[The first chapter, two chapters to go. It seems that the February task can be completed. 300,000 words should be enough.]
This doll was about the same height as Salin. Because its hair was combed on top, it looked taller than Salin. Usually, the dolls bought by the children of nobles or rich families were very exquisite and lifelike, but this doll was simply made of perfect proportions and a pair of intelligent eyes.
Dolls were different from puppets made by mages. There was no alchemy machinery inside. It was just sewn with cloth and filled with soft materials. Such toys had not been cut off for tens of thousands of years.
The doll in front of him had simple features, but it had a natural charm. It had a white face, dark eyebrows, and a pair of eyes sewn with ordinary black gems.
"You two, my master invites you." The female doll casually bowed and extended her hand to invite Salin and Nelis into the house. As soon as she extended her hand, Nelis stopped charging forward. Her arm was stiff, and she could not even attack with her spear.
Nelis looked back at Salin, and Salin also stopped abruptly and looked at the doll.
His vision was different now. Although Salin was still a level-eight Magic Shooter and was only equivalent to an elite soldier in the Abyss King City, he had come into contact with a lot of rules, especially the thunder rule. Attacks that used rules were the most terrifying because it made it impossible to ignore the difference in rank.
As soon as the doll extended her hand, Nelis stopped charging at full speed. Although Nelis's demon form was only level-nine, the weapon in her hand was actually above level-twelve and could exert at least the power of level-ten.
The full-strength charge of a level-ten powerhouse was blocked by the doll's hand. It was as if Nelis had crashed into it and then stopped. Salin could not see any elemental power in the doll's hand. There was only a trace of extremely dim starlight.
"Can we not go!?" Salin shouted. At this moment, the Winged Skeleton suddenly rushed out of Nelis's 12 Movements of Purgatory. It took out its Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship and loaded Salin and Nelis into it. It then started moving at full speed and rushed towards the Astrology Tower.
The beautiful female puppet turned around and looked at the rapidly advancing Coiled Turtle alchemy ship. She did not chase after it. She must have used more than ten levels of power to block the ship. Even the Winged Skeleton was no match for her.
The Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship had traveled less than two hundred meters when the ground suddenly burst with devastating starlight. The starlight connected into silver lines and passed through the shell of the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship.
The Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship fell to the ground, revealing Salin and his two servants inside.
"My master invites you over." The beautiful female puppet called out from behind. Wing Skeleton and Neris did not dare to move and looked at Salin.
Salin nodded. There was not the slightest injury on his body. The Starlight Cut just now had only cut the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship into pieces. The three of them were not injured. Nelis and the Winged Skeleton were relieved to see that Sarlin was fine.
The Winged Skeleton was glad that it wasn't using the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship that was made for it by the Grand Master. It sensed that the starlight shot out from the ground was only a small amount of power, but it had a very high-level rule.
The starlight shot out from the Star Map on the street. Just now, the power released by just one Star Map had cut the Coiled Turtle into pieces. If the power of all the Star Maps were mobilized, Salin was not sure if his newly acquired Elemental Magic Tower would be damaged. Since the puppet only destroyed the alchemy ship and did not kill anyone, it meant that it was not the most dangerous moment yet.
Salin could only comfort himself like this and retreated with Nelis and the Winged Skeleton. He didn't even rush through two hundred meters of the three-mile long street before he came back with his tail between his legs. This feeling was really terrible.
After retreating two hundred meters, they came to the front of the puppet again. The puppet still made the same 'please come in' gesture. Salin took Nelis and the Winged Skeleton into the house. As for the wreckage of the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship that had been cut into pieces by the starlight, the Winged Skeleton did not retrieve it. This piece of equipment was completely destroyed. Every piece was purified by the power of the stars. The original power was removed, and it became something that only astrologers could use.
The female puppet led Salin through the courtyard and arrived at a small living room after a winding path. This living room was not as new as the house's gate. Everything inside was basically damaged. Salin sat on a chair that was missing a leg. The puppet bowed and retreated. Not long after, it came in again and served tea to Salin.
The table was made by the astrologers, and the surface was flat. However, this small living room was full of high-pressure seawater. When the emerald cup was placed on it, even though the puppet did not use much force, the cup that had been damaged internally fell to the bottom.
The puppet was still pouring tea for Salin in a daze. There was no tea in the teapot, and the liquid that was poured out was scattered in the seawater.
Salin suddenly realized that this puppet with a pair of smart eyes did not have the slightest bit of intelligence. It invited him in simply because it was used to. To be exact, this puppet was used by the astrologers who lived here in the past to receive guests.
