Imperial. Central Empire. Sattar Empire.

This is the name of a huge force in the center of the continent of Terra.

But what exactly is an empire?

——Is it a ruling system with the major local nobles as the core and the knight lords as the grassroots management?

- Is it a military system with the major legions as flesh and blood, the ten knights as the bones, and the four major military regions as the heads?

- Or are the ordinary people who live in this vast land, the farmers, the craftsmen, the hunters, the bakers, the butchers, the wax makers, the tailors, the blacksmiths......

Not really.

The Settar Empire existed only because of the Emperor.

Simply because of the emperor.

An empire can be called an empire because of the emperor, not because the emperor is crowned because of the territory and people of the empire.

If one day, the Sattar royal family no longer has a powerhouse of the fifth level, then the next day, the governor of Icewind Dale will declare independence and establish a state, and on the third day, the commander of the first legion will announce the protection of the royal family and return to the imperial capital, nominally supporting and actually independent.

And on the fourth day, the forces of other countries that divide the rest of the empire can meet on the territory of the empire.

Even if all the remaining nobles worked together and controlled the imperial capital to fight, they would definitely not be able to defeat the other great forces.

Empires will perish, like candles blown out by the storm.

However, as long as the Settar royal family can continue to give birth to the fifth energy level, then the Settar Empire is the strongest force in Terra that has three fifth-level powerhouses for a long time, and may even have four fifth-level powerhouses at its peak.

The big forces on the Terra continent generally have one or two fifth-level powers. Only one of them has a stable but difficult to advance power, and the power of two can be developed, while three or even more can lead to internal strife...... But if there is an agreement within the faction, then this faction can dominate Terra.

Before Inaga II, there were such moments in the Empire - at that time, the Governor of Icewind Dale, the long-lived King of the Titans, had not yet been born, and the Emperor and the two Grand Dukes of the East and West, as well as the four fifth-level commanders of the First Legion, had officially finalized the huge territory that now includes the current Junling Fort, the Seven Cities Alliance was a vassal of the Empire at that time, and the Heavenly Court had also become a warm and kind nomad.

Everything flourishes and declines, since the death of Emperor Caleth, the Settar Empire has gradually declined, although the new emperor is strong enough, but he cannot command the two dukes like his father, the struggle between the emperor and the grand duke has lasted for hundreds of years, the internal friction is serious, and even the nobles in their own territory can not be controlled, and the current Junling Fort is independent from that time - it is also a coincidence that the reason why the first Grand Duke of Junling Fort can get the fifth energy level inheritance is precisely because the Setar royal family wants to train a Northern Duke as an arm to fight against the other two Grand Dukes.

And this infighting finally came to an end at the hands of Inaga II.

The two Grand Dukes of the East and West were all cut off, and the First Knight was his true arm, plus the First Legion, which had sworn to serve only the Empire itself, and the Governor of Icewind Dale, the fifth energy level of the Empire had once again reached the fourth place at its peak.

But that didn't change, if the empire lost its emperor, the whole country would fall apart, and there would be no chance of salvation.

In the current empire, there are only three fifth-level powers: Axel, the Emperor Protector, Nessanir, the Commander of the First Legion, and Bai Lian, the Governor of Icewind Dale. The Settar Empire is still the most powerful force in all of Terra, but it is by no means unchallengeable.

After all, White Silence is a monster, and even if he swears to regard the Empire as his homeland, and the people of the Empire are no different from his descendants, no one really thinks that this King of Icewind Butterflies will contribute to the development and conquest of the Empire.

That's why the Flamelands will confront the Empire head-on without fear.

So......

What exactly is Flamelands?

This is a question that does not need to be thought about, and there is no need to wait for someone to answer it.

Because the thing that best represents the spirit and image of the Flying Flame Land has come to Ian and the others.

Under the night sky, an invisible cold wind swept the gloomy rain clouds, and a dull thunder rolled through the clouds, which were bright for a moment in the deep thick clouds, and then dimmed again.

At the top of the Sacred Mountain, the white-haired lord stood on the edge of the platform, overlooking the dust and mist rising from the bustle on the other side of the mountain.

The trail from the northwest goes straight ahead, whether it is the village of the mountain people, the mountains of Baisen, the jungles, hills, rivers, lakes along the way...... Whatever it was, whatever it was, it was run over by that extreme violence and became the path beneath them.

