"Experiments?"

Brandon turned his face in disbelief, his head tilted over his shoulder, his red pupils full of doubt:

"I thought Lorent had asked me to let the dean out because he wanted to...... Wait, what the hell is the experiment?"

"This... The subordinates don't understand very well. ”

The indifferent Edward bowed his head slightly, and replied with an expressionless face: "I have only heard from the mouths of a few alchemists, it should be a design that can steadily release the power of the void. ”

"Special?"

"It should be so, otherwise they wouldn't be so excited. ”

"......" His Royal Highness the Prince was silent for a moment, his right hand was on his chin, and he pouted slightly: "That... Will it affect our departure time?"

"According to them, no. Edward was as calm as ever: "The experiment will end in the early hours of the morning, and it will not delay His Highness's journey—whether it is a failure or a success, it will be declared over, these are the words of Loren Turin." ”

"Alas...... I'm going to use this as an excuse to drag on the Crucible for another two days. His Royal Highness the red-haired and red-eyed prince dragged a long note in disappointment, and gently patted his white cheeks with both hands:

"But now that we're all here, we can't pick and choose. Thank you, guard!"

"It's an honor to serve you, Your Highness!"

Edward bowed slightly, then turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Edward, who was stopped by the voice behind him, frowned slightly, and immediately returned to his original state after turning around, and bowed his head respectfully: "Your Highness has anything else to order." ”

"Nothing, just a sudden reminder that my guards were all temporarily seconded from the Imperial Legion stationed at Ebolden. Brandon had a sunny smile on his lips, like a curious big boy: "Are you also from Sackland?"

"No, Your Highness. Edward bowed his head: "I am an Eberden, but I am also a subject of the Empire, your people. ”

"Oh, I see, sorry... But I don't mean anything else, you can leave. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Watching the figure of the "guard" leaving with the corner of his eye, the smile on the corner of Brandon's mouth became worse, but the warm sunlight gradually became cold.

The Eberden who joined the Imperial Legion, blended into their own guards, and had a leaky resume—dear Uncle Ruth Infinit, did you do everything you could to keep an eye on me, and you buried your eyeliner around me to make me aware of it, to remind me not to be afraid?

If that's the case, it's so thoughtful and grateful, I'm going to cry.

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The Crucible Academy's underground laboratory was dead silent at the moment, and all eyes were glued to the Forge Hammer "Earthshaker" in the center of the laboratory, waiting for it to complete its final debugging work.

Isaac squatted in front of the huge "earthshaker", kept biting the nail of his right thumb, his eyes twitched, and kept repeating the expansion and contraction movement:

"With the help of the original bright silver design principle, through the construction of two layers of superposition, the void power itself is allowed to move rather than from a static state, and then with the help of high-strength tempered seal carving as a carrier...... That's right, I will succeed, I will succeed, I am a genius, I am a genius... I... I'm not going to fail in a pediatric place like this!"

Helplessly glancing at Isaac, who had already begun to be hysterical, Loren shook his head regretfully, and turned his gaze to the dean on the side: "Can you start?"

"It's already possible!" the dean's voice was equally excited: "Today, the Crucible Academy will make history!"

"All hands are ready, have the warm-up and commissioning been completed?!"

"It's done!" replied to the apprentice, who was already hungry and obviously weak, at the top of his voice, "The experimental code name is 'Bright Silver', and 'Earthshaker' is ready!"

"So what are you waiting for?!After many years, let's hear the roar of the Earthshaker again!"

"Boom ——!"

As soon as the words fell, Loren, who was standing on the side, only had time to hear a loud noise, as if he had been hit by a giant hammer, and his whole body was suddenly shocked!

In the next second, the roar of the gears was endless, and all the fireplaces on the four walls of the basement were ignited at the same time, and the dancing flames rose like pillars of fire, and the underground laboratory, which was already unbearable heat, fell into the scorching hell in an instant!

It's not that it's hot, but even the surrounding vision has become blurred, and when you raise your hand, you can see that the moisture on the surface of your body is slowly evaporating, turning into a white and transparent mist!

In the distorted and blurred vision, the "Earthshaker" in the center gradually turned into a black hideous monster, roaring and raising its heavy giant arms.

"Your Excellency Loren Turin, pray. The dean suddenly spoke: "At this time, only the Holy Cross can bless us without fail. ”

"Pray? no... The Holy Cross will not bless us. Staring at the roaring "Earthshaker", Loren wiped the sweat from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were unprecedentedly concerned:

"The one who is working miracles right now is ourselves!"

"You're right. The corner of the elderly dean's mouth suddenly showed a smile, and the next second it turned into a roar:

"Quarter strength, first round of tempering, start ——!"

As if hearing the command of its "master", the black steel monster let out a series of muffled roars, and the sound of pulling the chain and turning the gears every second - it was slowly accumulating power.

"Boom ——!!!!"

At the moment of the loud bang, Loren saw the tip of the black giant arm turn golden red!

In the next moment, a strong wind like a wall blew in the face, and the whistling sound of the top pressure brought the "white mist" in the air to sweep around!

Several apprentices had already fallen under the workbench, and the dean, whose face did not change, roared again and ordered: "Half strength, second round of tempering, start ——!"

"Boom ——!!!!"

This time there was no white mist, and the black-haired wizard could already see clearly - it was not the golden red of the heat at all, but the flames that spewed around the moment the forging hammer fell!

"Three-quarter strength, third round of tempering, start ——!"

The loud bang was accompanied by a piercing roar, and the entire underground laboratory began to tremble, and the surrounding fireplace had been completely extinguished, and the laboratory was almost pitch black.

"Full strength, the third round of tempering, start ——!"

No one heard the sound this time - the moment the flames lit up, the entire basement began to tremble violently, like the wail of the earth.

Earthshaker, worthy of the name!

"Five-fourths intensity, fourth round of tempering ......"

"Don't listen to him!"

Isaac Grantham, who was still nervous just now, suddenly shouted, with a cry in his voice, and screamed incoherently: "Directly double the intensity, did you hear it?——!!

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Omni Alchemist hurriedly stopped him, "Earthshaker is twice as strong, that would make the entire hill collapse!"

"No, he's right! Otherwise, if we don't reach the strength, we will waste this opportunity!"

"Dean?!" Oni stared at him in disbelief, his eyes widening, "If it fails, the entire Crucible Academy will collapse!"

The dean of the Crucible Academy only glanced at him, then raised his right hand without hesitation:

"Twice the strength, fourth... The final round of tempering......

Start ——!!!!"

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There was a dead silence.

Pushing aside the workbench that had fallen on top of him, the black-haired wizard struggled to his feet, and looked around at the pitch black, where the original underground laboratory had been reduced to rubble by the loud bang just now.

Except, that black steel monster.

Feeling the faint aftershocks around him, Loren cautiously approached the Earthshaker in the middle of the ruins—even in the midst of that tremor, the massive hammer was undamaged.

Groping in the darkness, Loren walked up to it and pushed the top cover open, and in the center of the groove inside, a silver dagger lay silently.

The short sword that had just been forged and had not yet cooled down was completely a hot piece of iron, and Loren, who had grasped the hilt of the sword, did not care about the hot pain in his palm at all, and raised the short sword:

"May ... The Void is with you!"

In an instant, a gray-blue light illuminated the entire underground laboratory.

It hasn't dissipated for a long time.