Chapter 20: City-States, Empires, Orders, and Demons

When the Dawu squad moved, the distant city-state of Gillis also fell into chaos.

This confusion is relative, and the countless praying people below have not changed, still praying sincerely.

They were still praying, to the golden mech, to their heroes.

Yuwei's light-speed fist shook the earth, and the impact of countless nuclear explosions shook the city-state of Gilles, and the last fleeting chaos created a change in heaven and earth.

But the sound and the earthquake could not affect the prayers.

They knelt on the ground, clasped their hands together, and with each sound, no one stopped, but continued to chant louder.

Men and women, young and old, prayed devoutly, even children who were just a few years old and had just learned to read, they prayed obediently by their mother's side.

"The Great ——!! of the Machine" ”

Countless prayers converged into a sea of sounds, even overshadowing the sound of the wind outside.

It is as if their voices can dispel all visions and crises.

They are so religious that they are unmoved by the outside world.

Because they all know that no amount of panic and fear is useless.

Only the most devout intentions can help their gods, and only then can heroes have the strength to fight for them.

Even when the news of the defeat of the Monster came, they would only cheer and believe in the Mekhani even more devoutly.

The psychology of the people firmly believed in the machine god and believed that the gods would save them, and their faith did not fluctuate at all.

But the upper echelons of the city-state were all in a panic.

The city-state of Gillis is a steel fortress.

At the top of the fortress, there was a huge "control bureau" that acted as the head of the entire city-state.

Here, there are countless glass covers, all of which are flickering streamers, and if one compares the "ether" burned from the soul furnace, they can see that they are all real etheric spirits.

A large amount of ether is condensed here, but it does not constitute any energy source, but constitutes a complex "brain".

This is the "brain" of the city-state, the "spirit brain" formed by the sacrifice of countless wise men, and the "control bureau" that has abandoned the body and completely integrated with the city-state fortress.

These "brains" are the top of the city-state, abandoning useless bodies in order to think most correctly and lead the people forward.

Now, a large number of signals are emitted by the spirit brains, which turn into undulating sounds:

"Observe the end of the battle!"

"The demonic element reaction of the monster is gone!"

"There are no aether waveforms, and the monster has not been resurrected!"

"It was confirmed that the destruction of the demonic beast was an attack from the machine god Shaya!"

"No divine power to destroy the reaction, not an artifact attack!"

"The opponent has caused a huge spatial distortion in the area area, causing a variable gravity source!"

"Space-time measurement is unknown, and the source of fluctuating gravity is difficult to measure!"

"This is a technology beyond our city-state's understanding, and it can only be determined that it is not the product of divine power!"

The undulating voices are the rewards of the psionic brain's thinking, conveying their analysis and understanding.

In the center of countless brains, the only man in the cloak who kept his body silent for a while, incredulous:

"Actually, I really used a way other than divine power to destroy the demonic beast."

The cloaked man's tone was complex, full of disbelief and shock.

In his eyes, Yuwei's final blow flashed.

The pitch-black void devoured everything, destroying the immortal demonic beast and making the man in the cloak tremble.

It was a power he had never seen before, and it was completely incomprehensible.

This force terrifies him.

He stared at the scene, and finally spoke slowly:

"Is it possible to hide this battle?"

The man in the cloak instinctively decided that the outcome of this battle would have a huge impact and set off waves of terror.

If he could, he wanted to go unnoticed and give the city-state of Gillis a little time to think.

Receiving his command, countless psionic energies flickered in their brains, as if they had turned into dazzling neon lights one by one, and they were thinking quickly.

After a while, a voice answered in the spiritual connection:

"Probably not."

The voice was very serious:

"The Knights of the Central Order have reported that they have seen Shaya's actions and reported to His Holiness the Pope."

"This whole battle has been discovered by the Central Order."

At this time, another voice brought bad news:

"Sijiao, the auxiliary wisdom brain given by the empire, took advantage of our frightening time to pass the battle data to the imperial capital, and the emperor may have seen this battle."

The cloaked man's eyes flashed when he heard this:

"Does even the Emperor know?"

