Ten days later, near the Sea of Cordo, the reef sea.

"First mate, are you sure it's going in this direction?"

Ronan looked straight ahead in a cold sweat, where thick clouds shrouded him, countless lightning loomed, and thunder roared from the fierce sea wind.

He already regretted it in his heart, regretting that he shouldn't have listened to the sexy, beautiful, noble, dignified and passionate in front of him...... The Queen's First Mate's course suggestion.

Although this direction will shorten the distance of Alexei Island, although it can make Leonard faster by following the sea breeze...... But it has to pass through a sea full of reefs......

In fact, the situation in front of him was even worse than he expected.

Stormy weather in the already dangerous sea area not only reduced visibility, but also increased the risk of crossing the sea with strong winds, lightning and rough seas.

"Oh? Are you questioning me? Claire's eyes were bright and clear as she looked at the storm, and before Ronan could speak, she slammed her fist at the sea and shouted, "Conquer it!" ”

Conquest, Conquest......

The corners of Ronan's mouth twitched unconsciously, even if there was a fully functional five-masted sailing ship under him, with the ability to traverse the waters of Cordo, it did not mean that he was willing to choose to cross the stormy sea area recklessly when he could avoid the detour.

He turned his head to look at the other pirates on deck, and his eyes fell on a few experienced old pirates, hoping that they would offer some more reasonable advice.

"Well, second mate, is it possible that the first mate is talking about the conquest that is to bypass that storm?" Newly appointed Boatswain Hayes, looking at the raging wind and waves outside, swallowed his saliva and said.

Ronan gave him an approving look, good brother, you understand me!

"First mate, I understand your order, turn the rudder left to avoid the storm."

"Huh?"

Claire glanced at him, smoothed her forehead hair that was blown by the wind, and said slowly, "You can try it and see if I will break your legs~"

"Heh, haha, first mate, I suddenly remembered that the captain seemed to have said that he would come out to see the results of our training in a while......"

As a last resort, Ronan had no choice but to raise the name of Wayne, and after being together for so long, he still knew that the only person who could suppress this beautiful first mate was the captain who didn't show up much.

Merely......

"He's coming out?"

Claire's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a charming smile, "Triangle Eyes, why didn't you say it earlier." In that case, I'll leave it to you to command......"

As soon as she turned around and wanted to replace the puppet and return to the theater space, she paused in her footsteps, looked at Ronan, who had not had time to breathe a sigh of relief, and continued, "You won't lie to me, will you?" ”

"How so, it can't be, absolutely not." Ronan denied the three companies very simply, even if he was talking nonsense, he would never admit it at this time.

As long as he bypasses that dangerous sea, it doesn't matter if he is killed or killed...... Captain, help......

"It's better to be like this, or ......"

Claire stretched out her white fingers and paddled casually towards the sea. Then he saw a black light streak through it, like a sharp arrow, into the raging sea.

Rumble!

After a short pause of a few seconds, the sea surface exploded violently, and dozens of deep-sea aberrants who were cowering under the surface of the sea were lifted into the air by the impact.

Their scarlet eyes are full of madness and cruelty...... Confused, "Roar—roar?" ”

"Puppet Trick - Manipulation."

Then, black threads shot out of the back of Claire's head, wrapping around the bodies of the deviants, and in the blink of an eye they fell silent.

Seeing such a scene, Ronan and the pirates were also quiet.

The Queen's First Mate ...... It's so strong......

"You'll be like this!"

As she spoke, Claire snapped her fingers.

Syllable.

Those tiny black lines like a mess instantly straightened, and under the desperate eyes of the deep-sea aberrants, they were cut into countless pieces of fine flesh, which were swept away by the wind and fell into the sea, attracting countless fish to bite and devour them frantically.

After doing this, Claire looked at the stunned pirates, nodded in satisfaction, turned and walked to the bottom of the cabin, and left the puppet body through the guidance of the source.

"Hoo ......"

