Sword of Dawn

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On the courtyard square on the west side of Cecil Palace, Melita Purnia appeared in front of Gao Wen as promised.

Since this is not a formal diplomatic event, and there is no publicity arrangement, there are very few people who come to see him off. Except for the three grand consuls and the necessary guards on site, only a few government officials came to the square. Senior Office officials.

"I thought there would be a lot of people coming," Melita looked at Gao Wen in front of her with a smile on her face, "This is not like a ceremonial ceremony for the emperor to see him off."

"The guard of honor is for outsiders to see—this time there is no need for outsiders to make a big fuss," Gao Wen said casually, and glanced at Melita who came alone, "Now I am curious about how we will go to Tarrond ...you take us there?"

"I am a senior agent who is in charge of contacting you full-time, of course I am in charge," Melita smiled slightly, "As for how to get there...Of course I will fly there."

Chapter 0940 Flying Journey

fly over...

Hearing Melita's answer, Gawain narrowed his eyes subconsciously—this answer was within his expectation.

However, he still looked Melita up and down, and asked in confirmation: "Are you a 'person' bringing the three of us?"

Melita glanced at Gao Wen and Amber and Veronica standing beside Gao Wen, with a confident smile on her face: "Of course it's no problem - for an adult healthy dragon, this is not worth it. the burden of caring."

While speaking, she took a few steps back, and then looked at the guards who were showing curious eyes and the human officials who came to see him off, and opened her hands: "Then please step back a little bit, I need some space Come and free yourself."

Gawain waved his hand immediately, and at the same time stepped back with Amber and Veronica.Soon, the people at the scene gave way to a wide open space enough for the dragon to take off and land, and the agent lady walked to the very center of the open space leisurely.She glanced around, finally checked whether there was enough space, and then took a deep breath—the next second, surging magic power gushed out!

The powerful power that is difficult for human beings to control is quickly released centered on Melita, and a substantial magical light curtain is formed in the blink of an eye. Under everyone's surprised and curious gaze, the suddenly inflated light curtain begins to move rhythmically. Rhythm, expansion and contraction, and gradually reshape, its original human silhouette quickly disappeared in the brilliant splendor, while a pair of huge dragon wings emerged and formed in the light - a moment later, the light curtain shattered silently, Melita in human form has disappeared, and standing there is only a majestic, majestic and huge blue dragon with a "head" full of momentum.

There were a few small exclamations at the scene-although many people here have seen dragonborn, the impact of seeing a real dragon transforming in front of them is completely different from seeing dragonborn flying across the sky. different feelings.Even Rebecca, who was standing on the edge of the square, couldn't help but exclaimed. She stared dumbfounded at the blue dragon in the middle of the square, then turned her head and poked Maggie, who was standing beside her, who was cautiously weakening her sense of existence. : "Hey, I took a closer look, this one is really much bigger than you..."

Maggie lowered her eyelids, and said in a slightly lower voice: "She is a real and healthy dragon..."

Rebecca's tone changed immediately: "You're not bad, you still have an iron chin—she doesn't even have one."

Maggie: "..."

The dragon-born maid still had her eyelids down, and she seemed not very happy after hearing Rebecca's relief...

"Although I have seen it once before on the battlefield of the Holy Spirit Plain, I still have to sigh when I see it again... The giant dragon is indeed a fearsome creature," Gao Wen raised his head and looked at Mei who was turning his gaze. Rita, with a smile on her face, praised, "Those who have been lucky enough to witness the dragon call you the natural masters of the sky, which is not unreasonable."

"The sky dominates... No race can dominate the sky. Its breadth and depth are something that even giant dragons are in awe of." Melita shook her head. In the dragon form, although her voice was still female, it was It roared like rolling thunder again, "So, three passengers, are you ready?"

"Wait a minute," Gao Wen waved his hand, and at the same time summoned Soldering who was standing by, and he whispered after the other party approached, "Send the image here to the Imperial Capital Defense Force, and let the air defense position pay attention to identify it. .”

"Understood." Soldering nodded, and then he couldn't help but glance at the blue dragon not far away, and said to Gawain in a low voice, "Right, don't forget to help me..."

