Chapter 73 Adventurers washed away by the flood
Scrap iron, gears, a few fillers and strange inscriptions with magical energy form the body and soul of the self-destructing robot!
The golem wandering here is not an elemental puppet in the traditional sense, but a puppet created by the mechanical spell rebuilt by Lint Isaac, the God of Machinery, using the faith of a country!
Luo Yan didn't know what the original third floor of the labyrinth looked like, but there was no doubt that the "heresies" had occupied it.
"It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, retreat."
Protecting the two younger brothers in front of him, Luo Yan took the recovered fragments with him and stepped up the steps in one stride, and hurriedly retreated to the stone door leading to the second floor of the maze.
These robots seem to be quite territorial.
As they retreated up the stairs, the robots staggered back to the side of the platform as if they had lost their purpose, crawling back into the bottomless abyss.
Back to the second floor of the maze, Luo Yan led a group of younger brothers to fight all the way back to the "Temple of Blood" on the first floor.
Looking at the two corpses covered in insect fluid and exuding a pungent smell, he spoke.
"That's it for today's practice, dismissal."
"Yes."
Octor nodded as he was ordered, returned to the center of the Blood Temple and sat down, and began to quietly review today's battle process and sum up his experience.
The same goes for Bond, but instead of sitting in the Blood Temple, he followed Luo Yan back to the mine above the maze.
Looking at the Demon King coming back from the maze, Sarah's eyes suddenly lit up and she ran over carrying the basket placed on the counter.
The basket contains the mission item sent by the player - freshly steamed meat buns.
In addition to the meat buns, she also put a towel inside, mainly for wiping sweat.
"Thank you."
Luo Yan took the lunch with a smile, summoned a water balloon, wetted a towel and wiped his face, then sat on a bench nearby and enjoyed it.
Seeing that she was finally put to use, Sarah had a happy smile on her face, and her furry ears swayed slightly.
But after a while, a touch of sadness appeared on that petite face again.
"Lord Demon King..."
"What's wrong?"
Sarah hesitated for a long time, but finally raised her head and plucked up the courage to speak.
"Can you... turn me into a ghoul?"
Haired to such an outrageous request for the first time, Luo Yan had a surprised expression on his face, so much so that the half-eaten bun stopped in his hand.
"I want to know the reason."
"I... want to become stronger." Sarah took a deep breath and said bravely, "Sarah... wants to become more useful."
Looking at the firm eyes, Luo Yan thought for a while and said.
"Sarah, although I am a necromancer, I still believe that life is a greater miracle than death."
"Well..."
Looking at Sarah with a confused expression on her face, Luo Yan smiled gently and put his hand on her black hair.
"So you should live well while you are alive, and never regard your life as the price of achieving a certain goal... That is not something that can be weighed on a scale."
The reason why he put his hand on her head was not because he thought it would be more convincing, but mainly because he wanted to pet the cat.
"The Demon King...don't you want Sarah to become a ghoul?"
"I think it's not just me, but my servants too. I hope you live well."
"I know."
Sara nodded in understanding, and buried her head in a low mood.
But soon, she cheered up again.
"Then...please teach me how to fight!"
"Do you have the ability to fight..." Luo Yan touched his chin and looked her up and down, "It's not impossible...I'll think about it."
"Yes!" Sarah nodded excitedly, "Sarah can hunt! Yes, we can catch the hare in the woods!"
Luo Yan said with a smile.
"Then try to develop in the direction of a thief or an assassin. I'll think of a way to see if I can find some professionals to teach you."
In the stone prison not far from the entrance of the maze, Chrissy and the others looked at their former teammates, with different expressions in their eyes.
There is fear, fear, sadness...and envy.
The taciturn Rexon suddenly spoke.
"Bond's strength has broken through... Now he is at least at the Black Iron level. Even without the support of the Necromancer, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to be his opponent."
The energetic young man Greyhound said in a hoarse voice.
“Can he still be called Bond now?”
Rexon said with a complicated expression.
