There was a strange scent on the blindfold, which kept pouring into Lorenzo's nasal passages, and although it was not choking, it made him feel a little disoriented.

With the senses of the witcher and Lorenzo's outstanding memory, even if he is blindfolded, Lorenzo can gradually reproduce the way he came according to his sense of space, but it is clear that even this point has been noticed by the purifier and does not give Lorenzo room to play.

All he could hear was the roar of machinery, as if he was heading underground, and too, with the complex underground facilities of the old Dunling, it was no better to cover up a secret agency.

During the Glorious War, many shelters were repaired under the Old Dunling, and they were often connected to the complex underground waterways, which were as chaotic as ants, and it was easy to get lost and starve to death in them without the guidance of a map.

After the end of the Glorious War, the old Dunling made many changes to the complex underground, not to mention the core furnace pillar system, as well as the steam pipes and sewers that extended outward from the center, and also built a complex subway to increase convenient transportation.

With this constant renovation, Lorenzo sometimes felt that even the mechanical yard did not necessarily have the full picture of the underground drawings, like children piling up stone bricks and shaking castles.

After about half an hour of walking, the kestrel finally took off Lorenzo's blindfold, and the long darkness made it difficult for Lorenzo to adjust to the bright light, he raised his hand to try to cover it, and then his trance-like vision gradually became clear.

At this moment, he was placed in the steel tunnel, and the steam pipes were directly exposed, because of the continuous repair, water droplets were still seeping into the cracks of the steel, and rust was everywhere, and even the air was full of rust smell.

Looking back, the gate of Lorenzo Houdu had already fallen, and from the wide gap you could see the shiny metal, which were like staggered halberds, stacked on top of each other to guard the gate, and the rusty façade was depicted with ghosts and gods, and their faces were hateful, as if they would break through the door in the next second.

The dim electric lights overhead stretched to the end of the corridor, where there were also falling gates, soldiers in bulky iron armor, weapons Lorenzo had never seen before, and cables attached to them.

Lorenzo didn't ask much, there was an indescribable oppression in this ghost place, like the Basilica of San Nalo.

The kestrel gestured to Lorenzo, and then Lorenzo realized that it was only him and the kestrel here, and neither Joey nor the previous soldiers had followed, and the kestrel seemed to see Lorenzo's confusion and whispered to him.

"In order to minimize the possibility of demons encroaching on the headquarters, the headquarters implements a minimum flow of personnel, and even high-ranking knights need strict approval to enter the headquarters. ”

Lorenzo nodded, and the kestrel followed.

"Also, please make your secret blood silent, the headquarters is completely covered by a large Geiger counter, and the slightest exponential anomaly will cause an internal blockade, if you can, don't cause any other trouble. ”

The soldiers' faces were obscured by their heavy helmets, and Lorenzo could only see darkness, and as the two passed, the steel gates slowly rose, and the weapons in the soldiers' hands also bounced dazzling arcs, staring at Lorenzo until the two were out of their sight.

There are many such gates along the way, and in the event of an invasion, these gates will be sealed and the demons will be trapped inside.

"What is that, I've never seen a weapon like that. ”

Seeing the arcing firearm again, Lorenzo asked with some curiosity.

The weapons of the Purifier are full of ultra-modern sci-fi sensitivity, such as the aluminum rifle and the original sin armor that boldly mixes machines and demons, and the design of each weapon is whimsical, so it seems that Invig has set off the age of steam.

"Electric spear gun, a weapon designed to deal with demons. ”

The kestrel didn't hide too much and explained directly to Lorenzo.

"You can think of it as a shrunken harpoon gun, in which the bullet is a specially made conductive metal spear, which relies on compressed gas as the driving force, and the impact under the thrust is strong enough to penetrate the tough blood, and at the tail end of the conductive metal spear there is a small cable connected to it, which will directly electrify and deliver an electric shock to the target it hits. ”

The kestrel explains how the weapon works.

