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The decision-maker stepped out from the pedestal, walked up the huge red carpet beneath his feet, looked up at the long-sealed throne on the high platform, and sighed slightly in his heart.
Since the passing of the matriarch, the maintenance of the palace has gradually become more difficult. While the "Recyclers" can go out to search for all kinds of materials, without the matriarch's alchemy, these puppets cannot make ends meet when it comes to maintenance work. Even the "Repairers" in the palace need to consume much more magic power than theoretically required for repair work.
Therefore, they can only stay in the base most of the time to absorb magic energy, and only go out to act when their magic power is full.
Of course, as a complete palace, it wasn't without various environmental magic arrays that could continuously absorb and accumulate magic energy from the outside. However, as before, with the passage of time and without the matriarch's alchemy, the materials required to maintain the magic arrays were extremely expensive. Therefore, they could only let the magic arrays gradually fail and stop functioning.
The decision-maker felt a slight pain in her forehead. Admittedly, as a puppet, she shouldn't have such physical sensations, but the operation of the entire palace depended on her to make decisions, which was still extremely difficult.
No, it should be said that the soul inside her was just an ordinary person, and even with the training of the mistress, it was impossible for her to do so.
The decision-maker glanced once more at the empty "Executioner" pedestal and walked along the red carpet toward the passageway.
"Executioner" is the most suitable mecha for combat among them, but unfortunately it was lost outside after the communication was lost. In this emergency, she did not dare to let "Reclaimer" search for the mecha rashly, so she hurriedly left the previous location.
Due to a lack of materials, the new "Executioner" mecha has not yet been replicated. However, even if it were replicated, Lilia, who could operate the mecha, would not be available, so it was simply shelved.
But now... Lilia has actually returned, and she brought back a descendant of the Titans?
The decision-makers found it hard to believe, after all, the soul that the mistress saved back then chose to enter the "Executioner" body was originally a little girl of about ten years old. She even chose it because she heard that the body was very suitable for activities. Even after so many years, Lilia was still not very reliable in her mind.
She pushed open the doors of the palace hall, glanced back at the puppets displayed on both sides of the red carpet, and walked into the long corridor.
The decision-maker knew she should have brought several puppets with her to greet the Titan's descendant, but after some hesitation, she chose to go alone.
Firstly, she still remembered the tragic scene of the mistress dying alone, and she really had no good feelings towards Emperor Phowa and his descendants. She was worried that this descendant would be as vicious as Emperor Phowa, so she planned to receive him herself. If this descendant showed extravagance and debauchery, she would give him some magic potion to send him away.
Secondly, the palace had just been relocated a few months ago, and the other puppets didn't have much magic left. Even the executioner's body was still missing, so she wanted to conserve some magic.
Thirdly, she was also a little worried that if too many puppets went with her, it would arouse the descendant's vigilance. If the palace built by the matriarch was accidentally damaged, she would have no way to repair it.
As the decision-maker thought this through, he looked at the passageway gate that was now almost within reach, sighed, and was about to open it when he suddenly heard a conversation coming from outside the door.
"...Xiao La, to the left, to the left, yes, right here, see that gap at the top of the door frame? Be careful... It's been repaired beautifully!"
"Teacher Yin! We've run out of putty, shall we go find some more around here?"
"Relax! No need, I just activated the two Plant Guardian seeds that Art gave me... Ah, look, they're back!"
"Wow, as expected of Arte, even this was part of her plan..."
What are they doing?
The decision-maker was stunned. She had just imagined a dozen or twenty ways to negotiate with the descendants of the Titans, but she never expected this scenario!
She instinctively exerted her strength and pulled open the heavy door.
Amidst the falling dust, the decision-maker looked up and, in the long-unseen, blinding sunlight, seemed to see a man grinning and waving at her as he scraped putty off a door frame.
"Hey, good afternoon, decision-maker. The maintenance of this palace isn't great. I'll talk to you later. Let's get everyone out in the sun; I think you're about to grow mushrooms..."
Chapter 348 The Real Big News
"Wow!! This is the 'Stacking Array' technique that was lost during the reign of the previous king! 'Stacking Array' is a technique that uses physical means to etch uneven marks on the surface of the same area, and then uses extremely fine magic runes to engrave different magic arrays on different horizontal lines, thereby achieving the effect of stacking magic arrays!"
