Pillars of Ita

Chapter 972 The Harvest Underground

Although the scale of the empire's plan is shocking, what Fang Yan is really worried about is not this, but the elemental layer.The function of the great crystal vein is not only to keep Xintaan floating in the sky, but also to maintain the ether vein.

Forcibly raising the floating continent may destabilize the elemental layer.He was worried that the Oshu people would go their own way and did not find a way to properly use the elemental layer. Their method of forcibly resonating with the elemental layer might not be the final perfect version.

What's more, they are actually burning the lifespan of the floating continent.

"I just found out that the reading here is quite abnormal. It's a sign of the escape of the wind element. This shows that there is a gap in the elemental layer. This kind of damage is likely to become irreversible in the end. God Alix, what do you think?"

"I've also heard rumors about it," Alix replied, "half of the purpose of my coming here is to see this matter. Indeed, otherwise the Imperials wouldn't need to be so sneaky, but they have always been so ambitious. Your worries are not unreasonable. The stability of the elemental layer is also related to other floating continents. The last time Fenris Island almost sank under the deep sea, there was of course the factor of Toragotos, but it was also related to the rapid reduction of the Gay crystal. related."

He glanced at Fang Plover meaningfully, obviously very aware of what happened in Fenris back then. "It now appears that the readings of Guy crystals in various places are abnormal, and the precursor to the arrival of the red star is just an excuse, and it is very likely to be related to the empire's plan."

"what should we do?"

Fang Yan knew in his heart that he had to be responsible for the military, but now that Luo Wei, Shui Wuming, and the great god in front of him were all here, could it be possible to let more people know about this matter?
But this will definitely attract the blow of the empire, but he is too small, and the Seven Seas Brigade is also thin. Only the great god in front of him, although the relationship between the Last Brigade and the major guilds is not very good, at least he can use that The network passes the message out.

The same goes for Luo Wei and Xiaoyao.

"Help to the end, I will inform the boss about the situation here, and she may inform other guilds. But I can't predict the reaction of other guilds," Alix replied: "This is a matter that affects the whole of Aitaly. Those few people will definitely become famous because of this, and it’s not too much for them to pay you. As for you, there is no guild behind you, why don’t I help you run it and let the craftsmen’s association or Colin-Yi The Schurian Geographical Society sent you or your brigade a commendation?"

Fang Plover scratched his head. The commendation from the Craftsman Association was of great benefit to increasing the brigade's points. He was a little interested in such a group commendation.

But the current situation did not make him happy. The plans of the imperial people undoubtedly went beyond that, and what was hidden behind them always made him feel a little uneasy.Yes, there are crystal towers and shadow people.

He has only uncovered the tip of the iceberg right now. There is still no news of the crystal tower located in the empire, the arrested agent and the shadow man behind it, and what exactly is the Duke of Owl Eagle playing here? Role?
What is His Majesty's attitude towards this?

After learning about everything that happened 700 years ago, it was hard for him to believe that there was no connection between this history involving almost the entire upper echelon of the empire.

"What, are you still worried?" Alix asked.

Fang Plover nodded, and briefly talked about his grievances with the Deathfall Guild, as well as his party from the Stag Principality.

From the Lynn family to Ayin Brock, the second half of which is nothing to say is already known to the whole world, but his experience in the Stag Principality is rarely known.There was nothing to hide about that story. He ignored some parts related to the Seven Seas Brigade, and told Alix about the past of Lynn's family and the manuscript.

As for the underground part, the great god in front of him should know most of it.

"Do you think that the knight, his mysterious craftsman friend, and the grievances of the Seven Sorcerers family are related to everything here?" Alix asked again: "Or is it related to the empire's plan?"

Fang Plover nodded.

"I guess you told me this, not to let me make this part public. After all, these things are just your guesses, and there is no actual evidence. You want to ask my opinion, but I don't know more," Alix rubbed his chin with his index and middle fingers, "But I can pay attention, anyway, I'm here to investigate this myself."

Fang Yan didn't expect this great god to take the time to intervene in this matter. After all, it had nothing to do with the other party. He just wanted to ask the other party's opinion.

After all, at different heights, the information you understand and the angle of view of the problem will also be different.

But he didn't expect Alix to agree without hesitation, which surprised him a bit.Although it was just a verbal promise, having such a big shot as an aid in this incident can at least make forces like the Guild of Death Come to be more cautious when they take action against the Seven Seas Brigade.

Alix is ​​very patient and answers all questions.

