The downpour hit the tarpaulin, making a dense sound of pouring beans in the darkness.

The roof on the back of the pack beast has a clever design, Luo Yu tied a roll of canvas and placed it there, rolled it up when the weather was fine, and when it rained, it could be pulled open to form a simple canopy on the platform.

A pine resin torch was fixed on the railing with a bracket, and the firelight swayed in the rain, reflecting a vast curtain of water between heaven and earth, and the rain-soaked faces of several people.

In the distance, a diamond-shaped metal object flew back in a standard arc in the rain. Luo Yu put down the mechanical control glove on his right hand, the silver rail clicked back into place, and the clockwork fairy fell down and was caught by Fang Yu.

"Is it done?" Luo Yu asked a little nervously.

Fang Yu nodded.

The tall boy breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Yu looked at him and couldn't help but be a little curious. "Why do you want to become a battle craftsman so much?"

Luo Yu's talent in battle craftsman can only be said to be mediocre, far inferior to his talent in elemental use, even under the full augmentation of Miss Fairy, he can only barely fly the clockwork fairy.

"I just like it." But Luo Yu shook his head and did not answer the question directly.

Seeing this, Fang Yu didn't ask any more questions - with Luo Yu's talent, it was almost impossible for him to continue on the path of an alchemist after he returned to the Knights of Tapolis Oak. Maybe being able to realize your dreams during the trainee period can be regarded as an alternative kind of self-comfort.

But at least he was flying, which was a good sign, and it wasn't too long since he started learning how to handle flexible builds.

On the other side of the platform, a young French girl was carrying a Kingfisher XA Magic Furnace behind her waist with the help of Sesta. This general-purpose amateur magic furnace found a spare item from the bottom of the storage box, but I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

Sky Blue was still chatting with the maid lady without a match. "Sister Shesta, these handguards of yours are so beautiful."

The maid glanced at her and retracted her hand without a trace.

"Huh?" Sky Blue noticed this detail. "Sister Shesta, don't you like this glove?"

The maid didn't say anything, and after helping her fix the magic furnace, she grabbed her collar with her right hand and lifted it up, the cold metal of her fingertips touching the back of her neck. Sky Blue squirmed around, giggling and said, "Oops, it's so cold, I won't say it, I won't say it, Sister Shesta spares her life-"

Inside the house, Sylvid changed a wet towel and put it on Kita's forehead, and looked back at the scene with some interest.

There was a lot of commotion over there for a while, and Sky Blue finally got his magic furnace ready. No matter how untuned the little girl is, at least she is also a trainee of the Grand Guild, and she has naturally and systematically learned how to use the magic guide furnace, she opened the throttle valve with her backhand, and the indicator crystals of the magic guide furnace lit up in turn.

"Really!?" Tianlan couldn't help but be a little surprised when she looked at this scene: "I can really feel the connection between the magic furnace and me, the output power of the crystal is actually 370M, is this really attributeless magic - ah, it's true!" I didn't take mana feedback damage! ”

She scrambly looked at the system indicators and couldn't help but make a fuss. "Oh my God, Brother Ed, how did you do that?"

"Can you link the Resonance Crystal of the Lyre of Karn?"

"Looks like it's okay!" Each magic guide has a resonance crystal corresponding to its main crystal, and the Karn's Gift made by Fang Yu is no exception. Azure picked up the crystal and inserted it into the main interface of the magic furnace, and the crystal on the twelve-stringed instrument flashed slightly, and then it emitted a glowing light.

Seeing this scene, Fang Yu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and secretly clenched his fist - his plan really worked.

In the post-stargate world, the trainee's system is a specialized deterioration virtual system, which has three main limitations due to the lack of glow material support. First, those who are in tune with it do not have magical self-adaptability; second, the inability to learn and record the skills of a combat profession; Third, the level is limited to below five levels.

But after careful consideration, Fang realized that these restrictions were not unavoidable except for the last one.

