Sword of Dawn

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On the towering peak of the Ancestor Peak, a huge white tower with a huge crystal inlaid on the top stands proudly on the mountain. Many magic devices and testing facilities around the tower are in operation. Stella, who is only as tall as a palm Flapping its wings, hovering in front of an open-air detection device, watching the data projected on the focusing crystal and the changing patterns, the fairy king, one of the "five kings" of Ogulei, slowly frowned. up.

Another sound of flapping wings came from the side, and a goblin tech boy who was in charge of monitoring the main hub of the Ancestor Peak Magic Web flew to Stella: "You also found that the parameters are not normal, right?"

Stella turned her head and looked at the tech kid flying over—this is an adult goblin with long light purple hair, and her body is only the size of a normal human's palm, but there are two arms the same size as an adult human floating around her. The "arms" of the golem made of pure gold, copper and mithril, the two arms each hold the tools used to maintain the equipment, which look quite dexterous.

Goblins are a very small intelligent race. Due to physical limitations, it is difficult for them to directly use the tools and equipment created by most intelligent races on the mainland, which naturally includes the standard demons produced by the Cecils. guide equipment, but the goblins have their own solutions: as the most ingenious and magically gifted tribe in Ogure, the goblins are extremely good at making all kinds of golems and exquisite magic mechanisms. Many years ago, they relied on The powerful golem legion established their own country on the Ancestral Peak, and when facing the magic technology of the new era, they also relied on these convenient and easy-to-use magic "tools" to become the best magician in the Aogulei Tribal Country. Guidance Technician and Rune Specialist.

"When did the readings start to fluctuate like this?" Stella nodded to the goblin who was controlling the two "golem arms" in front of her, and asked seriously, "There was such a situation before the communication was restored. Is it?"

"No, the readings began to rise abnormally after the communication was restored, and as the chaotic magic environment near the Ancestor's Peak gradually subsided in the past two days, the rising speed of the readings once reached its peak-although it has started to fall again now, it is still It's very high," said the purple-haired goblin, and the arms of the two golems floating beside her also gestured, "We have checked the Hom crystal on the main tower and several conversion matrices connected to the mountain magic net. , to confirm that the false readings were not caused by equipment failure."

"...It shows that a powerful magic power is being transmitted between several magic net hubs, but the source of the magic power is not any magic net array." Stella looked back at the reading on the device next to her, "What? I don't understand... did those Cecil technologists say anything?"

"They're still in a meeting to study—I don't think they can figure out what's going on," the elf spontaneously spread her hands, and the arms of the golem floating beside her also spread their hands, and then she showed a nervous expression again, "Queen, could it be that we have made too much noise recently and disturbed the sleeping ancestor spirits in the Ancestor Peak..."

Stella waved her hand vigorously without waiting for the other party to finish speaking: "Impossible, when we activated the 'Super Strong' on the top of the mountain 100 years ago, the energy was out of control, and the lightning struck half of the mountain without waking up the spirit of the ancestors , where is this going?"

"...That's true," the purple-haired goblin suddenly felt reasonable after listening to the queen's explanation, "but how should these abnormal readings be explained now?"

"I don't know either—anyway, I'll pack the data and send it to the Cecils first. After all, they invented this set of things." Stella waved her hand, "Look back and see what they can research."

The purple-haired goblin technical kid nodded, and then looked up at the pure white giant tower standing proudly on the top of the Ancestor Peak—this building was led by Cecil, supporting most of the central and northern parts of Ogure today. Powered by the magic net, the largest magic net hub in the west of the mainland is running. Several metal ring structures floating on the upper part of the tower are slowly rotating in the clear sky, and a low-pitched and pleasant buzzing sound echoes. At high altitude, it looked like business as usual.

However, in a place that the goblins cannot see, in a dimension that cannot be observed by today's technical means, an extremely large torrent of blue magic power is surging in the depths of the peak of the ancestors, and part of the edge branches of this torrent penetrated The mountain, entering the atmosphere, interweaves and flows near the main hub of the magic net. Over the "Holy Land of Ogulei" deeply influenced by the dark blue web, an invisible wave of magic power is coming from the direction of the distant Gondor wasteland. It spread across the entire continent and spread to all parts of this planet...

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At the same time, in the southwest of Loren Continent, there was an endless ocean.

