Out of nowhere, a dim glow illuminates the stage in the Clown Theater. The stage is slightly dark, only vaguely empty chairs can be seen, and the eerie and ethereal music surrounds the entire theater, as if looking forward to the performance on the stage, and as if waiting for the right audience.

When Wayne returned to the theater, he sat down at the table, spreading out a piece of parchment and writing something on it with quills dipped in ink.

Next to her sat quietly Miss Zombie, staring at Wayne's serious appearance with only the intact miserable white eyes on the side, and the other mechanical eye shrank slightly, reflecting her heart.

"Claire, how long have you been in?"

"An hour." Sava spoke in a sonorous tone, without the slightest rise or fall in her throat.

Wayne nodded, stopped writing, put the quill pen in the pen holder beside him, picked up the parchment and shook it twice, and there was some doubt in his heart.

An hour...... Did Menor not be contacted, or did it take so long for the Eternal Society to pass on information?

I hope you can find out more about the Secret Monk of Dusk.

Wayne looked at the contents of the parchment, silently reciting.

"On September 2, 1578 in the new calendar, the Ronan sailed to an island called 'Kerman the Valian,' inhabited by thousands of Kerman people with stubby braids and pale skin......"

"There, I met the Monks of Dusk, who were covered in bandages...... What's more, I discovered the secret of Killing Intent and speculated that its usefulness was in that alchemy circle. What does it do is to make the deep-sea beasts advance? ”

"Perhaps, they, those deep-sea beasts, will also be under the control of the Secret Monk of Dusk. If that's the case, I'm afraid that the entire deep-sea area will have some big changes as a result. ”

"Fortunately, I don't plan to stay at sea for a long time, whether it's the Sea of Cordo or any other sea, I'm just a passerby."

"But, I have a hunch that one day in the future, they, the Secret Monks of Dusk, will come to the door again, and I must be prepared before that!"

Wayne let out a chuckle as he looked at the nominal piece of information, which was actually more like a nautical diary.

The diary of the red-haired captain of the Ronan?

Scold.

"Is there any progress on the mechanical golem?"

Hearing his question, Sava was stunned, and the mechanical gear eyes turned rapidly, and kept contracting, "The machine, the progress of the mechanical puppet is okay, it's okay." ”

"Oh? So there is progress? ”

Wayne put away the parchment, looked at Miss Zombie with a smile, got up and said, "Let's go, I'll go over and take a look." ”

"Well, Wayne, do you want to see it?"

"Don't worry, I just want to know your progress, and by the way, see if there are any mistakes and correct them for you."

"Oh."

Miss Zombie stood up and followed behind Wayne, not knowing how to cooperate with her hands and feet, and walked out of her crutches stiffly.

It's over, it's over, it's over......

Not far from the table, a dim light hit.

There was only a wooden door painted with pink paint, and a black sign hung from the doorknob with a red moon and three faces beneath it.

The silhouettes of the elderly, the young, and the young are faintly recognizable, and their names are immortal, immortal, and immortal, respectively.

It's all called eternal life!

At this time, Claire in the door was holding a pink doll, sitting in front of a beautiful dresser, looking at the mirror in front of her, her face expressionless, no longer charming.

“…… Remember, all the periphery members are sacrificeable! ”

"Including Wayne?"

"Whoever it is!"

Menol in the mirror said indifferently: "Dusk Secret Monks, they are all a bunch of crazy people, they don't care if the enemy is our Eternal Life Society or the Four True God Churches, in their eyes, the whole world is dispensable. ”

Claire looked at him in silence and said nothing.

"Thousand Faces, the Dusk Secret Monk is not something we can deal with now. I don't want to go up against them until we reach our goal, that would cause the whole project to spiral out of control. ”

"So what?"

"So?"

Menor's voice paused, and a clear face gradually appeared under the vaguely torn hood in the mirror, a pair of silver-gray pupils under the thick black eyebrows, a high nose bridge, slightly pursed lips, and a serious and handsome face.

"Are you sure you don't want to give up on him? Do you want to choose to face the Twilight Sect for him? ”

"Can't you?" Claire's fingers circled the corners of the doll's clothes a few times, "You said that the so-called eternal life refers to this world, and now there is a group of people with the goal of destroying the world, isn't it on the opposite side of us?" ”

"Antithesis ......"

