My Players Are So Fierce

“So if you want to see your parents, you can go now.”

“Wow, that’s wonderful.”

Little Sheron instantly widened her eyes with joy, but she quickly calmed down and said:

“I have to first fulfill my duties. Once Uncle Glendale wakes up, I will take him to see the elders together. Let me first tell you about this ‘Church of the Mechanical Spirit’, they belong to hidden forces in Charldo Harbor.

In fact, we also have their members in Transylvania.”

“Hmm?”

Murphy squinted his eyes instantly, but quickly understood and said:

“Are you talking about Old Flywheel?”

“Yes, Mr. Sulke Flywheel, the greatest Half Body Mechanic and star pupil of the scientific pioneer Professor Old Bach Gaslamp, if it weren’t for the enmity with his junior due to his minor sister, he should have been the president of Shaldo University of Craftsmen by now.”

Little Sheron explained to Murphy as she flew beside him:

“As for the ties between the Church of the Mechanical Spirit and Old Flywheel, it’s endless when pulled. These are the things uncle told me, back when Old Flywheel caused a scandal leading to the death of innocents and his excommunication, he was responsible for investigating the matter regarding this underground church.

They appeared very early.

Basically in the era when Professor Old Bach developed the psychic differential machine, the conflict between the Church of the Mechanical Spirit and orthodox mechanics arose.

They are very skilled mechanics but adhere to a very strange philosophy.

The believers of the Church of the Mechanical Spirit consider mechanics as a form of faith, and they obsessively declare that it’s the only faith for Half-body Men, they view all mechanical mysteries as the blessings of the ‘God of Mechanism’, making every manufacturing process like a religious ritual, and have developed strict ceremonies and prayers.

In short, they are a bunch of worshippers of knowledge, but their way of worshiping knowledge is completely different from other truth seekers.”

“Hmm, sounds a bit like the Church of the Machine God.”

Murphy asked with great interest:

“So, what’s the purpose of the Church of the Mechanical Spirit secretly inciting the disruption of order through Half-body Men demonstrations?”

“It’s to coerce the Steam Lords into acknowledging the existence of the Mechanical Spirit and granting them the same rights as orthodox mechanics!”

Little Sheron answered precisely:

“Because in Professor Old Bach’s time, these followers of mechanical doctrines were denounced as heretics, forced underground yet never disbanded, instead gaining new power due to the continuous advancement of steam technology by the Half-body Men.

As I mentioned, although they are a group of believers, they are indeed very skilled in mechanical usage and construction, unlike orthodox mechanics who explore the principles behind mechanical operation, this group only cares about using and spreading mechanics for its pure purpose.

This makes them theoretically not the rivals of orthodox mechanics, but they always find practical ways to leverage the power of mechanics better than orthodox mechanics.

Uncle Glendale told me, the Church of the Mechanical Spirit has waited for this opportunity for a long time.

If the Wolf People Black Disaster really arrives, the Steam Lords are likely to agree to the Church of the Mechanical Spirit’s demands to come above ground, so you needn’t worry about any shadows of dusk behind this, during Lord Paryen’s forced stay at Charldo Harbor, we already uprooted all heretics in the city.

You haven’t seen how terrifying the lord was back then.

He would go out every night to hunt down some heretics to vent his frustration, I am sure that Charldo Harbor is now the cleanest place on the Continent… uh, theoretically it should be!”

“But the birth of any church and faith must have a source, a belief doesn’t appear out of thin air, so I guess the so-called God of the Mechanical Spirit worshipped by the Church refers to that ‘Evil Spirit’ you encountered in Charldo Harbor?”

Murphy asked softly:

“The lord told me, it’s called ‘Eden’?”

“Yes, that’s it, but Eden likely never responded to the Church of the Mechanical Spirit’s call, otherwise they wouldn’t have lost influence in Charldo Harbor where mechanical power is so advanced.”

Ellen said awkwardly:

“Also, I actively sought it out before, then it got angry, like it disappeared and no longer played with me, it hasn’t appeared by my side for half a month.

Sorry, Sir Morphy.

My immaturity has disappointed you and the Lord, I should have been more composed.”

“It’s alright, it’s not your fault, it’s just a fragment of a broken AI, its action logic is unpredictable, now that it’s back, focus on your work.”

Murphy comforted:

“You can set up your own laboratory, or help on Loyal Brother’s side, they’ve newly arrived a few very skilled weapon designers, turning many of the concepts you guys designed into reality.”

“No rush, I’ll first go and see His Excellency Old Flywheel, I was entrusted to deliver a letter to him.”

Little Sheron chuckled, winked and said:

“It’s from his junior Minkus Steam Valve, the third party in the love scandal related to Old Flywheel, now the president of Shaldo University of Craftsmen and honorary elder of the Mechanics Guild, an extremely skilled large mechanic.

Sir Morphy, the fourth generation Core Bead you’re holding was designed and developed by him.