Chapter 176 Victory at the Rules Level
The stairs inside the Torch Tower of the Holy White Council are quite steep, but Shen Mu was still able to reach the top of the tower via the spiral staircase.
There are four or five Rhodok sniper crossbowmen standing by, each holding a sniper crossbow in their hands, with an air of keeping away strangers and looking at them eagerly.
Of course, when they saw that it was Shen Mu who came up, these Rhodok sniper crossbowmen put away their sniper crossbows, bowed respectfully and said hello: "Hello, Lord Shen Mu."
"Yeah." Shen Mu just nodded as a response.
Then we came directly to the middle of the top of the torch tower, next to a huge brazier, and a pulpit made of white marble.
Shen Mu walked over and gently stroked the array pattern on the pulpit that was composed of various mysterious lines.
It extends all the way to the entire brazier, and even to the top of the torch tower surrounding the brazier, and even to the walls of the entire torch tower and the walls of the library and warehouse below.
It formed an array pattern that seemed like a whole.
and this.
It is the torch tower of the Holy White Council, which can radiate within a radius of several kilometers, dispel all darkness, weaken all evil, and bring light to people, which is a vital effect!
"Light the brazier." At this time, Shen Mu spoke slowly.
"Understood." Right beside him, the Rhodok sniper crossbowman stationed here put the sniper heavy crossbow in his hand on the belt behind him without any hesitation, then bent down and brought a pile of straw from the corner of the wall to spread on the bottom, and at the same time brought small wooden strips to spread on top, and finally placed some thumb-sized wooden strips.
But just when these Rhodok sniper crossbowmen were about to take out the flint from their leather bags and plan to burn the straw and thin wood.
Behind him, the Aidengard believers came forward and said, "There's no need to light the fire so slowly."
"What?" The Rhodok sniper crossbowman was slightly stunned after rubbing the flint twice and producing some sparks but failing to ignite the straw.
At the same time, around them, James, Manid and Torres who had come up also looked slightly stunned.
I don’t understand why the captain of the devout believers suddenly took a step forward and came to the brazier.
Only Shen Mu was slightly stunned, and then he understood.
So he nodded and said, "Very good. If you are sure, then light all the flames in this brazier in the shortest possible time. Be careful and safe."
"Understood." The captain of the devout believers smiled with great confidence, then raised the vine staff in his hand and pointed it at the brazier.
"Sun Ray!"
Then, a hint of white light appeared in the eyes of the captain of the devout believers, and as he shouted softly, a blazing white light shot out from his staff and into the brazier.
'Whoosh whoosh!'
The thumb-sized wooden strips in the brazier, as well as many fine wooden strips that looked like tooth cores, and the wheat straw laid underneath, were hit by the white light and began to burn with a whoosh.
The entire brazier, which was about one meter in diameter, and all the wheat straw, wood chips and strips inside it suddenly caught fire.
"Is this the power of magic?"
"They actually set all these wooden sticks in the brazier, which needed to be struck with flint for a long time before they could be ignited, on fire!?"
"This power seems to be able to burn through even leather armor!"
Immediately, the surrounding Rhodok sniper crossbowmen, the Holy Tree Knights, and the Swadian sergeants all showed shocked looks in their eyes.
Before, they had never seen the power of so-called spells and magic.
Their thinking all comes from the world of fictional history.
There is not so much thought about these supernatural powers.
But now, when they actually saw the magic used by these Aidengard believers, they directly ignited all the flammable materials in the brazier and started a fierce fire.
I was really shocked inside.
Especially the Rhodok sniper crossbowmen, after all, they are also the representatives of long-range shooters. Now seeing these spellcasters easily raising their staffs to release the extremely powerful so-called Yangyan Rays, the shock in their hearts is simply beyond words.
Also shocked were the Holy Tree Knights who came from the low magic world and had seen the concept of magic in legends.
At this moment, behind Shen Mu, the winners and losers actually looked at each other and saw each other's surprise and some speculation in their eyes.
"This magical power seems to have been mentioned by our mysterious guests."
"Yes, I once followed the old leader to welcome those mysterious guests. Those mysterious guests also said that they mastered mysterious magic. If we get their approval, they will teach us, the members of the Holy Tree Knights."
"And those guests also said that in the continent of Pendor, there are actually some terrifying forces from demons or devils hiding behind the scenes, and they also control similar evil forces."
The Holy Tree Knights were whispering to each other.
However, after seeing the power released by this Aidengard believer, which did not arouse their inner vigilance, and paying attention to the Holy Tree Knight suit mixed with mithril on his body, they also understood that these all represented the companions of justice and the power of light.