Probably because he made the people of Prometheus suffer, he also seemed to be in a good mood.

May told him that Alix probably admired him very much. The deputy head of the End Brigade was definitely not like this outside, and there were many people who hated him.

Fang Plover also felt the same way, at least this was quite different from the rumored counterpart. If he hadn't seen how he drove Irs away, Fang Plover almost thought he had met a person with the same name.

"Maybe it's because he asked us something?" Fang Yan quietly replied to May.

"He's not that kind of person," May said earnestly. "May has seen him with the teacher before, and he is not like this in front of outsiders, even if he asks for others. Or rather, he rarely If you really ask for something, you will only exchange it for equal value."

Fang Plover thought of the letter in his bosom, and thought so deeply.

Alix probably heard the two whispering, but he didn't care.

Then Fang Plover put away the military equipment, fortunately it was not damaged in the battle just now, otherwise he would not be able to pay for it if he sold him.

In the process of returning to the surface, he sent a message to Sylvie, Luo Wei, and Shui Wuming. After passing through the great crystal vein, the crystal communication signal returned to normal.

Everything is fine there, Sylviede told him that before the earthquake, senior sister Luo Wei and Shui Wuming rescued those materials and documents. Although some were lost, they were harmless as a whole.

But the real key is the zero-type magic furnace. Fang Ploy asked nervously if it was intact, "By the way, Sylvaide, is the magic furnace that Aona gave us still there?"

The ship officer's lady covered her mouth and laughed straight at the crystal, and she had already pictured in her mind the tense look of the square plovers on the crystal's end.

She laughed and said, "When that big guy made a move, it almost destroyed the thing. Fortunately, Miss Alyssa had quick eyesight and quick hands, and rescued it."

Fang Plover was a little frightened when he heard that, if the zero-type magic furnace was damaged, then their trip would not be in vain.He couldn't help sighing again and again, "Fortunately, Miss Alyssa is quick, this is very important."

But Miss Nightingale on the other side of the crystal snatched the crystal from Sylviede's hand, and said angrily: "You think I want to, dear leader? This is what Miss Sylviede ordered, and besides, I'm not so Easy, solid hit, almost broke two bones—”

Only then did Fang Yan realize that his miss, the ship officer, had been paying attention to the magic furnace for him since the early morning.

He hurriedly promised Miss Nightingale compensation for work-related injuries, as well as paid vacations and so on.Although Arisa scoffed at this, she said yes every time before, but every time she encountered an emergency——

For example, after the last big escape from Orankai, it was agreed to go to the northern border to give everyone a long vacation and have a good rest, but it turned out that the rest was a rest, and it was just a stop to repair the ship.

It's more tiring than not resting.

In other words, since the Seven Seas Brigade came out to take risks, is there really any time when it is not urgent?

She can see clearly the nature of her captain's troublemaker, as if she has endless things to control, and from his description, she has experienced a lot of trouble underground.Not to mention figuring out the plan of the imperial people, but also getting involved with that elemental tyrant.

Another emerald star was to be retrieved. She still remembered clearly how much trouble the emerald star caused in Estonia last time.

Miss Nightingale couldn't help but rubbed her temples. The Continental League wasn't over yet, and there were still many things to do after that, and she still had to go find the treasure of the Pirate King Lao Shizi.

She couldn't help wondering whether her decision to board the ship was correct.

Fang Plover's side felt good. Their expedition deep into the ground this time could be regarded as a complete victory. Not only did all the pre-set goals come true, but they also gained a lot of extra gains.

For example, the blueprints left by the three of Jerdham are precious materials no less than the zero-type magic furnace. Although they are to be shared with Silver Wislan, Godslayer and Elite, they can also get a copy Great rewards.

This reward was agreed in advance.And because the blueprints are too precious, according to Xiaoyao, Silver Wislan, Godslayer and Elite will give the Seven Seas Brigade some additional benefits.

These are also things that have been agreed upon. The big guilds are not short of this money, but unique blueprints and technologies are always scarce resources. Only three guilds have them, which means that they have exclusiveness compared with the other seven guilds.

The extra money is to maintain this exclusivity.

After all, the Seven Seas Brigade still has technology.

Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming were also quite pleasantly surprised.They have already consulted those technologies. In addition to the elemental layer resonance device that they can't use, the three of Jeldham also put some blueprints of the small devices they designed and invented in it.

