Sword of Dawn

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"I have really struggled. Don't look at me as a careless person, but I have a lot of conflicts in private, but this time I really went to Ms. Ye's kingdom of God... I found one thing, one that made me feel uncomfortable. Unexpected thing," Amber smiled, and for some reason, an atmosphere of relaxation lingered around her, which had never appeared in her body before, "I found that...my belief may not point to the night Miss……"

Gao Wenwan didn't expect to hear this, and was stunned: "Isn't your belief pointing to Ms. Ye?"

"That's right, it's not him. I don't know how to explain this matter... because according to the research of the Theocracy Council, mortals' beliefs should not have such a 'deviation', but considering the current situation of belief in the shadow field is extremely special, Maybe I encountered a small probability event," Amber breathed out, and said while thinking, "I felt her breath in Lady Ye's kingdom of God, which is different from the voice I've 'heard' before. It feels completely different, I suspect... the 'Goddess of Shadow' I have always believed in has someone else, a high-ranking, unimaginable existence that we don't yet know."

Gao Wen was stunned, looked at Hu Po who was still smiling, and broke the silence with staring eyes after a while: "You can still laugh? Isn't this thing more serious?! Your belief points to Ms. Ye At least we still know who usually answers your prayers, now you say you don’t know what kind of existence it is, tell Kamel about it, he can light up half of the city on the spot, do you believe it?”

"You finally don't doubt that I can usually hear the voice of the gods?" Amber didn't look nervous at all, instead she became more and more playful, "Let me just say, I am the Shadow God Chosen, I have been the Shadow God Chosen for many years ..."

"Now is not the time for joking," Gawain interrupted her, "there is an unidentified high-ranking being who has been answering your prayers, which in my opinion is even more serious than 'beware of the sentinel'—it's not you alone Human affairs. You should know that although there are many gods in the world, there are exact numbers and names of "righteous gods" who can answer prayers. They are born from thoughts, and the reflection mechanism of thoughts determines that they cannot hide their own There is no way to conceal or forge your priesthood... Are you sure you can't be sure which god is the high existence that answers your prayer?"

"He said that he is the Shadow Goddess... but I don't know the specifics," Amber finally restrained her jumpy smile, and said a little seriously, "Actually, I don't have many opportunities to communicate with him, although As long as we establish communication, we can talk happily for a long time, but in most cases, there seems to be a long, long distance between me and Him, and we can’t keep in touch all the time. He rarely talks to me about the church, Every time I ask about matters in the field of gods, he will say that it is too troublesome, it is not as interesting as cooking..."

In fact, it was not the first time that Gao Wen heard such inconsequential content from Amber's mouth, but today this was the first time he listened to the other party's words so seriously, and thought about it seriously. I couldn't help opening my mouth: "You and your 'goddess' usually only talk about these things? Don't you think there is something wrong?"

"I always thought that other gods were like this!" Amber immediately became confident, "It's not like you don't know what I used to do, how could I have the opportunity to meet the big shots in various churches, and I thought they were all like this— —It wasn’t until the last two years, when I had more contact with those “big shots” before, that I realized that something might be wrong with my situation, but that’s just a “slightly aware”…”

"...It's a blessing that you have been able to live in peace until now," Gao Wen couldn't help but look up and down at Amber with strange eyes, "Is it because you rely so much on being happy?"

"Otherwise?" Amber stared at her immediately and asked more confidently, "Do you rely on money and strength? Do you think I have been like these two people since I was a child?"

Gao Wen muttered in his heart, and realized that he really couldn't refute this goose...

But fortunately, Amber also knows that some things should not be joked casually. She quickly waved her hand and said after a short thought: "I know that such an unknown high-ranking person is very nervous. There are too many things that mortals can't resist, we have to be careful every step of the way, but I can be sure of one thing, the 'Goddess of Shadow' I know... He is at least friendly.

"Of course, judging whether a high-ranking being is friendly with ordinary people's cognition may be a bit unreliable in itself, so my feelings are only for your reference."

Gao Wen pondered, and after thinking for a long time, he just nodded, noncommittal: "I see."

He is not a person who can casually say "I believe in you" in such a situation, his character does not allow him to do so, and his position does not allow him to make such a judgment on a matter.

