Fang Plover won't really stand around stupidly. Even if he could, Miss Tata wouldn't. Her emerald green eyes were a little lazy, looking at the huge tilting machine. The crystal embedded in the center of the machine lit up again, flashing red.
She raised her hand, and the cone-shaped octahedron machine suddenly waved its metal arms and swept back, passing above the girl's shadow and hitting the projector.
The projector was whipped out like a top, and the girl's shadow became fragmented in the changing light and shadow, as if it was broken down into countless squares. There was only a panicked voice left inside: "Don't--"
Fang Plover took a step back and pressed his backhand against the fireplace. The rising giant machine suddenly lost power, let out a low whimper, and sat back down on its base. The crystal in the center flickered a few times and dimmed again.
The metal arms and legs that were originally raised high fell back to the ground.
There was no sign of him adding firewood. The fire in the fireplace burned brightly, and the light in the room changed, as if it was changing from late night to day. The starry sky above his head actually radiated a soft light, illuminating the attic.
Only then did Fang Plover look forward.
The projector fell to the ground and rolled around a few times. However, the metal shell on its surface was extremely strong. Just a blow from the metal arm only left a dent on it. It made a few slight beeps and flew up from the ground again.
Aona's shadow also reappeared, but the projection became a little unstable. Some parts of her body were missing, turning into squares and flickering, and the right half of her face became blank.
The girl's only remaining eye looked at him with a vicious look, and her voice became intermittent, with a mechanical tone: "... Mr. Ed... is really sharp, he noticed... right away... The secret of that fireplace..."
"Thanks to Ms. Aona for telling me," Fang Plover replied. "You told me that there is a huge magical device left behind by Jeldham and Hellingwell behind this fireplace. I think a fireplace can still be used." If it is not such a huge project, it can only be the magic center that controls the upper and lower floors of this place. I guessed this because I couldn't find the switch of the magic lamp in the attic."
"I really... shouldn't be... so careless... telling... you this."
Fang Yu shook his head. "Miss Aona, don't pretend to be pitiful. If you don't tell me this, how can you make me let down my guard and walk towards the fireplace with my back to you? You just didn't expect that I would be wary early, otherwise you would have succeeded in that sneak attack. ”
The girl's shadow flickered, her eyes filled with regret. "No, when...you entered here...I should...take action, instead of...giving you a chance to...be suspicious..."
"Maybe, but if not, how could you get this key? Everything has its gains and losses, Miss Aona."
Fang Yu looked at the huge machine and said, "It can be seen that it is very important to you. Is this your true body? Ms. Aona, who are you?"
The girl stared at him: "Do you think...I will tell...you?"
Fang Yu calmly looked back: "I can guess it even if you don't tell me, Ms. Aona. You have inadvertently revealed key information. People will only lie when they express urgent wishes. When you say the words "Mechanical Soul" When I was there, I had already guessed everything. You said that Ota was the first experimental subject of the Star Device, maybe it was, but you didn’t tell the whole truth.”
The girl in the shadow suddenly showed a look of fear on her face.
Fang Yu still looked at her and asked: "Do you want me to tell the truth, Ms. Aona?"
"No... there is no... any truth. I am Aona, Aona... Lesvina..."
"You are not," Fang Plover replied: "Ota is the first experimental subject of the Star Device, but you are the first work of Jeldham, Helinwell and Friston. , your fanatical emotion for your own existence caused you to unconsciously overlook an important loophole. Princess Aona Lesvina did die of a serious illness in history, but according to the timeline you described, that incident It should have happened long ago, before the six of them came here underground, so it is impossible for you to come here with them."
"Indeed, this detail is insignificant to ordinary people. But Ms. Aona, you should know that there is a very good scholar in my team. When she explained to you the past history of the Elkins Dynasty, you In fact, you should realize this. It is just your subconscious affirmation of your own existence that makes you ignore this point intentionally or unintentionally. Yes, if you deny the fact that you are Aona Lesvina, What's the point of waiting for you for seven hundred years?"
A painful and sharp sound came from the metal machinery, "Don't... say it again."
Fang Plover stopped and looked at the other party.
The phantom of the girl raised her head, her eyes flashing with resentment, "Mr. Ed... is really... a good trick. He has obviously... seen through everything, but he still... fooled me... Round and round. But have you...forgot something...I don't...must...have that...key...to deal with you..."
"Of course I understand."
Aona was slightly startled.
Fang Yu calmly replied: "But I won't give you this chance, Ms. Aona."
As mentioned before, if it was just a coincidence that they opened the three mechanisms, then the other party would definitely not place their hope on it. And she naturally had a sure way to lead them into this hall. When she thought that the other party was the master here, everything fell into place.
Aona must have the highest authority in this place, and the magic center he controls can only delay the other party for a while, but cannot restrict her from actually activating all the mechanisms here.
