The evil witch BOSS just wants to develop in a low-key manner

Chapter 124 [Steam Magic Castle] takes shape!
"Rumble..."

In the mist and heavy snow falling.

The shadow of the huge nest's collapsing outline can be vaguely seen.

On the side of the road.

A crack in the black mist was suddenly torn open, and a figure flashed out.

Zorn swept around, and the howling cold wind mixed with heavy snow raged across the entire city of Oglan.

A big snowstorm is coming.

There were few people around, and even the coachman was scared away by the terrifying noise just now.

And that [Forbidden Imitator] also disappeared.

When the [Forbidden Imitator] was captured by Zorn.

With the blessing of the [Spiritual Realm], [Evil Spirit·Authority] easily enslaved the [Forbidden·Imitator].

Killing the Spider King and letting the Imitator escape will allow it to gather some key intelligence information.

Zoen looked around, a thoughtful look on his face, and then walked towards the carriage in the distance.

Vanessa, who had been looking at the situation outside through the car window, opened the carriage door as soon as Zorn approached.

"Go to Mist Rift Town."

After getting in the car, Zorn gave the order.

As the carriage started.

"Master Zorn...it's all my fault for being careless..."

Vanessa was sitting next to him, with her head down like a child who had made a mistake.

"If I had been more careful, I wouldn't have been caught by the bad guys."

"You're only level 2, and your opponents are level 4 and 6. It's normal that you have no room to resist."

"This time, we're going to enter the ancient underground ruins. I'll give you some tasks. Do them well and advance to level three as soon as possible. If you stay long enough, you can easily advance to level four."

"Ok!"

Vanessa nodded hurriedly.

At this level, Vanessa can only help out.

It needs to be of a higher level to play a better role.

…………

When Zorn arrived at the town of Rift Mist.

There were no less than twenty steam locomotives outside the town of Liwu.

There were as many as forty or fifty horse-drawn carriages.

Many nobles even came to the town of Liwu with their families, seeking refuge in the ancient ruins of Liwu Town.

Seeing this, Zorn couldn't help but frown.

Originally, Zorn had estimated that the Reapers might not necessarily attack the town of Rift Mist.

Now it seems...

The battle of Liwu Town is probably inevitable.

If the [Reaper] or even the people from the Holy Sun Church really were allowed to invade the depths of the Rift Mist Town.

I'm afraid that all these nobles will be wiped out, and the official power of Oglan City will be greatly reduced.

For Zorn, it's no problem.

There are many hidden places deep in this ancient ruins, and you need to complete a series of tasks before you can unlock and enter them.

When doing missions before, Zorn had already unlocked several of them.

These hidden places allow you to hide in them and attack or defend.

Whether it is the [Reaper] or the [Holy Sun Church].

If they dare to kill their way into the depths of the world.

Zorn alone could cause them heavy casualties.

Even though they have quite a few level 6 sequencers.

Arriving at the hall of Riftmist Town, Zorn saw Mrs. Mabel directing people to maintain order.

"How are you doing there?"

Mrs. Mabel asked in a low voice, calling Zorn aside.

"There was an ambush, but I dealt with it. It's no big deal."

Mrs. Mabel raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this.

"Each of the core members of the [Reaper] organization from Saint Sman has a Sequence Level of at least 6."

"Even those core members who are only at level 5 have strength close to level 6."

"you……"

Mrs. Mabel looked Zorn up and down, a strange gleam in the depths of her pupils.

"Could it be possible that a level six transcendent was killed?"

Zorn spread his hands helplessly.

"Mrs. Mabel, you think too highly of me. I'm only level 4."

"If I can't beat him, I'll always run away!"

Mrs. Mabel naturally didn't quite believe what Zorn said, but she didn't delve into it.

"There seem to be quite a few people here!"

Zorn looked around the old church hall in the town of Riftmist and said thoughtfully.

The news of [The Reaper] has spread throughout Oglan City.

In addition, many nobles have died in the past few days.

Plus the horrible polluted steam train arrived in Ogland today.

The panicked nobles urgently needed more protection from the city of Oglan.

"It's not a good thing that so many people come."

Standing next to Mrs. Mabel, Zorn looked around and spoke slowly.

"If... the enemy attacks here... the consequences will be disastrous."

“That’s what I’m worried about.”

Mrs. Mabel's brows knitted together.

Speaking of it.

Mrs. Mabel looked at Zorn and spoke with extreme caution.

"Zorn, you have completed many missions in there and are very familiar with the situation there."

"How do you think we should arrange it so that we can effectively defend against potential attacks?"

After coming to the town of Rift Mist from Zorn.

Regardless of the progress of the development of ancient ruins.

Or the confrontation with Duke Muhuo.

Or it could be a proposal for resource development of ancient ruins.

All of these have solved many problems for the city of Ogland.

This time, the solution that Zorn gave to the [Torask Steam Locomotive] was a great success.

Mrs. Mabel had extraordinary trust in Zorn's judgment and strategy.

"You're asking me about such a big thing. You've become path-dependent, right?"

Zorn pondered in his heart.

After a while, Zorn slowly spoke.

"Duke Muhuo and his men must have the means to open the Rift Mist Town."

"It's pointless to try to stop the enemy by closing the ancient ruins in Rift Mist Town." "Secondly, I'm in the open while the enemy is in the dark. If the enemy launches a surprise attack, those defending outside will suffer heavy losses."

"So, there's no point in defending outside."

Having said that, Zorn paused and looked at Mabel and asked.

"Mrs. Mabel, what levels of the ancient ruins' locking ritual have you mastered so far?"

"The first to seventh floors have all been explored."

Mrs. Mabel said simply.

Upon hearing this, Zorn's eyebrows slightly raised, and a look of joy surged on his face.

