Chapter 568 Encountering the Transport Team
Thick smoke billowed from the tall chimneys. The construction progress of the steel fortress was much slower than that of the stone and wooden city fortress.
Compared with other areas, the atmosphere in the mechanical forest is relatively peaceful now. The gun battles and the bombardment of magic cannons at close range are also fierce, but such attacks are often not as far-reaching as the roar of magic and melee.
The flying height of the dragon has risen. The mechanical forest not only has flying units, but the ground-to-air long-range attacks here are sometimes more troublesome than the winged demon flying cavalry.
Sensing the location of the ancient tree, well, it can't be said to be sensing, it should be regarded as following the feeling.
It's not the kind of perception with clear information. For those ancient trees that can absorb the essence of plants, it's like a kind of inaccurate induction. Mu Hua can vaguely feel where such ancient trees may exist.
This feeling may cause illusions even at close range unless it touches the trees. Therefore, it is quite troublesome to search for plant essences in a large area in an unfamiliar environment.
The explosive assault battles in the Mechanical Forest are stronger than those in other areas, but there is also an advantage for human adventurers, that is, the monsters here are generally concentrated.
Their range of activities is relatively fixed, and the gathering places often have more solid city defenses, but at the same time, there are also a lot of wild natural environments with few monsters wandering in the entire area of the Mechanical Forest.
There are often monster fortresses in the large flat land near the water, and there are smelters with monsters stationed on some mountains with thick smoke.
Avoiding areas that are prone to conflict, and the magic dragon makes it difficult for monsters to distinguish between enemies and friends, Mu Hua wandering in the sky above the Mechanical Forest is also safe.
"Hiccup~!" On the back of the magic dragon, Fanny, who was released again, was holding Mu Hua's spirit skull and swallowing the ghost that Mu Hua had put in it.
This magic item made from the demon's skull can not only store Mu Hua's enhanced bone soul, but also some ghosts. However, for ghosts, this thing is more like a cage. Mu Hua usually uses it to collect some monster ghosts encountered in the wild.
"Haha~~ Power, I feel the power, Tricia, I said that the witch must hold the thigh of the jealous ghost. If I can eat like this, I will be able to go further soon!"
It is obviously a ghost, but the stomach is already full. In the interval between breaths, Fanny held the soul-sending skull and refused to let go, and smiled at Tricia.
"..." Mu Hua looked at Tricia speechlessly. Tricia gave Mu Hua a helpless expression and turned away from Fanny who was making trouble.
Go further? What the hell, you have already reached the level of a banshee. You want to go further by swallowing some newly born ghosts? This thing will not form a qualitative change in quantity. It is probably an illusion to feel the power. It is probably indigestion.
"Don't swallow it, be careful they will tear your stomach open, let these ghosts devour each other in the skull for a while, it will be effective for you if you eat it when the quality is high." Seeing that Fanny was going to extract the ghost in the soul-sending skull again, Mu Hua shook his head and pulled the skull back from her hand.
"No, don't think I don't know, I don't swallow you but feed the soul of the strengthened bones, so the ghosts are unwilling to follow you necromancers." Fanny held the skull tightly and was dragged by Mu Hua to play tricks.
"You also said that I am jealous of ghosts and gods, not a necromancer. I will help Tricia refine a soul-sending skull and let her help you raise ghosts."
While coaxing Fanny, Mu Hua was not polite with his hands. He reached out and kneaded the human-shaped Fanny into a ball, and took out the soul-sending card from Tricia's arms, and was about to put Fanny into it again.
"No, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, why give it to Tricia? If you want to give it to me, Tricia is a money-grubber and very stingy." Fanny, who was crumpled into a ball of ghost fire, struggled to refute. As her soul grew stronger, Mu Hua now had a good grasp on the ghost without a physical body.
"Damn it, please have more conscience! Almost all of the teacher's inheritance was spent on you. I'm stingy? Let me in." Tricia was angry. While talking, she pulled Fanny from Mu Hua's hand and stuffed her into the spirit card.
Fanny was a little squeamish and jumpy. It was estimated that she was well protected when she was alive, and Tricia should not let her suffer any pain after her death.
Mu Hua didn't have any aversion to her character. As long as she was not a saint, she would be strong when she should be strong, and it had nothing to do with whether she was sensible or not.
"Can you control this girl? Isn't she a witch soul?" After locking Fanny in the 'small black room', Mu Hua asked Tricia when he heard Fanny talking about the Faceless Man earlier.
