arcane emperor

The birth of the Hero's Altar originated from the joint research of Matthew and many arcanists in the Gulf Territory.

They obtained a lot of information and technology from the ruins of the kingdom of Idros, as well as the oriental secret techniques from Mozi and the Mohist school, through the spiritual state of evil creatures, the preservation of residual souls and the maintenance of consciousness.

Many things were combined into one, and after many tests and attempts, the birth of the Hero's Altar was finally determined.

The video playback connected through the space channel provided a live broadcast to everyone in the command center.

The statue representing the monument to the fallen heroes of the Gulf Territory slowly exudes a bright aura, and dense and complicated magic array patterns emerge, constantly absorbing the mist that is scattered around.

The cold wind blew slowly.

All kinds of phantoms seemed to appear in the sky, outlining dense and distorted shadows.

They seemed to be attracted by the absorbed power and couldn't wait to drill in.

Many commanders showed a little worry in their eyes about such changes.

Fortunately, the Bay Lords were well prepared and outlined a shimmering magic circle, which was the magic-sealing magic circle that everyone was very familiar with.

It’s just that the magic sealing circle that was previously used for sealing and confinement has now become used for defense and blocking.

Waves of cold and gloomy air spread out.

More and more energy was transmitted, and incomplete shadows emerged from the hero's altar.

They are the souls of the sacrificed people collected by Matthew.

Various defects and gaps appeared on their bodies, and the power released by the soul-repairing magic circle was released.

These souls began to gradually recover, and their bodies changed from being empty to becoming more solid, becoming no different from real people.

They quickly regained consciousness, their facial expressions gradually returned, and they soon recovered their memories.

They stared at the strange shadow in the sky, and suddenly they felt a desire to kill and devour it.

Before they could take any action, delicate light golden chains fell down and slowly wrapped around their bodies.

The Demon-Sealing Chains seemed to suppress their power, but they also had another function, which was to prevent outside forces from influencing them.

From the moment they gradually came to their senses and prepared to communicate with the dragon warriors outside the magic circle, it can be seen that the effect is indeed very obvious.

Zhang Fang, who was still a little bit in disbelief, stared blankly at Ji Fan who was walking towards her with big strides, then stretched out her hand and shook it vigorously.

It was indeed a real feeling, and it was almost exactly the same as when I was alive.

However, there was also a special sense of emptiness, constantly reminding her that she no longer had a flesh and blood body.

Before Zhang Fang could react, Ji Fan came over with a brilliant smile, saluted her, and said to her impatiently:

"Commander Zhang Fang, you slept for a month. That's a long time. How do you feel now? Is your mind clear?"

Different changes, different feelings, the same communication and emotions, made Zhang Fang suddenly feel so excited that tears welled up in her eyes.

She bit her lip lightly, forcing herself not to think about other things. She chose to trust the territory as before, saluted as well, and replied with a smile:
"I haven't slept so comfortably in a long time. I feel like moving around."

Ji Fan smiled and shook his head, pointing at the increasingly distorted figures outside, and continued expectantly:

"Now is not the time, you need to train well."

The familiar feeling came back. Zhang Fang, who loved training very much, nodded eagerly and tried to move her body, as if trying to find the original feeling.

Ji Fan took out a slightly shiny light silver armor with Yaya's head and the emblem of the Bay Leader carved in the middle of the armor.

The complex and intricate patterns continuously absorb the free gray power around it.

Zhang Fang reached out her hand without hesitation, only to find that the armor was not as heavy as she had imagined, but rather very light.

After putting on the armor, the unique feeling of thickness and heaviness made Zhang Fang feel down to earth.

Then she felt the warm power transmitted from the inside of the armor into her body, removing some of the coldness and making her feel like she was alive again.

"This is the Heroic Soul Armor, specially designed for you. It can stabilize your consciousness and thinking, and at the same time strengthen your combat effectiveness."

“This is not something that can be sustained in the long term, like the career path that is being strengthened and promoted now.”

“You are needed to explore this area and cooperate with researchers in their research.”

"According to the Lord's research, you can at least survive as long as you did in life."

"But during this time, you must work harder to grow and train, so that you can gain greater strength and exist longer."

"Finally, the Lord will overcome the last difficulty, allowing everyone to preserve their consciousness and complete the reincarnation of a new life."

The heroic souls who awakened with Zhang Fang went from confusion and excitement at the beginning to frustration and sadness, but after listening to Ji Fan's introduction and speeches, they regained their calmness and expectations.

Especially when they saw the Lord telling them the story again through the magic video screen, the firm belief of the Gulf Territory warriors made them recover.

"Ha, I have no regrets to begin with. I didn't expect to have a new opportunity. Is there anything better than this?"

