Chapter 92: The Apostate
Oster wanted to continue interrogating Serena, but the latter had passed out completely; When I saw that there was a large wet piece on the table, the poor man and the beautiful woman X had leaked a lot, it didn't seem to be pretending, and she suffered a heavy blow both physically and mentally.
From the information obtained so far, the Marquis of Visak has found Steinberg from the north, intending to use it as a bargaining chip to usurp the position of the Grand Lord of the West. As one of the three pieces, Steinberg, who had the power to break the spell, was made into this staff spear, and was sent to Oster by Serena, who was eager for revenge. It really doesn't take much to get it...... Well, it took a lot of work.
In addition, if the information is correct, the third fragment, Galpinee, which contains the power of flight, is in the hands of Van Cleef's heir. Why, then, did Scar, who claimed to be the successor of the Brotherhood, never mention it? If this kind of key thing had been taken out earlier, the technical problem of harvesting puppets would have been solved long ago, could it be that he was still not trusted? - Combined with the current situation, it is obviously not, and I have to find an opportunity to ask him well.
Anyway, because of the unexpected joy sent by the killer of the human stick beauty, the epic gun containing the fragments of the code fell into the hands of Oster. Although it is only one-third, with the ability to open the anti-magic shield, the combat power of the reaping golem can be increased by more than one notch.
After handing over the unconscious Serena to the base soldiers to be held and guarded, Oster immediately took the staff and the big gun, went to the workshop to cut and disassemble, and took out the inner core;
After scanning and querying the book, Oster learns that activating the Harvest Golem's special ability requires an entity control code, also known as a curse code. This kind of physical code can be imitated and synthesized, and it is a highly conductive material that contains a large amount of source energy, and its manufacturing process is hidden in the original curse code fragment.
Oster didn't get sleepy when he heard it, this kind of thing sounded very familiar, wasn't it the material that Solarius had repeatedly chanted, which could quickly recharge the book of Sa; Now there is no battery, we make it ourselves, as long as it can be charged at any time, he Hu Hansan will not go back if he wants to, it's really a good thing to rush together!
He was so excited that he immediately applied to download the relevant manufacturing process and prepare to synthesize the physical code, but after the book flickered for a while, it was displayed on the interface;
[False, this is a replica.] The system is not compatible, requiring Trick Privileges or activating Emergency Mode. 】
Oster was shocked, knowing that it was impossible to drop the epic item so easily, but it turned out to be a fake;
Come to think of it, even if she is a daughter, Serena is just one of the many righteous daughters and playthings of the Marquis of Visak, how could she be allowed to fall into the net with such an important thing.
As for the authority of the skill, he already knew that it was the ability brought by the relic of Sashu's right foot. So the problem now is that without the permission of the right foot, you can't activate the code, and this code is exactly one-third of the right foot relic. Oster still didn't want to give up, and continued to operate the Sashu inquiry, and the results were;
[False, creating cursed passwords requires trick permission.] [Trickster permission requires curse password synthesis.] 】
Oster suddenly lost his strength like a ball with a needle pricked; This chicken-and-egg question has plagued intelligent life for countless years.
Oster called the heavens and the earth to be ineffective, and they were busy together, which was a waste of time. At the end of the day, you'll still have to find three original pieces of the original to spell out the cursed code, and then craft the Tricker's Relic.
Fortunately, it is not completely unrewarding, although this spell-breaking spear that replicates Steinberg's ability is an imitation, it is still Defiya's top technology. In fact, the mage hunters in this world are special forces established by the Brotherhood to fight against the spellcaster power of the kingdom and the church.
Relying on reverse engineering, the workshop soon produced a batch of French hunting rifles and matching ammunition. Oster selected the best of them and presented them to Pullman, the sharpshooter, in recognition of his previous heroic deeds.
The remaining question remains how to activate the puppet's control system. For the next few days, Oster locked himself up in the workshop and kept himself out, working day and night trying to crack the code using various methods.
