"Ha, this thing was dismantled from a strange ship, according to the merchants who sent it, they saw the strange ship in the east of the Falling Star Sea, at that time they just thought this machine was very novel, so they opened an auction on Ximen Port, and no one knew the goods except me at that time, haha. At the mention of this machine, the thin old man danced with his hands.

Closer, Penny could now see the old man's true face.

His head was surprisingly large, more like a dwarf than a human, but Penny believed that the old man would not like to be told about him, a pair of large-rimmed glasses with nose clips hung on the bridge of his short nose, and below was a striking round rosacea, and the cloudy eyes behind the lenses were clearly visible in the depths of his fanaticism and agility, and the white hair and beard with black silk were messy, which instantly reminded Penny of Einstein.

"Hah, you idiot, you probably can't understand what this is? It's a structure that runs on heat to move machinery, hey, the hateful thing is that the guys broke it, and I haven't done it yet. The old man raised his hands and said in a moving tone: "Those fools actually treated this work of art so roughly, you know, if you analyze its technology, you can create a greater arcane creation." ”

Sweat slid down Penny's forehead, and he sighed a little at the same time.

He frowned and looked at the machine, it was obvious that under the old man's inexplicable 'repair', the steam engine was getting farther and farther away from his original image, and the structure was also a mess.

If the old man's experiment is ended sooner, maybe the scheduled visit can be started sooner?

Penny thought to himself, and began to think that it was the right decision to knock out his assistant and replace him, "Uh, sir, I think there's something wrong with your way of fixing it. ”

He mimicked the assistant's tone.

The assistant only spoke a few words in front of Penny, so he couldn't fully imitate his accent, but as a wizard's assistant, the tone of his voice was often condensed and low, and some differences in intonation could be blurred.

"Hell, I've changed my mindset a few times. Xiao Brandt looked at his assistant in disbelief: "Well, why don't I remember that you have studied these things in depth?"

"Your Excellency, you like these things, and of course I have to dabble in some of them. Penny said cautiously, "I have some ideas, my lord, this thing is similar to the gnome's steam-powered machinery. ”

"Similar, hell, of course I know they're similar, but those dwarves can't make anything so delicate even if they blow their brains. The old man waved his hands up and down, ignoring his height and mocking the group: "This machine can propel a big boat forward, and those short things can only be used to pump groundwater." ”

The steam engine that can provide large mechanical power does have many differences from the original steam power, and this Lord Shaw brandt, apparently, did not find the essentials, and repaired many key parts beyond recognition, so that the steam engine as a whole became scrap metal, and this Lord was obviously not convinced, and added a lot of unnecessary magic devices, which made it farther and farther away from its original appearance.

"Actually, my lord, I look at this machine, there are many places where you can ...... like this," Penny thought for a moment and gestured on the machine.

"Oh, do you really have an idea, wouldn't it be a waste of my time?" the old man looked at Penny again, full of obvious distrust.

"Your Excellency, you've already tried four plans anyway, and if you don't have any new ideas, why don't you try mine? ”

Xiao Brandant hesitated, stared at the machine for a while, then turned to the assistant and nodded at the funny-looking head: "Hmm...... Well, hopefully your solution works. ”

After more than an hour, under the tinkering of magic, there was a loud whining sound in the cylinder of this steam engine sample, and Xiao Brandt laughed and danced with joy: "Great, with this, I can start building a steam multi-turret fortress!"

Steam multi-turret fortress?

The corners of Penny's mouth twitched, speechless at the outlandish-sounding name.

"Well, I have to say that you surprised me, dear assistant, how did I not know that an alchemical assistant who knows nothing about mechanics would suddenly become proficient in mechanics after being knocked unconscious and stuffed under a chair. ”,

Penny's expression froze instantly, he shook his neck, looking at the little old man's big head full of jiān cunning smile, and finally knew that this old man was really not a pure old fool.

So he had no choice but to lift his hood and say hello.

This is the other party's territory, and since he already knows that everything is in the hands of this old man, it is not interesting to continue to hide.