Seeing her leave, Ronan let out a sigh of relief, and the queen finally went back.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the pirates around him and the approaching storm, and yelled, "Damn, get ready, get out of the storm!" ”

Boatswain Herwin: "Yes, yes, hurry up and clean up the wreckage from the deck." ”

He's been in the Purple Flower Family for so many years, and he's never seen anything as reckless as Claire, huh...... It's such an adventurous first mate, and it's so challenging.

"Boatswain, are you going to open the circle?" A pirate stands behind the bow statue, tugging at the ship's side to prevent it from being thrown away by the wind and waves.

"What the hell are you talking about, hurry up and turn it on directly, don't you see that the storm is coming? And those aberrations too, damn it, they're coming up......"

Leaving aside the pirates' scramble, Claire, who had returned to the theater space, got up from the comfortable chaise longue and stretched lazily, making the dials of the two table clocks larger.

She glanced at the guards who were training, "Vivian, it's time for a fight. The winner adds dinner in the evening, and the loser ...... Practice! ”

"Yes, Queen!"

Vivian shed her slightly heavy leather armor and wore only a short undershirt, her long dark green hair was cut much shorter, and her silver-gray eyes were a little more resolute in addition to being pure and gentle.

After more than ten days of training, she looks more calm and capable than before, but the aristocratic temperament cultivated since childhood has not only not decreased, but has increased a little heroic.

In fact, not only her, but also the hundreds of guards in front of her, who were lined up neatly, had also completed their transformation.

In addition to Haisha, who was already a transcendent, those guards had become more bewitching and their skin was much more delicate after using the secret method of the Eternal Life Society to complete the transformation from ordinary people to transcendental.

And the biggest change is their temperament, after having extraordinary strength, they are more confident, and they are no longer cowardly women who let the pirates bully them before.

After watching a few fights, Claire pouted and left.

Although the strength of these guards had improved a lot, she was not even interested in fighting between transcendents at the captain level.

But she knew that it would take a long time and wait for these guards to reach the strength of the women she remembered.

Squeak.

Claire walked out of the training area, looked at the three "women" who were still studying quietly on the stage, adjusted her breathing and walked over with her chest straight.

“…… Lilith. Miss Zombie looked like a teacher checking on a student's memorization of their homework, reciting a Gonzalez word in a stiff tone with a blank face.

The white-haired girl's empty eyes stared at the parchment, and her little hand held a quill pen to spell out two Aldous words on the paper, "Tina, Calamity." ”

"That's right!"

Pafla on the side slapped her palms and praised: "Tina, you have also finished learning the content of "Gonzares (proficient)", and then you can start learning "Gonzales (proficient)". ”

"If Wayne had known your progress, he would have been amazed at your talent in this area. You must know that the linguists and professors of the city-state colleges are also proficient in Gonzares at most. ”

"Tina, genius." On the indifferent face of the white-haired girl, a faint smile appeared.

Talented?

Claire walked to the side, pulled out a chair and sat down, "Tina's progress is indeed fast, what about you two?" ”

During this period of time, she also found that Xiao Baimao's strength did not match her appearance, it was very weirdly powerful.

Not to mention the horror doll that was often thrown around by Little White Fur, just the Pafla who couldn't even hurt her could be pressed and rubbed on the ground by Little White Fur.

It's not as strong as a person......

Sava glared at Claire with white eyes, and tilted her head sharply, as if she didn't want to deal with the queen's first mate.

Do these people really want her to become a necromancer? She's just a pathetic modified zombie......

Pavra was also silent for a few seconds, got up lightly and walked to the side, took out the ingredients that had been prepared, tied her apron and pretended that nothing had happened, and asked, "How about eating sashimi at night?" Well, and Wayne just taught me how to fry potato chips, which tasted great. ”

She was just an ordinary devout believer in the Great Dawn, and she didn't need to be a scholar with a wealth of knowledge......

Well, she must admit that when it comes to Gonzares, her talent is average.

Even if she memorized those words, she would be a little worse than Tina in terms of application, and at least for now, it would be impossible for her to translate a volume of Era Relics.

However, it seemed to her that there were not many proficient Gonzares scholars in the Church of the Dawn?

Perhaps, the believers of the Great Dawn were cursed by the strange and complex Gonzales language......

Well, it must be so!

