This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Si Luo took the glass bottle and was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw Ye Yi standing up and walking in front of the headless mastiff, bending down and fiddling with something.

"..."

Si Luo retracted his gaze and looked down at the transparent glass bottle in his hand.

"Crystal of such high purity... No, it seems to be glass? Besides Campbell, is there glass out there?"

After a moment of silence, Slo pulled out the cork and carefully took a sip of the potion.

The heat flowed down his throat into his lower abdomen. He reacted and quickly looked down at his stomach, his eyes widening.

"Is your injury...healed?"

He looked at the glass bottle in his hand in surprise and doubt, then turned his head to look at Ye Yiyi's back, with a hint of awe in his eyes.

"Salivan...are you really a free mercenary?"

Burying his confusion and doubts deep in his heart, he carefully inserted the cork back into the bottle, not daring to spill even a drop of the medicine.

On the other side, Ye Yiyi, with his hands covered in blood and minced meat, took out a small and strange object from the shattered body of the fierce dog in front of him.

"Found it! The Puppet Axis!"

The light curtain then popped out.

[Soul Devouring Axis]

Chapter 419 I smell... shit

[Soul Devouring Axis]

Item Description: A mechanical artifact wrapped around the transmission shaft.

One of the special sensory axes that has been corroded.

Collect the Axis and present it to the Chaos Forge.

Able to extract the spiritual phantom in the axis through the Shenling Huobi.

You can also give it to the Moon Mystic Workshop's puppets in exchange for magic and items.

To imitate the skillful servants so that the puppets can gain spirituality and wisdom,

Craftsmen from all over the world placed the sensory axis in a high-density spiritual environment.

But as time went by, the axis was also eroded by stagnant spirituality.

"Corrupted by stagnant spirituality...?"

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi turned around thoughtfully and looked at the other fierce dog puppet that died under Slo's sword.

In other words, these puppets were originally made just to imitate skilled slaves like Wushanza.

Therefore, the craftsmen of the land nations placed the core of the puppet, the induction axis, in a high-concentration spiritual environment, hoping that it would produce changes.

But then the war broke out, the experiment was forced to be interrupted, and these puppets were forgotten.

Until now, the spirituality that has been deposited for ten thousand years and has become "stagnant" has caused these puppets to undergo special changes.

"Soul Devourer..."

He muttered this word in his mind, thinking that the puppet's behavior of devouring humans was most likely to devour the souls possessed by humans.

It is because of this that the fierce dog puppet that "ate" old Jon can speak human language.

This characteristic is very similar to the behavior of the Stagnation Curse that imprisons the true spirit, but it does not have the terrifying polluting effect of the Stagnation Curse.

Thinking of this, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

If this is true, then the craftsmen's ultimate goal has been achieved in a certain sense.

Although the process may not be what they originally imagined, the results may also be different.

But who can say that these soul-sinking puppets that can speak human language and obtain soul echoes after being killed have not gained spirituality and wisdom?

Even if the dog looks like a mad dog.

"It's outrageous..." He shook his head speechlessly, then looked at Si Luo who was standing beside him with the resuscitation potion in his hand.

"Huh? Why didn't you finish your drink?"

Seeing that there was still a lot of medicine in the glass bottle, Ye Yiyi asked in confusion.

"Uh……"

Si Luo suddenly choked, "But my injury has healed."

"Really?" Ye Yiyi nodded without arguing too much, "Then you can keep the rest for now."

"But..." Si Luo hesitated to speak.

"I think I know what you mean."

Ye Yiyi walked over to another puppet hound, bent down, and said casually:

"But if I can't get out of here alive, then no matter how precious the potion is, it's meaningless, right?"

"..." Si Luo lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"So keep it. It's nothing to me."

"it is good."

Si Luo finally said nothing more, just nodded slightly and put the glass bottle away carefully.

Not long after, he obtained another Soul-Devouring Axis.

The two puppet axes can not only be taken to the bricklayer in exchange for magic, but can also be presented to the Chaos Forge.

However, compared to the spells that could be learned by offering the Sacred Induction Axis, the "spiritual phantom" that could be extracted by offering the Soul-Sinking Axis was something he was a little confused about.

"What is a spiritual phantom?"

He thought about it and found that there was no such thing in the game, so he didn't delve into it too much.

"By the way, this thing..."