"According to our analysis of demons for many years, it is essentially a living thing, the so-called muscles also need nerves to innervate, under the baptism of high current, its muscles will spasm, to a certain extent incapacitated, of course, for demons of different sizes, there are different models of electric spear guns, such as recovering the out-of-control original sin armor, we will use large electric spear guns. ”

Lorenzo looked at the weapons that were pulsing with electric arcs, and began to be a little vigilant, sure enough, the black technology of the purification mechanism was not much less than that of the Demon Hunting Order, Lorenzo knew the principle, but he didn't think that this kind of thing could also be militarized.

"And what about humans, what if the invaders are humans? Aren't you weapons for dealing with demons useless?"

He asked again, but this time the kestrel looked at him with some surprise and then laughed.

"It seems that Mr. Holmes sometimes falls into the wrong mind. ”

Kestrel pointed at herself, then at Lorenzo.

"Not everyone has the power of yours, mortals are very fragile, and the weapons that are so fragile that they limit demons are very deadly to us. ”

"Those conductive metal spears can easily penetrate the human body, and the current that restricts the demon is fatal to the human body, and the moment a normal person is hit, a normal person will be scorched by the high-voltage current, let alone resist. ”

The weapons that can fight against the demons are extremely deadly to mortals at the beginning, just like the Nine Summer Armor that Lorenzo saw in the Far East Exhibition, although it is not clear what is going on, but think about it, a Armor of Original Sin suddenly appeared on the battlefield of mortals, and it would be a one-sided slaughter.

Lorenzo was silent, he felt a sense of danger again after a long time, Arthur had said that the final direction of the world, then once the demons that restricted the purification mechanism were completely solved, then at this moment, these weapons must be in the near future on the battlefield between humans and humans.

It's like the fate of the witcher, all the demons have been wiped out, and the only enemies left in this world are the heretics who don't believe in the gods.

"What's wrong with you, are you upset?"

Kestrel looked at Lorenzo, who had a somewhat ugly face, and asked intimately, after all, every weapon here is to fight demons, and there is not much difference between a demon hunter and a demon.

Lorenzo shook his head and continued.

"It's nothing, it's just that the world feels really complicated. ”

The kestrel smiled slightly.

"I didn't have so many worries, I used to be a worrying guy, thinking about saving the world or something weird, and I couldn't do it, but then I found my place. ”

"Your own positioning?"

"This world is a huge, crazy machine, even the old Dunling and the purification mechanism are only a part of this huge machine, a system, and we are just one gear after another, the gears can't determine the direction of the machine, all we can do is turn it up hard, don't let this machine stop. ”

The kestrel was unexpectedly cheerful in this regard, and Lorenzo thought about it, but didn't say anything more.

After passing through the complicated corridor, the two finally came to a fairly open space, the people walked quickly, everyone seemed very busy, the gate opened and fell, and the rumbling sound continued.

Looking up, there were countless translucent pipes on top of the huge dome, and something seemed to be being transported in them, traveling at high speed, and finally disappearing into Lorenzo's sight.

Each person has his own function, takes on his own job, and turns hard to keep the machine moving.

If the purifier was a machine, Lorenzo had now passed over his heavy, sturdy shell, and was in the middle of that delicate and fragile core.

"That's it, but you'll have to go yourself. ”

The kestrel stopped abruptly and pointed to the elevator at the end of the ladder to Lorenzo.

"This is Arthur's invitation to you, and the place you are going to is the Round Table Room, without which we high-ranking knights will not be able to arrive. ”

"Are you so class-divided?"

Lorenzo felt a little uncomfortable, it seemed that the knight chief was the one who really held the power, and the rest were just tools.

But the kestrel shook his head and said to Lorenzo.

"You are from the Demon Hunting Sect, and you should also know that ordinary people can't resist the erosion of demons, right, the purification mechanism is also composed of most mortals, and they have no resistance in the face of demons, only a very small number of people who can be specialized can have a certain resistance to the erosion of demons, and our specific classification relies on this resistance to a certain extent. ”

The kestrel has not the slightest resentment with this system.

