Sword of Dawn

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In Cecil City, in the Grand Consul's Office in the Government Affairs Hall, Hetty with a slightly tired face put down a report in her hand. She rubbed her sore brows and couldn't help sighing softly. .

At this moment, the door of the office was pushed open, and Gawain's voice came from the door: "I saw you sighing as soon as I came in, Hetty. What kind of difficult problem did you encounter? Baldwin's The progress of village reconstruction and free mercenary retraining is stuck again? Or is the Ministry of Construction and Planning giving you another problem?"

"If it's this kind of problem, it's better. It's nothing more than scheduling the manpower and adjusting the work arrangement of the corresponding department." Hetty rubbed her eyebrows again, and sighed with a headache, "It's our dear Miss Rebecca. ,she……"

Gawain waved his hand without waiting for Hetty to finish speaking, and said casually, "I understand, the budget."

Hetty looked up at her ancestors helplessly: "A month ago, the No. 115 project had a meltdown accident. Although there were no casualties, the key materials and the test site were seriously damaged. The first accident happened in the same place half a month ago. The second meltdown, this time not only destroyed all the test equipment, even the test site was almost blown up - thanks to the strict and effective safety measures, the disaster did not expand further. Now Rebecca has submitted the third phase of the budget application...amount It’s even several percentage points higher than last time.”

Hetty couldn't help shaking her head, but her originally beautiful face was covered with confusion at this moment: "I can understand the importance of Project 115, but it's too difficult to keep a normal mind when signing."

Whenever I see the budget list from the Magic Technology Department, the signing hand can't help trembling slightly. Sometimes Hetty really wants to hand these things directly to the first-level financial officials under him, but Rebecca submits it. Most of the budget is related to secret-related plans, and the final review must go through her, the Grand Consul—Hetty can't help being a little pessimistic about the future, feeling that her trembling hands may continue to tremble for many years...

Seeing Hetty, who was always mature and calm in front of outsiders, showing such a helpless look in front of himself without any scruples, Gawain couldn't help but want to laugh, but he managed to control his expression, shook his head slightly and said, "It seems that this is really true. It’s a very expensive project…”

"You started this project," Hetty glanced at the old ancestor, "Have you forgotten?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten, and we should all know the necessity of Project 115," Gao Wen coughed lightly, his expression becoming serious, "Over there in the wasteland...I'm afraid we don't have much time left."

Seeing the change in Gawain's expression, Hetty couldn't help straightening her back, her expression became serious: "Did you find anything at the outpost of the South Gate Fortress?"

"I haven't seen anything yet, but there is news from the Silver Empire that their Sentinel Tower has detected several irregular bursts of energy in the depths of the wasteland... It doesn't look like a natural phenomenon."

"Energy burst..." Hetty repeated the word softly, "That is to say, those guys hiding in the depths of the wasteland are no longer hiding their tracks very much..."

"They know that we outsiders can't do anything about them, and the only force in the wasteland that threatens them can't leave the core area," Gawain nodded. Several countries have raised alarm and stepped up their pace, and now they are not so low-key ... It shows that their confidence is inflated."

"If that's the case... can Project 115 really catch up?" Hetty said with worry in her tone, "Put hope on a thing that doesn't know when it will be successful, and it may not even be able to be built, to prevent the wasteland from The threat of not knowing when it will erupt, this matter does not make people feel at ease."

"So Project No. 115 is just one of our plans," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Now we are building up our strength, as much as we can before the wall collapses, and it is even better to save up before the wall collapses." Enough power to break into the wasteland and put everything down before those cultists do something wrong - I have approved the joint proposal of the two generals Maryland and Philip this morning to start building several roads leading to the magnificent wall before this fall 'Advance Railway' is used to arrange our ground mobile fortress. I heard that Typhon has a similar plan. They are rushing to rebuild several major extraordinary legions and increase the troops along the majestic wall, Gaoling On the part of the Kingdom and the Ogure Tribal States, even those members of the alliance that are not directly bordering on the Great Wall have also taken actions.

