[First Update]
"What is this thing?" Salin was a little afraid of the giant eye in the sky. Hearing that Nicholas knew the origin of this thing, he immediately asked.
"Master … Let the ship go faster!" Nicholas could not help but shout as he saw the giant eye getting closer and closer in the magical image.
"Don't worry." Salin was very calm. This giant eye felt very powerful, but its attack method was a little simple. It was fatal to low-level and mid-level professionals, but only a slight threat to level-nine experts. Once the dragonskeleton warship left the water, its speed would double.
Nicholas pursed his lips. He felt his throat dry, not because of fear, but because of nervousness. In the beginning, after following Salin, Salin did not put him in an important position. He tried his best to avoid contact with the frontlines, so as not to run into people from the Church.
But now, he had followed Salin to the Scotia Sea, encountered the monster created by the Church, and came into contact with the secret power of the Church. He was no longer afraid. This nervousness was due to excitement. The reforged Fallen Scepter allowed Nicholas to come into contact with a higher level of power. He felt that his future was bright.
Brighter than the path that the God of Light had pointed out.
"About two hundred years ago, when Pope Colin II was in charge of the Church, the relationship between the College of Cardinals and the Inquisition was quite harmonious. Both parties worked together to carry out a plan to use the prisoners imprisoned in the Black Prison of the Inquisition to secretly create a weapon. Later, Colin II ascended to heaven, and the next Pope had a conflict with the Inquisition, so this plan was stopped. However, the Inquisition changed this plan and decided to carry it out alone. In the Inquisition, this plan was codenamed — Eye of the Storm. "
"Is this the thing?" Salin asked Nicholas, pointing at the giant eye in the magical image.
"It should be. For a period of time, I dealt with and destroyed outdated files for the Church. This kind of thing is done by people who are not valued … "Saying this, Nicholas could not help but reveal a trace of bitterness. "Yes, I was still young and very curious, so I secretly looked at some things. Only then did I know the plan of the Eye of the Storm. Because of this, the Pope issued a special law forbidding the Inquisition from conducting this experiment. From then on, the Inquisition gradually distanced itself from the College of Cardinals. "
Salin didn't expect to hear a secret of the Church. Nicholas continued, "The Court of Judges probably didn't heed the Pope's orders. Back then, all six Chief Judges were very powerful. Every one of them … was stronger than you." Nicholas was afraid that Salin would be depressed, so he used honorifics. Salin did not take it to heart. Although he had many fortuitous encounters, his combat power mostly depended on his equipment. When Nicholas said that he was strong, he was referring to the Chief Inquisitor's own ability and not external help.
"The Eye of the Storm's plan is targeted at the Cloud Flow Empire. All along, the Judgement Hall has been facing pressure from the Cloud Flow Empire. If not for the Black Prison Island, Yun Liu's fleet would frequently harass the coast of the Tanggulas Empire. Even so, the Tanggulas Empire still had to strictly defend itself, and had set up a large number of fortifications along the coast. "
Nicholas' explanation was a little complicated, but after the Dragon Skeleton Warship spread its wings and glided, it gradually distanced itself from the giant eye. The elements around the Dragon Skeleton Warship were stable, and the strong winds and waves did not affect the warship much. The warship itself was made from the bones of an ancient dragon. Ancient dragons could fly in even more terrifying environments, and this kind of storm was too common for them.
As the danger gradually faded away, Salin did not rush Nicholas. Nicholas seemed to be immersed in the past, and the rhythm of his voice also slowed down. He said slowly, "The Inquisition's combat power has always been on par with the College of Cardinals. Sometimes, it's even slightly higher. In the Black Prison of the Inquisition, there are countless powerhouses locked up, some of whom have been locked up for thousands of years. These people cannot be released, but there's no benefit in killing them. The Inquisition needs their souls. "
"Souls?"
"Yes. For example, there are people in the Inquisition secretly making things like the Pearl of Souls, and the College of Cardinals can't do anything about it. This Eye of the Storm is designed specifically for the Cloud Flow people. It can create powerful hurricanes in open areas, just like the one before us … My Lord, this storm has a range of at least a thousand miles. What do you think will happen if a fleet encounters this storm? "
Salin thought for a while. He felt that unless it was a special existence like the Desolate Ancient Warship or the Dragon Skeleton Warship, other ships would be directly crushed and sink to the bottom of the sea. The merchant ship that he came to rescue was also a modified warship, and it had already been destroyed at the edge of the storm. Moreover, this giant eye seemed to be fleeing for its life instead of chasing after the merchant ship. It didn't attack at all.
"Very powerful. Using this ability on the sea, if you know how to convert the elements, you can use the power of the sea, the storm, and the tsunami. It's almost invincible," Salin said to Nicholas.
