When the crystal was placed in the middle of the formation, several chains of energy emerged from the formation and tightly wrapped around it. Xiao Chen stepped outside the formation and made a gesture to Mei Tiantian.
Mei Tiantian took out a crystal ball from her storage ring. There was golden mist flowing inside the crystal ball, which looked very sacred. She quickly placed the golden crystal ball on the small circular formation in front of her, and then asked all the magicians to activate the magic formation together.
Huang Zheng, standing outside the magic circle, gave the order to rearrange the position. The dwarf marines who were originally defending outside the magic circle, along with the pneumatic cannons, turned around and aimed at the center of the formation.
The surrounding spirit warriors also readjusted their positions under Song Hongyang's command, just like the Marines. The spirit mages began to prepare shields or stand in formation for joint casting, and everyone looked as if they were facing a great enemy.
Roger and Evelyn brought the two blacksmiths of the Fire Crystal Family, Lascano and Midros, out of the cave. Farrell and others followed them out, not knowing what was going on.
"What's going on? Why did you force us out? We are still studying the forging temperature issue!" Midros asked nervously. He felt that the atmosphere was wrong when Roger suddenly brought us out.
"Yes. Your people even used force to pull us out. What does this mean? Aren't we here to help your allies?" Lascano said with a grim expression.
Farrell said: "Don't worry, I think there must be some misunderstanding here."
Xiao Chen had already taken out the Thorn of the Heart and was preparing for battle. When he heard the two dwarf forging masters asking questions, he said, "Please be patient. We are not going to do anything bad to you. Instead, we are protecting you."
"Protection? Can you explain it clearly?" Lascano asked with a serious face.
Xiao Chen said: "Wait a moment, now is not the right time."
On the other side, in front of Mei Tiantian, the golden crystal ball began to float on the magic circle and slowly rotated. All the people around who had felt the power of faith before felt the power of faith of the dwarves being released from the golden crystal ball.
These powers of faith were collected and refined from the statues made by Xiao Chen using the method researched by Mei Tiantian, Xiao Chen and Luo Ling.
And this magic circle is naturally not a charging magic circle, but an energy extraction array. Whatever energy is put into the small magic circle in front of Mei Tiantian, this large magic circle will absorb the same energy of the target.
Therefore, this is now a magic circle that specifically absorbs the power of faith, and the target is the red and blue crystal of the Forging Tower.
Seeing that the magic circle had been activated, Xiao Chen said to the two dwarf master forgers, "I'm afraid you don't know that the false god has planted a spiritual mark on your body? Have you found that you are unconsciously influenced by the false god and make some decisions that are not in line with common sense and your own wishes?"
"What? How is that possible?" Lascano asked in surprise.
"Do you understand why you risked your life to come here? Did you really want to come here? Of course, I know Ansaldo hopes you can come and help us. But a great blacksmith like you can have your own ideas on such matters. None of the other great blacksmiths from the six major families are willing to take the risk to come here, but why did you take the initiative to ask to come here? Think about it carefully, what kind of mentality did you have at that time?"
Lascano was stunned. After hearing what Xiao Chen said, he tried hard to think about why he came here. However, he couldn't remember anything. He even forgot what he was thinking when he made this decision. It was as if... he was sleepwalking.
Midros, who was standing by, grabbed his sleeve, his face also blank, and he kept muttering, "What's going on? What's going on? I feel like I have lost my memory. The things I remember most clearly are the things that happened after I stepped into this portal."
"Is it true that the false god is controlling our minds? But why does it have anything to do with us?" Lascano said in a panic, "How did you determine this?"
"In the king's basement, when I first met you, I could smell the power of faith in you. We have been studying the effects of the power of faith for some time, so we are very familiar with that aura. Apart from the false god and us, no one in the Dwarf Kingdom would use this power, so the answer is obvious." Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and gently brushed Lascano, bringing up a trace of red power of faith between his fingers. The power of faith used by Xiao Chen and his friends was golden, and only the power of faith of the false god was crimson, so it was obvious where this power came from.
"But how could we be manipulated by the false god?" Lascano asked in disbelief, looking at his hands.
"I guess you have visited the Forge Temple recently and met the former high priest?" Xiao Chen asked.
"That's true. Many priests in the Forge Temple, including the high priest, are masters of forging. When we have difficult problems that we can't solve, we often go to discuss with them. Sometimes when we encounter difficulties in making something, we will pray, hoping that the God of Forge can give us inspiration." Midros said.
Lascano said: "About half a month ago, we went to the Forge Temple. Could it be that at that time..."
"I guess that's it. Because you also believe in the God of Forging, the false god can use the power of faith to control you unconsciously." Xiao Chen said.
"Then why on earth did he do that?"
"I don't know. Maybe he is secretly planning something. You two are definitely not the only ones who have been marked by him. God knows how many people in the Dwarf Kingdom have been marked with this mark over the past period of time.
I think it should be very familiar with some of the things we do outside. Since the birth of the statue, the false god has lost the source of faith. This should be a fatal blow to it. It will definitely use you as eyes to find the reason.
As for why he wanted to influence you and make you come to this trial place, I guess it was to monitor our actions. He should have been using you to secretly observe our actions since we came here.
Xiao Chen glanced at the red and blue crystal trapped in the center of the magic circle. A trace of faith was being extracted from the crystal by the magic circle. "But fortunately, we discovered this problem not too late, so I also observed it through you, and made a big discovery." (To be continued)