Sword of Dawn

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No wonder someone in the government affairs hall commented that Cecil has two things that are most unpredictable, one is the black eye of the butler Hetty, and the other is Amber's sabotage attitude. I thought I was going to skip work, but finally counted the people who had been on duty for several months and months-aside from their behavior style, they were like a model worker.

But regardless of whether Amber is fishing or not, there is one thing Gao Wen can be sure of: this seemingly foolish Shame of the Elf is actually quite reliable.

Just when Gao Wen was thinking about these thoughts, Amber's figure suddenly emerged from the air beside him.

The half-elf lady obviously found something extraordinary. She stared and said in a surprised tone: "Old Zongzi!! There is a big hole in front!!"

"Really? It looks like we're on the right track," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, then waved his hand, "Everyone, speed up!"

Amber was stunned for a moment, and quickly followed Gao Wen's footsteps: "Hey? Did you already know? Why aren't you surprised?"

Gao Wen directly ignored Amber's Bibi, and he strode over the uneven potholes and annoying vines in the dense forest. The pioneer long sword rose with scorching magic flames, and all the shrubs and rocks in front of him were in an instant. Turned into ashes for a while, the speed of the team's advance suddenly accelerated, and during the advance, Soldering noticed the changes in the surrounding environment——

A large number of bushes fell back neatly, the more fragile trunks were broken by some invisible force, and even the tall giant trees showed a crooked posture——

He is no stranger to this phenomenon.

This is caused by a powerful shock wave.

Gawain stopped in his tracks: "We're here."

Solderin stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of him, and the elite rangers also let out a low exclamation for a moment.

A huge impact crater, the size of which can fit more than half a city block, around the impact crater, countless boulders are turned into dust, the ground is cracked inch by inch, towering giant trees are broken in the middle, and inside the impact crater, semi-molten rocks and The sintered soil fused into a black compacted state, showing the once purgatory temperature here.

"Spirit of the Forest..." Soldering exclaimed, "This...could it have been bombed by the Annihilation Wound?"

"The Wound of Annihilation will not form such a neat and single impact crater." Gawain shook his head, he raised his head and looked at the already darkening sky, "Something fell from it."

"What? Meteorite?" Soldering froze for a moment, then looked at the bottom of the pit, "Maybe there will be a star core..."

Amber Jiling next to him jumped over all of a sudden: "Star core? The kind of star core that can replace half a castle with a slap?!"

Gao Wen conveniently pushed Amber's head back: "If you have a star core, you have to hand it over to the Principality. Why are you getting so excited?"

Afterwards, he directly ignored Hu Po, who started to chat loudly, and walked towards the impact crater.

Solderin and the Iron Rangers followed closely behind.

Gao Wen glanced at the big pit, and whispered to himself: "There are no fragments, no wreckage..."

The only thing that can be found in the impact crater is the black matter formed by the burning and hardening of rocks and soil. Apart from that, there is no noticeable wreckage or debris. The mysterious extraterrestrial object (if it exists) is not at all Leave.

Was it taken away by that giant dragon?That dragon searched so cleanly?

A lot of doubts arose in Gao Wen's heart, because he watched the dragon land on the impact crater with his own eyes, and the other party's stay was very short. How could there be no fragments of the collected parts?

Could it be that there is nothing extraterrestrial at all, here is just an energy explosion, so there are no fragments?Or... the extraterrestrial object was not broken after experiencing such a terrible impact and explosion, but was taken away by the dragon intact?

Gao Wen made various speculations in his mind, and at the same time continued to scan the vicinity with the satellite perspective, hoping to find the clues left by the dragon, while Solderin led the soldiers to search everywhere at the bottom of the pit. A Steel Ranger soldier exclaimed: "Sir! Look at this!"

Soldering quickly came to the soldier, and he saw at a glance what it was that made him exclaim:

On the black hardened ground that still radiated a little heat at the bottom of the pit, several huge paw prints were distributed in a slightly messy manner.

