382 Count Vlad (1/2)
Chapter 382: Count Vlad
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
The dwarves had never seen anything like that before. The scene had exceeded their ultimate imagination.
The tall buildings made them feel so small, and the star-light lights made the city look even bigger and more splendid. The civilization that the city belonged to was way more advanced than Steam Civilization.
The dwarves felt that they were facing the boundless starry sky. They were deeply shocked by how insignificant and tiny they were.
This was the power of civilization.
After a while, the elder finally sobered up and kneeled down on the ground, prostrating, although the sand was still very hot.
”Our almighty God of Steam! Your kingdom is the domain where all the gods live. Your kingdom shows the ultimate power of steam!”
Hearing the elder's prayer, the dwarves also kneeled down in an extremely devout manner, facing the city,
”Your blessing is as vast as the ocean; your stateliness is as solemn as the great mountain.”
The solemn voice arrived again, ”My name shall not be revealed to the heretics.”
It took the elder a second to comprehend the words and then he quickly repeated leading the rest of the dwarves, ”The name of Master shall not be revealed to the heretics.”
The solemn voice continued, ”Traitors will all be devoured by steam.”
The dwarves followed, ”Anyone who betrays us will be devoured by steam.”
The voice became ethereal, ”Be my people. Be my willing servants. No more slavery.”
The dwarves answered together, ”Your glory above!”
The voice slowly disappeared in the air. At this time, Harold saw the city swelling in front of them and then turned into bubbles and pieces of shadow.
In the bubbles and pieces of shadow, the strange vehicles became bigger and the inner complex structure was completely revealed, including the pistons and bearings, as well as the mysterious patterns, which were totally different from that of Steam Civilization. In the bubbles and pieces of shadow, the strange metal bird also went transparent, and its structure, wires, and gears were also revealed.
In the bubbles and pieces of shadow, the structures of the tall buildings, factories, chimneys, and the land bridges were all shown to the dwarves.
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Feeling extremely dizzy, the dwarves felt that their head was going to explode since what they were looking at had gone way beyond their comprehension.
The bubbles and pieces of shadow surrounded them, and the entire world started to ripple and fall into parts.
”I have shown you what you want, and for the rest of it, you have to find it yourself using persistence, courage, and bravery.” This was the last message left by the solemn voice.
The elder still remembered to pray despite the great dizziness, ”Respected be your name. Follow your path. We shall build up your kingdom on the ground!”
The desert had completely disappeared. The space started swirling, and the dwarves passed out. After a long time, when they slowly woke up, they found themselves lying on the ground of the familiar underground cave.
”What happened?” Facing the altar, the elder felt that he was still in a dream.
Looking at the thick book in his head, Harold was confused. He had just learned how to read after the elder for two years, and therefore, it took him some time to recognize the words on the surface of the book - Elementary Mechanical Forging.
”It was real! God of Steam saved us!” Harold blurted out excitedly.
The rest of the dwarves also noticed the book. They started to cry since they finally saw hope for the first time.
At this time, all the memory came back to them:
The dwarf rebellion force found the secret cave where the Civilization of Steam used to pray to God by chance, and thus they settled down to hide here. Also, they carried on the tradition to pray to God. Today, they were attacked by the vampires and many died in the bitter fight.
When the great desperation seized them, the dwarves' God saved them from the vampires and led them to an underground palace where the dwarves' frescos were everywhere. When they pushed open the gate of the palace, they saw the miracle city—Atlantis, their God's kingdom!
The Elder sighed when his memory was still in a chaos, ”So the underground palace, frescos, desert, oasis, and Atlantis… They are not real. The God of Steam made our soul see them…”
In the chaos, most of the people who more or less knew about magic would guess that their memory had been modified, but the dwarves were different. They believed that what happened was a miracle revealed by their God, and therefore, they saw nothing wrong with it.