Starfall 841, February 17, the northern Helgamos Empire.
Ten days have passed since Emperor Israel's divine light shone on the world. After a week of grand celebrations and unknown political negotiations behind them, with the help of two legendary powerful men, the two Prince Demoore temporarily assumed some of the emperor's rights and positions, while the remaining part was handed over to the powerful palace faction, mainly the queen.
Obviously, the conflict between the second prince and the queen is huge, and it has not eased much until now. But at such an important juncture, both sides know that there is no point in intrigue. Although Dimoore is regarded as the heir by default, there are other Princes and daughters have the right to inherit, especially the eldest prince. Although he seems unknown on weekdays, he has rich wings and has deep roots in the major nobles and the military. In order to fight against his brothers and sisters, Demoore really needs the queen. The political strength brought by one line.
Naturally, a Jiyi cannot be the master of the entire Northern Empire. Before Dimoore becomes a legend, he may have to suffer criticism, but these are just trivial matters, because as long as the two legendary powerhouses are present, Dimoore can express If you support it, then no one in the entire empire will dare to 'question' it.
What's more, the emperor of the empire, Israel Diamond, was not like those previous emperors who had to abdicate due to death or decline in strength - on the contrary, Israel just became too powerful. Strong, the emperor's position is no longer worthy of him.
As long as that being who is still gestating and sublimating in the boundless heaven, still gestating in the cocoon of divine power, does not die, everything will not deviate from the trajectory of order.
At this time, except for the Sanshan Holy City, which was the political center, and seemed a little anxious because of the emperor's ascension to the gods, the civilians in other provinces of the empire, and even all the believers of the 'God of Power and Justice' around the world, felt extremely anxious. Delighted—the former was able to get rid of near-ubiquitous exploitation precisely because of Israel’s Skynet system, and the Grand Celebration also exempted farmers from almost all taxes this year, while the latter is sensing that power and justice alone belong The god's 'powerful magic' is gradually returning. Although its reaction is somewhat different from before, at least their strength is gradually improving.
Of course, good people can be happy, and so can bad people.
Because of Israel's temporary departure, various evil forces that had been intimidated by him for three or four years and did not dare to take a breath are gradually showing signs of resurgence - because time has not passed for too long, and it has not lasted for a generation. , so when these evil people discovered that when they were doing evil, there would no longer be divine fire falling from the sky to burn them to ashes. In some remote and hidden corners of the empire, some evil began to brew.
However, what greeted these people were dimensional blades that were extremely sharp and showed no signs at all.
"What on earth were they thinking?"
At this time, on the East Bander Plateau, on the detection throne high above the empire, Nostradamus held the core terminal in his hand, controlling the Skynet network, observing every move of all abnormal events in the entire empire, and a black man The warrior with hair and a winged girl stood behind the old mage, listening to the other party complaining about the stupidity of the criminals.
"Joshua, do you think these people have any brains? Do they think that a legendary mage of the time and space system can't do as well as a legendary dragon knight in casting spells across the air? Ha, I forgot about it. Israel doesn’t ride a dragon, he just keeps pets.”
When he said this, Nostradamus turned his head, glanced at Joshua sideways, and whispered: "Yes, just like you, you all like to keep dragons as pets."
"Because if they are just bad, they will not necessarily commit crimes. They will try to enter the financial industry and become shady businessmen or shady lawyers. Some people will even try to engage in lottery and gambling. In short, being bad does not mean committing crimes. .”
Regarding the old mage's slander, Joshua, who stood behind the throne and watched Nostradamus kill all the criminals accurately, shrugged, causing No. 3 sitting on his shoulders to sway a little, and Joshua calmed down. He said: "Only bad and stupid people will commit crimes. Also, I don't keep Hei as a pet, I can ride it. Last time I rode Hei for a spin in the Western Mountains. I Very different from Israel.”
"Hey, according to what you said, Israel also 'rides' a dragon." The old mage told a somewhat dirty joke, which made No. 3 slightly raise his eyelashes, but Joshua did not hear it, and quickly Gave him a suggestion: "Master, I think you need to use as obvious a method as possible to kill those criminals, at least add some elemental special effects, don't be so silent - always use a traceless dimensional slash. , they have no idea that this is the trial given to them by Skynet."
"That's a good idea."
After muttering, Nostradamus thought for a while, added some light particle special effects to his Dimension Slash, and then continued to patrol the entire empire, while Joshua continued to take No. 3 with him and watched from behind. The other party observes every light curtain.
Ten days ago, after Israel received the news of Joshua's calculation and embarked on the 'road to God', everyone knew that the situation in the world would change as a result.
