Enforcer's Handbook

Diego kept talking until late at night. He told the people in the town about the existence of Silvermoon Port, the second Merchant-Religious War that occurred on that land not long ago, and the prosperity after the end of the Merchant-Religious War. scene.

The gods are real, but they will never treat their believers as consumables for sacrificial rituals. The Lord of Tides, who has used people's fear to rule the town for thousands of years, is just a monster using the slogan of gods. He also mentioned Paladin's notes, which recorded the countries that once existed on this land, which was their homeland.

Paladin, on the other hand, is probably the only person in town who can read.

However, it is not easy to give people hope. The Lord of the Tide still hangs over the hearts of the locals like a shadow, making them dare not challenge the Lord of the Tide.

By maintaining the identity of the sacrifice, it is possible for more people to survive.

What's more, even in the story told by Diego, their ancestors had already failed once a thousand years ago. The commander and his proud fleet were wiped out, and they have been cursed for generations. Live humbly in a noble way.

Before dawn, the people in the square had dispersed.

"it's useless."

Paladin came to Diego. He had been among the crowd and listened carefully to what the other party said about God the Father. "I understand their concerns. The change of thinking does not happen overnight."

However, he did not expect that the "Father God" Diego mentioned was not the leader of the mechanical army.

“I still have a question, how do we become believers in ‘God the Father’?”

He felt that maybe the "Father God" mentioned by Diego was a better result than being assimilated into a machine. The only problem now was that this child did not tell everyone the steps to become a believer.

As far as he knew, the Church of Tides had a strict screening mechanism, one of which prohibited people like them from becoming members of the church. Therefore, they mainly concentrated their recruitment of new believers in some coastal cities, and they would regularly bring new believers back to the Misty Islands. These Protestants not only expanded the number of the church, but also brought them many technologies from outside the islands.

This is indeed a good question.

Even Diego was asked.

Thinking about it carefully, he met the messenger of Father God once in a dream. At that time, he and other orphans were also sacrifices of the Tide Church. The messenger taught them the means of praying to Father God, as well as those obscure incantations.

They did indeed escape from the fishing boat.

"First of all, it needs to be approved by the messenger of Father God."

Diego was also a little unsure. At least the Messenger had never introduced the process of becoming a believer. He didn't even know the name of the church.

Looking back now, their beliefs do seem a bit unorthodox.

"So, how do we get the messenger's approval?"

Paladin demanded.

"Sleep...meditate."

In the middle of speaking, Diego quickly changed his words. He realized that when the standards for recruiting believers were already so irregular, if he told the other party that they usually slept to see the messenger, they might be treated as a fraud group.

"meditation?"

Diego tried his best to make this matter sound more high-end, "That is a method of condensing spiritual power. God the Father perceives each of his believers through spiritual power."

"I see."

Fortunately, Paladin did not continue to ask further, "It seems that this is not a step that can be completed in a short time."

And now there are more important things waiting for them to complete.

After much thought, he decided to tell a secret to the two people in front of him, "Actually, I hid something from you before. I know the way to get to the Tidal Church."

He had not mentioned these things before, on the one hand because he could not completely trust the two of them, and on the other hand because he knew that a narrow escape from death would be an exaggeration to describe this trip.

Perhaps no one on this island understands the terror of the Tide Lord better than he does.

At that time, people spent all the power of the country but could not really touch His existence. His power had long been beyond people's understanding. Even through the broken inscriptions, he could feel the deep feeling of people at that time. The feeling of powerlessness.

"This method was told to me by the person who taught me how to read."

Speaking of this, Paladin seemed to recall those beautiful memories, and it was the person in that memory who accompanied him through the loneliest and difficult days in his life. "I am convinced that the royal blood flows in her body." blood……"

Paladin suddenly paused.

This is why he calls himself Paladin. He hopes that he can become a knight who protects the princess like Paladin, the former hero of the kingdom.

"Where is she now?"

The "Emperor" asked. After one night, he finally heard some news that could bring them substantial progress.

"She has moved on and is back where she belongs."

Stories of princesses and knights don’t always end on a happy note.

Paladin calmed down and took out a music box that had been dusted for a long time. He opened the music box, and melodious music echoed in the ears of the three of them. "All the secrets are hidden in this box."

The "Emperor" waited patiently for the music to finish playing, and then he was disappointed.