"Facts have proved that the warnings we issued within the alliance are still effective-it is always a good thing that countries finally do not take the threats in the wasteland as lightly as they did in previous years."

Chapter 1171 Suspicious clues

Listening to Gao Wen's description of the current situation, Hetty's brows, which had not been stretched very much, finally gradually relaxed. In fact, as the grand consul of the empire, she also knew about this matter, but perhaps it was when the family was in decline. Due to her life experience, it may also be due to her natural personality. In many cases, she is always unable to be as optimistic as her ancestors, but she still understands one thing: the situation of the world itself will not be optimistic because of herself. If you are not optimistic but make a little change, the only thing that can change these situations is the hard work of people.

"Don't worry too much about Project 115." Gawain looked at Hetty, and smiled to comfort his "descendant". "Rebecca and her assistant team are responsible for the technical and overall planning matters." Responsible, that girl may have jumped a little bit in other aspects, but only in the field she is good at is beyond others, you and I can't do better than her. Give her sufficient support, ask people to ask for money Give money—although this project is a huge investment, we now have the huge benefits brought by the circumcontinental route and the trading rail network, which is enough to support us to complete these plans."

"I understand, ancestor," Hetty nodded solemnly, "I will make arrangements here."

"Well," Gao Wen replied, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, "By the way, last time I asked you to investigate matters related to the Violet Kingdom, do you have any clues?"

"To find out all the influences of the Violet Kingdom on the magic systems of human countries in the past 600 years...is a very large and complicated systematic work," Hetty said with a slightly embarrassed expression, "especially from the messy, obscure and unsystematic ones of the old era." I’m afraid that it will take a long time to find all the spell information originating from violet in my magic book, sorry, ancestor, the progress in this area is still relatively slow at present..."

Speaking of this, she paused, and then said: "But although the overall progress is not much, when I counted those early data, I found some...suspicious points."

"Should it be suspicious?" Gao Wen frowned, "What did you find?"

"Messaging, the drawing rules of the violet circle, gravity manipulation, and the three evocation spells in the arcane field... These are the spells submitted by the royal magic advisors in the early days, and they clearly originated from the violet system," Hetty said. While speaking, he took out a sorted report from the filing cabinet under the table and pushed it in front of Gao Wen, "These kinds of spells have one thing in common: there is a black box structure, or they themselves are a complete 'black box magic'."

Gao Wen didn't read the document after receiving it, but he couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard Hetty's words.

"Black box..." He stood in front of Hetty's desk, quickly flipping through the documents in his hand, and saw that several common traditional spells were mentioned there, including the approximate time and date when they were introduced from the Violet system to the Loren system. The evolution process of the spell model - the specific traceability work is still in the early stage, so most of the information on the document has vague descriptions such as "estimates, speculations, and tentatives". However, from these brief materials, Gao Wen can still see to some more definite clues.

These spells were introduced to Loren Continent one after another, but they were all widely used and spread afterwards; their spell models were difficult and complicated, and there was no clear theoretical explanation for a long time, so that Loren's mages They can only "copy" these spells intact to achieve their effects, which has led to almost no changes in the basic models of these spells for centuries, and only some details have been modified and optimized; The way they were introduced to Loren was not single, including the mages who studied from the south of Violet, and the "apprentices" who returned from studying in the City of Thousand Towers...

Sure enough, when these spells are scattered and distributed in society and everyone is accustomed to them, they all seem to have no problem, but when they are collected consciously and try to find "suspiciousness" from them, certain clues will emerge Out.

"The spell model can't be analyzed, and the builders don't know its principle. They can only simply inject magic power to get the effect, but can't modify or split the rune structure, medium material, and energy flow in any form. Such spells are collectively called 'Black box magic', and before rune logic was widely used, this kind of 'black box' was almost everywhere in our magic system." When Gawain was deep in thought, Hetty's voice came from the side, " Of course, some of the black boxes are part of the human magic system, especially those related to the lost ancient Gondor magic system, but the other part..."

