Chapter 275 Hoisting Completed
Escaping from the sea is something the Holy See has done before. When strange things happened in the sea a thousand years ago, the Holy See asked the extraordinary people to stay away from the ocean.
But even that time, it was only the extraordinary people who stayed away from the ocean. The mortal kingdom was still on the seashore, and even the church's church had not left, but there were no extraordinary people stationed there anymore.
Why did they suddenly choose to stay away from us this time? It was as if there was some unstoppable monster in the sea.
Pirate King? That monster extracted the pollution of the entire Storm Ocean, which was indeed a big fuss, but that's all, right? Murlocs and sea urchins are indeed ridiculously strong in the sea, but on land, their combat effectiveness is just so-so.
If Castel can hold out against a small island, there is no way that such a large army of the Empire cannot be defended.
Hughes had talked with Alexi and learned that the Imperial Army had completely replaced its firearms. Although they were simple muzzle-loading rifles, they were enough to fight monsters.
What's more, the Empire still has a large number of extraordinary people. The steam rifles of the Mechanical Temple, the Banshees, are still in use, and their power is not much less than that of artillery.
Castel hasn't built a cannon yet.
Xius suppressed his curiosity and continued to listen to the voice in the link, only to find that several people were already talking about Gwen.
French Fries: "So Gwen is still..."
Scepter: "Well, since there has been no response for so long, she should be gone. She is in the center of the war. It is said that the fighting in the North was the most brutal, and many towns are only ruins."
Gwen is dead?
She had indeed not spoken a word, the place she was in was extremely dangerous, and she was just a little girl, so it was not wrong for several people to conclude that she was dead.
But Hughes knew that was not the case, because her silk thread was still in his hands.
Zeus felt the throbbing coming from the other end of the thread. Although Gwen's current condition was a little abnormal, she was not dead. On the contrary, her soul was much stronger than before.
Maybe something was bothering her.
Knowing that the little girl survived, Zeus was relieved. He had been busy with things at Castel during this period. If Gwen really died, he would feel guilty.
After studying for a while, Xiu Si couldn't directly see the situation on the other side. The time limit of the link soon expired. Xiu Si regretfully closed the link and chose to return.
Castel is just one step away from returning. He doesn't plan to waste time here. He will explore it carefully after coming out of the space in the Temple of Poseidon.
The lifting work went on quickly, with the banshees using mind links to help with communication, and the various projects on Castel demonstrated efficiency far beyond this era.
Zeus soon discovered that instead of doing the work themselves, the banshees would be more efficient as messengers. The organizational advantage brought by the mind link almost crushed the inferior message transmission methods of that era.
For example, at this moment, the banshees are commanding the airship on the ground through mental links.
"The airship will go down a little bit, fixed team, wait until the altitude is lowered and start tightening the ropes!"
"Airship received"
"Fixed group received"
In addition to the airship's hoisting ropes, the monster's body also had several additional ropes pulled from it, controlled by the banshees known as the fixed group.
In this way, the airship mainly controls the height of the monster, and the specific position is controlled by the fixed group pulling the rope in different directions.
On the top of Castres Cathedral, the ceiling of the church had been dismantled, and a large hole leading directly to the underground had been dug in the originally empty atrium.
Under the cathedral is the original location of the central furnace. This furnace, which was once the largest on the entire island, is now no longer sufficient. The engineers on the island have expanded it a lot in all directions based on it. Now the furnace itself is underneath the entire cathedral area.
"Fixed and in the right position, we can start lowering the height!" Nini's excited voice came from the link. She was very interested in this big project and participated in the hoisting with great enthusiasm.
Xius nodded and turned to look at Zoe: "Have the nearby residents been evacuated?"
"The evacuation is complete. The only people in the cathedral now are the workers who are coordinating the lifting. The factories nearby have also temporarily stopped work if possible. The banshees who are supporting us below have also worn heavy armor and helmets as required. There must be permanent fortifications nearby as shelters!"
This lifting was extremely important. The entire Castel was making way for it. Many factories stopped working for the first time. Even when the war was the most intense, people gritted their teeth and persevered.
"The ground is ready. Airship team, how is the situation over there?"
"Everything is fine, you can go down!"
"Okay!" Zeus walked to the window and looked at the polluted snake tentacles hanging outside with a sharp gaze. "Lower the altitude and start docking!"
The banshee on the airship turned her head and glanced at the tribesmen next to the boiler. The command conveyed through the mind link through the eye contact. The banshee skillfully adjusted the damper of the boiler, and the flywheel of the steam engine gradually began to accelerate.
A buzzing sound was heard from the air, and the Noisy Creator on the airship slowly increased its power. The drive shaft made the propeller spin wildly, and the airship slowly began to descend!
The monster's main body was still high in the sky, but the tentacle-like polluted snakes had already touched the ground. The banshees who had already been in position quickly tied ropes to it with their six arms, and then pulled the tentacles to move in all directions with the cathedral as the center.
The monsters' height kept decreasing, and these polluted snakes slowly passed through the streets and alleys, radiating in all directions from the center of Castel Island.
Like a gradually expanding spider web.
"Fixed group, loosen the ropes!"
"Bane between 7 and 9 o'clock, hold tight, the monster will move towards you!"
"The airship team is slowing down too fast! Slow down!"
The messages in the mind link were refreshed faster and faster, and instructions were continuously and accurately transmitted to each banshee, and then conveyed by the banshees to the cooperating crusaders nearby.
The entire Castel was busy but orderly executing orders. Humans and banshees were connected through their minds, as if they had become a whole, like a giant centipede with thousands of legs, gradually adapting to this new body.
It took a lot of effort for it to take its first step, but it soon became faster and faster until it could walk freely and became a new creature.
Finally, the huge monster fell into the furnace.
The furnace trembled slightly, and an inexplicable feeling surged in the hearts of everyone on the island at the same time.
On the airship, Monica, who was participating in the command, shook her head. She felt that something seemed to be changing. This huge furnace seemed to be longing for the flesh and blood of the sea god.
(End of this chapter)
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