Infinity Throne

"Ah~ It's comfortable."

"Woof~woooooo~"

One person and one dog soaked in the hot spring, moaning in pleasure at the same time.

Yi Lin never expected that soaking in hot springs in the game would bring such enjoyment as if the soul had been sublimated.

So comfortable.

The Land of Fire was originally famous for its hot springs.

It is located next to an active volcano and is rich in hot springs, so logically there is nothing wrong with it.

The Land of Fire also has another easy-to-understand name.

——Hot Spring Township.

The endless spring water flows into the pool along the channel.

Emperor Wang Tian washed away the dirt all over his body and transformed from a "local dog" back to Emperor Wang Tian.

After learning that Yi Lin was a serious "big engineer", Li Lei and Han Meimei directly gave her VIP-level treatment and took Yi Lin and Wang Tiandi to stay in the top hot spring hotel in the village, with indoor hot springs and self-catering facilities. The kind with luxurious meals, couple's suites, and jacuzzi.

Although Yi Lin and Gouzi are not lovers or have any other special relationship.

But when enjoying this kind of comfort, Yi Lin didn't bother to worry about these details.

After taking a good bath with Gouzi, Yi Lin took off her dirty engineer robe, which had little durability left, and put on the complete set of equipment provided by the hot spring hotel.

…

【Fire Source Yukata】

[Fire Source Belt]

【Fire source clogs】

…

Although this three-piece set is only equipment with a rarity of "D", in addition to significantly changing the appearance, it can also slightly reduce the "hotness".

No, when Yi Lin and Gouzi put on the "three-piece yukata set", they instantly felt that the air around them was much fresher.

That's right.

The dog also put on a bathrobe...

I don’t know why, but when I see the dog standing up straight on its hind legs, with its paws on its waist pulling at the belt, it smiles wildly, looking like a scumbag, and there is no sense of disobedience.

The dog's smile was one-third tired, three-thirds free and easy, three-thirds wanton, and yet there was a hint of unfinished intention. He looked exactly like a male dog who had just finished making a big sword!

This village has a unique architectural style.

The wooden floor creaks when you step on it, and the walls of the room are hung with calligraphy and paintings that are unique to the game world, and there is an ancient charm everywhere.

The eaves outside the house are particularly wide, as if they are an umbrella, isolating the ashes falling from the sky. Yi Lin was wrapped in a bathrobe and looked out through the paper window. The falling volcanic ash was like black rain, adding a bit of desolate and dilapidated flavor to the village.

But in Yi Lin's opinion, this taste has a different flavor. The hot spring steam inside the house was completely opposite to the dilapidated scenery outside. The inside and outside of the house were like two worlds, giving Yilin a strong sense of contrast.

Yi Lin casually called out the two mother spirits.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Nie Hongxiu and Bai Xiaoyi discovered that there was a hot spring in the house. They jumped up, pulled up the curtain, and soaked in the hot spring.

Yi Lin couldn't imagine how the mother spirit soaked in the hot springs.

But as long as they are happy.

Yi Lin looked at the rising bond value and was very satisfied.

"You guys take a dip first, I'll go out for a walk."

On the wooden frame next to the door, there is a row of neatly folded paper umbrellas standing neatly. The paper umbrella is open with messy "flame" patterns painted on it, making it a great seller.

On the side, [grey masks] are also provided for free.

[Gray Mask] is also a piece of equipment.

Equipped in the accessories slot.

The effect is simple: provides fresh, ash-free air.

Yi Lin left the dog and the female spirit in the luxurious suite.

He was alone, wearing wooden clogs, holding a paper umbrella, putting on an anti-ash mask, and walked slowly among the ashes.

In the village, every passerby walking in the village held a paper umbrella and wore a mask, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

Yi Lin was walking on the road, and other people didn't know whether Yi Lin was a passerby or a local, so Yi Lin easily blended into the village.

The village is very quiet.

Occasionally, pedestrians pass by in a hurry, but they don’t chat or strike up conversations on the road. The villagers passed by Yi Lin quickly without even taking a second look at Yi Lin, the weirdo who wore a bathrobe to visit the village.

Although the sparrow in the land of fire is small, it has all five internal organs.

Prop shop, weapon shop, armor shop, blacksmith shop.

Passing by the deserted shops, Yi Lin regained the feeling of "I am still in the game".

Yi Lin walked around the village, and within a moment she had memorized the structure of the village.