Inheriting the title of 'God of Power and Justice', if Israel succeeds in becoming a god, there is no doubt that he will naturally become one of the seven gods of the human race and gain power that ordinary people cannot imagine. What's more, before he becomes a god, He is a powerful legendary strongman. After becoming a god, he will quickly master his own power and make up for the loss of the Mycroft civilization's high-end combat power due to the death of the previous generation of powerful god 'Xing Zheng'.
But now, Israel has not yet completed the process of becoming a god. The cocoon of light formed by divine power is stirring in the boundless heaven. According to the Six Gods, this is the sublimation method to become a true god, relying on the power left by the previous god. , the successors can quickly cross the boundary between 'supernatural' and 'god', and master the power of the source of the multiverse through divinity.
Of course, this 'very quickly' is only a relative term. According to the statement of eradicating the Six Gods, it would take Israel several months to a year to transform from the cocoon of light form into a real true god. The time does not matter. Anything good or bad is just pure luck.
"The main thing is to see when he can understand the power he has."
When Joshua and other legendary powerful men asked the Six Gods for information in this regard, the God of Law and Freedom kindly answered their questions: "Short time does not mean quick mastery, and long time does not mean deep understanding. To the infinite, finite time is indifferent.”
This explanation does not actually explain the reason in detail. Some people are thoughtful about it and seem to understand something. Similarly, some people are not clear about it, but it does not affect anything.
But at that time, Joshua suddenly felt something in his heart.
He began to understand a little bit why Yue Ai, the 'God of Love and Decline', said that he and Eagle were so powerful that they did not want them to become gods.
In other words, he found another explanation behind this sentence.
In fact, Yue Ai probably didn’t know why he said this at the time. He probably just thought that becoming a god meant protecting all living beings in Mycroft’s world, and sacrificing himself for the entire civilization just like Xing Zheng did. himself, and puts himself in danger of being swallowed by the Great Source at any time... Although the power of God is indeed extremely powerful, it is not unmatched. Because of this, Yue Ai does not want Eagle and Qiao to A strong man like Xiu Ya, who even if he is not a god, has power comparable to that of a god, jumps into this restricted path.
But in Joshua's view, there is no obvious difference between gods and legends. Especially during the Era of Glory, the fighting power of gods is obviously higher than that of legends, and the same is true for their status.
Low-level slave gods, such as the God of Rivers under the Earth Goddess, are not very powerful even in legends. However, when they reach the level of the main god, due to the powerful nature of the divine power and the almost unlimited battery life, they can It can firmly suppress multiple legendary high-level experts in the general sense, and can even confront the evil god head-on.
In that era, gods should be respected. Although it was difficult to advance, it did not mean that it was impossible to advance. It would not be like now, and it would become a vortex that strong people should not fall into.
And if you want to understand why, it's actually very simple.
Because the 'initial fire' is moving away from this fact.
When Yue Ai said this, I'm afraid it was just a casual conversation, but this conversation gave the correct answer - divine power is the power derived from the initial fire, and is the infinite power that connects the sources of the multiverse. Therefore, God Powerful, natural, and bound by it.
Today, knowing that the Prime Fire is shrinking, moving away, and may even be disconnected from the world's galaxy and sinking into the darkness of nowhere, it is a gamble to become a god related to the power of the Prime Fire. , no one knows whether there will be a problem with the Initial Fire, but if there is a problem, then all gods will lose the source of power, and even fall because the foundation of their life forms is shaken.
Legends are different. Legends self-modify life forms, which will certainly cause big problems, and may even lead to things like strong power but short lifespan. But in any case, legends are based on the power of life itself, even if it is initially Once the fire is extinguished, there won't be any big problems with the Legends until the multiverse falls into complete darkness.
Even extremely powerful legends can survive in the darkness of silence after the initial fire is extinguished and the multiverse is destroyed, until the next reincarnation comes.
"This is too far-fetched."
After retracting his thoughts, Joshua shook his head. He chuckled, then turned his head and looked down at the entire Benert Plateau.
A large part of this vast plateau area between the Western Mountains and the Northern Empire has now been turned into a huge steel base. It was the void that Joshua used the power of steel to build for the empire after becoming a legend. Thanks to the battleship production line, void battleships have now become an important means of transportation for the Northern Empire to explore the void and travel back and forth to other worlds.
Several years have passed by. Under the guidance of various data brought by the integrated large information database, and even the void battleship design drawings of the Glorious Era, the Imperial Royal Mage Association has deduced its own battleship design level to a very high level. The situation - they did not copy the original drawings of the battleships from the Glorious Era, but tried to analyze and deconstruct them, and apply the advantages to the Starfall Era battleships that they could understand and repair.
