Chapter 35: The Master of Steel
The dark ritual takes place in a secret room, and not only the floor, but all the walls are painted with magical runes, which, unlike the commonly used runes, have a heterogeneous style that does not conform to the form of this world, and the mere look at these runes makes you feel indescribably terrifying. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is like looking at a colorful multi-legged worm, which obviously does not pose a threat to people, but people still have a sense of disgust and fear with goosebumps all over their bodies.
Christina stood in the center of a diamond-shaped circle, wearing only black lace underwear, and although her heart was very uneasy, she felt an infinite amount of courage welling up when she looked at Sincla.
"This ritual is likely to be painful and requires me to hypnotize you?"
"No, I will always remember this pain, as the last feeling of humanity."
At this time, Christina took off her eyes, and her lake-green eyes looked at Sinclair with nostalgia, and her long black hair was no longer combed into braids, allowing her long hair to be draped behind her.
"Lord of Steel, Reinventor of Things, hear the prayers of your humble servants."
Sincley began to chant prayers in an unknown language aloud, and as the ritual progressed, the surrounding runes began to slowly move, and an eerie atmosphere spread.
Christina felt like she was being confined by an invisible pressure, as if she had put on a heavy membrane, and when she looked down, the runes under her feet were actually climbing up her legs. She is gradually losing control of her body, and the evil runes are ****ing her skin inch by inch, and the speed is getting faster and faster, and soon she can't even make a sound. Gradually, Christina's mind began to dull, her every thought was stretched, and her every thought was diluted. As the runes spread all over Christina's body, her body began to sink and slowly disappear into the circle.
Where am I? Who am I? What am I doing?
As soon as I thought about it, I felt a sharp pain coming.
I want to scream but can't make a sound.
I want to struggle but I can't feel my hands and feet.
No direction, no time, no ego.
It's like a drop of water in a thick soup that is soaked in an instant.
In the face of an overwhelming quality gap, there is no room for resistance.
The light will be contained by a brighter light, and the darkness will be swallowed up by a deeper darkness.
All the information in the past has been reorganized, and it is clear that it is the same raw material, but the finished product is very different.
Like graphite being transformed into diamond, Christina ushered in a new life.
Sinclair watched silently as Christina resurfaced from the circle, his brow furrowed slightly as he saw the familiar human form.
"Failed?"
The appearance of the crystal gold creature is different from that of ordinary humans, and it has a very special structure, full of metal texture and mechanical beauty.
But when Sincley saw the hideous giant claws, he was immediately ecstatic.
"It's so beautiful, Christina, and you're truly beautiful now. It's a one-of-a-kind miracle, a miracle of creation, and you're so lucky! ”
Unlike his usual bland or bold style, Sincley at this time exudes a heartfelt joy, and he looks at Christina's delicate hand almost greedily, with a look of obsession.
At this point, the ceremony is complete.
Christina's body is more well-proportioned than before, and the injuries on her body are completely healed, and her skin is crystal clear without a single blemish. The long black hair, which originally only reached the waist, almost reached the heels, and there was no wind behind him.
Christina, with her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes, a pair of evocative purple eyes staring at the void without focus.
At this time, Christina is no longer her former self, and now she is like reading a super-detailed autobiography of a character, knowing all her memories and temperament, but she has no sense of substitution. She will inherit her all, but she will think from a new perspective and have a new worldview, outlook on life and values.
The focus of her eyes coalesced, and she saw Hinclair.
"Am I beautiful?"
In the past, Cristina would never have uttered blunt words that made Hinclair stunned, but when he met the purple eyes, he realized that his body was no longer able to move.
"Is this the Magic Eye?"
Just gazing can produce effects such as shock, paralysis, petrification, hypnosis, death, etc., some require eye contact, some don't, and are very practical abilities, often only appearing on monsters with great power.
"Answer my question."
Christina stepped gracefully, her steel claws slashing at the ground, and the runes nearby retreated like frightened fish.
"Of course, you are a hundred times more beautiful now than before."
Sinclair replied categorically, a heartfelt compliment.
"yes, that's great. In that case, you'll love me, right? ”
Christina laughed happily as she gripped Sincley with one hand, carefully keeping the sharp blade out of Hinclave's fragile body, as if holding the most precious of treasures.
"I love steel, I love machinery, I love humans more, and you have all three in one, so I love you three times as much as anything else."
