"As you command, my most revered teacher, allow me to pay you the highest respect for the knowledge you have bestowed on me at the time of my departure." Able bowed to the gray-haired and black-dressed Sage Lady, the knee of his right leg touching the brick floor of the courtyard corridor with his crouching position, and his right hand of steel was like a knight's hand and clenched into a fist on his chest, which Yustina had told him to do in one of the rituals of human civilization.

Some of Castello's scholars and mages insist that the constructs of the "Clock Nirvana" plane are extremely orderly mechanical beings, whose minds only have absolute concepts of "zero" and "one", and that their excessive monotonous thinking logic makes it difficult for them to have the same colorful emotions as flesh-and-blood humanoid intelligent beings—but Yustina's mechanical apprentice inadvertently reveals to the crowd a trace of emotion beyond its absolute rational logic.

Even if it was only a little bit, Abel's voice was still as low and stiff as the sound of a gear turning—but everyone present could invariably feel it from its body and words, and its gratitude to Yustina was indeed full of gratitude and respect beyond the constructive thinking.

Yustina watched it quietly, smiling as she waited for it to finish, crouched to her feet, and then swept her gaze slightly to the Thorn Squad, introducing herself to everyone, "As you know, my name is Abel, a mechanical mage from the Machine Realm. I didn't choose to specialize in the school of magic, nor did I have a corresponding school of law, so I chose the path of 'generalist' under the guidance of my mentor. ”

"Yes, generalist mages are mages who are reluctant to give up any spells, and who have lost the opportunity to strengthen a certain type of spell for the rest of their lives, even if it is the most correct choice for a true genius." Thoros, the black cat demon pet, stood up from the shoulders of the machine man, and looked at everyone with two vertical pupils, one gold and one green, with natural pride, "And as for you—listen up, stupid humans...... Oh no, it's not just humans who have a mixed racial structure...... In short, you should celebrate Thoros and his mage master joining your adventure party, after all, Able is a true orthodox mage, and our magic can help you...... Huh? Abel, what are you doing? ”

Soros announced triumphantly, suddenly feeling the "dead skin" on the back of his neck being gently grabbed by the fingers of the machine man mage, and then a strange force forced his whole body to soften, and instantly became honest.

"This is my pet, Soros, whose name you already know." Able easily lifted him from his shoulder, put him on the palm of his left hand made of steel, held it carefully in front of the team, and then released his right hand that gently grabbed the back of the black cat's neck, "He is a healthy male cat who likes to be admired, so if you are willing to cooperate with his temperament, he will get spiritual satisfaction, which is beneficial to his physical and mental growth." ”

"What does it mean to be good for my physical and mental growth?" When Soros heard this, he immediately turned his head in displeasure, "Hey, Abel, how can you say it like I'm an ignorant hairy child?" ”

"He's two years old." Ignoring his complaints, the mechanics continued to introduce themselves to the Thorn Squad.

"My two-year-old is not a human two-year-old!" The black cat was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised its paws in protest.

"When he feels slighted, he's as unhappy as he is now."

"Yes, Lord Soros is very unhappy right now! Construct nerd, I suspect you're playing tricks on me! ”

"And to make him happy again, you can give him a proper massage."

"Okay, I understand, Abel, you're really playing tricks on me again!"

"It's like this......"

The machine man said, ignoring the few itching marks made by the black cat's claws on the surface of his steel skin, and then put down the thick iron palm and gently pressed the cat's head of the demon pet, and the exploded body hair was slowly smoothed by the big hand that seemed to have cast magic, and then stroked the back of his neck and back along the curve of the back of his head.

Soros was stunned by Abel's actions, and God knows why the energy in his body was taken away by some strange power. He felt that the hand of the machine man was performing hypnotism on him, and the damn palm came back to rub his head one moment, and then pinched his legs and feet, making him feel as if his bones were about to melt, and the nameless fire that he wanted to vent from his chest just now was extinguished little by little, and the struggling impulse was also forced down by a strange laziness.

"Abominable Abel, you stupid human! Oh no, you despicable machine-man! He used such a shitty means to curry favor with the great Lord Soros...... I say you tap, tap! You're hurting me! And there, not there, not to touch there...... Hmm, I mean slower, slower...... Oh, comfortable. ”

"Meow~~~"

In the end, the black cat demon pet, which had been furnished a few seconds ago, suddenly seemed to lose its strength, lying limply on the palm of the machine man, closing his eyes and letting out a big yawn under the latter's touch.

