Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Cheka took a few gulps of the potion and carefully placed the bottle back inside his coat, continuing to watch the miners busying themselves outside the rocky wall through the window.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

More than half a minute quickly passed, and suddenly there was movement behind Cheka.

"Hmm?"

Lying on the table, in the middle of a dream, Pandora awoke with a soft whimper, swiftly raised her head, and looked at the physical scroll spread out on the table, only to find that the problem that had troubled her earlier was still there. In the answer area, apart from the wavy line she had drawn, there was nothing else.

With sleepy eyes, Pandora frowned deeply.

Still haven't solved it? I distinctly remember solving it just now, was I dreaming?

Bad luck!

Thinking about it, Pandora yawned hugely, trying to gather her spirit to continue fighting. Just as she was about to pick up the quill, she suddenly heard a sound behind her, turned sluggishly, and saw a man in a black coat looking at her.

Their gazes met in mid-air, and the two stared at each other for several seconds.

Pandora looked puzzled, being too sleepy and having her mind occupied with math problems, she reacted insignificantly to the stranger.

Cheka glanced at Pandora and chuckled softly, speaking gently, "Did I disturb you? Sorry, just continue sleeping, I'll be here a while and then I'll leave."

"You..." Pandora looked at Cheka's smile and felt her brain twist further, "You... who are you?"

"Don't worry about who I am." Cheka said, "Anyway, I won't hurt you, little girl.

The reason I'm here is that I found this place suitable for hiding and observing the situation of the mine, allowing me to gather some information to complete my mission.

Of course, I'm saying a lot that you probably don't understand. But you should just sleep when you wake up, you probably won't remember me. Good, sleep!"

Cheka slowly approached Pandora and spoke. After finishing his speech, he gave a bright smile, like a neighborly big brother, reached out, and gently pinched Pandora's cheek.

Pandora's mind was still foggy, and so she actually let Cheka pinch her.

After pinching, Cheka didn't say anything further, thinking Pandora was just an ordinary little girl, turned around to head back to the window to continue observing.

But after taking two steps, he suddenly found his clothes were being tugged - grabbed by Pandora.

Hmm?

Cheka froze but wasn't angry, he slowly turned back to look at Pandora, asking, "What's up, do you want me to tell you a story... ah!"

Cheka hadn't fully turned his head, hadn't finished speaking, suddenly it transformed into a short exclamation.

Cheka then felt a small hand sharply grasp his arm, followed by a nearly irresistible force lifting him like a sack, then thrown towards the door.

"Crash!"

A loud sound, the thick wooden door shattered instantly, and Cheka was uncontrollably sent flying out.

It wasn't until he was about to hit the ground that Cheka reacted, quickly casting a spell, enveloping himself in a layer of gray energy film to cushion the impact, thus avoiding serious injury.

Even so, after landing, shakily standing up, he still spat out a small mouthful of blood.

"Wow!"

Spitting out blood, Cheka looked up, widened his eyes, and gazed at the room he had stayed in. He then saw Pandora with a tense little face, cautiously stepping out, staring straight at him.

At this moment, Pandora had clearly awakened, reacted, looking at Cheka and speaking, "You're a bad guy!"

"I..." Cheka opened his mouth, expression odd. He examined Pandora up and down for quite a while, a bit unbelieving that it was he who had been thrown out by Pandora, unable to help but ask, "How... how did you do it? How could you possibly have such great strength?"

Pandora didn't explain, merely repeated to Cheka, "You're a bad guy!"

Cheka took a breath, attempting to defend himself, "Little girl, I'm definitely not a bad guy, I'm actually the good guy. See, I haven't harmed anyone, right? Moreover, I haven't harmed you. In truth, I'm merely here at the mine to look around, understand some situations..."

Cheka's words were interrupted by Pandora.

Pandora loudly and confidently stated, "You are a bad guy! The things you do are entirely what bad guys do! You are completely and utterly a bad guy!"

Cheka: "I..."

Taking a deep breath, Cheka observed Pandora somewhat helplessly, asking, "Little girl, are you so sure that I'm a bad guy? Why? Surely there's a reason, can you explain it to me?"

"I don't want to explain, I just want to hit you. Bad guys should be beaten!" Pandora spoke, not hesitating, stamped her foot, leaping up like a cannonball toward Cheka, followed by a flurry of punches.

"Bang bang!"

Before the fists struck, the sound of air explosions echoed in mid-air, the power was evident.

Cheka's expression changed, not daring to take it lightly, quickly casting a yellow energy shield in front of him to try to block Pandora's attack.

Pandora's fists landed on the energy shield, pounding with "bang bang" sounds, making the energy shield quiver.

Finally, with a "crash", Pandora shattered the shield with a left punch, then a right punch heading towards Cheka's face.

Cheka's expression turned serious watching Pandora's movements, unable to refrain from asking, "Who are you after all?"

While speaking, he raised a hand, throwing a pitch-black energy ball out, meeting Pandora's fists.

"Boom!"

The pitch-black energy ball exploded fiercely, releasing tremendous force, striking Pandora away but not injuring her, just causing her clothes to shred, wobbling a bit after landing before stabilizing.

Cheka also retreated over ten meters, frowning at Pandora, his gaze no longer gentle, but becoming sharp and icy, questioning, "Who exactly are you?"

Pandora couldn't be bothered with Cheka, remembering his cheek-pinching and got angrier, ground her teeth continuing to charge forward.

But after charging a dozen steps, Cheka threw out another pitch-black energy ball, it exploded, directly knocking her back.

"Little girl, who exactly are you? Tell me!" Cheka asked for the third time, his tone very unfriendly, seemingly in a bad mood.

Pandora's mood was even worse, not wanting to answer the question at all. Estimating it, normal combat seems to not be a match for Cheka. Without much hesitation, taking a deep breath, her body began to expand, simultaneously releasing a ferocious aura from within.

At this moment, Pandora finally no longer resembled a harmless little girl, but like an ancient beast showing its true form.