บท 93: Chapter 67&68
Chapter 67 Soul Crystal
Taking the express airship, the two arrived at the second floating Island a day later.
Although they both knew the way, they still followed Baroni to the Lord Ebon Candle 's castle. A month had passed, and the curse that had originally remained here had completely disappeared.
The trees affected by the curse have been restored to their original state, while those that died too close to the castle have been chopped down, and the withered flowers in the gardens have been dealt with and replanted with brighter flowers.
The servants of the castle who were originally dispersed by Lord Ebon Candle had also returned to their posts. As soon as they entered the garden in front of the castle, they saw Lord Ebon Candle lying in a wheelchair, wearing oversized sunglasses, basking in the sun, and enjoying the breeze with the help of two orc maids holding fans.
Seeing this scene, both William and Yatogami Tohka couldn't help but twitch their lips. The outside world is almost in chaos. The power of the coalition government on the First Floating Island is constantly losing, and the various orc kingdoms are eyeing their neighbors covetously. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the impending civil war.
But this guy was just lying here enjoying his life, not caring about what was happening outside. Although they had long known that Lord Ebon Candle would not interfere in the struggles between the orc kingdoms, they were still speechless when they saw him turning a deaf ear to the outside world and focusing on his retirement life.
"Oh! Welcome back! Human heroes! And the creatures from the outer world!" Seeing the arrival of William and Yatogami Tohka , Ebon Candle shook his head and handed his sunglasses to one of the beast maids beside him. The other beast maid understood and pushed him in the wheelchair in front of the two of them.
Although he didn't care about the orcs, he was still concerned about this brave man who had almost died with him, and the mysterious and powerful Spirit. "Soul Crystal, did you make it?"
Before Yatogami Tohka could speak, William asked first, as if he was even more anxious than her. This was actually not difficult to understand.
Although he has let go of his past obsessions and is willing to spend the rest of his life with Chtholly, if there really is a way to return to the ground, he will try it without hesitation.
He also wanted to return to his homeland.
The only reason he rejected Suowong was because he didn't want to sacrifice the Golden Fairy.
Now that the golden fairies no longer needed to be sacrificed, and the soul crystals could replace them on the battlefield, he naturally had no reason to refuse. "Ah, of course. Before he died, Suowong gave me the method of refining soul fragments. Although there were a few mistakes, after I modified them, it was naturally successful." Lord Ebon Candle laughed wantonly, "After all, I am the Earth God. I am the only one who can do this."
This is indeed true.
No one is better than Lord Ebon Candle at handling the soul fragments of the Star God. The human warriors who killed the Star God Elq were unable to handle the soul fragments of the Star God, so even if they succeeded in killing the God, the large pieces of soul fragments were useless, and humans eventually turned into seventeen beasts.
As if showing off, Ebon Candleopened his mouth, and from his big skull mouth, a gorgeous colorful crystal appeared in front of them.
It does look so.
Feeling the abundant magic power contained in it, William's excitement was a little bit uncontrollable. "You can try it."
Sensing William's thoughts at a glance, Ebon Candle said with a smile, like a salesperson trying to sell a product: "Although your body is already in pieces, you can still use magic, right? It's a good opportunity for you to try out its power."
"Are you sure this thing is ready for use? Is there no strange side effects?" Although he was tempted, William still asked suspiciously. "Look at what you said, this is something that I, Ebon Candle, the head of the three earth gods, personally created."
"You didn't answer my question."
Seeing that Lord Ebon Candle was talking about something else, William raised his eyebrows and asked again, "Are there any side effects of using soul crystals?" "Ahem."
Ebon Candle coughed twice in embarrassment, and answered with a wandering look, "Yes, there is, but it's not a big problem. As long as it's not used frequently, there will be no side effects. So to some extent, it really has no side effects."
"What are you talking about? You've confused me!" Yatogami Tohka glared at him, "Just tell me what the side effects are!" "Well..." Ebon Candle chuckled twice, "The side effect is that your personality will collapse due to the erosion of your previous life."
