Dwarven centurion.

The highest defense mechanism of the Dwarven Ruins, which is usually fixed to the frame or has been abandoned, but some can still be functional, even wandering through the Dwarven Palace.

They are uncommon among dwarven ruins, and arguably rarer than any kind of dwarven mechanical golem. And it is worth mentioning that as an advanced product of dwarven technology, they are extremely resistant to elements such as fire, frost, and thunder.

In other words, the power of the destruction spell will be greatly diminished when facing such an enemy......

Without giving Xia Ran too much chance to think, the dwarf centurion raised another brass arm, and the ballista on it was fired instantly, and the huge crossbow arrows were wrapped in an incomparably strong kinetic energy roaring towards him, and in an instant, Xia Ran's field of vision was infinitely magnified.

In an almost impossible time to react, the mage's figure was instantly torn apart by heavy crossbow arrows, and then dissipated into thin air.

Is that just an afterimage?!

The next moment, Xia Ran had already appeared in front of the dwarven centurion, and slashed out with a lightning swing!

Boom ——!!

The dwarven centurion quickly lifted the terrifying giant hammer equipped in his other arm, as if it had activated some air pressure power mechanism, and in an instant, the air pressure that erupted made the giant hammer seem to have obtained the boost of rocket recoil, and instantly tore a huge thunderous roar in the air!

However, the blade that was so light and thin that it seemed to be able to break at any time, but the rusty blade on the surface did not dodge or dodge, but still slashed out like lightning, and the moment it came into contact with the giant hammer, collided, and clashed, it was as if a red-hot wire had cut into the solidified butter, and there was hardly any sluggish flash!

As a result, the huge and heavy war hammer was directly cut off in the air, and the severed part flew out with the heavy hammer head at the front end, and smashed heavily into the brass pipe not far away, instantly smashing it into a depression with a loud bang.

The hot steam erupted from the breach, filling the entire wide passage with a terrible white mist in an instant.

At the same time, a terrifying burst of high-temperature steam from the dwarven centurion's body, which seemed to be a defense mechanism that would be activated immediately when the giant hammer and ballista could not block the enemy's close approach.

However, this is useless, the spiritual shield and high physique have brought Xia Ran a great sense of security and confidence, his momentum has not stopped at all, and the sword light has also changed direction several times in the air, connecting and drawing a lightning-shaped slashing line!

The rough popping sound and the sound of metal grinding and shattering sounded, indistinguishable and indistinguishable, and the brass armor forged many times by the dwarven process shattered to the ground, and various precision mechanical parts were scattered together.

The dwarven centurion's mechanical body was unrecognizable in an instant, revealing internal pipes, parts, bearings, gears, gyroscope cores, and other components, and sparks burst out, as if the damage was too severe, causing the mechanical failure.

Xia Ran took advantage of the situation and put the knife into the sheath like lightning, and in the next moment, he suddenly pulled out the knife again!

The dwarven centurion's mechanical body had barely raised its arms in the air when all its movements froze in full froze, and a few seconds later, its upper and lower bodies staggered diagonally along the smooth slice before collapsing to the ground.

"Huh?"

Xia Ran found a point of light emerging, and when he reached out and fished it out, a key appeared in his hand.

This thing actually burst the key? But what can be prescribed...... Air compressed power war hammer? Or steam-powered brass armor? No matter how you look at it, I don't think this kind of thing can burst out of what you can use!

He used the key with his hand—poking it forward, feeling the friction and the brink, and then turning it clockwise for half a turn, and a space in an unknown dimension was opened like an invisible treasure chest.

A dim golden glow burst out, but this gacha effect didn't give him any sense of expectation.

"Huh? Extra-large soul stones? ”

Seeing something floating in the air, the mage was slightly stunned, could it be that this is the power source of the dwarven machine.

As for the other items, they are also very strange, nothing more than accessories such as dwarven metal ingots and dwarven gyroscopes, which can be used to assemble dwarven mechanical golems, or re-smelt and later used as raw materials to create dwarven equipment.

However, the former requires rhythm magic, while the latter requires dwarven forging skills.

Xia Ran pursed his lips, it is said that the dwarves are proficient in the long-lost rhythm magic, and can use the channeling steam to provide power and achieve automatic control...... Both their buildings and mechanical golems use this technology.

It probably belongs to the intelligent technology in the magical world view, and it may also involve fields such as programming, and it is particularly advanced.

After all, you must know that even in Xia Ran's main world, the current development of robots is still stuck in strange progress, let them turn the doorknob to open the door and walk into a room, they can tear down the entire door...... Among the remnants left behind by the dwarves who disappeared for an unknown amount of time, these mechanical golems have been in operation for countless years, but they can continue to work normally to this day.

Although the degraded snow elves occupy most of the underground ruins, they are no longer even a civilized race, and they simply do not have the intelligence, consciousness, and technology to maintain them.

The quality of this dwarven technology can really be said to be quite good.

But their techniques and magic had all been lost because of the evaporation of their clan, how could Xia Ran be able to master these things? Not to mention that he didn't master it himself, it is estimated that the whole world will not find many great gods who can reproduce these things.

For example, when it comes to rhythm magic, even Mephalah doesn't have all the information, although he does have some of it.

Therefore, this thing can almost only sell scrap directly, and it can only occupy its own tight storage space...... He easily left the extra-large piece of soul stone, and the other debris was directly recovered in the space.

Then, with a kick of the massive wreckage of the dwarven centurion standing in his way, the mage continued onwards, straight through the hot steam and deeper into the passage.

