"Your Highness, a little more to the right!"

A student from the science and technology department below shouted with a flag.

"On the right, got it."

Natsu manipulated the magic suit mecha and used his mechanical arm to stack a thick piece of wood on top of the pile of logs.

These were sawn timbers for the makeshift outpost, and in the days she had been asleep, the cadets had built a prototype of the entire camp, and now all that remained was to perfect the outskirts.

"It's obviously safe here, is it necessary to go through such a big effort?"

Xia muttered a little in his heart.

Even though she knew there were no enemies here, she couldn't tell anyone, she could only stuff in her stomach.

"Forget it...... Raise the level of the Mechanic Expert to lv30, it doesn't take much experience anyway, and it's too slow to operate so carefully. ”

Natsu brought up the page.

Without Stephanie's help, many functions in the system were unavailable, and you had to do what you wanted to do, which was a lot of trouble.

As she rose to the rank of Mechanic, her movements became smoother and faster, and it didn't take long for all the wood to be stacked.

"Uhhh

She opened the hatch of the mech, ready to emerge from inside.

The piloting mecha was not at all as majestic as she imagined, on the contrary, the field of vision inside was very narrow, and the space was very narrow and stuffy, and she felt a little out of breath after only staying for a while.

"The hosts! I've found them all. ”

At this time, Stephanie flew back in a hurry and threw herself into Xia's arms.

"I've found all those magic crystals, including those magic crystals, and I've brought back a few good things."

As she spoke, she took out a pitch-black skull from her skirt: "After we escaped, these things have been wandering around the tomb, and I have caught many of them." ”

"Get it out of the way!"

Seeing this terrifying skull that almost killed Wendy, Natsu was startled. Hurriedly shrank back.

"Master, this thing is very powerful, but I don't know how to control it yet."

Stephanie patted the skeleton's head with her hand. Happy to say:

"When we study it thoroughly, we will encounter a strong enemy that we can't deal with in the future. Just release it and promise to bite them all to death! ”

As if in response to her words, the upper and lower rows of teeth of the skeleton suddenly opened and collided in the air.

Hey?

There seems to be some truth to this.

Xia slowly sat up straight, thought for a moment, and said to Stephanie cautiously:

"You put them away, don't take them out and play with them. Whoever bites is terrible. ”

"Got it, master."

Stephanie shoved the rattling skull back in.

Then she suddenly saw a white crystal on the bridge.

"Wow, master, this is a magic crystal! High quality. ”

The eyes of the black-clothed little Lori suddenly lit up, and she flew over and hugged the magic crystal with both hands and dragged it up!

"Don't touch it! That's the driving hub! ”

Seeing her movements, Xia was suddenly frightened and shouted at her.

But her movements were so fast that by the time Natsu exclaimed, she had already pulled out half of the magic crystal.

"Click!"

Something broke off underneath the white crystal.

Then the whole body began to vibrate. There was a piercing roar!

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

At this time, the students below who had already begun to rest stood up one after another, looking at the trembling mecha.

"Buzz ——!"

The thrusters on the back of the mech suddenly chirped. It spun around in a ballet like a ballet, and then the whole body jerked upwards like a convulsion, and then fell face down on the grass.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Natsu coughed violently and crawled out of the cockpit with a dirty face.

"Student Xia, are you okay?"

Luo Ye walked over from the side and helped her up:

"I saw that you were still operating well just now, why did it suddenly go wrong, is it a mechanical failure?"

Luo Ye turned her head to look at the magic mecha that exploded on the ground, and her glasses revealed doubt.

"The host ......"

Stephanie seemed to know she had made another mistake. looked at Xia timidly on the side.

Xia glared at her fiercely, and smiled at Luo Ye:

"Ahaha...... Who knows. It was fine just now, but suddenly it jumped...... This thing may not be finished yet. Most of them are trial works. ”

"Well, that makes sense."

Luo Ye pushed his glasses: "Many of the real products in the Wang Li Research Institute have not yet been perfected, so they have been asked for by some ministers who are eager for quick success, saying that they are to increase the strength of the kingdom, but in fact, most of them are regarded as things to show off. ”

She looked at the cockpit of the mecha and said: "This kind of magic mecha does not take into account the fatigue of the pilot at all, and it also lacks safety devices, I personally think that it can only be used as a construction machine for the time being, and it cannot be used on the battlefield at all." ”

"By the way, do you remember that little girl who was with me? How is she doing now? Natsu remembered Zero.

Zero had been tortured a lot before, and he was too young, and he had been in a bad state since he dealt with the corpse tide last time, so he didn't let her come with him this time.

"That little girl, after recuperation, is in better spirits now, but don't let her overuse her abilities."

Luo Ye seemed to have some understanding of Zero's origins, and said pointedly.

……

After leaving Luo Ye, Natsu's mood improved again.

"Master, congratulations, I've got new equipment."

Stephanie said, clutching her head.

Her head was knocked hard by Xia just now.

"Finally gloves and bracers."

Xia happily looked at a black glove on his left hand, touched the bracer on his right hand, and then stomped his foot.

Now she had new stockings on her legs, but this time instead of pantyhose, black stockings, the three pieces of demonic equipment she now possessed.

"Let's go, let's do it in advance."

She said to Stephanie.

"What a business, master." Stephanie was a little confused:

"Are you going to start the airship?"

"Stupid. It took a long time to repair before it could fly, and we were going to go to the top of the hill below. ”

Natsu's thighs stretched out his wings and flew to the spiky tower to activate the trap. Then came to the entrance to the magician's quarters.

It is currently guarded and is not allowed to go out or enter without permission. But as soon as he saw that it was her, the student on guard opened the pipe and watched her leave here.

