Section 8 Iron Armor
"The Iron Old Man, the Sanctuary and the Silver City Wolf Bรจi are not good things. + Say," said Iron Slag, clenching his fists and indignantly, "and now it seems that this is what it is. โ
"It's not all ......," Kozan took a sip of barley tea and analyzed the current situation in the world.
Today, the Silver City forces, which represent psionics, are not as united as they were two hundred years ago. Each silver city has developed its own culture and traditions, and there are more and more conflicts of interest between them. Although it has not yet reached the point of going to war, it is almost there. Kozan predicted that the next world war would be between Silver City and Silver City, between psionics and psionics.
At present, the three major religions maintain their original attitude towards insects. Notre-Dame, as always, is neutral, neither accepting nor hostile. The temple was still like that, treating the worms as heretics. Ancient temples, on the other hand, are ostensibly neutral, but in fact sympathetic to the insects, often secretly supporting.
However, the attitude of the Yincheng forces has been changing......
The Silver City of the Central Continent has always been in a state of foreign war, so they advocate accepting the Worms, but it is only because of the teachings of the Temple that they cannot openly support it. But secretly, they have absorbed a lot of powerful insects. Even in one of the most front-line cities, the Worms are able to reveal their identities and are protected by the law. But this is limited to the strong among the insects, and the weak still have little status.
Driven by interests, most of the Silver City forces in the Central Continent are secretly propagating the idea that "human beings should be united with the outside world".
As for the Yincheng forces in the Western Continent and the Northern Desolate Continent, even in the diocese of the Temple, except for some forces that are extremely close to the Temple, most of the rest have a superficial attitude towards the Worms, and actually don't bother to pay attention to them.
Often, the more advanced the insect human, the higher the stability of the gene chain, the stronger the concealment, and ordinary gene scanners cannot identify. If you want to clean it up, it will require more manpower and material resources, and it will also be dangerous. The death of a psyker was a large pension, but the temple wouldn't pay them, so they didn't bother to do this kind of work, which cost people and money, and it didn't benefit them.
Kozan especially reminded that in the Northern Wilderness Continent, as long as the insects do not rashly enter the territory of the "Golden Triangle", they will generally be fine. The other forces in the Northern Wilderness have a thunderous attitude towards the insect-eradicating people, and there is no real action. The Golden Triangle, on the other hand, had a very close relationship with the Temple, with many heads of families serving as regional archbishops of the Temple, and many family members serving in the Temple. They could even be part of the temple.
"What is the Golden Triangle?" Iron Slag asked. Although he grew up in the Northern Wilderness, he rarely went far away, and his range of activities was basically between Tieshan Town and Sand City.
Kozan explained that the Golden Triangle refers to the three silver cities of the Lombal family, namely the No. 15 Silver City Manzhu Shahua City, the No. 16 Silver City Fengxin City, and the No. 17 Silver City Bauhinia City. These three silver cities are ruled by the three lineages of the Lombal family, Bauhinia City is ruled by the "Lombal" family of the descendant line, Hyacinth City is ruled by the side "North Lombal" family, and Manju Sawa City is ruled by the side "New Lombal" family.
The Golden Triangle implements the "Trinity" system, which is a political system headed by Lombal and supplemented by North Lombal and New Lombal. On a deeper analysis, they are in fact dictatorships. And they have been intimately connected to the temple for generations, almost symbioses, one in glory and one in loss. Therefore, their attitude towards the Worm is the same as that of the Templars, and their execution is surprisingly strong. Coupled with the fact that they occupy the best piece of land in the Northern Wilderness, they can be regarded as rich compared to other forces.
The combination of dictatorship, close ties to the Temple, and wealth has made the Golden Triangle a no-go zone for the insected.
Listening to Kozan's narration, Iron Slag secretly inhaled a cool breath. It turned out that the last time he sent You Ge home was such a dangerous act, it was like passing by death. It seems that you will have nothing to do in the future, otherwise you will be burned at the stake one day.
It wasn't until today that he really realized that it was really embarrassing that he had saved an enemy of great status......
Although he had never had a conflict with the Temple, as an insect, his aversion to the Temple was natural.
This lunch lasted more than two hours, and it wasn't until Kozan finished cleaning up the dishes that Iron Slag remembered that Kozan had made such a big call, and his question still had no answer. In this regard, he expressed his displeasure.
"Your question is obvious...... "Kozan replied with some embarrassment, "but there is no way." โ
"This ......" Iron Slag was completely speechless, he came all the way here, but there was nothing, just learning to hunt and brew, as well as the sneak attack he would have had, and a fighting technique. He expressed strong dissatisfaction with this.
"Actually...... The herbology of the Temple of Glory is still good, there are potions to improve psionic warriors, but ......" At this point, Kozan paused.
"Just what?" Iron Slag asked anxiously.
"Lost ......," Kozan said helplessly.
"You ......" Iron Slag rolled his eyes angrily, if it weren't for the other party being stronger than him, he would have done it a long time ago. Although the other party is an old man, he can't fool people like this, and he must pay the price. In an instant, he decided to steal the ice crystal fruit wine tonight and make the old man suffer for a while.