"Probably... it can't be done anymore."
Bond is undoubtedly still Bond, both in soul and body, but he can't see any familiar feeling from him.
This guy is like being reincarnated and has started a new life with new memories.
It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
After all, they were not good people before.
When people have nothing to do, they will inevitably fall into exploring the spiritual world. Rexen is in such a state of over-exploration at the moment.
Even, a crazy idea suddenly came into his mind.
If you were to start over as an undead, would all the sins you had committed during your lifetime be wiped out?
Once this thought appeared, it expanded uncontrollably in his heart, just like the devil tempting him to fall into the abyss.
Especially not far away from him, the Eminem holding the cage with both hands was almost dripping on the ground.
「Demon King...Sir...」
Rexon couldn't help but think in his heart.
If it was this guy, he should accept it without hesitation, right?
"It's really disgusting...who can throw this thing out?"
Chris cursed in disgust, her eyes still staring directly in Sarah's direction, as if she had fallen into some unrealistic fantasy.
The Greyhound's expression was as desperate as ever.
Crazy...
His teammates are all crazy.
Perhaps it won't be long before he will become like them...
While Greyhound was despairing, the evil Demon King suddenly looked here and walked towards them.
A look of fear appeared on Chris's face, and she quickly retreated to the corner of the stone prison.
Including the greyhound, it was the same, looking at him with the same fear, its expression was like looking at a whip raised high.
However, the feeling of being hollowed out of the body did not appear. This time, the Demon King did not seem to need their contribution of magic power.
"Which one of you is the thief?"
Hairy Dog swallowed his saliva and stammered.
"Me and Chris are both."
Luo Yan continued to ask. "Who is stronger?"
Greyhound subconsciously turned his attention to Chris, including Rexon who was standing aside, and also turned his attention to the unkempt woman.
Chris glared at her two teammates fiercely, and then looked at the demon standing in front of the cage with eyes that were half fear and half longing.
She swallowed and said with a trembling voice.
"...What do you want to do?"
"Train a thief, or assassin, for me...according to your adventurer standards." As he spoke, Luo Yan brought Sarah over who looked embarrassed.
Chris raised her eyebrows, her expression a bit sinister.
"Why should I help you, a devil...ahhhhh~"
The toneless scream startled Sarah.
However, she always felt that this guy was not really in pain, and was even enjoying it?
Her intuition was not wrong.
Luo Yan found that he could no longer extract faith points from this guy.
The fear of the Demon King has been burned into the depths of her soul, and she has fallen into becoming a follower of the Demon King without even realizing it.
Just like Eminem who is locked up next door to her.
"It seems that you need to correct your position. You are just a fish thief, a rat that failed to steal fish. It will not take more effort for me to crush you to death than to crush an ant, and I can do it at any time."
Looking down at the twitching adventurer lying on the ground, Luo Yan took half a step forward and continued in a majestic voice.
"However, I am merciful after all, even more merciful than the Saint Sith you believe in. I will give you a chance to atone for your sins. As long as you do what I say, I will not only reward you, but I may also give you your freedom..."
He paused and continued.
"What's your answer?"
Chris, who was trembling all over, had a sickly red face on her face and nodded tremblingly.
"It's... Lord Demon King."
Rexen sighed and closed his eyes.
The greyhound huddled in the corner, holding his head, as scared as ever.
It’s better now.
Even Chrissy has followed in Eminem’s footsteps.
He is the only one who has not yet fallen in the Silver Scimitar...
… …
After conquering the Gecko Clan, the necropolis already has a large number of NPCs available. There is really no need for Sarah to stay at the counter of the store and be constantly harassed by the newbies who have just entered the game.
Furthermore, engaging in this kind of unskilled work all day is really not good for her personal development.
Since she has a heart to become a strong person, Luo Yan is still willing to help her.
A lizard-man ghoul was resurrected from the "morgue" in the necropolis. Luo Yan asked Yuyou to hang the ID of the [NPC store clerk] above his head, and then arranged it at Sarah's original post.
