Pillars of Ita

Although the little guy woke up, he was still very weak, looking listless and sleepy in his mental world. But when she saw him, she still perked up, shouting "Papa hug", "Papa hug" and "Nini, amazing" in a milky voice, trying hard to express something.

Seeing the incomprehensible expression on Fang Plover's face, she became a little anxious and tried hard to summon her new toy as if offering a treasure. Fang Plover was startled and hurriedly stopped him, not because the energy fluctuations were shockingly large, but because the little girl was heartbroken that she would definitely not be able to withstand the expense of summoning the Dragon Knight again.

He comforted the little guy, and although Nini was naughty, she was only willing to listen to him and Miss Dragon Soul. Afterwards, Fang Yu communicated with her and learned about everything that happened at that time, as well as the situation of the dragon knight.

Although Nini's mind is immature and she often expresses things confusingly, Fang Pulver also understood a general idea in her childish words. Everything was similar to Miss Tata's speculation. A brand new dragon knight sensed an unknown dragon. Due to the existence of the soul, Nini took the initiative to enter the blank position in the core crystal out of curiosity.

"But why was it so difficult when we activated Huma? It was with the help of you and Nini that I barely activated the Dragon Knight, and I felt great pressure at the time. This pressure mainly came from calculations. I still clearly remember how I felt at that time, and my brain was about to burst due to the pressure." Fang Yu asked the elf lady who came over.

Tata sat on his desk, holding a silver tea cup in her slender little hands, her wings as thin as feathers folded behind her like a gauze cloak, looking at him calmly with her eyes. She answered quietly in her characteristic voice:

"It's probably because of Nini's special nature and her special fit with that dragon knight, Mr. Knight."

"Compatible?"

"Dragon knights all have requirements for dragon souls, because dragon soul crystals have attributes and have different laws. These laws are often closely related to the domain abilities of dragon knights. Dragon souls are precious and powerful, and natural dragons This is especially true for souls. Even dragon souls whose attributes and laws are not so consistent can still control the Dragon Knight, but of course it will not be as easy as those that are compatible."

Tata replied, just like when she was in the Silver Tower, she discussed souls and dragon knights with everyone. That was the field she was good at, and Fang Plover could now discuss all this with her. In some aspects, he is even better than the top craftsmen of the past.

Her memory was restored little by little, and she also remembered why she set out on this path in the first place. She was passionate and interested, but more importantly, it was responsibility. The goblin made an oath with the mortal under a witness to protect it together until the disaster comes.

Mortals may have forgotten, but goblins have long memories.

She looked at Fang Plover as if she were looking at the agreement in her memory, the knight she had chosen. That was not so much a coincidence when she was in a state of memory loss, but rather the inevitable result of two lonely hearts approaching each other under that darkness.

The two watched each other and witnessed the birth of one miracle after another along the way. She didn't know if it was the so-called destiny, but at that moment Miss Goblin had made up her mind to watch all of this extend forward like a straight line.

Until that last step.

What she was thinking in her heart was not shown on her face. Just as the elf lady was as restrained and quiet as ever, she said softly: "Mr. Knight, do you still remember the elemental crystal that Nini gave birth to? The elemental crystal that extinguished the starlight, with Some kind of power that we have yet to recognize. But no matter what the nature of that power is, whether it is good or bad, Nini was born from the soul of Nicol Bolas, and the latter is inextricably linked to the power of green. The dragon knight is the work of Jed Ram. As the descendants of three geniuses, their research also started on the Green Star. You and I both know that it is a fragment of the Green Star."

This is of course only one of the reasons. There are also some trivial reasons. For example, both he and Miss Tata have grown up much compared to when they were in the southern border. The possible increase in computing power of the magic furnace and the core crystal are also different.

Also, Huma is a dragon knight with an owner. Of course, it is not as easy to overwrite as a blank dragon knight crystal. Nini has actually activated the Dragon Knight with a master. In Ayinbrok, she activated the Dragon Knight of the Kingslayer and Nightingale Ten King Halsey, but that was with the help of Tianlan, and the Dragon Knight and the Law Domain were activated. The level of difficulty is completely different.

