Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1255 Holy Son

"Because Lolo is the owner of that dragon knight." The lively little ponytail was jumping in front of Fang He. Its owner seemed to be full of strong curiosity, flying around him and Miss Tata.

Her eyes are more beautiful than Tata's, like crystal gems, but she lacks the quiet temperament of the fairy lady. She is more like a real little fairy.

Unlike Tata, she was dressed in adventurer's attire, with bloomers, tight white stockings, and a small backpack swaying behind her, heavy with something unknown.

She was looking up at Fang He and asking:

"Your name is Ed?"

Fang He nodded. The lively little elf was always full of questions, as he had experienced in Nevad.

There he made friends with many fairy ladies, including Miss Tata. He thought that there were not many people in the world who knew how to deal with fairies better than himself.

But Luo Luo's out-of-the-ordinary question still caught him off guard:

"Are you my sister's knight?"

"Do you like sister?"

Miss Fairy blushed slightly, which was rare, and said anxiously: "Lolo, don't bother Mr. Ed."

Fang He watched this scene with great curiosity, thinking that this fairy lady, the current fairy queen was truly terrifying, worthy of being Miss Tata's sister.

He had never seen Miss Tata lose her composure like this before.

Tatazheng blushed as he explained in a low voice: "Lolo's soul has a rare trait. After signing the Dragon Soul Contract, she can still move freely. However, the free soul is not the Dragon Soul itself, but a part that belongs to her alone."

"That plan was half-failed, and Dragon Soul No. 17 was subsequently sealed away in the Silver Tower. Unexpectedly, it eventually connected with Miss Miya."

Miss Dragon Soul looked towards the Sea Witch, and Lolo was flying back into her hand.

Miya poked the little girl with her finger, causing her to squirm and giggle: "Miya, stop teasing me, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Miya stopped only when she saw Fang He looking at her.

She described what happened at that time: "After the first time crossing, both she and I were seriously injured. So I ordered Luo Luo to return to Roshar to recuperate. My dragon soul is special. Even after leaving, I can leave a dragon soul to control the dragon knight."

"But I didn't expect you to sneak into the second world again and mess things up." Luo Luo stood up, put her hands on her hips and said angrily: "Now the Dragon Soul has also fallen into a long sleep, and you can't even use the Dragon Knight. I sensed this and detected my sister's breath, so I sneaked out to find you."

"Those old guys in Rosaire were unwilling to let me go, but then the Tower of Stars and Moon brought me news of my sister, and I was able to escape."

"So it was the King Sword Hall who asked you to come find me?" Tata asked.

Luo Luo nodded her head rapidly, complaining, "Yes, those old-timers are stubborn and keep restricting me from doing this and that every day."

"They're doing this for your own good." Tata sighed.

Fairies are lively and friendly to humans, and Luoluo is the best among them. She had done many glorious deeds before she became queen, some of which caused the Silverwind Harbor Council to negotiate with Luo Xiaer.

But that was a thing of that era. Later, the Elf Court asked her mother to strictly discipline Lolo, and the previous generation of Fairy Queen gave the Hall of King's Sword the right to restrain her.

Until today.

Later, she and the queen mother left one after another, leaving Lolo alone. She was a little worried at first, but now she sees that she is still the same as before.

As she thought about it, she looked at Fang He not far away.

When Fang He saw Miss Longhun looking at him with some worry, he felt something and asked, "Miss Tata, do you want to go back to Roshar?"

Tata nodded slightly. "The Hall of the King's Sword is the Sword Forging Council. Mr. Knight should have heard of this name."

Initially, in order to forge the twenty-four dragon-slaying swords and five holy swords, humans, elves, and fairies jointly established the Sword Forging Council. Later, this organization has been passed down, responsible for maintaining the holy swords and teaching humans the knowledge of the goblin forgers.

However, all twenty-four dragon-slaying swords were destroyed in the Giant War, and the five holy swords were also lost one by one. The work of the council existed in name only, and only the tradition of training blacksmiths was retained.

Most of the elf skills learned by the White Tree Society in Giant Tree Hill come from the external knowledge of the King's Sword Hall, and more than half of the mortal blacksmiths today are trained by the Swordforging Council in the early years.

Tata replied softly, "Although I'm not sure how the Star and Moon Council got the news about you and me, the King Sword Hall commissioned Luo Luo to find our whereabouts. The elders must have some news to tell us."

