Pillars of Ita

This is the second time that Fang Plover has gone deep into this dark and empty underground laboratory. As he steps on the rusty iron plates step by step, it seems that the same sound is echoing in the distance - empty, empty, empty. , step by step, rhythmic sound——

Just like the steps of a ghost, echoing in the vast and empty space.

Although Adni, Alyssa, Sylvester and Sky Blue had previously inventoried the properties in this experiment and transferred some of them to the ship, a large part of them was still too late to transfer due to time constraints.

Most of them are constructs left behind by Jed Ham during his lifetime.

Those octopus-like mechanical guards were paralyzed in the aisle, their powerless arms and legs hanging low, and the visual crystal at the core of the diamond-shaped head was dim - like a metal giant, falling into a dormant state. .

The remaining parts are humanoid structures, and their appearance is somewhat different from those on William's ship. They are not equipped with knives, but use mantis blades attached to their arms. The Empire Type [-]-R types are displayed in rows on nearby shelves. Most of them are in decay.

This may be an original model of the Dragon Hunter, and the changes in the design ideas of this type of construct can even be seen from its development models of different specifications. However, most of the constructs here are experimental bodies that participated in the verification—— More than half of them are not assembled yet.

Most of the remaining ones were missing arms and legs, and not many of them could really be used. Adni had already made statistics, and the notebook for recording was still left on the ground. Fang Plover picked it up and flipped through it. I learned that there are about fifteen useful Dragon Hunters left.

However, these fifteen units must be modified before they can be used by him. Although the origin of these star devices has long been known, the understanding of their principles is still unclear, and they have never been successfully lit.

Fortunately, he still has some experience in transforming star devices. He used cumbersome closed-circulation devices to transform the first batch of manually controllable dragon hunters. Later, he used this idea to build lancers with certain independent logic, and further Optimized closed loop device.

Now he has been able to optimize the closed-circulation device modified for dragon hunters to an extremely lightweight level, and the modification process is not troublesome. Those spare closed-circulation devices have already been transported and piled up in a corner of the ground.

It's just that the batch transformation of dragon hunters still takes time, and the real highlight - those octopus-like mechanical guards are not known to be repairable. If they can be repaired, then that is the real highlight.

So he must leave enough time.

It was just when Fang Yu approached the group of dragon hunters that he suddenly felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart. In fact, he had already had such an illusion, as if a gaze was falling on him. He turned around subconsciously, his footsteps stopped.

His line of sight extended along the direction of darkness in the underground. The faint light emitted by the glow crystal held high in his hand could only illuminate a small area. There was a dragon hunter with his head hanging next to him. Fang Plover raised his head. The construct that was nearly half his height was motionless——

It has long since lost its momentum.

He looked away and looked further away, where there were parts scattered on the ground.

And there were rows of metal racks, with dragon hunters hanging on them, either intact or broken, and some were empty. His eyes crossed the racks, and then he finally saw the huge monster behind them. '.

"This is……"

Only then did he remember that he had seen this 'thing' before.

Fang Yu raised the glow crystal in his hand and walked towards the 'thing' unconsciously. The closer he got, the more he had to raise his head to see the whole thing clearly. It was a machine parked against a huge wall. Huge build.

In other words, the construct of the Supreme Being.

For people who are not clear about the classification of magic weapons, they often like to confuse Dragon Knight, Pseudo Dragon Knight, The Supreme and the main structure, but in fact, they are all very different magic weapons.

The Dragon Knight is the most powerful magic weapon ever born in human history, the crown jewel of magic craftsmanship, but it is not a flexible structure, because only combat craftsmen can control flexible structures, but the Dragon Knight is not.

All pseudo-dragon knights belong to the main construct, or at least a large category under this classification. The combat craftsmen who control the main construct are another type of craftsman different from the construct lord - the immortal knight, because they often It only specializes in the control of one or at most two constructs, hence its name.

For the Immortal Knight, flexible construction is not a tool, but a knight who protects himself.

But except for the goblin constructs, most of the remaining flexible constructs fall under a specialized category - the supreme construct.

They are often huge in size and can accommodate one or more people to control the battle. Whether it is the Stalker X-1 controlled by the ancient tower people that Fang Plover saw in the sea of ​​​​trees, or the Wind Knight of the Empire, or the Southern Alliance. Those large war constructs.

They are all of this type.

At the same time, it is also called a war construct by humans.

War constructs - or the Supreme One - are very different from all flexible construct categories. After a combat craftsman grows to a certain height, professional boundaries tend to blur, so even a war lord like Ming can command and control the main construct.

The pseudo-dragon knight 'Silver Zhuang' who constructs the queen is an out-and-out immortal knight, the main construct.

