Sword of Dawn

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The gate of the arena was closed tightly, and Mirmina put her hand on the unusually heavy gate, and she only pushed lightly, and the seemingly unshakable door opened a door that was big enough to accommodate ordinary people. Through the opening, Kamel floated forward, but before passing through the gate, he couldn't help but glanced at Mirmina: "How do you know so much about God of War? Didn't you mean that there is a difference between different gods?" Can't communicate, and can't spy on the kingdom of the gods?"

Mirmina lowered her head, a smile appeared on her face covered with black veil: "I checked it from the Internet temporarily."

Kamel was stunned for a moment, then thought about it rightly—this Ms. Gaota is also an experienced netizen, and she spends 24 hours in the neural network in 23 hours a day...but it is reasonable and reasonable, and this answer is It's different from what he imagined...

However, after following His Majesty Gawain Cecil for so long, he has also seen a lot of weird things and abnormal characters. His heavy mobile energy station was the first to float towards the gate of the arena, and the rest of the exploration team followed suit.

Mirmina followed through the gate and looked up towards the end of the arena.

An unusually tall and burly figure sat quietly on the throne prepared for giants. His whole body was covered with airtight iron-gray heavy armor, and his hollow helmet hung down slightly. The black hole in the helmet was staring at the gate of the arena direction, watching the uninvited guests who stepped into this place.

Cardiopulmonary arrest! !

Kamel looked up, and instantly felt that the flow of magic power in his body froze for a moment, and there was a series of metal collision sounds immediately behind him—the white knights were also surprised when they saw the figure, and immediately Then the warrior's instinct made them clenched the warhammer and the heavy-duty holy light blaster in their hands. Everyone was ready to fight in an instant, and even Kamel also had two groups of shining arcane lights appearing in his hands. energy!

But at such a tense moment, Mirmina's voice suddenly came, interrupting the attack that everyone was about to make: "Calm down—this seems to be just a phantom."

"Phantom?" Kamel was startled, and only then did he notice that the figure sitting on the throne at the end of the arena was still completely silent until now. He just sat quietly on the throne, facing the person who stepped into this place. The uninvited guests did not respond.

A dry wind blew across the sky above the arena, and the flags fluttering on the top of the spears fluttered violently in the wind. The mortals who stepped into the kingdom of God and the phantom of the God of War that appeared in the kingdom of God were silently separated by the entire arena. After confronting each other, Kamel finally put away the floating energy ball in his hand, and led the vigilant team towards the giant figure in the distance.

The huge figure covered in hollow armor remained motionless - until then, Kamel and the white knights finally felt relieved.

At this time, Kamel also had time to feel the surrounding environment carefully. He raised an arm, looked at the situation where the arcane light floating on the surface of the arm was suppressed by the surrounding environment, and said thoughtfully: "This place is far away from teleportation. Disturbance from the door... I might be able to place my magic lab in this arena."

"It seems that the conditions are really good," Mirmina echoed. As the former ruler of the magic field, she certainly knew that Kamel had always wanted to find opportunities to verify the essence of magic power. She also had unprecedented enthusiasm for this project. Interested, "When the follow-up equipment is in place, you can start to set up the experimental environment - if you need help, you can contact me directly."

Kamel stopped, and he looked at the smiling former god beside him with some weirdness, before whispering for a long time, "If necessary, I will."

The explorers came to the huge throne, where the iron-gray armored giant still sat quietly, maintaining a posture overlooking the arena, just as Milmina judged: he was just a phantom.

Kamel looked up, and at such a close distance, he finally saw a illusory and transparent texture from the surface of the iron-gray armor, which made him curious: "Why is there a phantom of the god of war here? The god has fallen Will this kind of phantom appear in your own kingdom of God in the future?"

"I don't know," Mirmina slowly shook her head, "God of War...his fall process is very special, my experience may not be useful here..."

While talking, she stretched out her hand and lightly touched the hollow and illusory iron-gray armor. A feeling of touching a cold cloud came over, and almost at the same time, all the explorers including Kamel A voice suddenly appeared in the minds of the team members. The voice was deep, majestic, and with a steely texture. Everyone who heard it could not help but think of the battlefield, weapons, city walls, and legions. Illusion, and the content of the voice is only one sentence:

"Wish you guys good luck……"

The voice in my mind disappeared, and the many illusions that emerged with the voice also disappeared, and a dull voice came from the helmet of the white knight Quinn: "Master Kamel, I heard just now..."

