Chapter 247 Mechanical Castle
The scene before them looked somewhat funny, a cat actually coveting a dragon bone. If they didn't know the reason, they would have thought that something was wrong with this world.
Snap! Snap!
McCalla slapped the gray cat's fleshy face with both hands and shouted: "Hey, Nicole! Wake up! You are a cat! Not a dog! How can you think about eating bones instead of fish every day?"
"Forget it, McCalla! You know that bones are also essential food for Nicole!"
As the clear voice came, a young man with short blond hair walked into the room.
Seeing the newcomer, Disizu was the first to step forward and greet him: "Silver? Have you finished your experiment?"
McCalla raised an eyebrow: "You stayed in the lab long enough this time!"
Nicol took the opportunity to break free from McCala's clutches again and threw himself into Silver's arms, saying, "After all, Silver is different from us. He doesn't need to eat!"
"So, what did you make this time?"
Silver stretched his back and replied, "We have made new mechanical soldiers. This time we should be able to upgrade the nearby guard system."
“What a coincidence!”
Hearing the hidden meaning in his companion's words, Silver asked aloud, "What's wrong?"
"Look at that!"
Silver then turned his gaze to the big screen in the room and said after a while, "Kira Hopelet... His magic technology has been popular throughout the Kingdom of Fiore in the past two years, and has even been sold to neighboring countries! I was thinking of going to him to exchange technology after I came out of seclusion this time, but I didn't expect him to come to me on his own."
Disizu asked, "Could it be an enemy?"
"Hmm... it's hard to say." Silver thought for a moment and replied, "There is no reason for us to go to war at the moment."
"The people around him are not good people. I think we need to be prepared for a fight."
Silver was not a man who was indecisive. After hearing what Di Sizu said, he agreed and then ordered: "Well, McCalla, go and count the combat soldiers."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Where are you going then ?"
Silver waved his hand without even turning his head: "I'll go tidy up the driving center! There are eight of them. If a fight really breaks out later, we can still run away if we can't win!"
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Outside the mechanical castle, Kira and others finally walked out of the towering trees.
"Is this the Dragon Slayer Research Institute?"
After dealing with the group of mechanical soldiers, Kira led everyone to follow the traces of the mechanical soldiers. Not long after, they successfully walked out of the woods.
The view in front of me suddenly became clear. There was a large open space with plenty of light and fresh air. The concentration of magic particles floating around was just right, and there was also a four-story European-style castle.
This place doesn't look like a magic research institute, but more like a holiday villa for rich people.
The castle in front of us is quite distinctive. The outermost layer is covered with a silver-white metal leather cover. On this metal leather cover, various types of gears, wrenches, pliers, screws, hammers and other tools are hung everywhere.
Kira looked at them one by one and found that these tools were all just for show and were of no use in forging or repairing magic items. In other words, they were just for decoration!
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Is this the Magic Research Institute? I would have believed you if you told me this was Howl's Moving Castle! By the way, what are these decorations hanging here? Isn't it a bit too unpopular?"
Other people’s castles are decorated with flags, swords, and shields, which look very cool. At the very least, they will be decorated with magic crystals. But what is hanging on this castle in front of me?
"Indeed, it doesn't look like a place where Dragon Slayer Magic Crystals are traded. It's a stretch to even call it a Magic Crystal processing plant!"
Urrutia observed carefully for a long time but could not figure out what was going on. He turned around and asked, "Didn't you read Brian's memory? Isn't there any information here?"
Kira shook his flowing red hair. "Not at all! Not only that, in his memory, this valley doesn't look like this. The giant trees, mechanical soldiers, and this castle we saw along the way should have been completed in recent years!"
Although the mechanical castle in front of us looks a bit peculiar in style, it is overall clean and tidy, and the external hanging objects are hung in an orderly manner. After careful observation, there is a bit of beauty that only technology geeks can feel, and it does not look like it is uninhabited.
Therefore, the person who transformed this valley should be the owner of this castle !
So, who could it be?
The person who traded with Brian back then was an old man who looked like he had one foot in the coffin. If that nameless old man was dead, then the person who changed this place, could it be his descendant? Or his successor?
Kira didn't think any more and knocked on the door.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The door is also made of neither stone nor wood, nor any of the common metals available on the market.
Kira had sharp eyes and recognized that this was a memory metal with excellent magical conductivity. The distribution of magic particles in this metal was extremely special, and its form could change freely like liquid, and it could merge with each other. After being fixed, its hardness was far greater than that of steel.
Originally, Kira wanted to use this metal when rebuilding the guild, but it was extremely rare and expensive, so he couldn't bring himself to do it.
What shocked Kira was that the castle in front of him, from top to bottom, inside to outside, including the tools hanging outside for decoration, seemed to be made of this metal. The huge castle was seamlessly integrated, and there was no sign of beams or pillars supporting it.
"How much does it cost to build a castle like this? I really came to the right place!"
After knocking three times, the door seemed to sense something and automatically opened from both sides, revealing the scene inside. Looking inside through the narrow door, at first glance, I felt that there was nothing special about it. The mechanical feel was much worse than the appearance.
"What's going on? There was no one there, so why was the door open ? Is there a ghost?"
Kong Nai shouted and yelled like an ignorant country bumpkin.
Kira rolled his eyes at her and said, "You are ignorant! This is magic technology! How can you become the 'Six Demon Generals' with this little courage?"
The other people also smiled lightly, as if they had already known that their companion was afraid of ghosts.
"It's not strange that girls are afraid of ghosts! Even men are afraid of ghosts!"
"Yes... yes... you are right!"
Kira waved his hand perfunctorily, stopped arguing, and walked into the castle.
"Is anyone there? We are a group of adventurers who are on an expedition. We passed by here and would like to... ask for a drink of water, a full meal, and a place to stay for the night. Please help us, host!"
Kira seemed to have transformed into Tang Monk and began to take advantage. While observing the structure inside the castle, he casually introduced his companions: "These are the members of our team, Lalu, Tia, the little snake, the cat, the dog, the little fish, the little shrimp..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by several people: "You guys are too casual in naming!!"
At this moment, the door behind him suddenly closed, then merged with the wall and disappeared.
"Where's the door? A door this big?"
In just one night, Sorono's personality seemed to have changed into that of Kira. He leaned against the wall and looked left and right, completely losing the attitude of "Angel" from two days ago.
"Oh! Well, forget about closing the door, now there's no door at all."
Kira complained, and then he heard a chaotic sound of gears turning behind him. He quickly turned around and found that five metallic doors had appeared on the empty wall.
Seeing this, Gerard was the first to speak up: "Sure enough! Since we entered the valley, our every move has been under surveillance by the enemy. They deliberately divided us into five routes. Are they trying to disperse us?"
After saying that, he turned back to look at the five people who were still discussing the gate, and thought to himself: "However, according to their strength, it should not be a problem for them to go alone."
"It's obviously a trap!" Urrutia said to Kira without even raising his eyelids, "This research institute is weird from the inside out. What should we do now?"
Kira replied casually: "I'm familiar with this development rhythm!"
Seeing that the other party was serious, Urrutia looked over curiously and continued to ask, "What do you mean?"
"According to my experience, if we separate in this situation, we will be easily defeated one by one! Perhaps we can put a candle in the southeast corner first. If the candle goes out..."
I knew this guy was not a serious person!
"Can you please be serious, man?!"
"Okay, okay... Well, now it's time for everyone to show their adventurous spirit!"
Kira raised his hands, stretched out five fingers, and said to everyone, "Five roads mean there are probably only five people here. You can choose any one you want. You're welcome!"
