The gravel fell like rain, and when the lightning disappeared and his eyes recovered, Harold saw that the vampires such as Sanelson behind him had disappeared, the entrance was covered with traces of destruction, and the entire hall was shaking, as if it would not be long before it collapsed.
"Can a small silver coin cause so much damage?" A member of the Mechanical Knights Order was shocked and dazed to himself.
Harold suddenly came to his senses and shouted loudly: "That's because of the blessing of divine power! The great god of steam is not only the god of machinery, the lord of life and death, but also the king of thunder and the lord of punishment!"
"Then why silver coins?" Another member of the Mechanical Knights was also a little confused.
Harold was not a dwarf who was good at religion, and said with all his brains: "That shows that the great god of steam is also the god of money. He is the God above God, the King of kings, and naturally He will rule over many realms."
Anyway, all is to God's greatness!
At this time, the members of the Mechanical Knights no longer had any doubts, including Harold, all bowed their heads to the gates of time and space: "Steam is supreme!
Then several people entered the space-time gate in pairs, and they all left the underground hall in less than half an hour.
As soon as they left, the power that suppressed the vibration of the space-time gate suddenly disappeared, the space shook violently, and a little starlight fell off from it, and gradually, the entire gate completely collapsed, and the underground palace completely collapsed.
A few days later, Sanilson's "father", a vampire duke, learned of his disappearance, so he relied on the induction of the "bloodline" to find him.
"Space node, there is a space node here!" The vampire duke looked at the collapsed underground palace with a solemn face, no longer caring about Sanilson's condition, but turned around angrily, "No matter how Vlad recovers from his sleep, he has to give an explanation for this matter!"
"What should I do if there is an unreported space node above his territory, and the church sneaks in?"
After another period of time, there was a loud noise in the direction of Vlad Castle, and a voice that was extremely angry was like rolling thunder:
"I'm going to kill the bastard who trapped me!"
What made him even more angry was that he didn't even know who the other party was, what he had done, or what characteristics he had, and even if he found someone to use prophecy, he couldn't trace it.
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Lighting the torch, an abandoned city appeared in front of Augustus, with thick chimneys, metal pipes, bearings, pistons, springs and other things everywhere, showing an obvious steam civilization style.
He seemed to understand something, and cloudy tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and he said both excitedly and sadly: "This is where our ancestors came, this is our home, and the embrace of our 'mother'!"
As he said, he knelt on the ground and kissed the icy ground overgrown with weeds: "We're back, we're finally back!"
One by one, the dwarves knelt down, kissing the land of their ancestors and the roots of their bloodline, crying bitterly, crying uncontrollably.
When Harold and other members of the Mechanical Knights came over and the space-time gate disappeared, Augustus took a deep breath and said loudly to more than 20,000 dwarves: "Our destination is not here, we want to return to the earth, to the homeland of our ancestors, to the beginning of all footprints, to the beginning of everything. There, we will be reborn! No more slavery, no more tragic deaths, no more painful new births!"
"Now, take the torch and follow me forward, do not hesitate, do not be afraid, do not doubt, and follow me firmly, this is the revelation of the god of steam."
"Steam is supreme!" Bundles of torches were erected, and the dwarves, under the guidance of their respective militia instructors, lined up in neat lines of families and villages, began to walk through this abandoned steam city, while the Mechanical Knights were divided into four parts as usual, guarding the front, back, left, and right.
The city was huge, and beyond the torches was endless darkness, only pieces of fluorescent moss reflected the green glow, but this not only did not reassure the dwarves, but made them even more afraid, as if there were countless monsters lurking in the darkness, and the green light was their hungry and bloodthirsty eyes.
But the directions were extremely quiet, only the echo of neat steps, the team seemed to have fallen into eternal silence, never going out, never walking this road.
Just as the dwarves began to panic and their legs and feet went weak, Augustus' voice sounded again: "Don't hesitate, don't be afraid, don't doubt, follow me firmly!"
"Yes!" The dwarves' voices replied a little vaguely and empty.
Augustus held his scepter high: "The god of steam is with us!"
"He will walk with us, and there will be no difficulty, no danger, no suffering to overcome us!"
Hearing the name of the god of steam, the dwarves became full of courage, chanting the holy name in their hearts, as if with every call, with every prayer, the surrounding darkness and danger would retreat a little, and gradually, their steps became brisk.
Bang bang, steam rifle volleys, and the monsters that rushed in from the darkness were beaten to the ground with blood splattering and falling to the ground.
Yes, we have the power of steam and will surely defeat all enemies!
"The great god of steam, the lord of life and death, the king of thunder, the lord of punishment, the god of money......"
"You are the God of God, the King of kings......"
All the silent holy names blurted out, intertwined into mixed voices, and then slowly unified, converging into a torrent of power, which made the darkness "fade" and made the monsters hiding in the shadows choose to retreat.
The huge team finally walked out of the city, out of the tunnel, and came to the front of the spider web-like cave.
"This is the final test, only pious people can pass through the maze in front of them, don't hesitate, don't be afraid, don't doubt, follow me firmly!"
"Yes!" This time, the dwarves' voices were loud and full of confidence.
The dwarves walked a little frightened, afraid of getting lost here, but Archbishop Augustus in front seemed to be wandering around with his eyes closed, without any distinguishing movement at all.
"Believe in the great god of steam, in the archbishop guided by him, here, not with eyes, nose and ears to discern the way, but with the heart!"
