Chapter 123 United
The site of the airship excavation is located in the west-central part of the world of Manlow. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this place belongs to the border of the Kingdom of Middle-earth. Because it still needs the help of Shadow Keep, and the portal is extremely restrictive. After a little consideration, Du Shen decided to temporarily return to the eastern world for development.
Therefore, Du Shen piloted the airship, crossed the Kingdom of Middle-earth, Kolos, and flew to the southeast.
Kolos belongs to the territory of the Radiant Sanctuary. It is blessed with fertile soil, mostly plains, and is very prosperous. Because it was far away from Du Shen's earlier activity area, there were few rumors about the Lich King.
In order to facilitate the collection of the Force, and also to stimulate the temple, Du Shen stopped almost every city along the way to spread the so-called gospel.
The person in charge of spreading the gospel was none other than the sorcerer's apprentice named Helen. At the beginning, under the guise of rebuilding the Death Ridge, Du Shen accepted more than 300 wizard apprentices with excellent qualifications. Later, the Black Blade Legion was formed, and Du Shen incorporated these apprentices into it.
These apprentices are now trained by Du Shen to be the operators of airships. The operation of the airship does not need to be watched all the time. These apprentices have a lot of time to continue their studies and improve themselves.
Helen was chosen as a specific person to preach the gospel. It was because Du Shen found that Helen's attitude towards herself was slightly abnormal. And when Helen first preached the gospel and blew up the temple. Her mood was particularly suspicious. Du Shen couldn't help but suspect that there was something wrong with Helen's identity.
Du Shen did not say anything, but secretly verified his guess. Therefore, he directly designated Helen as the main candidate for the spread of the gospel.
After a long period of observation, Du Shen basically determined that Helen was probably a spy sent by the Temple. But Du Shen didn't plan to dispose of her for the time being. At times, Du Shen needed to deliver a message to the temple. Now that he had a spy by his side, he thought it would be best to use it directly to save effort.
The normal flight speed of the airship can be maintained at more than 30 kilometers per hour. However, because of the need to preach the gospel, there were intermittent stops on the way. The distance flown by the airship every day is less than 500 kilometers.
Du Shen was not in a hurry, he returned to the Death Ridge through the Tide Gate every day. Even, later, as the wizards became more proficient in the operation of airships, Du Shen sometimes stayed directly on the Death Ridge for a whole day.
Du Shen was not afraid, and Helen fled in an airship. Not to mention that at this time, it is still far from the sphere of influence of the Flame Temple, and there are a large number of wizards stationed on the airship, and they can detect abnormalities at any time.
Du Shen spread the gospel along the way and achieved great results. Over time, the name of the Lich King spread not only throughout Middle-earth, but also farther afield.
And the prestige of the Radiant Temple has also suffered a heavy blow. Because of the Templars' policy of "foolishness," the common people may have known that wizards were capable of performing many magical sorcery. But what they don't know is that there was a brilliant wizarding civilization in ancient times. At that time, it was not uncommon for buildings to be able to fly in mid-air.
It is precisely because civilians never thought that they could have man-made tools to fly in mid-air. So when they saw the performance of the airship, the impact was extremely strong. In particular, the volume of the airship is so huge.
Many civilians who have experienced airship sermons really regard airships as miracles. Although they were forced by the temple for hundreds of years, these people did not dare to reveal their true thoughts. But there are really people who secretly worship the so-called true god Lich King.
In fact, over time, the followers of these Lich Kings gathered spontaneously and gradually formed churches of greater or less.
These churches, of course, were severely exterminated by the temple and the royal family. However, although the church has been wiped out, the followers of the Lich King have always been difficult to purge them.
In short, because of Du Shen's actions, the Middle-earth Kingdom, which has been stable for hundreds of years, has revealed the atmosphere of decay, has made waves. The waves seem to be small, but they have never subsided.
It took about two months for the airship to slowly leave the borders of Middle-earth.
For two months, the Radiant Sanctuary was furious, and naturally tried to ambush and snipe the airship. However, on the one hand, the airship moved faster than the horse, and on the other hand, the temple had enjoyed too much comfort and was slow to respond to emergencies. Eventually, several ambushes organized by the Temple fell behind the airship. The ambush personnel of the temple can be said to have chased the airship for a month in vain.
For two months, the Templars were unable to stop the enemy's arrogant roaming around, nor did it take the slightest revenge on the enemy. The prestige of the Temple of Radiance has been hit harder than ever. In the kingdom of Middle-earth, many nobles who had been harmed by the Templars took the opportunity to ridicule them in private. This ridicule intensified, so much so that the royal family reprimanded it in plain terms one after another.
The Radiant Temple, in fact, has already obtained relevant news about Du Shen from the Flame Temple. Earlier, they had never paid attention to it, and had only secretly watched the jokes of the Flame Temple. Now, after a long period of pain, the Radiant Sanctuary is afraid that it hates Du even more than the Flame Sanctuary. The Radiant Sanctuary began sending high-ups to visit the Flame Sanctuary. The two sides exchanged information about Du Shen and tried to cooperate to eliminate Du Shen's forces.
As information was exchanged and summarized, the upper echelons of the two temples were in shock at the same time. According to the retrospective and verification of the Flame Temple, just over three years ago, Du Shen was just an ordinary civilian. At that time, his own strength was definitely not at the knight level.
