Sword of Dawn

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Chapter 1500 XX thinks you are cold

Enya learned a lot about Tarrond and the Holy Dragon Principality from Heragor and Baloger, from the reconstruction of the social order after the war to the living conditions of the dragons today, and to some things she is familiar with, Names that still exist or have passed away—in fact, she doesn’t need to inquire about many things. Now that the neural network has been established between Tarrond, the Principality of the Holy Dragon and Cecil, there are many things she can do. She learned about it directly from the Internet, but she still asked over and over again.

The two ancient dragons took the trouble to answer every question she had.

"...it sounds like everything is getting better," finally, Enya exhaled softly, and said with a faint smile, "Dragonborn are also gradually returning to the dragon society..."

"Whether it's a dragonborn or a pure-blooded dragon, compatriots need some time and adaptation to adapt to the new life, but no matter what, the current situation is countless times better than originally expected, and we can no longer expect more. "Baloger said calmly, "The biggest good news for us now is that all the hatchlings hatched after the coming-of-age ceremony are growing healthily and vigorously... This is the first generation that is truly healthy and healthy in more than a million years. The complete group of dragons, they have not undergone any implant modification, have not used any boosters, have pure genetic factors, and..."

"Besides, they were born in an era when there were no spiritual stamps, and they were not bound by any gods." Enya smiled lightly, "I am also helping to take care of two young dragons, they are healthy and happy little guys, courageous They are very big and very curious, and they are clumsy in many things, but they are growing every day...that's what I remember as a 'real dragon'..."

Heragor and Baloger nodded lightly, but it seemed that they didn't know what to say for a while. The round table became quiet, so quiet that only thoughts were quietly flowing. It didn't know how long it had passed, Heragor Er heard Enya suddenly break the silence: "The northern hemisphere has entered deep winter... Is it cold in Tarrond?"

Heragor froze for a moment before speaking: "...Fortunately, although we lost the big shield, every city has built small-scale barriers, which are not a problem to resist the cold wind, and Cecil Humans also helped us build a central heating system based on magic technology... the dragons themselves are not very afraid of the cold."

"You are also flesh and blood, how can you not be afraid of the cold?" Enya frowned slightly, "How can the conventional heating system and shields block the cold wind at the North Pole... Let's find a way to restart the big shield , it works more than anything. I just sat in on your discussion, and I know you can restart that thing now."

"...The plan to restart the big shield may not be feasible," Heragor hesitated. He was not surprised that Enya was in the meeting just now. I feel a little unaccustomed to the method, "If we finally adopt the mother star barrier plan, we have to give up the big shield. After all, resources and time are limited..."

"Restarting the big shield doesn't necessarily mean taking the 'Talrond Sanctuary' route," Enya interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "If it doesn't involve subsequent transformation, just restarting the shield consumes There are not many resources, I know that more than half of the energy stations directly connected to the large shield are not damaged, and their biggest problem is that the equipment is offline."

"Tallond isn't that cold either..." Heragor's tone seemed a little awkward, "We should focus more on..."

Gao Wen finally couldn't see it anymore: "Actually, I think Ms. Enya's suggestion is very good - as long as it does not involve the follow-up shelter project, just restarting the great shield of Tarrond will not have any impact on other plans. , and in the long run, a safer, more stable and more livable Tarrond is also beneficial to the alliance as a whole. After all, the tide of magic will not end overnight. We must ensure that every member of the alliance can better status to face the coming 'bunker period'."

He tried his best to maintain a serious and serious attitude, but he kept all the real words in his heart and was embarrassed to say them. In fact, he wanted to persuade the leader of the dragon in front of him-your mother thinks you are cold, so you should treat you as real cold...

But he couldn't imagine what the atmosphere would be like after he said those words.

Of course, Heragor couldn't have imagined that Gawain could have so many rambunctious chatter in his stomach with a solemn and serious face on his face. After all, he was fooled by the other party's serious attitude and well-founded analysis. After thinking for a while, he nodded slightly: "Well, you are right, no matter what plan we choose in the end, the people's lives must be maintained. I will put restarting the Great Shield of Tarrond on the agenda .”

Enya laughed, a smile full of joy.

Heragore and Baloger stood up. Although they didn't want to leave so early, the responsibilities on their shoulders prevented them from spending time here.