Sure enough, after the puppet poured tea, it retreated, leaving Salin and the others to wait in the living room. Salin nodded to the Winged Skeleton and directly sent a message to the depths of the Winged Skeleton's soul, asking it to go out and try.
The Winged Skeleton pushed open the broken door, and the door slowly fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
"Master will be here soon, please wait for a moment." The female puppet appeared and stopped the Winged Skeleton. The Winged Skeleton saw that there were star charts everywhere on the ground, so it did not try to resist by force and retreated to Salin's side. The puppet disappeared again, as if it would not interfere as long as Salin did not leave.
"What should we do!" Nelis was anxious. She also realized that this puppet was not an offensive equipment. As long as Salin did not attack it, his life would not be in any danger. However, it was not good to be trapped here. It was still unclear how the Grandmaster would let them leave the Abyss King City. If there was a time limit for free teleportation, it would be terrible.
Because if there was a time limit for free teleportation, no matter where Salin was, it would immediately be activated. After activation, if it did not succeed, not only would Salin be injured, it might also trigger some of the Astrology Tower's defenses. For example, the Starlight Cut just now.
"Try climbing through the window." Salin pointed at the broken window. If the materials of this window were to be taken to the Myers Continent, it would probably be made into high-level equipment. Unfortunately, in the face of the power of time, these incomparably precious materials would also decay.
Nelis did not waste any time and flew out of the window. Outside the window was a winding corridor and a separated courtyard. Nelis circled the courtyard, and the puppet did not come out to stop her. Presumably, there were also puppets in the courtyard back then, and this matter was not under the control of the puppet just now.
A puppet without intelligence, even if it discovered what Nelis was doing, it would not stop her.
Nelis did not return immediately. Instead, she looked at the distant Astrology Tower in the courtyard. The thousand-meter-tall Astrology Tower was surrounded by starlight. That was the key that Aragon gave to Master. If it did not work and she was trapped there, she would never be able to leave.
Not being able to leave was not a big deal. It was not bad to live with Master. The problem was that Master had two children outside and would definitely not be happy. Nelis looked at the Astrology Tower and was lost in thought for a while. Then, she turned around and returned to the living room.
"Master, the Grand Master is unreliable. The key puppet is aggressive. We would have been dead just now." Nelis said with lingering fear.
"Nelis, the souls in the tomb only treat us as ants. Have you ever seen humans care about the lives of ants? If they were reliable, the Scotia people would not be greedy for money. So, don't care what they think. In the end, I will make them come to nothing. "
At this time, Salin also dared to speak because he clearly felt that the trace of mysterious rules remaining in his body had been completely cut off. There was no way to contact the tomb from here. Salin's combat power was not good in the Abyss King City, but he was extremely sensitive to the power of rules.
This power of rules could not penetrate the space where the Astrology Master was. In other words, the rules used by the Astrology Master were unique. Perhaps the Heroic Spirits in the tomb could still forcefully enter Salin's location, but it was bound to cause a natural counterattack from the Astrology Tower. Then, it would not be worth it.
"Master, but we can't leave." The Winged Skeleton said worriedly.
"The key that Aragon gave me is not to enter the Astrology Tower. You should understand that the status of the Astrology Master is very noble. Even Aragon can't afford to offend him. How could he have the key to control the Astrology Tower? This thing can at most let us enter the Astrology Tower and leave with some benefits. It can't let me obtain the inheritance of the Astrology Master. However, with this key, we will indeed not be attacked when we leave the Abyss King City. "
Salin analyzed casually, but it was not far from the truth. The Astrology Master was highly respected. With this key, as long as Salin did not do anything dangerous, such as sneaking into the palace, he could leave the Abyss King City directly. There would not be any magical formations or elemental creatures attacking him.
However, this key was indeed rare. It was left behind by a powerful Astrology Master. If Salin could enter the Astrology Tower, he would at least be able to reach more than a hundred floors and obtain a good inheritance.
However, Salin wanted to practice astrology to such a high level, but he did not have the time. Aragon also understood how long a mage's practice took. Even if he gave Salin the inheritance of astrology, he could only stare at it. He did not have the time to practice it.
Aragon only wanted Salin's luck to be slightly better and not die easily. There were still some good equipment and materials in the Astrology Tower. Aragon was not that generous. He still had to use his own things to conquer other planes for Salin to conquer the world.
Since the Astrology Master predicted that a king would come, if it really happened to Salin, then the things that Salin wanted should be provided by the Astrology Master. Anyway, all the Astrologers were dead, and he could not enter the Astrology Tower. He would let Salin plunder it.
However, the Grandmaster was even more narrow-minded. He did not want Salin to obtain such a good inheritance. He only wanted Salin to stay in the mansions of the Astrologers below level fourteen and leave with something.
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