"The other part is from the Violet system, isn't it?" Gawain raised his eyelids from the document and looked at Heidi with a serious expression. "Are there any exceptions to the ancient magic that has been confirmed to originate from the Violet Kingdom?"

"There is no exception, at least the spells that can be accurately traced are without exception - either the whole is a black box, or the key structure is a black box," Hetty shook his head, "But..."

"But what?"

"However, quite a few of these 'black boxes' are already in the past," Hetty said with a strange expression on his face, and he didn't know whether he was relieved or feeling something. "Although the traditional mage system cannot remove these black boxes, but The emergence of rune logic has unlocked many 'black boxes' of the old era, including the classic spells mentioned in the report in your hand--message, anti-gravity magic, and great masters in the field of arcane evocation. Part of the magic, these things have become things that can be calculated by formulas and explained by the "segment split method" in Jenny's rune research institute, and some of them have even become "basic knowledge" in elementary education classes '"

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to think in his mind, but soon he restrained his thoughts and turned his attention back to the Violet Kingdom: "These black boxes...do you think that the Violet mages spread it on purpose? ?”

"Do you suspect that the Violet Kingdom has been consciously creating such a 'hidden danger' in the human magic system of Loren Continent for the past 600 years?" I also had the same thought when reading these materials. After all, so many spells originating from the Violet Kingdom have black box elements without exception. , those mysterious wandering mages, especially those in the misty city of a thousand towers..."

Hetty said in a deep voice, but finally shook her head: "But these are not conclusive evidence—especially if it is placed in the context of the 'classical magic rules'."

"The rules of classical magic... core blockade, actively setting up knowledge barriers, taking pride in forming and maintaining a 'secret inheritance' isolated from the outside world, despising and even suppressing the behavior of analyzing classical magic," Gawain was born as a knight, but he was very concerned about it. I am no stranger to common sense in magic, and I couldn't help but sighed while talking at this time, "Indeed. The technical black box in the magic field is not necessarily out of malice, it is more likely to maintain the monopoly position of the traditional mage class on knowledge, What's more, the Violet Kingdom is a 'country', and it is very reasonable for them to block certain core technologies when imparting magical knowledge to Loren Continent - the magic devices we sell to other countries more or less have 'patent secrecy' in this regard '."

"The biggest suspicion of the Violet Kingdom is that they have gone too far - and not only have they done it for 600 years, but they have always done it in a secret way, which makes people think too much." Hetty nodded, "After all, although The magic devices we sell are 'core secrets', but we have always admitted this openly, and the Patent Protection Act is not a secret."

Gao Wen hummed, lowered his head and meditated for a while. He thought about the possible hidden dangers behind these "black boxes" and the possible purpose of the Violet Kingdom. After a while, he raised his head and said thoughtfully: "Anyway, …We are now gradually uncovering the technical principles behind these black boxes, and this direction is correct. No matter what purpose the Violet Kingdom created these black boxes, we are sure to hold the knowledge in our own hands.

"There are still many black boxes in the traditional magic system. Since these things have once again come into view and aroused our vigilance, it is necessary to do something targeted... Hetty, continue to count and trace those related to the Violet Kingdom. The traditional spell model should be traced back and located as soon as possible, and at the same time, it will be sent to the Rune Research Institute, so that Jenny can organize people to do targeted deciphering. This may be a long-term project, and if necessary, a corresponding technical department can be set up permanent office."

Hetty immediately lowered her head: "Yes, ancestor."

"Deciphering is one aspect," Gao Wen continued, "At present, traditional magic is still a very important part of social production activities--among those mages who use traditional magic, and in remote areas where magic technology is not yet developed , the old-style spell model is still dominant, and from the actual situation, it is impossible for us to disable these things in one go... then let the publicity catch up.

