Star Forge Titan

Kayon Paulus, what role did you play in this matter?

Being talked about, Khayang couldn't help but sneeze, which made the lady sitting opposite him frown.

At this moment, the two were sitting in a cafe on the corner of the street. The cold winter made the business of this store not very good, and there were only a few scattered customers in various corners of the store.

Ka Yang was wearing a white shirt and a black suit, with a thick coat casually draped over the back of the chair behind him. His dry yellow hair was not as messy as a bird's nest as usual, but was instead slicked back with plenty of hair oil, making him look like the kind of aristocratic young man you could see everywhere.

The lady sitting opposite her had long curly chestnut hair and a black windbreaker casually draped over her shoulders, with a white shirt with lace at the collar underneath. Her long legs in tight pencil pants were crossed in front of her, and she wore a pair of Lind's popular sunglasses on her face, looking like a rich lady who had dressed up as a man and gone out for a trip.

"In other words, you believe that your mentor Lucius has defected to the evil god of deep hell, which will lead to unrest in Elrond, so you hope to get our protection." The visitor asked indifferently in Huma language without any accent.

"Yes, for this I am willing to provide the latest news on Elrond's School of Undead." Khayon smiled and tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers.

"For example..." the strange woman followed up on his words and asked.

"An Apocalypse-class Undead Colossus." Khayon uttered the words in a calm tone that made everyone in the cafe hold their breath.

"How could a low-level mage like you have access to that kind of information!" The strange woman lowered her sunglasses slightly, revealing a pair of eyes with strange different colors.

But then she frowned slightly because she didn't see any sign of hesitation or nervousness in the other person.

"My mentor is an extremely arrogant person, so he never looks at an apprentice like me who is of low ability in the eye. Therefore, he will not deliberately hide his emotions in front of me." Khayang picked up a silver spoon with a tulip carved on the end and slowly stirred the black liquid in the coffee cup in front of him.

"I know he's been trying to find clues related to the ancient giants, trying to create an apocalypse machine undead colossus that can significantly increase combat power."

"Some time ago, the instructor suddenly became particularly cheerful, apparently having made some progress. Since then, the magical materials stored in the Mage Tower have been transferred in large quantities to the Grand Mage's Laboratory."

He stopped what he was doing and looked at the vortex created by the rotation of the coffee in the cup, with a strange smile on his face.

"If this doesn't give you any clues, I probably shouldn't be a mage anymore. Feeding pigs would be a better career choice."

The woman was silent for a moment, her breathing becoming a little rapid.

"I need to confirm the authenticity of this information. I can't give you a definite answer before then."

"Of course, but, Miss Boshia, I wonder if the books I asked you to collect last time are..." Ka Yang changed the subject.

"That's not a problem. It's just that you, a necromancer from Elrond, why would you be interested in Lind's magical technology?" The strange woman called Miss Boshia asked curiously.

"Is this also part of the recruitment test?" Ka Yang rolled his eyes and asked in a strange tone.

"No, it's just my personal curiosity." Boshia shook his head.

"Of course it's just the mage's instinctive pursuit of knowledge. There's nothing too strange about it." Khayon spread his hands with a very calm look.

But Boxia knew that the young man in front of him was a villain who was as accustomed to lying as eating and drinking water.

You can only believe half of what he says.

"Okay, it seems I was overthinking it." Boxia raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Then, a middle-aged man sitting in the corner who seemed to have nothing to do with the two of them brought in a small box filled with various books and magazines from Lind.

"These are basically the only books on magical theory available on the market. There are also a few magazines that promote magical technology."

"Oh, that's great." Khayon took the box and pretended to almost fall to the ground, as if he wanted to write the words "I am a weak mage" on his forehead.

“…” Bo Xia was speechless for a while.

"Forget it, you can use this thing for self-defense, or study it. Just think of it as an extra gift." As she said this, she placed a steampunk-style pistol on the table.

"The Genoa Chamber of Commerce can even get something like this?" Ka Yang picked up the pistol in surprise and put his eyes close to the muzzle to look inside.

"...Forget it, I'd better find an opportunity to ask someone to teach you how to use this thing." Bo Xia's expression froze, and then he held his forehead helplessly.