Along the way, from time to time, you will encounter scattered snow elves or Charus poisonous insects, or dwarven machines, including dwarven spiders and dwarven mechanical balls, these two models are the most common, mainly small and numerous, and all the passages can come and go freely.

The Dwarven Centurion's massive mechanical golem, although its size gives it more powerful armor and force value, also restricts their movement, and they can only enter those large main passages or ruin spaces such as halls and rooms.

None of these things threatened, though, and if he wasn't interested in taking the time to observe how they worked, how they behaved, then it would be a knife or a knife second.

With this overwhelming speed, he quickly cleared the perimeter of the dwarven ruins and found a way to go deeper...... Mepharah's altar is not among the dwarven ruins, but is buried beneath a much more distant stratum.

Probably belong to two ruins of different eras, one was dilapidated and sunk, and the other was established in its original location, and it has become the current state in the vicissitudes of life.

However, in the process of using the magic blade, Xia Ran can easily use the induction and slowly close the distance, as long as there is no mistake in the direction, then he will be able to find that thing quickly.

However, he didn't notice that just as he got closer to the target location, the "dwell time" item in his system information suddenly flickered and rapidly decreased.

It's like sand in an hourglass, and it's a speed that can be seen with the naked eye.

……

……

The snowy weather is always unpredictable, from sunny to cold and snowy, with no regularity at all.

And this transition between climates is often not smooth, or even without warning, and in the morning it may be a sunny day, and in the evening when the north wind blows, the snowflakes are sprinkled one after another.

It's the same today, early in the morning, the sun is still shining warmly.

"There's not much time left...... Are we going to take on this task again? ”

"Take it, pick it up, if you're lucky, you might be able to catch up with ......"

"Damn, time has been wasted on the top of the roaring peak, those more than 7,000 steps climbed to the point where I doubt life, and I can't use any means to assist! Labor and management wasted two months, and those graybeards still said that I had no talent? ”

"Anyway, the lord's court mage position is temporarily vacant, do you want to apply for it?"

"Forget it, that position is poisonous, the previous veteran went to investigate the information and never came back, and the previous Farenga also disappeared, and I heard that Balabala ......"

"Well, how does that sound like the Defence Against the Dark Arts professorship's position......"

Not far from the entrance of the city gate of Snow Man City, in front of a billboard, a group of strange people gathered, pointing at the notices above, some were silent, some were shouting, and some were whispering.

The residents of Snowman City who walked around, as well as the guards standing guard and patrolling guards not far away, were already accustomed to this.

At least this group of strange people now no longer wear fancy clothes, most of them are the customs and customs of Skyrim Province, whether it is armor or robes, if it is not too eye-catching in words and deeds, at first glance there is not much difference from the people of Skyrim.

And they are indeed very powerful, a tall and strong ability can break through the next career anywhere, but they chose to help Xueman City rebuild a better tomorrow, what kind of spirit is this? This is a spirit of internationalism, a spirit of dedication that is not self-interested and exclusively benefits others!

So although this group of people is very strange, it is also very prestigious in Xueman, and the hospitable residents are not willing to take their money even for selling vegetables.

Genting District.

On an invisible tower, the figure was still staring at the distant landscape, as if staring at eternity, until footsteps were heard behind him.

"Lord Balguf, you seem to have been restless all day today?"

“…… It's nothing, after all, the stakes are high, and I can't really not be nervous at all. The burly Nord man smiled bitterly, "I'm paying attention to some of those people's remarks, it seems that their time is running out?" ”

"I know what you mean, but I can tell you for sure, it's time to see the real thing......" the figure said calmly, "just tonight, someone will launch a dragon breaker and ascend to the sky with violence. ”

"And then?" Barguf asked cautiously.

"And then? Then no one will stop him, and they will even add fuel to the fire, maximizing the power of Dragon Break, going back to the beginning of creation, the end of time......" The figure smiled, "because this is also their chance, the only chance." ”

"What chance?" Barguv felt that the other party had something to follow.

"Going back to the beginning of the world, then those Idra are still alive in that period of history, and their will can flow down the time when the dragon broke out, and come to the present era to resurrect the corpse......" The figure thought for a moment, "At that time, the Holy Spirit will return to the original body, and the real Idra will return from history." ”

"But didn't they become the bones of this world because of the death of creation?" Barguv whispered, feeling like his heart was almost stopping.

"That's right, so when they reverse this process, the bones of the planet beneath our feet will come to life...... The result is the return of the gods, which will tear the whole world apart from the inside out. ”

The voice is very flat and tells very terrible things, which is not alarmist, but the established future cause and effect.

"This kind of thing...... I can't accept it. Barguf clenched his fists in annoyance and weakness.

"It's just the aftermath, those Itra created the world with their own death, and now they don't even have the right to take their lives back......"

The figure said indifferently—

"They are not evil gods who specialize in destroying the world, and you have no position to believe that the creator of this world must sacrifice their lives in exchange for your right to live......"

Barguv smiled bitterly, wanting to say something, but feeling that the words were pale or weak, and finally he let out a long sigh and changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, that court mage went to the Holy Blood Mountain and hasn't come back until now. After all this time, could something be wrong? ”

"No, the material of that demon artifact is a fragment of the Annihilation Realm, and it has been affected when he got closer, which is equivalent to gradually leaving the realm of the present world and entering another time plane......"

The figure seemed to be perceptive and knew everything, so it didn't seem to care too much, and said a word that Barguf couldn't understand—

"His current situation, probably...... Let's watch the chess rotten. ”