The former supreme dragon priest stood by the round table, and he looked at the blond lady on the opposite side - he never thought that one day he would stand in front of her so calmly and peacefully, and even at this moment, he would Still a little unreal about what just happened, after a short trance, he said: "It's time for us to leave, ma'am."

"Let's go now?" Enya got up subconsciously.

"... There is still a lot of work to be done on the Tarrond side," Heragor sighed, "The same is true on the Holy Dragon Principality."

"...Well, you are really busy," Enya hesitated for a moment, and finally smiled, "Then let's go and do what you should do."

The figures of the two ancient dragons finally gradually dissipated in the air, and the huge field of pure white flowers regained its calm, and only Gao Wen and Enya were left beside the round table.

They silently drank the still warm black tea in front of them. After a long time, Gao Wen suddenly said, "Did you experience the feeling of an old mother who is retired and sees her children busy with work and have no time to go home?"

"I still don't quite get used to your wonderful metaphor." Enya glanced at Gao Wen lightly, "I've never been a mother either—but I can feel that you had a great time watching the excitement just now... Is it such an interesting thing to listen to the conversation between me and Heragor?"

"Watching the excitement is the greatest interest of mortals." Gao Wen drank the last bit of tea in his cup and raised his eyebrows, "And I was dragged here to act as a 'safety barrier', listening to your gossip like an extra flower pot Home, you have to find some fun for yourself, right?"

"...Thank you," Enya didn't seem to hear the joke in Gao Wen's tone, but thanked seriously, "The 'chain' between me and Heragor is far beyond any god or mortal , this strong connection still had an impact even after my divine half was completely destroyed, and led him to find the remnants of my humanity... Although it has been weakened and precipitated for so long, I still dare not too relaxed.

"In this case, I need an extra layer of insurance before I dare to meet them boldly—although the anti-divinity barrier is indeed a good thing, but a person who can look directly at the 'Dragon of Chaos' in my prime state can even The 'extraterrestrial wanderer' who devours the upper narrator in reverse is much more reliable, and I am a conservative and cautious 'person' in this regard. What's more... Isn't it a matter of course to help friends?"

"This kind of words are usually not said by the people who are being helped," Gao Wen smiled helplessly, "But yes, it is only natural to help friends, and I really enjoy this 'lively' - to be able to see the past It is an extremely valuable experience for the Dragon God and the Dragon Priest to have a friendly conversation under such circumstances. Let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about the business—you just attended the meeting, what do you think of the various plans we have proposed?”

"...The creativity of mortals always amazes me, especially when faced with the pressure of extinction of civilization," Enya calmly looked into Gawain's eyes, "whether it is the various shelter plans, or the 'mother' you proposed Star Barrier' are all ways out that I never thought of."

"Excuse me for too much praise, I want to hear something practical," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I want to hear about you, the oldest god, standing on the experience accumulated over 180 million years, standing on your stand against demons. On the basis of the understanding of the tide, the evaluation of those plans."

"...Don't repeatedly emphasize the age of a lady, especially when I'm only two years old this year," Enya glanced at Gao Wen, and then said casually, "My evaluation is very simple, don't be obedient and blind If I say that the experience I have accumulated in the past 180 million years is the most useful, it is undoubtedly this one: every step of retreat is planting a hand for the future. sharp knife."

Gao Wen was thoughtful: "...It seems that you don't trust things like shelters either."

"I once built a refuge, and all of us know its ending," Enya said lightly, "From a rational point of view, I can't actually judge which of the two solutions, the refuge or the parent star barrier, is better, because They all have their own theoretical advantages and practical value, as well as their own fatal flaws and hidden dangers. I can only speak from an emotional point of view... I don't like retreating into a narrow shell, because we give up at will when we hide in the shell. It is very likely that someday in the future, everyone will regret it.”

After saying this, the lady with an elegant and gentle smile stood up. She seemed to be about to leave, but Gao Wen suddenly stopped her: "I agree with your point of view, but your point of view may It’s still a bit one-sided.”

"Oh?" Enya stopped and looked at Gao Wen curiously.

