Sword of Dawn

Gawain Cecil once concluded a contract with the four elements. This is not only a legendary story that has been passed down for 700 years in the Kingdom of Ansu, but also a legend that bards from all over the continent have always talked about, and this "legend" is not Totally made up.

Gawain Cecil did communicate with the elements, and he was able to grow into a legendary powerhouse in a short 35 years of life, which is also inseparable from the power of the elements, but the contract is not as common as people imagined. It's simple and clear. In fact, even Gawain himself couldn't figure out what Gawain Cecil had agreed with the elements back then.

The incarnation of the power of the elements has a chaotic and elusive "mind", and the human spiritual structure can hardly communicate with it. Even those shamans who claim to be able to communicate with the elements dare not say that they can understand the words of the elements. language.For most mortals who study the way of the elements, the so-called "communication with the elements" is just a vague guess about the flow tendency of the power of the elements. , there is a logical connection, then he is either a liar, a lunatic, or just a poor guy who was deceived by the "Elemental Monarch".

Those "elemental creatures" living in various planes are not the same thing as the real "elemental power". It's just a creature, and the latter is actually more similar to a certain embodiment of the essence of the world.

According to the legend, Gawain Cecil signed a contract with the four elements, and the object of the contract seems to be the essence of those elements, not a powerful elemental creature—this is the most shocking and unbelievable fact for Gawain .

But just like those memories about "Eternal Dark Sea" and "Secret Sail", about how Gawain Cecil signed a contract with the four elements, there is also a blank in his inherited memory.

Even if he wanted to find out the truth from the will of the elements, he didn't know where to start.

Gawain's mind was filled with all kinds of knowledge related to the nature of elements and elemental creatures. While thinking about it, he did not forget to remind himself: when analyzing elemental creatures, he should pick out the group of deep-sea harmony gods as soon as possible. Sea monsters are also elemental creatures, but he always felt that he had to pick out those salty fish spirits to discuss separately under any circumstances. They are too weird, if they are really research samples, they will lose their sanity if they look at them...

"What did you think of?" Soldering couldn't help asking when he saw that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, and his expression was cloudy and uncertain.

"How well do you know the way of elements?" Gao Wen asked casually.

Soldering thought for a while: "I am proficient in the four spellings of 'The Way of the Elements' in the Common Language of Man and the Elvish language, and I also know who wrote the highest book on the four elements, "Theory of the Elements"..."

"...Then I don't have anything to say." Gao Wen's eyes twitched slightly, "Is there anything else going on at my funeral?"

Soldering recalled seriously, and finally shook his head: "No, you were lying in it very peacefully at that time."

"...how about we change the subject."

"I think so too."

Chapter 0259 Solderling's Hesitation

Gawain Cecil, who was reborn 700 years later, was not exactly the same as what Soldering remembered.

As an elf born with a long lifespan, Soldering is much better than humans in terms of memory. He can clearly remember his 700 years of experience and life, and also remember the exciting pioneering period 700 years ago. Over the years, he witnessed how Gawain Cecil grew from a stunned young knight to a legendary hero who ruled one side and protected the kingdom. He remembered the brave and resolute appearance of this legendary hero, and he also remembered how he was lying in the coffin. how serene...

Well, the last memory seems useless, mainly because the weird topic just ended is too impressive.

Gawain could also see a trace of doubt and hesitation shown by Solderling from time to time, and he could guess what the other party was thinking, but this was unavoidable—he was not Gawain Cecil after all, even though he inherited His large amount of memory allows him to imitate the Lord's words and deeds in many ways, but even if there is a slight difference, an elf with a sensitive nature and excellent memory can detect it.

That being the case, then he should not forcefully imitate and perform - if Solderin finds out the deliberateness, it will cause even more suspicion.

He generously took the initiative to talk about this topic: "Do you think I am different from 700 years ago?"

"There are indeed many differences," Soldering nodded. "I know that human beings are a fickle species, but they only change when they are alive. You have been lying in the grave for 700 years. I don't know. Knowing why you wake up so...different."

"A lot of things can be changed between life and death," Gao Wen shook his head with a smile, "For outsiders, I've been a motionless corpse for 700 years, but in fact I have experienced a lot."

Directly using a story with a huge amount of information to divert attention is quite effective, and Solderling's expression suddenly became extremely surprised: "You mean...you are in the 700 years of 'death'... In fact, you have been awake all this time? Has your soul gone somewhere? Is it true that your soul has traveled to the God Realm and stayed in the palace of the gods for centuries as rumored by the outside world?"

