In the darkness, a light first appeared. Then the light gradually divided into a long silver hair, the long hair parted in the middle hangs down on the shoulders, and from time to time a little bit of light falls from the hair, making the surrounding space more sparkling light spots. Under the long hair is a handsome man's face with oriental features. The man closed his eyes, as if in a deep sleep.
He was wearing a black leather trench coat, which was a typical military style, with a gold badge pinned to the tip of the left large lapel. The badge has the head of a beast that looks like a lion and a tiger, representing some kind of accident. On the shoulders of the windbreaker, there are armor stomachs of the same color as the hair. Judging from the material, it should be finely processed ceramic armor. The shoulder armor on both sides has symmetrical black curves depicting gorgeous patterns, they are like a pair of abstract wings, as if to symbolize something.
Under the black windbreaker is a gray tight-fitting turtleneck. A golden zipper on the neckline extends to the collar of the windbreaker jacket, like a straight central axis. The zipper head is a golden cross with an English word divinity etched on it, which means divinity.
The man seemed to be sitting on a void seat, with his left elbow resting on the dark void, clenched into a fist and supporting his cheek. His left hand was placed flat on his legs, and under his palm was a long and narrow saber about three meters long. The saber lay flat on his knees, the blade sheathed. The scabbard was pitch black, without any decoration, but exuded a chilling air.
Every time I see this person, this knife. Even if it was just a remote holographic image, Sauron would feel fear from the bottom of his heart. At this moment, he was no longer the head of the Knights standing aloft in the Pope's hall, but a poor worm who was unable to restrain himself from trembling in front of the natural enemy. After a few breathing adjustments, Sauron stopped the instinctive trembling of his body, and then softly called: "Master Gaia? Master Gaia?"
As if waking up from the deepest dream, the man slowly opened his eyes. His eyes are very narrow and long, and the color of the pupils on both sides is different. Black on the right, brilliant gold on the left! In that golden eye pupil, there are silver symbols rising and disappearing continuously, each symbol contains a huge amount of information, and if you stay on this special eye pupil for too long, it seems that even the soul will be lost. Will be sucked into this golden void.
He opened his mouth to speak, and said in a low, melodious, magnetic voice: "Oh, isn't this Lord Sauron? It seems that Lord Sauron has good news to tell me. Have you found Franklin yet?"
Sauron's forehead was sweating, and he said with a smile: "In front of Lord Gaia, no one calls himself an adult, including me. So I beg Gaia to stop teasing me. As for Franklin, yes, I have already mastered him." What is certain is that soon, I will take this beast back and dedicate it to you, my lord."
"Beast?" Gaia sneered: "Please pay attention to your words, Sauron! How can Franklin's light be compared to that of a bug like you. Although he is destined to be my 'food', you have to understand, like A bug like you is not even as good as food to me! You have to learn to respect him, so I want you to bring him back unharmed!"
"Yes, yes, my lord. I listen to you, so after the matter is completed, what did your lord promise me?"
Gaia closed her eyes again: "Don't worry, according to the agreement, I will let you transform once and become the most powerful human in the Western Continent."
After all, the figure of the man gradually disappeared before Sauron's eyes. When the remote communication was over, Sauron put away the holographic projector on the ground, and then wiped the looming beads of sweat on his forehead. Every time he met this man, the pressure on Sauron's heart was beyond words. Silver Devil, this is Sauron's private name for this man, he suddenly appeared two months ago.
It was as if this man had appeared in the Western Continent out of thin air. There was no information at all before, as if such a man suddenly appeared on the Western Continent overnight. At that time, Sauron was receiving a report from Signe and initially grasped Franklin's whereabouts. Sauron also used this layout to let Franklin jump into the trap he had carefully prepared.
Sauron has great ambitions. He not only wants to capture Franklin, the precious experimental material, but also provides this opportunity to destroy Istar, the headquarters of the rebel army. At this time, Gaia appeared. That day Sauron returned to his luxurious palace as usual, and when he was playing [**] obscene games with several beautiful young wives and concubines, Gaia appeared in his palace and looked at him with a very contemptuous look. His game with wives and concubines. With Sauron's ninth-level strength, he didn't even notice Gaia's existence at the first time. It wasn't until 30 seconds or more after Gaia appeared that Sauron saw such an extra person in the palace.
Sauron was annoyed and angry at that time, so he naturally drew his sword to face each other. The result was that Gaia was easily taught a lesson, and the battle between the two almost destroyed the palace, but no soldier came to see what happened. It was not until later that Sauron discovered that nearly a hundred guards inside and outside his palace had all died.
Afterwards, Gaia showed his hand, and he repaired some defects in Sauron's genetic structure with every gesture, and increased his combat power by 20% on the original basis. You must know that for a high-level ability user like Sauron, even a slight improvement requires continuous efforts to obtain. What's more, Gaia allowed him to increase his overall combat power by 20% in a few minutes, which made Sauron not ecstatic.
