Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 670 "Opportunity to Visit"

Are there many warlocks like her?
In mid-air, the gray-haired girl was stunned when she heard the question from the man who claimed to be a performer in front of her, as if she was wondering why the other party suddenly asked her such a question.

"If the number of Grand Warlocks that Mr. Performer is talking about is correct, there are currently 376 Grand Warlocks registered in the Tower, of which 51 belong to the White Crown faction to which I belong."

After a brief pause, Tafina calmed herself down, sorted out her thoughts, took a deep breath, and tried to look at the inexplicably creepy white smiley mask as calmly as possible, and answered seriously.

"It seems that this sorcerer lady has misunderstood my question. Then, allow me to ask another question."

But the performer just laughed softly and denied Tafina's answer, causing the gray-haired girl to pause slightly. Her heart beat faster, as if she had a premonition of something bad, and then...

"Excuse me, Miss Warlock, is the person below... your companion?"

Below? Companions?
As the performer's magical voice rang out, Tafina subconsciously looked in the direction he was pointing, and then she was stunned.

"save…"

A hoarse and weak cry for help was heard. Under the ruins of a mountain not far away, a figure with only half of his body left and the exposed skin all burned to charcoal was struggling to reach out to the three people in mid-air for help.

That's... Lacadi?!
When Tafina saw this, she was startled. She obviously recognized the other party's identity. Before she could do anything, the performer next to her said to her again:

"How is it? Miss Warlock, is this person below... your companion?"

After the words fell, Tafina came back to her senses. She calmed down and glanced at the dying figure below. A lot of thoughts flashed through her mind. Finally, after taking a deep breath, she said to the performer:

"Yes, Mr. Performer, he is another great sorcerer who came here with me to receive you two. His name is..."

"Miss Warlock, you seem to have misunderstood my question. I wasn't asking if he was the person traveling with you, but if he was your 'companion'. Please don't make the mistake."

Before Tafina could finish her words, the performer at the side interrupted her. The light voice like cotton wool seemed to carry some strange magic, which made Tafina feel a piercing chill on her back, and the words in her mouth were choked.

companion?

Why...the other party asked this?
What if she answered yes here?
What if she said no?
In an instant, a large number of thoughts poured out of Tafina's mind uncontrollably. She looked at the performer who was smiling at her and subconsciously wanted to continue to give an affirmative answer. But just as she was about to say the word "yes", a series of pictures suddenly flashed through her mind, causing her words to be stuck there.

Those warlocks of Lakadi...are they really her companions?
Past scenes flashed through her mind, causing Tafina to gradually fall silent. Finally, she looked down at the dying figure below, who had a look of longing in his eyes, as if expecting her to lend a helping hand. She lowered her eyes slightly and uttered those words:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Performer, I just answered incorrectly... He is not my companion, but just a sorcerer traveling with me."

A calm and cold voice came down, carrying a resolute meaning, as if some kind of decision had been made.

The gray-haired girl stared at the man in front of her wearing a white smiley mask and answered his questions calmly without any regret in her eyes.

That's right, no matter what the other party's intentions were, but... she didn't want to admit that such a guy was her 'companion'. Even the thought of having to save the life of such a person made her feel strongly nauseous.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the air seemed to be frozen at this moment, and then...

The performer smiled.

He smiled happily, and the crescent-shaped smile on the white smiley mask widened widely, causing Tafina's heartbeat to speed up a bit. The bad premonition she had felt before suddenly became stronger, and finally...

"In that case, I have nothing to worry about~!"

Pong!
A small explosion sounded.

The charred figure below suddenly exploded into a ball of blood mist, and a strange soul rune emitting an ominous aura fell with a shrill scream.

"what--!!!"

The man in a tuxedo wearing a white smiley mask raised his hand with a smile and took a soul struggling in pain into his hand. He compressed it into a ball in front of Tafina's dull gaze and stuffed it into her mouth, stopping the shrill screams lingering in her ears.

What just... happened?
That thing... is it Lakadi's soul?
In other words, this guy took Lakadi's soul...

“I ate it…”

The gray-haired girl muttered in a daze, staring at the scene in front of her, and froze there for a moment, and then -

Clang——! !

The sound of a sword breaking through the air was heard, and a pitch-black heavy sword that was much thicker than the weapons of the alien warriors in her memory whizzed past her eyes and slashed at the smiling performer in her stunned gaze. The performer, who was still standing in the same place a second ago, swayed and narrowly avoided the sword.

