Overturned Tower

Many empty seats are placed here alone at this moment.

They vary in size and color.

On most of the seats, there is a piece of clothing, a hat, a pair of glasses, and a doll... But now, they all look somewhat withered and yellow, like old photos.But neither the chairs nor the items were dusty, and someone had obviously taken good care of them.

"here it is……"

Russell murmured.

【This is the real 'Tower of Babel'】

The cold voice of the deer head came from all directions.Sounds like some sort of smart assistant.

"These chairs are the tombstones of the predecessors."

The innocent and carefree fake smile on Huachu's face finally subsided.

She looked at the room with a rare expression of sadness on her face.

Back then, she was a traveling scholar who traveled on foot across the continent in search of truth.

But now, she couldn't calm down anymore.She can no longer sink down to do research, read books and study.Apart from dawdling around, I just have fun every day.

"I joined the Tower of Babel relatively late."

Huazhu said softly: "I haven't been an elf for a long time...but in my short time, my life in the Tower of Babel is also very precious.

"That is the first group I joined, regardless of race, spiritual relatives, knowledge, position, belief, origin, and can unite together. Everyone is working hard to end the war, and arguing for the search for history... We help Those civilians who suffered from the war, healed all the wounded who appeared in front of them regardless of their position, gathered together to explore the ancient ruins on the land. Everyone has a common secret, a common ideal, pursues a common future, and is doing a common Dream.

"If you ask me...the Tower of Babel doesn't have that smell anymore. It's just a dead body, powdered and perfumed to embellish its rotten shell. The company is right, they It's just a 'criminal organization'.

"Compared to the seven giants, compared to the church—has the Tower of Babel done anything commendable? I don't think so."

Huachu's words became sharper and full of aggression than ever before.

Those words are as sharp as a knife, and just listening to them can cut your ears and stab your heart.

For Huachu, who always shows fake smiles and handles things in a smooth manner, at this moment she rarely reveals her true nature.

And the deer head statue didn't get angry.

【Because the times are different】

She just replied calmly and sadly.

[People no longer want to pursue the truth of history, nor care about justice and axioms...they become tired, become mediocre, and lose their bright souls]

[If this is what the company wants to do...if this is what the elves hope to achieve, then I have nothing to say]

"Since about a few decades ago, the Tower of Babel has been difficult to recruit. When we recruit others to join the Tower of Babel, the first reaction is 'what benefits can I get', 'what power and Welfare', 'Is there any value in knowing history'. There are very few people like Miriam and the inferior who don't want anything. And they are getting less and less.

"Doctor and Sheath are among the few members of the previous generation of Tower of Babel who have been recognized by us. There are also Lycoris and Aurora...but they are all dead now. Among the remaining people, some are full of Others are easily corrupted, and some are just looking for a life of excitement.

【That's why I won't let you meet each other】

Deer Head added.

"Well, so they are not allowed to take the 'Tower of Babel' to dig the ruins on the ground... Who knows whether they will abuse these secrets after obtaining ancient knowledge and lost history, or maybe sell them."

Hua Touch sighed, and led Russell to one of the seats: "Guess, whose seat is this?"

It was a small seat with a white flower on it.

It was a pure white rose.It was as white as paper, and also like the pale face on Alice's hospital bed.

Looking at it, Russell's pupils trembled slightly.

The memory of the sheath floated out of his mind.In an instant, he understood the meaning of the flower.

He lowered his head, stretched out his hand, and slowly picked up the flower.

It's not exactly a flower - it hasn't dried out after all these years.And its original branch turned into a delicate silver hairpin.

And when Russell picks up the flower, he becomes Alice.

"...This is," Alice felt nostalgic and sad, "When we were on Taoyuan Island, I gave it to the sheath of flowers."

After that, Sheath handed it over to Hanatouch.

He hopes to keep the flower forever and wants to make it into a hair pin and give it to Alice.

"I'm sorry, Alice."

Hua Touch said softly: "I was a little delayed at the time... When I handed it over to Bad Day, the sheath had already left."

"That's really... regrettable."

Alice murmured.

She grabbed the white rose and pinned it gently on her head.

She raised her head and showed a pure girlish smile to Huazhu: "Does it look good?"

Hua Chu didn't answer, but just looked away.

"……Feel sorry."

Hua Touch whispered, and looked at the seat next to him.

It was empty and there was nothing there.And Alice followed her gaze and looked over.

From memory... that should be where the sheath is.

[What was originally placed there was the beheading of the saint.It was put on by Bad Day, and it was also taken away by him]

The voice of the deer head came.

