly fierce, and the major lords have also mobilized their military forces to participate in the war.
The great nobles mobilized the military power of their territories, which also gave the pirates an opportunity to take advantage of them.
A fleet under the North Sea pirate leader Oleg J. Popov, known as the "King of the North Sea", is active near the territory of Archduke Raphael, robbing passing merchant ships.
The "Black Barrier Reef" was also discovered by a passing pirate squad for reconnaissance.
Originally, this purely military fortress was the last thing pirates wanted to touch.
The battle damage was high and there was no treasure to be plundered.
But the unusual movements on the barrier reef attracted the attention of a big pirate.
That was the captain of the division under the "King of the North Sea", the great pirate with a bounty of 160 million liso, and the fifth-level professional "Shadow Demon" Tim Ashley.
After several days of patient observation, the big pirate discovered that the military power on the barrier reef was too "highly matched", far exceeding the military power required to garrison an ordinary military fortress.
Finally, he decided to take the risk and try it out.
On this day, a steam warship sailed into the inner bay dock of the Black Barrier Reef.
After several extremely strict inspections, a few people on the ship entered the interior of the castle.
Then they went straight to the lighthouse in the castle, went underground, and then entered a black tower and went to the extremely deep underground.
But they have no idea that in one person's shadow, there is a big pirate.
"The 'Super Mechanical Warrior' secretly researched by His Excellency the Duke has shone brightly on the battlefield this time. Even the guys from the Mechanical Cult have suffered a big loss."
"Yes, compared to those bulky mechanical armors and mechanical warriors, they are simply far behind. When it comes to mechanical prosthetic modification technology, our leaders are at the top."
"This victory in the 'Norman Sea Battle' will probably make the Duke look at the Duke with admiration within the empire. Even the Queen will probably pay attention to rewards."
"Of course, our Lord Duke will probably be canonized as a 'First Class Duke' this time."
"Hey~ I heard that the women in Old Lingdun are very good. They live underground all year round and have fair and smooth skin. They are not the same as the weathered women on the ground. Let's go to the city later? Hehe
, The Commander-in-Chief has said that the so-called ladies and ladies from the big families in this city are not bad in temperament. We can choose whoever we like, and we can play whatever we want."
"Don't tell me, I still want to try it."
"Let's get down to business first. The Duke asked us to bring so many materials because he hopes to bring the latest batch of mechanical warriors. Let's go to the research institute first."
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Not long after, the group of people arrived at the old town of Linton.
After leaving the Duke's Palace, they went straight to the Mechanical Research Institute.
And because this is underground, lighting is needed, and there are shadows everywhere.
A few people were completely unaware that after leaving the tower, the shadow of one of them connected with the shadow in the corner, and then the shadow strangely "detached" from the figure and merged into the darkness in the corner.
Quickly headed outside the Duke's Palace.
After getting away from the guards, somewhere in an alley in the old town of Linton, the shadow suddenly began to twist. Then it became three-dimensional and substantial, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a man with triangular eyes dressed in the same attire at that moment.
This person is naturally the great pirate "Shadow Demon" Tim Ashley. His talent is [B-021-Shadow Mimic], which allows him to hide his body in all shadows.
This underground world is full of shadows and is simply the home of his abilities.
"Huh, I was almost discovered. Fortunately, the boss gave me that treasure, otherwise it would have been difficult to sneak in with so many levels."
Tim muttered in his mind and breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, if a pirate is really caught, he will be sent to the gallows.
But in a blink of an eye, when he looked at the prosperous inner city of Old Rington in front of him, the big pirate's eyes suddenly lit up.
You can tell whether you have money or not by looking at the buildings on the street and the clothes of the pedestrians.
My dear, where is this mine?
It is simply a prosperous big city!
These people are so luxuriously dressed. Not to mention that they are a hundred times better than poor pirates, and they are no worse than those in wealthy territories.
besides,
I heard those guys mention it, this is Archduke Raphael’s secret research base!
Super mechanical warrior?
The "completely modified mechanical limbs" technology that even the paranoid mechanics of the Mechanical Sect of the Marfa Empire have not been able to break through has actually succeeded here?
A thousand-year-old ancient ruins, the legendary City of Dawn?
Oh my God, the legendary ‘demigod’ great alchemist, does he really exist?
There are so many people who can be caught and sold at will, aren't they all worth real money?
Isn't this the most ideal place to plunder?
"Tsk, tsk, it turns out that the secret of Duke Raphael's wealth is unparalleled. There have been rumors here that the Raphael family has a 'mine' with endless treasures. This is actually what happened!"
