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23 Immortals, lined up like hemp seeds [2 in 1]
Three days later.
Roya sold all his spoils and earned a total of 1,150 gold nairs, far exceeding his expectations.
This does not even include the nine corpses that Ishtar devoured in the dead of night, or the third-tier quiverbo ape that Emile devoured.
After consuming the quiver porpoise, Emil suffered from a persistent high fever. When she woke up the next day, her extraordinary level had quietly increased to:
Second order!
Ron was bewildered; he had never seen anything like this before. So he quietly reminded Roya:
"How wonderful... Miss Emil pretended to have a fever all night just to protect your pride, Captain."
"Don't say it if you see through it." Roya himself knew this, but it might also be a side effect of devouring the dragon race.
It is said that dragons get a fever before they ascend to a higher rank.
"Wendel is a fifth-tier transcendent, does that hurt my pride?"
Fifth-order transcendent...
Ron was stunned when he first boarded the hunting ship, marveling at the vastness of the world and his own insignificance.
And, even worse than him, the mortal captain Roya.
"Do you have any secret tips?"
Luo Ya glanced at the underdeveloped, crippled boy who had lost his sister, and felt a pang of pity. All traces of his previous malice vanished, and he spoke sincerely:
"Hunters risk their lives, they risk their lives for their jobs. If I had Harper's script, I would be dead by now... I really envy you, you almost never die."
"I mean, why do they all obey your orders?"
"Because they are not human, they can go out of control at any time and devour me too... Life and death are predestined, and everything has a price."
"I see."
Ron seemed lost in thought, completely oblivious to what he was saying.
.
The newspaper pigeons clucked and flew away from the deck.
This time, Roya spent a huge sum of three silver rings to buy ten different local newspapers.
There are hunter newspapers specializing in Merlin Passage, professional machinery newspapers, newspapers about burning spirits, and even newspapers about life in Merlin County...
Roja doesn't care much about his reputation, but he is very concerned about it, and sometimes he can even use his reputation to formulate corresponding tactics.
He flipped through the Merlin Hunting Daily.
Not to mention the annihilation of the Love Aid Sky Hunter Group, even the previous bounties have been pushed out of the spotlight by all sorts of new bounties, and there isn't even a pinned post anymore.
"It wasn't even published in the newspaper... Am I not wicked enough already?"
Ron had nothing to say.
In his view, Captain Roya was a good man; at least he didn't kill the weak or prey on civilians.
But he was also extremely cruel when killing people, not even blinking an eye, and he slaughtered sheep and cattle in a variety of ways.
The sharp-eyed Emil finally found a relevant news item in the corner of a tabloid:
"Captain, look! There's a news item about us in the corner of the Mayman Post!"
Roy took over the Mayon Post.
"The Huanwei Steam Train was attacked by both a beast tide and an illegal hunting group. In the end, it ended with the Love Aid Air Hunter Group and the Nameless Air Hunter Group killing each other."
In particular, he partially awakened the [Blood Connection], and publicly displayed the peculiar scene of people strung together with iron wire, making his heroic image even more vivid.
Given that the government mistakenly believes he is connected to the revolutionary army, the media will deliberately conceal his image, thereby reducing the bounty.
Sure enough, there were no images or descriptions of the wire in the news report.
There is no mention of Roja.
There was only one photo of the Ehime ship taken from a low angle and text information about Cameron using an airship for hunting...
"It seems that being mistaken for a revolutionary has its advantages; the newspapers will selectively ignore me, thus reducing my exposure and resulting in a small bounty."
Ron suddenly pricked up his ears and heard a certain keyword.
"The revolutionary army...you mean the revolutionary army that was wiped out from within, as recorded in history books, due to bureaucracy and a major split?"
"You seem to know quite a lot, but I don't know the specifics. Maybe they're remnants of the old revolutionary army, or maybe they're new revolutionary army. In any case, they're active and don't hesitate to expose themselves... it's just that the media is deliberately covering it up."
Ron listened intently.
That means their strength is not great enough.
"Because the Hunters absorbed the vast majority of people from the lower classes who yearned for freedom, they weakened the revolutionary spirit into a spirit of adventure."
Luo Ya sighed softly; coming from the distant Eastern world, he understood the reasons all too well.
Ron asked him curiously:
"Captain Roya, why are you taking this risk?"
"I've been kidnapped by a woman."
……
Half a day later, the Wide Area Silent Ship followed the balloon beacon and arrived at the designated airspace at the bend of the Merlin Flyway.
