Sword of Dawn

"It's okay, I don't care," Kamel was a good talker, he shook his body slightly, the surface of the rune armor was glowing with arcane energy, "This world... has changed a lot, but nothing is More delightful than seeing the sun again, I saw a land full of life and people living optimistic and fulfilling lives, which shows that there is a lord worthy of his name."

"That's right, the ancestors are amazing." Rebecca heard someone praise her ancestors, and she immediately looked proud, "But you may be a little disappointed if you go to other places, this era is not as good as it was 1000 years ago. "

"I've heard about the eradication and decline of technology, but many things still need to be understood slowly," Kamel replied, "I heard that this is a pioneering land, and there must be a lot of work to be done. I hope I can do it as soon as possible." Come in handy."

"Don't worry, you first need to understand this era, the current level of productivity and social structure in this era, especially the changes in human magic technology after the magic tide," Gao Wen said with a smile, "the magic tide has changed a lot Stuff, I don't know if you are an expert in magic devices, but I want to remind you that the magic technology of the ancient Gondor Empire has basically collapsed completely, and there is no possibility of repairing it. Before you devote yourself to work, The first step should be to learn."

Kamel was silent for a while, and made a trembling voice from within his body: "I... expected it. I can sense that the surrounding magical environment is different from that of 1000 years ago, and even many of the spells I have mastered are now cast. It takes a certain amount of adjustment to get up, but I believe I can adapt to it very quickly."

Speaking of this, he paused, and there seemed to be a hint of a smile in his voice: "Compared to the changes of this era, I am more surprised by the new lord I swore allegiance to... You are also a returning ancient, That's amazing."

When he was in the Shadow Realm, Kamel didn't know Gawain's background, he just thought that he was an ordinary human lord in front of him. He heard the deeds of "the ancestors uncovered the coffin" in the bayonet. This incredible thing surprised him. Uncovering the coffin was accepted very quickly.

He just couldn't help but lament the wonder of fate - after the coffin is uncovered, it can be followed by another.

Gao Wenxin said that he was more than just crawling out of the coffin. He had been hanging in the sky for 80 years before. These secrets that challenged the Three Views were nothing to talk about, so he laughed and put the topic aside: "Haha , this world sometimes needs some miracles - I have already arranged a place for you, how about you staying in this lord's mansion for the time being? There are a lot of vacant rooms here."

"If you don't bother me," Kamel said politely, "but if there is a chance in the future, I still hope to build a mage tower for research and residence-of course, I will find a way by myself. In a familiar environment I'll be more comfortable with it."

"Hetty has always wanted a mage tower of her own." Gawain couldn't help but glance at the slightly embarrassed Hetty next to him, and nodded with a smile, "There will be a chance, more and more mages will appear on the territory, One day, I will specifically divide the Mage area."

After explaining some precautions in life and learning about Kamel's special survival needs, Gao Wen gave Kamel a suggestion: "As for how to adapt to this strange world, I suggest you go to the machine manufacturer Mr. Nicholas Egg understands that he has the same unimaginable life form as you, and he has fully adapted to life in this era, and he has some connections with the rebellious fortress 1000 years ago... I think you two should have something in common."

"Is it related to the Fortress of Rebellion?" Carmelton became very interested in the future colleague with a strange name mentioned by Gawain. "Okay, I will go find him."

After Kamel left, only Gao Wen and his two great-great-great... great-granddaughters were left in the room for a while.

"Rebecca, you were really rude just now," Hetty looked helplessly at the iron-headed girl who still looked innocent and seemed to want to catch up with Kamel to continue her research, "No matter how curious you are, You shouldn’t offend the new guest like that—especially since this guest is an ancient magister who has lived for 1000 years, as a mage, you should respect him even more.”

"I'm curious about the runes on his armor piece," Rebecca said aggrievedly, "Recently, I have been studying the optimization algorithm of traditional magic circles with Jenny all day long, and when I saw things like runes, I wanted to study them reflexively." a bit……"

"The Gondor Empire has extremely deep research in the field of runes and magic circles. Although many ancient magic circles have lost their function in the contemporary era due to the collapse of the dark blue magic well, their cognition of runes is still far beyond modern times. Human," Gawain looked at Rebecca and said, "Kamel's knowledge and experience, coupled with the logic and mathematics you have studied, I believe this will make the rune research work a big step forward. "

Chapter 0246 Amber Returns

For Kamel, it's a new era—even a new world.

The mighty Gondor Empire, the supreme glory of mankind, the advanced magic technology, all the brilliance in his memory have disappeared, 1000 years can eliminate many things, and the brilliant civilization created by human beings is also insignificant in front of the mighty power of this time stand up.