"us?"

Fang He realized that Miss Tata's words also included himself.

"Yes," Tata nodded, "I have been sleeping for a long time as a dragon soul. Once I wake up, it must be because I have a master. The King Sword Hall does not know my true sequence in the Silver Tower, but they can feel my awakening."

"...Mr. Knight, in addition to the common knowledge, the purpose of the Council's order to this day is to monitor the enemies of the past. This is the work of the Oath Keepers, and the Holy Sword is closely related to this ancient family."

Fang He groaned for a moment, "You mean, the saying 'The enemies of the past will return; the fire of Venus will fall into dust' is becoming a reality?"

Nicol Bolas has long been dead, and his power was finally inherited by Mithun.

It was said that Tolagatos was killed in Idus, although that was later proven to be a lie, but it has indeed not been seen for a long time.

After paying a heavy price, the Fallen Dragon King of Ravenrelle died at the hands of Halsey.

But in a sense, since the resurrection of the Dragon Witch thirty years ago, the Dark Dragon has indeed returned to the world, and related incidents are increasing day by day.

This doesn't look like a good sign.

And there is the missing Dark Dragon King, Lifgard. Although he is just a soul, who knows where he is hiding and what conspiracy he is plotting.

Ever since the incident at the Giant Tree Hill, Fang He no longer dared to underestimate these dark saints and their minions. If it were not for the far-reaching plans of the three goddesses, the saints of Orin would have to pay the price of at least two righteous gods.

The warning from the Dragon Queen Alyssa is still fresh in their minds. From now on, the Dark Saints will regard him as a real threat and no longer deal with him in a trivial manner as in the past.

He will most likely come face to face with the conspiracy itself.

Under such circumstances, Fang He would rather believe it than not, not to mention that he had actually thought of bringing Miss Tata back to Rochelle once.

That was originally her hometown. Miss Tata has recovered some of her memories about the Silver Tower, but there are still many gaps. She goes back to the place where she was born to take a look.

Maybe it's good for memory recovery.

He responded softly, but the Seven Seas Brigade still had unfinished business in Silver Wind Harbor, and they might have to stay here for another week or two, one of which was to find a suitable shipyard.

The new parliament has agreed to allocate a shipyard for their use free of charge, so that they don't have to spend time returning to Saint Hughes and can consider upgrading and building a new Seven Seas Traveler in Silver Wind Harbor.

However, Silver Wind Harbor was extensively damaged in the Gray Disaster, especially the port area. He still needed to conduct an on-site inspection to see if the selected shipyard was suitable. After all, building a new Seven Seas Traveler was a top priority for the Seven Seas Brigade.

Then there are some trivial chores, such as waiting for the arrival of the supplies promised by the Elven Court. As the 'saviors' of Giant Tree Hill, the New Silver Wind Harbor Council will also give them a generous reward.

That sum of money was approximately 20 million lisel, drawn from the treasuries of Silverwind Harbor, the Mountain Lord, and Norrisiann. As for the separate reward from the Elven Court, it was said that it would not be less than this amount.

Tian Lan has been very busy these past two days, planning how much the upgrade plan for the Seven Seas Traveler will cost. The little princess of the twelve-colored irises has caught Fang He more than once to ask him what upgrade projects the new Seven Seas Traveler has.

"First of all, let's talk about power. Although the sail power is sufficient, if we want to upgrade the metal hull, it would be best to add an emergency backup power source."

"Ataria's wind element engine is very mature, but there is no large-scale one. The largest one is only used on the War Colossus. We can consider ordering a special set."

"It's still not enough, but if I, Trish and Lark work overtime to modify it, it should be barely usable."

"How much does it cost to order a power plant like this?"

"If we use the XT series engine from Kingfisher Workshop, it will cost about 7 to 8 million Risers. If we use a miscellaneous model, it can be cheaper, but..."

"Great, this way at least one-fifth of our funds are gone."

Fang He coughed and said, "Tianlan, the power equipment includes the magic engine, which is the most important part of the airship. It accounts for at least one-third of the total value of the ship, and sometimes even more than half." "What else?"

"And the hull. We used mithril to make it. But mithril isn't strong enough, so we had to mix it with fairy gold and cold steel, and use fine gold as the keel, so..."

"so?"

“So the cost has increased a bit compared to the original cost.”

