Star Forge Titan

Faster! Faster!

The images at the edge of her vision began to blur, and all Diana could see was the straight road leading to the entrance of the National Circuit.

On the deserted track, the Core motorcycle roared past, its silver gleam reflected in the sunlight. At her current speed, even a small pebble could cause a fatal accident, yet the Core motorcycle's speed remained undiminished.

Diana's innate strong intuition, coupled with her deep resonance with the magical machinery as a "Steel Soldier", allows her to control her own body as if she were in control of the core motorcycle, easily avoiding every road pothole or other obstacle that could cause a rollover as if by divine help.

Just like that, Hope's core locomotive, carrying the Salt Witch, rushed straight into the National Circuit!

The assistant referee waved the flag vigorously. The striking black and white checkered flag heralded the birth of the champion of the First Youth Magic Car Competition!!!

Diana rushed onto the racetrack, slamming on the brakes. The magic car veered almost sideways, leaving two dark brake tracks on the ground. Although she nearly flipped over, she managed to stop moving forward.

Diana quickly jumped off the motorcycle and looked around. All the spectators in the stands were cheering deafeningly, but the girl did not feel happy at all at the moment. She even felt a little helpless because she didn't know how to evacuate so many people as soon as possible.

At this moment, another magic vehicle followed closely behind and drove into the National Racetrack. It was a light military magic vehicle driven by Catherine.

As the referee for the final track, she was also the first referee to return to the National Circuit.

Seeing the rare anxiety on Diana's face, the Duchess was stunned.

"What happened?" Catherine asked. Although they had not known each other for long, she knew that the other party rarely showed such an expression.

So, something unexpected and serious must have happened.

"Wheel of the Holy Father, there's something wrong with that car." Diana found herself unable to speak clearly.

"What's the problem? That's the Temple of Light's car?" Catherine asked in confusion.

Diana didn't add anything immediately. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to force herself to calm down. Then, the girl regained her composure at a speed she didn't expect.

"The cultists are about to attack this place. We must evacuate the crowd immediately!"

Diana opened her eyes and stated the most crucial information in one sentence, which immediately changed Catherine's expression.

"When? How many people?"

"I'm not sure. There may be only one opponent, or there may be other accomplices. Right now, Alvin is delaying the opponent." Diana didn't know what the situation was in the tunnel at the moment, so she could only tell all the information she knew.

After understanding the general situation, Catherine did not immediately rush to evacuate the crowd. She stood there and thought for a few seconds, then said decisively:

"We can't evacuate the crowd now."

"Why?" Diana looked at the aristocratic girl with blonde hair in front of her with some anger and confusion.

"Do you also think that the lives of common people are not worth living like those decadent nobles?" The short-haired girl who was usually taciturn now spoke loudly for a long time, which was quite rare.

"Of course not!" Catherine also widened her eyes, and the two braids on the back of her head were almost spinning with anger.

"If we evacuate so many people at once, it could lead to even greater chaos. If there are other cultists lurking among them, they will surely rapidly expand the scale of the chaos until it becomes irreversible."

"But!" Diana stamped her feet anxiously, but found that what the other party said actually made sense, and she couldn't find a way to refute it for a while.

"Pretend nothing happened. I will notify my colleagues in the Ninth Security Section and other units, including the Royal Guard, to do everything in their power to prevent them from entering the National Circuit," Catherine said righteously.

Looking at the other person's bright blue eyes, Diana, who was a resident of the lower city and naturally distrusted the nobles, did not refute it immediately.

"In the name of the Carolingian royal family, I promise to do my best to protect everyone." Catherine took a deep breath and made an swearing gesture.

“Heavenly Father is my witness that even if something were to happen, I would be the last one to leave here.”

Hearing this, Diana finally nodded.

Her intuition told her that the other party was not lying.

In Linde, the oath sworn to the Heavenly Father naturally held a high degree of credibility. After all, it was a vow witnessed by the gods. While the Heavenly Father himself might not immediately comment on violations of his oath, the priests and divinities of the Temple of Light were more than willing to act on his behalf.

