Warhammer: Return of the Dragon

Chapter 560 World Stone Research Base
After having breakfast with his family, Imrik teased his son for a while, and someone found a wooden long sword as a toy to fool him, and then he came to a secret passage in the basement alone.

The complex certification process and the two sword-holding statues placed at the door showed that this seemingly inconspicuous stone door was not as simple as imagined. He cut his palm with a long sword, and Imric pressed his bloody limbs against the door.

After the blood test, it was another mental test.

The stone gate is opened by a brand new statue. The three-meter-high pocket structure is the trend of future wars. Productivity is used as the criterion to measure whether the war will continue, not population.

But it is a pity that the craftsmanship of this structure is true and responsible, and only a few of them are used as the first generation of product research.

When he walked into the bottomless tunnel, he first saw four identical forked roads, three of which were dead ends. Even if the intruders broke through a large number of traps along the way, what greeted them in the end was only a series of restricted traffic. Powered magic iron lock.

There was no light along the way, except for the occasional rune flickering in the tunnel, and it could only rely on external light sources to guide the direction, while Imrik relied on dark vision to pass unimpeded here.

After walking for a long time, about two hours away, he finally arrived at the destination, a curved iron shell that looked completely sealed, like an iron egg stuffed between the mountains.

A spell suddenly appeared, and orange-yellow runes formed a hexagram pattern printed on the feet.

After closing his eyes briefly, he saw the goal of this trip, the World Stone bound by six iron rings.

These iron rings of different sizes are separated by a certain distance, constantly rotating around the World Stone, and are firmly bound in mid-air. The bluish light illuminates the wide hollow, and the spiraling upward iron bridge allows people to see clearly the floating Every detail of the empty object.

"This is so beautiful..." Imrik raised his head, and there was only an extreme desire in his eyes. If he swallowed the World Stone, the path of the gods would open to him, not a god who relied on faith, but a real god. Immortal existence in the sense.

But the consequence is that the four gods will focus all their attention on Ulthuan, and Caledor or the world will face the greatest crisis in history...

The court mage Hadaris standing next to him bowed slightly, and the cardboard in his hand was still not put down. It seemed that he was always standing on the iron bridge surrounding the Worldstone for research.

"Prince, do you need to start the plan?"

There was some fanaticism in the eyes of the court mage, the World Stone was a trump card for the prince to contend with Sotek.

If an uncontrollable accident occurs during the fusion of the two, allowing the consciousness of the giant snake to gain the upper hand, the layers of iron rings surrounding the World Stone will be lifted, and the expected goal will be achieved with this huge power.

"No, this is just a last resort. In the current fairly clear situation, you just need to continue to study how to make the energy output by the World Stone more stable." Imrik lowered his eyes, afraid of being caught by this huge energy. Bewildered the mind.

There are many uses for the World Stone, but the most useful one that comes to mind at the moment is as a sealing stone to close the teleportation gates at the two poles and wipe the buttocks of the fleeing Old Sage.

But this is probably just the most crude way, releasing such an important item at one time, and without knowing the probability of success, anyone would be hesitant to change it.

Using it as a basis to counter Sotek is only a backup plan, and now is not the time to make a decision.

The unconcealable loss appeared in the eyes of the court mage. It had nothing to do with loyalty. It was just the researcher's loss that the project could not be implemented.

In order to conceal this sense of loss, I can only say with a low expression,
"Do I need to explain to you the recent achievements."

Seeing Hadaris' undisguised sense of loss, Imrik made a judgment in his heart. Maybe the two of them would stay here for the rest of their lives. The last time they were placed in Naggaroth, they had already taken a big risk. Phyllis was investigating the traitor. The Strange Church may be one of the hidden dangers.

"Let's talk about it. I hope the two of you can bring me some surprises. It is worthwhile for me to spend huge sums of money to build a research base comparable to a military fortress in the mountains."

Hadaris cleared his throat. There was no one in the court mage's tower. The few people the guards occasionally saw were just illusions created by magic. He and his colleagues had been here for more than ten years.

This underground research base was excavated by manipulating a large number of magical equipment. The capital consumption was extremely exaggerated. It was built by Imrik at that time. Many Druzi slaves died during the period, and their bodies were all turned into ashes. In the foundation.

"Our current secondary project is the research on the Forgotten Blade. How to disintegrate the world's protective layer you mentioned may have some effect."

"how is the progress."

The mage looked distressed. The prince didn't set a hard target on this matter. His previous energy was focused on teleporting magic and ancient relics. This matter was just remembered.

For an elf, ten years is just the end of a small project, and it is too difficult to make a breakthrough.

"Our research staff is severely understaffed. Even if Darrut and I compress the time, it is not easy to achieve a deeper result than the Vaal Church."

Yes, the court mage knew that the prince did not trust the Church of Vaal like a dragon. Even though the high priest has provided countless supports since he succeeded to the throne, priests rarely appeared in the decision-making layer. This was difficult to see in the previous dragon court arrived.

The high priest avoids politics, but the prince needs to respect the opinions of the church, instead of being used as a production factory to a large extent like Imric.

No matter how to improve the treatment and publicize the contribution of the church to the kingdom, it is undeniable that the current status of Valyucaledo has declined.

And the two of them also monopolized many technologies and did not fully share them with the church.

Imrik narrowed his eyes. It is not easy to coordinate a kingdom. All parties have interests and needs. In the past, they were small in size and could be united by nationality and tradition because of geography.

But as the number of things I changed increased, many things changed. The church undoubtedly longed for more novel and powerful technologies. Over the years, the number of cataracts has gradually increased, and I have no idea about these soldiers who are directly under the high priest. control.

The high priest circumvented the ban he issued because he could not bear the suffering of the children of Caledon to goug out their eyes, and used another method to strengthen the power of the church, and the Church of Ardaeus is not a good stubble, and it does not hesitate to expand its faith to humans , to expand the influence.

"Stop the research on the Forgotten Blade and focus on the structure. I will go to Lustria to see if the Old Sage has related toys. If it is suitable, I will send it here."

Hadaris shrugged and said it was no problem. Although a ruler with an increasingly controlling desire was not in line with Ulthuan's tradition, this method was undoubtedly more effective for future difficulties.

Even if there are some people with different intentions, as long as they have the core power in their hands, they will not be afraid of any risks.

"I will start the giant structure project again as soon as possible. If possible, please find a similar one in the hands of dwarves, ancient tomb kings or Cathay, so as to learn from it."

Imrik nodded, no problem. If Arkhan was attracted to Kislev, then the Holy Titan should also appear. If the energy output is similar, it is enough to form an unstoppable army.

When the prince was about to leave, the court mage seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said,
"Regarding Mr. Berannar, Darrett and I have carefully read the draft of the framework of the principles of divine magic written by him before, and believe that it is very feasible. In just two years, using a few simple magic Compared with Teclis, he seems to be better at research than he can construct such a concise and efficient framework because of the technical model.”

"Explain your needs."

"If possible, I hope you can invite Beranal to join our research team."

(End of this chapter)