"There are still such rumors coming out from the outside world?" Gao Wen was taken aback for a moment, and then he began to wonder if these rumors might also be a variant of the countless rumors he had spread in the past, and then he shook his head with a smile, "I don't know." I know what the God Realm looks like, but my soul has indeed traveled through the limitations of time and space. I have seen many hidden histories, vanished kingdoms, and even knowledge that does not belong to this world. You know, compared to 35 years of human life, my In these 700 years, the soul has seen much more things, so some changes after resurrection are normal."

This is what Gawain thought about a long time ago—he conceived at the very beginning what to do if a few long-lived "old acquaintances" came out, and if there were really ancient people who knew Gawain Cecil very well. The resurrected person questioned what to do, he must have an explanation to explain the changes that happened to him - any disguise and interpretation will have a flaw one day, facing it head-on and putting forward a reasonable explanation is the safest solution.

After all, there are various supernatural phenomena beyond comprehension in this world, and as a "party" who can even be resurrected from the dead, there is nothing wrong with claiming that his soul has traveled through time and space.

This is obviously an unbelievable story, but it is still within the scope of Soldering's acceptance. He just looked at Gawain in amazement, and nodded while marveling: "This is really amazing... No wonder you suddenly know how to invent things .But did you tell those two descendants of yours these things?"

"Rebecca and Hetty? They don't know, I haven't mentioned it to them," Gawain shook his head, "I'm afraid of scaring them."

He's just talking nonsense. If nothing else, just Rebecca's enhanced level 13+ skull and epic brain circuit, can this little thing scare her?Maybe it's a silly roe deer who heard that the ancestor was able to travel with his soul out of the body during the 700 years lying in the grave. His first reaction was that he thought it was super awesome, and then pestered Gao Wen to tell her that nonsense story...

But Solderling didn't think about it, just nodded: "That's right, there's no need to tell everyone about this unbelievable experience."

"I've talked a lot about me, so let's talk about you." Gao Wen lifted the topic and turned to look at Soldering seriously, "Why are you in Typhon, and why did you become Typhon?" officer?"

"You seem to have asked this question just now." Soldering was a little bit dumbfounded, "Ask again?"

"Just now I asked casually, you can answer casually, now I ask seriously, you answer seriously," Gao Wen's expression did not relax at all, "Could it be possible that someone in Typhon can make you grow hair?"

Solderin's expression froze, and he turned his face away in embarrassment: "Ahem, it has nothing to do with that..."

After a short pause, he sighed slightly and talked about his own affairs: "I came to the Typhon Empire 100 years ago."

"100 years ago..." Gao Wen frowned slightly, thinking of something, "Civil chaos in the Brumaire?"

"That's the turmoil," Soldering sighed, leaning back on the chair, "You know, I'm an elf, and I've been an elf who has traveled around the continent for many years, so I don't really care about the changing of dynasties and the changing of human rights." I don't feel much, but the civil strife 100 years ago made me feel that this country is no longer suitable for me to stay any longer.

"In just six centuries, the descendants of the pioneers seem to have forgotten all the hard work of their ancestors on this land, a civil war, and everyone is tearing the country apart for their own interests, Charlie. Moen's descendants killed each other for the throne, and the guardians of the four realms of the kingdom also fought in a miasma. The last illegitimate son formed a second dynasty like a farce, and that Grumman Cecil..."

At this point, Solderling glanced at Gao Wen with a little embarrassment: "You should know what he did."

"I lost my foundation," Gao Wen said calmly, "and lost my shield."

"Grumman Cecil is actually a guy with great ambitions. He hopes to end the civil war in the shortest possible time. The way is to quickly support a member of the royal family to become the new Ansu ruler. He believes that only such achievements can Matching the great reputation of the ancestors, it is a pity that Kong has ambitions but has no ability. His ambition has become arrogant and stupid. Can sit back and watch it all.”

Gao Wen casually asked, "Have you ever had contact with Grumman?"

"I even approached him directly, wanting to give him some advice and help," Soldering snorted, "For your sake, I was ready to return to the Cecil Army, but your The descendants don't appreciate it at all—he seems to think that human beings should solve their own affairs, and he wants to build a great achievement that is bigger than yours. If he accepts my help, then the glory of this great achievement will be Give half of the score to the ancestor so that he can't surpass you. Anyway, I don't quite understand his thinking."