These paw prints obviously have no intention of hiding themselves at all. Each of them is close to the size of a human torso, and they are deeply sunken on the ground by more than ten centimeters. From these paw prints alone, it is not difficult for Soldering to judge that there used to be people here. What a terrific colossus for a brief stint.

The ranger warrior who found the paw prints first muttered to himself: "What left this..."

"It's a dragon." Gawain came to Soldering and the soldiers at some point, "I've seen dragons before, and only those big ones can leave such big paw prints."

Salderling stared at Gawain with wide eyes: "Are you sure?"

Of course Gao Wen can be sure, after all, he saw it with his own eyes, but he can't say too much here: "[-]% sure. Don't think that the Dragon Clan is a fairy tale, they do exist. Back then, Old Cecil was The dragon flames have been burned, and up to now there is still a piece of scorched earth filled with dragon magic."

"Did even dragons appear..." Soldering muttered to himself, "This...is truly the border of civilization."

At this moment, Hu Po, who ran aside for a stroll because Gao Wen ignored her, suddenly yelled loudly: "Old Zongzi!! I found a baby!!"

Chapter 0551 New Portal

baby?

Gawain was slightly taken aback, and then he turned his head to see the half-elf lady bouncing around not far away with an excited expression on her face, holding a shiny object in her hand, revealing an air of asking for credit from the beginning to the end. Enthusiasm.

Although this guy always looks like he is greedy for money and loves to take advantage of small things, but he jumped out to report as soon as he found out.

Gawain beckoned the half-elf lady over, and looked at her curiously: "What did you find?"

"Look," Amber happily handed the contents to Gao Wen, "a ring!"

It was a silver-white ring with a simple shape and some fluctuations in magic power. It was obviously a magical creation. The moment Gawain saw the ring, Gawain's eyes froze.

After a strong sense of familiarity, he finally remembered where he had seen similar things.

This is the ring of the Mithril Vault!It is a communication ring distributed to senior customers of Mithril Treasury to contact agents!

"This should be a token from the Mithril Treasury, right?" Amber has also seen Gawain's Mithril Ring, and this half-elf has a dragon-like sensitivity to any shiny precious metal, so he has already seen it , "I remember you have one too."

"It is indeed a token of the Mithril Treasury..." Gao Wen muttered to himself, "The dragon that fell? Could it be that even the dragons are customers of the Mithril Treasury?"

"This...I'm afraid we still need to discuss it," Amber stuck out her tongue, and then found another thing behind her, "Because I found more than just this ring..."

What Amber took out was a delicate metal box the size of a palm.

The metal box was obviously locked once, but now its lid has been thrown open, and the lock is distorted and deformed. Inside the box, there are neat boxes of mithril rings, which have been pressed one by one. Tucked into black grooves...

This time, it was finally Gao Wen's turn to be dumbfounded.

"This box is a Mithril ring, right?" Amber watched Gao Wen's expression change, "A customer who carries a ring with him and can be said to be a Mithril treasury, carries a box of rings with him..."

Gao Wen's expression became serious: "That dragon either robbed the Mithril Vault, or... is a member of the Mithril Vault—maybe it is responsible for keeping the membership certificate."

This is a very simple and easy-to-understand truth-if a person carries a house key with him, he is an ordinary person; if he carries several house keys with him, he may be a rich man; Half a catty of keys...then he is either a key distributor or a housekeeper...

If this box of Mithril Ring was really left by that dragon, then the possibility behind this is very intriguing.

Of course, Gao Wen did not rule out the possibility that a dragon robbed the Mithril Treasury and stole a box of communicators, but his intuition told him that the more likely explanation for this incident was that the dragons were related to the Mithril Treasury.

And when this possibility appeared, Gao Wen suddenly felt that many mysteries of the Mithril Vault had been explained—their strength, their secrecy, and their power stretching on the mainland for thousands of years, even without being affected by the magic tide. The secret of the influence suddenly became understandable, because this organization was not created by "mortals" at all. Behind this organization, there is the shadow of the Dragon Clan.

