Chapter 189: There were no surprises in the public funeral ceremony in Shenjiao City (three-in-one)
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The ants kill the elephant.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of numerous 1st and 2nd level arcane mages of the airship team, the already injured 5th level spirit insect - Black Jade Scorpion, struggled to penetrate the airbag of an airship before dying unwillingly.
The airship had its airbag punctured and had to make a quick emergency landing.
Then the arcane mages and flight attendants on the airship were quickly transferred to other airships and continued to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the remaining Black Jade Scorpions.
But the uninjured Black Jade Scorpion is not so easy to kill.
A level 1 arcane mage like Duke couldn't break through the defense at all. The sand eagle was in hand and he shot the black jade scorpion solidly, but it had no effect.
Therefore, the help Duke can provide is an instant arcane shield to help the Loop airship defend against the arcane attacks of the Black Jade Scorpion.
The rest of the time, he was paying attention to the dragon-hunting battle not far away.
Under the bombardment of the airship brigade, the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon became more and more courageous as it fought. Its two chelicera swords had chopped three airships into pieces. Duke even saw with his own eyes that an arcane mage was struck by the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon's sword when he was gliding to the ground after the airship shattered.
At that time, the instant arcane spell protecting the body was chopped into pieces, and then the whole person was split into two pieces.
An arcane mage died like this.
"Second-level arcane mage, in front of the Yalong, can't even withstand a single blow." A trace of sadness emerged in Duke's heart, as if something would harm its own kind.
At the same time, he also became more vigilant: "When facing spiritual beasts and facing various dangers, the first priority is to preserve yourself. Don't be aggressive!" The
black jade horseshoe dragon is still wreaking havoc.
Unexpectedly, the battleship Bibo, headed by the airship brigade, flew out a ball like a red sun. The speed seemed slow but was actually very fast.
Glued directly to the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon's back armor.
The Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon instinctively sensed danger, and the long needle on its tail circled around, as if giving itself an injection, and pierced its back armor.
In an instant, the black jade horseshoe dragon seemed to be enveloped by an extraordinary force and turned directly into a shining obsidian statue. It was as black as ink, but could reflect the brilliance of the sky.
Almost at the same time, the red sun-like ball exploded.
That moment.
Duke, who was far away on the Loop airship, only had time to see the dazzling light flash before swallowing the whole world in an instant.
When his vision returned, before he could remember clearly what happened, the Loop airship was blown by a strong wind and almost fell from the air.
Duke grabbed the armrest to keep himself steady.
His eyes were fixed on the center of the battlefield, where the ground seemed to have been bombed by an atomic bomb, leaving a huge circular crater. At the bottom of the crater, the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon still maintained its obsidian-like sculptural posture and was not destroyed by the explosion.
"Is this all okay?" Duke was horrified.
The red sun ball that the Bibo battleship flew out just now was like a small atomic bomb exploding, and the entire ground within a radius of ten miles was scorched.
The black jade horseshoe dragon at the center of the explosion was unscathed.
"Can you even resist a nuclear bomb?"
Although Duke didn't know what kind of method the red sun ball flew out from the Bibo battleship, there was no doubt that it had the power to destroy the world - in the form of an explosion. Much like a nuclear bomb, its power is definitely far greater than that of a nuclear bomb. After all, it is an extraordinary force.
Before the shock subsided, suddenly the obsidian sculpture at the bottom of the circular pit shattered.
A layer of black crystal fell to the ground, and a smaller black jade horseshoe crab jumped out of it. This huge scorpion-like monster looked around at the airship fleet and fled into the distance without looking back.
The airship brigade did not pursue it.
Almost every airship and battleship suffered varying degrees of damage, especially the leading battleship Bibo, whose keel was cracked and almost broken into two.
"Huh."
"Fortunately, this black jade horseshoe crab dragon is not really able to withstand nuclear bombs. It should be some kind of magical means to escape." Looking at the direction in which the black jade horseshoe crab dragon went away, Duke felt better, " This red sun ball that looks like a nuclear bomb may be the secret weapon of Christian Raging Waves!"
Woohoo!
Dozens of airships on the battlefield sounded their sirens together to celebrate having withstood the insect wave crisis.
The flight attendant brought red wine, and Assistant Director Vikas motioned for everyone to raise a toast: "The invasion of insect waves that has not been seen in Shenjiao City for a century was finally eliminated by our concerted efforts. Everyone, please have a drink to celebrate this hard-won victory." ."
Although he was suspected of putting money on his face, he did his best to resist the insect tide, so Duke and others raised their glasses one after another.
