Unlike ordinary treasure troves inherited from noble families, the warehouse of the Church of the Seven Gods is, as the name suggests, a genuine warehouse.
In the huge square underground space, there are many steel containers densely packed, and simple black wooden shelves separate different types of items, just like the most ordinary port warehouse scene.
The leading church knight activated the magic circle, and suddenly the dark warehouse lit up with patches of white pyroxene. Pyroxene is an unusually common translucent crystal on the Mycroft continent. It looks ordinary, but as long as a trace of energy is injected into it, it can emit extremely bright cold light, so it is commonly used as a lighting tool by all races. Because it is so common, even poor people occasionally have one or two irregular pyroxenes in their homes. They usually put them under the sun to accumulate energy, and take them out in the middle of the night to use them as lights.
The pyroxene used by the church to build the underground fortress is naturally not an ordinary product. The white light that illuminates the warehouse is bright and not dazzling, because there are some holy light runes shining around it, which adds a sacred flavor.
Since Joshua had already said before that he was going to Area 3, the knight leading the way did not stop and moved all the way towards the target area. The warrior also glanced around casually.
Halfway through, the middle-aged knight suddenly said: "Your Majesty, although it is a bit rude, I have to admit that there are indeed some people in our church who are causing trouble for you."
Because he was wearing a semi-enclosed helmet, the knight's voice was muffled, and even brought a trace of echo in the closed warehouse, but Joshua could hear that the other party's tone was very sincere, and he couldn't help but turn his head, somewhat He asked curiously: "What's the trouble? The hospitality of the Church of the Seven Gods has always been commendable. I also think it feels pretty good here."
This sentence is the truth. Although the clergy of the church are occasionally unkind or behave strangely because of their doctrines, they can definitely be called good people. If they are not kind and upright people in a general sense, they will never be able to understand the Holy Spirit. The power of light - living with such a group of good people, nothing bad can happen.
After hearing the warrior's words, the church knight straightened his back slightly and seemed very proud, but then he shook his head and said with some embarrassment: "Not in this regard... Lord Earl, it's about the rumors. .”
"Leave a message?" Joshua raised his brows, waiting for the other party's answer.
"It's like this. Recently, there have been some rumors about you in the circle of intermediate priests." When the middle-aged knight said this, he paused for a while, as if he was sorting out his words, and soon he fell silent. The voice said: "Many people have begun to claim that you came to the Holy Mountain simply to satisfy your own bloodthirsty and warlike desires."
"Wait a minute." Joshua blinked, frowned and said, "What did you say?"
"I'm sorry! However, many people do believe it - after all, if it weren't for this reason, no matter how great the interests are, it would be impossible for an imperial noble to risk death and cross the entire continent to come to the Holy Land. Mountain, the battlefield at the forefront of this dragon disaster.”
When he said this, the knight stopped, turned his head, and bowed deeply to Joshua: "It is our dereliction of duty to allow this kind of message to appear and spread. We are very sorry!"
"Ah... um." The soldier didn't know what to say, with a strange look on his face: "Well, although I'm a little unhappy, in fact they didn't... "
At this moment, the middle-aged knight suddenly straightened up and said seriously: "But I know that what they said is all nonsense!"
When he said this, the knight clenched his right fist and raised it in front of his chest, as if he was really angry about this. He said in a low and clear voice: "My lord, although you do seem to be a real evil person, you are really When we get along with him, he is extremely kind, without any airs of aristocracy, and his every move is in line with the way of the Holy Light."
Joshua: "No, please stop."
"There is no doubt that you are a person who has truly escaped from vulgar taste! You are a noble person!" Although his expression could not be seen clearly due to his helmet, there was no doubt that the middle-aged knight was very excited. He loudly said: "You must have resolutely left your territory and hometown for the sake of the innocent people in the Far South and came to the Holy Mountain to stop the mad dragon. Those who spread rumors don't understand this and wantonly slander you..."
Joshua didn't listen to what he said next. Occasionally, one or two words like 'believe in the Holy Light', 'model of justice', 'example of nobles and lords' floated over to him, but he pretended not to have heard them all. Waiting until he was middle-aged After the knight calmed down a little, the warrior slowly said: "Put all this aside... You take me to area three first."
"yes!"
After hearing Joshua's instructions, the knight, who was obviously a warrior admirer, immediately began to lead the way again without saying a word.
