Chapter 749 Changes in Power
Ramachi, core diocese of the Sunriman Sect, inner courtyard of the Holy Sunriman Cathedral
"Hurry! Go and notify the Pope's crown, and there will be abnormal movements in the Great Holy Grail!"
Soon, the pure white door carved with a large number of hollow patterns opened again. An elder in a red gold-edged robe crossed the threshold. The sun wheel scepter in his hand continued to spread the golden ripples around. All the priests shrouded in it felt that there was no secret on their bodies. Reverence arose in their hearts, knelt on the ground, shouting the holy name of the crown.
"You all retreat."
The priests bathed in the golden light disappeared one by one in the inner court. The next second, three figures appeared out of thin air. The middle-aged strong man in heavy armor, the young girl in priestly robes, and the old man in a simple robe.
"The Pope's crown, don't know what to call us?"
"The Great Holy Grail appears with the same signs as decades ago... The God-creator, which is the same as the Heart of the Titan, is about to appear. We are the spokespersons of God in the world. God-creator naturally cannot let it fall into the hands of pagans!"
"Under the sun wheel, all are the territory of God, and the objects of God will definitely not fall into the hands of evil men."
**
In a mountain range in the Lorraine Empire.
"Finally, three divine creatures... Since the Heart of Titan is in the Sun Vein Sect, what is now appears is the All-Metal Floating City, you must find it!"
Standing on the towering altar in the cave and looking at the existence in front of him who was trapped in the mountain wall, the man stroked the webutobosnake ring on his index finger, and the fragments of the Holy Grail in his hand were also wrapped in red light. He knew what this meant.
"Your will!"
At the end of the stairs, dozens of strange-shaped cloaked men were kneeling down, and the sound of replying was filled with beastly roars.
**
At the end of October, the Imperial Tribunal left after the five-day inspection. Gonza officially announced its opening to the public. Any formal capital can enter Gonza by registering with the government. In addition, a number of new decrees have been issued, including allowing outsiders to purchase real estate in Gonza and allowing people with citizenship certificates from other cities to become citizens of Gonza.
During the same period, on the third day of the return of the Empire, a new notice was released throughout the Lorraine Empire. In order to reward the Affleck family for regaining the giant-occupied area, the Affleck family was directly promoted from the baron level to the Earl level. In addition to the allocation of territory, they enjoyed the privileges that all Earl level families should have.
There are also the Abraham family. The Bennett family was promoted to one level because of their contributions to the aid in the regaining operation. Abraham was promoted to the Marquis and the Bennett family was promoted to the Earl level. The substantial reward was the same as the Affleck family. They did not allocate new territory, but only for the promotion of privilege enjoyment.
At this point, the three alliances of Kelot became the second largest aristocratic alliance in the Sambiya region, and some nobles loyal to the empire turned to the name of the Abraham family.
If there is praise, there will naturally be criticism.
According to internal government information, the three high nobles in the Sambiya region, namely the Osmon family, the Loriel family, and the Prudens family have been warned by imperial government documents one after another, and tax revenue will increase by 20% this year and will be investigated by the senior officials of the empire in the future. The three nobles have no response to this.
Let's not worry about other people's affairs. The improvement of the Affleck family's status means that some restrictions on the baron disappear, and the number of more important private troops is finally no longer a difficult three thousand!
In the early morning, Kylot, wearing a dark brown leather coat and a warcraft velvet vest on his shoulder, stood by the sea, staring at the gradually revealed fleet ahead. On the day the government's new appointment was issued, he issued an army call to the Green Tree Islands. At present, Gonza's defense is too weak and needs to be strengthened urgently.
The cool fog in late autumn cannot stop the Qingshu fleet. After two days of navigation at sea, the fleet finally arrived at the port, and a large number of armed personnel landed in an orderly manner under the command of the captains.