Drink all the red wine in the glass.
The red wine after winning the battle seemed particularly pure.
"Although I didn't succeed in hunting the dragon, I still became a dragon-slaying warrior for once. How magnificent!" Shanfeis was already intoxicated, and he didn't know how he determined the identity of the dragon-slaying warrior.
After all, Duke fired a few shots at the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab, and the bullets actually hit the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab.
Shanfeis just watched the battle from a distance.
"I saw that an arcane mage died in battle. It seems to be Lannick, the assistant of Erwin Mage Tower. Did you see clearly?" Oriana said suddenly.
Assistant Vikas frowned: "Rannick, are you sure?"
"I'm sure that an arcane mage died, but it's not that Rannick didn't see it clearly." "
No, an arcane mage died in battle?" Shanfeis was stunned. , the intoxication of the dragon-slaying warrior just now quickly faded.
Several other people present also fell silent.
In the minds of arcanists, death is a very distant concept. The reason is that the arcanists' physical fitness has long been transformed by spiritual power. As expected, the only ending is old age and death.
The Seven Towers Federation's protection of arcane mages ensures the personal safety of arcane mages, making it difficult for accidents to occur.
Shenjiao City has been in peace for a long time, and there has been no case of an arcane mage dying due to accidents for many years.
Even if Bynes, the life scholar who was expelled from the Magic Tower, hid in a cabin in the woods, he would just die of old age, not an accidental death.
In the end, it was Director Vikas who broke the silence: "Lannick...maybe he just chose to return to the origin of spirituality and integrate into the arcane magic itself. Everyone should be more open-minded. After a few decades, maybe in the real sea of spirituality, you and I will still be together." We can meet again."
The arcane mages of the Seven Towers Federation believe that spirituality cares for themselves, and after death, they will not disappear like ordinary people.
Instead, you will be swallowed up by the spiritual sea and wander in the true spiritual sea.
The return voyage of the Loop was parked on the apron of the castle. Duke and others returned to Wizard Penrose's Tower and took the spiritual ladder to the top floor.
Looking at the surrounding land.
Taking the Mage Tower in the western suburbs as the dividing line, the east side is still as prosperous as before, while the west side looks like it has been plowed, with corpses strewn across the field, most of them are spirit insect corpses, and a small part are the corpses of common people, knights and contracted spirit beasts.
At this time, the mercenary group and the knight team were picking up trophies on the devastated ground.
Assistant Vikas glanced at it, then turned back: "You guys wait in the Mage Tower, I'll go to the Union Tower to get some information."
Duke also left, and he was going to go to the Duke James Farm to take a look and see. Extent of damage to the farm.
"Sir." Mulali followed Duke, her smile gone, and her face was full of worry, "I don't know what's going on in Sheshou Town." "Don't worry, the
insect wave is coming towards Shenjiao City, it's Da'ao The mages lured the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon here, so it shouldn't invade the surrounding towns." Duke didn't know the specific situation, so he could only comfort his assistant selectively.
Mulali trusted Duke very much, and her spirits were slightly lifted after hearing this: "Yeah, I think so."
Then the group left the mage tower and took a Tiger car to the farm. The damage to the farm was better than expected. Perhaps it was because the spiritual plant and jade dew had not yet been cultivated here. The spiritual insects just passed by and did not damage the greenhouse.
"Thank God!" Boss James breathed a sigh of relief. "The farm has been saved and the initial investment has not been wasted." "
It doesn't matter. As long as Ji Yulu is fine, the farm can be rebuilt even if it is completely destroyed." Duke said calmly.
Compared with the evolution of the chicken, the money on the farm is not important at all. Even if he is asked to pay for it, he is willing to raise the chicken. The elves are the key.
Since the farm was fine, Duke chose to plant Ji Yulu again.
After returning, Duke thought of another thing: "Mu Lali, take my public account Spirit Dragon card and buy a shuttle back in installments. Without a shuttle, it will take too much time to go back and forth by car." The car is not fast enough
. quick.
The shuttle's speed is comparable to that of a maglev train, and it is the best means of transportation in urban areas. If the defense effect is not poor, there is no problem in traveling to and from the route.
Even a shuttle can easily cost thousands of gold, and Duke can't afford the full price at the moment.
Fortunately, the Shuttle agent provided installment payment. Duke was reluctant to buy it before, but now that he has experienced an insect crisis, he gritted his teeth and chose to pay in installments.
The procedures are very fast, and the agent has a dedicated team to handle the procedures.
At the end of the day, Mulali had already driven the shuttle back to the Mage Tower, but Duke did not get started immediately.
