Ember Gun

  Chapter 109 Chief Executive

  There was a strange fragrance on the eye mask, which continuously poured into Lorenzo's nasal cavity. Although it could not be said to be choking, it made his sense of direction a little confused.

With the demon hunter’s senses and Lorenzo’s outstanding memory, even if he is blindfolded, Lorenzo can gradually recreate the way he came when he came, according to his sense of space, but it is obvious that even this point has also been The net removal agency noticed it, and did not give Lorenzo room to play.

  He could only hear a mechanical roar, as if he was heading underground. Also, it would be great to cover up a secret mechanism with the complex underground facilities of Old Dunling.

  During the Glorious War, many shelters were renovated in the underground of Old Dunling. They are usually connected to the complex underground waterways, which are as disorderly as ant dens. Without map instructions, you can easily get lost and starve to death in them.

After the Glorious War, Old Dunling carried out a lot of transformations on the complex underground, not to mention the core furnace pillar system, and the steam pipes and sewers extending outward from this center. A complicated subway was built to increase convenient transportation.

  With this continuous transformation and addition, sometimes Lorenzo feels that even the mechanical courtyard does not necessarily have the full picture of the underground drawings, just like children are constantly piling up stone bricks, and the castle is crumbling.

The march lasted for more than half an hour, and finally the Kestrel took off the blindfold for Lorenzo. The long darkness made Lorenzo a little difficult to adapt to the strong light. He raised his hand to try to cover it, and then the tranceful vision gradually cleared. stand up.

  At this moment, he was in the steel tunnel, and the steam pipe was directly exposed. Because of constant repairs, water droplets permeated the gaps in the steel, and rust was everywhere, and even the air was full of rust smell.

Looking back, the gate of Lorenzo had already fallen behind him. From the wide gap, you could see the bright metal, like interlaced swords and halberds, which were stacked to guard the gate, and the rusty gate was carved on the surface. With ghosts and gods, his face is abhorrent, as if he will break out in the next second.

  The dim yellow electric light above his head continued to reach the end of the tunnel, where there were also gates that had fallen. The soldiers were wearing heavy iron armor, with weapons that Lorenzo had never seen before, and cables were connected to them.

  Lorenzo did not ask much, this ghost place has an unspeakable depression, just like the Cathedral of San Nalo.

  Kestrel motioned to Lorenzo, only then did Lorenzo discover that he and the Kestrel were the only ones here. Joey and the soldiers before him had not followed. The Kestrel seemed to see Lorenzo’s doubts and said softly to him.

   "In order to minimize the possibility of demons' erosion of the headquarters, the headquarters implements a minimum of personnel circulation. Even high-ranking knights need strict approval before entering the headquarters."

  Lorenzo nodded, and Kestrel said immediately.

  “Also, please trouble you to keep your secret blood in a silent state. The headquarters is completely covered by a large Geiger counter. Any abnormal index will cause internal blockade. If you can, don’t cause other troubles.”

The faces of the soldiers were concealed by heavy helmets, and Lorenzo could only see darkness. Just as the two passed by, the steel gate slowly rose, and the weapons in the soldiers' hands also ejected a dazzling arc. , Staring at Lorenzo until the two left their sight.

  There are many such gates along the way, and once an invasion occurs, these gates will be sealed, trapping the monsters in them.

   "What is that thing, I have never seen a weapon like that."

  Seeing the beating arc firearm again, Lorenzo couldn't help but asked with curiosity.

The weapons that clean the organs are full of an ultra-modern sense of science fiction, such as the aluminum thermal rifle, and the bold original sin armor that mixes machinery and demons. The design of each weapon is unbelievable, so it seems It is true that Inverwege started the steam era.

   "Electric spear, a weapon specially designed to deal with demons."

  Kestrel explained directly to Lorenzo without doing too much concealment.

"You can understand it as a shrinking harpoon gun. The bullet in it is a special conductive metal spear. It relies on compressed gas as the launching power. Under the thrust, the impact force is enough to penetrate the tough flesh and blood. There is a connection at the end of the conductive metal spear. A small cable, it will be directly energized and shock the target."

  Kestrel explains the principle of this weapon.

