Chapter 138: Morning Star (Part 2)
The rubble fell like rain, and when the electric light disappeared and his eyes recovered, Harold saw that Sanelson and other vampires behind him had disappeared without a trace, the entrance was covered with traces of destruction, and the entire hall was shaking, and it seemed that it would not be long before it collapsed.
"How much damage can a small silver coin do?" said to himself a member of the Knights of the Mechanical Order, stunned.
Harold suddenly came to his senses and scolded loudly: "That's because of the blessing of divine power! The great god of steam is not only the god of machines, the master of life and death, but also the king of thunder and the lord of punishment!"
"What's that silver coin?" the other member of the Knights of the Mechanical Knights was also a little puzzled.
Harold was not a dwarf who was good at religion in the first place, and racked his brains and said, "That shows that the great god of steam is also the god of money." He is the God of God, the King of kings, and naturally rules over many realms. ”
Anyway, it's all about God's greatness!
At this time, the members of the Mechanical Knights had no doubts, including Harold, all of them bowed their heads to their chests and prayed to the gate of time and space: "Steam supremacy!"
Then several people walked into the space-time gate in pairs, and all of them left the underground hall in less than half an hour.
As soon as they left, the force that suppressed the shock of the space-time gate suddenly disappeared, the space shook violently, and a little starlight fell off from above, and gradually, the entire gate completely collapsed, and the underground palace completely collapsed.
After a few days, Sanelson's "father", a vampire duke, knew of his disappearance, so he relied on the "bloodline" to find him.
"Spatial nodes. There's a spatial node here!" The vampire duke looked at the collapsed underground palace with a solemn face, no longer concerned about Sanelson's condition, but turned around angrily, "No matter how Vlad recovers from his sleep, he has to give an explanation for this matter!"
"On his territory, there are unreported spatial nodes, what if they are attacked by the church?"
After some more time, there was a loud bang in the direction of Vlad's Castle, and a sound of anger to the extreme was like rolling thunder:
"I'm going to kill the bastard who trapped me!"
What made him even more angry was that he didn't even know who the other party was. What has been done. I don't know what the characteristics are, and even if I find someone to use prophecy, I can't trace it.
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Light the torch. An abandoned city appeared before Augustus' eyes. Thick chimneys. Metal pipes, bearings, pistons, springs and other things everywhere show an obvious style of steam civilization.
He seemed to understand something. There were cloudy tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, as if excited and as if mournful: "This is where our ancestors came, this is our home, and we are in the arms of our 'mother'!"
As he spoke, he fell to his knees and kissed the cold earth overgrown with weeds: "We're back, we're finally back!"
Dwarves knelt down one by one, kissing the land of their ancestors and the roots of their blood, weeping bitterly and silently.
When Harold and other members of the Knights of the Mechanical Order came over and the gate of time and space disappeared, Augustus took a deep breath and said loudly to more than 20,000 dwarves: "Our destination is not here, we want to return to the earth, to the homeland of our ancestors, to the beginning of all footprints, to the beginning of everything." There we will have a new life! no more slavery, no more tragic deaths, no more painful new birth!"
"Now, take up the torch and follow me forward, do not hesitate, do not fear, do not doubt, follow me firmly, this is the revelation of the god of steam. ”
"Steam supremacy!" Bunches of torches were erected, and the dwarves, under the guidance of their respective militia instructors, lined up in neat formations from families and villages, began to walk through the abandoned steam city, while the Knights of the Mechanics divided into four parts, guarding the front and back, the left and right.
The city was huge, and beyond the torch illumination was endless darkness, only flakes of fluorescent moss reflected a green glow, but this not only did not reassure the dwarves, but made them even more frightened, as if there were countless monsters lurking in the darkness, and the green light was their hungry and bloodthirsty eyes.
But in all directions it was unusually quiet, only the echo of neat steps, and the team seemed to fall into eternal tranquility, never going to get out, never finishing the road.
Just as the dwarves began to get flustered and their legs and feet went limp, Augustus' voice rang out again: "Don't hesitate, don't be afraid, don't doubt, follow me firmly!"
"Yes!" replied the dwarves' voices, somewhat ethereal and hollow.
Augustus raised his scepter: "The god of steam is with us!"
"He will walk with us, and no hardship, no danger, no affliction can overcome us!"
Hearing the name of the god of steam, the dwarves became emboldened, chanting the holy name in their hearts, and it seemed that with each call, with each prayer, the darkness and danger around them would reced, and gradually, their steps became brisk.
Bang bang steam rifle volley, one by one the monsters that pounced in the darkness were splashed with blood and flipped to the ground.
Yes, we have the power of steam and will defeat all enemies!
"The great god of steam, the lord of life and death, the king of thunder, the lord of punishment, the god of money......"
"You are the god of the gods, the king of kings......"
The silent recitation of the holy names all blurted out, intertwined into a mixed sound, and then slowly unified, converging into a torrent of power, which made the darkness "subside", and the monsters hiding in the shadows chose to retreat.
The huge team finally made its way out of the city, out of the tunnel, and in front of the cobweb-like cave.
"This is the final test, only a pious person can get through the labyrinth in front of him, do not hesitate, do not fear, do not doubt, follow me firmly!"
"Yes!" this time, the dwarves spoke loudly and confidently.
The dwarves walked a little frightened, afraid of getting lost here, but the archbishop Augustus in front of him seemed to be wandering with his eyes closed, and there was no discernment at all.
"Believe in the great god of steam, believe in the archbishop who is guided by him. Here, not with the eyes, nose and ears to discern the way, but with the heart!"
