Pillars of Ita

"I've caught a spy!" the Pappalars swore.Fang Plover lifted him up with his shoulders, and looked at the pitiful little thing under Parker's body.The little thing was half a head shorter than Parker, with scales on its gray skin, pointed ears, and a pair of big black eyes.

Fang Plover recognized it as a kobold. They are quite common in the underground world, living on insects and fungi.Most kobolds have extremely limited intelligence, and it is rare to see one that can speak fluently like this one.Most of the kobolds active in the empire are gray-scale kobolds, like the one in front of them, their intellectual level is not even comparable to Ishurian's distant relatives.

Kobolds are generally not dangerous.Because they are timid and lack aggressiveness, and they don't know how to be spies. If someone thinks of training kobolds as subordinates, he must be out of his mind.Fang Plover dragged the Paparael away, looked at the shivering little thing, and asked, "Your name is Pepe?"

The little thing was holding its head, looked at them pitifully, and begged, "Pepe is a good person."

"Whether you are a good person or not is up to you," Fang Yan replied, "You answer my question seriously, and I will judge whether you have bad intentions."

"Why are you talking so much to it?" Parker gritted his teeth at the little thing dissatisfied, "It sneaks behind us, how can it be kind?"

His vicious expression made the other party tremble in fright, and the words that came to his mouth were scared back to the stomach.

Fang Plover kicked the Paparael angrily, "Go away! You have made a contribution to this incident, but if you talk nonsense, the bonus will be lost."

Parker was full of complaints, but was blocked by a bonus, and walked aside muttering.Sylvaide looked at this scene with some amusement, and took a gold coin and put it in his hand.

The Pappalar twitched a little, and said loudly, "I don't accept bribes from you two." But he wiped the gold coin worth seven or eight hundred rissels on his glove vigorously, and said went into the pocket.

Limestone pillars stand tall and straight into the darkness on the rock dome, connecting the sky and the earth. Mortals beside these natural wonders are as small as dwarfs who have entered the kingdom of giants. The rocky forest casts a moving shadow among the raised torches.

Sylvaide smiled slightly, "If senior sister Luo Wei wants to come to the Seven Seas Brigade, Ed will definitely welcome him."

Maybe even the last heir.

Several people murmured, but Fang Plover didn't care about it.

The other party was not the earth elemental or similar rock-derived creatures that had been imagined in advance, but it was not out of Fang Plover's general guess. It was a heavy, old iron statue.It is like all magical creatures that have worked overtime, its appearance is covered with rust, the original decorations are dilapidated, and there is even a big hole in the chest, and the working gears can be seen inside.

"What kind of place is this?" The Paparael looked at this strange place, and couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, "Where did you bring us?"

Pepe nodded vigorously, "Pepe can lead the way."

Of course, alchemy does not pursue autonomy. The existence of dragon souls is only to assist dragon knights to better control their own machines. Free dragon souls only exist in natural dragon souls, except... Fang Plover looked at his tower Miss.Miss Tata remained silent, also looking at the tall machine in front of her.

It seems that the woman named Aona is also probably related to the Imperials.

However, wizards also have reasons to look down on alchemists, because in essence, the way alchemists create dragon knights is to copy their method of making golems.

However, he understood that there was an existence named Aona who wanted to meet them. He didn't know if this Aona was human, but the name sounded like a woman.The big guy and the Pepe in front of him are roughly related to this Aona. This little dog head is heartless, but the big guy still seems to have some concerns about them, so he asked Pepe to follow them.

But he didn't expect them to go so far. After leaving the underground city, Ota took them on the road for at least half an hour, getting deeper and deeper into the ground, but the surrounding scenery remained the same, still the tall fungi with glowing plants.

Although golems, iron puppets, rune guards, and flexible constructs are roughly two types of magical constructs, most of the former have a certain degree of autonomy. The most common are the souls of all kinds of spirits, even magic pets, and even human souls.

