Volume 2: Empire Chapter 207 The First Apostle
Luke performed Storm Barbarian magical transformations on the four Stone Barbarians as agreed. The barbarians who came to watch quickly spread the news of this powerful barbarian transformation throughout the Holy Mountain.
On the night of his transformation, Storm Nachhar was taken to the Duke's Castle by his father to demonstrate his ability to control storms with force to the Celtic Duke.
The Storm Barbarians made Luke's fame sweep across the entire Holy Mountain again. Not only did the humans revere him, but now the barbarians were also thinking about how to please Luke in order to gain the power of the storm.
Luke rejected all invitations from the barbarian nobles and only trained with the Stone Barbarians in the training ground of Fecochik's house every day. He also selected three or five Stone Barbarians to transform them into Storm Barbarians.
A few days passed, and the day of the strongman final match in the Duke's Castle was getting closer. The Duke's Castle did not show much reaction to the appearance of the Storm Barbarian, but Storm Naqihar had not come out since entering the Duke's Castle, probably because he was undergoing various tests.
To determine how much Storming can improve the Barbarian's strength?
Are there any side effects?
Is it a temporary enchantment or a permanent enchantment?
It also needs to be compared horizontally with the Bloodsworn Barbarians of the Abyss Temple.
All of this was within Luke's expectations. He believed that the Storm Barbarians were tough as nails and that no matter how patient some of them were, there would come a time when they could no longer endure.
As the day of the competition approached, Luke disguised himself as usual and went to the Black Magic Potion Shop to gather intelligence.
Although there was no explosive news from the intelligence gathering over the past few days, it did allow Luke to have a certain understanding of the situation inside the Abyss Temple.
As Baron Sergei said, the three remaining apostles have reached a certain reconciliation, and there have been no new prisoners in the temple prison for three days. It seems that the day of the abyss is very close, and the apostles have no leisure to continue to attack each other .
Although no new prisoners were added to the prison, the Abyss Temple has now almost become a monster lair.
Many Abyss Mages would suddenly go mad for no apparent reason, and then their bodies would quickly transform into horrific monsters. Some of them completely lost their minds and were killed and incinerated; others, like the Eye of True Vision, retained their minds and accepted their Abyssal transformation without resistance.
The wizard was very scared, he could already feel his body changing. He was worried that he would turn into a monster at any time, so he prayed that the imperial agents could rescue him as soon as possible.
In order to demonstrate his own value, the wizard took a great risk and got a piece of news.
The apostles are going to use this abyss to create a batch of abyss weapons. These abyss weapons will be sent to various important cities in the empire for deployment. Once these abyss weapons are activated, a large number of civilians will be contaminated by the abyss and transformed into monsters.
"I know where these Abyssal weapons are manufactured. Save me and I'll tell you!"
Is this going to be a biochemical crisis?
A densely populated city like Nutao City is really afraid of this kind of pollution-spreading attack on civilians. As the fighting becomes more and more intense and more advanced, Nutao City must prepare in advance to form a department that specializes in dealing with such attacks.
Now, in order to find out the manufacturing point of the abyss weapons, the wizard must be rescued as soon as possible.
It seems that we have to use the power of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the Holy Mountain.
Luke asked the man with the pimple face to tell the wizard that the imperial spies would organize a rescue for him in the near future and told him to be ready to escape from prison at any time.
After pacifying the wizard, Luke left the Black Potion Workshop, put on the robe of the Abyss Wizard, and went to the Abyss Temple.
Now the Eye of True Vision at the entrance of the temple no longer poses much trouble to Luke. Egbert's transformation into the abyss is obvious to all. He is getting closer and closer to the appearance of an apostle, and it seems that he can be transformed into a true abyss apostle when the abyss comes.
An Apostle of the Abyss is not someone that can be offended by the Eye of True Vision who can only guard the gate.
At this time, Luke's body has a certain resistance to the abyss energy. If he stays there for a little longer, he will not be eroded by too much abyss energy. After returning, he can clear out the abyss energy that has penetrated in and purify his body and energy.
But this time when he met Egbert, he did not study the Nirvana Egg. Instead, after looking at Luke for a long time, he said, "The First Apostle Victor wants to see you."
