Berkeley, the captain of the magic ship, died violently.

He died very suddenly, just when he was stuck in the critical step of the dream screen, and his head exploded and died.

Berkeley is a Nine-Ring Metal Wizard. His limbs, torso, and head had been replaced by magical metal, and there was not a trace of flesh and blood, even the bones were made of magical alloys.

When he blew it up, there was no sight of red and white things flying around, but instead sputtered a large piece of metal fragments.

These fragments flew in all directions, and as they approached the edge of the Dream Magic Array, they were controlled by an invisible magical force.

The metal fragment suddenly froze as if it had been pressed the pause button, and did not move at all.

After a second, the force that bound the metal fragment was gone.

The metal fragments lost their momentum and fell to the ground with a clatter.

The onlookers around the Dream Magic Array were not alarmed by the sudden metal fragments, and their attention was all fixed on the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

"Oh, that saucer-shaped metal thing we saw just now should be some kind of alien aerial vehicle."

The speaker was Grand Arbitrator Paredes.

As a wizard of the Ten Rings, he has already stepped into the level of Star Witch with half a foot. He was the one who knew the most about the starry sky among all the people on the scene.

He spoke softly and quietly.

Affected by his tone, the onlookers who should have been surprised after hearing the word "alien aerial vehicle" all showed a calm and calm appearance, and they were not surprised.

Bell, who had collected samples with Li Nuo before, asked out loud:

"Professor, what is an alien spacecraft?"

"It's a vehicle that can fly freely in the alien sky. There are many types that can be subdivided according to their use, power, and driver. ”

As he spoke, Paredes stretched out his right hand and tapped his fingertips on the mirror surface of the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

This magic floor-to-ceiling mirror has a dream playback function.

With Paredes' movements, the dream screen reappears on the mirror, and the dream scene is played backwards.

The huge flying machine with a sense of oppression reappeared on the dream screen.

Paredes' finger tapped the mirror again, and the dream screen paused to freeze at the moment when the aircraft approached the gap in the alien sky.

"See this 'claw pinching the planet' pattern?"

The crowd around Paredes, except for the wizards of the Deep Sea Branch, Lino, Dinas, and Maevre, the rest of the wizards were all Pure Light Wizards, and they were all students of Paredes.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the scene of the interrogation of the criminal immediately turned into a classroom.

"Look closely at the 'claws' on this pattern. Who knows what kind of animal or monster's claws it is? ”

Paredes looked at the students on the left and right.

The Wizards of the Pure Light, including Bell, answered actively.

"Like some kind of bird's claws"

"It could also be chocobo's."

"I think it's the claws of a humanoid creature, like the batwing demon bat raised by the Night Spirituality"

After listening to the student's speech, Paredes shook his hand, then drew his golden wand and sketched a magical pattern in the air:

"Nope. Due to the simplicity of the claws on the pattern, your assumptions are in the wrong direction. Now, let me magically draw a diorama of this claw. ”

The tip of the golden wand slid through the air, leaving behind lines of magic that glowed golden-white.

The diorama of the claws is becoming more and more complete, and all the details are presented under the "pen" of Paredes.

At the moment when the diorama of the claws took shape, the people on the scene, whether they were students of Paredes or not, visibly gasped and their hearts raced.

"It's a dragon's claw!"

"Why does the dragon's claw pattern appear on the alien spacecraft? And it holds in its hands a planet full of volcanoes, land, and oceans. ”

"Could it be that there are dragons in the alien sky? Otherwise, how could dragon claws appear on the pattern of the alien aerial vehicle?"

Standing in the crowd, Leno threw deconstruction at the diorama drawn by Paredes.

According to the feedback from the system, what Paredes had drawn was called a "magic model: the claws of some kind of dragon-like creature".

Then throw the deconstruction technique at the "claw" pattern on the dream screen, and the system gives it the name "claw pattern of some kind of dragon creature".

Comparing the names of the two patterns, it is not difficult to conclude that Paredes, the old professor of magic, recognized the origin of the "claw" pattern at the first sight.

He is very familiar with the pattern and the "claws", so that he can restore the diorama of the other party.

Li Nuo nodded secretly, thoughtfully.

It seems that the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department is not ignorant of who Berkeley is working with. They have found some definite clues.

"Guys, let me tell you the answer."

