Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 27: “Shadow Demon” Tim

PS. First draft, read it in twenty minutes.

Duke Raphael's territory is in the west of the Luying Empire. It is a prosperous city. It takes about half a month to take a steam ferry.

A few days' sail further west, on the vast sea, there is a place not marked on the map called "Black Barrier Reef".

There is a castle on the barrier reef with a towering lighthouse.

But there are no ordinary residents in the castle, but a secret guard of Duke Raphael stationed there.

This is a pure military fortress.

Little known.

Recently, the war between the Luying Empire and the Mafa Machinery Empire on the east coast has become increasingly fierce, and the major lords have also mobilized their military forces to participate in the war.

The great nobles mobilized the military power of their territories, which also gave the pirates an opportunity.

A fleet under the North Sea overlord pirate leader Oleg J. Popov, known as the "King of the North Sea", is active near the territory of Archduke Raphael, robbing passing merchant ships.

The "Black Barrier Reef" was also discovered by a pirate team passing by for reconnaissance.

Originally, this purely military fortress was the last thing pirates wanted to touch.

The battle damage is high, and there is no treasure to plunder.

But the unusual movements on the reef attracted the attention of a big pirate.

That is the captain of the division under the "King of the North Sea", the great pirate with a bounty of 160 million liso, and the fifth-level professional "Shadow Demon" Tim Ashley.

After several days of patient observation, the big pirate discovered that the military power on the barrier reef was too "highly matched", far exceeding the military power required to garrison an ordinary military fortress.

Finally, he decided to take the risk and try it out.

On this day, a steam warship sailed into the inner bay dock of the Black Barrier Reef.

After several extremely strict inspections, a few people on the ship entered the interior of the castle.

Then they went straight to the lighthouse in the castle, went underground, and then entered a black tower and went to the extremely deep underground

But they have no idea that in a person's shadow, there is a big pirate.

“The ‘Super Mechanical Warrior’ secretly researched by His Excellency the Duke has shone brightly on the battlefield this time. Even the guys from the Mechanical Cult have suffered a big loss.”

"Yes, compared with those bulky mechanical armors and mechanical warriors, they are simply far behind. When it comes to mechanical prosthetic modification technology, our leader is the top one"

"With this great victory in the 'Norman Sea Battle', I am afraid that the Duke will look at the Duke with admiration within the empire. Even the Queen should pay attention to rewards"

"Of course, our Lord Duke will probably be canonized as a 'First Class Duke' this time."

"Hey~ I heard that the women in Old Lingdun are very good. They live underground all year round and have fair and smooth skin. They are not the same as the weathered women on the ground. We will go to the city later. Transfer? Hehe, the Commander-in-Chief said that the so-called ladies and ladies from big families in this city are not bad in temperament. We can pick and choose whoever we like, and we can do whatever we want."

"Don't tell me, I still want to try."

"Let's get down to business first. The Duke asked us to bring so many materials because he hopes to bring the latest batch of mechanical warriors. Let's go to the research institute first"

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Not long after, the group of people arrived at the old town of Lingdun.

After leaving the Duke's Mansion, they went straight to the Mechanical Research Institute.

And because this is underground, lighting is needed, and there are shadows everywhere.

A few people were completely unaware that after leaving the tower, the shadow of one of them connected with the shadow in the corner, and then the shadow strangely "detached" from the figure and merged into the darkness in the corner.

Quickly move towards the outside of the Duke's Palace.

After getting away from the guards, somewhere in an alley in Old Town, the shadow suddenly began to twist. Then it became three-dimensional and substantial, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a man with triangular eyes dressed in the same attire at the moment.

This man is naturally the great pirate "Shadow Demon" Tim Ashley. His talent is [B-021-Shadow Mimic], which allows him to hide his body in all shadows.

This underground world is full of shadows, which is simply the home of his abilities.

"Hu almost got discovered. Fortunately, the boss gave me that treasure, otherwise it would not be easy to sneak in with so many levels."

Tim muttered in his mind and breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if a pirate is really caught, he will be sent to the gallows.

But in a blink of an eye, when he looked at the prosperous inner city of Old Rington in front of him, the big pirate's eyes suddenly lit up.

You can tell whether you have money or not by looking at the buildings on the street and the clothes of pedestrians.

My dear, where is this mine?

It is simply a prosperous big city!

These people are so luxuriously dressed. Not to mention that they are a hundred times better than poor pirates, and they are no worse than those in wealthy territories.

Also,

I heard those guys mention that this is Archduke Raphael’s secret research base!

Super mechanical warrior?

The "completely modified mechanical limbs" technology that even the paranoid mechanics of the Mechanical Sect of the Marfa Empire failed to defeat was actually successful here?

