Is this person talking to me?
Is this person talking to me?
It's definitely talking to me!
On the other side of the Psionic Energy projection, Ed dropped the popcorn he was holding onto his clothes.
He was absolutely certain that the Short-Eared Elf in the picture was talking to him.
On the surface, the other party was taking five Soul Returner to witness the handover of the Grand Foundry Master, but in reality, they were doing me a favor by allowing me to see this scene with my own eyes.
What is his purpose?
Or is it just for fun?
Although the Elf Mage never intended to deliberately hide the two High Tier from the moment the body-swapping function was introduced to players, at this point the Elf Mage was essentially playing his cards open.
Ed felt that his spying had been easily seen through, and coupled with the movie theater-like viewing environment, he suddenly had a strange feeling that a film was breaking the fourth wall.
However, since the other party was expressing friendliness, Ed did not react excessively.
In fact, even if he wanted to react, he couldn't, unless he possessed one of those players or deployed that clone that was slacking off in the Great Labyrinth City, but that seemed rather unnecessary.
Like a traditional mage, Nuowa flicked his sleeves, creating a gentle breeze, and then disappeared from the spot along with the five Soul Returner.
The stunned King of Fall Resistance, I Guess felt that his teleportation was far inferior to his teacher's. The other party was able to perfectly conceal the light generated by the teleportation, while he had wasted a lot of Psionic Energy because of this dazzling effect.
He carefully considered the details of casting the spell, the [ Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop ]'s message still lingering in the air:
"Just take a walk by yourself, don't let anyone kidnap you."
The central part of the platform continues to sink, its depth now far exceeding the height of the platform from the ground. This seemingly temporary platform has actually sunk beneath the ground.
The light grew dimmer, and the breeze was quite cool. The few Soul Returner had returned to this place felt as if they had suddenly moved from the outdoors into a deep well.
Just as they were about to say something, they saw the old man in gray in front of them flick his fingers lightly from under his sleeve, and the five of them suddenly felt as if something was missing from the middle of their throats.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Their lips kept touching, but they couldn't utter a single sound. Even the slightest increase in the volume of their breathing was blocked by an invisible force.
Just as everyone was looking at each other in bewilderment, Nuowa suddenly spoke up:
"This is the price you pay for attending the ceremony. You have temporarily lost the ability to speak, and you are not allowed to mention what happened here after you leave."
After hearing the elven mage's explanation, the group nodded in relief.
It turns out that a powerful expert placed a restriction on it; that makes no surprise.
Meanwhile, the platform continued to decline.
Click.
The sound of machinery meshing together filled the air, and after a descent that lasted several minutes, the platform finally came to a stop.
Looking up, the Soul Returner to the heavens and felt that the vertical height from the ground was more than a hundred meters, which in reality would probably be more than thirty stories high.
There are even mechanical structures hundreds of meters underground in the Great Labyrinth City?
Is this city hollow?
The Soul Returner couldn't help but gape when they thought about the massive amount of labor required for such a project.
This is even more outrageous than a subway in another world; they simply cannot calculate how much earth the Grand Foundry Master has excavated.
But even without calculating, it's clear that it must be an astronomical figure.
As the mechanical platform came to a stop, a neatly designed passageway appeared before everyone.
The passageway is arched in shape, and its cross-section is almost large enough for a small plane to pass through.
The stone bricks used to pave the ground and walls are very regular, and various Psionic Energy Circuit are undisguisedly engraved on them.
Looking at this scene, which resembled a subway tunnel, the Soul Returner to their deaths suddenly all thought of one word—"corridor."
Could this be the "corridor" in the name "Graycast Corridor "?
The more they thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The recording function, which had already been activated, began to work its magic, recording every detail around them.
The Grand Foundry Master led the way, leading Gray forward. Gray turned back and pulled Nora along with him. The five Soul Returner followed at the rear, accompanied by two Short-Eared Elf.
The tunnel closed behind them, and through the thick metal door, the sound of the platform rising could be heard again.
The long corridor, echoing with footsteps, was filled with numerous Psionic Energy Circuit emitting light. While not extremely bright, it wasn't dim enough to impede movement.
Walking through this seemingly endless corridor, the Grand Foundry Master suddenly said:
" Gray, you are about to become the new Grand Foundry Master, so there are some things you need to know, things about the history of the Graycast Corridor."
"Speaking."
Gray bowed politely, even though he was walking behind the Grand Foundry Master.
Do you know what the Great Labyrinth City and its surrounding area were like before the Demonic Tide?
Gray thought for a moment and said:
"All I know is that most of the Graycast Corridor was once part of the kingdom, while the area in the Demon Realm was something we stole from the Blood Corpse."
"That's right."
The old man in gray nodded and said:
Before the construction of the Graycast Corridor, this area was called the ' Gray Rock Mining District ' and was a directly administered territory of the royal family, which had always been managed by the royal family's most trusted court nobles.
" The Gray Rock Mining District is the largest mining area in the entire kingdom, containing large quantities of copper, iron, and various other metals. It produces 70 percent of the kingdom's total metal output each year."
"The location of the Great Labyrinth City was the largest mine in the entire mining area at the time, and the quality of the ore was astonishingly high, so the smelting difficulty was not too great."
"Even at the very beginning, the location of the Great Labyrinth City was a mine, which was mined for a full hundred years before it became a flat land."
"Even today, large quantities of metal ore are still mined and large quantities of metal ingots are smelted every day, and metal smelting is the very foundation of the Graycast Corridor."
At this point, the gray-robed old man paused, and Gray politely responded:
"I see, I understand."
The old man in gray gave a noncommittal laugh, then suddenly asked another question:
"Do you even know what I was doing back then?"
Gray was taken aback, not expecting the topic to suddenly shift from the Graycast Corridor to the Grand Foundry Master himself.
The identity of the Grand Foundry Master has always been a mystery.
Gray had, of course, asked his master, but the master was also unable to give a definitive answer.
If it weren't for the fact that people were occasionally summoned by the Grand Foundry Master, Gray would probably have wondered if the Grand Foundry Master was a fictional identity.