Pan Da raised his eyebrows, but Blake waved his hand. "Of course, I won't let any member of the Holy Assembly go. I'll just hire a mercenary team that doesn't know anything. It doesn't matter if they don't come back. If they do, we'll make a decision."
This was a perfect solution. The only cost was the mercenary group's fee. For the Holy Lord, who had more and more followers, this was not a problem.
"By the way, how's the construction of the altars going?"
"Holy Lord, the construction is going well. It should be finished in two or three weeks."
Blake was very satisfied. The altars were the totems to attract followers, and also the place to spread the religion. The establishment of the altars meant that the Moon God Clan would have a base of faith.
It was funny. The members of the Holy Assembly were arcanists who didn't believe in gods. No one would have thought that they would become a typical monotheistic religion. This was actually the decision made by Blake after careful consideration.
The Rose Cross would probably be the state religion in the future. However, as the prime minister, Roddy had already shown his antipathy towards religion. Blake knew that he would not allow a single sect to be the sole ruler of the world. At this time, as long as Lucien knew what he was doing and made the Moon God Clan look harmless, it would be hard for Roddy to suspect him.
After chatting with Pan Da for a while, the sky gradually darkened. When most people chose to go home to rest, Blake, Pan Da, and the other arcanists came to the magic circle. The full moon above their heads was unusually bright. Under the clear sky, the earth looked like it was covered with silver frost.
"Let's start."
Blake held his staff and sent a signal to the arcanists under his command. After that, these people dispersed and disappeared into the darkness.
Not long after, a faint white mist appeared in the sky above the little town. With the mist covering the sky, the moon looked hazy. Then, visible silver halos appeared one after another. This scene was like a waterfall of light falling from the sky. One light screen after another streaked across the sky, causing the small town to be filled with exclamations of amazement. As Pan Da continued to cast spells, he also urged the lower-ranked Arcana Masters to chant, "Moon God, protect us!" and so on.
Not long after, the people in the town who had never heard of the "Moon God" began to shout the slogan. They began to worship the moon above their heads devoutly. Under the rays of light, they bent their backs and kowtowed to the ground, becoming loyal believers.
*****
The next day.
The sea breeze always carried a fishy smell. Roddy got up and closed the window. He then returned to his desk and continued to read the reports.
With the selection and confirmation of the lower-level officials, there was finally less for the cabinet to worry about. And Roddy finally did not have to go to the Dragons Tower for meetings all day. Now that he had time, his main focus was on the problem of the demons. Because fighting against the demons was a prerequisite for his future cooperation with the dragons, he did not dare to be negligent.
The demons were a big topic. What Roddy was looking for now was the cause of the demise of the High Elves.
How did the demons cause the collapse of a powerful empire? This was the question that the ruler, Roddy, was most concerned about. At first, he thought it was the Beastmen. Later, he realized that no matter how strong the Beastmen were, they could not be stronger than magic. He had seen the scene of the witcher, Dukal, facing the Beastmen in Wagra City. Those violent Beastmen were indeed much stronger than the ones that were driven back to the grasslands. But were they really so strong that they were invincible?
Dukal killed one with one arrow, which proved that the Beastmen were not as strong as he had imagined. The Dragons also mentioned the concept of the Magic Tide. Rody asked Edith about it. However, Edith said that she did not know about it. That was because during the period when she perished together with the ancient beasts, this event had not happened yet.
Roddy could only ask Kardashian for help. Naturally, his first wife patted her chest and promised to investigate. But the Dragon Lass was far away. She had not returned yet, so Roddy's research was basically at a standstill. The only thing he could figure out now was the sequence of the fall of the High Elves based on the information left in Wagra City.
He found that the collapse of the entire empire did not start from the outside. Instead, it started from the inside. With internal and external troubles, the kingdom's fighting on two fronts put great pressure on the logistics. As a result, the collapse came without warning. When the Beastman army quickly invaded Wagra City, it was already too late.
This process was very fast. Although it was not as fast as Roddy's "blitzkrieg" against the royal army, it had only been five months from the beginning of the war to the fall of the royal city.
"Internal and external troubles … Is history always so similar?"
Roddy knew almost nothing about the High Elves' "internal rebellion." The information left behind by the High Elves seemed to be a taboo. The written records were only a few words.
Looking up at the bright sunshine outside the window, Roddy put down his quill. He got up and stretched his limbs. Then he changed into short clothes, picked up his short bow, and went to the cliff behind the royal city. In this empty space, Roddy had already set up a few grass targets. At a distance of 30, 50, and 80 feet, he began to condense energy arrows and practice shooting them one by one.
Being prime minister was not Roddy's goal. Being in power was also not where Roddy was interested. In this world, power could not bring true security. Only strength could guarantee everything. Thus, he still had to maintain a certain intensity of training to ensure that he was sensitive to this kind of cold weapon.
After shooting more than a hundred arrows, four figures suddenly flew down from the dragon tower. Dragons maintained their human forms in the royal city. Thus, these four people relied on magic to slowly land not far behind Roddy. Iscar, who was leading the group, saw Roddy practicing with a bow and laughed. "Prime minister, I remember that your magic level is not too bad. Why are you still practicing with cold weapons?"
"Magic is powerful, but most of the time, I prefer to solve problems with physical methods. Things like bows and arrows, even in the future era of firearms, will still be useful. "
After saying this, Roddy glanced at the three people behind Iscar. "By the way, do you need weapons? I think I can make a few big ones for you that are exclusive to Dragons. "
"We Dragons never need —"
Black Dragon Herrlöw Rubens instinctively wanted to bring up that theory, but Essien raised his hand to stop him. Iscar hurriedly continued, "What's new?"
"Just a thought, we'll talk about it later, later. I just think that with such good physical conditions, Dragons should not only rely on magic and claws to fight. "
Roddy did not finish his sentence, but it made the Dragons' hearts itch. But they were not here to chat. Seeing what Iscar was holding, Roddy went straight to the point. "Is the sample ready?"
Kardashian did not come along to do research, but the other four Dragons were fascinated by the "ultra-long-range strike weapon" that Roddy mentioned. These guys were considered geniuses in the clan, so it was not difficult for them to work together as test subjects. At this time, what Iscar was holding in his hand was a cylinder more than a meter long and as thick as a wrist. It was conical at the top and had four wind-stabilizing wings at the bottom.
The people of this era had never seen a rocket, but with Roddy's blueprint, the group of Master Magicians could quickly make the real thing according to the scale.
"After trying for a long time, let's first make this semi-finished product." Iscar carefully put the rocket in his hand on the ground. "I have some differences with Stika on the carving of the magic circle, but this time we'll do as he said."
"Look at the result and you'll know that I'm definitely right."
Stika hugged his shoulders and snorted. Rubens pointed at the "Mark IV" on the rocket. "It's the fourth one. This is the first test, I hope it won't explode."
The previous three test subjects all ended in explosions in the laboratory, but Roddy did hear the noise. He took a closer look. The outer shell was made of metal, and there were tiny gaps in the front and back sections. But the Dragons' magic skills were superb, and the tolerance was very small.
He smiled and knocked on it, then stood up and said, "Test it now?"
"Of course we'll try it. At the moment, we haven't made the 'guidance' magic circle you mentioned. Now we're just purely seeing how far it can fly."
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