Of course, after a full-time immortal knight grows to that level, its core knight construct is often much more powerful than the construct lord's half-assed pseudo-dragon knight. However, since the construct lord can also control a large number of auxiliary constructs, the two There is actually not much difference in combat power between them at the same level.

But among all categories, only the Supreme Choice is an exception.

Manipulating war structures requires a large amount of professional knowledge, talent, and ability. Since the combat craftsman himself is required to participate in front-line battles, the operator himself - the combat craftsman - is actually more similar to a combatant.

Rather than a 'commander' calmly manipulating flexible structures in the rear to fight.

Just like Bai Hua, the younger brother of the Witch of the Sea, whom Fang Lu had met before, even if he didn't rely on his own combat structure, he still had a strong combat effectiveness using a chain sword, and ordinary combat craftsmen simply couldn't do this. a little.

On the other hand, Fang Plover himself can be regarded as half of the Supreme Being. The reason why he is said to be half is because his Rocket Flying Fist actually has a similar principle and requires him to learn a series of related skills - those In fact, most of them come from the abilities of the two professions Nightingale and Ranger.

However, when Fang Yu looked at the huge 'war construct' at this moment, it was definitely not because of some special connection between the so-called supreme being and the construct. Not to mention that most of his career direction was construct lord, and construct The connection between the body and the battle craftsmen is even more illusory——

As for the only connection between the two, it probably refers to the connection between the battle craftsman's special magic furnace and the resonance crystal in the construct after establishing an etheric connection between the magic gloves and the flexible construct. connect.

But the Supreme One in front of him was motionless. The metal shell was covered with a thick layer of dust, as if it had been sleeping for many years. The core crystal showed no sign of starting, let alone establishing any connection.

Fang Yu even doubted the possibility of it moving. The magic power in the core crystal is not permanently stored and will pass with the passage of time. After such a long time, it may have lost its last remaining power. motivation.

So where does that strange feeling come from?

He had a feeling from before, as if the sight of this supreme being's construct was falling on him, especially when he got closer, the feeling became more and more obvious.

Fang Yu remembered that he had had the same mood when he first saw this giant construct, but at that time because there were other people in the underground laboratory, the conversation between them diverted his attention.

But now the underground world is completely empty.

The throbbing in his heart became conspicuous, "What's going on?" Fang Yu felt a little confused. At the same time, he walked closer and closer, looking up at this mechanical behemoth - at least on the surface, the other party had no Something special.

Perhaps the huge machine itself is full of the beauty of power, but any type of war structure belonging to the Oshu and Kaolin people has the same sense of oppression. They are born for suppression and violence, and for killing each other. The machine that was born.

This model of war machine did not belong to any category he recognized.

But the most advanced ones are a kind of secret in any country in Aitaria. In addition to the common categories, whether it is the Empire, the Ithurian Alliance, or the elves, there are some advanced ones that are never exposed. The Most High.

Unless those secret weapons appear one by one in the next war and leave legends in the world, many models may not appear in the world until they are retired and become backward models.

But Fang Plover is not surprised.

He had previously instinctively thought that this was a work left by Jed Ham, even completed with the funding of the pirate king William. Although the war structure was powerful, a war structure could not change anything, so it It’s not surprising that I was left here in the end.

But when Fang Huan looked at it carefully again, he couldn't help being stunned.

He once again saw a faint red light flashing in the silent visual crystal on the head of this tall construct.

"Illusion?" Fang Yu was startled. Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for a flexible structure that has been dormant for such a long time to have residual energy, not to mention that no one here has established a connection with it.

But he had inspected this huge construct earlier. After all, it was so conspicuous here that it would have been difficult for the group not to notice it. But at that time, he had actually concluded that it was just an ordinary machine. It's just an ordinary Supreme One construct.

There is no structure similar to the star device inside.

He suddenly realized that this was not the first time he had such an illusion. It seemed that he had seen the same vision the last time he saw this supreme being.It was just that Tianlan's communication happened to come in at that time, preventing him from delving into that scene.

Isn't it an illusion?

Fang Yu's heart moved, and for the first time he had doubts about his previous judgment. He put the glow crystal in his hand aside and climbed up to the Supreme One, intending to carefully check the flexible machine. What secrets are hidden inside the construct?

"5 minutes."

Fang Yu said to himself in his heart that Miss Tata should be able to hold on for a while. If he could find a way to make this thing move, then Enigma, AOA and the Falcon Group outside would not be a concern at all.

But if that doesn't work, he must return his attention to the dragon hunters within 5 minutes.

But it was also when he came into contact with the Supreme One for the second time - this huge machine suddenly shook without warning. Fang Plover raised his head unexpectedly, and his eyes happened to meet the opponent's black visual crystal.

He saw the huge construct slowly raising its head, letting dust fall from its shoulders and top of its head. A red light shot out of the visual crystal on its head.