It is said to be a small device, but it is the design of geniuses after all, and some of them have borrowed Cang Zhihui's technology.As for the level of technology flowing out of the Emerald Star, Fang Plover has seen clues in the star devices and those nightmare creatures.

Of course, some random and meaningless little toys are not excluded from the drawings.Or works that have been technically obsolete over the course of 700 years.

These works account for roughly the majority of all drawings.

However, their design ideas are still worth learning from. Craftsmen are always good at summing up experience from previous alchemists, not to mention these are works of genius.

From the remaining parts, Luo Wei and the others sorted out the four most valuable ones.

Two of them are useless to Fang Plover. They are large-scale city barriers and guild territories. Luo Wei, Shui Wuming, and Xiaoyao signed exclusive agreements with Fang Plover on behalf of their respective guilds. The price of Sale bought the exclusive copyright of these two drawings.

That is to say, the Seven Seas Brigade can no longer pass on the technology on these two blueprints to a third party except for its own use. Of course, this third party generally does not include the military.

To Fang Yan's surprise, Liu Liyue also brought back news of the Spear of the Silver Forest, and also wanted to participate in this transaction.Although Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming objected, Liu Liyue was also a member of the adventure after all, so she naturally had this right.

The final result was that Liu Liyue got the same agreement in exchange for giving up her own gains from the adventure.

This result made Fang Plover secretly happy for a long time. After all, Liu Liyue originally wanted to share the money like him, but now it is equivalent to saying that the Seven Seas Brigade has earned nearly a quarter of the income for no reason.

But Liu Liyue himself is not at a loss, after all, with these two blueprints, his future situation in the Spear of the Silver Forest will be much better than it is now.According to Luo Wei, these two blueprints are of little significance to Fang Plover, but their significance to the Grand Guild is extraordinary.

Her original words were: "Regardless of the city barrier device, as far as I know, that guild territory device is at least about 5.00% stronger than the most advanced existing device of the same type."

5.00% doesn't seem like much, but when the two top guilds are so close, it may be the difference between victory and defeat.

So the blueprint was sold at a sky-high price of more than 300 million Rissel just for the transfer.This is still jointly owned by the four guilds. If it is monopolized, it will be at least tens of millions according to Shui Wuming.

This directly made Fang Plover experience the feeling of getting rich overnight. Counting the original agreement of the Seven Seas Brigade, Rissel's income from this underground expedition alone exceeded 600 million.

He never thought that doing business with the Grand Council would be so profitable. Although the last time he made a deal with the Silver Wislan, it was quite cool, but it was a pity that the deal didn't last long before it was broken.

It's a pity that such an opportunity is rare. After all, ancient technical materials and documents are not everywhere, and the technology of the mid-to-near era is still usable and leading today, and it is even rarer.

Technology is always improving, even among the technologies that these three geniuses derived from Cang Zhihui, there are nine out of ten technologies that only have the meaning of technical reference.

After signing the agreement and transferring money between Silver Wislan, Godslayer and Elite, Fang Plover checked the account of the Seven Seas Brigade at Stargate Bank through the system, and looked at the series of numbers behind it, and suddenly felt a sense of fullness. happiness.

The Seven Seas Brigade has never been so generous since its establishment. Although several million Rissels are not a big deal for maintaining a fleet, at least everyone who is still in arrears can pay their wages.

Fang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Two of the four sets of drawings remain, one of which is about the idea of ​​a flexible configuration.However, flexible construction can't be seen just by looking at the drawings, and its level and efficacy can only be seen after the design is completed.

Therefore, they had no choice but to press the button, and each of the five copied a copy and kept it for their own good. Fang Yan's copy was kept by Sylwede because he hadn't returned to the team yet.

Since Liu Liyue had already given up her income, Fang Plover asked Tata to copy an extra copy and give it to him. Anyway, these two blueprints were not included in the exclusive agreement, and he could dispose of them freely.

Liu Liyue fought side by side with them underground, and Xiaoyao and Shui Wuming did not raise any objection to this.

However, according to Miss Scholar, that guy just silently put away the drawings and didn't thank him.Fang Yan was used to hearing the words, he knew it would be like this.

The rest of the set of blueprints are also handled in the same way, but in the eyes of everyone, this blueprint is more valuable than the former, because it is actually a rare type of blueprint for war equipment.

The original owner of the technology should be Friston. This plug-in is named "Seven-style Magic Shield". Although I don't know where the first six styles are, the technology displayed on this magic shield is better than what is currently seen on the market. Magic shields must be unique.