-This group of people...
Walking on the path of the warehouse, Joshua couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Recently, he has indeed been helping the Church of the Seven Gods to fight against the mad dragon. According to his bloody fighting techniques and negative charm, it is not surprising that such a message appears. Although believers in the Holy Light will not lie, their guesses are indeed true. According to reports, Joshua did not take this kind of message to heart that would disappear in a few days.
What really surprised the warrior was this middle-aged paladin. It was incredible that he still had admirers for his charm!
Regarding this point, it was Joshua who was a little presumptuous. In the eyes of many knights in the church, a Jiyi-level warrior who is less than thirty years old is enough to be called a genius among geniuses. Even the most arrogant people have to admit that this strength is enough to make most People are ashamed of themselves, but such a genius, a field noble of the Northern Empire, a legendary strongman destined for the future, is willing to leave his territory and come to the Holy Mountain to help the church and help the entire Far South region resist the mad dragon—
If this spirit is not noble, then no spirit can be considered noble. As the middle-aged knight said, this is the way of the Holy Light in their eyes.
While thinking, the two came to area three.
Most of the warehouse areas of the fortress are connected. Area 3 is located closer to the center, and most of the alchemical and magical artifacts developed by the Church of the Seven Gods are displayed.
The protection measures here are obviously much better than the food and ordinary weapons in the periphery. Although they are still huge steel cabinets and black wooden frames, they are all engraved with magic circles for dust removal, waterproofing and isolation from elemental erosion. Seeing the runes flashing, there was a crystal-like translucent energy cover on the outer layer of the steel cabinet, looming under the light of the pyroxene lamp.
The middle-aged knight was originally responsible for managing this warehouse and knew all the items in it. He slowed down and introduced the treasures stored in each cabinet to the warrior.
Located on the right side of Joshua are the energy cores of twenty silver peak-level magical puppets. The divine magic puppets of the Seven Gods Church have always been named after the constructs of the Eastern Plains Archmage, and are much higher than similar puppets in the hands of other forces. At least the Northern Empire cannot mass-produce battle puppets of the same level. The core of these puppets each costs more than 8,000 Far South gold coins, which is enough to buy a small manor in the outskirts of the country.
You know, if an ordinary silver-level warrior does not risk his life to hunt monsters, he can only earn two to three hundred gold coins by working hard in the city guard for a year. This set of puppets is worth a total of 160,000 gold coins, enough to One to two thousand soldiers armed to the teeth.
However, Joshua doesn't care much. Not to mention that there is already a rune factory in his territory. With the help of Miss No. 3, sooner or later, he will be able to produce magic puppets. The strength of this peak silver is quite embarrassing. -The warrior currently has no shortage of backbone combat capabilities, but what he lacks is a gold-level leader.
Because the four territories in the North are close to the Ice Black Forest, there are hundreds of Silver Knights accumulated through years of fighting. If you include the city guards and the militia in each village, basically each territory has a thousand Silver Knights. This is still Because the Northern Territory has a small population and insufficient resources, there are many casualties under the Kuroshio.
There is a lot of silver, but not gold. It is estimated that it will take at least seven or eight years for the elite group of Winterburg Academy to grow up. At that time, all the warriors will be looking around, let alone the Dragon Riders. Even if it is a quick success, the time for the dragon to fully mature is enough for Qiao Xiu. grandfather.
It could be seen that the warrior was not interested in this, so the church knight turned his head and introduced other alchemical products to Joshua.
The technical reserves of the Church of the Seven Gods are not inferior to any large force. Even the group of mages with high eyes on the Eastern Plains may not be able to defeat it in every aspect. In fact, the church's alchemy level is firmly among the top in the world. They even It can build water fortresses in the deep sea, and use divine magic to drive the fortresses to explore the seabed and hunt ocean giants.
Regrettably, however, the alchemy style of the church is far different from that of the eastern mages. Most of their creations are giant war machines, which are so huge that they require the cooperation of many clergy to drive them. Although the Guantian White Tower has developed structures The war colossus, but the overall style is miniaturized and popularized.
