Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 140: The legend of the Hunchback of Notre Dame

The ruins of Dawn City are as dangerous as the legend says.

After encountering a swarm of giant bats in the first wave and losing several people, the hunting group subsequently encountered several waves of monster attacks, and there were also casualties.

There was also a wave of encounters with monsters that even Su Lun found a little difficult.

It was a humanoid deformed monster with four legs and sharp claws and a brain growing outside. It bursts out of the fog like lightning, kills people and then rushes back into the fog. The speed was so fast that ordinary gunmen didn't even have a chance to pull the trigger before disappearing again.

The identification information shows that it is a monster [Swiftwalker] that was deformed by an assassin professional.

The essence of distortion is that the body has endured unbearable dark energy and mutated.

The dark spiritual power in this ruins is more than ten times that near Old Lingdun, and the degree of mutation of monsters is much higher than in other places.

So, even for first-level monsters, some attributes are several times stronger than those of ordinary first-level professionals, such as speed!

Fortunately, there is a second-level professional in the team.

After several people died, Bloom, the leader of the "War Knife Regiment", personally chased into the fog and killed the monster. Only then did the crisis end.

However, the good news is that the monsters in the ruins are very strong, and the probability of producing cursed materials is very high.

Even a small group like the "Drunkard Group" following the large army has harvested a lot of materials.

And for Su Lun, the ultra-high concentration of dark spiritual power in this ruin made his breathing become stronger!

.......

The journey that normally could be completed in three to two hours ended up taking less than half a day.

In the afternoon, they finally arrived at the "Red Brick Tower Block" marked on the map.

The buildings in Dawn City are a mixture of various styles. This is a cross street, and to the east is a shabby red brick tower that looks like an ancient bell tower. There are spiers, flying buttresses and some broken stained glass, which is clearly Gothic.

The monastery where the witch's hair was found is to the west. It is also dilapidated, but it has a Romanesque dome. The main building is white, but the main hall and cloisters have collapsed in large areas...

Su Lun glanced at it with the Eye of Omniscient and it showed that it was [a dilapidated monastery].

No special tips.

Judging from the known information, there must be a "Weeping Witch" nearby that is hunting humans.

Someone found a body near here before and took away the hair and threads from the body alive. This means that the female demon may be a wandering wild monster, or it may be a cursed space triggered by special conditions.

Su Lun did not dare to be careless and did not get close to the monastery.

Then he looked down at his hands, made an awkward finger-twirling motion, and then looked around. Then he lowered his head and repeated it twice, and his brows relaxed. He confirmed something in his heart, squinted his eyes and muttered: "It's not a dream..."

He has not forgotten that the "Weeping Witch" is good at killing people in dreams.

And even if Suellen wanted to get close to the monastery, he couldn't get close.

Because the second-level leader of the "War Knife Regiment" has begun to send a small team to go deep into the monastery to investigate the situation.

They are a hunting group funded by the Oliver family. The purpose of this trip is to find clues about the "Weeping Witch" for Young Master Danzig. The dilapidated monastery has also become a key target.

But Su Lun thinks this is pretty good.

Having someone detect mines for him can at least figure out what kind of existence the witch is.

.......

After arriving near the intended destination, each hunting group began their own search missions.

Because the "Drunkard Group" belongs to the United Wilderness Hunting Equality Contract Group, they can move freely after arriving at their destination.

Benson greeted the group members, and also Su Lun: "Let's go, brother Johnny, let's go look for some buildings over there."

You can't go to the monastery, but there are a lot of buildings around it that you can go to.

Although there have been hunters here, no one can guarantee that the treasures will be collected by others through the paths they have taken.

Hunting is actually similar to gold panning. To find gold in the rubble, you need enough patience and luck.

Because this city was destroyed suddenly, the ruins preserve many of the daily items of the residents of this city a thousand years ago.

There may be undiscovered cellars, jewelry boxes in collapsed rubble, private money buried underground...

As long as you search patiently, you will always be rewarded.

