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In the garden behind the inner hall of the Doge's Palace, two and a half young men stood motionless with their eyes closed, breathing evenly, in a posture with their hands raised above their heads, receiving the sunlight like trees.

Arley sat on a stone bench in the gazebo, with an open-top stroller beside him, and Artoria was grinning excitedly, climbing his lap, as if he had taken Cheap Daddy as a mountain to climb.

Every time the little baby climbed onto his shoulder, the black-haired knight would take her off and stuff her back into the crib. But Artoria always managed to get out of the carriage, regain her grip on his thighs, and continue to climb up.

Little Ebenezer and Marta stood on the grass for two hours, and she crawled for two hours without a heart.

Yalei's side is divided into three purposes, taking care of his daughter while taking care of his apprentice, and a pitch-black and round ball of light is suspended in the palm of his right hand, which rotates at a constant angle in the air.

The method of forging the perfect body requires a high degree of precision in strength, and one careless mistake can pay a huge price, so it requires the practitioner to have a strong ability to understand the subtleties.

And the control of the Void Fluctuation level is only the threshold, and the black-haired knight needs to go one step further on this foundation to ensure that he will not fall short. However, the Dou Qi realm has been honed to his current level, and if he wants to improve a little, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Although Yalei has practiced to the eight limits of the ancients, his ability to penetrate into the micro is still stagnant at the level of the Void Fluctuation, and the long-term diligent training has only improved slightly, and the road ahead is still dark.

Relying on the memories Casper left him, the black-haired knight knew that only with the help of "time" could he completely enter the next realm.

When Casper forged the perfect body, he used the power of the Sands of Time, which is a power that can manipulate time in a small area. Although it was only a temporary change in the torrent of disobedience, which would eventually be corrected, it helped him to reach a higher realm.

And the last known bit of the Sands of Time in the world is stored in the hilt of the Blade of Time, the lost treasure of the royal family of Polis—that's why Aree sought it.

"Perhaps it is only in the constant realm where time stands completely still that I can see the nature of power. ”

The black-haired knight dispersed the ball of light in his hand, and by the way, picked up Artoria, who had climbed onto his shoulders again, put it in the crook of his arm, and pinched her nose:

"It's just a little bit old and you're so naughty, and you won't be able to go to heaven in the future?"

"Woo-ah-ah!"

Artoria wrinkled her little nose and yelled in displeasure, her pink arms scribbling in the air. The two little paws danced for a while, and then grabbed his clothes, as if they wanted to continue their climb to unemployment.

"Too much energy......"

Seeing the little lion's active appearance, Yalei simply put her on the grass, and took out the ball from the toy frame at the front of the crib and let the little one play with it.

“......”

The black-haired knight looked at the two apprentices, and with a test in mind, he silently plucked a branch from the ornamental tree, pinched it in his hand and threw it gently.

Between the weak shaking of the branches, they were filled with precisely filled fighting energy, and flew out like sharp swords, breaking into two in mid-air, stabbing towards the two of them.

Two afterimages pierced out, and the figures of Marta and Ebenezer trembled, and the goosebumps on their necks were faintly visible, and they opened their eyes violently and reacted at the same time.

Marta's eyes were hazy, her expression was surprised, and before she could figure out what was happening, her slender and soft body swayed like a wicker, and with a slight sway, the branches just passed by her shoulders.

"Hah!"

Little Ebenezer roared, his skin bulged, and he slammed the branches with a straight punch.

In this short moment, the black-haired knight also basically judged the character and ability of the two people in front of him in his heart.

Marta has a tough and introverted personality, is highly sensitive to external stimuli, and can quickly avoid danger, but her consciousness seems to be unable to keep up with the body's reaction, that is, her sixth sense is stronger than her strength. Little Ebenezer is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, lively and belligerent, and although he is also very sensitive to external stimuli, he is easily dominated by blood and makes wrong judgments.

"Mentor. ”

The two of them reacted that it was Yalei who tried it, and then honestly trotted in front of him.