The Great refers to the suzerainty of the city-state of Gillis, the leader of the Starba Empire.

For this result, although the man in the cloak shook his head, he was not too surprised.

The establishment of the city-state of Gillis has a lot of resources that rely on each other, and even the wisdom and brain that dominates everything have its help, which can be said to be full of back-hands, and there are no secrets at all in the eyes of the empire.

He sighed: "There are already two of the three major forces in the world today??"

"Hey, forget it, a city-state like ours can't cover up information."

He looked into the distance, and said worriedly:

"Hopefully it won't make too much of a difference."

After some time, new news came from above;

"Arnoya sent a message, and she followed the instructions to invite the pilot of the machine god Shaya to come to the city-state of Gillis to receive thanks!"

"The other party has agreed, and is moving towards the city-state."

The man in the cloak perked up: "Are you coming?" ”

He exhaled and delivered the order: "All magicians, proclaim to the populace that we have won, and then, with me, meet our "heroes"! ”

The city-state of Gillis welcomes the triumphant return of the "hero".

But the news of that battle, like wings, flew around the world.

Countless pieces of information fell into the ears of those who had a heart, which surprised them and gave birth to different ideas.

Far away in the city-state of Gillis, there were also people who received information about the battle.

It is a golden city-state.

In the dim light of the world of Ishe, a golden glone brightly.

It shines brighter than the heavenly dome, like a new sun born in the dark earth, shining on all things.

It's a golden city.

It is towering like a huge beehive rising from the ground, thousands of meters high, and it is full of golden high-rise buildings, forming countless complexes.

Compared to this, the city-state of Gillis was just an inconspicuous gray piece of iron, small and desolate.

This is the head of the thirteen city-states of the "Starba Empire" -

"Imperial Capital" Doria.

It is the second largest city in the world after the "Holy Capital" of the Central Order, and it is more ornate and prosperous than the steel fortress, full of the atmosphere of dominating the world, and can accommodate hundreds of millions of human beings.

But throughout the entire imperial capital, the most conspicuous thing is the golden temple.

The temple stands at the top of the city, built very squarely, supported by sixteen pillars on all sides, and has a golden ring of metal standing around the arch, forming an outer circle and an inner square structure.

Unlike other shrines, this one does not enshrine any idols of gods, nor does it worship the god of the machine.

There was only one golden throne with a man sitting on it.

A tall middle-aged man with a triple golden crown and a big beard, like a king in a story.

But instead of the ornate royal robes studded with precious stones, he was dressed in old black armor.

The king in armor sits on a golden throne.

He was in the most beautiful temple in the world, but there was a heavy sense of presence that anyone who saw him would ignore the majestic and dazzling golden temple.

Because this man gives people the feeling that he is the embodiment of power.

The terrifying torrent of power guarded beside him, and with his breath, it lifted up the Dao Dao light.

Before he could make a move, he could already make people understand why there were no statues in the temple.

For the king sits on the top, and he is superior to all the gods of the earth.

It was as if a living god, full of infinite coercion, ruled over all things, and even the demon element beside him could only surrender downward, not daring to circulate at will.

The domineering mind radiated outward, dominating everything in the entire imperial capital, making everyone fall under its domination.

If he is unwilling, the entire imperial capital will never give birth to a dark cloud, and if he is not happy, the sky will even set off a storm and fall thunder.

This is Lenida the Great, the strongest ruler of the Starba Empire, known as the existence of "comparable to the gods".

The Great Emperor who has existed for more than five hundred years even surpasses those rare legendary powerhouses, and only the "gods" can compare with him.

It is said that his own strength is stronger than that of the machine god, and he can tear apart the sea and tear the earth apart with a single punch.

It is said that he comprehended the mystery of turning from a human into a god, mastered the power of the ether, and became a great being who became a demigod and a half-man.

Too many are said to have made Lenida the Great the protagonist of myths and legends.

He is a living legend, the strongest hero, and the invincible Emperor.

He rules over thirteen city-states, hundreds of millions of humans, enjoys the largest empire in the world of Isher, and opens up a world of human existence in the desperate land of Warcraft.

