Since the disappearance of the orb of the temple a year ago, the Beinz parish seems to have fallen into a state of disaster. In just one year, a series of incidents occurred in this land distorted by supernatural forces. Big things—the collapse of the Dragon's Back Mountains, the siege of Golem, the awakening of the Firstborn, the destruction of the parish, the death of a rector, and finally even the entire holy lake being turned into a huge crystal mine by rail bombing, everything It would be enough to be recorded in the annals of history if placed in other places, but it happened intensively on such a small piece of land. Today, the diocese that was once listed as a holy place has changed beyond recognition. Almost all the civilian settlements have been evacuated and replaced by various knights' residences and temporary monasteries. The population here is still about the same as a year ago. However, the population composition has changed almost 100% to soldiers and monks. Even the daring mercenaries in the past are now keeping a respectful distance from this place.
However, the troubled times in the Beinz parish have not yet passed. Not long after the mining and utilization of the crystal mines just started, this place has become the front line of the "Holy War" between the Glorious Sect and the Returning Sect.
Today, the Beinz parish and the "holy mountain" on the west side of the parish, which is not part of Holleta's sphere of influence, have become the front line of the battle between the Glory sect and the heretics. This area is centered on the Crystal Mine. On the east side of the mine is the remnant of the Dragon’s Back Mountain Range after the collapse, where most of the main force of the Church Knights and Kingdom Knights are stationed. Under those mountains, there are hidden secret fortresses that the Returning Sect has operated for many years. The werewolf tribal nation was very angry with these heretics under their noses, and regarded this neglect as a shame, so their fierce fighting spirit against the returning sect was no weaker than the fanatical believers on the east side of the mine.
In terms of strength, the cultists hiding in the holy mountain are at an overwhelming disadvantage. They have been surrounded and have no foreign aid—the fierce snow mountain wolf cavalry and two major knights have cut off all the roads around the western mountains. The believers have not shown any signs of weakness so far. They are like numb guards, resolutely strangling any outsiders who enter the mountain. This kind of self-confidence may be the result of being controlled by the mind. It may also be that they really firmly believe that as long as they die in the "Cultural War", their blood and flesh can be honored to return to the goddess - the matter of fanatics is basically unreasonable.
A group of people set off from the capital. Directly through the teleportation array, they arrived at the Knights' camp in the Beinz parish. After the teleportation light dimmed, Hao Ren found himself in a wide hexagonal hall. The walls around the hall were crystal-clear, flowing with the light of magic, and a huge and complex teleportation method was depicted on the ground in the center of the hall. Array. Groups of three guards can be seen at each corner around the hall: a high-ranking magister in mage's robes. And two elite knights with distinctive armor and magic patterns floating on the armor.
A sense of oppression of being in an important military location came to the face just like this.
As soon as Lily showed her head, she saw a knight with a pair of wolf ears on his head in the corner of the hall. She was immediately very happy, and waved her hand to greet people: "Ah, ho! Fellow! I am also a werewolf, I am from the Ha family... "
"Stop howling, she's on guard." Hao Ren hurriedly dragged Lily back. Then he looked around the place, "It looks so gorgeous... I thought the front line of the parish was a messy place like a temporary position, and as soon as I showed up, I saw large cowhide tents all over the ground..."
Ofra laughed: "Of course there are such places, but they are all stationed on the ground. Come on, let me show you something—although it may not be very clever for a foreigner like you with great powers, but It looks like a miracle to me, let me show you off."
"The camp on the ground?" Hao Ren muttered subconsciously, and was dragged away from the teleportation hall by Ofura.
As soon as he went out, he was startled by the sight in front of him.
He saw a great, shining fortress.
A huge half-moon-shaped square stretches out in front of you. On the square, you can see elite knights and magic soldiers marching in line, and around the square are tall and orderly buildings, surrounded by thick walls that surround all those buildings. Among the buildings, you can see the elegantly shaped magic spiers distributed scatteredly. The bright light at the top of the spiers is constantly jumping and transmitting to each other, which shows that all the buildings here may be under an overall energy system: and such a large whole Energy supply systems are rare in this world.
