Ingres was guided by a cyborg to the hall where Kimberly was.

Kimberly's room was surprisingly clean, with almost no decoration other than a table and chairs.

Cyborg Maid: "Pat-sama, please wait a few minutes, Madame is still in the workshop and should be out soon." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a door appeared out of thin air not far across from Ingres, and the cover of the door was a bronze bearing, gear, and chain strap.

This is the gate of the alchemy workshop.

As the door that clearly represented "mechanical alchemy" was pushed open, Kimberly walked out with the hairstyle of the magical forest.

Kimberly waved her hand to wash away the smell of rust before she sat down.

Kimberly looked at Angel with a smile, and said something that made Ingres a little confused for no reason: "Speaking of which, I should thank you today." ”

"Thank you, where do you start?"

Kimberly: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have expected that not long after Fuichi returned to the Southern Regions, he would see His Excellency the Muse, who has not appeared all year round. ”

According to the ranking of the strength of the wizarding world, the "mediocre" muse is actually lower than Kimberly's strength. But Kimberly blurted out the other party's honorific title, which shows that she is indeed very excited in her heart.

"Madame, mean, it was Dean Muse who contacted me earlier?" said Ingre, a little surprised.

Kimberly nodded: "That's right, it's the dean of the R&D Institute, Your Excellency Muse." Also, the Beast Emperor is also by his side. ”

"Even the City Lord of Lawson is here?" Ingres said with some confusion, "Do they have anything to do with me?"

The Beast Emperor refers to the 'Mechanical Beast Emperor' Lawson, in the Sky Mechanical City, Lawson's name is the same as the Muse, if it is said that the R&D Institute dominated by the Muse belongs to the creative responsibility, then the main city that Lawson is responsible for is the combat power responsibility.

Together, the two city lords held up the sky miracle of Yirong Kingdom.

"I don't know about this, except for a sense of presence in front of His Excellency Muse through your name, I haven't inquired about anything else. Kimberly shrugged: "If you want to know, you need to ask yourself." ”

Angel came here this time to know the purpose of the R&D Institute, and it was natural to be able to contact them personally.

Kimberly: "Then you come with me, and I can't do it here for long-distance communication across the world." ”

Kimberly stood up and led Angel outside.

As she walked, Kimberly also explained the long-distance communication.

In fact, it is a signal tower built in the center of the soul domain, which is exactly the same as what Angel saw in the Baibei branch of the Yuesei Kingdom in the Ferran Continent.

Originally, this signal tower was controlled by Isabella, but now Isabella is forced to "confinement and recuperate", and Isabel is in the Garden of Living Souls all year round, so Mrs. Kimberly temporarily took Isabella's job and coordinated with Castle Black's stations in various places.

"Since a few years ago, because of the rebellion of the undead, I haven't been in charge of the signal tower. Isabella didn't care either, only occasionally contacted Lawson, and didn't care about the various locations in Castle Black. Now that I've taken over, I'm so busy that I don't have time for alchemy every day, so I'm all consuming time restarting the call with the stations. Kimberly complained about Isabella, but she was unceremoniously: "Originally, I said that I had time to continue the unfinished alchemy exchange with you, but I was overwhelmed by these trivial matters." ”

Kimberly babbled, and Angel had a general understanding of the situation. It's no wonder that when he was in Sky Mechanical City, Sanders went to Castle Black's station but couldn't communicate with Castle Black.

They shuttled through the Soul Domain, and after many corridors, Kimberly finally took Angel to the center of the Soul Domain. There's a wizard's tower with a shape that's very familiar to Ingres.

"Does it feel familiar?" Kimberly sneered, "When Isabella built this wizard tower, it was built exactly according to the wizarding tower that Lord Isabel built in the Garden of Living Souls, even the furnishings inside are the same. ”

Angel tasted it carefully, and this wizard's tower was indeed exactly the same as the one he had seen in the Garden of Living Souls before.

Isabella's "teacher control" is manifested all the time.

"The signal tower is on the top floor, come in. Kimberly pushed open the door of the Wizard's Tower, and Ingres saw the familiar statue gallery, and walked through the corridor, as Kimberly said, even the furnishings of the hall inside were exactly the same as they had seen in the Garden of Living Souls.

Kimberly led Ingres all the way up and soon came to the signal tower.

When Kimberly opened the signal tower, she took out nearly 100 magic crystals as a power source without changing her face.

At the beginning, Angels watched Bismarck contact Sky Machinery City in the Baibei Branch, but he only put three magic crystals, but now it is more than 30 times more. It can be seen how terrifying the energy consumed by cross-world communication is.

Moreover, this so-called trans-"world", this world also refers to the subsidiary world of the Southern Regions, not the real other world.

