The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 508 Return and Accident

Everyone in the cave camp was silent for a moment as they watched the scene happening before their eyes.

After all, both the Dawn Wizard Alwyn and the Swordmaster Tirion were big shots, and no one present was qualified to mediate.

Watching Tirion leave, Alvin looked around with an unpleasant expression and asked in a deep voice:

“Who on the scene has entered the ruins?”

Without Tirion's detailed introduction to the internal situation of the floating city ruins, Alvin naturally could not just rush in headfirst, but needed others to provide him with more detailed information.

Although he is arrogant, he is not stupid.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to reach the level of Dawn Wizard.

"Your Majesty Alvin, several of us have followed Dean Hiram in." At this time, several men in wizard robes raised their hands slightly restrainedly and said.

These people were part of the group that was rescued last time, and they were also representatives of the Federal Mechanical Research Institute who were doing research here after Dean Hiram left.

"Oh? Are you researchers from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute?"

"Last time, it was you who were trapped in there and needed rescue?" From what the other party said, it was the team from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute that was trapped in there with Hiram last time. This made Alvin's expression slightly better.

After all, the other party is someone who is familiar with the situation.

He naturally knew that Hiram had left the camp, otherwise he would have found Hiram long ago.

"Yes, Your Majesty Alvin." Several people said respectfully, but in their hearts they were complaining, 'This Your Majesty Alvin really doesn't know how to talk. Trapped in there? Can't he say he returned successfully?'

"You guys come with me. I'm in charge of the camp now." Alvin said this to the federal soldiers around him, then took the researchers into the tent to learn about the situation in detail.

"So, the whispers inside can actually be avoided by just losing your hearing?"

"Yes, Your Majesty Alvin."

“It’s so simple.”

Alvin couldn't help but laugh.

It is better to enter later, because with the reference of the experience of predecessors, there are fewer processes that require the sacrifice of life to explore.

It seems that the Swordmaster Tirion and his group had not made no achievements before, at least they had learned some rules of the floating city.

"After those mummies of goblins are killed, will black bugs crawl out of their heads or black mist float out?" Alvin asked again, picking out the point that interested him.

"Well, we have only seen black bugs." The leading researcher said after hesitating.

"Huh? Then why does the report submitted by Hiram say that there are monsters transformed from the black mist below?" Alvin looked at them suspiciously.

"We haven't seen this with our own eyes. In fact, neither has Dean Hiram. This is the information that the young Lord Ryan provided to Dean Hiram after he explored the negative second floor alone."

In response to this question, several researchers looked at each other and told the truth.

"Oh?" Alvin was stunned by the news.

It turned out to be the case.

But there are actually two possibilities. One is that what Ryan said is not true, and the purpose is naturally to delay the progress of the Federation's exploration of the ruins. The second is that what the other party said is true, but it is actually better. His fire magic can just kill the black bugs and black mist in a targeted manner.

Once he realized this, Elwen's mood, which had been bad because of Tirion's departure, suddenly improved a lot.

"Your Majesty Alvin, Your Majesty Garrett is here." One of the four followers who had come to the camp with Alvin, the light-footed and relatively petite Dagger Girl, came in to report.

"Okay, let's go and greet him together." Alvin nodded and stood up.

The entrance to the cave camp.

A middle-aged man in a blue wizard robe inlaid with gold came to the camp, escorted by a team of female warriors wearing bright silver chain mail and holding spears and shields.

The other person had a warm expression and a smile on his face, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, which was completely different from the feeling that Alvin gave to everyone.

Many people in the camp looked at him with eyes full of admiration.

The opponent was none other than Garrett, an extremely rare lightning wizard among air wizards. In terms of numbers, he was even rarer than ice wizards among water wizards.

Even compared with rare metal wizards like Ryan, he is not much inferior.

"Your Majesty Garrett, welcome!"

"Your Majesty Alvin, long time no see."

After some greetings, the two quickly sat down in the main tent of the camp.

"So, His Majesty Tirion has left?" Gatler frowned when he heard the news.

You have to know that the opponent is a sword master. Without such a strong fighter, the subsequent exploration of the floating city ruins will inevitably be affected.

"It's okay, Your Majesty Gatler. I have contacted the military immediately. Your Majesty Gutierrez will arrive at the camp early tomorrow morning."

"In addition, these researchers from the Federal Mechanical Research Institute are also survivors from the previous batch. They were the ones who just told me the details of the floating city ruins." Alvin pointed to several researchers nearby and said nonchalantly.

"Is that so? If Gutierrez is crowned, he can naturally replace Tirion." When Gatler heard that Alvin had thought it all through, his brows relaxed again and he nodded.

In addition, he, Irvin and Gutierrez all have experience serving in the military, so the basis for cooperation is inherently mature.

"However, without an epic-level expert who is familiar with the situation to lead the way, we still need to be careful."