The reason why I chose to dock in the early morning is that on the one hand, Kelot did not want to affect the daily order of the port during the day. The armed team of thousands of people suddenly gathered in the port, which is likely to be suspicious of some people. On the other hand, Kelot did not want to let others know the connection between Aoki and Gonza too early. Of course, this news will not be hidden for a long time. As the power of Aoki continued to appear in Gonza and Aoki, the fact that the three families of Aoki, Aoki Pirates, and Afflecks are actually one force will eventually be exposed. In fact, some people have guessed it now, but Kelot is too lazy to ban the ban.
"Report to the leader, the troops have been assembled, with a total of 3,697 people!"
This group of people is the manpower that Kylot temporarily transferred to Gonza's security. Most of the troops are pirates who have been screened and trained, and nearly one-third of them are former members of the Rage Sea Pirates. Currently, they have become Qingshu's subordinates because of the Rage Sea's resignation.
The remaining two-thirds are the combat troops on the Green Tree Islands, not all elite. Most of the semi-giants are still staying on the Green Tree Islands to guard the safety of the base camp, so most of the team are members who have recently joined Green Tree.
You should know that as the reputation of the overlord of Starfall Sea becomes increasingly popular, the pirates with a little fame on Starfall Sea are facing the situation of being incorporated or eliminated, regardless of whether they want to or not. The three pirate groups of Shining Gold, Fu Hai and Qingshu will choose one to join. The Shining Gold is all robots and puppets, while the Ku Hai is already a branch of Qingshu. Anyone with discerning eyes knows what the best choice is.
Qingshu, who was originally cautious in recruiting people because his territory was not large enough, finally had the confidence to recruit people on a large scale with Gonza's reconstruction. The expansion speed of combat troops was unprecedented. Now this part is only one-tenth of them.
"Channing, you are responsible for these people. Arrange them to the security department responsible for Gonza security, the patrol team in the security area, and the expedition expansion team. As for some special departments, such as intelligence departments, research institutes, etc., there will be elite troops coming over in a while, and then they will be responsible for these matters."
Kylot had already made arrangements for these people. Their strength was stronger than that of normal troops, but their discipline was generally not very good. After all, they were all pirates, so they had to send them out and slowly train them in battle.
"I understand that there is a shortage of people in Gonza City, and these people can relieve a lot of pressure."
Gonza City is developing too fast, and the growth of the city's population has led to the increasing security problems. It is no longer enough to rely on the previous more than a thousand people. It requires stronger strength to suppress those guys who are ready to move.
Qian Ning's appointments were issued one by one, and Qingshu still respected his personal opinions when he was recruiting. The selected people were willing to settle on land. Therefore, these pirates who were still making a living at sea some time ago happily accepted their new identity--------Guards of Gonza City.
The soldiers followed their current commanders to transfer in batches. Before dawn, they had to be familiar with their future work and enter their posts when the sun rose, and integrate into the operation of Gonza City for a day.
As for Kellott, he also has important things to do. Tom has been standing by with a group of researchers from the core of Green Trees for more than an hour.
"It's almost done, board the ship, Dryden is already waiting for us."
I came to this port in the early morning not just to see the guards coming, but naturally there were more important things. Otherwise, according to Kelot's personality, he should still be in bed at this time.
The altar activated in the laboratory a week and a half ago not only allowed Kylot to unveil the veil of the All-Metal Floating City, but also discovered more information by adjusting the degree of energy input under the activation state. The most critical point was to discover its current location through the projection of the Altar on the outer edge of the All-Metal Floating City, somewhere in the sea!
Yes, the all-metal floating city that many major forces cannot find is not on land at all, but is hidden in the deep sea through space transfer!
Through the projection of the altar, Kylot and Tom confirmed the environment where the All-Metal Floating City is located, and then during this period, they determined the rough coordinates through various methods, and the rest was to excavate.