"That's right, the big guy asked you to follow us," Fang Yan asked, "Why?"

"That's not necessarily true, Ms. Ming is the president of Godslayer, right?"

"Aoona is Aoa."

"Your name is Pepe?"

As for whether this is a trap.

"The world of alchemy is full of magical things," she said softly to Plover. "Just as the Tower of Silver can create me, maybe someone can create a machine with a free soul."

It is indeed very tall, almost as tall as a two-story building, and its core is powered by an old-fashioned magic furnace, which is a variety between the tower-type magic furnace and the new-style magic furnace, or it is made by those craftsmen in the later period. A masterpiece, or it was remodeled by that Aona herself.The magic furnace is connected to a piston, which is driven by a crank and gears to move slowly.

"No matter who made it sound," Xiaoyao said, "at least this level is unparalleled. Nowadays, there are many dexterous structures that cannot achieve this level of flexibility. You must know that this is an old antique. It seems that we will come here this time. correct."

Didn't expect to wait for them.

"Pepe is Pepe," the kobold said barking, "Pepe is a good person, Pepe didn't sneak behind you, but the big guy asked Pepe to come and see, it said that you and the people above are not the same .”

He couldn't help feeling a little excited, like an extinguished hope being rekindled in a fire, the originally broken clues were connected again, and it took no effort to get them.He looked at Pepe and asked, "You said someone wanted to meet us, where is she? Or can you take us to meet the big guy?"

The steam rising from the chimney behind does not come from the steam engine engine, but the evaporated coolant, but it is actually an air-water cooling device made by using the core of the wind element to solidify the water molecules (element particles) in the air. This design Quite old, but much more complete than what Fang Plover has seen in museums.

Ao Na probably managed to monitor that place remotely through some means, and Fang Plover thought it might be through some equipment on Ota's body.

Thinking about the descendants of the sixth technical route who entered the underground back then, obviously the number was not too many. Hundreds of people maintained the city underground for a long time until it finally withered.There may be a few people left to pass on from generation to generation, and there are not many people left in the underground today. The Aoona mentioned by Pepe may be one of those people.

That being the case, the big guy should be not far away.

Especially the tower-type magic furnace powered by the 'big guy', such a design is rarely seen nowadays.

And when he saw the 'big guy', he was even more certain in his heart.

"This is the Hall of Giants," Otta replied in a low voice, looking at the rock pillar. "There used to be an underground lake here, and the lake water flowed down from the lake you saw above, and passed through here to form this forest. .It used to be called Castana, and there used to be a floating market, but then the underground river flowed to the other side, and it became what it is today.”

Several young people from different guilds couldn't help but marvel behind.

Of course, the last one is strictly prohibited by the Tower of Star and Moon, but it has been banned repeatedly in the hands of some evil warlocks.The incomplete soul endowed the puppet machine guard with a certain amount of intelligence, just like the clockwork puppet that Fang Plover once encountered in the abandoned castle where Masongke Creek was stationed, but most of them were extremely limited.

The rest of the Seven Seas Brigade didn't have much research on magic machines, at most they were curious about this 'big guy', but Fang Plover had been carefully looking at the cranks, pistons and gears on the opponent's body, as if trying to find out There is a trace of clues about the inheritors of the sixth technical route.

"You may call me Ota," replied the Big Man in a low voice, "that's what the lady named me."

Fang Plover nodded slightly, but did not draw a conclusion.

A group of people stood in front of that 'big man', looking up at each other with their heads up.

Fang Plover was taken aback, that was the meaning of steel in imperial language.

Luo Wei was slightly taken aback, as if thinking of something.

After walking through these winding caves for an unknown amount of time, the tall iron statue in front finally stopped.Ota turned around and said to everyone, "We're here."

A group of top artisans used to live underground, and it is not surprising that they researched anything. Maybe this 'big guy' in front of them is one of their masterpieces, otherwise it would be too coincidental. Alchemy in modern times is so closely linked together, and there happens to be such a construct here.

