Lord: I have built a witch's sanctuary.

Chapter 46 Guarding Mechanism

That red light was too dazzling.

The entire Rust Border seemed to instantly transform from a sleeping mechanical tomb into a madman running a high fever.

Hundreds of screens were simultaneously displaying the same content.

The scarlet "0" and "1" are jumping wildly, so fast that it makes people feel dizzy.

Each beat was accompanied by a short, sharp beep from the speaker.

That kind of sound makes you want to vomit after listening to it for a while.

"What is this? Some kind of cursed inscription?"

Olivia covered her ears, her face pale as she stared at the nearest screen.

As a witch, she could sense the magic in the air becoming violent and chaotic.

Those numbers are not inanimate objects.

They seemed to be alive, twisting and rearranging on the screen, exuding a nauseating malice.

"Is that ancient language?"

The flame in Anna's hand had already risen, illuminating the surroundings, but her voice still trembled: "I've been looking at it for too long... my head hurts."

Lorraine stood at the camp entrance, staring blankly at the numbers.

In his view, it was a different scene altogether.

The "Witch's Codex" in his mind was running wildly, and the usually cold, mechanical voice sounded urgent at this moment.

[WARNING: Logic pollution detected; binary language detected]

[Decoding in progress...]

[Decoding complete.]

The red numbers in front of Lorraine instantly disintegrated and reassembled into text that he could understand.

Those weren't some complicated ancient runes.

It wasn't some profound magic spell.

That was pure, hysterical roaring.

Get out!!!

Outsiders...die!!!

This place doesn't belong to you! Go back!

[Kill! Kill ...

Lorraine squinted.

"Olivia".

"Huh? I'm here!" Olivia was startled when she was called out.

"You just asked what those runes meant."

Lorraine's voice was eerily calm, "Believe me, you'll never want to know the translation results in your lifetime."

clack clack...

A sickening metallic scraping sound came from the darkness at the edge of the square.

The sound was initially very soft, like a mouse gnawing on a bone.

But the sound quickly grew louder, coalescing into a torrent of steel.

"Alert! One o'clock position!"

Victor abruptly pulled up his armor, and the Winter Barrier on his body condensed into ice armor as he assumed a fighting stance.

In the darkness, pairs of red electronic eyes lit up.

Those are the city's "security guards".

To be precise, they were formerly security robots.

They are no longer what they used to be.

The once smooth metal shells were covered with rust crystals resembling tumors, the mechanical arms were forcibly twisted into the shape of claws, and some robots even had several long-withered human skeletons stuck in their heads.

Rust Patrolman (Berserk Mode)

[Level: Tier 2]

[Note: Ancient machines corrupted by a strange force no longer obey the Three Laws of Robotics; their sole command is to eliminate all carbon-based life.]

"Only second-order?"

Victor glanced at it, his tense muscles relaxing slightly.

If it's an enemy of this caliber, with his current strength as a third-tier knight, plus this Winter's Barrier armor, he could easily...

"roar--!!!"

A roar that sounded neither like a machine nor like a wild beast shattered his illusion.

The mechanical monsters didn't rush in to their deaths like mindless zombies.

Halfway through their charge, the dozen or so robots at the front suddenly stopped, and the reactors on their chests flashed a blinding red light.

Immediately afterwards, the metal backplates behind them popped open, revealing several sizzling connecting rods.

Click!

More than a dozen robots were physically connected at that moment!

A pale blue hexagonal light shield instantly formed in front of them, then rapidly expanded, completely enveloping the dense tide of mechanical waves behind them.

hum-

The thickness and brightness of the light shield caused Victor's pupils to shrink sharply.

That's not the kind of energy fluctuation that a second-order being could have.

That condensed magical energy reaction even surpassed his own when he had just advanced to the third rank!

"This is impossible..."

Victor growled incredulously, "How could a bunch of second-tier junk possibly support a shield of peak third-tier strength?!"

Is this the technology of ancient civilizations?

Even if you turn into a monster, even if all that's left is a pile of scrap metal, this damned tactical coordination module is still working!

"Fire!"

Lorraine coldly gave the order.

The lava beams roared out from the watchtower and slammed into the massive light shield.

boom!

Flames exploded.

But the light shield only rippled slightly, without even a crack appearing.

Conversely, the mechanical monsters protected by the light shield were advancing while raising their mutated arms.

Da da da da da!

The rusty rotary machine gun spewed deadly flames.

Bullets struck the camp's defensive towers, sending sparks flying.

Olivia also tried to manipulate the enchanted flame vines to attack the shield, but unfortunately, neither the advanced vines' armor-piercing ability nor their enchanted explosive power could overcome it.

All of these only created ripples on the blue energy shield, having no real impact.

"It's over..."

Olivia watched as the impenetrable wall of light drew ever closer, her voice trembling with tears.

"They're impossible to damage! As long as they're connected, they share energy. Unless we can break through their energy shield in one strike, otherwise..."

"There's nothing that can't be broken."

Lorraine's voice suddenly rang in her ear.

Lorraine stood behind the cover on the city wall, silently observing the group of machines that were firing wildly as they approached.

His eyes had turned completely silver-white, like a computer performing precise calculations.

In his eyes.

That seemingly perfect combined shield is being dismantled by the Witch's Codex into countless flowing data lines.

That's not magic.

That's mathematics.

It is the topological structure of energy flow.

He raised his hand and pointed to the lower left corner of the light shield.

"Everyone, heed my command."

"Victor, use your Winter's Bulwark to draw fire from the three o'clock position, then go for the shield that looks the thickest."

"Anna, use your Lava Beam to bombard the area at four o'clock, the spot flashing to the upper right of the shield."

"Olivia, use Exploding Vines to hit the lower right side of the shield directly in front of you!"

Lorraine calmly issued one command after another, seemingly ignoring the frenzied machine fire pouring down on him.

Everyone was stunned.

Victor struggled to maintain his ice armor, enduring the impact of the bullets: "Young Master! What's the point of fighting like that? That light shield is a whole-body defense; the force will be distributed across all units..."

This is a very simple reason.

To deal with the Combined Shield, you either need to use overwhelming force to defeat it, or you can only wear it down until the opponent's energy is depleted.

What's the difference between poking here and hitting there and tickling an elephant?

"Shut up and do as I say."

Lorraine offered no explanation, only giving him a cold glance.

There was an irresistible sense of authority in his eyes, as if he were not on a battlefield, but a surgeon standing in front of an operating table.

"three."

"two."

"one."

"Let's do it!"

Upon receiving this command, the people, who were already accustomed to obeying orders, acted faster with their bodies than with their minds.

Victor's longsword, wreathed in flames, pierced precisely at the inconspicuous corner Lorraine had designated.

At the same time, Anna's lava beam blasted in the direction Lorraine had specified.

Olivia gritted her teeth, channeled her magic, and several thick vines burst from the ground, slamming violently into the energy shield.

It looks completely haphazard.

It was just a completely random, chaotic attack.

however--

At the very moment when these three seemingly unrelated attacks struck simultaneously.

The massive, indestructible light shield, capable of withstanding even third-tier attacks, suddenly trembled violently.

hum! ! !

A piercingly loud, high-frequency noise echoed throughout the entire square.

It's like someone forcibly stuffing a pebble into a sophisticated clock.

The originally smooth-running energy circuit experienced a fatal energy conflict at this moment due to the simultaneous overload of three key nodes.

The energy has flowed back!

"Now!"

Lorraine snapped his fingers.

Snap—Boom!

The blue light shield that had filled everyone with despair shattered into countless light fragments, just like glass being smashed by a heavy hammer!