And according to the recently collected information, Du Shen's own strength is at least close to that of the Earth Knight. What's more, he gathered crowds one after another. The Flame Sanctuary had thought that by sowing discord between Teresa and Du Shen, it would weaken his power. Who would have thought, this Flame Sanctuary has just been celebrating the completion of the plan. Over there, Du Shen made a bigger move, revealing a stronger force.
With the speed of Du Shen's rise and the strength of the development momentum. The high-level leaders of the two temples unanimously believed that Du Shen was a big problem for the temple and must be eliminated as soon as possible.
"It's amazing, it's amazing!" Ralph from the Temple of Radiance shook his head and sighed one after another. He put down the file in his hand: "That is, in the early three years, let him stir up so many storms." In another three years, I am afraid that he will have the power to shake the foundation of the temple. He must be dealt with as soon as possible! ”
"yes!" Evgeny could not help but feel melancholy. He was really curious about how Du Shen found the long-lost Floating City. Du Shen's luck is too good, right? As soon as he was forced away from the Shadow Keep, he immediately crossed a distance of tens of thousands of miles to find the Floating City.
Yevgeny thought to himself: "Is Du Shen too lucky, or does he already know the location of the Floating City?" "The more the imam thinks about it, the more terrifying he feels.
"Are you sure," Ralph leaned forward and leaned slightly towards Evgeny, "Is it true that Du Shen and Shadowkeep have broken with each other?" If Shadowkeep owns the Floating City, things are even more troublesome! ”
A little worry flashed through Yevgeny's heart. He smiled calmly: "According to our multiple spies, the possibility of Du Shen breaking with the Shadow Castle is as high as ninety percent. ”
"That's fine," Ralph sat upright, "he's only three or four thousand, and things can be reversed." I don't think it's just the two of us that can do this, but the other temples have to help. With us as a lesson from the past, other temples can't wait until they are bullied by Du Shen to join in! ”
Yevgeny knew Ralph's helplessness. In fact, after learning the specific information of the floating city, Yevgeny also felt at a loss. With the performance of the Floating City, if Du Shen was running around hiding and hiding, the temple really had no choice.
The speed of the floating city is not too fast. At least the good Maxima will be able to catch up. However, the Floating City can move in a straight line regardless of the terrain. Mountains and rivers that are difficult for others to cross, the floating city can easily fly over.
It was precisely because of the superiority of the floating city's movement that it was difficult for the temple to keep track of its location closely. Even the location of the Floating City could not be accurately grasped, and even if the Temple had the ability to destroy the Floating City, it could only be helpless.
"It seems that the only way to do this is to set a trap," said Yevgeny, "and to fight the rabbit with all his might." We should contact all parties and form a coalition to work together to eliminate Du Shen. I'll be in charge of liaising with the Tempest and the Thunder Empire. The other two, you are responsible for intervening, how about it? ”
Ralph nodded in agreement.
On the other side, the airship was already approaching Purple Rock City, the capital of the Thunder Empire. The airship did not go straight to the capital, but hovered over the hills near the imperial tomb. Du Shen landed on the ground from the airship. He went alone to the imperial tomb to meet with Yakov, who had been agreed a long time ago.
Inside and outside the imperial mausoleum, it is heavily guarded. Because Yakov had already ordered it, Du Shen was not searched. He was brought to Yakov by a detachment of guards.
The moon was shining, and Yakov was sitting leisurely in a chaise longue drinking tea. Yakov didn't get up, and stretched out his hand to invite Du Shen to sit next to him: "I thought you would drive the floating city over directly!" Actually, I'd love to see what the lost Floating City of Antiquity was like. ”
Du Shen smiled, picked up the hot tea on the table and sipped lightly: "It's not that I'm worried that you will misunderstand." ”
Yakov waved away the maid standing next to him. It wasn't until the three maids walked away that Yakov said, "I heard that you fell out with Teressa?" How about it, are you interested in helping me? I will give you a prince's throne. If you want an independent territory, there is no problem. ”
Du Shen smiled and put down the teacup: "Are you kidding?" With my relationship with the Temple, you dare to take me in? ”
"What don't you dare," Yakov snorted contemptuously, "I call the shots of my empire." As long as you are loyal to me, I will protect you! ”
"Forget it," Du Shen shook his head, "I suspect that if I am loyal to you, you will soon be unable to sleep, and I will worry day and night that I will seek to take your throne." ”
"Haha...... Yakov chuckled heartily, "it's really possible." To get to the point, what is the matter with you asking me? ”
Du Shen half-joked: "I'm here to collect protection money." ”
Yakov straightened up: "What do you need?" ”
A blank piece of paper appeared in Du Shen's hand and handed it to Yakov.
Yakov took the blank paper and glanced at it: "What do I get?" ”
Du Shen lay down on his back easily: "Presumably, you have heard of my actions in the Middle-earth Kingdom. I can go and scourge Darik's territory. As long as you're not afraid of the temple getting you in trouble. ”
"Hmph," Yakov scoffed, "the Flame Sanctuary has long been in collusion with Darek. I haven't settled accounts with them yet! I agreed to the deal. As long as it's in Derrick's territory, whatever you want! ”