But this has led to more questions: Why did the Dragon Clan, which is extremely mysterious and never disclosed in the world, create such a "commercial organization"?What is the purpose of their activities on the mainland?Is Mithril Treasury really just a "treasure house"?On this continent, are there more forces controlled or established by hidden races similar to the Mithril Treasury?

Gao Wen's thoughts suddenly flew far away, but soon he forcibly collected these wild thoughts back.

Now I just discovered a box of mithril rings, and these "keep tokens" just happened to appear in the place where a giant dragon had been active. The clues are not sufficient at all, even if these rings were really left by the dragon, even if That dragon is really a member of the Mithril Vault, and there are more than one possible explanations behind it. What if the rich and powerful Mithril Vault happens to have a dragon employee?

In the absence of clues, it is too early to conclude that "the giant dragon is the actual controller of the Mithril Vault", but now that there are some clues, Gao Wen still tentatively puts the two equally mysterious dragons and the Mithril Vault. The forces have been connected together, and if he can find more clues about them, he will continue to investigate this matter.

After putting away those mithril rings, Gawain exhaled slightly, and at the same time secretly planned to contact the senior agent named "Melita Pernia" again in the future, maybe... he could learn from her. Find some information.

He raised his head and looked around the surroundings: the Iron Rangers were guarding nearby, while Solderin led two warriors to collect material samples from the bottom of the pit and describe the paw prints left by the giant dragon.

In addition, there are no more valuable clues in this impact crater, and it is very late now, continuing to stay in the Black Forest will bring more uncertain risks.

Now is not the time for large-scale operations in the dangerous terrain covered by the Black Forest.

Thinking of this, Gawain shouted to Soldering: "After collecting the samples, the team will be closed, and we are going to go back."

"Yes!"

By the time the team returned to the cave in the shadow experiment field, it was already completely dark.

A large number of portable magic spar lighting devices have been set up inside and outside the cracks of the cave. For the first time in hundreds of years, the man-made lights of civilization illuminate this dark place. Construction materials urgently dispatched from Cecil City are being sent here. At the same time, all kinds of construction machinery and more engineering personnel that have been subjected to weight reduction techniques are also sent.

When Gawain returned to the cave, Knight Byron was leading the soldiers to guard the temporary defense line near the gap, while a middle-aged man who looked rather strong, wearing heavy work clothes and with a big beard was in command Workers are cleaning up the rubble near the gap, which seems to be preparing for the follow-up construction.

Gao Wen recognized the middle-aged man - he used to be Cecil's stonemason, named Gordon, and received a special award for his outstanding performance during the first Cecil defensive battle, but now, this man Mr. Mason is already one of the heads of the building department in Cecil City.

"Mr. Gordon," Gao Wen came to the construction manager, "how is the progress?"

Gordon, who was born as a stonemason and is now one of the officials of the Government Affairs Department, hastily saluted: "My lord! We have cleared the space outside the cave. By this time tomorrow, my brothers and I will be able to build a two-meter-high wall. "

"Very good," Gawain nodded, "I've worked hard for you tonight, we must repair the fortifications as soon as possible - this is not a safe place outside."

Hearing this, Gordon looked at the dark Black Forest in the distance with a little nervousness and apprehension. Although he was tall and strong, any ordinary person would face a test of courage in front of the prestigious Black Forest—but fortunately, there was General Lun and the brave Cecil Corps are guarding here, as well as the lord's personal encouragement, the reliable magic cannon and the legendary heroic duke can inspire courage more than anything else.

He nodded firmly: "Guaranteed to complete the task!!"

Gawain nodded, and walked towards the depths of the cave with Amber and Solderling. At the temporary resting place in the middle of the cave, he saw Hetty who had been waiting here.

Hetty had obviously been worried for a long time. After seeing Gawain, she immediately greeted him, with an undisguised sense of relief and relaxation on her face: "I'm so glad to see that you are safe and sound—have you found anything?"

"It's true that we found something extraordinary, but let's go back and talk about it in detail," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I saw the construction team just now—Gordon once participated in part of the construction of the Northern Rock Fortress, right?"