Just as they had heard these devout believers say before, they represented the so-called forces of light and were the side of justice, which was absolutely incompatible with evil and darkness.
So now they don't have much rejection or fear of the spells cast by these devout believers, but only implicit awe and envy.
Of course, those Swadian soldiers still looked quite shocked.
After all, they, like the Rhodok sniper crossbowmen, come from a fictional historical world.
"Lord Shen Mu, the brazier has been lit." At this time, the captain of the Aidengard believers raised his lips slightly, and bowed to Shen Mu again with a smile.
He seemed quite proud at this time.
After all, this was the spell of Yangyan Ray that he released.
"Yeah, very good." Shen Mu also nodded, expressing his praise and compliments to him.
At the same time, looking at the straw and small wood strips that had begun to burn fiercely in the brazier, he turned his head and continued, "Continue to add wood to make the flames in the brazier more vigorous."
"Understood." Without any hesitation, the Rhodok sniper crossbowman immediately took out the wood that had been chopped and stacked in bundles as long as his forearm and threw it into the brazier very quickly.
Then with a "whoosh" sound, the flames swayed, and even more intense and fierce flames began to rise.
The temperature at the top of the entire torch tower began to rise, and some sweat appeared on everyone's faces.
However, as the flame burned vigorously in the brazier, subtle changes began to appear in the entire torch tower.
The main changes come from the array patterns that already exist in the torch tower.
It was as if all these magic arrays began to be activated.
It seems that all kinds of righteous forces were embedded in the torch tower when it was first built, ready to be unleashed at any time.
A kind of revival and a burst of excitement began.
But all this was at a critical point and did not happen.
It was as if the critical moment had arrived.
It lacks the final sensitive stimulation before it erupts.
"Mana scroll."
At this time, Shen Mu seemed to have telepathic connection with his thoughts and took out a light blue scroll from the wooden box next to him. It was made of fine linen and special sheepskin and was carefully crafted.
Slowly held it in the palm of his hand.
Then I saw that a wisp of heat had already begun to appear on the surface of the podium due to the raging fire burning in the brazier, and the surface was emitting waves of heat as if it were an iron plate.
Right on the table, mysterious runes began to appear, and as the fire burned, a little white light appeared.
It is exactly the same as when the scroll is opened and laid flat on top.
"Perhaps the mana hub of this building needs to be infused with mana before it can be activated." The captain of the Aidengard believers spoke at this time.
He is reminding you.
Of course Shen Mu also understood this. "Yeah."
Shen Mu responded, then picked up the magic scroll and slowly placed it on the pulpit that was still emitting a faint heat.
"Buzz!" Immediately, something strange happened!
As the mana scroll was just printed on the pulpit, the mana that was still faintly overflowing from the gap seemed to have found an outlet and directly spread towards the mysterious formation of the pulpit.
Then, on the entire formation pattern of the lecture platform, wisps of white magic power began to flow.
He then directly opened the scroll that was originally tied with a thin silk ribbon as if he was controlling a pair of invisible big hands.
Then he unfolded the light blue scroll completely and placed it on the pulpit.
The contents of the scroll, densely packed with various mysterious runes, were completely displayed in front of Shen Mu.
'Om! '
However, when the contents of these mysterious runes were revealed, the runes written in black ink began to melt due to the heat coming from the pulpit.
Then it completely melted into the entire scroll.
Then it turned into more white light, which was the magic power of the scroll itself, and began to spread into the patterns on the pulpit.
It forms a source of mana that can activate the torch tower of the Holy White Council!
'Om! '
And at this moment, the torch tower of the Holy White Council was completely and truly activated!
Powerful waves of magical power began to spread from the pulpit to the brazier.
The entire wall of the torch tower was filled with white magical fluctuations in the array patterns.
The magic circle that had been set up at the beginning of construction was completely activated, and then it began to release a powerful force like a flood, amplifying the fluctuations of magic power in the pulpit and catalyzing the raging fire in the brazier, extracting the light and heat belonging to the light inside by using the power of the magic circle.
'boom! ’
It began to spread in all directions!
And in Shen Mu's eyes, he could already see a tangible wave with a white halo, rushing in all directions.
It was like a white magic ring that was expanding wantonly in all directions!
And contained within it is the light and heat of light and the great power of the Holy White Council!
And the power from the Mount and Blade rules!
And at this moment, a dialog box from the Mount and Blade system appeared in front of Shen Mu.
