"Let's begin." The king said to Xiao Chen.
"OK."
Xiao Chen gave Luo Ling a signal, and Luo Ling stepped lightly on the sound amplification array on the ground. A bit of mental power poured into it, activating the array. Then, a series of arrays were opened one after another on the surrounding mountain walls. This was the large-scale sound transmission array that she and her spirit servants had arranged yesterday. The purpose was to ensure that the king's speech here could be transmitted throughout the entire canyon.
"My people, you are hearing your king speaking here. The blessing of the God of Forge allows my voice to reach you. Let me tell you an extremely important message." The king had never spoken in front of so many people before, and this huge crowd still put a lot of pressure on him. His voice trembled at first, but he was an old man who had seen the world after all, so he soon calmed down.
After the king finished speaking, the whole canyon fell silent. The silence lasted for more than ten seconds, and suddenly there was a buzz of discussion all around. No one had ever seen a sound amplification array of this scale, and no one could imagine that the voice of one person could be heard throughout the canyon.
"Some people may have noticed that something has happened in the Forge Temple recently. Even the nobles are temporarily unable to pray in the temple. That's because a major event has occurred. The God of Forge has not only sent down an oracle, but also blessed us.
Look! What is covered by this piece of cloth is the gift God has given us!"
The king pointed at the tall cloth tent beside him. Xiao Chen snapped his fingers lightly, and the cloth floated up and flew high. The things covered by the cloth suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
The canyon was filled with exclamations.
It was a huge statue carved from white stone, with a strong arm bent and stretched towards the sky, holding a forging hammer tightly in the hand. The muscles of the statue's arm bulged, as if it was using all its strength to strike the final blow.
This statue is naturally the work of Xiao Chen. Its craftsmanship cannot be said to be very sophisticated, but the sculpture is very powerful.
Moreover, anything that becomes larger in size will become more shocking, and the sculpture of the arm holding the hammer gave the dwarves a huge impact.
At this time, several spirit-servant wizards appeared in the sky. They cast the lens magic invented by Luo Ling at several locations. This was actually a magically generated telescope. In this way, the dwarves who were unable to reach the square and could only watch from several specific high positions could see the sculptures after being magnified by the lens.
The dwarves, who had never seen this kind of sculpture, didn't know how to express their excitement and ecstasy. Some of them prayed to the statue on the spot, and more of them knelt on the ground, shouting the name of the god of forging.
At this moment, with the statue as the center, a huge wave of magical power spread out, golden light burst out with the statue as the center, and then a wave filled with gentle breath swept across every dwarf in the square.
All the dwarves who were swept by the ripples felt a kind of power penetrate into their bodies. This energy relieved their fatigue and made them feel calm and warm. Their hearts also seemed to be filled with beautiful things and became very happy.
After the golden ripples swept across the square, they expanded to the top of the canyon. Groups of people watching on the edge of the cliff were swept by it and felt the power contained in it.
"I feel the blessing bestowed upon me by the God of Forging." shouted a noble.
"God of Forging! My wounds don't hurt anymore!" A soldier who was injured during training burst into tears.
"Praise the God of Forging, I already know what to design next!" A distressed craftsman jumped up excitedly.
Even some people from the six major families were touched by this feeling and began to kneel down and pray.
Mei Tiantian, who was standing next to the statue, put away his hands and quietly hid behind Xiao Chen.
She came out of retreat the day before yesterday, and just as planned, she has become a saint. The path she took this time was slightly different from before. The rich magical resources allowed her to gain more comprehensive power, and her potential in the future would be higher than that of her in another world.
As soon as Xiao Chen saw that she had come out of retreat and become a saint, he gave her the task of creating a miracle. The magic just now was created by her using the new means she had learned after becoming a saint, combining several healing, blessing and enhancement magics, expanding their range to the limit and then releasing them.
This magic covered almost half of the royal capital, and it was extremely difficult for Umeda to perform it, but it was perfect to use it as a miracle to fool the dwarves.
Seeing the dwarves around him moved to tears, the king knew that Xiao Chen's plan was half successful. He continued in a sad tone, "But it is not easy to get the blessing of the God of Forge. This is because I told the high priest half a year ago that I had a wish, that is, I hope that there are many people who cannot reach the temple, and there is a place to pray to God every day. For my request, the high priest led the priests of the temple to pray to the God of Forge for a hundred days, and finally the God of Forge gave such a divine weapon. But the high priest of the temple and many high-level priests exhausted their energy for this prayer, and even paid the price of their lives. Their souls have gone to the kingdom of the God of Forge, but their efforts remain in our dwarf kingdom.
Before the high priest left, he passed on the inheritance of the temple to the high-ranking priest Borat, and now priest Borat will become the new high priest. "
Although the former high priest had no interactions with most of the dwarves, the Forge Temple was the most important thing in their lives, and the priests of the temple symbolized the death of the high priest, and many dwarves couldn't help crying.
At this time, the current high priest, Borat, walked up to the platform. He was wearing the clothes of the high priest of the temple, and he looked more noble and mysterious than a few days ago. He saluted the huge statue, and then said to everyone: "The high priest has instructed me to let every dwarf have the opportunity to pray every day. In order to fulfill the high priest's wish and to thank His Majesty the King for making such a suggestion on behalf of everyone, I now announce that all the ceremonies of the Forge Temple will be held in the square in front of this palace. From today onwards, for the next month, I and other priests of the temple will preside over the ceremonies here every day.
Now let us pray together for the first time to the gift of the gods!"
The high priest walked down from the platform and came to the front of the statue with more than a dozen other priests. The whole valley fell silent again, and then the forging hymns sung by the priests began to be heard.
The song was melodious and desolate, echoing repeatedly in the valley. After one section ended, the surrounding dwarves also followed them in singing the song.
Xiao Chen looked at the statue and found a faint golden glow on it.
He asked Mei Tiantian: "Did you do this?"
"No, that is the true power of faith." (To be continued)