Ramaphi, the core parish of the Rimai sect, the inner courtyard of the Basilica of Saint-German

"Quick! Hurry up and inform His Majesty the Pope that there is a change in the Great Holy Grail!"

After a while, the pure white door carved with a large number of hollow patterns opened again, and an elder dressed in a red gold-rimmed robe crossed the threshold, and the Japanese wheel scepter in his hand continued to spread the golden ripples in all directions, and all the clergy who were shrouded in it felt that there was no trace of secret in their bodies, and reverence arose from their hearts, and knelt on the ground, chanting the holy name of the crown.

"Stand down, all of you. ”

The clergy bathed in golden light disappeared into the inner courtyard one by one, and in the next second, three more figures appeared out of thin air, a middle-aged strong man in heavy armor, a young girl in a priest's robe, and an old man shrouded in a simple robe.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what summoned us?"

"The Great Holy Grail appears with the same omen as it did decades ago...... The creation of a god equal to the heart of the Titans is about to appear, and we are the spokesmen of God in the world, and the creation of God naturally cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of heretics!"

"Under the wheel of the sun, all are the territory of the gods, and the artifacts of the gods will not fall into the hands of the wicked. ”

**

Somewhere in the mountains of the Lorraine Empire.

"At last appeared, three divine creatures...... Since the Heart of the Titan is in the Sun Pulse Sect, what appears now is the Fullmetal Floating City, so you must find it!"

Standing on top of the towering altar in the cave, looking at the existence trapped in the mountain wall in front of him, the man rubbed the Ouroboros ring on his index finger, and the chalice fragment in his hand was also wrapped in red light, he knew what it meant.

"Your will!"

At the end of the stairs, dozens of strangely cloaked men knelt down, and there was no lack of beastly roars in their voices.

**

At the end of October, after the departure of the Imperial delegation at the end of the five-day expedition, Gonza officially opened its doors to the public, allowing any formal capital to enter Gonza by registering with the government, in addition to a number of new decrees, including allowing outsiders to buy real estate in Gonza and allowing those with citizenship cards from other cities to become Gonza citizens.

During the same period of time, on the third day of the return of the Imperial Expedition, a new proclamation was issued throughout the Lorraine Empire, in order to reward the Affleck family for the historic act of retaking the giant-occupied area, the Affleck family was directly promoted from the baron level to the earl level, and in addition to the distribution of territories, they enjoyed the privileges due to all earl-level families.

There is also the Abraham family, the Bennett family because of their assistance in the reconquest operation, each promoted to a level, Abraham was promoted to the marquis, the Bennett family was promoted to the earl level, and the substantive rewards were the same as the Affleck family, no new territory was allocated, only the promotion of privileges.

At this point, the three alliances of the Kailots became the second largest noble alliance in the Sambia region, and some nobles loyal to the empire switched to the name of the Abrahams.

Where there is praise, there is naturally a derogatory punishment.

According to internal government sources, the three high-ranking nobles in the Sambia region, namely the Osmond family, the Lorrell family, and the Prudence family, have been warned by the imperial government in official documents one after another, and that the tax revenue will be increased by 20% this year, and will be inspected by the imperial high-level for a period of time in the future, and the three nobles have not responded to this for the time being.

Leave the rest of the matter aside, the rise of the Affleck family's status means that some of the restrictions on the barons have disappeared, and the number of private armies that are more important is finally no longer the embarrassing three thousand!

In the early morning at the seaside port of Gonza City, Kellot, wearing a dark brown fur coat and a monster velvet shoulder on his shoulder, stood on the seashore, watching the fleets that were gradually revealing ahead, and on the day of the new appointment of the government, he issued an order to call up the army to the Qingshu Islands, and the current defense of Gonza was too weak and needed to be strengthened urgently.

The cool fog of late autumn could not stop the Qingshu flotilla, and after two days of sea sailing, the flotilla finally arrived at the port, and a large number of armed men landed in an orderly manner under the command of the captains.

