Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 693 Autumn Rest

  After this, Duanmuhuai had a rare time of leisure, Mortarion was dead, at least temporarily Toril was no longer a threat to speak of. Of course, this is only in the near future, but for Duanmuhuai, it can be counted as a period of time now.

  Although Duanmu Huai is like a salted fish in the castle of Arkham right now, in fact, the entire court of justice has completely begun to operate in an orderly manner.

Lumière and Eclair are responsible for monitoring the situation of the Star Alliance. Lumière has been lurking in the Star Alliance network, looking for traces that may be invaded by Chaos, and Eclair will be responsible for investigating in person—they originally did similar Those who work are skilled.

   In addition to this, there are other members who have also invested in similar actions.

   Hitomi.

The astropathic slave that Duanmuhuai bought from the rogue trader was almost a transparent person before, which is normal. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, Duanmuhuai strictly forbade Tong to use her innate astropathic ability to sneak into the soul. Sea, but it is different now, the seal is gradually weakening, Mortarion is the first, but will not be the last demon primarch who tried to counterattack the material world of the Milky Way again, so Duanmuhuai also canceled Hitomi's ban, this girl is currently His job is to meditate with his eyes closed in the Star Language Court, in order to detect the abnormal fluctuations from the subspace.

   After all, even after so many years, the means of communication between the Chaos Fleet has not changed, so as long as they can grasp the psionic response from the depths of the sea of ​​souls, then they can almost guess what the other party wants to do.

  For this task, Hitomi also showed great enthusiasm. Since she came to the trial court, she spent most of her time studying. Of course, Duanmuhuai also let Lani be the teacher of this astropath. The former has a deep knowledge of the magic of the universe and the starry sky, and is also very interested in the extraordinary talent of the astropath, so Lani taught Tong Star magic, while studying the special spiritual power of astropaths.

   It's a pity that, according to Hitomi, she didn't see the astounding star torch that illuminates everything in the sea of ​​souls. The entire sea of ​​souls is still dark and silent, as calm as the sea under the gloomy night.

  The monitoring of the network and psychic power has been fully turned on. Although the current trial court is extremely calm, it is more like the calm before the war. Once any party notices any changes, this war machine will start without hesitation, open fire, and blast all targets into pieces.

  The Tribunal also seized this gap and began to manufacture warships in large numbers again to supplement the loss of the battle between the Reapers and the space monsters. Of course, this is not without changes. For example, Duanmu Huai ordered to modify the energy cores of all destroyers from antimatter reactors to retreat furnaces. Although the energy supply of the shrinking furnace is relatively limited, Duanmuhuai is interested in the miniature black holes produced during the shrinking reaction of the shrinking furnace.

To put it simply, if you can't beat it, send a few destroyers to sneak into the webway, rush directly into the enemy fleet, and then make a retreat reaction to create a miniature black hole. Judging from the results of the previous battle against space monsters, this thing is used as a weapon Still very good.

Of course, it is not easy to manufacture a shrinking furnace. It is very difficult to mass-produce even with the strength of the Inquisition Chamber. However, Duanmuhuai does not need to mass-produce the kind that can blow up the center of the universe into a large black hole. It's just a joke...

  Hmmm...Maybe I should build one myself, just in case?

   After all, in the face of chaos, no matter how strong the firepower is, it is not too much.

Duanmu Huai was sitting on the balcony, overlooking the scenery below. It was early autumn at the moment. Looking around, the trees in Arkham City were already red and green. Many people were walking on the street, which seemed very peaceful and lively. .

   "That looks good."

  Duanmuhuai picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. Augis sat beside him, staring at the book in his hands. At the same time, melodious violin music echoed in their ears.

   That was not the sound from the stereo or gramophone, but from the girl playing the violin on the other side. With her eyes closed, Mary gently pulled the strings with her fingers, playing a melodious and soft tune.

   I have to say that, as a young lady, Mary is indeed versatile in this area. Soon, after playing a song, Duanmu Huai raised her hands and clapped her hands.

   "Nice playing, Mary."

   "Thank you, Mr. Duanmu."

  Mary put down the violin and smiled at Duanmuhuai embarrassedly.

   "It's really hard, but I think I've got the rhythm."

   "Well, it's talent, I can't get this thing."

  Duanmuhuai spread his hands as he spoke—Mary played here, not just on a whim, in fact, she is now trying her new career.

travelling poet.

   This is a relatively interesting class on the Faerun continent. Its combat effectiveness is average, but it is very comprehensive. But the most interesting thing is that bards can release magic and skills by playing music. To be honest, this kind of cool and cool way is really in line with the idea of ​​literary girl Mary, so after seeing the performance of those bards After that, Mary couldn't wait to be a part of it.

   After all, this kind of profession that can play gracefully in battle, release magic to confuse the enemy, and at the same time be able to fight in close quarters looks very elegant and beautiful.

  Duanmuhuai didn't object to this, and there happened to be many bards living in Arkham City. He introduced one of the highly respected female bards as Mary's teacher, and Mary also learned quickly.

  The only flaw is that...

   "Unfortunately, I can't use magic spells..."

   Speaking of this, Mary looked depressed. What she likes most about bards is that if they use magic spells when they play, they can create lifelike illusions and turn the music into reality before the audience. This ability makes Mary very envious.

  It's a pity that Mary can't use all the illusion spells.

  Of course Duanmuhuai knew the reason. Mary's golden pupil was simply an enhanced version of the vision of reality, and all phantoms did not exist in front of her. So Mary is immune to illusion spells, which is also impossible.

