An infinite journey starting from paradise

Lin Shangren did not lie. In fact, if the situation allowed, he could sit here and watch for an entire afternoon, and even trim the horse's hooves himself.

Not long after the three dwarf sisters started working, Lin Shangren suddenly sensed a strange magical power. He lowered his head and saw that there was indeed a purple teleportation array being constructed under his feet.

"Shelis and the others can't wait any longer, right? Then go ahead. Compared to hoof trimming and horse shoeing, elf and dark elf wives are more attractive."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren called out to the three dwarves who were working, "Leave two for me. I'll nail them myself when I get back. If you need wine after work, go find Gloria. She has some."

After explaining all this, Lin Shangren jumped into the teleportation circle under his feet.

The moment he entered the magic circle, Lin Shangren sensed something amiss. Although this teleportation circle was almost identical to the one that had brought him to Alfheim last time, it seemed to be tainted with a strange power.

Under the induction of this power, the red spiritual energy in Lin Shangren's soul suddenly began to become restless. Although he could control it, in order to suppress this power of his, Lin Shangren temporarily transformed into a controllable demon man form.

Soon, Lin Shangren arrived at the landing point of the teleportation array, but when he opened his eyes, he saw not the summoning altar in the forest, nor the familiar sacred tree castle, but an unfamiliar building.

Flowers, tassels, red carpet, petals, stained glass, this place looks like someone's wedding scene.

Lin Shangren lowered his head and saw a green-haired girl in a white wedding dress standing in front of him with flowers in her hands.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard the petite girl standing in front of him whisper, "Are you Flora's groom? Flora can't see, but she can tell you you're tall and strong, and that makes her feel safe. I'm sorry for making you marry a blind Flora... Um, can you tell Flora your name? Husband... Husband."

Chapter 457: On the Feasibility of Building a Gundam in a Western Fantasy World

"Husband?"

Lin Shangren squatted down from his five-meter-tall demonic body and carefully looked at the petite girl, who was almost as big as two of his paws.

【Name: Flora Lothid】

[Race: White Elf Female? Corrosion Species]

[Identity: The Third Princess of the Kingdom of Redgardo]

[Status: shy, nervous]

[Note: A white elf girl born blind, despite being a princess, was disliked by her parents due to her birth defect and was even denied her right to inherit the kingdom. After her father's death, her aunt, who succeeded to the throne, restored her heir status, but harbored evil intentions. Her situation did not improve, and she was eventually sacrificed to an evil god.]

"A sacrifice to the evil god?"

Lin Shangren could feel that the soul of the girl in front of him was gradually being peeled away, and there was indeed a piece of parchment under his feet that had not yet burned out.

"Tsk, this thing again. Who is it this time? The Mother Goddess or someone else?"

Lin Shangren waved his hand, pressing Flora's soul back into her body. Feeling the hard claws pressing against her head, Flora was somewhat bewildered. After all, this was her first time interacting with the opposite sex. Perhaps men's hands were just this hard and immense.

"Um...husband, you haven't told me your name yet." Flora lowered her head shyly, and suddenly she felt the hard touch on her head become warm and soft, like a big, broad hand caressing her.

"My name is Lin Shangren. Lin is my surname, and Shangren is my given name. Translated directly into Elvish, my name means 'good person.'" Lin Shangren gently stroked the elf girl's light green hair. "Flora, right? Can you share your past with me?"

Lin Shangren used his mind to examine Flora's memories. Because she was blind, Flora's memories contained no images at all, only sounds and abstract paintings she had created in her mind based on her sense of touch. The combination of the two resembled a strange slideshow. However, Lin Shangren was able to roughly understand Flora's life story based on the sounds in her memories:

Because she was born with a disability and was considered a shame by the royal family, she spent most of her life staying in her room and had almost no contact with the outside world. Her understanding of the world was limited to the stories told to her and the books read to her by her maids.

Her father hated her, her mother didn't like her very much either, and her sister was busy studying magic, swordsmanship, and training the Knights and rarely interacted with her. Flora was like an outsider in this royal family.

In the past fifteen years of Flora's life, what she looked forward to most was getting married. Before her father passed away, she accidentally heard that her father planned to marry her to the son of a minister after she turned fifteen to win over the hearts of the people.

Flora doesn't know much about marriage, but she still wants to leave the palace and experience the outside world for herself.

And just last night, her aunt, the current Queen Arielta, suddenly told her that she would be getting married tomorrow, and her mother even personally dressed her up for the first time.

