Gray light flashed past, and the heavy armor on one of the Minotaurs immediately turned into ashes!
He looked down and showed a heartbroken expression.
But the next second.
All that was left on his face was pain——
A sharp arrow came through the air and pierced his heart powerfully!
The Minotaur roared angrily.
As a member of the devil, he obviously has extremely powerful vitality. He didn't even look at the sharp arrow, and roared towards Matthew's direction with another companion!
Little Paton escaped, but did not run away. Instead, he picked up the one-handed sword from the ground and leaned against the stone wall to wait for an opportunity.
Buzz!
The sound of sharp arrows flying from the string was heard endlessly. Renesmee held the Emerald Trade Wind and fired fiercely at the Minotaur who had lost his armor, turning him into a sieve in the blink of an eye!
He stared angrily and yelled, but his knees involuntarily weakened.
boom!
The Minotaur collapsed on its knees.
A cold light flashed in the darkness, and A Bing appeared at the right time. A pair of scimitars circled the Minotaur's neck, and a large amount of blood spurted out instantly!
The demon screamed in agony and was about to die.
At this time, another Minotaur was still moving forward.
However, Matthew had already activated Esdrael's Claw in response.
However, the tentacles full of negative energy cleverly tripped the Minotaur, and the latter's huge body suddenly fell forward.
puff!
The Minotaur fell to the ground and chewed the mud.
Matthew took the opportunity to throw a few more control tricks. The Minotaur's toughness was not low, and it could have been easily exempted from these controls, but now it was knocked unconscious and would not be able to get up for a while.
Just at this moment.
Little Paton found the opportunity, grasped the sword tightly, and rushed forward, stabbing and picking.
Stuck!
It's the sound of a rope breaking.
boom!
The Minotaur turned over, and the giant ax in his hand struck the ground next to him. Little Patton hurriedly hid aside.
The devil still wants to pursue him further.
But Matthew's Astra's claws wrapped around him like gangrene on his bones.
Those tentacles kept twisting the Minotaur, making it impossible for him to get up from the ground.
Little Patton shouted while running:
"I cut off his belt and can take off the armor from his lower body!"
Upon hearing this, Matthew immediately canceled the dissociation technique he was about to release.
The armor on the Minotaur looks pretty decent. If you can remove the hair, don't use dissociation to affect the profit.
At that moment, he summoned the Silver Moon zombies patrolling the mine.
The zombies swarmed forward, and with the help of Esdrael's Claw, they pressed the Minotaur to the ground!
Ah Bing took the opportunity to strike and slashed his wrist twice, forcing him to let go of the giant axe.
The Minotaur lay on the ground and kept making loud roars.
If Renesmee hadn't picked the right moment and shot an arrow into his upper and lower jaws, this guy's screams would have been heard more than a dozen miles away!
finally.
Under the oppression and dragging of the zombies, the Minotaur's leg armor and pants were pulled away together.
Facing the Minotaur's bare private parts.
A ghost wolf named "Pale Fang" rushed forward and took a few bites.
Click click click!
The sound of chewing was heard in the cave.
This time, the Minotaur could no longer hold back the pain and fainted without saying a word.
…
"Hint: Your Pale Fang (ghost wolf) bit the Minotaur's balls.
The Pale Fang triggered an instant death judgment!
You killed a Minotaur.
You have obtained a pair of "Minotaur's Silver Scale Heavy Armor" (Armor 16/Strength +1/Intelligence -1)"
…
"Stop it!"
Once it was confirmed that the enemy was dead, Matthew quickly stopped his undead men from grabbing and biting him.
Wait until the black zombies disperse.
Matthew just got a miserable corpse full of zombie saliva and scratches.
"The swarming tactical order is a bit too rough. Zombies usually don't have the opportunity to eat meat. Why don't they take a few bites when they get the chance?"
"In the future, if we want to preserve the full appearance of the corpse as much as possible, we will have to give more detailed instructions."