Not having magical self-adaptation was the easiest problem for him - because he didn't have it either. In the past, it can be said that there were not so powerful non-attribute crystals, but for α crystals, it is basically not a problem.

The AX type magic furnace used by Sky Blue only has an output power of 370M, which is only due to the limitations of the low-grade magic furnace itself, in fact α the maximum output power of the crystal can reach 790M, which exceeds the design threshold of all magic furnaces below the fifth level.

This standard is not only completely acceptable for trainees with a maximum level of five, but even exceeds.

And the second point: not being able to learn and record the skills of a combat profession doesn't seem to be a big deal. Sky Blue's class bard is a half-life and half-combat class, and the part of the combat job is the offensive-oriented sound magic, but the auxiliary part is actually a life class, even if she only uses this half of her ability, at least it is much better than the current time when she can only be a spectator when fighting.

On Luo Yu's side, Fang Yu fulfilled his wish and tried to train this tall trainee to become a combat craftsman. Although the name of the combat craftsman is combat, it is actually the same as the alchemist, and if you don't learn the art of fighting, it is also a life profession.

It is true that combat craftsmen will learn some combat skills to a greater or lesser extent, but in layman's terms, they can also completely abandon 'skills' and only pursue 'normal attacks'.

What skills can a Level 5 character have? It's nothing more than 'strength increase' and 'dexterity burst', which also plays a role in melee structures such as the Walker and the Dreadnought.

However, Fang Yuan's battle idea for Luo Yu was to transform the clockwork fairy into something similar to the Annihilator's shining force field, turning it into a floating shield. This shield doesn't require any skills, as long as you have aether knowledge and magic knowledge, you can control it, and as long as Luo Yu can skillfully control one side, he can well protect the archers like Sky Blue, Kita, and even Parker in the back.

Even if he can control more than two sides, then before the crystal overheats or the mana is exhausted, he can be regarded as a better protector in the team below level 5. And this is really not an impossible task, it may be a little difficult for him to achieve multiple control on his own, but don't forget that there is also a powerful 'fairy envoy' here.

It's just that this is not necessarily a good thing for Luo Yu.

"Fairy abilities are not beneficial to the Combat Craftsman's ability to master flexible construction, or even harmful," Fang Yu reminded him. "That's why I made it necessary for you to use the old-fashioned Manipulation Gauntlet to control the Clockwork Elf, a trick that the craftsmen taught me in Kapka, and in fact weight training is necessary for flexible build-"

"But you don't have to worry too much, after all, this goblin ability will be used when fighting, and you usually do some coordination training, and you still have to master the practice by yourself when you have more time, and the impact will not be too great."

Luo Yu listened and nodded: "I understand." ”

Fang Yu also nodded, one of his plans was to use the special abilities of α crystals to give Sky Blue, Luo Yu, and Ji Ta the ability to be close to those of the Elector. This is a shortcut, the fastest effect, but after all, it is a stopgap measure, and the three of them will not be able to go down this road in the long run.

Far from it, the hierarchical limit of the trainee system is an insurmountable obstacle.

Therefore, he still had to remind the three of them, lest they rely too much on this system, and the real direction of the future development of the three of them will ultimately be the trainee assessment, with the goal of becoming a real recruit.

The two were silent for a moment.

Luo Yu suddenly asked: "Ed, I heard that the goblin envoy can no longer be distracted to control the flexible construction when controlling the goblin construction, and you use the goblin to assist us, won't it be more inefficient than fighting by yourself?" ”

"Normally, that's true, but I might be a little special, so you don't have to worry about that." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look down at the puppet girl in his hand.

Miss Elf was looking up, too, and a pair of emerald eyes were staring at him motionlessly under the long Mithril hair. Fang Yu raised his hand and combed her hair in front of her forehead.

"Thank you, Mr. Knight."

Miss Tata reached out and took his fingers in her little hand, and said inwardly.

Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, realizing that he was actually not just a little special, in fact, he might be the only owner of the Fairy Dragon Knight in Aitalia.

But there are some things that don't have to be said so clearly.

