Chapter 61: Behind
When, when, when, three melodious bells rang in a row, and the dwarves outside the temple of the "God of Craftsmen" all paused, clenched their right hands into fists, made a thrashing posture, and prayed in unison:
"Great God of Steam, you are the Lord of Machines, who controls the art of forging and gives us strength and courage......"
Katrina, who was about to turn away, was slightly stunned, when did the god of craftsmen become the god of steam?
"However, this 'god of steam' does not seem to be the same as the 'god of steam' that the alchemy dwarves believe in in Rentat, and there are some significant differences in prayer gestures and prayer words. While strolling around the Alchemy Workshop in Lentat, Katrina and Heidi met dwarves from the Plateau of the Night, and was impressed by their strange prayer postures covering their eyes.
She looked around and saw that the non-dwarven races such as humans, werewolves, and elves walking on the street had also stopped, and although they did not pray, they did not seem to want to affect the noon prayer ritual of the dwarves, so she also stopped and thought to herself: "Judging by their familiar and natural behavior, it must have been a while since the god of craftsmen became the god of steam." ”
The gradual neatness of the prayers created a strange resonance, making the creatures who did not pray feel the grandeur and sacredness, and the air was filled with the strong aroma of wine, which was intoxicating.
This is the biggest feature of the Dwarven Kingdom of Dumut, the dwarves like not only ale, all kinds of fine wine are within their garrison, and a large part of the merchants who come and go here are peddling fine wine in exchange for ore and dwarven alchemy items.
Dwarves who have been transformed by magicians have basic psychic powers. With their own skillful skills and talents, it is not difficult to make apprentice-level alchemy items, while low-level and medium-level items need to be created by dwarves who have stimulated the power of the bloodline - the purpose of the ancient high-level magicians to transform them is to take on the work of medium- and low-level, apprentice-level alchemy items, so as not to waste their time.
As for high-level alchemy items, dwarves that can be forged are very rare, and the success rate is far lower than that of magicians, and the legendary level items can only be done by the "God of Craftsmen" Haidt with his own talent by means of divine arts, and the "God of Valian" Oken cannot complete it.
Different places have different aromas, and they seem to be able to make people who drink very lightly or feel uncomfortable. And Katrina was born in the Shahran Empire. The amount of alcohol was extraordinary, and instead of disgust, he took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes.
End of the midday prayer. Katrina followed the crowd back to her hotel. Close the windows. Begin to meditate and recharge for the evening's actions - although the dwarves themselves are limited in height, they have the blood of "steam civilization" in their veins. I like delicate but grand buildings from the bottom of my heart, so as long as you don't come to Dummt without being too restrictive, the stone houses here have an average interior height of four meters.
It was soon the middle of the night, and groups of dwarven soldiers were patrolling faithfully and vigilantly on the streets, because the god of craftsmen suddenly became the god of steam and the "god of valor" submitted to him, and the kingdom of Dumut was in an unstable state, and there were often emergencies, and there would be "cultists" who opposed the great god of steam.
Katrina first arranged a magic circle to eliminate magic fluctuations, and then blessed herself with spells such as high invisibility - although the kingdom of Dumut has no prejudice against magicians, and has a lot of awe when encountering spellcasters, what they have to do is related to their supreme spiritual leader, the "God of Craftsmen", and it is necessary to be cautious.
Falling to the ground like a feather, Katrina sneaked towards the temple of the "God of Steam", while looking up at the astrology and the surroundings, calculating where the statue should be placed according to the coordinate changes given by the teacher.
"How can this formula still need the specific coordinates of several major temples and the types and coordinates of the surrounding buildings, ......" Katrina silently thought about the many parameters needed in her heart, her expression was quite puzzled, she really couldn't understand the law of change of this coordinate, what exactly did it have to calculate, why did it need so many strange parameters?
However, this was the teacher's order, and she didn't think much about it, and after spending a lot of time going around, she finally calculated the specific coordinates, and then she quietly walked towards a white stone sculpture in the southeast of the temple of the "God of Steam".
"Is this Haight's statue?" Katrina took a closer look.
The dwarven statue was dressed in armor carved with sacred patterns, holding a giant hammer in his hand, his beard dragging to his chest, covering his face, and two dazzling sunstones in his eye sockets.