The monstrous waves rolled in from afar, and the dark sky was filled with rays of light like aurora curtains and thunderstorms, the wind howled, the sea surged up, and the wind and waves kept beating the majestic bow and sides of the steel warship. Large battleships propped up shields to withstand storms in the open sea, opened the rune matrix inscribed on the hull to stabilize the current and the hull, and relied on the power of technology to turn themselves into solid steel in the waves mountain peak.

In the command center of the Imperial Fleet's flagship Winter, Byron stood on the platform belonging to the captain, staring at the sea state map presented on the holographic projection. Ms Sandra, are you sure we're on the right track?"

"...To be honest, I was really sure 5 minutes ago," the black-haired siren called Cassandra with a tear mole in the corner of her eye thought about it, and said very frankly, "but now I also feel that Something is wrong."

"General, we have apparently encountered disorderly turbulence - in theory, this thing should only appear in the open sea," said a naga navigator with dark green scales and snake-like eyes behind Byron. , with nautical instruments and amulets with deep sea runes hanging around his neck, "The fleet may have been pushed off course by the storm, but it seems that the intensity of the storm will no longer increase. We'd better wait where the storm is over .”

"...that's the only way to go," Byron said helplessly, "The protection systems of the Winter and other ships can withstand this level of storm. We will maximize the protection and wait until the storm is over before confirming the deviation from the route. "

After giving the order, the Admiral of the Imperial Navy turned his head and looked at the red-haired lady standing on the other side of him: "Azalena, you should go back to the cabin to rest first, we may need you and the dragoons after the storm is over Let's do aerial reconnaissance together."

"Actually, I can also take a look at it now," Azalena said casually. Her current identity is the "Dragonborn Commander" sent by the Holy Dragon Principality. After the war broke out, the Holy Dragon Principality sent a Several troops, one of which was led by Azarena. She and her subordinates were incorporated into Byron's expeditionary fleet to act as "shipborne air power". Thinking of being trapped at sea by the storm now, "I should be able to handle this kind of storm."

"Don't be silly, I believe you can lift off in this kind of weather, but you can't land in this kind of situation-God knows how long this storm will last," Byron shook his head, "obey the arrangement, We're waiting for the storm to pass."

Chapter 1352 Lost Contact

In Cecil City, a series of information from the commanders of the expeditionary forces on various fronts was sent to Amber immediately, and after sorting out, it was sent to Gao Wen.

"...It is now confirmed that the abnormal electric discharge phenomenon in the atmosphere and the large-scale 'aurora' occur irregularly across the entire continent," Amber stood by Gawain's desk, the sun shining on her face from the side On the sky, those amber eyes showed a rare seriousness today, "The distribution is random, and the time of occurrence is also random, but they are all concentrated in the past twelve hours. The first to discover the abnormal celestial phenomenon is the Ogule Tribal State Afterwards, abnormal aurora and electric discharges also appeared in the northern border of the empire, the Holy Dragon Principality, Typhon, the Gaoling Kingdom, and even Tarrond across the ocean..."

Gao Wen frowned, and while flipping through the documents in his hand quickly, he asked, "What do the scholars think about this?"

"The Magic Research Institute believes that this is a large-scale magic 'resonance' phenomenon. A powerful magic field suddenly entered the atmosphere and reacted violently with the high-altitude clouds and magnetic field," Amber stated the conclusions of the experts in a serious manner— ——Although she didn’t have a few words to understand, “Considering the randomness of visions and the delay in time, they believe that there should be more than one source of magic power that triggers resonance, but the magic power distributed everywhere The source leaks and resonates successively.

"In addition, considering the scale of the anomaly, especially considering that anomalous phenomena have also been observed over Tarrond, they believe that this is definitely a planetary-level event..."

"...a planetary-level event may be behind a planetary-level magic power circulation system." Gawain raised his eyes and looked at Amber with an unusually serious expression. Activating the arrangement in the dark blue webway, this may be just a test - but it will be hard to say next time."

"The northern and eastern routes are speeding up the construction progress of the 'blocking wall'. At present, the Aberration Corps seems to have not reacted. The silver and Gaoling coalition forces on the southern route have also established a firm foothold near the wreckage of the Temple of Stars. They will Activate the first purification device today," Amber said quickly, "On the western front, Duke Baldwin has readjusted his deployment, and a large number of reinforcements from the hinterland of Ogure and from the direction of the Dwarf Kingdom are currently arranged In the mountainous scorched earth area, the main force of the Imperial Expeditionary Force on the ground and part of the Gorgon Fortress have begun to move towards the wasteland in advance, which should put enough pressure on the aberrations on the western front... Then, they will also start the first stage barrier wall project.”

