Overturned Tower

"Guess what I saw?"

"what did you see?"

Luo Luo asked angrily: "No matter what you saw, if you came here empty-handed, you must have missed it, right?"

"Because what I saw was an elf."

Bad day replied calmly.

Hearing this, both the radish and the delphinium were stunned.

"I can see clearly. The person who assassinated you had elf ears... and a highly modified prosthetic body.

"That's why I didn't try to kill him or capture him. It was to prevent alarm.

"It's actually easy to understand. This dangerous weapon cannot be mastered by outsiders...it can only belong to elves.

"After the establishment of the floating island, the empty island did not carry out any obvious weapon research. The weapons of the wartime in the past have all been destroyed in theory, but there was absolutely no such weapon in that era. In other words, this can only be A new weapon secretly developed by the Seven Giants out of the sight of the dragon.

"Then the question is... What is the purpose of developing this beyond-visual-range assassination weapon? If you miss a hit, you will flee away immediately. What is the target for such a disciplined killer?"

"...Is it Shenzhi Heavy Industry?"

Luo Luo guessed: "Now only they and Sogo Island still have the technology to make such sophisticated weapons."

"Probably."

Bad Ri shrugged: "But [no preconceived ideas], [no subjective speculation], do you remember the rules of the Tower of Babel?

"We can only say that Shenzhi Heavy Industry can do this kind of thing and has this kind of technology. But we can't say that other giant companies are okay."

Looking at the silent Luo Li, Bad Ri said seriously: "I don't want others to hear the secret I told. Especially Russell... Delphinium, do you understand what I mean?"

"...I'll do my best to keep it a secret."

Delphinium nodded.

But she didn't say die.

She is still very cautious—or, compared to Babel who just met, she pays more attention to Russell's views and opinions.

If she thinks that Russell must know, then she will also disclose this information to Russell at the right time.

But this attitude is enough.

"There is no need to be so nervous. Because this secret itself will not affect anything, it will only induce undue and dangerous curiosity..."

Bad Day said in a low voice: "When the three of us were in Tongshen Island, we followed an elf director and sneaked into the core of the floating island. That is the energy supply center of the entire floating island... We originally planned to take a look, What exactly is powering the floating island. We think it should be some kind of ancient technology, from which we can judge how far the ancient technology has developed, and thus judge what happened in the era 'before zero'."

"and then?"

Luo Luo couldn't help lowering her voice: "What did you see?"

"We saw a dormant 'dragon'."

"……what?"

Luo Luo was stunned for a moment: "Shouldn't the dragon be on the ground?"

"But we did see the dragon, to be precise, one of the 'hearts' of the dragon."

Bad Day said seriously: "That is a very huge engine. It is as tall as a building, exuding radiance, shining dazzling iridescent brilliance. Countless energy is pumping, and the surrounding air is visible to the naked eye. The buzzing of the room is fluctuating. If there is no 'Bishop', we may just appear in that space, and we will die just by looking at it.

"The core part is crystal clear, and inside the prismatic crystal about four or five meters high, a phantom in the shape of a human is projected.

"She looks like a girl with ice-blue long hair, and she has decorations like hollow armor on the surface of her body. But she doesn't have any spiritual relatives, and her ears are not pointed like elves, but like human babies Same round ears.

"If I hadn't seen Director Razanier reporting to her respectfully, I wouldn't have thought she was the legendary 'dragon'.

"And her voice..."

When Bad Day said this, he paused: "It's as cold as artificial intelligence."

"...You mean to say that dragons are just mechanical creations?"

Luo Luo was a little unbelievable: "How is it possible? The elves have been worshiping them for a long time... Wasn't there an earthly kingdom before? Could it be that at that time, the giant dragons also ruled the country in this form?

"If they are nothing more than mechanical creations, why do elves have such respect for dragons... even like loyal dogs?"

"That's just the dragon's heart, but we don't know where the dragon's body is. Maybe the dragon has more than one heart."

Bad Day said solemnly: "But among this knowledge, the most informative information is not here. It lies in the name of the dragon that Director Razanir called."

"call?"

Delphinium asked softly, whispering.

She vaguely thought of something.

"Yes, he called the dragon 'Mother'. But there is a strange thing here, that is, he communicated with the dragon in 'Elvish'. And the word also has 'lord' in Elvish , 'captain', 'captain', 'leader' and other meanings."

The bad day said in a deep voice: "According to our previous point of view, Elven language should be a language system created by elves, because its definition of certain words is very vague, and its logic is very mechanical. But now it seems that it may not be. It Probably the language used to communicate with dragons. A special programming language.