This was within Luke's expectations, but he still showed surprise: "Why? I was summoned by Apostle Victor!"
Egbert said with a slightly jealous tone: "It should be related . The Blood Oath Barbarians developed by the Abyss Temple have been unable to increase production due to the restrictions of the production of mysterious props.
You can actually use magic to transform and create Storm Barbarians whose combat power is no less than that of Bloodsworn Barbarians. Lord Victor admires you very much.
Don't waste time, the abyss is about to fall, and the apostles' time is very precious.
Come with me! "
"Yes, Priest Egbert."
Luke followed Egbert into the core area of the Abyss Temple. There were only a few Abyss wizards who still maintained their human form here. On the way, they passed by many strange-looking Abyss servants, as if they had entered a monster park.
As he went deeper, the concentration of the abyss energy became higher and higher. If it was a few days ago, Luke would never dare to enter an area with such a concentration. He adjusted his breathing, using his own energy to resist the erosion of the abyss energy, and the cool feeling between his eyebrows became clearer.
It was Qingkong who also came to help.
Luke strode forward, like a devout abyss wizard, calmly accepting the transformation of the abyss.
Egbert brought Luke into the study of the first apostle Victor. As a former professor at Oulu College, Victor still retained his previous love for academics even after becoming an apostle of the abyss.
Luke only took a quick glance at the books on the bookshelf and knew that there were not only books on the esoteric arts, but also books on magic, alchemy, steam, mechanics, history, geography, antiquity... It was truly all-encompassing, covering all disciplines.
Of course, I also met the first apostle Victor, whom I had seen many times in the game.
His skin was dry, his head was hairless, and his eyes were like blood-red rubies, glowing with an eerie red light that made people shudder. But even with this appearance, Victor still had a very strong scholarly temperament.
He sat there, holding a thick book in one hand and taking notes with a quill pen in the other.
Victor quickly wrote his thoughts on the book, and when he finished writing a paragraph, he used magic to make the ink dry quickly, and then closed the book. The book flew up under his control, flew to the bookshelf and stuffed it into the place where it was supposed to be.
"I can feel the look in your eyes when you observe my bookshelf..." Victor looked up at Luke with admiration on his face: "Unlike those ignorant people, there are many books here that you have read, and you have a deep understanding of these books."
Luke saluted Victor and said, "Master Apostle! I am an adventurer. I will encounter all kinds of unexpected dangers. Only if I have enough knowledge can I use it when needed.
So after an adventure, I try to read some books during my rest time to prepare for the next adventure."
"Please sit down!" Victor invited Luke to sit down, not treating him as a backup abyss mage.
This inevitably aroused some jealousy from Priest Egbert.
"Thanks."
Luke sat down opposite Victor's desk. The desk was very clean and everything was arranged in an orderly manner.
After observing Luke for a while, Victor asked, "Are you from Raging Waves City?"
"Yes, Raging Waves City is a very convenient city. There are many commissions from all over the world. Whether it is for work or rest, Raging Waves City is the best choice."
Talking about the City of Raging Waves, Victor couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't been back to the City of Raging Waves for more than a hundred years. It carries too many memories of mine, both good and bad.
At that time, Nutao City was just a decent port city, but now it is almost the world's trade center."
Luke said: "Raging Waves City is located on the world's busiest sea area and has an excellent port. Industrialization has shifted world trade from land to sea, and the Empire has implemented another set of policies in Raging Waves City, giving new nobles greater freedom and allowing them to compete with their counterparts in other countries.
The right time, right place and right people have shaped the current Nutao City."
Victor laughed loudly: "You are the first person I have ever seen who can use such simple sentences to clearly explain the truth about the rise of Raging Wave City.
Let's not talk about the Storm City, there are too many things to talk about. I invited you here this time just because I want to learn more about the Storm Barbarians.
Is it a magical modification you developed?"
"Of course not!" Luke knew that Victor was a knowledgeable man, and he must have seen that there was a big project behind the Storm Barbarians, and it was not something that an adventurer could develop casually. He said: "This is the magic transformation technology I obtained during an adventure. According to the limited information I know, the Storm Barbarians' magic transformation technology appeared during the ancient war period.
