"Great God of Steam, Lord of Life and Death, your servant Augustus prays to you."
"...... Under your guidance, we have penetrated the entire Vlad territory, affected all nearby intermediate vampire castles, and allowed 23,786 dwarves to recite your name and respect you.
To be holy…”
"...Twenty-six hundred and nine believers have died in battles with vampires and blood servants. We have begun to attract the attention of high-level vampires, and our actions are becoming more and more dangerous..."
"Please give me guidance again, so that the devout dwarves can escape from the enslavement of vampires, stay away from the night plateau, and gain a new life."
"Steam comes first."
The icon in front of Augustus was quite strange. It was a thick tower-shaped long arrow, round and gray, and carved with countless strange patterns. This was based on the one they saw in "Atlantis".
It is shaped into the shape of a weapon that destroys heaven and earth - in Lucien's words, this is called "the cult of worshiping the nuclear bomb god".
With his body completely lying on the ground, Augustus prayed devoutly for the God of Steam to send another oracle. Even though more than three years had passed and he had not received any guidance from the God of Steam, he did not have the slightest doubt and only thought it was from God.
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However, his mood was urgent and worried. When the team was not strong at first, relying on the favorable conditions of Count Vlad's sleeping and Lady Tess's death, the dwarves were able to live comfortably in this territory. They were supplemented with knowledge and controlled.
Part of the minerals, their equipment in the blacksmith shop was quickly renewed. High-pressure steam rifles, vampire nemesis bullets, armor mixed with mithril that can effectively defend against vampire claws and other weapons gave them the ability to compete against blood servants and low-level vampires.
No longer simply being beaten passively.
However, when the dwarves of the Steam God Cult increased in number and developed into the territory of nearby mid-level vampires, the situation suddenly became critical. Their strong hand-to-hand combat strength, spell-like abilities, and terrifying speed meant that they often lost hundreds of people in battles.
Only by injuring mid-level vampires can they make the opponent retreat. Even if explosive bullets that do not distinguish between friend and foe are invented later, the effect will not be very good.
According to Harold Quiggins, unless the giant ships and cannons of ancient steam civilization can be restored,
Only by eroding a large area with one shot can one hope to kill the astonishingly fast mid-level vampire.
"But with our current knowledge, level, and conditions, it is simply impossible to build such a terrifying cannon..." Quiggins, the leader of the dwarf resistance, said with a hint of despair at that time.
Archbishop Augustus of the "Steam God Cult" was even more worried: "This is still a mid-level vampire. If we alert the high-level vampires or wait until Count Vlad wakes up, even the giant ship and cannon will be of no use unless...
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"Unless" was not finished, but whether it was Quiggins, Harold, or Myrna, it was very clear that the archbishop was talking about the place in the city of Atlantis that seemed to be able to destroy the entire night plateau and temporarily create a
The ultimate weapon of steam civilization that wheels the legendary sun.
Thinking of this, Augustus prayed even more devoutly. The most dangerous situation is the moment that most tests trust.
"You dominate everything and control the boundaries between life and death. You are the King of kings and the God above gods."
After finishing his prayer, just as he was about to stand up, a solemn and majestic voice suddenly sounded in Augustus' mind:
"The near future is approaching. Pick up the scepter and guide the dwarves to new life."
Augustus's eyes suddenly widened, and he got down on his knees again in excitement, speaking incoherently: "Recite your name and obey your orders."
He only felt the light blooming in front of him, and the dim underground cave became as bright as the silver moon. This was an illusion caused by the eruption of his huge joy.
After calming down for a while, he came to his senses and asked humbly and awe: "Great God of Steam"
Don’t know how to guide the dwarves to leave?”
Although he knew from generations of oral traditions that the dwarf ancestors came from another place, he had no idea how to leave the Night Plateau.
"Follow my instructions and don't ask why."
"Honor you as a saint, and under your glory, I will be free from all suffering and evil." Augustus received the instruction, his old face glowed with dazzling brilliance, walked out of the altar, opened the stone door, and faced the outside with high spirits and excitement and confidence.
The dwarf said: "Convey an order to all the dwarves of the Steam God Cult and gather here within three days. The great God of Steam has issued an oracle that we will leave the Night Plateau!"
After a brief silence, all the dwarves present, led by the dwarf girl Myrna, shouted in unison: "Steam is supreme!"
Tears of joy and excitement ran freely on their faces.
Three days later.
This huge underground cave in Earl Vlad's territory was filled with dwarves who came secretly from nearby, nearly 21,000 people.
Some of them were carrying high-pressure steam backpacks and carrying huge steam rifles, guarding the entrances of the continuous caves. Some were in ragged clothes, with whip marks everywhere on their bodies. The only thing they had in common was that their faces exuded a dazzling light of hope.
"The time for the oracle to issue has come. I am very satisfied that every living believer of the Steam God Cult has come here. This shows your piety and you will be saved." Augustus's clothes are relatively small for humans.
It is a robe with a short coat, holding a silver-gray scepter like a "missile", "And I, the earthly spokesperson of the God of Steam, will lead you forward."
"No matter how dangerous or desperate we are on this journey, don't be afraid or stop. We have God's blessing!"
"Set off!"
