Chapter 116 [Necromancer Psionics] (Please subscribe! Please read!)
The arrival of these five mechanical puppets immediately changed the atmosphere in the bar.
The previously noisy crowd instantly fell silent, looking at them with frightened eyes, not daring to make even a single noise.
Only Jack took the initiative to walk up to the puppet and asked respectfully.
“Your Excellency, Affairs Officer, I remember that I was supposed to send someone to serve a few days ago. Why are you here again today?”
The leader of the mechanical puppet spoke hoarsely: "Death service... is not qualified."
"The prince... needs...live service."
Its tone was weird and very slow.
Compared to mechanical puppets like Jack, who are not much different from living people, they are more like dull machines controlled by programs.
Just hearing the word "live labor", the blue light in Jack's eyes dimmed instantly, and his voice became a little difficult.
"Can you please be accommodating for a few days? I can choose the candidates for active labor..."
"No."
The affairs officer replied decisively: "Today... right here "
"Or...let me choose?"
Its eyes swept over the people in the bar, and every puppet it saw couldn't help but lower their heads. , the body trembled slightly with fear.
Finally, the steward looked at a petite puppet painted in pink.
“Young souls...are very suitable to be the fuel for the [Snake of the Atrium].”
“Anna...”
The blue light in Jack’s eyes began to flicker. The light and dark flickers, and the roar of the steam core in the body is faintly visible.
But at the same time, the four puppets around the steward looked at him, and a dangerous red light lit up under their helmets.
"Are you going to go against the will of the king?"
"Dad, don't..."
There was a hint of pleading in Anna's eyes.
She knows very well what will happen if she becomes an enemy of [Lord of Rust].
Not just her and her dad, but everyone in the bar will not be spared!
Rather than doing this, it would be better to sacrifice her alone...
The eyes of everyone in the bar also fell on Jack, waiting for him to make the final decision.
Seeing that the sound of steam rushing inside Jack's body gradually subsided, they were slightly relieved, but they felt a little sad.
This time it’s Anna, next time, who will it be?
“A wise decision.”
The affairs officer nodded with satisfaction and was about to wave his hand and take Anna away.
Boom!
Two blasts of air sounded almost at the same time.
A dark figure holding a big sword appeared like a ghost.
The big sword seemed to be made of blood, and the dark lines on it were constantly squirming and roaring, exuding malice to choose and devour others.
The bloody sword slashed down, and the violent wind even made people at a close distance unsteady.
The four mechanical puppets gathered together, their bodies split into two from the waist.
Kill them instantly!
On the other side, Jack waved his rusty iron fist and struck straight into the clerk's heart!
Cang!
The shock wave visible to the naked eye spread, causing the affairs officer to take several steps back.
"Those who disobey orders...kill!"
"Outsiders...kill!"
Buzz——
The affairs officer's eyes flashed red Mang, punched away Jack beside him.
Immediately, the sludge on its surface gradually squirmed.
The four fallen mechanical puppets clung to his body in disorder, as if attracted by some kind of attraction, and quickly merged into one.
Like a mechanically stitched monster!
The next moment is available!
A bloody giant sword has pierced its back!
The clerk roared like a beast, turned his head abruptly, stared at Xia En, and said arrogantly.
"Outsiders...you can't kill me!"
"My power comes from the Rusty Lord!"
Xia En said expressionlessly: "Really? "
He grasped the hilt of the sword tightly, tensed his muscles, and suddenly raised the entire sword upwards.
With a tooth-piercing friction sound, the sword cut through the metal and gears inside the steward's body, cutting a straight wound through his body from the back of his heart to his neck.
Those sludge-like substances tried their best to prevent the blood sword from moving, but they seemed extremely weak in front of Xia En's terrifying power.
When the sword is close to the head.
A trace of panic finally flashed through the red light in the affairs officer's eyes.
But it still roared: "You will pay for your actions! The Lord of Rust will punish you!"
Before he finished speaking, some of the sticky mud on its body surged into Xia En's body.
This seems to be some kind of mark, or a curse!
It’s just...
The moment the mud touched Xia En’s body surface, he shrank back faster!
A layer of black fire even ignited on the outermost layer of sludge, and quickly spread throughout the affairs officer's body.
At this moment, the steward felt a fear stronger than ever -
It felt that the connection between itself and the Rusty Lord was constantly weakening!
As the sludge burns, the power and activity bestowed by the Maharaja melt as quickly as ice and snow!
At this time, a voice trembling with fear finally came out from under the metal shell of the affairs officer: "You...you are not an ordinary outsider..."
"You even Not a human being...what the hell is 伱..."
Unfortunately, its question cannot be answered after all.
