Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 323 Can humans fight against gods?

In just thirty seconds, the second wave of the refining storm followed. But this time, what arrived earlier than the refining storm were pillars of deep blue light that shot up into the sky, rising from different blocks in Nimsher. The bright light was so bright even in the blizzard, like a beacon shining in the mist, bringing hope and warmth to the helpless beings.

As the light pillars rose, they rushed into the depths of the dark and heavy vortex. After the dazzling lightning burst out, semicircular protective shields were deployed with these light pillars as the center, and quickly expanded and extended to the edge of the block. These protective shields seemed to be made up of pieces of diamond-shaped crystal fragments, with a translucent blue color as a whole, and golden lines on the edges wandering along the void, connecting them into a whole.

These shields, large and small, protected every block in Nimsher City. Looking down from the sky, they looked like semicircular blue-gold crystals protecting tiny creatures in their shells. When the refining storm swept through, the golden rune circuits on the surface of the crystals instantly released dazzling light, diluting the amplification effect of the Shining Holy Stone on the emotional subconsciousness of the living beings, thus greatly weakening the effect of the refining power.

For those who are not strong-willed or who already believe in spring spirits and the Earth Mother, this level of refinement is probably equivalent to having a dream that is difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion, and they may fall into a state of confusion for a short period of time; but for those who are strong-willed or have undergone special training, it is just a momentary trance.

When the second wave of the refining storm hit, the four members of Wade's team were only in a trance for a moment, and soon returned to normal. Aegir opened his eyes wide and looked at the dark blue crystal wall protective shield above his head. The value on the magic concentration detection device in his hand was slowly decreasing and was about to return to normal levels: "It's the "anti-refining protection stance", have the people from the City Parish Committee started to take action?"

Wade nodded calmly: "If you calculate the time, it's almost time."

In order to deal with Rochelle's threat, the City Parish Council prepared two plans. One set of plans was naturally entrusted to the twelve arbitration teams sent by the Night Watch and the Scales of Order to carry out the task. The ultimate goal of this plan was to find Rochelle's whereabouts before he held the summoning ceremony and immediately stop all his actions. When the first set of plans failed and the Conceived God finally descended, the pre-arranged "Anti-Refining Protection Stand" would be activated, and all active members would be dispatched to attract the attention of the Conceived God and guide it to the suburbs or even wilderness areas where the harm is less.

Now is the time to implement the second plan.

As if to confirm Wade's words, when the second wave of refining storm was blocked by the crystal wall shield and the commotion did not expand further, several figures suddenly appeared in the blizzard. Their sizes were incredibly small compared to the Great Lord Yuanrang, who was huge enough to stir up the clouds, but they attacked him without hesitation, like ants trying to shake a mountain.

Magic of different paths and sequences shot out from their hands, drawing gorgeous and colorful trajectories and landing on the surface of the giant monster, stirring up layer upon layer of magical tides. The surrounding wind and snow were caught in it and immediately crushed into powder, leaving a large blank area.

But the pain and anger of God were the best encouragement for these mortals, so instead of retreating because of this situation, they stepped up their offensive in order to cause greater damage.

"They are officials from the city parish council and bishops from various cathedrals!" Aegir looked at the scene, a flush of excitement on his face. "And there, look!"

Looking in the direction of his finger, Wade and his companions saw that the dark clouds were dispersing, and a number of silver-white airships were surrounding this huge and majestic god from all directions. The slender and graceful ship bodies were like silver arrows flying from afar, breaking through the clouds and descending from the sky.

When so many ants join forces, even mountains will feel pain. Moreover, these people only have the size of ants, but the faith and strength contained in their bodies are not inferior to any great existence. Therefore, the goddess in the corrupted crystal couldn't help but frown slightly when suddenly subjected to such a fierce attack, and a look of pain appeared on her sacred and wild face. As for the beast's head that was sticking out of the heavy vortex dyed in khaki at the top of the crystal, it simply roared furiously, and rows of sharp teeth burst out with sharp sound waves visible to the naked eye, which echoed in circles, causing the clouds above to stir up turbid and evil waves like a tidal wave.

The commander of the airship force glanced at the city of Nimsher below through the transparent glass porthole on the side. Due to the blizzard, visibility was limited, but the figure of the Conception God could still be clearly seen. Because He was so huge, even the slightest movement would trigger a storm or an earthquake. Therefore, there was no need to specifically locate the spatial coordinates.

The Order, together with the Vatican's guard forces stationed in the Leisenburg Diocese, arrived ahead of the Scarlet Night Gate.

