The quest location was a city in the south of the Dwarven Kingdom called Tharunco. The Master Engineer named Mackley was a Gnome. The Gnomes had appeared on the continent a long time ago, and they had once established their own country. Unfortunately, about a hundred years ago, the Undead Emperor Hosp had declared war on the entire continent. Unfortunately, the Gnome Kingdom, Migunwa, was located to the west of the Undead. Basically, it was located between the Dwarves and the Undead.
The Gnomes had no intention of starting a war with the Undead. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and they didn't dare to seek death. However, the problem was that the location was too awkward. As a result, the Undead attacked, and Migunwa was the first Gnome Kingdom to be destroyed. At that time, the other races on the continent didn't know how serious the Godly Sword was, and they hadn't united yet. As a result, Migunwa only lasted three days before it was completely destroyed.
Although a lot of Gnomes survived, they didn't manage to build a country because the land of Migunwa was now under the control of the Dwarven Kingdom. The Gnomes basically relied on the Dwarven Kingdom to survive, so it was hard for them to fall out with the Dwarven Kingdom.
Currently, most of the gnomes lived in the southern part of the Dwarf Kingdom. They basically lived together with the dwarves. Previously, the undead had attacked the northern part of the Dwarf Kingdom, and the northern part of the Dwarf Kingdom had also suffered heavy losses. The southern part of the Dwarf Kingdom was relatively stable. Apart from the turmoil of prices and food, the cities and the like had not been baptized by the flames of war.
Tharunque was a relatively ordinary Dwarf city. However, because there were many Gnomes living here, it had its own unique characteristics. For example, there was a Gnome settlement in the city that looked like a Chinatown in a foreign country. Looking around, there were many Gnomish buildings, which were very different from the other buildings in other cities.
The Master Engineer Mackley lived on this street, and he could be said to be one of the more famous people here. Now that the Gnome Kingdom was declining, there weren't many other famous people. However, there were still a few Master Engineers, and Mackley was one of them.
As soon as they entered the Gnome residential area, Li Huailin's group attracted the attention of all the Gnomes on the street. After all, it was too conspicuous for five humans to appear here.
"Their eyes don't look very friendly to us." Millennium Immutable said as he looked at the Gnome commoners around him. Indeed, the Gnomes around him weren't very friendly. It was as if they had seen the Japanese invading their village.
"I heard about it on my way here." "I heard that a hundred years ago, when the Gnome Kingdom was still around, they were attacked by the Undead and asked for reinforcements from the Humans and Dwarves. The Dwarves agreed to send reinforcements, but the Humans rejected them. However, the Dwarves didn't make it in time, and the war ended. The Gnome Kingdom was destroyed. While they hated the Undead, they also hated the human army who rejected them. So now, the Gnome Kingdom and the Humans are not very friendly."
"Oh." Li Huailin nodded. At this time, if he let them know that he was now the boss of the undead, it was estimated that they would directly kneel down and call him father.
"We're here." The Jade Emperor walked in front of a building and stopped. It seemed to be Michael's residence.
It looked like a very ordinary small courtyard without walls. From the outside, one could tell that Michael didn't live a very good life because the courtyard was a little shabby. The courtyard was filled with all kinds of unknown metal parts. It seemed like there was no space in the house, so they piled them out. Apart from being poor and messy, the courtyard gave people the impression that it was small. Of course, it wasn't just the area, but the overall size.
After all, it was the place where the Gnomes lived. The gate at the entrance of the courtyard was a whole size smaller than the human gate. Just entering the gate required one to lower their head. In the words of Millennium Immutable, it looked like a dog hole.
After walking around the pile of metal parts in the courtyard, the Jade Emperor walked to the door of the house and knocked. Soon, a sharp voice came from inside. "Who is it?"
"I'm the adventurer who came before, Jade Emperor," the Jade Emperor replied. "Master Michael, I've found my team members. We can participate in the archaeological mission now."
"Oh." The door opened, and a guy about 50 to 60 centimeters tall walked out. Although he was about the same height as a child, Michael had a white beard on his face. From a human's point of view, it was a little strange.