But it seemed that Ota was taciturn and kept his mouth shut. Fang Plover expected that the other party would not answer his questions, so he didn't ask for a joke.And that Aona wanted to see them on her own initiative, so she must have something to ask them. In this case, instead of asking this big guy, it's better to ask the owner behind it directly.

The above people naturally refer to the imperial people, but how the other party can tell that they are "different" from the imperial people, this cannot be judged simply by a little intelligence, it needs to be analyzed from the motivation, and there may even be some from intuition judgment.Who is that big guy, an earth element?
"Because Aona wants to meet you, the big guy asked Pepe to lead the way."

But that tall machine didn't seem to plan to talk to them more.It turned around and walked forward slowly.Its body like a mountain is huge, but its steps are not heavy, nor does it give people a sense of shaking. It feels more like a huge creature, huge, but dexterous.

On the other side, Fang Plover finally calmed down the little thing.

"Hehe, then I would like to thank you for your kindness first," Luo Wei smiled and shook her head, "But I have a contract with the club, so it's not that easy."

After understanding this, he stopped talking, and the others followed him closely.After walking for a while, the landscape in front finally changed. The rift valley has not become low, but there are fewer mushrooms, and stalactite pillars began to appear around them again—the erosion of the underground rivers that originally flowed through this place. Forming rock pillars are much larger than the upper layer.

"I am more familiar with the empire than you think." Unexpectedly, the other party gave such an answer with a roaring voice.

Shui Wuming was greatly surprised.

They act on instinct, and this instinct is generally used in combat, and they can't even do daily chores well, let alone speak.It's no wonder that Shui Wuming was so surprised. Giving a machine a soul is basically a miracle in the field of alchemy, and it's the kind of legend.The craftsmen generally sneered at the magician's tricks, thinking that it was just a kind of opportunistic trick.

The big man looked so alert, he believed that the people behind it who could command him would not be so naive.So what is the other reason, what is the difference between yourself and the imperial people?Neither the identity of the Kaolin nor the identity of the craftsman seemed right.Fang Plover's heart skipped a beat, there were indeed some things about him that were different from ordinary people.

He wasn't thinking wildly, if the imperial people found out about this machine and the owner behind it, most likely they and Pepe should not be in this place long ago.The imperial people are not that reasonable, not to mention they are just a small team, and behind the Oshu people is a huge country, they will definitely take away all possible clues here.

"A big guy is a big guy. It's much bigger than Pepe, and it's also much bigger than you." Pepe replied with big black eyes flashing.

"Who is Aona?"

Secondly, besides this, he has no other clues to get.

"You two have such a good relationship." Seeing such a situation, Luo Wei said enviously.

What's more, it is opportunistic with a lot of negative effects.

However, after hearing what happened here, both of them were a little surprised. Who would have thought that they would encounter such a thing. The imperial people have obviously turned this place upside down, and there is nothing left. It's almost like a novel.The scope of the ruins is not too large. It is said to be a 'city', but it is just a small town on the edge of the cliff. The two teams quickly returned to the central square to join them.

"Don't worry," Fang Yan replied, "that bad guy has already been driven away by me."

"Maybe someone is using it to talk to us behind our backs," Xiaoyao expressed his judgment, "Maybe it's not necessarily that Ms. Aona."

"Then what's your name?" Fang Plover asked, "We can't call you 'Big Man', can we?"

Fang Plover asked several times, but Pepe repeated those few words back and forth. It seemed that although his intelligence was much higher than that of ordinary kobolds, it was still limited, and he spoke upside down.

The more Fang Yan thought about it, the more he felt that he was getting closer to the truth.If the inheritors of the sixth technical route still have descendants under this relic, then everything can be explained, why the clues in the Temple of Knowledge are the first to arrive, someone must have rushed to enter before the imperial people Evidence was wiped out here before.