Ahead of the airship, a majestic cloud mountain, rising several kilometers above the cloud level and billowing with steam, suddenly appeared!
Luo Ya immediately activated the air connection, his mind probing into the clouds and mountains.
Amidst the majestic mountains, a spherical storm cloud with a diameter exceeding ten kilometers could be seen.
Below the storm cloud, a tornado with a diameter of over one kilometer extends downwards into the depths of the sea of clouds.
Emil suddenly frowned, instinctively hiding behind Roya, her face pale and her complexion not good.
Luo Ya could sense her pain.
Because, the Arden Extraordinary Factory has finally arrived!
Arden's Extraordinary Factory is located in the center of a spherical storm. It is known for storm meditation and crystal cultivation and is not open to the public. Entry is only possible after paying a large sum of money to register.
The Wide-Area Silent slowly sailed into the majestic cloud mountains and landed on a small sky island on the outer edge of the spherical storm cloud.
This is the testing registration point for Arden's extraordinary factory.
The size of the sky island and the layout of the buildings on it are exactly the same as the small sky tunnels in the Mica Hunting Grounds.
However, the tiny floating island is equipped with an exaggerated anti-aircraft defense system and has more than a hundred airships of various types moored there!
It was just that there were no human voices, making it seem particularly desolate.
A middle-aged female superhuman with prominent cheekbones, a mean face, a thin cigar in her mouth, and dressed in a flamboyant manner, exuding the aura of a second-tier bloodline, sat in charge of the registration building.
The woman didn't even lift her eyelids when she saw the group of four enter.
"Bone age and blood quality tests will be conducted before registration."
Luo Ya placed his hand on the pool of black thorns in front of the platform.
Seeing that the man before her was no longer young and his vitality was average, the middle-aged female superhuman finally showed some interest.
"Nineteen years old, with a blood energy value of sixty-nine, his talent is too mediocre. Fortunately, this is the Arden Extraordinary Factory."
Depending on your age and blood energy level, the registration fee is 500 gold coins, which includes guidance from a renowned teacher, various awakening potions, and one dragon crystal nurtured by a shell.
If consuming one Dragon Crystal is insufficient to awaken the power, an additional two hundred Gold Monks will be required for each additional Dragon Crystal.
Ron was astonished by the high price of Roya's registration fee.
Fortunately, his younger sister was young and had a blood energy value of 79, so it only cost him 100 gold coins in total.
Roya generously paid five hundred gold coins.
Seeing the young man in front of her pull out five hundred gold coins without batting an eye, the middle-aged woman then carefully examined Luo Ya and finally discerned the word "handsome" on his face.
"You can dock on this island for free for a month. No matter how many bounties you have, the Extraordinary Factory will protect your sacred and inviolable private property."
"I want to sail the ship inside the factory."
"Sailing a ship into a storm zone is not only dangerous, but also incurs an additional 100 gold dollars in factory parking fees."
"You dare charge a hundred gold coins for mooring?"
"Sorry, space in the storm zone is limited... Also, if you are traveling with someone, each person will need to pay one hundred gold coins."
Roya was too lazy to argue with the woman, and without even blinking, he pulled out four hundred gold coins... even though his heart was bleeding.
"This is an extra four hundred gold coins!"
The middle-aged woman's tone changed, and she kindly reminded Luo Ya:
"Don't say I didn't warn you, the storm zone is extremely dangerous. If the airship crashes or there are any casualties, our factory will not be responsible... Are you sure you want to sail in?"
"Of course, bring the registration form."
Luo Ya quickly filled out the registration form after receiving it.
"The four-person Sky Hunter Team, captained by Roya, with crew members Wendell, Xiao Ai, and Ron."
Given that the alias used by Mica Hunting Grounds is Solo, and Arden Extraordinary Factory is the major shareholder behind Mica Hunting Grounds, Roya is using his real name this time, and he has also changed into a brand new blue work uniform.
Emil changed her name to Xiao Ai, and changed from wearing blue clothes and having blue eyes to wearing red clothes and having red eyes. Her double buns became a single bun in the middle.
Her figure and appearance haven't changed much, but her temperament has been completely transformed.
Wendell made no attempt to disguise herself, since nobody knew her anyway.
Ron pretended to be a member of the Sky Hunters and sneaked in with Roya and his group; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get into the factory at all.
"Mr. Roya, once I get out, I will work hard to pay you back this hundred gold coins!"
Luo Ya knew that for ordinary workers in capitalist society, even those who were extraordinary, one hundred gold coins was not a small sum.