"Although I proposed the mother star barrier plan, from another perspective, the mother star barrier is just a larger refuge," Gawain said solemnly, "One day, our civilization will develop to the point where even Things like the parent star barrier are also like a 'narrow shell' - for civilization, there has never been an endless boundary in this world, we will always encounter layers of 'shells', the key is , whether we can successfully break out of the shell.

"At this point, neither you nor the dragons are successful. Building the Cradle of Eternity is not a fault, it is just a reasonable choice in a certain historical stage, and then it is reasonably abandoned in a new historical stage. .”

"...Isn't it a mistake to build the cradle of eternity..." Enya repeated this sentence softly, and then showed a bright smile, "That sentence is not bad."

In the next second, her figure turned into a light golden mist that dissipated in the air and disappeared with the wind.

The sunshine of the real world sprinkles into the room, and the bright brilliance brings a warm feeling. In the spacious and bright "hatching room", the light golden giant eggs are bathed in sunlight, and there is a layer of dreamy luster floating on the surface of the smooth eggshell .

Suddenly, Betty, who was resting on a chair near the Golden Dome, opened her eyes. She looked at Enya in the middle of the room, and greeted in a brisk tone: "Ms. Enya! Are you back?"

"Yes," came a gentle and slightly surprised voice from the golden dome, "but how did you notice it? Everyone said that I couldn't tell my state from my posture, but you seemed to be able to see it every time." Perceived my 'sight' and 'movement'."

"I don't know either," Betty scratched her cheek, "I just felt you 'wake up', so... I felt it."

Listening to this quite personal answer, Enya's already good mood suddenly improved, and Betty looked up at the sky outside, and happily proposed: "It's sunny outside today, ma'am, let me take you Let's go for a walk! Miss Till just made a beautiful ice sculpture in the garden yesterday!"

"...Is the ice sculpture she made her own?"

"I don't know!"

Betty shook her head vigorously, and then began to quickly prepare the things needed to take Enya out for a walk. The first thing she did was to take out a thick quilt from a nearby cabinet. This scene made Enya quite For helplessness: "Actually, I really don't need this, the cold is not a problem for me..."

"How can it not be cold! The temperature is dropping these two days!" Betty involuntarily put the quilt on Enya's eggshell, and then muttered while arranging the bandages that she sewed on at the corners, "You always Don't pay attention to these details, but even healthy people will get sick if they don't pay attention to their bodies."

Enya's tone was very helpless: "But I'm not human..."

"This is especially true for an egg! If you are often exposed to the wind and cold, you will not be able to hatch!"

Enya: "..."

She helplessly watched Betty busy around, and then watched the other side push the small car for going out for a walk, and then asked casually as she floated up and landed on the car: "Are you very happy?" Are you expecting me to hatch?"

Betty thought for a while, then nodded: "A little bit, mainly out of curiosity, your voice is so beautiful, and I have seen your image in the neural network, so beautiful... I just want to see you leave the eggshell in the real world look. And His Majesty once said..."

Enya heard the hesitation in the little maid's words, and asked casually, "Oh? What did Gao Wen say?"

"Your Majesty, he said..." Betty struggled for less than two seconds before selling her master, "He said he doubted that you would have been able to break out of your shell a long time ago, a person who can play continuously in the neural network for 24 hours How could the card player have not completed the 'integration of human nature', he said that you just want to fish... What does fishing mean?"

"It means to recharge your batteries," the voice in the golden dome sounded very pleasant, "Come on, let's go see the ice sculptures!"

Chapter 1501 Going to the depths

In the courtyard of the Cecil Palace, Betty and Enya are admiring the new ice sculpture in front of the fountain. The ice sculpture is so lifelike that it looks like Tyre himself. She was probably accidentally frozen into this shape while sleeping next to the pool. Because the elemental creatures will turn into transparent ice crystals after being completely frozen, they are regarded as ice sculptures made by people.

The two young dragons who slipped over from the embassy of Tarrond to play are lying next to the ice sculpture in Tyre at the moment. The two excited little guys are practicing their innate skills that are indispensable as dragons, and they take turns using the little dragons. He was roasting Tire's frozen tail, and with the help of Amber, who was afraid of chaos, he directed the two young dragons to adjust the firepower while sprinkling salt, cumin and black pepper on Tire's tail. .