Fang Plover has already made up a lot of things in his brain.

He looked around curiously, why would his party be stared at by the other party when they entered this underground ruins?
Judging from the words, the other party seems to have seen the imperial people, but did not take the initiative to deal with the empire, but found himself.Is it just because he is not an imperial person?This reason does not seem to be tenable. Even if Pepe has a gap with the master behind it and the imperial people, it does not mean that everyone outside the empire is a good person.

"Big guy?" Fang Plover looked at the other party with some surprise. This kobold can understand what they said, and can organize basic logic, which is not easy.It is also a gray-scale kobold, which can be said to be the least intelligent branch in this lineage. It is either gifted or has another chance.

In fact, it was almost the same as he had imagined. The journey was safe and sound. Ota's tall figure led them through the underground city, and they actually walked towards the rock wall, which was beyond the range of the ruins.Fang Yan was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't help but realize that the empire would definitely not let go of any inch of land in the ruins. If the other party was still in the city, the Oshu people must have discovered it long ago.

Even Fang Plover became a little suspicious. The other party was so far away from the ruins, how did they know they had entered the city, and made Ota and Pepe rush to that place?He asked this question, but the answer he got was that Ota and the little kobold had actually been guarding that place all the time to guard against the imperials.

It has a video crystal, which is installed on the skull, and it is also looking down at Fang Plover and the group. The crystal is shining with orange light, which looks like the headlights of a steam locomotive.But after a while, the old and tall iron statue Fang Plover and the others spoke in one step, and its voice buzzed:
"Thank you for not hurting Pepe, everyone," it said in a roaring tone, but it seemed to be talking to itself, "Ms. Aona wants to see you, please come with me."

The kobold's dark eyes couldn't help showing a bit of gratitude.

Ota didn't answer, and Pepe answered confusedly, but it was still understandable.

"Pepe knows," the kobold nodded again, "As long as you don't hit Pepe, Pepe can wait."

His judgment is most in line with reality, Shui Wuming and the others also nodded.However, the tall 'machine' was noncommittal about this. Fang Yan looked at the other party and asked another question that he wanted to know the answer to more, "How did you tell that we are not from the same people as the Imperials? I guess, you should not Have you dealt with the Imperials?"

Fang Plover didn't think about it that much, it was because of his confidence in himself and the Seven Seas Brigade.

"It can talk."

Sure enough, Fang Plover breathed a sigh of relief. "Then Pepe, wait a minute." He took out the communication crystal. "We still have some companions in this ruins. I have to call them back first."

"But this is a golem," Shui Wuming was a little worried. "Most golems are made by mages and elementalists. Can we really learn anything from them? This golem feels weird to me." , as if a natural dragon soul has been implanted into an old body, if that's the case, it will give us very limited inspiration, we are alchemists."

Such as the Ring of Golden Flame, such as Cang Zhihui, such as Miss Tata, such as... Zero Crystal.He came here for the zero-type magic furnace, so the first thing he thought of was the zero-type crystal. Could it be that the other party is related to the inheritor of the sixth technical route, so he sensed the zero-type on him by some means? crystal?

He couldn't help being interested in the big guy in the other party's mouth.

Fang Plover felt a little sorry for deceiving this little guy, but after thinking about it, he really didn't intend to do anything to him, so he took out the communication crystal and asked about the situation of Alisa and Luo Hao. Both teams were in the same situation as him. Almost, not to mention nothing, at least nothing.

"This is the Pale Field, where many buried themselves, the last tombs of kings," its voice deepened, and was replaced by a lithe female voice, "they have been here for generations, and have witnessed Changes, Alphonse has also witnessed all this, so it is so angry with those treacherous people on the surface."

Fang Plover unexpectedly looked in the direction where the voice came from.

He saw a fluorescent, translucent girl coming out from behind the rock pillar, watching them from a distance.

"Oh my god," Xiaoyao cried out in fright when he saw this scene, "Ghost!"

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