"How was it? Did the two of you have a good harvest?" Perhaps because of the previous harvest, a rare smile appeared on Suyass' face.
"Haha, just so-so." Lin Yun chuckled and didn't say anything else. He only glanced at Fran from a distance. Ever since he signed the contract with the Crystal Scales, Fran had become a bit different. His mana fluctuations had been ordinary when he was a 5th Rank High Mage, but now, Fran was just standing there and Lin Yun could feel the surging mana fluctuations surging like a tide.
Lin Yun knew that this was the power the Crystal Scales gave Fran.
Although Fran was only a 5th Rank High Mage now, after equipping the Crystal Scales, he could display the power of an Archmage at any time. Compared to before, his power had increased by at least five times.
The leap in power gave Fran boundless confidence.
The current Fran was like a completely different person compared to before. He was no longer unnatural as he stood in front of Lin Yun. He was glowing and in high spirits.
"Alright, Mafa Merlin, Solomon, you two are already ten minutes late. Let's hurry up and go to the 4th Floor. That's the main point of the stone tower." Fran was in high spirits as he criticized the two. He wasn't being polite at all.
Lin Yun and Solomon didn't say anything, but Suyass frowned as he looked at Fran with unconcealable dissatisfaction.
But Fran was feeling very proud of himself, so how could he care about Suyass' dissatisfaction?
The group of four found a path leading to the fourth floor at the edge of the Magic Iron Furnace. At this time, it could be seen that the space of this stone tower had already been distorted by Vaughn. Just the path from the third floor to the fourth floor took them no less than an hour to walk.
Both sides of the road were filled with empty metal cages. It was unknown what had once been imprisoned there, but these cages were now empty. After walking for about an hour, they saw at least hundreds of cages on both sides of the road. Some of them were especially large, and there were even traces of astonishing mana fluctuations lingering in them. This made them even more curious about these metal cages.
"This should be where Vaughn imprisoned magic beasts …" As the master of the Sage Tower, Solomon wasn't unfamiliar with this kind of metal cage. In fact, whether it was the Sage Tower or the Cloud Tower, they both had some cages specially used to imprison magic beasts.
"Yes, it should be used for experiments …" Lin Yun nodded. For an alchemist of Vaughn's level, using magic beasts for experiments wasn't anything strange. After all, it was rumored that the Dark Sage had once captured a Demon Overlord from the Abyss in order to complete a puppet experiment.
"Then … then what about the magical beasts?" Saruman was startled and swallowed hard. Everyone knew that magical beasts used for experiments were generally well guarded. There would almost never be a situation like this where hundreds of metal cages were all empty.
But if that happened, then it was almost certain that a large number of magic beasts had escaped.
Thus, the problem arose …
Escape? Where could they escape to?
There wasn't a single magic beast on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of the stone tower.
Moreover, there were eight flying puppets patrolling outside the stone tower. Even if the magic beasts grew wings, they might not necessarily be able to fly out. Thus, there was only one possibility …
As he thought of this, Solomon subconsciously raised his head to look above.
The 4th Floor was definitely the only place these magic beasts could have gone.
"It's fine, it's fine, Vaughn only has the power of an Archmage. Even if he captured some magic beasts for experiments, he wouldn't capture magic beasts that are too powerful …" Solomon could only comfort himself like this.
"That's hard to say …" Lin Yun bluntly poured cold water on him. Although Vaughn only had the power of an Archmage, it shouldn't be forgotten that he had inherited the inheritance of the Dark Sage. Three Heaven Rank Puppets were unequalled existences in that era. Many Heaven Rank powerhouses had no choice but to lower their heads in front of Vaughn. If he wanted to capture a magic beast, not many of them would be able to escape.
As the two were talking, Fran's expression suddenly changed and he unceremoniously reprimanded them, "Okay, what's the point of saying this? We haven't even seen the shadow of the magic beasts, yet you are already scared. If you are afraid, you can stay here, I'll go with Suyass to the 4th Floor."
"Haha …" Lin Yun only chuckled. Fran was in a hurry to show off. Let alone magic beasts escaping, even if a Demon Overlord was escaping, he would still want to show off. Saying anything more at this time would be useless, so he directly chuckled.
After the four of them walked for an hour, they finally reached the end of this seemingly never-ending road …
'Worthy of Vaughn …' Standing on the 4th Floor of the stone tower, Lin Yun couldn't help sighing inwardly. This last Artisan of the 3rd Dynasty had truly used alchemy to an unimaginable degree.
