Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Despite its astonishing size, the air here is still flowing. The torches are still burning and there is no sense of history in the air. There are unobstructed ventilation ducts in places that cannot be seen now.

I turned my head to look at the way I came from. It was pitch black and I couldn't see the way in. We were deep enough. Should we keep going?

If this were a horror movie, continuing forward at this point would be courting death...

"Um...should we continue?" Seeing that Linde didn't speak for a long time, Alyssa took the initiative to ask.

"Can you still feel the fluctuations of magic power?" Lind asked back.

"Let me try." Elisa nodded, then took a step forward and began to feel the passive power of magic.

Regardless of the results of Elisa's examination, Lind did not plan to go any deeper. He had already gone deep enough. The incident happened suddenly, and there were too many uncertainties. If he went deeper, he would not be able to escape if something happened.

"Huh?" At this moment, Alisa made a surprised sound.

"What's wrong?" Linde heard surprise in Elisa's voice.

"I feel the magic! It's very close! It's coming towards us!" Elisa said anxiously, pointing at the one in the middle of the three roads.

As soon as he finished speaking, Linde immediately drew out his dagger, took a step forward, and blocked Elisa behind him.

This was completely Linde's subconscious action. Before Elisa could be moved, the two pig beasts stood in front of Linde like two small mountains.

Under everyone's vigilant gaze, a cylindrical object opened up from the corridor.

Chapter 194: Puppet

When Elisa pointed to the passage in the middle and said that there was magic coming from there, everyone became nervous, not only because of the magic power that Elisa said there was, but also because of the sound coming from inside.

The sound was strange and hard to describe. It wasn't the sound of a creature walking, but it was more like the sound of wheels, but it was a little different.

Others couldn't tell what the sound was, but Lind could. This unique sound reminded Lind of a special structure.

track.

This sound is the sound of caterpillar tracks!

As the voice sounded, everyone immediately prepared for battle. Alisa waved her cane, and a fireball appeared next to the illuminated light ball, but it was dispelled the next moment because Lind drew his sword and blocked in front of Alisa.

If Lind were attacked from behind by a fireball by accident, his punishment when he returned would definitely not be as simple as a spanking by his mother.

Efit immediately put his hands into his pockets, and when he pulled them out again, he had already put on a pair of leather gloves. The two pig beastmen also stepped forward and blocked Lind and everyone else behind them, like a wall.

"Move aside! You are blocking me!" Lind ordered when he saw this.

Lind gave the order, and the two huge pig beastmen moved apart a little, leaving a small gap of a few centimeters wide, and then refused to move even a small step.

At this moment, the source of the voice appeared in front of everyone.

"Roar!!" The moment the thing appeared, the two pig beastmen screamed and waved the big wooden sticks in their hands, smashing towards the thing that appeared.

"Stop it! I order you in the name of the Son of God!" At this point, Linde could no longer care about anything else and gave the order directly in the name of the Son of God.

The Son of God's orders were supreme, and to some extent even took precedence over the Mother Earth Goddess. The two pig beastmen wanted to stop after receiving the order, but the sticks had already been swung out, so they could only change their trajectory abruptly, and were eventually thrown to the ground in a mess by the huge force.

After two loud noises of meat kissing the ground, the room returned to silence, and Lind could finally take a good look at what had been opened.

then……

"Is this... a puppet?" Elisa said uncertainly as she looked at the cylindrical object that was almost as high as her chest.

"Magic puppet?" Efit tilted his head and looked at Elisa.

"It's a puppet driven by magic." Alisa explained. "When magicians study magic, they have a lot of work to do. Sometimes they don't have that many magic apprentices, or the research is too complicated, and they are worried that the magic apprentices are not skilled enough and will cause trouble. Some magicians use puppets to help them with their work."

"My former magic mentor made puppets, so I have seen them before."

"So your mentor is worried that you might be more of a hindrance than a help?"

"..."

While the two girls were talking behind him, Linde was staring at the object opposite him in a daze. This cylindrical body and these crawler-like moving parts made Linde think of a word.

robot.

There are robots in this unknown ruins! ?

No, there are things like puppets in this world. Although he has never seen one with his own eyes, Lind has indeed heard that some magicians can use magic to drive magical creations made of various materials including clay to assist in their work.

"Are you sure this is a puppet?" Linde looked at the thing warily while holding the sword, and confirmed with Elisa who was protecting him.

"I'm sure." Alyssa said this time with certainty. "I can feel the fluctuations of the magic runes that drive the puppet on it."