Halsey's dragon knight had opened up some authority to his sister. The Ten Nightingale Kings were really doting on Tianlan, Fang Pulver couldn't help but think to himself.

But Miss Poet never disappoints her brother.

"So in Nini's current situation, it is impossible to activate the Dragon Knight easily. In addition, the Dragon Knight itself is not complete. It is better to say that Adni's father only completed half of it before leaving. It has laws. The core, but the construct itself is just an empty frame. When Nini activated it, she actually only used the power of its core of laws?" Fang Plover asked.

The dragon knight construct, as the name suggests, is actually composed of two parts: the dragon and the knight. The dragon is the dragon soul, which represents the dragon knight's law domain and the core of power. The knight is the construct, which represents the quality of the dragon knight itself.

Only the dragon soul can activate the dragon soul crystal of the dragon knight, but with the core of the law alone, the dragon knight construct can only exert less than half of its strength. As the jewel in the crown of magical skills, the dragon knight construct itself also represents With unparalleled fighting power.

The dragon knight that Nini accidentally prostituted for nothing is actually more like a dragon soul crystal installed on a supreme being. It is a pseudo-dragon knight construct with dragon knight abilities. It may not even be a pseudo-dragon knight. Dragon Knight.

But the sum of the two must be greater than the strength of ordinary pseudo-dragon knights.

And after Nini wakes up, Fang Plover can naturally use her to control part of the power of the law field that he could not control with his own attribute values. Of course, not all the law field, which requires the dragon knight construct as a medium to exert it.

But even just a part of it is enough to change his original way of fighting. He is equivalent to having a second dragon soul in addition to Miss Tata - this is completely different from the previous situation, although Nini has always been Act like a natural dragon soul.

There are many dragon souls in this world, but the holy crystal that can hold the dragon soul is very precious. Every dragon soul crystal that exists represents the birth of a new dragon knight structure.

Artificial dragon souls are not very rare, and the top craftsman organizations will produce some every year - except for those of Miss Tata's level, of course. Although the natural dragon soul is much more powerful than the artificial dragon soul, the natural dragon soul sleeps in the natural holy crystal.

Like Nini, although all the characteristics are like natural dragon souls, there are very few dragon souls that are not born in the holy crystal.

But once he has the core crystal, just by using Nini's power as a dragon soul and connecting the second core crystal into the system, just the increase in computing power will be an extraordinary addition to him and Miss Tata. Big.

Although ordinary dragon souls are not as good as fairy dragon souls in this regard, they are still vast compared to craftsmen around level 30. Not to mention half the increase, but at least one third of the bonus.

This one-third bonus is compared to the incredible computing power of him and Miss Tata. For ordinary people, it is already an astronomical figure.

But the addition of computing power itself is nothing. The key is the information processing ability of the two dragon souls. Dragon souls are inherently focused on information processing, and they are also the core of the Dragon Knight system - but different dragon souls have different priorities.

Miss Tata, for example, focuses on knowledge retrieval, manipulation, prediction and calculation.

Some dragon souls focus on spells and combat. The two dragon souls are under the same dragon knight system. It is like having two computing cores calculating in parallel. Sometimes the increase brought about is not as much as one plus one equals two. Simple.

At least when facing a battle, Nini's instincts are much sharper than her sister's.

When the Seven Seas Traveler set sail again, Fang Plover called the cat girl Dariel to the deck and asked her to test it for him.

The shadow guard lady of Gray Tree Temple showed no mercy to ordinary people, but because the other party was her own captain, she still held back her hand even if it was only temporary. However, even so, she would still be able to divide two by three. Fang Plover fell to the ground.

She looked at him with some curiosity, not quite understanding what the captain meant when he asked her to beat him up. Could it be that he was attracted to her? Is the other party a douchebag? When Dalil thought of the ship stewardess and the girl with wolf ears on the ship, he couldn't help but shudder and shook his head.