"...In the current situation, what we can do is to seize the time. No matter how many plots are behind the sentries, we must win the frontal battlefield," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and then asked again, "The current domestic order and the guidance of public opinion You must pay more attention to this aspect. As the war continues, maintaining the pressure of the wartime system on the people for a long time may cause emotional changes. Even if we maintain the normal production and life of the people, the shadow of the war will really hang over On everyone's head — you know better than anyone else."

"Don't worry about that, I've never slacked off on this," Amber nodded immediately and said, "In addition to regular propaganda and guidance and maintaining stability, Film is also preparing to shoot a batch to defend the border of civilization." , and a phantom drama with the theme of regaining the homeland of Gondor, I have already started to follow up on this matter, and I think the effect should be very good."

"Well... I know about this project, it's very good," Gao Wen nodded, "It just happens to connect with the series of official propaganda work we were doing at the beginning of the war, and..."

Just as he was halfway through his words, a rush of buzzing sound suddenly came from the magic net terminal on the table next to him, interrupting the conversation between him and Amber, and the two people in the study looked at each other subconsciously. , and then Gao Wen raised his hand to activate the beeping terminal, and with a stream of light flickering over the focusing crystal, Heidi's holographic projection clearly appeared in front of him—with an undisguised nervousness and solemnity on his face.

Hetty was a steady person. Although she had the wonderful act of drawing black circles under her eyes, she rarely showed such behavior, so Gawain immediately realized that a major event had happened: "What's the situation? Why do you have such an expression?"

"Ancestor, the communication between us and the imperial navy led by Byron has been interrupted," Hetty said quickly, and Gawain was shocked when he opened his mouth. "There is no response to all channel calls!"

"What did you say!?" Gawain's eyes widened, "Byron lost contact? A whole fleet? All gone?!"

"Yes, the last contact was an hour ago. Bitter Winter sent a message using the enhanced channel, saying that they encountered an abnormal storm, and the communication might be disturbed, and then the communication was completely interrupted," Hetty immediately began to report what she had just done. According to the detailed situation, "The location at that time was in the southwest coast of the mainland, near the mouth of the San River Aldo, but the monitoring devices on the nearby shore showed that the entire fleet was moving away from the land..."

"Far from land?" Gawain frowned, "And there was a storm in the offshore area... Have you tried the temporary air communication network? When and where was the last sighting report from land?"

"All communication channels have been tried, including the west coast communication link set up by the Imperial Fleet along the coastline, the newly established air communication link, and several magic network communication lines that have just been restored in the territory of the Ogure tribal country. It can be confirmed that it is not a mainland communication channel. The last sighting report was this morning when an engineering ship of the Imperial Fleet rushed to repair the Alliance communication station on the local coastline in the northern part of the Aldo estuary. Since then, no one has seen those warships approaching land or entering Holy River."

Gawain fell into deep thought, while Hetty couldn't help but look worried: "Ancestor, will Byron..."

"There is no need to be so pessimistic. The Winter and the main fleet it leads are the most cutting-edge magical warships, with powerful armor and a shield system specially designed to deal with disasters at sea, and there are also wave-controlling charms provided by the Kraken and the Sons of the Storm." Several previous tests have confirmed that those warships will be safe and sound even if they encounter disorderly turbulence in the open sea - from the information you just mentioned, they moved away from the land during the last communication, and even It's like yawing in disorderly turbulence..." Gawain said slowly while frowning and thinking, "Considering the special nature of disorderly turbulence, once you encounter that thing, whether it's in the near sea or in the far sea, even if the magician Battleships will inevitably deviate from the course, but..."

He paused, and his expression became more serious: "It's just that Byron's fleet has Kraken and Naga as navigators. Even if there is a problem with the ship's navigation equipment, those navigators will not lose their way." right……"

As soon as he finished speaking, Amber next to him showed a thoughtful expression: "Not necessarily, you see, there is still a sea monster living here who got lost on land because he swam backwards when returning home... ..."

"Theoretically, it shouldn't be," Gawain said seriously. "I asked Tire before, and she said that she is the only one who throws fish like her in Antaveen..."

