From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 157 "Appearance" Underground finance is rusty (5000)

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In this twisted space, Salui, who had reshaped his body, looked confused.

The old, strange face was extremely wrinkled, and its expression looked like it had eaten something unclean, staring at Dorn and Vulkan.

The two Primarchs were forced to lose the ability to move and fight as their minds were under the constant impact of dark magic and foul whispers.

Even so, the two brothers' eyes remained firm, without any wavering or hesitation, and they stared at Salui not far away.

boom--!
Suddenly, two hot, particularly dazzling, shining golden lights fell from the sky, dispelling all the darkness and filth that harassed the two original bodies with absolute power.

Not only that, the bodies of the two original bodies actually burned with pale golden flames.

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Seeing such a scene, Sarui was completely stunned on the spot.

What's going on with these two golden lights? !
Could it be the work of the Human Emperor far to the south? ?

besides! They are just two young kids. Where did they get such strong will? ?

The smelly and dark blood splashed outwards, and the still peristaltic intestines and soft internal organs fell everywhere.

However, before the two of them could move away, the desert surface of the distorted space began to collapse downwards, dragging them into the "dark abyss" in an instant.

Boom - boom -! !

Unfortunately, the last scene in its eyes did not come from Moido's "salvation". Instead, in a trance of consciousness, it witnessed the appearance of a giant clothed in dazzling light.

"Brother, do you think father helped us two?" Dorn asked.

With only his head, neck and half of his chest left, Sarui first experienced a "rapid flying", then a "falling from high altitude", and finally lay paralyzed not far from Dorn and Vulkan. .

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Bang-!
The frost hammer hit Salui's body again.

Dorn turned to look at Vulkan with a confused look, as if to say, "I just said that, didn't I expect you to be beaten to pieces?"

"Try hitting the ground with your hammer?" Dorn suggested casually.

The most important thing is, do the two of them really have no resentment at all against the new Human Emperor? ?
In fact, the purpose of this wizard from beginning to end was to corrupt the original body.

Moreover, the magic barrier covering the entire east area of ​​the city still exists, and it seems that it has not dissipated due to Salui's death.

"not me."

From the perspective of Dorn and Vulkan, the fragments of Salui's body were burned by golden flames and disappeared without a trace.

Chi——!
The storm sword burning with golden flames directly cut off Salui's arms.

"Bewitched? Do you think bewitching can shake my hammer?!"

"My Lord. Save me."

"Yes." Vulkan nodded in response, while looking around the twisted space where they were, and continued:

The violent trembling of the earth made the three of them realize that a drastic change was about to break out, so they all grabbed their weapons and prepared to fight.

suddenly!

"The question now is, how do we two get out of here."

However, Dorn and Vulkan, who had regained their freedom, didn't care what Salui thought. Now they only had one thought, and that was to chop the wizard in front of them in half.

On the pretext of sacrificing the 600,000 residents in the east of the city, he lured the Forbidden Army who were already dissatisfied with "him" to form an alliance with the original body, and then actually sacrificed a thousand elites, including the commander of the Forbidden Army, to successfully bind him. Dorne and Vulkan.

Boom. Boom—! !

The moment before the hammer peak came into contact with the ground, the twisted space actively began to tremble and collapse.

On the other hand, Aoyi, who should have been indifferent and indifferent, now had a frown on his face.

Therefore, Sarui did not have the courage, let alone the confidence, to face the wrath of the original body, so he took out the teleportation scroll written in human blood without hesitation, and prepared to escape outside the royal capital first.

"Okay." Vulgan believed it to be true, picked up the giant frost hammer and pounded it towards the ground——

At the same time, this side of the central square;
The twisted space is like a giant dark purple hemisphere, and it is directly buckled on the central square, making it impossible to peek into the interior from the outside world.

Vulkan shrugged and shook the frost hammer in his hand, indicating that he withdrew his strength when he noticed something unusual and did not let the hammer peak actually come into contact with the ground.

Then, its life and even soul were completely "plundered" and "swallowed" by the giant.

Looking at the sphere with a height of 100 meters at the top, Sol Yang couldn't help but sigh: "Those two boys should be fine."

And it is death at the soul level.

"Poof!" With a sound, the corrupt wizard who was good at long-range spells and deceiving people was like a watermelon hitting the ground, exploding to pieces.

"Those who like to pretend to be gods, come to me and die!!"

"Don't worry." As a veteran, Pietro remained calm.

However, the baron who led the city defense army at the time, Jean Dorn and Vulcan, had already prepared for it. He saw through Salui's intention of taking out the scroll at a glance, and with the tacit cooperation of the two brothers -

This time, Salui, who had suffered severe injuries, could no longer reshape his body. He couldn't stop blowing his breath outwards, hoping to make "him" or its owner Moido, like the Human Emperor "appear". Save it from life and death.

But Sarui overly underestimated the original body's loyalty to the new Emperor, which caused "him" to fall into extreme self-doubt, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

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Seeing the ferocious offensive of the two brothers, Sarui felt fear in his heart
escape!
This human wizard, who was suspected of being bewitched and corrupted by Moido, understood that if he continued to stay in this twisted space, the only outcome would be "death".