To be honest, he felt very uncomfortable.

But the experience of being imprisoned in the Shadow Realm for thousands of years gave him a mind far beyond that of ordinary people. Generally speaking, such an experience would only lead to two consequences, either hysterical madness or calm beyond ordinary people.

He'd been through that hysterical phase—and had been lucky enough to transition into a state where he could think calmly.

So he is very clear that he must recognize the reality and accept this new era. At least, he must understand the environment in which he will survive in the future.

It is said that human beings have experienced a large-scale disintegration of technology and society. Today's human countries are almost built from scratch on the barren land. In the communication with the people in the territory, he heard many incredible places in this era. Technology His regression and the savagery of contemporary humans stunned him—although he could no longer do this physiologically—and the only thing to be thankful for is that the ancient lord who returned from the grave like him was also a glorious man. Gondor, under his rule, this pioneering land is not so barbaric.

This is really the greatest luck for Kamel.

Under Gawain's guidance, he came to the machinery manufacturing plant on the east side of the territory. This place for research and development of mechanical equipment made him feel very friendly-although the mechanical equipment here was similar to that of the ancient Gondor Empire's magician. The workshop is very different, but he feels a familiar atmosphere here: technicians are obsessed with research and manufacturing, and new ideas collide in the work area, which is a good place for research and learning.

A silver-white metal ball with an exaggerated smiley face on its surface floated in front of Kamel. Kamel looked at the metal ball in amazement, and the latter floated up and down slightly in front of him. With a metal tremolo voice: "Hello, I heard that you are coming."

Kamel was stunned again (on a psychological level), and he found that the technicians around him—there were some technicians who had no magical reaction on their bodies, and they didn’t know how these ordinary people participated in the magic research—all brought Looking at this side with curiosity and respect, he realized that the metal ball in front of him might be the person in charge of this place, and he was very surprised: "You are..."

"You can call me Nicholas Egg Boss, or you can call me Egg Boss for short," the metal ball floated up and down reservedly, "I'm the director of Cecil Machinery Manufacturing Institute, and I'm also the ball in charge of the mechanical R&D department."

"I'm Kamel Sleane, just call me Kamel," Kamel introduced himself a little awkwardly, he really didn't expect that he needed to communicate with a ball-he finally remembered that the Lord once I told him that there are many strange existences like him in this land, but he obviously underestimated this, "The lord asked me to learn from you... about how to adapt to this society. He said that you are also his Found in the Fortress of Disobedience."

"Ah, the Fortress of Disobedience... We finally figured out the name of the ruins - you come with me, I will show you around this place and let you understand the technical route we are taking," Nicholas Egg turned around , the silver-white funny face glanced at the surrounding technicians, "Why are you here to join in the fun! Have you finished the impact resistance test of the new rune substrate?!"

Those human technicians dispersed one after another, and the silver-white giant egg continued: "I did come out from there. I was in the Rebel Fortress 1000 years ago, but I am in the middle area, not in the same place as you. .”

"Are you really a member of the fortress back then?" Kamel looked at the metal ball beside him in astonishment, "My God... I thought my life form had changed enough... What did you do in the fortress back then?" What research?"

The Nicholas egg slightly slowed down its floating speed: "...be studied."

Kamel: "..."

"That experience was not pleasant, but I can talk to you slowly if I have time," Nicholas Egg floated forward, "Now we are passing the first assembly workshop, you can see that the industrial power on this land is How it was manufactured. Most of the ideas for these machines and equipment come from our lord, but the specific blueprint design is now completed by me and the technicians. Of course, occasionally other departments will design and send orders, and we will manufacture .”

"...Almost all of them are ordinary people..." Kamel looked at the scene in the workshop in surprise, "Where is their mage master? Are these ordinary people allowed to play with those magic mechanisms at will?"

"Mage 'Master'? There is no Mage 'Master' here," Nicholas said buzzingly, "You must completely forget the past habits. These skilled magicians do not need any guidance from the Mage Master. What restrains them is the workshop. operating procedures and safety rules, and the mages on the territory will not be called masters under any circumstances, their task is to conduct research in the laboratory and teach students in the school."

"...I feel like I do need time to get used to all of this."

"You'd better get used to it quickly," Nicholas said. "Next, let's go to the machining center. I'll show you how ordinary people use the power of magic mechanisms to make parts."

……

Amber returned to the territory, and there were hundreds of people who entered the Cecil Territory with her... plainly dressed and individualized energetic social activists.