"Not only that, this Eye of the Storm is only a method to deal with the Cloud Flow Fleet. There's also the Specter Ship, which uses the prisoners in the Black Prison to create spirit lifeforms. In the storm, only the Specter Ship will not be affected. My Lord, if our fleet encounters a group of spirit lifeforms when they are struggling to survive in the storm, what will happen? "
Salin finally understood the power of the Inquisition. What were spirits? They were creatures from another plane and weren't afraid of physical attacks. If the Specter Ship was not affected by the storm, it meant that its combat power would be increased by tens or even hundreds of times.
The most difficult part of this design was how to execute it. It seemed that the Inquisition had already done it. Of his fleet, only the Desolate Ancient Warship would be safe!
"How is the Eye of the Storm made?"
"It's made by combining the souls of three hundred and sixty powerful sorcerers and refining them with divine spells. I'm not sure how exactly it is made. I don't have access to the special skills of the Inquisition," Nicholas answered.
"Three hundred and sixty sorcerers!" Salin was not only shocked, but also a little angry.
However, he quickly calmed down. The Vatican had existed for thousands of years. When Tanggulas was first established, they were still at war with Qin Yin. The army of the Vatican had once fought their way to Sacred Rock City. Although they lost many soldiers and returned in defeat, the Vatican must have killed many sorcerers, and even captured many sorcerers and locked them in the Black Prison.
If sorcerers had the chance, they would study the divinities. Of course, the divinities would also study sorcerers. The difference was that sorcerers studied divinities based on knowledge, while divinities treated sorcerers as precious materials.
A sorcerer's spiritual power, soul, and magic string could all be used by divinities. Although divinities could not cast elemental spells, they could use sorcerers' equipment and even refine sorcerers' equipment into divine spells.
For example, the soul of a level one sorcerer was equivalent to the souls of a few hundred ordinary people. If not for the Vatican's law forbidding the study of such things, the bloody conflict between the two sides would have become more and more intense until one side was wiped out.
Although the Inquisition was arrogant, they only did this in secret. They did not dare to start a war on the continent until the Holy War broke out and Pope Dinicio gave in.
"The Inquisition's plan is to fuse the souls of sorcerers together and extract wind elemental magic string from their bodies, then refine it into the Eye of the Storm. The Eye of the Storm can see everything within its range and share it with the Specter Ship. At the same time, the Eye of the Storm can create a large scale storm. Its power is equivalent to three hundred and sixty sorcerers casting large-scale wind spells. "
"I'm afraid that's impossible, right?" Salin could not help but interrupt Nicholas. Although the giant eye behind them was powerful, it could not be as terrifying as three hundred and sixty sorcerers added together.
"Of course not. If the Inquisition could create such a terrifying thing, they would have flattened Alchemy City long ago. My Lord, I mean, the combat power of the Eye of the Storm is equivalent to the continuous power of three hundred and sixty sorcerers. My Lord, if three hundred and sixty sorcerers took turns to attack you, you might be able to last until the end! " Nicholas's voice grew louder. He had another thought. When the Eye of the Storm came, neither he nor Salin felt any danger. This meant that the strangeness of this thing was not only in combat power, but also in making it impossible for the enemy to predict its fate.
"Not without a magic tower," Salin replied calmly. Unlike others, he carried his magic tower with him. The magic tower was the most reliable equipment for a sorcerer. However, the magic tower of an ordinary sorcerer had to be rooted in the ground and borrow the power of the earth to stabilize the surrounding elements, release powerful attacks, and use the power of magic matrices and magic cores to build a strong defensive barrier.
Nicholas did not care what Salin thought and said, "This Eye of the Storm is equivalent to three hundred and sixty sorcerers taking turns to attack. It is almost endless. Unless one can master a higher rule and prevent the Eye of the Storm from borrowing the elements in the surrounding environment, otherwise …"
"Nicholas, I heard the Eye of the Storm calling for help. Did you hear it?" Salin suddenly interrupted Nicholas.
Nicholas was stunned and said, "No!"
"Neris, what about you?"
"I only vaguely felt what the monster was shouting, but I did not understand it!" Neris's feeling was also because of the soul contract between her and Salin.
"Save me! Save me! " The giant eye in the sky was still calling for help. On the entire warship, only Salin could hear this voice.
"If only Eleanor was here!" Neris stared at the increasingly smaller eye in the magic image and said hatefully. Eleanor was proficient in archery, and her arrows all had rule attributes. She would definitely be able to injure this giant eye.
"Nicholas, why do you think this Eye of the Storm came here? Could he have escaped from the Black Prison? "Salin suddenly asked on a whim.
"This … is not possible, right?" Nicholas said hesitantly, "After the Black Prison was built, I have not heard of anyone who could escape from it."
"This thing is not a person, but a piece of equipment. It can speak and affect me. It is like … a high-level artifact spirit. If it escaped from the Black Prison and is in such a hurry and calling for help … "
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