"Tina, potato chips!" The white-haired girl put down the quill and walked up to her in a few steps, her eyes fixed on the iron pot that was still heating.

Aside from studying, her favorite thing is potato chips, and if Wayne made it for her, it would be even better.

The clown doll carried by Tina, the two buttons flickered a few times, and he seemed to hear the familiar word, potato chips?

Hee-hee-hee-hee...... To eat!

Even if you are crazy suppressed in the world of calamity, you must eat it, it tastes good!

Claire: "......"

It seems like her question just now, a little overdone?

"Well, Wayne, are you going to come out later?"

"He just came out, saying that the subject experiment has reached a critical period, so let's not bother him." Pafla replied as she peeled her potato.

"Huh??"

Ever been out?

Click.

Claire's face sank, and two words squeezed out between her teeth: "Ronan!" ”

Triangle Eyes dared to lie to her, and the next time she went out, she would definitely hang him on the lookout for a few days!

……

……

At this time, in the Wayne studio, which is only separated from the stage by a wall.

A few days have passed, and the whole studio has changed a lot.

In addition to the workbenches, drilling machines, and equipment provided by the spirits, several large equipment equipment has been added.

Like a crystal ball to detect the bodies of undead creatures, a forge to smelt alloys, and a large isolation circle to prevent contamination.

At this time, Wayne was wearing a pair of strangely shaped glasses, holding a pen and paper in his hand, and was observing the zombie on the bondage platform in front of him.

In his field of vision, the zombie with only captain-level strength had a layer of gray mist on its body, and the mist enveloped its whole body, spreading like a wave from the center of its eyebrows to all parts of its body as it fluctuated from its origin core.

And on its arms, it flashed with a strange red glow, and the zombie's body was like two individuals, put together.

In fact, before starting the experiment, Wayne installed the mechanical arm and activated a rune that could lead directly to its origin core.

Buzz Buzz......

As the gray mist continued to erode the robotic arm, he could see that the red mang and the gray mist were tugging at each other, and the gray mist covered the mechanical arm little by little, compressing the coverage of the red mang.

Seeing this, Wayne's face was overjoyed.

You can go in!

He hurriedly wrote a few lines on the parchment, and he could see what was on them.

"130th Fusion Experiment, Target: Zombie, Level: Captain, Modification Part: Arm, Crafting Materials: Ghost Stone, Thrall Metal, Iron, and Alloys of Frozen Characteristic Contaminants."

"Runes: Soul Melting Rune, Earth Spirit Rune Circle......"

"Record: After activating the rune circle and soul melting rune, the origin core is connected to the mechanical arm smoothly, but the process of transforming into the body is slow...... Well? ”

Without waiting for Wayne to wait for the gray mist to erode the entire mechanical arm, he saw that the rune circle above it began to crumble, and then the metal alloy on the arm deformed, which in turn affected the soul melting rune......

呲呲......

With a piercing sound, the mechanical arm was twisted into a twist under the squeeze of the gray mist and the force of the rune array, and then the red light began to flicker violently.

"Grass, it's going to explode again!"

Rumble!

There was a booming explosion, and the arm exploded, scattering tiny pieces of metal in all directions, reviving the sleeping zombie.

But its body, which was relatively intact before, had been blown away by the sudden explosion, and not only half of its body had disappeared, but even half of its head had been lost.

"Roar—let go of me, eat you—"

Wayne waved his hand to dissipate the surrounding debris and flesh, and then flung the quill in his hand away.

Yikes!

The zombie's struggling movements stalled, its head popping open, and a large area of red and white filth stained the restraint platform.

"Tsk, ghost."

Wayne frowned and asked the ghost to use a soul devouring spell to clean up the surroundings.

[You use the Soul Eater spell to devour undead creatures-zombies, and your origin is boosted.] Evaluation: Bully weak zombies, it's really yours. Special Bonus: Origin +0.001. 】

Bully?

Wayne pursed his lips, casually put the parchment on the workbench, and sighed slightly: "Failed again." ”

Ten days have passed, no, eight days have passed since the beginning of the fusion experiment, and the progress of the experiment cannot be said to be none, but it is very slow.