[Item name: Holy Light Torch Tower of the Holy White Council (special rule building)]
[Prop Introduction: This is the Holy Light Torch Tower built by the White Council in "Mount and Blade: The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth". It was blessed by Maia Saruman during its construction. Therefore, as long as the torch on the top of the white tower is lit, it can light up the entire city and dispel evil forces. ]
[Effect of item ①: After lighting the torch, the town where the building is located will maintain a constant light, and the overall weakening of evil enemies by -10%. 】
[Item Effect ②: +20% Mental Toughness, +20% Courage, +20% Morale for Order Camp Soldiers bathed in light.]
[Item Effect ③: Wherever the holy light shines, it will dispel the evil and corrupt forces and strengthen the harmony of nature, +10% plant and animal growth speed.]
[Requirements: Sufficient firewood and 'Sufficient mana scrolls'. 】
[Tip: Mana scrolls are not uncommon in the White Council or wizard groups.]
The dialog box of the Mount and Blade system is refreshing rapidly.
"Is this the power of the Holy Light Torch Tower belonging to the Holy White Council?" Shen Mu spoke slowly at this time, his whole spirit was lifted.
Because when the white halo whistled and began to rush in all directions, the gloomy feeling that had originally filled his heart completely disappeared.
This means that the effect of the Holy Light Torch Tower of the Holy White Council has begun to take effect.
And at this moment, the dialog box in front of him began to refresh.
[Ding! You have successfully activated the Holy Light Torch Tower of the Holy White Council. Now the Dehrim you are in will maintain a constant light. (Hint: The premise is that the flame of the Holy Light Torch Tower will never go out.)]
"Of course it will not go out." Shen Mu looked at the contents in the dialog box and smiled.
At the same time, I also looked at the effect of this building again.
Not only after the Holy Light Torch Tower is lit, there will be eternal light in the town where this building is located, that is, the area of Dehrim.
That is to say, an artificial sun, and there will be no more darkness.
And as long as there are evil enemies appearing here, there will be a 10% overall weakening effect.
This means that as long as an evil enemy comes here and sets foot on the place where the light is, no matter what the reason, all attributes will be weakened by 10%.
Moreover, among his soldiers, as long as they bathe in this light, they will increase their mental toughness, courage, and morale by 20%.
This means that whenever you encounter an enemy, you will actually gain a 20% mental boost, and your organization will also improve due to increased morale and courage.
And in the third effect, wherever this light shines, the evil forces will be dispelled, and the growth rate of animals and plants will be increased by 3%.
This means that one's agriculture can be improved by 10%.
A two-birds-at-one thing.
'Om! '
While Shen Mu was still looking at the properties of his building, the white halo finally extended around him.
It seems that it has finally reached its limit.
After passing through the low wall, it extends outward for a considerable distance.
The overall area is roughly 1 kilometer in size, centered on Dehrim.
Basically, they are all covered within the illumination range of the Holy Light Torch Tower.
A range of 1 kilometer in radius is already a very large area, and it is a circular range with the Holy Light Torch Tower as the center.
Shen Mu was standing on the top of the torch tower at this time. He turned his head and looked at Balihe Street in Erlong City in the west, and the residential buildings that were already covered by his holy light torch tower.
He frowned slightly as if he had discovered something.
Because in Shen Mu's field of vision, wisps of black mist appeared in the residential buildings at this moment, as if some clean water had entered into boiling oil, and began to sizzle while gradually evaporating.
"Is it because of the holy light purification?" Shen Mu thought of the third function at this time and nodded thoughtfully.
This looks really good.
He understood that the wisps of black mist that appeared in the residential buildings were being evaporated. It was the darkness hidden in the residential buildings. The gray mist that emerged from the darkness, that is, the rules of the undead, were being evolved by the holy light and were disappearing completely.
This is really quite a good thing.
After all, this is why Shen Mu was so careful about residential buildings and apartment buildings before.
As long as there is darkness, there will be gray fog. If there is gray fog, it means that the rules of the undead are quietly infiltrating.
Now with the illumination of the holy light, even through the buildings, the light and heat transmitted by the holy light can directly dispel the darkness and the undead rules in the darkness.
Let the rules of Mount and Blade begin to prevail.
This is certainly a good thing.
Even if the light cannot directly shine into the depths of the building, as long as there are gaps in the building, the heat from the flames can begin to diffuse in, which is equivalent to allowing the rules of Mount and Blade to penetrate through.
With the help of the Holy Light Torch Tower, the Mount and Blade rules have completely controlled the area within 1 kilometer of this blue planet!
This is also a victory at the rules level!
A pretty solid first step!
(End of this chapter)
