At the center of Endpoint City is a towering remnant of an ancient civilization, built of unknown metal from top to bottom, without a single crevice. Its builders www.biquge.info have disappeared for at least tens of thousands of generations, and when the Atas arrived, even the native Kavana didn't know what these relics of antiquity were.

When Muhadi saw it, he paused for a moment, and then came back to his senses.

Isn't this a rocket?

The tip towering into the sky is its fairing, under which are the carrying chambers, then the third pole, the second and first stage thrusters. The bottom part was supposed to be where the nozzle was located, but it was impossible to tell the difference between the brick and stone structures built around it.

Walking inside, the huge size and oppressive feeling of this rocket become more and more amazing. The largest launch vehicle on Earth is only two or three hundred feet, and this rocket is three times the height of the first stage thruster alone. It's hard to imagine what such a gigantic engineering marvel was built to transport to the stars. It's hard to imagine how amazing the roar of the wilderness and the tremor of the earth must have been when it was activated.

The blasphemer mage who led the way led Muhadi and the smuggler captain into the castle built around the base of the rocket. The castle is made of red boulders, imposing and magnificent, and it is also a remarkable architectural marvel, but it looks so small in the face of a huge rocket. It looks like the thatched hut of primitive people around a skyscraper.

As soon as he entered the castle, the telemancer was stunned again.

Forty huge metal furnaces are distributed in the center of the hall in the castle, and the workers on the upper body of **** are sweating like rain, busy around the furnace. Directly above each metal furnace, there is a nozzle at the bottom of a rocket. Each of the forty nozzles is the size of a pitch court, and the corresponding furnace is naturally incredibly large.

"Where did you get this rocket?" Muhati couldn't help but ask.

"Rocket?" the blasphemer mage was inexplicable, not knowing what the psychic warlock was talking about. But the look in his eyes at Muhadi was noticeably more respectful. "This thing we call the Forger's Tower, and it was discovered by adventurers and antiquities hunters in the Lost Basin. It is one of the local specialties of the Kavana world, not very common, but not rare. Originally, this thing was not very useful, but later people found out that it could not only live on the top, but also breathe fire underneath, which shows that it was a machine used by the ancient people of Kavana to smelt metal. So the old Pasha spent 100,000 gold coins and asked the witch king Malik to cast a spell on this thing and move it to Endpoint City. This is where we become the foundry center. ”

"It's also thanks to the witch king Malik who loves money like his life, and as long as he gives money, he is willing to do anything. Smuggler Captain Simon commented. "Otherwise, this thing is so big, and ordinary people can't do anything about it. ”

The psychic snorted and said nothing. Naturally, this rocket is not used to strike iron, but unfortunately no one knows what it is really for. As for the witch king Malik, he is by no means a lover of money. Those round flakes of metal had little monetary value to a legendary mage like him. Malik's original reason for collecting gold was that he needed a variety of rare metals in the currency to build his super magic ship. But now that the Athas have conquered so many planets, metal is no longer scarce, and even if there are really scarce metals, there are so many planets where life is thriving, and if you drain the life force of one or two of them, you can almost make them out of thin air with magic. The Witch King is still running around for money, is it natural to get used to it?

As he walked, the psychic warlock asked casually. "The Lost Basin? What kind of place is that? What are these ruins there?"

"It was a major excavation site frequented by adventurers and antiquities hunters. The blasphemer mage who led the way explained. "Kavanagh's natives have a very low level of magical attainment, and are still in the stage of elementary juggling. But the ancient civilization of this world has good technical attainments. A lot of strange instruments have been unearthed, some of which have been damaged, and some of which are still functional. The Witch King Malik said that many of the materials used by the ancient Kavana civilization to make their instruments were non-conductive, which was related to their technology, but it was also easy to degrade and decay. ”

Maybe it's an electrical appliance or something like a semiconductor or a wire?" thought the telemagician. If it is made of plastic or rubber, it really can't withstand the wind and rain for a long time.

"What kind of equipment?" Muhati asked again. "Isn't there a magic scroll or a psionic crystal that can be replaced?"

"It can be replaced, but magic and psionic energy are also easy to detect and counter, and the ancient relics produced here are different. The blasphemer mage explained as they left the castle's hall and walked up a spiraling staircase. "For example, there's an image blocker that can make people disappear, but it's not magic or psionic at all, it's amazing, right?"

"Sounds really interesting. Muhathir admitted. "So there are a lot of adventurers who have made a fortune here?"

