My name is Akatosh,

This mechanized army is quite spectacular.

—4E, 201, Moon of Fire, 21st, 10:11 a.m.

Black Fall, Central Zakta, Residential Area.

Overall, Zacta is supposed to be an exhibition hall, but that doesn't explain why its lower and middle floors were set aside as living quarters, ranging from single rooms narrow enough to fit simple stone beds, to bedrooms with lots of furniture and a few fine metal beds, and perhaps the dwarves were divided between nobles and commoners.

After bringing Arthur, who had fallen into a coma after reading The Elder Scrolls, to this level to rest, they tried various treatments, but to no avail, as he showed symptoms of "being too mentally and physically exhausted to wake up", and could only wait until he had slept enough.

Intrigued by this result, Arthur's companions, who thought they were powerful, watched the Elder Scrolls one by one, with Ella saying she saw a hunting ground, Sophie saying she saw a lot of delicious food, Jane Rassay didn't dare to open the scroll, and Lydia saw nothing but a white patch from the scroll.

"Although Arthur had an accident, your offensive plan should not stop, after all, we are only unexpected visitors." Ladia said to Galeb on the side, "So, we plan to leave Sophie and Babas to take care of him, and the rest of us will still act with you." ”

"That's true, I'll have to stop Vill Shuo before he awakens the Demon God or something worse," replied the Snow Elf Paladin, "I know that the man probably won't be able to make a fuss if he has a setback in doing something and it's hard to achieve his goal, but if it goes well, he'll be bored enough to make some inexplicable developments." ”

"Like a counterattack on the surface?" Ella interjected.

"It's not unlikely," Gelleb raised an eyebrow, "it seems that there is a stalemate between the three forces, and if he converts enough soldiers, he is likely to plan to get involved, but I don't think [Sgramer] will ignore it." ”

Although the adult didn't care much about current affairs and wasn't interested in the high elves' plans, if his old rival from thousands of years ago reappeared, he would most likely be happy to "jump" again, Ladia thought as he looked at the "relief" on the surface of his shield.

Squeak - the metal door of the makeshift ward slid open to the side, and Septin walked in by implication, looking a little solemn under the hood.

"The fleeing vampire lord was not found," he began, "and the burn mark disappeared after a certain distance, out of thin air." ”

"Well, that's another element of uncertainty, maybe he's rushing to the Elder Scrolls, or maybe he's just spying on us, it's just a temporary act, so my plan of attack can't be delayed, and it will change later," Qaleb stood up, "I'm going to get ready to go, if you still want to help, I'm more than welcome, but someone has to stay and take care of Arthur, isn't it wrong to have only his daughter and the dog?" ”

"Hmm......" Lydia looked at Jane Rasai, who still regarded them as "Baron Arthur's adventure team", and decided to reveal a little information tactfully: "Actually, we have left the strongest combat power behind. ”

"Okay." Gelleb looked a little puzzled, but didn't ask any further, "So, I'm going to activate the army of mechanical guards, are you willing to come and testify?" ”

In fact, this is what he planned at the beginning, he was surrounded by mutated snow elves and machines who couldn't speak, and no matter what major things he did, there was no one to share, so even if he didn't meet us, but any adventurer, as long as it wasn't a direct hostile relationship, he would be warmly received.

"It's a great honor." Ladia replied.

"Why did you come forward to communicate on our behalf......" Ella muttered quietly.

——11:23——

Black Fall, Zakta Underground.

Although the Black Drop itself is located underground, it does not mean that it can continue to dig down, below the surface of Zakta, there is another deeper underground space, judging from its strange shape, it is obvious that it once connected many dwarven ruins, but it has collapsed a lot due to disrepair, and the overall look is crooked and weird, but there is enough space to hold an army.

- An army of densely packed spherical guards.

And this underground space is close to the location of Zacta, where Qaleb is leading several people who want to participate in this "war" through a metal corridor.

"I feel a little uncomfortable." Ella glanced at the undeformed spherical guards and turned her head.

"You can stay and take care of the baron." Lydia said.

"Just kidding, since you're here, why am I staying?" The huntress turned her head to glare at her.

