Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 213 The Emperor's Son
The painted world of the Church of Steam.

Just like the other cities that Ember had encountered before, the city in front of him, which contained the core of the entire world, was also entirely made of steel.Ember and Kalula walked side by side on the streets of the city, relying on the induction of fire, they kept moving towards the core area.

Ember's gaze flashed across the surrounding buildings, and he frowned slightly and said:

"The construction of this world is quite perfect, and there are still millions of people. The church of steam obviously intends to manage this world for a long time, but why is the world so desolate?"

Although the construction of the city is quite complete, it is even more advanced than the capitals of the countries in the Northern Continent in some respects.But outside the city, all they saw was the devastated land, as if outside the steel city, there was only barrenness left.

Just this is obviously not enough to support the survival needs of millions of people in the painting world, and even the most basic food and water cannot be guaranteed.This is obviously contrary to the idea of ​​the Church of Steam wanting to operate for a long time, but it really exists, it is really hard not to make people understand.

You must know that even in the painting world owned by the Aurora Society, although most of its surface is covered by flesh and blood creep, there is still an area suitable for living in the area above the mountainside, enough to feed tens of thousands of people.

Facing Ember's question, Carula explained softly:

"The Church of Steam holds the Extraordinary Path of Sequence 0 as the 'Perfect One', and the Sequence 4 of the 'Perfect One' path is the 'Alchemist', which has the extraordinary ability to refine life, and can infuse souls into the items it creates , giving a certain amount of life.”

"The only problem is that the ceremony corresponding to becoming an alchemist needs to extract all the vitality in a certain area, the soil will be deserted, and the lake will dry up... Although the area where the vitality has been extracted can be restored to life, it will take a rather long period of time. The years have inevitably led to the desolation of this world."

"Of course, in this situation, you can also ask the demigods or angels of the Church of the Mother Earth to inject life into the land. However, the relationship between the Church of Steam and the Church of the Mother Earth is not so harmonious, and the Church of the Mother Earth will not easily help. And the Church of Steam will not easily allow angels or demigods from the Church of the Mother Earth to enter the world of painting."

"And the people of the Church of Steam don't really care whether the world is desolate or not."

Although Ember was a little surprised, the answer seemed reasonable:
The church of steam believes in steam and machinery. As for 'green environmental protection', that's not what they should consider.What does it matter if the world of painting is a little more desolate?Anyway, this does not affect their praise of the god of steam and machinery.

However, Kalula seems to know quite a lot about the Church of Steam and this painted world they have...

Ember asked softly:

"Karula, which path did you take?"

The corners of Carula's mouth raised slightly:
"If we only talk about the Transcendent Path, I'm just a Sequence 3 Saint of the 'spectator' path."

But at the same time, she is also a taboo fallen child of darkness. In terms of real strength, even the angels of Sequence 1 have nothing to do with her.Even she could have been promoted to an angel of Sequence 2 long ago. She has the extraordinary characteristic of 'seeker' in her hands, but she has to hide herself for some reason.

only……

The fallen children of darkness were born from the human fragments of Manus, the father of the abyss, and Manus is equivalent to the 'mother' of the fallen children of darkness.

Ember's expression suddenly became a little subtle. Although most of his memory was missing, his memory of some people was quite clear, as if he had been deliberately divided into two halves.

For example, he clearly remembered that Manus was smashed by himself.This also means that he indirectly created the Fallen Son of Darkness.If Manus is the 'mother' of the Fallen of Darkness, isn't he...

And Carula seemed to see his inner thoughts, and said with a smile:

"My mother is the fallen child of darkness who was born from the fragments. In fact, I can only be regarded as half a fallen child of darkness. Manus is my mother's 'mother', and can also be regarded as my 'grandmother' .So……"

"We have arrived."

Without waiting for her to speak, Ember suddenly stopped in her tracks, staring ahead with a calm expression.

