The light in the empty hall was bright, and the tables were pushed to the corners of the room. They were gathered together as if they were sharing some conspiracy.
But it was not the tables and chairs that were whispering, but the girl sitting on the table swinging her legs, her tone cheerful and sometimes exaggerated. The girl at the second table was quiet and reserved, only answering occasionally, and speaking slowly and softly.
The girl on the table is as petite as a bird. Everything about her seems to be exquisite. Even her face is one size smaller, making her look cute. Like a delicate doll, her fair skin is like fine porcelain, her eyes are like brown gemstones, her dark and thick long curly hair hangs softly on her magic robe, covering the college emblem——
Astrologer.
She was describing the battle vividly to her companions.
The battle in the tower ended in an unexpected way.
"What happens after that?"
After listening for a long time, Laila asked softly. She adjusted her glasses slightly, and couldn't help but think of everyone she had met in Gears and Magic Books. However, not long after Fang Plover left, the Seven Seas Traveler also left, then Box and Parker, and finally Gears and Magic Books only Luo Yu and Miss Naturalist were left.
And those two people didn't return to the hotel from time to time.
"After that," Britta wrapped her fingers around the ends of her hair. Her family was well off, her father was a businessman, and her home also had a crystal projection for broadcasting. Naturally, she had no interest in alchemy, but she came to see it after hearing that Laila's friends were going to participate.
After that it was really nothing.
The little girl didn't know much about alchemy. To her, plug-in, crystal, and Guy Generator were some obscure and awkward new terms, just like the complex vocabulary she had to memorize in astrology. It made no sense, not to mention. Boring.
But she had at least seen sailboats, big ones, small ones, hanging airbags, and van airships. There were many coming in and out of the port, but that big white ship was graceful and elegant. It was better than what she had seen in the largest port in the empire. The ones she had seen were bigger and more luxurious, which left a deep impression on her - it was called Star Flower.
As for the Imperial Storm, it was a well-known name among the people of the Empire. It was often in the news and was the front page headline of "Alchemy News" and "Industrial News". It was the Empire's first Dragon Knight battleship, which was of great significance.
As for the dragon knight, it was a distant concept to her, but although she might not understand it, she had at least heard of it. In bedtime stories, the dragon knight has power comparable to that of a giant dragon, which is the limit that a mortal can achieve, so he is often glorified into a hero.
That concept has been implanted in the hearts of every Oshu people since childhood. Boys in the empire often dream of becoming the protagonist in the story one day, just like you and I fantasize about being a heroic knight who challenges the dragon. Although Britta is a girl, she also has the same courage as a boy.
When she saw the second dragon knight being thrown into the battlefield, she felt as excited as everyone else.
The black Holy Grail Knight used the time and space domain to locate the bombardment coordinates of the Imperial Storm, and the two legendary terms for the Imperial people were linked together in a competition.
The storm had not subsided at that time, and the sailboats of the Imperials and Lotao people were passing through the rain. The Imperial Storm was at the forefront, and the scarred ship of the Lotao people was not far away from them.
Torrential rain broke through the clouds, occasionally showing up in the gaps between the cloud walls, flowing on the deck, hanging from the cloak of each observer, soaking their boots. The Imperials could already see the storm unfolding behind the cloud wall, and the lightning hanging from the sky, illuminating the entire sea of clouds.
The wind element detector has captured a huge target. As for figuring out what it is, there are countless noisy voices coming from the communication crystal:
"People of the Red Sea, I need your cover."
"Ed, it's Ed's Lancers who are coming down!"
"Pay attention to the impact."
Among those voices, one seemed particularly clear. Although a little weak, his tone was clear:
"Imperial Storm, I have set up a guidance field in front of your ship. Please complete the shooting immediately."
Everyone was stunned, "What domain?" "Where to fire?" Hegrim's black voice came from the microphone, and everyone seemed to be talking about it. Only Juno remained calm, and he picked up the transmitter. The sound tube ordered to other cabins: "Charge the main gun."