"Huh?!" William was immediately anxious, "What's the difference between making this thing and not making it?!" "Of course the difference is huge." Ebon Candle
Axiom said as a matter of course, "In the past, it was necessary to use necromancy and soul fragments to combine to create golden fairies to fight the Seventeen Beasts. Now with the soul crystal, anyone who holds it can fight the Seventeen Beasts."
After Lord Ebon Candle explanation, the usage and precautions of soul crystals were slowly revealed. Humans can use magic because they have soul fragments of the star gods in their bodies. Golden fairies can use magic because they have soul fragments of the star gods in their bodies. Now, the soul fragments of the star gods have been refined and become soul crystals. Any orc who has fused with a soul crystal can use magic power.
It's just a pity that these star gods' soul fragments have all been used. They were recovered from the bodies of those dead golden fairies and carried some of their marks.
Because these soul fragments have been refined, the marks belonging to the dead golden Fairys have been strengthened. If the orcs want to use them, they must be prepared to be affected by these marks.
"Before you came, I had some orcs fuse soul crystals and did some experiments." Lord Ebon Candle said, "If they use a total amount of magic power equal to a forbidden spell of annihilation within one day, they will face personality collapse. However, different orcs seem to adapt to soul crystals to different degrees. For example, the adaptability of the unconquered species is higher than that of ordinary orcs. They need to use a half-forbidden spell of annihilation to usher in personality collapse.
Collapse. "
"You...use orcs to conduct human experiments?" William frowned slightly.
"I knew you would care about this kind of thing. The test subjects I chose are all death row prisoners who have committed crimes." Lord Ebon Candle said nonchalantly, "They are already people
who deserve to die. It's okay for them to use their remaining energy before they die, right?"
Hearing this, William nodded slowly.
A new era always comes with sacrifice.
But if the good guys can be saved by sacrificing the bad guys, this is not an unacceptable ending.
Chapter 68: Princess of the Floating Continent Island
Afterwards, Lord Ebon Candle explained all kinds of information about the Soul Crystal. It must be said that this is indeed the best prop to replace the Golden Fairy.
With this thing, the Floating Continent Island no longer have to force any golden fairies to fight. They only need to give these soul crystals to those orc warriors who are willing to fight for their homes, and they can perfectly replace the golden fairies.
This is not a bad thing for many races that love fighting, but a good thing. Even if there is a risk of personality collapse, I believe there will be many orc warriors in the Guardian Wing Army who are willing to try to fuse soul crystals. However, the appearance of soul crystals has brought new problems to the golden Fairys.
Will the golden Fairys be exterminated?
Since the Floating Continent Island no longer need the protection of the Golden Fairies, and both the Golden Fairies and Soul Crystals require the soul fragments of the Star Gods to be
manufactured, will the Golden Fairies gradually die out in the future as all the soul fragments of the Star Gods are put into the manufacture of Soul Crystals?
The answer is no.
According to Lord Black Candle, although the golden fairies do not need to fight on the front lines, their presence is still necessary. Soul crystals allow orc warriors to use magic power, but orc warriors cannot restore the magic power stored in them. In other words, once the magic power stored in the soul crystal is exhausted, it becomes a decoration.
Unless a race that is born with the ability to use magic can infuse it with magic, the orc warriors will lose the power to use magic. Therefore, some golden fairies are still needed on the battlefield.
However, their duties will change from combat to logistics.
"That's pretty much all I have to say."
After William had enough fun with the soul crystal in his hand, Lord Ebon Candle took it back and stuffed it back into his mouth: "You can go back and tell your girlfriend this news. Of course, I don't mean to force the golden fairies to stay in the army. It would be best if they are willing to stay, but if not, I don't mind taking some time every week to replenish the magic power of the soul crystals that have been depleted."
"If Chtholly and the others are still willing to stay in the Guardian Wing Army, will they be treated the same as other soldiers?" "Of course."
"Well, I can let them think about it."
William nodded, but he didn't agree directly, but he didn't refuse either. Yatogami Tohka stood aside and didn't express his opinion.