"Haha~! It's really dangerous. Why is our great hero of the black sword so eager to punish evil and promote good? Or is it your habit to swing the sword at your allies?"

A voice full of teasing and mocking rang out, and the performer who dodged the sword showed a playful smile on his mask, then looked at Tafina beside him and said with a smile:

"Okay, I've asked all the questions I need to ask. So... beautiful Miss Warlock, let's meet again someday~!"

Wow——! !

As soon as he finished speaking, strands of silk threads woven from highly concentrated blood energy rose from the gaps in the performer's clothes, cutting off any external perception and wrapping him up. Then, they disappeared from sight with a whoosh, leaving behind Tafina, who looked stunned, and the black-haired young man with cold eyes still standing there.

Disappeared……

Tafina looked at the performer who suddenly disappeared in front of her, then looked down at the blood mist below that was beginning to dissipate. She had a strong sense of unreality in her mind, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"Mr. Black Sword, who exactly is that performer?"

"He is my enemy, but for some reason, he chose to cooperate with me in this world."

A calm and reassuring voice sounded, and the black-haired young man glanced at the place where the performer disappeared. After a flash of coldness passed through his eyes, he lowered his head to look at the gray-haired girl in front of him who was half a head shorter than him, and said:

"Don't take what that guy just said to heart. As for the dead guy, if someone asks me, I will tell them that they died in the enemy's attack."

"Now, take me to your base. I have something to discuss with the Grand Warlocks you mentioned."

The black-haired young man said, looking up into the distance.

"Thank you for your understanding, Lord Black Sword."

Upon hearing this, Tafina showed gratitude, placed her right hand gently on her left shoulder, performed the usual courtesy of a tower warlock when expressing gratitude, then turned back in the direction she came from and said:

"About 300 kilometers from here is the location of Nott Fortress. You can use the communication tower there to communicate with the Grand Warlocks. I believe the Grand Warlocks will certainly welcome the arrival of Lord Black Sword." "As for the way to get there, if you don't mind, I can take you there the fastest way I know."

After saying that, Tafina moved her mental power and controlled the pyroxene shuttle under her feet to expand it to a state that could accommodate about three people. The black-haired young man just shook his head and said calmly:

"No need, I can do it my own way."

As he spoke, the iron scale cloak behind the black-haired young man unfolded into a pair of huge black iron wings. Seeing this, Tafina showed some curiosity in her eyes, but before she could ask more questions, a hand suddenly hugged her around the waist, causing her body to shudder suddenly, and she quickly said:

"Wait! Lord Black Sword, I can go on my own..."

"Too slow, I'm in a hurry."

As soon as he finished speaking, the black-haired young man raised his arm, and while the gray-haired girl was stunned, he clamped the girl's arm around his waist like a bag. Then he took a step forward, flapped his wings behind him with all his strength, and rushed towards the distance at a high speed with a piercing sonic boom.

And when it completely disappeared at the end of the horizon, the imaginative young man who had finally dug out a small space around it hundreds of meters underground looked at his 'teammates' who were quickly moving away on his map, and then looked at himself who was stuck in the pyroxene mine due to ultra-long-distance space transmission, and sighed helplessly.

"Hey, could someone come and give me a hand?"

Although it was agreed at the beginning that he must use the space teleportation scroll to hide himself underground as soon as he came in, no one told him that if he just teleported underground, he would get stuck in the stone?
So, in this underground area where no one cares, the instigator... no, now it should be called the "performer", just looked at the pyroxene ore that had stuck most of his body inside and was so solid that he couldn't even chisel it with his hands. After thinking for a while, he opened the branding interface with a slightly sad expression and called an avatar on the communication channel:
"Hello, is that Cat?"

"Meow!"

"Well~ Don't worry, I'm fine. I just want to ask, when your balls get stuck, how do you get out of trouble?"

"Meow?"

……

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Nott's Fortress, entrance.

"Mr. Black Sword, the entrance to the Nott Fortress is ahead. Once we land on that platform, someone will come to verify our identities. Since this is your first time entering the fortress, you may need to wait for a while."

"Well, that's troublesome."