She won't like this kind of frivolous carrot.

Standing next to her was another lady knight. Mei was holding her big shield with both hands, watching this scene seriously, and guided:

"Mr. Leader, Miss Darier is a Templar. Her immersion and understanding of combat skills are far beyond your reach. If you want to win, you must try to choose a combat method that is beneficial to you, distance yourself, and Long hit short.”

She looked at the people not far away, "Mr. Luo Hao, Miss Alyssa, they are all like this. Magicians and craftsmen must have their own special skills to win in one-on-one battles with warriors." OK."

Alyssa shook her head quickly: "Don't, Miss Mei, you may not know very well. We are not his opponents on weekdays."

Luo Hao also smiled and said: "The leader obviously has his own plans."

Fang Yu climbed up from the deck in disgrace, smiling bitterly. He asked Dariel to help him test his level. The results of the test were satisfactory. As he expected, the Double Dragon Soul had improved greatly.

Tata and Nini each showed different combat tendencies in the battle. They paid attention to the wider changes and gave detailed analysis through the core crystal. After being connected through the system, this and Nini were in the conscious world. Which prompts him to be completely different.

He can even hand over part of his processing power to the system. If he can't respond, it doesn't mean that the system can't respond. It's just that he has forgotten the gap between himself and Dalil. This difference is too big and even directly crushes him to a certain extent. That part of his improvement.

After all, the Dragon Knight system can only be based on his digital attributes, and no matter how the basic physical fitness of a combat craftsman increases, there is still an insurmountable gap with a real combat worker.

What's more, as May said, Dalil is an elite knight and knight commander of the Gray Tree Holy Guard.

Of course, Fang Yu was embarrassed to say that he rushed out to test his skills in excitement, but was knocked to the ground by two clean punches, without even the ability to fight back. Although the test was successful, it is really embarrassing.

Fang Yu had no choice but to say that he just wanted to loosen his muscles because he had been really depressed recently——

"The leader is here to test his own skills." As a result, Darier had already guessed it. She is a smart girl after all. "What I'm curious about is that your reaction speed is at least 20 to 30% faster than usual. What has the leader achieved?" What’s such a big improvement?”

When she said this, everyone else couldn't help but look over.

The equipment of the Seven Seas Brigade is basically provided by Fang Plover. Although it is not as good as those of the elite troupes of the top guilds and does not have any real legendary or legendary magic tools, most of them are of high quality and are basically at the same level. High level.

Everyone knows that even if you get a piece of legendary equipment by chance, it is unlikely to increase by 20 to 30% all at once. But Alyssa reacted very quickly. After all, Miss Nightingale was worthy of being the intelligence leader on the ship. She guessed it right away:

"Nini is awake?"

Fang Yu didn't expect that any excuse he made would be exposed so quickly. Looking at Miss Nightingale who was looking at him with a half-smile but not a smile, he had no choice but to nod.

Fortunately, no one cared about his embarrassment, or had long been used to it. Most of the people on the ship, including Adni, except for Trixis who had just boarded the ship, had personally experienced the battle in the valley and reacted immediately. Come over what happened.

It is common knowledge that Fang Piao obtained a Dragon Knight, and Miss Forger even knew that it was left behind by her father. Of course, she had no idea about the Dragon Knight itself, but she couldn't help but curiously asked a few questions.

Trixis on the side was confused at first, but after asking a few more questions, she realized what was going on. She was not a person with little information, and the Sacrament Guild itself was also a core member of the S.O.L.I.D Alliance, so she had naturally heard of it. The beginning and end of the war.

But Fang Yu’s twin dragon souls still shocked her a little: “The dragon knight who obtained the artificial dragon soul later successfully obtained the recognition of a natural dragon soul. This kind of thing has happened in the past, but it has never happened to a person at the same time. Obtained the approval of two natural dragon souls."