He was having a meeting in Penrose's office.
Penrose came back with the guidance of Vikas. As the ruler of the United Tower and one of the sixteen 3-ring Arcane mages in Shenjiao City, he fully participated in the entire dragon hunting operation.
"No one expected that the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon would be so vindictive that it would not go hundreds of miles away to attack Shenjiao City and pursue Williams, Erwin and the others." Penrose said seriously, "Fortunately, Lord Christian It was only through proper response that the insect was repelled."
"Teacher, was the dead arcane mage Rannick?" Oriana asked.
"Not only Lannick, but also two level 1 arcane mages are dead. The Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon's methods are too strong. We lack combat experience and failed to protect them." Shenjiao City has been peaceful for too long. In addition to often going to the
battlefield Of the group of arcane mages, the remaining arcane mages have been staying behind closed doors to do research all day long, and are already too unfamiliar with combat.
After a pause, Penrose continued: "After a brief discussion in the United Tower, it was decided to hold a public burial ceremony for the three arcane mages in three days. All arcane mages will participate. And the descendants of the three arcane mages will be refining. Spiritual beast bloodline."
"Refining spiritual beast bloodline?" Shanfeisi exclaimed, "Can descendants of ordinary arcanist mages also refine spiritual beast bloodline?"
Penrose glanced at Shanfeisi and seemed to understand. His thoughts: "Refining bloodline requires the help of an Arcane Master. There is only one Arcane Master in the Breath of Wind field. Without his approval, ordinary Arcane Masters should not think about such a good thing." Shanfeisi smiled, embarrassed to say more
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He does have the idea to refine the blood of spiritual beasts for the benefit of his descendants so that future generations can contact the supernatural more quickly.
But when he heard that an arcane mentor was needed, he stopped.
Only arcane mages with level 7 and above can be called arcane mentors, and there are not many arcane mentors in the entire Seven Towers Federation.
A mere level 1 arcane mage might not even be able to get through the door of an arcane mentor's house, let alone ask an arcane mage mentor to refine the bloodline of a spiritual beast.
"Mentor, what kind of spiritual beast blood can descendants of Lannick and his family get?" Bronk asked.
"As a 2nd level arcane mage, Lannick will apply for the 5th level Black Jade Scorpion bloodline for him. The other two 1st level arcane mages will apply for the 4th level vicious hornet and the 4th level wrathful longhorn to refine their bloodline to appease the three of them. The sacrifice of the arcane mage."
The spirit beast bloodline is to refine the spirit of the spirit beast's bloodline into the human bloodline, allowing humans to inherit the spirit of the spirit beast.
Once the spirit of the spirit beast in the bloodline is stimulated, huge benefits can be obtained.
For example, the Black Snake bloodline of the Black Snake family is refined from the 5th ring spirit beast - the multi-headed black-necked snake. Once promoted to 1st ring, the Black Snake bloodline can be stimulated and the strength will be greatly improved.
This kind of spiritual beast bloodline may be useless to high-level arcane mages.
But for the knights of the family, it is equivalent to a higher level of strength - the same two first-level knights, the knights with the blood of spiritual beasts will crush the knights without the blood of spiritual beasts.
The same goes for low-level arcane mages. Having the blood of a spiritual beast is like having an instant arcane spell.
For many small nobles, it is difficult for them to give birth to a high-level arcane mage for several generations, and they rely on the family's blood knights and blood arcanists to maintain their status.
The higher the level of the spirit beast, the stronger the bloodline.
But there will also be a drawback, that is, the difficulty of awakening bloodline will also increase accordingly.
They are also bloodline knights. The bloodline refined by a 5th ring spirit beast may be awakened by a 1st level knight. The bloodline refined by a 7th ring spirit beast may only be awakened by a senior 1st level knight. The bloodline refined by a 9th ring spirit beast may awaken. It will most likely require a level 2 Phantom Beast Knight to awaken.
Therefore, for an arcane mage who wants to start a family, a 9-ring bloodline may not be a good thing, but a 5-ring or 7-ring bloodline is a better choice.
"Teacher, is there any news from nearby market towns? Has Sheshou Town been invaded by a wave of insects?" Duke asked.
"The news hasn't come through yet."
At the end of the sentence, Master Penrose simply gave everyone who was not interested a day off: "Everyone is tired today. Tomorrow the Mage Tower will have a day off, so no one needs to come over." ...Brand-
new
Flying Shuttle parked in castle parking garage.
Unfortunately, Duke lost the excitement of changing to a new car because of his concern for Snake Head Town, and returned to Beverly Manor with his worried assistant.
