Chapter 344: The Puppet Loses Control

"Hahaha, Captain, I finally see you."

Miguel and Nathan came over happily and gave Chu Ming a hug.

"I heard that something big happened in Clinton Kingdom. I'm glad you're okay."

Chu Ming sighed: "The Clinton Kingdom was destroyed because of the evil god's activities, and the family also got a new opportunity. The guild in Sauron City is now calm again."

As he said, he glanced at Miguel and noticed the bread crumbs left on the corners of their mouths.

"Didn't you have breakfast? Why are you squatting here to eat bread?"

Miguel smiled awkwardly: "Nathan is too impatient. He dragged me out before breakfast, but he has good news to tell you."

Chu Ming raised his eyebrows slightly and suddenly noticed Nathan's changing breath.

"Have you broken through the epic?"

Nathan's fox ears moved, and he scratched his head embarrassedly: "After coming to the Magic City, everyone in the Knights has been working hard to practice, but I am the closest to the epic, so I broke through the epic first."

"Very good, keep working hard."

Nathan nodded happily.

Miguel was about to continue speaking when he saw Marty and others approaching behind Chu Ming.

He bowed and saluted, "Miss Marty, why are you here?"

Mattie returned the salute and said gently, "I'm here to greet Mr. Ryan."

Miguel smiled and said to Chu Ming, "When we, a group of grown men, came to the Magic Puppet City, we were busy for a long time and could only do odd jobs. Fortunately, with the help of Miss Marty, the guild now has a store on the prosperous Knight Street and has completely established a foothold in the Magic Puppet City."

"Otherwise, we might still be sleeping on the streets, hahaha."

The girl chuckled and said, "You're welcome, I'm just completing what Mr. Ryan asked me to do."

Chu Ming sighed in his heart that Marty was still as reliable as ever and could always help him solve many problems.

"Thank you, Marty."

The girl smiled slightly and stopped talking.

Miguel said hurriedly: "Captain, and all the adults, you have come all the way from Clinton Kingdom to the Magic City, you must be tired, I have prepared a room for you in the courtyard of the guild, please go back with me."

Krono came over and stretched, "I haven't slept for several days, and I didn't sleep well on the airship, so it's just right to go back to the guild to rest."

Chu Ming looked back at Elena and others, "What about you?"

Milissa said hurriedly: "I'll go with you."

Ana didn't answer immediately, her eyes fell on Lutishia.

The girl hesitated for a moment, looked at the busy street reluctantly, and finally retracted her curious eyes and nodded: "Wherever the teacher goes, Ana and I will go."

Chu Ming's eyes fell on Elena, and the woman just smiled and said: "I am familiar with the Magic City, leave me the address of the guild, I will go for a walk first and come back later."

"Where are you going?"

Krono heard that Elena was going to visit the city, and he instantly became energetic.

The woman smiled and said happily, "Why, you want to go with me."

"Not impossible."

Krono muttered, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just afraid that you'll be kidnapped if you go out alone."

Elena's smile became even stronger. She pulled the struggling Krono, said goodbye to everyone, and left the dock first.

After the two left, Mattie walked to Lutishia and Ana and half-knelt down.

"Mr. Ryan, are these two your students?"

"Why didn't Miss Irina come with you?"

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Irina went to other cities with a very important friend. She may not have the chance to come back this year."

The girl showed a regretful look on her face, and she rubbed Lutishia and Ana's heads lovingly.

"Miss Trina likes children very much. If you are going to the palace, you can bring them with you."

Chu Ming knew that this was a privilege given to him by Mattie to help him let his students see the world. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Mattie."

"By the way, are you going to the guild with us?"

The girl stood up and shook her head and said, "Mattie has to return to the palace to help with affairs. I am satisfied to see Mr. Ryan arrive safely today."

Chu Ming said regretfully, "Then we will see each other in a few days."

The group walked out of the dock and came to a busy street intersection.

"Mr. Ryan, see you in a few days."

Mattie bowed and saluted, turned around, and slowly disappeared at the end of the street.

Miguel sighed, "Ms. Marty is such a nice person."

Luteshia nodded in agreement, "What a gentle sister."

