Chapter 462 Out of the Night Plateau (First Update)
"Great god of steam, lord of life and death, your servant Augustus prays to you."
「…… Under your guidance, we have infiltrated the entire Vlad Domain, affecting all the nearby mid-level vampire castles, and having 23,786 dwarves chant your name and honor you as a holy ......."
「…… 2,609 believers have died in the battle against vampires and blood servants, and we have begun to attract the attention of high-ranking vampires, and their actions are becoming more and more dangerous......"
"Please send down guidance once again so that the devout dwarves can be freed from the slavery of vampires and reborn from the Night Plateau."
"Steam is supreme."
The icon in front of Augustus was quite strange, it was a thick tower-shaped long arrow, round and gray, carved with countless strange patterns. This is based on the shape of the devastating weapon they saw in "Atlantis" - in Lucian's words, this is called the "Cult of the Nuclear Bomb".
Completely prostrated on the ground, Augustus prayed devoutly for the god of steam to send down the oracle again, even if more than three years had passed, he had no guidance from the god of steam, and he did not have the slightest doubt, only thinking that it was a test of the gods.
However, his mood was urgent and worried, and when the team was not strong at first, relying on the favorable conditions of Count Vlad's sleep and Lady Tess's death, the dwarves lived comfortably in this territory. High-pressure steam rifles, vampire buster bullets, armor doped with mithril that can effectively defend against vampire claws and other weapons give them the ability to compete against blood servants and low-level vampires, and are no longer simply passively beaten.
However, when the dwarves of the Steam God Sect became more and more numerous, and they developed into the territory of nearby middle-level vampires, the situation suddenly became critical. Their strong hand-to-hand combat strength, spell-like abilities, and terrifying speed often make them have to lose hundreds of people to injure mid-level vampires, causing the opponent to retreat, even if the later invention of explosive bullets that do not distinguish between friend and foe is not very effective.
According to Harold and Quigins, unless the cannons of the giant ships of the ancient steam civilization can be restored, and a large area of decay can be expected to kill the amazingly fast mid-level vampires.
"But with our current knowledge, level, and conditions, it is impossible to build such a terrifying cannon......" said the leader of the dwarf rebels, Quigins, with a slight despair at the time.
And the archbishop of the "Steam God Cult" Augustus said with concern: "This is still a mid-level vampire, if we alarm the high-ranking or wait for Count Vlad to wake up, then even the giant ship cannon will be of no use, unless ......."
"Unless" was not finished, but whether it was Quinns, Harold, or Myrna, they all knew very well that the archbishop was talking about the ultimate weapon of the steam civilization in the city of Atlantis, which seemed to be able to destroy the entire night plateau and temporarily create a round of the legendary sun.
Thinking of this, Augustus prayed more and more devoutly, and the most dangerous situation was the moment of the most test of trust.
"You rule over everything, control the boundaries between life and death, are the King of kings, the God of God."
After finishing the prayer, just as he was about to get up, a solemn and grand voice suddenly sounded in Augustus' mind:
"The near future is approaching, so take up your scepter and guide the dwarves to a new life."
Augustus' eyes widened suddenly, and he crawled over again excitedly, and said slurredly: "Read your name and obey your commands."
He only felt the light bloom in front of him, and the dim underground cave became as bright as a silver moon. It was an illusion caused by his great eruption of joy.
After calming down a little, he reacted and asked humbly and in awe: "Great steam god, don't you know how to guide the dwarves away?"
Although he knew from his ancestors that the dwarf ancestors were from another place, he couldn't think of how to leave the Night Plateau at all.
"Do as I guide you, don't ask why."
"Holy thee, may you be free from all suffering and evil under your glory." Augustus was instructed, his old face glowing with dazzling brilliance, walked out of the sacrificial platform, opened the stone door, and said to the dwarves outside with high spirits and excitement: "Convey orders to all the dwarves of the Steam God Cult to gather here within three days. The great steam god has issued an oracle, and we will leave the Night Plateau!"
After a short silence, led by the dwarf girl Mirna, the dwarves in the room shouted in unison: "Steam is supreme!"
Tears of joy and excitement flowed wantonly on their faces.
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Three days later.
In this huge underground cavern of Count Vlad's territory, nearly 21,000 dwarves gathered from nearby secretly.
Some of them carried high-pressure steam backpacks and huge steam rifles, guarding the entrance of the continuous caves, some were ragged, with whip marks everywhere, the only thing that was the same was that their faces exuded a dazzling brilliance of hope.
"The time has come for the oracle to be issued, and I am satisfied that every living believer of the Steam Cult has come here, which shows your piety and you will be redeemed." Augustus wore a robe that was a bolero compared to humans, holding a scepter of silver ash like a "missile", "And I, the earthly spokesman of the god of steam, will lead you forward."
"Along the way, no matter how dangerous or desperate it is, don't be afraid, you can't stop, we have God's blessing!"
"Let's go!"