"The messaging is too backward." Duke thought to himself as he looked at the rapidly retreating scenery outside the window.
Airship battles required semaphore communication, and postal owls were required to deliver letters between market towns and cities, making timely communication impossible.
"However, there seems to be a special way of communication between big cities, and there is no need to rely on owls to send messages... Moreover, Master Da'ao's projection ring method, where the mind comes to the clone, is also a fast long-distance communication... What I want to make up for is basic communication! "
After returning to the villa, he made a list and asked his entourage to buy materials outside.
He wanted to find the existence of electromagnetic waves.
No, to be precise, it should be called spiritual magnetic wave, because electricity does not exist in the wilderness continent. Duke had tried to generate electricity by hand before, but the result surprised him, and no electricity was generated.
Later, he finally understood that the material structure of the Wilderness Continent might be fundamentally different from the earth's material structure.
One is the physical world and the other is the extraordinary world.
After all, the underlying logic of the world is different, so it makes sense. There are similarities and differences.
"If there is no electricity, then I will find something similar to electricity - spiritual energy!"
The follower quickly bought back the materials he wanted, some spiritual gold threads and spiritual gold thin poles. He wanted to use these materials to make simple The antenna is used to receive the spiritual magnetic waves in the surrounding air. If the spiritual magnetic waves can be received, great achievements in communication can be expected.
Thanks to the fact that when he was on Earth, he had dismantled the TV antenna in his hometown in the countryside and had a certain understanding of antennas.
Soon an antenna made entirely of spiritual gold was erected on the large terrace of the villa, and one end of the antenna was connected to a basin with spiritual gold wire.
While pouring psychic energy into the water basin, he released the magic of the Mage's Hand into the courtyard.
The mage's hand composed of shining light is fleeting.
There was no reaction in the basin.
"The spiritual magnetic waves pass through the 'antenna' I designed. Logically speaking, they should be able to vibrate the spiritual energy in the water basin, thus forming water waves on the water surface... But the result is not. Is my antenna not accurate enough, or is the principle wrong?" Du Ke shook his head and immediately contacted Xiaoyi.
"Master, please give me your instructions."
"Help me analyze whether the experimental principle of spiritual magnetic wave is wrong." "
Master, the experimental principle of spiritual magnetic wave requires more actual measurement data to judge whether the principle is true." Xiaoyi responded.
"Okay." Duke could only rearrange his experimental ideas and design a new antenna.
After being busy until midnight, he took a shower and went to bed. He was prepared to spend a long time observing the possibility of spiritual magnetic waves.
Just because it cannot be detected for a while, the existence of spiritual magnetic waves will not be denied.
The next day.
The weather was perfect and the sun was shining brightly.
The postman owls from Sheshou Town and other market towns have all arrived at the Union Tower and reported safety to the Union Tower in Shenjiao City.
Not a single market town was attacked.
Villa No. 17 of Beverly Manor also received a letter from the postman owl. The Black Snake family has evacuated from Cuihai Valley and will no longer send missions to Cuihai Valley in a short period of time.
"Little Lili, do you feel at ease now?" Duke handed the letter to Mulali.
The girl immediately laughed happily: "Yeah."
When he didn't have to go to work, Duke stayed in the villa and continued his experiments on the spiritual magnetic wave antenna, constantly improving the antenna structure to look for traces of the existence of spiritual magnetic waves.
Three days passed by in a flash, and on March 19, a grand public funeral ceremony was held in Shenjiao City.
The bodies of the three arcane mages who died in the insect wave have been pieced together and are being prepared for a public burial at Linghai Pier in the north of the city.
Linghai Pier is not a real pier, but a high platform.
Public burial does not mean burying the body in the ground, but burning the body with spiritual light until no residue is left.
Arcane mages believe that spiritual energy can crush everything, and the soul can return to the real spiritual sea.
"Returning to the spiritual sea is the destination of all arcane mages. Although they can no longer explore the palace of spiritual arcana, they can integrate with the spirituality. Wherever the spiritual sea extends, arcane mages can see where they are, and they can never stop with the spiritual sea. ."
Assistant Vikas murmured softly as he looked at the body that was being burned by the spiritual light.
Duke didn't believe it.
People cannot be resurrected after death, and what is integrated with spirituality is nothing more than an ecological cycle in which matter decomposes and returns to nature.
"Actually, there are many arcane mages who don't believe this statement, and Bynes from the cabin in the woods is one of them."
Duke read Bynes' experimental notes and could clearly feel Bynes' desire for immortality.