Even including that huge machine, because the only key to restricting it is the key, and the other party has already obtained the key at this moment.
Sure enough, Fang Yu suddenly felt that he had lost control of the magic center, and a force abruptly cut off the connection between him and the fireplace. And the huge machine that sat back suddenly let out a low hum, and the crystal in the center flickered again.
And Aona had already been on guard against him. A blue shield spread out from the center of the huge machine, shrouding her and the machine together, isolating Fang Plover and Miss Tata.
But before she could feel proud, there was a dull crash on the wooden door behind her.
The girl's expression suddenly changed, and she turned back to look in that direction. "Ed, are you in there?" A carefree voice came from outside the door, "Then the big guy down there got crazy and suddenly started attacking us, causing a mess in the hall. Fortunately, you left one behind. Miss Mei and the others worked together to block the big thing. Just wait a moment and we will rescue you right away."
"You just... didn't... stop me," Aona's expression changed drastically. "Was it... a flexible construction... under... control?"
"Miss Aona hoped that Mr. Ota would stop the others, but she didn't expect that since we were already on guard, how could the people who stayed outside not take precautions? It will take a lot of time for you to restart this machine now. Well, just now I asked Miss Tata to leave something in its control center, do you think a wooden door and an energy shield can stop us?"
"Mimicry...Dragon Soul..." The girl glanced at the fairy lady suspended in mid-air with an extremely complicated expression.
Fang Plover frowned slightly. This was the second time the other party mentioned this word. Although he didn't know what the Mimicry Dragon Soul was, he could guess that it might be related to the second technical route.
So the second technical route had already begun to take shape as early as 700 years ago? However, in the story told by the other party, Friston, Jeldham and Hellingwell had no connection with the Fairy Dragon Soul, making him unsure where the other party's knowledge of Miss Tata came from.
But what surprised him even more was another point.
Aona had previously asked him to hand over the real mechanical soul. He once thought it was Miss Tata, because that was probably the only field in him that was related to both alchemy and soul research.
It's logical that he would connect it.
Fang Yu originally thought that the other party had already noticed the existence of Miss Tata, so he decisively summoned Miss Dragon Soul to attack the opponent's huge mechanical body without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, Miss Tata's appearance caused a greater mental shock to the opponent, and even turned the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.
Although the result was good, Fang Yu also noticed something abnormal. Could it be that the mechanical soul the other party mentioned was not the artificial dragon soul Miss Tata, but something else?
But the other party must have had some ulterior motives in luring them here, and she was sure that they had something she wanted. Even if she made a mistake, it should be a mistake.
Could that thing be in someone else's body?
That's not right. When they were talking about the story of the Elkins Dynasty, he remembered clearly that Aona's eyes almost always stayed on him and Sylvide.
Wait, is that thing actually on Sylvide's body?
These thoughts only lasted for a moment. Fang Plover raised his head and saw that the expression on the face of the girl in front of him changed from complicated, regretful, and angry to finally settled on a hint of surprise.
Her eyes changed, as if she was about to say something. But Fang Yu had already shouted: "Silverde, are you outside?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was blown away with a bang.
Siesta was retracting the mechanical punch that was emitting white smoke, standing in the smoke and dust and looking into the room. A group of people stood behind the maid, and the first ones to bear the brunt were Sylvide and May.
Behind the two of them were Xiaoyao and Luo Wei.
But Aona didn't even look behind her. In the flickering projection, her eyes changed from surprise to a hint of pride, "Mr. Ed, maybe I...miscalculated...a lot, but you...seem... Also...forgot...one thing..."
The moment the door opened, Sylvide had already picked up the magic gun in her hand and aimed at the shield that was shining with blue light.
And Siesta shot forward with an arrow and punched the shield. Ms. May threw the halberd forward hard, and the tip of the spear came first, hitting a point on the shield.
Fluorescent blue light flashed with the spear tip as the center, forming a circle of ripples.
But the girl was not afraid at all. In her proud smile, the ground suddenly shook slightly, like a low tremor coming from deep underground and spreading under everyone's feet.
Sylvide's footing was unsteady, and when she fired, the fire shot up and the bullet hit the stone wall, creating a trail of sparks. The maid had to stop halfway and hold on to the wall with her hands to steady herself.
Only Mei's spear hit the shield, bounced far away, and slid to one side along the sloping ground.
That feeling is all too familiar.
"Al... Mr. Fangs," Aona suddenly raised her head and shouted, "Come... help me!"
That elemental monarch!
The shaking in the attic was becoming violent, and it was obvious that something was approaching from above the rock formation.
Fang Yu was shocked. He didn't expect that he had missed this point, because Aona only casually mentioned the relationship between the earth element and the underground residents at first.
