Sword of Dawn

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"Melita," he called out, raising his head immediately, "what's in there?"

Melita didn't seem to react at once: "Ah? Where?"

"Below you - under the storm, did you see those flashes just now?!"

After Gawain pointed out the direction again, Melita turned her head and glanced sideways, and a moment later, her thunderous voice came from the front: "There is the center of the eternal storm, and it is also the place where the cyclone is formed! But there is a strong magic barrier and a dangerous high-speed cyclone near the eye of the storm, we can't get through it—we have to go around it!"

"Can't you get through?" Gawain asked loudly, "Then do you know what's in there?"

"Of course I don't-know-know!" Melita also yelled loudly, because the nearby storm and thunder were getting more and more violent, even with the magic barrier blocking, the leaked loud noise began to affect her, Gao Wen and others "Omega told me not to get close to the base of the cyclone when I was just hatched, all dragons knew it since they were young! It's very dangerous inside, no dragon has ever flown into it!!"

Even the dragons don't know what's in the center of this eternal storm?Isn't this the barrier at their door?Isn't it Tarrond's own defense system?

At this moment, great doubts arose in Gao Wen's mind. He instinctively realized that the secrets hidden in this storm might be more profound than everyone imagined at first.

When Melita started to adjust his flying posture and was about to bypass the cyclone outside the "barrier" of the eye of the storm, he couldn't help but took another half step towards the edge of the dragon's back, poked his head and looked down.

Almost at the same time, another flash of light burst out from the direction of the eye of the storm, piercing the darkness deep in the cyclone like a burning sword, and powerful fluctuations of magic power also entered his perception range at the same time, like the darkness in the night. clear as a candle.

Gao Wen subconsciously focused on the wave of magic power. The spiritual power that spread out from him was connected to the energy source at the base of the storm like a silk thread. He couldn't allow him to think about it, and some information like verses appeared in the next second. directly into his mind——

"...don't be intoxicated by this illusory and peaceful night...the night will eventually be broken...

"...do not indulge in your warm cradle...the cradle will capsize one day...

"...don't sleep in the sanctuary of the mind... sooner or later the sanctuary of the mind will become an unbreakable shackle...

"Go away, before the stars twinkle, go away, before the long night is over...

"If you don't start sooner, the day will come..."

Chapter 0944

Those "verses" are neither sounds nor words, but appear suddenly like some kind of "idea" that directly emerges in the mind. It is the direct infusion of information, and it is a "super experience" beyond the few senses of human beings. , and Gao Wen is no stranger to this kind of "super experience".

Even the lines themselves were familiar to him.

He has come into contact with the relics of the voyager more than once, and the first two times he came into contact with the Eternal Slate. For the first time, he learned the battle report of the ancient god-killing war from the information carried by the slate. The information obtained from the slate is those weird and obscure "verses" with unclear meanings just now!

For a moment, he fixed his eyes on the luminous area at the base of the eternal storm. He felt that something related to the legacy of the voyager was establishing a connection with him, and that thing might have fallen asleep in the center of the storm. For countless years, he worked hard to concentrate his attention, trying to stabilize the vague connection, but just when he was about to make some progress, Melita's exclamation suddenly came from the front:

"Ah—how is this..."

Accompanied by this short exclamation, the giant dragon that was trying to pass the center of the storm at an oblique angle suddenly began to descend, and Melita seemed to be grabbed by some powerful force, and began to fly at a dangerous angle. He rushed to the bottom of the storm, to the most violent, chaotic, and dangerous direction of the cyclone!

"Wow!!" Amber suddenly exclaimed, jumping more than one meter high, "What's going on, what's going on...hey, don't fall!!"

"I don't know! I can't control it!" Melita yelled from the front, she was trying her best to maintain her flying posture, but some invisible force was still dragging her down—a powerful The giant dragon looked like a helpless bird in front of this force, and she fell to a very dangerous height in the blink of an eye, "I can't do it! I can't control my balance... Hurry up everyone! We are going to rush to the surface of the sea!"

"That's not what you said when you set off!" Amber jumped and yelled, and then rushed to the magic net terminal closest to her at the first time - she quickly pried off the cover of the device to Unbelievable speed to pry out the recording crystal plate placed in the terminal base, she swears loudly while holding the crystal plate storing the data tightly in her hand, then turns around and rushes towards Gawain, Shouting while running, "Help, help, help..."