"I heard that too - everyone checks the mental pollution readings!"

"The reading is zero." "No contamination." "The protective device did not alarm..."

In the process of dealing with the power of the gods, no matter what you hear or see, you must be prepared for mental pollution. Therefore, the exploration team quickly checked their respective situations and confirmed that no one was mentally polluted. Only then did Kamel have time to pay attention to the content of the "illusion" just now, he looked up at Mirmina: "That was just now... the voice left by God of War?!"

"It seems so." Mirmina also heard the voice, her eyes became serious, "That should be the last 'thinking imprint' left by the God of War before he left here..."

"Thinking imprint..." A white knight subconsciously said, "Could it be that he knew we were coming and left such a sentence?"

"No..." Kamel had already reacted, he shook his head, "This sentence is not reserved for us."

He raised his head, and his eyes fell on the iron-gray giant on the throne for a long time. After a few seconds, he said in a deep voice: "It is reserved for the mortal army that will face him on the battlefield of Winterhold."

Mirmina was silent for a long time, and after a long time she stretched out her hand, and lightly slapped the cold and solemn throne: "You brainless brat..."

The exploration team fell silent, and Kamel pondered for half a minute before suddenly looking up at Mir Mina: "At that time, shouldn't the God of War have gone completely crazy and out of control? How could he leave such a sentence?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from among the rows of seats in the arena stands not far away: "At that time, my Lord was indeed completely insane...but there can also be a trace of reason in the ultimate madness. "

This sudden sound was even as frightening as when he saw the phantom of God of War just now. The magic brilliance on Kamel's body soared instantly, and he suddenly turned to the direction from which the sound came: "Who is it?!"

Under the watchful eyes of the explorers, a figure in a robe slowly walked out from behind the seats in the nearby stands.

In this dead and gradually disintegrating Kingdom of the God of War, a mortal figure appeared!

He was wearing the robe of the God of War priest, with an illusory and transparent crown on his head. His face was blurred under the chaotic skylight, but he could still vaguely recognize an old man. This figure came out from behind the stand, Step by step, he walked down the stairs slowly, and came to Kamel and the white knights. Like a ghost, there was no sound of footsteps or breath, just like... the phantom of the god of war next to him.

"You finally came out." Mirmina was not surprised by the appearance of this figure, she seemed to have already noticed it, "I felt you just now."

"You are another god." The ghostly figure looked at Mirmina and said respectfully.

"It used to be."

"Forgive me for not being able to worship you—I only honor my Lord."

"You don't have to worship me - I'm retired."

Kamel stared at the "ghost" old man who appeared in front of him. Although he had already guessed in his heart, he still asked in a serious tone: "Who are you?"

"Malm Dunit, this is the name I used before... you can call me by it," the old man in the priest's robe said slowly, "As for now... I am just a humble servant here .”

"Malm Dunit, the Pope of Typhon War God Church...it really is like this," Kamel stared at him closely, with a low voice, "You should have rested in peace...why are you still wandering here?"

Malm, the former God of War Pope didn't answer immediately, but turned around to look at the figure on the throne, and said softly after a long time: "I will accompany my Lord."

Chapter 1267 Another Rift

The figure who was once the God of War Pope stood quietly under the majestic throne. He once became the carrier of the madness of the gods, and became the source of spiritual pollution spreading among the upper class of Typhon and the army. The erratic "war" between you and I indirectly led to the liquidation and dismantling of the Church of God of War by the Typhon royal family.

He was also captured by Rosetta Augustus himself, and was used as a "sacrifice" to guide the God of War to come to the world in advance.

Malm Dunit is one of the few figures who go down in the history books as a turning point, despite his shady role in it.

But all of these have become the past. For this phantom who doesn't know whether it should be a ghost or a heroic soul, everything that happened in the world has no meaning. The servant of God, guarding the last illusion left by the gods, guarding the gate of this country that has collapsed and disintegrated.

