My name is Akatosh,

The so-called boss in front is the monster in the back, huh......

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 17th, 15:45 —

The interior of most of the dwarven ruins is similar: huge rooms, high doorways and suspended ceilings, thick and tall doors, and relatively small tables, chairs, beds, and household utensils, this vanished race is a living interpretation of what it means to be "shorter, taller".

Navigate their ruins without worrying about the spiders or snow rats and ghoul skeletons that are common in the various underground caverns, as they have been swept away by something more powerful.

"Click!"

The "Witch Raz" and a brass-colored dwarven sword clashed hard, and the latter did not last more than two seconds before it shattered, but the "owner" who held it was completely unaware of it, wielding a weapon with a short blade and continuing to attack Arthur.

"This thing ......" Arthur, who was suddenly in the range of the attack, hurriedly withdrew and raised his sword, preparing to parry this attack and then try to counterattack.

Boom! Ladia lunged out from behind him with her ebony shield, slamming the dwarven machine in front of her against the stone wall, then she swung her shield and smashed it completely, destroying its moving joints completely, even if she still had the intent to attack.

"Be careful, Baron, a lot of the experience of fighting living creatures will no longer apply when fighting something like this." She said.

"Well, thanks, I see." Arthur retracted his stance, instead staring warily at a circular dwarven trap on the wall that looked like a spring.

The reason why the ruins of Forging Mo are not favored by adventurers and thieves is that the dwarven machinery and snow elves have no oil and water to fish, and the most important reason is that it is completely impossible to "empty" here.

The Dwarven Mechanical Guard, which had just been killed by Arthur and Lydia, could be called the "Spherical Guard" if it had to be named, and it looked like a half-human-tall brass ball when it was not in combat mode, but once an enemy was spotted, the mechanism that filled the sphere would activate, and quickly and automatically combined into a tall sword-wielding metal humanoid, whose way of moving, or "feet", was still the orb that had become an empty shell, so it was completely impossible to predict its speed when fighting it.

Since it was originally confined to a sphere, the total amount of dwarven metal that made up the body was very limited, so the "physique" of the combat humanoid was quite thin, and it could be easily knocked down by a heavy weapon or blunt weapon, such as Lydia's shield, and then destroy the joints that were completely unprotected, making it completely ineffective.

But the problem is that this thing can be mass-produced.

Click-click-click-

The thick exposed pipes in the walls, as well as the unknown traps buried inside the walls, roared, and the circular traps that Arthur was staring at opened again, and a new, still spherical, dwarven guard bounced out of it.

"Is it over?" Arthur swung his sword sharply, cutting off the orb that was about to unfold and deform, and the stacked parts inside that made perfect use of all the space suddenly crackled and scattered.

"Wang!" Barbas ran over and pulled a soul stone out of the pile of parts in a few clicks, then ate it with a clatter.

"Oh, that's amazing." Sophie exclaimed as she hugged the rabbit Rabit.

Click-boom-boom - the mechanism within the wall continued to roar, and the exit of the mechanism kept opening and closing, but no new spherical guard appeared.

"The machines of the forging are all in automatic operation, you kill the guards and guards in this small area, they will be mobilized from other places according to the preset program and redeployed, or simply make new ones, for now this place is safe, for the time being." Septin implied a hand to spew out a burst of ice that froze the mechanism that kept opening and closing.

"What a pity, Wang!" Babas wagged his tail: "I still want to stay here, maybe I can harvest a lot of soul stones." ”

"You're not dirty?" Ella, who didn't get a chance to make a move, looked at the fragments of the ball and said with a little dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, it's just the soul of a beast in ancient times, but if it's used as energy on those machines, you really can't eat it, Wang!" Barbas and Ella are clearly not talking about the same thing.

It's not too surprising that the dog raised by the demon god can eat soul stones, but after being used on machinery, it can't be eaten......

"Let's go, if this happens again, we can lead the machinery away and destroy it, after all, this is just the entrance, we don't need to waste time here." Arthur put aside the idea that it might be involved in the mystery, and led the Wizard Slad to the depths of the ruins with his greatsword.