He still remembered that on the day of the inn, after the others had left, he asked Sylved why he had taken the initiative to help him hide the dragon soul. He hadn't wanted to hide it from Miss Atira, as it seemed to him that Sky Blue, Luo Yu, and Red were perfectly partners who could keep secrets, and that a team should have full trust in each other.

"And what about Mr. Parker?" Sylvid blinked her pretty eyes and asked him in a nice voice.

Parker...... It's not bad in nature. ”

"It has nothing to do with whether it's bad or not, you should know that, Mr. Eddard. The reason why a secret is often called a secret is because sometimes it involves complex interests, and sometimes an unintentional mistake can lead to trouble, but if you haven't told Mr. Parker, he doesn't worry about that risk. ”

"When people share secrets, they are also sharing risks. And for those who are leaders, sometimes it is a responsibility to keep a secret in your heart, and when you think you can make it public, you must be aware that you have enough power. ”

She looked at him and smiled slightly, "As for when is the most appropriate time, I believe that such a good person as Mr. Ed should know better than me, and there is no need for Sylvid to talk more." ”

These words changed his mind.

The secrets within the elven ruins have even led to a protracted battle between the two behemoths, the Rainbow Alliance and the Descendants of Flore, that will spread throughout the long summer. In this war, whether it is Silver, Jeffrey Reds, Mia, him or Dawnstar, they are nothing more than pawns involved in it.

To this day, he wasn't even sure if the Helin Crown was the answer to the puzzle, and from what he knew in the community, the Jeffrey Redcoats might still be searching for him, Mia, and the other Dawnstar survivors.

Such a secret does have a great relationship, and it seems a bit irresponsible for him to say it rashly.

In fact, since becoming the captain, even if it is only in name, Fang Yu has begun to think more and more from Miss Scarpe's point of view, reflecting on whether the decisions he took for granted were all right.

And whether it will bring unnecessary danger to the people around you-

He looked up.

Not far away, Sky Blue was still debugging Karn's Yu, and every now and then he made a cacophony or two, causing Parker in the opposite room to protest more than once, telling her not to make so much noise in the big night, affecting the Paparals' sacred right to rest.

But the little French girl didn't care so much, the rain was like weaving, the lightning and thunder over the forest, and her 'piano' was far less loud than the rain, let alone thunder, so it could not have any effect at all.

After arguing, she simply threw the Paparals aside and rushed over to find Fang Ou. "Brother Ed, I've got it done, or I'll play a song for you."

"Okay."

"Not good." Fang Yu and Luo Yu replied at the same time.

Luo Yu's face was strange, and he opened his mouth to say something, but it was too late. Tianlan screamed excitedly: "Great, I haven't played the twelve-stringed piano for a long time, and I practiced a lot when I was in the trainee camp." ”

Fang Yu absolutely believed this.

The trainees of the Grand Guild are different from those who are drafted from the grass stage, they are either from the club's youth camp or youth academy, or they are selected from the virtual league, and before becoming trainees, they have already shown some talent potential, so they are generally also directed training.

For example, Kita is a naturalist, and even before she became a naturalist, she already had a magic book - although it was not for her alone, but how could ordinary recruiters have this condition? Luo Yu, on the other hand, is an elemental envoy, and although he himself prefers combat craftsmen, it turns out that he can only be said to be average in terms of alchemist talent.

As for Sky Blue, she has long said that her future goal is to be a bard, so even if she can only choose a career in life at the trainee stage now, she has more or less learned or understood some of the abilities of bards.

For example, the ability to play.

Eden's Apple, one of Elpua's hymns, has the ability to calm the mind and recover lost experiences, knowledge, and memories from the lost past. This is the Bard's most basic non-combative repertoire, one of the New Poets' favourites - its practical utility allows one to slowly trace the cognitive experience gained in twenty-four hours, and in the time of one taria scale (almost four minutes) for each piece, one percent of the total experience gained in a day, up to a fifteenth of the additional experience.