"Money is no problem. Once you're in the factory, don't do anything rash. Just follow my instructions... As long as your sister is alive, I will definitely rescue her."
"Um."
After receiving the four group tickets, the four returned to the deck.
The Wide Area Silent Ship then set sail and entered the storm cloud.
The counter-rotating, downward-blowing wind grew increasingly violent.
The storm contained pebbles, wood chips, feathers, and a large amount of incompletely burned steam, which splattered onto the buoyancy packs, creating dazzling fireworks.
Wendell waved his iron hand.
The Wide-Area Silence was instantly enveloped by an invisible wind barrier, completely isolating it from the storm, and slowly sailed into the center of the storm cloud.
Ron exclaimed in amazement:
"That's amazing!"
As we drove into the middle layer of the spherical storm cloud, swarms of crows began to crash against the wind barrier.
These crows were about the size of a person, with gray feathers and a single, cloudy eye on their heads that looked like a white mist.
Moreover, the eyeballs vary in size and sometimes move, sometimes expand and contract, making them appear exceptionally eerie.
Luo Ya instantly recalled the raven-eyed illustration on the last page of "The Guide to Extraordinary Awakening".
"Don't look into the crow's eyes; it might be an illusion!"
Unfortunately, it was too late...
Ron's eyes went blank for a moment, and he fainted instantly, falling into a deep sleep on the deck.
Emil's blood-blue eyes expanded, contracted, and rotated with his raven-like gaze, while his blood surged within him.
As an alternate version of herself, she once escaped from the factory, only to get lost in a storm and be captured and taken to the Mica Hunting Grounds.
Luo Ya went straight for her, gouged out her eyeballs, and put them in his pocket.
"You should rest for a while."
They then used wire to pull her down to a lower room.
Standing on the deck were only Roya, whose thoughts were connected to the storm, and Wendell, who was elegantly drinking tea.
The crow continued to charge, but could not break through.
The annoying cawing of crows was kept out of the wind barrier.
After the airship flew for a while, Luo Ya realized that the spaceship was circling and sinking.
As time went on, Wendell gradually grew tired of having to control the wind barrier to isolate the crows and suppress the demonic soul of Ishtar within him.
"You just keep the storm under control, I'll deal with the crows!"
Luo Ya immediately extended his connection beyond the wind, spreading all the branches of the iron wire like tentacles, constantly attacking the crows and stringing together their large eyeballs.
We scrambled through the wind barrier and dragged ourselves onto the grill on the deck!
The aroma of caramelized protein instantly filled the air...
"What illusion? The world is ultimately made of matter."
As Roya ate the roasted eyeballs, he continuously corrected the airship's course, heading at full speed toward the center of the storm.
The crow flock is decreasing at a visible rate...
When it's close to the center of the sphere!
The raven dispersed, the storm subsided, and the Wide-Area Silence suddenly entered a faint red mist zone.
The red mist quickly seeped into the wind barrier without any obstruction.
The deck instantly became deathly still, as if it had fallen into an abyss.
Luo Ya was forced to inhale a breath of red mist and was surprised to find that it smelled of human blood.
At the same time, it also seemed as if there was a trace of toxin that was devouring blood energy.
As the blood and energy within his body dissipated, Luo Ya felt as if he were standing alone on the edge of an abyss. His heart was in his throat, his scalp tingled, and his thoughts were almost frozen, leaving only his own insignificance and humility.
Wendell took a sip of tea, his golden eyes gradually becoming covered by black lines.
"This is a thin layer of demonic energy, mixed with filthy blood and steam."
That tone isn't quite right...
Luo Ya immediately shut his mouth and turned his head to look!
Wendell, who was leisurely drinking tea just a moment ago, has now transformed into the Demon King Ishtar.
She wore a purple dress covered with flowers and fine snakes, and through the half-open white collar, the delicate, winding, purple-stained subcutaneous veins, like snakes on a majestic snow-capped mountain, stretched for thousands of miles until they plunged into the endless abyss.
Ishtar's gaze was disdainful, as if she were high above the heavens, glancing down at Roya, whose face was flushed red from holding his breath:
"If you beg me, I can help you."
If it's just a thin layer of demonic energy, Roya could manage it, but it would require a significant expenditure of his own blood energy, and he wasn't even sure how much demonic energy there was, or if there would be any demonic creatures present...
Therefore, this is the time for Ishtar to shine as a companion.
Please?
Ha ha.
Roya suddenly reached out and put his arm around Ishtar's shoulder, putting his arm around her back, and pleaded in a brotherly tone:
"My dear partner, I'm begging you."