"Then I will accept it with shame." Ka Yang put away the pistol with a smile.

Outside the cafe, cold rain gradually began to fall from the sky.

City of Tears - Avonmore was once again shrouded in rain.

Everything was covered in the sound of fine rain.

Chapter 40: Double Gun Night Party

A gull from the north flew through the rain and landed in Schönbrunn Palace.

This modified creature has some life lines from swifts, seagulls and squirrels, and can fly at high speeds and withstand cold and wind.

Even in narrow environments where they cannot fly, they can use their powerful legs that are good at running and climbing to move quickly and pass through narrow areas in this way.

This bird is usually used as a carrier pigeon by the nobles of Elrond. The reason why ordinary carrier pigeons are not used is that in the complex and harsh environment of the wild in Elrond, ordinary carrier pigeons with limited survival ability will only become snacks in the mouths of other animals.

"Thank you for your hard work, little bird." Ashram, dressed in black and armor, caught the tired gray bird and took out a rolled-up secret letter from the cylindrical waterproof mailbox behind it.

"Go and have a rest." The leader of the black knights raised his hand and sent the gulls away. They spread their wings again and flew to the Feather Nest Tower in Schönbrunn Palace, which was a residence specially prepared for them.

After spreading out the secret letter and taking a look at it, Ashram's brows gradually frowned, and his originally calm face showed a rare hint of surprise.

"Tataf, the child brought by little Frey seems to be more extraordinary than imagined." After putting away the secret letter, the leader of the black knights quickly crossed the palace and came to the devil's private study.

"Is there something wrong? Ashram." Because his daughter returned safely, Gustav was in a much better mood than usual, so much so that the sick look on his face became much lighter.

"Didn't you ask me to investigate the young man's past? A messenger gull just returned from the north." Ashram flicked the secret letter in his hand.

"Oh? Are there any noteworthy findings?" Gustav sat up straight with an interested look on his face.

"It's totally unexpected." Ashram handed the secret letter to the Demon King.

Gustav quickly glanced through the secret letter, and his expression became surprised, just like Ashram's just now.

"How is it related to those icy-faced people in the Church of the God of Wisdom?" Because it was a private matter, His Majesty the Demon King was not as formal as he was in formal occasions.

"Yeah, but don't call the Paladins of the Church of the God of Wisdom that outside, even though they do have icy faces all day long." Ashram shrugged.

"Ha, you don't need to remind me of this. When it comes to rudeness, even I, the Demon King, have to admit defeat." Gustav snorted.

"That's not true," Ashram admitted without hesitation.

"But Alpha-level alert..." The Demon King's expression gradually became serious.

The Church of the God of Wisdom is a very ancient church whose members are mostly scholars and alchemists, and their holy emblem is also an open book.

The emblem of the Paladin of the Church of the God of Wisdom is different from the ordinary holy emblem. It has a long sword standing upright in front of a book, which means that wisdom and knowledge are protected by a sharp sword, so they are also called Guardians of Knowledge.

Those paladins with special appearances, white hair and red eyes always have expressionless faces when they appear, so Ashram and Gustav call them Ice Faces.

According to uncertain rumors, the Paladins of the God of Wisdom are actually all artificial humans created using extreme alchemy, which is why they always have expressionless faces and are not afraid of any danger when performing their missions.

In the past of the world of Palladia, there was a lot of dangerous forbidden knowledge. If that knowledge was spread arbitrarily, it would likely cause very bad consequences. This has happened many times in history, so various countries reached an agreement with the Church of the God of Wisdom, and they were specifically responsible for containing and sealing that ancient and dangerous forbidden knowledge.

Because of an ancient agreement, the Church of the God of Wisdom can send teams of Paladins into various countries to carry out missions as long as the purpose is to collect forbidden knowledge, but they must also abide by the three principles of non-interference, non-interference, and non-involvement in local daily government affairs.

According to the contents of the secret letter, a team of high-level Paladins belonging to the God of Wisdom quickly penetrated into the ice field after the end of the white tide this year. The other three regular Paladin teams that arrived at the same time as them blocked all the main roads leading to the depths of the northern ice field.

