When, when, when, three melodious bells rang in succession, the dwarves outside the temple of the "God of Craftsmen" all stopped, clenched their right fists, made a beating gesture, and prayed in unison:
"Great God of Steam, you are the master of machinery, you control the art of forging, give us strength and courage..."
Katrina, who was about to turn around and leave, was slightly stunned. When did the God of Craftsmen become the God of Steam? It seems that the parliament does not pay enough attention to the dwarf kingdom of Dumut.
"However, this 'God of Steam' seems to be different from the 'God of Steam' believed by the alchemy dwarves of Rentat. There are some significant differences in the prayer gestures and prayer words." Katrina, Heidi and other friends While wandering around and conducting a "field inspection" of the alchemy workshop, Rentat encountered dwarves coming out of the Dark Plateau, and was deeply impressed by their strange praying postures covering their eyes.
She looked around and saw humans, werewolves, elves and other non-dwarf races walking on the street also stopped. Although they did not pray, they did not seem to want to affect the noon prayer ceremony of the dwarves, so she also stopped and thought to herself. Said: "Looking at their familiar and natural actions, it must have been a while since the God of Craftsman became the God of Steam."
The gradually uniform prayers created a strange resonance, allowing even those who did not pray to feel the majesty and holiness, and the air was filled with a strong aroma of wine, making people intoxicated.
This is the biggest feature of the Dwarf Kingdom of Dumut. The dwarves like more than just ale. All kinds of fine wine are within their guarding range. A large part of the merchants who come and go here sell fine wine in exchange for ores, and the dwarves make alchemy. thing.
A dwarf whose bloodline has been transformed by a magician has basic spiritual power. With his skilled skills and talents, it is not difficult to make apprentice-level alchemy items. However, low-level and mid-level items require dwarves who have inspired the power of their bloodline to create them. ——The purpose of ancient high-level magicians transforming them is to take on the work of low- to mid-level and apprentice-level alchemy items, so as not to waste their own time.
As for high-level alchemical items, there are very few dwarves who can forge them, and the success rate is far lower than that of magicians. As for legendary-level items, currently only the "God of Craftsman" Heit can do it using magical means and his own talents. , "God of Valor" Okun could not complete it either.
Different aromas of wine waft out from different places, and when mixed together they seem to be able to make even light drinkers drunk or make them feel uncomfortable. Katrina, who was born in the Shahran Empire, has an extraordinary drinking capacity. There was no disgust, but he took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes.
After the noon prayer, Katrina followed the crowd back to the hotel where she lived, closed the windows, and began to meditate and recuperate for the evening action. Although the dwarves themselves are limited in height, they have the blood of "steam civilization" flowing in their veins. They like exquisite but grand buildings from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, as long as they are not giants when they come to Dumut, they will not feel too restricted. The average indoor height of the stone houses here is four meters.
The time soon reached midnight, and groups of dwarf soldiers were patrolling the streets faithfully and vigilantly. Because the God of Artisans suddenly turned into the God of Streetcars and the "God of Bravery" surrendered to other things, the Kingdom of Dumut was in an unstable situation. In a stable state, emergencies often occur, and "cultists" who oppose the great God of Steam cause various troubles. Therefore, Hamina City seems to be prosperous, but it is in a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside.
Katrina first arranged a magic circle to eliminate magic fluctuations, and then blessed herself with advanced invisibility and other spells - although the Kingdom of Dumut has no prejudice against magicians, they are quite awe-inspiring when encountering spellcasters. But she has to do it herself
The matter is related to their highest spiritual leader, the "God of Craftsmen", so caution is a must.
Falling to the ground like a feather, Katrina sneaked towards the temple of the "God of Steam". At the same time, she raised her head to observe the stars and the surrounding environment, and calculated the location where the statue should be placed according to the coordinate change rules given by the teacher.
"Why does this formula need the specific coordinates of several major temples and the types and coordinates of surrounding buildings..." Katrina silently muttered the many parameters needed, with a rather confused expression on her face. She really couldn't understand the changing rules of this coordinate. What is it?
What is to be calculated, and why do we need so many weird parameters?
But this was the teacher's order. She didn't think much about it. After spending a lot of time going around in a circle, she finally calculated the specific coordinates. Then, she quietly walked towards a white stone sculpture southeast of the "God of Steam" temple.
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"Is this a statue of Haight?" Katrina observed carefully.
This dwarf statue wears armor engraved with sacred patterns, holds a giant hammer in its hand, has a beard that reaches its chest, covering its face, and there are two dazzling sun stones in its eye sockets.
"In comparison, the statue the teacher gave me is really ugly..." Katrina took out the small statue Lucien gave her, laughed and shook her head, "The teacher's aesthetic sense always fluctuates."
