Chapter 342: Cloud Monster
"My lord, preparations for the exercise have been completed, and Galahad has agreed to attend." Alexei stood in Hughes' office with a pile of documents in his hands, and Hughes was signing them one by one.
After he finished speaking, the corner of his eye suddenly twitched.
"Um, should I call Mr. Richard to come with me? Although Galahad is still in a stable condition, seeing the Skyshroud Behemoth..."
"Don't worry. I asked Richard. Galahad's fainting last time was just an accident. It was caused by him seeing those polluted snakes. They are actually part of the evil god. It may be a little troublesome to see them for the first time, but you will get used to it after seeing them more often."
Hughes paused here.
After all, those polluted snakes are spread all over the island, and it is difficult not to see them. And those huge tentacles become just like that after seeing them for a long time, there is nothing special about them.
Alexei reluctantly accepted this statement, but still muttered to himself for a while, wondering why the extraordinary people out there were so weak.
Neither of them realized that, in fact, they could see something wrong with the evil god's limbs scattered all over the island just by looking up. The evil god is something that you will be afraid of before you see it, and you will feel like you are going crazy when you see it for the first time. But if you use bombs to blow it up several times every day, you will not feel anything when you see those tentacles.
Well, it can’t be said that there is no impact. The grilled squid on the island is selling particularly well.
Thinking of this, Hughes was a little worried. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Forget it. I'll take Richard with me."
Alexey: “.”
The exercise was conducted on the eastern side of the island, where there was a huge cave near the sea, which was filled with sea water during high tide.
Monica's pollution outbreak occurred here before, and it was later used to store pollution and conduct experiments. Ash also raised a wolf here, which she later took to the Webway for foster care. It is said that some people have heard the shrill howling of wolves while traveling in the Webway.
Today, the Crusaders have cordoned off a large area near the caves and set up a cordon in advance.
The auditorium for Hughes and others was set up near the west, far enough away from the grottoes in the east to provide a good view.
Galahad, who was sitting in the chair, looked up at the cordon on the beach with some confusion, then looked at Hughes.
He had met this lord several times, the first time being in the hospital. Apart from the awkward first meeting, Galahad had a very good impression of him.
He was extremely learned and could answer almost all of Galahad's questions and was willing to explain them.
Galahad had seen those lords who had made some things before, but without exception, they kept the things in their hands tightly, as if others could snatch them away with just one look.
Zeus was just the opposite. He had no defenses against his own knowledge. Galahad was not an uninteresting person, but when he was fascinated by the conversation, he would ask many details.
But Hughes was not angry at all. Instead, he happily explained the principles and ideas to him. The two often talked for a long time, ranging from the improvement direction of the steam engine to the pros and cons of elite education.
Galahad sighed in his heart that comparing him with other lords was an insult to Count Hughes. In his heart, only the lord he was loyal to could be compared with him.
However, Count Hughes occasionally does some inexplicable things, like now.
"Mr. Count, is the bombing exercise you mentioned over there?"
He pointed at the cordon in the distance.
This distance is really too far.
Galahad didn't know what bombing was, and thought it was a display of some kind of weapons.
He had heard before that the effective range of a bolt-action rifle was 700 meters, but he didn't quite believe it. Later, when he used it himself, he realized that the number was actually an underestimate.
And "bombing" might be another kind of musket, which might be able to shoot farther, but no matter how far it is, it is impossible for Galahad to gesture the distance between here and the designated area. Isn't this too exaggerated?
What could you see from such a distance? But Hughes did not explain. He just raised his finger in front of his lips and made a quiet gesture.
Galahad blinked. He was a superhuman being, and his body was more sensitive than that of ordinary people, so he naturally heard the sound coming from afar.
It seemed to be some kind of mechanical sound, with the coldness and hardness of steel, yet full of rhythm, which reminded Galahad of the train he had seen before.
An embarrassed look flashed across Galahad's face on the train. He was out of control at the time and fell into temporary madness. He actually charged towards the train with a sword in his hand.
Fortunately, the car and the people were fine. Although the sword was damaged, the last thing Castel lacked was steel.
When he woke up the next day, there was a row of swords hanging in the ward for him to pick from.
Suppressing the embarrassing memories, Galahad tried to figure out where the sound came from - it wasn't difficult, but the result surprised him a little.
It comes from heaven.
It was cloudy today, and there were thick clouds above everyone's heads, one after another, covering most of the sky.
Galahad nodded. It seemed to be the sound of an airship. The airship that had landed at Blood Harbor had been equipped with a steam engine and propeller. Although the craftsmen under the prince had tried their best but failed to get it to rotate again, Galahad could probably guess the principle.
But soon, Galahad frowned.
Is this sound a bit loud?
The sound in the sky was getting louder and louder. He looked up at the clouds in the sky, feeling confused for a moment. He couldn't seem to tell the exact direction of the airship. Why did he feel like he was hearing this buzzing sound everywhere?
He stood up unconsciously, raised his head and stared at the sky.
The clouds were very dense, thick and numerous, covering the entire overhead and blocking the sunlight.
Galahad raised his head and waited, and suddenly, the sun shone on his face.
His pupils shrank instantly.
A huge hole was torn in the clouds above, and a huge object so huge that the edge could not be seen came crashing down from the sky, and the turbulent airflow rolled the clouds into strips.
It was as if the sky was collapsing.
The sunlight poured down through the gaps, but was blocked again by the giant beast in the sky after a moment. The roar of countless steam engines accompanied by the sound of whistles was deafening, like the roar of the giant beast in the clouds.
It was not descending very fast, but that was relative to its huge body. Galahad felt that the sky was about to fall, as if a giant's foot was stepping down.
His heart was pounding, his body was trying to escape but was shaking with fear, and Galahad felt his brain go blank. That was the most primitive fear of any living being, the fear of facing the unknown and irresistible existence.
(End of this chapter)
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