Then he shook his head, temporarily put the sea caterpillar behind his head, and looked up at Hetty in the communication interface: "Continue to call the Imperial Fleet from all channels; to the Dwarf Kingdom and The Silver Empire sent a letter, asking them to help monitor the situation on the west coast and the western offshore area, especially pay close attention to all floating objects on the sea; notify the Dawn of the World, and ask Gina Prince to send an aerial reconnaissance force to the west coast to assist in the search ..."

Speaking of this, he paused, as if he was thinking and hesitating, and finally looked at Amber: "Go and call Tyre over—if you fall asleep, drag him here."

"Okay!" Amber immediately agreed, and disappeared in front of Gawain in a stream of black smoke the next second, while Hetty on the communication interface next to him bowed slightly to Gawain, and said calmly: "Then I will to arrange a call and search."

"Go." Gawain nodded and waved his hands. He let out a breath after Hetty's figure disappeared from the communication interface. Calming down the unease that inevitably appeared in his heart, he leaned back slightly on the back of the chair and let himself Enter a state of mental focus and "uplifting."With the familiar sense of soul stripping and the feeling of increasing perspective coming together, his mind quickly got rid of the shackles of the current body, and successfully connected to the satellite monitoring system in space in a short time.

The old blurred satellite surveillance camera began to zoom and adjust. In Gawain's mind, the bird's-eye view of Loren Continent gradually emerged from the darkness. To the southwest of Loren Continent.

The estuary of the holy river "Aldo" finally entered his line of sight, along with a small piece of surrounding sea area. In theory, he should be able to see that not-so-small fleet—even this old The satellites are no longer very useful, but the ships led by Byron are not small sampans. Against the background of the relatively clear ocean, the Cold Winter and the main battleships it leads should be clearly identifiable.

Especially at this moment, the weather in the southwest of the mainland is not bad. The storm passing by the offshore area seems to have ended, and the view from the satellite's bird's-eye view is quite good.

However, Gawain didn't see anything—theoretically, the imperial fleet that should sail in the southwestern part of the mainland and was about to enter the holy river Aldo to support the southern battlefield disappeared, and there was no trace even in the nearby sea area. residual.

"... Even if you deviate from the course, it is impossible to run away in such a short time... Even if you fly, you can't fly so fast." Gao Wen couldn't help muttering in his heart, while manipulating the satellite's perspective to search the offshore area Constantly switching between various sensing views, he quit the satellite connection until he suddenly sensed an aura approaching in the real world, and brought his main consciousness back to reality.

Gawain opened his eyes, just in time to see the door of the study being pushed open from the outside, and the first thing that caught his eye was a large ball of snakes - Tire was wrapping himself perfectly with his tail. The snake ball fell asleep soundly inside, with only its head and shoulders exposed, and there was no sign of waking up after being pushed through the door all the way.

After the snake ball came to a complete stop, Hu Po's figure came out from behind again. The Shame of the Alliance wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and while panting, he reported to Gao Wen: "I'm exhausted...I want to put She dragged it, but she was balled up, and I had to push her all the way from the room to here—you wake her up yourself, I went to rest..."

As soon as the words fell, the half-elf had rushed to the nearby resting sofa with black smoke, and then lay there motionless, leaving Gawain staring at the scene dumbfounded, not knowing what to say for a while.

Fortunately, this is not the first time this has happened. Gao Wen is quite familiar with dealing with it. He reacted quickly, then opened the side drawer casually, and took out a bottle marked "Very poisonous, dangerous, do not open" from inside. Brown-black liquid, unscrewed the cap, walked over and put the bottle mouth in front of Tyre's nose: "Wake up, I'll pour it down for you if I don't wake up."

Till sniffed in her sleep, and after a short delay of two seconds, the sea caterpillar woke up with a "ah", and the whole snake ball shrank and bounced instantly, and then she began to untie herself in a hurry While looking at Gao Wen with a sullen expression, "Is there anyone like you! You can't think of ways to wake people up? Ms. Egg's old wine can also be taken out at will - can't you pour me some boiling water?"

"As long as boiling water is useful, I wouldn't put a bottle of it in the study," Gawain said casually while screwing back the cap on the bottle of brown-black liquid that had started to smoke purple, "I have something to do with you—— I need you to contact your people."

"Contact your compatriots?" Tyr blinked, as if he had just come to his senses, "Didn't you try it many times before? The entire Loren continent was shielded by the energy field, and the psionic singing and racial resonance among us sea monsters There is no way to penetrate this barrier. Could it be that you have already broken the barrier?"