——16:26——

The name of this ruin is "Eltanvod", and it is the ruin that Septin implied to pass through when he entered the Black Fall that year, but according to the additional information obtained from Satya, there are only a few black landings that claim to be connected to all the Nord ruins, and there are only a few clear records of successful entry.

In addition to this snowy northwest of Eltanvod, there are also the "Jincha Ruins" in Morningstar, which were dug up by the miners, and the "Debaral Ruins" near Windhelm City, which until recently had been controlled by the "Summer Twilight Shadow", as for Makas City, it is really difficult to say whether the missing people fell into the Black Fall, joined the Oathbreakers, or were captured by the Silverblood Family to mine.

"Turn right at the fork ahead." "Don't touch that mechanism" "Open this metal door." "Each of you steps on a trap, Arthur, you go down and wrench the handle."

Since the old mage had been here once a long time ago, it was completely stressful to command a fairly powerful squad through the dwarven ruins, and some dangerous mechanisms under his command only served to scare people, and although Babas had been complaining about why he didn't go to the other route to see if there was any treasure, of course no one would agree with it.

As you go deeper along the way, in addition to the occasional spherical guard, there is also a knee-high metal spider that is not very threatening, but with its numbers, nimble movements, and ability to hide in any corner and kill suddenly, especially Babas, who has been pinched several times as a soft persimmon - those spiders are just enough to use grappling on it.

"You give me death, death, death! Woohoo Woo Woo Woo T After being knocked down again, Babas went directly crazy, slammed the spider away, and then rushed out with soul power all over his body, and the metal spiders and even the ball guards along the way exploded under its touch.

"Oh, forcibly detonate those mechanical soul stones? It's a good solution, but then the soul stones it eats along the way will be wasted, all of them. Septin impliedly touched his beard.

"If it can kill all the way to the end, it will save us a lot of trouble-" Arthur could finish his sentence when he saw Barbas rush back in a panic.

"There's a big guy! Barking! ”

"Click-boom! Rumble! ”

Even without being reminded by it, Arthur and the others could see the giant machine striding after the Dirt Dog, it looked like a metalized giant dressed in a full set of dwarven plate armor, the metal and gears peeking through the gaps in the armor proved its identity as a forged creature, and the head was a clearly carved face, completely expressionless.

"Oh, 'Dwarven Centurion'," Septin nodded implicitly, "No wonder it didn't activate the last time I visited, even with a soul stone, it still needs the stimulation of soul magic?" Outside. ”

"So you want to start it too?" Arthur picked up his two-handed sword and put on a battle stance, "No, no, in this case, you don't know what its weaknesses are?" ”

"According to the records, it belongs to the strongest force of forging Mo, ordinary attacks can't break through its shell at all, generally speaking, each city will only be equipped with one in the core area, does not accept any external commands, will take the initiative to hunt down creatures other than dwarves and snow elves, weaknesses ......" The old mage threw a string of lightning at the dwarven centurion, successfully stopping it for a second or two: "Does a dwarf who has no research on magic not give it magic resistance?" ”

"So, our task is to hold him down so that the Master of Septin Inspiration can cast his magic smoothly," Arthur looked at Lydia and Ella, "Let's go!" ”

"Click!" The centurion stomped on the ground, cracking the stone ground deeply and making Arthur unsteady on his feet, so he took the opportunity to throw a punch at Arthur.

"Boom!" Lydia caught the punch with a flying giant shield, but because she was not grounded, she was knocked away with the human shield, and although she successfully adjusted her posture in the air and landed smoothly, she was unable to help Arthur for a while.

Bite! Touch! Ella unleashed two shots in an attempt to target the gap in the centurion's armor, but one arrow hit the armor and was bounced away, and the other arrow pierced through the gap, but did not cause any effect, and was even squeezed out during the giant's activities.