To the north of the Land of Fire, there is a stone staircase spiraling up, with redwood beams and doorposts spaced about three meters apart and distributed in ten steps. From a distance, the stone steps and redwood door beams look like a giant dragon entrenched in the village. A shrine with a solemn appearance and red wall paint stands quietly on the high slope at the end of the stone steps, like the head of a red dragon, faintly revealing its awe-inspiring and inviolable power.

Yi Lin squinted her eyes and stared at the shrine bathed in ashes, thoughtfully.

The entrance to the stone steps is guarded by guards similar to Han Meimei and Li Lei. Yi Lin has not triggered any tasks yet, and it is not easy to directly sneak into the shrine on the high slope.

If something is triggered that shouldn't be triggered, wouldn't it be like shooting a stone in the foot?

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

"Whirring whirring!"

Yi Lin walked around the village and was about to return to the hot spring hotel. When passing by the blacksmith shop, the crisp sound of forging iron and the whirring sound of the bellows came from inside.

"Wait a minute, this rhythm of blacksmithing..."

"Clang! Clang! Cang!"

Yi Lin's mouth twitched slightly.

He didn't pay much attention when he passed by just now.

But now I passed by it again, and the rhythmic sound and the sound of blacksmithing faintly in my memory overlapped together.

When his "Question Mark Divine Sword" was being reforged in Labu Town, Yi Lin listened to the sound of forging outside the door for several hours.

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Yi Lin pushed open the door and entered.

"..."

It really is!

In the dimly lit room, a shirtless figure was swinging a big hammer, hitting the red-hot embryo one by one, causing sparks to fly everywhere. The round beads of sweat dripping down from the blacksmith's body looked crystal clear against the backdrop of the sparks, reflecting a shimmering light.

It's blacksmith Ge Lang.

Why is he here?

Yi Lin paused in her steps.

He reacted quickly.

He sneaked into this village with the title of [Honorary Guest Engineer].

It seems that false rumors that "brave men are bad guys" are spreading wildly in the village.

Blacksmith Ge Lang knew his identity clearly.

In case you recognize it...

wrong.

Yi Lin touched the [grey mask] on her face.

The entire face was covered, not even a bit of skin was exposed, and it was really scary for him to recognize it.

Yi Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and began to step back smoothly after pause, preparing to pretend that nothing happened, to come quietly, and to leave quietly, without taking away any dust.

Although he still has a mission of [The Road to Recovery of the Unknown Divine Sword], at this time, he has not yet finished collecting the [Blood of the Saint], so there is no need to reveal his identity so early. It is better to dodge first.

"It is you."

Yi Lin didn't have time to get out of the way.

Blacksmith Ge Lang's blacksmithing action suddenly stopped.

In the firelight, he slowly turned his head, his face full of stories remained indifferent.

…

…

The blacksmith shop door was closed.

The room is hot and dry.

But compared to the outside, it seems like nothing.

Yi Lin sat opposite Blacksmith Ge Lang, reluctantly took off her [fireproof mask], and sighed softly: "How did you manage to recognize me even though I'm dressed like this?"

"It does not matter."

It seems that it is very difficult to extract large tracts of information from the taciturn blacksmith Ge Lang.

Yi Lin thought for a moment, remembering the architectural style of the Land of Fire and the strange layout of more than one blacksmith shop. Yi Lin thought of a possibility.

"This is your hometown?"

"yes."

"Then what are you doing squatting in Rab Town?"

"wait."

"What are you waiting for?"

Blacksmith Ge Lang was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

You are so cool.

Yi Lin firmly believed that this NPC with weird behavior must have a special mission.

This is indeed the hometown of blacksmith Ge Lang.

In addition to being famous for its hot springs, the Land of Fire seems to have a lot of blacksmith shops, and everyone is a good blacksmith.

"By the way, where are they?"

Yi Lin finally remembered his former teammates.

"In 'Poseidon'."

"The giant water beast, Poseidon?" Yi Lin lowered his head and pondered.

The two "navigation pointers" given by Homeros were Boros and Aurora.

Poros's navigation needle is on Ning You.

As for Poseidon...

"The giant water beast is actually hiding under the sea of ​​clouds?"

After Yi Lin figured this out, she looked surprised.

"yes."

"I see."

Yi Lin understood.

