"Planting a sword" was the only way the custodian of the furnace came up with. Although it meant that the Holy Bone Sword could be completely repaired, it also meant that the Holy Bone Sword really couldn't work until it defeated the Difference Engine.
Jenkins reluctantly accepted the facts, and then asked:
"Since you can't repair my sword, is there any useful props you can give me? I killed the fragments of the Calamity Beast, and the flame I ignited is considered an overfulfillment of the task?"
In fact, it's not just an excess. If the furnace hadn't been perfectly repaired by the Difference Engine with great effort, the flames might burst the old furnace now.
"Since there are so many flames, don't be stingy. My ultimate enemy is that steaming machine. Give me some props."
"Okay, you are right, let me think about what I can give you here..."
The hunting suit man turned around and pulled the lever in the shadow of the furnace, letting the flames be suppressed by the furnace itself. Then he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, and used his stone arm to reach in through the gap in the furnace gate.
Jenkins felt the heat wave rushing towards his face, and opened his eyes of reality to observe the opponent's movements. But helplessly, the flames in the furnace were too fierce, and the dazzling flames completely suppressed the color of the aura.
After a while, the man turned around, smoke was still smoking from his white-gray arm.
There was no burn mark on that arm, but as the man approached Jenkins, Jenkins could clearly feel the temperature of the other person's body.
He holds a black stone in his stone arm.
"What's this?"
He took the stone and fully felt the high temperature above it. To put it bluntly, if the person holding the stone is not him but an ordinary person in the material world, I am afraid that the palm of his hand will be burned directly.
"When the machine repaired the furnace, it didn't completely replace the furnace with a new one, but carried out extensive repairs on the basis of the old one. Only I knew the true appearance and structure of the furnace, so I told the machine , how much material is needed for complete restoration... ”
"Did you report too much material?"
Jenkins asked.
"It's not an overreport, I just want to store some maintenance materials for the next time, otherwise I will go to those doors to get it myself."
While Jenkins cannot take away anything belonging to a bygone era, the Keepers of the Forge can.
"In short, this stone is the fusion of the old material of the furnace itself and the excellent alloy provided by that machine. This is quite an excellent raw material, I don't know what you need, so I am willing to provide the material, you tell me the shape requirements Right. With the energy of the fire here, the ancient stones of the furnace and this excellent alloy are cast, and I mold it myself, I am afraid that it will have great strength when it is formed."
"In this case… "
The spirit of life condensed between the fingers, and Jenkins' hand gestured in the air, leaving a trail of light:
"I want to make a pistol. You provide a rough embryo, and I will configure the detailed structure myself. In addition, I also have some metals that have peeled off from the core of the difference engine. We provide, hoping to use the fire here to forge those metals into bullets... "
"It's very simple, but are you sure it's a firearm? What you lack the most now, isn't it a handy weapon? I can make a sword with the same shape as the broken sword in a one-to-one ratio, and it will have the same power. "
The stone furnace keeper kindly suggested.
"No, you can use these two swords for the time being. Besides, the pistol I want to make is not an ordinary pistol, that is... Speaking of which, can I make another request?"
It can be seen that the man in the hunting suit is quite reluctant to agree, but under the gaze of Jenkins and the cat, he still nodded:
"You tell me."
"It's too inconvenient to carry these two swords. I don't want to take risks with two swords on my back. Is there any way to put them away? I remember that you can provide space-type props."
"Oh, if you just put it away, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. You can ask me to provide a space item, or you can choose to let me convert this sword into a gift."
He pointed to B-01-1-0006 [The Great Sword of Eternal Flame of Crime]:
"The maker of this sword may be the one who created this world. I can feel the fit of this sword and the flame in the furnace. You can only choose one of the above two options. After all, I don't want to consume All fire here. By the way, if you choose to convert this spiral greatsword into a boon, it will have a whole new power. Your broken sword is a weapon of the necromancy school, so this greatsword is the necromancy school Weapon, you may use this sword to call on the strong from the past to help you fight. Of course, this requires you to learn the corresponding rituals yourself."
This is hardly a choice, Jenkins gave up the space equipment and chose to convert the great sword into a gift.
So he and the man in the hunting suit got busy in front of the furnace, the fire reflected in the chocolate amber pupils, it watched the fire jumping, watching the guns and bullets that Jenkins and the people who guarded the world cast together And the brand new Spiral Greatsword.
