Chapter 1275: The Fall of Leonid (IV.)
Roland could understand Matway's feelings, Miss Mage didn't give him face, snorted coldly, and said cruel and extremely realistic words.
"The enemies lurking in the film world are not only your unfilial son and his secret lover, but also the conspirator Konstantin who is hidden behind the scenes. Honestly, even if you give away this old life, it will not help to rescue Isabel, and I can't think of any words to describe your irrational approach other than self-defeat. ”
Matvey's face was ugly, but he had to admit that Nikita's sarcasm, though unpleasant, was the truth.
"Now you old man, don't play with your child's temper, if you have to go to the film world, I won't stop you, but you can't be willful anymore, you must cooperate with me and Roland to act together, we can only properly solve this turmoil if we work together as a team." Nikita teaches a lesson to an old man twice her age, showing the strong demeanor of the "Arcane Princess" of Beacon Mountain.
"I admit that my words and deeds just now were not rational, but Miss Nikita, you and His Highness Roland are both noble people, how can you easily get into danger? It doesn't matter if my old life is lost in the film world, you can't make any mistakes! Matvey persuaded bitterly.
"Old man, you don't think of me and Nikita as friends when you say that," Roland took over with a smile, "Not to mention that the magic train improvement technology you provided is of great help to our Kolas government's transportation construction, even if we only consider Isabel's safety, we can't stand idly by, after all, she has accepted my invitation to go to the Karon Industrial Zone to be responsible for the establishment and management of the watch factory, I don't care what Leonid and Konstantin behind him have planned, it is not okay to kidnap my watch factory director!" ”
"Isabel helped me make a pair of beautiful crystal dancing shoes, I haven't returned this favor yet, how can I watch her in danger and be indifferent!" Miss Mage was also smart enough to find a reason to intervene in the matter.
Matvey's eccentric temper is true, but it does not mean that he has low emotional intelligence, of course, I can hear that Roland and Nikita find all kinds of excuses to rescue Isabel, mainly because they can't worry about the father-son feud between him and Leonid, and do their best to prevent the tragedy of father and son cannibalism.
The old man was moved to tears, choked up and said to Roland and Nikita: "I cannot repay your kindness, if I can come back alive this time, I will go to Krasburg anyway, and contribute a little insignificant residual heat to the construction of the railway in the Far East." ”
Roland listened to the old man's promise, and his mood was quite complicated. Although he was reluctant to do that kind of thing to take advantage of others, the old man's family tragedy did make him sit on the fisherman's advantage. In the past two days, he racked his brains to try to persuade Matvey to come out, but the results ended in failure, and now he has unexpectedly achieved his goal thanks to the old man's experience, and he does not know whether to be happy or ashamed.
"Since everyone has the same purpose, let's get ready to go as soon as possible." Nikita worries about long nights and dreams.
"Leonid claims to have created many constructed warriors for Konstantin over the years, and we are likely to encounter a large number of constructed enemies when we arrive in the film world, so we have to plan ahead." Matvey took a deep breath and looked solemn as a veteran on an expedition, "There's a staff I created myself at home to fight against constructed creatures, and it's time to put it to use." ”
Roland thought for a moment and said to Nikita, "I'll accompany Mr. Matvey home to get the staff, and while there is still a little time, you can meditate here and summon more spell slots in case you need them." ”
Miss Mage nodded happily and told them to go and come back quickly.
Ten minutes later, Roland and Matvey returned to Nikita's side, with an iron rod in his hand.
Most of the staffs created by mages and warlocks are inlaid with gemstones, giving them an ornate and esoteric aesthetic. Clerics such as clerics and druids created staffs with strong religious overtones with the qualities of the gods they worshipped, and the appearance of the "War of Destruction" in Matvey's hand was completely different from the first two common staffs. This staff forged from a high-hardness alloy "black steel" is about six feet long, like a straight iron rod, and the spell runes engraved on the end are all processed by an enchantment machine driven by the magic crystal steam engine, and the surface is also oxidized at high temperatures to avoid corrosion, highlighting the "industrial aesthetics" unique to contemporary steam civilization from beginning to end.
Staff can usually integrate multiple spells, but Matvey's "Staff of Destruction" is infused with only one spell, a 6-ring trap to be exact, the Construct's Dismantling!
There is a special discipline in the world of Varess that has a long history and is widely spread, called "Constructology". This discipline, which is as famous as "alchemy", is a compulsory course for all spellcasters, and it also has a non-negligible impact on the lives of ordinary people, and its research content is to create structures from various materials and give them vitality with magic, so that they can replace human labor and even fight.
When it comes to constructs, people often think of various "golems" at the first time, in fact, the variety of constructs is far more complex than just golems, traps and clockwork creatures also belong to constructs, although the level of intelligence and skills are different, but all constructs have a body that is far stronger than flesh and blood, those diseases, toxins, paralysis, hypnosis, fatigue and other negative effects that usually make humans feel uncomfortable have no effect on constructs, and some constructs even have absolute magic resistance, The vast majority of spells have no effect on it.
Because of these many advantages, constructs can always be particularly difficult to deal with when on the opposing side. Even a proud high-level mage like Nikita has to admit that the type of enemy he hates the most is the Golem, and every time he has to rack his brains to crack the opponent's "magic immunity" trait.
However, there are also nemesis in the form of powerful constructs, which are mediocre trap warlocks who seem to have mediocre combat power and mediocre spellcasting abilities.
The Warlock's class specialization has two directions: one is to create and enhance structures, and the other is to destroy and dismantle structures. They are like "lamb doctors" who specialize in constructing creatures, and life and death are all in the same thought.
The Warlock's list of 1~6 Ring spells is full of spells that strengthen and destroy the construct, and the most destructive of which is undoubtedly the 6-Ring Construct.
Roland hadn't seen the power of this technique with his own eyes, but he was impressed by the joke Old Man Sukhoi told about the "Dismantling of Constructs".
"Whether it's a golem, a trap, a clockwork creature, or any other kind of construct, there's not a single 'construct' that can't be solved by the 'Construct's Dismantling Technique—if there is, then another one!"