ACT170: SAVE LOLI ALPHA
"You're going into the sewers, then go find the hammer, and no one in the whole of Ramses knows the place better than he does. ”
When the group said they wanted to search the sewers, Kabbalah on the sickbed introduced them to his old dwarven friend (ji), the dwarven mercenary Scardo. According to Kabbalah, when he was very young, he often went to the sewers with a group of friends who didn't know whether to live or die to play hide and seek, and when he was young, he also worked as a "black tour guide", taking those tourists who came to the sewers to find excitement, and knew more about the terrain there than the engineers.
However, Scardo went back to his hometown in the countryside to visit relatives a while ago, and even if he was urged to come back by telegram, it would take 2 days at the earliest. In other words, including the time it takes to prepare, they will not be able to start the operation until 3 days at the earliest. After such a long time, Weiss was worried that something unfavorable would happen.
"If the other party didn't hide in the sewer all the time, but used the sewer to transfer, then 3 days would be enough time for them to take Alpha to a far place. ”
"It's true that this is possible, that's why we called the police, aren't they? The police are numerous, and the search area is much larger than ours, so we just need to try to do what we can do. ”
Among all the people, Lytis, a research freak, is undoubtedly the one who wants to find the alpha the most, but her performance at this time is the calmest. As non-combatants, the other party cannot act with them, but there are also things that can help, such as creating magical "magic items".
In the unscientific world, magic is the science of this world! The magical elements that pervade heaven and earth are, in a sense, more omniscient and all-powerful beings than the gods. Litis had a "special idea" a long time ago, and if it could be realized, she might be able to create the strongest "hound" in the world!
"Time is a bit tight, but if I'm only looking for 'usability', two days is enough time for me to make a shoddy one-time item. ”
After checking the materials in front of her, Lytis arranged the tools and enchanted copper plates for the seal carving, and then looked up and saw that her companions were indeed staring at her.
"Okay, okay, I'll explain it to you before we get started, but I don't care if you can understand it. ”
It turns out that what Lytis is working on is a guide tracker that uses the ubiquitous magical elements and their special "spirit surnames". Theoretically, as long as the tracked target does exist in this plane, and it is known that the other party once had an "origin", then the tracker can rely on the guidance of the magic element to find the target along the trajectory.
After listening to Litis's explanation, everyone nodded their heads regardless of whether they understood or not.
Weiss thinks this thing is a bunker, which reminds him of the Dragon Ball radar in "Dragon Ball", but this one made by Lytis obviously has a wider range of searchable scope, and may be used for treasure hunting in the future. But the scholar lady said frankly that this thing is actually still in the theoretical stage, and what she wants to do now is tantamount to hard, how many reliable surnames can be made in the real thing, and even she herself does not dare to pack a ticket.
"Anyway...... I can't guarantee that this device won't lead you to something weird. ”
The 2 days passed quickly, and the dwarven police had distributed the portrait of Alpha to all the substations in the United Kingdom, but it could be said that nothing was found except for the accidental arrest of two "winners in life" with a half-elf loli. However, the dwarven mercenary Scardo rushed back to Ramses as fast as he could, after receiving the telegram.
As soon as the warm-hearted dwarven uncle got off the boat, he asked Weiss, who had come to pick him up, when he would act. Weiss wanted him to take a break to ease the fatigue of the journey, but the other party didn't care about the fatigue at all.
"Since it's to save people, it's natural to act as quickly as possible, anyway, that place doesn't distinguish between day and night, and it's the same when you go. ”
"But we still have a little more to prepare, at least tomorrow morning. ”
"Oh well. By the way, I heard that the old pit was unlucky again, so hurry up and listen to it, so that I can also be happy. ”
“......”
In addition to Scardo himself, he also found 4 comrades-in-arms who had nothing to do during the vacation, all of whom were old friends of Wess who had known each other when they were in Nanfeng Continent before. All of these bold and righteous creatures responded to Scardo and gathered with their equipment.
"What do you say about Ramses' sewers?
"What do you mean by that?" asked Weiss to Scardo.
"In the early years, before the city's sewage was sorted, all the dirty water would be discharged into the sewer. Formal factories and research institutes are better, and the waste will at least be disposed of first, but some illegal black workshops are not so particular. Thanks to the filth they threw at them, the creatures in the sewers were very alienated. ”
"Have you become a monster?"
"It's not a monster, it's better than a monster! rats, cockroaches, parasites, these things that used to be flattened with one foot may not be able to be cut to death with a knife. We'd better get some heat jets to take with us, and the temperature is adjusted just enough to vaporize the ** of those creatures, and it's clean after burning, and there is no smell. ”
"Uh...... Is that kind of thing easy to get?"
"I bought it in large hardware stores, and that thing is actually a sterilization appliance specially developed for cleaning sewers, and the temperature can be adjusted. On Valentine's Day, not only will you get a discount, but you can also buy two and get one free!"
“......”
For a moment, Weiss had a feeling that he couldn't complain...... The flamethrower that can directly vaporize ** is really just a sterilization appliance?
Although he was a little hairy, Weiss agreed to Scardo's request that they carry "sterilization equipment". On the other hand, Littis finally finished the tracker (a prototype version) after two days and three nights, and delivered it before everyone was about to enter the sewer.
In addition to the channeling technique, Lytis is also very proficient in rune carving, after all, the two have a lot in common.
Runes are characterized by complexity and speed, and these symbols seem to Weiss to be a bit like otherworldly versions of computer programming code, but the process of carving seals requires a high degree of mental concentration and the ability to control the magic elements in detail. As long as you can successfully guide them into the runes, you will be able to make them behave the way you want them to.
A simple set of runes may be drawn in a few minutes, but it takes about ten years for the seal carver to work hard to become a veteran. And like the one that Lytis is doing now, there are hundreds of runes that need to be used together, and she can get them out in 2 days, which can be regarded as a rare genius throughout the ages!
However, time is limited after all, and although Lytis barely finished drawing the runes and assembling the spare parts, she doesn't have much time to "pack". The entire device has the appearance of a walnut wood case with a shoulder strap, a headset and a radar-shaped probe, and weighs 40 kilograms overall.
"That's pretty much it, the whole device is not complicated, and the core of the device is some alpha hair, which serves as a sample to trace the origin. When you leave tomorrow, you just have to stand with the device and go to the place where Alpha once stayed, and the headset will make a 'tick tick' sound, and then you can find it by walking down according to this. ”
"It's as simple as that?"
"Yes, it's that simple in theory. ”
"Is there anything I need to be aware of, or is it prone to breakdowns?"
"Don't get into the water, if the small copper ball with hair in it gets a foreign object, it will affect the tracking effect, and there is nothing else to deliberately emphasize. Good luck guys!"
In this way, the group entered the dark city sewers under the eyes of Litis, and they first had to rush to the last location that Shimafeng and Nia had tracked before, where they would try to confirm the traces of Alpha before continuing to search downward. No one knows what will be waiting for them down there, but at least they can be sure...... It's not just humans!(To be continued.) )