"I'll let the God Analysis Laboratory arrange some targeted tests as soon as possible to see if I can find the high-level existence that has established contact with you. Even if I can't find him, I have to find a way to determine whether he is a god we know One, and also confirm the 'connection' status on your body to see if there is any potential contamination. Do you have any objections to these?"

"Of course I have no objection." Amber immediately shook her head, "Follow the rules, and I certainly can't break the rules."

She and Gao Wen tacitly did not mention the matter of "termination of belief" because of an obvious fact:

Once the connection with God is established, it is not so easy to unilaterally sever it.

Then Gao Wen pondered for a moment, and then said: "If you have a chance to establish contact with your 'Goddess of Shadow' in the future, remember to ask..."

"Of course, I will ask," Amber nodded without waiting for Gao Wen to finish, "I will ask who He is, what He wants to do, and whether there is any connection between Him and Ms. Ye..."

Gawain nodded slowly.

After that, Amber was quiet for a few seconds before she broke the silence again: "Also... Actually, I have one more thing, which is quite exciting..."

Gao Wen immediately felt his heart beating again after he had finally calmed down (he even understood the feeling when Miss My Little Pony talked to him back then), and he looked up at Amber: "You just How many exciting things can you do in one afternoon?"

"Hey, this is the last one, really the last one," Amber said quickly, waving her hands, "Actually, I originally wanted to talk about this at the beginning, but after thinking about it, business matters are the priority. After you read this, it will affect your follow-up mentality—it’s nothing else, the main thing is that I found that I might... also brought something from Lady Ye’s kingdom of God."

While speaking, she raised her right hand slightly, and gently rubbed her fingers in front of Gao Wen.

A wisp of gray-white dust like flowing water appeared out of nowhere on her fingertips, and flowed on the floor with a slight rustling sound. The gray-white color diffused in the place covered by the dust, as if a foreign land that was incompatible with the present world was covering this place. world.

Amber's voice then came to Gawain's ears: "Although I have confirmed that my belief is not pointing to Ms. Ye, but for some reason... I still feel that I have established a connection with that 'Kingdom of God' and brought back this ..."

Gawain watched the dust piling up on the ground in surprise, and when he heard Amber's voice, he finally widened his eyes: "Wait a minute, what do you think is this!?"

"Shadow Dust," Hu Po stopped calling for Quicksand, and snapped his fingers to return it to nothingness, "Probably..."

"perhaps?"

"Uh...probably," Amber scratched her hair, her expression became a little weird, "Because although these things look very similar to the few grains of sand that Maggie brought back, they are actually very different. I summoned them After I came out, I tested it many times, and found that the sand seems to be used as sand..."

Gao Wen: "...?"

"It's just...the off-white color they spread out is really just a layer of color, without any supernatural power in it, and the sand itself doesn't have the kind of 'refinement power' that completely isolates the interference of the world. I grabbed some sand and rubbed it hard on the ground. Rubbing, it turned out to be erotic, rubbing is black..."

Gao Wen: "...No, why do you sound like a free gift?"

Chapter 1242 Free Divine Skill

To be honest, when he first saw the sand that Amber rubbed out, Gao Wen's whole body became more energetic, and he thought that this Shadow Assault Goose had achieved a leap from strength to rank without making a sound—think about it , standing behind an unknown high-ranking existence, always accepting the protection of indescribable power, able to enter Lady Ye's divine kingdom, and now able to summon dust that does not belong to this world from Lady Ye's divine kingdom, this A series of affixes that look like stacking buffs, but if the goose doesn't open its mouth, it looks like a protagonist.

But after she finished describing the nature of these sands, Gao Wen felt that something was wrong... The more he listened, the more he felt that these things that looked like shadow dust actually behaved like free gifts, just like what he saw in online games in his previous life The newcomers have a zero krypton guarantee-the card surface is golden, and the actual manpower is set...

The equipment in the hands of the boss I met in the game (×), and the equipment I actually got after killing the boss (√).

Probably because the series of information brought by Amber today was too stimulating. As soon as Gao Wen relaxed his head, all kinds of strange thoughts began to run around uncontrollably, even the things that hadn't come to mind for a long time, about the past life. The memory also popped up involuntarily, and in the end, Amber couldn't help but opened her mouth, poking Gao Wen's arm and said: "Hey, your evaluation is not right, no matter what, I am taking a chance. The 'ability' brought back by less hardship..."