Matthew looked at the blood on the Minotaur's crotch and the broken wrist, and shook his head slightly.
The other end was even more dead. The head was almost removed by A Bing. It would take a lot of effort to sew it back on again.
But overall the result is pleasant.
This is the first time Matthew has obtained a demon's corpse, so he naturally wants to take it back and study it carefully.
It is certain to become an immortal, but the question is which one to make.
And before that, he also planned to conduct a more detailed analysis of the two corpses.
"Send them back to the cemetery."
Matthew asked Renesmee to lead a team of zombies to collect the corpses.
And he himself found little Patton who was a little shocked:
"Are you okay?"
Little Paton adapted quickly:
"There's no problem. It's just that it's the first time I've seen such a cruel way of death, even if it's on an enemy. I always feel cold down there."
As he spoke, he tightened his belt.
"Very well, I'll leave it to you to evacuate and appease the workers. I plan to blockade the sulfur mine for a period of time."
Matthew arranged.
Little Paton nodded:
"Then I let them go back for vacation?"
"The reason...the reason is that we need to conduct a more comprehensive magic exploration of the mine. Too many people will affect the results of the magic exploration."
Matthew hesitated and said:
"Maybe some of them have heard what's going on here. Do you need to give them some money?"
Little Paton shook his head without hesitation and said:
"No, I will tell them that the sound was the sound I made when I hit a rock. Combined with the reason I gave for the holiday, they will be suspicious of it."
"And if you take the initiative to give money, then they will most likely know that something happened here. When the rumors spread, it will not be so easy for you to recruit more workers."
"Of course, only the locals of Rolling Stone Town will have so many demands. If you are willing to find refugees with high leaf collars or golden fertile fields, they will not be chatty even if the wages are lower."
Seeing that he was thinking clearly, Matthew stopped interfering in the matter and let little Patton handle it.
He himself walked quickly around the scene of the incident.
This time.
He discovered three space-time rifts.
The largest one is located on the ceiling of the mine. It is a 6-meter-long opening. It is usually closed and can open up to 2 meters wide from time to time.
The sulfur ore that often flies in from the mine falls from this opening.
But according to Matthew's observations, this opening is extremely unstable.
It spit out sulfur ore for a while, and soon it closed automatically.
This opening is also very concealed, and even low-level survey spells cannot detect it.
The second crack is located near an underground river deep within the mine.
It was an arch-shaped gap, because it was hidden behind a rock. Matthew had neglected it before, and he didn't notice that there was something else behind it.
The gap is not big, barely enough for one person to pass through.
Matthew guessed that the two minotaurs just came in from behind.
This crack is characterized by being relatively stable.
Matthew has been observing it for a long time, and it doesn't even have the tendency to close automatically. It is estimated that it will not disappear in the short term.
The third crack is located on the gravel beach of the underground river.
This thing is only about the size of a fist, and its stability is average. There's no telling when it will disappear.
Matthew hasn't seen anything come out of it yet.
After thorough investigation.
Matthew brought in more zombies and surrounded the three cracks.
And he himself went straight to the crucible room.
Things like space-time rifts are both opportunities and crises for him.
If he guessed correctly, the person behind this was most likely the "Escana" between purgatory that Rhaegar set out for!
This means that at any time, demons or demons from Escana may come to the material world through the rift.
That's no joke.
Matthew rushed to the alliance's large library immediately, with the purpose of searching for information related to the time and space rift.
At least.
He had to find a way to steadily close the crack.
After one hour.
After paying a sum of knowledge points to the Scroll Dragon of the Great Library, Matthew obtained a large amount of information about the time and space rift.
He selectively and quickly read several authoritative works and summarized four methods for dealing with time and space cracks.
The first is to let it go and wait for it to disappear on its own.
The main material world is the most stable world, with complete elements, strong barriers, and the most complete laws.
Therefore, even if a space-time rift appears, if it is not maintained deliberately, it will most likely disappear on its own after a period of time.