"It's okay. She's actually quite timid. She's just disrespectful in front of acquaintances. She's lucky. She's also a witch. What? You still want her to evolve into a wailing banshee?" Tricia joked.
Lucky to become a witch? It has to be said that if her mother is a witch, she can be considered lucky not to become a demon.
And to a certain extent, this is also a major reason why Tricia is willing to pose and wait for Mu Hua to come and pick her up, because under normal circumstances, witches can only give birth to demons or witches, and the probability of giving birth to demons is relatively high.
Only by combining with humans like Mu Hua who have completed life transitions can they have the possibility of giving birth to normal human children.
"I can get the Philosopher's Stone, which can indeed help her evolve. If you can't control her, then let her slowly swallow the ghost." Mu Hua spread his hands and said indifferently.
"Well, it has been rumored in the outside world that you can get the Philosopher's Stone, but you should prioritize exchanging it with the demon merchant for the supplies you need." Tricia said with a smile. She liked Mu Hua's attitude of being willing to give up precious supplies to help her train Fanny.
"The rumors from the outside world still underestimate us. Let alone Friday, the consumption required to evolve a wailing banshee is not more than that required to evolve a dragon. Our sage time is not mainly consumed on demon merchants." Mu Hua shook his head.
Others are not fools. As long as you are still in contact with the outside world and as long as you still want to develop, many things cannot be hidden at all if they are covered up blindly, and may even lead to counter-effects. Mu Hua has always revealed his own information to the outside world half-truthfully and half-falsely.
Including the Philosopher's Stone, the outside world knows that Mu Hua must have a channel to get the Philosopher's Stone, and the demons have the magic weapon to transform the Philosopher's Stone. This is not a secret for the upper forces.
It's just that they don't know the details of Mu Hua. After occasionally thinking about it, they will make Mu Hua's management of himself more complicated.
"Friday? Can you really help her evolve into a dragon?" Hearing Mu Hua's voice, Tricia questioned and asked.
"Who knows? You can try. However, Fanny should take care of you first, so that you won't be unable to control her in the future and I will beat her up and make things difficult for you." Mu Hua chuckled and didn't say anything specific.
"Oh, then please take care of me, sir. Just don't beat her to death. I won't make things difficult for you if you beat her up. Just don't let others beat her up."
Tricia didn't know the details, but when she laughed, she also showed some protection for her child. Since she followed Mu Hua, Fanny made trouble, and her man beat her up, but she might not accept it if it was someone else.
Flying high in the sky, the two of them joked and laughed, and it was pleasant to touch and rub from time to time. During the play, Mu Hua's expression suddenly froze, and he opened his bird's-eye view. He patrolled the ground and felt a few hostile consciousnesses, so he avoided those places and didn't observe them.
But in a mountain alley, he found something that surprised him.
Not a giant tree, but a mecha? A team of monsters transporting mechas.
Escorted by several metal baroques, the overall shape of the mecha is designed based on the body of the big demon. This should be a mecha produced by the Mechanical Forest. Judging from their destination, it seems to be heading to the Goblin Kingdom.
Although those mechas are being controlled, the attack modules on the mechas are disassembled and placed, and escorted separately. Obviously, they are not patrolling or preparing for war.
There are also a number of containers with a length and width of more than ten meters placed on several floating platforms. Will they contain energy units or ammunition and weapons?
Well, there are indeed some clever goblins who can be trained to become mecha pilots. Is this considered as the assistance of the Mechanical Forest to the Goblin Kingdom?
Or did the Goblin King purchase goods from Valk?
Transactions between monster forces are also very common. Not to mention monsters, even if they are humans, even if they follow the same boss, there is no reason to share everything, right? It is probably not uncommon for them to sabotage each other.
More than 20 tall and mighty mechas, with a dark purple color tone that makes them look very intimidating. These mechas are not mechanical demons. If they are given to goblins to drive, then humans should be able to drive them.
Observing the surroundings of the escort team, although it is in the hinterland of the mechanical forest, there are no demon forces around. Perhaps they chose to travel by land to save energy?
In the wilderness, a small group of modified demons are secretly transporting mechas. Since they have encountered them, if they don’t try to rob them, wouldn’t it be too disrespectful to the demons?
After a moment of caution, Mu Hua gradually put on a malicious smile. (End of this chapter)