Murphy and Professor Malcolm's conversation continued until the airship fell into the berth of the Crimson Keep.

At this time, Murphy was extremely glad that he had appointed a person like Professor Malcolm as the ambassador of Transnesia, and only a person with experience and ability like a professor could explain the current situation on the Genoa Peninsula to Murphy in just a few dozen minutes of description.

To put it simply, the biggest problem over there at the moment is not the Jackal Black Plague that may cross the Gorgon Pass at any time, because the Porut Pass, which is closest to the port of Chardo, is still holding on to the Shield Dwarf Clan, and the Gnolls are not so easy to come.

But before the gnolls arrived, the halflings were already in the terror of a possible war.

To put it simply, the short men frightened themselves out of the fact that they had not been at war for nearly a thousand years, but the professor also said that he suspected that the fear had erupted so suddenly and in clusters that there must have been other forces behind the scenes.

Murphy was no surprise to him.

Dusk's style of action is like this, they seek to destroy the world, and under this premise, all actions that are conducive to this goal can be used.

And according to Murphy's observations, the various factions in Twilight behave differently to achieve the same goal.

However, after Murphy and Little Sharon met, this conjecture was immediately dismissed by his own Countess of Sicommel.

"Of course not, it's not as complicated and gloomy as you think. On the way here, Uncle Glendall told me that the seditions and rebellions were the work of an underground sect called the Machine Spirits.

Professor Malcolm didn't know much about this, he didn't see the shadow hidden beneath the surface of Port Chardo, so he made a wrong judgment, but it can't be said to be completely wrong, after all, there is a force behind it. ”

After many days of not seeing, little Sharon is still the standard height of the little potato, but she comes back this time to dress more sophisticated than the previous mechanic style.

The windshield on his head was replaced with more complex bulky engineering goggles, and a mechanic's eye patch with multiple light discrimination was worn around his neck.

Wearing a mechanic coat similar to a bomber jacket, a neat overalls and processing boots, and a style of suspenders to match the plaid shirt she wears, she looks both capable and full of the hard work and precision of a mechanic.

In particular, the mechanic's leather bag on Sharon's work belt and the engineering gauntlet she carries in her left hand make this little potato's every move full of a sense of coolness and punk that a master engineer should have.

It's a good thing she didn't dye herself with dark circles or anything, otherwise she would have been a mechanical girl.

When Murphy found Little Sharon, she was directing a group of halfling mechanics to move some complex and sophisticated machinery out of the cabin, which was her entire packing back of her laboratory in Port Chardo, and also represented Sharon's "return to China".

She's definitely going to stay in the Crimson Keep after that.

This can be regarded as an expression of Countess Sicomel's determination to return to her hometown and contribute to the cause of the war in her hometown.

"You've really grown up, and you're much calmer than before, you really should let that horse monkey soju of Phimis see your current growth."

Murphy was pleased to see that little Sharon had the style of a real general, and he glanced at the halflings who were looking at him not far from Sharon, and the vampire lord keenly noticed that these halflings had a special family crest on their clothes, and Sharon's mechanic coat also had a similar family crest.

He understood at once, and patted Sharon on the shoulder, and said to her:

"These are all members of the Glendall family, right? Is it your relative? ”

"Well, it's my mother's family members, and several of them have grown up watching my mom, and they even attended my mom and dad's wedding."

Sharon nodded vigorously and said:

"Lord Lord, don't worry, I will use the inheritance of the Sikomel family to support my relatives, and it will not put pressure on Transasia's finances."

"Anyway, although I have never met Mr. Grundall, I know that some time ago we were able to bring back so many things from the port of Charlot, thanks to the help of Mr. Grundall, who is an old friend of Transncia.

Although she has lost ground due to an accident, Transia will never treat our friends badly. ”

Murphy reached out and flicked on little Sharon's head, and he said seriously:

"I will tell Miriam to grant her uncle a knighthood in recognition of his contribution to the war, a retirement allowance to ensure the quality of life of Mr. Grundall, and as for the people of your mother's family, you can command and command the establishment of the Trancians' own mechanical design bureau, and those who want to pursue a career can also be arranged in our administrative village.

The premise is that they voluntarily participate in the administrative competency assessment organized by the Administrative Division.

I also have good news for you, during your visit to Port Chardo, the little mummy Nifitari from the Land of Origin has awakened your parents, and they are now maintaining a certain level of sanity to help the Church of the Dead Moon reshape the ecology of the undead in Sico, where the Church of the Dead Moon will create a shrine to the dead.

