Universal Mechanic

Chapter 418 (page 12)

After the two of them had a full meal

Charlotte took a sip of water and said: So what did you find?

Asta opened the door and said, "This is a bit difficult to explain. It's faster if I just show you."

Asta said this, he motioned for Charlotte to go in first. Charlotte stretched leisurely and walked in.

Charlotte: Let's go!

Asta: Don't wait until I put the disguise and sealing spell cards.

Asta said, he stuck the wooden door and stuck two spell cards on it. As long as no one took off these two spell cards, from the outside, it didn't mean that it was a cave but a mountain wall.

Asta: That should be enough.

Charlotte: The effect of your sealing spell card is slightly weak.

Asta: How good would it be to use it as a door lock?

Charlotte: Yes. By the way, how long can your spell card be used?

As she spoke, Charlotte pointed to the glowing spell card inserted on the ceiling.

Asta looked up and said: About a day? These spell cards were made by me before. I have tried all kinds of materials from wood to stone to iron plate, but paper is the best. However, I have ordered new paper from Xiaoyu to make these old spell cards. We have to find a way to deal with it.

Charlotte: How much do you have left?

Asta: There are quite a few left, but there aren’t many of this type, which are basically for mental attacks, so I should have used up all the Heroic Points I used?

Charlotte thought for a while and said: ...How about selling it to Xiaoxing or the captain?

Asta looked at Charlotte with a question mark on his face. He began to worry about his old friend's mental condition and whether it would be better to put that spell card on her head.

Astha: What? Why sell it to him?

Charlotte: ...Put away the spell cards in your hand. I have no problem with my mind. Think about it for yourself. Doesn’t he have students? Wouldn't it be better than wasting it on someone else's little girl?

Asta: I still have use for the spell cards to defend against mental attacks, so I can’t give them to them. Moreover, my spell cards are not as effective as Zhang Lingyi’s. Wouldn’t it be better to give them away?

Charlotte: But he's not here, and it's too difficult to find him with him being carried around by the beast all day long.

At this time, a young man was in a secret place on a certain planet.

Ah! Alas! Who will say bad things about me? By the way, Qiongqi, are you sure we didn't go to the wrong place?

The young man's mouth twitched as he looked at the defensive array composed of countless restrictions in front of him.

Qiongqi: I'm sure, but I'm afraid things are not as simple as we originally expected. That idiot is still staying in a place like this despite not being able to touch the water casually...

The young man sighed and said helplessly: But there is no way she can be my master. Let's go. These spell cards are enough for us to rush over.

After speaking, the young man took out dozens of spell cards from the bag on his waist to activate a large number of defensive effects in one breath, and then rushed directly towards the defensive array in front of him!

Back to Asta and Charlotte

At this time, the two of them had reached the depths of the cave.

Charlotte looked at the cave that was far deeper than imagined and said: I didn't expect this cave to be so deep.

Asta: Yes, even I was surprised at first, but if you go a little further you will understand.

Charlotte: Needless to say, I have discovered that there are traces of artificiality here.

As she spoke, Charlotte touched the mountain wall. This was not a natural trace but a trace of artificial excavation.

Charlotte: This is not an ordinary large-scale project. If you don’t rely on machines and rely only on manual labor, how much time and resources will it take to dig so deep and imitate natural traces?

Asta shook his head and said: It's probably hard to calculate. And the strangest thing is that this cave that was built with all the hard work was completely abandoned. You see, many things were not taken away.

As they spoke, the two stopped and what appeared in front of them was a wide area? After all, it is a place dug manually.

Charlotte said looking at the tables, chairs, boxes and other things placed randomly.

Charlotte: It can be seen that this place was originally a stronghold that was prepared privately and was just moved in.

Asta: But it's a pity that this place has been abandoned for too long. Even if some things are protected by protective spells, most of the things are almost rotten. Otherwise, maybe many clues can be found.

Asta said, he put a spell card on the paper on the table and tried to increase its durability as much as possible.

Asta: ...This should be a design?

Charlotte: But this design drawing looks incomplete, more like a part than a machine.

Asta: Then it would be a little troublesome if this thing was really manufactured. After all, according to the scale in the picture, this part is about two meters high. No matter what goes wrong with such a big thing, it may cause disaster. .

Charlotte: But how do they transport such a big thing out once it's built? The road we just came on is definitely not going to work. Even if it is doubled in width, it is still too narrow.

Asta: Maybe they have other channels they can use? After all, most of the people who were originally here were temporarily evacuated. Maybe there were other passages based on their original plans.

Charlotte: The trouble now is that these things are too fragile. Do you have similar spell cards?

Asta nodded and said: Yes, but I don't dare to use spell cards. Although the spell cards can maintain the state of these things, the magic released may destroy these things, so I asked you to come and help.

Charlotte: ...Why don't you put it away? I guess even if Tianyu comes, he won't be able to deal with these things.

Asta: ...Do you think the captain would be interested in this drawing?

Charlotte: ...You asked a phantom thief elf who specializes in diplomacy to research machinery? If you ask me to help you remove a lock, it's okay to say that I can't understand this thing at all, okay?

Asta: ...Your composition is still so complex, but I don’t think he would be interested in simply giving him a design that is about to rot into scraps.

Charlotte: So why don't we try opening a few boxes and see if there are any other designs?

As she spoke, Charlotte looked at the pile of boxes that were barely complete.

Asta: But the problem is that the durability of these boxes is already very low. Once opened, I’m not sure whether the contents inside can still be protected.

Charlotte: ...Are you someone who would put a cat in a box and guess whether it would live or die?

Asta: The problem is that it’s not about letting people guess life and death. Don’t hold grudges because you didn’t get full marks on this question during the exam. But I don’t deny that the situation is somewhat similar. After all, this kind of protection can collapse at any time. The effect of the spell is really hard to guarantee.

Charlotte: ...So how about we just throw these things into the small world of the end?

Charlotte is now very unhappy because of her dark history being exposed by this idiot demon hunter who doesn’t know how to use euphemisms, so she plans to die together with Asta.

Asta's mouth twitched and said: No, calm down! We managed to escape training and if you do this to the captain, he will definitely let me go!