Such thoughts came to the minds of every dwarf, so that they were no longer confused or confused, and firmly followed the archbishop through the darkness.
I don't know how long it took, a slight light suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, and there was a dense and vast mountain forest in front of them.
"Out of the maze?"
"Is this on the ground?"
Myrna suddenly pointed to the sky and said, "Look there!"
The dark sky is white, and a bright star in the distance guides the morning light hanging in the sky, flickering and quiet, unchanging forever.
"This is Morning Star?"
"Is daytime coming?"
The dwarves who grew up on the night plateau had never seen daylight, and could only know the existence of the morning star from the ancestral texts, Archbishop Augustus, and knew that it revealed the dawn.
"You are the master of life and death, and you are also a dazzling morning star, connecting night and day, symbolizing a new life!" Augustus moved his mind and added another honorific name to the god of steam.
The morning star disappeared, and a layer of orange-red light lit up in the eastern sky, bright and warm, illuminating people's hearts, and then, a fireball slowly rose.
This never-before-seen beauty deeply shocked the dwarves and made them truly feel "reborn"!
I don't know how long it took, Archbishop Augustus raised his arms and shouted: "Our new life is about to begin, let us strive to build a prosperous and strong Atlantis on earth!"
"Strive to build a prosperous and strong Atlantis on earth!" The dwarves responded in unison, and more than 20,000 sounds shook the mountains and forests.
At this time, a passionate and magnificent melody came from the distance.
The dwarves looked over in astonishment and saw a fat man wearing a long black trench coat and a soft hat leading a bunch of humans towards this side, and the sound was coming from the small mechanical object he was holding in his hand, with strange black patterns engraved on it.
Just as the dwarves were panicking and guarding, Archbishop Augustus said: "This is the guide of the steam god prompting, and he will lead us to start a new life."
Along the way, the dwarves, who had devoted themselves to the god of steam, were no longer afraid, and quietly watched the fat man look at himself and others with a strange gaze, just like they saw ale and steam creation, and vampires saw blood.
"I am Arthur Doyle, and I will arrange a new life for you, a life many times happier than the night plateau!" Arthur's fat face was full of smiles. So many dwarves who are good at smelting and manufacturing are simply a huge fortune, and many alchemy products have the possibility of expanding production.
As Arthur descended the mountain and walked all the way to the platform, seeing the long magic steam train, the dwarves cried bitterly again, this was indeed a steam paradise, their home.
Then, they looked left and right around the magic steam train, wishing they could take it apart and study it, until they got on the train.
"Why is the guide of the god of steam hinted at a banker?" After the exchange just now, Myrna probably knew what the bank meant.
Harold said quite proudly: "I said earlier that the great god of steam is also the god of money, and it is normal for bankers to be his chosen people."
After saying that, he showed a shocking and longing expression: "I witnessed a small silver coin turned into an extremely terrifying, astonishingly fast cannonball under the current applied by the steam god...... This makes me wonder if the cannons of steam civilizations in the past went in the wrong direction, should we combine electric current to create new cannons?"
"Well, this is a new book from the Lord." Augustus smiled and took out a book and handed it to Harold.
Harold picked it up and looked at it, which read: "Fundamentals of Electrical Technology".
Arthur walked to the last section of the train, sat down in front of a young man wearing a black double-breasted long dress, and said cordially and respectfully: "Evans, I didn't expect you to find such a large number of dwarves who are good at smelting and making."
Lucian is likely to be the future great arcanist, so he can't help but disrespect him.
Lucian shook his teacup and said, "You have to be nice to them, and give them enough salary and personal freedom, after all, I guided them. Well, after making up for the alchemy foundation for them, this will allow them to pass on their help and try to cultivate a large number of skilled workers."
Previously, in the Night Plateau, due to the departure of the Vampire Prince, the attention of many powerful vampires was also attracted by the mysterious space, so things went smoothly, Lucian only used the immortal throne robe's own ability to summon necromancers and the newly created electromagnetic magic "Lucian's Railgun" to complete the guidance - this magic is still a bit less powerful at present, but as the level increases, the voltage and magnetic field strength will increase, and it will be improved.
"Don't worry, I will definitely be kind to the people you arranged." Arthur said without hesitation, without asking a word about the god of steam.
The magic steam train approached Rentat, and in the early morning, it was brightly lit and brilliant like a galaxy, no less than the rising sun.
This left the dwarves stunned, as if they were dreaming back to Atlantis.
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"Evans, since you don't have a good impression in the minds of magicians of electromagnetic, light and dark factions, and for your safety, this banquet we declare something else, not the award dinner of the Silver Moon Medal. Please understand more about this." The president of the Silver Moon Song Alliance, the ninth-level arcanist and the Archmage of the Nine Rings, Joakin, explained with a smile.
Since Brook discovered the phenomenon of wavelength change in the collision of X-rays and electrons a few days ago, that is, momentum change, which conclusively proved the quantum hypothesis of light, the Silver Moon Song Alliance hated Lucian no matter how much they hated it, they could only pinch their noses and admit it.
Lucian followed him to the hall and laughed: "Actually, just give me the prize directly, I'm worried that my appearance will scare them."
"No, as a big organization, as the award of the Silver Moon Medal, there must be a banquet to look decent." Ruoajin shook his head seriously.
Otherwise, there will definitely be rumors circulating outside that the Silver Moon Song Alliance is stingy and dark, "narrow-minded", and refuses to face up to Lucian's contributions.
(End of this chapter)