This order still makes people doubtful, but this one of the Empire's twin stars has already accumulated huge prestige in people's hearts, and there is no way to doubt it. Black passed the order to Trixis beside him, and Trixis gave the order to her fairy doll.
In the main control room, Hegrim, who was monitoring the main core crystal and acting as a wizard, opened every valve, letting the magic flow into the circuit, and the magic furnace entered an overload state.
The bow of the Imperial Storm opened, revealing the dark red crystal pillar underneath. The elements converged from all directions, making the tip of the crystal become brighter and brighter. And that is exactly the ability of the Imperial Storm, which uses high-purity elemental crystals to collect energy and release elements.
That was originally part of the abilities of the dragon knight field.
Although this design has its flaws, the high-purity elemental crystal of a certain size once became a constraint for the mass production of this type of main battleship. But that is also the excellence of the Dragon Knight battleship design. It was defined from the moment of design that it can be used by mortals. When the designer and user died, the Empire's Dragon Knight battleships were passed down from generation to generation.
When the light reached the dazzling moment, Juno gave the order: "Fire!"
An earth-shattering beam of light penetrated the clouds.
It even dispersed the clouds, leaving a huge gap in the wall of clouds hundreds of meters high.
But in front of the oscilloscope of the large wind element detection device, the Imperial people detected an incredible sight. The huge elemental energy suddenly disappeared not far from the Imperial Storm.
They seemed to hit a completely unknown area, and that area was shown as non-existent in the wind element detector. It was like hitting a blank space, and the high-energy elemental reaction disappeared without a trace the moment it hit the blank space.
Cui Xisi opened her mouth wide: "Huh?" She turned around, but found that Hei beside her was not looking at her at all, with the same confused look on her face - where is the energy reaction?
So what is a boot domain?
But on the side of the Imperial Storm, the Lotao people witnessed a more intuitive sight. When the red beam of light was fired, a square gray mirror area spread out about a hundred yards in front of the Imperial Storm.
After the light beam penetrated the cloud wall, it directly hit that area and disappeared into that area as if it hit a layer of water. The gray area did not fluctuate at all during the entire process.
And within a tenth of a second after the light beam disappeared, the gray area also disappeared.
On the Flash, Anselmo and Aphassan even blinked to make sure they were not mistaken. Where did the Imperial light cannon shoot? Until Teague's calm voice came from the channel:
"Target hit."
Then a confirmation voice came from the front, and Ron's voice was excited and surprised: "Target hit!"
The third voice was Vikki's, a little weak: "The target has been hit!"
The sound was drowned in the roar and noise of the explosion. The girl asked the hunter to hold tightly to the half of the harpoon left by the nest builder. The harpoon was inserted into the smooth skin of the Octopus spacecraft, and there was a constant flow of blue. The filling fluid seeps out from below.
The tall nester had disappeared.
In the previous attack, the beam of light passed directly past her and hit the monster, taking away most of the opponent's body and half of the harpoon in his hand. She caught the harpoon at the last moment and held it. It was inserted into Naga's ship.
At that time, she only saw a flash of golden-red light in the clouds, and a golden-red light pillar penetrated from the top of her head. It was as if a hole had opened in the sky, allowing red flames to hang down.
The beam of light almost missed her, and after annihilating the nest-builders, it accurately penetrated the Octopus flying ship below it——
That is the core of the giant ship. Behind the eight tentacles, where its Guy generator is located, it is protected by an amazingly strong magic shield, and underneath it is a layer of horny armor several inches thick. Below is the lift cabin section, but you have to cross a layer of biomass armor between the lift cabin sections to reach the location of the magic engine.
But it is meaningless to the main gun of the Imperial Storm. It is an attack of the same level as the Dragon Knight. It was even originally designed to destroy cities and existed as a battleship of the same level.