In the first two days, he completed the selection of materials, made alloys that met the basic requirements, and dissected dozens of zombie creatures to understand their body structure...... It's going well.

But since then, fusion experiments have begun......

It turns out that pure alloy materials can be fused with the immortal bodies of undead creatures, but they can only be easily controlled, just like Sava can move and fight.

However, if you want to advance and strengthen your robotic arm like other zombies, it will be difficult.

After the first twenty failed experiments, Wayne added runes, which may be the only solution to this problem.

Hence the Soul Melting Rune and the Earth Spirit Circle.

The Soul Melting Rune is a very unpopular rune, and it has only one function, and that is to implant objects into souls. According to the previous rune knowledge records, the Soul Melting Rune was widely used in the transformation of synthetic beasts in the Third Age, and was a sharp weapon in the war of the Blood Spirit School.

The Earth Spirit Circle, on the other hand, is to increase the activity of the mechanical arm and the zombie undead body, forcibly fusing two different objects together.

But the result ......

Wayne scratched his head and muttered, "If you fail once, you lose 80 gold pounds...... This is just a zombie at the captain level, and the cost will have to increase several times if it is replaced at the minister and director level. ”

In fact, the cost of the experiment is not only the zombie creatures, but also the robotic arms - all the materials combined, each of which costs 60 gold pounds.

These days, he alone has spent more than 10,000 gold pounds, not counting the consumption of other people's experiments in the research institute......

Wayne sat down in his chair, picked up the parchment again, summarized the problems encountered in the experiment just now, and prepared to discuss the problems of the whole experiment with the institute later, as well as the methods for improvement.

It was already the longest thing he had spent in ten days.

The rest is for Mr. Clown to summon a ruling abyssal creature for him to fight every day.

This not only allows him to accumulate survival points and basic attributes, but after winning the gladiatorial battle, he can also let several descendants of the ghost enjoy an abyssal creature feast, adding a few points of origin power to him.

However, this kind of gladiatorial battle does not improve his strength very quickly, and he can only obtain about two thousand and a half survival points, twenty basic attributes and five origin points a day.

Although he proposed to Mr. Joker to exchange some Hand of the Kingdom level abyssal creatures, he always got a refusal......

In the words of Mr. Leonard the Clown - one ruling abyssal creature a day was already the limit of what he could summon, and the damned Abyss Lord had restricted him, forbidding any abyssal creature beyond this level to respond to his call.

In addition to researching topics and fighting with abyssal creatures, Wayne spends the rest of his time absorbing the huge amount of rune and potions knowledge in his mind, filling up an average of five runes a day and learning how to make two potions.

This was already the limit he could afford to squeeze his sleep time to two hours, mainly because the potion making process was too cumbersome and took up a lot of time.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, it has become his habit to change the origin value every hour and a half, but after nightfall, the positioning of the forbidden item 0-38 True Clock will appear on the panel. I don't know if it's because the unknown existence only has time at night, or if he happens to change the origin during the day to cancel out the positioning guidance.

Whatever the case may be, Wayne knows that those people haven't given up all these days.

Maybe one day, a group of people will suddenly appear and force him to reveal the flaws in the spell runes, or want to make him pay the price......

Buzz Buzz......

At this moment, the black liaison sounded.

Teresa them? Hopefully it's good news......

After Wayne connects, a scene from the research institute appears, "How's your progress?" ”

But it seems like this is nonsense......

The moment the picture appeared, he noticed that Teresa and the others were all with their heads down, and there was not much brilliance in their eyes as if they had been hit by something, even the deformed wizard Adolf.

"Today's experiments have failed, sorry, director......" Teresa said gloomily, biting her lip.

"I've also failed on my side, so let's talk about the specific problem and try to do two more experiments today."

"Okay, director. According to the special materials that were improved yesterday, after activating the Earth Spirit Circle, under the effect of the Soul Melting Rune, it can be seen that the origin core of the zombie has some effects, but in the end it still fails. ”

Same problem?

Wayne looked thoughtfully at the next one, "What about Auxerre?" ”

"Director, the problem I encountered here is a little different, the zombie origin did not enter the mechanical arm well, although it did not cause an explosion, but it ......"

