The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 288 The Beginning of Change

While Ryan and Rose Crystal were busy, the outside world also changed. Strange phenomena gradually appeared in the sky above the Temple of the Supreme Shepherd God in the town where Ryan and his friends were staying.

In the cloudless night sky, a ray of purple light emerged and turned into a beam of light standing above the temple, like a bridge connecting heaven and earth. At the same time, a gentle breeze blew over the surrounding grass. It was summer, and the town on the edge of the Laza Hills was filled with a humid and hot feeling. But this wind was cool, making the people in the town feel extremely comfortable and cool.

The awakened townspeople ran out of their homes and came to the temple, but they found that the temple was covered with a transparent purple light shield like an eggshell, isolating them outside the temple.

What they didn't know was that in all the temples dedicated to the Supreme Shepherd God, there were movements of varying sizes. The statues, whether made of wood or stone, exquisite or extremely rough, all changed, and finally became a unified image of a girl wearing a gorgeous purple dress. The girl held a purple crystal sword in her right hand and a curved shepherd's staff in her left hand. However, unlike the staffs in the hands of the statues in the past, the shepherd's staff in the statue's hand was inlaid with a purple crystal ball. It looked more like a staff.

"Is this what it feels like to be a god? Fortunately, my soul does not belong to me alone. Otherwise, I would have been lost." Rose Crystal knelt in front of Ryan, closed her eyes, and felt the changes in herself.

In an hour, with Ryan's help, Rose Crystal successfully ignited the divine fire. But unlike normal gods who used the divine fire as their core, she was only manipulating the divine fire instead of becoming one with it. This made her use of divine power somewhat distant from the true belief in gods. But in this world without gods, it was not a flaw.

At the same time, if she does not merge with the divine fire, Rose Crystal cannot use the power of this world as freely as normal gods. Conversely, she does not have to be bound to this world like those gods, but can leave at any time. It's just that after leaving, she will lose all the power of being a god. However, the transformed body and the knowledge she has mastered can be used even in other worlds, and she can even use the heavenly silver stored in advance to release divine arts in other worlds. Of course, the effect will be much worse. It may even have no effect in some worlds.

During the process of becoming a god, Rose Crystal's appearance did not change, but her temperament became more noble and majestic. However, under the premise that the power of God was ineffective on Ryan, he felt that the little doll looked cuter when it put on a serious face.

In addition to her temperament, her clothes also changed. The original dress was reorganized by divine power into a simple and charming purple dress. At the same time, a crystal sword and a cane appeared in her hands. On her head, she wore a crown made of amethyst that looked like a flower crown.

"Brother, I succeeded. I think I can help you now." After saying that, Rose Crystal stood up and gave Ryan an elegant skirt-lifting salute.

"Are you okay?" Ryan seemed a little nervous.

"Please believe in yourself, brother." The little doll gave a somewhat awkward smile.

After checking, the two people left the spirit world. When Ryan's soul just returned to the body, he was surprised to find countless flames shining outside the window. It seemed that the commotion just now was a bit loud.

"Ah, it seems that the magic I used to summon them here was successful. Now let us lay the foundation for development in this world." The voice of Rose Crystal came from behind.

A flash of purple light appeared, and Rose Quartz changed into the outfit she had just worn after becoming a god. She then opened the door and floated out.

What happened next was a natural progression. Under the banner of the Supreme Shepherd, the Lazarins in the Lazar Wilderness united for the first time and had their own leader.

Because God is high above, Ryan, the brother in God's mouth, naturally became the king of the Lazarin. This is completely different from being a general or one of the leaders in the past. All the hopes of a race are in his hands.

When Llane came to this world it was June of the 297th year of the Aegon calendar. According to the information he collected, everything was normal on the continent of Westeros. Except for King Robert who owed too much debt, it was a peaceful scene.

However, Ryan didn't know when the king died, so knowing the date was useless to Ryan. In his eyes, the most important thing now was to organize the Lazarin people in the Lazar wilderness, and then cultivate the fields for a while to accumulate strength and then push down the two evil neighbors. Only in this way, after having a stable base, it would be more convenient to do anything in this world in the future. The pure natural cattle and sheep specialties of this world are very popular in the Plants vs. Zombies world and the Fallout world. The former only has cultivated beef and mutton, but the taste is somewhat different from that of natural beef. The meat of the two-headed cow in the latter can't really be called beef. When the beef from the world of ice and fire was served on the table for the first time, the Knights' affirmation after tasting it made the beef sold out immediately. In addition, the large number of animals and plants in this world also provided enough biological samples for the two worlds. No matter which world, they are full of interest in the dragons and other creatures mentioned by Ryan.

