Artificer Adventure Guide

In mid-October, the weather gradually turns cooler, and basilisks that like to survive in warm environments move south one after another.

The dungeon portal southwest of Arkanix City was annihilated by the mages of the Protection School.

This series of "good news" made many people in the city breathe a sigh of relief.

Gradually, business and entertainment flourished again.

In the voodoo workshop in the east of the city, Karl, Nia, Lisanna, and Shadow, a total of four people, sat around a copper stove hot pot, eating happily.

"Oops! I didn't expect that the basil lizard essential oil produced during this period has already earned back the profits for this quarter. What are you going to do next? If you have anything, just ask! I'm fine with everything!"

As the manager of the workshop, the internship tasks that Carl needs to complete are naturally different from those students who are assigned to make props on the assembly line.

But he didn't expect that he could achieve his goal so quickly.

However, as soon as Karl finished speaking, Nia, Lisanna and Shadow all raised their hands.

Karl looked at Ying in surprise, his expression seemed to say: Are we familiar enough? I'm just being polite, how dare you mention it!

Seeing Karl staring at Ying without saying a word for a long time, Nia and Lisanna spoke.

Nia: "My mother wrote a letter some time ago, asking me to help go to Tongtong City to investigate some things."

Lisanna: "I want to go out and play."

After hearing Nia's words, Ying silently put down his hand.

Karl thought that the other party finally understood his status, but Ying said: "I am going to the monk monastery in Tongcheng. It seems that everyone is on the way."

Tongtong City, one of the Twelve Dragon Marked Families, is the heartland of the Orien family that holds the Tongtong Dragon Mark.

The interior of this city is almost entirely filled with factories that produce parts for various transportation vehicles, but it is located close to the east shore of Lake Galifar.

The influence of the planet's rotation and tides has washed out a beach in the west of the city that is comparable to a storm. Every summer, ordinary families with a little spare money will come here to have fun.

Although it is not as luxurious as Baofeng, it is still a good place to travel.

"Tsk, is it such a coincidence?"

Covering his eyes, Karl reluctantly accepted this reality.

"In that case, let's go to Tongtong City in a few days. Give me some time to make a vehicle that can accommodate you. V alone can't support it."

Because of his experience in the storm, Karl was still a little reluctant to travel to unfamiliar places, but when he saw that Lisanna had come out of the shadows, he had no choice but to accept it.

After finishing the hot pot, Karl imitated the commercial vehicle in his previous life and prepared to build a vehicle to carry everyone to Tongtong City.

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Two days later, East City Gate.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards, a black business van left the city gate.

The guards of Arkanix are quite receptive to new things. After all, the artificers in the city can make some noise every now and then. In comparison, Karl's magic car can only be regarded as average. .

Because it is close to Tongtong City, the surrounding roads and railways are built to the highest standards.

Driving on a wide and flat road, Carl doesn't even need to control it himself.

"V, tell me when you get there!"

Seeing that the car would be fine even if it was left to V to control, Karl simply adjusted the seat to lie flat, put on an eye mask and fell asleep.

In order to build this car, he didn't sleep much for two days.

Along the way, the driver of the Orion caravan (bus) walking on the road couldn't help but turn his head to look at this vehicle that was not pulled by livestock.

A few road rage coachmen even drove some magic horses, intending to compete with Carl.

For quite some time, both sides were able to keep pace.

But the beauty of the machine is its endurance.

After a stalemate for more than two hours, the driver who was competing with Carl's van felt sorry for his horse and took the initiative to slow down.

At this time, Tongtong City was already in sight.

"Wow~, this car is really nice, much more stable than an ordinary carriage."

In the car, seeing that they were almost reaching their destination, V woke up everyone who was resting.

Lisanna commented on Karl's work very matter-of-factly, causing Karl to puff up his chest slightly.

However, although this flattery was very useful to Karl, Karl still felt that he should take care of the affairs of the other two people first.

"By the way, Nia, what is there about your mother that needs to be investigated? Can you tell us about it?"

It wasn't until this moment that Karl remembered to ask this.

But this can't be blamed on him, he really has no interest in the cases that the detective is focusing on.

"It's an old case. The investigation location is an abandoned factory southeast of Tongtong City. According to my mother's letter, this was originally a factory that produced Airbus."

Airbuses are the civilian version of floating ships. They will operate on fixed routes to help ordinary people quickly travel between towers.

However, this "good governance" was said to have been suspended 12 years ago due to the financial difficulties of Saan, so Carl did not see Airbus when he was in Saan.

It sounds incredible that the most famous gold-selling cave in the continent is actually in financial difficulties.

But no matter what, to this day, the only ones that travel through the air in Sarn are those personal airships that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins, and there are no airbuses.