"Marta, your reaction is very fast, but your consciousness can't keep up with the movements, so you will have to focus on this aspect of practice in the future. ”

The black-haired knight first commented on his junior sister, and then turned around and knocked his senior brother lightly: "It is an advantage to move forward bravely in the face of trouble, but it is stupid to blindly act in the face of unknown threats!"

"I was wrong. ”

Little Ebenezer was knocked on the head, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only hang his head and admit his mistake.

"You keep practicing, I have something to do for a while, remember to take care of Artoria, don't let her climb far. Yalei took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, gave them a few words, and walked briskly to the exit of the garden.

......

The black-haired knight changes into civilian clothes and reaches the depths of an abandoned alley, flanked by moss-covered wooden fences. On the map of the Doge's Palace, it is a heavily polluted isolation area, so residents are reluctant to approach it.

On the land adjacent to it, an industrial zone is rising from the ground, and the sound of steam roaring is incessant, like a barrier, covering the sound below the land.

Yalei walked over to an abandoned well, sensed the space around him, and after making sure that there was no one nearby, he jumped lightly into the well. After falling in the darkness for two or three seconds, the black-haired knight's figure flashed to the right and burrowed into the hole in the wall of the well.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Governor. The highland guards stationed at the entrance of the cave saluted him.

"Please come in, His Highness Kenneth has been waiting for a long time. Another guard, with the help of fluorescent, ripped open the alloy door that separated the passage.

The passage behind the alloy door is not narrow enough for two people to walk side by side, and the walls here are lined with large stone slabs, and the ceiling is of larger stone, supported by upright stone slabs spaced along the passages.

The passage and the ground were not straight parallel lines, but continued to slope deeper into the ground, and the loud sound of metal striking echoed at the end of the space.

Aree made his way through the passage to a spiraling metal door. The metal used to cast this door is very strange, with a texture like mercury, standing in the space like a mirror, which can reflect the subtlety of people.

As soon as his image was cast onto the door, the entire door instantly disintegrated into swirling blades, which automatically folded and folded up on the wall.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Governor. Behind the door, a pale-faced Sora bowed her head and saluted him.

Her voice was somewhat heavy and sluggish, giving it a sluggish feel.

The black-haired knight glanced at her, after what happened, the woman in front of her was still beautiful, delicate, cold, and had a pair of high cheekbones, but the original red short hair had been left to the waist.

She seemed to be working, with a little oil on her face, the same stain on her white overalls, a silver chain around her waist, and a silver star-moon necklace around her neck.

"Kenneth is working, please come with me. Sora continued in a dull, nonchalant voice.

Yalei knew that the other party did not mean to do so, but that the organization responsible for processing some kind of information in her mind was gone.

Although Kenneth begged him to spare the woman, the previous abuse and betrayal still made the genius prince unable to let go. So, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, Kenneth took it upon himself to remove the anterior lobe of the brain for the woman in front of him - ** and the impulse were gone from her forever.

Now Sora is Kenneth's perfect assistant and wife - Queen Lilith is only a political marriage, and the two have no feelings.

The underground space is vast, and the vents hidden in the walls bring clean air, and all sorts of researchers walk back and forth around the instruments.

Kenneth's Rune Workshop seems to have explosive properties, and due to the explosion of the experiment, it had to be transferred to the research institute to continue the experiment. And the previous research institute in the sound nest, due to his research on the power plant of the Big Mac, the energy source was out of control and exploded several times, and it could not be used.

It is now the newest location, and it is hidden underground in order to avoid panic among the residents, and because of the secrecy of weapons research.

Sora walks into Kenneth's studio with Are.

The spacious room was filled with models of more than a dozen giant devices, from the prototype that killed Kenneth to the point of being half-paralyzed, to the second-to-light machine and the third-change heavy machine with magic stone fuel, all placed on the floor according to the algebra and model of birth.

The war machines were all made of a metal material close to mercury, and one of the prototypes lay flat on the ground, cut open in the middle to give a clear view of its power system.