"Of course. However, Your Majesty Gatler, you don't have to worry. The water magic of His Majesty Hernandez in the previous team was suppressed in the ruins, and his strength was greatly affected. But we are different."

"The three of us are the best combination after the military coordinated the situation in the floating city ruins. We all have our own strengths. So, I believe that our harvest this time will be more abundant than the previous team."

"Well, I heard that the young and powerful Ren from the Empire is a rare metal-type dawn wizard?"

"Haha, maybe. However, in my opinion, the greatest role of the Metal Dawn Wizard here is that he can directly punch two holes in the metal ground of the floating city." Alvin said in a slightly teasing tone.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, as a sword master, should be able to do this easily as well."

"Also, with the blueprint, we can also go down through the normal passage, it will just be a little slower."

"Well, since His Majesty Alvin has made such thorough preparations, I feel relieved." Gatler nodded and laughed.

"Of course, Your Majesty Gatler. I plan to wait for Your Majesty Gutierrez to arrive tomorrow, and then we will set off. What do you think?"

"it is good."

As for Ryan, he had already arrived in Zetaia. At this moment, he and Hiram were on the top floor of a high-rise building in Zetaia, sipping Bordeaux and overlooking the endless green sea view in the distance.

As for Hernandez, he has already left Zetaia and continued to the Principality of Andorra where the mission was to be carried out.

"Dean Hiram, I have benefited a lot from your introduction to the common puppets and golems involved in ancient goblin engineering." Ryan smiled and raised his glass to Hiram to express his gratitude.

Ryan really wasn't being polite.

Because it’s really improved.

The third prerequisite for his promotion to Goblin Engineer (Legendary) is "Mastering knowledge related to Goblin Engineering". At this moment, there is an additional percentage behind it, showing a value of 28%.

Although Hiram is not good at fighting, his research ability is still very useful.

"Your Majesty Ryan, you are too polite. With your talent, you can figure out this knowledge with just a little time." Hiram complimented with a smile.

In fact, he didn't really mean it as a compliment.

Before talking about goblin engineering, Hiram had always thought that since Ryan was so powerful at such a young age, he must have invested all his time and energy in witchcraft and mental power.

But unexpectedly, after a few words, he found that Ryan really understood!

Because he talked about the difficulties in the actual production of several puppets, Ryan took over the conversation very fluently, which showed that the other party was real and had really done it himself.

This completely shocked Hiram!
He racked his brains but couldn't figure out how Ryan could be so powerful in combat and so proficient in puppetry.

"But I still want to thank Lord Hiram. After dinner, I hope to have time to continue discussing relevant knowledge with you." "Of course, then, Lord Ryan, several gentlemen from the Zetaia Administrative Office have been waiting here for a long time. How about we go to the dinner now?" Hiram said with a smile, pointing to several officials who had been sitting at a round table for at least an hour and a half.

Seeing Hiram and Ryan looking over, several officials immediately stood up and bowed slightly with a smile.

"Okay." Ryan nodded with a smile.

Although he had no interest in this kind of social event, he still decided to attend it for Hiram's sake.

However, just as the two stood up, a familiar voice came from the door: "So you are here."

"Your Majesty Tirion?" Ryan and Hiram couldn't help but look in surprise at the majestic figure that just appeared at the door.

"Aren't you going to float over there?" Hiram blurted out.

However, he immediately noticed that there were staff from the Zetaya City Administrative Office next to him, and immediately changed his words.

"Don't mention it. The one coming is that guy Alvin. I don't want to stay here anymore." Sword Master Tirion waved his hand, signaling those irrelevant people to leave.

"Huh? Is that Alvin?" Hiram had naturally heard of this person's reputation.

"Well, Garrett and Gutierrez will be here soon. They plan to explore the floating city ruins in depth, so I won't play with them." Tirion said with a cold expression when mentioning this.

"In-depth exploration? Are these people very strong?" Hearing this, Ryan couldn't help but become curious and asked.

"They are so-so. One is a fire-type dawn wizard, and the other is a rare lightning-type dawn wizard. As for this guy Gutierrez, his strength is about the same as mine."

After hearing this, Ryan felt even more puzzled.

Is the Federation so extravagant that it would send the Dawn Wizards to explore the way regardless of casualties?
You know, even he doesn’t dare to go to the negative third floor.

Not to mention anything else, just think about the strength of the monsters in the prison area. If the strength of these three people is as Tirion said, and they don't have any powerful killer moves, they may be able to kill the ancient minotaur and other three infected monsters, but they are definitely not a match for the Black Mist Claw monster.

"Lord Tirion, did you not tell them about the dangers that lay within?"

"Of course they did. But their small goal is the negative third floor, and they even want to go deeper into the negative fourth floor. Do you think they will listen to my advice?" Tirion said with his eyes lowered.

"This"

Ryan and Hiram couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Your Majesty Tirion, if you refuse this mission, will it have any adverse effects on you?" Hiram couldn't help but ask with concern.