Paredes clasped his hands in front of him, and his voice recounted in a steady voice:

"The alien aerial vehicle that appears on the dream screen comes from Deep Space United Mining. This is a galactic-level alien force. They see our world as a huge vein. The Metal Wizard and his metal magic creations are the most unique of the minerals in this vein. The catastrophe of 15 years ago, and everything that is happening on this magical ship now, was caused by the plundering of metal magical creations by the Deep Space United Mining. This is a crisis against metal wizards. Due to the cruelty of the Deep Space Joint Mining Force, the lives of others caught up in the crisis will also be in danger. ”

Paredes' words coincide with Lino's speculation and can be said to be completely consistent.

Li Nuo has this layer of psychological construction, and his heart is quite calm and calm. The rest of the audience around him was different. The wizards, including Dinas, showed amazement, anger, and a hint of fear.

Especially the only living eight-ring metal wizard on the scene. This wizard, like Berkeley, is from the Hotamus Metal Branch. He was sent to persuade him to surrender.

As soon as Berkeley died, his persuasion efforts failed, and he was inevitably in a depressed mood at this time.

As soon as everyone heard Paredes' words, they immediately turned their eyes to the metal wizard, and the metal wizard himself was startled, and his thoughts were surging, and large metal spikes appeared from his mask.

"Professor Paredes, where did you hear about this? Why is there no wind in the academy at all? The metal wizard asked. His voice was younger, and his voice trembled slightly. The fact that he became the target of the alien forces to plunder him caused an extraordinary psychological burden on him.

Paredes responded:

"It's top secret from the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department, Colin. Before leaving, I received a secret order from the Law Enforcement Department. After I confirm that Berkeley and its collaborators are indeed related to the Deep Space Consortium, I can tell you this news and the Metals Branch behind you. Take a closer look at the model of the dragon's claw that I made. What does it make you think of? ”

A metal wizard named Colin stared at the dragon claw model in thought.

The metal spikes on his visor retracted and twitched regularly.

The silence created a quiet environment for Colin's contemplation.

After this atmosphere lasted for about 10 seconds, Colin said in a hoarse voice:

"Yes, Professor Paredes. I recognize the owner of this dragon's claw. ”

There was some frustration and fear in Colin's voice:

"It's unbelievable that the claws of a metal progenitor dragon actually appear on the pattern of an alien sky force."

The onlookers of the "Metal Ancestral Dragon" were full of discussions.

Unlike Colin's fear, almost all of the audience looked confused.

They had no impression of the so-called "Metal Progenitorium", and could only turn their inquiring gaze to Paredes.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Paredes read out the words from the textbook:

"The History of the Unas Ring", the opening part of the chapter on prehistoric civilization, has the following paragraphs:

"Before the beginning of the era of wizards, the land was ruled by dragons. The vast majority of extraordinary beings, including wizards, are slaves or servants of dragons. When the catastrophe that ended the Dragon Age came, dragon creatures were killed and wounded. Some of the most powerful of them have reneged on the oath of the Dragon Ring, abandoned the land, and become interstellar wanderers. ”

Paredston paused:

"The book "History of the Ring of Unas" does not specify which dragons abandoned the land. I can tell you part of the answer. One of them is the Metal Ancestor and Leader of the Metal Dragon, a Metal Ancestor Dragon named "Tulsali". Today, if he were still alive, he would be over 3,100 years old, and he was a well-deserved metal primeval dragon. ”

The crowd of onlookers was shocked by this secret history, and Paredes' next topic was a bombshell.

"The Metal Thinking meditation method of the Hothams Metal Branch is the dragon legacy obtained from the Metal Progenitor. This meditation method has a very serious flaw. I think Colin can tell us the answer. ”

Paredes looked at the dull metal wizard.

Colin puffed out his chest and took a deep breath, and the voice from under the mask became bitter:

"Yes." The "Metal Mind" meditation method is flawed, fatally flawed. We need to fuse the "mind metal" left by the metal progenitor dragon into our body in order to master the extraordinary ability to make a mental connection with the metal. The thinking metal carries the blood of the very thin metal progenitor dragon. Although the power of this bloodline is so thin that it is almost gone, it can still force us to submit to the source of the bloodline, which is the metal progenitor dragon Thalsali.

"If Thalsali and his offspring are all dead, there will be no dragon who can mobilize the power of the bloodlines of the mind metal. But if any of them were still alive, none of us metal wizards, who should be classified as "half-dragons" according to the "Law of Dragons", would be able to escape the fate of being ruled.

"Berkeley's submission to the Deep Space Coalition and his death are proof that the blood of Thalsali has not been severed, and that there are still metal dragons alive in this world. This is an extremely heavy blow to our metal division. ”

The audience was dumbfounded.

So is Linuo.

Yes?

This..

The flaws of this "metal thinking" meditation method are too serious, right?