"Yes, he is an expert in this field. He led a team to strengthen the north gate of the Rock Fortress, and participated in part of the reconstruction project of the Rock Castle. After winter, these projects were taken over by the local construction team of Rock City," Hetty said. As he spoke, he looked at Gao Wen curiously, "Ancestor, what are your plans?"

"The passage between Cecil and the southern foot of the Dark Mountains has been opened," Gawain nodded slightly, "I want to keep this passage—set up a portal here."

Hetty blinked, looked up and looked around this huge cave - the high-power magic spar lamps used on the construction site illuminated this once dim shadow experiment site, and a large amount of engineering equipment, construction materials, and weaponry were piled up in different categories On the rocky platforms in the cave, in fact, when she saw the ancestor mobilize so many supplies from Cecil City, she vaguely guessed what the ancestor was thinking.

"We can't stay in the north of the Dark Mountains forever. Facing the threat of the demon tide, if we don't advance, we will retreat at the border of civilization," Gao Wen said. "The Ansu people retreated once, and we directly lost one-third of the land in the southern border. The kingdom's southern barrier has also been broken into pieces, so we must not rest on our laurels."

He looked towards the huge gap in the south of the cave, and the dark night came into view.

"Crossing the Dark Mountains from the ridge is too difficult. The Rebellious Fortress is our natural passage. The outside of this gap leads directly to a gentle hillside at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains. Although it is inconvenient to defend, it is easy to push outward. From here we can directly Enter the Black Forest. I plan to use the giant cavern of the Shadow Experimental Site as the basis and transform it into a 'South Gate Fortress'. The man-made fortress armed with rail guns, rainbow cannons, and reinforced concrete is no worse than the original rock wall. Then we'll have a gateway to the south."

Hetty understood Gawain's intentions, and after a short thought, she nodded slowly: "Yes, I'll start making arrangements now."

Gawain didn't speak any more. He looked at the gloomy and dark sky in the south of the cave, and his eyes gradually became firm.

The impact crater that appeared in the black forest, the mysterious extraterrestrial object, the giant dragon whose whereabouts are unknown, the shady scene behind the Mithril treasure house, and the suddenly opened crack at the end of the rebellious fortress...

The world seems to be becoming more and more unstable, and as the ruler of this land, he must grasp every sliver of value available in this unstable world.

Properly exploited, dangerous gaps can also be turned into gateways to the south.

This is Ansu 737, the 1st of Resurrection.

On the first day of this spring, the construction of Cecil's South Gate fortress began, and the descendants of the Gondor Empire set foot on the land on the edge of the wasteland for the first time after 700 years of peace.

Also on this day, the brief truce between the Ansu Kingdom Army and the Eastern Border Corps came to an end, and the atmosphere on the confrontation front in the east of the Holy Spirit Plain became tense again.

On the same day, far from Cecil, at the edge of the forest somewhere southwest of the Dark Mountains, a huge earth pit was filled with smoke and dust.

A young woman wearing a lavender gauze dress and a lavender veil, full of mystery and elegance, is sitting on the edge of a smoky crater, quietly thinking about her tens of thousands of years of "human beings". "pregnancy.

"During the last circle, you shouldn't flick your tail. Use gliding to slow down and you'll be fine... By the way, it's not because you've gained weight recently... If it's not right, it must be the wind direction... Where's my box?!"

Chapter 0552 Spring

The weather is getting warmer and the snow is melting.

The ice and snow on the highlands in the northwest melted into a gurgling stream. The stream converged and poured into the river channel, and then divided into several branches in the low-lying land south of the Jumu crossing, flowing all the way to the southeast along the terrain. A piece of fertile soil was produced, which made this place one of the largest grain-producing areas in the Holy Spirit Plain, and also made it an important place for repeated competition between the Eastern Rebels and the Kingdom Army.

The fire of war has been burning very close. It was briefly extinguished in winter, but as the weather warmed up, the haze of war returned to this land with the river rising again in the river.