"I didn't expect there to be visitors here," Malm Dunit raised his head, and looked at the people in front of him with a trace of curiosity—an ancient arcanist full of energy and radiance, with a burly figure in heavy armor. The "priest" of the Holy Light, the alien god who descended here in the form of projection incarnation... Such a team was an unimaginable existence in the years he was familiar with, "What are you doing here? This is just a ruin that keeps collapsing That's all."

"Let's explore the secrets of the gods," Kamel calmly stared at the old man in front of him—no matter what the old man's identity was, it is meaningless now, he only regards the other party as an ordinary source of information, of course , During this process, he also maintained basic caution to prevent any polluting power from this "ghost" wandering in the kingdom of God, "What about you? How did you still survive after your own death and the fall of the gods?" Retained wisdom, and still lingered here for such a long time?"

Malm Dunit was silent for a moment, then laughed: "I don't know... probably because I hope so."

Kamel remained silent, but turned his head slightly to glance at Mir Mina who was also silent beside him, and then he nodded lightly: "We will continue to explore this place, do you want to stop us?"

"No... I don't need to stop you anymore," Malm Dunit said lightly, "Mortals have defeated the gods, and this kingdom of gods is your spoils of war. This is the rule recognized by my lord—act freely. , which is won by all mankind."

Kamel heaved a sigh of relief, although he didn't think the old man who had turned into a ghost in front of him was capable of stopping a team of explorers escorted by the incarnation of gods, but this was after all in the Kingdom of God of War, and everything was unplanned Dramatic actions may cause unpredictable changes here, so it is of course the best situation to avoid conflicts.

But just when he raised his hand and was about to order the white knights to continue exploring other areas, Malm Dunit's voice suddenly sounded again: "There is a place I want to show you."

"A place?" Kamel looked at the phantom in front of him with some surprise and vigilance, "What do you want us to see?"

"Relax, I have no ill intentions towards you," Malm Dunit seemed to sense Kamel's emotional changes—this might be some kind of "intuition" unique to ghosts, and there was a smile in his tone , "At the edge of the Kingdom of God, I saw something that shouldn't appear here. I think you may be interested in that scene. It's not far, and it will be here soon."

A trace of curiosity suddenly arose in Kamel's heart. After a short hesitation and weighing, he chose to follow the ghost: "Lead the way ahead."

Malm Dunit nodded, and walked towards a gate next to the throne with silent steps. The exploration team followed behind Kamel's leadership, and Mirmina walked at the end of the team, vigilant about the environment. all changes.

They passed through the outer wall of the arena, and entered a new area from another door opposite the Cheerers' Walk, which was also lined with countless tall, doorless and windowless buildings with iron-gray roofs. And the high walls and towers adorned with swords and spears, the servants who once served the gods in this city have disappeared, only the hollow wind whistling in the dim sky, rolling up in the empty streets A little dust.

After the fall of the gods, dust began to appear in the once spotless kingdom of God.

But Malm Dunit just shook his head slightly, and didn't have any more emotion—he had been wandering here for a long time, and all his emotions had probably faded away. He just led the explorers all the way through these silent places. Palaces and streets, all the way to the further distance - he is leading the team to the edge of the Kingdom of God.

And as he gradually approached the boundary of this space, Kamel noticed that the surrounding environment was quietly changing—the turbid brilliance of the sky had become darker and dimmer at some point, just as the night was gradually falling, and the surrounding buildings It is becoming more and more weathered and damaged. There are cracks and even gaps on the originally solid and complete high walls and smooth and bright roofs. Even the boulder streets under your feet are changing as you continue to move forward. It was pitted, and the complete stone slab was full of cracks.

It seems that the closer to the edge of the Kingdom of God, the more this space is eroded and dissolved by some kind of force.

He couldn't help looking at the senior advisors in the team. The beautiful "lady" who was three meters tall noticed the gaze from the side. A complicated smile appeared under her veil, and she said softly: "This is the Kingdom of God." The appearance of continuous disintegration... It will first start from the edge and be disintegrated by the disordered ripples in the deep sea. If the thoughts accumulated by mortals from generation to generation are regarded as a reef that is gradually carved out, then the ripples in the deep sea It is the waves. Although the reef seems solid, once it loses the continuous "sustainment" of the trend of thought, it will peel off and disintegrate layer by layer sooner or later under the endless wear of the waves.