While Lind and the others were talking, the cylindrical puppet continued to move as if the people in front of it did not exist, and walked into the passage on the left.

Seeing that the puppet was about to leave, Linde gritted his teeth and was the first to follow.

With Lind leading the way, the others followed one after another, including the two pig beastmen who acted on their own and fell heavily.

The two pig beastmen acted like children who had done something wrong, as they acted on their own against the will of the Son of God.

"Forget it this time. Remember to tell me before you take action next time." Seeing this, Lind comforted the two pig beastmen.

"Yes! We won't let you down!" After being forgiven by the Son of God, the two pig beastmen felt as if they had been pardoned.

"They are all so loyal to you." Elisa said sourly.

"Maybe it's because the young master was the one who helped them get rid of the entanglement of the Chaos Evil God." Efit continued, with a sigh in his tone.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet and be alert." Lind asked everyone to stop talking.

Everyone followed the puppet quietly, and the puppet continued to move forward as if the team behind it didn't exist.

"Doesn't it know that someone is following it?" Linde couldn't help but complain.

"Because it doesn't have any complicated functions set up." Alisa explained. "This puppet obviously only has simple working procedures set up. The puppet will only act according to the functions set by the creator."

"Is it so rigid?" Linde blinked.

"Although I don't know who made this puppet, according to the laws of the Holy Empire, puppets cannot be set up with complex functions." Alisa explained. "According to the regulations of the Holy Empire, any puppet made by a magician cannot have the function of changing its behavior according to the situation it faces, and puppets with self-awareness are not even allowed to be studied."

"Why?" Lind asked. This law reminded Lind of some science fiction novels he had read before traveling through time.

"Because of the puppets' rebellion." Elisa sighed. "When the Great War was won and the Holy Empire was just established, the rebellion that allowed the Emperor to sit on the Golden Throne forever also involved puppets with self-awareness. Since then, the study of puppets with self-awareness has been completely banned by law."

After hearing what Elisa said, Linde also remembered that this was the case.

After the victory of the Great War Order Coalition, each party of the coalition returned to their own homes, and as the leader of the human coalition, the God-Emperor Neos naturally established a country that unified all humans in the Old Continent, the Holy Empire.

However, the Holy Empire did not rule over all humans in the Old World. The most important reason was that a rebellion broke out when the empire was just established, which was later called the Profanation Rebellion. It was the one launched by Urizen. In that rebellion, not only Urizen participated.

After following the puppet for a while, the view in front of them suddenly became clear and they walked into a huge room filled with various facilities.

Chapter 195: Bringing the Doll Back

The group followed the small puppet that emerged from the middle and walked along the road to the left for about five minutes before arriving at a large room.

The room was not too big, but it gave people a sense of openness, especially after walking in the corridor for such a long time.

Although the corridor here is quite spacious, Lind feels that he might suffer from claustrophobia if he continues walking like this.

This room was not too big, only a few dozen square meters. As the space suddenly became larger, the light from Elisa's light ball was not bright enough to see the environment inside clearly, so Elisa released two more light balls, a total of three light balls, illuminating the room at the same time.

"Hurry up, my magic power is almost insufficient." Alyssa said a little tiredly. "After exploring here, let's go back the same way, otherwise I won't have enough magic power."

"Eh? It's not enough in such a short time?" Linde said with some surprise.

"In just such a short time!?" Alisa turned her head and glared at Lind with resentment. "How long have we been here? Almost an hour! I'm just a magic apprentice at the Triangle level, not even a full-fledged magician! It's amazing that I've managed to hold on until now! Do you really think I'm the Red Magic Saint Magnus!?"

The Red Magic Saint Magnus is the greatest magician ever recorded in the Holy Empire and even in the entire human history. He is the only magician whose magic level has been clearly recorded to have broken through the six-pointed star level and reached the seven-pointed holy star level. He is also an idol worshipped by many magicians. He is more famous than the God of Magic, Mamiel. There are even rumors that magicians who pray to the Red Magic Saint Magnus can get a response just like praying to God.

"Sorry, sorry." Seeing that Alyssa was a little angry, Lind immediately raised his hands in surrender.

But as Elisa said, this exploration has been deep enough. No matter what the situation is next, Lind plans to stop today's exploration and return the original route.

If Linde hadn't seen this puppet, he would have turned back just now.

Under the illumination of three magic light balls, everyone looked around the spacious room.

Although this room was much more spacious than the corridor, it was also very crowded because there were rows of devices placed side by side on the wall of the room.

