This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Deep in the ancient ruins, there should still be cursed creatures!"

PS: There are so few posts...

Chapter 18 Skillful Servant

As Ye Yiyi went deeper, the light in the ecological tank behind him gradually faded, and the surrounding environment fell into darkness again.

Fortunately, the walls on both sides of the hall always emit a faint light, so we can continue to move forward without turning on the waist lamp.

In darkness, light is dangerous.

Now that I think about it, the "dong dong" sound I heard in the tunnel before was probably the sound made by the skillful slave stepping on the spider.

It wasn't that long ago, so who knows if those skillful servants went far after eliminating the pests?

Those humanoid mechanical puppets made entirely of metal, with modularly customized left and right hands, are much more difficult to deal with than Eagle-Wing Knights.

So Ye Yiyi didn't turn on the waist lamp, but just moved forward in the dark.

Soon, he reached the end of the hall and came to a fork in the road.

There are two doors on the wall in front of me, both of which are heavy doors, four or five meters high and two or three meters wide.

The door on the left was tightly closed. Ye Yiyi tried pushing it, but the door didn't move at all.

This lingba午衬&IXsan玖零夢type door is made of metal. It is so big and wide, so you can imagine how heavy it is.

"It's so heavy, I can't push it..."

Ye Yiyi sighed and gave up the idea of ​​fighting with the door.

The gate on the right was open, clearly indicating that people were allowed to take this route.

Ye Yiyi had no choice but to step into the door on the left.

"No need to think about it, the door on the left must be a shortcut, but it can only be opened from the other side of the door. Soul maps are designed that way."

Complaining silently in his heart, Ye Yiyi looked around with the help of the faint light emitted from the wall.

This is a long corridor with a very Land Kingdom style. There are delicate lamps that have long been damaged hanging on the ceiling, and large framed decorative paintings are hung on the walls on both sides.

The style is somewhat simple, but still beautiful.

In the era of the land-based nations, the decoration styles naturally varied from country to country.

Ye Yiyi took a quick look at it. Although he couldn't tell which country it belonged to, he was still interested in the paintings framed in large frames.

"Can this thing be taken off?"

He stood on tiptoe and tried to pick up the painting on the wall.

In the game, these paintings are naturally decorative backgrounds and cannot interact with players.

But it’s hard to say in reality.

After trying twice, the painting shook slightly, and Ye Yiyi was delighted - this meant that the painting was not embedded in the wall.

After a little effort, the large-framed painting fell into his hands, and the light curtain popped out.

【Decorative paintings】

Item Description: This oil painting depicts an exquisite landscape, created by a master, and is a precious relic from the era of the land kingdoms.

As time passed, darkness grew and the goblins gradually fled.

The paintings had not been maintained for many years and had therefore suffered damage.

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi seemed to be thinking about something.

"Darkness, goblins..."

This darkness should refer to the curse.

As for the goblins, they are natural elves born and raised, and are eternal beings with no lifespan limit.

During the period of the land kingdoms, people often hired goblins to work.

Because they believe that being close to the goblins will make them closer to nature and bring good luck.

But even the immortal goblins are afraid of curses.

Just like the master knight, his soul had been cursed and imprisoned for many years and could never be freed.

The goblin will not die, but will be cursed and imprisoned.

At the beginning of the game, Ye Yiyi rescued a little goblin that was imprisoned by a curse while exploring the ancient ruins in the Goblin Mountains.

If the ancient ruins beneath his feet were the same one he had explored in the game...

Putting the idea of ​​finding the little goblin on the agenda, Ye Yiyi immediately put the painting into the "Four-Dimensional Chrysanthemum".

He continued to move forward, collecting all the paintings along the way. After a while, another door appeared in front of him.

Ye Yiyi didn't rush in, but hid beside the door and looked inside first.

This seems to be an exhibition hall, similar in layout to the previous hall, but with some differences.

The hall was empty before, but here, every few meters, there was a booth with faint light.

Unfortunately, the booth was empty, with nothing left.

Not far away, light bloomed from a huge floor-standing ecological tank, illuminating the hall.

Ye Yiyi looked around, then his eyes narrowed slightly.

Beyond the eco-tank, in the distant exhibition stand, a slender black figure about three meters tall was pacing slowly.

"It's a skilled servant." Ye Yiyi slowed down his breathing.

As the slender black shadow gradually entered the lighting range of the ecological tank, its specific image also appeared in Ye Yiyi's eyes.

It was a humanoid puppet made of brass metal.

It has two metal legs that are 1.5 meters long and have a recurved structure.