"Tsk~"

Carula clicked her tongue in disappointment, and followed Ember's line of sight to the front, where there was a church.

The size of the church is not large, about 20 meters in length and width, and the outer layer is painted with red and gold metal, which looks quite 'gorgeous'.

The architectural structure of the church is a standard symmetrical structure, with a tower on the left and right sides, and a tower in the middle of the church that is more than twice as high as the towers on the left and right sides.

But the tops of these towers are not 'spires', but circular turrets shaped like pot lids, with several thick barrels that can rotate!

Such a church can be said to be armed to the teeth, and it looks a little strange.But thinking that this is the turret of the Church of Steam, everything seems to be quite normal again.

And the location of the fire that the embers sensed was just below the church.

But before they stepped forward, the church in front of them suddenly stood up!

Accompanied by the friction and roar of gears and mechanical operation, the church that was originally located on the ground rose higher and higher.The sun's rays were then blocked, and large shadows were cast down.What appeared in front of their eyes was no longer just a church, but a huge humanoid Titan nearly 60 meters high!

The 'church' that Ember and the others saw was actually just the 'hat' of this giant titan, and its 'head' was just below the church.Where is that church?It is clearly a fort with a strong castle-like structure!

The many towers, stained glass and church painting on it all show the magnificence and majesty of the Titan, which makes people intuitively feel that this is definitely a terrifying war machine!

Even its 'hands' are two thick weapons, and the right arm is a joint 'Gatling' composed of eleven barrels.Although the left arm has only one cannon barrel, the thick caliber makes no one doubt its power.And on its back, there are two vertical pipes pointing to the sky that are spouting white mist, which is where its 'power device' is located.

Such a terrifying war machine can almost be invincible when dealing with extraordinary people below saints!
Even saints above Sequence 4 may be seriously injured if they are accidentally hit by their cannons full of spiritual energy.

"Zizzizizi-"

Accompanied by a harsh electrical sound, the Titan in front of him stared at the two figures below, and opened his mouth without any emotion:
"I am Ymir, Fist of the Empire, ordered to guard the palace of Terra."

"Heretic, why did you come here?"

Ember's expression became more subtle:

"Emperor? Terra?"

Carula explained softly:

"That's Roselle's name. He proclaimed himself the emperor and renamed the world of painting Holy Terra. And every city in Sacred Terra was forged by the saints and angels of the Church of Steam, and Roselle The city he cast is called the Terra Palace. As for it, it should be the product of Roselle's life during the saint period."

Ember nodded slightly, but inexplicably thought of Roselle's death——

In his later years, Roselle was betrayed by many relatives, even his family left him. In the end, Roselle was also betrayed in his own palace and was assassinated to death.

Should it be said or not, Roselle's calling himself the emperor is also seeking benevolence, at least this ending is very historical.

Ember withdrew her thoughts, took out a badge from her pocket, and said calmly:
"I'm going to the core of this world, get out of the way."

From the moment the Titan appeared, Ember had already understood——

The core is not in the cathedral on the Titan, but in the 'deep pit' from which the Titan crawled out of the ground.

The giant titan who called himself the Fist of the Empire lowered his head and stared at the triangular holy emblem in Ember's hand. After a long silence, he spoke slowly:
"As you wish."

boom!boom!
With heavy steps, Tai Tan slowly stepped aside and got out of the way.

It also made the huge crater appear in Ember's field of vision.

With the help of the sunlight falling from the sky, Ember could clearly see the whole picture of the giant pit——

This is just an ordinary pit, there is nothing special about it except that it is surrounded by steel.

It seems that it is really just a shelter for the Titans.

The core that Ember is looking for is still deeper.

boom!boom!
At this moment, a huge heavy knocking sound suddenly came from the ear.

Ember raised her head in doubt, and saw the Titan who had just left, stretching out its thick and long barrel to crazily hit a tall steeple.

"What is it doing?" Ember asked in surprise.

