Sitting in a chair and picking at his nails with a dagger, the mercenary leader thought helplessly: "It's like a bunch of moving rats." ”

In front of him, dozens of warriors who were supposed to be holding halberds, swords, and shields to fight monsters to the death now actually dug the soil with shovels and pickaxes, and then pushed small carts in and out of the bottom of the paper tower to carry the soil away.

However, due to the tradition of mercenary groups, they must obey the employer's command if the employer does not breach. In other words, now the regiment commander is also unable to change the ridiculous order given by the mayor. He could only wait.

"There's a situation! The dirt in this pit is plastered with mortar, and it looks like there's something buried underneath!"

Fortunately, with this voice, otherwise the remaining patience of the mercenary leader would have been exhausted. He was just about to walk over to see what was going on, but the fat mayor, who had been supervising beside him, ran over first with agility that didn't match his size.

"I'll take care of it, you guys back a little," said the mayor, jumping out of the mud puddle, taking out a crockpot from his bosom to everyone's astonishment, and solemnly placing it on top of the mortar board, "pull me up." ”

Well, that's normal.

The mayor immediately let everyone out of the pit after being reasonably lifted out of the pit by several mercenaries, and then he groped for a flint and steel from an unknown pocket and lit a rope of oiled paper extending from the top of the crockpot.

"Snort" ...... "boom"......

The small clay pot contained fierce fire oil, so after touching the sparks on the oil paper rope, it immediately exploded violently. Several mercenaries were so frightened that they even sat on the ground. By the time the explosion had passed, they found that the mortar board had been blown open, revealing a large hole for human access.

Still in the lead, the mayor of Soft Maple City took a windproof lantern and took the lead in drilling into the hole. The mercenary captain bit Ya, ordered two people to join him, and followed the fat mayor into the hole.

There are some stone steps below the entrance to the cave, which is relatively easy to walk. Everyone, including the mayor, walked safely to the bottom of the stairs, their feet touching the solid ground, and their hearts were much more steady.

"What the hell is this!"

By the light of the windproof lantern, they saw something striking: a mechanical creature that resembled a small metal fortress, but with two long legs, crouched in the middle of a large room that had clearly been excavated by man. Around it, there are a large number of wooden scaffolding debris that has broken and collapsed, and in terms of decay, it has been many years.

"Is this a golem?" the mercenary leader had some vision, and he made a very convincing hypothesis.

It's just that the fat mayor shook his head. He walked over to the mechanical creature and tapped his fingers twice, then tried to scrape some metal chips with the knife he was carrying, but the sharp steel knife couldn't make a single scratch on it. "This is not a golem. But even if it's a steel golem, it's probably not as solid as it. ”

He circled underneath the mechanical creature's belly, lifted up the barbed chains, apparently designed to reverse climbing, and found a metal ladder hidden behind. Climbing up with his hands and feet, the mayor finally saw what he was looking for. There is an ornament in the shape of a beast's mouth at the top of the ladder.

Gathering courage, he clenched his palm with the mayor's seal into a fist and plunged it into the beast's mouth. There was a soft "click", and he felt that his ring mark was embedded in some kind of mechanical structure, and he tried to twist it, and sure enough, it touched the mechanism. The belly of the mechanical creature opened, and a coiled metal ladder tumbled and fell.

"Get in from here, this thing can be driven," the mayor scrambled down, and just as he pulled his fist out of the beast's mouth, the beast's mouth slammed shut so that it didn't break his arm, "We'll have to climb in and see what kind of structure is inside." ”

Stepping on the ladder to climb into the belly of the mechanical creature, the mayor did not act alone this time, but called the mercenary captain and two mercenaries to follow him. When he stepped into the metal fortress, he found that the environment inside was actually relatively cramped, and only one person could move freely. Despite the mercenary leader's volunteer, the mayor insisted on taking it upon himself to check it out for himself.

By the limited light of the windproof lantern, he touched something that resembled a seat, and the fat mayor moved his body and sat down. Immediately afterward, he found that the lantern in his hand was useless. As soon as he sat down, a few smoky crystals above his cockpit lit up, emitting a light that was many times brighter than a lantern. He was able to see what was going on in the cockpit.

In front of him was a console-like thing, with a set of joysticks, a dozen dials of unknown use, and a large number of buttons that still had no known function. Under his feet, he could feel two pedals, which seemed to be able to be stepped on. Of course, the mayor didn't try to trample on them, he had to read the instructions first.

Yes. Right above that console, there was a booklet-like reading material. On the cover was written "Storm Mecha Operation Manual", and in the lower right corner of the cover was a line of small letters - "Honorably produced by the Wrench Family" - although it was not known what these words represented, it did not prevent the fat mayor from reading the contents.

"Push the leftmost joystick to activate the mech and close the hatch," the mayor began to work as he read the text on it. When he pushed the lever up, the entire mech's engine was activated, and there was a roar.

Seeing this, the mercenary captains immediately wanted to come over to see if the mayor needed help, but the mechanical creation that was about to be dumped next made them dismiss this attention.

"Gently push the second lever on the left, the stainless steel gear bites, and the engine stops idling and automatically balances," Startled by the sudden shaking, the mayor hurriedly regained the balance of the mecha as stated in the manual.

"The two joysticks in the middle can control the leg forward, and pay attention to the pedal to adjust the pressure on the knee joint. ”

When he wanted to make the third attempt, a yellow button on the dashboard suddenly kept flashing, he carefully checked the manual, and found that it turned out to be a warning that the oil had bottomed out: "The yellow light is flashing, which means that the oil has bottomed out, follow the steps below...... Open the fuel tanks in the cabin and, according to the signs on the gnome's mouth, distribute the filling of light and heavy oil into them. ”

Seeing this, the mayor finally understood the "tradition" that the alchemist master once said vaguely, "The tradition of Soft Maple City is to serve by piloting the Storm Mecha, and this Mecha has the ability to sweep away all the monsters under the command of the Emperor!"

A wave of confidence rose in his heart.

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