"...Placing things means you are dead."

Alice was a little sad.

She touched Alice's seat, but found no dust.So she turned and sat down.

And Hua Chu sat on the seat next to her, and stretched out her hand to gently wrap around Alice's wrist.

"Long time no see...doctor."

Huazhu's voice was low: "I miss you."

Alice chuckled softly.

"Well, I'm back."

According to Alice's habit, she clasped her fingers back and forth.

The next moment, the seat belt popped out and secured them to the seat.

And the real "Tower of Babel" also broke away from the base at this time, and flew out towards the sea above——

That's climbing, but it's also falling.

Chapter 24 The Beginning of the Sharia Wars

When the aircraft shaped like a flying saucer and Saturn left the Tower of Babel, it reminded Russell of the spinning top he had played with when he was a child.

As long as the chain is pulled out quickly, the spinning top will be ejected from the launcher and fall down smoothly.There are usually some counterweights or sharp blades for added stability and aggression.

The "Tower of Babel" is also a similar model-after it is ejected, it spins and rushes down to the sea.

Just before it touched the sea, it seemed to be bounced up a little bit by some force, and it floated up at a height near the sea surface like a bamboo dragonfly.

And when it changed from falling to rising, the spherical cabin where Russell and Flower Touch were located in the middle also reversed...but the outer device suspended outside like Saturn's ring did not change.

"Is this also the previous generation of technology of the ancestors?"

Feeling the very smooth flight, Russell asked curiously.

Huazhu shook his head: "Where did the ancestors leave any flying technology... The gray dome has risen, indicating that the ancestors did not want us to develop such things.

"This is a new thing developed by the mages during the religious war a hundred years ago. Its underlying technology is the anti-gravity technology used by the floating island today-on this basis, they considered that the fuel supply may be cut off by the church, Supplies are not easy, so the power source has been changed to a dual-drive mode of solar energy and electric energy."

By the time the craft flipped over, they had left the shadow cast by the Isle of Happiness.

The sun shines on the blue sea, and the reflected light hits Huazhi's hair, and her pink hair is sensitive to the light and changes into a flowing violet.

Russell looked back at Huazhi, and when the sun shone down again, her hair turned back to a bright pink.Her hair and skin shone like crystals, and her dark green pupils were like jewels.

He smiled and asked, "It sounds like it's a little more high-tech than a floating vehicle?"

"No. In fact, its technology is actually much lower-end."

It is obviously not the first time for Huachu to take this aircraft, and his performance is very calm: "Its underlying logic is a magnetic drive engine... because at the beginning, it was used to eject a large number of objects from the mage tower in the floating state. The team-level special aircraft. So the problem of initial power was not considered.”

"The mage tower can take them to a high place, and then the mage and the mage's attendants will take this aircraft to escape from the mage tower. They have a small power anti-gravity device built in, and the surrounding ring is a magnetic turbine. Close it first Use the anti-gravity device to gain speed, activate the magnetic turbine, and then turn on the anti-gravity device to float at low altitude, and move horizontally through the previously stored magnetic eddy current.

"Its advantage is that it moves very quickly and has an extremely long standby time, and it is almost completely silent...Although you can hear a little buzzing sound now, it is completely inaudible on the ground. After one ejection, it can float in the air and approach One day. Its speed can reach twice the speed of sound, and it can also turn.

"But the disadvantage is that it can't stop once it starts. Once it stops or slows down suddenly, it will lose speed. Therefore, the angle of turning will not be too sharp. It doesn't have much energy stored inside, which can be used to increase altitude and accelerate—— At least one full charge, rising from the ground and returning to the mage tower is certainly enough."

"...I probably understand."

Russell nodded half-understanding: "This is actually a bomber."

This thing is similar to those little planes that eject from a carrier—but the difference is that the carrier ejects from the bottom up, and it ejects from the top down.

"In fact, it was originally developed by the mages of the country where the religious war first participated in the war, and was used to transport some important people. Because it is fast, silent and small in size, it can transport some powerful mages to the enemy The rear. Because at that time, although the mages controlled the top-down forces of the kingdom, the folks were usually more willing to help the church...

"So at the very beginning, the mages were limited in their actions. The mage tower was too heavy, and even if it could float, the moving speed was extremely slow, and it was extremely resource-intensive. But if you advance from land, you will almost People along the way will receive the information as soon as they set off.

"The invention of this thing also had special significance back then. But it didn't take long...it won't be used anymore."

Having said that, Hua Chu sighed and raised his head.

She obviously doesn't want to recall that time very much.