   As a matter of course, she can no longer cast illusion spells.

   "But aren't you doing great in evocation?"

   "Ugh... I actually don't like the evocation department that much..."

Seeing the depression on Mary's face, Duanmuhuai burst out laughing. Of course he understood why Mary complained so much. Because the evocation department was simple, straightforward and rude, it was also called the five fireball gods or the evocation barbarian by the players—the so-called mage The Barbarian refers to the evocation department.

Of course, Mary can't simply and rudely set fireballs, but she is also very skilled in sound waves, and can break rocks and iron by playing the piano... Well, if you just look at the literal meaning, you can also understand why Mary is so concerned about herself. To worry about it, after all, isn't it like saying that I played badly beyond my imagination?

  Like a fat tiger whose singing can break glass.

   "By the way, Mr. Duanmu."

   After a few small complaints, Mary seemed to think of something, and looked at Duanmu Huai with some embarrassment.

   "Huh? What's up?"

   "I would like to ask... can I invite Xia Li and Aselika to come to the court to see?"

   Speaking of this, Mary was somewhat uneasy.

   "Those two good friends of yours? Why did you suddenly think of saying this?"

   "Uh... because when I drank tea with them before, both of them felt that I had changed a lot, so they wanted to see what I was doing..."

   Having said this, Mary looked down at herself in doubt.

   "But I don't think I've changed much??"

  “It is difficult for people to look at themselves objectively.”

  Duanmuhuai chuckled, of course he understood what Mary was wondering about. From Mary's point of view, she was still herself, cautious, elegant and polite, and remained unchanged most of the time. But Duanmuhuai knows that this is not the case. In any case, Mary has followed him through several battlefields, faced the old rulers, and destroyed the core of the reaper. If such a person calls himself an ordinary person, then the real Ordinary people are basically a bunch of bugs.

Maybe Mary didn't notice it, but in fact, she already has a bit of the iron-blooded taste and temperament of the trial court. You must know that Marie is different from Ann, Guleya and others. She comes from a country that has not experienced war. , Usually people will not encounter danger, a relatively peaceful world. And now Mary can be regarded as a seasoned veteran, even though her demeanor is the same as before, the aura emanating from her is still easy to make people feel different.

   It's like ordinary people standing in front of iron-blooded soldiers, even if they are smiling, they are easy to feel nervous.

Maybe she still smiles and behaves politely when drinking tea and chatting with her friends on weekdays, but when danger comes, her friends may tremble and collapse on the ground, while Mary can calmly draw out the long sword Coping - that's the difference.

   "It doesn't matter, you can figure it out, it's not bad to take them to see Arkham City."

   "Hey... I still think the name City of Thousand Towers sounds better."

  Hearing this, Mary immediately complained. At that time, Duanmuhuai had agreed to ask Mary to name the city, but Mary racked her brains to come up with a bunch of names, but Duanmuhuai called them back. In the end, Mary had no choice but to give in to Duanmuhuai, and still used the name Arkham City...

   "It's just the name, it doesn't matter."

   "But Mr. Duanmu, you didn't say that before..."

  Mary complained a little. When Duanmuhuai entrusted her with this task before, she said that a name is the face of a city, and she should think hard and not embarrass the court.

   As a result, if I change it to my own name, it becomes just a name, which is not important...

  Sometimes this gentleman's trickery really amazed her.

"Report."

   While Duanmuhuai was chatting with Mary, Misterina walked in. She saluted the two of them first, and then spoke.

   "What's the matter? Mysterina?"

  Looking at the forest princess in front of him, Duanmuhuai restrained his expression a little, and sat up again. After the initial chaotic period, Arkham City is now on the right track. Because the rules of the Tribunal are very clear and the law is very strict, coupled with the double deterrence of the night guards and angels, there are basically no people who dare to make trouble here.

  So after Duanmuhuai decided on the general direction, Misterina could handle many things by herself.

   "There is a report from the blade of judgment."

"oh?"

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his spirits.

  After the Inquisition Chamber acquired this territory, locals were naturally needed to maintain law and order, patrol and fight. Therefore, Duanmu Huai formed a unit called the Judgment Blade based on the structure of the Tribunal, which was similar to the role of the Imperial Auxiliary Army. Their main task is to assist in guarding Arkham City and the entire Tribunal territory, while investigating the surrounding situation and eliminating all evil existences that threaten humanity.

   This army is basically composed of local people in Faerun, most of them are soldiers from other territories, there are also some adventurers, as well as paladins, priests and priests from various temples. After all, although the Inquisition seems to be a religious institution, they don't believe in gods, and Duanmuhuai doesn't need to draw strength from faith, so he has no essential conflict of interest with the gods of Faerun.

This army is quite competent at the moment, the coercion of the trial court is not just talk, plus there are really gods in this world, no one wants their soul to be dragged into **** after death, plus the trial The Blades are well paid, so everyone wants to stay here.

  But to Duanmuhuai, this army is more like a scout, scouting around, and then see where events can be activated.

   Now it seems that this is rewarding?

   "The fifteenth team of Judgment Blade found a strange cult organization in the nearby mountains. They believed that their strength was limited, so they asked the Tribunal for support."

   "Specifically?"

   "There is a high probability that what they are going to face is a true god."

   "Oh? That's interesting."

  Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up.

   "Then I'll go and see for myself."

  (end of this chapter)