Archmage Daily Research Report

Unknowingly, we have arrived at the No. [-] mining platform, which is a huge floating mechanical platform. The anti-gravity system that works stably all the year round allows it to hang high above the city and float with the unique steam power of the dwarves.

The huge steam-powered turbine engines are very attractive to my eyes. They are completely different from the magic engines I saw in the Federation. The technological progress of dwarves and humans is almost the perfect comparison of the two different modes. Mechanical technology and magic There are different types of leading technologies, but each has its own brilliant results.Nowadays, human science and technology almost no longer use steam power. First, they rely on steam springs in deep mountains. Second,...

Well, that thing looks like a giant kettle!It is also a kettle that can fly and sizzles with colorful gas!I heard that most of the products of mechanical technology have this virtue. They look like they have boiled a witch's toad, or soaked their feet with a group of goblins, or they have just been used by warlocks to boil bath water. In short, they look very... Not modern enough!

...Compared with this design style, the "technical decoration style" apartment that I used to dislike is already very beautiful and comfortable.

The seemingly cumbersome mining tools have been sealed at this time. A large number of dwarf guards are maintaining order. The medical airship floats aside. Some wounded are carried out from time to time. The evacuated dwarf miners are not panicked. This kind of short creature is born with a lack of sense of crisis. In other words, well, it can be silly in any situation, which is actually not bad.

"Look!" Renault still pointed palely at the ground, "Relying on technology to improve productivity and living standards is the living condition of the vast majority of people in modern society."

…The team of scientists sent by the Federation to the Dwarf Gray Mountain City is pointing at a bunch of magical technological products whose names I can’t recognize. Some of them look like mages, because they are wearing the robes of the research institute, they may be My ex-colleagues...and then...well...

They actually use jetpacks to fly...

I have to deny that it was my former colleague.

Martial law is also in the air. Except for the staff, all private locomotives and aircraft are not allowed to approach. We slipped past without a sound, without attracting any attention.

And Renault stared at the equipment in the hands of the scientists all the time... Well, it seems to be a detection equipment?Because I saw Raynor was about to pull out his ID-

"My God...they didn't notice us at all?"

Mel and I fell into an enigmatic silence...

... They didn't even have a mage's eye, how could they find an invisible mage? ? ?What nonsense are you talking about, Speaker Sheep!

Renault followed us obviously out of state, we stood next to the accident scene, and the corner of the dwarves was clearly heard.

——However, we soon discovered that this was not a normal accident, and it should indeed have been some kind of attack, because we saw familiar scars from magic weapons on the bodies of several wounded.

It's the same as the weapon scars made by the group of cyborgs who attacked the prison.

So, this high-profile plot of the rise of the big devil, which is rare in modern society, just got hit by us?

There is a large hole with a large diameter on the ground, which is the entrance of the mine pit. Lu Sien said that in the past, miners would carry refills and put on jetpacks to enter the underground mine pit from the mining platform. In fact, more than half of the city is in the mountains, deep into the ground. They can mine extremely high-purity magic crystal ore in the core of the mountain. They don't use that thing themselves, but the magic technology of the Federation needs this kind of spar.Therefore, this mine is all producing magic crystal ore exported to the Federation. The mines of the dwarves are also very interesting. Many dwarves are used to living in the mines. They like caves and guard the veins...

Therefore, we will face very complex terrain in this mine, as well as many dwarven buildings.

One of the wounded who was carried out was covered in blood and was still dancing. The wounded before him did mention the cyborg, but he shouted very excitedly: "It's a devil, it's a devil! The heart of the mountain has been defiled!" Yes, there are demons in the mines! Those monsters, terrible monsters!"

demon?

We immediately became alert and looked at the dark mine pit. Because of the interference of the magic crystal mine, neither our magic perception nor the magic detector carried by Lu Sien could reveal what was under the mine pit, but... demons?

"I've only heard about real demons in the stories of bards! He has to tell old stories from the legendary era!" Lorraine said relaxedly, "And the demons in movies or games are already considered It’s a fictional creature created by modern artists! Not to mention the succubus girlfriend who is full of tricks in online novels... So, he should just be scared by the cyborg.”

That's right, because it is so rare, devil and devil have almost become an adjective, an interjection, in modern society, if a person says "Oh my god, I saw the devil", then 90.00% of the cases It was an exclamation sentence using exaggerated rhetoric, not that there was really an abyss creature doing evil in front of him.

When I first commented that Jasmine's makeup looks like an abyss imp, she didn't realize that I was talking to her about some kind of alien creature living in another plane, she thought I said she was "evil, very evil Charm"... So I punished her to copy the entire "Illustrated Book of Abyssal Creatures".

Later, she told me the story of "the hero pinches the heroine's chin and smiles wickedly" all day as revenge.

Even in ancient times, it was a rare sensational news that demons were summoned to this world. The plane of nothingness, or the abyss, where they live, has an almost indestructible barrier with our Diana continent. It’s still difficult—that’s the barrier set up by the God of Light and the Lord of Darkness at the beginning of the world—according to the mythological records (yes, the ancient things are of course only told in mythology, otherwise what else can we expect? ), the gods will also fail when creating everything, so they isolate another subspace separately to prevent these creatures that fail to create but don't have the heart to destroy the main plane from destroying the main plane.