Everything before his eyes …
Blue sky, white clouds, forests, rivers, mountains …
Everything looked like a real world!
Standing there, who would have thought that this was only the 4th Floor of the stone tower?
Even with Lin Yun 'insight, this was enough to make people gasp in amazement. Lin Yun even wondered if Vaughn had truly been an Artisan back then. After all, creating a world was a field that only Saint Alchemists could set foot in.
'There seems to be some movement ahead …' Just as Lin Yun was sighing, Suyass cast a Mage Eye. The Mage Eye was very fast, and it only took a moment for it to enter the forest. Then, an astonished expression appeared on the Archmage's face as he exclaimed, "It's Lys and the others!"
"Ah?" Suyass' words startled even Lin Yun.
He originally thought that after breaking the maze array, that strange Fortune Box would send Lys and the others to another place in the laboratory, but he hadn't expected that it would actually send them to the 4th Floor of the stone tower.
In his amazement, Lin Yun also cast a Mage Eye.
Sure enough, the other members of the joint exploration team were gathered in the forest a kilometer ahead. Lin Yun looked around and saw that Lys, Badrack, Xiuban, William, and Merlin were all present.
But the situation of these sixteen people didn't seem too optimistic.
To be more accurate, they were in a dangerous battle.
The enemies were over a hundred Thunderbirds.
These were magic beasts that were at least level 30, and they seemed to have gone crazy as they besieged the joint exploration team. The leading Thunderbird had a wingspan of over ten meters, and as it swooped down from the sky, it looked like a golden cloud. The larger the size of a Thunderbird, the higher its level. Lin Yun estimated that this Thunderbird might be above level 35.
With the addition of over a hundred Thunderbirds of various sizes, this battle could only be described as terrifying. At a glance, thunder and lightning could be seen within several hundred meters. At this time, the joint exploration team had already shrunk to the limit, relying on the shield in Sasu's hand and the Runic Shield of a few High Mages to barely prevent the team from being scattered by the flock of Thunderbirds.
However, it was already impossible for him to retaliate …
Lin Yun estimated that the joint exploration team could hold on for five minutes at most. After five minutes, some of the High Mages would run out of mana, and when the Runic Shields broke, Sasu's shield wouldn't be able to resist this frightening flock of Thunderbirds.
"We have to support them as soon as possible." While saying this, Suyass cast a Flight spell and shot towards the forest like an arrow.
Lin Yun and Solomon directly used Elemental Incarnation, and with a few Flame Flashes, they appeared in the forest in an instant.
The battle had already reached its most critical juncture when the group of four rushed into the forest. Two High Mages had run out of mana, causing a large part of their Runic Shields to break open. A few Thunderbirds had already rushed into the group, and their sharp claws carrying high-voltage electricity instantly turned the joint exploration team upside down.
Fortunately, Suyass arrived in time.
A Frost spell was cast into the group, and three Thunderbirds that had rashly rushed in suddenly turned into three ice sculptures. Suyass didn't even spare them a glance. After adding an Elemental Shield, he flew towards the largest Thunderbird.
Suyass' tactic was very direct, he would deal with this Leader Thunderbird first.
But this Leader Thunderbird was also a level 35 magic beast, and when it saw Suyass flying towards it, it didn't dodge. It spread its ten-meter-long wings, and a fierce high-voltage electricity burst out.
One was a newly advanced Archmage, while the other was a level 35 Leader Thunderbird. The man and the bird instantly tangled together, and at that moment, only bursts of electricity could be seen as magic runes fluttered in all directions.
At this time, Lin Yun and Solomon also arrived. They didn't have time to say anything to the others and directly filled the gap left by the two High Mages, mending the Runic Shield that had already been damaged.
But Lin Yun and Solomon were a lot stronger than those two High Mages, and with Suyass restraining the Thunderbird Chieftain in the sky, the battle situation immediately showed signs of turning around. Not only was the Runic Shield repaired, but the joint exploration team even had the ability to counterattack.
"Merlin, how did you get here?" At this time, Lys finally found the time to ask.
"Of course we came from the first floor of the stone tower."
"What?" But he hadn't expected that such a normal answer would make Lys let out a cry of alarm. "Isn't this Gaugass?"
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