Ignoring his height, Master McCree was probably around the same age as a 70-year-old human man. From his appearance, he really did look like a mad scientist. His clothes were a mess, and he wasn't even wearing them properly. Li Huailin didn't know if he was a scientist or not, but he had to dress like this to match his identity.
In short, Michael didn't say anything to the five people in the courtyard. He didn't even greet Li Huailin and the others. Instead, he said to the Jade Emperor, "The archaeological mission has been going on for half an hour. You won't make it in time."
"Huh?" The Jade Emperor was stunned. "Hey, you didn't say that there was a time limit for this mission."
"Didn't I?" Michael tilted his head. "Maybe I forgot. Forget it. Anyway, that's it."
"F * ck!" Li Huailin almost vomited blood. "I'm halfway through the guild war, and the mission is already overdue? What the f * ck is going on? "
"What does this have to do with me? There's no time limit on my mission," the Jade Emperor said. However, as soon as she finished speaking, she felt that something was wrong. "Wait, if the mission is overdue, shouldn't it show that the mission has failed? Why hasn't my mission shown a failure yet? "
"You didn't fail?" Millennium Immutable asked. "Ask him what's going on."
"Master Michael, this mission hasn't failed yet. Can we continue?" The Jade Emperor asked.
"Oh? Although the mission has been going on for half an hour, you can still try if you want, "Michael said.
"Oh, you should've said so earlier." Li Huailin said, "Although we're half an hour late, we can still participate in the mission. It's just that we're at a disadvantage at the beginning. It's fine, let's continue."
"Do you really want to try?" Michael asked. "If you go now, it might be too late."
"No problem. It's better than going back," the Jade Emperor said. Of course, the people behind him nodded.
"Alright then. Take it." As Master McCree spoke, he tossed a black ball to the Jade Summoner's Jade Emperor.
"This is?" The Jade Emperor held the ball in her hand and looked at it. She realized that the ball was a little strange. It seemed to be an engineering item. She also knew about engineering in the game, and this thing looked like an energy storage item. In other words, it was a battery in real life.
"This is the key to open the underground palace," Michael said. "When we discovered the archaeological ruins, we set up a protective device there. Of course, it's to protect the ruins from being destroyed. With this device in place, people from the outside can't enter. Therefore, if you want to enter the ruins, you have to turn off the device. To turn off the device, you need this key."
"Understood." The Jade Emperor nodded.
"But one key isn't enough." Michael immediately said, "In fact, there are a total of seven keys that are similar. They are in the hands of the Master Engineers who discovered the ruins. Everyone has one key. According to our agreement, if you want to enter the ruins, more than half of the people must agree. Therefore, the protective device is set up with more than four keys. If you insert them at the same time, the door can be opened. In other words, you need to find more than four keys to open the door."
"Understood." "The other keys are in the hands of other teams. In other words, while we protect our own key, we'll have to kill at least three other teams before we can enter the ruins." Feng Yiliu said.
"That's about it. We've already fallen out with each other, so it's impossible to get more than half of the people to agree. If you're strong enough, go and fight for it yourself," Master Micheal said. "Are you ready? If you are, I'll send you to your destination. "
"Delivery? Not bad." They thought they would have to build their own Teleportation Circle. They didn't expect there to be a delivery service.
As Michael spoke, he rummaged through the pile of parts at the side and found something that left a deep impression on Li Huailin.
"This thing …" Li Huailin looked at the familiar thing in front of him. It was a big metal bucket with a lot of wires on it. Wasn't this the damn teleportation device that sent him to the far north for half a month and couldn't come back?
"Okay, you can go up now," Michael said as he connected the wires.
"This … is this really okay?" As there was already a precedent, Li Huailin was still a little afraid of this thing. What if he was teleported to a messy place again? He quickly checked his bag. Fortunately, he still had a few Return Scrolls.
"Let's go." The Summoning Jade Emperor was the first to walk up. After a burst of white light, the Summoning Jade Emperor instantly disappeared.
"Next," Master Macleay shouted from the side.
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