I can't guarantee the accuracy of these myths, because after tens of thousands of years, the oldest dragon sage can't imagine what the sky looked like when it first lit up, and the experience gained from the modern Internet Look, even if what happened yesterday was passed on by various people, it will become weird tomorrow, not to mention those ancient secrets that have been passed down from generation to generation. Up to now, not even the high priest of the Temple of Light Knowing whether the God of Light is a man or a woman, let alone what kind of creature the god is isolated from another plane.

...But, all the lessons learned from the past point out that it is not easy to summon demons——

In ancient times, only the high-profile big devil would be able to eat enough to summon the devil, because after summoning the devil, his exposure rate would be higher, so he was conquered by the whole world soon, and died within two days, and even more What's more, the demons will destroy a city uncontrollably, or even kill the summoner, without the need for righteous people to do it.

So, although I know the spells for summoning demons or demons, it is the only academic topic I don't want to verify at all. I would rather it remain a conjecture than risk destroying half of the capital (or getting myself wanted List) to confirm the risk.

Renault said: "Your Excellency Lorraine is right. I don't believe that there is any spellcaster in modern society who has the ability to break the constraints of space and summon demons."

Uh...you can talk about it, don't look at Mel and me!

I'm sure Mel wouldn't want to try it either!

"So?" Lu Sien asked, "Then what did he see, because he said a monster... I feel that in this context, the demon in his mouth should indeed be some kind of strange-looking creature, and It is not a metaphor used by the media in the past to describe serial murderers."

Renault thought about it for a while: "Maybe it's a holographic projection used by the enemy to create panic? A hot topic recently—psychological tactics."

... Chairman Renault, I once again admire your imagination!

"In short, you'll know when you go down." I said, stopping their endless speculation, no matter what it is, we have to go down, right?Then I controlled the flying technique and quickly landed in the mine.

……

The mine is very dark now. When an attack occurs in such a place, you can refer to the routine of horror movies-I have seen Jasmine watching horror movies, and the attackers usually turn off the lights immediately. It cannot be said that works of art are not real , because from the point of view of life, this move is indeed very lethal to ordinary people. Don’t say that you can’t see it in front of you when you are attacked suddenly. scream.

I……

I've always disliked spaces without light because it reminds me of those seven years in the bunker.

During those days, I went from feeling uneasy and panicked at the beginning to feeling like a fish in water in the dark and cold tunnel at the end... But the improvement of this ability is not what I want to see. In a clear place, I am used to the night when I open my eyes and close my eyes every day, I am used to being away from the sun and the grass, I am used to someone dying or dying every day, I used to think that I would die there eventually, and I even prepared to die peacefully There, then my teacher will turn my corpse into a puppet guard.

——At that time, I always felt that the direction of my life must be a puppet guard, driven by my teacher, to stay in the dark night forever. , All turned into sweeping skeletons.

……That is……

That is the past that I have been trying to forget, but unfortunately found that it has long been deeply rooted in my blood.

"Sipe."

A pair of warm hands grabbed me, a heat surged from the place where our skin touched, like a rope, pulling my falling soul, those hands were gentle and firm, grabbed my wrist, held my fingers, Our palms touched each other, and the warmth continued to flow until...

I heard myself take a sharp breath, and then I suddenly realized that I was soaked and I was leaning against Mel, my fingers trembling, and he was holding my hand to keep me from shaking.

"Sipe! Look at me, Sipe!" Mel lifted my head. "Look into my eyes, Sipe!"

Bright illuminati emanated from between his fingers, and our hands were still clasped, so it looked like there was a light hiding in our palms.

"It's okay, Sipe...I'm here." Mel said, wiping the tears from the corners of my eyes...I didn't realize until this time that I was crying.

...This...is too embarrassing...

I put my forehead on his shoulders, hoping his robes were thick enough not to wet my shoulders...Mel put his arms around my back and stroked it softly, gradually I felt the peace, I felt the... ...a quietness never before seen in the dark.

Not the quiet without sound, but the non-threatening, quiet.

...Obviously, this is a mine that may hide demons, okay?

Lu Sien stood a little far away, and beside him, Lorraine held up a ball of holy light, which illuminated the entire tunnel brilliantly, as brightly as a themed party.

Renault was standing on the side, and I felt he seemed hesitant. He stretched out his hand, thought for a while and then put it down, and asked: "...you... how are you? Are you uncomfortable? Or, you can go outside and wait for us Bar."

I shook my head and smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, I scared you... Sorry, I'm fine, let's go on."

Speaking of which, I’m actually very good at digging through dark tunnels. Even without lighting, my eyes can see clearly in the dark. After all, in the bunker, if you can’t use lighting, you won’t use it. Most of the apprentices will find some dark I have to hide it in a corner where there is no light at all. Who is so stupid to light up the bright headlights, for fear that the teacher will not be able to catch it?

Mel didn't ask me anything, he held up the brilliant lighting technique, put his arm around my waist, so hard, so hard that my ribs hurt a little, but this reassuring pain told me that I was no longer there In the bunker.

I won't……

will not!

No more losing control, this time with Mel!