The mechanical mage's hand slowly stopped, and the two red lights on his head seemed to look up at everyone with a little pride: "In this way, he will be very comfortable, and he will not be angry with you again." ”

But throughout, its voice was as low and stiff as an emotionless golem, and there was not the slightest change in the humanoid expression on its helmet-shaped face.

Urs blinked, standing beside his companions, looking at the less rigid personality of the machine, but a little off the line...... Well, it seems to like his pet......

Well, yes, it should love its pets. The young man thought to himself. But what was I thinking about? Got hit by it and its cat...... Oh, by the way, I was thinking about it, and if nothing else, it should have been at least 15 official caster class levels plus 20 intelligence or 20 charisma.

Because of the memory of the previous life, the young man knew that Abel's strength was undoubtedly a reliable help for his current team, after all, although the constructed body race like the Mechanic did not have physical attributes, the advantage of constructing life was that many attack methods against living creatures would be ineffective against them, such as toxin damage and mental control magic, and its body as solid as the Iron Golem seemed to have good physical defense.

What's more, it's a mage - Urs takes a fancy to its profession, and thinks that Wall is on top, and his team can be regarded as having a mage in the orthodox sense now!

And the quality of this master is still very much in line with his selection criteria.

Is it because he changed the course of some plots in this life, so he joined his team under the pre-arrangement of Yustina?

Thinking about it this way, the butterfly's wings flapped quietly, and the fate of the world may have undergone some subtle changes......

"Welcome to us, then, Abel." The black-haired young man came back to his senses, looked at the mechanical mage with the cat in his palm, and nodded to it, "Of course, there is Soros. ”

Yustina quietly watched her apprentice communicate with the rest of the team, and seemed a little nerve-wracked, raised her left hand to hold her forehead, and smiled softly with a little embarrassment on her pretty face, then looked at Urs, who was now facing away from her, and said, "Abel's joining will be of great help to you on your journey—but before you leave my courtyard, young knight, I must give you two vital pieces of advice, in addition to telling you the detailed route of your journey." ”

"Two pieces of advice?" Urs turned his head, his brown eyes turning his gaze away from the newly joined mechanical mage and returning to the gray-haired Sage Lady, "Speak, Honorable Sage. ”

Yustina nodded, then continued what she had just said, "First piece of advice - beware of the demons you encounter on your future journeys. ”

"I would have been keeping an eye out for the wicked Nether monsters in the embankment." Urs agreed, but wondered, "But what do you ......mean?" Does the 'demon' in the word mean something else? ”

"No, this sentence does not mean otherwise, but I hope that you will be careful of the demons you encounter on your future journey." The gray-haired sage re-emphasized, "Especially the demons who have some kind of partnership with the Doomsday Cult. ”

"I know that the Doomsday Cult is probably in collusion with the demonic creatures of the Bottomless Abyss." The young man pondered for a moment, then responded, "My friends and I have already experienced a catastrophe that was caused by the two apostles of doom and the demons on that night in Twilight...... But I feel like you mean it as if you don't dare to reveal more to me because of 'butterfly wings'? ”

“…… Your senses are keen, young knight. The beautiful and gentle lady of the sage smiled helplessly.

"Can I try to guess then?" After confirming this, Urs suddenly reacted to something, and hurriedly groped for clues in the memory of his previous life and thought about it again, and then took a deep breath with a slight frown, "I guess, the 'demon' you are referring to is actually not the 'Tanali' that ordinary people know in their impressions?" ”

"Tanari?" The simple-minded dwarven warrior, who is not good at thinking than young people, was confused by this topic again, "Isn't a demon a demon?" What is Tanari? ”

"You can think of Tanari as a subspecies of demons, Koto." Bellingis had some knowledge of mages, and she knew that the demons of the Abyss were essentially two different kinds, "Tanari is that...... Well, it's more like a human demon, so I'll explain it to you. Whether it's a weak cowardly demon or a powerful Balorfire demon, this type of demon generally has the form of humanoids, and they are all Tanari demons. ”

"According to you, there are other subspecies of demons besides Tanali?" Koto looked at the little girl, not so much curious as confused.

The little dwarf girl tilted her head, looked at the dwarf warrior staring at her, shrugged her shoulders and sighed, "Hmm...... I think there were two other subspecies, but I don't know what that subspecies was called...... And to be precise, it shouldn't be called a 'subspecies'. ”

"Hey, one moment it's a subspecies, and another moment it's not a subspecies, and the warrior's head is going to get dizzy!" Koto touched the horned helmet he was wearing on his head, and felt his head go round and wide.