What is most shocking is that the Church of the God of Wisdom actually claimed that there were signs of an Alpha-level alert event inside the ice field.

Within the church, they divide warning events regarding forbidden knowledge into three levels: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.

If it is just forbidden knowledge about general evil spells or dangerous rituals, it is probably not even considered a third-level, gamma-level warning event, so the Church of the God of Wisdom usually does not care about ordinary magical events.

Only events like magically conjured plagues or other mass destruction-capable events would be classified as Gamma-level. Knowledge of that threat level would at least be associated with a Level 2 Limited Forbidden Spell. Forbidden knowledge involving evil gods, regardless of scale, would be classified as at least a Beta-level alert event.

Even in the long history of civilization, there are only a handful of true Alpha-level alert events. Apart from those in the know within the church, the outside world is not even clear about the definite classification rules.

The only thing that is certain is that if this incident is not handled properly, it will inevitably affect a large area or even the entire country.

For example, three hundred years ago, someone in the eastern part of Linde tried to use a new method of sacrifice to summon the demon under the evil god. If it succeeded, it would inevitably lead to half of the country being involved in a terrible demonic disaster.

Considering the horrific records in history, several northern lords around did not dare to act on their own, while the lurking royal spies quietly took action after receiving the secret letter from Evenmore.

And then...then they were politely escorted out of the country by the paladins of the Church of the God of Wisdom.

However, the spies were not completely unsuccessful. Through information obtained from ordinary merchants and residents of the North, they learned that the eldest princess Afrediya had been close to the blocked area.

Then, the young man of unknown origin began to act with her until they returned to the capital, Avonmore.

The spies did not find much information about the other party's identity and origin.

After all, there are too many barbarian tribes in the northern ice fields, and many of them meet the relevant characteristics of being exceptionally tall.

You know, that was once the location of the legendary giant kingdom, so many northern barbarians have more or less giant blood, and they are naturally taller and stronger than ordinary humans.

"Giant species? The probability of a complete species appearing among their descendants is indeed higher than that of ordinary humans, but not necessarily much higher, right?" Gustav thought carefully, but still felt that this reason could not explain the doubts about Ivan.

"He's from the North, so he's most likely not a Linde spy. Don't forget, we've been deceived before. Those stubborn barbarians hate the Linde people even more than we do. Or do you think that young man is related to the Alpha-level incident? Impossible, right?" Ashram said half-jokingly.

Then, he was surprised to see that Gustav actually nodded slowly.

"Wait, are you kidding?" The Black Knight leader showed a rare look of hesitation.

"You don't know what the fifth level represents. It's a complete seed. When he grows up completely, he can do what those great demons under the evil god can do. He can also do what those great demons cannot do!" Gustav said slowly.

“…” Ashram remained silent for a long time.

The two exchanged glances, their thoughts unspoken. How on earth had Afrediya found such a person...

However, what even the Demon King and his Black Knight leader did not know was that the events that happened on the northern ice field resulted in the realm level within the Church of the God of Wisdom not being Alpha, but another higher level that had never been made public - Omega!

As for those involved in the Omega-level alert incident, they were looking up at the sky with a calm yet helpless expression.

There is not enough mission intelligence, Alvin sighed in his heart.

If he landed in Lind after traveling through time, then with his familiarity with the game tasks, he could reach level three within three months, level four within a year, and the edge of level five within three years. In the meantime, he could also find and collect a full set of weapons and equipment as well as amulet accessories that meet the combat power of level one to four extraordinary people.

But before the story begins, Elrond is an almost completely unfamiliar area for Ivan. The various hidden tasks in it need to be rediscovered, and it is impossible to use the rocket leveling method to quickly reach a higher level.

However, at this beginning, although there are still many confusing points that need to be explored, the basic part has been made extremely solid through the secret rituals of spell transformation. It even relies on an overly special racial template to reflect some characteristics of the subsequent stages in the first stage, which is what the Demon King Gustav calls the perfect seed.

But looking at this point, it is really a waste to apply the racial template of Titan bloodline to ordinary players at the beginning.

I can only say that there are pros and cons.

Right now, the biggest problem is how to effectively change the future after being involved in the dispute among the upper echelons of Elrond and avoid the occurrence of the Skeleton Frenzy, a disaster that swept across the entire continent.

