Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 476 The Unspeakable Castel III
Chloe: [?]

Isaac: "My Lord, how did you get trapped here too!"

Chloe: [? ? ?]

Isaac: "No time to explain! Don't worry, Master, I will definitely get you out of here!!"

Chloe: [?! ...

Chloe: [Wait, you.]

After Isaac finished speaking, before Chloe could react, he slammed the diary shut, stuffed it into his pocket, and ran away!
A little while later, a short banshee struggled to climb up to the rooftop and stared in disbelief as Isaac took Chloe away.

Monica, her face contorted in despair, yelled furiously, "How could they run away! How could they run away! I only missed the patient care part in the medical team assessment, and they ran away while I was taking care of a patient! If I don't pass the assessment, I can't join the medical team, how am I supposed to go to the North?!"

She grabbed her hair and struggled for a long time before finally chasing after him.

If we can win back the patient, we might be able to salvage some points.
Isaac leaped off the church and landed in a pile of straw on the side of the street. A moment later, he crawled out, randomly chose a direction away from the church, and rushed forward.

This appears to be a city, with ordinary houses lining both sides of the streets, and city walls and fortresses visible in the distance.

If this were an ordinary city, its fortifications would be far too numerous; if it were a castle, its size would be outrageously large. These two straight streets alone are larger than any city Isaac knows.

This was an amazing discovery, but Isaac had already seen too many strange things in the church and felt nothing at the moment.

The strange thing is those huge protrusions in the street; it seems like something's planted on them.
Isaac's expression shifted; the things planted there seemed somewhat familiar.
Isn't that just a giant crop grown in a greenhouse?!

It seemed a bit small, but it was much larger than normal wheat and the like, and it was still that kind of strange, polluted creation!

and many more!

Since it's a polluting crop, then what's inside these protrusions?
Isaac briefly used his [Investigator] ability to probe, then immediately withdrew his senses in shock.

Sure enough! Inside was flowing, solid contamination!

Isaac's face twitched. This place was ridiculously bizarre; even ordinary streets could hide such a terrifying existence!

Aren't the residents of this place afraid? Living right next to such massive pollution?
No. In such a terrifying place, could a normal human being really live there?

Isaac felt a chill run down his spine, regained his composure, and focused on walking through the streets.

He had a vague feeling that someone was following him, but they weren't moving very fast, so he should be able to escape!
After turning a few corners, Isaac suddenly spotted something strange on the ground.

Two long steel rods were placed side by side on the ground, with rows of horizontal logs below them.

this thing
Isaac narrowed his eyes, rummaging through his memories to find some familiar faces.

"A horse-drawn carriage?"

He had seen horse-drawn carriages in the Rhine; they were a fashionable thing, supposedly with better load-bearing capacity and smoother ride, but the maintenance costs were high, so they were ultimately difficult to roll out.

The tracks of the carriage beneath our feet seem to protrude more, but the difference isn't significant.

Once Isaac identified the tracks, he paid little attention and ran forward along them—following the carriage tracks, he wouldn't end up in a dead end, would he?
It seemed that some people around him noticed him and called out to him, so Isaac quickly covered his ears.

"Just kidding, it's hard to say whether the situation here is even human. He's already in a bad state; if he hears something he shouldn't, and his cognition becomes unstable, that would be troublesome." After running along the tracks for a while longer, Isaac suddenly felt a... tremor?
Was his perception flawed?

No, it really felt like a tremor. The ground was shaking, trembling rhythmically, as if something was constantly hitting the ground.

Isaac hesitated for a moment, then released his auditory perception, and a tremendous sound instantly flooded his mind.

drop!!!!

The deafening roar of the steam horn startled Isaac, who turned around in horror to find a massive, square steel behemoth charging toward him at an alarming speed. Behind its steel head was a long, serpentine body, each segment made of steel, making Isaac dizzy.

Does such a massive steel serpent really exist in this world?
It truly is a divine kingdom of steel!

A moment later, Isaac's body was sent flying with a bang, scattering into countless threads.

Further along the tracks, Isaac's body reappeared. He warily watched the long steel serpent and let out a long breath.

Although it was unclear what this steel creature was, it seemed unaware that it had discovered it was hiding there, and instead roared away.

Isaac breathed a sigh of relief.

This place is far too dangerous!
He staggered, already in poor condition, and then forcibly used his ability, making it difficult for him to move.

Isaac mustered some strength, hid in a corner, looked up at the sky, and gave a bitter laugh.

He was starting to feel the strain; pursuers were right behind him, and the place was so eerie that escape seemed impossible.

Isaac took Chloe's diary out of his pocket, bit his finger, and began to write on it.

"Uh, could you please stop putting me in the same container as that corn? It keeps bumping into me, and it's hurting my corn husk."

"I'm sorry, Lady Chloe, I may not be able to get you out of here."

Where are you taking me?

"Of course it's Castel!"

"Huh? I'm going to be hung up again?"

Isaac's eyes brightened, but then he suddenly remembered something and asked with some confusion, "My lord, how did you die?"

Chloe became instantly excited, and her handwriting even became a little distorted:
Don't even mention it! The thing I regret most in my life is dying!! Do you know what I went through after I died?!

The intense emotion seemed to burst forth from the pages, penetrating the very back of the paper.

Isaac couldn't help but move the diary further away; Chloe's agitated reaction left him speechless.

What exactly did the Chief go through to make her so agitated?
Considering this eerie and terrifying place, it must have been an incredibly frightening experience!
Isaac's expression turned solemn: "You have suffered, my lord. I will do everything in my power, even if it costs me my life, to get you back to Castel, back to the lord's side!"

Chloe was silent for a moment, then two large characters appeared in her diary.

〖Don't see me off〗

(End of this chapter)