Because before that, this mixed metal puppet suddenly disintegrated and turned into a piece of soundless scrap metal.
Everyone in the bar stared at this scene blankly, speechless for a moment.
That terrible affairs officer died in the hands of this outsider?
At the same time.
[It has been detected that "Secret Sea Crystal" (special) is present in the corpse. Should it be absorbed? 】
“Special?” Xia En’s eyes lit up.
According to his experience, [Secret Sea Crystal] with this suffix can bring quite a surprise.
[Ship Soul Level: LV3 (18%)! 】
[Unlock Talent: Undead Psionic Energy]
[Quality: Poor]
[Description: The dead corpses contain profound energy. 】
【Those who master this psionic energy can awaken corpses, communicate with the dead, or open the profound door to death. 】
【The skeletons of dead mechanical creatures are probably also controlled by this power, right? 】
[The corpse is talking...]
"Huh?"
Xia En frowned and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
He killed a mechanical puppet, not an undead creature. How could he develop such a talent?
But after seeing the penultimate sentence of the description, Xia En suddenly woke up.
This clerk under [Lord of Rust] is actually a necromantic machine? !
No, it’s not just one.
The same is true for other mechanical puppets.
No wonder Xia En couldn't feel any power of the steam core from them. That weird black mud may also be a manifestation of the psionic energy of the undead.
So, is the essence of this [Rust Lord]... a necromancer?
Xia En was startled by his guess, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was some possibility.
If [The Lord of Rust] can transform mechanical skeletons into undead creatures, then the discarded steel in this city will undoubtedly be an inexhaustible material!
But guesses are just guesses after all, and nothing is conclusive until it is confirmed.
……
……
Just then.
Jack in the crowd was the first to react and said in surprise.
"Brother, your skills... are really extraordinary."
Xia En suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and smiled lightly: "Boss Jack, just don't mind me being nosy. ”
“How?”
Jack said frankly: "I had planned to fight them, but I couldn't allow them to take away my beloved Anna."
"But...if you hadn't taken action, brother, I'm afraid it would have been really bad. "Little."
Xia En couldn't help but asked curiously: "Do you still need to serve in this [rusty waste city]?"
"What are living and dead labor?" What do you mean?"
Jack sighed: "Brother, come with me, you will understand after you see this."
Soon, Old Jack took Shane to a small room on the side of the bar.
Chi—
As soon as he walked into the room, a cloud of white turbid steam with a strange smell hit his face.
After seeing the scene in the room clearly, even Xia En couldn't help but breathe.
In this small room, one after another highly rusted mechanical puppets are displayed like corpses.
Pipes extend from them, connecting to the thick pipes on the walls.
The turbid steam is produced from the steam core in the puppets' bodies and injected into the pipes to become usable energy.
"...Is this?"
Jack said quietly: "In fact, before the great flood came, the city lord had hesitated to embark on this irreversible path. ”
“One of the important difficulties is that no matter how developed the traditional steam engine is, it still needs combustion to operate. ”
"But under this sea water, how can there be so much oxygen for burning?"
"However, the [Heart of Steam] invented by that genius made everything turn around."
< br>“This extraordinary steam creation has achieved a transformation at a more microscopic level. As long as materials are input, the heart of the machine can continuously produce abundant steam.”
“How is this? What an incredible invention that transcends the times!”
“It has become popular throughout the city as it should, and has become an indispensable core of various steam devices.”
"It's just..."
Jack paused and let out a heavy sigh: "The genius had good intentions, but he ignored one thing."
"After transforming into After the advent of machinery, humans with [Heart of Steam] themselves have become a tool, a resource, and a...consumable."
"The so-called 'service' is nothing else, it is just putting it into service. Let’s use it as a tool to create steam for the [Rust Lord]!”
Jack looked at the people lying in the room again.
"Dead servants, just like these people, their consciousness has entered a dormant state and cannot perceive external objects. Only the [Steam Heart] still maintains weak vitality."
"As for living servants, then It is to imprison people in place and watch their own steam being produced and squeezed out."
"Other than that, nothing can be done"
"Day after day. Day after year, until... the day it broke."
After hearing these words, Xia En was horrified.
Compared with the vampires' direct blood-drinking and massacre, this kind of alienation of people reveals a stronger sense of terror.
"Then they..."
"Everyone here voluntarily hibernates."
Jack looked at those familiar faces and said sadly: " For them, there is no point in continuing to live. A long life is a kind of suffering."
"So they chose this way of self-relief."
"If it weren't for Anna, maybe... I would have become one of them."
The two fell silent in unison.
After a while, Jack seemed to have thought for a long time and said: "Actually, I have another unkind request."
"I want to ask you... to go to the [Snake in the Atrium] 】Save a person”
(End of this chapter)