Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1021 Act 352 The High Tower is rated as

The empty hall was brightly lit, and the tables were pushed to the corners of the room. They gathered together as if they were sharing some conspiracy.

But it wasn't the tables and chairs that were whispering, but the girl sitting on the table swinging her legs, her tone was cheerful and sometimes exaggerated.The girl at the second table was quiet and introverted, only occasionally answering a sentence, and spoke slowly and softly.

The girl on the table was petite, like a small bird, everything about her was delicate, even her face was a size smaller, making her look cute.Like a delicate doll, its fair skin is like fine porcelain, its eyes are like brown gemstones, and its thick long curly hair hangs softly on the magic robe, covering the academy's emblem——

astrologer.

She was vividly describing the battle to her companions.

The battle in the tower ended in an unexpected way.

"And after that?"

After listening for a long time, Laila asked softly.She lightly adjusted her glasses, and couldn't help thinking of everyone she met in Gears and Spellbooks. It was just that shortly after Fang Pl left, the Seven Seas Traveler also left, then the box and Parker, and finally Gears and Spellbooks. Luo Yu and Miss Naturalist were left.

And the two of them didn't come back to the inn very often.

"After that," Brita twirled her hair with her fingers. Her family was well off, her father was a businessman, and she also had a crystal projector for broadcasting.Naturally, she was not interested in alchemy, but she only went to see it when she heard that Laila's friends were going to participate.

After that it was really nothing.

The little girl didn't know much about alchemy. Plug-ins, crystals, and Guy generators sounded like obscure new terms to her, exactly the same as the complicated vocabulary she had to memorize in astrology, meaningless, not to mention boring.

But she has at least seen sailboats, big ones, small ones, airbags, and airships. There are many coming in and out of the port, but the big white ship is more beautiful and elegant than she was in the largest port of the empire. The ones she had seen were even bigger and more luxurious, which left a deep impression on her—it was called the Star Flower.

As for the Imperial Storm, it was a well-known name in the Empire, and it was often in the news, and it was also the front page headline of "Alchemy Gazette" and "Industrial Gazette".It was the first Dragon Knight warship of the Imperials, and it was of great significance.

As for the dragon knight, that is a distant concept to her, but although she may not understand it, at least she has heard of it.In the bedside story, the dragon knight has the power comparable to that of a dragon, which is the limit that mortals can achieve, so they are often beautified as heroes.

That concept has been implanted in the hearts of every Oshur since childhood. Boys in the empire often fantasize that one day they will become the protagonist in the story, just like you and I fantasize about being a heroic knight who challenges a dragon. There is no difference.Although Brita is a girl, she also has the same courage as a boy.

She was as excited as everyone else when she saw the second Dragon Knight being thrown into battle.

The black Holy Grail Knight used time and space to locate the bombardment coordinates of the Imperial Storm, and those two legendary terms for the Imperials were thus linked together in a big competition.

At that time, the storm was still on, and the sailboats of the Imperials and the Rotaos were passing through the rain. The front was the Imperial Storm, and the scarred ships of the Rotaos were not far from them.

Torrential rain broke through the clouds, occasionally showing in the gaps between the cloud walls, and the rain flooded the decks, hanging from the cloaks of every observer and soaking their boots.The people of the empire 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 caught a huge target, as for 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 have come down!"

"Be careful to meet the impact."

Among those voices, one was particularly clear, although a little weak, but the tone was clear:

"Imperial Storm, I have set up a guide field in front of your ship, please finish shooting immediately."

Everyone was stunned, "What area?" "Where to fire?" Haigrim, the black voice came from the microphone, seeming to be chattering, only Juno remained calm, he picked up the telegraph The speaker ordered to the other cabins: "Recharge the main gun."

This order still makes people doubtful, but this one of the twin stars of the empire has already accumulated a huge prestige in people's hearts, which is beyond doubt.Kuro passed the order to Trixes beside him, and Trixes gave the order to her fairy doll.

In the main control room, Hegrim, who is monitoring the main core crystal and acting as a wizard, opened every valve to allow magic power to flow into the circuit, and the magic furnace entered an overload state.

The bow of the Imperial Storm was opened, revealing the dark red crystal column below, and the confluence of elements gathered from all directions, making the tip of the crystal brighter and brighter.And that is the ability of the Imperial Storm, using high-purity elemental crystals to absorb and release elements.

That was part of the ability of the dragon knight domain.

Of course, this design has its flaws. A certain size and high purity elemental crystal once became a constraint for the mass production of this type of main battleship.But that is also the excellence of the design of the Dragon Knight warship. From the point of view of its design, it is defined as being usable by mortals. When the designers and users die, the Empire's Dragon Knight warships are passed down from generation to generation.

When the light reached the dazzling moment, Juno gave the order: "Fire!"

An earth-shattering beam of light pierced through the clouds.

It even dispersed the clouds, leaving a huge gap in the cloud wall hundreds of meters high.

