Lord of Mysterious Wizard
Chapter 454: 433 Clarkwo

Chapter 454: Chapter 433 Clarkwo

Main City’s Blake Street, the sixty-three-story Thunder God Building, is not particularly conspicuous amidst the ancient forest-like cluster of buildings, but its name consistently appears on the “Secret Phoenix City’s Most Worth Visiting Buildings List.”

Because this name represents the peak era of Secret Phoenix City, the city of steel and mechanics.

At that time, the Thunder God Building was the headquarters of the famous mechanical giant, Thunder God Company. Although the company has since gone bankrupt and liquidated, it left behind various splendid records. Many tourists fascinated by that era would choose to visit the Thunder God Building when they come to Secret Phoenix City.

Tang Qi and Rafael, along with their group, met the person in charge of the Hansel Heritage Management Foundation on the eighth floor, a middle-aged man with a big beard named Nicholas, who has large cheeks and always maintained a bright smile, welcoming Tang Qi and the others.

After confirming Tang Qi’s intent to purchase, Nicholas, along with a few staff members, enthusiastically led everyone to a huge warehouse in the suburbs.

Stepping on the cold, hard floor, their eyes were met with large, industrially-flavored artifacts, extremely punk steam planes, tanks flashing with a cold light, purely conceptual amphibious armored vehicles, or the Fire God Cannon that was developed but never deployed in war…

A few minutes of walking revealed just how aggressive the former Thunder God Company was.

Most of these items have become antiques.

The best fate for them is to enter the Mechanical Monster Museum.

This includes, in the next moment, the “Queen Serano” that Nicholas controlled machinery to uncover, which appeared before everyone under the lifting cover.

Compared to the state at the time of activation shown in magazines, what appeared was a bloated, gigantic silver-black airplane.

Its belly area was at least half bigger than other models of planes.

“Gentlemen, and this lady, please step back a bit, you are about to witness a miracle skill by Master Hansel.”

“Click-click-click~ Roar!”

As Big Beard’s voice fell, Queen Serano immediately transformed, its sharp and domineering features accompanied by the surging out of a mechanical dragon body, the simulated real dragon-cast nose, with bright red lights like dragon eyes shining over, and the storm-like roar echoed in the warehouse.

Although transforming once used up a lot of electricity, if they could sell it by this opportunity, it would be a great achievement.

Nicholas thought so, and immediately turned his head, hoping to see the shocked expressions on the faces of those who seemed like “rich second generations”; he had used this trick numerous times with unfailing success – every guest got scared to pee, though he never managed to sell it, believing it was due to the price.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated this time.

The expression on Tang Qi and his group’s faces remained very calm.

Rafael and Jennifer were already used to it, because the “William” was a modified extraordinary-class official plane, and Old Coulson, as a member of the William family, there weren’t many people in the entirety of Secret Phoenix City richer than him.

Tang Qi didn’t pay any attention to Big Beard’s small tricks, his gaze intense, resting on Queen Serano.

Rich ghost lights swept and released.

[Curios: Queen Serano.]

[State: Normal.]

[Information Fragment One: A special mechanical curio cast by a near-legendary Artifact Forger during the period when the Spiritual Tide was severed. Despite using a large amount of extraordinary materials, its nature still lies between the extraordinary and ordinary mechanics. After the return of the Spiritual Tide, its extraordinary attributes are reviving.]

[Information Fragment Two: The core of the Queen Serano, originated from Hansel’s special Casting Skill, which is an energy conversion technique only he mastered. After the Mysterious Side suffered heavy damage, there are still some curios, like some gemstones infused with magic power that can be used. Hansel’s design allows a gemstone to supply the Queen Serano’s flight for dozens of hours, but with the Spiritual Tide severed rapidly, the magic power inside most of the gemstones drained away in ten years, rendering the design obsolete.]

[Information Fragment Three: With the return of the Spiritual Tide, this design can be reactivated.]

…

As the information fragments flowed past, Tang Qi slightly lowered his head, a look of surprise emerging in his eyes.

Indeed, his guess was right.

As a transitional work, Hansel couldn’t help but incorporate extraordinary elements into his designs.

The reason why Queen Serano was notable to be put into use is because, essentially, it belongs to the Mysterious Side—when the Spiritual Tide was severed, it was just a heap of scrap metal, but now it is different.

“Let’s go inside and take a look!”

Tang Qi actively proposed, which somewhat delighted Big Beard, showing that the guests were indeed interested in buying.

He quickly opened the cabin door, leading everyone inside.

The interior of the Queen Serano was rough and bold but showed complex, luxurious details in some places, a style that was very popular ninety years ago during that era.

However, Tang Qi wasn’t concerned with these details; he just silently observed until they entered the cockpit, where the extremely complicated and perfectly integrated mechanical creations were displayed before them, those dark, cold dials and rugged, hefty control sticks exuding an irresistible charm.

“It’s an art piece!”

Even Jennifer thought so at that moment.

Tang Qi, after marveling, his gaze suddenly paused for a second on an area in front of the control sticks, then swiftly glided away.

No longer harboring any doubts, he made a decision in his mind.

