The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 159: Boiling Lake (Part 1)

Gu Tie stepped into the heart of the furnace, and Zarin Cooper followed behind blankly, "Man, why do they ignore you, what's the secret?" Gu Tie couldn't help but stop, and asked about this strangeness. Five-level clone of ,

The dwarf stared at him blankly, "I don’t know, maybe it’s my relationship, maybe.", It seems that there are too many splits, causing this guy’s brain to be a little unclear. The Chinese shook his head. Climbing up the narrow iron gangway, the steps are too narrow for him, and the distance between the handrail and the wall is too close, so he can only awkwardly move sideways and slowly climb,

He has been trying to talk to Jonah since just now, but the 17-year-old's soul fluctuates weaker and weaker, until it disappears completely in his mind. Gu Tie remembered the relationship between the staff and the power of the soul. , Drew the staff from behind the belt and held it in his hand, trying to call another personality’s name, but he didn’t get any feedback until he reached the new top floor of the Forge,

In front of me was a steel gate full of rivets. Two pink-cap dwarf guards lowered their spear tips and bowed respectfully, then pushed open the door leaf, and a spacious room appeared in front of Gu Tie’s eyes, and said it was spacious. Just barely able to stand up to the height of his body, Gu Tie bent over and walked through the gate, "Welcome, descendant of Lord Gilbernaion." Several pink hat dwarves greeted him.

Just a glance, Gu Tie figured out a lot of questions. The Presbyterian Church seems to be composed of six or seven Flores. These people are also wearing black robes and pink hats. The seven ribbons on the hat represent the highest The biggest difference from ordinary pink hat dwarves is that these people have a beard, black beard, white beard, yellow beard, gray beard, and each elder has a beard that hangs down to his feet.

Gu Tie suddenly realized that all the fair-faced and beautiful Flores I saw along the way were all women. Only here did I see a few men. It seems that this isolated race exists extremely Severe gender imbalance, the scarcity of male members leads to the natural differentiation of social status. Older men become the rulers, while young male members like Zarin Kubotu have lofty status and almost unlimited power. /

Sure enough, several people in the Presbyterian Church turned a blind eye to Zarin Kubotto, pulled the astrologer and sat down on the soft couch, and sent a variety of fruits and snacks on small plates, and they were all wrinkled. Surrounded by the children, Gu Tie felt very weird. He pinched a toy teacup between his fingers, drank the black tea inside, and said sternly, "Well, everyone, I have a mission this time."

No matter how many secrets there are in reality and the game, since he has the status of the third-level astrologer and Baron Ekbatana, he must complete the mission given by Isaiba Ink the Great. This is the spirit of rpg, the role The spirit of acting,

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, an elder with the longest beard replied: "We know that there is no fundamental conflict between the Tocharian Empire and us, the descendants of Lord Gilbernaion, Ekbatana You can become a close partner with the City of Gold, but as long as you help us solve a problem."

"Question." Gu Tie threw two snacks into his mouth and chewed. It tasted like meat, I don't know what ingredients it was.

"Black gold gopher meat, don’t eat too much, descendant of Lord Gilbernaion." Another elder reminded, “Since Lord Gilbernaion visited Ekbatana, this Wonderful food has been brought to the country of volcanoes. The black gold gophers that we have bred for hundreds of years have been able to meet the food supply of all residents. This is his greatest achievement outside of surrendering the Ekra volcano."

"Wow." Gu Tie immediately threw the snack in his hand back to the plate. The 17-year-old's tragic experience in Yingtaodu made him empathize with him. He felt a little bit shy when he heard the name.

The third elder sighed leisurely: "And Lord Gilbernaion’s greatest achievement, the time and space star formation that saved Ekbatana, finally came to a time when the effectiveness was weakened, and this was placed in front of the volcanic country. The biggest problem: Mount Ekra is about to erupt."

"What." Gu Tie stood up abruptly, knocking the back of his head on the ceiling, making him scream in pain,

"Please follow me." The fourth elder walked to the window with his hands behind his back,

The astrologer hunched across the room and walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. A lookout window made of a whole piece of hemispherical glass protrudes from the top of the melting pot, from where you can see the crater where the flames are rising. , "You can start." The fourth elder turned around and said,

"Okay." The fifth elder nodded and walked out of the room.