Fang Yu was caught off guard and was hit.

A roaring sound seemed to explode in Fang Plover's mind.

"Natural dragon soul has been detected——"

"Defining the type: Unknown elemental species -" "Start adapting."

……

"They're up!"

Dalil waved the sword in his hand vigorously, and the blade, which was like ice flakes, struck continuously with the dagger in the opponent's hand during the battle, making a clanging sound, and stars fell like rain.

The two short swordsmen fought with her for a moment, then both sides took a step back, and then their eyes showed surprise.And Miss Catman raised her head, her eyes were still full of fighting spirit, and her sharp canine teeth were exposed. The light in her eyes was like the light that separated the dream, following her sword from left to right——

In the end, only the coldness remained.

Tian Lan is waiting for the opportunity behind.

The poet lady plucked the strings, and the music flowed into the hearts of the three people like a gurgling stream in the dark.At that moment, Dalil felt a chill in her heart, a wave of pride aroused, and it felt like a steady stream of power was pouring into the sword in her hand.

The two short swordsmen had a different feeling. One of them looked towards the corner of the cabin with a cold face. Darier's expression changed and reminded him: "Be careful!" But it was still a little late, and a flying knife flew in that direction. As it penetrated, Tian Lan screamed, covering her arms and falling to her knees.

When the second short swordsman drew his sword, Miss Catman's sword had already been swung down from top to bottom. It hit the man's sword with a clang, creating a bright spark in the darkness.She changed from chopping to slashing, and stopped the short swordsman in a round of pursuit.

The other short swordsman was about to take a step, but the magic oak on the deck seemed to come to life, spread and grew, twisting and wrapping around his calf, instantly killing the man on the spot.

"The branches are spreading, the buds are growing——"

Tianlan seemed to be singing a poem, chanting loudly.

She was originally tone-deaf, and this singing was even more nerve-wracking, but Dalil knocked away the opponent's blade with a bang, and looked back with some surprise - imitating the poem, Tianlan was copying her spell, this It is the unique ability of poets.

The plastic wood molding could not block AOA's invisible short blade, but this moment's delay was enough. Tian Lan placed the piano on the ground, supported the piano handle with one hand, and pressed the strings with five fingers of the other hand. Blood flowed along the fingers. The tip slipped off and he plucked it hard on the strings.

A burst of piercing noise formed a sharp sound wave, sweeping across. The short swordsman, who was lowering his head and drawing his legs, never thought that Miss Poet had this skill. She was obviously a bard, how could she still make sarcastic jokes, even though they were all from the same profession in different directions? , but how can anyone learn it in such a haphazard way?
The short swordsman was unaware that the man was hit. Although the level suppression only caused him to be in a trance for a moment, the system he saw when he raised his head was flashing with silver light, and he couldn't see anything clearly. He waited until he reacted. Come here - a silver blade has cut through the darkness.

Dalil tried his best to replace the wound with a sword and pierced the man's chest. The other person looked at this scene with disbelief. Although the knight lady in front of him was a bit troublesome, he was also a famous Holy Chosen One.

In the end, all the unwillingness turned into despair, and the short blade guest's body turned into flying feathers bit by bit.

The remaining short-blade guest turned around and left when he saw that the situation was not going well. AOA's peers were still ranked above him. Now he was the only one left. If he didn't leave now, how could he wait?But as soon as he turned around, something came from behind him, "Sister Dalil, close your eyes!"

The thing flew in front of the short-sword man. The latter was also a man who had experienced hundreds of battles. He reacted just after hearing these words and subconsciously closed his eyes.But before he could make another move, the wooden plank under his feet was shaped into wood under the control of Dalil, tripping him.

The short-blade passenger was caught off guard and fell heavily out of the cabin, letting out a scream and falling down.

Darier didn't have time to praise Miss Poet's agility. He chased after her and looked outside. He saw that the person had fallen into the darkness. It was inevitable that he would be seriously injured even if he was not dead at such a high altitude.And the thing Tian Lan threw out was just an ordinary wooden box.

How could Ms. Catman not know where the flash bombs and other things on Tianlan came from? Besides, those things also require professional skills to use, but she knew very well that Enigma’s short blade without traces on the Seven Seas Traveler didn’t know. What did Miss Poet learn?

She looked out along the hatch and saw that the Enigma, AOA and Falcon regiments had completely attacked. The nightingales and rangers from the three elite brigades had climbed up along the towering ancient trees and spread out to the deck. attack.

The remaining shield guards and other heavy-armed professions seemed to want to directly attack the two towering ancient trees holding the Seven Seas Traveler below. Seeing this scene, Dalil's expression changed. If the tree was cut down by these people, , the Seven Seas Traveler is finished.