Tim was so excited that he never thought he would take the risk and actually encountered a huge surprise.
"The highest mining slave in this city is only the third level. Hahaha, you are rich but you are weak. You are going to get rich this time. You have to get the information out quickly and let the boss send a fleet over!"
The big pirate thought of something, and his body merged into the darkness again.
At the same time, underground.
The ruins of Dawn are located in a tower near the core area of the city.
Su Lun and Mr. Jing were still waiting patiently in meditation.
Because part of "Forensic Doctor" Gerald's memory fragments were peeled off, it was not too difficult for Suellen to understand and study the contents of the diary.
He read through the contents of the notebook at an extremely fast speed.
But this is just a research note. The human body is one of the most complex living organisms, and it is still far from being thoroughly studied.
Even Gerald himself often lamented in his notes that he had only scratched the surface, and left one topic after another in his notes to be studied.
Su Lun closed the last notebook, exhaled a breath, and sighed in his heart: "The field of bio-alchemy is really complicated enough."
He finally understood that sentence. The more he understood, the more doubts he had.
After reading the notes, Su Lun finally understood why Gerald wore the [Three Color Mask of the Life Usurper].
This guy once found the corpse of an ancient abyss creature, and then found the piece of living flesh on the corpse.
After experimental research, Gerard discovered that the piece of meat could be fused with human flesh and blood, making the experimental subject super active and able to withstand the third-level state of [hormonal rampage].
Then he used ancient alchemy to solve the not too strong rejection reaction of alien creatures, and sewed the piece of flesh to his body.
But they didn't realize that this thing not only affects the flesh and blood, but also affects the spirit.
Then, his mind became deformed.
As the leader of the umbrella organization, he naturally has no shortage of suitable cursed objects.
He found this mask that could suppress mental distortion.
[The Tricolor Mask of the Life-Usurper]
Description: Once you wear a mask, no one will love you.
Cursed Characteristics: Wearing a mask can maintain absolute sanity, suppress other abnormal mental power fluctuations, and resist mental power spell attacks of no higher than fifth level; if your mental power does not exceed 500, you will be affected by the cursed characteristics. Once you put on the mask, you will
It can no longer be taken off; it will also make you schizophrenic and eventually become crazy; it can absorb other people's negative emotions and enhance the curse properties.
Detailed explanation: An ancient usurper suffered backlash during divination, and would often hear the whispers from demons. In order to prevent himself from going insane, he refined this mask to suppress it; the mask absorbed too many negative emotions and turned into
I got an item with super curse properties; it can be used as a professional advancement material, the mental power reaches 300, the dark spiritual power value is not less than 12W, the probability of fusion distortion does not exceed 5%; the fusion comprehends the 'Distraction Technique'. Multitasking?
No, try 'multitasking'. This is not schizophrenia, but a very high-end 'distraction' ability in the field of mental magic;
Su Lun also found that as his knowledge increased, the detailed explanations of the items became more detailed.
The essence of using cursed materials to take up a job is to allow alchemists to use this "foreign object" method to realize abilities that they cannot currently understand through normal means.
This ability of "multitasking" is indeed very compatible with the Puppet Master.
In the mental realm, it is probably as rare as spatial ability.
With multi-tasking, Su Lun can accurately control more than ten puppets; with multi-tasking, this number will be multiplied several times.
This ability will also increase as mental strength increases.
However, this is indeed an advanced material that others require at least level four to meet the fusion requirements.
Su Lun estimated that the requirement for 12W dark spiritual power would be about the same when he reaches the third level of perfection. If his body had not been transformed by the "X serum", his tolerance would be much higher than others at each level. Under normal circumstances,
The fourth level may only have hundreds of thousands of them.
This tolerance advantage will be like a snowball. The higher the rank, the greater the advantage.
There is also mental strength.
He has absorbed so many mental fragments now that the mental power value on the panel is only 192, which is still far from the fusion threshold of 300.
Fortunately, now that we have [Starry Sky Visualization Technique], we can also gain spiritual power through visualization.
But even with this top-notch spiritual power secret method, it would take about a year and a half to reach that level.
Well, there is also [Death Reaper]. If there are enough enemies, it should be reduced for a long time.
Su Lun was still counting the trophies of the elite groups of the two previous families, identifying and classifying them, leaving some useful materials and equipment for himself, and then packing up the unused ones in preparation for selling them in the future.