Just because there is a trace of the blood power of the Ancestral Dragon on the mind metal integrated into the body, it will be controlled by the Ancestral Dragon and its descendants.

I.. This.. I'm still not going to practice the Metal Thinking meditation method.

Huh? No, no.

Li Nuo suddenly thought of "harmless deconstruction"!

The harmless deconstruction provided by the system is clearly aimed at the phenomenon of "being controlled by others".

Using harmless deconstruction to deconstruct the "Metal Mind" meditation method can completely shield the influence of the metal progenitor dragon on oneself.

Oh, I have the deconstruction core system at hand, so I don't have to worry about the shortcomings of the "metal mind" meditation method.

Perhaps, with the help of harmless deconstruction, I don't even need the "Thinking Metal" thing to cultivate the harmless "Metal Thinking" meditation method!

Li Nuo's mind turned a corner.

His attitude towards the "metal mind" meditation method has taken a 180-degree turn in a very short period of time.

It was also at this moment that Li Nuo completely understood what "harmful ingredients" harmless deconstruction helped him remove.

Just like the results of his analysis when he first deconstructed the Ten Commandments of Martyrdom, harmless deconstruction specifically targets the "spiritual pollution" left by the original creator.

"Mental pollution" is like a backdoor to computer software. People who set up this backdoor can easily manipulate computer software, steal sensitive content such as user data in the software, and even hack into the computer system through computer software.

The bloodline of the metal ancestor dragon that remains in the thinking metal is similar to the existence of the "backdoor program". It is because of this that metal wizards are forced to submit to the metal progenitor dragon.

In any case, the potential hidden dangers of this Hotams Metal Branch are really not small.

Li Nuo sighed in his heart and looked at Dinas beside him.

Dinas listens to the conversation between Colin and the wizards. After feeling Li Nuo's gaze, she turned her head and smiled, grabbed Li Nuo's two arms and twisted them slightly.

"What's wrong? Watch what I'm doing." Dinas Briling's eyes flickered a few times.

"Uh," Li Nuo thought about and whispered:

"I'm just wondering if the meditation method that the two of us are cultivating will have the same hidden dangers."

Dinas tilted her head slightly, her tone uncertain:

"Probably not. Well, I don't know. ”

Lino pondered, lifted the topic, and continued to listen to the discussion with Dinas.

Li Nuo did not give a positive answer, but he had the answer in his heart.

Neither Dinas's reincarnated torch nor Lenovo's own Sword of Silence have any "mental pollution", and the system does not remind him to deconstruct these two objects in a harmless way.

Similarly, there is no "spiritual pollution" on Dinas who cultivates the Reincarnation Meditation Method and Li Nuo's "Silent Voice" meditation method.

According to the previous logic, "mental pollution" = program backdoor = hidden danger. No "mental pollution" = no program backdoor = no hidden dangers.

In this sense, both the Rebirth Meditation and the "Sound of Silence" meditation are harmless, and you can practice them with confidence and boldness.

Li Nuo's heart relaxed a lot.

Everyone at the scene looked at Colin with some sympathy. Anyone who knows that they will be forced to submit to other people or things because of the meditation method they rely on for their survival will feel depressed, frightened, and hesitant.

With Paredes' permission, Colin enters a dream and relays everything he knows to his professor.

Paredes ordered the students to clean up the site and sort out Berkeley's remains and the Dream Circle. He himself sank into a dream and made contact with the Pure Light Court.

Commini's inquiry is over. The Seven-Ring Silence Witch questioned seven suspected wizards, including Carandi.

As expected, the shop owners who set up shop on the ship had no idea what Deep Space United Mining was doing.

Judging from Berkeley's dream process, if the plan of Deep Space United Mining goes through normally, then these seven shop owners will also be blocked by the "Imprisoned Collar" to block their spell casting abilities and become prisoners who will be centrally imprisoned.

The results of the interrogation were put together with the images deduced from the dream, and the suspicions of the seven shop owners were cleared.

"I sent Karandi and six other shopkeepers to the emergency ship."

Comini arrived at the interrogation site with two headless corpses on his shoulder.

She dropped the headless corpse to the ground and stared at Berkeley's corpse:

"What's going on here? Why did Berkeley's head explode too? ”

Bell, the enthusiastic and active wizard of pure light, explained on the side:

"It happened suddenly, Mistress Comini. When the pattern of the metal Ancestral Dragon appeared on the dream screen, Berkeley's head suddenly exploded. We didn't have time to rescue him. ”

Comini touched his head, becoming more and more confused, and asked Lenovo:

"Berkeley dreamed of a metal progenitor's dragon and his head exploded?.What the hell is going on?"