And Russell already understood why—

"Because after a while, the battle will become more intense."

"Well. In the beginning, it wasn't the Battle of the Teachings, let alone the Second Mage War.

"In the beginning, it was just the mages' suppression of the church that had gained armed forces, but then both sides became red-eyed...

"Such occupations as farmers, miners, fishermen, merchants, and musicians... are destined not to be promoted to the top. Even noble gentlemen bow their knees to mages and elves.

"At that time, the only promising profession was the mage, and the mage's talent could be determined at a very young age. The second was to be a civil servant or join the army to make meritorious service, and then to be an alchemist—that was for chemists, chemists, Physicists, engineers and other research and development occupations are collectively called, and are closely related to mages. Very few people can become scholars, another subsidized salary from the Royal Society, and concentrate on pure theoretical fields such as mathematics and literature.

"But the church is different. No matter what occupation you have been in before or what your background is, as long as you can join the church, you can awaken the power of the holy order. In that era when the medicines for curing diseases and injuries were extremely expensive and not easy to use, The church with a high probability of being able to obtain the power of the Holy Order of healing and saving lives is the most trusted person by the people at the bottom."

The community treatment method is timely, immediate, risk-free and cheap enough-and once the holder of the holy order develops evil intentions and commits behaviors that violate the Islamic law, the power of the holy order will be lost.

This means natural authority.

"At that time, the Association of Physicians, whose profits were decreasing year by year, was puzzled and dissatisfied with the problem of unsalable drugs. After a simple investigation, it was discovered that the church was conducting 'illegal treatment'. So they reported the matter to the Mage Tower thing.

"The Mage Tower has also had a long-standing grudge against the church—the existence of the church has caused a large number of outstanding talents who originally belonged to the mage and the kingdom to flow out. That year, the kingdom's economy was not good, so the senior management of the Mage Tower ordered the arrest of those who "conducted illegal treatment behaviors" Church personnel. As the investigation deepened, the list became longer and longer...in just three days, it expanded to hundreds of people.

"And the final fuse is that the old mage sent by the mage tower was killed by civilians."

Hua Touch said softly: "I also know that old man...he is also a highly respected person. He is the inventor of 'Red Potion' and 'Imitation Skin', the former can renew the life of seriously injured people, while the latter It has the effect of completely reversing the disfigurement caused by means such as burns or corrosion.

"The commonly used 'fast-acting light-cured imitation skin bactericidal bandage' is an extension of this technology—I remember that you had this operation when you came to Happy Island.

"And this old man has a high reputation among the people. He has improved some drug formulas so that they can be sold at a cheaper cost. In the Pharmacists Association alone, there are more than 60 of his direct students, not to mention A student who said that he was a student... The Medical Physician Association invited this old man to make a fool of himself and appease public grievances. After seeing the long list of arrests, Mage Tower actually realized that something was wrong. But the order I have already come down, so I can't bite the bullet and turn around and say 'sorry, this feeling may not be possible'.

"The old man actually didn't want to come, which basically put all his reputation in the first half of his life into it. But he also knew that if he hadn't come to deal with this matter, the problem would have become more serious. In the end he still came... He also negotiated with the church, and he will try his best to obtain probation for all priests, and they can all be released within three years.

"Things were almost settled, but in the end someone was impulsive. The young people who didn't know the old man were filled with righteous indignation, beheaded him in the middle of the night after being poisoned, and threw his head at the gate of the Pharmacists Association. They said that they would never Those priests who healed themselves surrendered their determination to go to jail.

"And this incident angered the mage tower. The old man had too many students, and many of them became mages later. Even if the death rate of becoming a mage is high, given the blessing of his age, the proportion is quite high. high.

"So, the Mage Tower sent out their 'sharp troop' - an elite squad riding on a transformed armored tall horse with two rotary machine guns fixed on the horse. They can easily penetrate the enemy on the battlefield. Square formation, so it is called 'sharp front'.

"The Mage Tower claims to arrest all the suspects, and the resisters will be killed on the spot. But in fact, they didn't intend to ask for the suspects, but killed them directly from the gate of the town.

"And before they arrived, the church had already noticed this—a spy in the church had obtained the real order of the sharp-edged troops. So they didn't plan to hand over the prisoners, but planted bombs in advance to blow them all up. God.

"—After that, the war began."

Chapter 25 Continuation of Human Civilization

It was only the death of a bottle of poison, a dagger, and an old man that brought the order to slaughter the village; and this order brought the beginning of civil strife.

The war gradually spread out, covering the whole country.Then the flames of war spread to neighboring countries.