And not far away, Gawain was standing with Heidi, watching the warm scene by the fountain (correct), Heti couldn't help showing a helpless smile on his face: "Every winter Tyre can always Do some unexpected things... It’s the first time I know that the Kraken really turns into a transparent texture like ice after it’s completely frozen?”

"It's an elemental creature after all," Gawain said with a smile, "and what is every winter—when did Tyre divide the seasons?"

"That's true," Hetty thought for a while, and couldn't help but smile, then her eyes fell on Amber again, "She won't really plan to roast and eat Tyre's tail, will she? Although Tyre himself might not Mind, but this matter..."

"Don't worry about it, it's just funny, it's good for her to play around with these two little guys for a while," Gao Wen said casually, and then changed the subject, "Let's not talk about these things...Amoen mentioned it earlier. How is the investigation of the situation? Is there any follow-up?"

"You mean the plants of unknown origin that appeared on the border of the Shadow Garden?" Hetty immediately understood what Gawain was talking about, and frowned slightly, "After receiving the report, the Theocratic Council immediately sent someone to check it out. , the 'invasive plants' mentioned by Mr. Lu were indeed found in the border area, but the follow-up investigation made no progress. The technical department retrieved all the records of the various monitoring devices installed in the Shadow Garden over the past few months , but no abnormal data were found."

Listening to Hetty's report, Gawain also frowned a little bit.

The "plants" of unknown origin appeared in the shadow garden. This is the "vision" that Amon suddenly reported not long ago-several flowers and plants suddenly appeared on the edge of the huge garden. Of course, it would be nothing if they were placed in other places , but that was deep in the Shadow Realm, a garden created by the power of the God of Nature in the past, and a few flowers and plants that were not in the plan would be a big deal.

After receiving the report, the technicians of the Theocratic Council broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, followed by several days of investigation and spot monitoring, but as Hetty reported...the investigation found nothing.

"Did the monitoring equipment leave no traces... But Amon's judgment should not be wrong," Gao Wen said in a low voice, "Although he is no longer a god, his strength and instinct are still there, and he will not remember I don't know the flowers and plants in my garden...have you sampled and analyzed it?"

"Can't sample successfully," Hetty shook her head, "Those flowers and plants that abnormally appear on the border of the courtyard don't seem to be completely 'real', any attempt to move or sample them will cause them to quickly decompose and disappear, let alone brought to the present In the world, even in the Shadow Garden, the leaf samples collected will disappear within 2 minutes.

"In view of this, the technical monks of the Council can only conduct in-situ research on those plants without destroying the plants, and the results obtained are limited. Now we can only confirm that those plants do not belong to any species known in the world, and they have weak It has no smell or taste, is touchable and harmless, but too much touching will cause it to wither temporarily - this withering will gradually recover over the next few hours."

"...This sounds like a 'miracle'," Gawain mused, and then suddenly mentioned a seemingly irrelevant matter, "Is there any movement worth paying attention to in the churches of the world's gods recently?"

"No," Hetty shook his head again, "Since the establishment of communication with alien civilizations, the Theocratic Council has increased the monitoring level of all churches to prevent ideological changes, and the trial monks of the arbitration tribunal have been watching, but so far there has been no response. Abnormal report came out."

"There are no visions..." Gao Wen folded his arms, his tone was extremely serious, and he said suddenly after a moment of contemplation, "Let the council continue to closely monitor the world's major sects, especially the priests of the three gods of abundance."

Heti was stunned for a moment, and her eyes changed slightly: "The three gods of abundance... Do you really suspect that the 'invasive plants' that appeared in the Garden of Shadows are related to those three goddesses?"

"The monitoring equipment has not been touched, either because the 'intruder' has a magical power that we have not yet known, thus blinding the divine detection function of the equipment, or because the intruder somehow managed to get mixed into the 'white list' - Feng Rao [-] The origin of gods is closely related to the gods of nature. In the ancient times, the powers of the gods were mixed, and the abundance gods were even regarded as "variants" after the belief in nature gods was introduced into human society from elven society. This kind of "same origin" Sex' is also reflected in the power and authority of the corresponding gods.

"Our current technology is not enough to accurately distinguish and perceive the power of all the gods. If it is true that the three gods of abundance have invaded the Shadow Garden, then the monitoring equipment is likely to confuse this power with Amorn's power... ...I think that's the most likely scenario."