Although there were still some of the other party's people above, those Nightingales and Rangers should not be afraid of such a degree of collapse. Seeing this, Dalil jumped out without saying a word, landed on the tree outside, and slid down the trunk. go.

"Sister Dalil!" Tian Lan was startled from behind.

"Tianlan," Dalil said in a cold voice, "You guard here!"

"what?"

The poet lady was confused, "How can I keep it?"

But it was too late for Dalil to say more. He waved his sword and forced away the two approaching nightingales. Although she was a knight, as a guard of the Nature Temple, she also had the ability to blend into the forest, not to mention she had a long The long tail provides balance.

She looked back and saw two Nightingales, one on the left and one on the right, bypassing her and flying towards the Seven Seas Traveler. But before they could get close to the deck, a flash of light erupted from the air combat deck - the leader Nightingale was directly hit by the violent airflow and flew backwards.

The man screamed and fell from the side of Miss Catman. Dariel looked up and saw Siesta appearing in that direction.

She breathed a sigh of relief, jumped again, and fell directly to the ground over a height of more than ten meters.

Dalil rolled lightly to relieve his strength, and looked up again, only to find that Alyssa was blocking an entire team in front of her.

But Miss Nightingale was by no means as easy as the previous battle, and the elites of Enigma, AOA and the Falcon Group were by no means ordinary people. In just a short moment, she was already in danger and suffered several injuries.

The heaviest part was on her left upper arm, and the bone-deep cut was dripping with blood, but Alyssa still gritted her teeth and refused to let those people get close to the tree trunk below.Thanks to Sylvide still covering in the dark, gunshots rang out from time to time, and beams of fire streaked into the crowd, delaying the opponent's attack.

But there was no way to go on like this. When Darier saw this, he shot at those people without saying a word.

She raised her sword to stop a big sword warrior. Although she was using a two-handed sword, this sword move made the opponent take three steps back. She couldn't help but gasped and looked at the knight lady, thinking where did this come from? A strange woman?
Only Alyssa turned back and said to her: "Don't come here, go and stop those people."

Darier looked back and realized that there were people from AOA and Enigma surrounding them on the other side. But how could the two of them be able to defend these two giant trees? AOA, Enigma and the Falcons combined had seven or eighty people. many.

This was their vanguard. When the rows of iron guards came up behind to protect the spellcasting profession, they were helpless.

Thinking of this, Dalil no longer hesitated and pressed his backhand on his communication crystal.

But in fact, before she had time to act——

A figure had appeared in front of the two of them.

This sudden stranger surprised everyone. He was wearing a pure white cloak, and even his appearance was hidden under the deep hood, leaving only the tips of his silver hair and the sharp arc of his chin.

The girl stood pretty in front of everyone. Although her appearance could not be seen clearly, her lips were pursed into a straight line, and there was a deep chill on her face.

Dalil saw the person clearly and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

But the Sea Eagle Feather team was nervous. Not to mention how this ghost-like person came to them out of the blue, just looking at her lowered hands, they were half suspended an inch above the ground. The location is disheartening.

"A person suitable for the wind element?"

"That...what ability...?"

The face of the short-blade man in the team changed even more. The three flying knives he had previously thrown at Dalil were now silently hovering in mid-air, less than a foot away from the white-robed girl.

And the opponent raised his right hand, and with a slight stroke of his fingertips, the three flying knives seemed to have been turned by invisible force, and the blades were turned towards them. The leading shield guard reacted very quickly, subconsciously sensing that something was wrong, he raised his shield to block it. .

But Miya waved her five fingers, and the flying knife in her hand actually drew an arc as if it had an invisible will, bypassing the iron guard's shield wall, and slashed at the magician behind him, but the magician didn't react at all. , the magic shield on his body flashed.

Then the person fell down like a log.

Turn into little bits of white light.

"The wielder?"

"Psionicist?"

The team of the Falcon Regiment was horrified. They could kill their core DPS player in a single face-to-face, and they were still under the protection of the shield guards. What kind of level is this?
But Miya's attack was not over. A star dagger appeared in her hand, and then she moved. With this movement, the faces of the Falcon Group members changed and turned pale, because they did not see clearly what was in front of them. How did the girl disappear?

It's like they didn't see how she appeared.

The most astute shortblade turned around subconsciously, but suddenly found that he had lost control of his body. A huge force restrained him and pushed him directly towards the shield guard not far away. At that moment, a terrible thought occurred to him. This traceless short blade came to mind.

It's not some manipulation.

This is the power of stars.

Dragon Knight Domain——

The dagger's teeth were chattering, but no one had ever told them that there would be a dragon knight on board.

But his thoughts stopped there. The moment he bumped into his teammates, all his thoughts stopped, and that was the last thing he saw in his eyes.

It's just the cold glow of the star dagger.

... (end of this chapter)