Star Forge Titan

Although she was smiling, the twisting sutures made her face look even more terrifying than usual.

"Heroine, Roberta is a good person too. I couldn't see the fire-breathing uncle's performance clearly just now, so she lifted me up." Feng Ling climbed down from Roberta's shoulders and said incoherently:

"Ling, was the performance good?" Heidi touched the little girl's head without any airs of a Chamber of Commerce hostess.

In fact, because every child who can survive in the harsh environment of ice and snow is extremely precious, people in the north attach great importance to family and children.

"Beautiful!" The girl affectionately called 'Ling' shouted with shining eyes.

However, after she finished speaking, she, who had been educated by the seniors of the Chamber of Commerce, still stood behind Heidi very obediently, like a qualified maid who did things in a strict manner, except that she was a little small.

"I'll take you out next time I have the chance. It's getting late now, dear boy, you should go home and sleep."

Pinching the little maid's soft nose, and hearing her whimper like a puppy, Heidi said with a wicked smile:

Although she looked at Ling with very gentle eyes, the female mage suddenly said without turning her head:

"But first, we have to take care of some pesky tails."

"I understand." Roberta, who was standing behind her, responded in a low voice.

Before she finished her words, the scarred maid's tall figure suddenly vanished from the spot. If one possessed the powerful dynamic vision of a transcendent, one would have seen that in the moment before she vanished, her legs bent into a strange, reversed joint structure, as if she had switched from human feet to the legs of a cheetah.

Immediately afterwards, a strong sound of wind suddenly rang out in the empty street, followed by a suppressed groan.

The scarred maid reappeared, holding a figure dressed entirely in black. The other person was completely shrouded in black clothing and robes, with a thick veil covering most of his face.

"It seems that His Majesty's trust in me is very limited." Heidi sighed quietly and turned to look at the only pair of eyes that were not covered.

"Witch, you shouldn't try to get your hands on things that don't belong to you." Although he was caught, the Witch King's spy in black clothes and robes still issued a tough threat in a cold tone.

"It seems that you hid very well just now. You even forgot to threaten the other party who was conspiring with me." The smile on the female mage's face was still sweet, but her tone was a little sarcastic.

The captured spy couldn't help but choke. He didn't dare to get close to the figure who was taller than the maid who captured him.

The intuition developed over years as an intelligence agent allowed him to almost instinctively sense the terrifying threat emanating from the other party. Before this, he had only felt the fear of being close to that from His Majesty the Sorcerer King.

Damn it, when did such a dangerous guy sneak into the city?

He even suspected that if he dared to get even half a step closer, there was a high probability that he would be discovered immediately.

As for the content of the conversation, one could only discern a few things through lip reading. The threats mentioned earlier were actually more of a guess, given the recent uproar surrounding the Sorcerer King's secrets.

In fact, he didn't dare to approach and follow the female mage Heidi until the two sides separated.

As for the other person, he had to wait until the information was passed on and the higher-ups would decide how to respond.

However, he hadn't expected to be captured before he could even send the message. The sorceress hadn't reacted to his tracking, seemingly oblivious. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known she had access to information about the Sorcerer King's secrets.

Just as the spy was nervously thinking about how to escape, he suddenly heard Heidi sigh.

"What a trouble." As she said this, she covered the little maid's eyes.

This action made the captured spy's eyes widen, and he felt as if his heart skipped a beat as he guessed something.

However, as a third-level witch, Heidi did not intend to kill the other party directly, as that would only cause more trouble.

She was planning to be the final winner in the chaos that was likely to occur next, so how could she reveal her intentions and existence so quickly?

So, when the spy subconsciously widened his eyes, what he saw was Heidi's pair of dark brown eyes that were unique to Northerners. The dark color swallowed up the original color, and in the witch's eyes, it seemed as if there were concentric circles quietly spreading and changing.

"Memory, you should be like a drawing on the sand, carved by the ebb of the tide and erased by the rise of the tide..."

The strange chanting soon ended, and the spy who had been so tough just now was now completely silent.

He seemed to be trapped in an endless nightmare. Even after being put down by Roberta, he did not run away. Instead, he slowly sat down against the wall, mumbling incoherently.

The erased portion of memory will automatically complete the closed loop and will be difficult to be discovered by anyone other than the caster himself for a long time.

"gone."

As she finished casting the spell, the witch waved strangely towards the deserted street under the bewildered gazes of Roberta and Ling, and then started towards the headquarters of the Golden Sands Chamber of Commerce.

When all three of them disappeared around the corner, Ivan's figure suddenly appeared there.

He just felt an unidentified gaze directed at him, so he did not leave immediately after completing the preliminary agreement and information exchange with Heidi. Instead, he used his talent to weaken his presence to almost nothing.