Gawain stretched out his hand, trying to grab Amber that was jumping towards him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Veronica had opened her hands and was summoning a powerful holy light to build a protection against the impact. He saw the giant The dragon's wings swept back in the storm, and the chaotic and violent air flow carried the storm and washed Melita's crumbling protective barrier, while the continuous lightning interweaved into pieces in the distance, reflecting the darkness deep in the clouds The silhouette also reflects some bizarre scenes in the direction of the eye of the storm——

What he saw in his normal vision came to an abrupt end.

A chaotic light and shadow rushed towards him, filling his sight like a fragmented mirror. When his vision and mental perception were severely disturbed at the same time, he couldn't distinguish the changes in the surrounding environment at all. He only felt that he seemed to pass through the A layer of "dividing line" was formed. This dividing line was like some kind of water curtain, with a cold touch piercing into the soul. After crossing the dividing line, the whole world suddenly became quiet.

The feeling of falling extremely fast disappeared, as did the howling storm, thunder, and the screams of Melita and Amber before. Gawain felt that the surroundings became extremely silent, and even the space seemed to have stopped. The disturbed vision began to gradually recover, and the light and shadow slowly pieced together a clear pattern.

A drowsy sea area appeared in front of his eyes. In the center of this sea area was a huge vortex. In the center of the vortex stood a strange, spire-like steel giant. Countless huge figures of different shapes were coming from the surrounding area. Emerging from the sea water and air, it seems to be besieging the "spire" protruding out of the sea in the center of the vortex, and near the steeple-like steel thing, there are countless figures of flying dragons hovering and guarding, as if they are fighting with those The ferocious attackers fought desperately.

And all of this is static.

The entire sea area, including the strange "tower", the huge figures besieging, the flying dragons guarding, and even every spray on the sea surface, every drop of water in mid-air, all stood still in front of Gao Wen, a kind of The dark blue, as if the color is out of balance, covers everything, making it even more gloomy and weird.

After a short two seconds of astonishment, Gao Wen suddenly realized that he suddenly looked away and looked at his side and feet.

Melita also stopped still, she was still in the air like an element in this large-scale static scene, and her body was also covered with a layer of dim color, Veronica was also still in place, keeping her hands open She was about to summon the holy light, but there was no holy light surging around her, and Amber remained still—she was even in mid-air, maintaining the posture of jumping over here.

Gao Wen subconsciously turned his neck.

He found that he wasn't stationary, and was probably the only... person alive.

An unspeakable strange feeling surged from all directions, Gao Wen took a deep breath, and forcibly calmed down his nervous mood.

Then he looked up and saw that the entire sky was covered by a layer of hemispherical "shell". A large-scale cyclone, a storm and the upside-down sea water are all frozen in the cyclone, and further away, you can also see lightning that seems to be embedded in the cloud wall-those lightning lights are obviously still.

This is the center of the eternal storm, and it is also the bottom of the storm. This is a place that even dragons like Melita know nothing about...

This is the eye of the storm where time and space stand still.

Gawain stood on the back of Melita who was in a still state, frowning and thinking for a long time. After realizing that this strange situation didn't seem to disappear naturally, he felt that he had to take the initiative to do something.

Staying where you are will not change your situation. Although it is equally dangerous to act rashly, considering that it is impossible to expect rescue in this sea storm far away from civilized society, and considering that this is the eye of the storm that even dragons cannot approach, take the initiative Taking action is currently the only option.

He first confirmed the situation of Amber and Veronica, confirmed that they were only in a static state and that they were not injured, then he pulled out the long pioneer sword he carried with him, and prepared to leave some words for them—in case They suddenly gained the ability to move freely like themselves, so they can know the general situation at present.

He hesitated for a long time where to engrave the message, and in the end he engraved the message on the dragon scale in front of Amber with a little apology—Melita presumably wouldn't care about this little "emergency" , and she also expressed before departure that she doesn't mind the "passengers" leaving some small "scratches" on her scales. Gao Wen thought about it seriously and felt that he had carved a few words on her back. For the huge dragon clan, it should be considered a "small scratch"...

After doing all this, he exhaled, turned around and came to the edge of Melita's giant wings, and after confirming the height of the sea below, he mobilized the strength in his body while jumping off.

As a legendary powerhouse, even if he is not a mage himself and does not know the flying spells of mages, he can still stay in the air for a short time and land slowly to a certain extent, and the distance between Melita and the sea below is not empty , there are some strange wreck-like debris floating around here, which can act as a springboard during the fall - Gawain used this as a path, while controlling the direction and speed of his own fall, while stepping on the wreckage quickly Came to the sea.

