Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 584 - 519 Gear Clan

A steel-made metal off-road vehicle was speeding across the endless terrain.

The smooth ground all along made the off-road vehicle move without obstruction, displaying its extreme speed with abandon.

The Golden Bridge in the sky tirelessly substituted for the sun and moon day and night, emitting dazzling golden light.

Inside the off-road vehicle, Kane sat in the driver's seat, resting quietly with his eyes closed.

In the back seat, Sofina, having moved past the initial excitement, leaned back on her seat, staring blankly at the car roof with vacant eyes.

The entire space inside the vehicle felt very quiet.

At this moment, Kane's voice resonated within the vehicle.

"Sofina, you said you were sent to assist me, so do you have any special abilities?"

After all, saying you're here to assist, they couldn't have sent someone who's incapable of doing anything, right? Being a vase would not prevent them from being despised.

Hearing Kane's words, Sofina snapped back to reality, responding with an emotionless, mechanical-like voice.

"The Golden Bridge Church possesses almost all the knowledge of this continent, and I hold this knowledge. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Is it akin to a consultant's role? However, such a role seems to be prepared for explorers unfamiliar with the world's circumstances.

If other kings had the same kind of sister by their side, it would indeed be understandable why the Red King never had his sister around him.

For princes who have always lived within this dungeon, such advisors are indeed not greatly needed.

But it happens to suit Kane and his group's needs.

Upon hearing Sofina's answer, Kane immediately asked the first question: "So, do you know who the other four kings are? What authority do they each hold?"

"Aside from the Eldest Prince, the Red King, who holds the Authority of Creation, the remaining ones are the Third Prince and Fourth Prince, who are identical twins, yet one is the Black Monarch, and the other is the White Monarch. Their authorities are Death and Life, respectively, born to be natural foes, able to restrain each other naturally."

Upon hearing Sofina's first response, Kane began contemplating. No wonder the Black Monarch and White Monarch are always at war, even their territories are adjacent.

Sofina continued, "The remaining two authorities are held by the eldest daughter with the Authority of the Soul, and the second daughter with the Wisdom Authority."

"Are those the only children of the King of Platinum?"

"Of course not, but besides these five, the others have not obtained any authority. Most have died, with some remaining hidden and incognito across various places."

After hearing Sofina's response, Kane couldn't help rubbing his chin, pondering and asking, "Among the King of Platinum's children, is there a daughter who is inherently capable of enchanting others?"

"The fifth daughter, Julian, the youngest daughter of the King of Platinum was reportedly sent out of the Imperial Palace by the maids serving her, so she's not confirmed to be dead."

So, Heideline is indeed the King of Platinum's daughter.

Kane realized this while living in the town a few days ago but didn't openly ask, and Heideline didn't overly hide it either.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to ask should clarify his doubts.

Thinking of something, Kane looked at the surrounding environment, suddenly realizing something, he immediately said to Yoyo.

"Yoyo, stop here for a moment."

Hearing Kane's words, the vehicle immediately stopped beside.

Neither Yoyo nor Sofina asked why Kane wanted to stop the vehicle, they just saw Kane get off, and Sofina followed suit.

They arrived at a small hill nearby, with a dense grove beside it, and unfamiliar flowers blooming in the woods.

After selecting a good spot, Kane took out one by one transparent round spheres resembling large glass marbles from his space equipment.

Each transparent sphere was the size of one of Kane's fists.

At this time, it could be seen that the center of the spheres was filled with bodies sealed in square purple crystals.

These bodies were precisely those collections of the Red King from the central lake of the Crimson Palace, which Kane had sealed one by one into sealing bubbles and placed in his space equipment.

He carried them not because he shared the Red King's peculiar tastes.

Kane mainly intended to bury the four explorers, the rest were incidental, after all, burying one is the same as burying all, and wouldn't require much more time.

After all, to some extent, they are counted as heroes of resistance.

First were the four explorers' sealing bubbles.

After breaking the bubbles, a purple crystal sealed with a body thudded heavily to the ground, and after repeated steps, four bodies lay side by side on the ground.

Kane didn't know where the escaped explorer was buried, so he could only select a decent place for their burial.

Otherwise, he would have buried them together.

Under Kane's control, the four crystals before him shattered into tiny debris.

The bodies inside emerged, their surfaces seemingly appearing as if they had just died.

Immediately Kane used origin skills to construct four sculpted coffins beneath the bodies, etching some patterns on them.

These are coffin patterns used widely by the public outside.

Then, he condensed the coffins into entities using magic power.

Kane didn't know what customs these bodies originally followed, so he just managed with the current arrangement.

After all, it's a home custom, which surely beats being enshrined as collections all along.

Under Kane's control, the ground opened into a deep pit, and then the four coffins were buried one by one, quickly covered up.

A tombstone appeared above the grave under the reforming function's control.

Engraved on it, "Four brave explorers of the Mist are buried here, may they rest in peace, and their souls reach the Place of Mist."