No wonder both the little fat man and blacksmith Ge Lang were safe after jumping into the sea that day. It turned out that he happened to meet "Poseidon" who was passing by.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Having been chased by an aerospace boat all the way, Yi Lin had been in such a hurry to escape that Yi Lin had forgotten about recasting the Question Mark Divine Sword. Now that Blacksmith Ge Lang has recognized her through her mask, Yi Lin can't go in vain. She needs to check the progress of the mission before talking about it.

"As promised before."

The blood drop of the saint is one word different from the [blood of the saint] in the mission requirements. Yi Lin knows that it won't work, but there is always no harm in giving it a try.

Seeing the drop of uncondensed blood in the vial in Yi Lin's hand, blacksmith Ge Lang's cloudy eyes lit up slightly, looking straight at the "blood drop" in the vial. After observing it with strange eyes for a moment, Blacksmith Ge Lang shook his head again: "It's not enough."

"Ding!"

[Main mission: The road to recovery of the ‘Unknown Divine Sword’! Mission objectives updated. 】

[Current goal: Collect the complete "Blood of the Saint". 】

[Current progress: 1/4. 】

[Task Difficulty: SSS]

[Task time limit: None. 】

[Task reward: unknown. 】

"OK."

In fact, if that naughty player hadn't gone crazy and disrupted the situation, his main mission should have been updated long ago. But if you think about it carefully, updating later and updating earlier will not have any impact on the completion of the task.

"In other words, there are a total of four drops of 'blood of the saint' in the world, and they are probably closely related to the Holy See."

While Yi Lin was thinking about this matter, Blacksmith Ge Lang suddenly changed the subject.

"Are you here to find the 'Six Evil Generals'?"

Yi Lin raised her head in surprise and looked at Blacksmith Ge Lang. It's a pity that the NPC Blacksmith Ge Lang's character is too strong, his expression remains unchanged, and you can't see any strange emotions on his face.

"Yes, but how do you know?"

"It's not important." Blacksmith Ge Lang didn't explain Yi Lin's confused plans at all. After a full ten seconds of silence, he picked up the topic again: "Go find the 'Miko'."

"shrine?"

"Um."

"clear."

Yi Lin nodded and turned around to leave.

In the darkness, Blacksmith Ge Lang whispered again, as if talking to himself.

"It's time to finish."

At this time, Yi Lin still didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

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…

In order to avoid people misunderstanding that he was a brave man, Yi Lin left Wang Tiandi in the hot spring hotel alone. After bidding farewell to Blacksmith Gelang, he came to the stone steps leading to the shrine.

"stop!"

As expected, Yi Lin was stopped again.

Two spears were crossed in front of Yi Lin.

"Be polite first and then fight."

Yi Lin sighed softly. If this was not the hometown of Blacksmith Ge Lang, and if Yi Lin hadn't had the task of "recasting the divine sword" falling on Blacksmith Ge Lang, Yi Lin would have slipped in in a more direct way. How could he be stopped here?

I still have to give out the thin noodles from Blacksmith Ge Lang.

If Blacksmith Ge Lang gets angry and doesn't complete the task for him, there will be some trouble.

Yi Lin has long discovered that NPCs in the game world are very moody. They will fall out at once and become famous in an instant. But if something happens, they can turn back to green in the blink of an eye and become friendly NPCs.

“During the ‘Fire God Festival’, Miko-sama didn’t see anyone.”

The two guards who stopped Yi Lin were just [Lv30] children, and they posed no threat at all in terms of force.

"Fire God Festival?"

Yi Lin suddenly smelled the mission.

No wonder blacksmith Ge Lang asked him to find a "witch".

Yi Lin pretended to leave, but in a corner where no one was paying attention, he activated his skills and turned into a thin shadow, walking between the two guards again in a swagger.

Huh, that's where he was going to get in when he was stopped.

Moving quickly along the stone steps, Yi Lin quickly arrived at the Fire Origin Shrine.

There are no guards around the shrine.

"It seems that this miko thinks that the two guards at the door are enough to stop anyone."

Yi Lin chuckled, and his perception was released. With him as the center, everything within a radius of thirty meters was presented in Yi Lin's "perception" in another way.

"There were only two people inside."

"An old woman, a young woman."

"Who is the miko?"

In the shadow state, Yilin easily entered the shrine.

In the shrine, incense is burning, which is rich but not pungent.