Gawain glanced at the goose, and subconsciously said, "To be honest, except for the moment you fell on the floor and woke up, I really didn't see how hard it was for you..."

Amber immediately stared - but considering that she couldn't beat him, she also stared.

"Okay, I'm not joking with you anymore," Gao Wen also knew that he would accept it as soon as he saw it. He made a joke just to relieve the awkward atmosphere. After a little teasing, his expression became serious again, and he looked at Amber seriously. Eyes, "Seriously, do you know how you summoned these sands? What are they? Really... shadow dust?"

"I don't know exactly what happened." Amber scratched her hair, instantly forgetting Gao Wen's teasing to herself just now, "Just after I came back from 'there', I found that there was such a small pile of sand next to me , and then inexplicably established contact with them—the method of summoning sand and taking back sand came to mind suddenly... Well, no, it can’t be said to come to mind, how should I put it..."

Amber seemed a bit tangled up, as if she didn't know how to explain to Gao Wen what happened at the level of consciousness and intuition, and after a long time of gestures, she managed to hold back a few words: "It's like the beating of your heart, the blood in your blood vessels. Blood flow, you don't know how they work, you don't even feel them normally, but they just run naturally and become part of your body - I feel the same way, suddenly these sands become their own power Part of it, I don't even know how they disappear and appear."

"I can understand what you mean," Gao Wen listened carefully to Amber's description, and nodded lightly, "Although this is still a bit unbelievable. Regarding these sands, apart from looking like shadow dust, Is there anything else special?"

"...Is it really hard to sweep it off the ground?" Hu Po thought for a while, and said very seriously, "These sands are very light, if I don't put them away, they will easily be blown everywhere..."

"Of course it doesn't count!" Gao Wen immediately slapped his forehead, "At least think of something of practical value!"

"...Then I really can't think of it," Amber thought about it again, and finally shook her head and said, "I tested it several times before I came to you. Apart from the strange shape of these sands, they can diffuse some There is no special effect at all other than gray and white 'phantoms' that are not useful at all, and I sprinkle them on all kinds of things, including various channeling materials and ordinary substances, and the result is the same."

Speaking of this, she paused, and then added: "Ah, by the way, I also tried to see what happens when I sprinkle them on living things. I tried it with two big black dogs in the garden..."

Gao Wen's expression suddenly became serious: "What's the result?"

Amber slapped her chest, with a smug look on her face: "I won!"

Gao Wen: "..."

After a few seconds of silence in the room, Gao Wen finally came to a conclusion: "So according to your conclusion, the biggest use of your new ability is that you can suddenly throw sand in someone's face when fighting, right..."

"That's almost what it means," Hu Po nodded, with a very satisfied expression on her face, "I'm telling you, this is a magical skill! When the battle is in full swing, throwing a handful of sand out, so many masters fall on it, And I’m absolutely defenseless, if you were a legend like you, you wouldn’t be able to tell where I got the sand from, and throw as much as I wanted…”

Gao Wen couldn't take it anymore after listening to it halfway through... How could this be called a life-defying experience for others, and it made Amber become so harmonious after walking around?

But soon, his attitude became serious again, and he began to think seriously about this matter: Although the result of the matter was speechless, the existence of these "inferior shadow dust" itself is not a trivial matter, regardless of whether they are in Hu Po's hands Afterwards, it was a fact that Humber gained the ability to summon shadow dust after going to Lady Ye's Divine Kingdom for a while.

At the beginning, Mordier also went to the kingdom of the gods of the lady of the night, and he went there more than once. After he came back, there was no such change—he only brought back a few grains of sand at most.

Although the sand is "genuine".

"What are you thinking?" Amber noticed that Gao Wen suddenly showed a serious expression, and she also became nervous. After holding back for a long time, she finally couldn't help but say, "Let me tell you, those two dogs moved first. hand... well, maybe I moved first..."

"Put those two unlucky dogs aside for now." Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "Apart from the ability to summon shadow dust, have you experienced any other changes?"