No one can deny Lucien's aesthetics in music, magic tower construction, and moon timepieces. The many creative ideas he proposed for the "Mysterious Sound" are also eye-catching. Many times, the ideas he proposed and the things he created were
The taste is so unique that it cannot be accepted by others. For example, this dwarf statue is assembled from many metal parts. Originally, the whole body shone with a cold and cold smell, and it looked very good, but he had a big bald head with dark cyan carvings on it.
The strange picture gives people a strange illusion that their hearts are shaking as soon as they see it.
After suppressing her smile, Katrina concentrated her attention and followed Lucien's instructions, letting the bald dwarf statue float over the heart of "God of Artisans" Heit, and then whispered a long and complicated incantation.
Although this incantation was written in ancient Magic Empire script, it had a strange, sacred and ethereal feel. Gradually, silver-white rays of light emerged from the bald dwarf statue, and they spread out to all directions, like a piece of paper.
The web that controls people's hearts.
"You are the master of the soul, the emperor of the gods, you are the great god of steam, please allow me to call your name, the supreme and godless Yuri, please give me the power to control everything..."
In the sound of the incantation, the silvery white rays of light partly extended into the heart of the Haite statue, and partly merged with the surrounding void, causing waves of vibrations.
Amidst the vibration, little bits of bright and holy light appeared, like tiny angels. They emitted ethereal and beautiful songs, praises and prayers, "dancing" up and down around the statue of Yuri.
Such movement seemed to be frozen in the surroundings, and the temple in the distance showed no response.
The vibrations in the void suddenly became violent, and those small light spots merged into Yuri's statue one after another. Yuri's statue slowly became blurred and disappeared from the same place, without any trace left!
"Integrated with the nearby time and space?" Katrina looked at this scene with deep shock in her eyes. The scene just now was really a scene she had never seen before. "Is this the exquisiteness of the legendary power? But why is it still there?
A bit of illusory magic..."
She shook her head, calmed down her emotions, then erased the traces nearby and returned to the hotel.
When her figure disappeared at the end of the street, a black bird suddenly flew down from the dark sky, with a bunch of funny yet pale and cold feathers on its head.
This little bird circled and landed on the head of "God of Craftsman" Haidt, and made a difficult sound that could only be heard in the surroundings: "Lucien Evans is indeed secretly collecting beliefs. He seems to be confident in his theory."
Very satisfied, he actually dared to directly steal the power of Haite’s faith..."
"…... Actually sent a student to complete this matter, almost hiding it from everyone. If it weren't for me..."
"No, I have to think of a way to remind Haidt that Lucien Evans cannot be allowed to collect the power of faith smoothly, otherwise he may be the fastest to step into the god-like level..."
It flew down from the head of the statue, flew around in a circle, and uttered strange and terrifying sounds of "Du" and "Du" in its mouth, as if it was announcing the time of its death to a living being.
The third day after Katrina left Hamina City.
While patrolling, a group of dwarf soldiers discovered the "cultists" who slandered and attacked the "Steam God" Heit, and started a fierce battle with them.
There were actually high-level spellcasters among this group of cultists. Suddenly, the dwarf soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, there was the temple of Haite nearby. Several high priests quickly arrived and surrounded the group of cultists nearby.
In a square.
The power of divine magic burst out everywhere, various strange scenes appeared in the square, cultists fell one after another, and the square was on the verge of destruction.
Boom! The high priest and the high-level spellcaster of the cultist fought each other with a "Sunfire Explosion", and the aftermath swept across the square, blowing the statue of Haite to shake and shatter, leaving little bits of sacred light and silver on it.
The lines disappeared in a flash.
Just in this flash, the "God of Artisans" Hait in the depths of the temple opened his eyes, and two golden flames burned blazingly, like an angry heart.
With a move of his hand, the statue of Bald Yuri appeared in his palm.
"Who dares to steal the power of my faith! God of Steam?" Haite's voice contained anger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Lucien = Evans!"
Angry winds swept through the entire temple, and a golden flame fell from the sky, directly burning the high-level spellcaster to ashes.
After carefully checking the survivors' memories, Haidt was silent for a moment and said bitterly: "You can steal my power of faith, so can I!"
His eyes were cast on the statue of Yuri in his palm, and a ball of golden flame carefully wrapped it, as if he was afraid of disturbing anything.
In the atomic universe, a faint golden light passed over the statue of "Steam God" Yuri, and quickly merged and disappeared. If you had not been paying close attention, you would not have been able to find it.
Lucien in the magic tower was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked outside, and raised the corners of his mouth with a smile.