Indoors, a young woman wearing a red and white ancient witch robe was kneeling in front of a ferocious fire dragon statue, sitting with her back to the door.

From Yi Lin's perspective, the young woman's black hair was as smooth as satin, hanging down casually, reaching her waist, and her slender waist was tied up to outline a slender line.

The old woman in Yi Lin's perception was sitting on a low chair in the corner of the shrine, her eyes closed and her head bowed, her breathing slow, as if she had fallen asleep.

At the old woman's feet, there was a small carving knife with dried blood on it.

Whose blood?

This old woman is... a guard?

Yi Lin frowned, but had no answer and could only continue to observe.

On the weapons rack in front of the fire dragon sculpture, there is a simple long bow with a quiver leaning against it.

"bow?"

As an elite player, Yi Lin was already accustomed to searching for valuable treasures as soon as she entered the house. This simple bow caught Yi Lin's sight immediately.

This seems to be a special weapon not sold in the store.

Can it be sold?

Is it valuable?

It can't be "Excalibur", right?

After Yi Lin quickly asked herself three times, she couldn't get an answer for the time being, so she could only focus on that beautiful back again.

[Fire Source Miko·Platycodon]

【Lv70】

It's a green NPC.

"Um?"

Right now.

The miko Kikyo still had her back turned to Yi Lin. After bowing deeply to the ferocious fire dragon statue in front of her, she slowly stood up and walked towards the long bow on the weapon rack.

And just after Kikyo made a move, Yi Lin suddenly discovered that the originally green name turned yellow in the blink of an eye.

The name yellow means neutrality.

"Come out."

When Yilin noticed that the name of [Fire Source Priestess Kikyo] turned yellow, Kikyo had quickly put the long bow on her back, holding an arrow between her green-white fingers.

"Oh? It's actually unfolding like this."

Yi Lin emerged from the shadow without any haste and walked out of the shadow slowly.

After all, the opponent is only Lv70.

Yi Lin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this miko could actually detect his presence when he activated [Shadow Following] and [Shadow Killing] at the same time. But when Yi Lin noticed that when he appeared, Kikyo's eyes changed focus slightly, she understood.

It turns out that the other party is not really aware of his specific location, but is aware of "someone".

"Who are you?"

Kikyo slowly stepped back with one foot, and held the long bow back with her right hand, assuming a posture ready to attack at any time.

Yi Lin spread his hands, indicating that he had no weapons in his hands. At the same time, he showed the title [Honorary Guest Engineer] and smiled kindly: "Don't be nervous, I am a 'Grand Engineer' from the College of Engineers. I am honored by others." Please, come and solve your troubles."

"who?"

Judging from the facial features of Platycodon grandiflorum, none of them can be said to be stunning. But when combined with this fair face, it makes people look very comfortable. After Kikyo assumed a fighting stance, her expression showed no emotions such as anger, shock, or doubt. Instead, it was like a pool of clear water, quiet and peaceful, making it difficult for people to think of attacking her.

"Ge Lang."

"It's him?"

Revealing the name of Galang Blacksmith is indeed useful. When Platycodon heard this, the top of her head instantly turned green again. She breathed a sigh of relief and didn't seem to care about Yi Lin's uninvited visit. She put the arrow in her fingers back into the quiver.

Kikyo shook her head: "But I'm not worried."

Yi Lin was slightly startled.

Isn't that what Blacksmith Ge Lang said?

"You go."

Yi Lin was silent for a moment.

Then he smiled and said, "Okay. Then...goodbye."

This time, Yi Lin was really arrogant, pushing open the door of the shrine and leaving the place.

Kikyo looked at Yi Lin's leaving figure, her expression calm, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

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…

Yi Rin went straight back to the hotel.

"It seems that there is something else hidden."

Yi Lin suddenly remembered what blacksmith Ge Lang said.

——"It's time to end."

Now that I think about it, I feel that there is a deeper meaning in this sentence.

Finish?

End of what?

Going back and asking blacksmith Ge Lang probably won't work.

"Although the contact time is not long, the NPC Kikyo gives people a very strange feeling."

"To take a step back, in the game settings, the mission cannot be triggered unless 'specific lines' are spoken or 'specific props' are displayed. But if this scene is not regarded as a game, Kikyo's reaction is very strange. It's like...she doesn't want anyone to accept the mission and solve the 'thing' that Blacksmith Ge Lang mentioned."

"Let's collect information first."