The tip of its tail lightly touched the back of Jenkins' neck. The cat didn't care what Jenkins was doing, it was thinking about what Jenkins was thinking at the moment. Obviously just now Alexia looked at him and summoned it with the ritual of [touching the moon-swallowing civet], but Jenkins still seemed to know nothing, and made intimate with it after the short lady left.
Perhaps just like Alexia's analysis in the abandoned hospital, Jenkins actually knew it a long time ago.
"Meow~"
The cat purred lazily, and Jenkins raised his hand to pet it.
Chocolate doesn't know how Jenkins discovered its "clever" disguise, but the point now is that, sooner or later, in the rest of the journey, it will reveal its true power. At that point, Jenkins could no longer deny the fact.
"Meow~"
It loves Jenkins, it loves the family, and it wants to stay with Jenkins forever. So, Jenkins has to accept this fact. He had to accept that the only spiritual sustenance he found in his frightened life was actually a liar.
(Finnie is praying... )
When the solid ground appeared again under his feet, it meant that Jenkins had finally reached the eighth floor of the tower, which was also the last floor before the end of the journey. He didn't know whether his speed of "climbing the tower" was fast or slow, and he didn't know whether the difference engine entrenched on the ninth floor had completed the comparison between the original steam engine and the [machinery] while he was going through the adventures of the treacherous land. fusion of hearts.
But he knows that the situation outside is already quite bad. He has fully experienced the scene of the end when he has gone out twice, and he also understands that this moment is just the beginning. If he does not stop the source of the disaster as soon as possible, the material The world will get worse in no time.
Even after going through so much, stepping into the gate of the strange world still made Jenkins lie on the ground dizzy. But chocolate is not dizzy. Jenkins can feel his cat standing next to his head, and then feel the cat licking his face.
This made his spirit much better. He turned his head slightly while keeping the posture lying on the ground, and smiled reluctantly at the worried cat:
"Chocolate is the best."
The more he said this, the more worried Chocolate became. So he stopped licking his face, flicked his long tail, and lay down in front of Jenkins' face, waiting for Jenkins to fully recover.
Even if he didn't get up, he could still feel the unnatural flatness of the ground beneath him. Although this is outside, you can feel the wind, but there seems to be something like a floor under your body.
Moreover, the sound of water flow can be heard in the ear, not like someone turned on the faucet, but like the natural water flow of an unsettled sea or a river.
"Could it be that… "
Putting his hands on the ground, he got up and looked around. It was indeed the bow deck of a steam ship. Looking back, he could still see the towering chimney spewing out black smoke columns. He sniffed lightly with his nose up. In addition to the moisture of water, there was also the unique burnt smell of coal burning in the air. This was Nolan's breath.
The sky is the usual black in the strange world, and the surroundings of the ship are filled with black mist. Jenkins was able to tell that he was driving in a river instead of an ocean. That was because the phantoms of buildings could be seen in the black mist on both sides of the direction of travel. This was probably a bustling city no less than Nolan's. The buildings and streets show the prosperity of civilization.
This ship is about the size of the largest inland freighter that Jenkins has seen in Nolan's river. Although there is no neatly stacked cargo, there are large and small garbage piles on the bow deck, or messy The wooden boxes are placed around. This makes the deck look a little crowded, but it's actually quite large.
Jenkins is not the only one here. Under the side of the ship around the deck and near the garbage dumps, there are densely packed people covered in gray rags and blankets, leaning against the side of the ship or boxes, hiding under the blankets. Below, it seems to be afraid of something. Their number was probably close to three hundred, and they were silent on the deck shrouded in mist.
Although the styles of people's clothes are different, they are all black and gray in dark tones. I don't know if this has any connection with the strange world.
The luggage is all there, the star magic sword and the backpack are lying next to the chocolate, and the only remaining metal cocoon is consumed when the bullet was made just now, so that the bullet can add the effect of harming the soul.
In addition, he reached into his pocket and touched the seventh round coin that appeared inexplicably. It is still exactly the same size and thickness as the crime coin, and the material is a strange black gemstone.
The front, which Jenkins considered, was the [Hero] emblem, and the reverse was Alexia's blue Rubik's Cube. Rubbing the surface of the coin with your fingertips, you can also feel that there are some formula runes and geometric patterns that are difficult to detect with the naked eye inside the Rubik's Cube pattern.