Gawain glanced at the bright long golden hair of the high-level ranger in front of him, his expression suddenly became a little numb: "...I will try my best."

Solderling took the order to leave, and Gawain turned around and came to Melita, who had obviously heard the conversation in a low voice but without soundproofing, and the corners of her mouth were upturned, revealing a few fangs (this is Most likely a smile): "It looks like I have to be more careful when I fly over your empire in the future - I hope your air defense positions are not specially designed to deal with me and my colleagues, we are usually friendly and orderly. "

"Of course, the Dragon Clan is our friend," Gao Wen laughed, "but we have many enemies, and everyone's technology is improving—it's impossible to find something new to protect ourselves."

As he spoke, he looked at Melita's back in the dragon form. As an epic creature with wings that could almost cover half a square, the back of this giant dragon was extremely wide, even if the bumps and bumps were removed. The horny structure, the flat scales are more than enough to accommodate some passengers and even luggage.

Melita noticed Gawain's gaze, and asked casually curiously, "What are you looking at? Is there anything else that needs to be prepared?"

Gao Wen touched his chin: "All the things that need to be prepared are ready... I remember you said that we can carry some necessary luggage?"

"Of course," Melita nodded, her voice was like thunder, "It's okay for you to bring more, as I said, for an adult healthy dragon, you and your luggage are not a burden. But If it's daily necessities for the trip, don't take too much - my flight is fast, we will arrive in Tarrond in a day, and there we have prepared a life suitable for humans for our guests environment."

"You can bring your luggage. Don't worry, it's not daily necessities, just some 'equipment'," Gao Wen nodded reassuringly, then turned and waved to the attendants not far away, "Bring your things here."

Melita looked curiously at the humans who suddenly got busy, guessing what they were going to do, and soon she saw someone driving two magic vehicles from behind the low wall next to the courtyard, and attendants came forward She skillfully tore off the tarpaulins behind the cars, and her eyes widened in surprise after seeing what was exposed under the tarpaulins.

Those are several rather large magic devices, which look quite heavy. Under the sunlight, they have the texture that crystal and steel should have, and they look brand new and advanced.Melita didn't know what they were all for. She could only guess that one of the devices resembled a large magic net terminal, and it was obviously a special model—she had never seen anything like it when she was traveling in this country. terminal.

Miss Lanlong couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Interesting..."

"This is some test equipment," Gawain didn't hide the function of these devices - after all, he would even fix these things on Melita's back next, even though he had obtained the other party's consent, he felt a little sorry, So at this moment, the attitude is very sincere, "We hope to take this opportunity to collect some ocean and atmospheric data outside the continent. Of course, the premise is that this will not cause trouble to you."

"It's nothing to worry about," Melita said casually, "I have to bring something anyway, and it doesn't matter if you put a pile of steel on my back or a few tons of stones... I just didn't expect what you would bring. Just some 'testing equipment'."

"Then what do you think we are going to bring?" Gao Wen asked curiously.

"I'm even mentally prepared for you to put a set of tables and chairs or even a cabin on my back," Melita shook her head slightly, and said in a rather relaxed tone, "This will make the journey more comfortable, Humans have always been very enjoyment creatures - and you, as a human being in a high position, should know how to enjoy it even more."

Hearing what Melita said casually, Gao Wen was stunned - he really hadn't thought about what the other party said!

In his opinion, this is a bit too whimsical, and it seems very inappropriate in his three views: "Fixing a set of tables and chairs... I think this seems a bit disrespectful to you..."

"But I don't think it matters," Melita said casually. "It's not much different from placing these 'testing equipment' on my back."

Gao Wen thought about it, and to be honest, at this moment, he really had the idea of ​​restlessness, but soon he shook his head: "No, it's unnecessary, I still don't think it's right to do this, anyway, it's just not Journey to a day…”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Amber beside him whispering something: "Actually, I think it's okay..."

Gawain immediately turned his head and glared at the half-elf, who shrank his neck without changing his face: "Of course, it doesn't matter..."

Melita saw all of this in her eyes, she didn't express any opinions, and there was even a little smile on the corner of her mouth all the time-although this smile might look a bit hideous to outsiders, she was actually in a really good mood: "So is there anything else to arrange? If not, you can start transferring these things to my back. Don't worry about the fixation, it's just a little magic for me."