"To explain the existence of the 'technical black box', organize reputable experts and scholars to publicize the limitations and inefficiency of the black box spells in the media, and publicize the new spell models optimized by the Imperial Rune Research Institute in terms of energy utilization, learning The advantages in terms of difficulty, let mages hesitate more when using these 'backward spells', so that they can accept new things faster.

"In addition, I also take this opportunity to solicit support from all walks of life. Spellcasters are invited to actively collect and report the 'black box spells' they know, and offer rewards to scholars who love mathematics and runic logic across the country to encourage the behavior of cracking black box spells." Those who make outstanding contributions can not only be rewarded with money, but also have medals issued by the empire, and their names can even be permanently engraved on the memorial wall of the imperial capital—for many mages and scholars, this kind of honor is even more important than money attraction.

"We've spent the past two years trying to turn the point of view of traditional spellcasters around, turning 'analysis of classic spells' from a despised act into an honorable, national service feat. It has worked, now we have to go a step further, we must not only encourage and praise those who actively break the tradition and analyze the old-fashioned magic, but also drive the stubborn groups who hold on to the incomplete and outdated black-box magic into the "ignorant" part of the propaganda. side—because it is true.”

Hetty nodded while listening, and after Gao Wen's voice fell, she couldn't help asking again: "Then about the Violet Kingdom, the promotion..."

Gao Wen immediately shook his head: "Don't promote the confrontation with the Violet Kingdom at this stage, because first of all, we have no evidence, and secondly, we are not sure about the purpose of the Violet Kingdom at all—especially when the alliance was just established, we still have We are trying to find a way to establish further communication with the Violet Kingdom, and there is no need to promote confrontation at this time."

Speaking of this, he smiled and spread his hands: "Besides, there is no benefit to gain - so just strengthen the publicity in the field of magic. After all, things like black boxes are not only found in the magic knowledge from Violet. There are still a lot of ancestral black boxes in human's own magic system."

Hetty nodded thoughtfully, "I understand."

"However, although we do not plan to take confrontational actions against the Violet Kingdom at this stage, due caution and investigations must continue," Gao Wen said again, "The hermit kingdom in the north...whether they are really a 'hidden danger' or not, Their way of doing things and their influence on Loren over the past 600 years are really alarming. I will let Amber continue to find ways to investigate the situation inside Violet, and you will continue to summarize the historical files. Go and tell Victoria to focus on monitoring the mainland of the northern border, and the main range of activities of those Violet mages is still in the north...Since they are under our noses, they should always abide by Cecil's rules."

Hetty carefully wrote down everything Gawain explained, and then she noticed that her ancestor still had a thoughtful look on her face, so she couldn't help asking: "Is there anything else you want to explain? "

Gawain raised his head from his contemplation, and his words seemed to indicate something: "...I was thinking, who else would know more about that mysterious 'Mage Kingdom' than us."

Hetty guessed something: "You mean..."

"Who else understands mages better than the gods of mages?" Gao Wen folded his arms and said in a deep voice, "Even if it is a goddess who has insisted on doing nothing for thousands of years..."

Hetty's eyes widened slightly, and she took a breath after being stunned for a moment: "Mirmina, the goddess of magic... This is indeed a bold breakthrough, but the risks involved are not small, right? After all, the goddess of magic and the dragon god Enya The situation is different, the latter has been completely 'decoupled' and can communicate with us a lot, while the goddess of magic has adopted a softer way of getting out of trouble. Her divinity and connection with the mortal world have not yet been completely released. If she tells Will something about Violet... cause her to reconnect with the mortal world?"

"You can try it." Gao Wen was quite open-minded. "If there is something she can't answer, she can just keep silent. Of course, when it comes to issues involving divinity, the process of just 'asking' has its own limitations." risk, so we need to do a good job of protecting the anti-divine barrier on the spot, and control the specific skills when asking—fortunately, I am quite experienced in this regard.”

While talking, he thought of Melita Purnia when he discussed those taboo topics with him, so his confidence became more abundant.

He is indeed quite experienced in this regard.