……

"Master, how's it going?"

At the top of the mountain, Stephanie asked expectantly as she saw Natsu fly back from the purple sea of fire.

"Boom-"

Natsu raised her left hand as she landed on the ground, and a bright purple flame emitted from the glove of her left hand.

"It's okay, the color of the flame has changed back. But it's at least twice as powerful as before. ”

She shook her fingers:

"Elemental Awakening seems to be able to increase its power by devouring flames, and the higher the quality of the flames, the more power increases; Now, I can blast open the boulder in the tomb with just one use. ”

"Master, what are we going to do now?"

Stephanie asked.

"Go back, of course."

Xia said angrily:

"Do you think I'm strong now, dare to run around on this island like Dilia and the others?"

She walked towards the circular passage:

"When the camp is finished, we'll go to the airship and get rid of that ghost first."

Now the strength of the team is different from before, not to mention Wendy, who is recuperating from injuries, just the werewolf princess can easily clean up the ghost with a fluctuation value of 100,000.

"What the hell is that blue arc of Delia? It doesn't just feel like it's mental power. ”

She thought of Delia's domineering way of fighting, and she was very envious in her heart.

"Master, are you hungry? We've been out for a long time. ”

Stephanie pulled out a compression box from her skirt.

"Good job."

Xia touched her head with relief. Took the box.

"Hey......

Stephanie narrowed her eyes.

When they returned to the magician's residence, Natsu suddenly noticed that there was something like a shower head on the top of the entryway.

"What is this, showerhead? How to put it here. ”

She looked up at the shower head a little strangely, could someone use this place as a bathroom?

"Master, there's something more on the ground."

Stephanie said, pointing to the ground.

"Sister Xia!"

At this moment Agnes flew over, her face covered with black ash:

"I couldn't find my sister anywhere just now, but then I heard that you came here...... The gray crystals have all been refined! We can get out of this hellish place now as we just fix that airship! ”

There was excitement on her face.

"Great!"

Natsu put aside what she had just done and picked up Agnes. Went around in the air.

"Thank you for your hard work, little love."

She looked at Agnes' face covered in black marks. Affectionately kissed her on the cheek, without the slightest hint of dirty.

"Sister Xia......"

Agnes' eyes were a little foggy.

"Huh? How there is a strange smell. ”

She suddenly became alert.

Later, it was discovered that there was a puddle of white stuff on the ground around it. flew past Xia's side, looked at it for a while, and flew back.

"What, did you notice anything unusual?"

Xia asked, taking her hand.

"It's nothing, it may be that someone spilled the alchemy reagent, and it's not a dangerous thing on the ground."

Agnes took Natsu's hand back, looked at the ground and said:

"This is a solvent called 'White Night's Death', which is a very common mixture, and although it has some taste, it is not dangerous to the human body."

Speaking of which, she was a little strange:

"The people in the base who know alchemy should have come here a long time ago, but these solvents are fresh, and I don't know who spilled them in this place."

"Your Highness."

At this time, Al and Shizuki suddenly ran after Sally:

"Did you just see any suspicious people nearby?"

Sally asked with a stern expression.

"No, what's wrong."

Xia said strangely, "Did something happen?" ”

"Sister, we found that the ammunition depot kept by the firearms department has been quietly entered, and now the students are counting the items, and I don't know if there are any things lost inside."

Shizuki replied from the side.

Beside her, Al was silent.

Xia was a little weak when he saw Al, and he didn't dare to talk to her, and after hearing Shizuki's words, he reluctantly smiled:

"Then you have to do a good search, after all, for many ordinary students, the power of firearms is still very great."

After saying that, she asked Stephanie secretly:

"Did you do that?"

"Of course not, master, I'm not interested in those things."

Stephanie said dissatisfied.

"You two, go over there and have a look."

Sally is the leader of Shizuki and Al, and gives instructions to the two.

Then he turned to Xia and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I didn't mean to interrogate you, didn't you really see a suspicious person nearby? I've been reported that besides you, there is a person who has been here and looks like a woman of little stature. ”

"Nope."

Natsu shook her head.

"Sally, are you interrogating the prisoner?"

Agnes' eyebrows furrowed.

"It's okay, it's also a serious and conscientious expression for her to ask, let's go back first."

Natsu stopped Agnes' frenzy and smiled wryly at Sally.

Sally naturally knew Egnes's temper and gave her a wry smile back.

"Master, you seem to have some interest in this woman? I saw you staring at her all the time, and she wasn't very pretty. ”

After leaving the entrance, Agnes returned to Ceylondor's Furnace to put the finishing touches on it, leaving only Stephanie and Natsu to make their way to the camp.

"No, I thought of the tragedy described in the manual."

Xia looked at the three of Sally who were far away, and sighed softly:

"Originally, I didn't want to deceive people when I was at the top of the mountain, but in the plot, there was a shortage of food, and the only magician who could condense water was Natya Vida, and she was seriously injured; Unable to find the mechanism to open the entrance, they fell into a desperate fight, and in the end only more than 20 people survived. ”

She recalls the plot in the manual:

"It was then that Sally was eaten alive by the hungry people...... How could such a tragedy be allowed to happen again? You know, we didn't have much food left at that time, and we could only last three days at most. ”

Hearing her words, Stephanie lowered her head as well, as if she remembered some bad memory.

"Although I am not really a hero, I am also cowardly at times; But no matter what happens, I have something I have to stick to. ”

Xia touched the head of the little Lori in black and said:

"Let's go, we still have a lot of work to do."

She looked up at the darkening sky:

"Whether you can escape from this island or not depends on what you do next." (To be continued) R655