However, in front of the oscilloscope of the large-scale wind element detection device, the Imperials detected an incredible scene. 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, as if hitting a blank space, and the high-energy elemental reaction disappeared without a trace the moment it hit the blank space.

Trixie opened her mouth wide: "Huh?" She turned her head, only to find that Hei beside her was not looking at her at all, and she also had a confused look on her face—what about the energy reaction?

So what is a bootstrap domain?
But on the side of the Imperial Storm, the Lotao witnessed a more intuitive scene. When the crimson beam of light was fired, a quadrilateral gray mirror area spread out about a hundred yards in front of the Imperial Storm.

After the beam of light pierced through the cloud wall, it directly hit that area, and disappeared into that area as if hitting a layer of water. The gray area did not fluctuate at all during the whole process.

And within one tenth of a second after the beam of light disappeared, the gray area also disappeared.

On the Flash, Anselmo and Apu Hassan even blinked to make sure they were not mistaken. Where did the Imperials shoot their light cannons?Until Teague's steady voice came from the channel:

"Target hit."

Then there was a voice of confirmation from ahead, and Ron's voice was excited and surprised: "The target hit!"

The third is Vikki's voice, a little weak: "The target has been hit!"

That sound was drowned in the roar and noise of the explosion. The girl ordered the hunter to hold tightly to the nest builder's remaining half of the harpoon. The harpoon was inserted into the smooth skin of the octopus spaceship, and blue The filling fluid seeps out from below.

The tall nest builders have disappeared.

In the previous attack, the beam of light directly passed her and hit the monster, and took away most of the opponent's body and half of the harpoon in his hand. She grabbed the harpoon at the last juncture, and It was inserted into the Naga's spaceship.

At that time, she only saw a golden-red light flash in the clouds, and a golden-red beam of light pierced down from the top of her head. The sky there seemed to have opened a hole, causing the red flames to hang down.

The beam of light passed her almost exactly, after obliterating the nest builders, and precisely pierced the octopus flying boat below it—

There was the core of the giant ship, behind the eight tentacles, where its Guy generator was located, protected by a magical shield of amazing strength, and underneath it was a layer of horny armor several inches thick.Below is the lift cabin, but it is necessary to pass through a layer of biomass armor between the lift cabins 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 is even designed to destroy cities, and exists with capital ships of the same level.

The octopus spaceships of the Naga were not good at defense, and the thin armor was almost non-existent in front of the main gun of the Imperial Storm, and it was penetrated like paper.The golden red flames penetrated directly into the core of the Naga giant ship——

Vikki had seen it firsthand from the closest distance.

The shock wave generated by the explosion almost knocked her into the air, but at least it also damaged three of the four typhoon element nozzles behind the stalker, and the main structure that had lost its power fell heavily. The harpoon lasted a little longer.

But that's only temporary.The destructive energy is gathering in the giant octopus ship, and the two dazzling flames almost burst through its shell. The blue filling fluid has been dried at the crack where the explosion opened, and the flames spewed out from below, the huge The ship is sinking slowly with raging flames——

Successful.

There were bursts of cheers in the channel. The World Destroyer was repelled by Fang Plover, and the channel ahead was finally cleared. What was displayed under the billowing smoke was not just a hearty victory.

It's the end of their game.

"Long live Ed!"

Ron couldn't help but waved his hand vigorously. Although he still didn't know who would reach the finish line, at least each of them persevered to the end of this exciting competition.

This is the most exciting and meaningful game in their previous careers, and perhaps also in the history of the Continental League.There is no sense of victory or defeat in people's hearts, because they know it.

The tower has already set the score.

Vikki in the stalker's cockpit just quietly watched the flames rising outside the giant Naga ship. The huge shock wave had blasted a gap not far away not long ago, and the stalker almost fell down.

But the hull had capsized nearly [-] degrees, and the harpoon could no longer serve as a support point. She could no longer fly, and the game was about to end.

"Target has completely lost momentum. Good hit."

She assessed the outcome one last time.

"Vikki?"

Other voices came from the channel, but the girl had already let go of her hand.

The stalker, who had lost his power, fell backwards and fell into the sea of ​​clouds. At that moment, Vikki's heart was at peace.Is that what she wants?It doesn't seem to be, but there seems to be something more meaningful to this game.

It suddenly occurred to her that she might be looking for a wider world, that door, and the world behind that door.

Atalia, but only a starting point.

"Miss Vikki!"

"Go get Miss Vikki back!"

Everyone saw the tiny black spot falling from the giant octopus ship, and the channel was filled with noisy voices. Although the army of darkness was surrounding them again, no one cared.

But in the end only a weak but clear voice made the final decision:
"Guys, go ahead—"

Vikki felt himself being held up by something.

The tall, pitch-black construct was like a knight, it somehow brought her out from the stalkers, it raised its palm, and put the girl in the palm of its hand, on its chest.

Let Vikki be the only survivor on the field who can clearly see the shape of this dragon knight.It is like a knight in armor, holding a long sword, standing above the sea of ​​clouds, and under the cold shell is a "beating" heart.