"Oh." Ladia replied, without trying to ask further, she would participate in this operation on the basis of confirming that the baron was very safe, in order to complete the plan that the baron originally intended to carry out, and it was completely in line with the code of conduct of a guard, but Ella's reason "I will go if you go" is very puzzling.

"With so many spherical guards, could it be that you found the dwarven mechanical control center?" Jane Rassay interjected, so she asked Gelleb, who was leading the way.

"No," replied the paladin, "if I could control that place, the 'Twilight Zone' would probably be half destroyed by its various mechanisms, and these are just the result of years of continuous 'help' for some of the guarded exits." ”

"Then the time has come to test the results," Septin implied that he was completely unaffected by the dense spherical guards, and looked at them calmly: "Is there tens of thousands?" ”

"About six thousand," replied Gelleb, "because of their terrible combat power, they must be at least ten times more powerful than the 'Twilight Zone' to have any chance of victory." ”

"There are only more than 4,000 people in the entire snowy city!" Jane Rassay exclaimed quietly, then covered her mouth when Galeb looked back at her.

"But, there are times when numbers are meaningless," Galeb continued, "like you, if I'm not mistaken, anyone in your team can wipe out this army of dwarven machines if given enough time and weapons. ”

"Hmm...... Truly. Ella thought for a moment and admitted: "The situation of their single body is not a big threat to adventurers, even if they are besieged, there are only a few who can attack at the same time." ”

"And Wei Shuo has controlled many adventurers who have strayed into the underground through [Blood Thistle], if my estimate is correct, there are about a hundred people?" Ghaleb looked at Jane Rasai.

"When we're in the city, we're only able to move in the lower levels, and we have a limited range of movement, but I've seen at least twenty or so adventurers." The Dark Elf replied after a moment's thought.

"So, your main task is to keep those adventurers under control and not let them cause damage to the guards," Galeb nodded to Ella and Lydia, "Thankfully, their combat effectiveness will be reduced while they are under control, but please try not to kill those people, they should be back to normal after I destroy the Cathedral and the Black Sun." ”

"Well, I remember some traps that can control people, and they should help." Jane Rassay nodded.

After a few brief conversations, Galeb led the group to a metal platform with a large mechanical console similar to the one he had had seen in the Stinking Tower, and after a brief observation, he took out a silver-white disc and inserted it into a groove in the console.

Steam-steam-steam-steam-click-click-click-

With the platform as the center, it seems that an invisible wave spreads out, and where this "wave" passes, all the spherical guards begin to deform, and then turn their "eyes" to the platform in the center, thousands of guards perform this neat and uniform movement at the same time, just like a large field of sunflowers in a field of flowers turning to the sun that has just emerged from the clouds, to the surprise of the visitors on the platform.

Since the audience was just a group of machines, Gelleb did not give any morale-boosting speeches, but simply waved his hand and ordered: "Go!" ”

Boom Boom - The surrounding stone walls moved away, revealing several upward slopes, and the spherical guards lined up along the ramps to leave the ground.

Click! Click! Just when everyone thought that these combat power were all, more than a dozen tall centurions stepped out of the corners of the underground space, and every step they took caused the ground to tremble.

"These are the tools I intended to use to contain those adventurers, but now it seems that they can come in handy where it is more suitable." Galeb said.

So, he's got everything in place, and our arrival is just an opportunity to attack, Lydia thought.

"Such a big movement can't be hidden underground, please follow me." Gelleb watched as the centurions also left the underground space, and then led everyone to a nearby elevator.

The exit of the elevator was not Zacta, but from a cliff near the road, where a number of metal guards could be seen emerging from a hidden underground passage and gradually merging.

"Are we going to get out of the Twilight Zone ahead of time and join the army when they arrive?" Ella guessed as she looked at the spherical guards lined up in a neat line.

"No, we must arrive early and attract as much attention as possible, especially those adventurers of strength," Qaleb waved his hand, "and with us are them." ”

"Quack!" Dozens of mutated snow elves in dwarven metal armor emerged from the darkness nearby and roared twice, presumably greeting their leader.

"I'm going to keep an eye on Versho and stop him before he can do it, so I can't take part in regular combat," Galeb said, walking in the direction of Twilight, "and after the battle begins, please take care of these compatriots a little bit." ”

"Absolutely." Ella replied.