It is powerful enough to crush cities and tear armies apart, it can conquer the wilderness and retreat civilization.

They are the Constructed Knights of the Flamelands, one of the world's most powerful armies, and the hammers of the kings to punish all beings.

Ian stared intently.

They were three similar, but inconsistent, steel giants, three of forty meters tall, inhuman colossias made of pure metal, fire, and inscriptions.

Their armor shells glow with the icy aesthetic of industrial design, and the tightly seamed armor pieces assemble into an almost humanoid upper body, which should be the area where the skull is located, there is a vertical crack, and in the center of the crack is a red crystal core that flashes with a dazzling light, and a powerful spiritual power field flows from it, flowing in accordance with the dense inscription plating, splicing the parts with the armor.

Its lower body is a pedestal connected to two, or four, or even six mechanical feet, each of which is different, and similarly, the 'arms' of each structure are different weapons, some are psionic shield generators, some are giant combo alchemy cannons, some are fused hot axes - but whatever the weapon, it is powerful enough to overwhelm an entire city.

These weapons can usually retract from their bases, and inside their bases and their bodies, they hide a huge amount of weapons reserves, and even automatic ammunition factories and intelligent fire control centers, allowing them to adapt to any kind of environment.

They are the Titans of this era, and with the charge of these mechanical colossas, they are also spewing with a viscera of essentia light that is visible to the naked eye, and the lines of light that seem to spread from the crystal core on the heads of these colossas as the starting point, and finally spread to the whole body, emitting thunder that is weak and strong.

It's a very advanced psionic shield that even the wear and tear of parts can be counteracted.

"This is the ...... of the Constructed Knight"

Ian's eyes flashed with a silvery blue glow, and he couldn't help but mutter, "This is not a knight at all...... I didn't even see the driver...... Wrong?! ”

Ian froze, and he was slightly stunned: "There is no body in the body, but there is a soul reaction - these knights, all of them only have 'souls?!'" ”

"They dwelled their souls in this huge construct and manipulated these weapons of war?!"

Ian almost gasped.

He finally understood what the full name of the Constructed Knight was 'Mobile Fortress for Perpetual Combat'!

- Yes, only the soul, only the existence of the body without the need for the body, can fight forever, and such a huge mechanical structure, isn't it a mobile fortress?

"Most of the Constructed Knights are those who have been physically damaged due to accidents and have problems with the cultivation of the true form of the bloodline, but they are determined and have intact souls in the Flying Flame Land Sublimation who voluntarily gave up their bodies and integrated into the 'spirit weapon' to achieve their achievements."

Staring at the knights in the distance, Elder Manya stood on the top of the sacred mountain, his tone was gloomy, as if he was recalling the past in the distant past: "They have given up most of the instincts and minds of human beings to transform themselves into real butcher ghosts, the most terrifying executioners, and the 'knights' of the most terrifying mounts of the 'Giant War Construct Unit'!" ”

"Just one Constructed Knight can take a city!"

- More than enough, it conquered a pre-atomic primitive world.

Ian was amazed in his heart, and he even felt a little familiar with the shape of the Constructed Knight...... The Constructed Knight is obviously related to some kind of pre-era technology, and it is supposed to be a giant combat unit used to deal with future alien colonization and suppress the primitive natives of the living planet.

In the aftermath of the Skyfall, the prototype of this technology was obtained by the Flying Flame and transformed into the terrifying weapon of war it is today.

And these most terrifying weapons of war are heading towards the Holy Mountain of Steel.

At the moment, Ian was pondering a question.

- Stripped of all prejudices and discrimination, as well as hostile perspectives, what exactly is the Flying Flame Land?

He already had an answer.

The Flame Land is persistence, battle, revenge, and the heroic and violent and fierce that act happily - the Nemathas bloodline from the waves of the sea and the Abasarom bloodline from the mountains and hills have been grinding and absorbing each other in wars, and these two ancient bloodlines have finally become the well-known Flame Land under the oppression of the Sertar Empire.

- What cannot be obtained is destroyed, and what does not belong to us is destroyed.

- We are the hammer, we are the punishment, with the principle of the flying flame as the law, wielding the sword of punishment.

- Those who do not obey should be completely eliminated!