So, when all the audience were looking forward to the award ceremony that was taking place.

Many violent organizations, including the Carolingian Royal Guard, rushed madly towards the exit of the Eupalinos Tunnel like hunting dogs kicked hard by their masters.

Before these people, a figure in a black robe rode the two-wheeled scooter that Diana had used for practice some time ago and ran into the tunnel at a swift speed.

In a sense, he is the one who is best at handling the follow-up of this matter.

Chapter 217: Good at Finishing

As someone who had been trained as a rogue in childhood, Khayon was much better than most mages in terms of flexibility and balance.

Therefore, it only took him a few days to learn how to drive this new vehicle. Of course, his cautious nature made the Necromancer reduce the speed to a very safe level.

If I had to make a relatively appropriate analogy, it would be roughly the maximum speed of a yellow-plate electric vehicle that meets the legal speed limit and is running in power-saving mode. Even so, thanks to his advantage in receiving the news first, he arrived at the tunnel earlier than the Linde official agency.

In addition, the Necromancer habitually wears a gray wizard robe when going out. Although his wizard robe has been modified to facilitate flexible movement, it is still a loose and baggy wizard robe after all.

So when Ka Yang was driving the light experimental motorcycle, well, from a distance he looked like a big bat flying low near the ground, flapping its gray wings constantly, and revealing two hairy legs wearing woolen socks of different colors.

"Damn it, why is it so cold to drive this thing? I should have sewed a windproof cloak to hang in front." Khayon complained and continued to drive into the tunnel.

Soon, he saw a devastated battlefield ahead.

The ground was covered with various chopping marks and a large number of cracks of varying sizes. Even a piece of the tunnel ceiling was broken.

"Did two elephants just dance the tango here?" Ka Yang said subconsciously.

The various traces of tragedy made his eyelids twitch, but what caught his attention earlier than the scene within his field of vision was the increasingly strong stench of corruption in his nose.

The necromancer acted decisively, stopping the car and casting a spell. Purple negative energy instantly illuminated as he donned a series of protective gear typical of necromancy. Khayon then pulled out a pig-nose-shaped gas mask, fastened it to his face, and secured the hood of his robe.

Including a pair of protective gloves made of dragon skin, Khayang covered himself completely in a very short time, with almost no skin exposed.

As a necromancer, isn't it perfectly normal for him to carry a gas mask and protective gloves?

As for the protective magic needed to study necromancy, why can it be used to resist the residual toxins emitted by the demons of Narvus? This is of course because of the origin of the Necromancer of Elrond.

The earliest Elrond, or the Elrond tribe, were a migratory tribe skilled in medicine. The undead faction that emerged later, a profession that studies necromancy, involves daily dealing with corpses and, naturally, with a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Necromancers who don't want to die before completing their research are of course well aware of all these things, and the contact with these pathogenic microorganisms during the research process has also led to the invention of corresponding protective spells.

After special research, the wizards of the Elrond School of Necromancy discovered that necromancy, which is based on negative energy magic that exists as the opposite of life force, is surprisingly effective against these microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye.

Their own vitality is limited, and only a small amount of negative energy is needed to effectively kill, or even instantly kill. This also means that even a minor Heartslayer Aura cast by a necromancer apprentice can effectively and efficiently eliminate microorganisms in large numbers within the spell's scope.

Considering that what Naruto is good at is also based on these things, although when mixed with complex factors such as the power of evil gods and interference from foreign domains, even the most common bacteria, viruses and other pathogens will often evolve into jaw-dropping mutations.

However, unless the Heretic God himself intervenes personally, the negative energy's effect of canceling out vitality is difficult to distort in most cases, as it is a fundamental energy law close to the bottom layer.

And that situation is so rare that it almost only exists in legends.

To sum up, the equation between the necromancer, the followers of Knarus, and the demons is established, giving people the feeling that "the evil is afraid of the villain." And the natural hostility of the followers of Knarus hidden in the material world towards the people of Elrond is also understandable.