"The disintegrated part will return to the chaotic state in the deep sea, and what you see...is just the initial stage of this process."

Kamel listened to the knowledge spoken by the former god without saying a word - if it were in the past, it would be extremely dangerous to pass on this knowledge directly to mortals, because they are outside the mortal cognitive system "Truth" will directly point to the mystery of the operation of the gods. However, today, the exploration team composed of mortals has entered the kingdom of God. Kamel and the white knights led by him are witnessing the mysteries here with their own eyes. As a result, some knowledge that was originally taboo has become a field that mortals can touch-this is a certain "symbolic" effect, and it is also one of the most basic principles in the field of gods.

At the same time, the exploration team gradually passed through the urban area located on the outer edge of the gods. As the light from the sky became dimmer, the scene in their sight also showed a more dilapidated and collapsed posture.

There are fewer and fewer buildings standing intact, and more and more collapsed ruins in sight. The towering palace walls and buildings have become broken bricks and broken tiles, and one building even collapsed in front of the explorers—that It collapsed silently, and it looked particularly strange.

Mirmina raised her hand, and a ball of light rose from her palm. The radiance emitted by the lighting technique dispelled the darkness in the surrounding area, but farther away, the chaotic darkness was still coming, and the darkness There seemed to be invisible clumps or shadows surging in the center, layer after layer of dark patches like visual errors piled up in the deepest part of that chaos.

Kamel glanced at the chaotic darkness, and suddenly felt that the scene seemed familiar. After a short memory, he finally realized where he had seen a similar scene—the Shadow Realm.

The "sky" of the Shadow Realm is almost exactly the same state of chaos and darkness! !

"It seems that you have also discovered it," Mirmina's voice came at this time, "The area where the Kingdom of God floats is called the 'deep sea', and the deep sea is, in a sense, the deepest part of the Shadow Realm. Different from the clear and distinct structure of the world of shadows and the real world, from the world of shadows to the deep sea and then to the kingdom of God, the separation between them is not so obvious... Especially when the border of the kingdom of God is broken, this kind of division is very difficult. It will become more and more blurred..."

"From where can I go directly to the Shadow Realm?" Kamel couldn't help but asked curiously, his curiosity and deduction ability as a scholar are starting to work, "If the 'direction' is correct, can you even go to the Rebellious Garden? "

"...Unfortunately, it's not that simple," Mirmina smiled lightly, shaking her head and said, "You may not be able to see what you see, and you may not be able to see what you can see. Those who arrive may not necessarily exist, and those that exist may not be known... That is the bottom of the world. The birth and mapping relationship of everything is not as simple as ordinary people's common sense recognizes. The specific mysteries of this are not even fully known to the gods , but I think... maybe one day, you can figure it out with your own efforts."

Kamel thought carefully about the mysterious and difficult words that Mirmina said, but at this moment, Malm Dunit's voice suddenly came from the front: "We are here, The frontiers of the kingdom of God—the vision I want to show you lies ahead."

Only then did Kamel wake up from his contemplation. He looked up and saw the scene of the border of the Kingdom of God rushing forward!

The city of God of War has come to an end, and the land in front of the exploration team seems to be broken by an invisible force, presenting a shocking and fragmented state. On the other side of the shattered dividing line, the ground has completely disappeared, and there are broken building wreckage Detached from the realm of the Kingdom of God, he was rolling up and down in a cloud-like sea of ​​dust, and at the end of the earth on the side of everyone's feet, the broken high walls and the edges of buildings also showed a state of tearing, and the shattered dust It dripped down from those gaps like flowing water, continuously flowing and falling, falling out of the earth, and falling into the disturbing boundless sea of ​​clouds outside the Kingdom of God.