So Joshua shook his head repeatedly at the introduction of the Church Knights - it's not that those things are bad, but that they are not suitable, whether it is the 'Elemental Crystal Resonance Core' that can activate elements within dozens of kilometers and make it easier for people to perceive magic, or it can be subtle. , the 'clean rings' that rely on sunlight and free energy to purify the environment for hundreds of kilometers are real good things, but these creations are too huge, so huge that their cores are more than ten meters high, and they need to be dispatched by the church. Hundreds of professionals went to the local area to make the parts and then spent more than half a year assembling them.
The church knight seemed to know that these things were unreliable, so after a brief introduction, he didn't say much, and the warrior patiently scanned the surroundings.
As luck would have it, within a few minutes, Joshua found something that interested him.
"Floating ring..." Looking at the magical creation made of steel and crystal in front of him, showing a sense of science fiction, Joshua turned his head and looked at the middle-aged knight: "What are you using to create this kind of thing?" of?"
"This?" The church knight looked up and glanced at this huge ring that occupied a large warehouse space and was more than ten meters in diameter. Then he thought hard for a while: "It should be the auxiliary accessories placed on the giant steel puppet. Most of them are Divine puppets have no ability to fly, especially large puppets, so some people in the church want to create some flying puppets."
"The results of it?"
"It failed completely. Instead of loading accessories, it would be better to engrave a few floating arrays on the puppet, which would be more effective and save more materials... Of course, this floating ring actually also has the ability to allow the user to fly freely, which is the space Big, it’s such a waste of material.”
The church knight looked at Joshua strangely, and he kindly reminded: "My Lord Earl, you are a very powerful person. You don't need this thing to fly. Even if you want a flying car, I would rather It is recommended that you engrave the floating magic circle instead of using this... Its output is too great, enough to make your mansion fly. It is really overkill to make things like carriages fly."
Joshua naturally knew that what the other party said was right. This floating ring was indeed a tasteless thing and a pity to throw away. Generally speaking, carriages and even chariot artillery could not use such a large thing, but floating fortresses or The battleship itself has its own inscribed magic circle, so no external accessories are needed.
But that being said...he has a flightless sea dragon at home!
Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help but feel depressed.
A domineering giant dragon serves as a mount in the sky, but it is as romantic as any man. He must not have tried so hard to let Hei awaken her bloodline to train her into the fort she is now - but the devil knows that Hei's bloodline is a sea dragon. Although it has wings, it can But it can’t fly!
This time in the Abyss of Anos, Hei performed very well in resisting sea monsters and detecting ocean currents, but his inability to fly was a real flaw. The reason why giant dragons are powerful is because they can pour down dragon breath and energy from a high position. Magic, just like Mandagal, if it weren't for protecting the Chaos Runes, the Crystal Demonic Dragon would be able to drag Joshua to death just by flying a kite.
The power of Black Dragon Breath is terrifying. If you are not prepared, even Joshua would not want to take it. The only drawback is that he cannot fly.
But now, with this thing, maybe Hei can fly
Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help but make a note in his mind, and he added it to his candidate list.
At this moment, a violent shaking came from the soldier's feet.
"What's going on?" The church knight on the side immediately showed a surprised expression. He looked up at the shaky pyroxene lamp above his head: "Earthquake?"
"No." Joshua shook his head. His expression was calm, as if he had expected it: "It seems that it is as expected by Pope Eagle. It is ahead of schedule."
"What's ahead of schedule?"
"Attack." He responded calmly. Joshua turned his head and walked towards the exit of the warehouse: "The general attack of the five-color dragon clan is about to begin."
Accompanied by the sound of the alarm, the two people walked out of the warehouse and walked quickly along the solid stone passage towards the exit of the underground fortress. Many clergymen went to the surface with them, and there were also many pure people without fighting ability. The clergy stayed in the fortress calmly, waiting for the next instructions. This was a step that had been rehearsed dozens of times.
The underground fortress has been specially reinforced with magical runes. As long as the holy mountain does not collapse, it is impossible for it to collapse. Even an earthquake cannot destroy the structure of the fortress.
Joshua left the underground fortress and walked out of the temple that served as the entrance.
He looked up at the sky and the sea.
Dark clouds are gathering, strong winds are sweeping, huge waves are coming one after another, the line between the sea and the sky has been shrouded in darkness, lightning stretches across the sky, accompanied by thunder, and huge shadows shuttle between the clouds.
Nothing was beyond his expectation.
Starfall 833, August 26th, a stormy night.
The five-color mad dragon officially attacks the Seven Sacred Mountains.
(End of chapter)