A thousand-year-old ancient ruins, the legendary City of Dawn?

Oh my God, the legendary ‘demigod’ great alchemist, does he really exist?

There are so many people who can be caught and sold at will. Aren’t they all worth real money?

Isn’t this the most ideal place to plunder?

“Tsk, tsk, it turns out that the secret of Duke Raphael’s wealth is as great as the rest of the country. There have been rumors here that the Raphael family has a ‘mine’ with endless treasures. This is actually what happened!”

Tim was so excited that he didn't expect to take the risk and actually encountered a huge surprise.

"The highest mining slave in this city is only the third level. Hahaha, you are rich but you are weak. You are going to get rich this time. You have to get the information out quickly and let the boss send a fleet over!"

The big pirate thought of something, and his figure merged into the darkness again

At the same time, underground.

The Dawn Ruins are located in a tower near the core area of ​​the city.

Su Lun and Mr. Jing are still waiting patiently in meditation.

Because some of the memory fragments of "Forensic Doctor" Gerald were peeled off, it was not too difficult for Su Lun to understand and study the contents of the diary.

He read through the contents of the notepad at an extremely fast speed.

But this is just a research note. The human body is one of the most complex living organisms, and it is still far from being thoroughly studied.

Even Gerald himself often lamented in his notes that he had only scratched the surface, and left one topic after another in his notes to be studied.

Su Lun closed the last notebook, exhaled a breath, and sighed in his heart: "The field of bio-alchemy is really complicated enough"

He finally understood that sentence. The more he understood, the more doubts he had.

After reading the notes, Su Lun finally understood why Gerald wore the [Tricolor Mask of the Life-Usurper].

This guy once found the corpse of an ancient abyss creature, and then found the piece of living flesh on the corpse.

After experimental research, Gerard discovered that the piece of meat could be fused with human flesh and blood, making the experimental subject super active and able to withstand the third-level state of [hormone runaway].

Then he used ancient alchemy to solve the not-too-strong rejection reaction of alien creatures, and sewed the piece of flesh to his body.

But he didn't realize that this thing not only affects the flesh and blood, but also affects the spirit.

Then his mind became distorted.

As the leader of the umbrella organization, he naturally has no shortage of suitable cursed objects.

He found this mask that could suppress mental distortion.

[Three-Colored Mask of the Life-Tampering Master]

Description: Once the mask is worn, no one will love it.

Curse Characteristics: Wearing a mask can maintain absolute sanity, suppress other abnormal mental power fluctuations, and resist mental power spell attacks of no higher than fifth level; if the mental power does not exceed 500, it will be affected by the cursed characteristics. Once the mask is put on , you can no longer take it off; it will also make you schizophrenic and eventually become crazy; it can absorb other people's negative emotions and enhance curse characteristics.

Detailed explanation: An ancient usurper suffered backlash during divination, and often heard the whispers from demons. In order to prevent himself from going insane, he refined this mask to suppress it; the mask absorbed too many negative emotions. , turned into an item with super curse characteristics; it can be used as a career advancement material, the spiritual power reaches 300, the dark spiritual power value is not less than 12W, the probability of fusion distortion does not exceed 5%; the fusion comprehends the 'Distraction Technique'. a? No, try ‘multitasking’. This is not schizophrenia, but a very high-end 'distraction' ability in the field of mental arts;

Su Lun also found that as his knowledge increased, the detailed explanations of the items became more detailed.

The essence of using cursed materials to take up a job is to allow alchemists to use this "foreign object" method to realize abilities that they cannot currently understand through normal means.

This ability of "multitasking" is indeed very compatible with the Puppet Master.

In the spiritual realm, it is probably as rare as spatial ability.

With multitasking, Su Lun can accurately control more than a dozen puppets; with multitasking, this number will be multiplied several times.

This ability will also increase as mental power increases.

However, this is indeed an advanced material that others require at least level four to meet the fusion requirements.

As for the 12W dark spiritual power requirement, Su Lun estimates that it will be about the same when he reaches the third level of perfection. If it weren't for the "X serum" transformation in his body, his tolerance would be much higher than others at every level. Under normal circumstances, the fourth level may only have hundreds of thousands.

This tolerance advantage will be like a snowball. The higher the rank, the greater the advantage.

There is also mental power.

He has absorbed so many mental fragments now that the mental power value on the panel is only 192, which is still far from the fusion threshold of 300.

Fortunately, now that we have [Starry Sky Visualization Technique], we can also gain spiritual power through visualization.

But even with this top-notch mental power secret method, it would take about a year and a half to reach that level.