However, as he already knew, although he was a traverser, he was not at all smarter than the natives. Not to mention that compared to geniuses like Gul'dan and Van Cleef, even the rebel engineers in the workshop were mostly more talented than him. For decades, no one has been able to crack something, and he is a bastard liberal arts student who graduated from Pheasant University, how can He De ascend to the sky in one step.
As he stayed up late into the night on the third day, it occurred to Oster that Solarius had repeatedly reminded him that the greatest power of the book was knowledge, not the ancient power it contained. I have seen it many times, compared with all kinds of powerless and unreliable copying spells, in fact, what helps me the most is Sashu's ability to detect and analyze magic;
And it's actually the most perverted. For example, not long ago, he summoned meteorite magic outside the Xishan camp and annihilated a regiment of officers and soldiers, if it were not for the powerful simulation computing ability of Sashu at that time, the collapse of the mountain and the landslide and rockflow, relying on those few meteorites alone, even the steam tank could not be completed, and it would be impossible to achieve such a complete victory.
Oster racked his brains and tried to find a clue to the breakthrough from the knowledge recorded in the book of Sax. He already knew that the ability of Sashu to copy spells was actually an emergency mode, with double the energy consumption and a discount on the effect, and if it was for cost reasons, it was not recommended to use it continuously.
It suddenly occurred to Oster that it was impossible for the Harvest Puppet, as a full-fledged war mecha, to be without this design. But he couldn't understand these design drawings either, so he hurriedly summoned the craftsmen at the base and asked everyone to brainstorm together to find a magic frequency code similar to the one when Sashu activated the copy function; If you find it, you can completely avoid activating the program and activate the golem in emergency mode.
Although this mode does not activate special abilities at all times, it can be used as long as it can be used at critical moments. As for the high cost of energy consumption, it is clearly not the time to consider the cost; The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and Skal has sent a few more urgent telegrams, and the situation in Dongxiang is urgent.
While everyone was busy attacking the technology, Oster suddenly received a report that Serena, who was being held in the room, was missing.
Although she had no limbs, she somehow managed to get back her remaining right hand. With only one hand, she dragged her stick all the way to the workshop warehouse, and relied on the excellent skills of the former Difia master craftsman to assemble and start a gyroplane. And flew high into the air at night, evaded the surveillance of the sentry, and escaped through the back mountain.
Magical engineering is the science of integrating magic. Due to the ban on magic, the Phia artisans were unable to obtain high-grade source energy materials, but their overall technical level was far ahead of the kingdom. Serena, as one of the best, is naturally very familiar with this.
But what is puzzling is that the sentinel soldier who guarded her in front of the door was shot and killed from close range, and the murderer did not leave a trace. and the box in which the prosthetic right hand was placed was locked, far from the room where the prisoner was kept;
If it's not that Serena and her helpers have not been discovered, it is that there are traitors hidden inside the base, and even the possibility of the latter is far greater than the former.
Auster found that ever since he came into contact with the revolutionaries, there had been no break in the betrayals he had heard of and witnessed with his own eyes. Medivan, the Orc Engineer, Serena, and now the Base Renegade.
It seems that in any world, in the midst of an incomparably arduous and long undertaking, apostasy is inevitable and endless.
Oster imagined that, in the light of the last night's double moon, the man had gone outside the room where the prisoner was being held, and that the sentinel soldier who was guarding him was so familiar with him that he had even told him not to be negligent;
The soldier replied disapprehantly, "What can be done in a heavily guarded base to guard a prisoner who has no hands or feet?" ”
The man took out his pistol and pointed it into the warrior's forehead and said, "What are you going to do if I suddenly do this?" ”
The warrior was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "No kidding. ”
"Bang!" A dull gunshot filled with silence magic rang out, and the warrior fell in a pool of blood.
The man opened the door and threw Serena's prosthetic leg on the table. The pale-faced female priest smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't make a move." ”
"Shut up, hurry up, do you know what kind of ideological struggle and price I paid? Don't forget your promise, that's why you and I are here. ”