Of course, this approach is a bit hit and miss.
The second is to repeatedly use fourth-level and higher-level energy-shaping spells to super-saturate the space-time rift and its surrounding areas to achieve the effect of blowing up the time-space rift.
According to the introduction of the book called "The Artifact Master Teaches You How to Cope with the Turbulence of Time and Space".
The success rate of closing space-time cracks through this method is as high as 95%.
However, there is a 5% chance that the cracks in time and space will explode even bigger, and even attract monsters from the astral realm.
But there is such a view circulating among the artificers.
If it failed to close the space-time rift, then the bombing force must not be large enough.
The only thing the processor needs to do is——
Intensify.
The third method, "Gate of Time and Space Stabilization Technique", involves inviting experienced formation masters to stabilize the crack into a fixed door of time and space.
This method has many benefits. After it stabilizes, this door will become an existence similar to Rhaegar's purgatory portal.
You can open it when you want and close it when you want, and the door itself is relatively safe and stable.
The only drawback is that it is expensive.
Matthew heard from Margaret about the prices of high-level array masters in the alliance. Their labor costs are astronomical, not to mention the material costs.
The fourth method is to prepare a magic material called "Giant Tree Amber" by yourself to repair the cracks in time and space.
The advantage of this method is that the space-time crack repaired by amber will not disappear in the short term. During this period, if you want to use this crack, just tear the amber.
The disadvantage is that it is a bit troublesome to tear giant tree amber.
Moreover, the cracks repaired in this way still have a lower probability of being discovered from the other side.
The above are four methods.
The only choices left to Matthew were one and four.
Second, he really didn’t dare;
Third, he really has no money.
"The specific response method to be adopted still has to take into account the situation on the other side of the crack and the stability of the observed crack."
Matthew thought for a while in the library and did not make an immediate decision.
However, he still made a special trip to the alliance's mall and purchased a series of materials——
Original amber stone*60 pieces;
Disguise scroll*6 pieces;
Saroteng*10 copies;
Some astral dust;
Mineral pack*6;
Reduction scroll*3;
Several other magic auxiliary materials.
This expenditure cost 30,000 gold coins, and Matthew's liquidity was completely drained.
"You should buy one less scroll of reduction."
When leaving the Crucible Room.
His heart was filled with remorse.
After returning to the cemetery.
Matthew set up a crucible in the studio, poured several semi-finished magic potions into the pot, and added a large amount of water and a small amount of alcohol.
Wait until the pot boils.
He poured half of the zolotin into the pot.
There was a loud squeaking sound from the pot.
Matthew quickly found something to cover it with.
After cooking for about five minutes, there was no sound in the pot. He then opened the lid and poured the thick green liquid inside into the glass bottle that had been prepared.
This pot can fill six bottles.
After Matthew added a little clove and mint to the bottle, the "Primary Change Potion" was officially formed.
He planned to go to the other side of the crack to have a look.
But a human being walking arrogantly in the devil or devil's territory is undoubtedly seeking death.
He wanted to borrow the Minotaur's vest to wear.
After a while.
Matthew left the workshop with the potion. He came to the minotaur corpses and took away part of their hair and nails.
Not long after.
Little Patton returned to the cemetery.
He said to Matthew easily:
"I have already comforted the workers."
"Not only at the mine, but also at the underground factory, I found a reason to give them a holiday, so as to save unnecessary trouble."
Matthew was a little surprised at his efficiency.
After collecting the elements from the corpse, he put the Minotaur's nails and hair into two bottles of potion and asked casually:
"If it were you, how would you deal with the space-time rift that suddenly appears around the territory?"
He went through the four methods he found.
Little Paton thought for a moment and replied:
"It depends on what is on the other side of the crack. Judging from the reactions of those monsters, they are most likely unorganized - even if they are organized, the two Minotaurs obviously discovered the crack by accident, otherwise we would have bumped into it.
They must be regular troops, not just three or two kittens."
