Chapter 341 Letter to the Prince
Galahad sat at the table, writing seriously on the letter paper.
"I have stayed in Castres for several days, and I must say that this is truly a magical land."
“The word ‘magical’ here is not an exaggerated adjective, but my actual feeling. When I first set foot on this island, I even fainted because I was so shocked.”
"Everything here is so unimaginable that it even shakes my self-awareness and makes me unable to distinguish between reality and illusion."
"Even now as I write to you, my heart is beating fast when I think of what I have been through these days."
"They also have steam engines here, which are somewhat similar to those we have in the Rhine factory. They also burn fuel and drive machinery. At first glance, they are just ordinary steel, and even the structure is not much different. But if you look closely, you will find out the truth."
"I am ashamed to say that I would use the word 'horror' to describe my feeling when I learned all this."
"Their fuel is the flesh and blood of the evil god, which is physical pollution."
"They actually stuffed the physical pollution into the furnace and burned it!!!"
"It's hard for me to describe the shock I felt at that moment. After learning the truth, I immediately took several steps back, which was a weak move. But his next words only made me feel that I had not stepped back far enough."
"They used certain rituals to summon souls in the machines. These were not the mechanical spirits imagined by those lunatics in the Mechanical Temple, but real beings that could communicate!"
"——I have heard them describe those rituals. They are rituals to summon some extraordinary being. God knows what they summoned!"
"Then they used some evil method to make this entity serve them, suppressing the activity of the entity pollution so that it could burn."
"With all due respect, this is the craziest idea I have ever heard of. Even cultists may not have such imagination in this regard."
"When I pointed out that this was somewhat similar to the evil god, their engineers didn't take it seriously. I initially thought they just didn't understand the danger of the evil god, but later I found out that I was extremely wrong."
"They have a steam engine that burns evil gods! Yes, they captured an evil god and stuffed it into the furnace as fuel."
"Perhaps you think I'm crazy. I also hope that this is just crazy talk and not that there are really such strange things in this world."
"The engineer took me to the bottom of their church. Yes, they built the furnace that burned the evil god under the church. I, I can't describe this kind of thing."
"It was an enormous furnace, built with reinforced concrete, integrated with the church - perhaps I should say that this church was a huge machine that forged the evil god!"
"They call this furnace the Stellar Furnace. It's a really arrogant name, but considering that it uses the evil god as fuel, it's not an exaggeration."
"And what's even more bizarre is that I always feel that the evil god is not dead."
"The evil god has thousands of tentacles extending from the furnace, extending to all parts of the island and submerged in the sea water. They are motionless, but anyone who sees its existence will be frightened by its huge figure."
"If such a terrifying evil god were to awaken, it would be a disaster for the world. Nothing could stand up to it."
"When I told the engineer about this concern, he looked at me in surprise, as if I had told him a joke."
"He said: Just knock it down again and put it in the furnace."
"Damn it! They must not understand the horror of the evil god. This kind of existence is like a natural disaster. Humans can only run for their lives. How can they 'beat it down'?"
As he wrote this, a hint of fear appeared in Galahad's eyes.
Even now, when he thinks of the evil god's appearance, he still trembles in his heart.
"The craftsman who showed me around, well, they call him an engineer, he's just a mortal man."
“But when he said he wanted to stuff the evil god into the furnace, as a transcendent, I inexplicably felt a hint of fear.”
"I can't tell whether it's him, the mortal, or Castel that I'm afraid of."
"Besides that, their attitude towards things is a little different."
"I am writing at the table at the moment. The legs of the table are made of steel. The bed frame next to me is also made of steel."
"The best steel can be made into weapons with a little forging, but they use it to make furniture."
"You know, I've seen furniture that's far more expensive than this. Even if it was made of gold or silver, it wouldn't surprise me so much. What really shocked me was the reason why they used steel to make furniture."
"—to replace wood."
"They were not short of wood. There were many trees on the island, so it was not difficult to get wood. But they still chose to use steel."
"Their furniture is made of steel, their weapons are made of steel, their carriages are made of steel, and their factories are made of steel!"
"I even suspect that they have a steel forest - no, the whole of Castel is a forest of steel and concrete!"
"I stood on top of the church in Castel and looked around. The scene around me was hard to describe. Countless factories were densely packed together, with roads in between, like neat scales."
"The chimneys were spewing black smoke, sulfur mixed with steam was diffused in the air, the open doors were like huge mouths, raw materials entered through the mouths, and countless materials flowed out from the flesh and blood."
"The iron carriage blew its whistle, and the worm-like carriages moved along the two rails in a strange rhythm, like countless centipedes crawling along a spider web."
"I stand here, as if I am not standing on an island, but a steel behemoth called Castel floating on the sea. It swallows up pollution, bites steel, and spews out production capacity. Just seeing it makes people tremble from the bottom of their hearts."
"I can only be thankful that it is just stuck in the sea and cannot move. Fortunately, it is still far away from Blood Harbor."
"Also, it is said that their larger airship, the Skyshroud Behemoth, will be returning soon and conducting bombing exercises. They invited me to watch."
"Although I have seen airships before, I still have some expectations. According to them, this is something that will change the battlefield. Excuse me, they may be good at making things, but they may not have seen a battlefield before."
"Even so, I intend to put aside my arrogance. I will discuss with them sincerely and tell them what the real battlefield is like. Weapons will not really change the battlefield."
As he was writing this, there was a knock on the door. Galahad hesitated for a moment and put down the pen.
Go watch the drill first, then finish this letter.
(End of this chapter)
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