That is the source of Dragon Knight's power, the core of Dragon Knight.

The Dragon Knight supported her with one hand, while the other hand was raised, pointing at the dark army.

"Mr. Knight," Miss Tata in the tower said quietly for the last time, "Look, I promised you that I will give you a victory."

This is her, so Xu Yi's victory.

A black line stretched forward from the dragon knight's fingertips, separating the two worlds.

It was a long and narrow light, blooming in Vikki's eyes, making the girl's eyes widen.

Fang Plover also took off the eyepiece and looked behind him.A black line divides the world into two, and above the sky, a piece of transparent light is descending from the sky divided by that line, like a stream of water hanging down from the clouds.

The flow of light appeared among the dragons, and the flapping monster seemed to pass through a non-existent line, bloodstains appeared on the wings, the neck was separated from the head, the body was torn apart, and clusters of blood bloomed in the sky.

It was like a rain of blood.

But the next moment, the sailboats easily passed through the barrier.

The two ends of the barrier are like two interlaced spaces, they are connected to each other, but they are not continuous.The cliff in between is like a bottomless abyss, for things it does not allow to pass.

It's like two worlds separated.

Eragon remained motionless, glaciers piercing through the clouds, and beams of sunlight fell on Vikki.

Sitting in the palm of the black knight, she was looking at such a scene in amazement, the fleet was advancing, the sun had dispelled the wind and rain, and the silver sails were facing the light, like shining flags.

And the front.

That is the end.

……

"Imperial Workshop is temporarily ranked third, and the tower is rated as 'courage'—"

"Forin's Sonshak Craftsmen's Guild narrowly passed the competition in second place, Tower rated 'wisdom'—"

Alix pushed his monocle, and picked up a newspaper from the booth of the newsstand. The strong oily smell made him a little accustomed to it, as if he had returned to his residence in Ishurian.

The title of the newspaper is Daily Astrologer, which is one of the highest-selling newspapers in the empire, even higher than the Industrial Journal. The Ossurians' respect for magic is reflected in all aspects.

Twenty years ago, wizards and alchemists had a showdown. Although there was no result in that game, a family was destroyed and the fate of many people changed.

To this day, mages and alchemists are still going hand in hand in Oshu, affecting every aspect of the empire, just like the inconspicuous news he saw on the fourth page of this newspaper:
'The investigation into the attack in Abpenand is still open and nothing is yet to be heard—'

For that attack, the empire has still not given a conclusion, and there are different opinions.It's just that in the midst of the dispute, people seem to have forgotten the original protagonist. As for where the eagle-like duke is at the moment, there is still a lot of fog for the outside world.

Some say he is dead.

Some say he disappeared.

But with one such figure dead or missing, the Empire should not be so peaceful.

Therefore, some people think that he has returned to his own territory, plotting revenge in that heavily guarded castle.Or he has already arrived in the imperial capital and is complaining to that majesty.

But this is not a certain thing, in short, no one has learned the detailed facts since then.

For the upper echelons of the empire, everything seems confusing, and only a few people can see through the truth at a glance, while for the lower echelons, what happened to a duke seems too far away.

It's just that today, the turmoil in Abenand has evolved into an inconspicuous news that can only appear on the fourth page of this newspaper.

So for most, the riots are over.

And the empire is always in trouble, big and small.

But Alix dusted off the newspaper with his hand and smiled slightly.The news on the first page of the newspaper has long been filled with the overwhelming reports of the continental league. When did the Astrologer pay so much attention to the games of the Alchemists?
Or rather, they cared all the time, even more than anyone else.

However, the Imperials suffered a big loss, and the astrologers didn't seem to mind too much. Even the editor-in-chief was a little teasing, and deliberately put the information on the front page headlines, full of sarcasm.

Finally, by the way, the contest between the mages is about to start, as if that is the most important event in the empire.

But in any case, the Collins are the biggest winners this time.

In the scoreboard, Ed was at the top of the list. In fact, among the top ten in the scoreboard, the Colins occupied six seats, and even Vikki was in the top ten.

It was an almost unprecedented feat, and it even reminded Alix of his last session with Loofah.

The Imperial Workshop, the Sanshak Artisan Association, and the Grande Artisan Association, the three main teams all passed the competition. Unexpectedly, the Giant Tree Hill people who left early won the second place instead.

But Forin is far ahead, second only to Ed in points, and then one of the long-awaited double stars of the Empire.

This aspect has been explained by the occultists. The tower has changed the evaluation criteria at the end, and the results of the contestants are not determined by the order in which they pass the finish line.

Everyone who had personally experienced that match had in fact drawn the same conclusion from the course of the match. The Tower of Silver gave such a wonderful match a logical result.

It is also in line with the judgments in people's minds.

So it didn't cause much disturbance.

Alix's gaze followed the lines of printed text, and under the huge headline was written the glory won by the dragon alchemist:

'Grand Craftsmen General Association won the first place. '

'The tower evaluates as——'

belief.

……

(End of this chapter)