"So we have a new point of view. The 'mother tree' system used for the rebirth of the elf executives should be related to giant dragons.

"The difference between elves and ordinary humans is that elves have a long lifespan and do not have soul relatives; and the difference between those 84 people and other elves is that they can communicate directly with dragons, while other elves cannot."

At this point, he said to Delphinium: "You should know what will happen if you tell Russell about this kind of thing, right?

"With Russell's curiosity, he will definitely start research on giant dragons...but that is too dangerous.

"After I recalled this memory again, I guessed... maybe that man defected for this reason. He disappeared from the seven empty islands out of thin air, so the only place he could go is the place full of pollution and On the cursed land.

"In other words, he either went to find the mages, or he went to find the dragon. Considering that the deer head didn't see him in his dream, I think he should go to the dragon. Or to study , or for secrets, maybe even for undercover..."

He looked at the silent Luo Luo, and added: "Although it's not easy for me to tell you about Grandma Lan's affairs. But what I can say is that she felt that her life span was not enough, so she applied for a medical examination. The most dangerous investigation... In the task presented by the deer head, she finally chose to go to the ground.

"I think, her old man also has some ideas, that is, to find that man.

"...However, although I can understand him. But I still can't forgive him.

"No matter what he wanted to do, he made the doctor live a miserable life that he shouldn't have lived for more than ten years. The doctor originally had a happy life that belonged to her. She came to the Tower of Babel with that man, but he Leaving the doctor without saying goodbye... In the end, the doctor will be cursed and killed for no reason, and I guess it has something to do with him. Even if he was my teacher, I can't forgive the man who didn't take responsibility.

"If this kind of thing is told to Russell, he will not be able to bear it.

"We will study the dragon sooner or later, but not now; we will find the traitor one day, but it is also not now.

"Now is the time when the seven sky islands are undergoing great changes. We need to absorb talents and hoard strength as quickly as possible. When the sky islands fall into a period of real chaos, they will have no time to manage us.

"At that time, it is the moment when we go all out to dig out those secrets. It is also the moment when we officially turn from darkness to light."

"...And you are telling me this secret now, just so that I can't get away."

Delphinium twitched the corners of her mouth: "Now I can't leave. Not only because I know too much, but also because Russell will touch this level of secret sooner or later... I can't watch him do this alone kind of dangerous."

"You should thank me, delphinium."

Bad Ri said with a smile: "I'm giving you a push... You're still one step away from making up your mind, right?

"The two of you clearly have a crush on each other, but you dare not take the last step because you care about each other. It would be bad if the yin and yang are separated in the end. Dog me, I am old, and I can't see such a stomachache story... mutual People who love each other should get married eventually.

"As for dangers, setbacks and difficulties?

"—That is not something that should be avoided, but something that should be solved. There are too many things we have to solve, and there are too many sufferings in this world...

"But as long as we stand together, anything is possible."

Chapter 27 The Way of Holy Orders and the Way of the Wandering

After Paradise Bird calmed down a little, she began to give Russell's best account of the information she had obtained during this time.

That's another perspective on the church, on the understanding of the angel mages... and the battle of the teachings.

After getting her explanation, Russell realized that... although mages and angels are old enemies, the composition of this enmity is completely different.

The church and angels have a very clear attitude towards mages, that is, "treat them as taboo".

There are too many mad mages on land.

In an era when psykers were not yet popular, there were no mind protection chips, and no memory manipulation technology, mages were the most mainstream system.And at the end of the system there is only madness and death.

The weaker you are, the easier it is to die in the dream world; the stronger you are, the easier it is to go further, and the easier it is to go crazy.No one can go to the end of the dream world, because the closer to the tower of the end, the easier it is for the spirit to assimilate with the dream world... At that time, even if it is not eroded by the shadows, it will "become crazy".

On the other hand, holding the power of the Holy Order will not bring any side effects to the body and mind, and it can even spontaneously heal many diseases and injuries and prolong life.

From the perspective of the church, holy orders are undoubtedly the most orthodox path.Although it requires people to do good deeds, have good thoughts in their hearts, and have a firm will, the feedback it brings is also the most positive.This is a force that attracts people to do good.

"Then, a spell that can obtain more powerful spells with faster speed, lower threshold, and higher side effects is an 'evil path'..."

Paradise Bird said seriously.

Russell nodded in approval.

It's like how to make money is written in the criminal law...