The blasphemer mage shook his head. "No, there are many valuable antiquities here, and there are many dangers. The climate is also unpredictable and the terrain is complex. In addition, to go to the Lost Basin, you have to go through the Iron Snake Cave, where there are many monsters. ”

"Iron Snake?" Simon said abruptly, as he walked behind. However, his mind was not really focused on the conversation, and he looked around along the way, as if to determine the route of escape. The Smuggler Captain only wanted the blasphemer mage who led the way to talk for a while longer, and not to concentrate on himself.

"It is also a kind of relic left by the ancient Kavana natives, there are many artificially dug caves in and around the Lost Basin, and there are two long metal bars at the bottom of each cave, and scholars don't know what they are for, so they call them iron snakes. The Witch King Malik speculated that the ancient Kavana natives may have worshipped the Serpents of Order, so they built this structure for sacrifice. The two metals in those holes stretch infinitely, but never intersect, which is the symbol of the two serpents of order. ”

The Psychic Warlock snorted and didn't comment further. It seemed to him more likely to be a railroad system, with all the sleepers rotting away, leaving only two rails. For those who have never seen it at all, it's really hard to guess what it was originally used for.

The blasphemer mage saw that the Psychic Warlock didn't believe him, and asked. "Adults seem to have studied Kavanagh's ancient civilization?"

"No, but with my educated guess. Muhati said with a shrug. "It was supposed to be the wreckage of some kind of transportation. ”

This time, it was the turn of the blasphemer mage to lead the way, stunned for a moment, "Track...... What's that? What's that?"

"Some kind of mechanical device that can quickly transport people from one place to another. The Psychic explained, thoughtful.

"Ah, a portal-like one?"

"Nope. Muhadi shook his head. "It's a lot slower than that, but it can transport an entire army at a time. ”

"Sounds like a useful technique. The blasphemer mage commented.

"Yes, indeed. Muhathir also admitted. "Before I came to this planet, I never thought that the aborigines here would have such technical skills. This makes me wonder why the ancient civilizations in this world mysteriously disappear every time they rise from the ruins. ”

It was as if some powerful force was cleaning up the world on a regular basis, Muhathir thought, but didn't say it.

The sound of clapping hands came from above. The Psychic Warlock was a little surprised, because he hadn't noticed the compiler's thoughts fluctuating beforehand.

The blasphemer mage who led the way saluted respectfully, and behind Muhadi, the smuggler captain, Simon Havarian, gasped and his legs went limp.

Four people strolled down the spiral staircase, clapping slowly. Then, a voice rang out. "Well, if the local boat worshippers listen to it, they must take you as a prophet. ”

Muhadi noted that instead of four, there was one. She is a middle-aged woman with a cunning face, with strange pink hair and a traditional Atas robe in pink fabric, but she is not masked. A string of psionic crystals pinned to her waist reflected a multicolored light. The middle-aged woman held a staff taller than a man in her left hand, black wood coiled and twisted, and the head of the staff was an arcane eye, which stared straight at the psychic warlock in an unfriendly way.

Beside him, there are three colored phantoms, somewhat similar to the effect of the mage's mirror shadowing, but different. The mirror image created by the mirror shadow technique will only imitate the movements of the main body, and although the three phantoms are exactly the same as the middle-aged woman, their movements are different. One was clapping at a different rhythm, another was arranging his hair, and the third was looking at the Psychic Warlock curiously.

If you look closely, the three phantoms actually have their own projections, and the projection of the projection has projections, which are getting fainter and fainter, until they are completely invisible.

This person was obviously a part-time psychic mage, and Muhadi did not take the risk of reading her deep memories, but from the other party's shallow thinking, he sensed that the other party was very, very interested.

"I almost forgot that our guests came to this world for the first time and didn't know what a boat worshipper was. The visitor smiled, then explained. "They are the main religion of the indigenous people of this world, and they worship the relics left over from antiquity. It is believed that their ancestors will one day return in a giant spaceship and bring them paradise. ”

"During the Great Conquest, the ship-worshippers helped the Athas by mistaking them for their saviors. It is for this reason that they were not exterminated. The middle-aged woman said as she walked up to Muhadi. "You look so different than you thought you would. ”

She glanced at Simon again, "I didn't expect you to take this scumbag with you." ”

"Are you?" the Psychic Warlock felt an inexplicable hostility rise from the depths of his heart, and he couldn't help but raise his guard.

"The collection of Carly Jean, Psychic Warlock and Mage, you can call me the Collection, or the Cali Jean. These ...... 'shadows' are my sisters, my projections in different parallel universes. Calligine said, then staring intently at the Psychic Warlock, observing his reaction when he heard the following words.

"I am one of your outcasts. ”

After she said this, she stared intently at Muhadi.