As for Aoyi, Solyan, and Pietro, they left the underground waterway when the mutation occurred and came to an alley on the surface to conduct secret observations.

However, the expected battle did not take place at all. Instead, the collapse of the twisted space caused the earth to tremble violently several times, and then triggered some kind of chain reaction.

It was like there was a large cavity deep underground, and the collapse of the twisted space overloaded the surface, causing the soil to begin to rapidly settle around the central square.

"Come on, run! Elf, it's up to you. You can run faster than us anyway!"

Seeing that their location was about to be affected by subsidence, Soljan quickly dragged Pietro who was nearby to escape.

But before he could move, the settlement had already reached the entrance of the alley.

"Ahhh!!"

The weightless feeling of stepping into the air and the constant falling in free fall made Soljan, who was naturally afraid of heights, unable to stop screaming and shouting.

In the end, darkness completely covered his vision, and the mouth that was originally shouting could not make a sound because it was buried in the soil.

Sol Yang tried to struggle, but his hands and legs couldn't use any strength at all, not to mention the growing sense of suffocation that was gradually consuming his thinking.

Just when he thought he would suffocate to death, someone seemed to be digging continuously, causing the soil compacted on him to continue to loosen.

But Sol Yang still couldn't resist the loss of consciousness caused by hypoxia and fell into a deep sleep.

I do not know how long it has been…

"Hey! Friends, wake up!"

Vulkan's anxious voice echoed in his ears.

"Vulkan...are you dead too...?"

Sol Yang said confusedly.

Snap-pop-!
But immediately, Sol Yang felt someone slap him on the cheek again.

Slowly opening his eyes, he saw Dorn, Aoi, and Pietro surrounding him, as well as Vulcan who was squatting aside and fanning him "cautiously" with his hands.

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Sol Yang, who had completely recovered, suddenly turned over and stood up, groping his whole body with both hands, then looked at his comrades, and said in disbelief:
"I...am not dead?"

"It's not just that we're not dead." Dorn looked around and said with a smile, "We also accidentally fell into the tomb of the first Human Emperor."

"Maybe it's the tomb of the first human emperor, maybe." Aoyi corrected.

grave?

Hearing this, Sol Yang freed up his energy and carefully observed the surrounding environment.

What they saw before them was an underground world that suddenly opened up, and they were at the entrance to a magnificent underground palace.

Floating above, you can tell at a glance that it is the light magic released by Aoi that lights up the surroundings, so that everyone does not need to fumble forward in the dark.

Sol Yang, who was still a little confused, continued to observe the surrounding environment and followed his comrades towards the interior of the palace while sighing:

"If I guessed correctly, this should be deep in the maze under the royal capital. I didn't expect that when you two boys went to kill the wizard, you brought us to the legendary ancient tomb." "It seems that the prophecy is Accurate." Aoyi, who was walking in the front position, explained:

"The Empire has the sole mining rights for the rare metal Mithril in the Royal Capital Labyrinth. Adventurers and freelance mercenaries have no chance to explore here."

"Outsiders don't have a chance, what about the empire?" Vulkan asked.

"There are many natural magic barriers deep in the maze. Unless there is the assistance of a high-level mage, the path of exploration will be difficult."

When Aoi saw them passing through the main entrance with stone pillars and entering a stone brick tunnel with a width and height of about seven meters, he lowered his voice a little:

"Furthermore, the High Mage is considered a strategic-level talent in the entire Terraira. After all, they can work together to release super magic. In addition, there are many undead monsters deep in the maze, so over time, there is no motivation to continue exploring."

"The main reason is that the annual output of Mithril is enough to support the empire's financial expenditure..." Pietro added.

This veteran is very sensitive to matters related to "money" because he is on the border and is dissatisfied with the troops directly under the empire.

"The most unexpected, but also the most natural position is right at your feet." Vulkan suddenly realized after hearing everyone's explanation.

"Far away in the horizon, close in front of you." Dorn said the idiom mentioned by their father.

Next.

In order to avoid exposing their identities too much, the group chose to walk silently through the tunnel, with Aoi, who was good at magic, providing light.

Exit the tunnel.

They came to an open area.

To Aoi, Solyan, and Pietro, this was just a hall with four humanoid statues standing there.

But to Dorn and Vulkan, this place is like a super small... ruins base!
Aren't those four humanoid statues the Astartes that my father had envisioned?

But before they fully figured out what was going on, the two original bodies showed no surprise and did not reveal the relevant information to their three comrades.

At this time.

They discovered that there seemed to be bursts of light flashing at the entrance to another passage at the end of the hall?

Everyone continued to move forward silently, and soon passed the statue, passed through the passage, and arrived at an underground space that was several times or even dozens of times wider than the previous collapsed area.

On the stone walls on both sides of the entrance and exit, there were burning flames that seemed to never go out, and in front of everyone's eyes, there seemed to be a vast and boundless...

The "Ocean of Gold Coins" provides a bright source of light.

