Chapter Eighty-Six: The Core
As Rowe and Mordred walked deeper into the corridor, the air getting colder and colder, the temperature plummeting, and the magic of the wiring on the walls on both sides grew stronger. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Luo Wei guessed that they were heading underground, and although the tunnel felt like it was going straight ahead, it was not surprising that it felt like it was in the middle of an enchantment, and the drop in temperature made Luo Wei realize that they were heading deeper.
This kind of thing can also be done for the enchantment, after all, the world inside the artificial enchantment is not the same as the space outside, it is relatively an independent space, so it was still in the sewer a moment ago, and after entering the enchantment, it was like being in a certain corridor.
Walking deeper, gradually red marks appeared under his feet, Luo Wei squatted down and touched it with his fingers, there was a feeling of oil, but if it was paint, there was no such pungent smell in the air, and these red marks were very small, and they also penetrated into the cracks of the stone bricks on the ground, although they were almost frozen now, but they must have been some kind of liquid before.
Is it bloodstains?
Luo Wei, who has no medical knowledge, can't judge and can only guess.
Further on, there were several beds covered with white sheets and a tool rack next to it, which looked like a hospital operating room, but on the tool rack were a large number of empty bottles and some test tubes.
It should be a tool for the study of body transformation in the wandering sea, such a prop Luo Wei has also seen in the clock tower, and there are similar chemical subjects in the classification of magic, such as alchemy or potion research, and the human body transformation that the wandering sea is good at, some aspects also need to be adjusted through drugs to achieve the effect.
Of course, the fact that these beds are so small that only babies can lie on them.
Some of the white sheets were stained with a large number of red spots, which Rowe wouldn't have believed if it weren't for blood.
Grit your teeth and don't even have to imagine what happened here to know how cruel it is.
Continuing inside, Rowe heard a slight sound, like a mechanical axle turning, a large machine made of metal at work, and it sounded like there was some kind of machinery running in front of him, perhaps the core of the entire enchantment.
At the end of the corridor, the light source dissipated, and the walls on both sides disappeared like fragments, replaced by a pitch-black space, with no edges visible from the left and right, and the walls extended from here to both sides.
Rowe looked up and discovered the source of the sound.
This can be regarded as a room, the huge square covered with black steel skin hangs from the ceiling, and the line extending from the wall of the corridor climbs up the wall and connects to the huge square, because of the iron wrap on the outside, Luo Wei can't see the structure inside, but the boy can still feel the powerful magic contained inside.
That's right, it's a source of magic at the same level as the dragon vein.
Is this unknown device the machine that suppresses the source of magic in the underground of Plymouth Harbour?
Luo Wei took a step forward curiously, wanting to see the thing on the roof more closely, but with this step, he stepped on something different.
Syllable.
Rowe looked at his feet.
Although it was dim, with the light of the flashlight, Luo Wei could barely see what was under his feet.
A face.
Rowe's face was a little distorted because his feet were on it.
There is a layer of water on the ground, so shallow that you can't even call it a puddle, but it's really ordinary water.
It should be normal to have water in the sewers, but this is within the barrier, where does this water come from?
It was too dark for Luo Wei to see what was going on, and could only feel that the room was huge.
"Mordred, give me the flashlight." His eyes scanned forward, and his hand reached behind his back to Mordred for a flashlight.
Mordred handed the flashlight to Rowe.
Relying on the light of the flashlight, Luo Wei explored the surroundings, and soon Luo Wei found something different.
Walking to the wall on one side of the room, five square holes were neatly carved into the wall, and there was a glass groove underneath, and the glass had been shattered, revealing the structure that looked like an electric lamp, wires, and broken small light bulbs.
What Luo Wei cared about was that the five square holes were exactly the same as the structure on the hands of the puppets who attacked Luo Wei just now, that is, were these square holes for human dolls?
The flashlight peeked into the holes, but it was too small for Rowe to see the inner structure, so he continued to walk forward, discovering more of them, or the entire wall.
I know it's for a doll, but what does it do?
Thinking of the huge steel device above his head, Rowe could only guess that these things had something to do with it.
If it is said that a puppet is needed to control the machine, then there is a reason to make a large number of puppets that are not powerful or fragile, and the purpose is not to protect this place, but to control the machine.
It's just that the doll just now doesn't have any equipment inside except for the shell, so if the baby's soul is implanted and a mode of action is set, then it can be done like this.
Knowing this, Luo Wei had no intention of staying here any longer, he walked towards the room, and after exploring it, he finally found a door made of steel, on which water was forming droplets, sliding down to the ground, and the temperature began to drop from here.
What are the people who have gone to great length, from stealing books from wandering the sea, to stealing babies from Plymouth Harbour, making so many dolls out of their souls, setting up a huge barrier, and having this machine overhead? Obviously, that thing was behind this iron door.
When your finger touches the iron door, it is cold, and it can be inferred that it is a colder space inside, and the water on the surface of the room falls from this door, and it takes a long time to spread it on the surface of this room.