Hetty nodded earnestly and wrote down Gawain's instructions. After hesitating for a few seconds, she still couldn't hold back her words: "If it's true that the three goddesses of abundance are acting... what do you think they want to do?"

"I don't know, I don't have the ability to predict." Gao Wen shrugged, "But if you have to guess... I hope this is a good sign."

Hetty was a little curious: "A good sign?"

"Do you still remember what I said before?" Gawain glanced at her, "Cecil took the lead in experimenting with church reforms, and allied countries promoted the order of 'theocratic monarchy' across the continent. The work has achieved certain results all over the world. In theory, this kind of change in the mortal world should have begun to affect the gods behind the churches... Maybe there is still some distance from the real "unbundling", but those who are more thoughtful As far as the gods are concerned, they may already be trying to move their limbs..."

"Move your hands and feet..." Hetty thought thoughtfully, "So you think the traces that appeared on the edge of the Shadow Garden are likely to be signals from the three gods of abundance..."

"The shackles that bind mortals and gods are as dangerous as thorns, so that even if the shackles are loosened slightly, neither side dare to act rashly," Gao Wen sighed, "The three gods of abundance may indeed be sending us a signal But this signal seems to be more difficult to understand than Kamel's face and Nicholas' eyes... But it can't be helped.

"Now we can only hope that this 'relaxation' will continue, so that more gods can take the initiative to try to contact the world, and all we can do... is to let the council concentrate on it, and don't miss the gods' fight. Do your best to wink at us."

The picture in Hetty's mind immediately emerged...

……

At the same time, off the northern coast of Loren Continent, on the Violet Island covered by lush primeval jungle and wilderness, an expedition team led by Modil and Maggie was walking through the depths of a dense forest.

An abnormally thick and dark environment shrouded the dense forest. Even at noon, even in places where the sun shines, the sky that should have been sunny also showed a state of approaching dusk. Where there is no direct sunlight, there are even shadows among the trees, as if there are disturbing shadows everywhere.

Even if the exploration team members turned on the lighting equipment they carried with them, even if Maggie and Mordir summoned the magic light ball, the brilliance could barely be maintained to the extent that everyone could see the road clearly. Not enough to dispel the surrounding shadows - which makes the whole exploration process feel oppressive.

"How should I put it... As expected of the place where Lady Ye's power influences, the dense shadow environment here is really impressive," Mordir wore a short robe that was easy to move, and held a short staff in one hand and a mage's bodyguard in the other. The commonly used one-handed sword, while paying attention to the movement in the surrounding woods, casually said to the dragon-born maid next to her, "It feels like 'projecting' the Shadow Realm into the real world..."

"The only good thing is that the dark environment itself is harmless. At least we didn't encounter monsters that suddenly emerged from the Shadow Realm, nor did we encounter the kind of thick fog that would make people completely lost."

Maggie said in a low voice. She held a long sword in each hand and kept cleaning up the plants blocking the way. The maid skirt on her body didn't seem to affect her agility at all.

Overgrown vines and grotesque bushes are formidable hindrances to ordinary people, but not a problem to a maid with the power of a dragon—and if she encounters a really troublesome bush, she will simply A mouthful of dragon's breath went out to burn it clean, which ensured the speed of the exploration team and also left enough eye-catching "marks" along the way to prevent the team from getting lost in this seemingly endless jungle.

"Yeah, at least the fog has cleared." Modil looked up at the depths of the dense forest, and at the same time seriously felt the flow of magic power in the surrounding environment, "Now we can explain why the cities in the former Violet Kingdom were isolated from each other. The area is blocked by the fog, and unauthorized strangers who enter the forest will be sent back to the exit by the fog..."

Maggie raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

"Because things like dreams are discontinuous, so are the dreams of gods. Where dreams are interrupted, nothingness is nothingness. It is impossible for you to walk from one dream to another through your legs... I think, at the beginning Ms. Ye probably didn't outline the details of these deep forests at all in her dreams, so they are always shrouded in mist, only special existences like 'messenger' can open the passage in the mist," Modil is not concerned He said slowly, "So, in the Violet Kingdom, it's not a 'road' that connects cities to each other, it's actually Ms. Ye's imagination..."