That is the effect of the bonus talent [Perfect Appearance] gained by reaching the perfect realm of Charm attribute.

Relying on this talent to subjectively control the sense of existence, if you don't deliberately make a sound, then to others, you are almost an invisible person.

But this is not camouflage invisibility at the optical level, but another way of "invisibility" that makes the other party subconsciously ignore one's existence.

"It seems that this ally is as reliable as expected." The black-haired boy shrugged.

He seemed to have more confidence in the upcoming fight for the secret technique.

but……

"The competition has started so early."

"Really, interesting."

Chapter 10: Fortune is like a rainbow

The situation is more complicated than expected, but what does this have to do with Ivan, who is apparently just a lucky sandworm hunter?

At least, he didn't encounter any more trouble on the way back to the Rogilas.

After this period of sea trials, the Rogilas, which was originally just a model warship, has become a sand boat that can operate stably.

Following the advice provided by the half-elf wizard Kalani, Alvin, with the assistance of the cats and bugs, successfully completed the first phase of the ship's transformation.

Although the flight time is still very limited, the Rogilas can now use magic to dive in the sand, just like a submarine sailing in the sand sea.

Furthermore, the interior renovations were proceeding smoothly. After two consecutive moves, the cats and bugs finally found a stable new home. Ivan personally repaired the damaged cat apartments and then, amid the cheers of the cats and bugs, fixed them against the walls of the crew lounge.

In this way, even if severe turbulence occurs during the voyage, it will not lead to the tragedy of the cat house collapsing.

At the same time, considering that cats and bugs are shorter than humans, many equipment on the ship need to be adjusted, even the bridge, which has important functions.

There is an additional row of step-like height-raising steps in front of the operating table of the floating island-type branch, and a small gangway is installed on the edge to facilitate cats and insects to climb directly onto the operating table.

The joystick, which is too large for the Catworm, is also equipped with a labor-saving pulley set, allowing the Catworm operator to activate the various functions of the Rogilas very smoothly and quickly after receiving orders from the captain.

These transformations are based on the actual situation. At least Alvin feels that he will not be able to recruit normal sailors in the short term.

Just explaining the origins of such an incredibly advanced ship was a headache enough, not to mention the worry of hiring sailors to leak information about the Rogilas.

In the absence of sufficient trust, it is almost inevitable.

Therefore, not only did Alvin not stop the cats and bugs from their magical modifications, he even used the power of [Reshaping the World] to help them speed up the transformation process.

Therefore, even the passages inside the ship were modified specifically, with plank roads specially added on the left and right sides and even in the center of the ceiling for cats and insects to pass through.

The unique physiological structure allows catworms to have better mobility than ordinary cats. They can even rely on the help of auxiliary limbs hidden in their abdomen to run directly on the ceiling as if they are not affected by gravity, but a more suitable road can still make them run faster.

In addition, the airtight doors leading to each cabin have also been modified accordingly. Without affecting the original sealing function, special flap-type airtight cat doors are opened that even a cat can learn to operate quickly.

The only thing that made Alvin feel regretful was that the cat-powered engine in the engine room would still need to be used for a while, and the weapons combat compartment would have to continue to work part-time as a canteen for the next period of time.

In other words, in the short term, this battleship will still have to rely on the cat-powered engine combined with magic bread and cat-worm running wheels to drive it...

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but slap his forehead hard. Why did he forget to ask Heidi for relevant information?

If we could buy a magic furnace or even a magic engine, we would probably be able to quickly solve the embarrassing problem that the Rogilas is currently facing.

As the owner of a large chamber of commerce, Heidi must have heard of this kind of thing. Even if the Golden Sand Chamber of Commerce didn't run this business itself, it could definitely contact other chambers of commerce through them.

Ivan was even willing to use magical materials like elemental gems to settle accounts. After all, to him now, they were just some simple handicrafts.

It seems that I have been a little slack these past two days...

After giving a warning in his heart, Alvin raised his hand and knocked his head, then followed the passage above the bridge to the camouflaged outer deck.

At this moment, several industrious cats and bugs had appeared on the deck. They were wearing white clothes with blue stripes that imitated sailor shirts. They lined up in a row, then bent down at the same time and pressed the rags hard on the deck. With a "meow" sound, they wiped from one end of the deck to the other.

Looking at this scene in astonishment, Alvin couldn't help but smile and shook his head, sighing in his heart that cats are really hardworking and he can't be lazier than them.

To find the secrets of the Witch King and explore the path to third-level soul awakening, one must start now and start by learning from the hardworking cat.

It was already early morning of the next day. Ordinary porters working in the land port and various sand boats arriving in Ismailia from other areas immediately made this special port on land bustling.