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Menor's indifferent and serious expression gradually dissolved, revealing a smile, "It seems that the performance of that young wizard has completely conquered you." ”

“……”

Claire's eyes froze, and she asked in an unhappy tone, "So what you just said is all temptation?" Bastard! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Menol said with a blink, a somewhat lazy epilogue, "in a few days, the leader will hold a council of elders, and then I will nominate Wayne to officially become a core member." Your recognition of him is necessary. ”

"Humph!"

"Don't be angry, although it was just a small joke just now, the Dusk Sect you provoked this time is indeed not a simple character."

Claire pouted, "How simple is a bunch of rats hiding in a dark corner?" ”

"Heh, I always feel that you are scolding yourself in this...... Ahem,"

Seeing her unkind expression, Menor coughed twice and continued: "Your understanding of them is only superficial, in fact, from the Third Age to the present, there are many disasters behind their shadows. ”

"The most recent one is the thirty-year-long war between Emmanuele in the Southern Continent, and the strongest transformation battle between the Blood Spirit School and the Mechanical School in the Western Continent in the 100th year of the New Calendar."

"From this, you can see how terrifying their strength is and how extreme their style is."

"Scared?" Claire looked at him defiantly, "Just now, Wayne has slaughtered four Dusk Secret Monks, and along the way, he also killed a deep sea troll. ”

"You don't have to provoke me," Menor shook his head and sighed, "I wasn't going to tell you this, but this time, since you've already confronted those people and brought crucial clues, I'll reveal some to you." ”

"Oh?"

"In fact, we've been secretly fighting with the Twilight Sect several times before, but the last few have ended in defeat."

"Failure?" Claire was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "You mean, we are the ones who failed?" ”

Menol tugged at the hood on his head, his face hazy and cut again, as if he didn't want Claire to see his expression.

"The Secret Monk of Dusk is not so easy to deal with. They are immune to almost all physical attacks, and they also have a good response to psychic attacks and elemental spells, and the most effective method is the contest of Origin Power. ”

"It's all due to the fact that they have an ability that can transform illusory power into the source, originally I thought it was something like an illusion or a dream, but now it looks like killing intent is one of them."

"Am I not capable of it?" Claire couldn't help but ask.

"You?"

Menol pondered his words, trying not to use words that were too derogatory, and said, "Your abilities have no effect on them!" ”

Claire: "......"

It's too much, it's better to just say that she's too weak.

"In those bodies wrapped in strips of cloth, there are dozens of consciousness bodies at the few, and even as many as thousands, depending on their strength level."

Menor sighed, "Based on the results of previous encounters, we speculate that they have a way to quickly increase their strength, and although that will drastically reduce their lives, the terrifying speed of improvement is still desperate. ”

"To what extent?"

"Archon, or Hand of the Kingdom...... Fortunately, no legend has been found so far, and there may be, but they have hidden it. ”

Claire frowned slightly, is it so powerful?

"No wonder, we keep failing......"

"That thousand faces, in fact, we haven't always lost, and we have won," Menor's tone was a little uncomfortable, "Otherwise, what do you think the reason why the leader hasn't shown up for so long?" ”

"Oh? Is it to deal with those secret monks? ”

"No, it's time to find a way to deal with them."

Claire: "......"

That's it?

I thought I was going to kill the Quartet, and I didn't even know how to deal with them.

"This time, let them know that it's amazing! Dare to arrange such a dream in the entire sea area, and hide it so deeply, the picture must be very big. Now that we know in advance, we will make them pay a heavy price no matter what! ”

“…… I hope so. ”

"You don't believe it?"

"Believe, I believe, we are a powerful Eternal Society!" Claire quietly rolled her eyes, and in her heart she labeled Menor, who had always been mysterious, an idiot.

Is it so competitive?

Or did he keep failing and make him jealous of the Twilight Sect?

Moreover, compared to the secrets of the Twilight Sect, the reputation of the Eternal Life Society on various continents is not very good, no matter from which point of view, it seems that others are more destructive.