"Sometimes this class divide saves us. ”

"Like some places that are only open to the chief knights, and there are erosions in them that you can't resist?"

Lorenzo remembered all the things in the Demon Hunters.

"yes, so there's nothing to be dissatisfied with, the bigger the gear, the more pressure you have to bear, isn't it?"

Sending Lorenzo into the elevator, the steel gate slowly fell, Lorenzo saw the kestrel smile for the last time, and then darkness shrouded him, and in the dim light he could only feel the slight shaking and the pull of the cable.

After about a few tens of seconds, the elevator gate opened, and it felt like stepping into a new world.

Tens of seconds ago, Lorenzo felt himself in the middle of a machine, filled with oppressive steel and rumbling sounds, and the air filled the air with the unbearable smell of rust.

But now it resembles some lavish court, with bright red carpets on its feet, and intricately crafted vases on either side of the corridor, on which flowers bloom.

Portraits are placed on both sides of the corridor, each with a different face, and the history of history can be clearly felt from the decoration of Lorenzo.

First the armor and the sword, then the big gun and the musket, it seems that the figures in the painting are great men who have appeared in history, and only in this way can they be hung in this hidden place, but Lorenzo does not recognize anyone.

Walking through with a bit of appreciation, Lorenzo pushed open the final door.

A large round table sits in the center, mottled with sword marks, and beyond it are the chairs that surround it, and beyond it are erected bookshelves, from which the smell of stale books pours out and fills the space.

Lorenzo was slightly tired, it was already night when he left, and there was a lot of delay along the way, and in order to ensure sincerity, those people unloaded all their arms, and even the pocket watch was not left for Lorenzo, so that he did not know what time it was.

The Purifier did give Lorenzo face, after all, Lorenzo's real danger was him, and if they really wanted to be safe, they should have kept an eye on themselves with the so-called electric spear gun and aluminum rifle, and strapped the so-called Geiger counter to themselves, and once the index was abnormal, they began to pour firepower.

Of course, there is another possibility, it is not the kestrel that leads the way, but the mysterious Lancelot...... The kind that puts on the armor of original sin.

Pulling a chair, Lorenzo sat down unceremoniously, looking at the other end of the round table, and the dim light slowly put down the book in his hand, looking at the guest who was not welcome to him.

"Don't talk yet, let me think about it. ”

Arthur was the first to speak, and then pulled out a revolver, a distance that could easily crush Lorenzo's head into a cloud of blood from that caliber.

He seemed to be thinking about something difficult, picked up the gun and put it down several times, and several times the muzzle of the gun was pointed at Lorenzo, but finally he reluctantly put it down.

Lorenzo could clearly feel the actual killing intent in his gaze, but he was still a little helpless to fight the demons.

After a long time of going back and forth, Arthur seemed to give up, he said.

"It's better for you to talk to him directly, or I'm afraid I'll really shoot him." ”

Arthur never hid his dislike for Lorenzo, and at that moment another person slowly walked out behind the bookshelf, wearing a gray robe, his exposed skin covered with obscure words, and Lorenzo's gaze couldn't help but tense, because he had seen something similar to it.

It was something he had seen when he was in the Demon Hunting Order, and those people called it alchemy.

The gray-robed man sat down on Arthur's other side, and then lifted his hood, which was a young and handsome face, but full of morbid death, and his hair was completely white, sprinkled indiscriminately after the hood was lifted.

It was a strange man, Lorenzo could feel his age, but he was so young, obviously full of the smell of the dead, but he was still alive.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lorenzo Holmes. ”

He said, his voice hoarse that didn't match his handsome appearance that he had been before.

"You ......"

Lorenzo became serious, his eyes solemn, and then the gray-robed man said slowly.

"I'm the current head of the Perpetual Pump, and I should be the last alchemist in the old Dunling, my real name is already full of filth because of the past rituals, so don't mention it again, but you can call me by my code name. ”

"Merlin. ”

The hoarse voice spoke slowly, and he looked at Lorenzo with a little affection in his eyes, they were the same people, remnants of the old times.