The whistling sound of the strong wind passed by my ears. Above a fortress that was more than 3,000 meters high and looked like a huge metal eggshell from afar, Xin Lailai, who had temporarily regained control of his body, glanced at the behemoth in front of him, which was only of medium size among the many fortresses. His eyes moved slightly, and he held Tafina in his hand and landed steadily on the platform he indicated.

Boom——! !

[Ding! A high-energy life source is detected approaching, identity information is being checked...]

[Testing completed, Life Source No. 1 confirmed, Ash Warlock Tafina, welcome to Nott Fortress]

[Ding! Identity confirmation of Life Source No. 2 failed! If you are a normal visitor, please temporarily move outside the cordon. Relevant service personnel will arrive within 3 minutes to handle the entry procedures for you! ]

As soon as he landed, a shrill alarm sounded directly in Xin Lailai's ears. A striking red light curtain suddenly appeared in front of the metal gate not far away. At the same time, electronic sounds began to remind him not to cross the light curtain at will.

"Don't worry, Lord Black Sword. This is the normal defense inspection procedure of the fortress. You just need to wait here for a while before you can enter the fortress normally."

Tafina, who was put down by Xin Lailai, looked at this scene and quickly explained to Xin Lailai, as if she was afraid that he had misunderstood something.

She had witnessed the opponent's destructive power before. If she really caused dissatisfaction on the other side, she was afraid that the entire Nott Fortress would not be able to withstand the destruction of the other side.

"It doesn't matter."

Xin Lailai just nodded slightly without saying anything else. He directly expanded the Star Domain and easily penetrated the armored wall coated with layers of pyroxene dye. He looked at the mobile fortress in front of him curiously.

"These circuits... the structure in that flying tool is different. It feels like a magic formula, but it is not a real magic formula. Instead, it is more similar to a logic circuit. Is this the pyroxene technology mentioned in the world introduction?"

Xin Lailai looked at the armored walls around him, especially the area near the gate, and narrowed his eyes slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

At this moment, in his eyes, the structure of the fortress in front of him was not an iron shell pieced together, but tens of thousands of precise and complex energy flow circuits.

Those densely packed circuits were either parallel or intertwined with each other, extending all the way to the entire fortress, connecting the fortress in front of us into one.

From afar, the energy circuits flashing in a certain pattern are like blood vessels transporting blood, relying on the "heart" located in the center of the fortress to pump the energy generated by pyroxene to every corner of the fortress. The coordinated action of various "organs" jointly maintains the operation of this behemoth in front of us.

"I just don't know, if Xiaobai is allowed to do this, how long will it take to integrate the pyroxene technology of this world with the technology in the mechanical factory?"

After recording the scene in front of him and packaging it and sending it to the little crab, Xin Lailai thought.

Unlike the Zerg and Undead streams, if the technological side wants to increase its military strength, the prerequisites and restrictions required are far more than the other two systems. Unless it has a complete independent industrial system, the first thing to do when entering a world normally is to customize the most efficient industrial plan based on the local technological level of this world, which is commonly known as "technological integration."

Just like the original mecha guest needed to use the industrial base in the real world to build a large mecha army, if he wants to rely on Xiaobai's power to expand his army in this world, then the pyroxene technology system of this world will be an indispensable help.

Otherwise, if he really had to build a whole production line from scratch, even if other people's Zerg genes had already reached more than ten generations, he would still be working on the engine.

Buzz——!!

Suddenly, a dull roar sounded, and the huge metal door in front of them, which was more than 300 meters high, began to slowly descend. Xin Lailai, who was on the platform, looked at this scene and came to his senses. He looked inside the door with some curiosity, but -

"Tafina! Why are you the only one back? Where are Lakadi and the others!!"

A sharp female voice filled with shock and anger rang out, causing Tafina's expression to change slightly. Xin Lailai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the woman who was rushing towards them aggressively in the distance, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

Very good, it turned out that choosing the gray-haired girl as the breakthrough point was the right decision.

No, just as the door was opened, the opportunity to take full ownership of an entire medium-sized fortress from the local forces was delivered directly to the door.

Sure enough, no matter which world you are in, as long as you follow this kind of talented genius with a low birth and who is ostracized everywhere, you will never lack opportunities for encounters.

Of course, don't get me wrong, as this is the camp he chose, he would definitely not do something as blatant as robbery. He just loves to help these outstanding young people who have been treated unfairly. How can that be called robbery?

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(End of this chapter)