"According to our many years of analysis of monsters, it is essentially a biological creature. The so-called muscles also need to be innervated by nerves. Under the baptism of high current, their muscles will spasm and lose their ability to move to a certain extent. Of course, for monsters of different sizes. , There are also different models of electric spear guns. For example, if we recover the out-of-control original sin armor, we will use large electric spear guns."

Lorenzo looked at the weapons with beating arcs and began to be a little wary. Sure enough, the black technology that cleans the organs is not much less than that of the Demon Hunter. Lorenzo knows the principle, but he has never thought that this kind of thing can also be military. change.

   "So what about humans? What if the invaders are humans? Are your weapons that specialize in dealing with demons useless?"

  He asked again, but this time Kestrel looked at him a little unexpectedly, and then laughed.

   "It seems that Mr. Holmes sometimes gets into a misunderstanding of thinking."

  Kestrel pointed to himself, then pointed to Lorenzo and said.

  "Not everyone has the power like you. Mortals are very fragile, fragile enough to limit the weapons of demons, and it is very deadly to us."

   "Those conductive metal spears can easily penetrate the human body, and the current that restricts the demon is fatal to the human body. At the moment of being hit, a normal person will be scorched by the high-voltage current, let alone resist."

The weapons of the demon that can fight against are extremely lethal to mortals at the beginning, just like Lorenzo's Nine Summer Armor that Lorenzo saw at the Far East Exhibition. Although it is not clear what is going on, think about it. , Suddenly a armor of original sin appeared on the battlefield of mortals, it would be a slaughter on one side.

Lorenzo was silent. He felt a sense of urgency again after a long absence. Arthur once said that the final direction of the world. Once the monsters that restrict the cleansing mechanism are completely resolved, then these weapons must be in the near future at this moment. The battlefield between mankind and mankind appeared gorgeously.

  This is just like the fate of a demon hunter. All the demons have been driven to extinction. Then the only enemies left in this world are the pagans who do not believe in gods.

   "What's wrong with you, are you upset?"

  Kestrel looked at Lorenzo, who looked a little ugly, and asked intimately. After all, every weapon here is for fighting against demons, and there is not much difference between a demon hunter and a demon.

  Lorenzo shook his head, and then said.

   "Nothing, it just feels that the world is really complicated."

  Kestrel was slightly shocked and then laughed.

  "I don’t have that much trouble. I used to be a worrisome guy. I was thinking about saving the world and other weird things all day. It was annoying, but I later found my position."

  "Your position?"

"This world is a huge, crazy-running machine. Even the old dullness and the cleansing mechanism are only a part of this huge machine, a system, and we are just gears that bite together. Gears cannot determine the machine. Going forward, all we can do is turn up vigorously and don't let this machine stop."

  Kestrel was unexpectedly cheerful in this regard, Lorenzo thought for a while, but said nothing.

  After passing through the complicated corridor, the two finally came to the fairly open space. The people walked fast. Everyone seemed to be very busy. The gate opened and fell, and the sound of booming continued.

   raised his head, and there were countless translucent pipes on the huge dome. Something seemed to be being transported, moving at high speed, and finally fell out of Lorenzo’s sight.

  Each person has his own function, bears his own work, and rotates vigorously to keep the machine moving forward.

  If the cleansing mechanism is a machine, then Lorenzo has already crossed his heavy and solid shell at this moment, and he is now in the delicate and fragile core.

   "That's it, but you have to go by yourself."

  Kestrel stopped abruptly, and pointed at the elevator at the end, and said to Lorenzo.

  "This time it is Arthur’s invitation to you, and the place you are going to is the round table conference room. Without an invitation, we high-ranking knights would not be able to arrive."

  "Is your class division so severe within you?"

  Lorenzo felt a little uncomfortable. It seems that the knight commander is the one who really holds the power, and the rest are just tools.

  Kestrel shook his head and said to Lorenzo.

"You come from the Demon Hunting Clan and you should know that ordinary people can't resist the erosion of demons, right. The cleansing mechanism is also composed of most mortals. They have no resistance to demons. Only a few can be specialized. Humans have certain resistance to the erosion of demons, and our specific classification depends to a certain extent on this resistance."

  Kestrel has no dissatisfaction with this system.

   "Sometimes this class division saves us."