"The way of the mage makes more good people, good people, and saints who might have walked the way of the holy order turn into dead people and lunatics in advance. This is the reason why the church fought against the mage tower in the first place...in order to 'snatch the source of students' '."

——Even if people do good deeds just to obtain the power of the holy order, at least they have done real good deeds and really helped others.

But if you become a mage, you will only use spells to grab benefits from other people... because mages are people who do what they want.The more powerful a mage is, the harder his nature is to hide, and the more pure his character is.

This is actually a very normal battle between good and evil.

"That is to say, the church...has no hatred towards the group of mages?"

Russell confirmed.

Paradise Bird nodded: "Yes.

"Not only the seniors in the church told me this. The angels also confirmed to me that they just wanted to eradicate the wrong inheritance that led more people to detours."

From the perspective of mages, they would think that the church is meddling in their own business.

Russell thought.

Because the mages also think that they are the right way.

The mage tower on the ground in the past has established a very mature inheritance system, which can guide anyone who has the potential to step into the dream world to quickly become a mature mage.Although a little aggressiveness will be polluted by shadows... But isn't that caused by greed?

Mages are different from psykers.Without deliberate guidance, except when the mood is extremely fluctuating, it is difficult for the mage to enter the dream world spontaneously.In other words, if you think that your talents stop here, you just need to stop practicing spells and there will be no side effects.And if you move forward in a group, many difficulties can be overcome and eliminated; if the group leader expects to stay in a fixed area, then you can also help each other clear the shadows.

As long as we are united and cautious, many problems will not be problems.

That being the case, shouldn't those mages who went crazy, died, and turned into vegetative states first look for their own problems?

Why explore alone in the dream world, and go to the dangerous area that the mentor is not allowed to enter?

The mages believe that those who die and become vegetative are because their hearts are too weak to withstand the experience of the dream world, but they are greedy for power that does not belong to them; high.

That's just retribution.

The dangers of the mage's way are dismissed by those who do not intend to advance too far, to seek the Tower of the End, or to desire rarer and more powerful powers.They just want to get useful spells and solve their own troubles.

The more mages are grouped together, the stronger and safer they will be.Because the timing of triggering shadows is different for each person, as long as there are enough people, they can help each other clear the shadows.In this way, even if a certain area does not have the protection of a powerful mage, as long as a group of weak people unite, it will be safe enough.

As a result, the dangers of the church's constant propaganda of the mage's way are annoying to most weak mages.

——Yes, of course we know that if we seek the truth, it will become dangerous, and we also know that spells are not as holy as the power of holy orders.But if we can awaken the power of the Holy Order, will we still fall into the dream world?Now that we have become mages, it is naturally difficult to awaken the Holy Order... We are just a group of people huddled together to keep warm, should this kind of security be taken away?

Even your church itself cannot perfectly inherit the power - the bishop's child may not be able to become a bishop, and the saint's disciple may not necessarily be able to become a saint.Unable to stabilize the power of inheritance through teaching and inheritance, it really depends on "luck".It has no guarantee and is not stable enough at all.

Here lies the main difference between the church and the angels.

The church's hostility to the mages lies more in maintaining its own correctness and sanctity.Although it cannot be said that it is entirely based on interests, it is not a pure dispute over the path.Therefore, the church can cooperate with the mage, and it can also be compromised.Because apart from the anger they played in the war, they actually have no fundamental conflict of interest.

They will fight at first, just from the bottom of their hearts, they think each other's path is wrong.

However, the angels who have participated in the battle of teaching law do not think so.

The angels have personally experienced the warmth and strength of the power of the Holy Order, so they know that this is the most correct path.

In turn, as the war progressed, the power of the mages became more vicious and evil.

In the beginning, the mages still used the pure lethal power of fire and frost, thunder and thought power.

But as the war progressed, spells gradually turned into curses, poisons, radiation and pollution.

Fire becomes vicious, capable of burning life or good in others; frost grows shadowy tentacles.The thunder turned into poisonous wind and distorted radiation, and the power of thought turned into a curse.

After that, they began to use flesh and blood to create distorted monsters, resurrect the dead into undead, let the living burn and explode, and buried the plague in the wounded soldiers rescued by the church...

As the desires in the hearts of mages change, they will get corresponding power in the dream world.

Whether it is positive or negative emotions, they will be responded immediately-and positive traits such as restraint, determination, hard work, and courage are obviously not as easy to inflate as emotions such as jealousy, anger, hatred, and greed.

If you want to say that the biggest difference between holy orders and spells... is that holy orders only give people the power to do good deeds, while spells give people the ability to manifest their souls.