Even in winter, Cecil Territory still maintains a super-strong construction speed with new changes every day. Standing on the square at the entrance of the town, Amber found that the "merchant's hall", which was only a frame when she started, had already entered the main body capping. At this stage, a newly manufactured mechanical lifting device is sending a large pile of building materials to reduce the weight to the upper floor of the building. She can't help but sigh a little: "It's fortunate that I came back early... I'm afraid I will have to talk to someone if it is half a month late." Asking for directions..."

The scar-faced Anton and the witch Jibri who got off the caravan stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of them—they obviously didn't expect that the Cecil Territory, which was said to have been opened for less than a year, had been built to such an extent, and even more so. Unexpectedly, in this icy and snowy winter season, there is still a territory that can be so prosperous.

They come from the northern region of Leslie Land, which is already a rare and prosperous place in the southern part of the entire kingdom. Even so, the towns they live in are still depressed after winter, and people are reluctant to go out in the ice and snow. The poor are living in their huts with a few meters of grain for the winter, the rich are waiting for the spring around the fireplace in the mansion, and lawless people like them are drinking hot bootleg wine in the tavern. They recognized the "normal way of winter", but Cecil led a normal life against the cold wind and started construction in all directions, which was obviously unheard of for them.

But before being infected by this atmosphere, the first thing these gangsters, rogues, liars and thieves felt was nervousness and anxiety, because they could see the order in the bustling town in front of them, and they could also see the people in neat and light armor The vigilantes patrolling the streets, for whom such a town is clearly "tricky".

The "vigorous civil society activists" who are used to sneaking around and avoiding patrols everywhere are still not used to the status quo of legal entry. They even forget that they are allowed to enter the city...

Scarface Anton, as the leader when Amber left, stepped forward to ask the boss on behalf of everyone at this time: "Big sister, is this really the Cecil collar?"

"Otherwise?" Amber turned her head back, frowned and looked at those guys who were either trembling after getting off the caravan, or took a look at the guys with mischievous eyebrows, and shouted loudly, "Be more energetic! Keep your heads up! One by one Aren’t you quite yelling when you’re in the car? Why are you all sluggish now—you were hired by the lord! You didn’t sneak across the border!”

Such a large group of people gathered in the square must be conspicuous. At this time, the patrolling security guards had already noticed the movement on the square. A group of patrolling personnel walked towards the square, and the witch Jibri saw those in armor from a distance. , a soldier with a sword, she immediately reminded Amber nervously: "Sister, there are soldiers coming!"

The others instinctively became nervous when they saw the soldiers approaching, but Amber curled her lips, turned her head and raised her hand to greet the soldiers: "Hi! I'm here!"

It was only then that the patrol captain noticed who was leading the group. He hurriedly led them forward and saluted: "Miss Amber! The lord is already waiting for you!"

Then he glanced at the new guest at No. [-] and smiled: "The lord also ordered that if you bring someone here, you can take them directly to the old barracks on the north side of Knight Street to rest for a while. They are ready to come out there."

"Understood," Amber nodded, "But these people have no rules, I'm afraid they will cause trouble..."

"The old barracks are no longer in use, so it won't affect..."

"No, I mean that I will be responsible for educating these people after they cause trouble. Don't stop them when the time comes—you can't kill them."

The young security captain is obviously not quite used to the way of communicating with Amber: "..."

After the security patrol left, Anton with the scarred face dared to speak. With a trace of surprise and awe, he said, "Elder Sister, you...are you really a high-class person? Even the lord's soldiers salute you!"

"Nonsense, didn't I say it a long time ago, I am now the lord's guard," Amber glanced at the bald man, "And if I didn't have this status, how do you think I got Andrew for you number one hundred and ten?" A warrant from Viscount Leslie?"

Anton chuckled: "Master Viscount wishes for people like us to get out of his territory quickly."

"That's true... come on, don't talk nonsense here, I'll show you the world!"

Chapter 0247 Gao Wen's Daily Work

Gao Wen sat in the study of the lord's mansion, watching the latest reports from Kant and Leslie.

More than half of the report is about the establishment of trade routes. Padrik, whom he valued, has shown his worth. With the efforts of that "merchant scholar", the southern merchants who originally had trade relations with Kant have already They were connected in series one after another, and in the process, a large number of merchants were acquired by Padrik - he didn't pay much money for it, but used the alchemy potion to offset the cash, which made quite a lot of money in a short period of time. Some merchants voluntarily became distributors of "Cecile Potion" and let them take the potion on the road.