The poems written for him by those who praise him may not be inferior to that of the gods of the past, and his will is greater than that of the machine gods and the Central Order within the confines of the imperial capital.

But at this moment, this man, perhaps the most powerful human in the world, had a serious face.

Emperor Lenida stroked his long beard, and his eyes glowed with aetheric light, staring at the light and shadow in front of him.

In the air of the temple, a picture was projected that it was the platinum machine god who fought against the demonic beast.

He watched as the machine god blasted out the Lightspeed Fist, and one after another, the shadow of the Infinite Fist turned into a sea of light, striking out the destruction that Emperor Lenida was amazed at.

He watched as the machine god finally slammed inward, turning the light into darkness, and a pitch-black void devoured all things, destroying the immortal and immortal demonic beasts.

Until the end of the video, Lenida the Great still had a serious face.

He let go of the hand that caressed his beard and made a majestic sound:

"The technology that can destroy demonic beasts without relying on divine power."

The Emperor's eyes flowed with brilliance, and he said slowly:

"This power must be in my hands."

When he spoke, the strong will, the domineering that engulfed everything, as if it were an inevitable will, made people convinced.

That kind of ambition can infect anyone and make people have infinite confidence in him.

It seems that as long as he speaks, this sentence will come true.

And as long as he speaks out, no one in the world can disobey except a few big people.

General Ola, who knelt before the seat of Lenida the Great, was convinced of this.

He looked up blindly and fanatically, staring at the man above, at his king, at his gods.

But fanatical belief is one thing, and the right thing cannot be delayed.

So, General Ola tried to downplay his fanaticism and prayed upwards in a serious tone:

"The Emperor, after the judgment of the mage group, this sudden appearance of the platinum machine god is probably the "Pegasus" who disappeared many years ago. ”

When Emperor Lenida heard this, he finally looked away from the image and looked at his loyal subordinates.

He raised his eyebrows, a little surprised:

"Oh, it's Shaya, the god of mech?"

Lenida the Great pondered: "Pegasus actually has this power? ”

General Aura bowed: "My subordinates don't know, but the judgment of the mage group should be correct, and it is the Pegasus machine god who should have been "damaged" but has appeared now. ”

Lenida the Great stroked his beard again.

As a native of the Isher world, he naturally knew the meaning of a "damaged" mekshin.

That means it's really damaged and can't be repaired.

But right now, the machine god Shaya has indeed appeared, and he has exerted unimaginable power.

If it were the cloaked man of the city-state of Gillis, he would have thought that someone had repaired the machine god with unknown technology and added unimaginable functions.

But Lenida the Great knew more and thought deeper.

He knew that the "Central Order", which gave all the city-states "mekhan", was a mysterious and ancient terrible organization.

They have the most profound technology in the world, and the machine god and the soul furnace are all gifts to them.

Even building a city-state in the dark land, building a greenhouse to grow food, transforming magic into pure air, and synthesizing meat are all technologies provided by the Central Order.

Even if it is as powerful as the Starba Empire, it is only with the help of the Order that the thirteen city-states are united.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Central Order controls the whole world and holds all the needs of the civilized world in its hands.

Even though they claimed to be the servants of the gods, they did not disagree with all their gifts, and they were bent on acting for the survival of the world, which still made Lenida the Great suspicious.

Therefore, Lenida the Great immediately decided that this was the handiwork of the Central Order.

He narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashed with two cold lights, and he said slowly:

"I'm afraid it's a product of the Order."

When General Aura cast a surprised gaze, the Emperor himself began to think:

"Pegasus, unlike the "Golden System" Twelve Star Heavens granted to us by the Central Order, should have been only the weakest "Bronze System", and was even destroyed in the Hades Holy War thousands of years ago. ”

"After the destruction, they were all placed in the Central Order's Divine Treasury, and no one knows what they did to them."

"The inability to repair the machine god is a unilateral statement of the Order, and no one knows if it is true."

"And we don't know much about the true power of the Mekhan, but we use it under the guidance of the Order."

"If it weren't for Pegasus reappearing today, I'm afraid no one would know that there was such power."