That's why Bynes embarked on a forbidden experiment to study soul containers, preparing to transfer his soul into the container to survive forever.
"May the spirit still care about you, and may the spirit sea protect you forever." Count Christian Raging Waves personally presided over the public funeral ceremony and used the light of psychic energy to burn the corpses of the three arcane mages cleanly. "Lannick, Biers, Dzeko, my partner in the journey of exploring the truth, we will meet again after a short separation." "
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Afterwards, all the 369 arcane mages in Shenjiao City, except for a few who had not returned home, as well as several arcane mages in the Bernoulli Wizard Tower, picked up a small blooming daisy and placed it on the already On the high platform pier with no bodies.
Express your condolences with daisies.
"Am I going to do this one day and burn the body on a high platform?" Shanfeis put down the little daisy and turned back to Duke.
Duke bent down and put down the little daisy, and replied calmly: "As long as you can die of old age, you won't be burned." "
Well, I will definitely try to die of old age. Of course, it would be better if I could live forever." "
I think so . It's so beautiful."
After placing the daisies, the public funeral ceremony came to an end. A big shot like Christian Fury still had to be interviewed by reporters.
Naturally, Duke and others had no reporters to interview them, so they returned to the Mage Tower and continued their work.
In the afternoon, Faling Tower sent a letter to Duke. When he opened the letter, it was revealed to be the acknowledgment of the publication of the paper sent by Sage Magar Tower of Malotav.
"Hello, Master Duque, the article "Analysis of Practical Spirit Materials for New Strange Spirit Beasts in Cuihai Valley" that you submitted to our journal has been reviewed by our journal's review editor and has certain academic value. It has been approved and will be published in the next issue of " "Runwu City Ling Card"."
"Beautiful!" Duke clenched his fist and cheered, "The first paper was passed. Although it was published in a local journal, it is still the first step in scientific research!"
I didn't tell anyone about this joy, and I planned to wait until the next issue of "Runwu City Spirit Card" is released.
After reading the letter.
After calming down his excitement, Duke returned to the table and began to study the spiritual magnetic wave antenna, preparing to design a more precise antenna to observe spiritual magnetic waves.
Drawing ideas on paper and collecting structural data of several materials, Duke told Xiaoyi: "Simulate the calculation." "
Okay, master, I am simulating the calculation for you. This process will take about three days." Xiaoyi respond.
After the experiment gradually got on track, Duke no longer needed to repeat the experiment step by step in detail, and could leave it to Xiaoyi to simulate.
When unknown data appears in the simulation, Duke needs to take over and conduct experiments in reality.
So after Xiaoyi took over, Duke took some time to continue studying the goal he had set before - the 1-ring slide card.
"It's really interesting to be busy every day." Duke raised his head from the experimental table and stretched.
Dang Dang Dang.
Mulali knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, Assistant Vikas asked you to go to his office and prepared a new research topic for you." "Really."
Duke responded lightly.
He was no longer so enthusiastic about the issues in the Mage Tower, but he still went to the office of Assistant Vikas.
Tutor Vikas didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "There just happened to be a new research topic coming out in the past few days, and I think it's more suitable for you." "What
topic is it?"
"About Cuihai Valley's new spiritual materials in the spirit storage card. Research on the substitution effect in the psychic energy emission channel and the psychic energy infusion channel." Assistant Vikas handed a document to Duke, "It is a batch of topics distributed by the tutor, and I chose this for you."
Duke looked at the document and asked: "The mentor is studying the spirit storage card?" "
Yes, the mentor is a card maker in the field of civilian cards. He has improved many civilian card structures and can get a lot of research resources from the United Card Store. ." Vikas smiled.
United Card Store is a large company that spans the entire Seven Towers Federation. Almost all spirit cards in the Wind Breath Realm are manufactured by United Card Store.
Even if it is just a local branch in Shenjiao City, it can still be described as making a fortune every day.
The only company in Shenjiao City that can rival the revenue of the United Card Store is basically the Xibiti Spiritual Mine Company, which mines spiritual minerals.
As the only card-making scholar in Shenjiao City, Penrose was specially hired as a consultant by the United Card Store, and he can make a lot of profits from the United Card Store every year. At the same time, some necessary spiritual card improvement research must be done for the United Card Store. The entire mage tower is basically serving this purpose.
Duke thought for a while and then accepted the project: "I will start researching it as soon as possible."
The project is not difficult, he can just coordinate and direct it, and the specific experimental operations can be left to the spiritual apprentices.
With Xiaoyi helping him design the plan, he didn't need to worry too much.
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