However, he decided to go back and persuade the golden fairy in the fourth fairy warehouse to stay in the Guardian Wing Army. The number of soul fragments of the star god is limited. It can be imagined that when the floating continental archipelago counterattacks the ground in the future, a large number of soul crystals will be needed. It may even happen that all the soul fragments of the star god are invested in the production of soul crystals.
At that time, the golden fairies who carry the soul fragments of the star god but live in the floating continent Island like ordinary orcs will definitely be criticized. Yatogami Tohka can certainly solve this problem, but she will leave one day and cannot help the golden fairies forever. Therefore, even if she has regained her freedom, she still thinks that it is best for the golden fairies to stay in the Guardian Wing Army so that the floating continent Island will have a reason not to lose them.
"By the way, we have something we want to discuss with you."
After finishing the topic of soul crystals, William brought up the topic he had been preparing for a long time: "I want Tohka to replace Suowong and become the great sage of the floating continent archipelago, stabilizing the orc kingdom while leading them to counterattack the ground. What do you think?"
"I think it's OK."
After introducing his work, Ebon Candleseemed to have little interest in other things and said perfunctorily: "But I think you should change your name. This girl doesn't look like she is suitable to be a sage."
"What do you mean?" Yatogami Tohka asked somewhat dissatisfiedly, "How am I not suitable to be a sage?" "Ahem!"
William coughed twice, forcibly changing the topic that was bound to cause a fight: "We will rethink the issue of address. Since you think it's okay for Tohka to replace Suowong, that's fine."
"To be honest, it doesn't matter to me who replaces Suowong." Lord Ebon Candle said, "As long as you don't destroy the Floating Continent Island, I'm very happy that you are willing to take on this troublesome task."
"Then can you give us the soul crystals to distribute?" William got to the point. "Tohka's power is enough to intimidate the Orc Kingdom, but simple intimidation is not enough. Now that Tohka has not accumulated enough prestige, we need a way to lure..."
"Oh! Are you willing to help me deal with the soul crystal?"
Before William could finish, Lord Ebon Candle interrupted him happily and said impatiently, "I was just wondering who to hand over the soul crystal to.
It's really a great help that you are willing to take it over!"
After saying this, as if he was afraid that William would go back on his word, Lord Ebon Candle opened his mouth and spat out dozens of soul crystals. After a careful count, there were actually fifty of them.
"Excluding the soul fragments in the fairy pools that breed golden fairies in the fairy warehouses, making these soul crystals consumes about a quarter of the free reserves." Lord Ebon Candle said, "If all of them are used to make soul crystals, a total of about 200 can be made. Give me another two weeks and I can make 100 soul crystals."
Do it all."
"Hmm... two hundred-man teams? This number is a little small, but it should be enough." "That's settled then."
As he spoke, Lord Ebon Candle gave the orc maid a look.
The orc maid bowed slightly, walked to the garden gate, and called over Baroni, who was standing guard there.
"My lord."
In front of Lord Black Candle, Baroni was very respectful: "Do you have any instructions?" "I want you to tell the guy on the first floating Island that from today on, this girl will take over Suowong position." Lord Ebon Candle pointed to Tohka Yatogami's position, "The distribution of soul crystals will also be completed and handed over to her."
"she...?" "Any questions?"
"No, it's up to you."
Baroni bowed respectfully.
As one of Suowong right-hand men, he naturally knew something about the existence of Lord Black Candle. Now that Suowong had passed away, if anyone in the coalition government had more power of command, it would be Lord Black Candle, who had always stood behind Suowong as a shadow but whose contributions were no less than his.
If helping this golden fairy become the new leader was an order from this lord, the only thing he could do was to accept it. "So, as Lord Suowong successor, would you like to inherit the title of Great Sage?"
Baroni looked at Yatogami Tohka , and her originally calm tone was filled with a bit of respect. Lord Ebon Candle and William also looked at her.
They were also very curious about what choice Yatogami Tohka would make. Yatogami Tohka pondered for a moment and shook her head.
"Princess." "I prefer the title of princess."
She announced to everyone the title of the new leader of the Floating Continent Archipelago.
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