What's more, even if you don't have this ability, being able to listen to melodious tunes around the campfire for a short time every day is also very guaranteed to boost the morale of the team, so bards are a popular profession everywhere.

"Stop, stop—"

However, Tianlan had only played for a few seconds, and Fang Yu interrupted the little French girl with a big change in his face.

"Okay, okay," he said, wiping his sweat, "it's just a test, no more playing." ”

"Ah, why?" Tianlan was holding the twelve-stringed harp, very incomprehensible. "Brother Ed, what you see and hear in Aitaria is experience and knowledge, everyone will gain some cognitive experience more or less every day, and now there is a good opportunity, how much is it a little extra experience?"

"As for why...... "Fang Yuan's face turned green.

Only now did he understand why Luo Yu had objected before.

Of course, the playing level of the twelve-stringed piano in the sky blue is actually not low, and even the music that plays can be said to be pleasant and intoxicating. But the bad thing is that as soon as the recital is over, she begins to sing Eden's poem as soon as she opens her mouth.

Absurdity is a more euphemistic statement, but it is actually a complete pentatonic sound.

Eden's Poem is a long poem in praise of the goddess of the forest, the young lady Amaya, Eden is her pseudonym in the mortal world, and the original poem tells a beautiful and well-meaning love story.

But Tianlan began to be out of tune from the first word, and finally showed such a picture in front of Fang Yuan: dark forests, gloomy castles, ugly witches, poisonous apples, intrigues, and deceit.

It's just that in the first game, his and Luo Yu's hair almost stood up, and as for that extra experience, forget it, or don't want it. It's not worth losing your life for a little experience.

Both of them were pale and sweaty, stammering at the moment when they didn't know how to distract Skyblue. On the other side of the saddle bridge came a savior, and Attila appeared there and shouted to them in the rain:

"Someone's coming, Ed!"

Fang Yu was pardoned, and hurriedly asked, "Miss Atila, who is it, how many are there, and in what direction, are you coming at us?" ”

Although Tianlan was dissatisfied, she didn't dare to make a mistake in front of the elf girl, as long as she walked aside with the twelve-stringed piano in her sullen arms.

Attila glanced at the two of them and shook her head: "I don't know, but I'm afraid it's a lot, in front of us on the right, it should be coming in our direction." ”

Fang Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this description always reminded him of the attack a day ago. And Tianlan couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard this: "Right front, how did those people run in front of us." ”

"It doesn't have to be them." On the other side, the people in the room heard the noise outside and walked out. However, since the drawbridge between the two platforms has been broken and has not been repaired for the time being, Parker can only shout from that end.

"Who else is it not?" At the mention of that group, Tianlan was angry. "It's just in time, Brother Ed and Mr. Big Cat are here this time, just to make them look good, we haven't avenged Kita's revenge yet!"

Attila looked at Fang Ou.

Fang Yu understood what the elf girl meant-

Among all the people here, the highest level is naturally Rhett and Sylved's maid Shesta, and the big cat is a thirteenth-level warrior and a twelfth-level priest, adding up to exactly twenty-level paladins. As for Shesta, the others didn't know how high her rank was, but according to Sylvid, she was probably slightly worse than Red.

However, although the two of them are of high level, they can be said to have a passive perception of the surrounding environment, but they are not as good as Attila.

The elven girl herself is a hunter part-time druid, and with the natural advantage of elves with long ears, she can sometimes hear a subtle sound a few miles away in the wind after death in the right environment.

However, among all of them, it can be said that there is the strongest active detection ability.

But it was himself—

"Now?" Fang Yu asked.

Attila nodded.

Fang Yu immediately opened the throttle valve of the magic guide furnace behind him with his backhand, raised his right hand, and saw that the magic induction crystal on the control glove lit up slightly—he pulled down the goggles. In Luo Yu's somewhat envious eyes, he only heard a soft buzz.

Four clockwork elves flew out of the room, circled the platform, and then dispersed into the rain in four directions, shooting in the direction Attila had spoken.

Just look at this scene.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

A good combat craftsman is really obvious to the improvement of a team.

……