Menor heard the perfunctory words between her words, and snorted, "Later, I will pass on the information about the Twilight Sect to you, but remember, the strength of the two of you is too thin, try not to provoke them." ”

"As for the sea taboo, the Killing Dream, I'll wait until I've talked to the leader before making a decision."

"Okay." Claire nodded, and then asked, "What do you say about the mission in the Southern Continent?" I expect it will be another year or so to get there. ”

"It's been a while before it opens, haven't you seen me let you go your separate ways? If time is urgent, I'll teleport you all in advance. ”

"Okay, I just happened to have a lot of fun at sea, and I don't want to go on a mission for the time being."

"Play?" Menor said in a slightly narrow tone: "A year...... I'm looking forward to your family of three appearing in the scene of the Fission Wasteland. ”

"You!?"

"Let's go, Mehdad called me, see you next time."

With that, Menor's figure vanished.

Claire looked at herself in the mirror, raised her hand and touched her hot cheek, revealing a bright smile, "Damn Menor, sooner or later sew his mouth shut." ”

……

……

Click.

Wayne opened the door to Sava's studio as he turned back and encouraged, "Great, if you do it a few more times, I'm sure you'll be able to start assembling that Iron Heart Fury." ”

Miss Zombie held a wrench in one hand and a complete part in the other, looking straight at him, "Really, really?" ”

"Of course, of course, you are very talented, but the time you have been exposed to mechanical knowledge is too short, and it would be nice to practice a few more times."

Wayne's body stepped out of the door, and before closing the door, he made a cheering gesture to Miss Zombie: "Believe in yourself, practice more, I'll go see Zero." ”

"Well, I will!" Sava nodded heavily, turned around and dragged her less stiff body as she continued to engage in the fight against the drill machine.

Click.

Seeing that the door of the studio was closed, Wayne's hand holding the doorknob did not let go for a long time, and there was no smile on his face, and he could faintly see a little sadness.

"At Sava's practice speed, the Sal metal consumed in a day alone will cost dozens of gold pounds."

If you want to say that she is not talented, she can still make a few qualified parts, let's say she is talented...... One or two qualified ones can appear out of a hundred.

Iniquity......

It's all to blame on that damn liaison officer, she's really damned!

Thinking of this, Wayne turned his head and entered Zero's studio, which was much simpler and rude than the gentle words he had for Sava.

"Your task today is to make all the parts, at least one set. As for the inscription of the runes, I'll do that for the time being, until you learn the Cornerstone, Spiritual Transformation, and Solid Heart Runes. ”

"Yes, father."

Zero nodded honestly, and even though he only had three intact parts on hand, he spoke loudly.

It was too difficult, whether it was the fine polishing of the parts, or the runes that looked like ordinary symmetrical patterns but were actually detailed everywhere, it was too difficult for him.

"Well, go ahead."

Wayne didn't stay long, and although Zero was on par with Sava, it was evident that he had learned how to make parts, and that he was skilled in using some mechanical tools.

It doesn't matter if you can't make a mechanical puppet alone, you can be competent in the assembly line work, and it can also save him a lot of time.

The most important thing is that the success rate of the Zero Style is very high, and the consumption of materials is not as exaggerated as that of Miss Zombie, which makes him feel a lot more comfortable.

Gold Pound, Golden Pound......

Wayne looked at the completely empty wallet, but decided to sell the anti-alien potion he had made earlier. Otherwise, not to mention the materials for making mechanical golems, he doesn't even have gold pounds to exchange for spell knowledge.

With that in mind, he returned to his studio and took out the Nightmare Realm admission ticket and placed it on his forehead.

As his consciousness soared, he appeared on the same mechanical floating island he had left last time.

“…… Do you see that? The eddy current structure is not the focus, but more importantly, the scattered nodes that are the core of the capability, which is the technology to split one core into multiple cores. ”

"Today's lesson is them, it is important to find out all the energy transformation cores, out of ...... Hiss! Origin 562, Big, Big, Great Wizard?! ”

Grand Wizard?

When Wayne entered the Nightmare World, he saw the silhouette of a black shadow whose whole body had turned into a machine, staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes.

Hmm, forgot to change the origin level......