Chapter 1172 Accident and Surprise

The courtyard of disobedience, shrouded in endless darkness and chaos, remains peaceful and peaceful today as before—the giant deer, Amoen, lay motionless between the floating boulders and the fragmented ancient wreckage, bathed in a faint holy radiance, Today, Mirmina was not immersed in the neural network, but slowly circled around Amoen without saying a word.

In this scene, it seems that there is a ghost as huge as a clock tower floating around beside the God of Nature.

When he didn't know how many times he went around, Amoen finally couldn't help but broke the silence: "Have you not gone around enough?"

"I'm afraid that if I connect to the network, you will find the administrator to report me later." Mirmina finally stopped, and her eyes shrouded in mysterious clouds gave the God of Nature a vicious look, " I finally found out that you, who usually look honest and simple, are really hard to guard against if you go bad——I’ve helped you so much, so why don’t you report me?”

"...Didn't you have a good time playing cards last time..." Amoen muttered helplessly, "Even Duarte surrendered, you don't want to leave that space..."

What responded to him was a sharp gaze from Mirmina, followed by a long period of silence in the disobedient courtyard.

After an unknown amount of time, Amoen's voice finally sounded in the darkness: "These days... time flies so fast."

Mirmina looked at him silently for a few seconds: "Isn't the time fast? Thousands of years passed in the blink of an eye. Before we could react, the dynasties of mortals changed generation after generation... ...so fast that the gods are dazzled."

"It's different from that," Amon said softly, "The time at that time was like a set of illusions that were repeated to me. The whole world may change very quickly, but those have nothing to do with me. What I experienced For thousands of years it was like the same day repeated over and over again, and it was... a very, very long day. And now, at least we are experiencing time that is our own."

"Why do you suddenly start lamenting this kind of thing?" Mirmina was quiet for a moment, and finally sat down next to a boulder near Amorn, "Isn't it very happy to be immersed in the neural network every day without thinking about anything?" Is it?"

"I just suddenly wondered how long we can last like this," Amoen's voice was very calm, so calm that no one could hear his true emotions at the moment, only those long-lasting feelings that surrounded him The white radiance subsided slightly, "You used to run to the deepest part of the Shadow Realm, you should know the situation there... The edge of the Deep Realm should be unstable recently, right?"

"I didn't expect you to lie here for 3000 years, it's not just a waste of time." Mirmina glanced at Amoen in surprise, then shook her head, "The deep world... the deep world is still the same deep world, and The deep sea remains in a distant overlapping state, you know, I dare not really go near its edge-it will be re-established. But I can still feel the clear echoes of mortal thoughts over there, and those echoes outline On the whole, the boundary is still stable.”

"It's good news to some extent... You know, when the little demon tide came 700 years ago, someone detonated the Deep Blue Well. Although this crazy move did prevent the demon tide from spreading further, it almost hit the The mapping between the deep realm and the upper realm, the edge was once blurred to the point of disappearing... I really thought the end of the world was coming."

"Who said it wasn't? At that time, I was almost scared to death. The big deep blue well, the boom exploded. I was just lying on the edge of the trend of thought to observe the human magisters studying the arcane purification experiment, and I felt' With a bang, the connection with the entire real world was cut off, and when I opened my eyes again, the whole of Gondor was gone..."

Amoen quietly listened to Mirmina's slightly exaggerated descriptions that were not at all like the "Goddess". After the other party's voice fell, he suddenly asked: "Tell me the truth——when you detonated the Deep Blue Well, is it really not you?"

"Why do you suspect it's me?" Mirmina immediately looked at Amoen like a fool, "I am a god who can hide even the prayers of mortals, do you think I will take the initiative to do it?" Is it such a difficult thing that could involve me at any time? Especially at that time, my reaction was half a beat slow, and I didn't even realize that there was a problem with the sun's operation..."

Amorn was unmoved at all, and just said his judgment quietly: "The Deep Blue Well is the source of magic power, and detonating it needs to channel extremely powerful primitive magic energy, so you are the one who is most likely to make a move. As for The reason for the attack... Even if you are unwilling to take your own responsibility, you are still a goddess born of the thoughts of mortals, and protecting mortals is your highest instinct, which has nothing to do with your own wishes."