"Oh, what a blessing, Elder Shawbrandt, and I'm Pan Diesel. ”

"Pan Diesel... Diesel... The old man ...... and nodded: "Oh, Searle is a good place, when I traveled there, I wanted to get some information about the red-robed mage, but I was unceremoniously kicked out by that group of people, there are so many high-level mages there, a young man of your size, the ability to cast spells reaches three or four rings almost all over the ground, and it is normal for a wizard with five rings to appear." ”

"My lord, I'm from Sesk. A cold sweat suddenly appeared on the corner of Penny's forehead, and he coughed lightly and corrected.

The country is located in the northwest of Serre, which is relatively remote and has a similar accent to Serre, so he disguises himself as a wandering wizard from Sesk.

"Sesk, no. Elder Xiao Brandt smiled again, and pointed to the repaired steam engine: "This thing was obtained by those people at sea in the territorial waters of Serre, oh...... It is said that not long ago, a red-robed mage who was quite out of his way defected from Serge. ”

"By the way, the rumored red-robed mage is very young. He added with a smile and looked at Penny's face with interest.

Penny's eyelids jumped, and he finally realized the old man's difficulty.

People are old and refined, and it seems to be the same in this world, and they have already arranged the set of tricks, leading them out of flaws step by step.

However, he was even more shocked by the old man's speculation, and directly thought that he might be a red-robed mage who had defected from Serre.

As a result, he was wary that these Coast Wizards might have a lot of information about themselves.

He took two deep breaths and began to think about the flaws, only to realize that the suspicions of these coastal wizards might not be blind cats touching dead rats.

A five-ring mage can become the leader of a wizarding association, which shows how rare spellcasters are in the Faeron Cheng climate, and any high-level spellcaster who appears out of thin air must have its origin.

The inexplicable appearance of a high-ranking mage of unknown origin will certainly arouse suspicion, and at the same time, he has a desperate accent, which obviously greatly narrows the scope of the search, and in the desperate Eastern Regions, the most striking country is of course Serre.

And probably the biggest thing that has happened to Serge recently is his defection.

But Penny can't just admit it.

This is something that must never be admitted.

"There's nothing strange about this, Lord Shaw, I happen to be a little bit of a researcher on this thing, and there are quite a few wizards around Faeron who study magical machinery. Penny coughed again: "Maybe the Searle design ideas are a bit similar to my previous immature ideas." ”

"Similar, well, well, similar. The old man nodded, but did not continue to ask, and opened a drawing to the side.

It's a pretty large plan, a ship of shocking size, and the scale on it tells Penny how much weight this design has, the deck alone is the size of a plaza, and if this ship is really built, I'm afraid the whole port of Simon will be difficult to put down.

Of course, what is more striking is the dense turrets on the side of the ship, highlighting the old man's bad taste.

"Look, this is the sea mobile fortress I've always dreamed of, I've always had a headache with its power, I used to want to make some golems to row for me, but now I don't have that trouble. The old man looked at Penny with a sly expression: "I have always hoped to find someone with high attainments to complete it with me." ”

"Actually, it can be improved. Penny looked at the drawing for a while, then at the old man, and suddenly a thought arose in his heart: "My lord, if you want to add steam power, such a structure is far from enough. ”

"Improvement?" the old man moved: "How to improve?"

"It's like this. Penny briefly recited a spell, gestured a few times, and pointed at the laboratory wall, and the skin of the Mithril and ice iron wall fell off, gathering in front of Penny's hand into a large metal ball, which moved spontaneously, as if carved by invisible hands and tools, gradually turning into countless parts, and then coalescing into a large ship. ,

Except for a few huge chimneys, this model is indistinguishable from the big ship on the old man's drawings.

However, Elder Xiao Brandant looked at the wall skin that had been torn off by Penny, and the deceitful expression on his face disappeared at some point, and the corners of his mouth kept going, as if he had been stabbed by something, and he didn't even look at the model of the big ship that Penny had created with a spell.

