XXXV. McNeill Semmapoulag
After the little dwarf heard Moon sign up for himself, he looked at Moon and was stunned, and he didn't react for a long time, and his face was covered with dust and sweat with a complicated expression.
"What's wrong?" said Moon, looking at the dwarfs with varying expressions.
"No, nothing. The dwarf wiped his face, adjusted his expression, and said, "In all these years, you are the first visitor to take the initiative to report your name, and no one has ever looked at me before, let alone been as friendly as you." The little dwarf sniffed, and taking the initiative to report his name could only be regarded as a basic courtesy, and Moon didn't think it was a big deal.
"McNeil Semaprag, mighty lord, my name is McNeil Semaprager!" the little dwarf puffed up his chest and gave his name to Moon.
"Sir, you can call me Mike. Perhaps realizing that his name was a bit long, the dwarf added.
"Okay, Mike. So, we're just going to go down to the next few floors and see if we can make it easier for your people to walk around? You know, we also want to save as much time as possible. "Moon's meaning is relatively simple, although the chat feels okay, nothing tense, but it won't take too long to clean you up.
"Oh, naturally it is possible, powerful lord, this fox lady is really powerful, how dare we stand in your way. McNeil looked back at Fruvoois and said, "Oh my God, she's so tall." ”
Moon felt quite speechless, Froy was just over six meters tall, and combined with what the other party had said to him just now, Moon was sure that this guy felt tall when he saw anyone. It seems that this is indeed the case, this dwarf is less than a meter tall, and it is really... Pocket.
"So, can you please take us to the magic ladder?" Moon got up and looked around, it was completely different from the straightforward terrain of the first floor, this fifth floor was a bit like a maze, it was hard to imagine how boring the guy who built this prison was, the terrain and roads on each floor were different.
"Yes, yes, mighty lord, please come with me. Get out of the way, stupid big one. McNeil turned and walked away, pushing away the kobolds who were significantly a few sizes older than him. Moon winked at Froy and Roxia, and the three of them followed McNeill toward a certain location.
"Mike, are you gnomes born to be so small?" Moon said, looking ahead at McNeil, who looked a little like a bouncing one.
"Powerful lord, we are indeed born, so most of our gnomes are engaged in mental work, after all, we can't do physical work if we want to. McNeill didn't look back, and said as he walked forward.
"That's right. Moon thought about it, it is true, what kind of physical labor can a dwarf do with this physique? The dark elves used to be relatively tall and strong, but they were driven underground, after so many years of adaptation, the body has evolved a little, and the smaller body is not so easy to consume energy, and for those magicians, the pure magic power in the body will also remove some impurities, and it is not as tall as the ancestors.
"What does the mighty lord want to ask?" McNeil looked back at Moon, only to glance at it and then turn back, after all, the height difference was there, and it was tiring to look up.
"Well, I'm just curious, I haven't seen you dwarfs before, what do you live on underground. ”
"Powerful lord, our dwarf's magic is still very powerful, and in addition, we can also use some tools we have invented to make up for our physical defects. McNeil led the three Moon into a square space with a magic ladder-like device in the center.
"Mighty lord, we're here. McNeil stood beside the magic ladder with a respectful gesture.
"Oh, thank you so much. When I get out, I'll see if I can help you get your sentence reduced. Moon glanced at Luo Xia, who nodded imperceptibly, and then Moon took Froy to the magic ladder.
"Hahahahaha! Oh?" McNeil couldn't help but laugh out loud at the sight of Moon stepping onto the magic ladder, but halfway through the laugh, he suddenly felt his whole body leave the ground. Luo Xia picked up McNeil and stepped on the magic ladder together.
In the rapid fall, Frois inserted the wind totem, and the group slowly fell down with the blessing of the totem. There was a thud from under his feet, the sound of a ladder smashing to the ground.
"Ahh Even with his feet off the ground, he was still waving his small fists, shooting targets in the void, and his little short legs were kicking around.
"Ahh Luo Xia moved too fast, carrying McNeil to the flight path of the thick phlegm, facing the flying phlegm.
"Ahh
"Okay, don't toss, let's talk about it. ”
"What to say? McNeill paused, limp and dangling in mid-air.
"Why are you lying to me?"
"How can I call this deception!? I call this tactical guidance!"
