lost narrative poem

Chapter 203

Dwarven centurion.

The highest defense mechanism of the dwarven ruins, usually fixed on the frame or abandoned, but some still function, and even wander in the dwarf palace.

They are not common in the dwarven ruins, and can even be said to be rarer than any kind of dwarven mechanical puppets.And it is worth mentioning that, as advanced products of dwarf technology, they are extremely resistant to elements such as fire, frost, and lightning.

In other words, when facing this kind of enemy, the power of the destruction spell will be greatly weakened...

Without giving Xia Ran too much chance to think, the dwarf centurion raised the other brass arm, and the ballista on it was fired instantly, and the huge crossbow arrows whizzed towards the face with extremely powerful and surging kinetic energy. It is infinitely magnified in Xia Ran's field of vision.

In the time when it was almost impossible to react, the magician's figure was instantly torn apart by the heavy crossbow arrows, and then dissipated into the air.

That was just an afterimage? !

The next moment, Xia Ran appeared in front of the dwarf centurion, slashing out with a lightning-like sword!

boom--! !

The dwarf centurion quickly lifted the terrifying sledgehammer in the other arm, as if it had activated some air-compressed power mechanism, and the air pressure gushed out in an instant made the sledgehammer seem to have received a rocket recoil. That kind of boosting force instantly tore a huge thunderous roar in the air!

However, the blade was so thin that it seemed to be broken at any time, and the rusty mottled blade on the surface did not dodge or evade. It was still slashed like lightning. It's like a red-hot wire cutting into solidified butter, almost without any sluggish flash!

As a result, the huge and heavy war hammer was cut off in the air, and the severed part flew out with the heavy hammer at the front, and hit the brass pipe not far away heavily, denting it instantly. There was a loud bang.

High-temperature steam gushed out from the damaged gap, instantly filling the entire spacious passageway with a terrifying white mist.

At the same time, terrible high-temperature steam was also suddenly ejected from the dwarf centurion's body, which seemed to be a defense mechanism that would be activated immediately when the giant hammer and ballista could not stop the enemy from getting close.

However, this is of no use. The spiritual shield and high physical fitness have given Xia Ran a great sense of security and confidence. A lightning-shaped slash line was drawn!

Rough popping sounds mixed with the sound of metal friction and shattering, indistinguishable and indistinguishable. The brass armor that had been forged many times by dwarves shattered all over the place, and various sophisticated mechanical parts fell down together.

The mechanical body of the dwarf centurion was completely changed in an instant, revealing the internal pipes, parts, bearings, gears, gyroscope core and other components, and sparks burst out. It seemed that the damage was too serious, leading to mechanical failure.

Xia Ran took advantage of the situation and retracted the knife into its sheath like lightning, and in the next moment, suddenly drew out the knife and slashed again!

The mechanical body of the dwarf centurion had just raised its arms high, and all its movements were completely frozen at this moment. A few seconds later, its upper body and lower body staggered obliquely along the smooth cut plane, and finally collapsed on the ground.

"what?"

Xia Ran noticed a spot of light emerged, and reached out to fish it out, and a key appeared in his hand.

This thing actually exploded the key?But what can be driven... an air-compressed power hammer?Or steam powered brass armor?No matter how I look at it, I don't think that this kind of thing can burst out something that I can use!

He used the key without any hassle - poke it forward lightly, feel the friction and mechanism, then turn half a circle clockwise, a space in an unknown dimension is like an invisible treasure chest was opened.

A dim golden light burst out, but this special effect of drawing cards could no longer give him any sense of expectation.

"Huh? A huge soul stone?"

Seeing something emerging from the air, the magician froze for a moment. Could it be that this is the source of power for the dwarven machinery?

As for the other items, they are also very strange. They are nothing more than accessories such as dwarf metal ingots and dwarf gyroscopes. According to the description, they can be used to assemble dwarven mechanical puppets, or remelted and used as raw materials to create dwarven equipment.

However, the former requires rhythm magic, while the latter requires the forging technology of dwarves.

Xia Ran curled her lips. It is said that the dwarves are proficient in the long-lost rhythm magic. They can use steam to provide power and realize automatic control... Whether it is their buildings or mechanical puppets, this technology is used.

It probably belongs to the intelligent technology in the magical world view, maybe it also involves programming and other fields, and it is particularly advanced.

After all, even in Xia Ran's main world, the current development of robots is still stuck at a strange progress. Let them turn the doorknob to open the door and walk into a room, and they can tear down the entire door... ...And among the remains left by the dwarves who disappeared for an unknown amount of time, these mechanical puppets have been operating for countless years, but they can still continue to work normally until today.

Although the degenerate snow elves occupy most of the underground ruins, they are not even considered civilized races, and they simply don't have the kind of IQ, awareness and technology to maintain them.

The quality of this dwarf technology can really be said to be quite excellent.

But their technology and magic were lost due to the evaporation of their family, how could Xia Ran be able to master these things?Not to mention that he didn't master it himself, it is estimated that there are not many great gods who can reproduce these things in the whole world.

For example, rhythmic magic, even Mephala's information is not complete, although I have mastered some of it.

Therefore, this thing can almost only be sold as scrap products directly, and it can only occupy his already tight storage space... He conveniently left the huge soul stone, and the other sundries were directly recycled to the space .

Then, the magician kicked away the huge wreckage of the dwarf centurion blocking the way ahead, and continued to move forward, directly passing through the high-temperature steam, and walked deeper into the passage.