Gao Wen: "..."

He really wanted to scold his mother for being mentally retarded, but he forcibly held back considering the image problem—thanks to the fact that he came back from a dead body, if the genuine Gawain Cecil was sitting here, he might not be angry died on the spot, and this time the death will be particularly unsafe...

In other words, do you want to perform a myocardial infarction now to enhance your authenticity?

Some unreliable thoughts flashed through Gao Wen's mind, and he subconsciously asked, "And then?"

"Then? Then I went to Typhon," Soldering shrugged, "I'm not human, and all my ties to Anzu's country ended in that civil war—after confirming that Cecil After the family still has an heir, I have nothing to worry about, so why stay here?"

This high-ranking ranger spoke very freely, but Gawain could completely imagine how he left the kingdom with that mood.

Mostly downright disheartened.

Soldering is emphasizing his elven identity, emphasizing that he has nothing to do with this country, but there is one fact that he can't deny: even if he is a foreigner, he followed the pioneers in the north, with a knife and a gun The kingdom was built brick by brick.

If he wasn't completely disappointed with Ansu's successors, why did he leave?

After thinking about this, Gao Wen asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

"The future? My future depends on what you plan to do." Soldering was very self-aware, "I'm still your prisoner now."

"But whether you want to continue to be a prisoner or not depends on your will," Gawain continued unmoved, "Now you have a choice, whether you want to return to Typhon or stay with me, you You can choose."

This time, Solderling fell into long and serious thinking.

"If you crawled out of the grave and offered to recruit me before the civil turmoil in Brumaire, then I would not have any hesitation at all." After a long time, Soldering looked up into Gawain's eyes and said, "But My current status is embarrassing."

"You are a mercenary. I found out just now. You did not swear allegiance to the Typhon royal family."

"But I am loyal to the commission," Soldering spread his hands, "mercenaries also have professional ethics."

"So, you plan to return to Typhon?"

The high-ranking ranger was caught in a tangle: "This is where I am tangled--I know you are real now, and it is a pity that you let me turn my head back. And besides... you are willing to treat me as a high-ranking man." Jie Ranger put it back?"

"Of course I hope you can stay, I am short of manpower everywhere now," Gao Wen shrugged, "So I have made up my mind, if you insist on going back to Typhon, then I can only let you go, and then half On the way, I will beat you unconscious and tie you back to persuade you again..."

Soldering: "..."

"It's just a joke," Gao Wen laughed, "I know what you're worried about, so I won't let you make a decision so quickly. You can stay in this territory for a while and witness it with your own eyes. Is this place worth your devotion to it again? As for the Typhon soldiers you brought...don’t worry, I won’t regret it if I keep them alive, and I will arrange them properly.”

Solderling breathed a sigh of relief: "This is the best arrangement."

Chapter 0260 New Achievements?

After talking about the most sensitive issues, the communication between Gawain and Soldering is naturally much easier-for the time being, the tense relationship between Typhon and Anzu will not be considered, and the Cecil family will not be discussed With the decline of the Communist Party of China and the current chaotic domestic situation, the two chatted again like friends 700 years ago.

At least, from Solderling's point of view.

"Actually, when I heard that you established a pioneering territory in the south, I believed that you were real—after all, it looks like something you would do," Soldering said with a smile. For a person who has been out of touch for 700 years, it is not your style to return to the aristocratic circle to intrigue with others, and it is probably easier for you to develop land in this barren land."

"The intrigue is really meaningless, especially when it's a group of juniors," Gao Wen waved his hand, "It's too awkward to get along with, as long as I think about those people are descendants of those old guys back then, I always feel weird. "

Gao Wen just made an excuse for himself to stay away from the aristocratic circle of the royal capital, but Soldering began to think seriously. He remembered the amazing prosperity of Cecil Land he had seen along the way, and also thought of Cecil. The weapons and equipment of the soldiers of Cecil, which can be called black technology, and the special temperament they felt when facing the Cecil Combat Corps-that is a completely different belief and momentum from ordinary noble private soldiers, although the momentum is still very different. Mature, but enough to be eye-catching.

It would be understandable if only a small group of soldiers were like this, but all the soldiers in the entire Cecil Land are equally elite, which is worth pondering.

As an elf, and the most acute ranger class among elves, Thorderling can deduce a lot from his observation of details.

After uncovering the coffin, the ancestor took a look at the domestic situation, declared that he did not want to intrigue with the descendants, so he ran to a remote place that the king could not control, and within a year, he produced a weapon that could overwhelm any conventional army in the world arms, and expanding the army crazily...