"So it's a connectivity issue?"

"I'm sorry, I accidentally let the robotic arm fall off......" Auxerre looked embarrassed with his head down.

"Next."

"I've made a new discovery here." Krista stepped forward, took the parchment, and said, "I'm trying to delay the activation of the Earth Spirit Circle, to be precise, fifteen seconds after the Soul Melting Rune takes effect. ”

"Oh?" Wayne raised an eyebrow and gestured, "What's changed?" ”

"I found that this can increase the degree of fusion between the mechanical arm and the undead origin, and after the circle takes effect, the power of the origin core can occupy almost the entire mechanical arm, but in the end it still fails."

"It's a good discovery......

Wayne pondered for a few seconds, and realized that this was different from activating it together, and that the increase in the duration of the Soul Melting Rune would increase the degree of soul transformation of the mechanical arm, making it easier to receive the Origin Power.

The Earth Spirit Circle is an external effect, mainly to make the mechanical arm more suitable for the immortal body.

So, from the inside out?

It's in the same order as the burst of power.

A smile appeared on Krista's face, "I'm going to delay the activation of the circle next time." ”

"Others take notes, you can try this direction......"

After everyone finished reporting, Wayne looked at the few recorded on it and said, "In addition to the delay time just mentioned, the material strength of the robotic arm is still not enough, and it can only resist ministerial attacks at most......"

"Adolf, you don't need to participate in the fusion experiment first, and focus on alloy research. The direction is to increase the strength of the alloy as much as possible while retaining the existing properties. ”

"Understood."

"Teresa, go apply for another batch of materials, and there will be fifty more captain-level zombies......"

"Okay, director."

"Everyone else is the same, but it's better not to use the same research direction, and a change like Krista is a good reference......"

After arranging the next direction of the experiment, Wayne looked at the people on the illusory screen and chuckled, "Talking about some things on the side of the school, have you made any new discoveries about the defects of those spell runes recently?" ”

"The number has increased, and more than six hundred runes have been perfected so far, but ......" Teresa hesitated, and said with a strange face: "It is said that the faceless wizard is basically certain that it is not a ghost." ”

"Huh?"

Wayne blinked, what do you mean, it's not from the Ghost School, where is it?

"That's what he told me when I went to see Dean Josué before. It was said that he had received the exact information from the Psychic School that the Faceless Great Wizard was from their school, and that the third key flaw had been revealed. ”

Ah......h

It's just that they signed a contract of equality, and this becomes their person?

"What else?" Wayne continued to ask quietly.

It was also during this time that he was busy improving his strength and researching topics.

Aside from one letter a day with Wizard Nana, he barely took the initiative to inquire about the progress of the spell rune defects on the Occult School's side.

It's just that the Nana wizard would tell him some progress every day, such as perfecting the twelve spell rune defects today, and the strength of several elemental wizards who were proficient in these spells had increased by forty percent.

But she never said that the Occult School would voluntarily admit his status as a wizard......

"And this morning, someone from the Shadow School contacted the Ice Castle, saying that they would arrange for wizards to come and exchange ideas on the research of magic topics in the near future."

"Research exchanges? Is it related to the research center? ”

Wayne raised his eyebrows, somewhat similar to the so-called academic exchanges he had heard in his previous life, but the wizards who thought about coming to this world should not sit down like that, have a meeting and drink tea and discuss......

"The dean means that we may need to participate." Teresa looked at Wayne's face and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so she continued, "I heard that there are still a few competitions during the period. ”

"And the game?"

"That's right...... Now it has been determined that the content of the exchange has been transformed and perfected by spell runes, which are divided into two levels: wizard and archwizard. Then there are gladiatorial fights, where the winning wizard gets quite a few rewards. I heard that the reward for first place was a forbidden item offered by the School of Shadows. ”

“……”

Isn't this a competition between schools?

However, take a forbidden item as a reward...... It's not a small handwriting.

School of Shadows...... Is there any meaning in finding the ghost at this time?