The Nagas' Octopus spacecraft was not good at defense in the first place. The weak armor was almost non-existent in front of the Imperial Storm's main gun, and was penetrated like paper. The golden-red flame penetrated directly into the core of the Naga giant ship——
Vikki witnessed it all directly from the nearest distance.
The shock wave generated by the subsequent explosion almost blew her away, but at least three of the four typhoon element nozzles behind the stalker were damaged. The main structure that lost power fell heavily, and she leaned on it. The harpoon held on for a while longer.
But that's only temporary. The destructive energy is gathering inside the giant octopus ship. Two dazzling flames almost break through its outer shell. In the exploded crack, the blue filling fluid has been dried, and flames spurt out from below. The ship is sinking slowly with blazing fire——
It worked.
Waves of cheers came from the channel, the World Destroyer was repelled by Fang Plover, and the channel in front was finally clear. What was displayed under the billowing smoke was not just a hearty victory.
But it is the end of their game.
"Long live Ed!"
Ron couldn't help but wave his hands vigorously. Although he didn't know who would reach the finish line in the end, at least each of them persisted until the end of this enjoyable competition.
This is the most exciting and meaningful competition in their previous careers, and perhaps in the history of the mainland league. People can't think of winning or losing in their hearts, because they know it.
The tower has been rated.
Vikki in the stalker's cockpit just stared at the flames rising outside the Naga giant ship. The huge shock wave had opened a gap not far away not long ago, and the stalker almost fell.
But the hull has capsized by nearly 30 degrees, the harpoon can no longer be used as a support point, she can no longer fly, and the game is about to end.
"The target has completely lost power and the hit was good."
She assessed the results of her final battle.
"Vikki?"
Other people's voices came from the channel, but the girl had already let go of her hand.
The hunter, who lost his power, fell backwards and fell into the sea of clouds. At that moment, Vikki felt calm in his heart. Is that the outcome she wants? It doesn't seem like it, but there seems to be something more meaningful about this game.
She suddenly thought that she might be looking for a wider world, that door, and the world behind that door.
Aitalia is just a starting point.
"Miss Vikki!"
"Go and rescue Miss Vikki!"
Everyone saw the tiny black spot that fell from the giant Octopus ship. The channel was filled with noisy sounds. Although the army of darkness was gathering again, no one cared about it.
But in the end, only a weak but clear voice gave the final word:
"Everyone, move forward——"
Vikki felt herself being lifted up by something.
The tall, dark structure was like a knight. It somehow brought her out from the pursuers. It raised its palm and placed the girl in its palm, on its chest.
Let Vikki be the only survivor on that field who can clearly see the appearance of this dragon knight. It is like an armored knight, holding a long sword, standing above the sea of clouds. Under the cold shell is a 'beating' heart.
That is the source of the Dragon Knight's power, the core of the Dragon Knight.
The dragon knight held her up with one hand, and raised the other hand, pointing at the dark army.
"Mr. Knight," Miss Tata in the tower said quietly for the last time, "Look, I promised you a victory."
This is her, so Xu Yi wins.
A black line extends forward from the dragon knight's fingertips, dividing the two worlds.
It was a narrow ray of light that was blooming in Vikki's eyes, making the girl's eyes widen.
Fang Plover also took off his goggles and looked behind him. A black line divides the world into two, and high in the sky, divided by that line, a piece of transparent light is falling, like water hanging from the clouds.
The flow of light unfolded among the dragons. The fluttering monster seemed to have passed through a non-existent line. Blood marks were exposed on the wings, the neck was separated from the head, the body was torn apart, and blood flowers bloomed in the sky.
It was like a bloody rain fell.
But the next moment, the sailboats easily passed through the barrier.
The two ends of the barrier are like two intertwined spaces. They are connected to each other, but they are not continuous. The cliff in between is like a bottomless abyss, which does not allow anything to pass through.
It's like two worlds apart.