Mirmina raised her hand, and another ball of light rose into the sky and floated above the sea of ​​clouds. The ball of light emitted boundless brilliance, illuminating the entire sea of ​​clouds, allowing Kamel to see the situation farther away— —

He saw countless vortices all over the sea of ​​clouds, and the end of the sea of ​​clouds seemed to be in a state of continuous tumbling and transpiration as if boiling. There was a very obvious boundary between the chaotic darkness in the distance and the sea of ​​clouds. The scattered matter is swallowed by the boundary, and will become fine particles in the blink of an eye, and disappear in the next instant.

This is the scene where the kingdom of God after death is being swallowed up by the ripples of the deep sea—even the white knights with tough minds cannot help being shocked after seeing this spectacular sight that no one has ever seen before, and exclaimed in a low voice .

However, what Malm Dunit wants to show Kamel and others is not just this "swallowing dividing line", nor is it just the tumbling sea of ​​sand and dust clouds.

The former God of War Pope raised his finger to the distance, and a low and hoarse voice came from the depths of the spiritual body: "See that over there? The biggest vortex, that's what I want to show you."

Kamel's gaze then focused on the direction of the Pope's ghost finger, and the next second, the two points of arcane light on his head suddenly shrank.

In the depths of the sea of ​​clouds, a huge vortex is tumbling, and the ruins of broken buildings are undulating around the vortex, and a huge space crack is revealed in the surging sea of ​​sand and dust clouds. I don't know where it leads, and its curved edge presents an arc, as if it is a small part accidentally exposed by a larger structure. It is located in the center of that vortex, and the debris floating around If you approach by accident, you will be torn apart and swallowed by that crack in an instant.

And in the depths of that crack, a strange, eye-catching blue light surged like water waves, with a texture that Kamel was extremely familiar with.

He hadn't seen such a glow in 1000 years.

Kamel stared at that direction for a long time, and then slowly stretched out his hand after repeated consideration. His hand crossed the fragmented border line on the edge of the Kingdom of God, and almost at the moment of crossing this border, he felt The feeling of exhaustion of magic power disappeared - a strong magic power response came from the crack in the distance, and the magic "radiation" it released seemed to permeate the entire sea of ​​clouds.

Kamel withdrew his hand, realizing something in his heart.

The broken boundary under my feet is the current "integrity limit" of the Kingdom of God of War. Inside the boundary, the power of the Kingdom of God is in a complete state. It repels magic power and maintains a "magic vacuum" within the boundary. On the outside, the magic power repelling effect of the Kingdom of God disappeared, so the entire sea of ​​dust clouds (the "swallowing transition" zone between the Kingdom of God and the deep sea) was filled with the magic power that escaped from that gap.

Kamel is no stranger to it...that is the magic of the Deep Blue Well.

A term that has gradually become a hot topic of discussion among top scholars in the empire recently emerged from his mind: Deep Blue Webway.

"Will there be a dark blue webway near the realm of the kingdom of God?" Kamel suddenly turned his head, looked at Mirmina and asked.

"The dark blue webway runs through all realms of the entire planet. In theory, no matter whether it is the shadow world or the shadow world, whether it is the elemental world or the kingdom of God, they are all within the penetrating range of the dark blue webway," Mirmina said immediately, but Immediately afterwards, she changed the subject, with a hint of anxiety in her tone, "But this...is not a normal dark blue webway."

"Not a normal dark blue webway? What do you mean?"

"It's a crack, a leak point—do you understand? The normal dark blue webway is a smooth flow of magic power. Although it contains extremely powerful energy, it is like blood wrapped in blood vessels. It will only It flows within its own 'trajectory', but this... the condition of this crack is obviously wrong!"

Chapter 1268 Not Only One Crack

No one understands the mysteries deep within the flow of magic better than a goddess who wields magical power.

After hearing Mir Mina's unusually serious explanation, Kamel immediately realized the seriousness behind this matter, and while realizing its seriousness, he also instantly had a new doubt: "... ...Haven't you seen this kind of rift in the realm of the kingdom of God before? As far as I know, you often wander around the edge of the kingdom of God, observing the changes in the deep sea..."

But Mirmina didn't answer him. The expression of the former master of magic suddenly became a little weird. She stared at the dark blue crack that emerged from the vortex in the distance, as if she had noticed or realized something, but she was confused. Some kind of dazed state.