Flora had many questions for her mother about how she would get along with her husband after marriage, but her mother seemed overwhelmed with emotion, her voice trembling as she answered questions irrelevantly. She finally burst into tears and apologized profusely. Flora didn't understand her mother's reaction; she was simply looking forward to the wedding, to what would likely be the most important moment in her life.

"Wedding?"

Lin Shangren withdrew his hand from stroking Flora's forehead and stood up.

His voice was not loud and his tone was calm, but it made Flora, who was standing next to him, feel an invisible pressure.

"If this is a wedding, it's a bit too hasty and cold. Or is it a special custom in Ridgardo for the bride's family to hide in the dark and spy on the newlyweds?"

Lin Shangren reached out toward a nearby open space, grasping two hearts through the shadows. He twisted them like walnuts. In excruciating pain, Arielta and Christina, who had been hiding there using camouflage magic, fell to their knees, spewing blood, and revealed themselves.

Lin Shangren looked at the two of them. The one with blonde hair was Christina, Flora's mother. Looking at her blonde hair, long ears, red lips, blue eyes, big breasts, wasp waist and long legs, he knew that she was the kind of elf queen who would be fucked into a sow by orcs, goblins, rebels, tentacle monsters and the like in the elf books.

As for the one with green hair and a crown, she exudes a strange aura.

"Hmm? Kind of interesting."

Lin Shangren looked at Arielta, then raised his hand and used his two fingers to grasp a sharp sword wrapped in black flames that suddenly appeared at his side.

"Here's a little advice for you. Next time you sneak attack someone, it's best to..."

Before Lin Shangren could finish his words, he released his sword and raised his hand to catch the kick that was heading for his temple. He grabbed the ankle and crushed it. The assassin who had attacked Lin Shangren revealed himself. He was a dark elf female knight with short lavender hair.

"Tsk, you didn't let me finish pretending, you deserve to be punished."

Lin Shangren twisted his wrist and broke the dark elf female knight's calf, then threw her to the ground.

"A Dark Elf officer in the White Elf Kingdom, that's quite unusual. I'll deal with you later. And... you guys."

A black shadow spread out with Lin Shangren as the center, and then all the magic swordsmen and magicians hiding in various places in the hall appeared and were imprisoned in place by the shadow control technique.

"It's a bit more lively now." Lin Shangren said.

Although she didn't know what had happened, Flora was still trembling with fear after hearing everyone's screams. She subconsciously grabbed the corner of Lin Shangren's clothes, tears in her eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Husband...Husband...If you don't like the wedding, and don't like Flora, Flora can change it...Please don't...don't lose your temper..."

"Don't be afraid." Lin Shangren stroked Flora's head gently. "This is just part of the wedding. If Flora thinks their voices are too loud, I'll just tell them to shut up."

Lin Shangren's words were so clear through the shadows that they shook the eardrums of everyone present. Flora didn't understand what Lin Shangren meant, but the others felt their hair stand on end and chills run through their bodies.

"grown ups……"

Arielta's body emanated a pale green light—the alchemical items she used for healing began to take effect, healing the wounds within her body. She struggled to stand up and tried to look up at Lin Shangren.

"It's truly an evil god. He was able to penetrate my multiple defenses and inflict severe damage on a mage nearing the seventh level. If he wanted to, he could definitely kill me instantly. But he didn't, so there's still room for negotiation."

With this thought in mind, Arielta prepared to introduce herself and discuss the contents of the contract with the evil god.

"I am Arielta Lotsheed, the Queen of the Kingdom of Redgardo..."

Unexpectedly, Lin Shangren didn't intend to waste time talking to her: "Who gave you this parchment? Forget it, I'd better read it myself."

The shadow beneath Lin Shangren's feet stretched towards Arielta, but was blocked as it entered her consciousness. The crown atop Arielta's head was a crown passed down through generations of the Kingdom of Ivlorien. Like the King's Chosen Ring on Lin Shangren's hand, it was crafted by the four goddesses of this world and possessed a spiritual shield.

It’s a pity that this layer of protection is still too weak compared to Lin Shangren’s attack. It’s like a thin film. Lin Shangren can easily break through it with a strong poke and penetrate into Arielta’s consciousness.

Lin Shangren was not very interested in Arielta's other memories. He searched quickly and soon found the origin of the parchment.

Similar to the story in the scientific world where Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng received a pearl from a goddess in his dream, Arielta also met a woman in black robes in her dream and received the contract from her to summon Lin Shangren.

