Chapter 177 Mass Production of Magic Cannons

The news that Count Firethorn Flower had personally rushed to the Elf Empire to apologize quickly spread to the surrounding countries.

Not only the neighboring Jade Empire and its subordinate kingdoms, but even some more distant empires learned of the news, causing quite a stir everywhere.

but.

What some people are more concerned about is the emergence of a second holy land in the Elf Empire and the hidden plans behind the recent major actions of the elves.

"The second Saint, I think it is very likely the Moon Priest that was rumored."

In the magic communication, people from several major forces gathered together and were also discussing this matter.

“Didn’t they say that the Moon Priest has fallen into a deep sleep because the Moon Goddess disappeared?” An old voice sounded immediately afterwards.

"What? Is our Lord Cardinal scared?" another person said jokingly.

"I remember that your Pope was burned by the moon power of the Moon Priest three hundred years ago and was left with only half his life, right?"

"Humph! The Pope and the Moon Priest are both God's representatives in the world, so it's inevitable that they will be damaged. Didn't the Moon Priest fall asleep in the end?"

There is always a struggle of faith among gods, and everyone wants to gain more power of faith.

Needless to say, conflicts can easily intensify among believers due to different philosophies. This is not just the case with the Sun and Moon Gods, but also with believers of other gods.

For example, believers of the god of death will spread curses everywhere and transform living people into undead.

For example, the temple would rush into a cursed village, purify and kill the cursed people in the name of salvation, in order to gain people's trust.

There is no need to say more about the believers of other gods. To sum it up in two words: benefit.

The more believers there are, the more benefits they will gain.

What comes with it is enormous power that is far beyond imagination. The ability to control and enjoy the worship of the world and even compete with the empire is enough to drive many people crazy.

And now.

Their greed does not stop there.

They all set their sights on the newly opened Elf Empire, wanting to spread faith and news about the Dream Forest and the Moon Goddess within it.

“The awakening of the Moon Priest must be related to the revival of the Dream Forest.” Another person spoke slowly, changing the topic.

"It is indeed possible. Otherwise, the Elf Empire would not choose to open up at this time. It is too coincidental."

"The fall of the Moon God will definitely leave a lot of inheritance in the Dream Forest. As believers of the Moon God, they cannot remain indifferent."

"So we still have to find a way to send people into the Dream Forest as soon as possible. We can't let those guys get there first."

The temptation of the inheritance of gods is undoubtedly enormous.

Even if they just occupy a piece of land inside and establish a stronghold, it will be of great benefit to them.

After all, no matter how dilapidated the Dream Forest is, it was once the kingdom of the Moon Goddess. As long as mortals like them enter it, even if they only stay there for a period of time, their strength will improve by leaps and bounds.

Not to mention suppressing other hostile forces, just having a stable access to the plane channel is extremely attractive to many people.

Right now, many people are begging to enter the Dream Forest, and even the Adventure Guild and the Magic Guild have offered rewards.

Are you still worried that you won’t be able to attract believers to join by then?
so.

The Dream Forest is a hot commodity right now, and everyone wants to take a bite. No wonder they care so much about the movements of the Elf Empire, and many forces have even secretly sent people over to gather information.

only.

All of this has nothing to do with Rhodes who is far away in the imperial capital for the time being.

At this time, he had returned to the Moon Goddess altar with the newly purchased grain seeds.

This trip to the Elf Capital was quite fruitful. Not only did I buy a lot of common grain seeds, but I also learned how to overlap magic.

As soon as his consciousness returned to his body, Rhodes hurried to the open space outside and continued to make his crystal magic cannon.

"Is that so?"

"No, no, no..."

“How do I take this route?”

"No, there is a conflict of magic..."

Rhodes spent the entire evening drawing magic circles.

According to Scaru, it took him more than three years to study magic overlap before he could get started, and they were all the simplest elementary magic.

So Rhodes was not in a hurry. He tried hard to overlap different magic arrays. From time to time, he could hear the sound of magic arrays collapsing and exploding.

Fortunately, there is plenty of light source on the altar.

Various lantern trees, starlight grasses, soul beasts, and nature spirits all have their own light sources, and the moonlight cast by the moon on the moon sunflower is more than enough for lighting.

This went on until late at night, when Rhodes' excited cry was finally heard.

"Success!"

I saw that there were five magic arrays engraved on the ice hand cannon in his hand, and each magic array was made up of an overlapping alchemical array and an ice shield, which completely solved the problem of insufficient area.

What’s even more exaggerated is that because the alchemy arrays increased from two to five, while ensuring the fifth-level power, it also greatly improved the speed of energy recovery.

Rhodes tried firing in fifth gear, using up all the mana stored in the hand cannon. It only took about ten seconds to recharge it. If it was outside, it should be fully charged in half a minute.