He stepped on the still sea, and immediately felt a wonderful touch under his feet - the seemingly solid water surface was not as "hard" as he imagined, but it was not liquid like normal sea water , it seemed to have some kind of peculiar "elasticity" when he stepped on it, and Gawain felt his feet sink a little bit, but when he firmly planted his feet on the ground, the feeling of sinking disappeared.

He felt as if he was standing on the ground.

"Strange..." Gao Wen whispered to himself softly, "Just now there was indeed a momentary sinking and elastic feeling..."

There was no one around who could respond to his soliloquy.

Gawain shook his head, took another deep breath, raised his head and looked into the distance.

In the vortex-shaped sea area, the towering steel creation is standing in the center of his field of vision. From a distance, it looks like a strangely shaped mountain. It has obvious man-made traces, and its surface is tightly fitted armor. There are many uses besides the armor. Unidentified raised structure.When Gawain watched this scene in mid-air just now, he didn't feel anything, but when he saw it from the sea, he realized how huge that thing was - it was bigger than any ship ever built by the Cecil Empire. The ships are all huge, taller than any tower ever built by human beings. It seems that only a part of its structure is exposed above the sea, but just the exposed structure is already amazing.

Gawain couldn't help but look at the huge figures that emerged from the sea and mid-air, and at the "attackers" surrounding them in all directions.

Their shapes are all kinds of strange, and it is not even an exaggeration to describe them as grotesque.Some of them look like ferocious sea monsters with seven or eight heads, some look like giant beasts shaped by rocks and ice, and some even look like a scorching flame, an indescribable Describing the shape of the air mass, Gawain even saw a vague silhouette of a human figure a little farther away from the "battlefield" - it looked like a giant with a long sword in his hand. In the intertwined battle robe, the giant stepped on the waves, and the blood-like flame was burning on the long sword...

Gawain had already stepped forward, moving quickly along the still sea towards the "battlefield relics" in the center of the vortex. The legendary knight's charge was approaching the speed of sound, and he passed among the huge figures or floating wreckage like a phantom. At the same time, don't forget to continue to observe every detail on this weird "battlefield".

Although the "attackers" who besieged the maelstrom had all sorts of strange appearances, without exception, they all had extraordinarily large bodies. In Gawain's impression, only those of the giant deer Amorn or the upper-level narrator Naritel Duwart Only the main body has a similar form, and as soon as the association of this aspect pops up, it is difficult for him to restrain his thoughts from continuing to extend downward——

Who are these huge "attackers"?Why are they gathered here?Are they attacking the steel creation in the center of the vortex?It looks like a battlefield here, but when is this battlefield?Everything is at rest here...how long has it been, and by whom?

Gawain got closer to the center of the vortex, where the sea surface had shown an obvious inclination, and there were twisted and solidified wreckages and illusory still flames everywhere, so he had to slow down to find a way to move on, and was slowing down. Besides, he also looked up at the sky, at the figures flying above the vortex with their wings covering the sky and the sun.

There was no doubt that those were dragons, hundreds of them.

They are hovering around the steel creation in the center of the vortex, using powerful breath and other various spells and weapons to fight against the attacks from the huge creatures around them, but these dragons obviously have no advantage at all, the enemy has already broken through Their defense line, the steel creations under the desperate protection of the dragons have suffered serious damage, this is destined to be an unwinnable battle-even though it is still here, Gawain can only see the two sides in the stalemate process The picture at this moment, but he can already judge the final outcome of this battle from the current scene.

...But the point is, is this battle over?Is the winner already decided?

Gawain's footsteps stopped—there were huge obstacles and still flames everywhere in front of him, and it became very difficult to find the way forward. He no longer hurried on his way, but looked around the frozen battlefield and began to think.

If some kind of force intervenes to break the stagnation on this battlefield, will it immediately start to operate again?Will this war, which I don't know when it happened, continue immediately and win or lose?Or... everything here will just vanish into thin air, turning into a wisp of forgotten history...

Gao Wen wasn't sure that everything he saw here was an "entity". He even suspected that it was just a "silhouette" left by some kind of stagnant time and space. The timeline of this war had actually ended long ago, but the battlefield A certain scene on the scene was preserved by the abnormal space-time structure here. What he was witnessing was not the real battlefield, but an image left in time and space.

So... which guess is true?

Chapter 0945

Gao Wen stood in the depths of the vortex, and this cold, dead, and weird world was still standing beside him, as if it hadn't changed for millions of years.

A human being is as insignificant as a speck of dust on this battlefield.