Just by looking at it, you can sense this kind of obsessive belief that borders on madness.

"It's an unbelievably determined soul...... It's no wonder they're able to control such giants with their own minds, and they're incredibly combative. ”

The young lord sighed, but not the slightest fear: "Fortunately, we are not bad. ”

"Even better."

Behind the young man of the white people, a pitch-black tower was standing on the top of the holy mountain, in the clouds of thunder.

The visible thunder light slowly swirled around the prismatic tower, and the dragon god's sacrificial fire was no longer in the form of flames at this moment, and the energy supply module of the steel sacred mountain and the shimmering cradle system was fine-tuned by Ian, and now turned into a straight white pillar of light, which served as the central energy source of the super giant magnetic storm coil.

Its brilliance was obscured by clouds, hidden in the long dark night.

Waiting for Ian's instructions.

The Constructed Knights had arrived at the location where the Avod Ministry had been, the inhabitants had long since evacuated and their valuable possessions had been transferred, but when the steel colossi galloped past, the trampled ground still cracked, crushing stone houses and buildings to pieces, inspiring large clouds of smoke and dust.

Elder Mancliff watched all this expressionlessly, and it wasn't until these colossi came within range of the giant magnetic storm coil that he clenched his fists: "Now?" ”

"Wait."

Ian's eyes widened slightly, and only a few seconds later, when all the Constructed Knights were within range of the giant magnetic storm coil, did he raise his hand and wave it decisively, "It's now!" ”

Rumble!

Suddenly, a thunderclap rang out between heaven and earth.

A pure white light rose from the Sacred Mountain of Steel, like a rising morning light, and sank straight into the endless darkness of the cloudy tower.

At this moment, the purest essentia swept through the natural psionic energy field, piercing through all the rain clouds and mist around the holy mountain, and this pure white light was gradually transformed into thunder and roar in the continuous rush, and the arc streamer visible to the naked eye passed through all the clouds within a radius of hundreds of miles in an instant-

Then they all gathered back and gathered at the top of the tower.

A cyan thunderous sun was formed.

The dawn of the white night shone on the land, and the knights in the costume who came silently couldn't help but slow down.

[What's that?] 】

[The dragon god of the mountain people? But it didn't kill anything.]

[No, it's an electromagnetic weapon!] And it's also an extremely high-level electromagnetic weapon! 】

Running all the way, even though the constructed knights with their own crushing power have completely stripped away all the negativity, the scene of the terrifying electricity crisscrossing the top of the sky dome still makes their souls feel a little numb - but before they can make any decisions, under Ian's guidance.

The thunder has been cleaved with a rumbling roar!

At this moment, the thunderous sun at the top of the super-giant magnetic storm coil became extremely dazzling, like a real star releasing its own light and heat—a blue-white thunder visible to the naked eye separated from the surface of the sun, tearing countless arcs of electricity, spurting obliquely towards the thick clouds in the sky, like a fountain.

Then, these thunderbolts that poured into the clouds gathered the power of the entire nature, and in the form of thousands of thunders, they rained vertically in the direction where the Constructed Knights were!

The blue-white lightning bolts were not just one, but one after the other—they converged and slashed in the direction Ian's right hand was pointing.

It's like a rainstorm made of thunder.

A lightning storm has arrived.

The Constructed Knights were plunged into an endless sea of thunder in an instant, countless lightning strikes and magnetic storm interference held them firmly in place, and the strong psionic shields around them were flickering to resist the ultra-high-level thunderstorm.

Although the energy system originating from the Sacred Mountain of Steel, although it cannot provide the King of the Mountain with healing, it is definitely the most powerful one in the third energy level, and the reason why Ian can use it is to use the 'Heart Protector of the Pure Dust Dragon' - it is the third-level electromagnetic demonic beast material obtained from the Jiamu Department, so that Ian can create a super giant magnetic storm coil in the first time, and the energy of this sacred mountain will also purify the demonic beast material that is the core of the tower and carry out the most thorough tempering.

[This is a brand new weapon!] 】

[What are the intelligence services doing?!] 】

The Constructed Knights were shocked and angry, they did think that they would be blocked, whether it was the Imperial Army, the Knights of the Title, or even the third rank of the Mountain People, the son of the King of the Mountain, they were not afraid, they all had the confidence to break through the defense line head-on, destroy the Holy Mountain, and fly away.