"No more," Amber looked down at herself, then raised her head to recall memories carefully, and finally said with certainty, "Not only did there not be any additional changes, but I also found that... I seemed to have no way to enter the 'misplaced kingdom of God' again. "

"You can't go in anymore?" Gao Wen frowned suddenly, "What do you mean?"

"Didn't I touch the grains of sand that Mordir brought to the real world at the beginning and then enter that misplaced 'Shadow Kingdom'?" Amber explained her discovery, "Later, when I was experimenting with new abilities, I grew up again. I tried it boldly... but found that no matter how much I touched those sand grains, it had no effect..."

"How many times do you dare to try again?!" Gao Wen's first reaction was to stare at the bold half-elf, but after the other party shrank his neck, he couldn't help sighing, "Well, anyway, you already After doing this, luckily it’s all right—really can’t get in?”

"Well," Amber nodded, with obvious regret on her face, "It seems that the door was closed, I tried to recall the 'feeling' of entering that misplaced kingdom of God at that time, according to my own position in the shadow world I came to find the location of the door through experience, but I just ran into the shadow world. Alas, what a pity, I thought about it after I came back, and there are still many things I didn’t ask about that book.”

"After all, the incident happened suddenly, and no one thought that you would run into Ms. Ye's domain, but since you can't go back, don't take the risk of trying again—even if you want to try, wait until the technical team and the archives team find clues. Let’s talk after you have certain security guarantees and theoretical guidance.” Gao Wen looked at Amber with a serious expression, “Your ‘adventure’ this time has achieved unexpected results, whether it is the existence of Wilder or the warning about the sentries, it is all An extremely valuable clue, so don't be so sorry."

"Okay, that's what you said," Amber scratched her hair, nodded helplessly, and then yawned big, "I have to go back early and rest, I've had a lot of tossing this afternoon, in the real world and the shadow Running back and forth between worlds is too exhausting..."

Gao Wen hummed, but just before Amber escaped into the shadows and left the room, he suddenly said: "Wait a minute, there is one more thing."

Amber maintained the posture of stepping into the shadow rift with one leg, turned her head and glanced at Gao Wen: "Huh?"

Gawain couldn't help but jump out of the corner of his eyes when he saw the opponent's difficult operation. He thought that this "Shadow God's Chosen (I'm afraid he didn't claim to be)" was the only one in the world who could play with the shadow rift like this. An ordinary shadow master came over, not to mention doing the same operation, his blood pressure would go up to [-] just by looking at it: "Put your legs back first, it looks scary-I just want to tell you, Tal Come with me to Lund's side."

Amber was very surprised: "Ah? Didn't you say you wouldn't let me go with you?"

"But now you have visited Lady Ye's divine kingdom, and..." Gawain looked at her, "bringing those 'sands'. Obviously, you can sense Lady Ye's power, and even control it to a certain extent. This power, if Mordir does carry some kind of...'mark' from Lady Ye, then your new ability at this moment may come in handy."

Amber's eyes lit up—she actually didn't care much about how useful she would be there, being able to go out and do trouble was enough to make her excited, she smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Then I'll get ready when I go back Get ready, explain everything to your subordinates tomorrow, and get familiar with your new skills by the way..."

"The last one is useless!" Gawain quickly interrupted without waiting for this guy to finish, "A bunch of fake 'Shadow Dust' that can only be used to confuse the eyes, you are familiar with what can be achieved, Go on pissing off the dog in the garden—I tell you, that dog belongs to Betty, and she'll cry if you mess with her too much."

"...Okay," Ambert pouted in disappointment, "Then I'll seal up this skill first..."

"If you really want to use it, it's okay. Later, you can go to the people in the God Analysis Laboratory and get some sand out for them to use as a sample." Gawain looked at the half-elf's disappointed face, thought for a while and nodded. , "Isn't this sand that will always exist in this world as long as you don't take the initiative to recycle it? It can be used for their research and see if the experts can analyze your shadow dust compared with the 'real' shadow dust. Where is the difference?"

"That's fine. I'm curious about this myself. After all, I encountered too many unexplainable things this time. I probably can't figure it out with my own brain. I hope those smart people can find something. Here comes the clue..." Amber nodded, and then yawned again, "No, no, no, I'm too sleepy, I'm slipping away..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain saw a shadow rise from the ground, and the half-elf's figure disappeared in the next second.