"I'm not asking you to contact Antaveen, but I'm asking you to contact Cassandra—the navigator lady next to Byron," Gawain explained, "Try to see if you can sense her location."

"Cassandra? Byron's fleet?" Tyre was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "Is something wrong? You can't contact the fleet?"

"Byron's fleet is missing, the communication is interrupted, and there is no trace in the offshore sea. The last location shows that they are moving away from the mainland," Gawain did not hide, "Now we can only hope for the racial induction among you siren, although The communication between Loren Continent and Antaveen has been cut off, but in the 'interference zone', you can always sense Cassandra and the others, right?"

"This...well, I'll try," Tyre nodded, "As long as they are not too far away from the mainland, I can sense them in the near sea area or even in some far sea areas."

After finishing speaking, the siren lady closed her eyes—but this time she was not for sleeping in, but began to hum softly in a deep and gentle voice, a song that humans could not understand, sweet, human The difficult voice began to echo in the study room, and in the melody of this ballad, there was a "vibration" beyond the perception of most races that spread out from this space and floated into the distance on invisible ripples...

When contacting Antaveen, Tire needed to use a device like the magic net hub tower to amplify his "song", because the distance in the middle was too far, and he had to cross the ocean full of powerful interference, but this time The target she wants to contact is not that far away, so she doesn't use additional assistance.

Gawain waited patiently until Tyre's voice gradually entered a frequency that was completely inaudible to human ears. It was not until a long time passed that the siren lady slowly opened her eyes.

... To be honest, Gao Wen suspected that this guy had slept again, but he had no evidence.

"How's the situation?" Gawain asked as soon as Tyre opened his eyes.

"...I can't hear Cassandra's response," Tyr blinked, with a look of astonishment on his face, "She is no longer in Loren, not even near the Loren continent..."

Chapter 1353

After trying to communicate with her compatriots on the same continent by using the unique "spiritual singing" and "racial talent resonance" of the sea monsters, the deep-sea salted fish Miss Till fell into astonishment.

There was no answer to her singing, and only a hollow noise came from the psionic echo that belonged to Cassandra—this meant that the target was there, but it was too far away for the psionic singing to reach.

She raised her eyes and met Gawain's stern gaze. The latter frowned: "How far can your 'singing voice' reach your fellow clan?"

"In the undisturbed continents and offshore areas, it can be communicated no matter how far away, unless the target has entered the depths of the endless ocean." Tyr's tail drew circles on the ground, which seemed to indicate that she was also a little nervous. "I can feel that Cassandra still exists, but I can't hear her echo. Maybe she has gone thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers away from the coastline of the Loren continent... When did they lose contact? "

"It didn't take long—certainly not enough for them to travel that far, even if they couldn't fly." Gawain shook his head. "Do you have any other methods to locate your compatriots?"

"...Then I can only use the old method, find an antenna tower and hang myself on it," Till thought for a while, and said without confidence, "But Loren Continent and the surrounding area are now shrouded in interference, the same The method is now unable to contact Antaveen, if Cassandra and the others stray to the same distant place, then my method may not be effective..."

"All in all, try it first," Gawain quickly made a decision, "We have to find a way to determine where the fleet went—I have given you the right to use Cecil's highest hub tower, and I need you to do it for the next period of time." Possibly calling for a long time to Cassandra and the other leading sirens who are traveling with her."

This is an important matter, and even Tyre will show enthusiasm, she nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll hang on the tower now..."

"...Don't fall down again," Gao Wen looked at the fish, and couldn't help shaking his eyes, "If you can't do it, you can operate it in the rest cabin on the top of the tower. It's still winter, and you have already had three times this year because of Frozen while sleeping on a high place and fell down and died."

"Hey, don't worry, I'll carry a heater up this time - there is no way to directly contact the crystal array in the rest cabin, and the signal amplification effect will be compromised," Tire seemed to not care about Gawain's reminder at all, or he might have died a long time ago. Getting used to it, she waved her hands and arched towards the door, muttering while arching, "Then I'll go now, you wait for my news..."

After Tyre left, Gawain sighed softly with mixed emotions of helplessness and worry, while Amber, who was sitting paralyzed by the side, crawled up like a revived, those amber eyes did not blink Looking at Gao Wen calmly: "Tell me... Could this matter be related to the changes in the wasteland? Counting the time, Byron's fleet lost contact shortly after the abnormal celestial phenomena were observed in various parts of Loren Continent. ..."