"Fire God Festival? Ha."

Yi Lin has found the entry point.

As for the shrine, you won’t be able to sneak into it casually for a short period of time.

Kikyo seems to have a "perception" ability similar to Yilin, and can detect him in a stealth state.

Yi Lin always felt that his innate skills [Following the Shadow] and [Shadow Killing] were very useful together, but he was not naive enough to think that these two skills would be 100% unimpeded. In the Kingdom of Two Lions, didn't Hermelos also use the [Sword Master Realm·Selfless Realm] skill to be able to detect him in the shadow state?

In the game world, there are many things that cannot be measured by common sense.

Skills complement and inhibit each other, and they also exist.

Back at the hotel, the two mother spirits and Wang Tiandi were bored and waiting for Yi Lin to come back.

"Acridine~Master, are you back?"

After Bai Xiaoyi took a bath in the hot spring, her transparent little face was flushed and very cute.

Nie Hongxiu's face was still cold, her red clothes and bare feet were floating in the corner, silent.

It can be seen that when Yi Lin entered the room, she opened her eyes and nodded slightly to Yi Lin as a greeting.

"Maximize the bond value. It's just around the corner."

Yi Lin nodded secretly. It was not difficult to see that the two mother spirits were becoming more and more friendly to him. It’s not easy!

"Well, let's go for a walk."

Yi Lin replied with a smile. After he put the paper umbrella and fire mask aside, he put on a clean bathrobe, sat on the couch, and fell into deep thought.

Although the meeting with Kikyo just now was brief, Yi Lin noticed one detail.

On the arrow held by Platycodon's fingers, "circuit" is clearly engraved.

Yi Lin was too far away and couldn't see the structure of the circuit clearly, so he didn't know what function the technique was. But when I think about it, it's nothing more than a simple small technique like "Acceleration Circuit".

The structure of the bow and arrow is clear at a glance, and the places where the "core" can be embedded are limited, so it is absolutely impossible to construct some too powerful spells.

"I have always fallen into a misunderstanding. The engineer's staff may not really be a "staff". Any weapon can actually be regarded as an 'engineer's staff'. It may be a dagger, a long sword, or a shield. , it is not impossible for a real engineer to hold up his sword and shield and rush forward to fight."

After Yi Lin figured this out, he took out the Question Mark Divine Sword and took a look at it, then shook his head: "This Divine Sword is too malleable, which is not conducive to constructing spells. Just like the spell I constructed on the surface of 'Night Dire' , we must find stronger and more stable materials.”

While Yi Lin was talking to himself, his eyes swept over the dog who was shaking his head and wagging his tail not far away.

Wang Tiandi's eyes suddenly widened, his tail stiffened and stiffened.

Gouzi was puzzled.

I don't know why, but just now it suddenly had the illusion that a disaster was imminent.

"Forget it, it's too dangerous."

Yi Lin looked calm and looked away from Wang Tiandi, temporarily giving up on a bold idea.

After a while, Yi Lin took out a silver revolver from the [props].

…

…

Yi Lin settled down in the Land of Fire.

During this period of time, after sneaking into the shrine, the miko Kikyo made no other noise except sending someone to officially express her welcome, which made Yi Lin feel very strange.

As Yi Lin's guides in the Land of Fire, Han Meimei and Li Lei came to the hotel from time to time to chat with Yi Lin when they were off duty on patrol.

Han Meimei has a very down-to-earth appearance, and the fine freckles above her nose make her look like the girl next door.

Li Lei is a typical energetic young man. When Han Meimei pestered Yi Lin, he bit his lip from time to time, trying to get in, but couldn't. The anxious expression made Yi Lin secretly shake her head.

This guy's secret love is written all over his face.

Han Meimei seemed to be yearning for the "mysterious engineering college" and would pester Yi Lin with questions about "engineers" from time to time.

It's just like--

"I heard that engineers like to eat with their feet. Is it true?"

"I heard that engineers are all bald. Why is your hair so thick?"

"I heard that engineers generally don't live past fifty. Is it true?"

"I heard that many engineers are single. Are you the same? What a coincidence?"

I don’t know who planned and designed these damn NPC lines.

Although these questions made Yi Lin physically and mentally exhausted.

But after getting to know each other, Yi Lin pretended not to care, and finally got some information about the "Fire God Festival" from the two of them.

Baiyi is seriously asking for monthly votes!