"Good heavens, all the magic arrays here are 'layered arrays'... Anyway, leave it to me, I can fix them!"
"Little La, Little La, look! This is a 'Dynastic Inscription' that's even older than the Kingdom of Norard! It's said that long, long ago, every kingdom that once reached its zenith on the continent would take a stone imbued with divine power from the path to godhood and use it as a decorative symbol in its palaces and royal residences..."
"When others see it, they will be intimidated by the divine stone in an instant... So Titania was actually an ancient and powerful dynasty! Hmm, the surface cracks have affected the circuit of divine power, I... I can repair it!"
"What is that... Little La, quickly lift me up so I can take a look!!!... This, this is the extinct 'Magic Element Resonance Lamp'! It doesn't require the infusion of magic power, nor does it need special mineral materials like magic crystal lamps. It only needs a simple structure to allow the magic elements diffused near the lamp to naturally converge and emit light. The higher the concentration of magic elements, the brighter the light emitted. This is an extremely special alchemical technique..."
"Whoa, I probably can't fix this. I can only patch it up a bit with the 'all-purpose adhesive' Lady Frico gave me... Huh? Little Ra, your alchemy is pretty good? Great! I'll go check out the next place that needs repairing!"
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"It's rare to see Ms. Gin so energetic... It seems she really loves antiques!"
Latis scratched his head, watching Gin Shul wearing protective gloves and touching and looking around in the passageway. He felt that he had only just realized that Gin Shul was also a very energetic girl... Had he been working too much before?
He glanced back at the decision-maker, who had been silent since the beginning, and asked curiously:
"Decision-maker, what are you thinking?"
The decision-maker's alchemical eyes stared at Latis for a moment, then slowly lowered his head to look at the loose paving stones under his feet.
Doesn't she look like a lifeless magical puppet? Why does this Titan descendant named Latis keep talking to her?
The decision-maker was filled with hesitation. She had originally planned to send Latis away after taking Lilia away, but unexpectedly, Latis seemed to fully understand the conditions for inheriting the Titan Palace. After displaying warrior strength comparable to that of a legend, he walked in nonchalantly.
And then there was that woman who kept saying "I can fix it," and who seemed completely fascinated by the dilapidated interior of the palace...
The decision-maker subconsciously glanced at Silver Shul, who was standing on tiptoe, adjusting his glasses and reading the inscriptions on the wall, and for a moment his feelings became somewhat complicated.
If there were such a matriarch, perhaps the entire palace could truly be reborn...
No, how could I have already considered her as the mistress of the house?
The decision-maker couldn't help but shake her head, and the cervical vertebrae made of mineral and monster materials immediately made a slight clicking sound. She was slightly startled and quickly looked at Latis walking in front of her. Seeing that he hadn't noticed her overly human-like action, the decision-maker breathed a sigh of relief.
However, in just those few minutes of contact, the decision-makers had already sensed the differences between Latis and Pova the Great.
When the former mistress was still alive, although she built the entire palace, she did not actually receive much care from Emperor Pova. Emperor Pova roamed the entire continent of Atlantis and had many things to worry about. The palace was perhaps just a place to rest. Every time Emperor Pova came, the former mistress was always both happy and disappointed.
Well, so much time has passed, and the decision-maker doesn't want to recall the extremely sad expression on the former mistress's face when she learned that Emperor Powva had hastily left the plane. The decision-maker was given a second life only after death thanks to the former mistress's pity, so naturally, he couldn't help but feel a little resentment towards Emperor Powva.
However, Latis's actions made it impossible for her to maintain her hostility. The decision-maker sighed with some shame, but it was hard to dislike a man who came to repair the door right away. Moreover, his grinning face made even the puppet decision-maker a little uncomfortable.
He even took the initiative to return Lilia's soul and instructed her to use stabilizing spells to nurture it for a few days. Before the decision-maker could even make a decent request, everything had already been arranged by this man.
That's why she's so silent now.
"never mind……"
The decision-maker glanced at Latis's retreating figure one last time, then gradually calmed down and transmitted the command through the magical fluctuations on his body to the base where the puppets were located.