The door was unguarded and unlocked, and Rowe opened it with a slight push.
White cold air came out of the crack in the door under the searchlight of the flashlight and drifted onto Rowe's face.
It was more cold air than outside, and even made Luo Wei's body tremble, as if he was naked in the ice and snow, but fortunately, it was winter outside, and Luo Wei's clothes could barely withstand the cold.
At the same time, a ray of light spilled out, shining through the crack in the door and onto Rowe's face.
Rowe then pushed the door open all the way and entered the next room.
The cold air, a layer of hoarfrost on the walls of this room, and a little ice slag, the light source came from the lamps on the wall, because the ice slag attached to the surface was more and more intense, illuminating the things in the middle of the room.
It was a huge cylinder that took up most of the room, or more accurately, a giant icicle, with a device made of steel above and below that maintained the temperature of the icicle, presumably acting as a freezer, freezing something in it.
And that thing was also clearly displayed in front of Luo Wei.
It was like a huge sphere, although it had obvious limbs, but it was unusually short, it was the hands and feet of a human being, and it was frozen in an icicle, and its volume was unusually huge, about one-third the size of an icicle, and if you count it as a rowe, it was about the size of ten rowe.
It's a living thing.
Or rather.... It's him.
A small head is in the position of the head of the ordinary person, and the eyes are even turning, but this is not the point, but such a small head, all over his body, about dozens, on the shoulders, abdomen, stomach, back, even arms, and chest, everywhere; The obvious stitching marks give the impression that he looks like a rag doll made out of thread by someone.
It's just a disgusting rag doll.
He was alive, there was no doubt about it, and when Rowe stepped into this room, the eyes on dozens of small heads in his body were fixed on the people who came in at the same time.
Luo Wei felt like he was vomiting.
This creature in front of you is just too much.... Disgusting, Rowe could even see the flesh bubbling out from the stitches, because it was frozen in the middle of the icicles, and it couldn't overflow, otherwise it would probably have shed a large pool of blood on the ground.
The feeling of being stared at by a hundred eyes at the same time, and everything that Luo Wei thought of when he saw this creature.
Ah, that's right, there's no need to even suspect that the stitched creatures in front of you are the missing babies.
The magician strips their souls and makes them into dolls, then cuts their bodies open, puts them together as pieces, and then sews them together, and somehow combines their bodies into the monster in front of them.
Using a baby's hands and feet as the fulcrum of his movements, inlaid with countless heads, presumably to increase his vision, he can see what is happening in every corner around him, the huge spherical body is stitched together from the surface of dozens of infant corpses, what about the rest of the hands and feet? I don't know, it's probably in my stomach.
That's right, it's a monster entirely.
In the icicles, two plastic tubes extended from the roof and stuck into the baby's back, and something flowed inside, Rowe knew, magic.
Therefore, Luo Wei could feel how powerful the magic power contained in the body of this giant baby in front of him was, it was not a magic power at the level of a dragon vein, but a source of magic power that was even more powerful than a dragon vein.
It's just that his body can't move because of the ice, and from the fact that he hasn't froze to death, maybe he is not afraid of the cold, it's just that his body can't move.
Water beads slid down the surface of the icicles, and Rowe noticed that there was more water in this room than outside, and the droplets were slowly falling on the ground.
Icicles are melting.
"This guy, will he come out?" Modred, who noticed this, stood beside Rowe and said, she also stared at the monster in front of her with wide eyes, even if she heard that it was the work of a magician who had lost her conscience, Mordred never thought that such a monster would appear in front of her eyes.
A violent aura came out of her, and Mordred grabbed Rowe by the shoulder and asked, "Where's that bastard?" I'm going to kill him now. β
Luo Wei naturally knew who the initiator was, and he also knew where he was now, but there were more important things to do.
"Calm down Mordred, I'm also angry, but first we have to find out if this guy will run out, if we just leave, he will run out uninhibited, and he will definitely run to the ground and cause immeasurable damage." Luo Wei was also very angry, he couldn't treat that guy as a human being anymore when he did this kind of thing.
But as Rowe said, they can't let this guy do whatever he wants, the icicles are melting, who knows when they won't be able to control this monster, and they can't just leave until they figure that out.
At this time, Luo Wei also understood the responsibility of the puppet, and helped control and regulate the entire machine to stabilize the temperature of the icicles, so as to control the giant baby.
Mordred has a very straight personality, but he can also judge the situation, and listening to Lowe say this is also a temporary suppression of anger.
Although it was uncomfortable to be watched by a hundred eyes, fortunately he could not move freely, so Rowe and Mordred split up and began to explore the room to see if they could find anything useful.
Unfortunately, nothing remains here.
He couldn't confirm the time when the icicles melted, and Rowe couldn't tell based on his own knowledge, he didn't know anything about these things except magic.
"Then just break the icicle and kill him, anyway, this kind of thing can't be considered a human anymore, right?" Mordred raised her greatsword, ready to shatter icicles.
Rowe was silent.