Back to the point, when Khayon, fully armed and with the Heart-Extinguishing Aura on, approached, he saw Ivan standing helplessly beside the Hope. The Sun Shield, expanded to its maximum extent, enveloped the surrounding area in reverse, scorching the ground with golden flames of life.

"Are you isolating the pollution?" The Necromancer's voice came from behind the gas mask, so it sounded a little dull.

But there was no intention of concealing the uncontrollable smile in his words, because from Khayang's perspective, the young man in front of him now looked like a large glowing magic lamp, and his facial features could not even be seen clearly from a distance.

"Stop laughing at me and come and clean the floor." Alvin rolled his eyes at the guy and opened the shield a little to let him in.

"Don't worry." Khayon pointed to the green halo magic that opened up under his feet.

"The Heart-Draining Aura spell may be useless against enemies, but it's a very effective necromancy spell for killing bacteria."

Aura magic, a wide-area spell that, once activated, has a long-lasting effect on units within a certain radius. It can be passive or active, and is a broad category within magic. Nearly every school of thought has its own unique aura spell, and the signature aura of the Elrond Undead faction is the Heartslayer Aura.

This spell can rely on the continuous release of negative energy fluctuations to cause the negative phenomenon of loss of vitality to surrounding creatures.

According to the inventor's original design, this magic can efficiently devour the vitality of all living things within a wide area, thereby causing enemy units to become exhausted and die in large numbers.

However, the actual effect of the spell was quite ineffective. While the vitality of living creatures within the area did indeed drain, the rate of loss per second was agonizingly slow, perhaps even less than a cold.

Therefore, as long as the creature's size exceeds that of a rabbit, it is unlikely to be exhausted and killed by the Heart Drain Aura in a short period of time. Even some medium to large animals can recover their vitality faster than it is lost to this spell.

However, the necromancers discovered in their experiments that this spell was very effective against microorganisms, and because it was an aura spell, it was also extremely efficient in killing bacteria.

In the end, a magic developed for the purpose of wide-area killing turned into a special protective magic used for sterilization. It really makes people sigh that the world is unpredictable.

A fully professionally trained necromancer and an Ash Knight who mastered the Flame of Life completely cleaned out the remaining toxins left by the enhanced demon engine, without even a single fragment of bacteria left.

"Is this the bad guy mentioned in the previous communication?" After completing the sterilization work, Khayang carefully poked the only remaining lump of charcoal on the ground with his fingers wearing dragon leather gloves.

"To be precise, this is all that's left." Ivan shrugged and said in a relaxed tone:

The two beast-like heads on the left and right of the beast-shaped enhanced demon engine had been completely burned to ashes, and only the middle head belonging to Set Gorod still retained its general structure.

As the core of the demon engine's consciousness, this brain possessed exceptionally complete vitality, which was why it barely maintained its solid structure under Ivan's attacks. However, sometimes having such strong vitality that it was difficult to kill was not necessarily a good thing.

Ivan didn't completely destroy the head because he still had some information he wanted to learn. A veteran player's intuition told him that there must be some larger conspiracy behind the chaos in Linde.

Considering his arrival had instantly slapped away two major events, "Skeleton Frenzy" and "Mechanical World Ascension," this inevitably meant that the original future plot could only serve as a reference. Therefore, Ivan was currently unaware of the massive conspiracy orchestrated by the followers of Nurul.

As for how to make the dead speak, of course you need to find a professional.

As he was thinking, Alvin naturally turned his gaze to a professional necromancer from Elrond who was circling around the wreckage.

Even through the gas mask, he could hear the other person's low, evil laugh, just like LSP seeing a high-quality S-picture.

Ivan couldn't help but twitch his lips. This scene reminded him of the dark history of the Elrond Undead faction. Although the Undead faction had been unpopular in recent years mainly due to its own behavior, the recent corruption incident had cast a shadow over the entire school.

But even in the past, they were still people that others would avoid when they saw them.

After all, necromancers who play with negative energy and the power of death are naturally feared.