"Huh. Moon winked, and Froy walked over and picked up his slender little arm, and McNeil, who was slapped in the face, kept spinning in circles in the air, screaming and screaming.
"Ahem, phew!" McNeill spat out a mouthful of blood, rubbed his swollen cheeks and said, "Naturally, it's to kill you, you bullshit dark elves, don't you keep us here just so that we can be killed by you, or let us kill the people you sent!"
"Well, you have a point. Moon thought about it, it was indeed the case, so he made a gesture towards Luo Xia, and his palm crossed around his neck.
"Young Master. Luo Xia stared behind Moon and reminded him.
"Oh?" Moon followed Luo Xia's gaze and looked behind him. A creature that appeared to be a water elemental slowly moved out of a dark corner.
The reason why it is said to be like the water elemental is because Moon has seen the water element summoned by Frois, which is basically a blue liquid body. Although this guy also has a liquid body, it is green, and it feels like he has been poisoned.
"What's that?" asked Moon, of course, McNeil.
"Hmph, this is one of my masterpieces, the Radiation Combat Unit, Poison Dust! It took me a lot of effort to transform that water elemental into this. McNeill's face was full of pride.
Froy looked at the poisonous dust that was moving, flicked his hands to his sides, and two axes slipped out of his cuffs and walked towards him. Moon couldn't help but wonder, the mechanism of these two axes is really strange, usually hidden in the sleeve? The axe is so wide, the sleeve is so narrow, how the hell is it done?
With the blessing of the totem, Frois didn't take much effort to kill the poisonous dust, and looked at McNeil with a mocking look on his face as he walked back.
"That's it?"
"Fuck, fuck, why are she-foxes so fierce these days!" McNeil muttered as he stared at the green water elemental that was gradually disintegrating and dissipating.
Click, click, toot. Suddenly an alarm sounded in the darkness, followed by a screeching sound of metal scraping against the ground, and Frois turned to look at it impatiently.
It was a spider-shaped mechanical creature! When it appeared, it raised its sharp foot and stabbed at Frois, who calmly avoided it and summoned the earth elemental. The earth elemental grabbed two thick arms and pounced on the mechanical spider, and the two sides scuffled together, it was really a simple and violent fight.
"Ahhhh
"You made it?" said Moon, looking at the spider shape, but it was clearly a patchwork of parts.
"Of course, this is the greatest killing machine in history, the electric torturer model 6000!"
"6000? Why is it called 6000?"
"Nonsense, the previous 5999 have all failed!"
"......" Moon was momentarily speechless by McNeill.
Frois had been hovering around the mechanical spider, and at this time he finally found an opportunity! He took advantage of the mechanical spider's ability to raise its pointed foot and stab at the earth elemental, holding an axe in both hands, and jumped up and slashed at the junction of the pointed foot.
The mechanical spider's attack did not meet expectations, and with the addition of the earth elemental's counterattack, it could only staggered to one side without a foot. A beautiful fox rolled around, picked up the leg of the electrocution weapon that had just been chopped off, and then kicked the leg and jumped, inserting the leg of the torturer directly into the middle of the body of the mechanical spider!
"Ahh
"Murderer, you killers! you destroy it!! oh no!!" the little gnome cried in mid-air.
Seeing Frois pick up the axe and walk back, Moon felt a little bored.
"Okay, I don't have time to toss with you, how to leave. I'm going to the next floor. ”
"Oh," McNeil sniffed, "let me down, only I can open the mechanism, don't worry, I don't have any other means." ”
Moon nodded, motioning for Luo Xia to do the same. McNeil, who landed on the ground, jumped on the spot a few times, as if to confirm the fact of landing. Then, ignoring the three of them, he walked straight to a certain rock.
McNeil pulled out a remote-like object from his body and pressed it against the stone, which received the signal, trembled, and opened a small door. Moon saw that only the gnomes could enter.
McNeil looked back at Moon, the meaning of the inquiry was obvious, and said, "I need to go in to open the mechanism." ”
Moon didn't speak, but nodded.
McNeill walked slowly into the stone, and as his body was all in the door, he sped up to it, and then there was a hahaha laugh.
The space began to shake with McNeill's laughter, and the stones on the walls around him began to fall off, and the ground that had been fairly flat suddenly bulged into a huge bulge.