"Wait, how many are some of these here?"

Tianlan immediately grasped the crux of the problem. She had fallen into this trap last time. Fang He told her that he planned to upgrade the Siren construct to improve some of its performance, but it would cost more money than expected.

She believed it at the time and did not ask too many questions out of trust in the other party. On the one hand, every member of the Seven Seas Brigade currently has a Siren Construct, and it is indeed a powerful tool to enhance combat effectiveness.

But she didn't expect that Fang He and Cui Xisi would waste a lot of money on it in order to conduct repeated experiments. She felt itchy when she thought of this matter. In the following month, she didn't know how many sleepless days and nights she had before she saved the Seven Seas Brigade from the brink of bankruptcy.

Now, Miss Attila is back. She is still in the Holy Forest dealing with the final matters with Mr. Big Cat. With her around, the captain should be more restrained.

She originally thought so.

But Fang He scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "It's probably similar to power equipment."

“Is this an additional investment or is it included in the original investment?”

"Sky blue..." Fang He replied hesitantly, "Originally the value of the mithril in the cabin of the Seven Seas Traveler... is more than this number..."

The poet lady was furious when she heard this: "Brother Ed, we have already invested a large sum of money in this. Do you mean that we have to add another 8 million lisel on top of this?"

"Actually, it's 10 million. Mainly... Mainly because the market price of fairy gold is frighteningly high, and refined gold is not cheap either. In comparison, cold steel and mithril are actually small problems."

"But didn't you just say that the power equipment should account for at least half of the total value of the ship? So this is the other half? Our next ship will only have the power equipment and a hull?"

"You heard wrong, Tianlan. That was the most extreme case. Normally, it's one-third."

"So that's two thirds, and there's one third left?"

Tianlan looked at Fang He and shook his head. "There are also sails and masts, armaments, and cabin construction. I plan to upgrade the greenhouse and workshop, and add an alchemy cabin related to potions, as well as a shield system and a large wind element detection unit."

"The funds for upgrading the cabins should not be counted in the ship's construction funds, so they are not included in this one-third. Using the druid's spell to upgrade the greenhouse will cost about several million risels."

"Then we need to purchase and upgrade the equipment for the Atelier. The old ones on the Seven Seas Traveler are still usable, but they are not enough. We are already a bit stretched to upgrade the team's equipment going forward."

"Anything else?" Tianlan asked.

"Not yet..." Fang He answered honestly, "I'll think of the rest later. Hasn't construction started yet?"

The little princess of the twelve-color iris finally couldn't help laughing angrily: "Brother Ai-de-brother, even if we take into account the rewards from the Elven Court and Silverwind Harbor, and the funds brought in by Miss Aina, the total funds we have on hand are less than 60 million lisel. Part of this has to be invested in the construction of the factory. According to your calculation, even if we throw all this money in, it still won't be enough!"

She originally thought that she could finally live a comfortable life with the money, but she couldn't sleep or eat when she thought about the bottomless pit upgrade plan of the Seven Seas Traveler. Unexpectedly, when she asked, the nightmare became a reality.

And it was even worse than her worst estimate.

Fang He was still a little confused about the situation. After all, he had never dealt with the logistics issues of the Seven Seas Brigade. It seemed that Sylvie and Tianlan could always produce money for them.

He answered innocently, "In fact, we don't need that much. Silverwind Harbor and the Elven Court will send us a batch of supplies. Maybe some of the materials in them can make up for our needs."

Tian Lan was so angry that she threw the account book at him, "Then you can do the calculation yourself, I don't care!"

The poet lady rushed out of the door in a panic.

The cold war between the two lasted for half a week. Finally, Tianlan calmed down under Luo Yu's mediation. Another good news was that Attila and Reid finally arrived and brought back generous rewards from the Elf Court.

The reward was similar to what was expected, including a large sum of money and a large amount of supplies. However, Attila also had her own connections and relationships as the Great Saint. After hearing Fang He's request, she said that she could ask the Mountain Lord and the craftsmen of the Elf Court for help.

This can save a lot of money.

The accompanying Knights of the Ancient Training also expressed their willingness to sponsor the Seven Seas Brigade. Although Fang He was somewhat surprised by this inexplicable kindness from Lotao, he still expressed his gratitude.