   "Like some places that are only open to the knight commander, there are erosions that you can't resist?"

  Lorenzo thought of all the things in the Demon Hunting Order.

   "Yes, so there is no dissatisfaction. The bigger the gear, the greater the pressure to bear, right?"

Sending Lorenzo into the elevator, the steel gate slowly fell, Lorenzo finally saw the Kestrel's smile, and then darkness shrouded, and in the dim light, he could only feel the slight shaking and the pulling of the cable. .

  About tens of seconds later, the gate of the elevator opens, and it feels like stepping into a new world.

   Tens of seconds ago, Lorenzo felt like he was in the machine. There were suppressed steel and booming sounds everywhere, and the air was filled with an unbearable smell of rust.

  But now here is like a luxurious palace, with bright red carpets on your feet, and delicate vases on both sides of the corridor with flowers blooming on them.

  Pictures of portraits are placed on both sides of the corridor. Everyone's face is different. Lorenzo can clearly feel the progress of history from the decorations in the paintings.

  First armor and sword, then Greatcloak and musket. It seems that the characters in the painting are great men who appeared in history. Only in this way can they be hung in this secret place, but Lorenzo can't recognize anyone.

   Passed by with a bit of appreciation, Lorenzo opened the last door.

The huge round table is placed in the middle, covered with mottled sword marks, and then there are chairs placed around it, and the outer circle is the erected bookshelf, and the old taste is pouring out of the books on it. Filled up the entire space.

Lorenzo was slightly tired. When he left, the sky had already entered the night. There was a lot of time delay along the way. In order to ensure their sincerity, those people took off all their arms, and even the pocket watch was not given to Luo. Renzo stayed so that he didn't know what time it was.

The cleansing mechanism really gave Lorenzo face. After all, Lorenzo is really dangerous to himself. If they really want to ensure safety, they should keep their eyes on him with the so-called electric spear and thermite rifle. The so-called Geiger counter was strapped to his body, and once the index was abnormal, he began to pour out firepower.

  Of course, there is another possibility. It is not the Kestrel who guides Lorenzo, but the mysterious Lancelot...the one who wears the armor of original sin.

   Pulled a chair, Lorenzo sat down unceremoniously and looked at the other end of the round table. The dim light Rather slowly put down the book in his hand and looked at the guest who was not welcome by him.

  "Stop talking, let me think about it."

   Arthur said first, and then took out a revolver. Judging from the caliber, this distance can easily knock Lorenzo's head into a cloud of blood.

  He seemed to be thinking about something difficult. He picked up the gun and put it down several times. Several times the muzzle had been pointed at Lorenzo, but he finally put it down.

  Lorenzo could clearly feel the actual killing intent from his eyes, but in order to fight the monster, he was still a little helpless.

  It has been tangled repeatedly for a long time, and Arthur seems to give up, he said.

   "You should talk to him directly, otherwise I'm afraid I will kill him with a single shot."

Arthur never concealed his aversion to Lorenzo, and just then another person walked out slowly behind the bookshelf. He was wearing a gray robe, and his bare skin was covered with obscure text. Lorenzo looked at him. I couldn't help but became nervous, because he had seen something similar to it.

  It was something he had seen when he was in the Demon Hunting Order, when those people called it alchemy.

The gray-robed man sat down on the other side of Arthur, and then lifted his hood. It was a young and handsome face, but it was full of sickly death. His hair was all white. After the hood was lifted, he sprinkled wildly. Down.

  This is a very strange person, Lorenzo can feel his old age, but he is so young, obviously full of the smell of death, but he is still alive.

   "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Lorenzo Holmes."

  He said, his voice was hoarse that didn't match his handsome appearance that year.

"You are…"

  Lorenzo became serious, his eyes dignified, and then the gray-robed man said slowly.

  "I am the current chief of the Pump of Perpetual Motion. I should be regarded as the last alchemist in the old town. The real name is already full of filth in the past rituals, so please don't mention it again, but you can call me by my code name."

   "Merlin."

  The hoarse voice slowly narrated, and his eyes looked at Lorenzo with a kind of kindness. They are the same people, remnants of the old era.

  　 Saying that no one found the stem of the previous chapter?

  (End of this chapter)