Well, there is also [Death Reaper], there are enough enemies, it should be reduced for a long time

Su Lun is still counting the spoils of the elite groups of the two previous families, identifying and classifying them, leaving some useful materials and equipment for himself, and then packing up the unused ones to prepare for selling them in the future.

At this moment, suddenly, Mr. Jing beside him suddenly opened his eyes, "He is coming!"

Su Lun also looked serious after hearing this, and asked: "Then shall I go?"

Mr. Jing nodded: "Yes."

As she spoke, she pinched the surgeon's seal with both hands, and a layer of light emerged from Su Lun's body.

Looking again, he found that the whole person had teleported outside the tower.

"What a magical warlock"

Su Lun looked at the disappearing light on his body, then looked back at the tower, and shrugged.

Originally, he, a second-level novice, was asked to meet the fallen angel, but no matter how he looked at it, he was going to die. Not to mention that person’s combat prowess, the guards around her are definitely not him

But Su Lun didn't panic at all with Mr. Youjing's technique.

In order to prevent the sneak guard around Princess Teresa from being killed by an unknown assassin, he walked directly towards the depths of the mist without wearing a mask.

Now Su Lun has roughly figured out the whole story.

The brooch he found in Storm Manor was made of a special material that could carry souls.

Now Su Lun has determined that the hidden information that cannot be identified is the fallen angel's distraction hidden in the brooch.

It seems that burying it in the ground out of caution was the right choice.

But I don’t know why, through some channels, the butterfly brooch fell into the hands of Princess Teresa of the Duke’s Palace.

Then, probably possessed and bewitched by the soul of the fallen angel, Teresa became very enthusiastic about the ruins hunting and development of Dawn City.

He even came in person.

It is said to be hunting, but actually it is to find the sealed limbs of the god.

As Su Lun walked along, not long after, he noticed a little girl floating in the mist.

Of course it is the little ghost I saw not long ago, Pestoya.

She saw Su Lun and greeted her warmly: "Hi, Mr. Su Lun, we meet again"

Su Lun also smiled. Although he already knew why she appeared here, he deliberately asked: "Pestoya, why are you here?"

Pestoya tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Huh?? I didn't know that I felt you were nearby, so I came over to see you."

The fallen angel knew all the truth, but Pestoya had no idea that there was a "god" soul hidden in her soul.

Su Lun did not continue to ask this question.

He took the initiative to reach out his hand and motioned for Pestoya to pull him.

Pestoya didn't mind either, and happily stretched out her hand to hold Su Lun.

At this time, she seemed to have discovered something, floating in front of Su Lun. Yaobi sniffed, "Ah, you seem to have something nice to smell~"

"What does it smell like?"

Su Lun naturally knew that it was the taste of [Isaac's Alchemical Heart]. That's what the fallen angel came for, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid.

After all, he should know nothing about normal scripts.

If you don’t know the existence of the fallen angel or the divine body, you should only regard Pestoya as a ghost “good friend”.

That fallen angel was very cunning. He was defeated by Sir Isaac and his body was cut and sealed. Although he is just a lowly human being, he will never underestimate this kind of enemy.

He also suspected that there was another conspiracy behind the "burning torture".

Although a thousand years have passed, this once prosperous Auroville City has turned into ruins.

But until it is clear, He will never give up Pestoya as a shield at will

Su Lun entered the topic directly, took Pestoya's hand and said, "Didn't you entrust me with something last time? I met Ms. Seraya."

"Ah"

Hearing this, Pestoya’s eyes were full of confusion, tension, resentment, and expectation

Su Lun took out the ring that Ceria gave him, gestured, and said in a domineering scumbag tone, "Give me your hand."

This trick is tried and tested with little girls.

Without giving the ghost lady any time to think, Su Lun took her tender little hand and put the ring on her index finger.

The ring looks nothing special.

The fallen angel thought Su Lun didn’t know his existence and continued to pretend

And our ghost lady is really defenseless.

While putting on the ring, Su Lun said: "I asked your question for you. Ms. Seraya asked me to bring you a message, she said"

Hearing this, Pestoya's face was filled with anticipation and she completely forgot to pull her hand back.

After a pause, Su Lun looked at her and then slowly uttered three words, "She loves you."

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As Pestoya listened, she was stunned. Her big, sparkling eyes were filled with confusion.

She never thought that she would hear such words.

A thousand years of endless resentment seems to have nowhere to vent.

Suddenly it became

But before Pestoya could think about it,

At this moment, the ring suddenly emitted a scorching light.

Pestoya didn't feel anything, but the existence hidden deep in her soul let out an explosive scream.

And violent movement suddenly broke out in Theresa's team about one or two kilometers away!

An indescribable terrifying will suddenly descended on the entire ruins.