"I can't rule out this possibility," Gawain said with a frown. "Anyway, no matter what happens now, I suspect that it has something to do with the gang of cultists in the wasteland. After all, they are the most troublesome people on this planet right now... ..."

"I understand, after all, everything will be blamed," Amber waved her hand, and then said with a little worry, "You said... Could this be some kind of weapon they invented? It can directly attack people across the entire continent." Weapons at sea? The abnormal celestial phenomena we observed in various parts of the mainland may just be the interference released by this weapon when it is activated. After all, they have the deep blue webway as their support. As long as they have enough energy, they can do it even with limited technology. Scary stuff..."

"It's useless to guess these things now," Gawain shook his head, "the only thing that is certain is that the big fleet cannot disappear out of thin air, and Tyr has also confirmed that Cassandra still 'exists', and the pilot siren has neither Returning to Loren did not return to Antavien, so I am more inclined that Byron's fleet is still sailing somewhere in the sea, but for some reason...they moved a huge distance in a very short period of time, even Moved to a place where Tyr's song can't reach..."

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The breeze blows across the open and calm ocean, and the wind brings a fresh and slightly salty breath. The slightly undulating waves gently slap the alloy armor on the side of the battleship, and the majestic and upright bow meets the bright sunshine from the sky , casting a large area of ​​shadow on the sea——this sea area is so calm at the moment, as if the previous storm and chaotic magic power were illusions.

The magical interference permeating the sea area has not completely dissipated, and the ship's communication system and various sensing devices are still continuously capturing difficult-to-decipher magic signals. These residual traces are the only evidence that the previous storm really existed. Station Byron On the platform of the captain's seat, he frowned and stared at the interference noise projected on the communication device, then turned to look at the technical adjutant beside him: "Is the communication still unrecoverable?"

"There is no response from all channels, and our communication with the mainland has been completely cut off—only the communication system within the fleet is still operating normally," the technical adjutant reported nervously, "In addition, the ocean readings are very abnormal. The sea is completely unfamiliar."

"...Continue to call." Byron ordered, and then walked away from the captain's seat. He passed through a busy control center and the connecting bridge on the side of the bridge, and pushed open the heavy closed gate to the upper deck for viewing On the stage, the warm sea breeze blows from a distance, blowing his messy hair and mood. He looks into the distance, and all he can see is the clouds and mist that have not completely dissipated from the sea horizon after the storm has subsided, and There's a vast ocean in between.

There is no land, no islands, and no theoretically visible reference objects in the current sea area. The Winter Winter is floating in the center of an endless ocean. This is a completely unfamiliar sea area, not on any known route, and has obviously been The transmission limit of the communication link of the circumcontinental route has been exceeded.

The sound of footsteps came from the side, and Byron turned around following the sound, and saw the red-haired dragon-marked witch Azalena walking towards this side. He nodded slightly to the other side: "It seems that we were 'thrown' by the storm into a strange land. In the sea area, the deviation of the route is even more exaggerated than imagined."

"...a group of huge ships of this size can't be left behind by the storm, we are obviously far away from the sea off Loren," Azalena shrugged, "Have you noticed the angle of the warm sea breeze and the sun in the sky?" Is it?"

"Of course I noticed," Byron said in a deep voice, "We have yawed south, and I'm afraid we have crossed an entire climate zone. It is also impossible for Aldo to go to the equatorial waters, not to mention that we have anchored and activated the wave control rune before... What suggestions do technical experts have for this?"

"The ship itself has not suffered too much damage. The 'Beishan' is collecting marine samples for analysis. There is no conclusion yet. The Kraken and Naga navigators have entered the water, but they... seem to need some time to be sure. Where did the fleet drift to?" Azalena spread her hands, "I'm about to take off, and I should be able to see it farther from the sky."

"...The situation in front of me reminds me of many years ago," Byron looked at this former adventure companion, and couldn't help but said, "The time we got lost in the southern forest, even the hired local guide was lost direction."

"At that time, we shouldn't have believed Watson's nonsense, and went to drink some 'assorted mushroom soup' - I really didn't expect that the red mushrooms in the southern forest could bring down even the dragonborn," Azalena pouted, "However, I think this kind of wandering in the endless ocean is worse than getting lost in the forest-although the sea monsters and Naga in the fleet seem to be in a good mood."

When Byron heard this, his eyes immediately widened: "Nonsense, they are deep-sea creatures. Even if the fleet is really trapped in this shitty place forever, they can still have a good time catching fish in the water every day. Our salt content can Compared with them?"