……

Neural network, deep in the city of dreams, on a quiet square covered by golden oak trees and falling leaves, a square table was placed under the oak tree, and four figures sat beside the square table.

"...The situation is like this." After telling what happened to Amber, Gao Wen raised his head and stared at the three "retired gods" in front of him. "There are three most important clues or problems. The first is' Beware of the warning of the sentinel, the second is who is the high-level being connected to Amber, and the third... is her sand."

"Did such a thing happen..." The old God of Nature who logged on the Internet as an old elf sitting on Gawain's left hand stroked his beard with a serious expression, "It's really worth calling the three of us together ..."

"You scare me again." Enya, who has pale golden hair falling down like a waterfall and has a perfect and graceful appearance, set her eyes on Gao Wen, "You really can come up with such a thing that can scare the gods every time. Come on with a jump."

"It's not me this time," Gao Wen spread his hands, "It's Amber who caused the trouble this time."

"Is there a difference? You were the one who called us together." The former goddess of magic, who was wearing a complicated and elegant court dress, glanced at Gao Wen indifferently, and said casually.

"Well, we're not debating this," Gawain waved his hand, "it's down to business—have any of you ever heard of, or guessed, what the 'sentry' mentioned in that warning is?"

The three retired gods immediately looked at each other. After this extremely humane action, Amoen took the lead to break the silence: "I can't think of it—there are countless people or things that can be called 'sentinels' in this world count, but I can't think of any of them that will appear in a 'book of adventurers' in Lady Ye's kingdom."

"'Sentinel' may be just a metaphor, he may not be a real 'Sentry'," Gao Wen reminded, "The warnings in the book may not only be written for us mortals. Think about it, in this world Is there anything else that fits the definition of a sentinel, and is even conceptually closer..."

Before he finished speaking, Mirmina on the side silently raised her finger and pointed to the sky.

What she was referring to was obviously not the blue sky simulated in this virtual world.

"Those things left by the voyagers in space..." Gawain sighed softly, "Actually, I also guessed in this direction, those orbital facilities for monitoring planets... are indeed very close to sentinels by definition, but I can't find evidence or clues that they're about to get out of hand."

"What if the problem is not the ones hanging in the sky?" Enya suddenly broke the silence, "You shouldn't be able to perceive the Creator's creations outside those orbital facilities, Mr. 'Extraterrestrial Wanderer'?"

Chapter 1243 Vortex

Enya's words made Gao Wen frowned for a while, and fell into a short thought.

Of course, he hadn’t considered this possibility—the legacy of the voyagers was not limited to those in space, but also the towers on the planet’s ground, orbital elevators, and an ancient machine that occupied the southeastern continent mentioned by the Krakens Legion, and if Mordir Wilde really came into contact with these things and perceived the crisis from them, it is also possible that he called these things "sentinels".

But if that's the case... then it's really beyond the reach of human civilization.

The three old gods began to discuss in a low voice, talking about the memory fragments that only they knew and had been lost in ancient history. There are many traces left by the huge fleet on this planet during the short stay, and Amorn mentioned the impression he left when he had a glimpse of the ancient facilities in space and the various clues he observed.

Although Mirmina's understanding of these things is not as thorough as the other two, she is in charge of the authority in the magic field, and the transcendents in the magic field are all profound scholars. He has the most comprehensive knowledge about ancient legends, remote research, and historical secrets in this world, and in many cases, the sporadic legends mastered by mortals are very likely to reflect some truths of the ancient times.

At the end, Gao Wen also mentioned his knowledge of the legacy of the voyager—at this small table, his identity and the relationship between him and the legacy of the voyager are no secret, as someone who once threatened with orbital fall Enya's "Outlander," who sometimes knows more about those ancient heritages than these ancient gods.

However, when all the ancient memory fragments are pieced together, the clues about the "Sentinel" are still blank—the warning mentioned in Wilder's "book" is like a shadow that appeared in the world out of thin air. Even the gods don't know what the source of the shadow is.

"It seems that we can only waste time by guessing here." Enya finally ended this energy-consuming topic, she shook her head slightly, and her eyes fell on Gao Wen, "Perhaps after seeing Mordir with your own eyes, you will Some clues will be found - until then, let's put the Sentinel aside."