"That's not the case. This is a mission led by the military. It's actually a good thing for them if I don't get involved. These three guys all have military backgrounds. In addition, when they were promoted to Dawn or Sword Saint, they all received strong support from the military. My situation is completely different."

Tirion waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"That's it." Renn nodded.

Sure enough, even among the epic-level strong men, there are distinctions between close and distant relatives. Whether in the Empire or the Federation, there are factions among the epic-level strong men.

That night, after accompanying Ryan to dinner, the Swordmaster Tirion said goodbye and left.

Ryan almost dragged Hiram into a candlelight chat until nearly two in the morning when Hiram returned to his room.

In fact, if Hiram's research in goblin engineering had not been almost exhausted in recent years, Ryan would not have planned to let Hiram go back. After all, it would be difficult to find such a store again after missing this opportunity.

Of course, the effect is naturally quite significant. Ryan's progress in "mastering knowledge related to goblin engineering" has reached 63%.

It won't be long before Ryan meets the conditions for this job change.

Early the next morning.

Ryan, Hiram and a group of officials from the Zetayan Administrative Office welcomed the imperial delegation at the airship landing point.

I saw a long snake flying in the distance in the western sky of Zetaia. A number of airships of different sizes were lined up in two rows and slowly approaching Zetaia in the air.

at the same time.

Over at the cave camp, a sturdy man with a crew cut came over, with sharp eyes and a hawk-like gaze.

Unlike the two Dawn Wizards, Alvin and Garrett, who came with followers, he was alone, carrying a rare flat-headed sword on his back. The blade was black and full of cracks, as if it was made of some raw ore.

Another striking feature of the greatsword is that the end of the blade is flat, as if the tip of the sword has been cut off.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, you are finally here. Your Majesty Garrett and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Alvin, long time no see. Hey, His Majesty Gatler has also arrived." Gutierrez said with a smile.

Because his jaw line is relatively straight and his lips are relatively thin, he has a tough feeling, and even his smile seems a bit forced.

"By the way, Your Majesty Gutierrez, please take a rest first."

Irwin was interrupted by Gutierrez just as he was speaking.

"No, you two. I'm in great shape."

"I think we shouldn't waste time. I've learned the basic situation of the mission on the way. If there are any details, we can talk about them while we're on the mission." Gutierrez waved his hand and said.

He is the most senior of the three and has the qualifications to speak like this.

"Haha, Your Majesty Gutierrez is swift and decisive, much better than someone who was afraid and turned away." Alvin said with a smile.

Although no names were mentioned, everyone at the scene knew who Alvin was talking about.

"Haha, maybe Lord Tirion just doesn't want to contribute." Garrett also laughed when he heard it.

However, Gutierrez did not laugh, but frowned slightly.

He knew Tirion's strength, and the other party would not leave without a reason, but at this moment he naturally would not ask the reason.

Soon, a group of more than ten people, led by three researchers, headed towards the ruins of the floating city.

Before officially entering, except for Alvin and the other two, everyone else had their deafness spell cast on them in order to avoid being affected by the whispers.

With two Dawn Wizards and a Sword Master leading the way, the group moved at a very fast speed. After quickly killing two groups of mechanical chocobo patrols, they arrived near the temporary camp where Hiram's team was trapped before.

However, the hole that Ryan had previously drilled through to the underground first floor was no longer there.

"Huh? Why is it gone? It should be right here." A researcher looked at the ground around him and asked in confusion.

"It should have recovered." Gatler bent down, felt the ground with his right hand which was glowing with electric arcs, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Gutierrez, Alvin and I are not good at breaking through such thick metal layers. I may have to trouble you to help."

"Okay, leave it to me." Gutierrez did not refuse and nodded immediately.

next second!
He jumped more than ten meters high and swung the black sword in his hand towards the ground in mid-air.
In an instant, four black sword lights sank into the metal ground, and the sword marks on the ground combined together formed the four sides of a square.

"Bang!!"

Then, Gutierrez stood outside the square scratch and punched down hard.

In his opinion, at this moment, a square gap should have been made in the metal ground by him, but the next second, his expression suddenly changed.

Judging from the recoil force from his fist, the four swords he had just swung out failed to penetrate the metal layer below.

“It’s so thick!”

Gutierrez couldn't help but let out a low cry!
"Hmm? Didn't you cut it open?"

Alvin and Garrett couldn't help but be stunned!
Because according to Hiram's report, it was the young epic warrior Ryan from the empire who "melted" it open with metal magic. In their opinion, if a young man could do it, there was no reason why the old swordsman couldn't cut it open.

"Then" Just when Alvin was about to say something.

Suddenly, Gutierrez's face became serious and he said, "Attention, there's a big guy coming. It should be the mechanical octopus mentioned in the intelligence!"

Obviously, their delay attracted more mechanical monsters.

(End of this chapter)