Chapter 23 Steelworks 01
The tradition and daily life of traveling scholars
Dungeon exploration is always so fast-changing and dangerous. Reality doesn't show the map by pressing m like a game, nor does it show interactive buttons when the cursor moves over a clue like a game. After all, dungeons are such things, they are designed to defend against foreign enemies, and it makes no sense if they can easily break through. Therefore, adventurers must pay close attention to everything around them during their exploration, otherwise any negligence may lead to disaster.
This is what a reasonable normal adventurer would do.
But just like anyone who wants to take a shortcut when playing a dungeon in the game, there are always people who don't follow the normal way of attacking the dungeon, which is what people often call the goalkeeper team.
There are guards at the door.
The door is locked?
If the door is cut or not, then the wall will be cut through.
What kind of thief, just as the sword in the sheath is the most dangerous, the triggered trap has nothing to fear, let the meatiest paladin over there step on it all over there.
What do you say that if you don't solve this puzzle, there will be a large number of dangerous monsters? What kind of puzzle to solve, just as no one will know that you have infiltrated if you kill everyone, the dead monsters are not much of a threat, so why bother to guess the puzzle.
In terms of using kicks to get through this dungeon, the opinions of Xi Xiangyu, Sumesmart, and Allen are surprisingly unanimous, probably because none of them have a high IQ enough to solve puzzles and mechanisms...... Therefore, the three of them also tend to use combat to solve everything in the dungeon.
Of course, the premise of this is to have enough strength to defeat all the monsters, and the group just meets this condition.
After all, there aren't any guards in this huge building.
......
"Again, your strange adventure theory, you know that you will not help fight almost completely. Although I will prepare for the battle in advance, I will still be careful. ”
"That's right, not to mention this kind of empty building, even if it's a dungeon full of monsters, you only need to use your strength to crush it. ”
"However, the steel mill is also too cramped, and it is too uncomfortable to regain its original shape. ”
The interior of the building is apparently a steel mill, and although it is not working, the unknown fuel is burning somewhere, so the temperature is extremely high.
The molten material glows with a golden red glow, and the buildings here are all made of materials that are very similar to the physical properties of the ice, so many people have to squint because of the light pollution.
Facing emergencies in this state will inevitably be caught off guard, and Xi Xiangyu had to make sunglasses from the materials stored in the dimensional bag and equip them with a pair for his teammates.
After solving the light pollution, the huge size of Sumesmart became a big problem.
Dwarves are called dwarves because they are short, so dwarven buildings are not very friendly to medium-sized creatures such as humans, and even more uncomfortable to giant dragons. In such a place, Sumesmart was almost completely immobile, and had to use arcane magic to transform into a human form.
Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be much danger here, and the lack of this great power has no effect.
"Human, you'll always find a way, go find out the secrets here. I'm just staying here, and it's just the right temperature for me. ”
"There's no way a fully enclosed steel mill exists, there must be some secret doors or traps that haven't been discovered yet, at least there will be vents for the dwarves to enter and exit and for the gas. 」
In the crowded and cramped steel mill, Xi Xiang searched aimlessly, trying to find something special.
According to the guess of the happy encounter, since there is a steelmaking plant, there must be an opening for materials, and judging from the volume of a large furnace of molten iron, this opening will not be small. The road outside looks like it is enough to transport steel, and there should be an exit on the walls of the building.
But there is another.
There is no other waypoint to enter this half-plane, where the dwarves mine minerals, smelt them, and then send the items they create to the underground waypoint.
"Hmm...... What are these buttons for?"
In the midst of a large array of familiar mechanisms, Joy discovers a console with dwarf notes on the role of the buttons, except for a few red buttons that are not annotated.
「...... Don't underestimate me, I won't press it casually. 」
According to the routine, the buttons of this color are generally self-detonating, nuclear explosions and the like, and XJB must be Shi Lezhi when pressed randomly. But the feeling of being happy and unexpected is not to use the button to explode, but to resist when the foreign enemy attacks......
......
In the halls of the steel mill, the kobolds were digging down, but because even the floor was made of green ice, their efforts had little effect. Eren is treating lizardmen and dragon lions who are injured or suffering from snow blindness.
Sumei Smart turned back into a dragon form and flew to a huge furnace, lying on it comfortably looking at the large amount of green ice in front of him.
"Hey, can you hear me?"
Suddenly the sound of joy resounded in the empty hall, and everyone followed the voice, but they failed to find the teenager who was usually sitting on the flying carpet.
"I guess you can hear me, so I'll cut it short. I've triggered the emergency measures at this steel mill and get ready to fight, guys. 」
As soon as the words of the happy meeting were finished, the alarm sounded loudly in the steel mill, and the lights in the corners and overhead flashed red. It didn't take long for a crack in the floor of the hall to crack, followed by a large hole.
The sound of gears turning echoed through the hall, and a platform emerged from the cavern, with a dozen or so glittering colossi with runes.
As if triggering some command, the Colossus's eyes flashed red and began to make a fuss at the crowd.
Thanks to the advance reminder of the happy encounter, all the adventurers present were also battle-hardened, and the group was not only not surprised, but took advantage of the environment to fight the colossus.
"Immediately avoided when they were targeted by the tubes on their bodies, which were extremely powerful barrels. 」
"Zaken, look for an opportunity to blast them with electricity-based spells, these colossias are weak with lightning. 」
"Allen, don't use spells that require penetration, these colossi are magically immune. 」
With the hint of happy encounter, everyone destroyed all the colossi almost without being injured, and just as the warriors were about to let out an escalating roar, they heard the sound of happy encounter again.
"Aha, what's this button for......? Attention, it's the second stage, and it's still a big guy. According to what I said earlier, I will help you immediately. 」