I hope the people are alright, and I hope the demons are alright. (Put your hands together.JPG)

After receiving a positive answer, Khayang carefully handled the wreckage using a sealed container and magic double isolation method, and then planned to put it into the box he carried with him.

At this moment, Alvin suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

"and many more."

"What's wrong?" Ka Yang stopped and looked at the black-haired boy in confusion.

Ivan took two steps forward, not caring about the pollution and poison in the flesh and blood of the Narwul demon, and directly stabbed Set Gorod's empty left eye socket with his bare hands.

The eyeball inside had been burned to charcoal in the previous battle, leaving only the empty and shriveled eye socket in its place. Under Khayon's stunned gaze, he stirred the remaining brain tissue and dug out a copper-green badge from deep inside.

The moment he looked at the badge, a strange muttering suddenly sounded in Ivan's mind.

The voice made him suddenly realize that things from the deep hell of the outside world are often contagious. Ivan, who was already familiar with the natural way of dealing with this, knew how to deal with it.

Now that the outer barrier of the material world has not been broken, the information and power transmitted from the deep hell over a long distance are very limited. Even though he is only a low-level transcendent at this stage, he only needs to use meditation methods correctly to quickly offset this mental pollution.

For an old player who is so familiar with this kind of thing, it is an everyday encounter as common as eating and drinking.

But this time, before Alvin could react, the pair of golden eyes that were transformed by the grace of God began to emit two majestic golden rays.

This light is different from the magnificent white holy light of the Temple of Light. It is the wild and unrestrained wilderness authority of the great god Odin, like a super storm.

At the same time, the Axe of Annihilation hanging at the waist also vibrated violently, and Calbant's spirit was ejected from it without any warning in a posture that it could not even control.

The miniature, three-headed lamb-like figure raised its short forelimbs, its wide-open eyes emitting two rays of red light like spotlights. Then, it suddenly let out a terrifying roar and slammed its hoof down on the badge.

"Get out of here!"

This soul-made weapon, made with the soul of the Demon Vanguard of Terror as its core, actually let out a terrifying roar that seemed to come from the depths of hell.

"..." When he came to his senses, Alvin, who had done nothing, found that the copper-green badge in his hand was covered with cracks.

The black-haired boy twitched his lips and then lowered his head to carefully examine the cracked badge. Then he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Goodness! That undead beast has paid a heavy price this time."

"What is this?" Khayon asked in a low voice:

"The holy emblem of the evil god is also a high-level evil object." Ivan said concisely:

His words made Khayon frown immediately.

"Hey, hey, hey, even if you're a savage with strong limbs, don't touch this kind of thing with your bare hands and no protection!"

Clearly, Khayon was deeply displeased with the other party's barehanded contact with a higher-level evil object. This was a dangerous violation of laboratory regulations, contaminating tissue samples. More importantly, the most dangerous aspect of this behavior was the contamination of the person who came into contact with it.

"Uh, sorry, I'll be more careful next time." Alvin said awkwardly.

Then, he flicked the badge high up with a relaxed look on his face.

"Don't worry, the power inside is now completely exhausted. What was just there was just the spiritual contamination brought by the demonic item, and now even that contamination has been completely erased."

"Also, I finally understand why this guy was able to sneak into the Temple of Light without being discovered, and why I couldn't kill him completely last time. After all this time, it turns out that this guy possesses a high-level evil object that contains the twisted power of Nurulence." Alvin sighed.

At this point in time, the barrier between the material world and the outside world has not been broken, and the defense line established by the upper plane can still effectively block the invasion of the material world by the deep hell and the outside world.

Therefore, for the cultists hiding in the material world, each high-level evil object containing the twisted power of the evil god is extremely rare, and they must take huge risks and perform strict blasphemous rituals to successfully obtain it.

You must know that the creation of these high-level evil creatures requires not only the exquisite skills of crafting advanced magical items, but also the ritual of summoning the power of evil gods. Both are indispensable, and even in the entire world of Palladia, there are not many high-level evil creatures.