noffsinger Chapter 478 Traditional Craftsmen
Chapter 478 Traditional Craftsmen
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A very valuable-looking longsword was held in the Desire Master's hand. With a soft sound, the scabbard separated, and the blade of the longsword was revealed in front of the Desire Master.
The longsword was exquisitely crafted and looked incredibly sharp. The blade was engraved with intricate patterns that shimmered with an unusual light, making it appear to be more than just a decoration.
The Lord was very fond of this patterned longsword, which stemmed from his profession and lineage.
Long ago, before the title of God of Machinery and Craftsmen existed, in that era when gods still existed, the god of craftsmen existed in the world.
The followers of the God of Craftsmen were naturally all craftsmen. Unlike now, the craftsmen of the past made all kinds of magical weapons, armor, or props.
They are skilled at forging, and can add many special properties while retaining the function of the equipment, which makes them popular with others.
After all, who wouldn't want to possess a divine weapon or an indestructible suit of armor?
In this land, a highly skilled craftsman often has a noble aristocratic status.
However, later on, for some unknown reason, around the time of the fall of the gods, the name of the god of craftsmen in popular folklore seemed to have changed.
He transformed into a god of craftsmen and machines.
No one knows where this change started; people only know that the first machine appeared at that time.
Therefore, in addition to the artisan school, a new school was born on this land: the mechanical school.
The term "mechanical ascension" has gradually come into the public eye!
Later, as time flew by, people discovered the power of the mechanical class and began to switch to it. Even those who did not switch to the artisan class gradually moved closer to the mechanical class in terms of their skills and began to build mechanical equipment.
Therefore, people of the traditional craftsmanship school are becoming increasingly rare in this environment. Nowadays, only a few old men are still adhering to the skills of the traditional craftsmanship school.
As it happens, the Lord of Desire is a descendant of a traditional artisan school. His ancestors were noble artisans who even had connections with dwarves. Over time, although many skills have been lost, some have been passed down.
Among them are many wondrous creations, one of which has a particularly special effect: maintaining one's own consciousness.
This clarity doesn't mean being immune to control or seduction; it refers to clarity at the level of memory, or simply put, not being brainwashed.
The isolation of the Gear Kingdom can be traced back hundreds of years. Of course, the true isolation can be traced back even thousands of years. There were some signs at that time, but they were not revealed and were hidden very deeply.
As the Gear Kingdom closed itself off from the world, the Desire Lord family discovered a peculiar phenomenon: the people of this country had been brainwashed.
To be precise, it means being deprived of a certain emotion.
They have no desires, and have become like real machines. If this country is likened to a machine, then these people who have been deprived of their desires are the cogs.
Gears don't resist; they're just mechanical parts. All they have to do is turn. They don't need to think about anything else!
Machines will dominate everything!
This is an obvious conspiracy. Even if the members of the Desire Lord's family are stupid, they will know that a conspiracy is brewing in this country.
But before they could take any action, the Great Purge began.
An organization called Skynet, after seizing power in the country, began to hunt down and massacre those who had not been brainwashed.
No matter how these guys managed to evade brainwashing, they couldn't escape the subsequent purge.
In this process, many traditional craftsmen also died.
The family of the Desire Lord was also purged, and the entire family was slaughtered, with only the young Desire Lord managing to escape.
This fueled his resentment, and he constantly sought revenge against the Skynet organization.
However, after the purge was completed, Skynet had essentially taken control of the entire country, possessing absolute power and influence.
How could a fallen nobleman, whose family had been wiped out, possibly fight against an entire nation?
As a nobleman's son, he naturally possessed pride and refused to submit to the Skynet organization. However, years of hiding and living in exile had also filled him with despair.
Is there really no chance for revenge?
Resentment, anger, longing, and other emotions led the desire master to smell love. After obtaining this, his life underwent a dramatic change.
Not only did his strength increase significantly, but the growing number of subordinates also gradually restored the confidence he had lost during his exile.
After many years, the Lord of Desire has once again become a supreme being, revered and feared by all. Power, lust for authority, and hatred have driven him to madness.
This madness wasn't the superficial madness of his craziest followers; it was a madness from the depths of his heart, a madness that made him feel omnipotent and the only being in the world.
He seeks revenge, not only for the hatred of his family's destruction, but also for his own ambition: to overthrow the country and become its ruler!
Having realized this, the Lord of Desire began to expand. Through the love of smelling the nose, he enlightened the brainwashed masses on a large scale and turned them into his subordinates.
During this time, he also continuously expanded his power through nasal love, and later he even discovered that there was more than one such magical thing as nasal love.
By sheer chance, he acquired another clone, which greatly increased his strength. With his rapidly growing power and increasing number of subordinates, he could no longer restrain himself.
Their organization was originally just waging riots and guerrilla warfare throughout the country, but not long ago, after the Lord of Desire felt his power growing, he became extremely confident and directly conquered Tolensa in one fell swoop.
This move may seem reckless, but it was not a mistake, because although they had caused a lot of losses to the country in the previous battles, they had actually been at a disadvantage all along.
Although the number of people in their forces continued to increase, under the suppression of the Gear Kingdom, their entire group was forced to disperse. This indirectly caused the Lord of Desire to lose some control over his subordinates, leading to many people rebelling.
The Dawn Organization is the most typical example.
Although capturing Dornosa exposes them to the public eye, given the current chaos in the country, it's not impossible for the ruler to weather the storm and steadily turn the tide.
This action may be a bit radical, but if successful, the rewards will naturally be enormous.
The ruler is very ambitious, and naturally he will not be content with his lot.
"I won't lose."
The Lord spoke softly, his words filled with great confidence, as if the entire situation was already under his control.