As a sorcerer's abode, there are naturally traps everywhere. And a laboratory, involving secrecy and security, there are more protection measures, that Mithril ice and iron alloy wall, there are many spells, the wall itself has also been treated with special magic, the ability to resist magic is very strong, and when attacked, it will trigger quite powerful spells, crushing the attacker to pieces, and it is also one of the most heavily defended places in this mage tower.

But this layer of walls, with countless mechanisms, was actually torn down by this wizard with an understatement.

This couldn't help but surprise Elder Xiao Brandang.

Although the magic power on the walls diminishes over time, the fact that the wizard named Pan Diesel was able to tear it down with a single spell along with the mechanism inside shows that his magic power is very powerful.

Elder Xiao Brandang's expression suddenly became uncertain, and he felt a threat in Penny's action.

Penny himself was secretly sneering in his heart, if he wanted to gain a foothold here, it was not enough to show kindness, he was indeed threatening the old man.

Of course, he knew that it was impossible to hide his identity without leaving a trace, and the old man had taught him a good lesson, but if the Wizards of the Coast thought that they would be able to crush him by biting on this, then Penny was going to let them abandon such thoughts.

With his arcane powers, it may be dwarfed by a spell cast by a wizard of the Seven Rings, but it is no problem to dismantle a spell device arranged by a wizard of the Seven Rings.

Of course, it would be another story if the Elder Shaw brandt fully activated the Mage Tower's defenses, but even then, Penny showed enough power to threaten the wizard of the Seven Rings.

Being able to easily strip away the magic protection of a three-ring wizard's whole body is undoubtedly a very high arcane level, but it still sounds like it lacks a shocking effect - no matter how high your level is, the bully is just a three-ring wizard, not to mention that it is just a rumor, and under the obscurity of some parties, the influence will be even lower, but if it shows the strength to threaten an elder, then all coastal wizards have to weigh it.

What would it cost to clash with such a mage? Not to mention that this wizard could be from Serre.

You know, the red-robed mage is known for his fighting power.

And Penny himself is also confident, the six-ring mages have done a lot, and the wizard master of the seven-ring is difficult, but it is not impossible.

Moreover, it is not easy for a seven-ring wizard to kill him.

At the end of the day, the Dragon Coast Wizards Association is just a small and medium-sized organization with more than fifty wizards.

The main need of wizards outside of Serre is to study magic, so they will try their best to avoid conflicts, although sometimes there is a need for power and money, but there are not many wizards who are keen on fighting for power, and their combat effectiveness is generally not strong, and of course they can't afford to burn with a dangerous lost dog.

Moreover, this elder should not be unaware that being able to have a young lady from a big noble family personally send a message of compensation shows that Pan Diesel is not rootless in the local area, and if he wants to eradicate it, he will need to go to great lengths.

"It seems that adults are not very happy with my design. Seeing that the elder's gaze wandered, obviously weighing the pros and cons, Penny smiled slightly: "Or I can tear it down and redesign it again." ”

Penny stretched out two fingers and pinched the model of the alloy ship, the hard alloy squeaked and began to deform.

Oh Elder Brown's eyes widened, and with his two hands he quickly carried the one-yard-long model to the other side: "That's enough, I'm very satisfied, okay, boy, we can slowly discuss and improve the design of this thing, but please don't spoil this thing, it's very valuable." ”

"Very honored. Penny smiled and nodded, "If you have a need for this, Elder, we can communicate at any time, I have a lot of knowledge about these things." ”

After slapping the face, of course, he had to offer sweet dates, although Penny didn't quite understand this, but he still had a vague consciousness, he knew that the purpose of his coming was to show goodwill, and the threat could be stopped immediately, and he couldn't make too much trouble.

"I've got to be careful with my mage tower, don't let you tear it down. He squinted at Penny, his tone sharp and full of dissatisfaction, "Okay, we can have this exchange another day, now let's take care of your business." ”

"My business?" ...... my lord," Penny frowned, feeling that the old man's speech was a little incoherent.

"It's that little bastard son of Bucklaw. Shaw replied impatiently, and treasured the model of the ship made by Penny: "Help me beat his ass well!"

...... RO！。