So if you want to meet your parents, you can go now. ”

"Wow, that's great."

Little Sharon's eyes widened with joy at once, but she quickly calmed down and said:

"I'll have to do my part first, and when Uncle Glendall wakes up, I'll take him with the elders. Let me tell you about the Church of the Spirits of the Machines, who are a hidden force in the port of Chardo.

Actually, we in Transencia also have their members. ”

"Huh?"

Murphy's eyes narrowed suddenly, but he quickly said:

"You're talking about the old flywheel?"

"Yes, Mr. Sphok Flywheel, the best protégé of the greatest halfling mechanic and pioneer of science, Professor Bach Gaslamp Sr., if it weren't for the fact that he and his younger brother turned against each other because of his younger sister, he would have been the president of the Chardo Craftsman University by now."

Little Sharon flew beside Murphy and explained to him:

"As for the relationship between the Church of the Machine Spirit and the old flywheel, it is not a matter of the relationship, these are all told by my uncle, he was responsible for the case of the old flywheel causing the death of innocent people and being expelled, and he also investigated the matter of this underground church for a while.

They showed up very early.

Basically, at the time when Professor Bach Sr. developed the psionic differential machine, the conflict between the Church of the Mechanical Spirit and the orthodox mechanics arose.

They're all very good mechanics, but they have a very strange philosophy.

The Mechanicals believe that machines are also a kind of faith, and they are paranoid about the only faith of halflings, and they regard all the mysteries of machines as the gift of the 'god of machines', making all the processes of making them the same as religious rituals, and formulating strict rituals and prayers.

In short, this is a group of knowledge-worshipping guys, but they worship knowledge in a very different way than other truth-seekers. ”

"Hmm, that sounds like a bit of a Cult of the Mechanics."

Murphy asked with interest:

"So, what is the purpose of the Church of the Mechanical Spirits secretly inciting halflings to march against order?"

"It's to intimidate the Steam Lords, demanding that the existence of the mechanical spirits be recognized and given the same powers as the orthodox mechanics!"

Little Sharon replied very precisely:

"Because in the time of Professor Bach Sr., the followers of these mechanical teachings were branded heretics, and they were forced to go underground but never disbanded, but instead gained new powers due to the continuous advancement of steam technology of the halflings.

As I said, although they are all a group of believers, they are really very proficient in the use and construction of machines, and compared to orthodox mechanics who want to explore the principles behind the movement of machines, these guys only care about the simple purpose of using and spreading machines.

This makes them no match for orthodox mechanics at all at the theoretical level, but they can always use pragmatic methods to exert the power of machines better than orthodox mechanics.

Uncle Glendall told me that the Church of the Spirits of the Machine had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

If the Gnoll Black Plague does come, the Steam Lords will most likely agree to the request of the Church of the Mechanical Spirits to come to the table, so you don't have to worry about the shadow of dusk behind it, and during the time that Lord Pa Ying was forced to stay in the port of Chardor, we have uprooted all the cultists in the city.

You haven't seen how terrible the Lord was at that time.

He has to go out every night to hunt some cultists to vent his frustrations, and I'm sure that Port Chardo is now the cleanest place on the entire continent. Well, in theory it should be! ”

"But any church and faith must have a source, and a belief will not appear out of thin air, so I guess that the so-called mechanical god worshipped by this mechanical spirit church should refer to the 'evil spirit' you met in the port of Chardo?"

Murphy asked in a whisper:

"Lord told me it was called 'Eden'?"

"Yes, that's it, but Eden should never have responded to the call of the Church of the Mechanical Spirits, otherwise they wouldn't have lost ground in Port Chardo, where the mechanical power is so advanced."

Sharon was a little embarrassed and said:

"Also, I took the initiative to look for it before, and then it got angry and stopped playing with me as if it had disappeared, and it hadn't been around me for half a month.

I'm sorry, Mr. Murphy.

My immaturity has disappointed you and your lordship, and I should have been more steady. ”

"It's nothing, it's not your fault, it's just a part of a broken AI, its logic of action is unpredictable, now that it's back, let's work hard."

Murphy reassured:

"You can set up your own lab, or go to Brother Loyalty's side to help, they have a few very powerful new weapon designers, and many of the concepts you have designed have been turned into reality."