Feeling the hot wind in the desert, Alvin suddenly thought of a question.

If the loss of vitality was simply due to excessive extraction of magic power, it wouldn't be so exaggerated that the average lifespan would be only 30 or 40 years.

Or, apart from the possible existence of some secret method, the magic extraction rituals mastered by the witch kings on a daily basis are even more brutal and backward than those of the black wizards and sorcerers he had killed in the past?

While thinking, Alvin stood at the bow and casually glanced below.

Then, his expression suddenly changed slightly.

Alvin noticed that the number of extraordinary people in the land port had increased significantly.

You have to know that this is a silent desert with a primitive social structure and outdated management methods, not Lind or Elrond where changes are taking place.

Compared to the continental nations that are experiencing national rise and technological revolution, the average density of extraordinary people in the Silent Desert is closer to the world of Palladia in the past. Even the way of life is the same. Ordinary farmers who stay in their hometown oasis to farm may never see a magician in their entire life.

Of course, as a prosperous commercial city, Ismailia has a higher density of extraordinary people than other areas because of the large number of merchants and the fact that it is a metropolis.

But it can’t be that the price would increase several times compared to yesterday in just one day, right?

Looking at the unfamiliar faces with alert expressions and different outfits, Alvin couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, while silently memorizing their appearances.

If the fight for the Witch King's secrets was a hidden battle royale, then this group of people would probably have been relegated to the loser group the moment their identities were exposed.

Just as I was thinking about it, a loud explosion suddenly came from the distance.

"This is too fast..." The black-haired boy looked up and muttered to himself subconsciously.

Then, he saw the extraordinary people disguised in various identities in the crowd around him jump up one after another and rush towards the direction of the explosion using the methods they are good at.

Although hiding oneself and achieving final victory as a bird sounds beautiful, if the mantis catching the cicada runs away before it becomes bait, then what is the point of being a bird?

Apparently everyone else thought so.

A soldier who was forcibly wearing ill-fitting scholar's clothes and whose disguise was obviously very poor, rushed over there with the buttons on his chest bursting open after the explosion.

Then, he was shocked to find that the peddler wearing a turban and a long robe not far away was actually running faster than him.

Besides, there were foreign tourists carrying suitcases and dock workers carrying heavy sacks...

For a moment, the entire land port became extremely lively, even more exaggerated than the sandworm auction yesterday. Similar scenes also occurred in various places in Ismailia.

Watching those guys go away, Alvin was thinking about the coincidental timing of the accident and whether there might be a mastermind behind it.

But he also believed that it was necessary to go to the scene to at least obtain the most timely first-hand information.

So he whistled, and immediately a tall horse, whose whole body was pure black except for the dark red mane, jumped out of the cabin happily.

Last night, this guy stole food from various vendors along the way, and just paying his bill almost affected my normal conversation with Heidi.

However, Ivan didn't want to rush over in an exaggerated way, so riding on the Mountain King became a relatively suitable method.

"Don't cause trouble." The black-haired boy righteously warned the horse who was taller than him.

"Pfft?" Shanwang tilted his head, looking very innocent.

"...I know you can understand." Alvin glared and pretended to roll up his sleeves.

"Pululu!" Sanwang, who was very good at 'reading the air', nodded quickly, and even his tongue turned into a phantom.

"I'm glad to know." He put down his fist and got on the horse.

The next moment, a huge black horse leaped directly from the bow of the ship, casting a shadow covering a large area, and landed heavily to the ground amid the exclamations of everyone.

The solid stone pavement was cracked by its steps. The Mountain King let out a loud roar, then flew over the heads of the crowd and ran quickly in the direction of the explosion.

A hot wind filled with the dry smell of the desert blew towards him, and Ivan's heartbeat quickened.

The two hearts working in coordination pumped hot blood to all parts of the body, but the black-haired boy's brain remained as calm as ever.

He did not rush to the center of the explosion immediately. Instead, he slowed down his pace across the street and rode his horse slowly towards the center like an ordinary person watching the excitement.

It can be seen that the place where the explosion occurred seems to be an ordinary residential building. There are now many more people there, but these groups of people are obviously not from the same group. While searching for various traces left at the explosion site, they are also on guard against each other.

What happened here before?

Alvin has excellent eyesight and can clearly see all the details of the explosion scene from his current position.

However, just as he was carefully observing the explosion site, Sanwang suddenly moved.

Its round eyes suddenly lit up, and then, as if jokingly, it bit a Mohawk-haired guy in the crowd and picked up the guy with this special hairstyle.

"Damn it, you beast, what are you going to do to my precious hair!?!" The man who was bitten roared in pain and anger.