Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 681: Does the enemy really have Gundam?

After fighting the United Cults for so long, it was the first time that Alice learned that the full name of this organization was "United Cults of Realism". This prefix sounded quite meaningful. I really didn't know why a group of religious people would name themselves "Realism".

However, the seven orthodox religions seem to be very different from traditional religions. For example, traditional religions do not have the ability to extend their tentacles into the national political field, let alone engage in such messy things as the Ouroboros Project, compulsory education, colonial wars, the deployment of natural disaster detection devices, and the purification of marine pollution.

"In the early stages of the war, the Western Continental Alliance suffered setbacks. Not only was it unable to deal with the immortal and tireless mechanical army under the Alpha Knights, but also because of the existence of the Steam Machine God Alexander, who became a nightmare for the entire alliance."

The old man sighed softly when he spoke here, and said with emotion: "People who have not experienced that period of history cannot understand this feeling. In order to fight against the terrible refined power, the Western Continent at that time was unprecedentedly united. Not only did the countries form an alliance, but even the extraordinary people, magicians, secret societies or religious sects that had always been hostile to each other gathered under the same banner to fight for justice and freedom. However, the power of the machine god Alexander was above all the strong men in the coalition, unmatched and unsurpassed."

“Is he that strong?” His words revealed his pessimism and awe towards the battle situation at that time, which made a certain argumentative maid dissatisfied. She couldn’t help but refute: “Our game is very balanced. How could there be a boss who can fight against the whole world on his own? Even if it is... it’s impossible, right?”

The name she almost mentioned but immediately swallowed back was "Girl Kingship". Although they are the descendants of the goddess, the maintainers and guardians of the laws of the universe, they cannot reach the level that old man Pancras said. This is historically documented: the three catastrophes of catastrophe, divine change and natural change that occurred in ancient times are enough to support his point of view.

"Haha, you don't understand what I mean, Miss Alice."

Although he didn't know what the "game" and "BOSS" Alice was talking about were, as a kind and benevolent elder, old man Pancras naturally didn't mind the verbal offense of the golden-haired maid. He smiled and explained: "If it is just to fight, defeat or even destroy the machine god Alexander, although it is difficult, it is not impossible. In fact, there are indeed several strong men in the coalition who have joined forces to destroy it several times. Even so, the machine god Alexander is still unmatched and cannot be surpassed. Everyone admits this."

"Why?" Alice wondered. Is it possible that honor kills do not count as military achievements in this world?
Only Lingge's expression changed slightly, noticing a detail in the old man's words: "Lord Pancras, if I heard correctly, you just said... destroyed it several times?"

"Yes."

The old man looked at the young man with satisfaction, expressing his appreciation for his ability to understand, and then explained to the others who were still confused: "I have said before that the strong emotional drive of the believers is the source of the power to conceive gods, and the emotional drive of the steam believers who desire this glorious era to exist forever has given the Steam God Alexander the ability to dominate time and space. He can stop time and lock space at will, and can also trace the origin and end moments in the endless cycle of time and space to complete the restart of the singularity. To put it in a way that you can understand -"

Normal people would show an expression of sudden enlightenment when hearing this, while some people with relatively low intelligence (I won’t criticize them here) are still scratching their heads. For this reason, old man Pancras had to modify his statement to make it more understandable and in line with the needs of low-intelligence people: "Steam God Alexander has the ability to be reborn infinitely. Whenever he is defeated or destroyed, he will initiate a 'time and space restart' and reappear from the eternal time and space vortex in an intact posture. Moreover, each restart of Him is equivalent to an evolution. After constantly devouring the emotions, memories, and faith power of believers, He will transform into a more perfect form until He reaches the end of time and space and becomes a truly immortal god."

"Ah this."

Alice opened her mouth wide and said incoherently: "This, this, this, isn't this us players?"

Although I don't know how she understood it, it makes some sense. "It does sound tricky." Nevelle leaned back in her chair, crossed her legs elegantly, and gently supported her chin with one hand. She commented: "Fighting with Him will only make Him stronger time and time again, but if you ignore Him, He will continue to radiate refined power outward, turning soldiers and civilians into His believers, thereby exacerbating the imbalance of the war... In this situation, if it were me, I really don't know what to do. Perhaps I can use the power of some holy relics to temporarily banish or seal Him?"

At this point, the first thing that came to everyone's mind was the holy relic held by Professor David: the Breath of the Sky God. Its effect was just as Nevile said, it had the ability to temporarily exile a target, but the price was that the user could not cast any magic during the exile period, making it easy for others to take advantage of the situation.

Unfortunately, after Professor David's death, the relic was destroyed.

“Oh my!” Alice slapped her thigh. “I knew that guy wasn’t a good person. He refused to give me equipment before he died. How abominable!”

Who is so hateful that he wants to kill others and then steal their equipment?
Ling Ge felt it was hard to say, so he remained silent. Old Man Pancras slowly shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, this is also impossible, because the Eternal Mechanical Kingdom opened up by the Mechanical God Alexander is itself a closed alien space, which has the power to resist the power of other spaces."

"There really is no other way."

Nevile expressed regret, although there was not much regret in her tone, but a strong curiosity: "But you just said that this unfavorable war situation continued until 1399 AD, when the United Church was established. So, how did the United Church fight against Alexander the Mecha?"

This question happens to be the question that other people want to know.

However, they actually already knew the answer.

The old man was silent for a while, then slowly uttered four words: "Construct mecha."

After the words fell, Alice felt that it was an expected answer, but she was also a little surprised: it turned out that what she had just thought was correct.

The enemy really has Gundams.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)