"Don't worry, I'll go to the old flywheel first, I was entrusted to bring him a letter."

Little Sharon smiled, squeezed his eyes and said:

"It's his junior brother Minx Steam Valve, the third person in the love scandal related to the old flywheel, the current president of the Chardo Artisan University and the honorary elder of the Mechanics Guild, a very powerful great mechanic.

Mr. Murphy, the fourth-generation core orb in your possession was designed and developed by him.

He also said that if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely come to Transnicia to see it. ”

"Well, it does sound like a pretty good guy."

Murphy nodded.

Now that he knew the other identity of the old flywheel, he went to the old flywheel's mechanical office with Sharon, intending to ask the old flywheel about the mechanical spirit church.

The instinct from the dog planner tells him that this force will definitely be liked by the players in the future.

Treating science and technology as a ritual of faith and mystery sounds silly, but Omnisaiah's lesson tells players that this silly behavior can be very, very cool in some cases!

Well, if the old flywheel is very popular in the Church of the Mechanical Spirits, then Murphy must grasp this line and find a way to invite some mechanical spirit priests to come to Transcia through the relationship of the old flywheel.

If they're willing to preach here, Murphy might even get involved in it and write a cool doctrine for them.

Hah, the Cult of the Mechanicus is actually in Translancia?

Wow, now the mechanics and manufacturing players are going to be awesome!

Just a ritual to consecrate all mechanical creations before the war starts is enough to excite those veteran hammer fans to a climax.

However, just as the two vampires, one big and one small, pushed open the old flywheel's workshop, a strange thing standing in front of the two of them immediately stopped Murphy and little Sharon who had just returned from studying in Port Chardo.

It was a steam walker.

But it's definitely not a normal walking machine.

Because it doesn't have a crew compartment and has a lot of strange things inside the outer armor of the walker, although Murphy doesn't know what those mysterious things are for, he can be sure that there will never be a magic weapon similar to a spirit flag on a normal mechanical creation.

And when they entered, the old flywheel was mindfully installing a fishbowl-shaped thing above the power core of the walker, with four black coil electrodes, which seemed to be full of mystery.

"What are you doing here?"

Murphy asked, the old flywheel in working condition was very irritable, and the wrench in his hand almost called out, and the old halfling shouted:

"Don't bother me!

The little mummy in Sico City didn't know what was going on to get madness, and I had to tie her undead construct experiments to my mechanical knowledge, and I didn't know what kind of madness I was smoking, so I thought it was a pretty good idea, and I jumped into the damn pit.

The steel of the walker had difficulty conducting psionic energy, forcing me to make an inner frame out of psionic alloy.

But the pure spirit can't fit into this steel artifact, so I have to use the wet piece as the spirit carrier first, and then find a way to control the Calculation Orb by conducting electricity, and then control the entire walking machine.

This meant that I needed to write a new set of manipulative factors from scratch for this strange creation.

Oh, my God!

I'm going crazy, it's not a project I can do alone

Curse that damn whimsy! ”

The guy roared wildly, causing Murphy, a vampire who didn't understand mechanics, to feel the pressure of the frustrating technical issues.

He shrugged his shoulders, not going to discuss this issue with the old flywheel, but the genius idea of using a spirit to manipulate a walking machine in front of him was definitely not something that a little mummy could come up with, and this classic reproduction of the Protoss Dragon Knight definitely came from the brains of a certain player.

"Come on."

Murphy said lightly, then took the letter in Little Sharon's hand, waved it at the old flywheel, and said:

"Your rival has written, and the Church of the Mechanical Spirits is making trouble in Port Chardo, and I heard you were one of them?"

"That was a long time ago, and that organization is stupid, and staying there will only hurt my intelligence."

The old flywheel disdainfully put the wet piece in his hand into the predetermined position, and turned on the power without looking at the letter.

Blue electricity flowed down the cable into the special walker, instantly burning several electrodes and causing sparks to fly, but it didn't make the behemoth move even once.

"! I knew it wasn't going to work! ”

The grumpy old mechanic cursed, threw his wrench aside, jumped down and grabbed the letter from Murphy, glanced at Murphy again, and said:

"Come with me, since I've mentioned those fools who worship machines, I just have something to tell you. Little vampire over there, don't touch this thing, I'll write a report on the failure of the experiment to the city of Sico later, and let them die this heart.

Colossus of the Undead and war machines?

Bah!

These are two completely incompatible fields! ”

(End of chapter)