These devices come in different colors, including black, dark green, and dark silver. They are basically in the shape of cubes or cubes. There are metal pipes connected to them around them. Each cube has a track-like opening facing outwards.

The cylindrical puppet that had followed before was now swaying in front of this row of devices, and no one knew what it was doing.

"What is it doing?" Efit asked curiously.

"Operate the machine." Linde said affirmatively.

"Machine?" Efit looked at Lind in confusion.

Others didn't know what these things were, but when Lind saw this scene, he immediately thought of the production machines in the factory. These things looked too much like a factory assembly line.

And that puppet was obviously trying to operate the machines here, constantly swaying in front of each machine.

The crowd did not disturb the puppet. The whole room could only hear the sound of the puppet moving and the breathing of the crowd. After shaking for a while, the puppet finally... stopped.

Just like an electric car that has run out of power, the puppet continued to move forward, as if it was extremely difficult. But after moving several times, it stopped and then there was no movement.

Everyone waited in silence for a few minutes. Seeing that the thing still did not move, Lind spoke.

"No battery?" "No magic?" "No strength?" Lind, Elisa and Efit said different words at almost the same time.

"Hey, it's a puppet, it's powered by magic, of course it has no magic, it has nothing to do with strength." Alisa corrected Efit first, then looked at Lind. "And what does this have to do with electricity? Can electricity be used as a power source?"

"Yes." Linde said subconsciously.

Elisa subconsciously wanted to refute, but when she thought of Lind's knowledge that could rub her on the bed, she rationally chose to keep her mouth shut.

Since the puppet couldn't move, everyone walked over carefully. Linde walked to the front of the puppet, raised his hand, and knocked on its head a few times.

"Be careful! Don't break it! Even the most ordinary puppet is very precious!" Elisa said dissatisfiedly when she saw this.

"Sorry, sorry." Lin De smiled flatteringly and scratched his head.

While Elisa was checking the condition of the puppet, Lind was looking at the machines here. He was very curious about what the machines were used for.

Just now, this puppet was wandering here for a long time, but in the end it didn't do anything. Is it because the machine here is broken?

"It's true that the magic power is exhausted." After a while, Alyssa finished checking. "The magic power in here has reached the bottom."

"Then can you give it an electric...magic charge?" Lind asked back.

"I don't know where the charging rune is. I don't know where to start even if I want to charge it, and my magic power is running out." Elisa said helplessly.

"Is that so?" Lind nodded. "So someone is recharging it regularly?"

"That should be the case." Alyssa said uncertainly. "The magic puppets I've seen all require the magician who created them to charge them regularly."

"That is to say..." Lind looked at the entrance of the room. "Someone lives here, and he's a magician."

As soon as the words fell, everyone became nervous and looked at the entrance door in unison, as if someone would come in at the next moment.

"Let's go back." Alyssa suggested with a trembling voice. "It would be bad if a fight breaks out..."

"Yeah, let's go back, it's already late." Efit had the same idea.

Unlike others, when talking about the magician living here, Lind first thought of the existence with frog-like hands. At that time, the two sides met each other through the black glass.

That figure is undoubtedly a magician, and a very powerful one at that. If a fight really breaks out, especially on the opponent's territory, it would be very disadvantageous indeed.

Linde agreed to the suggestion of returning. Before leaving, Linde took a careful look at the machines here. At the same time, he checked the structure of these machines while trying not to start them incorrectly. As a result, he found something like a mold inside the suspected discharge port.

Vaguely, Linde thought of a possibility.

"Take it with you." Before leaving, Lind suddenly ordered the two pig beastmen to take the out-of-power puppet away as well.

Chapter 196: The Lion King's Movement

Since we have gone deep enough and Elisa's magic power is not enough to provide enough lighting to get back, today's exploration ends here.

If they wanted to continue exploring, they would either have to find other more durable lighting methods or ask Elisa's mother, Ilufa, to come. The old ones were the wisest, and Ilufa was much stronger than her daughter in terms of magic power reserves.

Today's exploration ends here, but we have gone so deep, and it would feel like a loss to go back empty-handed, so Linde waved his hand and said, "Take the puppet back."

"Is this appropriate? Taking someone else's things without the owner's consent." Elisa immediately raised her concerns.

"Don't worry, it's okay." Lind comforted him. "I was hoping the other party would come out."

This is the truth. Linde really hopes that the people living here will come out to stop him. On a deserted island far away from civilization, such a huge building was built in the mountains. Even if you think about it with your butt, you can tell that this is definitely not ordinary.

Whether it was the huge scale or the discovery of suspected demonic remains from another entrance, Lind was very concerned.