"Airship L31 has arrived at the mission area and is beginning to slow down."

"Open hatch 3-13 on the left, combat personnel, please prepare for launch."

"The magic engine is now in full power operation. Open all steam exhaust valves. Start the hydraulic cooling device in thirty seconds."

"Enter the planned flight trajectory. Countdown for tactical projection. Three, two, one." "Deathbird, attack."

Blah blah blah!

The sound of a row of metal collisions fell into the sky, like a symphony of steel, crisp and pleasant.

Then, people on the ground saw the light blue dots dropped from the airship, soaring one after another, blinking and flashing like flares rising into the sky. Although these dots were dense, they were very regular. Every three dots formed a tactical formation, like the most stable triangle. No matter how they flew, rolled, or moved... there would be no looseness at all, and it seemed orderly.

The light spots formed a formation of three and rushed straight towards the huge monster in front of them. Brilliant magic rays were fired from their magic guns, weaving a dense light net in the sky, completely covering the figure of the imagined god - Yuanrang Dazun.

"It's the Death Prayer Society's Death Bird Squad!"

Aigil, who was keen on all kinds of magic devices and magic formulas, was fascinated and looked at the blue light spots flying in the sky with some longing: "It is said that each death bird is the most elite airborne soldier trained by the Dragoon Regiment. They can master the most difficult to control Dragoon system and the complex "gravity traction plug-in". The anti-gravity field generated by the plug-in forms a stable triangular structure. Not only can it cope with various difficult mission environments, but it can also improve the utilization rate of magic in the core metal. This involves the magic diversion effect of Lord Chani..."

In fact, not only the Death Bird Troops, but more troops have been assembled at the call of the City Parish Committee.

On the ground, magic knights emerged from steam locomotives one after another, taking cover in the damaged and abandoned streets, and launched an attack on the enemy in a dispersed formation. Dense magic rays instantly rained down like a rain of light rising from the ground, tearing open the curtain of the blizzard; farther away, members of the Scourge Detection Group were urgently assembling various large-scale magic devices. The beams of light roared out from the muzzles of magic cannons, piercing through the darkness, leaving scars of varying depths on the surface of the giant clay dolls... With the suburbs where the Eternal Summer Palace is located as the center, the entire area where the gods are imagined to descend has become a fierce battlefield, and the roar of artillery fire makes people almost think that they have returned to the era of steam holy wars centuries ago.

Under this fierce bombardment, the conceptual god, Yuanrang Dazun, who had been standing motionless in the same place, seemed to be enraged. He kept waving a dozen thick rock arms and frantically slapping the surrounding void, trying to drive away these annoying flies.

The storms raised by those arms would occasionally sweep up pale white snowflakes, and the void would tremble and wail under the heavy weight, as if a glass cup was breaking. From time to time, one or two blue dots of light would be knocked down by the huge and terrifying shadows and smashed to the ground. The buildings and structures where the magic knights were hiding were also swept down and collapsed, burying many injured people who had no time to escape.

But no one showed fear or retreat. Their momentum in attacking the gods was like an unstoppable torrent, which made the members of the team excited. Michel clenched his magic sword, and a hint of passionate fighting spirit emerged in his gloomy eyes: "Captain, it's time for us to join the battle. We can't lose to our colleagues in Nimsher City!"

Wade was about to nod in agreement when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

He saw that the clay figurine carrying the corrupt crystal, as the embodiment of the faith of the Earth Mother Spirit God - Titan Great Honored, was like a poisonous scorpion crawling out of the swamp abyss, slowly moving its eight sharp legs and rolling in a certain direction. The huge body instantly pushed down all the buildings in front of it, and there was a rumbling sound of collapse, and even the most solid bricks and fountains were lifted up, revealing the ugly and bumpy surface.

He moved like a giant chariot, and this movement alone was enough to stir up a violent storm, making the scattered snowflakes even thicker. It also forced the combatants of the cult alliance on the road ahead to evacuate urgently and avoid the direction of his advance, but some people still failed to dodge and crashed into him.

Wade saw some spots of light dim the moment they hit the corrupt crystal, and a few scattered spots of light were swallowed by the monster with its huge mouth open. The rows of sharp teeth instantly tore apart their light, and then let out a wild and angry roar.

However, the sacred goddess inside the crystal did not pay any attention to these flying insects that fell into her trap. Her cold eyes stared straight ahead, as if something was attracting her and was more worthy of attention than the attacks coming from all directions.

Where does He want to go?

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)