He took a deep breath:

"This is a hidden weapon of the Central Order? Is it pressure to use it in my territory? ”

The more Lenida the Great thought about it, the more solemn his heart became:

"Moreover, it is also a shocking thing that it can destroy the demonic beast without relying on the soul to burn into divine power."

He remembered many things:

"If the Central Order has always had this kind of technology, but has been vigorously promoting the Soul Furnace, and even extracting "soul energy" from each city-state in exchange for the right to use the machine god, is it really justified, or is it used for other purposes? ”

Lenida the Great fell into deep thought:

"Are the sacrifices of these people really used to turn into divine power?"

He didn't really mind the sacrifices of these people, but if the Central Order used those souls for other purposes, it made him feel uneasy.

"Central Order, what do you think?"

The thoughts in my heart flowed, and finally turned into a sneer:

"Forget it, no matter what the identity of that machine god is, as long as he enters my empire, he is my thing!"

Emperor Lenida looked into the distance and seemed to see the Emperor of the Central Order: "Even if the Order is in front, if you want to deal with me, you have to take advantage of it!" ”

When General Aura finished speaking, he saw that the Emperor was deep in thought, and he suddenly did not dare to speak, for fear of disturbing the Emperor's thoughts.

Now seeing that Lenida the Great seemed to have finished thinking, he immediately raised his head again and said:

"By the way, there is one more thing to tell the Emperor."

Emperor Lenida looked down at him, "Huh? ”

General Ola's face was full of seriousness, and he reported the second piece of information:

"We lent the auxiliary brain of the city-state of Gillis, and while recording the battle, we accidentally detected the presence of a demon."

"Demons?" A trace of disgust flashed in Emperor Lenida's eyes: "Is it a spy of the demon army?" ”

In this question, the solemn dislike has already spread.

With the mood of the Great Emperor, the surrounding magic elements fluctuated, causing a huge pressure.

This made General Oni's breath suffocate, but he barely held on and continued to pray:

"It seems that the demons have long been infiltrated into the city-state of Gillis, and the purpose is unknown, because they have seen the results of the battle that are too shocking, and now they have disappeared."

Emperor Lenida snorted coldly: "These rats who are willing to fall and merge with the demonic beasts, do they still want to fight the idea of the Imperial Machine God?" ”

Seeing that his emotions were affecting his subordinates, he waved his hand to emit a heavy magic element, and continued to ask:

"Do you want to confirm the identity of that demon?"

General Aura breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully: "Yes, according to the judgment of the Ministry of Intelligence, that demon is Talifa, one of the "Six Fingers", and she is nearby, which means that person??"

The general did not continue, for Lenida the Great frowned.

His finger tapped the throne lightly and took a deep breath.

After a long time, Lenida the Great sighed:

"Evolver, Abrut,"

Even the Emperor Lenida, who is unparalleled in the world, couldn't help but squint his eyes when he said this name.

If Lenida the Great is the strongest human being, with a human body comparable to a god, then the evolutionary Abrut is the strongest creature in the world.

It is an existence that claims to have "evolved to a higher realm" and moved from "human" to "demon".

The immortality of the monster, but the wisdom of human beings, and unimaginable power, even the Emperor Lenida, who is comparable to the gods, must be cautious.

Lenida the Great thought of the figure of the "Evolutionary", and the old Pope came to his mind.

Both of them seemed to be smiling at him.

"Interesting!"

He stood up slowly, and a smile appeared on his majestic face:

"It seems that there are quite a few people who are eyeing me."

Lenida the Great laughed:

"Hahahaha!"

"Very good, very good! If not, what are the challenges in life? ”

His eyes lit up and he looked at the sky:

"The machine god who does not use divine power to destroy demonic beasts, the powerful and weird king of demons, and the oldest Central Order."

"Let the horses come!"

Lenida the Great stepped down from his throne and spoke to the general beside him:

"Aura, send the message to the Twelve Star Heavens, and let all the generals of the empire be on call at any time!"

General Aura bowed his head: "Obey!" ”

The golden imperial capital began to exude a huge pressure.

And in the distance of the imperial capital, on the edge of the thirteen city-states, the city-state of Gillis welcomed its distinguished guests.