Carula also hesitated for a moment, her expression was not very sure, and she half doubted:

"To appease the machine soul?"

click!
As soon as the words were finished, a voice suddenly came from beside my ears. It was the sound of rusty gears that hadn't been running all year round.Immediately afterwards, the sound of gears became more and more intense, and the chimneys in the city spewed out white steam.The sound of the turbine running and the roar of the steam engine can be heard endlessly, and even the ground began to tremble.

At the same time, harsh sirens sounded in the city!
In the violent shaking and tremors of the earth, the 'city' slowly stood up.

Carula was a little surprised when she saw this scene, but soon understood what it meant.

She still maintains a human shape, but a pair of pure black leather-covered wings grow out of her back, and some black scales appear on her body surface.

She hugged Ember gently from her back, and flew him into the sky.

From top to bottom, they saw the original appearance of the city in mid-air——

The whole city seemed to come alive, turning into a giant steel tortoise, breathing steam while slowly moving towards the distance.

On the back of the turtle, a giant Titan is standing at the highest point directing the 'Giant Turtle' to move forward.

The 60-meter-high giant Titan is not conspicuous at all on the back of this 'giant tortoise', but is as small as an ant.

Ember can understand the current situation without Karula's explanation——

Just like that giant Titan, this city was also refined by life by Emperor Roselle, which itself is a unique life!

Ember asked thoughtfully:

"Are all cities like this?"

Carula shook her head lightly:
"This is not something that ordinary saints can accomplish. Only angels can carry out life refinement on this scale. The vast majority of cities in the painting world are ordinary cities that cannot be moved. La Royal Palace is 'the same as 'life'."

Ember silently looked at the slowly moving city below, and suddenly felt amused.

The church of steam believes in the god of steam and machinery, but under Roselle's 'transformation', it has completely changed into his shape. The shadow left by Roselle can be seen almost anywhere in the entire church of steam. .

And Roselle has already transformed the Church of Steam into his shape, so maybe he still had the idea of ​​'he can replace it' at the beginning.But it's a pity that Roselle can only go up to Sequence 0 when there is a Sequence 2 True God in this sequence.

Sequence 2 may still be able to struggle against Sequence 1, but in the face of Sequence 0, there is no way to fight back.

Finally, the city slowly left the original area, exposing the barren land below in the flying dust.

But on that barren land, there stood a majestic church consisting of a steeple and a bell tower.

Carula returned to the ground with the embers, and the wings on her back also disappeared, and the scales that originally covered her body also disappeared without a trace.

Carula blinked:
"I don't think I need to lead the way from now on? You should be more familiar with this place than I am."

Ember nodded silently, and slowly walked towards the church.

click!
In the sound of friction between the gate and the ground, the two heavy gates were slowly pushed open a gap that could only allow one person to pass through.

Carula who was following behind rolled her eyes, why does this happen every time?If you open the door wider, you will die, right?

Ember didn't know what Carula was thinking, and walked into the church slowly.

The area inside the church is not too big, it can even be said to be narrow, and you can see the end at a glance.

There are several two-meter-high candlesticks inside the church, and in the center of the inside of the church, there is also a statue of a headless woman and a little girl hugging, making people curious about their identities.

And on the left side of the statue, behind the wall, there is a straight ladder going up perpendicular to the wall.

Ember saw this scene and already knew what to do:
He needs to take a long way to the basement to open the mechanism, and then take a shortcut back to the church to enter the hidden passage under the statue.

A look of nostalgia flashed in Ember's eyes, and then she walked slowly to the statue, making swirl-like ripples appear on its surface, and the whole person was submerged in it——

If it can pass through the wall, a fool will take a long way to open the switch.

Following the downward stairs, Ember came to an empty hidden chamber, which seemed to be a chapel.

But there were neither nuns nor priests in it.

Only the flickering fire was quietly placed at the end of the chapel.

There is the core of the whole world and the key to destroy the whole world!

(End of this chapter)