At this point, the meaning of the Satellite City No. 20 Lord, whom he had never met before, was already quite clear.
Isn't this blatantly preventing people from running for office?
After delivering his message, the envoy piloting the reconnaissance fortress awaited a response.
Before Gray could respond, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties came into the messenger's view.
With a green rope tied around his waist, he leaped out from behind the railing, landing precisely next to the spot where the grappling hook had caught him. He then drew a short knife from his waist.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, where did you come from, you savage? A nomad from the Wilderness of Chaos?"
The messenger, seeing a person with few signs of alteration and agile movements, instinctively assumed this person came from the Wilderness of Chaos, and thus shouted irritably at the Soul Returner:
"This is the property of the Graycast Corridor, you cannot..."
The Soul Returner had been reprimanded by him made a universally recognized gesture and said with a smile:
"Go inhale the exhaust fumes, Ruozhi."
A flash of light, and the rope at the end of the grappling hook snapped. The reconnaissance fortress began to slow and drift away little by little. Fortunately, the messenger was a skilled driver and kept turning the control lever to try to stabilize the fortress.
"Dream on!"
The Soul Returner, dangling from the vines, chuckled, and a birchwood javelin had appeared in his hand without him even noticing.
"Whoosh!"
The hard javelin embedded itself in the wheel hub of the reconnaissance fortress, becoming entangled with the transmission components as the wheel rotated.
A series of cracking sounds rang out; the hastily Alienation javelin was no match for the sturdy metal components and broke into several pieces with a series of snapping sounds.
However, this interference, lasting less than a second, still had an irreversible impact on the high-speed moving reconnaissance fortress.
The entire reconnaissance fortress began to drift uncontrollably toward the roadside, regardless of the driver's attempts to maneuver it.
You'll regret this!
With a long, mournful cry, the messenger's reconnaissance fortress flew off the main road, rolled three times in the fields beside the road, and finally came to a stop. Unfortunately, no black smoke rose from the wreckage.
At this time, [ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] had also arrived on the upper deck and quickly learned about the current situation from the others.
"Returning to the Great Labyrinth City is definitely not as simple as it seems!"
He looked at Gray with a stern face and asked:
"These roadblocks must also be from the Graycast Corridor, right?"
Gray nodded silently.
Give me a straight answer.
[ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] Looking at Gray:
"According to the rules of Graycast Corridor, what is the maximum extent that can be achieved?"
Gray swallowed hard. This wasn't the first time he'd felt the Soul Returner ' killing intent, but it was the first time it was directed at him, or rather, at the Graycast Corridor behind him.
The merchant felt as if his throat was on fire. After a couple of throat movements, he uttered a few words:
"Don't kill."
"Is it okay to just not kill them?"
"Just don't kill them."
Having clearly defined the bottom line of the struggle, Gray leaned back against the railing, somewhat exhausted, and said to the crowd:
"Even if they are crippled, it doesn't matter as long as it's not intentional torture. The prosthetics in the Graycast Corridor are very advanced; they can be saved if they don't die."
After saying this, Gray seemed to have made up his mind and stood up again, his eyes becoming much more resolute than before.
"Everyone, I know returning to the Great Labyrinth City won't be easy, but I really didn't expect that even our own people from the Corridor would be blocking our way..."
"I had hesitated to make up my mind before, but now I assure everyone that I will do my utmost to secure the position of the Grand Foundry Master and will never let you down."
Seeing Gray so formal made the players feel somewhat uncomfortable.
This merchant usually has a smiling face, but now his stern expression is rather unsettling.
"Well, you know that's good."
[ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] scratched his head and said:
"In short, there's no time to waste now. It's more important than anything else for you two to lead the way."
Gray composed himself, but then asked the question that had been lurking deep in his heart:
"But at this rate, can we really arrive at the Great Labyrinth City on time?"
[ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] gave a sneer, without any malice:
"Isn't this something you've been wanting to ask for a while now?"
Gray and Nora nodded.
[ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] A wave of the hand:
" Chocolate, tell them what's going on."
The [ Chocolate Ice Cream Scoop ] had just climbed up from the lower level and, upon hearing this, went up to Gray and Nora and said:
"Those Soul Returner who have already arrived at the Great Labyrinth City are preparing for the long-distance teleportation spell. If all goes well, the teleportation should be completed before noon."
"Even so, we can't just stop and wait. After all, the closer the two sides are, the lower the Psionic Energy consumption for teleportation. Now, every extra mile we go increases our chances of winning."
After hearing these words, Nora seemed even more surprised than Gray:
"Teleport five hundred people plus a small fortress? You... have you managed to get High Tier expert to help?"
[ The Chocolate Ice Cream Scoop ] shook its head and said:
"There was indeed High Tier guidance, but no direct intervention, and... it wasn't five hundred people who needed to be teleported, but only two."
He pointed at Gray and Nora, his meaning was clear:
"If there isn't enough Psionic Energy for the return journey, then only teleport one person."
Gray and Nora suddenly realized—
No wonder the Soul Returner were so confident along the way; it turns out another group had arrived at the Great Labyrinth City ahead of them to make preparations.
Teleporting 500 people plus a fortress is obviously a huge undertaking, and it would be strange if the other side readily agreed to it.
On the contrary, teleporting one or two people is a level that can be achieved with preparation, which is more realistic and reassuring.
Gray felt a weight lifted from his heart and was about to ask the others for details of the plan when he heard the voice of one of the Soul Returner:
"There's a fortress ahead, everyone be careful."
Following the sound, everyone looked ahead and saw a mobile fortress appear in front of the Antasia, which had just crossed a small hill.
The fortress was painted with a dark gold finish, and its shape, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, made it look very imposing and powerful.
And it certainly has the right to be domineering.
It wasn't a small fortress, but a large fortress that was eight or nine stories high and occupied most of the official road of the Great Labyrinth City.
A blinding flash of light disappeared in an instant, and a player immediately shouted:
"They're watching us with binoculars, be careful!"
As if to prove his point, the large fortress began to slow down without any attempt to conceal its movement after detecting the Antasia's location, and moved its entire fuselage to the center of the road, leaving insufficient space on both sides for the Antasia to pass through.
So you're going to set up roadblocks if I don't accept the invitation?