The dwarves responded in unison, "Steam Supreme", and then lined up according to the "Military Training Manual" given by the gods, and moved neatly and quietly through the underground cave.
They all understood that staying on the Night Plateau could not see any hope of life at all, and they would die humiliated sooner or later, and the appearance of the steam god immediately allowed them in despair to find spiritual sustenance.
Passing through the caves, the terrain gradually rose, and dense tombstones appeared around it.
"These are the heroes who have sacrificed for the survival and hope of the dwarves for the past three years, some of them are warriors, some are ordinary dwarves and women who cover the warriors, and every dwarf is a hero at the moment when it is related to the life and death of the dwarf race." Augustus said loudly at the front, and paid deep respect.
Two thousand six hundred and nine tombstones silently watched them pass, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, suddenly, a sharp and piercing cry sounded from behind the cave, seven or eight ordinary vampires, led by two or three powerful vampires, spread their bat wings and flew after them!
"It's Sanilson!" A dwarf screamed, recognizing that this was a vampire knight who had killed hundreds of dwarves, level five, "They are chasing!"
"There are traitors?"
"Someone was caught on the way here?"
Panic, despair and panic spread among the dwarf team, these vampires were close to the high-level, in such a densely crowded environment, the casualties of themselves and others would not know how heavy they were.
Harold looked at his compatriots, hesitated for a moment, then spat hard and said loudly: "The warriors of the Mechanical Knights stand up! The glorious time has come for us to martyrdom the god of steam and do our best for the dwarves!"
X, die standing, and die worthwhile!
At this moment, he overcame his fear of death.
Some of the mechanical knights with huge steam rifles hesitated and cowered, some gritted their teeth and stood up, and the bang of guns shot backwards with the steam, but only hit an ordinary vampire, making him wail and roll on the ground.
Just when Harold was a little desperate, Augustus' voice sounded: "On this road, no matter how dangerous or desperate it is, don't be afraid, you can't stop, we have God's blessing!"
"No matter who it is, put away your weapons and keep moving forward, we can't stop, we have God's blessing!"
There is still a glimmer of hope in resistance, and moving forward like this will only lead to a tragic death! Harold looked at Augustus in confusion, but was shocked by his stern gaze and had to give the order: "Everyone follow and move forward."
The dwarves moved slowly amidst the fear of doubt and the shrill cries of vampires, as if they could already feel the dangerous aura of the terrifying pressure.
Suddenly, they were shocked to find that the surrounding tombstones began to shake, and dwarf corpses rose from the graves, some had become white bones, and some were still rotten pieces of flesh.
Just when they thought it was a vampire's spell-like ability to control corpses, more than two thousand tombstones around them all fell, and dense corpses stood up, as if the world of the dead had descended on the ground, eerie and terrifying.
This huge scene is completely beyond the imagination of the dwarves, and some even think that it is the resurrection of the dead.
However, these corpses rushed silently towards the rear, entangled in pieces, and made loud explosions from time to time.
"Are they still guarding us when they die?"
"Are they so obsessed with the liberation of the dwarves?"
"Another holy name of the god of steam is 'Lord of Life and Death'......"
With tears in his eyes, Harold looked back at those past comrades-in-arms who blew themselves up one after another, clenched his fists and said to himself: "I must fulfill your wish!"
"This is the obsession that our dwarf clan has accumulated for tens of thousands of years!"
So, he raised his arms and shouted: "Steam is supreme, keep going!"
After passing through the "Dwarf Hero Cemetery" and walking out of the underground cave, a boulder appeared in front of you.
Following the guidance of the "God of Steam", Augustus successfully opened the door of the underground palace, entered with the dwarf mermaid, and saw a deep and mysterious gate in the center of the hall, shining with bright starlight.
"After the gate, there is a new world, a world of redemption." Augustus pointed to the door, "Dwarves without hesitation and doubt can enter now."
At this point, who would hesitate? The dwarves entered the gate one after another and disappeared in place under Harold's order, and the space vibration gradually became more intense. However, none of the vampire princes of the Night Plateau were in their own castles, and they all participated in the operation of "rescuing" the ancestor, while the high-level vampires were not so sharp, and the only close Count Vlad was still angrily trying to get out of the blockade.
When only the members of the Mechanical Knights remained in place, Sanelson and the other vampires finally broke free from the undead and killed them.
"What should I do?" The members of the Mechanical Knights glanced at each other and were about to divide their hands to resist the vampire with a twisted and hideous face, so that the remaining comrades could leave.
Harold pressed his chest and said, "Don't be afraid, don't hesitate, let's keep going."
As soon as the words fell, Harold and the other dwarves and the blood-red vampires suddenly heard a crisp "ding" and saw a silver coin rolling up above the gate.
As the coins tumbled, twisted magnetic fields and silver-white currents appeared around them, which quickly intertwined and twisted into a huge electric snake with the coin as the core.
Then, Sanilson was horrified to see the lightning dazzling, filling the entire hall, and the majestic and terrifying power quickly devoured him, making it impossible to escape at all.
(End of this chapter)