But the earth element allows those people to live underground, and the earth element takes the initiative to protect those people are two completely different concepts. Aona must have omitted something, and they must have had a deeper connection with the elemental monarch.
What's more, the elemental tyrant arrived at this time, and the war between them and the imperial people could not come to an end so quickly. This could only mean that it had directly given up the battle above, and had to come down to take care of everything that happened below.
But Fang Plover had no time to think more.
Because the slope of the ground is increasing, even the walls of the attic are cracked. A large amount of sand and gravel are falling from above, and even stones are rolling down. The scene is becoming chaotic.
Under the impact of the boulder, Aona's shield flickered a few times and disappeared, but at this time she finally restarted the huge machine, and the cone-shaped octahedron flashed red light and flew up again.
It waved its metal arms and legs to fend off the falling sand, grabbed the projector above Aona's head with its other claw, and grabbed Pepe who was shivering on one side with its other claw, and then headed towards With a sudden burst, it actually hit the direction of Fang Plover.
Fang Yu didn't dare to face such a big guy, so he subconsciously turned aside. But he didn't expect that Aona's intention was not to hit him at all, but to rush past him directly.
When Fang Yu realized something was wrong, he turned around and realized that the huge machine had crashed into the floor-to-ceiling arched window. The glass on the window made a shattering sound and was scattered all over the floor.
But behind it was not the thick rock formation he imagined, but actually a constant portal. "Not good!" Fang Plover didn't think much, and subconsciously reached out to a nearby metal arm.
Aona obviously didn't expect that there was a person hanging behind her. The huge machine rushed into the portal under her control, and Fang Plover was also violently pulled in that direction. Before he had time to react, the surrounding scenery changed. Change, he has passed through the portal.
The other people in the attic were far away and could only watch Aona and Fang Plover disappear into the portal together. The ship officer lady said nothing, and the knuckles of her fingers holding the magic gun turned white. She subconsciously took a step forward and wanted to catch up, but Mei had already stopped her first.
"Miss Sylvide, you stay here," Mei looked in that direction and rushed over with a quick stride, "Wings of Light!" She was not tall, but a pair of light wings suddenly stretched out from behind her, making her It turned into a meteor and fell into the portal.
Sylvide was about to say something, but suddenly another figure passed by her, shooting towards the closing portal like an arrow. Shesta, who was in front, could see it clearly. Seeing that it was an unfamiliar face, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to stop him.
But the maid lady was so powerful that she was able to block an empty space and block an afterimage. The other party snorted lightly and rushed past her into the portal. Because the ups and downs in a blink of an eye are so fast, most people only feel that their eyes are blurred.
If it weren't for the soft hum that lingered in the attic, most people might have thought they were seeing hallucinations.
"Who is that?" Xiaoyao asked in shock, "It doesn't seem like he's from us?"
But before anyone else could reply to him, a gentle voice came from behind them. "You don't know him, but I do," the voice was also unfamiliar to everyone. Others turned around unexpectedly and saw a young man walking up from the bottom of the stairs.
The other party seemed to suddenly appear there, wearing a white shirt, suspenders, a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, an alchemist's coat in his hand, holding a cane, and looked at him politely. them.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he showed a gentle smile.
Xiaoyao always felt that the other person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. "When did this guy show up again?" He thought with some confusion, why were there so many people following them?
The young man greeted them, "Don't worry, I don't mean any harm. Just wait here and I will help you find them. Please pay attention to your own safety."
"Are you——?" Luo Wei looked at the other person and asked doubtfully, "Have I seen you somewhere, sir."
But the young man laughed and didn't answer.
He just looked in one direction, and the ground shook violently, as if something huge was swimming through the rock wall there. His expression became a little more solemn, and he tapped the ground lightly with his cane.
A piece of blue light rose from under everyone's feet, as if stabilizing the space here. Even though the surrounding rock walls were shaking and cracking cracks, the staircase they were on remained motionless.
In the end, even Luo Wei looked at this scene in shock. She raised her head and asked in a somewhat uncertain voice: "Senior Alix, you...?"
The young man raised a finger to show her a secretive gesture.
Then he walked forward. The behemoth had already passed here, and seemed to have chased it deeper. It only left a mess, and almost half of the attic was shattered by the previous earthquake.
The portal has long been closed, leaving only some residual space vibrations. But the young man raised his hand and summoned a strange construct. The construct was spherical and flew straight into the space rift.
Then the other party stretched out his hand and grabbed the space node there as if it were tangible. With a gentle pull, he reopened the closed teleportation door there, and then walked in calmly.
Everyone watched the young man disappear behind the portal, and the flickering light door closed again behind him.
"Wait, space-type construct," Xiaoyao suddenly caught the inspiration in his mind, "I seem to know who he is..."
"He is Alix..."
"Loofah's deputy, Alix..."
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(End of chapter)