As he said that, Benson led the team members to remove their backpacks and tents and began to hunt for treasures with light equipment.

The fog concentration on the street is very low now, and I can see quite far, but I don’t see any monsters.

Everyone dispersed and looked for the treasure based on experience.

It was Tommy's first time hunting in such a dangerous place, and he seemed very excited. But he did not follow Benson. Instead, he turned to look at Su Lun beside him and asked: "Mr. Johnny, can I come with you?"

Su Lun asked curiously: "Why?"

Tommy's eyes turned cleverly: "Because I think it's safer to be with you!"

Su Lun smiled, this kid is quite smart, "It's up to you."

Hearing his agreement, Tommy beamed and shouted to Benson who had walked across the street: "Dad, I'm with Mr. Johnny!"

Benson didn't care and waved his hand: "Okay!"

Su Lun is not very interested in hunting for treasures in wilderness. He is not short of money for the time being, so his search is perfunctory.

And because he knew that there was a "Weeping Witch" nearby, he kept observing the ruins to see if there was anything wrong.

Not long after, the hunting team had a harvest.

Suddenly there was a hearty laughter.

"Hahaha...I found a money box!"

The one who spoke was Bernal, a magician in Benson's team who was good at "gold hunting".

That kind of rare auxiliary spell has little combat effectiveness, but it is perfect for finding metal buried in the ground. Walking and casting spells along the way, it's almost like a human-shaped metal detector.

Benson also smiled and said: "Oh, not bad."

A small box of ancient silver coins can be sold for about 100,000 to 80,000 yuan.

It was a good start, and everyone in the Drunkard Group was in high spirits.

Suellen and Tommy also found a building and plunged into it.

.......

This street has been plundered by previous hunters. If you want to find treasures, you have to dig deep into the ruins or hide them in more hidden places.

If you don't know the special spell of "gold hunting", you will need to spend a lot of energy.

Su Lun was already very experienced, so he led Tommy, a newbie, and two "amateur level" hunters to wander around in the ruins of the building.

He originally didn't have any hope of finding any treasure, but he discovered that Tommy's ability in treasure hunting was actually very good!

The two of them came to a collapsed pile of rocks. Tommy seemed to sense something, and suddenly stopped, pointed to the ground and said, "Mr. Johnny, I think there seems to be something underneath you."

Su Lun: "What?"

Tommy frowned, as if he was trying to feel something, and said: "I don't know, I just feel..."

"Okay, let's dig into it."

As Su Lun listened to this description, he became more and more curious about what kind of talent this guy had awakened.

Prophet? Not quite like it.

Feeling that it would be alright anyway, the two started digging.

Because it is assisted by a mechanical arm, it can be dug very quickly.

After they put away the broken bricks and stones, they actually found an alchemy staff inlaid with a blue gem.

There should probably be a corpse next to the staff, but time has corrupted it into a puddle of yellowish-brown traces.

Tommy shouted excitedly: "Wow... Mr. Johnny, we really found a treasure!"

Su Lun appraised it and found that although it has been too long and the rune effect of this staff has dissipated, the material alone is valuable. He said: "The inlay on this staff is the 'Broken Star Gem'. For such a large piece, the price at the auction house will not be less than 800,000."

When Tommy heard the price, his eyes lit up, "Wow...we just found 800,000?!"

Su Lun also felt incredible: "Yes."

At this moment, he suddenly discovered something. He suddenly drew his gun and pulled the trigger towards a black figure crawling in from the ceiling behind him.

There was a "bang" gunshot.

A monster fell in response.

Before Tommy could react, he watched a deformed lizard crawling on the ceiling fall from above his head.

......

From time to time, gunfire rang out, and some sporadic aberrations hidden in the building were killed by the hunters. But there was no large-scale fighting, which meant that there were not many monsters and there was no threat.

This made Su Lun feel more cautious.

This situation is abnormal in Dawn City, where aberrations roam in groups.

For example, in areas where tigers roam, there will be very few other animal populations.

Suellen and Tommy were wandering around the ruins, and not long after, they arrived at the foot of the collapsed red brick tower.