"That makes sense. My family has already received the compensation. Who knew I would not be dead yet? The territory has been so good to us."

"Hey, the territory has chosen a new track for us. Doesn't this give us an opportunity?"

“The first-mover advantage is sometimes much better than talent and hard work.”

"Haha, we can train without any worries. I wonder if we need to eat or drink now?"

"If you don't need it, then can you just keep training?"

"Well said. Even if we cannot reach the other side in the end and have a new beginning, at least we have tried our best and will not have any regrets."

"It is a blessing to see my son and daughter grow up healthily and make progress in their studies, so I will definitely live longer!"

"..."

Various discussions and exchanges gradually eased the somewhat dull atmosphere.

The heroic spirits gradually came to their senses, and without any changes in their thinking and personalities, they quickly began to take action.

In particular, Zhang Fang, who had the strongest strength and willpower, was already communicating with Ji Fan, discussing his own physical condition, various attributes, and the existence and situation of the enemy.

Ji Fan and other dragon warriors, who were well prepared, communicated with them patiently and recorded various information.

"From a physical point of view, it should be weakened to 1/3 compared to when it was alive, but its recovery ability is very strong, and most injuries can be recovered."

"The movement speed has been improved, but it is related to energy consumption and has a closer relationship with the intelligence attribute."

"There is an upper limit to the absorption and accumulation of energy. Repeated consumption and absorption can slowly increase the upper limit."

"I still have all kinds of fighting skills, but they are not compatible with my current body."

"I can still use various magical equipment and props skillfully..."

"The use of magic items and scrolls requires the consumption of the same amount of strength, and the power is also related to the ability mastered."

"On the contrary, the use of various medicines and potions can achieve a more perfect absorption effect, and the cooling time will be shortened a lot."

"..."

All kinds of information gathered in Matthew's hands.

He licked the corner of his mouth slightly, continuously consuming the power of destiny to explore the road for these heroic souls in the Gulf Territory.

Now that we have decided to let them go down this path, we must take responsibility to the end.

However, based on various information and feedback from the power of destiny, Matthew soon came to a very interesting conclusion.

Just like death and rebirth, it is a completely different process.

The channels for improving the power of the heroic soul have no obvious relationship with other professionals or the professional paths they took during their lifetime.

This means they can choose to start from scratch.

And, considering their current bodies, the key is to absorb and accommodate more soul energy.

The feedback Matthew received mainly came from the aspects of physical and soul consciousness.

First, continuously strengthen the body, possess higher strength and recovery ability, and become a physical entity similar to evil souls.

Second, continuously improve the power of soul control and become a spellcaster similar to a lich.

There is no clear boundary or distinction between the two. If one is talented enough, one can even advance in both.

However, unless they are gifted, Matthew will not let them do so.

Even if they become souls, they still have a lifespan limit. The urgency of improving their strength also gives them the motivation to become stronger.

Fortunately, Matthew is very experienced in this area.

He spent 2000 million destiny forces to create two professional paths called "Dark Warrior" and "Shadow Master" for the heroic souls of the Gulf Territory, from low to high levels.

He made adaptive modifications to many skills and specialties similar to his own.

The heroes of the Gulf Territory need to learn again and accumulate more data and information to provide more accumulation for Matthew's subsequent transformation and development.

The construction of the first hero altar in the Shadow Plane was completed, and the heroic spirits were successfully re-summoned, allowing them to continue to exist stably for a long time.

Next, the Gulf Territory will complete the construction of hero altars throughout the material plane.

After all, it is impossible for Matthew to release countless clones to collect souls from various battlefields in the Gulf Territory.

Fortunately, Matthew and the researchers in the Gulf Territory had already considered this and installed the function of preserving souls in the new batch of combat armor they built.

By cleaning the battlefield, the soul collection device can be dismantled and sent to a nearby hero altar for temporary storage and stabilization.

Wait until the situation stabilizes or the fighting is over.

Then it can be sent to the shadow plane to complete the entire rebirth ceremony of the heroic soul transformation.

Also, in order to make the heroes train harder, keep their minds focused and clear.

When their strength reaches a certain level, or they complete their daily training tasks, the Gulf Leader will allow them to communicate with their relatives.

That’s right, since they are not completely “dead”, they still have consciousness left.

Even if they cannot see their loved ones in the short term, the Gulf Leader is willing to let them have stronger faith and hope!
Take into account the conditions and dangers of the actual situation.

If both parties want to meet, they will have to work harder to improve their strength.

All the heroic souls felt an inexplicable anticipation for such a surprise.

In a very short period of time, they accepted the reality and started studying and training hard.

It seems that because they had died once, the minds of the heroes had become more mature, their attention had become more focused, and their learning speed and efficiency were even faster than before.