A group of magicians who were hiding from the war moved to the Tedejia Hills and established a magic secret house in the Hebigan Mountains in the south of the Tedejia Hills. They were afraid that the war would also affect the Tedejia Hills, so they concentrated their efforts on developing a kind of magic-transformed barbarians to protect the secret house.
This is how Storm Barbarians were developed.
Unfortunately, there was an internal conflict in the Magic House, and several magicians fled the Tedega Hills with the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, so the Storm Barbarians did not appear widely in the ancient wars. "
Most of what Luke said was true. There was indeed a site of a magic secret house in the dense forest in the south of the Tedega Hills, which was also destroyed by a magic attack. Archaeological discoveries of the magic secret house showed that the magicians who once lived here really conducted research on the magic transformation of barbarians.
The Temple of the Abyss has excavated this magical secret house many times and found many skeletons left behind by barbarians who had failed magical transformations.
It is reasonable and unverifiable for Luke to push the Storm Barbarians' magic transformation technology to this long-defunct magic secret house.
In fact, Apostle Victor had already connected the Storm Barbarians with that magical secret house. After all, an adventurer alone did not have the ability to develop the Storm Barbarians, and such development required a large number of barbarians to be consumed in the experiment.
Therefore, the development of Storm Barbarians can only be carried out in the Tedegar Hills.
If the Storm Barbarians were developed in modern times, the barbarians of Tedega Hills would not have been unaware of them. The Storm Barbarians could only have been developed during the chaotic wars of ancient times, and that magic secret house was the most accurate source.
Apostle Victor nodded and said, “I know the secrets there, and I have led the Abyss Mages to conduct many excavations. The magical knowledge left there is amazing, and some of it is very advanced even in modern times.
Ancient wars destroyed too many precious things and set the progress of civilization back thousands of years.
You should know how valuable the Storm Barbarians are to the Tedegar Hills and what you plan to do with them."
Luke didn't think too much and replied, "The Storm Barbarian Magic Transformation Technology is useless to me. This is what I gained through adventure. Since it was gained through adventure, of course I will sell it for a good price."
Hearing that Luke was going to sell the Storm Barbarian magic transformation technology, Apostle Victor smiled and said, "I want the Storm Barbarian transformation technology! How much? You can name your price."
Luke did not make an offer, but said: "If I sell the Storm Barbarian transformation technology to the Abyss Temple, the Celtic Duke will also want to buy it in the final match of the Hercules tomorrow...
Should I sell it? Or should I not sell it? "
Victor said, "I will give you a price that will allow the Abyss Temple to have exclusive access to this technology."
Luke replied: "I'm afraid the Duke of Celtic also wants to monopolize this technology. The Abyss Temple and the Duke's Castle are not something a small adventurer like me can afford to offend. I don't want to modify the technology for a storm barbarian and end up unable to leave the Holy Mountain."
Seeing that Luke was unwilling to hand over the Storm Barbarian transformation technology now, Apostle Victor threatened: "Are you not afraid that you will not be able to leave the Abyss Temple today?"
Facing the pressure, Luke said unaffectedly: "Apostle Victor, I am an adventurer, a very good adventurer. I have made adequate preparations for every step I take, so I can survive until now.
Tomorrow's game is very, very important. The Celtic Duke doesn't want me to win, so he doesn't dare to kill me directly. If I die here, or even disappear after entering the Abyss Temple, you will have to face the Celtic Duke who has not obtained the Storm Barbarian transformation technology and the entire angry Tedejia Hills people. "
Luke's words weakened Victor's momentum a lot.
In the Tedega Hills, the Abyss Temple has always been a guest living under someone else's roof, not to mention that the power of the temple is no longer what it used to be, and it cannot do without the protection of the Celtic Duke.
If the Abyss Temple had exclusive access to the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, it could use it to bargain with the Celtic Duke. If Luke was killed in order to prevent the Celtic Duke from obtaining the Storm Barbarian transformation technology, it would really anger the Duke.
And tomorrow is the day when the final battle of the strongman will be held in the Duke's Castle. The human race of the entire Tedejia Hills is paying attention to this game. If Luke dies or disappears in the Abyss Temple, it will anger both the barbarians and the human race of Tedejia Hills.
Victor retracted all his outward momentum and said, "What price do I have to pay for you to let me have exclusive access to the Storm Barbarian transformation technology?"