Based on the mystery and unknown nature of the all-metal floating city, it is obviously not enough to find it. If you want to own it, you must find a way to enter the all-metal floating city and understand its internal devices and operating methods to be considered to be its real master. For this reason, Kellot summoned all the loyal researchers in the green tree to prepare for a scientific research and development operation at sea.
"Chief! Have you really found the legendary all-metal floating city?"
As soon as he stepped on the deck, Drayden couldn't wait to come up and ask, he also had great curiosity about the divine creatures representing the peak of ancient alchemy. For them, even if they were to take a look, it was something worth remembering for a lifetime, not to mention that they were going to sea to find its existence now.
"When did I cheat you? I'll show you later, Jack, this is the navigation map, which is the place we are going to. Your mission is to find a way to take us there."
The special captain of the Dingyuan, Jack Sparrow, who came out of Flander, has been amazing in the past two years. He used to drive merchant ships all day long and had no ability to see any skills. Later, he entered the Qingshu fleet and relied on his nautical skills and top sailing sense. He was not a professional, but he firmly occupied the position of Captain Dingyuan in Qingshu's fleet. He claimed that as long as he gave him a chart, he could go to any corner of Xingdou's sea. Kellot also believed him and only marked a destination on the chart. The rest depends on his ability.
"Chief, where we are going...Ancient Alec Trench? This is not an ordinary place."
As the old captain, Jack took the pencil and outlined it with the triangle ruler, took out the star fallen sea chart he carried with him to compare it, and quickly got the name of the destination.
"Do you know this place? How far is it from us."
In order to find out this place in the laboratory, Kylot and Tom read a lot of marine information.
"It's not far away, from here, it's not far away from the Strait. It takes about three days of sea journey, but there are few ships willing to get close to that place... You know, the days of long voyages are boring, and people on the boat like to gather together to chat and pass the time. I haven't been to the ancient Alec Trench, but my father has been there. He once talked to me about the scene there. The structure of the ancient Alec Trench is very special, and it presents a form similar to a shrimp cage. The space below is extremely large, and the seabed above is very deep. Therefore, some places can see the end when standing on the deck. The big ship is prone to stranding in the past. However, once it reaches the location of the crack in the trench, the situation will be completely different. It is said that the sea water there is at least a dozen degrees lower than other places. Some people have witnessed the soaring water column there..."
Nagging is a characteristic that most people who have been lingering at sea all year round. There is no way, and they can stare at the same scene every day. If they are taciturn and not driven crazy by themselves, it would be great.
"Jack!"
After interrupting the conversation at the right time, Kylot felt that if Jack was asked to continue, the faces of some researchers around him would probably be very ugly... It is no longer good now, even Dryden and Tom have unconcealed concerns and fears about the dark deep sea.
"Sorry, I seem to say a little bit too much... It doesn't matter, the scenery in other places in the trench is very beautiful. As long as you don't go down there, even a small boat will not be a problem."
"Jack, I suggest you go to the helm. In fact, what we are going to is probably that below."
As the size of a full metal floating city, if it were above the trench, it would have been discovered long ago.
"Ah? Well... OK."
Jack, who found himself distorted, put away the Nakatu and went silently to the rudder.
"What do you two have so many ideas to do? You don't need to go down at that time. All you need to do is to provide me with advice on the sea. The instruments and the like should be ready, right?"
Modern crystal technology has not developed to the point where it can carry dozens of people into the deep sea. It is not because of the technical reasons, but the common sense on the mainland is that some ferocious sea monsters often appear in the deep sea. There is no problem with submarines resisting water pressure, but they are worried that they can't withstand the impact of sea monsters... So when there is no need, no one is willing to try to dive into the deep sea, and who knows what is hidden below.
Dryden and Tom and their respective research teams are the treasures of Green Tree. The team that was finally formed was that Kellott really dared to take risks with them, so according to his plan, he took various instruments alone, found the All-Metal Floating City and then decided on the best way to move remotely.
Chapter completed!