Angel knew that Sky Machinery City had not yet developed a signal tower that could truly communicate across other worlds, but if it was really developed, it was estimated that the magic crystals consumed would be distressed for official wizards to use them.

Come to think of it, Isabella suddenly cut off contact with the major stations, it is estimated that in addition to the rebellion of the undead, there is also the reason why the consumption of this magic crystal is too terrifying.

After all, not everyone is an alchemist like Kimberly, and the magic crystal makes a lot of money.

Kimberly quickly manipulated the tower's settings, and as the light screen slowly emerged, the image followed.

"Kimberly?" a cold male voice with a metallic texture came from the other side.

"It's me. Kimberly glanced at the light screen, and on the other side was a handsome man in black.

Without seeing the muse, the corners of her mouth unconsciously drooped, and in front of the man opposite squinting, a thumb-sized phantom sprang out of the magical forest in Kimberly's hair, bending down to the light screen, which was considered to have said hello

The man in the light screen is none other than the "Mechanical Beast Emperor" Lawson.

Rosen didn't pay attention to Kimberly's weird pile of hair, but turned his gaze to the other person next to Kimberly-

"Lord Rosen. Ingres saluted respectfully.

Rosen looked Ingres up and down, and a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his always cold and ruthless eyes, but quickly disappeared: "Wizard Pat, you can come this far in a short period of time, but it is beyond my expectations. ”

From Rosen's name for Angel, it can be seen that he should already know about Anger's promotion.

Ingres: "A little luck, and a bit of luck." ”

"No matter what, this is still your strength, can you ......" Lawson was just halfway through his words, when a sparse voice with a hint of laziness came from behind Lawson: "Is it Angels, you finally appeared...... Tsk, I didn't expect you to make such a big move. ”

A face with a lazy smile on the corner of his mouth came out from behind Rosen and beckoned to Angel with a smile.

This person is the dean of the R&D Institute, that is, the muse who stands at the peak of the alchemy world in the Southern Regions and calls himself a "mediocre".

"Dean of the Muse. Ingres saluted: "I just heard from Mrs. Kimberly that the dean is looking for me?"

"I'll talk about these trivial things later, so let's talk about you first. The muse said with a big smile.

"Talk about me? What do I have to talk about. ”

"There's so much to talk about. The person who has the most talk about in Sky Machinery City today is none other than you. The muse pointed to Ingres, "You know, I've heard your rumors in Fantasy Machine City. ”

"When I was in the R&D Institute before, I didn't see that you had any intention of being promoted, why did you suddenly get promoted without making a sound? ”

The words of the muse, like a cannon, kept popping out. It's finally over, but it's back to the previous question: "Why did you suddenly qualify?"

"Accidents and flukes. Ingres' answer was the same.

The muse didn't believe it, but seeing that Ingres didn't want to answer, he could only sigh in the end: "Well, since you don't want to say it, I won't force it." ”

Finally, after a bit of nonsense, the muse gets back to business.

When the muse told him the reason for coming to Ingres, Ingres's eyes were in a trance: "You say, let me be the judge of the Rising Star Competition?"

"To be precise, it's a special judge, and it doesn't ask you to do anything. ”

In short, it's about judging the winners. Because in the last few rounds of the Nova Competition, for the sake of fairness, there are actually several judges, and Muse asked Ingres to be a special judge, he can add his own opinion, or he can do nothing, anyway, there are other judges.

It didn't sound like a difficult thing, but Ingres couldn't figure it out, why would he let him go?

Isn't the Nova Race an event held by Sky Machinery City? He's an outsider, is it appropriate to judge this?

"There are several special judges, and two of them are not from Sky Machinery City, and if you agree, you are only one of them. The muse seemed to see Ingres' confusion and explained.

"Why are you looking for me?" asked Angels.

"Because you've been more famous lately. The muse smiled and said, "Of course, it's just a joke. However, you have just become a member of the R&D Institute, so you also need to show your face, right? Moreover, this is the task of the R&D Institute, although it is not a mandatory task, but you can give a lot of points. ”

The points of the R&D institute can be exchanged for special materials, which is regarded as the welfare of the members of the R&D institute.

"Speaking of which, I heard that the major magazines in Sky Machinery City have been trying their best to contact Castle Black recently, wanting to determine whether you are really promoted, and you can be a special judge, which can also make this incident come to a perfect end. ”

"Moreover, you haven't decided on the title yet, and it just so happens that this official appearance can also be confirmed. ”

"Most of all, I'd love to see how those who were once your peers, self-proclaimed geniuses, react when they see you?" said the muse, a wicked smile at this point.

Ingres inexplicably felt that the last reason was the Muse's sincere thoughts.