Although she didn't know whether the man's behavior was genuine or feigned, she had no choice but to make a decision now that things had come to this point.
"Titan Palace... perhaps having a new master is a good thing."
She closed her eyes wearily, temporarily putting aside the headaches that had been nagging at her while operating the palace.
The decision-makers made an important decision.
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"What has passed?"
Latis looked up, glanced at the magical fluctuations flowing along the top of the tunnel using his personal magic network, and scratched his head.
In fact, he never intended to put on a show for the decision-makers. He just felt that even a place to rest should feel like a home, given the dilapidated state of the palace.
If A'te and the others come to visit my palace and see it like this, people who don't know better might think I live in a tunnel. If I also get some Old Beijing chicken rolls, oh my, that would be truly authentic...
Latis suddenly fell into deep thought.
I originally thought Titan Palace was just a simple launch base for Unit-01, but when I brought Silver Teacher here this time, I found that the magic array inside was actually quite well set up. It had only become plain because of years of disrepair.
In the simulated memories, he did not attach great importance to this palace. After moving it to Titania, he used it as a base for the puppets and his own warehouse. The city lord's mansion and mage tower were built slowly by Arterifus and Silvershur.
However, looking at it now, this fully armed palace seems more and more suitable to be transformed into a mage tower...
Wait a minute, why does this feel so familiar?
Latis couldn't help but scratch his head. It seemed that... the current Herod Mage Tower was converted from Yashutia's alchemy hut. Could it be that he was going to sacrifice another alchemist's house?
Haha, what a coincidence! Now that things have come to this, we can only thank nature for its bounty.
He watched as Yin Xiuer curiously knocked on the door at the end of the passageway not far away. Suddenly snapping out of his reverie, he quickly stepped forward, took her hand, and turned to the decision-maker, asking:
"Decision-maker, is this the main hall of the imperial palace?"
The decision-maker raised his head, looked at the palace doors so close at hand, stood there for a moment, and finally spoke:
"Yes... my lord."
She paused, gave a slight bow, and walked to Latis's side. The magical aura around her slowly accumulated and then transformed into effortless power.
hum-
As the door was slowly pushed open, the decision-maker turned to look at Latis beside him and whispered:
“My lord, we have been waiting for you for a very long time.”
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"Acceleration!"
"Holy crap, help me out!"
"Man! Hold on to me!"
The two foreign correspondents from the London Daily News were now in an extremely dangerous situation.
The mid-level mage gripped his companion's hand tightly, his gaze filled with fear as he was pulled and swayed back and forth.
Those are... the rogue rulers of the forest, the "Forest Demon Wolves"!
In fact, in the first edition of the monster encyclopedia printed by the Lundia Library, the original name of the "Forest Wolf" was "Wandering Ruler of the Forest". This is because these wolf-like monsters do not have a fixed territory. Sometimes they will appear in Dragon Horn Territory to steal rice stalks from the fields, and sometimes they will roam in the Wilderness Territory to hunt weak monsters such as flying monsters. But most of the time they will live in the Forest Sea Territory, where the rich natural resources are enough for them to reproduce and thrive.
However, as people gradually became familiar with this monster, they unanimously changed its nickname to "the rogue ruler of the forest"... because this monster was just too damn strange!
"Ouch!"
With a wolf howl, the scraping sensation returned to the mid-level mage's buttocks. He looked at his trousers, now riddled with a large hole from the wolf's licking, and cried out in despair to his companion:
"Run, damn it, run!"
"I told you a long time ago to prepare more auxiliary spells when unlocking spells..."
His companion, breathing heavily, estimated the remaining number of spell slots and their cooldowns. A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes as he whispered:
"Hey buddy, cover me! We'll have a chance to escape soon!"
"……it is good!"
The mid-level mage gritted his teeth. His spell list consisted mainly of spells that utilized tools or were used in short-term battles. In the face of being chased by a pack of wolves, these spells were not as useful as support spells. Therefore, he could only trust his companion's judgment.
"Roar!" Another demonic wolf pounced, flicking its tongue and instantly tearing another hole in the mid-level mage's trousers.
"Grass!"
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