She even murmured to herself: "Besides, you are not a dragon knight yourself..." She still thought that Tata was also a natural dragon soul. This was also a common perception in the outside world. After all, an artificial dragon soul with its own intelligence might be better than an artificial dragon soul. Naturally, the dragon soul itself is also shocking.

Fang Yu did not explain this to her. After all, the other party had just boarded the ship, and his identity and attitude remained to be seen. Trixis didn't even know about the existence of the Sea Witch. Of course, as a core member of the Sacrament Guild, whether there would be any speculation was another question.

Alyssa looked at her and said, "Miss Cuisi, please keep our secret."

Things like two dragon souls can be big or small, but what really matters is the origin of the dragon soul, especially Tata's.

Fortunately, this is not the first time Trixis has kept secrets for them. She kept her promise once when she was underground in Nozpiz. This was also one of the important considerations why Fang Yu agreed to let her board the ship and accompany Jita to complete the mission.

Cui Xisi nodded slightly, "Of course I understand that this deserves to be kept secret. The Double Dragon Soul is an important trump card for us. Needless to say, there is another trump card in the team..."

She looked at Kita again, Miss Naturalist, whom she needed to protect. Although she still didn't quite understand how she, an elf craftsman, was designated as a guardian knight. Where did she have anything to do with the knight?

Have you ever seen a spellcaster protect another spellcaster?

"But no matter what," she said, "I'm getting more and more optimistic about the prospects of staying here."

Her statement put others at ease.

In any case, it seems that Cui Xisi really counts herself as a member of the ship. She thinks so. Although it is a bit utilitarian, it is naturally the best.

Alyssa glanced at Adni who was standing aside, "Miss Forger has also heard a lot of our secrets."

Adni smiled bitterly: "I won't go out and talk nonsense. I have a lot of secrets. Being too eye-catching is not a good thing for me."

"Okay, there's no need to embarrass Ms. Adni," Fang Plover said. "I believe her. At least until now, the quality she has shown is worthy of her words. We don't need to keep everyone. Ms. Adni is here." Freedom to go.”

Adni was startled, she was carrying many secrets, and many people wanted to keep her - even the empire, but this was the first time she heard someone say that she could come and go freely.

She couldn't help but glance at Fang Yu in surprise.

Miss Nightingale sighed. As the leader of the group, Fang Yu could be generous, but there were too many secrets on the ship. Naturally, she wanted to leave as many holes as possible on the ship where the secrets could be leaked.

It’s not that she disagrees with cooperating with the other party. The Pirate King’s secret treasure is the common pursuit of both parties, and it is rare that there is no conflict of interest. If it weren’t for the other party, they would not have discovered Jed Ram’s laboratory so easily, let alone obtain the machine. Semi-finished dragon knight.

But there are many ways to cooperate, and she hopes to choose the safer one.

During the discussion, the sailboat had already flown over the target location. In the dark night, it was so windy and rainy that almost nothing could be seen except for the vast raindrops - but Ian and the others who had arrived early had already lit a fire in the forest below. , three fires are distributed in the shape of a letter in the darkness.

Fang Yu looked at the three flames and immediately ordered Miss Tata to lower the altitude of the Seven Seas Traveler.

In order to seize the time, they did not follow their usual operation schedule. This was the first time that the Seven Seas Traveler was dispatched after dark. But fortunately, there was no attack from the Naga clan, and everything went smoothly.

When the Seven Seas Traveler lowered to a height high enough to dock, Fang Plover jumped out from the side of the ship without further ado, and descended to the ground through the hook of his rocket flying fist.

Before he landed, he saw Ian beside the bonfire and shouted below:

"Ian, have the Nagas noticed this?"

Ian looked up at them, shook his head, and replied: "The nearby fjord blocked the light of the fire. Otherwise, we would not have dared to light a fire here. In the afternoon, we met the Silver Moon on the other side of the island. The Nagas of the clan, they probably won’t come here.”

"How is the situation here?" Fang Plover landed on the ground, retracted his claws, and asked.

