The world of painting in the Steam Church.

Like the other cities Ember had encountered before, the city in front of him, which contained the core of the entire world, was also made entirely of steel. Ember walks side by side with Calula through the city's streets, relying on their sense of fire as they move towards the core.

Ember's gaze flashed over the surrounding buildings, and he frowned slightly:

"This world is quite well built, and with a population of millions of people, the Steam Church clearly intends to run this world for a long time, but why is the world so desolate?"

Although the construction of the city is quite perfect, it is even more advanced in some respects than the capitals of the countries of the northern continent. But outside the city, all they saw was the devastated land, as if beyond the steel city, there was only a desolation.

This alone is obviously not enough to support the survival needs of millions of people in the painting world, and even the most basic food and water cannot be guaranteed. This is obviously contrary to the idea that the Steam Church wants to operate for a long time, but it is really real, and it is really hard not to be puzzled.

You must know that even in the painting world owned by the Aurora Club, although most of its surface is covered by a bloody mushroom blanket, there is still an area suitable for survival in the area above the mountainside, enough to feed tens of thousands of people.

Faced with Ember's question, Calula explained softly:

"The Church of Steam holds in the hands the extraordinary path of sequence 0 as the 'Perfecter', and the sequence 4 of the 'Perfecter' path is the 'Alchemist', who has the extraordinary ability of life refining and is able to infuse souls and give a certain amount of life to the objects it creates."

"The only problem is that the ritual of becoming an alchemist requires the extraction of all the life force in a certain area, the soil will be desertified, and the lake will dry up...... Although the area that has been drained of life force can be revived, it will take a long time, which will inevitably lead to the desolation of this world. ”

Of course, in this case, you can also ask the demigods or angels of the Mother Earth Church to step in and breathe life into the land. However, the relationship between the Steam Church and the Mother Earth Church is not so harmonious, the Mother Earth God Church will not easily help, and the Steam Church will not easily allow the angels or demigods of the Earth Mother God Church to enter the painting world. ”

"And the people of the Steam Church don't really care if the world is desolate or not."

Ember was a bit of a surprise, but the answer seemed reasonable:

The Steam Church believes in steam and machinery, and as for 'green', that's not something they should consider. What does it matter if the world of painting is a little more desolate? Anyway, it didn't stop them from praising the gods of steam and machinery.

However, Calula seems to have a good understanding of the Steam Church and the world of paintings they have......

Ember asked softly:

"Calula, which path are you taking?"

The corners of Kalula's mouth rose slightly:

"If I talk about the transcendent path alone, I am just a sage in the sequence 3 of the 'audience' pathway."

But she is also a forbidden Dark Faller, and in terms of true strength, even the Angel of Sequence 1 is helpless against her. Even though she could have been promoted to Sequence 2 Angel a long time ago, she had a copy of the extraordinary trait of the 'Insight' in her hands, but for some reason she had to hide herself all the time.

Merely......

The Fallen of Darkness was born from the fragment of humanity of Manus, the father of the Abyss, who is the equivalent of the 'mother' of the Fallen of Darkness.

Ember's expression suddenly became a little subtle, although most of his memories were missing, the memories of some people were quite clear, as if they had been deliberately split in half.

For example, he clearly remembered that Manus was broken by him himself. This also means that he indirectly created the Dark Fallen. If Manus is the 'mother' of the fallen son of darkness, then isn't he......

And Calula seemed to see what was going on in his heart, and said with a smile:

"My mother is the true Darkfall born from the Fragments, and I can only be counted as half a Darkfall. Manus is my mother's 'mother' and can also be counted as my 'grandmother'. So ......"

"We're here."

Ember didn't wait for her to speak, but suddenly stopped, staring calmly ahead.

"Tsk~"

Calula snorted in disappointment, and followed Ember's gaze to the front where there was a church.

The area of the church is not large, about 20 meters long and wide, and the outer layer is painted in red and gold, which looks quite 'gorgeous'.

The building structure of the church is a standard symmetrical structure, with a tower on the left and right sides, and a tower in the middle of the church that is more than twice as tall as the towers on the left and right.

But the tops of these towers are not 'minarets', but round turrets that resemble pot lids and have several thick cannon barrels that can be rotated!

Such a church can be said to be armed to the teeth, which looks a little strange. But when you think it's the turret of the Steam Church, everything seems to be perfectly normal again.

And the location of the fire sensed by the embers was just below this church.

But before they could step forward, the church in front of them suddenly 'stood up'!

With the friction and roar of gears and machinery, the church, which was originally located on the ground, 'rises' higher and higher. The sun's rays were then obscured, casting large shadows. What appeared in front of them was no longer just a church, but a huge humanoid Titan nearly sixty meters tall!

Originally, the 'church' they saw by the embers was actually just the 'hat' of this giant titan, and its 'head' was just below this church. So where is the church? It is clearly a fort with a fortified castle-like structure!

The many towers, stained glass and church paint on it all show the magnificence and majesty of the Titan, and people can intuitively feel at a glance that this is definitely a terrifying war machine!

Even its 'hands' are two stout weapons, and its right arm is a 'Gatling' made up of eleven barrels. Although the left arm has only one barrel, the thick caliber makes people have no doubt about its power. Behind it, there are two pipes pointing vertically to the sky spewing white mist, which is where its 'power plant' is located.

Such a terrifying war machine can be almost invincible when it comes to dealing with extraordinary people below the Sage!

Even Sages above Sequence 4 may be seriously injured if they are accidentally hit by their cannons full of psionic energy.

"Zizi-"

With a piercing electric sound, the titan in front of him stared at the two figures below, and opened his mouth without any emotional fluctuations:

"I am Ymir, the Fist of the Empire, and I am ordered to guard the Palace of Terra."