The reason why he chose to dock in the early morning, on the one hand, is because Kailot does not want to affect the daily order of the port during the day, and the armed team of thousands of people suddenly assembles in the port, which is likely to be suspicious of some well-intentioned people, on the other hand, Kailot does not want to let others know the connection between Qingshu and Gonza too early, of course, this news will not be hidden for long, as the Qingshu power continues to appear in Gonza and the Aoki Foundation, the fact that the three families of the Aoki Foundation, the Qingshu Pirate Group, and the Affleck family are actually a force will eventually be exposed, in fact, some people have guessed it now, but Kailot's side is too lazy to seal it。

"Report to the leader, the troops have been assembled, and the total number of people is three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven!"

This group of people is the personnel temporarily transferred by Kailot to be in charge of Gonza's security, and the composition of the force is mostly selected and trained pirates, and nearly one-third of them are former members of the Fury Sea Pirate Regiment, and they are currently under Qingshu because of the Fury Sea's annexation.

The remaining two-thirds are combat units on the Aoki Islands, not all of them are elites, and most of the half-giants still stay on the Aoki Islands to guard the safety of the base camp, so most of the members of this team are members who have recently joined the Aoki Islands.

You must know that as the reputation of the overlord of the Starfall Sea is becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the pirates who are slightly famous in the entire Starfall Sea, whether they want to or not, are facing the situation of being absorbed or eliminated.

Qingshu, who was cautious about recruiting people because the territory was not large enough, finally had the confidence to start recruiting people on a large scale with the reconstruction of Gonza, and the expansion rate of the combat troops was unprecedented, and now this part of the transfer is only one-tenth of it.

"Channing, you are responsible for these people, arrange them to be in charge of the security department of Gonza, the patrol team of the security zone, and the expeditionary expansion team, as for some special departments, such as the intelligence department, the research institute, etc., there will be elite troops coming over after a while, and let them be in charge of these aspects when the time comes. ”

Kailott has already arranged for these people, their strength is stronger than the normal army, but the discipline is generally not very good, after all, they used to be pirates, so it is more important to send them out and slowly hone their training in battle.

"I understand that there is a shortage of people in Gonza, and these people can relieve a lot of pressure. ”

The city of Gonza is growing too fast, and the city's population is growing, and the security problems are becoming more and more prominent, and the previous more than 1,000 people are no longer enough, and more powerful forces are needed to suppress those who are ready to move.

Qian Ning's appointment was issued one by one, and Qingshu was still more respectful of personal opinions when recruiting, and the selected people were willing to settle on land, so these pirates who were still begging for a living at sea some time ago gladly accepted their new identity ----- the Gonza City Guard.

The soldiers were transferred in batches with their current commanders, and before dawn they were to familiarize themselves with their future work and enter their posts when the sun rose, integrating into the day's work in the city of Gonza.

As for Kailot's side, he also has important things to do, and Tom has been on standby for more than an hour with a group of researchers from the Green Tree Core.

"Almost, board, Dryden is already waiting for us up there. ”

I didn't come to this port in the early morning just to see the guards who came over, naturally there were more important things, otherwise according to Kailot's character, he should still be under the covers at this time.

The altar that was activated in the lab a week and a half ago not only allowed Kylot to unveil the Fullmetal Floating City, but also discovered more information by adjusting the level of energy input while active thanks to Tom's flash of inspiration, the most crucial of which was the projection of the altar on the periphery of the Fullmetal Floating City, where it is now, somewhere in the sea of stars!

Yes, the all-metal floating city that many great forces can't find is not on land at all, but hidden in the deep sea through spatial transfer!

Through the projection of the altar, Kylot and Tom confirmed the environment where the all-metal floating city was located, and then determined the approximate coordinates of its location through various methods during this time, and the rest was to excavate.