"Now that we've explored it, that's good."

By completing the rift opening ceremony normally, you can directly enter any world layer that has been unlocked.

There are a total of 49 world layers that you can choose from.

After unlocking the "Layer Locking Ceremony" and activating it.

Then, you must enter from the first level of this world layer.

After all worlds are locked.

Then you have to enter from the first level of the entire ancient ruins.

The layer-locking ritual can effectively block the enemy's attack.

If all the layer-locking rituals are unlocked, it will take the enemy at least several days, or even longer, to kill their way from the first layer to the deepest world.

After roughly formulating the ideas.

Zorn said slowly.

"My suggestion is to completely abandon the external defense of Rift Mist Town and retreat all defensive forces into the first layer of the Gray Mist World to defend it."

"We must also conduct flexible operations. We must not engage in a deadly fight with the enemy. We should retreat if we can, and maneuver if we can."

"Before dark, all entrants will disperse to the safer areas of all world layers."

"Then, enable all world-level lock layers."

"If there are any nobles coming in later, they will all enter from the first floor."

Mrs. Mabel's delicate eyebrows knitted slightly.

"This...isn't it a bit too hasty?"

Zorn looked through the glass window at the drifting heavy snow and hazy gray fog outside.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and spoke slowly.

"The enemy is watching from the shadows. It's relatively late before dark."

"Well, I will report to the Marquis as soon as possible, and then try to complete the locking of the layer before nightfall."

Then Zorn looked at Mrs. Mabel again and said.

"I've gained something in each world layer, but I still need some materials. With these materials, I can unlock some world layer functions. Then I can effectively help the defenders fight back against the invaders."

She also knew about the methods that Zorn mentioned, which involved using the ancient "magic ritual platform" to perform magic.

Even some "magic ritual platforms" have been occupied by them.

As far as she knew, Zorn's exploration seemed to be more covert, and perhaps those "spell ritual platforms" would be more powerful.

"Just give me the list of materials and come pick it up before dark."

Mrs. Mabel gave Zorn an affirmative answer.

After some negotiations with Mrs. Mabel.

Zorn took Vanessa and the old butler towards the gray fog crack.

"Go to the first level of the seventh world."

Zorn said to the operator of the ritual platform.

His "Steam Magic Castle" is there.

…………

The first level of the Dharma Ring Tree World.

"Woooooooo..."

As soon as he entered the magic castle, the old butler Grunk heard bursts of melodious and roaring whistles.

It was the first time for the old butler Grank to enter the Steam Castle. He looked around nervously.

There was a light gray steam mist all around, but with the guidance of a lighthouse more than two meters high, one could see the surrounding situation clearly.

Vanessa, who was standing by, was quite familiar with the place.

He introduced as he walked.

"There are a few small wooden houses over there. Master Zorn asked me to buy the wood and build them."

"Although it's simple, it contains daily necessities for daily use and toiletries."

"There's also a lot of food stored in the monster treasure chests over there, enough for us to eat for a long time."

"Those monster chests are amazing."

"There are several monster treasure chests that have natural freezing properties. They have a strong food preservation function, just like an ice cellar."

"There are also a few monster treasure chests. Once they're closed, time passes extremely slowly inside. I once did an experiment where I put piping hot food in them, and it was still burning my mouth a week later."

"It's just that those monster treasure chests are too greedy. There's a certain chance that they'll eat the hot food and the tableware together."

As Vanessa took the old butler Grunk towards the cabin.

Zorn came to a pitch-black rock wall.

Thick steam covered the entire wall, and the outline of a huge face with a diameter of more than three meters could be vaguely seen, sleeping deep inside.

Today, the Steam Magic House has completed the extraction and sedimentation of the origins of the three world layers.

It can be said that it has taken shape and has certain combat capabilities.

The first layer is the "Origin of Gray Mist", which complements the power of the Steam Lighthouse and can provide effective defense.

The third layer is “Mirror Origin”.

With the power of steam fog, the mirror world can easily trap enemies and send them out.

The seventh and most important layer is the "Dharma Ring Tree Layer".

The original power of the Ring Tree will give the "Steam Magic Castle" amazing potential.

Others don’t know the terrifying background of this “Dharma Ring Tree”.

Zorn knew that very well.

But in the players' fast gear, the [Magic Ring Tree] will become the inevitable core of every major force in the future.

Not to mention the future, the power of the roots of the Dharma Ring Tree in front of us will also play a significant role.

During this period, after continuously feeding the disaster black fog, the "Steam Magic Castle" was able to achieve elementary resonance with Zorn's "Spiritual Realm".

By using the resonance of the [Spiritual Realm] to mobilize the power of the "Tree of Magic Rings", Zorn can easily travel through each layer of the world and even leave this ancient ruins.

This is also the situation in which Zorn is willing to hide in the ancient ruins.

The "Steam Magic Castle", which has invested a lot of time, resources and materials, can now be said to be one of Zorn's powerful foundations.

Here, Zorn can either deal with the enemy or leave quickly.

On the contrary, if too many enemies come in, Zorn can trap them inside.

He opened his palm, and the "Spiritual Spider King Crystal Core" he had harvested before was wrapped in a thick black fog of disaster.

When approaching a wall of thick fog.

The huge face suddenly opened its eyes, and then swallowed the "Spiritual Spider Web Crystal Core" and the disaster black fog in one gulp.

"Once this BOSS-level Spider King Crystal Core is digested, it won't be long before the Castle limbs grow. However, before that, we need to feed it enough metal materials."

"Fortunately, there is no shortage of metal products in Ogland City."

Feel the "Steam Magic Castle" which has begun to take shape.

A thick gray mist of steam surged in, submerging Zorn in the depths of the thick steam.

(End of this chapter)