Due to the characteristics of this kind of merchants walking between territories, they often deal with people like mercenaries-low-level mercenaries with low fees are very happy to accept the employment of merchants to help merchants drive away robbers and beasts on the road, And in the process, the cheap and effective Cecil healing potion came into the sight of these mercenaries who did not have enough money.

No one will be stingy when protecting their own lives - a bottle of potion that can treat diseases and wound infections and a bottle of weak healing potion that can effectively stop bleeding add up to less than three silver coins, even the poorest mercenary can Affordable, so before those merchants arrived at their destination, the healing potion produced by Cecil had already begun to spread among the mercenaries all over the southern border.

The mercenaries who often go out on adventures and are often injured and need treatment will be the first and most stable source of consumers for Cecil's healing potions.

On the other side, Leslie Ling sent a new order for mining equipment, as well as a letter hoping that Cecil Ling would send a few more "Magic Web Technicians" to help them expand the Magic Web.

Gawain looked at the letter written by Viscount Andrew Leslie, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

The first batch of technicians sent to Lesley helped the Tanzania mine lay the basic magic net, and let the mine use the powerful magic engine to pull the mine cart and crush the ore. Before the production efficiency of the magic machinery is in place, he actually has no need to further expand the magic net. Now he hopes that Gawain will send another group of magic net technicians, which means that Mr. Viscount has already tasted a lot from the magic net. sweetness.

What will he do?Perhaps it is to spread the magic net in his own castle, or it may be to cover the entire mine, and more likely... he wants to take this opportunity to learn the technology of laying the magic net.

In any case, it was within Gao Wen's expectations.

He called the technical person in charge of laying the magic net - originally a rune craftsman from the capital, but now he has become a "naturalized talent" who is determined to stay in this territory - and explained to him He led the team to the task of Tanzan Town again. After explaining the task, he reminded: "According to my estimation, Viscount Leslie may try to bribe you this time, and ask you to share the key technology of laying the magic net. tell him……"

The person in charge of technology suddenly looked serious: "I will never be swayed by money, my lord!"

"No, I ask you to accept the bribe." Gao Wen shook his head, and the words he said startled the person in charge of technology in front of him. "Of course, you have to be a little more entangled and more difficult."

"My lord... what does this mean?"

"The magic net is a very simple thing, and sooner or later people will learn it, so I don't mind spreading the magic net technology to the outside world, but there must be a tuition fee," Gawain wrote a reply letter to Viscount Andrew while talking. , "Raise the purchase price a little bit, technology is valuable."

After the technical person in charge left, Gao Wen called Heidi again.

As soon as the latter entered the study, Gao Wen said bluntly: "Notify the 'population introduction commissioner' of Tanzania Town that there will be a large number of cheap mine slave labor and unemployed free miners in Tanzania Town in the next period of time. All these people have been recruited, and our factory is short of people.”

Hetty's face was confused: "Ah? How do you know, ancestor?"

"Viscount Andrew has purchased a large amount of mining equipment, and at least two-thirds of the miners will lose their jobs," Gao Wen said with a smile, "According to the traditional aristocratic habits, they will not keep unusable labor for nothing—moreover What's more, there is no extra land around Tanzan Town to absorb the population released by the mine."

After Hetty also left, Gawain finally finished dealing with the affairs at hand. He stretched his waist and prepared to take a short rest.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a slight clicking sound from the window sill, followed by a crisp sound of the spring and the mechanical structure being released. Gawain turned his head and immediately saw someone on the window sill. The mechanism is bouncing high!

The fully automatic anti-amber warning device works!

Without saying a word, Gawain stretched out his hand and held down the head of a half-elf who was falling from the window sill in embarrassment, and his body emerged from the shadow state: "You didn't go through the door!"

Amber rushed forward screaming: "Is there anyone like you who puts mousetrap on the windowsill!!"

Gawain held the opponent's head and easily suppressed all the girl's resistance: "What kind of mousetrap, it's an early warning device - can you be caught if you don't go through the window?"

Amber stretched her neck to maintain her last dignity as a thief: "I didn't get caught! I was just taken aback!"

I don't know what dignity she has to maintain...

Gawain glanced at the shameless half-elf: "How long have you been listening outside the window?"

"Since you shamelessly asked the magic net technician to extort money for you," Amber opened her mouth and showed an expression of admiration as she spoke, "Hey, old rice dumpling, I found that you can be a very good person even if you are not a nobleman. Okay, your ability to deceive people... well, okay, can't I stop talking..."

Gao Wen put away his fist that was about to knock down, looked the girl up and down, and then began to talk about business: "I heard that you brought a large group of people back?"

