After the Gate of Divine Punishment was established, the Machine Tribe discovered that there were abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations in the mountains here, and powerful spiritual energy covered this area.
As a result, Wilderness City was built at the foot of the mountain.
The ring-shaped alloy city wall protects the Mechanical City from outside interference, and the most sophisticated and important casting factories are built in the rocks and caves.
In the dark cave, a beam of light hit Salina in dragon form, and the mechanical limbs and scalpels above the cave slowly started to operate.
The foundry is undergoing preparations for mechanical renovation.
Pei Ji, a scholar in Hammerfell who was wearing a red robe, looked at the black dragon with an unbearable expression: "Dragon Knight, your mechanical transformation surgery is about to begin."
Facing this cultist who joined the Mechanicus, Selina asked: "What does it feel like to be made into a mechanical dragon?"
Pei Ji smiled and said: "Mechanical transformers have no self-awareness and are just puppets of the mechanical clan. How can it feel? However, you will be the first native dragon clan of Ashan to be transformed into a mechanical body."
He sighed softly: "The mechanical tribe loves this perverted transformation ritual. They transform prisoners of war into twisted mechanical monsters. I was assigned by the dean to observe your transformation ritual so that I can learn psychic technology.
Some fur."
Selina's voice was weak: "You lunatics...what is the purpose of the Mechanicus? Why...why do you want to help the invaders?"
Pei Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, our church is also divided. Most people enthusiastically participated in the mechanical tribe's destruction of Ashan. They are complete converts and believe that machines are more advanced than flesh and blood."
form."
"The other group of people, like me, are just devout learners of psychic technology and have not helped the machine race. They only joined the church because they worshiped psychic technology."
The mechanical arm tore off the scales on the dragon and covered it with a mechanical armor.
Selina asked in pain: "If Ashan is completely destroyed, what's the point of learning alien technology?"
Pei Ji showed a serious look and slowly explained: "Dragon Knight, contrary to what you think, I joined the Mechanicus because I believe that psychic technology will eventually save Ashan."
He expressed his thoughts: "The ancient Shantiri technology has long been withered bones in the graves, and the conservative mages of the Silver City State are a group of self-righteous arrogance."
"They think that following Sa'ilan's magical path is the truth, and they carry out personal practice regardless of anything and increase their magic level. However, at the same time, they cannot tolerate the necromancy school and do not pay attention to the application of magic technology."
"The Yincheng mages always look aloof. They created the 'Treasure Casting Science' and studied obscure and profound magic principles just to make some expensive and exquisite alchemy props."
"But which of those treasure-casting products can be used in a big way and change the situation on the mainland?"
Pei Ji showed a regretful look: "The technology of Silver City-State has been stagnant for many years. The golems they made are just crude imitations of the ancient Shantiri Golems. Even the most powerful Titans are only seventh-level in strength.
The incomparably powerful ancient Shantiri Titans are completely incomparable."
"Therefore, only by learning the psychic technology from the outside world can we save Ashan."
"Young dragon knight, do you understand what I just said?"
Suddenly, the sound of explosion penetrated the thick rock wall and came from outside the cave.
As the mountain trembled, bursts of dust fell from above.
Pei Ji couldn't help but wonder, was there a fight outside?
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When Li Ran's troops arrived in front of the Wild City, the walls of the city were already filled with corpses of ancient monsters.
On the city wall, all city defense facilities were destroyed, and a large number of bionic machine slaves and mechanical warriors were destroyed.
But they still blocked the attack of the ancient beast tide.
On the long circular city wall, only the Mechanical Holy Envoy El and three scarred psychic knights stood.
Seeing the intruder taking advantage of the situation, anger spread through the core of the Mechanical Envoy's mind.
These natives are so despicable and shameless!
They didn't actually attack from the front, but instead triggered a tide of beasts to attack the Machinery City!
He made up his mind that even if the Savage City was destroyed today, these natives would still have to pay the price!
The Mechanical Holy Envoy issued an order, and the foundry hidden in the mountain opened the door.
A newly created mechanical dragon crawled out of the cave with its huge body squirming.
The mechanical dragon spread its wings, flew into the sky, and attacked the griffins.
Bai Yue, who maintained her elf form, almost fainted. She lost her voice and said: "Salina! Why...how could this happen..."
When Li Ran heard Bai Yue's words, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Salina?"
That mechanical dragon is Selina!?
Li Ran's eyes turned red. He pulled the reins and immediately rushed towards the city wall. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Except for that dragon, kill all the mechanical races!"
Tia noticed that something was wrong with Li Ran's state, and immediately flew to catch up with Li Ran, who was galloping on his horse.
Densely packed monster corpses formed a slope in front of the city wall. Li Ran ran directly onto the city wall. He jumped high in front of the Mechanical Envoy and knocked the robot to the ground the moment he landed.