Chu Ming rubbed the girl's head, "Let's go back to the guild first, Miguel leads the way."

"Okay, I'll go find a magic carriage, please wait for me, Captain."

After Miguel finished speaking, he hurried into the street.

Taking advantage of Miguel's time, Chu Ming finally had the opportunity to appreciate the scenery of the streets of the Puppet City.

Compared with the Clinton Royal City, the streets of the Puppet City are extremely spacious. On the busy streets near the dock, there are rusty puppets everywhere, carrying goods unloaded from the dock. The shops on the street are filled with the smell of rust and kerosene.

In addition to the puppets, there are many people patronizing this prosperous street, and there are also a large number of goblins and dwarves.

Goblins are good at mechanical puppets, and dwarves are good at forging precision puppet parts, which are an indispensable part of this puppet city.

The drunken dwarves walked past Chu Ming with their shoulders on the goblins. They hiccuped, their eyes were blurred, and they exhaled a strong smell of alcohol.

Behind them, some merchants who came from afar also rode giant beasts and shouted loudly in the streets and alleys, which was a lively scene.

But what surprised Chu Ming the most was that there were actually many orcs in the Puppet City. Just now, a tiger man who was more than two meters tall, full of muscles, and wearing magic pattern iron fists walked through the street.

As if seeing Chu Ming's doubts, Nathan explained diligently: "Captain, you may not know that there are a lot of knight warriors in the Magic Puppet City. There are even streets dedicated to serving knights. Our guild is located in one of the knight streets."

"Many of these orcs were persecuted by the orc tribes, or they were dissatisfied with the expansion of war and fled from the Orc Empire."

"Although the country of Migliorini is not close to the border, it has won the love of these physically disabled orcs with its excellent magic puppet prosthetic technology."

"Magic puppet prosthetics?"

For this magic puppet technology that he had never heard of, Chu Ming had a strong technical feeling.

Nathan scratched his head and said, "I'm not a puppeteer, so I can't say for sure, but I heard from the orcs in the puppet city that puppet prosthetic technology is a branch of mechanical puppets. After the puppet prosthetics are installed on the body, they can be used as easily as normal arms by just using mental power. It is a new technology developed in recent decades."

Chu Ming suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had never seen it in puppet books. The books he read were older than the birth of this technology, and much of the knowledge had not been updated.

"It seems that I have to ask Mattie for a new puppet book when I have time."

After waiting on the street for a while, Miguel hurried back, but Chu Ming did not see the magic carriage he mentioned.

The man said awkwardly, "More and more puppeteers have come to the Puppet City in recent days. The carriages at the nearby post station are not enough. Even if you increase the price, you have to wait for a long time."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Is the Knight Street far from here?"

Nathan replied, "It takes two hours."

Chu Ming said indifferently, "It just so happens that I am also very curious about the Puppet City. It's okay to walk there. Just take it as a walk and see the street scenery."

Miguel breathed a sigh of relief, "Then the captain, come with us. The guild is in the Knight Street District."

The man walked in front and led the way. Several knights looked serious and surrounded them in the middle to protect them.

In fact, because the puppet exhibition is approaching, the number of pedestrians on the street is much more than usual. The puppet city is mixed with people, and many street injuries have occurred recently.

They don't want the captain to be injured just because they are not vigilant.

After leaving the dock street, they entered the ordinary street. Compared with the bustling dock street, it is much quieter here, the smell is not so messy, and the number of magic circle puppets has increased.

After walking for half an hour, they entered a clean and open street. There were as many people as those on the street near the pier, and even more people, but most of them were young people wearing gorgeous robes.

On both sides of the street, there were more puppet shops and blacksmith shops. Chu Ming saw many young people queuing in front of the blacksmith shops. The young man in front of the line was discussing fiercely with the dwarf craftsman, and his hands were gesturing to show the appearance of forging pieces.

Looking ahead of the street, a spacious square appeared in front of Chu Ming. At the end of the square was a low railing, and young people could vaguely be seen playing on the lawn.

Miguel said enviously: "This is the third puppet academy in the puppet city, which is a college dedicated to training puppeteers."

"There are five academies like this in the puppet city. These five academies have trained most of the puppeteers in the entire southern border. Many puppet masters come from here."

