Artificer Adventure Guide

On the planet Eberron, there is a creation myth that is familiar to all races.

The world was born from the hands of three ancestral dragons: Siberys, Eberron, and Khyber.

At the dawn of the world, these three cosmic beings created 13 planes, each containing a concept.

Their final work was to create the material plane, where all thoughts would manifest: a realm that could know war and peace, life and death, order and chaos.

But cruel Khyber wanted ultimate dominion over this universe.

So she attacked Siberys without warning and tore him to pieces.

Eberron and Khyber wrestled together, curling the traitor within her body, but could not defeat her.

Thus, Eberron became a living prison, a planet that would forever imprison Khyber.

After that, the shattered Siberys became a ring of golden dragon crystals that surround the planet Eberron, which is said to be the source of magic.

The surface of Eberron gave birth to today's natural life and formed today's civilization.

And Khyber, located inside the planet, is buried deep in the darkness and is the source of all kinds of strange monsters and evil demons.

When people dig deep enough, they will enter Khyber's territory.

There are countless half-plane dungeons and countless caves, which are the breeding grounds for all kinds of evil creatures.

...

"Plop!"

In a half-plane of the dungeon filled with a faint smell of sulfur, Carl and Hope suddenly rolled out of a portal.

The two people hugged each other and rolled until they finally stopped when they hit a rock.

In the distance, the portal that sent them here began to become illusory and eventually disappeared.

"Cough! Cough cough!"

Some pungent smells choked Carl and he couldn't help coughing. Looking around, mushrooms and mosses emitting orange fluorescence were all over the ground.

After checking Hope's condition, the head injury was not serious, and it should be just a normal coma.

After putting the other person in a more comfortable sleeping position, Carl twisted his back and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Hiss~, I seem to have hit my back just now, why does it feel so hot and painful?"

Looking at the surrounding environment, Carl did not dare to take off his armor.

Although he escaped from the base of the Mind Flayer, the current situation is actually not much better than before.

Although there are strong and weak dungeons in the half-plane, the environment is notoriously bad.

Even if there are no powerful monsters, it is a problem for the two to survive here.

Looking far above this half-plane for a while, Carl sighed and took off the previous crossbow from his belt.

The basic ability of the Artificer is to inject magic into items. When they are at level 2, they can turn ordinary weapons into magic weapons through infusion.

"The crossbow naturally needs to be infused with the [Rapid Weapon] technique, so that I can be considered to have a Desert Eagle with unlimited bullets."

"I hope the monsters in this dungeon won't be ridiculously strong."

In the previous life, many people thought that carbon-based creatures had no power to fight back against thermal weapons.

But in this magical world, there are endless monsters that can resist bullet damage with their flesh alone.

Even humans, as long as they are given a ring of mage armor, can easily invalidate the damage of ordinary bullets or arrows.

Putting the crossbow on the ground, Carl stretched out his hand and guided the magic power to inject it.

The azure magic etched patterns on the crossbow, and its essence changed rapidly in the process.

This process requires Carl to maintain a high degree of concentration, but fortunately, as the most basic infusion method of the mechanic, the principle of [Rapid Weapon] is not too complicated, and it was quickly done.

Picking up the crossbow emitting a blue halo, Carl pulled the trigger towards the stone in the distance according to the skills taught by the school instructor.

The crossbow arrow formed by magic flew out, and after hitting the stone, the magic crossbow arrow dissipated, and a new magic crossbow arrow condensed on the hand crossbow.

"If there is a chance, I have to modify the hand crossbow. This model is too old."

Carl smacked his lips after re-stringing the hand crossbow. He felt that this thing was not as easy to use as he had imagined at the beginning.

Fortunately, the magic-infused weapon can be used as a magic weapon of the mechanic, so he doesn't have to use a free hand to hold the wrench.

After a long time, Hope's eyelids on the ground suddenly jumped, and then she groaned.

"Hmm~"

Opening her eyes, she got up from the ground and looked around with some confusion.

"Where is this?"

Because she was in a coma when she fell into the portal, she didn't know that the two had drifted to a half plane where a dungeon was located.

After explaining what had just happened to Hope, Carl looked at him helplessly, with a somewhat discouraged look.

He was the one who suggested going to the end of the tunnel, and he was also the one who caused the two of them to end up like this, which made Carl feel a little uncomfortable.

In addition, even the fact that the Mind Flayer larvae had become his plug-in did not make him so happy.

Seeing the reason for Carl's low mood, Hope thought about it and tried to comfort him:

"It's better than falling into the hands of the Mind Flayer again. I heard that this kind of dungeon will occasionally have a portal to the outside world. Maybe we can take the opportunity to get out then!"

As a lonely tiefling whose family was killed in Zoram, Hope is not good at comforting people.

After hearing what Hope said, the expression on Carl's face became even more decadent.

"For a portal to appear in a demiplane-type dungeon, certain inducements are often needed. These inducements are varied and not fixed. If you are lucky, a new portal may appear soon, but if you are unlucky..."

Looking up at Hope's heroic face, Carl's mouth twitched twice and he didn't continue.

If he is unlucky, maybe no portal will be triggered in this life.

If this is the case, Carl and Hope may have to start a hard life of survival in the wilderness.

Of course, the greater possibility is that they will be killed by the monsters in this dungeon.

Although Carl didn't continue to speak, Hope also understood the meaning.

Sitting on the rock with her chin on her back, she looked at Carl, blinking from time to time, not knowing what she was thinking.

But Carl could feel Hope's confused emotions through telepathy.

"Okay, it's almost time to rest. Let's go find some food. We are made of iron and food is made of steel. We have been busy for such a long time and we haven't eaten anything yet."

Calculating the time, it has been almost ten hours since Carl was captured by the Mind Flayer. Coupled with the previous intense exercise, his physical strength is almost exhausted.

In order to maintain sufficient physical strength, they must find something edible.