Lu Xiao once thought that the metal demons mentioned by the eldest mother were those mechanical beasts in the wild, but recently, after many visits to the Nora tribe, she discovered that this was not the case.
To the people of the Nora tribe, mechanical beasts are just a part of the cruel nature.
According to the conversation between the three eldest mothers in the Holy Land cave a few days ago, it can be seen that more than two years ago, the mechanical beasts were not as aggressive as they are now.
The black warrior Lu Xiao met outside the Nola territory half a month ago took the risk to prevent saboteurs from going crazy and entering the Nola territory. This situation would hardly have happened two years ago.
'Two years ago, it happened to be the time when the 13th Sun King Jilang launched an invasion against Nora and Oselan at the same time, right?'
'Is there a connection between these two things?'
Through the information obtained from the Nora tribe, Lu Xiao confirmed Aletheia's suspicion.
The mechanical beasts operating in the wild today are not the war machines that destroyed human civilization.
'If the Metal Demon refers to those war machines that have been shut down long ago, Sirius...or where did Shadow Calgar get this information?'
Lu Xiao became more and more suspicious that the so-called "shadow" god behind Shadow Calgar was one of Gaia's subroutines - Hades.
In this new world where ancient civilizations have died, only the remnants of the previous generation can teach new humans how to use Focus.
But why Hades restarted the war machine that destroyed the world, and why he specifically targeted the girl with Focus, Lu Xiao still has no clue.
'Maybe the clue to solving the mystery lies in that girl. I hope Yongzhen can find something.'
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The night before the trial, Orin, who came to the Nora tribe with Calgar Goodwill Ambassador, quietly left the Heart of All Mothers.
Lu Xiao followed him all the way to the wilderness and watched with his own eyes as he met a group of masked men in strange clothes and directed them to dig something in the open plains.
Orin's profession is similar to that of an archaeologist. He has an unparalleled talent in excavating ancient relics.
It was because of Sirius's talent that he came to Orin and grabbed Orin's wife and children to force him to do things for him.
"really……"
Under Orin's command, these Eclipse cultists spent the whole night digging out the "God's Envoy" buried underground.
It was a four-legged machine with a scorpion tail. From a structural point of view, it was obviously not designed by the same person as the various mechanical beasts in the wild.
'Is this the war machine produced by Faroe?'
Under Lu Xiao's secret gaze, the Eclipse cultists installed a cylindrical part on the belly of the war machine. All the cultists, including Orin, immediately dispersed around.
"Buzz!"
A wave of indescribable strange fluctuations swept across, and the originally motionless war machine suddenly trembled. The mechanical eye in front of its head lit up with red light, and it stood up from the ground unsteadily.
The Eclipse cultists cheered loudly, and the war machine slowly moved towards the core territory of the Nora tribe.
When passing through the dense jungle along the way, the war machine replenished its missing energy by absorbing biological energy.
Its walking movements became more steady and its speed became faster and faster, but the surrounding woods underwent terrible changes.
The original green leaves on the tree quickly turned yellow and withered, and soon only the bare branches were left.
'Sure enough, this guy is Faro's war machine. Just one of them can destroy a large forest. It would be even better if they were allowed to grow on a large scale.'
Ignoring the eclipse cultists who were following behind the war machine, Lu Xiao shot out from his hiding place and activated the lightning and wind spell during the sprint. His charging speed increased explosively again.
Olin and others could only see an afterimage passing before their eyes. The next second, the war machine suddenly moved to the right vigilantly. Its left hind leg was cut off by a golden light, and the remaining three legs could only barely
Maintain balance.
One of the Solar Eclipse believers angrily pointed at Lu Xiao, who had just stood still, and shouted: "blasphemer! How dare you attack the envoy of God..."
Lu Xiao swung a sword energy at the man without looking back, and his body was cut into two pieces from the waist by the sword energy.
This strange sight startled other Eclipse believers. They hurriedly picked up their weapons and aimed at Lu Xiao's position to bombard him wildly.
Unlike the primitive bows and spears still used by the Nora people, almost all the Eclipse cultists use are thermal weapons.
Although it can be seen that there is still some gap with modern weapons, it should be more than enough against the Nora tribe who only rely on bows and arrows to fight.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The bursting flame crossbow fired at Lu Xiao first with sharp sound effects. The war machine, which had one of its hind legs cut off, also turned its head at this time, and the large-caliber machine gun on its back began to spray tongues of flame.
If the human body is hit by such a machine gun with a caliber exceeding 15 mm, there is a high probability that the body will be broken or even turned into a ball of flesh.
Under the blessing of lightning, Lu Xiao waved the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye, blocking the heavy machine gun bullets coming from the front one after another, and took the time to fight back and cut off the machine gun barrel of the war machine.
The Firebolt flying from behind was dodged by Lu Xiao with his flexible movement, and while dodging, he used his left hand to draw runes in mid-air.
Several extremely cold ice picks appeared out of thin air, and several Eclipse cultists holding heavy weapons were targeted.
"Crack!"
The moment the ice pick hit, the Eclipse cultists who were still preparing to continue firing were frozen.
"Qiang!"
Lu Xiao once again swung his sword to cut off the scorpion's tail that was thrown by the war machine to attack. Lu Xiao started to maneuver at high speed while firing the missile launchers mounted on both sides of the opponent's body, just in time to avoid the missile's explosion.
This war machine is only a medium-sized model produced by the Faroe Company. It is mainly responsible for providing fire suppression. The heavy machine gun is its most commonly used weapon.
Moving around the enemy with only three legs at super high speed, Lu Xiao turned the low-intelligence war machine so that it could not find its way north.
After seizing the opportunity, Lu Xiao kicked off the ground hard and jumped up high. The sharp Xuanyuan Sword cut the main structure of the war machine's body diagonally in half.
Before the war machine short-circuited and exploded, Lu Xiao quickly took out the small cylinder installed by the Eclipse Cult from its belly.
After using a few sword energy to eliminate the remaining Eclipse cultists, Lu Xiao tossed the metal cylinder up and down, looked at Olin with a half-smile and asked: "Can you explain to me the purpose of this thing? Olin
."
Olin's expression was a little struggling. He was worried that Sirius would notice his betrayal through Focus, but at the same time he was also afraid that Lu Xiao would chop him with a sword if he didn't get an answer.
The torn corpses of the Eclipse Cultists were piled nearby. The dilemma made Orin undecided for a moment.
Lu Xiao is not a murderer, and he will never show mercy to his enemies, but when faced with Ou Lin, who is expected to develop into an informant, Lu Xiao will not act rashly.
"Don't worry, I've temporarily locked your Focus signal so Sirius can't monitor you."
Without any proof, Orin carefully tried to transmit the signal, but as expected, there was no response.
Seeing Ou Lin's relieved look, Lu Xiao took back the Xuanyuan Sword and asked, "Can we tell you now, what exactly is this thing?"
Orin hesitated before speaking: "I don't know its specific principle and origin. I only know that the Eclipse Cult can use it to control mechanical beasts in the wild, and even these metal demons."