Sauron is also a decisive and ruthless person. After improving his strength, the first thing he did was to silence all the wives and concubines who saw this. Even Gaia was slightly surprised by his quick response and ruthless attack. But it is also because of this that Sauron can continue to live happily. At that time, he humbly begged Gaia to be his master, and as long as Gaia was willing, he could immediately kill Paul and make Gaia the pope, as long as Gaia could give him a chance to transform.
It's a pity that Gaia doesn't seem to be interested in power. He promised to let Sauron transform once, but the condition is to bring Franklin back. Sauron was full of curiosity about why Gaia knew about Franklin. But he knew that the more he knew about some things, the more dangerous his life would be. He wisely kept his mouth shut about Franklin and went all out to fulfill Gaia's orders.
There is no ability user who does not desire to become stronger, the higher the level, the more so. That kind of pursuit of power even surpasses power, so Sauron knows why Gaia is not rare to be the pope, because he stands on a certain pinnacle of power that Sauron can't understand. Although they live on the same planet, Gaia is like a life in a different dimension to Sauron. Just like human beings are not interested in being the king of the ant kingdom, for those who have reached the level of Gaia, power is just a thought for them. As long as he wants, he can occupy land and become king at any time.
So after that day, behind the many dark curtains in the Pope's Hall, besides Sauron, there was another huge shadow!
In order to fulfill Gaia's order, Sauron spared no effort. He has cast a big net, and after more than two months of operation, it is finally time to close the net. He looked behind intentionally or unintentionally, and there was a huge black shadow behind him, which was Sauron's car, King Arthur. Sauron intends to use this weapon of war to completely destroy Istar. The dawn of victory has never been as close as this moment, and Sauron is in a good mood.
Franklin was also in a good mood. After nearly two weeks of sea journey, Istar finally arrived.
It has to be said that the rebels hid this lair very deeply. Starting from Roaring Bay, driving through the complex and changeable sea area, and bypassing a dozen or so isolated islands, Franklin, after seeing the magnificence and majesty of this sea area, also remembers the down-to-earth feeling. Finally, before sunset that day, they came to a half-moon-shaped island, which the rebels called Crescent Island. There is a secret entrance on Crescent Island, which is a natural tunnel. Through this tunnel, you can cross the entire island and come to the other side of the island. And not far from Crescent Moon Island is Istar, the headquarters of the rebel army.
Ishtar is located in the inner bay of Crescent Island, just guarded by the two cusps of the island's crescent. It seems that because of the geographical environment of these two islands, the sea current flows through both ends of Crescent Island, but forms two natural eddies around Istar. These two vortexes are the natural barrier between Istar and the outside world, except that the hidden passage of Crescent Island directly leads to the calm bay inside the island. The whirlpool stopped.
This natural wonder amazed Franklin, and when he saw Istar, he was also amazed.
It would be more appropriate to say that Istar is not so much a base as a factory. Of course, this factory is huge because it takes up the entire island! There is a nuclear power plant on the left and right sides of the island. From a distance, you can see a road connecting the nuclear power plant and the main body of the base in the center of the island. It was dusk, but there were still heavy-duty trucks transporting raw materials into the nuclear power plant, traveling to and from both ends of the road.
The row of huge chimneys in the nuclear power plant has never stopped emitting. While emitting a large amount of white steam, it also transmits an endless stream of energy to the main base through pipelines to supply the production of various factories in the base. use. At the edge of the island, there are thick drainage pipes protruding from the cliff, and water is continuously discharged from there. The water is rushing fast, splashing fluffy waves on the sea surface, which looks like a row of waterfalls from a distance.
The main body of Ishtar's base looks like a city of steel, exuding a thick and condensed atmosphere. It is also like a steel monster entrenched in the sea, and the steam emitted by those chimneys is its breath. On the right side of the main base, a mountain forest has been razed. It seems to be a construction site for a new factory. Various large-scale engineering equipment is in operation. The air also smelled of burnt gasoline.
In Franklin's life, he has witnessed the magnificence and magnificence of the city of Atlantis in the sky. Compared to that once glorious era, Ishtar can be said to be ugly and rough. But it is undeniable that it is full of surging vitality. On this island of steel, the building of the base is its skeleton, and the flowing energy is its blood. These things constitute another form of beauty.
The ships of the Iron Scale and the Big Three are moored at Pier 3 of Istar, which is a mooring point specially prepared for large ships, but on weekdays it is mainly the mounts of the Big Three, but today there is an additional iron ship. scale number. An assault boat came under the Iron Scale, and Ulson the Fallen stood on the bow and said to it: "Mr. Franklin, and Captain Deborah. Please get off the boat, there is no suitable bridge here. A ship of the size of the Ironscale."
