Chapter 695 Autumn Rest
After that, Duanmuhuai had a rare leisure time. Mortarion was dead, and Toril was no longer a threat at least for the time being. Of course, this is only in the near future, but for Duanmuhuai, it can be considered a period of time now.
Although Duanmu Huai is like a salty fish in Arkham Castle, in fact, the entire Inquisition has completely begun to operate in an orderly manner.
Lumière and Eclare are responsible for monitoring the situation of the Star Alliance. Lumière has been lurking in the Star Alliance network, looking for traces that may be invaded by Chaos. Eclair will be responsible for going to investigate in person - what they originally did It's a similar job, but he's very skilled.
In addition, other members have also participated in similar actions.
Hitomi.
This astropath slave that Duanmu Huai originally bought from the Rogue Trader had almost always been a transparent person, which is normal. In order to avoid alerting others, Duanmu Huai strictly prohibited Hitomi from using her innate astropathic ability to sneak into the soul. sea, but it’s different now, the seal gradually Weakened, Mortarion is the first, but will not be the last, demon primarch to try to counterattack the material world of the galaxy again. Therefore, Duanmu Huai also lifted Hitomi's ban. This girl's current job is to stay in confinement in the Star Language Court. Meditate with your eyes to detect abnormal fluctuations from the subspace.
After all, even after so many years, the means of communication between the Chaos Fleets have not changed. Therefore, as long as they can capture the psychic reaction from the depths of the Sea of Souls, they can almost guess what the other party wants to do.
Hitomi also showed great enthusiasm for this task. Since coming to the Inquisition, she has spent most of her time studying. Of course, Duanmu Huai also asked Lani to be the teacher of this astropath. The former had a deep knowledge of the magic of the universe and the starry sky, and was also very interested in the extraordinary talent of astropaths. Therefore, Lani taught Tong while Starry sky magic, while studying the special psychic abilities of astropaths.
Unfortunately, according to Hitomi, she did not see the shocking starlight that illuminated all things in the Sea of Souls. The entire sea of souls is still dim and silent, as calm as the sea under the gloomy night.
Network and psychic monitoring were fully activated. Although the Tribunal was unusually calm at the moment, it was more like the calm before the war. Once either party detects any abnormality, this war machine will start without hesitation, open fire, and blast all targets into pieces.
The Tribunal also seized this gap and began to manufacture a large number of battleships again to supplement the losses in the battle between the Reapers and the space monsters. Of course, there are not without changes. For example, Duanmu Huai ordered all destroyer energy cores to be modified from antimatter reactors to retreat furnaces. Although the energy supply of the shrinkage furnace is relatively limited, Duanmuhuai is interested in the micro black holes produced when the shrinkage furnace performs the shrinkage reaction.
To put it simply, if you can't defeat it, send a few destroyers to sneak into the webway, rush directly into the enemy fleet, and then perform a retreat reaction to create a miniature black hole. Judging from the results of previous battles against space monsters, this thing can be used as a weapon. Still very good.
Of course, it is not easy to manufacture a shrinkage furnace. Even with the strength of the Tribunal, it is very difficult to mass-produce it. However, Duanmuhuai does not need to mass-produce the kind that can blow the center of the universe into a large black hole. That’s it…
Hmm...just in case, maybe I should try building one myself?
After all, in the face of chaos, no amount of firepower is too much.
Duanmuhuai sat on the balcony, overlooking the scenery below. It was already early autumn. Looking around, the trees in Arkham City were already a mixture of red and green. Many people were walking on the streets, which looked very peaceful and lively. .
"This looks good."
Duanmu Huai picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. Ogis sat next to him, staring at the book in his hand. At the same time, melodious violin music echoed in their ears.
That sound did not come from a stereo or a gramophone, but from the girl playing the piano on the other side. Mary closed her eyes and gently pulled the strings with her fingers, playing a melodious and gentle tune.
It has to be said that as a rich young lady, Mary is indeed versatile in this area. Soon, the song was finished, and Duanmu Huai also raised his hands and clapped his hands.
"Nice playing, Mary."
"Thank you, Mr. Duanmu."
Mary put down her violin and smiled sheepishly at Duanmuhuai.
"It's really difficult, but I think I've caught the rhythm."
"Well, it's a talent, I can't do this."
Duanmuhuai spread his hands as he spoke - Mary's performance here is not just a whim, in fact, she is now trying her new career.
Bard.
This is a more interesting profession in Faerûn. Its combat effectiveness is average, but it is very comprehensive. But the most interesting thing is that bards can release magic and skills by playing music. To be honest, this cool-looking method really fits the idea of the literary girl Mary, so after seeing the performance of those bards, After that, Mary couldn't wait to be one of them.
After all, this kind of profession that can perform gracefully during battle, release magic to confuse the enemy, and at the same time be able to fight in close quarters looks very elegant and beautiful.
Duanmu Huai had no objection to this, and there happened to be many bards living in Arkham City. He introduced one of the highly respected female bards to be Mary's teacher, and Mary also learned quickly.
The only flaw is...
"It's a pity that I can't use illusion spells..."
Mary looked very depressed after saying this. What she likes most about bards is that if they use illusion spells when playing, they can create lifelike illusions and turn the music into reality before the audience. This ability makes Mary very envious.
Unfortunately, Mary cannot use all illusion spells.
Of course Duanmuhuai knew the reason. Mary's golden eyes were simply an enhanced version of the real vision, and all phantoms did not exist in front of her. Therefore, there is nothing that can be done about Mary being immune to illusion spells.