Not to mention that a disaster of that magnitude would indiscriminately endanger everyone's lives, and he himself hated those stinking cultists. Furthermore, if he couldn't act according to his own heart after traveling through time, he would be too weak.

After returning to the palace, Afrediya quickly went to discuss with other members of the Reformist Party how to deal with Julius' assassination.

She realized that there was a conspiracy, and she absolutely did not want the young people within the reformist faction to blindly clash with the traditional aristocrats because of a momentary anger. That would only make the hidden mastermind applaud.

As for Alvin, he actually already had some guesses in his mind, but he still needed to make some preparations before taking action.

Through Afrediya, Alvin borrowed the alchemy laboratory in Schönbrunn Palace. Although alchemy was not well developed in Elrond, the Schönbrunn Palace, as a royal palace, had a high-end alchemy laboratory that met mainstream standards.

Walking into the laboratory, Alvin frowned quickly, then gradually relaxed.

At first, he was troubled by the fact that all the tools inside were old-fashioned products from decades ago. But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that it was the end of 1885 in the new calendar and these tools were completely in line with the current mainstream level, so he felt relieved.

Moreover, as an alchemy laboratory prepared for members of the royal family, its biggest advantage is that there is a sufficient supply of materials.

Complete-grade gemstones are stored almost drawer by drawer in the material cabinet. As for the inert magic metal and the pro-magic metal with opposite properties, they are melted into standard-sized metal ingots and placed in piles in the warehouse.

"Alchemy will make three generations poor, and engineering will ruin your life." Alvin muttered.

"It doesn't seem to be entirely true..." While secretly sighing at the rich man, he also began to think about the equipment he needed to prepare.

It's embarrassing to say that I haven't leveled up or collected any equipment since I traveled through time. I have actually pushed the plot to this point with a naked character who lacks both equipment and levels.

I can only say that the racial talents of the Titan bloodline are really amazing. Without any skills or strategies, they can reach this level just by relying on their talents.

But humans are, after all, intelligent creatures who can use tools. Even if we have to rush in recklessly, we have to rush in intelligently, and we can't be without equipment!

Picking up a piece of inert magic metal, Alvin did not activate the instrument beside him. A dark golden light rose directly from his hand and enveloped it.

The original magic power rushed through the boy's bones and blood vessels like a mighty river. The power of [Core·Reshaping the World] acted on the inert magic metal that originally resisted magic power. While rapidly consuming magic power, it also allowed this piece of metal that was difficult to shape with conventional methods to change shape freely like plasticine.

"It's great that my memory has improved. In the past, I couldn't memorize the entire set of blueprints designed by those modelers, even if it was just the simpler equipment." A smile appeared on Ivan's lips, recalling the happy memories with his guild friends, uh, excluding the parts with explosions.

The inert metal first turned into a long gun barrel, and then gradually formed into various parts.

In the end, when Alvin consumed more than 600 points of raw magic, the desktop was already occupied by complex parts.

"Huh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... Well, there are no missing parts. It seems that my craftsmanship is still good." After confirming that the parts are in accordance with the markings and there are no missing parts, Alvin breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed an expression of some regret.

Unfortunately, his alchemy skills in the game were mainly focused on battlefield maintenance, and his understanding of several key technologies of Lind's magic technology, such as the magic engine, was very limited.

Otherwise, with the overabundant material reserves here and the Titan bloodline's even more extreme core talents, he could have performed a hand-made armor show on the spot, and put together a set of Linde's early G series magic weapon - G105 Assault Power Armor.

Speaking of which, that was also the first set of power armor he obtained after he changed his job to Engineering Knight. Although the technology was limited and the performance was average, it was full of emotions.

While reminiscing about the past, Alvin did not stop working.

The parts made of the strong and inert metal of corroded iron were quickly assembled together, and a square, sturdy and strong hand cannon with no consideration for aesthetic elements gradually took shape.

When the main parts that made up the gun body were assembled, Alvin used a magic-friendly metal with excellent magic conductivity to make the trigger and firing pin. This time, the magic power consumed was even less than changing ordinary metals. He realized some of the characteristics of [Reshaping the World] with a glance.