This is still at its maximum power!

Then he changed to the lowest gear and activated only one magic circle. Although the power was reduced to the first level, it could continue firing for about a minute.

"Okay, okay. If every ordinary resident is equipped with one, we won't have to worry about the black beast or others coming over to cause trouble."

Rhodes was very satisfied with the result, which even exceeded his expectations.

Just imagine.

An ordinary person who doesn't know magic and doesn't even have a first-level spell can use this hand cannon to fire first-level magic continuously and burst out attacks equivalent to the second-level spell. What a terrifying scene that would be. "It just so happens that the black moon is coming soon, so make a batch for them first."

Rhodes glanced at the moon shadow derived from the Moon Sunflower above his head. It was almost a full moon, which meant that the next black moon was coming.

Although the Druids blew up a part of the Black Moon last time, there is no guarantee that it can recover on its own. It is better to prepare early.

He didn't want the crops that had just been planted outside to be wasted, or the newly built city prototype to be destroyed.

So he didn't do anything else, but got a lot of elemental crystals of various properties and started to mass-produce crystal magic cannons.

As for Augla and the others, they were running between the altar and the Druid Forest, and were also busy with the city defense in response to the Black Moon.

Until noon of the third day.

All those who participated in urban construction and planting were finally summoned to the base.

Even the demons guarding outside the forest were summoned and hurried over, all with confused looks on their faces.

"Did something big happen?"

At the front of the team, Brent and Lothar gathered together.

These days, as allies in the same trench, the two have already established a very deep friendship and basically keep each other informed whenever something happens.

But now, they were summoned by the elves without receiving any news at all, saying that they had something to announce, so they were inevitably confused.

"Could it be related to the Black Moon?"

Losa couldn't help but guess.

After all, the Black Moon is only a few days away.

"maybe."

Brent had a worried look in his eyes.

The Black Moon is coming.

The greatest enemy the Black Earth's surviving races have to face.

Last time, thanks to the druids, they were able to safely survive the attack of the black beasts.

But he knew that it was because they had the Crescent Canyon behind them and the adventure teams that came from other places that they were able to barely hold on.

But now it's different.

They have already left the Crescent Canyon, and there are only less than 800 people left. They are also in the most polluted Jedi Death Forest. It is conceivable how difficult it is to resist the attack of the black beasts.

This is also the reason why those people did not dare to come here easily even though they knew there was real land here, and why those people had to return to Crescent Canyon even if they gave up this place.

Because they are worried that they can't survive the Black Moon!
This is also their biggest concern.

"quiet!"

Just then, a cry rang out.

Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, Augla walked through the building and came to them, followed by a team of dark elf rangers.

"Dark Elf!"

"Are they really together?"

Everyone was shocked.

Normally they saw ordinary elves, and this was the first time they saw a team of dark elves appear.

In other words, the dark elves they had seen before were actually city dwellers like them?
You have to know that there is a sixth-level elder in there, and he is also the third sixth-level elder they have seen here!

With three level six guards, they might be able to stop the arrival of the black moon. This made many people see a glimmer of hope.

"Is there anyone else who hasn't come yet?"

Augura looked around and said.

"And us, sorry we're late."

There was a response from the sky, and dozens of figures flapped their wings and flew down. They were the harpy people that Rhodes had brought back earlier.

Because I have been building a nest with the dragon clan in the marginal area recently, I was a little slow in getting here.

Seeing them appear, the crowd fell into an uproar again. Many of them had seen harpy men for the first time and thought that this species was extinct. They didn't expect to see them here.

Moreover, they seemed to be quite powerful, each of them was around level three or four, and two of them had even reached level five, which surprised Brent and Lothar.

You have to know that in their respective groups, they are the only one at the fifth level.

Plus a few fifth-level elves.

How much power is hidden in this forest of death?

"Okay, now that everyone is here, I have something to announce."

Augula coughed twice and said with a pretentious leader's face: "I think you already know that the Black Moon is coming. Don't worry, our Lord City Lord has developed a new thing that will definitely allow you to survive this Black Moon safely."

Originally, Augla wanted to call him Lord Rhodes, but he had heard many residents calling him Lord City Lord recently and thought it was quite cool, so he started calling him that too. He felt like a lackey of the City Lord.

But everyone was more concerned about what he said.

New thing?
Can they survive the Black Moon?
Everyone became curious.

"Bring it up."

As Augla said this, the dark elf team around him raised their hands one after another. Cylindrical hand cannons of various colors appeared in their hands, all aimed at the open space in the distance.

Then, as they looked on in confusion, he pulled the switch, and a magical light flashed, with terrifying energy quickly gathering at the muzzle.

"Is this... a magic item?!"

(End of this chapter)