The Mechanical Holy Envoy, who was the core of the command, was not very capable in combat. He was suppressed by the furious Li Ran and was unable to move for a moment.
A nearest psychic knight rushed over, but Tia blocked the psychic sword in time.
"Your opponent is me."
The troops of Starwind City rushed to the city wall and fought with the Psychic Knight and the Mechanical Dragon.
Li Ran grabbed the Mechanical Holy Envoy by the neck and said with splitting eyes, "What did you do to Selina!"
The Mechanical Holy Envoy showed a stunned expression, "Salina? That's your friend's name? You mean...that mechanical dragon?"
Li Ran raised his fist and his voice was cold to the bone: "Yes... tell me, what did you do to her..."
The mechanical synthesis sound has a sarcastic tone: "We have completed the promotion ceremony for it. The flesh and blood are weak, but the machine is eternal. Thank me..."
Bang!
Li Ran's fist hit the Mechanical Holy Envoy's head, and the fierce punch exploded the visual device, and a series of parts collapsed from the eye sockets.
Mechanical Saint El laughed loudly and said: "You stupid aliens, the machine race will one day step on your corpses and return..."
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Under Li Ran's fist, blood and lightning mixed together and spattered.
The blood flower did not belong to the robot, but the blood flowing from Li Ran's broken fist.
The head of the Mechanical Holy Envoy was blasted by Li Ran's hammer, the parts were scattered on the ground, and the core of his thinking was shattered.
A drop of water fell silently, hitting the mechanical fragments soaked in blood.
Li Ran raised his head and stared blankly at the mechanical dragon flying in the air, fighting with Tia.
The monster's entire body was composed of alloy metal and psychic components, and its bloated body was extremely ugly.
So, is it Selina?
The wind in the wilderness raised sand and dust on the city wall, and Salina in human form slowly walked up the city wall.
The rays of the setting sun passed through the death battlefield and fell gently on the dragon knight.
The dragon knight's long hair was blown by the wind, revealing his snow-white shoulders and neck stained with blood.
Li Ran opened his eyes wide.
He saw it.
Succubus Liz, or Selina's soul, was smiling at him.
The voice in the dream finally sounded in front of me: "Li Ran, it's really you..."
"I'm sorry, Selina," Li Ran's face was full of sadness, "I'm sorry...I have made you suffer so much...It would be better if I could arrive earlier...
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"Don't be sad, you have done a good job..." Selina stretched out her hand in front of Li Ran.
"Is this your soul? Are you leaving?"
Li Ran stretched out his hand, but didn't dare to touch it.
He was deeply afraid that the hand was just a shadow of his soul that could collapse at the touch of a finger.
Selina's cute eyebrows frowned slightly, tilted her head and asked, "What are you talking about? I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere."
Li Ran's trembling hand finally touched Salina.
He held her hand tightly in his palm.
The slender white hands were so real and had the body temperature of a dragon knight that Li Ran couldn't help but squeeze them and rub them twice.
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A hint of doubt gradually appeared in Li Ran's extremely sad eyes.
Selina seemed to understand something.
She put her beautiful smile in front of Li Ran and said softly: "Aren't you very sad to see me like that? Before my soul goes to the moon and returns to Yasha, you still have a chance to let me
I'll stay with you."
Li Ran's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief: "What do you need me to do?"
Selina's quiet golden eyes looked into Li Ran's eyes, and her voice was soft and shy: "Can you... sign a dragon knight contract with me?"
Contractors recognized by the Dragon Knight will become the Dragon Knight's partner and have the right to ride the contracted dragon. At the same time, they must fulfill the mission and tasks of the Dragon Knight Order.
After this contract comes into effect, it will not end until one of the two parties betrays or dies.
Li Ran replied firmly: "I am willing to be your contractor!"
"Then, the contract is completed!" Salina smiled happily.
Salina's blood-stained body was extremely beautiful under the sunset.
Is she real?
Has the contract taken effect?
Li Ran still wanted to say something, but a delicate white finger gently touched Li Ran's lips, sending out waves of sweet fragrance.
On the city wall, two people who miss each other day and night get closer and closer.
An old man in red robe climbed up the steps with difficulty, and his voice reached the ears of the two of them: "Ms. Salina, I have stopped the transformation surgery as you requested. Can you ask your friend to let me go?"
Pei Ji climbed onto the city wall, saw the ambiguous distance between Salina and Li Ran, and felt the strong killing intent emanating from the dragon knight.
He coughed lightly, turned around and quickly slipped down the city wall.
Selina sighed slightly.
She was forced to tell the truth: "That is Master Pei Ji from Hammerfell. Although he joined the Mechanicus, he forcibly stopped the transformation surgery performed on me by the Mechanics after discovering that you were attacking the city."