Because this was a dream scene, Lin Shangren couldn't use the power of Laplace's demon to recreate it in reality, nor could he observe the black-robed woman from any perspective other than Arielta's. Therefore, Lin Shangren couldn't see the woman's features or figure beneath the black robe. He could only roughly determine her height and her hair color—a wisp of silver hair was revealed as she turned to leave.

The woman was silver-haired, about 1.75 meters tall, with a hoarse voice, as if she was deliberately disguising herself. Her cloak was just an ordinary black cloak with no special features.

This is all the information that can be confirmed intuitively, but this little information reveals another important message: this guy is most likely not related to the Mother Goddess.

Lin Shangren had already grasped the Mother Goddess's consistent style: a conspiracy disguised as an overt one. Though she was operating covertly, she wasn't afraid of being discovered. Through a series of seemingly unrelated chain reactions, she forced Lin Shangren into a corner with no choice but to jump into the trap she had dug: a glimmer of hope, but not jumping would mean a slow death, with five cities lost today and ten tomorrow.

Take, for example, the nun Pandora who stole the Wind God Sword and Wind God Pearl. Though she's still hiding from Lin Shangren, she brazenly dares to challenge him while he's using Laplace's abilities to revisit historical fragments. To put it bluntly, the Mother Goddess is like a twisted yandere, always leaving traces of her evil deeds behind, as if shouting to Lin Shangren, "I did it! I set a trap here, and I love watching you bewildered, trying to counter me but unable to do anything."

"Although I can't completely rule out that guy as a suspect, it's almost there. If she suddenly changes her personality, I'll look down on her."

Lin Shangren put away his shadow and took off Arielta's crown. It originally belonged to the Hagarm royal family, and Lin Shangren took it back to return it to its rightful owner. With the crown, he could have three generations of Sheris and her family wear a complete set of queen's dresses, and he could also experience what it felt like to ride the queen on the throne.

"you…!"

Although it was only a moment, Arielta could still clearly feel her memories being forcibly flipped through, as if he had raped her mind. She had never suffered such humiliation before.

After all, Arielta is a woman who can secretly cultivate her own followers and usurp the throne through a coup. Even if she is stupid, she can't be stupider than the so-called heroines in some domestic dramas. She must have made "complete preparations" before she started to summon the evil god.

The mages and knights hidden throughout the hall are among them.

Although they were now easily controlled by Lin Shangren, they were undoubtedly the elite of the Lidgardo Kingdom's army. Each one could unleash the firepower of an entire mixed artillery battery, making them the strongest group of trusted confidants Arielta could muster. If Lin Shangren hadn't used his Shadow Control and other sniper-killing techniques, relying solely on physical strength and the magic and sigils of the Witch Knight and Demon Hunter classes, it would have taken him six or seven minutes to completely eliminate them.

In addition to arranging her strongest forces to guard the battlefield in case of any emergency, Arielta also carefully studied the contract that could summon the evil god with her great magicians and alchemists before deciding to summon the evil god. They confirmed that the contract contained the mandatory spells and counter-spells that would restrict the evil god and ensure the normal operation of the transaction.

The former can force the evil god to complete the transaction after the sacrifice is completed, otherwise the evil god will be retaliated.

The latter can forcibly teleport the evil god back to its own latitude when it loses control.

Arielta and her alchemists were convinced that the power of the two spells sealed on the parchment far surpassed any known magic on the continent, being magic that only the Four Goddesses and those high-level root-level elves could unleash. With these two spells, at least they wouldn't have to worry about the evil god tearing apart their relationship and causing irreparable damage.

That's why Arielta can perform the summoning ceremony with confidence.

At this time, Arielta was secretly reciting the spell to activate the compulsion spell to force Lin Shangren to reach the terms of the deal.

She glared at Lin Shangren with a burning gaze tinged with resentment, and said loudly, "Evil God Lin Shangren, our sacrifice has been completed, and it is time for you to complete the transaction."

As Arielta spoke, brilliant light lit up from under Lin Shangren's feet, and chains made of energy emerged from it and headed towards Lin Shangren's limbs and neck.

"Tie me up in a chain? You're not worthy enough!"

The energy contained within these chains was indeed powerful. From the perspective of the Soul Vision, if the spiritual energy contained within them were converted into material energy and exploded, the equivalent would be no less than a thousand Tsar bombs exploding simultaneously. For Lin Shangren at this stage, resisting this force with his physical body wouldn't be fatal, but it would definitely be formidable.

But these chains could not touch Lin Shangren's body at all, because the sacrifice was not completed, Lin Shangren did not accept Flora's soul, and the compulsory spell naturally had no effect on him.