A humanoid robot, apparently made of metal splicing, crawled up from the ground with a flashing red alarm, rubble and dust constantly sliding down the huge body, and McNeil, sitting in the robot's chest space.
"Hahaha, stupid dark elves. Finally, I've found a chance! Let me see the power of my all-terrain combat units!"
"Don't count on that shaman! My electrocution machine type 6000 has completed its mission perfectly, and has already passed on her combat data and combat effectiveness! She can't hurt me, hahahahaha!
The huge metal took a step forward with a strong oppressive force, and the entire space trembled. And then... Falling apart.
McNeil sat in the chest control room, watching the witch tear down her masterpiece bit by bit, bit by bit, into parts, and pile them in front of her. In the end, only one stand remained, and the control room was messy in the wind.
McNeil wanted to stop it, but he couldn't stop it, the witch was moving too fast, although McNeill could clearly see what she was doing, his all-terrain combat unit couldn't move at all.
So, McNeill sat down in front of Moon again, chatting with the other party calmly.
"Let's talk about it. ”
"Originally, I wanted to take you directly to the real magic ladder and send you away. I don't need to waste resources on you, I can see that even if my invention can defeat you, it will lose a lot, but I didn't expect this lady... This lady is too fierce. ”
"Oh, did you change your mind after I gave my name?"
"Did you notice? hehe, yes, I wanted to kill you just because you're Moon Black. "McNeil is very calm at this time, there is no way not to be calm, his biggest reliance is gone.
"Why?"
"Why? At that time, it was in your storm collar, and I didn't wait for administrative approval, so I had to secretly mine kryptonite veins! ”
"Huh?" Moon struggled to recall, "I remember that many years ago, it was said that the territory received a group of exiled gnomes, but unfortunately there was no news after that. You guys, no?"
"It's us, we've been sent to this prison, what else can we do. ”
"That's true. ”
"Our country of dwarfs, the great Nomorigan! I don't know why, many people were infected by a strange disease overnight, they almost lost their minds, and attacked living creatures at sight, so I fled there with a group of people. Wandering around, although it is difficult to survive, we still hope to one day liberate our motherland!"
"Later, according to the probe's instructions, we discovered that you have a kryptonite vein in the Storm Territory, so... You know the rest of it. ”
"What are you looking for Kryptonite for?" Moon was a little curious.
"See my all-terrain combat unit! That's my great invention!"
After seeing Moon nod, McNeil continued: "Hmph, don't think it's weak, it's just that the materials available in this prison are limited, and they have all been scavenged from various explorers for so many years. Otherwise, hum. ”
"Oh... I see. Moon probably knew what McNeill meant, that is, he was not convinced of the loss, and what he did could be more fierce.
Huh? Wait a minute... A thought suddenly crossed Moon's mind.
"Tell me what kind of unit you are, what materials do you need according to your ideas, and how strong can it be?"
"It's not a big deal to tell you, in my original design, its main body should be made of kryptonite, and then combined with the alloy of Titan steel to cast armor, and then the armor is carved with enough magic defense and power array! That will be a perfect war machine!oh~~~ Beautiful, powerful~~oh~~~" McNeil's eyes gradually drifted with his description, falling into a kind of intoxication.
"How long did it take to build something like this?" Moon asked, keeping his facial expression unchanged.
"Hmph, it's hard to say, design is easy for me, but you need the right helper to do this kind of thing. We used to work with dwarves! Now, well, if we have the right helper, a year and a half is probably enough. ”
"You don't know the bottom of your own heart?"
"That's all the estimated time, I'm going to be sent to jail before I even have a chance to try!"
"Hmm... Also, take him. The second half of the sentence was obviously said to Luo Xia.
"Ahh
McNeill reversed his previous arrogance and arrogance, and looked a little flustered.
"Do you want to go back to Nomorigan?"
"Huh?"
"I can help you, I can get you out of jail, and even bring a couple of helpers you need, and I can help you get back to Nomorigen. ”
"What do you want?"
"I need you to build me a unit of that or something. ”
"Then you might as well kill me. ”
"Oh, good. Do it. Moon swung his head at Frois, who flicked his one-handed axe, gestured near McNeill's neck, and raised it high.