Along the way, from time to time, I encountered scattered snow elves or Charus poisonous insects, or dwarven machinery, including dwarf spiders and dwarf mechanical balls. These two types are the most common, mainly due to their small size and large number , all channels can come and go freely.

As for the huge mechanical puppets of the dwarf centurion, although their size allows them to have stronger armor and strength, it also limits their actions. Only those spacious main passages or relics such as halls and rooms space, they can enter.

However, these things are not threatening. If he is not interested and does not intend to spend time observing their operation methods and behavioral logic, then it should be a knife second or a knife second.

With such an overwhelming push speed, he quickly cleaned up the periphery of the dwarven ruins and found a way to go deeper... The altar of Mephala is not in the dwarf ruins, but buried Under the more ancient stratum space.

Probably belonged to two relics of different ages. After one was dilapidated and sank, the other was built in its original position, and it became the current state amidst the vicissitudes of life.

However, in the process of using the magic blade, Xia Ran can easily get closer through induction, and as long as the direction is not wrong, he will be able to find that thing soon.

However, he didn't notice that when he was getting closer to the sensor's target position, the "dwell time" item in his system information suddenly flickered and decreased rapidly.

Like the sand in an hourglass, that is the speed visible to the naked eye.

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The weather in Xueman is always changing, it may be sunny, it may be cold and snowy, there is no rule at all.

Moreover, the excessive transition between climates often appears to be not smooth, and it can even be said to be without warning. It may be a sunny day in the morning, and at night, when the north wind blows, snowflakes will fall one after another.

It's the same today, obviously early in the morning, the sun is still shining warmly on people's bodies.

"There's not much time left... Do we still have to take on this mission?"

"Go on, go on, if you're lucky, you might be able to catch up..."

"Damn it, time is wasted on Gaohou Peak. The 7000-plus steps climbed to the point where I doubt my life, and I can't use any means to help! Labor and management wasted two months of time, and the group of gray beards said I have no talent?"

"It is said that the position of the lord's court mage is temporarily vacant, do you want to apply for it?"

"Forget it, that position is poisonous. The former senior person went to investigate the information and never came back. The former Farenja also disappeared. I also heard that Barabara..."

"Well, how does it sound like the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts..."

Not far from the gate entrance of Xueman City, in front of a notice board, a group of strange people gathered, pointing at the notices on it, some were silent, some shouted loudly, some whispered BB .

The residents of Xueman City walking around, as well as the guards standing guard and patrolling guards not far away, are already used to this.

At least these strange people are no longer wearing fancy clothes, most of them are the local customs and paintings of Tianji Province, whether it is armor or robes, if their words and deeds are not too eye-catching, at first glance, they have nothing to do with the people of Tianji. Big difference.

And they are indeed very capable. They can make a career anywhere with their strong skills, but they choose to help Xueman City rebuild a better tomorrow. What kind of spirit is this?This is a spirit of internationalism, a spirit of dedication that is selfless and dedicated to benefiting others!

So although this group of people is very strange, they have a very high reputation in Xueman, and the hospitable residents are not even willing to take their money for selling vegetables.

Yunding District.

On a certain invisible tower, that figure was still gazing at the distant scenery, as if gazing at eternity, until there were footsteps behind him.

"Lord Balgruuf, you seem to be restless all day today?"

"...It's nothing. After all, the matter is of great importance. I can't really not be nervous at all." The burly and tall Nord man smiled wryly, "I have been paying attention to some of those people's remarks, it seems that they don't have much time gone?"

"I know what you mean, but I can tell you clearly that it is indeed time to see the truth..." The figure said calmly, "Just tonight, someone will launch Dragon Break, and the violence will rise to the sky. "

"And then?" Balgruuf asked cautiously.

"Then? Then no one will stop him, and even add fuel to the flames, maximizing the power of Long Po, going back to the beginning of creation, the end of time..." The figure smiled, "Because this is also theirs. chance, the only chance."

"What chance?" Balgruuf felt that the other party still had something to say.

"Dating back to the beginning of the creation of the world, then those Idra are still alive in that period of history, and their will can flow down the time when the dragon breaks out, and come to the current era to resurrect the dead..." The figure thought for a while, "At that time, the Holy Spirit will return to the body, and the real Idra will return from history."

"But didn't they become the bones of this world because of the creation and death?" Balgruuf said in a low voice, feeling that his heart almost stopped beating.

"That's right, so when they reverse this process, the bones of the planet under our feet will come alive... The result is the return of the gods, which will completely tear this entire world apart from the inside out. "

The voice is very flat and is telling a terrible thing. This is not alarmist talk, but the established future cause and effect.

"This kind of thing... I can't accept it." Balgruuf clenched his fists angrily and powerlessly.

"It's just the aftermath. Those Idra created this world with their own deaths, and now they don't even have the right to take back their own lives..."

The figure said indifferently——

"Born to kill, the truth of the Tao, they are not evil gods dedicated to destroying the world, and you have no position to think that the creator of this world must sacrifice their lives in exchange for your right to survive..."

Balgruuf smiled wryly, and wanted to say something, but felt that his language was powerless. In the end, he heaved a long sigh and changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, the court mage went to the Holy Blood Mountain and hasn't come back until now. It's been so long, could something be wrong?"

"No, the material of that magic artifact is fragments of the Annihilation Domain. He was already affected when he approached, which means that he gradually left the scope of the present world and entered another time dimension..."

That figure seemed to have insight into everything, and knew everything, so he didn't seem to care too much, and said a word that Balgruuf couldn't understand——

"His current situation is probably...watching bad chess."

(End of this chapter)