Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 382 Missing on the Spot
"Half an hour has passed." Captain Tommy was so anxious that his voice trembled. "Mr. Asdalen, Master Duncan, where on earth has the lord gone?"

It was already a bit strange that Harvey refused to be approached by his personal guards and teleported to hide on the magic stone crystal pillar.

Afterwards, the "magic core" he was holding in his hand disappeared out of thin air. How could Tommy and others not be anxious?

Although as extraordinary warriors connected to Harvey by blood, they never sensed that their lord was in mortal danger, but in this underground ruin that had not yet been deciphered, any accident happening to Harvey was worth worrying about.

The guards and engineers scattered throughout the ruins and searched carefully, but found no trace of Harvey.

Duncan also used the flying technique to fly with the hurriedly arrived Eye of Illusion and Astrologer to investigate on the crystal column where Harvey disappeared, but found nothing.

"Could it be that the Lord discovered something amiss with the core and used the Dragon Chaser's Crown to transport it to a secluded location outside the ruins for separate treatment?"

Asdalen and Chris, who had studied this soul artifact with Harvey, shook their heads in unison. "Impossible! The Dragon Chaser's Crown can only teleport over short distances. We're hundreds of meters below the ground here. If we try to teleport outward, we'll only reach the cracks in the upper mountain."

Moreover, the magic weapon's ability to transmit requires the help of spatial coordinates. The denser the rocky mountains and the thicker the soil, the less likely it is that there will be coordinate points available for transmission.

About a quarter of an hour later, Harvey still did not show up. More and more bloodline warriors were mobilized to participate in the search. Then the underground base was blocked by the army led by the lord's personal guards.

The Eye of Illusion quietly tugged at the sleeve of the Astrologer, winked at Benoit who was standing next to Chris, and the three of them walked aside unnoticed.

"Should we log in to the forum and report what's happening here to the administrators and observers..." Eye of Illusion suggested after careful consideration. "After all, the person missing right now is the forum's only real-world representative."

"I think we should report it, but...but Mr. Turing and the others may think that our protection work is not sufficient." Benoit said with a nervous tone.

The astrologer's proposal immediately drew firm opposition. "Foolish! As the forum's agent, if Sir Harvey were truly in mortal danger, wouldn't he simply turn to the forum for help? Do we still need to convey the message to those beings?"

Moreover, as a research-type spellcaster with not very high combat power, if the other party did not have complete preparations and the confidence to have a backup plan, why would he dare to go into battle personally and try to trap the mysterious "magic core".

The lord they were loyal to did possess the academic enthusiasm unique to research-based spellcasters, but he himself was not as eager and reckless as most research-based spellcasters, and even appeared to be very cautious and conservative in certain decision-making.

"Wait a little longer..." the astrologer said solemnly, "Although I haven't performed any divination, my destiny star tells me that Lord Harvey hasn't left this massive underground ruin before us."

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Soon, Reiner, the governor of the territory who stayed on the ground, led the army commander Pierce who came after hearing the news and went underground.

With the addition of these two "heavyweights", the atmosphere in the underground ruins immediately became tense.

"We shouldn't passively choose to wait!" Pierce ruthlessly refuted the conservative plans of several senior colleagues. "What's the point of just searching this ruins area?"

He bowed to the silent Asdalen and said, "Master, we should immediately order the TBMs to be recalled. We should completely excavate this underground ruin and expand the search area!" Even the usually mild-mannered Reiner immediately agreed with Pierce's decision, which was rare. "Yes, mobilize more troops and search deep underground. Don't miss any mountain cracks or natural caves... Even if we have to hollow out this section of Divine Ridge Mountain, we must find the Master's trace!"

After saying this, he called over Pep, the engineering team leader of the underground base, and ordered in a deep voice, "Move all the Alchemy Beasts on standby here."

The living shield machine is still under construction in the basin plain area on the east coast of the territory. It will take time to mobilize it. At present, there are ready-made alchemy beasts in the base, most of which have the function of excavation and mining, and their efficiency is not much lower than that of the shield machine.

Pep quickly returned to the underground, sweating profusely, but he didn't bring down a single alchemical beast. "Master Steward, something strange has happened! The alchemical beasts are clearly fully charged, and the rest of the energy formations are functioning normally... but for some reason, they're completely unresponsive to commands!"

"What?" Reiner was shocked and angry. "All the Alchemy Beasts are disobeying orders? How is this possible?"

Just as he finished speaking, a familiar, gentle voice suddenly rang out from the magic stone crystal pillar above his head: "Don't make things difficult for the engineering department. The Alchemy Beasts are all down. It might be because of me..."

It's the Lord! The Lord has appeared again!

Everyone quickly turned around and looked upwards, only to discover that Harvey had reappeared at the place where he had disappeared before, but the "magic core" he had been holding in his hand was nowhere to be found.

Pierce and Reiner rushed to the bottom of the crystal pillar and looked up anxiously, "Sir! Are you okay?"

The personal guards led by Tommy hesitated and did not dare to gather around, fearing that something unusual would happen again like before, causing their bloodline master to disappear out of thin air again.

"I don't think there's any problem..." Harvey pinched his eyebrows imperceptibly. During the long game with the magic core just now, he didn't feel any signs of excessive consumption of his mental power.

Asdalen also walked under the crystal pillar and asked with concern, "What kind of accident did you encounter just now? Why did you suddenly disappear from the real world? Is it a problem with the Dragon Chaser Crown?"

After all, it is a primitive magic weapon used by wizards in ancient times. If you are not careful during use, accidents can easily happen.

"It's not the Dragon Chaser's Crown that's the problem." Harvey shook his head, gently took off the golden crown on his head and tossed it into Asdalen's hands. "But this magical weapon seems to have been affected by the magic core and has temporarily lost all its function."

Asdalen placed the golden crown on his metal head. "It's okay. It's just that the magic runes inside are partially damaged. Mr. Chris can help me repair it."

The crowd gradually gathered around the crystal pillar where Harvey was standing, and discussed for a while.

Standing in the distance, the deputy captain of the Royal Guard, Tietou, gently tugged at Captain Tommy, "Boss...something's wrong. Why is the master staying up there? How about...I climb up and carry the master down..."

Tommy frowned, turned around and scolded: "You are still meddling in the adults' affairs? The adults can stay there as long as they want!"

(End of this chapter)