Returning to the deformed iron door, Ye Yiyi looked down at the garbage of gear parts that had been crushed by Si Luo in a panic, and looked up at Si Luo with an embarrassed expression.

“…What on earth is this?”

"That's a handyman, one of Lord Ars's inventions..."

Walkie-talkie? Phone?

Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow and asked again: "So what's the use of this?"

"That allows two people in different locations within a certain distance to communicate through a walkie-talkie."

Si Luo covered his face and said dejectedly, "In other words, this is the only channel for us to communicate with other guards and the outside world..."

Isn't that a phone? Ye Yiyi had an inexplicable expression.

In other words, it is something like a magical catalyst.

But judging from the purple light that flickered and disappeared on Slo's forehead, it might be the catalyst for the magic.

It also comes with a special catalyst that can hypnotize and even monitor the movements of the holder, and even see the outside world through the catalyst.

The Birth of the Messiah on his left hand also has a similar function, but the magic of the kings called [Transmission of Audio and Video] cannot be used because the lingering earth veins that serve as the "Internet" are offline.

"But then again, the lingering leylines are useless now. How did that curse-bearer connect to the nation of Ciheim in the Deep Depression?"

He fiddled with the wreckage of the damaged walkie-talkie on the ground, and suddenly thought of the scene he had detected through the mercury lamp before.

Either they bypassed the winding earth veins and used another method of communication, or there was something wrong with the tower in the outer city area.

"Looks like there's one more place to explore..."

He stood up, glanced at the depressed Si Luo, and said casually:

"Let's go and look for the intercoms left behind by the others. I don't think there's much hope."

"That's all we can do." Si Luo sighed.

"Alas, old Jon..."

The guards who were laughing and joking together in the morning were dead by the evening without even a body left.

Even Ye Yiyi felt a sense of impermanence, not to mention Si Luo who had been with Old Jon for many days.

But there is no way. In the face of the hypnosis of chaos magic, people of this era have no ability to resist at all.

Even Slo, who was suspected of having solved the problem through hypnosis, still hadn't realized that it was unreasonable to let the guards explore the construction workshop alone.

"Ugh……"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart.

Following the blood trail left by the fierce dog puppet, the two soon came to the path around the huge factory building, where old Jon was attacked.

"It's so tragic..."

Ye Yiyi covered her nose to hide the bloody smell, and used the moonlight to sweep across the ground that had turned into a river of blood and was covered with minced meat and bones.

"There are no survivors, and no walkie-talkie, but we did find two weapons."

His eyes swept across the two unremarkable daggers at his feet, and he turned his head to look at Si Luo, who had a pale face and gloomy eyes.

"The battle ended very quickly, and the weapons weren't even unscabbarded... Old Jon and the others must have been ambushed."

"I know……"

Si Luo whispered: "If it weren't for you, Sullivan, I would have followed in the footsteps of Old Jon and the others."

"That monster moves silently and quickly. If you were to be attacked by surprise, you wouldn't have time to anticipate it."

Ye Yiyi shook his head and picked up the dagger that was intact, but the scabbard was stained with blood.

The light curtain then popped out.

【Cross Mark Dagger】

Requirements: Strength 8, Skill 10

Damage Modification: Strength D, Skill C

Durability: 120/120

Skill cost: [0/8]

Item Description: A small straight sword used by the Ars Guard.

The cross-shaped guard is engraved with the emblems of Campbell and Ars.

Among straight swords, it is light and easy to use.

The members of the Ars Guard are all from the weak noble families of Campbell.

It is said that it was during the decline of Ars,

One of the parts of the exchange of interests with the nobles.

Therefore, although the guards have good combat capabilities,

But their fighting spirit and loyalty are questionable.

Combat Skills: Wei@Qi Ling Pull Woo] Luba Qi Qi H7 Ling Meng Power Counterattack

He took a stance and used his unique sword style to ward off attacks from above.

And instantly perform a counter-slash with the master's sword fighting skills.

Consumes focus to make the counterattack unstoppable.

"The Ars Guard..."

After reading the item description, Ye Yiyi turned his head and looked at Si Luo thoughtfully.

Si Luo seemed to have said before that he was the youngest son of a small noble family and had no right of inheritance.

I sent the youngest son, who had no inheritance rights, to the Ars family as a guard through connections. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now I think it's a bit strange.

How could a small country noble have the connections to get close to the now powerful Ars family?

Now he seemed to understand a little bit. It turned out that it was part of the exchange of interests.