The logic is weird, the words are stiff, but that's what Hinclair thinks.
Christina let go of Sinclair, and the long hair behind her was like countless tentacles, gently hugging Sincley, and she kissed Sincley lightly on the lips.
"Love me as much as you want, use me as you wish, and I will carry out your will unto the end of death."
Because the hands have turned into fierce claws, do you use hair instead of the hands of the past to perform delicate operations?
Even now, Sincley is still thinking about technical issues, which is his habit.
"Next, it is time for everyone to join in the glorious cause and bathe in new life together."
At the end of the memory, Hinclair shook his head, allowing himself to concentrate on the work at hand.
This is where Skyfire once was, and it's also where Hinclair carved the Seal Circle.
"Even Neam didn't see it, was it the result of being a mage and spreading his energy into too many areas? Or have I reached an unrecognizable level of skill? ”
That's right, the sealing circle depicted in front of Neham's eyes at that time was actually fake, otherwise Simon would not have been able to successfully pull out the Heavenly Fire Holy Sword with a dying body.
The real purpose of this disguised seal circle is to serve as a node for a large circle.
The power of magic exists in all things, whether it is the sky, the earth, or the ocean, it is full of magical energy, and these energies will gather together to form rivers within a certain range, which the mage calls the energy flow. Lakes or oceans formed by the gathering of magical energy can only exist in other planes due to their huge energy, becoming a paradise for all kinds of fantasy creatures, the most famous of which is the Chaos Sea, countless worlds have been tormented by the horror of demons.
By the way, the description of the universe in the world theory proposed by the mages is as follows: there are multiple planes in this multiverse where we are located, and the main plane, also known as the material plane, is the center of the multiverse, and there are countless worlds in the main plane, which can also be understood as planets, and Essos, where we are located, is also one of the worlds; It is said that powerful mages can open the gates of the otherworld, connect this world with other worlds, or travel to other planes for a fantasy journey; And powerful empires or organizations even span countless worlds, but even so, for this vast multiverse, it is only a grain of sand.
Back to the topic, the node below this temple is one of the important energy flow fulcrums of Silver City, and the Heavenly Fire Holy Sword draws energy from it for its own use.
The circle that Sinclair had portrayed at the beginning was just a prototype, after all, under the suppression of the Heavenly Fire Holy Sword, it was almost impossible for this node to be used by others, but now it was different.
"Simon, who the hell are you?"
Sincley has very mixed feelings about Simon, both appreciating and hating, because what people like and hate the most is often themselves, looking at Simon, Sincley seems to be looking in the mirror, that is what he used to be.
"When people are old, they love to remember, am I already old?"
As an elemental race, Hinclave has a very long lifespan, almost more than 1,000 years, and his current age is only in his youth if converted to human. But having lived among humans since childhood, he has adapted to the rhythm of human beings, and his heart is already old.
After drawing the circle of nodes here, Hinclair counted the remaining nodes that needed to be completed.
There are three more.
There are a total of twenty-seven energy nodes in this city, and Hinclair has completed the circle at twenty-four nodes. The sole purpose of this huge circle that covered the entire Silver City was to sacrifice everything in the city to the god of steel. All the memories of this city, the efforts of the craftsmen it contains, the joys and sorrows of countless people, the desperate curse of countless souls, all of them will be tributes on the scales to the great Lord of Steel.
That's right, Hinclair was a priest, and the runesmith known to all Brotherhood of Steel was nothing more than a false identity, and he had always served the god of steel. It is a very secret god, silent and determined, and there are very few priests who can sense it. Its adherents are mostly craftsmen or mechanics, and it never responds to the prayers of its followers, and is only interested in novel techniques and ingenious creations, especially murder machines, and it hates ignorant brains and flesh-and-blood bodies. Only the most brilliant mechanics have access to its favor and gifts, so its priests tend to be non-human mechanical creatures, and Hinclair is the only human priest in a million.
"Alright, let's go to the next place."
Dressed in a brand new black steel armor, Hinclair said to the figure next to him.
The man who had been hiding in the corner stood up in silence, his misshapen eight arms outstretched, like branches sticking out of a black dead tree. Three petal-shaped eyes burned with cyan flames, and a strange wheel pattern was painted on their chests.
The tall, lanky figure stood up, but it looked like a fallen shadow.
"Yes."