The dragon knight remained motionless, the glacier pierced the clouds, and beams of sunlight hung down, shining on Vikki.
She was sitting in the palm of the black knight, looking at such a scene in surprise. The fleet was advancing, the sun had dispersed the wind and rain, and the silver sails faced the light, like shining flags.
And ahead.
That's the end.
…
"The Imperial Workshop is temporarily ranked third, and the tower is rated as 'courage'——"
"The Sanshak Craftsmen Association led by Forin passed the competition with a slight advantage of second place, and the tower was rated as 'wisdom'——"
Alix pushed up his monocle and picked up a newspaper from the newsstand. The strong smell of mimeograph made him slightly accustomed to it, as if he had returned to his apartment in Ithulian.
The title of the newspaper is Astrologer's Daily. It is one of the highest-selling newspapers in the empire, even above Industrial Newspaper. The Oshur people's admiration for magic is reflected in all aspects.
Twenty years ago, the magicians and the alchemists had a showdown. Although the game had no results, a family was destroyed and the fate of many people changed.
To this day, magicians and alchemists are still going hand in hand in Oshur, affecting all aspects of the empire, just like the inconspicuous news he saw when he turned to the fourth page of this newspaper:
'The investigation into the attack in Apenande is still open and all remains to be determined——'
Regarding that attack case, the empire has not yet come to a conclusion, and everyone has different opinions. It's just that in the dispute, people seem to have forgotten the original protagonist. As for the whereabouts of the cunning owl-like Duke at this moment, it is still a mystery to the outside world.
Some say he is dead.
Some say he has disappeared.
But with such a person dead or missing, the empire should not be so peaceful.
Therefore, some people believe that he returned to his territory and plotted revenge in the well-defended castle. Or maybe he has arrived in the imperial capital and is complaining to His Majesty.
But this is not certain. In short, no one knows the detailed facts after that.
For the higher-ups of the empire, everything seemed confusing, and only a few people could see through the truth at a glance. For the lower-level, what happened to a duke seemed too far away.
But to this day, the turmoil in Appenande has evolved into an inconspicuous piece of news that can only appear on the fourth page of this newspaper.
So for most, the riots were over.
And the empire is always in troubles of all kinds, big and small.
But Alix dusted the newspaper with his hand and smiled softly. The first page of the newspaper has already been filled with overwhelming reports of the Continental League. When did the Astrologer become so concerned about the Alchemists' matches?
Or rather, they care all the time, even more than anyone else.
However, the Imperial people suffered a big loss, and the astrologers didn't seem to mind too much. The editor-in-chief even made fun of it and deliberately put the information on the front page, full of ridicule.
Finally, by the way, the competition between the magicians is about to begin, as if that is the most important event in the empire next.
But no matter what, the Kaolin people are the biggest winners this time.
In the standings, Ed is at the top of the list. In fact, among the top ten in the standings, Kaolin people occupy six seats, and even Vikki is in the top ten.
This was almost an unprecedented feat, and even reminded Alix of his last session with Loofah.
The three main teams of the Empire Workshop, Sanshak Craftsmen Association, and Grande Craftsmen Association all passed the competition. Unexpectedly, the Giant Tree Hill people who left the competition early actually won the second place.
However, Forin is far ahead, second only to Ed in points, and then one of the highly anticipated twin stars of the Empire.
This aspect has been explained by the occultists. The tower has changed the evaluation criteria at the end. The results of the contestants are not determined by the order in which they pass the finish line.
Everyone who had experienced that game had actually come to the same conclusion from the game. Silver Tower gave a logical result for such a wonderful game.
It also conforms to people’s judgments.
So it didn't cause much turmoil.
Alix's eyes followed the lines of printed text, and under the huge title was written the glory won by the Dragon Alchemist:
'The Grand Association of Craftsmen won first place. '
'The tower is rated——'
belief.
…
(End of chapter)