The old mage's previous analysis was quite reasonable, but the final conclusion made Maggie almost choke to death on her own saliva. The young Miss Dragonborn suddenly coughed twice, and looked at the great adventurer with a strange expression: "Where did you learn that?" to this word?"

"Oh, I found a few books on Victoria's bookshelf...these exquisite words come from our great Gawain Cecil the Great," Mordir blushed, talking about his idol obviously made him quite happy , but then he was a little puzzled, "But I don't know why, but Victoria hides these books in the deepest part of the bookshelf. If it wasn't discovered by accident, I wouldn't even know that she has collected these good things..."

Maggie: "..."

"Did you know that Victoria collected these books?" Mordir didn't notice the momentary embarrassment on Miss Dragonborn's face, but asked casually.

Maggie was silent for two seconds: "...I know."

"Oh? Then do you know where she bought it from?" Modil was overjoyed, "I can't find any channels anywhere..."

"I know," Maggie sighed resignedly, "I bought them for her."

While saying this, she waved two long swords casually, cut off the vines and weeds blocking the road, and then suddenly spewed a fiery flame forward, instantly burning a bush in the distance—— Under her precise control, the flames of the dragon's breath only burned for a moment and then quickly extinguished, and the flames around the bushes did not spread out at all. Only a thick smoke lingered in the open space and rose into the sky through the gaps in the forest.

The thick smoke was a signal, used to inform the remaining troops in the rear camp and a dragoon reconnaissance plane circling in the nearby sky about the approximate location of the exploration team—Maggie would come here every once in a while.

To be honest, there is a humanoid female dragon that can breathe fire at any time in the team, which is a bit exciting for ordinary explorers, but for Cecil soldiers who have long been accustomed to cooperating with all kinds of weird "friendly troops" It's a fairly commonplace thing.

Behind Mordir and Maggie was a small group of heavily armed Iron Ranger warriors. These elite soldiers who wore light charged armor and were good at performing tasks in various special environments marched silently, keeping their eyes on each other. Be vigilant against any disturbance in the forest. Not long after Maggie’s breath burned the bushes and caused thick smoke, one of the ranger fighters received a communication from the rear. After quickly confirming the password and transmitting the information, the The soldiers quickly came to Mordir and Maggie: "Aerial reconnaissance has brought news that there is a huge rock with a strange shape about four kilometers in front of us, and it has a strong magic power response."

"Got it," Maggie nodded, "let's take a closer look."

After the soldiers withdrew, Maggie turned her head to look at the great adventurer beside her: "The huge boulder with a strange shape... that should be the kind of 'rock pile' that you detected with the mage's eyes before."

"It should be, the location is correct," Modil said, "When I was scouting with the eyes of the mage before, those unusually abrupt 'stone piles' in the forest were very interesting... No matter how you look at it, it looks like It is a man-made thing, but theoretically there should be no real man-made things on Violet Island."

Maggie nodded slightly: "I hope that thing can help us better understand the mysterious 'ancient god', Ms. Ye, after all... who is there?!"

As if she had noticed something suddenly, she suddenly looked at the shadow in the forest not far away, and her eyes suddenly turned into vertical pupils unique to dragons, and the faint coercion spread out in all directions.

But there was nothing there, only shadows.

Chapter 1502 Morning Star

Maggie's sudden reaction made the whole team stop abruptly, and the old mage Mordir had the fastest reaction among all of them—this was specifically reflected in the fact that before Miss Dragonborn could finish her last words, he had already given himself He put on three layers of shields, and in the next few seconds, he brushed several layers of protection for everyone in the team, and in the following period of time, he kept brushing the shields for the whole team.

Of course, while brushing the shield, he did not waste his observation of the surroundings and the communication with Maggie. He first diffused his perception, and after confirming that there was only his team in the entire forest area, he released it. After two rounds of mental pulses, he frowned and looked at Miss Dragonborn next to him: "There is no one... What did you see just now?"

"No, there is someone, I'm sure," Maggie frowned, still staring at the shadow area among the trees—similar shadows can be seen everywhere in the entire forest, it is an abnormal dark gathering point, even in Under the sun, it also maintains a nearly solid outline, and the exploration team will pay attention to avoiding this kind of area along the way, "In the depths of that shadow, I am sure that I saw a... figure."