He looked up and saw those giant dragons flying in the sky surrounding the giant metal tower, forming circles of circles. The flames, frost, and thunder and lightning released by the giant dragons were all solidified in the air, and all of these were there. Under the background of the spherical shell like broken glass, they all appear distorted and distorted like wanton splashes of ink.

Are those dragons still alive?Have they died in the real history, or are they really frozen in this time and space, or are they still living in the outside world, living somewhere with the memory of this battlefield?

Gao Wen suddenly had a lot of emotions and guesses for no reason, but the uneasiness about the current situation left him no time to think about things that were too far away. "Battlefield Ruins" looking for something that might help to get out of the situation.

This frozen time and space is obviously abnormal. It is impossible for such an independent space to exist naturally in the core of the violent eternal storm. Since it exists, it means that there is some kind of force maintaining this place, although Gawain can't guess it. There is some reason behind it, but he feels that if he can find the "maintenance point" in this space, then maybe he can make some changes to the status quo.

There was no other way to think of it anyway.

With such a little hope in his heart, Gawain lifted his spirits and continued to search for a route that could get closer to the giant metal tower in the center of the vortex.

The surrounding ruins and illusory flames are stacked one after another, but there are not no gaps to go, but he needs to choose the direction carefully, because the waves and ruins in the center of the vortex are intricately structured, like a three-dimensional maze, he must be careful not to let the Completely lost in it.

While continuing to move towards the center of the vortex, he couldn't help but look back at the huge "attackers" around him.

Those "offenders" who are as huge as hills, have different shapes and have various strong symbolic characteristics are like a group of shocking sculptures, surrounding a static vortex, maintaining a posture for a certain moment, even though they are no longer moving, However, only from those terrifying and violent forms, Gawain could feel a palpitating coercion, endless malice and an almost frenzied desire to attack. He didn't know the relationship between these attackers and the guardian dragons. Why did such a tragic war break out in the world, but there is only one thing that is certain: this is a fierce battle with no room for loopback.

In fact, Gao Wen had vaguely guessed the identities of those attackers. After all, he had some experience in this area, but without any evidence, he chose not to make any conclusions.

If he still made it to Tarrond safely, he hoped to find some answers there.

After a short rest and thinking, he retracted his gaze and continued to move towards the center of the vortex.

He had already seen a possible clear route—a steel beam extending from the armor plate on the side of the giant metal tower. It was probably the skeleton of some kind of support structure, but it had been completely broken by the attacker's heavy damage. One end of the collapsed skeleton was still connected to a certain platform on the tower, but the other end had already fallen into the sea, and that landing point seemed not far from Gawain's current position.

It is very wide and thick, and its size is enough to act as a bridge, allowing Gawain to reach the very center of the vortex.

After walking for a while between illusory still flames, solidified waves, and solidified wreckage, Gawain confirmed that the direction and route he had carefully chosen were correct—he came to the "bridge" submerged in seawater Looking forward along its wide metal surface, the road leading to the giant metal tower has been unimpeded.

Before stepping on this "bridge", Gawain first collected himself, and then concentrated his mind as much as possible - he first tried to communicate with his own satellite body and the sky station, and confirmed that the two connections are normal Yes, although he is currently "outside the field of vision" that neither the satellite nor the space station can monitor, it at least gives him some peace of mind.

Afterwards, he turned his attention back to the place in front of him, and began to look around for something else that resonated with him—it might be another relic left by the sailor, it might be an ancient facility, or it might be another A tablet of eternity.

He still remembers how he fell—it was an accident after he suddenly sensed the resonance of the Voyager's relic from the eye of the eternal storm, and heard those "verses", and now he has fallen into this eye of the storm Here, if the previous perception is not an illusion, then he should find something in it that can resonate with him.

Maybe that is the key to changing the current situation.

After a few minutes of concentration, Gao Wen suddenly opened his eyes.

He did feel it, and just as he expected, the resonance came from the front, from the direction of the giant metal tower—and there was also the very center of the entire vortex, the entire static space-time, and even the entire eternal storm.

Gawain stepped forward, stepped on the "bridge" connecting the sea and the giant metal tower without hesitation, and quickly ran towards the upper level of the tower.

With the road ahead unobstructed, it would not take long for Gawain to run across this seemingly long ramp, even if he was slightly reduced by the faint "resonance" he was distracted from. Slowing down, Gawain also quickly reached the other end of the metal skeleton - near a raised structure outside the giant tower, the large-scale metal structure broke in the middle, and the fallen skeleton happened to be placed in a surrounding area. On the platform of the outer wall of the giant tower, this is the highest place Gawain can reach on foot.