The psychic warlock didn't say a word, and the scene was embarrassing and terrifying. Simon nervously looked back and forth between the two, and then whispered to Muhati, "I think you might as well get back together with Calijin, there's no need to suffer immediate losses, right?"

With a loud laugh, Calli Genehar didn't recite the incantation, and instantly unleashed a malicious teleportation spell that threw Simon directly above a furnace in the hall. The latter screamed and saw that he was about to die on the spot, but disappeared with a pop.

"Forsaken, what does that mean?" asked Muhadi, ignoring Simon's fate.

"You really don't know, or you're pretending. The corners of Carigine's mouth turned up, and she asked rhetorically.

"If I were lying, would I tell the truth if you asked me again?" replied the Psychic Warlock.

"That sounds like what an Primordial Sorcerer would say. "You really are him." ”

Another guy who thinks he is a primordial warlock, Muhati thought, he tried to hide his whereabouts, but he didn't expect it to be exposed here, is she a person from the witch king?

"You haven't answered my question yet. "The Psychic Warlock is ready for battle, if the other party is indeed the Witch King's man, then I'm afraid a big battle will be inevitable.

"Stand down," Calligine ordered the blasphemer mage leading the way, who bowed respectfully and left through the portal. "We went to talk in a quieter place. ”

Convinced, Muhati followed the other man up a flight of steps to a platform in mid-air. Once here, the noisy background noise in the surrounding environment disappears in an instant. This place is undoubtedly full of anti-detection magic.

"Now that we can talk, there's still some time before Ellen meets you, what do you want to know?"

"Ellen is the master here, and he invited me?"

"He invited you, but Ellen is not the master here, this is Kavanagh, the lawless land, there is no master here. Carlie Jean laughed, as if amused.

"What is an outcast, and why do you say you are my outcast?" Muhadi asked.

"It looks like you're really having a bit of an amnesia, so I'll give you a brief recollection, Rajat. "She called the Psychic Warlock by the name of the Primordial Warlock. "In the Verdant Age, when Atas had no magic, you walked the world as a mortal, and even traveled to the worlds. After that, it took you another two hundred years to develop your first spell. Have you ever thought about it...... This experience is far beyond the lifespan of a mortal thing, and how did you do it yourself. ”

"I'm not Rajat. "But I also know that Rajat himself is a powerful psychic mancer, and he can use psionic energy to extend his lifespan, what's so strange about that?"

"That was thousands of years ago, when psychic abilities weren't as perfect as they are today. Without the refinement and research of generations of great psychic warlocks for thousands of years, the psionic energy at that time was both crude and unreliable. Carly Jean smiled again. "And the life-extending ability hasn't been invented yet. ”

Muhadi hesitated, he really hadn't thought about how the Primordial Warlock had broken through the boundaries of lifespan back then. Just as he was about to speak again, Carley Jean gave her own answer.

"True heart exchange. This is how Rajat prolongs his life. In fact, this ability was originally invented by the Primordial Sorcerer himself. Carlie Jean said. "He will create a new blank body for himself when he needs it. Some were venturing to different planes, others were trying to escape aging, and whatever the purpose, Rajat always managed to make these bodies as perfect as possible, after all, he intended to use them himself. When the new body is built, he enters it with a true mind exchange ability. ”

"But what happened to the old body? Rajat didn't care, he just casually threw them aside. Carlie Jean licked her lips. So he didn't know that out of the shells that he thought he had become unconscious, a new self was born. ”

"These beings born from the old bodies abandoned by the primordial warlocks are the Forsakens, and I am one of them. Carlie Jean burst into laughter again. "Thanks to the fact that you built every body with all your strength and perfection. Each of our forsakens possesses amazing talent and near-immortal bodies, which is why they have been able to remain lurking in Athas. Thanks to your later invention of magic, we are still alive today!"

Muhadi was shocked inexplicably, there was such a group of people on Atas, and he didn't even know it. How many untold mysteries are still hidden on that desert planet? This astonishing discovery made him almost unsteady on his feet, and even his carcasses, which had become cancerous due to the radiation of the Coral Witch, no longer emitted a sharp pain that could shatter the will of ordinary people.

The Psychic Warlock didn't know what to say for a moment, but after a long time, he spoke again: "Eleon, whom you mentioned earlier, is he also an outcast, and is he as eccentric as you?"

"Of course he is...... Do you think I'm weird?" said Callie Jean laughing and shaking her head. "Then you haven't seen the Final Forsaken. And the first forsaken, the first body you abandoned, your original true body -- oh, of course he died of old age, but he later became the undead and came back to life, don't you know?" )