This place has been searched many times, and probably nothing valuable has been left.

At this time, Tommy discovered something again. He pointed at the collapsed building and said, "Mr. Johnny, why do I feel that the clock tower is a bit strange?"

After hearing this, Su Lun also became interested. Tommy said "feeling", and there was a problem in all likelihood.

This is a square bell tower. The erosion of the years has left only a base of seven or eight meters. Looking at the rubble on the ground, Su Lun estimated that when the building was intact, it would be at least a hundred meters high.

In addition to the broken masonry on the ground, there are also some broken and rusted oversized clock parts.

For example, a giant bell that seems to weigh more than ten tons.

Although it is metal, no one can take it away, and there is no need to take it away. This thing is worthless.

Su Lun focused his eyes on the collapsed ruins and identified them one by one, but found nothing strange.

With doubts, he turned around and asked: "Tommy, what do you think is wrong?"

Tommy thought about it and said, "That bell."

"..."

Su Lun frowned as he listened and stared at the more than ten tons of bell again, trying to find something.

From beginning to end, from inside to outside, almost no detail was spared.

He even looked at the rust shape deliberately.

However, even after watching it for several minutes, I still found no clues.

No matter how you look at it, it shows [an ancient rusty bell].

"Does it require some special conditions to see something special?"

Su Lun thought about the cursed space at No. 88 Ginkgo Street. He needed to think about it before it existed.

Or maybe... Tommy's perception was wrong?

.......

While the two of them were circling around the bell, Su Lun didn't notice that a ten-man team from the "War Knife Regiment" that went to the monastery to investigate suddenly disappeared out of thin air in the distance.

A few seconds later, the huge bell in front of Su Lun, which had looked strange before, suddenly identified different information.

[The Legend of the Hunchback of Notre Dame]

Detailed explanation: A cursed space with a special trigger method. It will only appear when the Weeping Witch appears. Ringing the bell will cause the space to involve anyone who hears the bell within 100 meters. Normally, this is a cursed space with a level A danger, but to you it is a level D. Enter the bell tower and fulfill the weirdo's last wish to come out. Special reminder, don't let him feel your disgust, otherwise it will irritate 'it'.

"Is this really a special trigger?!"

Su Lun looked at the message and his thoughts were racing.

But the identification information showed that this was not the cursed space of the Weeping Witch as he predicted.

But a companion space that only appears when a witch appears? ? ?

Su Lun frowned as he looked at it. It was only D-level, which meant there was almost no danger.

Before he thought about it, at this moment, Su Lun heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground nearby.

Tommy on the side also exclaimed: "Mr. Johnny, look, there are a lot of corpses here!"

Su Lun's eyes followed suit, and he saw ten corpses appearing out of thin air not far away!

"Eh..."

Su Lun's eyes widened and he immediately realized something.

The corpses appeared out of thin air, which meant that they were excluded from the cursed space.

He looked at his hand again and made a strange finger-twirling motion.

Nothing unusual was found, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not a dream..."

Looking around again with the Eye of Omniscient, there was nothing strange.

The ten corpses all have regimental emblems on them, which is a **** sword. And these faces are all familiar, aren't they from the "War Knife Group"? Su Lun still remembered that this seemed to be the "Seventh Division" of the Saber Regiment.

The corpse looked peaceful, but there were a few crystalline threads on the corpse that penetrated the body.

"The Weeping Witch!"

Su Lun understood something immediately.

No wonder that [The Hunchback of Notre Dame] cursed space appeared, its triggering condition is the appearance of the witch!

Su Lun discovered this and suddenly looked in the direction of the monastery, "It's not a wild monster. In other words, there is also a specially triggered cursed space there!"

At this moment, Tommy also discovered the silver hair. He pulled one out of the corpse out of curiosity and asked, "Mr. Johnny, what do you think this is?"

Su Lun naturally knows this thing.

However, there were nearly thirty hairs on these ten corpses, which was more than Su Lun had in his hands combined.