"If it were me, I would go to the crack and take a look before making a decision."
Matthew gave him an approving look and handed one of the bottles to little Patton.
"What's the meaning?"
Little Patton was a little confused.
"I'm thinking the same thing as you, and I plan to go there and have a look."
"I can't understand the bird language of these demons. I need your translation. You should have the courage to come with me, right?"
Matthew smiled and said:
"But don't worry, let's go to the mine first. After the undead have completed the most basic work of exploring the path, we can drink the potion."
Little Patton readily agreed.
But when he looked at the bottle of green potion, his eyes looked a little suspicious:
"Is it true that drinking this stuff won't cause diarrhea?"
"probably not."
Matthew patted his luggage confidently:
"It doesn't matter if you do. I've prepared antidiarrheal medicine."
With that said, under Little Paton's even more suspicious eyes, the two of them rushed back to the mine.
There were three space-time rifts, two of which were not suitable for people to pass through. Matthew went straight to the back of the rock.
At first, he sent a skeleton soldier over to see the situation.
The instructions he set for the skeleton soldiers were——
After passing through the space-time rift, you can only move in an area with a radius of five meters centered on the original place.
After the skeleton soldiers passed by, there was no movement for ten minutes.
The data column did not indicate that the skeleton soldiers were damaged, which shows that the situation there is relatively safe.
Later, Matthew asked A Bing to explore the road again, and got similar results.
Because he was in another dimension, he couldn't communicate with A Bing through the contract.
It wasn't until five minutes later that A Bing came back on his own initiative.
He reported his findings to Matthew in full:
"A large house with a closed door."
"There is very little furniture. There is something very bright. I used to put it under the bed. The bed is also very big."
Matthew probably understood.
It was probably the home of the two Minotaurs where this space-time rift appeared.
It has not been discovered by anyone else yet.
As for the two fly demons, they may be minotaur's servants.
Since then, Matthew has repeatedly tested the strength of the space-time cracks.
Some measures have been taken to prevent accidents.
Then he and little Paton drank the potion together.
Two minutes later, the potion took effect, and their bodies grew rapidly, turning into demons that were somewhat similar to the Minotaur.
However, it is a primary change potion after all, and there are flaws in many details.
Matthew calmly took out the camouflage scroll he had prepared in advance and used a camouflage spell on himself and Little Patton. At this time, their images were exactly the same as those two minotaurs.
Unless you encounter a unit with superior perception, it will be impossible to reveal the secret.
"The lasting effect of the change can last for about six hours. Let's get over there quickly."
After Matthew finished speaking, he crouched and took the lead in passing through the time and space rift.
Little Patton followed closely behind.
The two came to an extremely cramped space. After crawling out from under the bed with difficulty, the skeleton soldier Matthew had originally sent over was still twisting its hips in the room.
As A Bing said, the furniture in the room was very crude and even the windows were broken, so you could vaguely see some scenes outside.
The first thing that caught Matthew's attention was a white light hanging on the ceiling!
"Is this the bright thing that Bing mentioned?"
"Does the Minotaur need an electric light?"
Matthew was stunned.
If the thing hanging above his head is a luminous luminous pearl or a broken lighting crystal, he can accept it.
Even if it is a Changmingyan!
The only thing he couldn't accept was the electric light.
"There are also wires...and there are rune stones similar to telephone poles beside the road?"
"What do you mean, have demons entered industrialized society?"
Matthew's scalp was a little numb.
It is not that he has not considered this situation. After all, the main material world is suppressed by the mystery of civilization, and its development has stagnated. The mainstream society is in a feudal state, and the overall structure is closer to an agricultural society.
It is possible for the development of the outer world to exceed that of the main material world.
But he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.
"What if demons and demons have completed industrialization, and Tianlun Palace is secretly causing trouble and breaking open the dimensional barrier, and these creatures swarm in...can Ain Duo withstand it?"
In an instant, countless possibilities flashed through his mind.
Matthew calmed down and observed the room with little Patton for a while.