Wayne secretly made a note of this matter, preparing to ask the Secret School later if he knew about it, and then nodded: "If you want to participate, you can try, but try not to affect the research of the topic." ”

"We don't want to focus on the work of the institute!"

"Just relax."

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Wayne finally reminded: "The next meeting will be at eight o'clock, and everyone will try to complete another experiment." ”

"Yes!"

Wayne turned off the liaison and let out a sigh of relief, four hours, enough for another experiment.

And with Christa's discovery, he was able to have new ideas.

The increase in the activation interval between the Soul Melting Rune and the Earth Spirit Circle can further improve the fusion of zombies and mechanical arms, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the effect of the Earth Spirit Circle is too slow.

If you can shorten the effect of the Soul Melting Rune......

"There's a way."

The speed of soul melt depends on both the mechanical arm and the Origin Core, but in fact, the effective speed of the mechanical arm is almost constant, so what can be changed is the fusion speed of the Origin Core......

Wayne thought of using potions to improve the quality of the origin without increasing the strength of the origin core.

It just so happened that the potion formula he had just learned had this effect, albeit only for a short period of time......

"Enough!"

As soon as he thought of it, Wayne began to prepare the ingredients according to the recipe of the potion, hoping that this experiment would be successful......

What's more, after 130 experiments, and if you get stuck here again, no amount of gold pounds is enough to spend......

……

……

"What about Herwin? Hurry up and get people to the stern, there's a big guy there, and if you let it stay on the ship, the speed of the ship can't be raised! ”

"Damn, everyone, pay attention, there's a huge wave coming up in front of you!"

“……”

While controlling the rudder, Ronan anxiously commanded the pirates on the ship to deal with the crisis that arose at any time.

Although he had just used Wayne's name to prevent Claire from trying to cross the storm at sea, the Leonard was already on the brink of the storm at that time, so they did not get out of the storm.

To make matters worse, as the central area of the storm moved, their course overlapped partially.

This made the second mate of the triangle eye eager to rush into the bottom of the boat, pull the queen's first mate up and beat him violently.

"Pay attention, advance to the cabin, use the rune circle to avoid the huge waves, as long as we travel another ten kilometers, we can get out of the storm range!"

"Second mate, Radki was swept away by the waves!"

"Quiet! Leave those unlucky bastards alone and get into the cabin......"

Ronan was sweating profusely, looking at the huge waves that were 100 meters high and getting closer and closer, he had never believed in the gods, and he ...... in his heart to the Storm Lady, the Lord of Dawn, and the earth Damn, no matter which bastard, bless them from being swept over by the waves.

Rumble!

The huge waves bombarded the hull of the five-masted galleon with fierce might, instantly breaking through the defenses formed by the rune array that was enough to withstand the attacks of the director-level transcendents.

At the same time, the Leonard's bow carved with the Lord of Dawn broke through the waves like a sharp sword.

Worst!

Ronan knew that without the protection of the circle, the ship ......

Despite his apprehensions, all he could do now was pray that the Church of Dawn didn't cut corners in making the ship.

He gritted his teeth and controlled the rudder, "Let me pass through!" ”

The waves swept down, and the only four masts left on the ship disappeared in an instant, leaving only the main mast in the middle still holding on.

In the next second, the entire Leonard made its way through the waves and crashed into the rough sea, shaking violently and overturning the pirates in the cabin.

"Damn it, damn it......"

"Don't go over......"

In the cockpit, Ronan gripped the rudder tightly with both hands, and even though his body was shocked and flew sideways, his two mechanical arms were still clutched.

"Whew, whew...... It's been ......"

But now is not the time to rejoice, and just because they have escaped the waves does not mean that they are out of the storm.

After the hull of the ship stabilized a little, Ronan hurriedly controlled the rudder and roared towards the cabin behind him: "Herwin, hurry up and take someone to clean the deck and see if the magic circle can be activated again!" ”

"Second mate, the boatswain is wounded!"

"Then, then you go, there's no time to talk nonsense-"

Just after being swept by the storm, when the dizzy pirates were busy, Ronan looked ahead with a serious face, thinking about how long it would be before he could pass through the storm, and his triangular eyes widened suddenly.

That, that's?!

(End of chapter)