"When I was young, I was still struggling in a small town. I went to the Violet King City to see the world when I was middle-aged. I really envy this carefree learning environment."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "You envy these students, but maybe they are worried about completing their homework."

Miguel laughed and said, "That's right, it's quite troublesome."

Nathan shook his head and said, "I'm sure I can't handle it."

"Let's go."

Chu Ming passed by the students and carefully observed the puppets following them.

He suddenly found that these puppets were small in size and extremely stiff in movement, even worse than the puppet cats he made. He could tell at a glance that these puppets were made by the students themselves.

"It seems that my puppet making skills are quite high. No wonder even Roman praised me."

Chu Ming retracted his gaze and looked forward. Miguel and Nathan, who were leading the way, suddenly stopped.

Chu Ming stopped and asked, "Why don't you go?"

Miguel shook his head and said, "It seems that there was an accident ahead. Those students gathered together and blocked the road."

"Or we should take a detour."

Chu Ming was about to nod in agreement, when suddenly there was a "bang" explosion. The center of the accident was full of flames, burning half of the street red. The students screamed and fled.

"Ah!"

"The puppet is out of control!"

"Run!"

Suddenly, the scene was in chaos. Only some calmer students directed the puppets to explore the center of the accident.

"Bang!"

Another explosion sounded, and the puppets broke into pieces before they got close.

"There is danger!"

Miguel and others quickly drew their swords and looked closely at the center of the fire.

Chu Ming frowned slightly. The breath of the creatures in the flames was not strong, but it was not something these students could handle.

Looking at the students in front of him who were affected by the explosion, burned by the flames and rolling around, screaming in pain, he stretched out his right hand and grasped the void.

Spring is back.

Rich vitality burst out from Chu Ming's palm, and the illusory green vine exploded and quickly spread to the entire street.

Feeling this unique vitality, the people who were still running stopped their steps and looked at the green vines wrapped around them in a daze.

"Tick..."

Fragrant dewdrops dripped, vitality completely burst out in the street, green grass and green vines swayed and rose in the cracks of stone bricks, and the injured students were healed one after another, and the burns on their bodies healed without even leaving scars.

Even the few students at the center of the explosion recovered quickly, peeling off the charcoal and revealing their delicate skin.

"I'm saved..."

The students looked at Chu Ming at the end of the green vine with confused eyes.

Chu Ming ignored the students' gazes. He stared at the flames at the center of the explosion and reminded them, "Milissa, protect the students around you. It's not over yet."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a lightning shadow, quickly crossed a hundred meters, and rushed into the flames.

"Bang!"

Grabbing the unknown creature in the flames, Chu Ming saw clearly that the flame creature in his hand was clearly a puppet.

The puppet was charred all over, its wooden arms turned into charcoal and fell off, and its body parts were burned beyond recognition, but the array patterns on its body were still emitting red light, and the array patterns gathered on the puppet's face. The gems in its eyes flashed a strange red light.

"Die!"

Chu Ming frowned slightly, and his body exploded with thunder and cloud, tearing the puppet into pieces all over the ground.

The flames dissipated, and the red light spreading across the street also disappeared.

"Captain, are you okay!"

Miguel and others rushed over anxiously.

Chu Ming shook his head and looked at the girl closest to the out-of-control puppet. The girl had messy short hair, broken glasses, and her clothes were burned to tatters. She looked very embarrassed, but she didn't seem to care much about herself. She just stared blankly at the center of the puppet's explosion, as if she hadn't recovered yet.

If he hadn't guessed it, this girl should be the owner of the puppet.

He walked up and asked, "Are you okay?"

Chu Ming asked several questions before the girl reacted. She turned her head in a daze.

"I'm fine..."

"But..."

She picked up a charred piece of debris, with a crying tone in her tone.

"My graduation project is finished!"

"Wow..."

The girl couldn't help but howl and burst into tears. She kept wiping her tears with both hands, but the tears on the other side were flowing down uncontrollably.

"I'm so unlucky, wuwuwu..."

Miguel came over and whispered to Chu Ming: "In recent years, the city often has puppets going out of control due to unknown reasons. It shouldn't be the puppets' fault. It's really just her bad luck."