Seeing that the giant was about to swing his fist again, Arthur, who had stood firmly, immediately slid from his side to his back, and slashed diagonally at the centurion's leg with a sword.

According to Arthur's own experience in wearing armor, even if the whole body is heavily armoured, the joints that bend inward are relatively weak parts, otherwise it would be impossible for the person wearing the armor to even move his arms and legs, let alone fight.

"Whew-" A sound of tearing light metal sounded, and a hole was torn open in the crook of the centurion's leg, revealing a complex-looking metal structure inside, and before Arthur could think about whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue another sword or temporarily extend the distance, the injured leg kicked directly backwards.

Snap - An ice-blue rune appears in front of Arthur and explodes instantly, delaying the centurion's kick for less than a second, and Arthur takes the opportunity to get out of the range of that leg.

"Arthur, be careful—" Barbas shouted from afar, "they won't have the traumatic reaction of ordinary creatures—"

"Isn't that right? This kind of grudge is completely the first reaction! Arthur replied as he raised his sword and retreated, and the centurion, completely ignoring the implied attacks of Ella and Septin, turned and strode after him.

Arthur fought and retreated, attacking the centurion at the joint of the centurion when he tried to turn back after being implicitly attacked by Ella and Septin, and then always managed to get the centurion's attention back.

At this time, the battlefield had expanded to the hall where Babas had turned around and run, and from the environment, it was obvious that this was the original city lord's chamber, surrounded by many stone seats and deep pools in front of those seats, in addition to the routine mechanisms and pipes.

In the middle of the pool is a heavy stone bridge leading to the tall throne on the other side of the pool, which is preceded by a large metal frame that appears to be the centurion's "resting place".

In this way, the political situation before the disappearance of Forging Mo was not very good, Arthur thought, the city lord was so far away from his courtiers, and he had to bring a centurion as a guard, how many people wanted to assassinate him?

"Master of Septin Inspiration! Ledia! However, upon seeing the terrain, Arthur immediately had a plan, and with a shout and a hard sword slash at the centurion, he turned and ran towards the stone bridge.

"Huh." The old mage, who had been casting "short" and "fast" killing spells, stopped his movements and began to compare a complex magic starting style.

"I'll follow you, Baron." Lydia replied at the centurion's side, she was a little away because her shield didn't deal effective damage, and because she was a little away from being affected by its attacks.

"Okay!" Arthur rushed forward some distance, suddenly returning just before reaching the abandoned throne.

The centurion, who would not be surprised, naturally did not hesitate to raise his foot and step down and swing his fist.

“【Feim】！” Arthur let out an "ethereal transformation" dragon roar, and the whole person became transparent, passing through the centurion's body.

"[Ice Storm]!" Septin implicitly completed his spell casting, and directly waved his arm, and a violent ice storm rolled up, freezing the dwarven centurion who raised one foot slightly in the ice, but just looking at the countless cracks that appeared in the ice in an instant, he knew that this restriction would not be long.

"Lydia!" Arthur lifted the ethereal and stood side by side with his bodyguard, because he didn't have time to elaborate, just called her name briefly, but looking at the centurion's state, there was no need for other explanations at this time.

"Hey!" "Boom!" The next moment, the two of them slammed into the centurion's other leg together.

The centurion, who had lost his balance, fell slowly and sluggishly, and then fell towards the pool, even if it broke free from the freeze when it was halfway down, and sank to the bottom with a clatter.

Boom Boom - Everyone gathers at the edge of the pool and begins to watch the centurion who keeps banging against the wall at the bottom of the pool.

"It's useless, even if it can break the walls of the pool and release the water, it can only go crazy down there without flying and jumping," Arthur concluded, then turned to Septin and implied, "So, where is the entrance to the black drop?" Guru? ”

"The path leading to the Black Descent from the Forge Mo Ruins was originally just an escape route," Septin walked to the throne and fiddled with it a few times, and the metal wall behind it quietly slid open, revealing a dark secret passage that stretched underground: "I am afraid that they never thought that their race would disappear one day, in an instant." ”