Gao Wen immediately said that there was no problem, and then under the coordination of a senior attendant, the on-site staff began to use the power of anti-gravity runes, traction and evocation hands to transfer the "test equipment" to the blue dragon one by one. on the back.

When doing these things, the personnel responsible for the installation were obviously a little nervous, but with Melita's friendly cooperation, the whole process went smoothly to the end.

After the last installer left her back, Melita moved her body slightly. Those large devices fixed on her back were stable and did not shake at all.

"It feels very light, lighter than expected," she said, "Compared to the aerial bombs that were transported for you at the beginning, they are heavier."

Hearing what the other party mentioned casually, Gao Wen couldn't help but upturned the corners of his mouth, showing an awkward yet polite smile, and then he coughed twice: "Now it's our turn."

Melita confirmed the positions of Gao Wen and the other three from the corner of her eyes, then slightly adjusted her posture, and lowered the huge wing on one side.The broad dragon wings covered with hard scales formed a gentle slope, connecting the ground of the square and the towering dragon's back. Miss Blue Dragon said briefly with a smile: "Please."

We are about to go to Tarrond...

Gawain raised his head and glanced at the "ramp" in front of him. After a very short moment of pondering, he took a big step and walked up the "ramp".

Amber and Veronica followed closely behind.

The three Grand Consuls, Hetty, Victoria, and Baldwin, stood not far away, and the senior officials of the government affairs hall who came to see them off stood behind them. All of them raised their necks and looked at the situation without blinking. In one scene, someone recorded this precious image with a magic net terminal at the scene, and someone subconsciously wanted to go forward, but was stopped by the people next to him.

Gawain glanced back - he was already standing high enough to look down on everyone.

Under such circumstances, it seems that some scene words should be said to encourage or comfort people's hearts, expressing that he will return safely or expressing what brilliant results he will achieve during this visit-this is the standard procedure for heroes to "go out", but high-level Wen thought about it carefully, and decided that it was best not to say anything.

The experience of watching movies in his previous life told him that it is easy to get lost if you talk too much in the scene.

So he just threw his arms up and gave everyone a big wave.

The dragon soared into the sky.

……

On the top of the highest sanctuary in Tarrond, the golden ornate terrace is bathed in the starlight that will last for half a year.

An elegant figure with long blond hair hanging down to the ground stood at the end of the terrace, looking down at the mountains and cities of Tarrond calmly. She seemed to be lost in thought, and had maintained this posture for a long time.

Heragor raised his head and glanced at the clear and bright starry sky.

The atmosphere here is very clean, and the magnetic field of the planet interacts with the magic power, forming the best stargazing window on the entire planet above Tarrond. For a long time, Heragor felt that this was quite ironic for the Dragon Clan.

The twinkling stars were reflected in the eyes of the dragon priest, and he stared at them until they seemed to suddenly transform into countless pairs of cold overlooking eyes in his field of vision, until a sense of fear and closure suddenly surged from the depths of his soul , he quickly shifted his gaze and lowered his head.

The blond figure standing on the edge of the terrace turned his head slightly, and his flat voice reached Heragor's ears: "Treasure your life, Heragor—this is the highest point in Tarrond."

"My... my lord, I'm very sorry!" Heragor suddenly crawled down, his forehead pressed against the ground, "I was in a daze for a while..."

"Mortals can make mistakes," said the voice, "but you are no ordinary mortal, and you stand beside me."

"I see."

"Okay, get up."

These words sounded like heaven to Heragor, and the dragon priest immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and got up quickly and respectfully.

For some reason, God seems to be in a particularly good mood today.

He looked ahead curiously, and didn't dare to ask, but after a few seconds, the god suddenly said: "Melita has set off and returned—with the guests I invited."

"The human emperor?" Heragor's tone was curious, "Ah... it's very courageous to make a decision so quickly."

"It may be boldness, or it may just be reckless character," Shenming said lightly, but there seemed to be a hint of joy in the depths of his tone, "In any case, he finally accepted my invitation."

Heragor looked at the back of the blond hair, and finally blinked after a long time.