As he spoke, V had already controlled the commercial vehicle to head towards the address Niya mentioned.

After entering the city, more eyes were looking at Carl's car. After all, this is Tonglu City, the city that knows the most about transportation in the whole continent.

Soon, the car stopped at a factory that looked a bit shabby.

"How long has this place been abandoned? Can a place like Tonglu City allow an abandoned factory to exist all the time? I saw many factories around were working hard, and I thought it had been sold long ago."

After getting off the car, Carl told V to keep an eye on the car, and then walked forward with Niya and others.

Probably because he heard what Carl said, an old man walked out of the factory's gatehouse and said with some dissatisfaction:

"The place is ours. Even if we convert it into a septic tank, no one can say anything!"

After looking up and down at Carl and his group, the old man frowned and continued, "What are you doing here?"

Nia stepped forward, took out the letter her mother gave her, and handed it to the old man.

After taking a look at the letter, the old man's face suddenly turned red, and veins on his forehead bulged, as if he was going to eat someone in the next second.

Carl thought that the old man was going to take action, and was secretly on guard in his heart, but he didn't expect that the other party took a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger.

"Since you are here for this matter, then come in with me."

After that, the old man turned and walked into the factory.

Carl: "Hey! Nia, what exactly did your mother ask you to come to help investigate? Why didn't this old man mention it? He's like a riddle man."

Nia: "I don't know, but judging from the name in the letter, the person who commissioned the investigation should be the former owner of this factory.

I think he probably wants to entrust my mother to investigate the culprit who caused his factory to close that year."

At this time, the old man's voice sounded again.

"You guessed right, but the matter may be more serious and simpler than you think. The guy who bankrupted us is the Jinquanhui, but we have no evidence."

Jinquanhui, this organization has appeared in front of Carl for the first time.

But it faithfully maintains its impression of being the "black hand behind the scenes" in front of Carl, which makes people dislike it.

Carl: "Why do you want to investigate this now? Airbus has been out of production for ten years, right?"

After saying that, Carl turned his head and looked at Nia, hoping that she could answer his doubts.

But the old man said first: "Heh! I can see that you don't pay much attention to current affairs news, here!"

As they were talking, everyone had come to the old man's gatehouse in the factory. When they opened the door, a portable phantom device connected to the line was playing the recent news of Andel.

It can't be seen that this old man, who looks like he has to keep accounts for meals, actually installed this kind of thing in his home.

Before Carl and others asked what the news had to do with the investigation, the old man had already explained himself.

"Her Majesty is attacking the authority of the Financial Power Association in the business field, so my old friend will take this opportunity to restart the investigation."

When the old man mentioned this, Carl remembered what he heard in his master's office.

Indeed, the reason why the tower master attaches so much importance to the phantom device is largely because the queen wants to strike the Jinquan Society.

This is a battle between royal power and capital.

"But it has been so long, I am afraid we can't investigate anything."

Facing an incident that happened ten years ago, Carl was a little worried.

The old man snorted coldly, and then took Carl and others to continue walking deep into the factory.

Helplessly, Carl and others could only follow quickly.

Passing through many dusty production lines, a strange machine that vaguely showed a human shape appeared in front of everyone.

Seeing this thing, Nia and others had no reaction, but Carl exclaimed first:

"Titan War Terracotta?"

Hearing Carl's exclamation, the old man's face changed, and he looked at Carl with a look of doubt.

But before he could say anything, Carl had already grabbed Nia and others and retreated to the side.

"The reason your factory closed down was because someone accused you of having an affair with the Lord of Blades, right?"

When Ying heard the word "Lord of Blades", he didn't react, but Nia and Lisanna looked at the old man with a very nervous expression.

The Lord of Blades is the name of the warforged lords who are now in the Land of Sorrow.

The other party's origin is unknown, but he has shown a strong hatred for flesh and blood life, and even preaches a doomsday prophecy that flesh and blood life will eventually wither.

He controls many constructs, and he also commands a group of warforged who have been exploited and enslaved by humans for a long time.

For a long time after the end of the Last War, the other party was the protagonist in the horror story.

And the so-called Titan Warforged is the most famous type of soldier in his hands.

Human countries used to master the technology to transform warforged into Titan Warforged, but for some reason, since the explosion that led to the end of the Last War, all the individuals transformed into Titan Warforged have gone crazy, and only those under the Lord of Blades have retained their sanity.

Researching Titan war figurines is strictly prohibited. If this place really participated in similar research, then it is not unfair for them to be banned.

Looking at the old man, Carl couldn't help asking:

"You guys are a bunch of people who make vehicles, why are you researching Titan Warforged? What? Do you want to combine the two? Is this a proper factory?"