Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

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Nini chatted with Frey for quite a while, taking the opportunity to look around as she spoke.

Although it's underground, the lighting here is actually quite good.

Although the Untouchables have unusual appearances and somewhat eccentric personalities, they are quite friendly, and their gazes toward them are filled with eager curiosity.

There were many large machines around them, with all sorts of bizarre shapes, all emphasizing individuality.

Apart from a small number whose uses are obvious, most of them are inexplicable.

It seems this race excels at constructing mechanical structures, coupled with their superior learning abilities.
Nini's eyes sparkled, and her smile deepened.

In the future, these people may join Castells and become a valuable asset.

And she has achieved her goal today. The first contact went quite well. If things continue to progress like this, with Frey's presence and the Rhine people's hostility, the Untouchables will inevitably side with Castel.

Just as things were going smoothly here, Nini's smile suddenly froze, her gaze sharpened, and she looked to the side.

"What's wrong?" Frey, always perceptive, noticed Nini's change immediately.

Nini didn't answer; she was frowning and communicating with Una through a telepathic link.

"Something's wrong, Nini, be careful."

"What's going on? Are these Untouchables lying in ambush?"

"No, it wasn't them. It's just that my gut feeling is a bit off!"

"intuition?"

The word "Una" puzzled Nini. Banshees were a race of the mind, but they had never had any intuitive abilities.

On the contrary, their perception is highly accurate, and they can clearly recognize specific dangers.

The vague "intuition" that Una described is something that abilities generally don't provide as feedback.
Nini suddenly had a thought and focused her will on sensing the water veins.

The feedback from this ability is accurate, but it's not very useful underground because there are too many things underground that contain "water" but cannot form "water veins".

For example, large organisms.

Several pebbles suddenly fell and hit the scales on Nini's tail.

The next moment, Nini suddenly raised her head and looked up at the rock wall above.

"There's something up there! Watch out!"

She shouted a warning, then her snake tail coiled around the people around her, protecting them as she rushed to one side.

On the cave walls at the top of the rock, rubble crumbled off, starting with smaller pieces, which then rapidly grew larger, and almost immediately the entire cave collapsed!
Nini dodged to the side, but when she looked back, she found there was no way to avoid it; the entire cave ceiling was crashing down on her.

"This is bad." Nini's eyes widened as she muttered to herself.

Although she is a banshee with immense power, that is in comparison to humans.

She couldn't stop the falling boulder with her physical strength, not even if she was wearing armor!

Perhaps she can exert greater power in the sea, but here, she is still made of flesh and blood.

Are you going to die?
Nini gritted her teeth, her heart filled with sorrow. Una's position might allow her to avoid the falling rocks, but hers did not.

Unfortunately, the two had a symbiotic contract; if she died, Una couldn't live either!

The only saving grace is that Monica has been gone for a while and is now outside the contract's range, so she is no longer a threat. The clansmen and Hughes who are further away are also safe.

Despite her wavering, Nini quickly looked around, trying to find cover, but these untouchables didn't seem to have the habit of building houses; the dome was just an empty garbage dump.

So Nini could only watch in despair as the collapsing cave ceiling drew ever closer.

Beside her, Frey, who had been snatched away by Nini, was stunned for a moment before finally realizing what had happened.

He was only human, and his reaction speed was far slower than Nini's. Only now did his eyes widen, and then—

"Big guy!!!"

With a loud shout from Frey, the massive pile of garbage beneath the trembling ceiling shook. The next moment, the ground rose up.

Countless piles of discarded parts and debris were shaken off, revealing the massive form of the machinery beneath.

It was a gigantic mechanical creation, far larger than any other machine in the vicinity.

It was like a sleeping giant that slowly turned over.

Then, it braced itself against the ceiling with one elbow, tilted its head slightly, and used its other hand for support.

Nini struggled to find cover, dodging and weaving, but the "Big Guy" simply tilted one of his mechanical arms slightly to block the falling rocks from above for the group.

The collapse of the cave ceiling paused for a moment, then the furnace on the giant's chest suddenly burst into flames, and mechanical wheels everywhere spun wildly. It actually grabbed the falling cave ceiling and flung it forward!

boom! ! !
A violent tremor shook the underground cavern, and smoke, dust, and rubble, accompanied by a fierce wind, filled the entire cavern. The mountain of garbage that had just been piled up was leveled by half.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Are you ok?"

"Damn it, you're pressing down on my leg!"

"Where is Frey? Where is Lord Frey?"

Nini stepped in front of everyone at the last moment, but no impact came. She looked up and saw the "big guy" steadily standing above them.

Several bolts and gears fell off and bounced on the ground.

Well, maybe it's not that stable.
As the smoke and dust cleared, people looked around, and suddenly a scream rang out.

"Look up there!"

Everyone looked up, and the untouchables all gasped in shock.

The landfill, buried deep underground, now has a large hole in its roof, through which one can vaguely see the ground in the distance, and sunlight is also shining through.

For the first time, the untouchables buried deep underground in the landfill, who would never see the sun, were exposed to sunlight!

"Oh my God, oh my God!"

Many people were shocked and stood there motionless, but Nini was already on high alert.

"Una, come closer to me!"

Okay! Is there a problem?

"Something's wrong. This isn't a normal collapse; there are obvious signs of excavation in the upper rock layers!"

Nini stared intently ahead, at the collapsed cave wall that the big guy had just thrown there. It was still covered in dust, and she couldn't see what was inside.

"Nini, look up there!"

Upon hearing this, Nini looked up and squinted as she gazed upwards.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that quite a few people are standing near the collapsed pit.

Their clothing was very uniform, mostly white robes adorned with gold lines.

In the Rhine, only a small group of people dress like this.

Nini turned her gaze away and looked ahead.

As the dust settled, a group of people dressed in priestly robes stood there, arrayed in formation, leisurely watching this side. Beside them were some huge machines, engraved with radiating holy emblems.

“Candlelight vigil!” Nini squeezed out the word through gritted teeth.

"The Papacy has captured it!"

(End of this chapter)