He didn't know if he had an illusion.

He actually felt that there was a hint of expectation in the tone of the god at this moment.

The dragon priest who had lived for a long time suddenly became in a trance—he couldn't remember the last time he saw a goddess expressing expectation for something, 1 years ago? 2 years ago?Or earlier... The Year Against the Tide?

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He collected his thoughts and bathed in the starlight of the North Pole with the goddess he had served for most of his life.

Chapter 0941

When the giant dragon climbed rapidly at an extremely dangerous angle and swept across the clouds, Gawain didn't even feel the slightest turbulence and high-altitude strong wind.

This will undoubtedly be an extremely rare travel experience, and he will not miss observing any details during this journey. He noticed that Melita seemed to be covered in a nearly transparent layer during the flight. Inside the shield—if it wasn't for the disturbance caused by external airflow and clouds, he wouldn't even notice the existence of this shield—the strong winds and temperature changes at high altitudes failed to penetrate this shield, and its effect was somewhat similar to A combination of Breeze Shield and Blessing of the Wind Element, but the effect is obviously far better than the latter two.

After questioning, he confirmed that this layer of protection was not just to make the "passengers" on this journey more comfortable, but also a necessary auxiliary measure for Melita's flight.

"I don't know if Maggie has a similar 'protective talent' when flying." Gawain's thoughts diverged a little after passing through the clouds and entering a bright airspace. It is far superior to the dragonborn, even the dragonborn equipped with steel wings..."

"Don't think about these brain-burning things at this time, are you tired?" Amber stood beside, muttering casually, and then showed a slightly excited look, "Hey, it really sounds like a dream! In my life, I actually had the experience of riding on the back of a dragon once in my life... how many bard stories dare not brag like that casually! It must be the treatment that heroes only have when the finale is coming..."

"After you go back, you can talk about it in the tavern for half a year, right?" Gawain looked helplessly at the half-elf who had begun to get carried away, "Be careful, falling from here is not just a few consecutive shadows." It's a matter of step."

Amber didn't know how to restrain herself and her complacent attitude became more and more serious: "Half a year is not enough, I can blow it until the Remembrance Day three years later..."

"Don't worry, I won't fall," a deep female voice came from the front, Melita turned her head slightly, and said to the "passengers" on her back, "I've already made protection on the edge of the scales on my back."

Gawain looked at Melita's neck, and saw the beautiful scales covering it and the horny protrusions on the side and back of the blue dragon's head - they looked majestic and shining in the sun.

"It seems that our treatment is indeed much better than that of Mordir Wilder 600 years ago," he couldn't help but said with a smile, "He was hung on your claws and flew all the way across the ice ocean."

"Unfortunately, I don't even remember." During this boring flight mission, Melita was obviously in a chatty mood, "But it's also normal, you are the honored guests invited by the gods, but the adventurer 600 years ago was An uninvited guest who broke into the territory of the Dragon Clan, there is no small difference."

While talking, this Miss Blue Dragon paused again, and shook her head with a little regret: "However... if there is another chance, and now I meet that adventurer from back then, I am really I want to have a good chat with him, maybe we can become friends, and I am willing to take him on my back to travel to those interesting places, and we can even go on adventures together... Ten years, or 100 years, human beings don’t live long , this is a very short contract for Dragon Clan, but I think it should be very exciting.

"After all, judging from the travel notes, the adventurer back then seemed to be a very interesting guy."

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, but turned his gaze into the distance. He saw the clouds undulating and drifting under the dragon's wings, like continuous mountains, and there were gaps and wide gaps between the clouds. When Rita passed by those places, he could see the already distant land below, and the outline of the coast already faintly visible in the distance.

Human cities are dotted among those mountains and lakes, shining like jewels in the sun.

It's really a beautiful world, and it's worth an adventurer's life to explore.

"Yeah, that's really an interesting guy, I admire him," he broke the silence with emotion, and then he became a little curious, "You said just now that you would sign a 100-year contract with Modil to go and He travels on adventures together—seriously? Do dragons really do such things? Like in the bard tales?"