After a while, they carefully opened the door and came to the street outside.
What he saw after going out made Matthew sigh with relief.
There are no skyscrapers with busy traffic outside.
Instead, they are two or three-story buildings that are no different from their own cabins.
The road surface is not paved.
It's a bumpy dirt road.
Except that the number of buildings is a bit more than expected, and there are devices that look like telephone poles.
This place doesn't seem to be any different from the towns of Irondor.
The sky here is blood red.
Matthew couldn't tell the time clearly, but the street lights on both sides of the road were on, so it was probably night?
The two of them walked along the street.
Not long after, I saw a minotaur full of decadent temperament on the street.
He was half leaning against the wall, his body was in tatters, and he looked like a homeless man.
He looked very weak, but he was indifferent to the approach of Matthew and the two, and he was grabbing something randomly with his hands underneath.
After a while.
The minotaur has a syringe in its hand.
The syringe is filled with dark green liquid.
The Minotaur stared at Matthew and inserted the syringe into his thigh.
"Woo~!"
The next moment, the veins on the Minotaur's neck popped out, but a huge look of satisfaction appeared on its face.
Not long after.
He fell into a deep sleep and passed out.
The empty syringe was also thrown aside.
Matthew silently glanced at the data column, wondering if he had gone to the wrong place.
…
"Record: You passed through the rift in time and space and arrived between the planes (Escana).
You encounter a Minotaur.
The Minotaur used a syringe (suspected sulfur extract) on himself.
The Minotaur is so cool!"
…
Yes, this is the corner of Escana, where Rhaegar just went.
However, it is not difficult to judge from the Minotaurs all over the street that this place should be within the sphere of influence of the Bulu tribe.
But what he saw and heard really made Matthew dumbfounded.
The two of them walked along the street for a while.
Turned a corner.
Similar minotaurs or devils are almost everywhere in the streets.
In stark contrast to these demons' addiction to sulfur extract.
This city does seem to have a level of technology that far exceeds that of Irondor.
In addition to street lights and telephone poles, Matthew also saw several single-person aircraft flying over the city;
There is a phone booth next to the street corner, but you need to pay coins to use it;
The huge building in the center of the city has a chimney rising into the sky, with thick smoke billowing from the chimney, and a portrait of a blond man on the surface;
From time to time, mining trucks with stylish appearance and solid materials are driven out of the factory. They drive recklessly on the streets, splashing mud everywhere on both sides.
After careful inquiry, the two of them found out that this place was called Bigfoot City. It was originally the territory of a group of Bigfoot monsters, but was later captured by the Devil Man and the Minotaur, and became part of the Bulu tribe.
In front of you is the square of Bigfoot City.
Matthew just wanted to go over and join in the fun.
Just at this time, a mining truck passed by the edge of the square. There was a gentle devil in the car who was scolding his subordinates. His voice was loud:
"The sulfur mines are still disappearing?"
"Damn it, if I can't find out the reason, then you, the supervisor, will apologize to me!"
"Wait... stop the car!"
Under the curious eyes of Matthew and the other two, the mining truck slowly stopped.
The devil in a suit looked at the two Matthews up and down through the window and said with interest:
"I haven't seen such a healthy Minotaur for a long time. Are you interested in working at Stuluk Industries?"
"Of course, you have to learn the rules. You are not allowed to secretly smoke sulfur during work. Stuluk Industries is here to spread advanced technology, and it is not for your enjoyment."
(Note: Stuluk, the original hometown of the orc female swordsman Clegg, once mentioned being occupied by the Necron troops of the Antu Empire)
…
I stayed up all night coding yesterday, and I woke up in an extremely bad state today. My mind was blank all day, I was staring at the screen and felt sleepy. In the afternoon, I even got worse. It seems that I have to make adjustments. Next, I will try my best to ensure that I am at 11 o'clock.
If there is an update, try your best to write a second update, but don’t have high expectations, as your health is really not good.