Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 477 Fire Source
Lucia was thinking about the next two directions of investigation - there was too little information about the fire, and Carterpella was being secretive, so it would be powerless to go deeper in the short term. On the contrary, there were some areas that could be investigated at the source of the fire.

First of all, the ultimate source of the fire can basically be determined to be the Furnace of Life. Secondly, no matter what specific means the giants use to steal the power of the furnace, their target must not be too small, and it is likely hidden in the core area of ​​the holy land.

The reason is very simple. With the current technological level of the border area, in order to complete the rapid and precise use of the power of the furnace such as the evolution of the giant, it must be pre-processed by a large buffer array. If the processing is not sufficient, even with the guidance of the "beacon" of fire, the violent power of the furnace will still shock the life that receives it beyond recognition.

Lucia herself had a very clear example. During the rise of the Golden Dynasty, the golden tree that was parasitic on the furnace tree, apart from its other functions, played the role of an energy buffer and converter to a large extent.

The golden tree at the center of the border, together with the small golden trees scattered everywhere, absorbed the power of the furnace and transformed it into a gentle golden blessing, which slowly provided blessings to the world in the form of dew drops of grace. Thus, the wise, strong and long-lived golden people were born. Although the people of Kalia and the ancient dragons did not receive the same blessings as the golden people, they also opened up a qualitative gap with the alien races who were not protected by the law. This was the core ruling foundation of the three dynasties in the fifty years of the Golden Age.

What would happen if there were no golden trees, or if the golden trees were not enough to buffer the power of the furnace?
The best outcome would probably be like that of the brothers Mongert and Mong, whose overly powerful furnace force made their physiques far superior to those of mortals, but they also grew into "bad omens" with growths such as furnace tumors and furnace horns.

As for the worst-case scenario, the observers have already ruled out a wrong answer with their lives.

Only when there is such a super-large buffer array can the giants provide the relatively gentle power of the furnace to the individuals who need to evolve through small ports such as forbidden prayers. The monitors received the power of the furnace in the process of actively practicing forbidden prayers and were transformed into flesh and blood life. The former soldiers and civilians of the Northern Territory were likely to have been forcibly implanted with fire first, and then passively accepted the infusion of the power of the furnace, and finally evolved into giants.

On the other hand, for extraordinary individuals above high-level heroes such as Kalelius, the First Titan and the First Generation Titan, ports of the forbidden prayer level alone are far from enough to supply the rune energy they need. The same is true for the Jedi Seal covering the entire North. Therefore, the Giant King's Court must have retained at least one "super port" with extremely high energy output.

This entire set of facilities could only be built in an absolutely safe place that the giants knew would never fall. Then the answer was obvious -

Giant's Sanctuary, Falling Star Peak, and the Cauldron of Fire.

That ancient miracle built at the same time as the Sky City and the Eternal City is the immortal spiritual totem of the giants and the beginning of thousands of years of conflict in the Arctic ice field. Now it seems that it will also be the end of all this fate.

However, since ancient times, except for the stargazers who were treated as guests of honor by the giants during peacetime, very few outsiders have been able to set foot in the forbidden area hidden in the deepest part of the 3,000-mile cemetery. Even if someone occasionally succeeded in coming back alive from there, they would hardly leave any valuable information behind.

What's more, the North has been completely blocked now. Lucia looked around and found that the only person in this land who knew the relevant secrets and could answer her questions was probably the Ice Dragon Bolerius.

Fortunately, the situation he faces now is very different from when the Northern Expedition Army just landed in the northern border.

When he went directly to the frozen lake to meet with Bolerius and proposed to recruit him, he was only 50% sure at most. But after sending 130,000 northern soldiers and civilians to the lake area safely, and then breaking through the northern border from east to west, completely defeating the Royal Court's offensive, it would be difficult for the ice dragon who was born with him in the Emperor's Plan to refuse. Thinking of this, he looked at Adam beside him and asked, "I heard from Lord Oleg that you have been following Bolerius' orders these days?"

Adam nodded, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I did not pledge allegiance directly to Lord Borelius. I only followed his military arrangements when fighting for the Samir clan. In addition, I only found out when I arrived at the Frozen Lake that Lord Borelius has not accepted new believers for more than ten years."

"Oh?" Lucia raised her eyebrows. "Although I have heard a little about this, I have only heard that he never actively preaches. Since the conversion of the Samir people, most of the believers of the Ice Dragon God in the North have spontaneously gathered around him. By the time this war broke out, one-third of the people in the North were his believers, almost rivaling the belief in the Golden Tree. But according to what you said, not only does he not have the intention to maintain the belief, he is even unwilling to formally recognize the identities of these believers?"

“It sounds strange, but it’s true,” Adam explained.

"Before I came here, I met the 130,000 soldiers and civilians that His Majesty ordered General Rosalind to escort north in the Lake District. There are indeed many followers of Lord Boileus among them, but they are all 'self-proclaimed' followers."

"Of course, this doesn't mean they are fake believers or shallow believers. Many of them set up ice dragon statues at home and pray to them day and night. They also retain many prayer terms passed down from generation to generation. But Lord Borelius did not set up a sect, nor did he recruit priests. He even rarely left the lake area after the end of the Unification War."

"It was only a few months ago that he fought with the giants to protect the retreat of the Samir people. You may find it even harder to accept that on the day when the patriarchs of the fourteen Samir clans arrived in the lake area, they jointly paid a visit to Lord Borelius and said, 'Thank you for the protection of Lord Ice Dragon God.' Lord Borelius picked them up and beat them up on the spot. From then on, he strictly prohibited the use of the title 'Ice Dragon God' in the lake area again."

Lucia was really stunned by these words.

More than ten years ago, wasn’t it the time when the Battle of Dragon Tree had just ended, and the Steel Halberd Dragon Gustav led the Dragon Tomb Flying Dragons on an expedition to Asia, and in the end only one in ten returned alive?

According to Gustav's recollection, Boileus did not participate in the battle at first. It was not until the war reached its most critical moment that Gransanks was suddenly and accidentally severely injured after breaking through the royal city. Boileus appeared on the battlefield at the critical moment and repelled the influx of golden tree heroes.

It is said that the high priest Gulan Shanks forgave him for his presumptuous act of proclaiming himself the Ice Dragon God on his deathbed and restored his name in the dragon genealogy. Since then, the Ancient Dragon Dynasty has had no contact with him until today.

But now, with the two things confirmed, it seems that Bolerius has lost interest in calling himself a god since then. Now, on the one hand, he has abandoned the title of god, but on the other hand, he still stubbornly protects those who once believed in him, and even goes out of his nest many times for this, fighting desperately with the powerful new royal court.
Even though Lucia had asked herself if she had done enough in-depth research on Pollelius beforehand, after knowing all this, she still felt that she did not know enough about this old dragon.

"Ice Dragon" or "Ice Dragon God", what should the real Bolerius be like?
(End of this chapter)