It is true that such a thing can no longer be considered human, even if it is made up of the corpses of countless infants, but the moment they are killed by magicians, the soul is separated from the body, and they are deprived of the right to live as a human being.
Didn't stop Mordred's movements, although I don't know what the strength of this monster is, judging from the source of magic in its body alone, it won't be an easy character to deal with, but now in Plymouth Harbor, only Rowe can solve this guy, and before he can get rid of the icicle himself, he will be eliminated here.
Mordred's body emitted a red light, which was a sign of the magic in her body, and she was releasing the magic in her body to turn it into destructive power, to destroy the icicles in front of her.
"Oh yo yo, wait a minute! I'd advise you not to try to break that icicle. The sudden voice was planning Mordred's movements.
She turned and gathered the magic she had unleashed, blasting out into the pitch-black room behind her.
The red light wave spread, illuminating the pitch-black room for a moment, and Rowe took the opportunity to see the man who spoke.
Dressed in a black cloak, he was covered in a black cloak that could only be judged to be a human based on his appearance.
"So grumpy? I don't mean anything malicious! β
Mordred attacked him, but he was completely unmoved, because the black shadow that rushed out of the corner of the room completely blocked Mordred's attack.
It was quite a barbaric way, the guy in the black armor rushed straight towards the red light wave, blocked Mordred's attack with his bare hands, and defused the attack with brute force.
Then the room returned to darkness, and no one was visible.
Raising the flashlight, Rowe could barely find the figure because of the distance.
Black armor and something like black mist wrapped around his body, and a red light shot from the cracks in his helmet, probably eyes.
"Hey, Master, that guy is a servant."
This judgment could not be simpler for Mordred.
Luo Wei also understands that the only one who can rely on brute force to block Mordred's attack is the Servant.
"Oh, so you guys too? The masters and servants who participated in the Holy Grail War didn't expect to have such a chance encounter here, which was really lucky. β
The unknown man waved his hand, and the servant in black armor stepped back behind him.
At the same time, the man walked towards Rowe, and indeed as he said, Rowe did not feel any hostility.
It's just the sound of him talking, which Rowe feels seems to have heard somewhere.
walked over and took off the hood of the cloak, revealing his young face, probably not much older than Rowe, but it may be because of too much sun, his face is a little dark, but he still has a peugeot face, not handsome or ugly, but can only be said to be decent.
"Speaking of which, I don't have to introduce myself, my name is Raphael." As he spoke, he extended his hand to Rowe.
Raphael? Archangels as recorded in the Bible?
It's a strange name, but what makes Luo Wei care more is his appearance.
When he saw that face, Rowe remembered where he had seen him.
Not with his own eyes, but through the eyes of others, the guy that Rowe saw through the eyes of Messeri during the Holy Grail War two and a half years ago.
That's right, this guy is the magician from Astella Academy who was in contact with Mel Ed at Eddard's house at that time.
Seeing Rowe's hostile eyes, Raphael seemed to be aware of something and was a little confused.
"You seem to know me? This doesn't make sense, I haven't shown my face in front of people since I came to England three years ago, you shouldn't have seen me, you're a magician in the clock tower, right? β
"Not really." Luo Wei said coldly, "You are a magician from Astra Academy?" β
"Huh? Got it all? No, my existence is the Ermelo of the Clock Tower and I haven't found it for two years, how do you know? Well..... What I'm best at is hiding myself, or I wouldn't have been sent by those guys from the academy to do things. β
Raphael didn't understand how Rowe saw through his identity.
Two years of large-scale searches of the Clock Tower have not found his existence, how can he be discovered by a magician who doesn't know?
"You're the one who persuaded Mel Eddard, right?"
Saying this, both sides understand a lot of things.
"Oh, Mel sued you? No, that old man won't tell you even if he dies, that's how you know, right? Mel seems to be dead, so you did that, right? I wonder why the Tower of the Clock killed Mel, even if the news of his disruption of the Holy Grail War was exposed, it shouldn't have killed him, it turned out to be you? β
"So you're a spy sent by Astra Academy?"
Raphael shook his head.
"That's not right, I'm an emissary sent by the Astral Academy, and I flew here from under the Estra Mountains in search of like-minded people, not only on the side of the Clock Tower, but also on the other side of the sea, but those people are a little gloomy, and I really don't want to come into contact with them."
Already in contact with the Wandering Sea?
Luo Wei thought about it, and was a little speechless for a moment.
"In other words, the clock tower can't find you in the past two years, in fact, you went to wander the other side of the sea? Northern Europe? β
Raphael snapped his fingers.
βbingoοΌ Heck, but it's really hard to find in the sea, you know they're on a mobile base, right? It took me two years to find them, and I didn't bother with them as soon as we met, but the scenery in Northern Europe was not bad. β
Luo Wei was a little speechless.
The search for the Tower of the Clock was organized by Lynice and covered the entire United Kingdom, but if the chosen Master was in Northern Europe, it would not have been searched in any way.
This guy also feels a little off the line, maybe as his name suggests, Raphael - the archangel who keeps the pleasure going.