"...Actually, it's not that easy. If the dragons want to leave Tarrond for a long time, a very strict application and permission process is required," Melita said, "but this kind of thing does happen, but it's just rare. Many stories of bards are not completely fabricated, after all... bards are the favorite profession of dragons when they travel in the human world, and we are very good at interpreting facts into stories in a dramatic way."

"Bards... some bards like to make things up," Gawain subconsciously curled his lips, and somehow "Mr. Bard C" popped up in his mind, and then he quickly shook Head, to shake some inappropriate associations out of mind.

Then he looked back at the large equipment placed on Melita's back—they were still functioning well, and even though it was already high above the sky, they were still within the range of the magic static boundary layer. These specially made magic The net terminal and the non-directional crystal array can still clearly receive the signals from those high-power hubs on the surface, and the recording devices in these devices should have properly recorded the changes in signal strength and interference during Melita's climb and flight. .

Frankly speaking, the value of these things in Gawain's mind is not even lower than his trip to Tarrond this time - these precious data are not available under normal circumstances, especially after leaving the land and entering the sky above the sea. After that, these devices can collect parameters that cannot be touched by the current technological level of the empire.

So Gawain cherishes this opportunity very much. After all... Although he and Melita are very familiar, he can't ask a giant dragon to carry several tons of experimental equipment all day to collect data for humans when he is not busy. In this regard, he, who has always attached importance to "interests", also knows how to measure.

"Will we stop for a rest?" Amber on the side asked casually.

"Actually, I can fly all the way to Tarrond non-stop - but this journey is not so urgent," Melita replied, "We will rest a few times near the coastline and on a few islands in the northern sea. You can come down and move around—after all, you are flightless creatures, and this kind of long-distance flight is a great burden for those who are in contact for the first time."

While listening to Melita's answer, Gao Wen couldn't help thinking about long-term airborne aircraft and long-distance air routes.He subconsciously deduced the application direction of the current empire's anti-gravity aircraft, thinking about the possibility of establishing a long-distance air route from the edge of the wasteland to the Silver Empire, and his thoughts spread wantonly for a while before he gradually stopped.

Then he noticed Veronica who was resting not far away.

The "Princess Saintess" has hardly spoken since she took off from Melita—although she always gives people a quiet and peaceful feeling on weekdays, she has been silent so far, which is a bit unusual .

She sat there quietly, with her hands folded on her knees, as if she was in a daze, her eyes were unfocused looking ahead, and the platinum scepter that never left her body was not beside her at this moment——Gao Wen Knowing that Veronica gave the scepter to Wright for safekeeping before departure, there is no doubt about it, but Veronica's quietness along the way still made him a little concerned.

"Is there something wrong with you?" Gao Wen walked over and asked casually, "It feels like you didn't talk much all the way."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Veronica seemed to be a little bit late in responding before she raised her head, and responded to herself in a calm tone: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

Gao Wen subconsciously frowned—the feeling of Veronica at this moment was indeed not quite right, and he thought about it carefully before he vaguely understood what was wrong: Compared with usual times, Veronica at this moment Ka even lost a trace of human agility.Although Gao Wen always felt that the saint princess was not as perfect as a human being, but as delicate as a doll, but that was just a vague feeling, but now... he really got the feeling from the other party. I felt a kind of mechanical rigidity in my body, and even the ups and downs of emotions that humans should have were gone in that rigidity.

He frowned, and looked him up and down again: "Are you really okay?"

Veronica raised her head, and stared at Gao Wen earnestly for a long time with those crystal-like beautiful but inorganic eyes, and then she nodded suddenly: "Ah, it seems that I overlooked some details...don't worry, I Everything is fine with your bodily functions and thinking skills. But you should feel something strange... don't worry, it's normal.

"In the case of being far away from the Loren continent, I will be weakened."

Will it be weakened when it is far away from the Loren continent?

Gao Wen immediately noticed the information in Veronica's words. His expression became slightly serious, and doubts appeared in his eyes, but before he asked, Veronica had already smiled and said something : "This is just the price of survival."

"...I understand." Gawain stared at the other party for a few more seconds, then eased his expression and nodded slightly, "If you don't want to go into details, I won't ask, but one day I still hope you can Satisfy my curiosity. As for now... just make sure this 'price' doesn't affect our mission."