Metal legs supported a cylindrical metal torso, with two arms, too thick for the torso and too long for the legs, hanging naturally on either side.

Add a small triangular pyramid head and the thing looks like a robot from a children's picture book.

"The game is already ugly, but I didn't expect it to be even uglier in real life..."

Ye Yiyi complained silently.

The inverted triangle body shape and the triangular head do look very strange.

However, considering that this thing is not a fighting machine and its main job is to clean ceilings and carry heavy objects, the appearance is not so important.

As for those dead Nephila spiders... they were not fighting, but cleaning up pests.

"It seems there's only this one. A sneak attack should be able to quickly eliminate it."

Ye Yiyi put the shield on his back, held the long sword in both hands, and crouched down to sneak into the hall.

With the help of the numerous booths in the hall, Ye Yiyi was able to hide his figure.

Perhaps it was because he had raised his skill to 18 and gained the agility trait, his stealth was not only not discovered by the skill slave, but he didn't even make the slightest sound.

Finally, the skilled slave walked past the booth where he was hiding, completely exposing his unprotected back.

Ye Yiyi looked up and saw a conspicuous square hole behind the cylindrical metal torso of the skillful slave.

A red light was coming out of the cavity, and something like a gear could be vaguely seen spinning inside.

That hollow spot is the weak spot of the skilled servant who serves as both security guard and cleaner.

In the game, you need to break those two 1.5-meter-long legs first.

Wait for it to fall, then execute it by backstabbing it.

But in reality, there is no need to be so troublesome.

Seizing the right opportunity, Ye Yiyi took a step forward and rushed forward. Before the opponent could react, he stepped on the right leg of the clever servant and used the force to jump up.

Then he grabbed the triangular head with one hand and inserted the sword straight into the square hole with the other hand.

"Squeak, squeak..."

The blade got stuck in the gear, making a creaking sound.

The skilled slave seemed to have suffered a severe blow, its metal limbs twisted uncontrollably, and bursts of black smoke poured out of the hole.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, important mechanical parts collapsed, and the tall humanoid puppet suddenly lost power and fell heavily, smashing a booth to pieces.

"Whoo~"

Ye Yiyi fell from mid-air, let out a long breath, then picked up the sword in his hand and looked at the light curtain.

【Eagle Wing Knight Straight Sword】

Durability: 202/250

"Damn! This has reduced my durability by at least 10 points!"

Putting down the sword, Ye Yiyi looked a little worried.

After waiting for a long time, there was no notification of the increase in soul echoes, and the worry on his face became even more intense.

Soul echoes are the residual value left after death, but skillful slaves are just metal mechanical creations and do not belong to the category of life at all!

Although we defeated the enemy, it was totally useless!

"What a loss! What a loss!"

Ye Yiyi squatted down in front of the skilled slave's torso and reached out to touch it.

But unfortunately, no light screen appeared.

Ye Yiyi was still unwilling to give up, so she simply took out the universal cauldron.

Who knew that a flash of light would pass by, and the originally three-meter-tall humanoid mechanical puppet would be instantly disassembled into parts on the ground.

"it is good!"

Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up, and she stared at the various materials and props in front of her, and finally smiled.

deficit?

What a loss!

This is simply making huge profits!

Chapter 19: Pure Orichalcum and Pure Orichalcum

Although he was puzzled as to why the universal cauldron could work on the skilled slaves, this did not prevent Ye from checking the harvest one by one.

The three-meter-tall metal puppet differentiated into a bunch of useful props through the universal cauldron.

The most numerous of them were made of brass-colored metal, each the size of a fist, and there were three of them.

Ye Yiyi picked up one and a light curtain popped out.

Pure Mountain Copper

Item Description: Precious rare metal that can be found in ancient ruins.

One of the materials used to craft items, and can also be used to forge weapons or armor with magic-breaking effects.

The purest metal known as "Orichalcum" in ancient times can isolate magic power and resist death.

One of the ancient kings, the "Heavenly Forger", once discovered the raw ore of Orichalcum in the depths of Sky Mountain.

Through natural forging, pure mountain copper can be mass-produced.

This is the cornerstone for the land nations to enter the starry sky era.

"What the hell! It's actually Oliha Gang?!"

After looking at the light screen, Ye Yiyi's expression was dull, and he looked at the ore in his hand in disbelief.

He wasn't very familiar with mountain copper, but he was very familiar with Orichalcum!

In the game, there is an enchanted metal called "Pure Orichalcum." This is an extremely precious metal that can transform the properties of armor and protective gear.