Originally, such high-intensity research required a large number of mages to delve into research, but because many professional colleges like Winterhold College were established in the past few years, there is now a steady stream of new spellcaster researchers who can join the relevant fields. At work. They may not have as profound knowledge as the old-school mages, but after years of study and study, they will not lag too far behind the forefront of the field in terms of professionalism.
Joshua's vision of the power of steel was opened, and he could see that underground in the Benert Plateau, experimental warships were being assembled and completed in the magic shipyard. They may not actually be put into service. This is indeed a kind of It is a waste of resources, but there is no doubt that every void battleship that is actually operational can bring a lot of precious information to the entire design team.
-For example, a scientific research ship that is specially used for detection and can scan the world through the world barrier.
-For example, if it is specially used for construction, it is equivalent to the engineering ship of the entire Magic Energy Industrial Construction Team.
-For example, an exploration frigate is specially used for exploring the interior of the world and can also engage in certain battles in the void.
-Another example is a battlefield logistics ship that is specially used for auxiliary purposes and can release a large amount of magic halo to supplement the shield and energy of the void battleship and reinforce the armor.
In various ways, many prototypes of warships are undergoing experiments, such as void cruisers and destroyers, which are specially designed for void battles. For example, they are equipped with the strongest firepower of the existing Mycrov civilization. One ship can A 'Dreadnought-class battleship' equivalent to the original combat effectiveness of a fleet.
The designs of these battleships are different from the concepts of the Era of Glory. To perfect them, it will either take a long time or consume a lot of resources to conduct actual ship experiments.
At this time, we have to mention the important role of the Empire's External Exploration Department. If there were not the metal world discovered by each team, and those high-quality alloy mines derived from the black mist, in terms of the resources of Mycroft World alone, It is absolutely impossible to support such large-scale industrialization progress in the Northern Empire.
"No. 3, it seems that with our current magic energy technology, we are enough to create a mobile city like your original body in the world of Kallis, which is like a mountain."
Taking the artificial intelligence girl away from the observation throne hanging in the sky, Joshua and No. 3 flew over the plateau. The two walked above the clouds, observing every detail of the battleship production line. The soldier said with some emotion: " In ten years, we have come to this point.”
"Actually, the magic technology of Mycroft's world has long surpassed that of Kallis's world."
In response, No. 3 shook her head gently. Her eyes reflected a frigate that was slowly rising into the sky and flying towards the end of the world, preparing to go to the void. Then she said softly: "We condense the technology of one world. In order to build a few primitive void battleships, we exhausted the last strength of the entire civilization to create a mobile city like mine."
"And you are just a country... It can even be said that you are just a mage organization, and you can accomplish such great things... Joshua, this is incomparable."
Joshua didn't say much about this... In fact, what he wanted to praise was that the Kallis people did not hesitate to use the full courage of the entire civilization when facing destruction, and faced the evil god of famine. When faced with the Familia, or even the Evil God himself, they did not forget to resist, and even still dared to raise weapons.
Warriors have always admired this.
"Joshua, the current magic network is full of information about the design of void battleships and the 'Conflict Continent'... Putting aside your civilization game, is Mycroft Civilization really planning to form a civilization in the near future? A void fleet heading to the galaxy where the Star Shepherds originally resided?”
Without continuing to discuss the topic of the world of Kallis, No. 3 turned his head in confusion and asked Joshua - because of the popularity of the Continent of Disputes, Joshua does not need No. 3's assistance all the time to think normally, not to mention some The matter was directly communicated through spiritual communication, and No. 3 did not know what decision the warrior and other legendary strong men made.
Regarding the question of No. 3, Joshua nodded seriously: "That's right, we have no time to delay. In order to find out the reason why the world's galaxy is stagnant, we can't just stay in one place, we must go to other star fields. Only then can we truly find the cause of this mutation.”
"Actually, the reason why I came here this time is not to cooperate with Nostradamus in activating the Skynet system... The real purpose of my coming here is to build a tower."
"A tower?" After hearing this, No. 3 couldn't help but become really curious. She blinked, lowered her voice as if she was about to do something bad, and asked softly: "What kind of tower are you... going to build?"
"That's no ordinary tower."
In this regard, Joshua lowered his head and looked down at the entire Benert Plateau from above the clouds. Then he raised his head and looked into the sky. The warrior showed a smile. He stretched out his hands, pointing one finger to the sky and the other to the sky. On the ground, Joshua's voice resounded through the sky, and he said heroically: "The tower I want to build will tower into the clouds and run through the world. In the past thousand years, no building can compare with it. In the next thousand years, Everyone will be proud of it."
"Its name is Babel, No. 3. It is a 'Tower of Babel' that connects the sky and the earth, and runs through the void and the world!"
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