"Compared to that, the statue given by the teacher is really ugly......" Katrina took out the small statue that Lucien gave her, and shook her head with a smile, "The teacher's aesthetic is always in a state of fluctuation. ”
No one can deny Lucian's aesthetics in music, the construction of magic towers, and the moontimer, and the many ideas of the proposed "Voice of Mysteries" are also eye-catching, but many times, the ideas he proposes and the things he creates are so unique that they are unacceptable, such as this dwarf statue assembled from many metal parts, which originally shimmered with a cold and cold smell all over the body, and looked very good, but he had a big bald head, and it was also engraved with a strange picture of dark cyan, which made people have the weird illusion of shaking their hearts when they saw it.
Reining her smile, Katrina focused her attention and did as Lucien had instructed, letting the bald dwarf statue float in the heart of Haidt, the "God of Craftsmen", and then whispered a long and intricate incantation.
Although the incantation was written in the ancient Magic Empire script, it had a strange sense of divine etherealism, and gradually, the bald dwarf statue stood out with silvery-white light, which extended to all sides, like a large net that controlled people's hearts.
"You are the master of the mind, the emperor of the gods, you are the great god of steam, allow me to call on your name, the supreme godless Yuri, please give the power to master everything......"
At the sound of the incantation, the silver-white lines of light partly extended into the heart of the statue of Haight, and partly blended with the surrounding void, causing a wave of shock.
In the midst of the shock, a little bit of clear and holy light appeared, like tiny angels, which emitted ethereal and beautiful songs, praises, and prayers, and "danced" around Yuri's statue.
This movement seemed to be frozen around, and the temple in the distance did not respond.
The vibration of the void suddenly became violent, and those tiny points of light merged into Yuri's statue one after another, and Yuri's statue slowly blurred, and disappeared in place, never to be found again!
"Fused with the nearby time and space?" Katrina looked at this scene, there was a deep shock in her eyes, the scene just now was really a scene she had never seen before, "This is the subtlety of the legendary power......?
She shook her head, restrained herself, and then wiped away all traces of the neighborhood and headed back to the hotel.
As she disappeared at the end of the street, a small bird flew down the dark sky, with a handful of funny, pale and cold feathers on its head.
The little bird hovered and landed on the head of Haight, the "God of Craftsmen", and made a difficult voice that only existed around him: "Lucien, Evans is indeed secretly collecting beliefs, and he seems to be very confident in his own theory, and dares to directly steal the power of Haight's faith......
“...... I actually sent a student to complete this thing, and I almost hid it from everyone, if it weren't for me......"
"No, I have to find a way to remind Haight that I can't let Lucien Evans collect the power of faith smoothly, otherwise he may be the fastest to step into the god-like level......"
It flew down from the statue's head and flew around the vicinity, emitting a strange and terrifying cry of "Du" and "Du", as if to inform a living being of the time of his death.
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Katrina's third day away from the city of Hamina.
A group of dwarven soldiers while patrolling spotted the "cultists" who were slandering and attacking the "god of steam" Haidt, and engaged them in a fierce battle.
There were high-level spellcasters in this group of cultists, and for a while, the dwarven soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but fortunately there was a temple in Haight nearby, and several high priests quickly arrived and surrounded the group of cultists in a nearby square.
The power of the magic erupted everywhere, and all kinds of strange scenes appeared in the square, one after another cultists fell, and the square was on the verge of destruction.
The High Priest and the Cultist's high-level spellcaster fought each other with a blow of "Sun Flame", and the aftermath of the "Sun Flame" swept through the square, blowing the statue of Haidh to pieces, causing the bits of divine light and silvery lines on it to flash away.
It was in a flash that Haidt, the "God of Craftsmen" in the depths of the temple, opened his eyes, and two golden flames burned brightly, like his angry heart.
As soon as He stretched out his hand, the statue of the bald Yuri appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Who dares to steal the power of my faith, God of Steam?" Haidt's voice was filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth, "Lucien, Evans!"
An angry wind swept through the temple, and a golden flame descended from the sky, directly burning the high-level spellcaster to ashes.
After carefully examining the memories of the survivors, Haight was silent for a moment, and said hatefully, "If you can steal the power of my faith, so can I!"
His gaze fell on the statue of Yuri in his palm, and a golden flame carefully wrapped it, as if afraid of alarming something.
............
In the atomic universe, a faint golden light swept through the statue of Yuri, the "God of Steam", and quickly merged and disappeared, and it would not have been discovered unless it had been paying close attention.
Lucien in the magic tower was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look outside, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a smile. (To be continued......)