Although the newly resurrected corpses are relatively dull, the clerks in the NPC shop do not need to have any technical skills, and the work that needs to be done can be explained clearly in a few sentences.
After finishing this matter, Luo Yan moved Chris, whose body was hollowed out, to a separate cell deep in the mine, and arranged for her to guide Sarah's practice here.
As a reward, he designed a separate toilet for her so that she would not have to live with the smelly feces like other prisoners.
This guy has been obsessed with pua. He was so moved that he burst into tears and became elated after just upgrading his cell... So much so that Luo Yan couldn't help but wonder, is the chant in Thunder City a little too humane?
This is definitely not the first time this thief has been squatting.
That is too weak.
After settling these things, Luo Yan handed a wooden dagger to Sarah's hand as a training tool for her
"If you don't understand anything in the future, just ask Ms. Chris. If she doesn't teach you well, just tell me."
Sarah nodded seriously and took the wooden dagger from Luo Yan's hand.
"Hmm! Sarah... will study hard."
From a non-extraordinary perspective, her strength is actually not weak, and she can even avoid the magic circle she set up. The only flaw is that she has not been systematically trained.
Chris is a thief trained by the Thieves Guild, which can make up for her lack of experience.
Luo Yan nodded, looked at Chris, gave her a warning look, and told her not to teach her unnecessary things, let alone try to play any tricks, and then left the dark grotto.
At the same time that he came out of the grotto, Alacto, who had gone to express condolences for the disaster, had returned and was waiting in the blood donation hall for a long time.
"Lord Demon King! Your servant is back!"
Looking at the oncoming Demon King, Alacdo gathered up his eight strong jointed limbs and kneeled on the ground respectfully.
Looking at his proud expression, Luo Yan asked casually.
"How is the situation in Shadowweaver's lair? Is the damage there serious?"
“It’s not serious...it’s not serious! Thanks to you for allowing me to go back and help, the original water leak has been patched up by our ‘diggers’! Although some clan members died, most of them were little spiders who had not grown up, so they are not too much of a problem!”
"By the way, Mrs. Arachinos told the Demon King that you don't have to worry. She said that she can bring back those children with her hard work. In addition, she also praised me for getting stronger and asked me to go back and help if I have nothing to do..."
Arakdo smiled naively and rubbed his forelimbs coyly, like a big turtle that had just gotten rid of its virginity.
Luo Yan glanced at him blankly, dumbfounded, and was about to say something, but then he thought that he was a spider, and saying he was a newborn seemed to be a compliment, so he could only give up complaining.
"It's okay... I also said that if it's too serious, next month's tax can be halved."
"No, no, but it would be great if you could provide some lizardman tails or slime to Mrs. Arachnos... Shadowweaver's nest needs richer nutrition."
"Well, I will arrange it."
Luo Yan nodded, and then his eyes fell on the long string of rice dumplings wrapped tightly in spider silk beside him.
These things look a bit familiar.
When the "rat infestation" broke out in the maze before, these burrowing spiders seemed to have stored a lot of "dry food", and they looked exactly like this thing.
"Do you have anything else to report?"
"Yes!"
H Aracto nodded hurriedly, and then poked a few "big rice dumplings" next to him with his forelimbs.
Those rice dumplings were actually still alive. After feeling the stimulation from the outside world, they still twisted as if struggling.
"This is?"
"This is the adventurer who was washed away by the flood to Shadowweaver's lair!" Arakdo said diligently, "You told me not to eat the captured adventurers in a hurry, so Mrs. Arachnos asked me to bring them to you."
Luo Yan counted them, and there were actually fifteen of them!
Not only that, Arakdo also packed up their equipment and brought them back, and piled them in the corner of the hall.
Luo Yan, as the master of the maze, would naturally not be polite to these uninvited intruders and threw them all away to generate electricity.
"Move them to the newly built cells, and I will make them regret breaking into my territory."
Aracto immediately accepted the order.
「Yes!」
(End of this chapter)