He jumped off the bridge-like metal skeleton onto the slightly sloping surrounding platform, and while maintaining his perception of "resonance", he looked around curiously.

This large-scale metal creation is the most curious part of the entire battlefield - although it looks like a tower, Gawain is sure that this "tower" has nothing to do with the "towers" left by the sailors, It didn't have the style of the Voyager's creation, nor did it bring any sense of familiarity or resonance to Gawain.He guessed that this metal creation might have been built by the dragons hovering in the sky, and it is very important to the dragons, so those dragons are so desperate to guard this place, but... what is this thing used for? ?

He reached out and touched the steel shell on one side of his hand. It felt cold. He couldn't tell what material it was made of, but he was sure that the technology needed to build this thing was beyond the reach of human civilization.He looked around, but couldn't find the entrance of this mysterious "tower", so he couldn't explore its inside.

He came to the edge of the surrounding platform under his feet again, and looked down—this was a dizzying perspective, but for Gawain who was used to looking down on things from a high altitude, this perspective was still friendly.

The first thing that catches the eye is the static vortex under the giant tower, and then the fragmented wreckage in the vortex and the raging flames ignited by the two warring parties attacking each other.The sea water in the vortex area was cloudy due to violent turbulence and war pollution, which made it difficult for Gawain to judge from the vortex what the part of the giant metal tower submerged in the sea looked like, but he could still vaguely distinguish a Huge shades come.

The part of this thing buried in the seawater is probably larger than the part exposed to the sea, and it presents a more complicated structure that expands to both sides.

Maybe it's not a "tower" - what looks like a tower is just the part of it sticking out of the sea.What it really looks like... probably never will be known.

Gawain frowned and looked back, guessing the purpose of the dragon to build this thing, and the most likely of all guesses...may be a weapon.

After the possible usage of this weapon appeared in his mind, Gao Wen couldn't help but shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, and muttered to himself: "Could it be an intercontinental nuclear bomb launch tower..."

Not to mention, given the size of the giant dragon race itself, if they want to build an intercontinental nuclear bomb, it might really be that big...

Some swear words came out of his mind, and Gao Wen felt that the pressure and tension accumulated in his heart were further relieved-after all, he is also a person, and in this situation, he should be nervous or tense, and he should be stressed. ——And after his emotions were secured, he began to carefully perceive where the "resonance" from the relics of the sailors came from.

Judging from perception, it seems to be very close, maybe even within a hundred meters.

Gawain walked forward on the platform surrounding the giant tower, while searching for any suspicious things in his sight, but after bypassing a supporting pillar that blocked his sight, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

"Suspicious things" did appear in his sight.

A figure was standing on the edge of the platform ahead, motionless.

Gawain tensed up for a moment - this was the first time he saw a "human" figure in this place, but then he relaxed a little because he found that the figure was the same as other things in this space at rest.

He clenched the pioneer sword in his hand, and slowly walked towards the figure while maintaining a cautious posture. Of course, the latter did not respond, until Gawain approached less than three meters away from him, and the figure was still standing quietly. platform edge.

It was a middle-aged man with a tall and straight figure. Although he was covered with a dull blue color like everything else here, Gawain could still see that he was wearing a gorgeous and imposing robe. It has exquisite patterns that do not belong to human civilization, and is decorated with metal or gem ornaments that cannot be seen. It shows the special status of its owner; the middle-aged man himself has a heroic and perfect face. You can see the short golden hair, and a pair of golden vertical pupils that stare into the distance resolutely, as unwavering as steel.

Vertical pupil?

Gao Wen immediately noticed this detail, and realized that the middle-aged man who looked like a human should be a giant dragon in human form.

Because he has seen similar features from Melita—although Miss Proxy’s eyes look the same as those of ordinary humans in human form, in a relatively special state (for example, when Gao Wen asked a question with a lot of information leading to a slight loss of control), her eyes will also show this vertical pupil state.

Gao Wen collected himself, although he was a little surprised when he saw this "figure", but at this moment he can be sure... that unique sense of resonance is indeed coming from this middle-aged man... or from him From something carried.

After careful observation, Gao Wen's eyes fell on an inconspicuous little amulet held by the middle-aged man.

The thing gave him a very strong sense of "familiarity", and at the same time, although it was in a static state, there was still a slight stream of light on its surface, and all this... was undoubtedly unique to the legacy of the Voyager.

Gao Wen frowned, and after some thought and weighing, he slowly stretched out his hand, ready to touch the amulet.

He will not take the talisman away from the other party rashly, but he must at least try to establish contact with the talisman to see if he can get some information from it to help him judge the situation in front of him...