Deborah yelled on the deck: "Thank you for your kindness, Master Ulson. I will not go to Istar, I will wait here for Franklin to come back."
Urson has no objection to the decision of the Flame Shield. He also didn't want Istar to let the pirate leader visit casually, and Ursen didn't want outsiders to hear some of the conversations with Franklin, so he said: "Then I won't force the captain, I will do it later." Let someone bring you wine and food, and please enjoy yourself and your crew.”
Deborah nodded, turned around and grinned at Franklin, "Go ahead, big man. Don't worry, they won't do anything to you."
Franklin said sincerely to him: "Thank you, Captain Deborah." While roaring the bay, he was still considering how to contact Ursen and the rebels, but he never thought that Deborah would come back and tell him that Ursen actually Take the initiative to invite him to Istar. What's even more rare is that Deborah insisted on escorting him, so that Franklin would not have to worry about going to Istar alone. It can be said that Deborah is really interesting.
"I'll drink with you when I get back!" Franklin said when he got off the boat.
Deborah smiled and waved goodbye to him. After watching Ulson's assault boat sail to the pier, the captain's smile gradually disappeared. He lowered his head and let the shadow cover his expression: "Next time we meet, I really don't know where it will be."
Turning around, Deborah said to Biga behind: "Tell everyone, no drinking at night. Anyone who wants to let me smell the alcohol, I promise to throw him into the sea to feed the fish. At night, we have work to do." Do it!"
Vice-captain Biga nodded, revealing a meaningful smile.
On the pier, the other two of the Big Three had already arrived. Oran, the watchman who once attacked the base of Mota Town and planned to snatch Franklin, as the only woman among the Big Three, Oran gave people the impression that she was more like a white-collar woman in the old days. Always wear a well-tailored office suit, even when sailing or going on an expedition. Under the chestnut-colored curly hair is a charming face, and the square-framed eyes on the face are not only a simple brain, but also short-sighted glasses. Although there are very few ability users who are short-sighted, even if they are, they can be repaired with modern technology. But Oran is actually a myopic person. It is said that she has a thousand degrees of myopia. I don't know if it has some connection with her being a high-level perception domain ability user. However, while these glasses provide convenience, they also bring a sense of glamor to Olan's charming appearance.
As for the other perisher, Jesse, he is a young warrior, with a handsome face under the burgundy hair, but there is a faint scar across the bridge of the nose at both ends of the cheek, as if recording a certain life and death battle. The clothes on Jesse's body were also wine red. It was a large-breasted windbreaker with black soft armor sewn on the shoulders and waist. A crimson one-handed sword is slung across the back, and a black belt is slung across the waist, with two half-moon-shaped revolving blades pinned side by side. It is said that these two whirling blades can be used as long-range throwing weapons, and can also be combined with the red long sword on the back to form Jesse's real weapon "bad teeth".
It is different from the deep Ursen and the cold Oran. Jesse always has a look of disdain on his face. He likes to look at people with his head tilted, as if there is nothing worthy of his respect in his eyes. A frivolous young man, Franklin evaluated in his heart.
On the pier, two off-road vehicles were already on standby. Jesse and Oran jumped into one, and Ulson and Franklin shared one. It's just that Franklin's figure is too tall, and the off-road vehicle can't accommodate him at all. Later, Ulson simply removed the rear seat of the vehicle and threw it directly into the sea. As a result, the off-road vehicle turned into a relatively spacious vehicle body, which barely allowed Franklin to sit cross-legged on it. For this reason, Ulson was a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry, a more suitable car should have been prepared for Mr. Franklin."
"It's okay." Franklin waved his hand, but jumped into the car with an expression of indifference. It's just that with his weight, the chassis of the car rattled, and the car could barely move in the end. In this way, the two cars left the pier and drove into Istari along a dedicated lane. From the outside of the island, Istar looks like a huge factory, but when you actually enter the main body of the base, it still looks like a city.
Straight and wide streets, square and cold buildings, and soldiers everywhere constitute the special scenery of this city of steel. The interior of Istar gives people the feeling of rigorous, orderly and solemn. There are two extremes with the unrestrained and almost disorderly free atmosphere on the island of Haijia, but both Haijia and Istar have their own unique charm.
Seeing the buildings on both sides receding quickly in his eyes, Franklin finally asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Ulson, although it is presumptuous to ask, I still want to know one thing. Why did you invite me to Istar? If there is no accident, I am just a small person to you, right?"
Even if he was once the endless glory of Atlantis, the man who even respected the will of the planet. But in the new era, Franklin is indeed an unknown figure. But Ulson smiled and said: "No, Mr. Franklin. Please don't underestimate your value. For us or the Pope's Hall, your value is so great that it can even affect the balance of this war!"