Chapter 225 This Is the Benefit of Having Teammates

"It's really condensed water. It has been running for such a long time without being damaged. This equipment should be engraved with magic patterns or giant runes, right?"

Talking to himself, Carl knocked on the wall beside him with his knuckles.

The "clang clang" sounded like some kind of metal, but Carl looked at it more like ceramic.

Soon, Hope and Ying also crawled out of the tunnel. Seeing the artificial traces around them, they were both delighted.

Because this means that everyone is one step closer to finding the giant's treasure, and it seems that they don't have to fight with the dragon beast outside.

"This should be the drainage outlet of a facility in the giant ruins. I didn't expect this key to be so smart that it can lead us here."

While praising, Hope took the key out of the dimension bag.

The pattern on the fine gold key began to shine, with a frequency like breathing.

Hope was stunned, not knowing whether this change was good or bad.

Carl, who was standing by, reached out and took the key, and found that its luminous frequency was no longer directional.

‘So, the reason why it showed the direction before was probably simply because there was a corresponding giant ruins facility nearby? Some special fluctuations were received by its patterns, and it actually had no guiding function? ’

After thinking for a moment, Carl's illusion about the magic of the key was suddenly shattered.

He originally thought that the key had a certain intelligence, but who would have thought that it was just a mistake!

‘Forget it, I thought too much, but since I have entered the giant ruins, does it mean that I really have a connection with this place? ’

Thinking so, Carl used his characteristics to summon the power armor back to his body.

This was the signal that he had discussed with Bain and the others before.

Sure enough, not long after, there was a voice in the tunnel.

Thorin's voice sounded a little painful, and Carl guessed that it was because the other party's short and strong body did not fit well with this tunnel.

But he finally came in smoothly, because Carl took off the power armor after he was blocked, climbed down and cast a shrinking spell on him.

"I didn't expect that we actually got in. Which way should we go next?"

Looking around the spherical space, Scorpion tried to find a place that looked like an exit.

However, except for a pipe diagonally above, there was only the tunnel they came from.

"Put on the spider shoes, let's go up from there!"

Pointing at the only pipe that might be the entrance, Carl activated the flying spell and flew towards the target.

The rest of the people put on the spider shoes that Carl had prepared in advance.

This is the benefit of having a mechanic as a teammate. Under normal circumstances, the wizard who can come to hang out with the adventure group does not have so many spell slots to help his teammates deal with this situation.

The pipe that enters the spherical space from the diagonal top looks more "crystal" than the tunnel that he climbed in before. Carl even thought it was some special glass.

Following the pipe all the way up, Carl soon saw what was behind the pipe.

It was a huge spiral conduit filled with a blue semi-liquid and semi-gas substance.

There was a breeze in this space, but it was probably cool overall.

The moisture in the air condensed on the spiral duct, then flowed to the ground along the duct, and then flowed down the pipe that Carl flew up.

This looks like an enlarged version of a simple air conditioner.

After waiting here for a while, Hope and the others followed one after another.

After telling everyone about the situation, Carl followed the direction of the air flow and found the air outlet.

At the location of the air outlet, a huge four-blade fan was slowly turning.

Such a huge object often gives a sense of grandeur to medium-sized intelligent creatures.

Even though he often transforms into a giant of three or four meters tall, Hope couldn't help but exclaim "Wow~".

Because the fan blades turned too slowly, even Thorin, who had the lowest agility, could pass through safely.

And outside this air outlet is a room with a giant decoration style.

This place is almost not much different from the giant ruins that Carl and others had seen before in terms of decoration style, but the biggest difference is that it is extremely well preserved.

Except for Carl and others, the room that no adventurer has ever set foot in looks quite clean.

There was a pile of things against the wall of the room whose specific appearance could no longer be identified, but according to the furnishings here, Carl only thought it was a bed.

Inexplicably, Carl remembered the bedroom of the two fire giants in the giant mine cart.

Just as Carl and others were looking at the room, suddenly, there was a sound of metal armor rubbing outside the door.

Everyone was familiar with this sound, because Carl's power armor would also make similar sounds when making certain movements.

Bane, who had the fastest reaction, took out his revolver first, while Carl closed his eyes, let his psychic energy penetrate his body, and tried to conduct reconnaissance.

Only black and white gray images emerged from Carl's mind, and the scene outside the door gradually became clear under his psychic exploration.

"Click, click!"

In the huge corridor, an armor was walking mechanically on the stone floor.

It looked like it had been input with some established program, and even after countless years, it was still faithfully executing it.