It’s a real ocean of gold coins!
Countless gold coins stretch like mountains.

Moreover, there are also mountains of mithril ingot bricks here, which complement each other with randomly scattered and placed sharp swords, armor, and magic gems of various uses.

“This is a treasure trove…”

As a dwarf, Sol Yang naturally couldn't avoid his nature of liking money and jewelry, and he couldn't take his eyes away from the mountains of gold and silver in front of him.

"You can buy the entire capital here... No, it's enough to buy the entire empire..." Pietro was thinking to himself as usual.

"Brother, if we find this place, will it help my father and the company relieve the financial pressure?"

"Maybe, but the company is not short of money."

Brothers Dorn and Vulcan were thinking about how to use this place to further enhance Atlas's strength.

"..." But Aoi always focused on fulfilling the prophecy.

She didn't think that the treasure in front of her could help the new Emperor eliminate Moido once and for all.

Roar----!
Just when Aoi was about to remind his friends to continue searching, he heard a low dragon roar.

Huh-huh-!
Hearing another rhythmic flapping of wings, everyone immediately became more vigilant.

"No, do you really want to slay the dragon?" Sol Yang said habitually on behalf of before the war.

The voice just fell.

A four-legged dragon covered with black scales and with a wingspan of more than a hundred meters appeared in everyone's sight.

Hu-hu-!
The dragon flapped its wings more frequently, slowed down on its own initiative, and landed on one of the golden mountains. It looked down at the five people who had entered the place.

"... "

Seeing this scene, Dorn and Vulkan were considering whether to attack first.

After all, the dragons living in Terraira are all good at using magic, and dragon's breath is the basic trick that every dragon has mastered.

If the opponent is hostile, the three comrades are likely to die on the spot, so they must seize the opportunity.

Can…

"Ah~ you two are the sons of the Human Emperor, right?" But the dragon's question broke the original tension.

Then, without waiting for Dorn and Vulkan to reply, it said in a hurried tone:
"Forget it, no one else can come here except the Son of the Human Emperor and their three companions. Wait, let me find the key to assist the Human Emperor in restraining Moido...

Eh? Where is it...look at my memory..."

As the dragon spoke, it continued to use its two pairs of forearms to pull between the golden mountains.

Dorn, Vulkan and others looked at each other in confusion. They were all ready to start a fierce dragon-slaying battle, but they never thought that the other party would not give them a chance to directly provide help and complete the prophecy.

This…

Not having a fight, or having a fight, I always feel uneasy.

"Ha! Found it!"

At this time, the dragon took out a "rusty sword" and an "iron claw" from a large pile of gold coins, and placed them in front of everyone with care.

"Forehead…"

Looking at the rusty one-handed sword and five-fingered claws, Dorn was confused, but in order to avoid annoying the other party, he said politely:

"Thank you for your willingness and assistance. I wonder what your name is..."

"Name? It's absolutely impossible to tell you my real name, kid. It's okay to tell your dad, but... you can call me Nilenhog."

The dragon who called himself Nirenhorg lightly waved his forearm.

"Okay, Lord Nilenhog." Dorn pretended to be worried and continued to test: "We are trapped here. If you can help us return to the surface...

In other words, if you can directly help us quickly travel to Shahai Town in the southern continent, that would be very grateful! "

"Shahai Town? Kid, you wouldn't think that the key items I brought you were fakes, and then have a confrontation in front of your dad, would you?"

Nirenhog's tone was low, and he also closed the distance between the two parties, so that Dorn and others could clearly feel its hot breathing.

"Haha, kid! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

But the next second, Nilenhog burst out laughing again, turned around, and openly exposed his back to everyone:

"Come up! Isn't it easy to take you to the south? It's just a good time to meet your father and take the oath of allegiance... Hurry, hurry up."
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Three hours later.

Thousands of kilometers away, Shahai Town has changed drastically. After continuous expansion and transformation by the Atlas Engineering Department and the dwarves, it has become a "semi-" modern military town.

There are more than 600,000 troops from various races gathered here, and Atlas has deployed more than 40,000 armed units, half of which are clones who bear the main force.

At this moment, in the meeting hall of the lord's castle;
Sui Yang, who is wearing power armor, is viewing the real-time dynamics of the entire Terraira through the magic sand table and holographic screen.

However, when Dorne and Vulkan were ambushed, Sui Yang first heard the cries of his sons, and then felt that their minds were being tortured.

In this regard, it was naturally impossible for Sui Yang to spare the instigator Sarui lightly and directly [plunder] and devour him.

But after this episode, he also reminded that all his sons at this stage may be targeted by guys who like to play with people's hearts.

Fortunately, Dorne and Vulkan's performance in fighting corruption gave Sui Yang a certain degree of confidence, believing that his education was indeed effective and there was no problem.

"His Majesty the Human Emperor."

At this time, the Elf Queen Tinas, who was standing not far to his right, had a dim silver light flashing in her eyes, then she turned slightly sideways and reminded her with a trademark smile:
"Just as our clan predicted, your two descendants have successfully found the key item that can bind Moido."

(End of this chapter)