Because according to the test results of the prosthetic eye, this is just an ordinary music box, and it has been in existence for several years.

"When did she give you this music box?"

"It was about seventy years ago. It was so long ago that I can't remember it. After living in a place like this for a long time, it's hard for you to feel the passage of time. Every day looks the same..."

More than seventy years ago.

This answer is much older than the "Emperor" imagined. At that time, the Dark Ages had just come to an end, the gold rush period had not yet arrived, and the coalition government still knew very little about the "outside world".

Now, they need to pass through the most dangerous area of ​​​​the sea through a music box from more than 70 years ago to reach the sunken ruins of Atlantis.

For a person who believes in science, "Emperor" feels that a small submarine may look much more reliable.

What's even more cruel is that according to statistics, the average life expectancy of the "outside world" is only over 70 years old. After 70 years, the princess of the kingdom in Paladin's memory may have died long ago.

However, he still had a fantasy in his heart, "Maybe this music box is the key to unlocking a certain device?"

“The princess once said that the melody played will protect travelers from being lost at sea.

…

Even though their hearts were full of doubts about the music box, the "Emperors" still embarked on their journey.

The purpose this time is to take the island along the edge of the inland sea. The high priest said that the Tide Church is located deep in that seabed, but the road does not look smooth.

Traces of the battle were scattered all over the island. They found a large number of corpses of Tide Cultists on this barren land. They died in extremely tragic ways. Some were cut into several sections by sharp objects, and some were cut by highly corrosive objects. It turned into something close to a mush.

The existence of such weapons was not recorded in the operating system of "Emperor". He suspected that it was caused by laser weapons that he had never seen before.

It is not difficult to see that the mechanized troops have gained control of the land, and the fancy handles of the Tide Church priests cannot stop their progress.

Then, unexpected problems stood in front of them.

The mechanical troops advanced much faster than they imagined. When they arrived in the inland sea area, they found that they had established a defense line along the coast. In addition to the fully armed mechanized troops, there were many that even the "Emperor" had not seen. war fortress.

They completely blocked the passage for the Tide Church to reach the land. It is not difficult to see from the buildings located in the ocean that they are trying to dive into the water.

"...Wait a minute, aren't you and them together?"

Paladin asked nervously.

The corpses along the way cast a shadow on these mechanical creations in his heart. He originally thought that the "Emperor" would come forward to negotiate, but since approaching the seaside, the latter has been hiding from the patrol team on the periphery.

"I never said I was with them."

"Emperor" said, "I guess they are all equipped with radios and probably anti-invisibility fields."

"What are these for? I'm not very good at machinery."

"You just need to know that once a patrol team discovers us, the entire mechanical force of the coastal fortress will know that we are coming within ten seconds."

If the efficiency of mechanical communication is taken into account, this time may be shorter.

Obviously, this mechanical force neither wants the people from the Church of Tides to come out, nor does it want others to cross them and enter the inner sea of ​​the Misty Islands.

"you sure?"

Paladin's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but ask.

"certainly."

The "Emperor" looked back at Paladin strangely. He was thinking about how to escape the search of these patrols and pass through their base to reach the inner sea.

Facts also proved his judgment.

About ten seconds later, the surrounding patrol troops looked at them almost at the same time, and the station in the distance immediately flashed a red warning light.

The base's alarm sounded throughout the coast, and the mechanical creature approached them menacingly.

Paladin finally gave up the last chance and raised his arm.

At first he thought it was just a mosquito on the island that bit him, but when he took a closer look, the appearance of the insect made his heart jump into his throat, "...this, shouldn't be an ordinary insect, right?"

This thumb-sized mechanical creation did have the appearance of an insect, but after piercing its sharp mouthparts into Paladin's skin, its body flashed the same red light as a distant alarm bell.

"This is their signaling device."

While they were talking, the mechanical troops had surrounded the three of them.

Breaking out into an encounter here was the worst possible option, as the deserted island made it difficult for them to find cover.

The strange thing is that these patrol troops only raised their weapons and surrounded them, and did not immediately fire at them. They just stood there quietly, as if waiting for something.

About five minutes later, a flying object similar to a hover car parked in the open space in front of the three people, and a figure that looked almost identical to other mechanical creations walked towards the three people.

Its mechanical prosthetic eyes looked at the "Emperor" curiously, and after a moment, it suddenly said, "Hey, isn't this a little pet from RT6? What are you doing here?"

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