Chapter 319 The future after one hundred and eighty-six years
One hundred and eighty-six years.
This time is neither long nor short.
For nine generations... it was enough to turn a dynasty from prosperity to decline, but it was probably not enough to make the Mist Continent unrecognizable.
...However, the reality seems to be somewhat different from what Annan thought.
The speed of progress in this world is even far beyond Annan's imagination.
If the name of this land had not been changed, then the current location of Annan should be called the "Holy Mountain Principality" and it would be under the jurisdiction of the empire. The rulers of the empire should be the descendants of Annan and Kaifni.
However, what greeted Annan's eyes was a spectacular sight that shocked him.
It was a steel city that towered into the sky like a huge Holy Grail.
The original Theocracy was like a tree on a rock formation, supporting thick and huge stone pillars from the grassland, and building a city in the "sky" far away from the ground. Although there were also blessings of divine magic and rituals, they can still be seen exposed.
Stones outside.
It is a fantasy city that gives people a "feeling of fantasy".
And now
I saw that the outer layer of the original "stone pillar" was wrapped around and around, like a twisted vertical elevator like an optical fiber. It looked like some kind of conduit, with countless light streams flying up and down from it.
The Theocracy, which originally had only the top floor, has at least tripled its maximum height and is divided into more than a hundred floors. There are people living on each floor, and the flow of people is surging, making it look like a huge office building.
But now it is night.
However, neon lights of various colors lit up on every floor of the Theocracy. People were chatting noisily.
There was a heavy rain in the sky similar to when Annan left. The rain passed through Annan's body, making Annan's body flicker like a projection with bad signal.
But at the top of the Theocracy, there are thin barriers that shine with various colors like a ceiling, blocking most of the rain.
This rainwater is gathered together and falls like a waterfall at specific locations, forming a wonder in the city.
Pedestrians on the top floor, wearing expensive formal suits with a futuristic design, walked through layers of highly designed barriers. They seemed to be in a hurry for business and in a hurry.
Streamlined, sports car-like vehicles abound.
Annan also saw some riders wearing neon-style helmets and riding motorcycles, speeding past the rain barrier above.
Those motorcycles did not make a huge roaring noise, but dragged out streams of light of different colors at the rear of the vehicle. An arc-shaped light curtain appeared in front of them to resist the air and rain, and they made roaring noises while speeding at high speed.
Empty sound.
Judging from the calm and calm attitude of the people below, Annan quickly judged that these riders should be similar to police or patrols.
"……Um?"
Annan, who was floating in the sky, suddenly saw a somewhat familiar scene.
So Annan slowly floated down.
When passing through the barrier that blocked the rain, no triggering reaction occurred. It was as if Annan was just a phantom from the past.
He floated less than one meter above the road, looking up at a giant building whose shape and color were as complex as bismuth crystals and had a strange sense of regularity.
There is a line of words embedded on it very clearly:
【Hohenheim Pharmaceutical Group】
In front of the company name, there is also a pattern that is probably a trademark projected.
And that trademark pattern is exactly what Salvatore gave to Annan before. The necklace that stores a copy of the Philosopher's Stone is like a bottle of wind oil, a flat hexagonal prism ruby.
Before Annan advanced to the truth level or even the gold level, this was Annan's most reliable trump card.
But until Annan was in the most dangerous situation, he did not use it. Part of the reason was that Annan was indeed a hamster who didn't like to use expensive consumables; the other part of the reason was that making this kind of philosopher's stone was very difficult for senior students.
It's also a burden.
...Although the Philosopher's Stone no longer means anything to Annan today, Annan still carries it with him. Because it is proof of his friendship with Salvatore, and it is Annan's mascot.
As for the "Vatorre's Ceremony", it is proof of the friendship between Senior Sister Vatore and Annan.
The familiar thing Annan saw in the sky before was actually this trademark.
"That kid from Hohenheim..."
Annan's expression was a little complicated: "Has he become such a big shot?
"I don't know if he is still alive..."
Von Hohenheim... also known as Paracelsus, is Salvatore's only student and can be regarded as his direct disciple.
Little Hohenheim was only ten years old when Salvatore took him out of the Black Tower of the Zede. And not long after that, the Black Tower of the Zede fell... and fell into a sea of fire.
Hohenheim was the only student of the Black Tower in Zeland who had not graduated yet but still survived. It can be said that he was a representative of the old Black Tower. All wizards after him were "new students" recruited during the reconstruction stage.
"……Um?"
At this moment, a girl's doubtful voice sounded.
Annan cast his gaze over.
It was a female centaur wearing clothes.
She looks like a human about sixteen or seventeen years old, and her horse body is quite petite. Her long silver-white hair is tied into a ponytail, which can be said to be a girl with twin tails.
When she passed Annan, she seemed to be aware of it. But her eyes immediately turned into pure white pupilless future vision eyes, but she saw nothing. Finally, she tilted her head in confusion and looked towards "Hohenheim Pharmaceutical Group"
Walked through the door.
She didn't stop and was already scanned as she passed through the corridor.
"Director Amabel, good evening."
A female synthesized voice sounded at the door.
Can horse people now come to work in human society?
But it's already night now... Why is she coming to the company?
Annan's heart moved, and he floated in and followed.
He now knows nothing about "where is the worm" and has no idea to find it... According to their previous discussion, as long as the worm exists, it will continuously create chaos, regression, and despair around it.
But from Annan's point of view, the development of the Theocracy was great.
Rather than saying that the worm is nearby, it is better to say that the crane is watching all this.
Since there is no idea to find the worm immediately, it is better to complete the ritual first... to obtain "Cornunos".
Before "Qing Tiao" Li Geya comes looking for her, let's first take a look at how the world has changed.
Annan didn't know what kind of business this "Hohenheim" company was doing.
I don't know if they have embarrassed their ancestor Benjamin...but it probably won't be. After all, Benjamin also has the qualifications to become a god. He has probably become a god now.
It’s just that Annan couldn’t find Benjamin’s statue at all.
In the original Theocracy, there were seven huge statues of gods, and under the statues was a smaller circle of statues of slave gods, and in some places there was an even smaller circle of false god statues. But even the false god statues, not counting the stands, were about three.
Four meters high. The position of the statue can be seen from anywhere in the city.
But now... Annan has not found even one. Because the Theocracy has achieved earth-shaking expansion, he can't even find the original location of the statue for a while.