Thinking about it for a while, I feel terrible. I feel like my father came home and saw the mess in the living room, and then looked at the muddy kid with a faint smile, and turned to the kitchen to find a rolling pin!

Salderling was muttering here by himself, but Gawain didn't know what the elf ranger had figured out in less than half a minute. He just pretended not to care and asked casually: " What is your specific position in Typhon's army...?"

Solderling looked a little serious: "I can't just tell my employer's secrets, even to you—you should know my principles."

"I didn't ask you to tell me all about Typhon's border defenses," Gawain shrugged, thinking that the hairless elf was indeed a principled guy as he remembered, but there was no disappointment on his expression, he was Ask casually, "Tell me what you can say."

"I fought under Commander Andersa Wendell of the Winter Wolf Legion, but I didn't have any real power or official position," Solderin said, "You know, I'm always an alien, and I hold great power in the human army It's impossible—but Typhon's commission is quite high, which is fair."

"Andersa Wendell?" Gawain frowned, "The young wolf general?"

"You know her too?" Solderin was taken aback, then smiled, "That's right, she is the descendant of that guy Tirian, she is a very talented girl, both in personal combat and command ability, No shame on her ancestors. It's just that she's a bit stubborn and has a vengeful obsession with Anzu - her father, Bud Wendell, disappeared on the border between Anzu and Typhon, and she always thought it was The Ansu killed her father."

"Bud Wendell..." Gawain's expression was a little weird for a moment, he didn't know whether he should tell Soldering the truth about Bud's degeneration as a cult member of the Doom Society, but after thinking about it, he decided to say it , anyway, for Cecil Territory, it doesn't matter whether this news spreads or not, "In fact, I met a believer of the death of everything this year, and that person... I'm afraid it's Bard."

Solderin was dumbfounded: "What?!"

Gao Wen narrated what he knew, and the more Soldering listened, the more surprised he became: "There is such a thing... How could the former wolf general who had been missing for more than ten years turn into a society where all things die?" Druid?!"

"God knows what happened in the middle, I didn't believe it at the time, but the reputation of Mithril Vault is known all over the world, their information should not be wrong," Gao Wen shook his head, "Forget it, even if this matter gets to that Andersa In her ears, she wouldn't believe it, the paranoid avengers don't have much judgment. Compared with these things far away in the sky, now I want to know how many troops infiltrated from the Typhon Empire are still in the Dark Mountains."

The topic suddenly became sensitive again, and Solderling showed a slight hesitation on his face. Seeing this, Gawain continued: "Solderling, I know your principles, but at this time, it is better for you to tell me the information about other infiltrating troops. Good for everyone - you should know that my soldiers have wiped out one infiltration team, and as long as the other infiltrators are still operating in the Dark Mountains, it is only a matter of time before they are caught by me. You have chosen a It looks safe, but it’s actually headed straight to death—the only way to keep them alive now is for you to tell me their course of action, and I promise to catch as many alive as possible.”

Then send them to mine in the mountains - Gao Wen silently added the second half of the sentence.

"It's not that I don't want to cooperate, but you probably won't be able to catch them now," Soldering spread his hands and told the truth, "Before we set off, Andersa Wendell had received information and was Imagine the situation where you are really resurrected and the infiltration force falls into your hands—as long as the main team I lead is in danger, or if more than two small teams lose contact, the others will immediately bring the collected The intelligence left the Dark Mountains, retreated the same way or detoured back to the border from the wild forests in the north, and the retreat route was completely random, this is to prevent someone from telling the location of others after being captured by you."

Speaking of this, Solderin added: "We use the messenger bug to confirm the location and safety of each team every few hours. Everyone must be aware of something wrong now. I have observed your Soldiers, with their speed of movement and the conditions of the mountain roads, cannot catch up."

"...As expected of the elite troops of the Winter Wolf Legion, they really don't leave any loopholes." Gawain shook his head helplessly, and could only give up the idea of ​​killing all the Typhon troops that had infiltrated into the Dark Mountains this time— The lethality of Cecil soldiers with black-tech weapons and equipment is indeed top-notch, but there is really no special advantage in hunting down the enemy in the deep mountains, at least not yet.

However, he still had to take some actions—for example, writing a letter to Duke Silas Loren in the Eastern Region to draw his attention to the winter infiltration of the Typhon Empire.