Such thoughts came to the minds of each dwarf, so that they were no longer confused, no longer confused, and firmly followed the archbishop through the darkness.
I don't know how long it took to pass the road, but a slight light suddenly appeared in front of them, and in front of them was a dense and vast mountain forest.
"Out of the labyrinth?"
"This is on the ground?"
Minna suddenly pointed to the sky and said, "Look there!"
The dark sky was white, and a bright star in the distance hung in the morning light in the sky, twinkling silently. Eternal and unchanging.
"This is the Morning Star?"
"Is daylight coming?"
The dwarves who grew up on the plateau of the night never saw daylight. The existence of the morning star can only be known from the scriptures of the ancestors, from the mouth of Archbishop Augustus, and it is known that it enlightens the heavens.
"You are the master of life and death, and the shining morning star, connecting night and day. Symbolizes a new life!" Augustus was in a whim. Added an honorific name to the god of steam.
The morning star vanished. The eastern sky lit up with an orange glow, bright and warm, and shone on people's hearts. Then, a fireball slowly rose.
This never-before-seen beauty deeply shocked the dwarves and made them truly feel "new life"!
I don't know how long it took for Archbishop Augustus to raise his arms and shout: "Our new life is about to begin, let us fight to build a prosperous and powerful Atlantis on earth!"
"Strive to build a prosperous and powerful Atlantis on the ground!" the dwarves echoed in unison, and more than 20,000 voices shook the mountains and forests.
At this time, a passionate and magnificent melody was heard in the distance.
The dwarves looked over in amazement to see a fat man in a long black trench coat and a floppy hat leading a group of humans towards the side, and the sound came from the small mechanical object he was holding, with strange black patterns engraved on it.
As the dwarves panicked and on guard, Archbishop Augustus said, "This is the guide of the god of steam, who will lead us to a new life." ”
Along the way, the dwarves, who had already fully believed in the god of steam, were no longer afraid, and quietly watched the fat man look at themselves and the others with a strange gaze, just as they saw the ale and the steam creation, and the vampire saw the blood.
"I'm Arthur Doyle, and I'm going to arrange a new life for you, a life that is many times happier than the night plateau!" So many dwarves who are good at smelting and manufacturing are simply a huge wealth, and many alchemy products have the possibility of expanding production.
As Arthur descended the hill and walked all the way to the platform, he saw the long magic steam train, and the dwarves wept bitterly again, this is indeed the paradise of steam, and it is their home.
Then, they looked left and right around the magic steam train, eager to take it apart and study it, until they got on the train.
"For what kind of steam god prompts the guide is a banker?" After the exchange just now, Minna probably knew what the bank meant.
Harold said proudly, "I said earlier that the great god of steam is also the god of money, and it is normal for bankers to be his chosen people. ”
After saying that, he showed a shocked and yearning expression: "I have witnessed a small silver coin turn into an extremely terrifying and astonishing cannonball under the electricity exerted by the god of steam...... This makes me wonder if the cannons of the steam civilization giants of the past have gone in the wrong direction, and should we combine the current to create new cannons?"
"Well, this is a new book from the Lord. Augustus smiled and pulled out a book and handed it to Harold.
Harold picked it up and looked at it, and it read: "Fundamentals of Electrical Techniques".
Arthur walked to the back of the train, sat down in front of a young man in a long black double-breasted gown, and said cordially and implicitly, "Evans, I didn't expect you to find such a large number of dwarves who are good at smelting and crafting. ”
Lucien is likely to be the future Grand Arcanist, and he can't afford to be disrespectful.
Lucien shook the teacup and said, "You have to be kind to them, you have to give them enough salary and personal freedom, after all, I guided them." Well, after giving them a good alchemy foundation, let them pass on the help and try to cultivate a large number of skilled workers. ”
Previously, in the Plateau of Night, due to the departure of the vampire prince, the attention of many powerful vampires was also attracted by the mysterious space, so things went well, and Lucien only used the immortal throne robe's own necromancy ability and newly created electromagnetic magic "Lucian's electromagnetic cannon" to complete the channeling - this magic is still a little less powerful at the moment, but it will be improved as the level increases, and the voltage and magnetic field strength increase.
"Don't worry, I will definitely treat the people you arranged. Arthur said without hesitation, not asking a word about the god of steam.
The Enchanted Steam Train approached Rentat, and in the morning, it was as bright as a galaxy of stars, no less than the rising sun.
This stunned the dwarves, as if they were dreaming back to Atlantis.
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"Evans, since you don't have a good impression in the minds of the magicians of the electromagnetic, light and dark factions, and for your safety, this banquet, we declare to the outside world that it is something else, not the Silver Moon Medal award dinner. Please understand this point. The leader of the Song of the Silver Moon Alliance, a ninth-level arcanist and nine-ring archmage, Ruo Ajin, explained with a smile.
Because Brooke discovered the phenomenon of wavelength change in the collision of X-rays and electrons a few days ago, that is, the change in momentum, which conclusively proved the hypothesis of light quantum, so no matter how disgusted and hated Lucien by the Song of the Silver Moon Alliance, they could only pinch their noses and admit it.
Lucien followed him to the hall and said with a smile: "Actually, just give me the prize, I'm afraid that my appearance will frighten them." ”
"No, as a big organization, as the awarding of the Silver Moon Medal, there must be a banquet to appear decent. Joaquin shook his head solemnly.
Otherwise, rumors will surely circulate outside that the Song of the Silver Moon Alliance is stingy, narrow-minded, and unwilling to face up to Lucian's contributions. (To be continued......)