Hao Ren looked at the square and the surrounding things in surprise. He found that the construction materials of these facilities were not the same as ordinary Holleta buildings. The materials were obviously man-made construction materials, and they were very high-end. They were smoother than rocks. , more delicate than bricks and tiles. A layer of slightly shiny crystal shell can also be seen on its smooth surface, giving the impression that it is glazed. Hao Ren had never seen anything like it on this planet before.
The shape and distribution of various buildings reminded people of military facilities, so everyone thought that this might be a fortress at first glance. But in this completely deserted parish of Beinz, where nothing but a cliff is a deep pit, where is there room for such a fortress
Lily stretched her neck and looked around, and she suddenly found that the landscape outside was inconsistent: from here you can't see any hills, but in the Beinz area, where there are many mountains, no matter where you are, you just look up. You should be able to see a certain mountain peak. She was surprised: "Where is the mountain?"
"Below us," Ophra smiled, and led the crowd to a round platform next to Banyue Square. This round platform is surrounded by railings, and there is a big hole in the middle. Hao Ren glanced down, and suddenly found that directly below was himself The crystal mine that was shot out in one shot - and the place where I was standing was obviously flying in the sky!
"Welcome to 'Hodisius', our air fortress—the Pope and the twelve royal magisters personally participated in the design and manufacture, and it took less than a month to rise from the ground," Ophra's voice Full of admiration, "This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen... Of course, it is only limited to the category of artificial objects."
"Wow..." Lily stared blankly for a long time, then suddenly exclaimed, "That's great!"
"Compared to your stuff, is it 'like'?" Ofra joked with a smile, "This is the only thing I've seen in my life, but I heard from Becky that there are far more things in other worlds than human imagination. There are even grander wonders, even cities that can fly among the stars... I have never seen it, but I can imagine that Hoodysius is too primitive compared with those things."
"It's still amazing!" Lily jumped vigorously, "Magic Floating City! The name sounds amazing!"
"This husky is used to being surprised." Vivienne pressed Lily's head to calm her down, but she was also very surprised, "How did you do it? I have learned about your magic technology... It seems that your air force It’s still at the stage of riding a griffin to fight and a magician flying to fight. In terms of aircraft, there are only dwarven steam airships—the kind that refuels once every 100 kilometers. How did this suddenly create a floating city?”
"Thanks to the mine below," Ophra pointed at the feet of the crowd, "Those crystals, they have magical properties: they can maintain a certain magical effect for a long time with proper treatment, so we created a long-lasting levitation Stone, that is, those shiny stone bricks you see. The 'glaze' on the surface of those stone bricks is processed with crystal dust. The entire floating fortress is made of suspended stones, and then engraved on the outer wall with Hundreds of magic circles are used to maintain posture and generate power. It requires a hundred high-level mages and thousands of mage apprentices to control it, and we still don't know the usage and supporting tactics of this floating fortress, but in any case, It's already one of Holleta's strongest symbols of force, at least in my opinion."
"Just those crystals?" Hao Renwan didn't expect that the crystal mine he opened up with a single shot would be so useful, "I'll go... I knew that there would be a lot of follow-up troubles when firing shots on the surface."
Ofra looked at Hao Ren: "Is it against the rules of your organization to leave us these crystal mines?"
Hao Ren thought for a while, then poked the data terminal on his shoulder: "I remember that it's not against the rules, right? According to the situation at that time."
The data terminal slammed on Hao Ren's forehead: "You also ask this machine about this kind of thing? Your employee handbook reads about dogs?"
Lily's ears perked up: "Nonsense, the landlord never let me read his manual!"
Everyone: "..."
Hao Ren blinked: "... Well, I don't think it's against the rules. Although it seems to affect your development a bit, it was to prevent the extinction of your civilization. I remember it was an exception."
Hao Ren didn't say a word after that: A planet-level civilization created a magical floating city. This may be a big deal in their own eyes, but no one will pay attention to it from the Space-Time Administration. Where can I violate the rules...
The magical floating city of Hodisius dominates the sky of the Beinz area, looking down like a giant beast on the holy mountain where the cultists are hiding, and at this moment, the brain monster who seems to be in a desperate situation... is planning... What are you wearing? (to be continued~^~)