At the same time, Pope Malm Dunit, the god of war who brought everyone to the side, broke the silence: "This thing is not something that should exist in my lord's kingdom, and I don't know where it came from... ...It may have existed here for hundreds or even thousands of years, and after the fall of my lord, the place lost control, and the Kingdom of God gradually 'floated' to the vicinity of this crack..."

While speaking, a shock suddenly came from under everyone's feet, and Kamel hurriedly led the explorers back. The next moment they saw a little material falling down from the edge of the Kingdom of God, turning into dust falling with the wind. Into the depths of the sea of ​​clouds beyond the boundary.

This process of continuous disintegration and dissipation is still going on, and I am afraid it will continue for a long time.

Kamel looked at Mirmina, who seemed to be in deep thought, but just as he was about to ask something, Malm Dunit's voice sounded again: "I want you to see more than just this crack .”

"It's not just this crack?" Kamel couldn't help asking in amazement, "Is there something else here?"

"Yes, there is another thing I don't recognize—whatever it is, I don't think it should appear in the 'Realm of the Gods'," said Malm Dunit, nodding slowly, turning to Looking at the dark and chaotic edge of the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, "I can't see it yet, but counting the time, it should appear soon..."

"Can't see it now?" Kamel asked curiously, with some speculation in his heart, "Could it be that thing..."

"That thing will approach here periodically. It's just that I'm trapped here and I don't have enough means to determine the relative position of that thing to the Kingdom of God or its trajectory..." Malm said slowly, and suddenly raised his finger To the distance, "ah, it's coming..."

As the voice of the God of War Pope fell, the members of the exploration team all looked in the direction of the ghost's fingers, and the two arcane lights on Kamel's head gradually brightened, and he "stared" at the ghost. A dim and chaotic border, suddenly, a ray of light slowly "floated" from the end of the border——

The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was a bright light beam, which penetrated the chaotic realm in the deep sea, dispelling the dark environment at the edge of the sea of ​​clouds, followed by a series of flickering lights around the light beam, which seemed to outline a The huge silhouette, and as the huge shadow behind the silhouette gradually approached, its astonishing posture gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Kamel saw a huge curved edge covered with unknown material protruding from the dark boundary first, slowly rising above the sea of ​​clouds, followed by continuous alloy structures and the "steel land" supported by the structures, it seemed It is a flat weird huge ship, and it seems to be a rootless island floating in the chaos and the sea of ​​clouds. The exposed part has irregular edge outlines, as if it should be a part of a larger structure, or it should be part of a larger structure, or in advance. Areas for docking with other structures are reserved.

Then this gigantic thing, almost as amazing as a city, continued to float upwards, and the matter at the edge of the sea of ​​clouds was disturbed by its huge boundary, rolling up layers of silent air waves, and countless sand and dust flew up, Drooping down like a stream of water along the edge of the alloy structure again, Kamel tried his best to look at the end of the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, looking at the scene on the surface of the "steel land", he saw flickering lights, a barrier like a shield And towering things like buildings, and farther away, he also vaguely saw some things of different colors leaning against the edge of the earth, which did not look like what the "steel earth" itself should have. structure, rather like...something accidentally "hanging" on its edge.

However, that has exceeded the limit of ordinary vision.

Under the heavy and closed helmets of the white knights, there were a few suppressed exclamations, and the voice of the high-ranking combat monk Quinn sounded low: "Holy light... what is that?"

"No matter what it is, it is definitely not the kingdom of God... nor is it a fragment left by any kingdom of God or gods. It is obviously in operation..." Kamel muttered, and suddenly cast his gaze to the side Malm Dunett, "Will it hit?"

"No, it will run slowly near the border, and it will get very close to here, but it will not bump into it-it seems to be able to accurately judge the distance from the Kingdom of God, and it will approach and stay away according to a strict cycle," said the former The Pope of the God of War spoke unreservedly about the patterns he had observed while wandering here for so long, "That thing feels 'alive' to people, but I don't see any life... or anything similar to life appearing in the That above. Of course, it may also be that the superficial knowledge of mortals has blinded my eyes. In this kingdom of the gods... many things cannot be understood by mortals..."

"Ma'am," Kamel turned to look in Mirmina's direction, "Do you..."