"Wait a minute! I've changed my mind!" McNeil shouted until the axe was about to hit his neck.
"Oh? Pretty fast. Moon teased.
"Good dwarfs don't suffer immediate losses!"
"Hmph, take him, let's go down. Moon said to Luo Xia.
"Huh, aren't you going out now?" McNeil looked even more flustered.
"Now, no, I want to go down and have a look. ”
"Can you discuss that you can come back to me when you are about to leave?"
"Huh?"
“... The guy on the tenth floor is a little awkward, I'm afraid. McNeil's face, which was almost full of eyes, was flushed red.
After some understanding, Moon still refused McNeil's request and insisted that Luo Xia carry him down.
From McNeill's mouth, Moon probably understands that this prison is basically a sphere of influence on every fifth floor, and the badge that Moon holds near the magic ladder is the meaning of the pass, but the prisoners have special magic props on their bodies, and they can go up and down freely within the five floors. If you want to cross the sphere of influence, you have to depend on your ability, and the prisoner who is not strong enough will explode and die the moment you cross.
Considering McNeil's small size, and it was not like he had strong magical powers, Moon had no choice but to take out the conch communicator and give the teacher a magic message.
Then he was scolded by the teacher and asked him to read the instructions on the magic ladder by himself.
So Moon and his party ran to the vicinity of the magic ladder, and after looking for a long time, they found that there was indeed a description under the device where the badge was placed. Roughly speaking, here at the Magic Ladder, a special device is used to report the prisoner's number, and after verification, the prison will temporarily suspend the self-detonation device in the prisoner's body.
"What's so scary about the guy on the tenth floor?" Moon, who had taken care of everything, turned his head and asked McNeil on the ground, well, he was already walking by himself at this time.
"We gnomes are loyal to the god of invention and science! That guy on the tenth floor, he's a necromancer! Necromancy, this is unscientific!"
"Undead?" When Moon heard this, the first question that came to his mind was that the wolf clan would turn into an undead in the case of extreme resentment, and then the second question that came to mind was the wolf lord in the Deep Blue Forest!
"Ah, it seems to be a demon, but it's the same race as this young lady. Merely... It shouldn't be as strong as this young lady. McNeill thought of the scene where his masterpiece was dismantled, and his little body shuddered involuntarily.
"I also said that I would like to find an opportunity to ask the teacher, it seems that there is a ready-made necromancer here, so I don't need to trouble the teacher. Moon thought about it for a moment and decided to go to the tenth floor to have a look.
Although the dark elves major in dark magic, dark magic has nothing to do with undead magic, and it is not that dark magic necessarily contains some evil magic. Necromancy itself is not a good or evil, it is just a source of power and a way to use it. Power is always pure, just the person who uses it, good and evil.
Moon once considered consulting with his teacher Levi about the undead, but then gave up, the dark elves basically don't have any research on undead magic, and their physique is limited, and they are afraid that they will ask too much and too much, causing unnecessary trouble.
In case the teacher comes along, oh, I have a friend who has a lot of research on necromancy and can help you with something. Then I asked what was the matter?The matter of the Lord of the Deep Blue Timberwolf, then if the teacher's friend went with him, and then found out about the city by the way, although I felt that I was thinking too much, but well, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.
After letting go of the general curiosity and having a clear purpose, Moon and his party moved quickly. After Fruvis protected by Moon's side, Luo Xia took a few people, and the journey was almost devastating, artificially making the trip unimpeded.
"Heidi. ”
"What's the matter, master. ”
"Why do you smell on you?"
"Master, the High Priests will transform it to their liking...", Frois repeated his previous argument, and it made sense, and Moon could not find a place to refute it.
"Why don't I feel like I haven't smelled much before?" Moon always felt that something was wrong.
"That must be the reason why the master had never been so close to me before. Flora laughed twice, and the end was full of charm.
Moon thought about it, indeed, near the magic ladder leading to the tenth floor from the ninth floor, it was a very narrow passage, in order not to be stuck, Moon could only move sideways, and it happened to stick to the front of Froy who was adjusting his position and wanted to pass. What position did Fruvis adjust?
As for Luo Xia, after careful consideration, she widened the passage with her fists.
Moon was thinking at this time, why didn't he let Luo Xia go to the forefront, causing himself to squirm here for a long time.