Gu Tie squatted in front of the window incomprehensibly, watching the flaming magma gurgling out black bubbles in the crater. The entire space was twisted in the hot air. Numerous pipes were deeply buried in the magma. An unknown method absorbs the heat of the volcano. There are two equally large buildings on both sides of the melting pot. According to the elder’s introduction, there is a pouring tower on the left and a forging tower on the right. Both are places where large steam puppet mechanical parts are made. /

Suddenly there was a faint vibration from under the feet, and the surrounding temperature began to rise, indicating that some powerful energy fluctuations were weakening the effect of the temperature-controlled magic circle, "Please look over there." Four or five pink hat dwarves all stretched out their hands and pointed. On the right front, Gu Tie looked around and saw a huge shadow slowly rising over the gap between the mountain and the building, his body gradually being illuminated by the light of the volcano,

"Magic puppet." Known for a long time, I finally saw the real body of the Ekbatana steam puppet. As the highest achievement of the Flores steam puppet technology, the magic puppet is a mechanical product that is strictly forbidden to leak and spread. , Its manufacturing and maintenance methods are all controlled by the male members of the Presbyterian Church. Not to mention the human steam puppet warlocks, even the Flores female senior craftsmen can’t access the secrets of the magic puppets.

"Chuck..." Snow-white steam sprayed into the air from the eight behind, and the tall golem slowly walked towards the melting pot with heavy steps. The steam puppet is about thirty feet tall. , The strong body is covered with smooth silver metal leaf, the head is a transparent crystal glass operating room, with lifelike limbs and joints, each hand has three flexible fingers, and the soles of the feet are covered with soft cushions, although every time you land Caused the earth's turbulence, but did not cause the ground to sink,

The elder with the longest beard showed a proud expression: "This magic puppet is a heat-resistant model made to detect the Ekra volcano 140 years ago. It is also the only steam puppet that can enter the crater so far. , You see, the descendant of Lord Gilbernayon, Ekbatana has 500 battle dolls of similar models, 140 flying dolls, 80 alien dolls, countless steam Puppet-powered weapons, the steam guns of the entire southern continent are basically products of the volcanic country, including the steam carriage of the "Midnight Star" that we presented to the Tocharian Empire,,, that is a very old work, like you As you can see, Ekbatana is not afraid of anyone’s threats, whether it is Tochar or Veda, and even confronts the whole world with his own power."

Gu Tie turned his head to look at this somewhat wild old man, "War is not that simple, elders, weapons cannot determine everything. In the final analysis, war is a confrontation between people. What Ekbatana needs is more than a demon. Even the operator is a ruthless soldier."

While we were talking, the magic puppet slowly walked to the side of the volcano and climbed up the rock with his arms and legs. Suddenly, the leaflet on its body "banged" closed, and the exhaust vent on its back was turned over and hidden under the armor. The head crystal observation window is covered with a black protective layer. The metal giant has no gaps in his body. It looks like a human-shaped statue poured in mercury. With his arms around a heat-conducting pipe, the magic couple slowly sinks into the hot lava lake. , From the feet to the legs, the body, the head, and finally disappeared in the boiling magma. A string of bubbles emerged from the viscous liquid and turned into burnt smoke,

"What are you going to do now." Gu Tie is a little confused about the situation,

"To show you evidence of the coming disaster." An elder replied in a deep voice,

A group of people gathered around the observation window, quietly watching a pool of hellish boiling red liquid. Time seemed to stand still, only one after another bubbles emerging on the surface of the magma and bursting quickly showed the passing of seconds. , "For 140 years." An elder finally said, "For 140 years, the temperature of magma has risen by 390 degrees, the height of the liquid has risen by 17 yards, and the core pressure has risen by percent. Two hundred, the strength of the star array has dropped by 70%. The space-time star array left by Lord Gilbernaion can no longer suppress the power of Mount Ekra. It will run out of energy soon, and it will erupt more than any previous eruption. A terrifying volcanic eruption is about to occur. According to estimates, it will completely destroy the city of Ekbatana and even affect the landforms of the entire southern continent."

"It's like..." There seems to be a similar scene in the memory of the astrologer,

"Like the disaster in the northern continent that completely destroyed the ancient homes of the northern elves, "Dawn of the Second Age"." Several elders sighed deeply together, "And we, there is nothing we can do about it."

At this time, the boiling of the magma began to intensify, a smooth head surfaced, and then the entire body of the high-temperature-resistant demon puppet appeared, holding a gray-white pillar in its arms, about the size of a four-person hug. I don’t know what material the pillars are made of. They are not affected by the high-temperature magma. The pillars are engraved with dense lines. Hundreds of emeralds will strung the lines around the pillars to form an extremely complex and extremely beautiful ancient Star array,

"Is this the space-time star array of the first mentor." For the second time since the ghost of Bahamas, the astrologer saw Gilberto Gilbernaion’s handwriting full of starry mystery. Through Jona’s memory and insights, Gu Tie could feel that this star array contains very powerful power, but the long years have obliterated the function of the space-time star array, cracks appeared on the surface of the stone pillars, and the emeralds appeared dull and dull. It was just like a twilight old man. Debilitating,

"...I'll find a way." Gu Tie said uncertainly,