He said to himself that it was really hard to talk to the mage......

Although Bellingis wasn't technically a pure mage, but a thief who worked as a part-time illusionist, or "the future Archmage"—that's what the Sage of the Grey Courtyard called her, anyway.

Because of the limited knowledge of the plane, Berelith was unable to fully explain this topic of demons to Koto, but fortunately, Thea also thought about what came to mind from her religious knowledge after thinking for a while, and then asked: "Well, about the other two demons, I know that one of them seems to be called 'Lomara'......"

"The Lomara Demon is an illusory demon that haunts the depths of the bottomless abyss." The mechanical mage Abel took the words of the wolf-eared priest girl, and spoke in its mechanical voice with almost no emotional fluctuations, "That layer of the abyss is said to have been turned into a void space by the power of several gods due to the conspiracy of a demon prince in the not short past, but the dimensional will of the abyss itself then tore those gods to pieces, and the fragments of consciousness and endless fear and hatred left by the godhead finally turned into 'Lomara' in that layer of abyss. ”

"With the fire on the fire, that demon prince even dares to plot against the gods?!" The dwarven warrior was shocked by the legend told by the mechanical mage, "What is the origin of its power?" ”

"It is rumored to have the size of a giant, with claw-like legs, a long snake-like tail, tentacle-like sharp arms, thick dark brown body hair, and two iconic ape heads." Able continued, the mechanical voice sounding to Urs, who was listening to the illusion of a system prompt, "But that's just a rumor, and legend has it that a brave mage accidentally saw it during a trip to the multiverse, and then lost its message forever. ”

"Wow...... It sounds scary, but I hope we never run into it somewhere! Bellingis gritted her teeth and took a breath, "Then again, 'Tanari' and 'Lomara', there are two kinds of demons now, and the last demon is missing. Mr. Abel, do you know that kind of demon? ”

The Mechanic Mage nodded, its eyes silent for a few seconds as if its eyes were on the knight's helmet-shaped head, before continuing, "Obiris......"

"It's weird." Koto pursed his lips, "It's a demon's name, it's so troublesome and ugly to read...... Well, I mean, Mr. Agency, please continue. ”

"Obiris is the oldest demon, and the Tanari demon as we know it today is even the creation of the demon of Obiris, and those evil species that have been born in the abyss since ancient times are themselves a conglomeration of the two concepts of 'chaos' and 'evil', and their distorted appearance is as indescribable as the chaos in the universe, and it is difficult to judge it with our aesthetics." Able finished speaking, stopped the mechanical parts in his body and continued to imitate the way humans speak, making human-like voices.

The stories of the three demons were heard in Urs's ears in turn, and he had the memories of his previous life, and he had already known about the rumors about Tanari, Lomara, and Obiris, but the reason why he chose to listen silently was that he didn't like to deliberately sell his knowledge, and at the same time, he also thought about the advice that Yustina gave him based on his memory.

Beware of the Devil...... Beware of which demon? Tanari, Lomara, or Obiris? Or is it all, as long as it has something to do with the Doomsday Holy Religion?

Speaking of Obiris, he knew that Castano's Obiriss Demon was the oldest demon in the entire multiverse, but he also remembered that a group of veteran storyteller players on the game forum had done a series of analyses, pointing out that the first few Obirys demons may not be an evil species that naturally evolved from the bottomless abyss.

"Could it be that the birth of the demon Obiris, related to the evil god of the Doomsday Holy Cult?" Thinking of the rumors that the plot party players had posted on the forum, Urs had such a conjecture in his heart.

Speaking of which, the game plot he experienced in his previous life only reached the end of the "Sunset Sunset" chapter at most, and although the signs of "Eternal Darkness Havoc" had already been reflected in that period, he still did not get to experience the game's expansion plot in his service area.

"If I had known this, I should have bought a test suit." Urs patted his head, and suddenly felt a little annoyed in his heart, realizing that he had missed such a good opportunity to predict the future, if it weren't for the quality of the game's official test suits that matched the potatoes of a certain manufacturer......

"Then I have taken note of your first piece of advice, Sage." So after a moment's hesitation, he simply chose to leave it at once for now, and then asked Yustina, "And about the second piece of advice?" ”

"Second Advice......"

Yustina looked at him and paused, a gentle smile that gradually condensed into a serious expression on her beautiful face.