Of course, in this kind of transaction, reinforced concrete fortress cities began to stand one after another in the Lazar wilderness with the help of steam robots. In addition, large mechanized farms, energy towers, differential machines and a series of other things also appeared here. And with the development and utilization of local mineral deposits, new machines were continuously produced.

The most valuable resource Ryan obtained was more than 5,000 synthetic humans. They voluntarily erased their previous memories and came to this world to start a new life. Although Ryan warned them that they would be another person and another soul after erasing their memories, they would rather die than live with a false identity and memory.

But thanks to this, Ryan was able to bring in so many talents at once. After all, any independent soul and intelligent life needs a deviation point to pass through the space gate, and Ryan's deviation points are not enough for the space gate to allow so many people to pass through.

With the cooperation of these people and the memory implantation machine obtained from the academy, the cultural level of the Lazarin people has rapidly improved, and at the same time, it has further promoted the development of productivity in the region.

In the third month after Lion's arrival, with the help of a large number of steam robots and extraordinary plants, more than 20 fortified cities with walls and fortresses were built on the Lhaza Plains, and they successfully repelled many attacks by mercenaries and small groups of Dothraki. According to the native officials, this month was the first month in hundreds of years that almost no Lhazalin were abducted.

But Llane knew that both the slave cities in the west and the Dothraki in the north should have known about the changes that had taken place on the land. Although the speed of information transmission was very slow at that time, they might not know the specific changes that had taken place on the land. But they would definitely not want to see the Lhazarin people, who had allowed them to do whatever they wanted, develop, so war would be inevitable.

In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Llane and his subordinates discussed and decided to defeat the enemy in one direction first. Since going to war with the Dothraki would require playing hide-and-seek with a group of nomadic cavalry in the vast sea of ​​grass, it would be time-consuming and laborious and might not completely solve the problem. Everyone preferred to kill the slave city-states first.

Each of these slave city-states was not large in scale, and the high walls they used for defense were not enough to become an obstacle under the bombardment of steam cannons and exploding cherries. Most importantly, the Skazadan River in the Lhaza Wasteland could accommodate ships of less than 800 tons, and the lower reaches of this river were Meereen. With the help of water transportation, both troop deployment and logistics were very convenient.

Soon the order to go into battle was given, and the 8000 assembled soldiers and a large number of robots gradually boarded the steamships on the river along the pier on the Skazadan River.

This fleet consisted of 65 550-ton inland steamships and 15 600-ton steam gunboats. With the support of two industrialized worlds, these ships were built in just over a month. Even when these ships were first transported to this world, they were considered a miracle, because no one in this land had ever seen such a large steel structure that could float on the water and even sail without wind or oars.

When Ryan and a group of officers arrived at the dock after the departure ceremony, most people had already boarded the ship. Lata, now a saint, was praying for the expeditionary army.

When Ryan and his companions arrived at the dock, the blessing ceremony for the warriors had already ended, so what Ryan saw was Lata blessing the weapons. She struck a bronze bell beside her and shouted loudly. "--Ring the bell once! Push the lever to start the piston and pump...Ring the bell twice! Pull down the wrench, ignite the boiler, light the furnace, and inject life...Ring the bell three times! Sing in unison, praise our Lord, the Supreme Crystal!--"

As she chanted, the ship's bells rang and white smoke came out of the chimneys. Everyone except Ryan put their right hands on their chests and sang a solemn ballad.

Sure enough, when technology evolves too fast, something like the Mechanicus will appear. Of course, this is also related to his evil taste in bringing all kinds of messy knowledge into this world. After reading a lot of knowledge he left in the temple, the priests in the temple compiled scriptures based on these things.

Ryan also got a copy, which was also the first official edition. On the cover was written "Crystal Codex Third Revised Edition" in gold-plated letters. He almost spurted out the juice in his mouth when he saw the title, but seeing the serious looks of the priests, he still accepted this strange book. Fortunately, these books were highly praised by everyone, and the morale of the army was very high. So Ryan just let it go.

With the whistle blowing, the fleet began to leave the shore. This would be the first time that the Lazarin people fought back after being bullied for hundreds of years.

(End of this chapter)