"A hundred or so bastards, all of whom I knew back then, but that's not all," Amber said with a proud face, "Let me tell you, there are more people, but they are all distributed in several nearby territories. Well, it's winter now, those bastards are all nesting in the dark tavern and pouring themselves to death, and they have to be picked out one by one-but then I don't have to go in person, I have already brought over those who I trusted the most back then people, and then let them run to pull people."

Gao Wen looked at Amber with some surprise: "If you do the math... you were quite powerful back then, weren't you?"

"Actually, these people can't all be regarded as 'my forces'." Amber knew that Gao Wen was an amateur in this field, so she explained with a smile, "This kind of gangster has no stable organization at all, and everyone earns money in the streets and alleys." To earn a living, we meet in groups in the gutter, just loosely hugging each other to keep warm. Because I ran around more places in the past, I know more people. This is a sparse net, and I will help you pull it up It’s just a few knots, but as long as these people are willing to work hard, they can help you find more people.”

Gao Wen's face was stunned: "Then I understand. Is there anything I need to do?"

"Of course." Amber nodded, "I'm going to send my most trusted people to recruit people in other territories, but you have to know how troublesome it will be for them to cross the territories of other nobles—they need proof documents and guarantors to Proof that they were traveling on the commission of Duke Gawain Cecil, which will prevent them and the people they brought with them from being hanged by local nobles on the road."

In this era, people are tied tightly to the land they grow on. Every commoner is the private property of nobles. Ordinary people are almost not allowed to leave or enter any territory at will, otherwise they will risk being hanged. ——If you want to become a merchant, mercenary, or adventurer, you need to obtain proof documents from nobles. Soldiers make things difficult and extort (in fact, this is almost the main source of income for many noble private soldiers), this is the status quo of this era.

But if they not only have supporting documents, but also the issuer of the documents has enough weight in the entire aristocratic system, then they can go unimpeded.

Duke Gawain Cecil is no longer the chief guardian of the southern border, but his name still plays an important role in this land. At least if there is no conflict of interest, the conservative nobles must show respect for this name. Enough awe is enough. This kind of awe for the nobles is also an important part of the nobles' maintenance of their dignity. Therefore, as long as anyone holds a pass issued by Gawain Cecil, they can travel unimpeded in the southern border. Worried about being blackmailed by the nobles along the way - this is also an important guarantee for the smooth development of Gao Wen's business route.

Gao Wen agreed to Amber's request without much hesitation: "No problem. But you have to ensure that the people who get the pass are reliable, and before they set off, you must let them understand their mission and the importance of keeping a low profile. I don't want those people to take my pass and make a big show of it everywhere, making this incident known to the whole world."

Amber grinned: "Don't worry about that, the ones I bring out are all veterans, they don't know anything else, they are better than anyone else in a low-key way, pretending to be a grandson, they can walk like a fugitive with the Duke's pass, It would be better to let them die than to let them swagger through the market."

Gao Wen: "..."

I always feel that this is nothing to be proud of. Why is Amber’s expression on saying these words almost as if she saved the world...

At this time, Amber began to feel emotional again: "The pass issued by the Duke... If it is the kind of unconditional pass document, God knows how much money this thing can be sold on the black market. You are probably the first in history. This kind of document is a great nobleman."

"I'm not the first," Gao Wen waved his hands as soon as he heard it. "When we first brought down the northern region, Charlie alone signed more than 100 certificates and permit documents for the local mountain people. According to the current From my point of view, all the northern mountain people back then were uncivilized barbarians, not even gangsters—but they are the ancestors of the northern mountain army now."

"Wow - you mean to let me lead a group in the future?!"

Gawain glanced at the half-elf who was climbing along the way, and raised his hand: "Tell me, should I just tap or go through a process?"

amber:"……"

Chapter 0248 Hetty's Experiment

Gao Wen and Amber went to inspect and accept the hundred or so future "intelligence elites". A 'Great Magister of the Ancients'?"

Gawain nodded: "His name is Kamel, you will see him soon."

Amber rolled her eyes, she didn't know what to think, and suddenly said: "Did you dig people out from the ruins in the mountain?"

"...It can't be said that it was dug out," Gao Wen felt that the half-elf's choice of words was a bit subtle, "he was trapped in a different space..."

"That's what was dug out." Amber said logically, and then began to look Gao Wen up and down, making goosebumps all over his body when he saw the latter: "What do you mean by that look?"

"There's another coffin uncovered in the territory!" The half-elf lady slapped her hands, "Did you decide to dig someone older than yourself because you are the only ancient person in the territory and feel that there is a generation gap with everyone? But don't you two also have a generation gap?"