And of course, she can no longer cast magic spells.
"But haven't you done a great job in the evocation system?"
"Ugh...I actually don't like the plastic energy system that much..."
Seeing the depression on Mary's face, Duanmu Huai burst into laughter. Of course he understood why Mary complained so much. Because the Evocation system is simple, direct and crude, it is also called the Five Fireball God Cult or the Evocation Barbarian by players - the so-called mage. The barbarians here refer to the plasticity system.
Of course Mary would not simply and crudely set off fireballs, but she was also very accomplished in sound waves. She could break stone and iron just by playing the piano... Well, if you just look at the literal meaning, you can also understand why Mary treats herself like this. On the other hand, I feel resentful. After all, isn't this just like saying that my playing sounds worse than I imagined?
Just like the fat tiger whose singing can break glass.
"By the way, Mr. Duanmu."
After a few small complaints, Mary seemed to have thought of something and looked at Duanmu Huai with some embarrassment. "Huh? What's the matter?"
"I would like to ask... Can I invite Charlie and Ashelika to come to the Tribunal to have a look?"
Speaking of this, Mary felt somewhat uneasy.
"Those two good friends of yours? Why did you suddenly think of talking about this?"
"Well...because when I had tea with them before, they both felt that I had changed a lot, so they wanted to see what kind of work I was doing..."
After saying this, Mary looked down at herself in confusion.
“But I feel like I haven’t changed much??”
"It is difficult for people to look at themselves objectively."
Duanmuhuai chuckled. Of course he understood what Mary was wondering about. In Mary's view, she was still herself, cautious, elegant and polite, and there was no change most of the time. But Duanmu Huai knows that this is not the case. In any case, Mary has followed him through several battlefields, faced the old rulers, and destroyed the core of the reapers. For such a person to say that he is an ordinary person, how can he really be a real person? Ordinary people are basically a bunch of bugs.
Maybe Mary herself didn't notice it, but in fact she already had a bit of the iron-blooded taste and temperament of the Inquisition. You must know that Mary is different from An, Gu Leiya and others. She comes from a country that has not experienced war. , a relatively peaceful world where people usually do not encounter danger. Now Mary can be regarded as a veteran who has experienced many battles. Even though her behavior is the same as before, the aura exuding from her body can easily make people feel that it is different.
This is just like ordinary people standing in front of an iron-blooded soldier, even if the other person is smiling, they will easily feel nervous.
Perhaps she would still smile and behave politely when drinking tea and chatting with her friends on weekdays. However, when danger comes, her friend may tremble with fear and collapse to the ground, while Mary can calmly draw her sword. Coping—that’s the difference.
"It doesn't matter. It's up to you. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take them to see Arkham City."
"Hey... I still think the name City of a Thousand Towers sounds better."
Hearing this, Mary immediately complained. Duanmuhuai had clearly agreed to let Mary name the city, but Mary racked her brains and came up with a bunch of names, but Duanmuhuai knocked them back. In the end, Mary had no choice but to accommodate Duanmu Huai, and still used the name Arkham City...
"It's just a name, it's not important."
"But that's not what Mr. Duanmu said before..."
Mary complained a little. When Duanmu Huai gave this task to her, she said that the name is the face of a city and asked her to think carefully and not to embarrass the Inquisition.
In the end, it just became a name after using my own name, which is not important...
Sometimes this gentleman's ability to cheat really amazes her.
"Report."
While Duanmuhuai and Mary were chatting, Mistrina walked in. She bowed to the two of them before speaking.
"What's the matter? Mystrina?"
Looking at the forest princess in front of him, Duanmu Huai also calmed down his expression slightly and sat up again. After the initial period of chaos, Arkham City was now on the right track. Because the regulations of the Tribunal are very clear and the laws are very strict, coupled with the dual deterrence of the Night Guard and Angels, there are basically no people who dare to cause trouble here.
So after Duanmuhuai decided on the general direction, Mistelina could handle many things by herself.
"There is a report from the Judgment Blade."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai perked up.
After the Inquisition acquired this territory, it was natural that locals would be needed to maintain security, patrol and fight. Therefore, Duanmuhuai formed a force called the Blade of Judgment based on the structure of the Tribunal, which has a role similar to the Imperial Auxiliary Army. Their main task is to help guard Arkham City and the entire Inquisition territory, while also investigating the surrounding situation and eliminating all evil entities that threaten humanity.
This force is basically composed of local people in Faerûn, most of them are soldiers from other territories, there are also some adventurers, as well as paladins, priests and priests from various temples. After all, although the Tribunal seems to be a religious institution, they do not believe in gods, and Duanmu Huai does not need to draw strength from faith, so there is no essential conflict of interest between him and the gods of Faerun.
This force seems to be quite competent so far. The pressure of the Tribunal is not just talk. In addition, there are real gods in this world. No one wants their soul to be dragged into hell after death. In addition, after the trial, The pay for this unit is very high, so everyone is willing to stay here.
But for Duanmu Huai, this force is more like a scout, scouting around to see what events can be activated.
Now it seems that this has paid off?
"The fifteenth team of the Judgment Blade discovered a strange cult organization in the nearby mountains. They believed that their strength was limited, so they requested the support of the Tribunal."
"What exactly?"
"There is a high probability that they are facing a true god."
"Oh? This is interesting."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up.
"Then I'll go and take a look for myself."
(End of chapter)