Xia Zuo stared at the strange mechanical creation in front of him in a daze.

This mechanical creature can probably be called a robot, but it is still very different from the appearance of a real human, the eyes seem to be made of some kind of light-transmitting material, and the body seems to be a combination of a pile of steel and gears, if you happen to see this mechanical creature in a dimly lit place, you may be scared half to death.

This person...... Is it so powerful? You can make this kind of thing.

In addition, it seems that Fred is seeing this mechanical creature for the first time, and it may be the new work of this female craftsman.

Fred stared at the mechanical artifact in front of him for a moment, then suddenly the corners of his mouth rose and he smiled.

"I didn't expect you to make something like this so quickly. Fred smiled, "Congratulations here." ”

"Hmm. "There was a woman's cold and indifferent voice coming from the mechanical creation, and there were not many ups and downs.

Seeing this, Anos and the others also greeted the mechanical creation one after another, and the mechanical creation responded one by one.

After the end of the greeting.

Fred was the first to step up.

"Then I'll make a long story short, I'm here to visit you this time, there are some crystalline fragments that need to be handed over to you for study, and I hope you can study the origin and function of these crystals. Fred said to the mechanical creation.

“...... Good. The mechanical creature paused slightly, and continued to make a feminine pleasant voice, "You can take it out and show it to me first." ”

"No problem. Fred nodded, "Here, this is one of the crystallized fragments, let us know if you need more." ”

The mechanical creature sluggishly took the crystallized fragment from Fred, then paused, and began to move slowly, re-entering the room where the mechanical creature had come from.

A moment later, the mechanical artifact came out of the room again, and it was clear that the mechanical artifact had handed over the crystallized fragments to the female craftsman herself.

Fred looked at the mechanical creature that had become silent in front of him, and suddenly said, "You're not coming out to get together with us this time?"

"I had someone else I'd like to introduce to you. Fred said with a little regret.

The mechanical creature shook slightly, and paused before answering Fred.

"There are too many people, I don't like it. The mechanical creature's eyes rolled strangely, as if observing Xia Zuo's people.

"Tsk, it's still the same. Fred shook his head helplessly, "Then let's introduce it like this." ”

"Come and see this ...... This is a new member of our Nightcurtain. Fred pointed his hand to Natsuzo to the side, and said to the mechanical creation with a sly smile.

"Come, introduce yourself, there aren't many opportunities to get to know the Soul Descendant Craftsman?" Fred then patted Xia Zuo on the back and urged with a grin.

The "......" mechanical creature slowly turned its head and looked in the direction of Xia Zuo.

"Uhh......h ”

"My name is 'Shazo Hoggen' and I am a Soul Hunter by profession. ”

"Hoggen......" the other party whispered to himself, and then faintly replied to Xia Zuo, "Hello." ”

"Alice Amelia. ”

"That's my name. ”

It may seem a little cold, but it doesn't seem like it's hard to speak......

Xia Zuo couldn't help but think and breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's something interesting about you. Just as Xia Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, Alice suddenly said, which suddenly made Xia Zuo look confused.

"Excuse me, ma'am, what do you mean by that?" Xia Zuo couldn't help but hold his forehead, but still asked politely, why do you always feel that you are just causing trouble, and there are people who think they are interesting or strange wherever they go.

"I'm not that old, ma'am. Alice's voice was a little cold, chilling.

"Uh...... That Miss, Miss. Feeling the change in his voice from the original plain to a little cold, Xia Zuo couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly changed his words.

Originally, Xia Zuo thought that Alice, as an excellent female craftsman who could be admired by Fred, should be about the same age as Fred, so he called him a lady, but he didn't expect that he seemed to provoke the other party.

Xia Zuo couldn't help but cover his face.

However, Alice said that she was not very old...... Could it be smaller than me? Wouldn't that be like a soul-born genius like Edith? How could there be so many such soul-descendants in this world.

Moreover, I originally thought that a woman and a soul craftsman were not right to match the painting style, and if she was actually a girl or a girl, wouldn't this painting style be even more wrong??

“...... Never mind. Alice was quiet for a moment and said lightly.

"As for me saying that you mean something, please don't get me wrong. Alice said lightly, "I can't confirm it yet." ”

"You'll just wait here for a while. ”

"If I can't fix this for a while, I'll let you know. Alice finished speaking, glanced at Xia Zuo more, and then withdrew her gaze without leaving a trace, and manipulated the mechanical creation to leave the crowd.

"Okay. Fred had no choice but to smile helplessly, and then found a random place to sit down, and Xia Zuo followed everyone to find a place to rest temporarily.

"Don't pay too much attention to what she says, she's already nervous, I'll tell you. Fred sat down close to Xia Zuo, and then suddenly lowered his voice and said to Xia Zuo.

"After all, the Soul Descendant Craftsman said that there is a profession with peculiarities in spiritual power, and it is really normal for a Soul Descendant to have this profession to be mentally sensitive. ”

Belch...... It turns out that there is such a saying.

"Well, I see. Xia Zuo couldn't help but bow his head slightly, indicating his understanding.

... ...

The other side.

The mechanical creature did not stop after entering the room, but slowly moved to a corner of the room, stretched out its mechanical arm, and lightly touched a part of the wall, followed by the sound of mechanical gears turning, and an entrance suddenly opened on the floor of the room.

Looking down from this entrance, you can see a stone staircase that leads deep underground.

There seems to be a small underground chamber in it.

