Looking at Jenkins' expression, the man in the hunting suit also knew that these words alone were not enough, so he said:
"I don't want to gamble with a lucky person like you who is favored by fate, and I don't want to use whether you become a god to determine my future. So, how can I make you forget my violations? I can't do it All things are just as you said, now is a special period at the end of the era, although what I did... was a bit wrong, but it was not particularly wrong."
He said vaguely, but it meant that Jenkins would not pursue it in the form of compensation, and the latter paragraph implicitly indicated that Jenkins could not open his mouth like a lion.
"First of all, I want to make sure, how much have you been controlled by the difference engine? Can I trust you?"
Jenkins asked, looking fierce with the magic sword in his hand. Of course, the cat on the shoulder looks more fierce, because he doesn't know what Jenkins is thinking, so Choco decides to behave well in exchange for Jenkins' "forgiveness".
It thought Jenkins was playing tricks on her.
The human-faced mechanical snake that Jenkins met on the first floor of the tower could even sacrifice himself to stop Jenkins from advancing, so he couldn't guarantee whether the "compensation" he got later was a trap.
"Actually, I wasn't controlled by it much, but it gave me a lot of benefits. It helped me repair the furnace and gave me some flames. This furnace was originally very dilapidated. It wasn't like this before the machine invaded." look. As for me..."
He tapped the metal part of his body:
"Don't look at me as half metal and half stone, but this is to trick that machine into thinking I belong to it, otherwise how would it help me repair this place? That guy's repair skills are really good, and the fire he gave It’s very important, I’ll change my appearance for these, and make things difficult for you again, it’s worth it.”
Seeing that Jenkins didn't believe it, the man in the hunting suit took the initiative to put his hand into the stream of fire that continuously flowed out from the only remaining door frame. Immediately, the stream of fire enveloped him, igniting his whole body.
After a while, the fire receded and continued to extend towards the furnace inside the gate. The man in the hunting suit was still standing there intact, his clothes were still the same, the only change was that his body was completely made of stone, and the metal parts were gone.
"You see, as long as the fire is not extinguished, I will definitely not be controlled by other forces. I am the person in charge of watching the flames here. This is my responsibility and my mission. Before the fire is extinguished, no one People can control me."
These were the truth, and Jenkins believed them. Of course, the other party still has to pay a price in exchange for his forgiveness. The behavior of the man in the safari suit was really bad enough. He deceived the difference engine and embarrassed Jenkins. From this point of view, he was the big winner.
Jenkins still has doubts:
"So, the place we are in now shouldn't be simply a strange land formed by the space fragments split from the Dominator's world, right?"
"Of course not. The reasons for the formation of strange lands are complex and diverse. But you must know that the space fragments floating in the void are not just from the splitting of the world. There are also some places where evil things are sealed, and some strange things formed by chance. space, and even some functional spaces created by great people, such as here.”
The hunting suit man pointed to the furnace behind him:
"You can think of this world as a kind of insurance measure. When the material world is destroyed in unpredictable scenarios, I mean complete destruction, the flames here will support the material world, and those who are burned and recast The memories and experiences of the strong will return to the material world. Of course, there are more than one insurance measures here, and there are many strange spaces created by the great ones on a whim."
"Will there really be such a day when the end will come?"
Jenkins asked again.
"I don't know, at least I can't see it yet, but insurance measures are always necessary. It's like even if the probability of the house collapse is low, you always have to buy an insurance... Did you still have the word insurance in your era? Of course, the most important role here, in my opinion, is not to prepare for the real Doomsday, but to provide a way for spellcasters in the material world to summon heroic souls. There should still be some in the material world that can be summoned The method of the heroic soul in the past, right? A small part of it is actually directional connected here."
Jenkins has also heard of the ritual mentioned by the hunter. Although it is not popular in modern times, the former "Spirit Summoning School" was once one of the mainstreams in occultism.
"You have been guarding here?"
"Yes, yes, it's a boring job, but because you can enter the past time and space and look for the strong dead, it's actually not bad here. In fact, there is another thing I can tell you. The paradoxes that are repeatedly entered in different eras will only appear at special time nodes at the end of the era. The paradoxes in ordinary eras are all one-off."
"This is really the first time I've heard of it."
Jenkins was slightly surprised, but not really that surprised. Not long ago, the ancient town and the shadow castle were obviously entered by more than one person, and he thought of this question at that time.
"Okay, okay, I have introduced the basic situation here, what do you need me to compensate?"
The topic finally returned to the beginning, and Jenkins also understood that the other party "framed" him to repair the furnace behind him, and he actually took the Difference Engine as a fool. But even so, even if the other party does help him gradually master the new power, Jenkins will not give up the compensation because of this. After all, he is still "working" for the hunting suit man for nothing, and he should get some compensation.
"Repair my sword."
He called out the broken Holy Sword of Bone.
"Sorry, I can't do it... What's your expression? I'm not lying."
The man in the hunting suit waved his hand immediately:
"You should know that this broken sword has undead and tree components, and flames are inherently restraining undead and trees, so I can't repair it without affecting its original function. You have to understand, I'm not a blacksmith, I'm just here caretaker."
"Then you said just now that the other two swords can be used to repair this..."
Jenkins asked suspiciously, but the other party replied in a helpless tone:
"That's actually equivalent to annihilating the original power of the Broken Sword. It only repairs the shape slightly, and may even affect the other two complete swords. It's not that I want to harm you, it's that guy with steam that made me do this." made."
"So you really can't fix it?"
Jenkins regretfully acknowledged.
"Yes, but why repair it? Although the sword is broken, the power is still there. After you leave the nine-story tower, find a place with fertile soil and plant the two cut swords together. It will be repaired in about two or three years. But don't To be born with the spirit of nature, it must be repaired completely naturally, otherwise I will not be responsible for any problems."