Li Ran: "?"
In the sky, Tia and the griffons were still fighting hard against the ugly mechanical dragon, not daring to hurt it.
Li Ran suddenly understood.
The mechanical dragon in the sky is not Salina, it is just a mechanical creation from the foundry.
The real Selina stood before her.
Bai Yue's sudden scream was caused by misunderstanding due to excessive worry.
The sarcastic remarks made by the Mechanical Saint before his death were intended to make him feel pain.
And Salina obviously also lied...
Li Ran looked at the black dragon that had transformed into a human form.
At this moment, because he lied to Li Ran, the proud dragon knight couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, with a blush on his fair and pretty face.
Li Ran finally laughed.
He held the scarred dragon knight in his arms.
"Salina, it's great that you are alive!"
Selina was suddenly hugged, her head pressed against Li Ran's shoulder, her eyes widened for a moment.
After a while, the proud dragon knight finally couldn't help the surging emotions. She lowered her head and buried herself in Li Ran's chest, and gently wrapped her hands around the man's waist.
"Li Ran, I'm glad to see you again..."
Under the setting sun, the silhouettes of Li Ran and Selina stretched out on the machinery, blood and ruins.
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The night after the battle, the stars were shining brightly.
Just like Salina's illusory dream on the operating table.
A bonfire rose within the walls of the Savage City. The meat of the ancient monsters was delicious and nutritious, and could quickly replenish their magic power. Outside the city wall, the corpses of monsters piled up on a hill could be taken at any time and grilled on the fire.
Jamil led the faster Griffin team back to the Blizzard, while everyone who was unable to return in time stayed in Savage City for the night.
After losing the control of the Mechanical Saint, this still intact mechanical foundry automatically entered a dormant state. Except for another Mechanical Saint, no one can activate this huge psychic machine again.
The bonfire was just a small spot in the vast darkness, illuminating the figures sitting around on the inner wall of the towering city wall.
The heat given off by the flame warms the heart.
Bai Yue and Selina leaned together. Selina, who had just been rescued from the foundry, had fallen into a deep sleep with a slight smile on her lips. She didn't know what she was dreaming about.
Ron and Peggy, two "prisoners of war" who were living under the control of others, seemed to be waiting for their fate, sitting at one end away from the bonfire.
Li Ran, Eureka, Yibes and the newly rescued Selina gathered together again just like before the battle at the Well of Souls.
Experienced a brutal war of destruction, and crossed twists and turns of betrayal and redemption.
The road to get here is really a long journey for the few who survived.
But luckily, they changed their tragic fate of death and met again in the wilderness on the other side of the world.
Everything seems to be back to square one.
However, in addition to pure joy, the people in front of the campfire also had some different emotions, which others had no way of knowing.
Yibes looked at the sleeping Selina and smiled happily, but there was a hint of sadness hidden in the Shadow Witch's heart.
Eureka hugged her legs and rested her pretty face on her knees.
The female knight looked at the bright flames and froze slightly.
After such a fierce battle, Eureka seemed a little tired and sleepy, Li Ran thought.
In the silence, Bai Yue's exaggerated voice suddenly rang out: "Li Ran, don't blame me. When the mechanical dragon appeared, I really thought it was the transformed Salina!"
Li Ran glared at Bai Yue and complained: "Don't talk randomly in the future, you will almost scare people to death."
On the other side, Ron and Pei Ji drank the wild wheat wine Li Ran took out of the space ring and chatted.
Pei Ji said: "Do you know why the Savage City was built here? It's not just because of the relatively high spiritual energy. After detection, it was found that there was a ruins hidden in the mountain peak. The Mechanical Holy Envoy wanted to dig out the ruins while digging for ore.
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Pei Ji took a sip of ale and said, "They found the ruins in the cave. Now only the last rune door cannot be cracked."
Pei Ji's voice reached Bai Yue's ears, and the elf's long ears moved. Bai Yue said in surprise: "Rune gate? Plenty of spiritual power? Hidden ruins?"
She looked at Li Ran across the bonfire and said, "I suspect that what the old cultist said was another hidden fortress of the Dragon Knights."
"The Dragon Knights have many branches, which perform different tasks and have different missions. Except for the top leaders of the Dragon Knights, we observers stationed in the world do not have comprehensive information."
"During the investigation, I discovered that in the deserted land of the Wolf Principality, a branch of the Dragon Knights was once active. However, it gradually disappeared and communication with other Dragon Knights was also cut off."
Facing Bai Yue's analysis, Li Ran thought for a long time and announced tomorrow's actions:
"It's too dark now. There will be more dangers at night. We will start investigating the ruins immediately tomorrow morning."