Mirmina looked at Amon's eyes that seemed to be casted in crystal. After two or three seconds of confrontation, she suddenly smiled and shook her head: "... At this moment, I really wish I was you The god in my mouth who took a brave step to protect mortal civilization—but it’s a pity that I was not the one who detonated the Deep Blue Well more than 700 years ago.”

"It's really not you?" Amon's voice was finally a little surprised, "Who could it be?"

"I don't know, but it's possible that many gods who once sheltered the Gondor Empire. You are the main god of the elves, and you have not paid attention to the human world for 3000 years, so you probably don't know about the Deep Blue Well. Your impression of it ...also somewhat inaccurate.

"That is indeed a powerful source of energy, but it should not be limited to being called a 'source of magic power'. Deep in the deep blue well's raging magic veins, it runs through the entire planet, and even in multiple realms. A huge 'network' with tributaries, it is like a complex waterway network that includes both above-ground rivers and underground water veins, this complex 'waterway network' not only has the original magic energy, but also the tides and shadows of the elemental world Echoes from the World of Shadows, the World of Shadows, and even part of the thought of mortals can be connected to its deep tributaries-so, there is more than one 'Goddess of Magic' who can intervene in the Deep Blue Well.

"The Gods of the Elements, Holy Light, Blood God, and even the Three Gods of Abundance—even that upright God of War, as long as they had the idea at the time, they could detonate the Deep Blue Well."

Listening to Mirmina's narration, Amorn couldn't help but fell silent. He didn't doubt the judgment of the God of Magic on the issue of the Deep Blue Well, but fell into greater confusion because of the answer given by the other party.While thinking, he finally broke the silence: "No matter who made the attack back then, it was impossible for him to escape from that big explosion..."

"You're right," Mirmina nodded, "Although I can't find any clues, a simple calculation can tell how big the impact of the big bang was. It didn't just destroy a place in the real world. The human empire—the recoil energy should be enough to break through the defense of the kingdom of God, and severely wound the god who attacked at that time. Of course, this was all 700 years ago, and now mortals have flourished again, except us who run Except for the unlucky guy who doesn't work or the god of war, all the gods have a lot more believers than they did back then... The brave man who detonated the deep blue well at the beginning should have recovered now, right?"

Amoen didn't speak for a moment, and after a while, he whispered to himself softly: "...no matter who he is, I respect him."

Mirmina nodded. She seemed to want to say something more, but before she opened her mouth, she suddenly sensed a new aura appearing in this chaotic and dark space. She looked in the direction of the aura, hiding in the There seemed to be a smile on the face under the mysterious mist: "It seems that a guest has come to visit our small courtyard."

Amoen also sensed the presence of the breath, but he immediately refuted Mirmina's words: "This is my small courtyard - you insist on not leaving!"

"You don't need to care about this kind of problem, just say that you are really the owner of this place," Mirmina responded casually, and then her eyes fell on the figure who was passing through the protective barrier and walking towards this side , she spoke again after the other party approached, "Gao Wen, why do you have time to come here today?"

It was Gawain who had just arrived from the city who appeared in the courtyard of disobedience—he came to the deepest part of the fortress of disobedience alone without any entourage, but at this moment behind him, in the city of Cecil In the Imperial Computing Center, a large number of technicians have come to their posts, anti-theistic barriers and non-directional thoughts are all ready, several security teams, twelve node bachelors and Naritil-Duwart They are all paying attention to the situation in the disobedient courtyard.

After crossing a virtual separation wall formed by holographic projections, Gawain came to the "resting place of the gods" composed of countless fragmented floating boulders and ancient ruins. He stopped in front of Mirmina and Amorn , looked up at the huge lady in a long black dress, her lower body seemed to be condensed like a cloud, and her face was full of doubts.

"I've come to ask you some questions, Ms. Mirmina."