Then were these remaining bodies, all from the original race of the dungeon, but Kane wouldn't know how they met their demise.

He released them one by one.

At this time, Sofina suddenly said behind Kane, "Wait a moment, Lord of Choice, this one seems to still be alive."

?

Hearing Sofina's words, Kane looked towards the crystal she pointed at.

She was referring to that crystal, which sealed the corpse clad in a tightly-fitting steel armor.

"It's been so long, can it still be alive?"

Sofina nodded and explained, "What's sealed inside is a member of the Gear Clan. They don't need water or air. Being sealed in here, there's naturally no need to consume energy, so the chances of survival are very high."

Upon hearing Sophira's words, Kane nodded.

So it's the Gear Clan sealed in there, Kane had initially thought that the Gear Clan was a race made of gears.

So that's how it is.

Controlling the crystal to crack open, a massive and heavy steel armor fell out.

Upon dropping, the sound of mechanical gears jamming and rotating could be heard, grinding with a clanking noise.

So it's the internal structure of the body made of gears?

Soon, the sound of the gears' movement became smoother, until finally completely silent, where it couldn't be heard unless listened to carefully.

And the eyes of the mechanical armor once again flashed with a blue light.

He opened the mouth-like opening on his helmet and emitted a cough similar to a human's.

With the cough, some black smoke and a few broken gears were coughed out onto the ground.

Watching this scene, Kane couldn't help but wonder if it was phlegm or blood being coughed up?

After coughing, the steel armor slowly got up, letting out an unpleasant creaking sound as it rose.

Because the armor on him had almost entirely deformed.

"Oh my, even an old piece of scrap like me is jamming up."

A synthesized, somewhat elderly voice came from his mouth.

"My cherished armor made of stamped iron turned out like this, damn it!"

As he spoke, he used his iron fist to strike at the bent creases on himself that were obstructing his movement.

Some iron plates were knocked off, or bent and twisted to the side. After modifying for a while, he finally managed to move freely.

Only now did his appearance become even more unsightly.

After finishing this series of actions, he looked at Kane in front of him and said, "Young man, thank you for saving me. What time is it now? I remember I should have died at the hands of that damn androgynous little ghost."

Androgynous little ghost? Could he be talking about the Red Monarch? His appearance does seem somewhat androgynous.

But what time is it now, Kane didn't know either.

At this moment, Sofina's voice came from behind, "It's the Era of Shattering, year 499."

"What! It's already year 499? Have I been imprisoned for over 200 years? Oh my god."

Then, excitedly, he pressed Kane's shoulder and asked, "What about that androgynous little ghost? I mean, how's the Red Monarch now? Is he still ruling? How did you obtain the crystal that sealed me?"

"Don't get excited, take it slow."

As Kane spoke, he pried the iron man's hands from his shoulders.

The display of strength made the iron man close his mouth obediently.

"The Red Monarch is already dead. I just killed him, and as for your crystal, it was my war trophy. I was planning to bury you out of pity."

"Dead? Good, that damn thing is finally dead. What about the other monarchs?"

"All except the Red Monarch are alive."

"Ah, what a pity."

Seeing the iron man seemingly in a state of sadness, Kane did not interrupt, instead moving to the other crystals and shattering them. He then dug a deep pit beside them, burying them one by one.

At this time, the iron man suddenly said, "Wait, can I bury these myself? They are my comrades."

Upon hearing his words, Kane nodded and said, "Of course, by all means."

Saying so, he stepped aside and waved his hand again, digging another deep pit.

"Thank you, thank you."

After they buried those bodies, the iron man walked up to Kane.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Steel Armor, a blacksmith."

Kane pointed to himself and said, "Kane." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Kane, are you overthrowers?"

Kane nodded.

"In the end, it was the overthrowers who achieved the feat of slaughter, I don't know how to repay you."

"No need to repay. If you don't know what to do, just follow along." Kane said, once again summoning an off-road vehicle beside him, this time larger.

Then they boarded the vehicle, continuing to drive leisurely towards the town.

On the vehicle, Steel Armor's attention was completely absorbed by the vehicle, inspecting every part and even wanting to take out his tools to disassemble it for a closer look, but eventually held back.

"May I ask, what powers this vehicle?"

"Magic power, driven by magic."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Steel Armor nodded and raised a question, "This magic power is very concealed, I haven't seen any magic runes or magic power source."

Then the two began to chat. Suddenly meeting someone in the dungeon to talk to, Kane felt quite excited, the conversation becoming more and more enjoyable.

Steel Armor had great insights into pure mechanical structures, and even Kane found some ideas very applicable.

According to Steel Armor, compared to mechanical structure knowledge, he was more skilled in forging.

In his words, his knowledge of mechanics is far behind his forging skills.

And Sofina sat expressionlessly in the back seat, listening to the two talk about things she completely didn't understand.

The vehicle continued forward, only the space was no longer sullen.