"It's not good." When he mentioned this, Ian's face darkened and he gritted his teeth: "The ones who attacked here were not Nagas, but pirates. I heard that pirates, the Empire, and Nagas were not at odds with each other in the past, but I don't know when , they colluded with these dark creatures."

Fang Plover has already seen the situation in the settlement.

There Marigold was crouching over a corpse, and the Lark stood beside her.

It was a girl, and a scimitar pierced her throat. The woman stared blankly at the darkness ahead. The darkness seemed to have swallowed up her last starlight, leaving her cold temperature in the rainy night.

Both of them looked very bad. It was not that they had never seen life and death, but such a scene was still unacceptable. Those were aborigines, and they were really dead when they died.

Scenes like this abound in the villages. You can imagine that a group of pirates took their sailboats and arrived in the bay at night, attacked the village, and killed everyone. Except for the souls that turned into stars and drifted away, some people My life stays in this night forever.

"There's Naga with them."

Ian looked at the remaining traces on the ground and said, "They brought Naga here, and then went to the valley to the north."

Fang Plover took out the blue crystal that Danielle gave him from the rainwater and watched the water splashing from the edge of the crystal. If what the two sisters said was true, there was a valley to the north of here.

In that valley, there is an ancient ruin buried deep underground that survived from an unknown era.

And the crystal they obtained came from there.

He guessed right, there should be something to do with Pirate King William and Jel Dem. Although the goddess Odais told them that the pirate king's treasure house was located in the central mountain range, there must be some secrets hidden here.

He looked in that direction and asked, "Which branch do those pirates come from?"

"It should be the gray and white pirates." Ian said, "They are still in the valley. In fact, the lark released the clockwork goblins in that direction, and we found that their sailboat is still docked in the valley."

Fang Yu looked at the craftsman girl beside him with some surprise: "Can you release a clockwork fairy in this weather?"

The lark nodded slightly.

It’s not simple, Fang Plover thought. Although he can do it, it is not easy to release the clockwork goblin in such bad weather. It seems that the other party is quite talented in combat craftsmanship.

He looked at this girl again for the first time. In fact, there are many such talented players among the free selectors. He has also met many outstanding people among them, but thanks to the unfair selection of the Super Competitive League, Mechanism, these people often find it difficult to get ahead.

Even outstanding people like Momiji and Yugudola, as big as the Free Guild Oak Knights, would find it difficult to gain a foothold in the end, wouldn't it?

He sighed, isn't this the world? The Supreme Emperor of the Empire only sets his sights on the southern rainforest, executing a grand plan unknown to him, and may even raise Xinta'an from the sky and the sea.

Although all this may be just to avoid disaster, how many people have to pay the price? Judging from the situation of the Great Crystal Vein, once the empire raises Sintaan, the structure of the continental ridge will first be unable to bear its own weight and collapse——

In this way, it is easy to explain why the empire is indifferent to what happened in the north, because perhaps in the eyes of the core leaders of the empire, these are places that must be abandoned in the future, and they only need to preserve the core part of Oshu. .

That is the essence of mortal civilization.

But shouldn’t the essence be abandoned?

Just like the people who died here in obscurity, they may not even be considered citizens of the empire.

The girl's body hung its head feebly, in the torrential rain, as if it was destined to be like this, and no one would fight for her short life.

In fact, except for Ian, Marigold and Lark, no one would look at her again.

Those murderers will not stop for the nameless souls.

The Nagas were naturally even more dismissive.

Only Fang Yu looked at the silent three people and said softly:

"What's the use of just watching? Blood debts should be paid with blood. Let's go find those people and demand justice."

in the Legends.

The pirates named Gray White were once at odds with the Naga clan, and the residents of Campa in the north regarded them as guardians in the storm. The men raised their pale flags amid the strong winds and waves. They were unruly and extremely brave, and the name of the thieves was born from this——

But I don’t know since when, the sword named integrity has been stained with the blood of innocent people. The ideals of the past are no longer there. The hero has become a dark dragon. After a storm, all that is left is a gray infamy.

...(End of chapter)