Only then did he realize that this was how his hair came from.

However, this thing is not easy to get.

Just as Tommy was pulling out the hair from the corpse, a group of people nearby also saw something and walked over quickly. From a distance, the leader of the team stopped Tommy's attempt to pull his hair with a cold voice: "Boy, you can't touch that thing!"

Hearing this tone, Tommy was frightened and stood there helpless.

As Su Lun listened, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

.......

Originally Su Lun did not expect to be able to obtain these hair strands by normal means.

After all, these ten living corpses are all members of the "War Knife Regiment". Naturally, what they risked their lives to test out would not be allowed to be taken by outsiders.

But...

What's going on with this "malice" that's shining like a ray of light on your back?

Su Lun looked up at a group of people. He remembered correctly that they were the second division of the "War Knife Regiment". The afro-headed captain who spoke seemed to be called "Bomb Maniac" Collins.

Tommy on the side was a little confused and asked: "Captain Collins, what do you mean by this?"

Collins naturally recognized Su Lun and the two as members of the "Drunkard Group", but looking at the corpses, he seemed to be in a bad mood, "I said... don't touch these **** threads!"

Tommy's little face turned red after being scolded, and he argued: "We didn't say we wanted to take..."

At this time, Collins lost all his patience and glared at Tommy and Suellen: "Get out!"

The Lord gave a death order. This time he must find the "Weeping Witch" or a sufficient number of hairs.

Otherwise, even if everyone in their group died here, they would not be able to go back!

Now...it's not enough!

This means that some people must continue to die!

Su Lun, who was silent on the side, had determined something at this moment. He greeted Tommy next to him with a normal expression, "Let's go, Tommy."

After he turned around, the expression under the mask suddenly became playful, "Maliciousness turned into murderous intent... It seems that he really guessed it."

......

When Su Lun came here before, he was wondering why the Oliver family's wilderness hunting group had enough strength to bring out three separate groups.

It is said that they are taking care of each other, but in fact, the "War Sword Regiment" with second-level professionals has no need to bring out some scattered groups that "disobey orders" regardless of combat power or equipment.

The most reasonable explanation is that these guys have bad intentions rather than caring about favors.

Otherwise, they knew that there was a "Weeping Witch" haunting here, but they didn't reveal the slightest bit about it.

Probably the idea is to have multiple teams and more people to travel through the mines.

After all, a completely unknown cursed space requires risking your life to explore.

Just like the ten corpses in front of me.

Looking at this situation, Captain Benson was also criticized by an "acquaintance". (I wasn’t sure before that there must be a witch here, and nowhere else in the ruins is necessarily safer than here. It’s still an acquaintance, so there’s no point in reminding Benson.)

But even if he guessed some signs in advance, Su Lun followed.

First, he felt that he had to come to see it anyway, no matter who he came with.

Secondly, the other party is really malicious, and Su Lun also feels that it is just a good time to harvest a wave of experience and loot.

With the Hateful Living Corpse and the Black Scythe in hand, the "War Knife Group" is not enough to make him feel that it is an irresistible threat.

Now that the corpse appears out of thin air, it means that they have figured out how to trigger the "Curse Space of the Weeping Witch"...

Looking at the malice turned into murderous intent, the intention is self-evident.

.......

However, killing people "inexplicably" like this doesn't seem to be a good idea.

The opponent has a large number of people. In a head-on fight, Su Lun may not be able to take advantage.

And although his speculations were all true, after all, it was not clear what "malicious perception" was.

When the time comes to take action, the individual groups may still be confused and don’t know who to help.

Unless absolutely necessary, Su Lun did not want to be hostile to these uninformed individual hunters.

But he didn't intend to wait for someone to put a gun to his head before taking action.

So, he thought of another way.

Ignoring the body, he walked straight to the huge bell, then took out an iron tool and rang the bell violently.

"Boom..."

Since it is not convenient to kill people here.

Then change the place.

And Su Lun felt that he might have captured some important clues about the "Weeping Witch", and he must first go to this cursed space to take a look.