Li Nuo glanced at the three headless corpses at the scene, and a look of "this is really a coincidence" flashed in his eyes:

"Master Comini, let Bell explain it to you. I don't know much about metal progenitors. ”

Leno gave Bell the opportunity to speak.

Bell gladly accepted, describing the previous scene in vivid detail.

After a short while, Cormini figured out the situation, the corpses at the scene were cleaned up, and the Dream Magic Circle was recovered.

During Berkeley's interrogation, the law enforcement wizard made emergency repairs to the magic ship's power system.

There's nothing they can do about the magic engines in the middle deck, but they can do it just by getting the ship moving.

A set of hull propulsion circles consisting of dozens of magic arrays was arranged on the outer armor of the magic ship. Through the air and water jetted out of the circle, the magic ship could barely move.

Just when everyone thought that was the end of tonight's affairs, Colin and Paredes woke up at the same time.

Colin's expression was gloomy, and he just stood stunned, saddened by the fate of the Metal Branch.

Paredes, however, made a disturbing message.

"Everyone left the magic ship and hid in the nearby sea. There is a starfleet of fifty alien spacecraft approaching our world, and it is coming for the magic ship at our feet. This news is absolutely true, it was sent by the star filter. ”

"Fifty alien flying machines!?"

"Starfleet?!"

The scene was fried.

Paredes repeated in an unquestionable voice:

"Don't panic, listen to orders. Everyone, including me, leave the magic ship now. Ms. Selena is ready to pick us up. ”

Selena is the Nine-Ringed Deep Sea Witch who summoned an emergency ship.

Leno learned her name from Bell in small talk. Coincidentally, Selena is also the vice president of the Deep Sea Branch. The Deep Sea Courtyard is located right in the middle of the core of the Suman Islands.

In a sense, Leno met his future wizarding neighbor in the Black Folds, thousands of kilometers away from the Suman Islands.

The group received instructions from Paredes, did not dare to slack off, and entered the flight state in a uniform manner.

On the way, Paredes revealed the next steps to the crowd.

Unas Ring is going to do a vote.

hard.

Isn't that starfleet from the deep space United Mining coming to this world to find fault?

So good, Unas Ring is ready to have a "closed door and fight dogs".

Unas Ring decided to take the initiative to put Starfleet into the inner starry sky. When the fleet began to carry the magic ships, they immediately closed the gap in the outer sky of the star filter and locked the starfleet in the inner starry sky.

No matter how it is a home battle, there is no need for the wizards of this world to coax it.

In order to cope with the ensuing battle, Paredes needs to call in reinforcements.

He landed on an emergency ship with the law enforcement wizards.

Once the ship sailed into the sea next door to the magic ship, he raised his golden wand and opened the portal to the Pure Light Court.

The sun and moon change in the sky, presenting a brief daylight scene. The golden-white sun hung high in the sky, spilling large golden spots of light towards the dark sea.

Thousands of points of light appeared on the surface of the Sea of Black Folds!

Each point of light corresponds to a conscripted battle wizard.

Faced with this exciting preparation scene, Li Nuo did not forget to throw out the deconstruction technique to check the situation of these battle wizards.

The battle wizards of the Pure Light Court and Hotamus are in the majority, and the rest are battle wizards from various wizarding forces.

It is worth mentioning that there will be no metal wizards in the upcoming battle. After the portal was opened, Colin the Eight-Ring Metal Wizard left directly through the portal. Among the wizards who rushed to help, there were no metal wizards.

The teleportation was soon over, and the day over the Sea of Black Folds turned to night.

After teleporting to their destination, the battle wizards cast a variety of invisibility spells that blended in with the darkness surrounding them.

Li Nuo's emergency ship was wrapped in pure magical water by Selena. The surface of the magical water flickered a few times, and the entire ship went into invisibility.

At this point, on the entire sea of black folds, only the magic ship floated alone.

The emergency boat took the passengers farther away.

There are a large number of low-level extraordinaries and ordinary people without extraordinary abilities on this ship. Later, the big battle may spread to the sea within a radius of 100 kilometers.

It is at least thirty or forty kilometers away from the sea area where the magic ship is located to ensure that the passengers on the emergency ship are not implicated.

Paredes and the other group of wizard enforcers did not leave the ship. They have become the guardians of the ship and are now discussing a plan in the cockpit.

Li Nuo, Bell and other wizards with only three rings of strength were arranged to maintain order in various places in the cabin.

Their job is to be on standby in the cabin on duty, ready to deal with emergencies.

Lino was assigned to the stern of the middle deck.

(End of chapter)