Grand Master Gonzalez had already returned to Rotao, and he was accompanied by a Grand Secretary of the Knights. Unexpectedly, the other party's next words almost made Fang Yu lose his mind:

"Your Excellency, the Holy Son, there is no need to thank me. Although the Grand Master has left, he still left a piece of advice. The Seven Seas Brigade will be one and the same with the Knights of the Ancient Instructions, the Pillars of the Stars, and the Mirro Temple. This funding is equivalent to internal funding. Moreover, you are the Holy Son of the Temple of the Sun, so this little support is nothing."

Wait, wait, what is that?

Fang He was stunned. He looked at Hilvid, Tianlan and others standing beside him. Tianlan also had a confused look on her face. They were not present when the guild alliance confronted Melfina.

The incident was not spread widely afterwards, as the guild alliance had no need to make them famous, and most of the dragon knights present did not care much about it.

As for the Elven Court, for some unknown reason, it did not publicly announce the decision of the Knights of the Ancient Order. After the Gray Tree Disaster came to an end, the two sides drafted a new covenant, and the Grand Master led his men away from the Hill of the Giant Tree.

As a result, Fang He had no idea about the oracle regarding Orli, and the fact that the Ancient Knights had positioned him as the next Holy Son, and even the successor to the position of Grand Master of the Ancient Knights.

When the secretary and Atila explained the matter to them, not only Fang He, but also Tian Lan and the Papara people were dumbfounded:

"Ah, what? The Holy Son of the Sun Temple, the successor to the position of leader of the Knights of the Ancient Order? Brother Ed (Leader/he)?"

Parker's eyes almost popped out. When did this happen? The people of the wilderness once had an ancient covenant with the Giant Tree Hill, so both sides knew each other's history.

Mir'roth is to the Elven Court of Tree Hill, Pillar of the Stars is similar to the Sacred Grove, and the Knights of the Ancient Order are essentially the Sons of the Light.

The Sons of Light are not just a historical title in the Hill of Giant Trees, more importantly, they currently serve as the imperial guards of the Elven Court.

The status of the Knights of the Ancient Order in Rotao is not much inferior, which means that their captain is likely to become the commander of the imperial guards similar to the Elven Court, and the leader of the Imperial Silver Helmets in the future.

But in the Hill of Giant Trees and in the Empire, this is absolutely impossible. Aimaya generally does not easily interfere in the affairs of the Elf Court. The Holy Forest should be the one that is truly responsible for it.

The throne of the empire was not conferred by theocracy. Anjina was taciturn, and only scholars and craftsmen could get a few words of inspiration from him. It was just that the Oshurians founded their country on craftsmen, so Anjina became the god of the empire.

And only in Lotao, the Miro Temple itself is the main temple of the Temple of the Sun, and the divine power rules the entire gray wilderness. Only with Orli's word can Fang He have the possibility of becoming the son of God of the temple.

But this matter is definitely not all good without any disadvantages. Fang He knows very well that just because Oli can make the decision, it does not mean that Gonzalez can also act on his own.

The saints do not tire of explaining their intentions over and over again; their oracles are often concise and powerful, but they also leave room for interpretation by others.

There are many forces in Lotao, and the Knights of the Ancient Training is just one of them. Not to mention the distant ones, how does the Temple of Mir Thule view him, the sudden 'Son of God'?

Although the temple serves the gods, mortals have their own desires after all. The Temple of Mirro selected its successor many years ago and formed a complex relationship of interests.

His appearance is likely to overturn all these old interests and bring trouble to countless people. How many people will secretly covet and hate his current position?

He had heard Mr. Big Cat talk about the struggle in Lotao, in which his sister was a victim. Since then, he had gone to Giant Tree Hill and became the Tree Guardian Knight of today.

The political struggles beneath the temples are dark and bloody, no less violent than those in Tree Hill, Corin-Ishurian, and the Empire.

He couldn't help but look at Miss Attila and the big cat man beside him, but Red just nodded slightly to him.

This is Oli's will.

Fang He actually understood that this was what Ms. Roman had told him, the reward from Oli. This reward was indeed surprising enough, even a little frightening.

But of course he couldn't just turn it away because of some potential dangers. At worst he could just not go to Rotao.

Originally, the Seven Seas Brigade's next goal was to prepare for traveling to the Second World.

So he raised his head, looked at the chief clerk, and nodded slightly.

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(End of this chapter)