The gray-haired Sam took his children to the upper reaches of the river, especially the stones piled on the "Harvest Stone" last year, but there were only a few missing, most of which were kicked away by animals passing by to drink water. Under the remaining stones, some rough inscriptions can still be seen vaguely, depicting the sacred emblems of the three gods of abundance in crude ways.

Sam stepped forward and cleaned up the old stones on the Harvest Stone with an almost reverent demeanor, then took out the red ginger grass that he carried with him, squeezed out the grass juice and smeared it on the emblem of the three gods of abundance. The son picked up new stones of suitable size from the nearby river bank and placed them on the top of the Harvest Stone in a small pile. After doing this, the youngest daughter came over, Put a green twig in the middle of the stone pile.

Sam lowered his head and murmured in a low voice: "Goddess of Spring, you are the first messenger of the Moon of Recovery, may the red ginger grass dye your skirt red and lead you to this land..."

Several children bowed their heads together and prayed together with their father.

In human belief, the God of Plenty is composed of three different goddesses. The eldest sister is Gaia, the mother of the earth, also known as the god of life and the mother of the earth. She is in charge of the entire earth and all the plants that grow on it. The goddess of harvest, Eve, is the younger sister of the goddess of the earth. She specializes in the crops in plants to protect the harvest of mortals. The goddess of spring, Flora, is the youngest of the three gods of fertility, but also the liveliest one— —

Ansu people believe that whenever the moon of recovery comes and the ice and snow melt on the earth, Flora, the goddess of spring, will be the first to run out of her palace and come to the earth to find evidence of the end of winter. The attention of this goddess, the first green shoots of the recovery moon can make her happy, she will remember the position of each green shoot, and when she returns to the palace at the end of spring, she will tell the story of what happened on the earth. The Harvest Goddess - Farmers are guaranteed a year's harvest.

Almost all farmers believe in the three gods of abundance—even if they are also believers in the god of light or blood, they will not ignore the worship of the god of abundance every spring.

But just by collecting an extra three to five catties of grain...can you really live with peace of mind?

After the short prayer ended, Sam raised his head, looked at the green branches in the middle of the stone pile that were gradually turning into dust and drifting with the wind, and exhaled slightly: "The goddess has accepted our worship, and this year's harvest will not be bad."

"Last year's harvest was not bad, but I was still hungry," the eldest son muttered in a low voice. "The goddess can only bless the harvest, but she must be hungry."

"Don't talk nonsense in front of the gods!" Sam immediately turned his head and glared at his son, "That's because the noble lord is at war, of course we have to hand in the food!"

The two sons glanced at each other, and then the younger son said: "Father, when I went out today, I saw soldiers again. They passed by the north road and went east."

"That's Earl Thorin's cavalry," Sam said, shaking his head. He had been a farmer all his life, but he didn't dare to get involved with noble soldiers. "You didn't provoke them, did you?"

"I'm hiding far away!" The youngest son shook his head vigorously, "They're very scary—they're all carrying swords and armors they've never seen before, riding on tall horses, and they're fierce and fierce. .”

"...The weather is getting warmer every day, I'm afraid there will be another fight."

Sam grunted and said that he knew what his youngest son meant by the so-called unseen swords and armor—a few days ago he also saw a group of knights passing by the north of the village, and those knights were all wearing different clothes than last year. It is said that those swords and armors came from the south. Earl Thorin seems to be confident that the weapons made by the southerners can help him regain his territory and fortress. It is really difficult to understand, and I am not interested in understanding.

He just hoped that this battle would be over quickly, or at least not continue to fight here, either the Kingdom Army would drive out the Eastern Realm people, or the Eastern Realm people would quickly drive the Kingdom Army away, it didn't matter who lost or won.

Last year, when the army of the Eastlanders fought in front of the giant wooden crossing, Earl Thorin said he wanted to organize a defense, so he collected a wave of food from the neighboring villages. In the end, he failed to defend and was still beaten in by the Eastlanders.

After breaking in, Prince Edmund confiscated the food, but arrested a third of the village's young and strong people to build roads, and several people died outside.