"roll--"
Upon hearing the word "partner," Ishtar felt immense regret for her choice. She couldn't understand how Wendell, a saint, could choose such a lowly man as her adventure partner.
In an instant, a cut appeared on her fingertip, and she slowly inhaled the red mist.
To be precise, they only inhaled the black demonic energy within the red mist, avoiding the foul steam and blood.
With this inhalation, the already thin demonic energy rapidly decreased, and the dark red mist turned bright red.
It was clear that if this continued, Ishtar would drain all the demonic energy from the inner circle of the storm.
The red mist quickly contracted and moved away from the Wide Area Silence.
Ahead of the airship, the view suddenly opened up.
The air is fresh, and a gentle breeze is blowing.
A spherical space with a suspended steam sun suddenly appeared before Roya's eyes.
In the very center of the spherical space floats a small, scenic island, resembling a paradise on earth.
Flying beasts circle around, and waterfalls cascade down.
It is exactly as shown in the newspaper photo—
Arden's Extraordinary Factory.
"Boring."
Ishtar then yawned and switched back to Wendell.
A white-clad messenger, riding a three-winged ray, slowly flew in and boarded the airship.
This was a second-tier transcendent being, with a gentle and confident demeanor commonly seen on the face of a middle-aged man.
Luo Ya glanced at it and realized that this white robe was the same as the one worn by the old beast tamer and the leader of the Love Aid Hunting Group.
Perhaps the man in white was also the old beast tamer's apprentice.
Fortunately, judging from the man's eyes, Roya didn't seem to be paying special attention to him; he just glanced at Emil and Wendell a few more times.
During the battle at the Mica Hunting Grounds, Luo Ya did not reveal much about his identity.
After verifying the group tickets of the four people, the white-robed guide led the Wide-Area Silence to the forest area located on the edge of the Sky Island.
More than a dozen airships hovered above the dense forest.
Luo Ya took a closer look; they were either luxury airships, military airships, or futuristic modified boats…
Although most of them also used three-stage steam boilers, Roya roughly estimated that none of them cost less than five thousand gold nairs to build.
With such an extravagant berthing area, the Wide-Range Silence suddenly seems too plain.
Luo Ya prefers to call it low-key.
The Wide Area Silent Ship then dropped anchor and remained locked above the forest.
Without the blue dragonfly following him, Luo Ya felt a little uneasy, so he cut a branch of iron wire more than 100 meters long and tied it close to his waist.
She gained weight and developed a "barrel waist".
The four disembarked and followed the white-robed guide along the winding forest path to the central sacred mountain of the Extraordinary Factory.
Despite being called an extraordinary factory, Roya had expected it to be filled with billowing steam.
Upon entering, one discovers layers of white mist covering the ground, and rare plants and mythical beasts everywhere, creating an ethereal and mysterious atmosphere.
Upon reaching the central sacred mountain, one sees open-air temples and stone houses built against the mountainside.
It appears sacred and fantastical.
The four of them also became solemn and devout.
The white-robed guide assigned the four people to four stone houses for temporary lodging.
The four rested for a while and tasted some red scallops and blood mist medicinal tea brought by the black-clad servants.
Before long, the white-robed guide reappeared, intending to lead Roya to the dojo to learn advanced awakening knowledge.
Only then did Luo Ya realize that his defensive strength had been gradually stripped away along the way, so he firmly spoke:
"I need a bodyguard."
"Don't worry, it's very safe in the factory."
The white-robed guide remained calm, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Luo Ya said confidently:
"I haven't awakened yet, I need bodyguards!"
The white-robed guide stared at Roya, who showed no sign of backing down, and fell silent.
Thinking that this person was quite old and had mediocre talent, he must have spent a lot of money.
He glanced again at the armored woman beside him; she exuded a powerful aura and seemed unfathomable.
"You can only bring one person at most."
Thank you.
Roya whispered a few words to Emil and put a mechanical watch infused with blood energy on her wrist for close-range positioning and control.
At the same time, some blood energy was injected into Ron's robotic arm.
Then, he took Wendell with him and followed the white-robed guide, climbing up the mist-shrouded holy steps to reach the open-air dojo at the mountaintop shrouded in mist.
Through the misty fog, Luo Ya could see in the distance a group of enormous, indistinct figures, neither human nor inhuman, some reciting dark incantations while shaking their heads, others devouring platters of flesh and blood with knives and forks, and still others striking bizarre fusion poses—
For a moment, his eyes froze, and his blood rushed to his head.