"Heretic, why did you come?"

Ember's expression became more subtle:

"The Emperor? Tara? ”

Kalula explained softly:

That was Russell's name, who proclaimed himself emperor and renamed the world of painting Divine Terra. And every city of St. Terra was cast by the saints and angels of the Church of Steam, and Russell called the city he cast the palace of Terra. As for it, it should be the product of Russell's life refining during the period of the Sage. ”

Ember bowed slightly, but inexplicably thought of Russell's death-

In his later years, Russell betrayed his family, and even his family left him, and eventually Russell was betrayed in his palace and assassinated.

Should I say it or not, Russell's self-proclaimed emperor can be regarded as seeking benevolence, at least this ending is very historical.

Ember retracted his thoughts, took out a badge from his coat pocket, and said calmly:

"I'm going to the heart of this world and get out of the way."

From the moment the Titan appeared, Ember had already understood-

The core is not in the church on the Titans, but in the 'pit' that the Titans crawled out of the ground.

The giant titan who claimed to be the Fist of the Empire looked down at the triangular emblem in Ember's hand, and was silent for a long time before slowly speaking:

"As you wish."

Bang! Bang!

With heavy steps, the Titan slowly stepped aside and moved out of the way.

It also made the crater appear in Ember's field of vision.

With the help of the sunlight shining from the sky, Ember saw the whole picture of the crater—

It's just an ordinary pit, nothing special except that it's steel on all sides.

It really seems like it's just a place for the Titans.

The core that Ember is looking for is still deeper.

Bang! Bang!

At this moment, there was a loud and heavy knocking sound in my ears.

Ember looked up in confusion and saw the Titan who had just left, stretching out his thick barrel and banging wildly on a tall spire.

"What is it doing?" Ember asked, a little surprised.

Calula also hesitated for a moment, her expression was not very sure, and she said half-skeptically:

"Pacify the Spirit?"

Click!

As soon as the words fell, a voice suddenly came from my ears, which was the sound of rusty gears that had not been running for many years. Then, the sound of gears became more and more intense, and the chimneys in the city spewed white steam. The sound of the turbines and the roar of the steam engine was so constant that even the earth began to tremble.

At the same time, a shrill siren sounded in the city!

In the violent shaking and the shaking of the earth, the 'city' slowly stood up.

Calula looked a little surprised at the scene, but quickly understood what it meant.

She still maintained her human form, but a pair of pure black covered wings grew on her back, and some black scales appeared on her body.

She gently hugged Ember from her back and flew him into the sky.

From top to bottom, they saw the city as it was in mid-air—

The whole city seemed to come to life, transformed into a giant steel tortoise, spitting steam and moving slowly into the distance.

On the turtle's back, the Giant Titan is standing at the top and directing the progress of the Giant Tortoise.

The giant titan, which is 60 meters tall, is not conspicuous at all on the back of this 'giant tortoise', but is as small as an ant.

It doesn't need to be explained by Kalulah, Ember can understand the current situation-

Just like the giant Titan, the city was also forged by Russell the Great, and it is a unique life in its own right!

Ember asked thoughtfully:

"That's the case in all cities?"

Kalula shook her head slightly:

"This is not something that ordinary saints can accomplish, only the angelic rank can carry out life refining on this scale. The vast majority of cities in the world of painting are ordinary cities that cannot be moved, and only a very few have a 'life' like this 'Terra Palace'. ”

Ember silently looked at the slowly moving city below, and suddenly had a funny feeling.

The Steam Church believes in the god of steam and machines, but it has completely changed into his shape under Rosell's 'transformation', and the shadow left by Russell can be seen almost everywhere in the entire Steam Church.

And Russell has already turned the Steam Church into his shape, and maybe he still had the idea of 'he can take his place'. But unfortunately, in the case of this sequence with Sequence 0 True God, Russell can only go to Sequence 2 at most.

Sequence 2 may be able to struggle against Sequence 1, but in the face of Sequence 0, there is no way to fight back.

Eventually, the city slowly moved away from the area it had been, revealing the barren ground below in the flying dust.

And on that barren land, there stood a magnificent church made of minarets and bell towers.

Calula returned to the ground with the embers, and the wings behind her disappeared, as did the scales that had covered her body.

Calula blinked:

"I guess you won't need me to lead the way, right? You should be more familiar with this than I am. ”

Ember nodded silently and walked slowly towards the church.

Click!

With the sound of the gate rubbing against the ground, the two heavy gates were slowly pushed open a gap that could only accommodate one person.

Calula, who was following behind, rolled her eyes, why was it like this every time? Leave the door wide open and you'll die, right?

Ember didn't know what was going on in Calula's mind, and slowly walked into the church.

The interior of the church is not very large, and it can even be said that it is so small that you can see it at a glance.

Inside the church, there are several two-meter-high candlesticks, and in the center of the church, there is a statue of a headless woman and a little girl embracing, making people wonder about their identities.

On the left side of the statue, behind the wall, there is a straight ladder that rises perpendicular to the wall.

Ember saw this scene and already knew what he had to do:

He had to take a long detour to the basement to open the mechanism, then take a shortcut back to the church to access the hidden passage beneath the statue.

A look of remember flashed in his eyes, and he slowly walked to the statue, causing ripples like a whirlpool on its surface, and the whole person directly submerged into it-

can all pass through the wall, and a fool will take a long detour to open the mechanism.

Descending the stairs, Ember came to an empty hidden chamber that appeared to be a chapel.

But there were neither nuns nor priests inside.

Only the flickering stove was placed quietly at the end of the chapel.

It is the heart of the whole world, and the key to destroying the whole world!

(End of chapter)