Azarena laughed, and then waved her hand: "Don't talk about that, I'm going to 'go up' to see the situation, the clouds in the distance are receding, maybe you can see the coastline or something else in the sky."

"...be careful," Byron looked at Azalena for a few seconds, and finally couldn't help reminding, "Pay attention to the condition of the communication device, and return to the voyage immediately in case of magical interference or the like, and try to ensure that the cold winter The number stays within your line of sight—I always feel that the 'vision' we encountered this time is very strange, even the sea monster has never seen such a 'natural phenomenon' on the sea."

"I got it, I got it, Mister 'Leader'—you didn't nag like that back then." Azalena laughed. Although she said impatient words, she seemed to be in a good mood, and then she Then he walked briskly to the rear of the upper deck, where there was an open area specially reserved for the "Stopping Plane" dedicated to the take-off and landing of Azarena who accompanied the Bitter Winter. Byron watched the red-haired Miss Dragonborn stepped onto the platform, and then in a light curtain that emerged out of thin air, the slender humanoid body turned into a giant dragon, and the huge body covered with alloy armor and giant steel wings soared into the sky from the deck, flying to the distance.

Byron watched Azarena take off until the other party gradually turned into an inconspicuous black spot between the clouds, then turned and returned to the bridge.

In the sky, layers upon layers of clouds approached. The overly bright sunlight shone on the clouds, creating a glow that made the giant dragon squint. Passing through is fun, while continuing to increase the height while paying attention to the situation in the distance.

She noticed that there was a circle of clouds and mist entrenched in front of her. The clouds and mist were gradually dissipating under the sun, but they still seriously obstructed the line of sight. Apart from that direction, only a large expanse of ocean could be seen on the surrounding sea, without any islands or land.

"This is Azalena. The cloud and fog ahead are a bit abnormal. I'm going to lean over to observe." The red dragon flying in the air activated the communication device and called the Bitter Winter on the sea, "Pay attention to follow my signal. "

"Received by Bitter Winter, be more careful," Byron's voice came from the communicator. The "mercenary chief" who has always been unserious said in the communicator in a serious and serious manner at this time, which was surprisingly reliable. "Keep Keep the communication flowing and don't get too deep."

"Understood, I'll take a closer look." Azalena responded, and began to accelerate while lowering her height towards the direction where the clouds and mist were thinner. The little magical power released during the operation stimulated the air, leaving a beautiful light blue arc on the background of the sky. She entered between the clouds and mist, and then quickly passed through this layer of "disturbance" that was not too thick and was gradually dissipating. , and a large-scale thing finally gradually appeared in her eyes.

Miss Dragonborn's eyes slowly widened, and she almost forgot to flap her wings. Between the brilliant skylight and the endless ocean in this strange land, the giant dragon soaring in the sky connected to the mothership's communication. The lady's voice called her former head: "...WDNMD what is this!! What the hell is this?!"

"Azalena? Azalena, what did you see?" Byron on the opposite side of the communicator was obviously taken aback, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but we seem to have encountered a major event!" Azalena vigorously agitated the giant wings, and adjusted herself to a hovering posture while activating the image capture device on the dragonborn armor, " I will send the image back, you can take a look, and then see if you want to let the fleet come over - I think we need to get closer to investigate..."

The picture was sent back quickly, the communicator was quiet for a few seconds, and then Azalena heard Byron's voice resounding through the channel: "WDNMD what is this!! What the hell is this? !"

"Just look at me and say..."

Byron stood on the captain's seat, staring at the image sent back by Azarena.

It was a majestic giant tower, standing proudly on a huge island made of iron and steel. The outer wall of the giant tower made of an unknown alloy glowed with a dazzling glow under the sun, and the upper floor could be seen Many unexplained protrusions, platforms, pipes and other structures, in the picture sent back from the front, it can be seen that the tower is not only pointing straight to the sky, but also its top can not be seen from afar—it seems like a fairy tale in myths and legends. The sky-reaching pillars generally extend upwards infinitely, even passing through the clouds all the way, until they disappear at the end of the blue dome.

Byron had seen buildings like this in his life.

Next to the continent of Tarrond, there is also a tall tower with a similar style on that cold ocean. It is a relic left on this planet by the ancient civilization called "The Voyager". Now that tower has been reversed. Tide pollution, completely lost its former function.