The mechanical creature entered the basement, and the entrance to the ground level closed automatically.

The mechanical creature descended the stairs to the center of the basement, and then suddenly froze, like a marionette that had lost its control, staring at the position in front of it, not moving.

And the machine is in front of you.

A girl of about fifteen or sixteen years of age stands in front of a mechanical creature.

The girl's long straight black hair reaches her waist, but her hair is slightly messy, as if she hasn't taken care of it for a while, but the girl's appearance is pretty, and her purple magnificent eyes are shining with some mysterious and moving light, and her slightly messy dress can't hide the girl's delicate appearance.

The girl was surrounded by a variety of mechanical creations, but these mechanical creations were much more delicate and petite than the mechanical creations they met with Xia Zuo.

Moreover, none of these mechanical creations are humanoid, and they are all based on some small animals, such as "cats", "bats", and so on.

Biomimetic mechanical creations.

These bionic delicate mechanical creations surrounded the girl, creating a mysterious and strange atmosphere, which made the originally touching purple-eyed girl have a little more taste of the stars holding the moon.

Alice Amelia.

Known as the "mechanical ghost of the night", she is a ghostly and mysterious girl who wanders in the dark night.

The girl is none other than Alice herself, who talks to Natsuzo and the others.

Alice she is not lying, her age is indeed very young, contrary to the age of Edith, who claims to be Xia Zuo's sister, and her appearance is delicate and lovely, if it is not for the lack of care, her appearance is definitely no less than that of the charming and lovely Edith.

Alice stretched out her slender little hand, silently touched the body of the mechanical creation, and put the mechanical creation into the space bracelet on her arm. Gaze to the black crystalline fragments on the other side.

Alice gently stroked the crystalline fragment in her hand in front of her, her eyes glowing with a breathtaking purple light.

"Indeed...... It's kind of interesting. ”

"Him and this crystallized fragment. Alice muttered to herself.

Alice took the crystal fragment and brought it to her workbench.

Alice's workbench is inscribed with some mysterious and complex rune, and at the same time, there are many unknown mechanical devices, machinery and runes, forming a delicate balance.

These are all special Soul Descendant Artisan techniques.

Alice: She is not a soul craftsman in the traditional sense, but a special mechanical soul craftsman.

Soul-descended craftsmen generally use special magic circles and runes called "refining arrays" to refine or fuse various special materials (usually various metals and soul substances) with the special spiritual power of the soul-descended craftsmen, and finally make these materials into soul tools.

For this reason, some people call soul craftsmen alchemists, and non-soul utensils made by soul craftsmen are called alchemical items.

And these are all traditional ordinary soul craftsmen.

Alice, as a Soul Craftsman in the mechanical department, is quite different from ordinary craftsmen in the process of making items: in many places, she will use the power of machinery.

Combining mechanical technology and alchemy, as well as the power of runes, this is exactly the mechanical craftsman.

However, due to the complexity of mechanical technology and the hard work of learning, the number of mechanical craftsmen is actually quite rare, much rarer than ordinary craftsmen.

And Alice has become a formal mechanical soul craftsman at this age alone, which shows Alice's talent.

Like Edith, worthy of the name of genius.

"Let's use the refining array to extract the energy inside the crystal. Alice muttered to herself, and at the same time condensed her spiritual power, and these spiritual energies flowed into the runes of the refining array under Alice's guidance, activating the refining array.

The refining array on the workbench began to emerge clearly after the energy poured in, the dense runes also lit up one by one, and the gears of the mechanical device also began to turn, and the entire refining array flashed with a moving light, which was extremely dazzling for a while.

Alice stared intently at the black crystal fragments placed on the refining array, her purple eyes like mirrors, reflecting the light of the refining array and the crystal fragments.

A moment later.

The light of the refining array gradually dimmed, and many runes also returned to their original gray appearance, no longer dazzling, and the sound of mechanical gears also subsided, and at the same time, the small crystalline fragment changed from the original size of about the thumb to the size of the little finger, and it seemed that the size of the body was reduced after removing some impurities.

This is the energy crystallization of this crystalline fragment.

Energy crystals such as these are very suitable for use as the energy core of certain soul weapons, giving them greater power, and even giving them some special extraordinary abilities.

Of course, this kind of energy crystallization can also be used directly to craft soul weapons, which often makes soul weapons more powerful, but this method of making them is too extravagant.

It's rare for a Soul Descendant to have the ability to craft a Soul Weapon using this method.

In addition, this method of crafting is too untechnical for the Soul Descendant Artisan - this energy crystal can be directly used as a useful soul weapon if crafted.

It is not enough to make excellent equipment with excellent materials, but it is true that you can make excellent works from ordinary materials.

"Philosopher's Stone".

This is the meaning of the highest title of the Soul Craftsman, "Philosopher's Stone".

The meaning of the philosopher's stone refers to the fact that the soul craftsman's own ability has reached an extremely high level, just like the legendary philosopher's stone, which can "turn stones into gold".

The word "stone" in "stone" refers to ordinary materials, while "gold" refers to items that are as precious as gold and gemstones.

As a Philosopher's Stone, the Soul Descendant Craftsman can make excellent soul utensils from ordinary materials, and even more so if he uses high-quality materials, it is like a walking humanoid Philosopher's Stone.

"Sure enough...... High-grade dark soul energy, and ......" Alice stared at the energy crystals in front of her, muttering to herself, her purple eyes glowing with a faint glow.

"It's almost exactly the same energy as a black dragon. ”