At this moment, Kenneth was sitting by the vent of the willow shutter partition, disassembling an instrument without saying a word, wrapping the bearings and gears with a crystal oil film, and reassembling them.

The parts he had repaired were lying quietly on the tarpaulin, and hundreds of pieces were placed large and small, with a feeling of sleeping baby and vitality.

"It's not convenient to talk here, come with me. ”

When Kenneth saw the two of them walk in, he immediately put down the repaired parts in his hand and led them into the break room.

The lounge was small, except for a slightly curved old chaise longue and a tin suitcase, and only a boiling kettle with boiling well water to relieve the dry air in the space.

"Is there progress in the research?"

Seeing that there was a reclining chair in the room, Yalei didn't compete with him for a seat, and stood directly by the tin box.

"There is a little progress, but ......"

Kenneth sat down in his chaise longue and lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and sighed a little tiredly:

"Maybe my research is too advanced to mass-produce it, even if it is supplemented by Rosevia's technology. The machines you saw when you came in were all the hard work of my poor energy during this time. ”

"Even if more mages are involved, won't it?" the black-haired knight's face was a little ugly.

"The mages of the Empire are only one part of it, but it is more necessary to have talents who are proficient in the spells of Rune, but you know the erosion of the Highland Kingdom. Even if a large amount of money is invested in education, there will not be enough high-level rune mages in a few years. On the side of the Empire...... Rune spells are too niche and difficult to enforce. ”

Kenneth shook off the ashes of his cigarette, rubbed his eyebrows, and continued:

"This kind of research is actually a gold hole, how much money is not enough to fill it, and there is no benefit in a short time, so you can only slowly boil ...... I can understand your feelings, but I'm sorry. ”

"It's okay with the accounts, I can understand it. ”

Yalei nodded, tightened his brows, and asked with a cold face, "But did you ask me to come here just to tell me this—there is no progress in the research?"

"Of course not. ”

His Royal Highness the Genius Prince raised his voice, his face showed excitement, and pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray hard:

"Do you remember the materials you sent me before, after I studied it for a while, I found that its refining technique is extremely similar to the Rune spell, and now I have gradually figured out the crafting technique!"

"What material?"

The black-haired knight was a little dazed, but soon realized something, and said:

"Wait...... You're saying you can replicate Scales?"

Previously, due to Krishura's special method of persuasion, two of the Admirals died, and their scales were handled by Arley, one to the Sound Nest and one to Kenneth.

Originally, he was used as a material research for the Big Mac device, but now the other party actually claimed to have figured out the secret of the scales, which made the black-haired knight feel a little overjoyed.

He knew the power of the scale cloak very well, even the firepower of the terminal level could not damage it in the slightest, and it could improve the overall strength of the wearer. If such a superb armor is given to oneself for use, then the combat power of the Governor's Mansion can be doubled.

"Exactly!"

Kenneth put his finger to his lips, but did not smell the smoke, only to realize that he had already snuffed out the cigarette before, and hung his arm stupidly, and shook his head in disgust:

"However, due to the material, my copy is not mature enough, and the quality is not as good as the scale coat itself. ”

"Where's the thing, show me!"

Yare looked like a shark smelling blood at the moment.

"Right at your hand?"

Kenneth gestured to the tin box beside him.

"Huh?"

The black-haired knight immediately cast his eyes on the tin box, looked at it, and found that there was a handle on the top cover of the iron box, so he reached out and held the handle and lifted it up.

With a soft "clang" sound, the four walls of the tin box slipped apart at the same time, scattering on the floor in a cross shape. And on the chassis of the box, a shiny full-body armor, in the shape of a pegasus raising its head and neighing, stood in Yalei's sight.

"As you can see, this is the first replica and the performance is almost far off. But if you give me enough time and money, one day, I will be able to make scales of the same quality, if not better. Kenneth explained.

"I understand what you say, but ...... Why do you want to make it a Pegasus?"

"For the sake of the artistic sense. One day the prince said.