"But...... I'm going to put a kind of medicinal wine, and when I get hurt, I will apply it, and my strength will gradually improve," Kozan said.
"Does it have to be after the injury?" Iron Slag asked sharply. Kozan's method feels like he's fooling again.
"Probably...... That's probably what my teacher taught me. Kozan said seriously, "With your current situation, if you fully master the ancient combat skills, your strength should be greatly improved. โ
"What is the specific improvement, my current combat power assessment is the first level of gold, can I reach the diamond and holy rank?" Iron Slag asked.
"This ......," Kozan replied after a moment's thought, "The Templars' assessment of combat power is actually not accurate......," and the old man changed his words, "Friend, do you want to try mechanical power armor?" โ
"Mechanical Power Armor! Here it is! Iron Slag shouted excitedly.
"Friend, please come with me." With that, Kozan walked out of the kitchen and took the iron slag to the east room on the first floor of the castle.
Pushing the door in, I saw a humanoid armor leaning against the wall, about two meters high and about one meter wide. Iron slag excitedly stepped forward, these power armor are a little old, but the joints are shiny, and it seems that there is often maintenance.
Kozan waited quietly, watching the iron slag touch and touch. Iron Slag walked around the room and found that there were three models of power armor here.
The first livery is white, about two meters high and one meter wide. It has a bag-like fumata-like sac on its back, thick limbs, and a feather-like ornament on each side of its head. The second livery is gray, but also available in black and camouflage. Compared to the first type of power armor, this one looks much slimmer, feels very flexible, and also has a bag-like jet bag on the back, but it is much more coincidental, with only two jet ports, unlike the first one, which has four. It is worth noting that this power armor has a rectangular bulge on its arm. On closer inspection, it is a mechanical claw with a steel wire attached to it, which looks like it is used for climbing. The third type of power armor has a dark green paint job, which looks very bulky, slightly taller than the first, but much wider. There is no jet bag on the back, but a heavy shield. As can be seen from the joints, the steel plate of this power armor is very thick, and it is also divided into several layers. The iron slag touched it, and felt that the innermost layer was somewhat elastic, which should be used for cushioning.
Subsequently, Kozan introduced that the white one is the "Dawning Power Armor", the standard configuration of the Holy Wolf Heavy Armor Guard, the more slender one is the "Nightingale Power Armor", the standard configuration of the Aquila Nightkin Armor, and the bulky one is the "Colossus Power Armor", the standard configuration of the Temple Guard.
Iron Slag hesitated for a moment and decided to try the Dawning Power Armor. The Colossus Power Armor was the first he ruled out, and that wasn't his fighting style. And the Nightingale Power Armor, which looks too slender, feels like the type of hiding in Tibet. Although he likes to sneak attack, he also likes to bombard his opponents with brute force. Therefore, it seems that the Dawning Power Armor between the two, is the most suitable for his fighting style.
"How do you wear it?" Iron Slag asked. He fumbled for a while, but couldn't find a button or a switch.
"Mechanical power armor cannot be worn directly, and assembly equipment must be used." With that, Kozan led the iron slag to another room. In the middle of the room is a large metal disc, surrounded by more than a dozen robotic arms of various sizes. The end of the robotic arm is equipped with various tools, including various types of screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, drills, welders, etc. Kozan had the iron slag stand in the middle of the disc and turned on the power.
Immediately, a mechanically synthesized female voice came from the speaker above.
"Dawn." Iron slag road.
"Confirm."
As the chime began, colorful rays of light scanned back and forth on the iron slag's body, and the disc beneath his feet began to rotate slowly.
After about ten seconds, the light faded away, and the female mechanical synthesized sound sounded again.
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen mechanical arms moved, dismantling a set of power armor on the side, and assembling various components on the iron slag body. First, the inner armor made of soft rubber, then the steel skeleton, then all kinds of parts that do not come out, and then the assembly of pipelines to connect the various parts together......
"Bang...... Boom...... Boom...... Boom...... Boom...... Bang ......"
With a muffled sound of metal colliding, pieces of steel were embedded in them. At the same time, all kinds of screwdrivers and wrenches have stepped forward to tighten the screws and screw caps......
At this moment, thin mechanical arms stretched out and shot out golden laser beams. The laser beam traveled around the surface of the power armor, sparks flying everywhere it went.
After a while, the welding was complete, and the female mechanical synthesis sound was heard again.
As soon as he finished speaking, a mechanical arm connected to the black pipes stretched out and inserted into the hexagonal holes in various parts of the power armor. The iron slag was in the power armor and seemed to hear the sound of liquid filling into the pipes.
After a few moments, several robotic arms retracted at the same time.
In an instant, fiery steam erupted from the holes all over the power armor. At the same time, the power armor gradually shrinks until it is completely attached to the body.
After the assembly was completed, the iron slag staggered out of the disc and almost fell to the ground......