Seeing the chains shrivel up before they even touched Lin Shangren, Arielta realized something was amiss. Just as she was about to use a counter-spell to drive Lin Shangren back to his own world, Lin Shangren suddenly said, "The deal hasn't been finalized yet. I've only paid the deposit. I'm afraid I can't help you."

"Wha...what?" Aelita was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"It means the offering is insufficient. You need more money," Lin Shangren replied. "The contract stipulates that you must sacrifice the souls of all the legitimate heirs to the throne to me, and I will grant you the power to defeat Keludora's army. But now, all I have received is my young wife, Flora."

"what……"

After hearing what Lin Shangren said, Arielta felt relieved.

"I will soon offer another sacrifice, Angelica. But..."

"But since I've already taken the deposit, shouldn't I show some sincerity?" Lin Shangren smiled and continued Arielta's words. "Although I've just proven that I can crush everyone here like a bug, I still have to give you something to prove my strength."

As he spoke, Lin Shangren took out a thick stack of drawings from the shadow space and threw them in front of Arielta.

"This is……"

Arielta picked up the blueprint. The white and light paper alone was enough to astound her, and what was drawn on the blueprint made her even more amazed. Although her alchemy attainments were not high, she could see that this was an ingeniously designed and very powerful golem.

"To deal with the beast tide, we'll need some heavy firepower. There are weapons that can be used by mages, and some that can be used by ordinary humans. If we can't just annihilate the Kairudra army, we can at least maintain a balance of power."

The things on the drawings are a series of heavy artillery, machine guns and...GM and Gundam designed by Lin Shangren that combine alchemical magic with modern technology - in order to satisfy his own aesthetic taste, Lin Shangren designed the appearance of the Heavy Golem to look like the GM Spartan and Mark II.

To produce what is shown in the blueprint, a large amount of alchemical materials and high-level alchemists are needed. Among the major countries on the continent of Midgard, only the Kingdom of Ridgardo meets these conditions.

It was obvious that Lin Shangren wanted to use Arielta's hand to do work for him for free.

Of course, if that were the only reason, Lin Shangren could have hypnotized everyone here and taken control of the Kingdom of Ridgardo himself to accomplish this. However, he still had the mission, "Savior of the Princess Knight," which required him to rescue a Princess Knight in danger, but he couldn't create the situation himself.

So Lin Shangren still planned to use Arielta to complete this task. Didn't she want to harm her niece Angelica? Then let her wish come true.

Lin Shangren continued, "The drawings only show the shells of these weapons. With your current technology, you can start manufacturing them. As for their core technology, I will give it to you after you sacrifice the other legitimate heirs to me."

You should be able to see the value of this weapon of war, right? With it, not to mention defeating the crappy beast tide of the Keludora Kingdom, how difficult would it be to rule this entire continent?!"

"Rule the entire continent..."

Arielta was very excited.

She wanted to bargain with Lin Shangren again, but saw him suddenly pick up the petite Flora.

Lin Shangren chuckled and said, "This is a small wedding after all, so it should be complete. Can the groom kiss the bride now?"

"what?"

Amidst everyone's astonished gaze, Lin Shangren kissed Flora on the lips.

Arielta and Christina, who had just recovered, thought that this was the evil god's way of sucking the souls of the elves. Christina, who still had some maternal love left in her heart, closed her eyes reluctantly.

But Lin Shangren really just kissed Flora. No, more than a kiss, Lin Shangren also bit the tip of his tongue and passed his blood, which could heal everything in the world, into Flora's mouth.

Flora's eyes, which were shrouded in gray shadows, gradually revealed the golden color that should have been there. For the first time, her eyes felt the light and she could see.

Lin Shangren, who kissed her gently, became the first person that Flora, the newly hatched chick, saw.

"Husband...husband..."

No longer interested in savoring this rather sudden first kiss, Flora looked around in surprise: "My eyes... I... can see?!"

Flora was so surprised that she almost cheered out loud. Lin Shangren gently stroked her cheek and led her to look at Arielta and Christina not far away.

"Look at them, your aunt and mother."

"Well... Queen Mother and Aunt Arielta, Flora is very happy now." Flora was so excited that she was a little incoherent. She wanted to share her joy with her two relatives. But Lin Shangren didn't plan to stay here for long.

"Well, it's time for us to go. After all, a daughter who's married off is like spilled water. Let's go and see my place."

Chapter 458: How can it be so smooth?

"Please wait!"