"Ask some questions?" Mirmina's tone rose slightly. At the same time, she noticed that the magical devices installed around her had suddenly changed. Many things that were originally running at low power were obviously increasing their output. , some crystals that were originally stuck in the slots floated into the air, some dim runes became brighter, blue and white sparks jumped between some metal brackets, and the buzzing sound of equipment running came from all directions, The voice changed from deep to loud.

The huge and complicated protection system was activated, and the formation was extraordinary—Mirmina's eyes hidden in the mist visibly jumped with light, and her voice came from high above: "It seems that your problem is not serious. Ordinary, Gawain."

"...Then can you ask in another place?" Amoen's voice followed closely, and he also noticed the protective devices that suddenly started to operate at high power, and suddenly felt a little bad from them, "I just want to be safe. Be quiet for a while..."

"There's only so much protective equipment, and you can't move it." Mirmina glanced at Amoen lightly, "Why don't you move it yourself?"

"...Forget it, pretend I didn't say it," Amoen said with a sigh, "I'll just pretend I didn't hear it."

"Don't be so nervous," Gao Wen couldn't help showing a hint of a smile, looking at the two retired gods in front of him who have recently shown more and more "humanity blooming" state, the other party's conversation is not at all demeanor In his opinion, the method is the biggest good news. After all, the closer their personalities are to mortals, the less the chains of gods on them are diminishing. Will it involve a bridge between man and god—maybe this will just be an ordinary chat, and no one will be hurt..."

"Do you believe what you say?" Mirmina said, "What happened to the dragon named Melita Penia?"

"...This is all caused by inexperience at the beginning," Gao Wen said subconsciously, and immediately realized, "Wait, how do you know about her?"

"We heard about it when we were playing cards with Ms. Enya..." Amorn immediately said beside him.

Gao Wen: "..."

So what do these three retired gods do in their spare time? !These gods just burned the three most advanced sets of neural connection equipment in the empire just to get together to play cards? !

The sudden and shocking facts almost made Gao Wen's thoughts lose coherence, and he almost forgot the reason why he came today, but fortunately, he reacted after being stunned for a moment, broke the embarrassment with two dry coughs, and gathered his thoughts , and set his sights on Mirmina again.

"Ma'am, I want to know about the Violet Kingdom."

Mir Mina was startled: "What kingdom?"

"Kingdom of Violet."

"The Violet Kingdom?" Mirmina's voice was full of doubts that didn't seem to be fake, she seemed to react for a while before matching the name with her own memory, and said slowly, "I remember... mortals There is indeed such a country in the world. But why do you suddenly ask them?"

"This country's behavior style is too mysterious, and we have recently discovered that there are many suspicious things about their actions in the past 600 years. Now I am worried that they have some kind of... potential threat to the nascent alliance," Gao Wen considered the vocabulary While talking, "Of course, I can't make such a judgment on any country without enough evidence, so this is just a suspicion stage, so I came to you to confirm the situation..."

"I understand what you mean, but why did you come to ask me?" Mirmina was still a little puzzled.

This time it was Gao Wen's turn to be stunned, he looked up at the former god in front of him: "Of course it's because Violet is a kingdom of mages, and you are the goddess of magic..."

"But those mages are not my followers." Mirmina said casually.

The disobedient courtyard fell into silence for an instant, both humans and gods fell silent, and the only sound left was the buzzing sound of the magic devices in operation.

"...You said that the mages of the Violet Kingdom don't believe in you, the goddess of magic—and not one or two, but all of them don't believe in you?" After a long time, Gao Wen finally recovered from his astonishment. The god who once held the power of magic in the mortal world felt extremely absurd and astonished in his heart, "There are no followers of you in the entire Violet Kingdom?!"

"Yes," Mirmina replied quite naturally, "there is no connection between Mage Violet and me, and since the day I became conscious, I have not established contact with any living beings on that land. Okay , I know it sounds weird..."

Chapter 1173 Mirmina's Speculation