Based on the mystery and unknown nature of the all-metal floating city, it is obviously not enough to find it, if you want to have it, you must find a way to enter the all-metal floating city, understand its internal devices and operations, and then be considered to be the real owner of it.

"Chief, did you really find the legendary Fullmetal Floating City?"

Before stepping onto the deck, Dryden eagerly greeted him and asked, he also had great curiosity about the divine creations that represented the pinnacle of ancient alchemy, and for them, even a glance at it was something worth remembering for a lifetime, not to mention that they were going to sea to find its existence now.

"When did I lie to you? I'll show you later, Jack, here's the navigation chart, it's where we're going, and it's your job to find a way to get us there. ”

The special captain of the Dingyuan, Jack Brown, who came out of Flender, Spyro, this guy has been terrible in the past two years, he used to drive merchant ships all day long, the established route, and he couldn't see any ability, and later entered the Qingshu fleet, relying on his navigation skills and top nautical sense, he is not a professional He firmly occupies the position of captain Dingyuan in the Qingshu fleet, claiming that as long as he is given a chart, he can go to any corner of the star falling into the sea, and Kailot can also trust him, just marked a destination on the chart, and the rest depends on his ability.

"Chief, where are we going...... The ancient Alec Trench is no ordinary place. ”

As an old captain, with the help of the searchlight on the deck, Jack took a pencil and a triangular ruler to sketch, and took out the chart of the stars falling into the sea that he carried with him for comparison, and quickly came up with the name of the destination.

"You know this place, how far away it is from us. ”

In the laboratory, in order to find this place, Kailot and Tom looked up a lot of marine information.

"It's not far, it's not far from here, it's not far from the Jianjiao Strait, it takes about three days' sea, but there are very few ships willing to approach that place...... You know, the days of the voyage are very boring, the people on the ship like to get together and chat to pass the time, I haven't been to the ancient Alec trench, but my father did, he used to talk to me about the scene over there, the structure of the ancient Alec trench is very special, it is like a shrimp cage, the space below is huge, and the seabed above is very deep, so there are some places where you can stand on the deck and see the bottom at a glance, the big ships used to be prone to grounding, but once you get to the location of the trench fissure, the situation is completely different, it is said that the sea water there is at least ten degrees lower than other placesThere are also people who have witnessed the water column ...... there"

Nagging, is a trait that most people who have been fighting at sea all year round, no way, staring at the same scene every day, if you are silent again, it would be good not to be driven crazy by yourself.

"Jack!"

Interrupting the conversation at the right time, Kylot felt that if Jack was allowed to continue, the faces of some of the researchers around him would probably be very ugly...... It's not good-looking now, even Dryden and Tom have the same worries and fears about the dark deep sea.

"Sorry, I seem to be talking too much...... It doesn't matter, the scenery from the rest of the trench is beautiful, as long as you don't go down there, even rowing a small boat will not be a problem. ”

"Jack, I'd suggest you go to the helm, in fact, we're probably going down there. ”

With the size of an all-metal floating city, if it was above the trench, it is estimated that it would have been discovered long ago.

"......Huh? All right. ”

Realizing that he seemed to be speechless, Jack put away the chart and silently went to the rudder.

"What do you two have so many ideas for? I don't need you to go down then, all you need to do is give me advice on the sea, and the instruments and stuff should be ready, right?"

Modern spar technology has not developed to the extent that it can carry dozens of people into the deep sea, not because of technology, but because of the common knowledge on the continent that there are often some fierce sea monsters in the deep sea, and the submarine has no problem resisting the water pressure, but it is worried that it will not be able to withstand the impact of the sea monster..... So no one wants to try to dive into the deep sea when they don't have to, and who knows what's hidden underneath.

Dryden and Tom and their respective research teams are the treasures of Aoki, a team that has been formed with great difficulty, and Kailot really doesn't dare to risk them, so according to his plan, he will go down alone with various instruments, find the all-metal floating city, and then they will analyze it remotely to determine the best way to act.