Judging from the various traces on it, Carl felt that this should be a large activated armor.

Although he was puzzled as to why the giants would make such a thing, Carl was not a stubborn person. Since it existed, there must be a reason for it.

But just when Carl was about to withdraw his psychic energy to lift the alarm, his subconscious sensed something wrong.

‘Wait, wouldn’t the animated armor usually stand still? Why is it moving? ’

This thought flashed through his mind, and Carl’s perception also sensed some danger.

“Leave the gate!”

Having hurriedly shouted this sentence, Carl rolled to the side.

And the armor outside the door suddenly raised the long sword in his hand and stabbed into the door.

This is not an animated armor, but a terrifying armor that is a little more advanced than the animated armor.

Its intelligence is higher than that of the animated armor, and it can understand the orders given by the maker to a certain extent and execute them more flexibly.

Obviously, the other party noticed the invasion of Carl and others and pretended not to know, just for the previous attack.

But the intelligence of the construct is probably only this level.

Bane, who dodged in time at Carl's reminder, has now stood up again. He quickly replaced the ammunition, then raised his hands and fired bullets out of the door.

A series of gunshots shook the ceiling of the room and dust fell, but the Horror Armor outside the house was not seriously damaged. Instead, it split the wooden door and got in.

If there was a crying woman next to him at this time, and the weapon in the Horror Armor's hand was replaced with a fire axe, Carl felt that he might be able to arouse some fear.

But this situation is obviously impossible now.

"The Horror Armor has strong magic defense and is immune to three spells. It seems that it has a high resistance to fire element damage. Maybe it is immune to fireball or something like that."

In modern times, similar constructs are often set by their manufacturers to be immune to the three spells of fireball, scorching metal and lightning beam.

This phenomenon has been passed down like some kind of established rule. Carl guessed that it was because these three spells were more restrained against similar constructs.

The construct in front of him was an antique from who knows how many years ago, but Carl still didn't intend to use his limited spell slots to test whether the ancients had a similar consensus.

Don't you have high magic resistance? Then let's deal physical damage!

"Hope!"

Carl shouted at his girlfriend and rushed towards the horror armor.

The tacit understanding developed from living together for a long time made Hope understand Carl's thoughts instantly. He reached out and pulled out a huge mechanical axe from the dimensional bag, and Hope threw it forward.

Carl's power armor limbs sprayed white mist. Carl kicked the chest of the large horror armor with a sprint speed, and then did a backflip with the recoil.

The mechanical giant axe drew an arc in the air, and then was caught in Carl's arms.

The slashing axe, a weapon with super offensive power.

Carl died a lot because of greed when he played Monster Hunter in his previous life.

As Carl became more and more proficient in the use of giant weapons, he was no longer as "life-conscious" as before, so he made this kind of weapon that can only attack at the suggestion of his father.

The switch between axe form and sword form is very smooth, unlike the shield axe that is easily interrupted.

When the horror armor chased after him, Carl held the axe handle and "swung" the slashing axe that was taller than him.

The heavy weight produced a good destructive power under the blessing of strength. The horror armor just came forward and hit Carl's axe.

The magic pattern on the mechanical parts lit up with the impact, and the kinetic energy was converted into magic power and accumulated in the device of the slashing axe handle.

With one strike, Carl activated the arcane knight characteristics of Akanix's secret.

The magic power of the magic net accumulated in his body for a short time, and then he channeled it into the slashing axe in his hand.

Turning back and swinging flat, Carl hit again, and the slashing axe began to transform during the injection and swinging of magic power.

With the sound of "sizzling" metal friction, the slashing axe changed from axe form to sword form.

The magic activated many magic pattern effects of the weapon, and the entire mechanical sword was becoming sharper and stronger.

This effect was added after Carl seized the sharp sword, which was a small upgrade of his weapon.

And with this blow, a huge hole was immediately cut on the chest of the horror armor.

But because Carl tried the effect of the slashing axe for the first time, he used a little too much strength.

The incompleteness of the body stimulated the ferocity of the horror armor, and it immediately launched an attack with a long sword.

At this time, Carl's old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been born.

At this time, the reinforcements of his companions arrived!

"Stay away from him!"

With a roar, Hope turned into a black bear and pounced on the horror armor.

The huge weight directly threw the armor to the ground, and the long sword in his hand was almost knocked out directly.

Bane aimed at the helmet and fired a barrage of shots, while Shadow and Scorpion released their psychic blades, swinging them around the armor, trying to destroy some of the runes.

Even Thorin held one of the legs of the armor and pinned it to the ground.