Matthew expressed his affirmation of this situation and hoped that they would persevere and continue to work hard for the future of themselves and their loved ones.

The construction of new hero altars in various places in the Gulf Territory has also attracted the attention of many forces.

They were all speculating on the role of the Hero Altar and analyzing the Gulf Lord's plan.

They tried to communicate with the people in the Gulf Territory as they had done before, and asked if the Gulf Territory had any new plans.

The Gulf Leader did not give a direct answer to their questions this time because the matter has not yet been settled.

However, they also gave hints in some areas.

"If you want to follow our Bay Leader this time, there's nothing wrong with that."

In response to this kind of explicit hint, the lords and nobles who thought they understood chose to "join".

Their idea was simple and thorough. The cost of building the Hero Altar was not particularly high, but it had a very obvious feature - it needed to be maintained by the Gulf leader himself.

This is enough to explain a lot of problems!
Whether to follow the boss or not is clearly a matter of attitude.

Even if they don't gain anything, they are willing to pay the money to show their position.

Of course, this is just superficial work. Only they themselves know more about the plans and ideas.

The next month or so.

Matthew has been in the Shadow Plane and the Underworld.

One is to accumulate data and improve the two professional paths.

The second is to improve strength and train various legendary spells.

All kinds of creatures in the shadow plane naturally became Matthew's targets for cleaning.

In the process of cleaning up these creatures, he discovered that in addition to physical creatures such as souls, he also found many creatures with flesh and blood.

These creatures live in this demiplane, enduring the erosion of soul power, and seem to have gradually adapted.

Matthew would not cause any destruction at will. After clearing out many threatening legendary monsters, he allowed these creatures to continue to survive.

Perhaps, the creatures living here have unexpected value.

Whether it is their body structure, the absorption and adaptation of soul power, the various organs that stimulate life force, or certain hidden talents, they can provide considerable supplements to the Gulf Territory's database.

Perhaps some of these substances or individuals can provide the Gulf Leader with new research ideas or the creation of some new materials.

Maintaining species diversity and developing and cultivating their advantages have always been what the Gulf leaders do.

Targeted cultivation and optimization, and the construction of various resource points can better utilize land and resources.

The speed at which the Gulf Territory cultivates talents far exceeds that of other forces.

This is inseparable from the policy set by Matthew and the Gulf Leader, which allows everyone to enjoy the fruits of development together.

It is also inseparable from the huge resources of cultivation and development!

There is also competition and pressure within the Gulf Territory.

But compared with other forces, it has reduced internal friction and waste to an extremely low level.

With Matthew's "protection" and assistance, the Gulf Territory began to make drastic "advances" in the shadow plane.

Various semi-automatic cities and fortresses were built, capable of surviving normal Bay Area soldiers and staff.

The resulting increase in resources and advantageous development will not only allow the Gulf Territory to continuously increase its control over the Shadow Demiplane, but also develop more resource points.

The biological resources in the Shadow Plane are relatively scarce, but the various magical materials and mineral resources can be said to be very rich.

Three super rare metals have been discovered, and their output is not low.

The staggering profits and gains made the Gulf Army quiet down in the underground world.

They developed silently and provided support to the drow elves who were shocked by the fierce battle.

Time passes day by day.

May came in a blink of an eye.

Facing the upcoming 135 years and the next increase in the upper limit of material plane strength.

Matthew had to leave the rapidly developing underground world and shadow demiplane and return to Bay City.

The reason for coming back at this critical time is naturally because there are more important things to deal with.

Mordenkainen took a long breath and continued to point at the huge magic image, conjuring up tiny parts one after another and quickly placing them on it.

In a short while, a very complete and huge image of the city appeared in front of Matthew and many commanders.

Looking at the floating city with clearly marked areas such as "living area", "experimental area", "weapons area", "combat area", "agricultural area", and "production area", most commanders widened their eyes in anticipation.

It can be seen that everyone still has a very deep impression and ideas about the meaning represented by the floating city.

Matthew was not particularly interested in this. He carefully studied the various functions of the floating city. Under Mordencan's somewhat nervous gaze, he smiled and asked a question:
"For us in the Gulf Territory, what is the position of the floating city?"

What is the positioning of the floating city?
Representing the crystallization of supreme technology?

A spectacle that represents the status and majesty of the Grand Arcanist?

A beautiful place that countless people yearn for or dream of?

Or is it an invincible super weapon destined to be used in all directions?

The positioning determines the direction of its functions.

The kind of bias represents the investment of various resources and the choice of various technologies used.

Once these are determined, the complete manufacturing plan can basically be determined.

Regarding this issue, Mordenkainen, the commander, and the management staff had a heated and intense discussion.

Matthew just watched their "discussion", looking forward to the burst of ideas and inspiration.

There is more than one floating city! (End of this chapter)