The dwarves responded "Steam is supreme" in unison, then lined up in line according to the "Military Training Manual" given by the gods, and marched neatly and quietly in the underground cave.
They all understood that they could not see any hope in life if they stayed on the night plateau, and would die in humiliation. The appearance of the God of Steam immediately made them find the sustenance of their souls in despair. It would be better to die on the left or die on the right.
After a fight, even if a small number of dwarves are hesitant and afraid, they will follow the trend under the influence of the people around them.
Passing through cave after cave, the terrain gradually rises, and dense tombstones appear around it.
"These are the heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the survival and hope of the dwarves in the past three years. Some of them are warriors, and some are ordinary dwarves and women who protect the warriors. At a moment when the life and death of the dwarf clan is related, every dwarf is a hero."
Gustus said loudly from the front and paid deep respect.
Two thousand six hundred and nine tombstones watched them pass by silently, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn and solemn. Suddenly, a sharp and piercing cry sounded from the back of the cave. Seven or eight ordinary vampires, led by two or three powerful vampires, unfolded.
Bat wings, flying to catch up!
"It's Sanelson!" A dwarf screamed. He recognized it as a vampire knight, level 5, who had killed hundreds of dwarves. "They are chasing me!"
"Is there a traitor?"
"Someone was caught on the way here?"
Panic, despair and fear spread among the dwarves. These vampires were all close to high-level. In such a dense and crowded environment, the casualties of himself and others would be unbelievable.
Harold looked at his compatriots, hesitated for a moment, then spat hard and said loudly: "Soldiers of the Mechanical Knights, stand up! The moment of glory has come for us to be martyred for the God of Steam and to do our best for the dwarves!"
X: You must die standing up, and you must die with value!
At this moment, he defeated his fear of death.
Some of the warriors of the Mechanical Knights holding huge steam rifles hesitated and flinched, and some gritted their teeth and stood up. The banging rifles were fired backwards as the steam filled the air, but they only hit an ordinary vampire, making him wail.
Rolling on the ground.
Just when Harold was a little desperate, Augustus's voice sounded: "No matter how dangerous or desperate there is on this journey, don't be afraid and can't stop. We have God's blessing!"
"No matter who it is, put away your weapons and keep moving forward without stopping. We have God's blessing!"
There is still a glimmer of hope for resistance, but if we move forward like this, we will all die miserably! Harold looked at Augustus in confusion, but was shocked by his stern eyes and had to issue an order: "Everyone, follow us forward."
The dwarf moved forward slowly amid doubts, fear, and the sharp screams of the vampires. It seemed that he could already feel the dangerous atmosphere of the terrifying pressure.
Suddenly, they were shocked to find that the tombstones around them began to shake, and dwarf corpses climbed up from the graves. Some had turned into white bones, and some were still pieces of rotten flesh.
Just when they thought it was the vampire's magic-like ability to control corpses, more than two thousand tombstones fell down around them, and the densely packed corpses stood up, as if the world of the dead had descended on the ground, eerie and terrifying.
This huge scene completely exceeded the imagination of the dwarves, and some even thought it was the resurrection of the dead.
However, these corpses rushed backwards silently, entangled the vampires in a continuous line, and made loud explosions from time to time.
"Are they still protecting us even after they die?"
"Are they so determined to free the dwarves?"
"Another holy name of the God of Steam is 'Lord of Life and Death,..."
With tears in his eyes, Harold looked back at his former comrades who were self-destructing, clenched his fists and said to himself: "I will definitely fulfill your wishes!"
"This is the obsession accumulated by our dwarf family for tens of thousands of years!"
So, he raised his arms and shouted: "Steam is supreme, keep moving forward!"
After passing through the "Cemetery of Dwarf Heroes" and walking out of the underground cave, a huge boulder appeared in front of you.
Following the guidance of the "God of Steam", Augustus successfully opened the door to the underground palace and led the dwarves in. In the center of the hall, he saw a deep and mysterious door with bright stars shining on it.
"Behind the gate is a new world, a world of redemption." Augustus pointed to the gate, "Dwarves without hesitation or doubt can enter now."
At this point, who would still hesitate? With Harold maintaining order, the dwarves entered the gate one after another and disappeared in place. The space tremors gradually became more intense. However, none of the vampire princes on the Night Plateau invested all their energy in their own castles.
Although the high-level vampires were not so sharp, Count Vlad, the only one at close range, was still angrily trying to escape from the blockade.
When only the members of the Mechanical Knights were left, Sanson and other vampires finally got rid of the entanglement of the undead and came to kill them.
"What should we do?" The members of the Mechanical Knights glanced at each other and were about to allocate their hands to resist the vampire with a twisted and ferocious face, so that the remaining comrades could leave.
Harold held his chest and said: "Don't be afraid, don't hesitate, let's keep moving forward."
As soon as he finished speaking, Harold and the other dwarves as well as the vampires with red eyes suddenly heard a "ding" sound and saw a shining silver coin rolling upwards above the door.
As the coins tumbled, a twisted magnetic field and silver current appeared around them. They twisted around rapidly, twisting into a huge electric snake with the coins as the core.
Then, Sanson was horrified to see the dazzling lightning filling the entire hall. The majestic and terrifying power quickly swallowed him up, making him completely unable to escape.