The Dark Mountains are indeed a good breakthrough point for infiltration operations, but Gawain believes that it is impossible for the Typhon Empire to infiltrate only this one place. The entire Ansu-Typhon border line is so long, and there are many complicated terrains in the middle. There is no guarantee that it will not be regarded as a loophole by the enemy.

After a long talk, Gawain arranged a residence for Soldering——Given the complicated identity and position of this high-ranking ranger, Gawain let Solderin temporarily live in a mansion not far from the lord's mansion , it is next to Knights Street, so that on the one hand, it gives the other party treatment in line with its status as a high-level extraordinary person, and on the other hand, it is convenient for monitoring and control.

Even if he knew that this high-level ranger would not cause trouble, he still had to make an appearance for the people below.

After personally sending Soldering away, Gawain returned to the study, only to find Amber waiting for him at the door.

"Are you still guarding the door here?" Gawain was taken aback when he saw the half-elf, "Why are you so obedient today?"

"What door are you looking at? Your eldest granddaughter and that electric man are waiting for you inside." Amber rolled her eyes. "They came here as soon as you left. They have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Heidi and Kamel?" Gawain frowned, "Then you don't have to stand at the door, they won't let you in."

"Don't mention it, those two people were so excited facing a stone inside, chattering like crazy, while I was drinking tea by the side, they insisted on pulling me to tell me what is magic power Dispersing the field—I have a headache, I might as well come out and wait for you," Amber waved her hands complainingly, "Go in and take a look, I'll take a look at the training situation of Anton and those bastards."

After saying those words, Hu Po disappeared into the corridor with a shadow step, without even giving Gao Wen a chance to reply.

Gawain stared blankly at Amber disappearing into the air, shook his head inexplicably, and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the study.

Then he saw Hetty and Kamel who were eagerly discussing the issue, and the so-called "stone" placed in the middle of the study.

There is obviously a problem with Amber's ability to describe - this is not a rock, this is obviously a brand new and complicated magic device!

"Ancestor!" "Lord!"

As soon as Gawain pushed the door open, Hetty and Kamel, who were discussing a certain technical issue in the room, raised their heads immediately, and said together: "Look at this!" "It's an incredible feature!"

"Wait a minute, you two calm down first." Gawain knew what the researchers would be like once they had results, but he had to let Heidi and Kamel calm down and explain the situation to himself, "Heidi, Tell me, what is this?"

He pointed to the device placed in the open space—its main body was a crystal about one meter high cut into an obelisk shape. The crystal had a deep blue-purple luster, and the crystal itself was installed On a silver-white metal base, the metal base is roughly triangular in shape, and the center is raised upwards to hold the crystal body firmly. On the surface, you can see a lot of magic lines and reserved fixing bolt interfaces. Obviously it can It is fixed on a certain plane, and on the top of the crystal, there is a smaller metal device, which is like a miniature version of the base, and the magic pattern engraved on the surface can also be seen.

It looks great at first glance.

"Its main body is the Hom crystal after purification and recasting," Hetty said excitedly with a radiant face, "and this device will solve the problem of the energy transmission of the magic net - it can be used in the form of a magic field , spread the magic power to a considerable distance!"

Chapter 0261 Lighting up the magical brilliance

Hetty's explanation was unclear at first glance, but Gawain guessed the function of the device in front of him from just a few words. questions—but before they filled his mind, Kamel's voice brought his attention back.

After all, this magister from ancient times was calmer than Heidi. Seeing that Gawain hadn't expressed his opinion, he took the initiative to ask: "Lord, do you have any questions about this device?"

"How did you... make a breakthrough?" Gawain looked at Heidi, "I remember that you and Rebecca have been researching for a long time, but you still can't find a way to stabilize the magic power dispersion effect of the Holm crystal. —Your research also got stuck for a long time because you couldn’t measure any parameters stably.”

"This was an accident, ancestor. We should be grateful to Master Kamel for coming. Without him, I'm afraid we would have to be stuck in this bottleneck for a longer time." Heti calmed down and said with an uncontrollable smile, " Rebecca and I caught the attention of Master Kamel when we were testing how to activate the magic field more efficiently, his special life form is very...sensitive to magic power."

"It's really... sensitive," Kamel said buzzingly, "I can sense precise changes in the magic field, and I can also directly 'see' the reaction of this crystal after being stimulated by magic power, especially when it is stimulated by magic power. After learning about its miraculous properties, I became very interested in it..."