Its designer geniusly used phase crystals and a rather unique device to make this magic shield have the characteristics of absorbing magic power and storing magic power to a certain extent.

"Magic absorption, release and levitation, the entry of this shield is so special," Shui Wuming himself is an all-round craftsman, and couldn't help sighing, "It is different from the magic shield on the market that advocates injury-free, dexterous and protective area. Quite different."

"This is a standard shield." Luo Wei's judgment was more accurate. "It should be prepared for a special type of arms. The strange thing is that it has never been recorded in the history of imperial technology."

"The ones who use the magic shield are either knights or iron guards, but the entry of this shield is obviously not suitable for these two types of occupations," Xiaoyao replied, "Friston may have conceived a special type of combat arms, But it’s not necessarily the case that the idea was later abandoned.”

Several people agree with this view.

However, although this magic shield is not suitable for legion-level battles, it is very suitable for the summoners. No one stipulates that the iron guard must be bulky and responsible for taking damage.

Among the chosen ones, there are many iron guards who are the main battlers, and a school has also been born, the blood guards.

In Fang's opinion, Luo Hao happened to be short of a good shield after upgrading. Regardless of the entry, this magic shield is much better than similar products on the market in terms of basic attributes alone.

The quality of its finished product is at least A or above, and it can be regarded as a legendary magic tool.

But the rewards of this trip don't stop there.

In addition to the inheritance left by the three geniuses, this trip also received an elemental blessing from the elemental tyrant, one of the seven source powers. The ones are much better.

According to Fang Zhi's understanding, the blessing Tracy and the others competed for is likely to be similar to the dark blessing on him, and it is an incomplete version.And what Alphonse gave should undoubtedly be the complete body.

Although he bears the blessing of darkness and the ownership of the blessing of the elements is still open to debate, but after all, it is already a benefit in his pocket.

In a sense, this blessing should be the biggest gain of the Seven Seas Brigade.

As for the blessings, he also got something himself, which came from the revelation of the note Alix gave him just now, and he suddenly realized that the title of Jeldham hidden in the star device seemed to have another metaphor.

It's a pity that he asked Sylviede before if the box was still intact, but because the scene was too chaotic before, no one paid attention to an empty box in a hurry. If he wanted to fall into the gap in the earthquake, the stars The device smashed to pieces.

Fortunately, he still remembers some of what he saw in the star device, and maybe he can recall something.It's just that he doesn't have much time to take care of this right now, because Alix, the great god, is still on the sidelines.

The latter was asking him about ancient alchemy along the way.

Since Alix is ​​a mage, he doesn't need to master the technical details, but just to learn from the chapter of studying the key, so Fang Plover's teaching is very smooth, even a little surprised.

Almost when he returned to the surface layer, Alix had already learned a lot about the ancient alchemy that An Luoser taught him.

Of course, it is impossible to get started with it, but it is enough to understand the principle description, especially for the part of the basic ether theory, which is also the director of the magician.

"You don't have to be surprised." Seeing his expression, Alix even took the initiative to explain, "I'm a dragon knight."

"Does the Dragon Knight system improve memory and cognition?" Fang Yan couldn't help asking.

"Some, but not so obvious," Alix replied, "the system can help you record some knowledge, but you still have to rely on yourself to understand, otherwise you can only retrieve it, but not use it. But what I mean is, if there is no such I can't get to this point with my skills."

ha?
Fang Plover was speechless, it turned out to be such a saying.

However, he didn't get the answer he wanted, and he didn't know whether the addition of his dragon knight system to his learning ability was obvious—or not.

They have gradually walked back into the tall rocky forest, which is quite close to the underground lake.

Alix stopped suddenly at this moment, "There are people coming in front, most of them are your companions. I will not meet them again, I probably have mastered ancient alchemy, Ed, thank you very much. Next, I need a little time Go to verify it, and about the empire, I will notify the boss, and then I will investigate it myself. Don't worry about Irs, he probably has more important things to deal with, so he shouldn't take care of you -"

"Okay," he interrupted himself, "I'll take a step first, we'll meet later. If people from Irs and Prometheus really come to trouble you, you can call me by name, of course only within the empire, I can't control it if it's far away."

Fang Yan looked at the other party unexpectedly: "Master Alix, why don't you stay a little longer?"

Alix smiled, looked at him without talking nonsense, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

He had just left for a moment when Fang Plover heard a group of footsteps coming from the front.

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(End of this chapter)