He glanced at the people around him, and saw that they were all transformers of the mechanical school, and said lightly: "It is also possible that the vortex structure itself is an energy node. ”

As the words fell, he calmly walked out of the mechanical floating island and walked in the direction of the transit area.

The more than a dozen mechanical transformers looked at his back in a daze, the effect of the Nightmare World made it impossible for them to clearly see Wayne's appearance, but that sentence lingered in their ears.

Is the vortex structure itself the core of energy?

The full-body mechanical transformer led by him repeated this sentence a few times, his scarlet eyes became brighter and brighter, and he roared, "Quick, according to what the Lord said, find out all the vortex structures today, and draw a simple design drawing together with the other energy cores." ”

"My lord, is this really okay? As you said earlier, the purpose of the vortex structure is to save energy consumption, as the core of the energy ......"

"What the hell is nonsense, let you record it according to what I say!"

"Understood!" Seeing this, the other mechanical modifiers did not dare to slack off, and began to observe the various damages on the floating island, observing and deducing the vortex structure and energy nodes in it.

On the other side, Wayne had left the Floating Island area and returned to the platform via the drawbridge.

The sentence just now was just a casual remark he said, with his own knowledge of runes, he didn't know anything about the vortex structure at all, but after hearing what those mechanical transformers said about the dispersion of the energy core, he suddenly thought that the vortex structure might also exist as an energy core node.

Let's hope they'll be able to complete a replica of that mechanical floating island, and it's a great masterpiece of the Fifth Age.

“…… There were people who tried to build a mechanical floating island, and they failed, and you can't do that in the New Era, you know? ”

Well?

Hearing this familiar voice, Wayne raised his eyes to see the black shadow he had just encountered when he entered the captain's quarters before, and he felt more and more that this was the person he had been in the beginning.

"What nonsense, if Lao Tzu can make such a floating island, how can he still be only captain-level? He has long been regarded as a great prophet by the Desperate Sect. ”

The black shadow laughed and said, "If you don't want to try, it's really an extremely unreliable thing, especially in the current Forbidden Era, let me tell you......"

Wayne smiled dumbly, he always found this dark shadow very interesting, the last time he came, he said that someone had tried to make a mechanical floating island in this era, and now he was trying to persuade others not to do this......

Is it too much time, idle?

"You! Yes, that's you! ”

At this moment, the dark shadow suddenly pointed at Wayne and shouted.

"Huh?" Wayne pointed to himself, "You're calling me?" ”

"That's right, it's you!" The black shadow came to his side, a pair of blurred eyes staring at him deadly, "Origin Power 562?" I remember you, there weren't so many of them last time! ”

"Forehead ......"

Last time?

Wayne was stunned, and looked at the black shadow in front of him in surprise, wouldn't he, he could actually remember?

"You've mistaken someone."

"No, I can't be mistaken," the dark shadow said in an unusually serious tone, "In the one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight years that I have been here, a total of four thousand three hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-eight transcendent beings have passed by, and I remember the general outline of each one. ”

"It's you, I passed by here two days ago, I will never admit my mistake!"

One thousand five hundred and seventy-eight, 1578?!

Isn't that all the years after the new calendar?

That is to say, this dark shadow has been here since the beginning of the new calendar, and has remembered all the captain-level transcendents?

How can there be such a person?

"You ......"

"You don't deny it!" The dark shadow interrupted, "I can't be mistaken, it's you, the one who doesn't know how to respect the elders at all!" ”

This person...... Terrifying!

Wayne: "You've mistaken someone!" ”

With that, he walked straight to the transit area.

Unexpectedly, after passing through that layer of diaphragm, the black shadow was still by his side, chattering: "You can doubt my professionalism about the floating island, but please don't doubt my memory!" In the past thousand years or so, I have seen many transcendents whose strength has increased rapidly, but none of them have increased their Origin Power by more than 400 in just two days like you! ”

"You must have used some special method, right? Devouring, or the transmission of knowledge, or the blessing of the gods? ”

Wayne stopped, staring at him with blurry-looking red eyes that were affected by the power of the Nightmare World, "Are you sure you want to follow me all the time?" I doubt you've been there for a long time, and the new calendar is just over 1578! ”

The black shadow floated for a moment, as if it had been poked by Wayne, "New Calendar 1578...... Has it been that long? ”

"Huh?"