At this moment, suddenly, Mr. Jing on the side suddenly opened his eyes, "He is here!"
Su Lun also looked serious after hearing this, and asked: "Then shall I go?"
Mr. Jing nodded: "Yes."
As she spoke, she pinched the surgeon's seal with both hands, and a layer of light emitted from Su Lun's body.
Looking again, he found that the whole person had teleported outside the tower.
"What a magical warlock"
Su Lun looked at the disappearing light on his body, then looked back at the tower, and shrugged.
A second-level novice like him was originally asked to meet that fallen angel, but no matter how he looked at it, he was going to die. Not to mention that person's combat power, the guards around her were definitely not him.
But Su Lun didn't panic at all with Mr. Youjing's technique.
In order to prevent the sneak guard around Princess Teresa from being killed by an unknown assassin, he walked directly into the depths of the mist without wearing a mask.
Now Su Lun has roughly figured out the whole story.
The brooch he found in Stormwind Manor was made of a special material that could carry souls.
Now Su Lun has determined that the hidden information that cannot be identified is the fallen angel's distraction hidden in the brooch.
From this point of view, burying it in the ground out of caution was the right choice.
But I don’t know why, through what channels, the butterfly brooch fell into the hands of Princess Teresa of the Duke’s Palace.
Then, probably possessed and bewitched by the soul of the fallen angel, Teresa became very enthusiastic about the ruins hunting and development of Dawn City.
He even came in person.
It is said to be hunting, but in fact it is to find the sealed limbs of that god.
Su Lun was walking all the way, and soon he noticed a little girl floating in the mist.
Of course it was the little ghost I saw not long ago, Pestoya.
She saw Su Lun and greeted her warmly: "Hi, Mr. Su Lun, we meet again."
Su Lun also smiled. Although he already knew why she appeared here, he also deliberately asked: "Pestoya, why are you here?"
Pestoya tilted her head and thought for a while, "Huh?? I didn't know that I felt you were nearby, so I came over to see you."
The fallen angel knew all the truth, but Pestoya had no idea that there was a "god" soul hidden in her soul.
Su Lun did not continue to ask this question.
He took the initiative to reach out his hand and motioned for Pestoya to hold him.
Pestoya didn't mind either, and happily stretched out her hand to hold Su Lun.
At this time, she seemed to have discovered something, which floated in front of Su Lun. Yaobi sniffed and said, "Ah, you seem to have something nice to smell~"
"What is the taste?"
Su Lun naturally knew that it was the taste of [Isaac's Alchemy Heart], and that's what the fallen angel came for, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid.
After all, he should know nothing about normal scripts.
If you don’t know the existence of the fallen angel or the divine body, you should just regard Pestoya as a ghost “good friend”.
That fallen angel was very cunning. He was defeated by Sir Isaac and his body was cut and sealed. Although he was only a lowly human being, he would never underestimate this kind of enemy.
He also suspected that there was another conspiracy behind the "burning torture".
Although a thousand years have passed, this once prosperous Auroville City has turned into ruins.
But before he knows it clearly, He will never give up Pestoya's shield at will.
Su Lun went directly to the topic, took Pestoya's hand, and said: "Didn't you entrust me with something last time? I met Ms. Seraya."
"ah"
Hearing this, Pestoya's eyes were filled with complicated emotions, including tension, resentment, and expectation.
Su Lun took out the ring that Ceria gave him, gestured, and said in a domineering scumbag tone, "Give me your hand."
This trick is tried and tested with little girls.
Without giving the ghost lady any time to think, Su Lun took her tender little hand and put the ring on her index finger.
The ring looks nothing special.
The fallen angel thought that Su Lun didn't know about his existence and continued to pretend.
And our ghost lady is really defenseless.
Su Lun said while putting on the ring: "I asked your question for you. Ms. Seraya asked me to bring you a message, she said"
Hearing this, Pestoya's face was filled with anticipation and she completely forgot to pull her hand back.
After a pause, Su Lun looked at her and then slowly uttered three words, "She loves you."
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Pestoya was stunned as she listened, her big, sparkling eyes filled with confusion.
She never thought that she would hear such words.
A thousand years of endless resentment seems to have nowhere to vent.
suddenly became
However, before Pestoya could think more,
At this moment, the ring suddenly emitted a scorching light.
Pestoya didn't feel anything, and the existence hidden deep in her soul let out an explosive scream.
And in Theresa's team, which was about a kilometer or two away, violent commotion suddenly broke out!
An indescribable terrifying will suddenly descended on the entire ruins.