"Why don't we talk about the mysterious 'high-ranking existence' behind Amber?" Mirmina looked up at the figures at the table, with a curious look on her face, "What do you think about this?"

"I don't know who that 'high existence' is, but I know...there are many things in this world beyond our knowledge," Enya said slowly while thinking, "I have seen the fleet of the voyagers come from the Star Sea Jumping deep into planetary orbits, I have also seen terrible energy torrents break through the barriers of the kingdom of God. In the huge expeditionary fleet of the voyagers, there are many ethnic groups that you can't even imagine...even a whole civilization, they Live on a huge immigrant starship, set sail from a distant hometown, go to one new habitable planet after another, or leave seeds in the local area, or guide a new civilization to pull anchor and set off..."

Enya's narration made Amorn and Mirmina's eyes slowly widen. They were born in the "post-voyager era" and they couldn't imagine what the ancient and magnificent scene looked like, but Enya Then suddenly sighed softly.

"The Dragon Clan missed the opportunity to look at the starry sky, but I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune. Before we were closed the door to the starry sky, we saw the scenery in the sea of ​​stars. I didn't have the ability to leave this planet, but I caught a glimpse of it I understood one thing..."

"What did you understand?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and asked subconsciously.

"Compared to the entire vast galaxy, no matter how big an event happens on a planet, it is just a cluster of inconspicuous sparks, but even the vast galaxy is just a journey in the eternal expedition of the voyager—— Creatures like us called 'gods' don't even have the power to rule the entire planet... let alone understand the secrets deep in the stars?"

"...Do you suspect that the 'high-ranking being' behind Amber does not belong to our 'world'?" Gawain frowned, and his tone became very serious. He knew that on this planet, someone who can see into the sea of ​​stars There are very few existences, and like Enya, who can look at the sea of ​​stars, possess a huge amount of knowledge, and at the same time witness the existence of the sailor is even more unique—her judgment may not always be accurate, but in any case Neither can be ignored.

"Most things that happen on our planet are 'known' to me, especially in the realm of gods," Enya said with a faint smile, "even if they are not gods, but similar I know every demigod, godlike, false god that is close to it, and I know every ripple in the deep sea, so now there is one that I don't know... I can only think that he does not belong to us' Known Frontier'."

The gods and mortals at the table were quiet for a while, until Amorn suddenly raised his head and glanced at the lush golden oak tree. His eyes seemed to penetrate the virtual barriers of branches and neural networks, and looked at the real world In the middle of the sky, he looked away after a while, and sighed softly with a complicated expression: "I really want to 'go up' to have a look..."

"Go up again?" Mirmina glared at him immediately, "Would you be chased and beaten by the security fighters and anti-God missiles again?"

"Now they won't regard me as an enemy anymore," Amoen glanced at Mirmina, "I'm just a little regretful, I didn't even notice how magnificent the sea of ​​stars was before I was shot down..."

"It's a pity that you don't have the ability to break out of the atmosphere now," Mirmina shook her head. "Without the support of the trend of thought, you are now half as strong as you were back then."

Amoen suddenly seemed a little frustrated when he was told this, and the retired God of Nature shook his head and sighed like an old man who was hit by reality, while muttering in a low voice: "I can't do it, but maybe Ordinary people will go up someday, didn't the Dragon Clan succeed once a while ago..."

No one paid any attention to Amon's nagging. After a moment of silence, Gawain suddenly asked, "What do you think about the shadow dust brought back by Amber? She said that her belief was not directed at Lady Ye, but However, she brought something back from Ms. Ye's divine kingdom, and all the signs made me suspect... There may still be a connection between her and the god who is far away from this world, but it is not the connection between the believer and the god..."

"Of course it won't be the connection between believers and gods. I haven't heard of any believer who went to the god's kingdom of their own gods to take a walk around and then demolished the house and brought it back. Is this something believers do?" Amo En got rid of the dejected state just now, and immediately said with a strange expression upon hearing this, "I was taken aback when I heard you talk about what Amber did just now, if it wasn't for the most basic sense and logic, I almost suspect that this is her superb stealing skills at work."