The black shadow was suspended in mid-air, as if to answer, as if talking to himself, and said, "Young Mr. Wizard, I have no ill will towards you, I just want to tell you a word." ”

"What?"

"When you advance to the Legend, please pay attention to the changes in your origin!"

Wayne was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"Please remember, this is crucial!" The shadow didn't explain much, and after saying this advice in a serious tone, he slowly stepped back and returned to the captain's area through the diaphragm again, "Remember!! ”

Wayne watched him leave in a daze, resisted the urge to return to the captain's quarters to continue asking, and turned to walk in the direction of the tower.

A change in origin?

Why pay his attention to this in particular?

Or is it time to advance to the Legend level?

Is......

Immediately, Wayne put the words of the black shadow behind him, not to mention whether this person had really lived for so long, and the prerequisite for advancing to the legend alone was very far away from him.

Legendary...... That's at least 50,000 base attributes......

With his current base attribute of only 18,000 points of Origin Power, it would take at least five years to advance to the Legendary level.

In the event of some changes in the middle of the process, this time will be extended indefinitely.

"Tsk, the vision is quite accurate."

Thinking of this, Wayne calmly came to the Tower area.

“…… The three alternate saints from the Sanctuary of Dawn are really beautiful. ”

"Pretty? That's what you think? ”

"Damn, you don't want to think about it, when the three alternate saintesses are really promoted and remove the word 'alternate' - they can beat you so that your mother can't recognize you."

"I'm sorry, but my mother passed away a few years ago due to the Red Moon Pollution."

"That is, no one who knows you well will recognize you! In particular, the candidate saint who is said to have 'blasphemous authority', why hasn't there been one for a thousand years, and now it appears?! ”

"Who said no, blasphemy, it's not a good authority when you hear it, if she really succeeds in the promotion, I'm afraid it will be even more excessive than the current heroic authority Hizi Sepulda!"

"It's not just excessive, blasphemy is a double-edged sword, specifically restraining the origin of the dark system, if you really face him, I'm afraid you people won't be able to hold even a second."

"I don't know who that person is, it's Carly Morris?"

"Well, in my impression, shouldn't Dawn be some kind of kindness, heroism, wisdom, or something? How can there be a 'blasphemy' all of a sudden? ”

"Hehe, you don't know this......"

"Franta, tell me, what does that person's 'blasphemy' say?"

Carly?

Blasphemy of authority?

Wayne noticed Franka in the shadows, and only heard him speak: "I really went out of my way to look through some epoch relics, it is said that the last 'blasphemy' of the Holy Maiden of Authority, but in the third era, she killed countless legendary-level transcendents. ”

"Kill Legendary?"

"Franta, are you sure you're right?"

"Do you think Lao Tzu has transformed his body like you......"

Kill Legendary, Sister Carly?

Wayne frowned, and without waiting for them to continue, stepped forward and said, "Lord Franta. ”

"You ...... Well? Excellency?! ”

Franta swept the rune level on Wayne's forehead, and his flesh-and-blood transformed body was stunned, almost trembling, "Great, my lord, may I ask what you want, what do you command?" ”

"Follow me!"

Ignoring the other people's gazes, Wayne turned and walked towards the tower.

“…… A ruling level transcendent? Hiss! ”

"How could such a big man come to such a small plate in the transit area, and still look for Franta, uh...... No way? ”

"It occurred to me that this lord might just want to sell the bodies of some clergy of the Church of the Dawn?"

"Silence!"

Seeing that the terrifying man was about to enter the tower, Franta gritted her teeth and followed.

"Great, my lord, what do you command? As long as I have, as long as you need it, I will do my best! ”

"Oh?" Wayne turned to look at Franta with a smile, and regardless of whether he could judge this smile or not, he chuckled: "Your Excellency Franta, I don't know if the perfect-level anti-alien potion will be accepted?" ”

"Finish, Perfect-level anti-alien elixir ......"

Franta was stunned for a moment, carefully looked at the black shadow attached to Wayne's body, and her eyes widened suddenly: "You, you, you are Your Excellency Faceless?!" ”

(End of chapter)