After completing the tour, the group descended from Queen Serano, and Big Beard Nicholas looked nervously towards Tang Qi, evidently knowing that he was the final decision-maker. Before Tang Qi could speak, Nicholas suddenly remembered something.

He slapped his forehead, then fiercely turned towards another corner of the warehouse.

There seemed to be some large objects accumulated there, and when Nicholas used machinery to lift the covering cloth, seven pieces of bizarre equipment, which altogether were about half the size of the Queen Serano, came into everyone’s view.

They looked like giant fish-shaped spaceships, rounded and swollen, with bulgy abdomens shaped like spheres, and a silvery white exterior. At their tail ends were more than a dozen circular cracks, through which complex iron structures could faintly be seen.

“Clarkwo Airship, these are complementary flying machines for the Queen Serano. All materials and designs are the same as the Queen Serano. If you wish, you can purchase them together, for an additional fifty thousand, no, just twenty thousand Divine Grace, and they will all be yours.”

“Right, Clarkwo is a legendary demon that specifically served Queen Serano. It possesses a deadly toxin that no creature other than giant dragons can resist.”

To increase the persuasiveness, Big Beard added a legendary anecdote.

However, he didn’t need to say much more; in the depths of Tang Qi’s eyes, a ghostly light pulsated, containing even more detailed information.

Blinking, Tang Qi fixed his gaze on Nicholas, a smile appearing on his face, and then he said, “One hundred thousand Divine Grace, I’ll take all of these…”

Hearing the first few words, Big Beard, who was about to smile, immediately turned rigid.

Selling the Queen Serano was purely unloading a burden.

While the Clarkwo Airship still had some utility, Nicholas was confident he could make at least a few thousand Gold Coins from them.

Now, however, he was in a dilemma; it was clear that he couldn’t sell the Queen Serano without agreeing. He wished he could slap himself for being so rash with his hands.

Just as he was ruefully smiling, preparing to make another effort.

Another voice from Tang Qi pulled him from hell back to heaven.

“Full payment, if you can get them assembled within a half-hour and arrange the runway for takeoff, you’ll receive an additional thousand Divine Grace as a bonus.”

“No problem, esteemed guest.”

The power of Divine Grace was clearly demonstrated.

Upon hearing “full payment” and “additional bonus,” Nicholas immediately became enthusiastic, shouting at the workers to stuff the seven comically-shaped flying machines into the Queen Serano and then arranging the runway.

Half an hour later, Big Beard joyfully collected a Gold Card worth one hundred thousand and an additional bonus of one thousand from Tang Qi.

Besides arranging the runway, all other tasks like assigning pilots and service staff were forgotten after Tang Qi exchanged a glance with him.

Big Beard left, and Tang Qi and his companions turned to look at Rafael.

The latter smiled faintly, took the lead into the cabin, and after a short familiarization, Rafael operated without any obstacles.

A few breaths later, everyone felt the roaring and vibrations under their feet.

“Roar!”

“Boom~ Hoo hoo”

In the open runway in the outskirts of Secret Phoenix City, an ancient giant dragon-like mechanical beast roared as if burdened, its bright red searchlights like blood-red eyes. Even during the day, it looked incredibly terrifying, and it wobbled as it took off.

Because of its huge size, the “Illusion Spell” Tang Qi used to conceal it consumed more Magic Power than ever before.

The real scene was unstable in the air, seeming like it might fall at any moment.

“It won’t last ten minutes; it won’t reach Dragon Heart Castle like this.”

When Rafael spoke those words, Tang Qi suddenly stepped forward.

With Magic Power enveloping his palm, he lightly touched the control stick area and saw a series of “clicking” sounds; machinery turned over, and a thin booklet appeared from within.

The cover, written in Ancient Federation Language, was:

“Queen Serano Operation Guide!”

Tang Qi picked up the booklet and flipped it open directly.

After going through a few pages, Tang Qi touched under the control panel again and heard a click sound, a special device popped out with ten slots, at the bottom of which were complex Rune Magic symbols.

Tang Qi took out a previously reserved gemstone “Valata Stone” from Gluttony and placed it into the first slot.

The moment the gem touched the rune, dazzling Radiance suddenly filled the cabin. Surging Magic Power followed the mysterious lines, beginning to circulate through the entire body of the Queen Serano, instantly stabilizing the previously bumpy machine.

When Rafael pushed the control stick down, a roar like that of a giant dragon that had been brewing for a long time resounded through the void.

“Boom!”

The wing of the Queen Serano, like the wings of a real giant dragon, flapped violently, and with explosive speed, carried them directly towards Green Dragon Ridge Lake.

…

Outside of Dragon Heart Castle in the Lake Heart Island Secret Realm.

Selma, accompanied by dozens of students of various sizes, headed into the dense forest beside the castle. Her few plant puppets guarded on both sides, as they were about to start the “Extraordinary Plant Class”, which was Selma’s first lesson. The prideful girl felt somewhat nervous, her mind filled with the lesson plans she had prepared.

As she was moving forward intently, suddenly a disturbance came from behind.

Instinctively, Selma released Poison Vine to protect the students while following the children’s gaze up to the sky.

Similar noises occurred elsewhere in the castle.

All the students and teachers stared somewhat blankly at the terrifying, cold giant beast in the sky, flapping storms as it descended towards Dragon Heart Castle.