However, it is not a specific enemy that is the enemy of them, but the entire natural field with the Sacred Mountain of Gonggang as the core.

However, even so, naturally, it can't be compared to the Constructed Knight.

- Naturally, they are also their subordinates!

【——Furnace core overrun——】

The core energy supply system of the steel colossus led by him was overclocked, accompanied by a tremor that seemed to be a low roar, scarlet light lit up from the red crystals in his head, he raised the hot melt battle axe in his hand and slashed forward, a crimson ray of light took the axe blade as the source, and continued to extend forward, shattering the endless magnetic storm in front of him.

And that's not all—the light stretched thousands of meters away, slashing down on a mountain peak, and the dense mountain forest was instantly ignited, and the entire mountain peak trembled violently, like an earthquake, a landslide and a tsunami, and even briefly overpowered the thunder, and lava flowed on the mountain.

[Charge with me!] 】

In an instant, the Constructed Knight led by this one even broke free from the prison constructed by Thunder, allowing the entire giant Construct to break through and continue to gallop towards the Holy Mountain!

And at this moment, Ian shouted, "It's now!" ”

"Theo!"

The swift dragon shadow broke through the clouds and swooped down sharply, and Theo opened his mouth, and a translucent beam of ignorant fire mixed with scarlet points of light slanted through half of the sky and the earth.

This Void Fire scorched the soul psionic energy, and although it could not shake the soul of the Constructed Knight that was permanently blessed with a mechanized mind, it was enough to shatter the psionic shield that surrounded the Constructed Knight's body.

The illusory shield on the surface of the construct body was initially just a crack as fine as a spider's web, and then it began to crumble and collapse into holes, and the huge cracks spread, causing the entire surface of the construct knight's surface to be twisted and concave.

Without the protection of the Psionic Shield, the terrifying surge of energy when the Construct Knight overloads the hearth can even damage his own structure.

In the face of the true dragon's breath, even the Constructed Knight couldn't ignore it, and the Constructed Knight led by him staggered back, and the four mechanical feet even knelt down two of them, and the high-intensity electric current shattered its support frame.

And Ian naturally won't let go of this opportunity.

The super giant magnetic storm coil began to be charged for the second time, and this time, it was no longer a thunder prison dominated by bondage, but a magnetic storm that directly shattered everything.

But on the other hand, the three Constructed Knights also seemed to fully react, the strength of the enemy was far beyond their expectations, these battle-hardened Flying Flame Land warriors immediately approached each other, the two team members supported their captain, and the inscription circuits on their bodies began to contact each other, merging, forming a temporary steel fortress, sharing a psionic shield.

And this fortress can even move forward, it forcibly carries the steady stream of thunder in the sky, stomping on the steps that shook the earth, and moving towards the holy mountain - Xi'o can't get close, and the tips of their heads shoot out thick and incomparably high heat rays, cutting through the clouds, cutting the sky into a dozen pieces, forcing the true dragon to maneuver in the air at high speed to dodge.

When had the surrounding mountaineers seen this happen—an iron giant that had never been seen before swooped in from far beyond the mountains, trampling on the city's rampage, and the formidable foe that trampled the mountains was stopped by the lightning of the sacred mountain.

Thunder rains down, and real dragons soar through the sky to fight their enemies.

Everything is like a legend.

They held their breath and hid in the mountain shelters that had been arranged for them by the cliffs, but many still couldn't bear it anymore and poked their heads out of the cave to watch the scene.

In the burning clouds, in the diffuse water vapor, they saw in the distance, a pure white lightning bolt, falling from the top of the holy mountain.

It is the fire of the wrath of the heavens.

And above the ground, the steel-built fortresses roared forward, and they had been instructed to do so.

- If there is always a purpose that must be achieved, if there is always a belief that must be practiced, then let them collide.

All beliefs and dreams will come to an end in a thorough collision.

The sound of one side breaking is the sound of the other party's footsteps moving farther away.

Just like this moment.

When the white lightning light fell, slashing at the Constructed Fortress, a dazzling light bloomed, followed by a huge shockwave sweeping in all directions, and a small mushroom cloud rose in place.

With a loud bang, under the watchful eyes of all the mountain people, the prophet of thunder fulfilled his prophecy.

(End of chapter)