Sword of Dawn

"But there is a problem." Gawain spread his hands, "I only know how to go from the castle, but I don't know the way from the tomb."

Rebecca looked surprised: "You have lived for so long and don't know the way here?"

Gao Wen: "..."

Byron knights and soldiers: "..."

Hetty's face was pale, and she felt that the old ancestor was very likely to be pissed to death by this unworthy descendant...

Chapter 0005 The Role of Miss Thieves

Gawain didn't know if this little girl named Rebecca was knocked out of her head when she was fighting with a monster before, but he still said patiently: "Although I've 'lived' here for many years...but that I'll be dead by then, okay! Will you know what your grave looks like after you die?"

Rebecca thought for a while, and wanted to remind her ancestors that the tomb of the founding king of Ansu was repaired when the king was still alive. The king himself even participated in the design, but after careful consideration, she felt that if she It would be easy to be beaten to death by Aunt Hetty on the spot, so she swallowed the words in her throat, and smiled awkwardly: "Ahaha... makes sense."

"Now we can't go back the same way," Hetty sighed, and calmly analyzed, "The castle's atrium and the entrance to the ancestor's tomb have already been occupied by those monsters. Going back the same way is a dead end."

"We must find another way," Gao Wen said while recalling the inherited memories, "700 years have passed, and the castles in this territory are probably not the same as they were back then, right?"

"The upper structure has been renovated several times, but the foundation has not been moved," Hetty said quickly, "The entrance you mentioned should still be in place."

"That's right, that's easy," Gao Wen said, reaching out to a soldier beside him, "Lend me the sword."

After receiving the long sword handed by the soldier, Gawain began to sketch on the ground. He first drew a top view of the outline of the castle, and then drew a side view roughly divided into three layers, although they were all hastily drawn sketches. , but roughly the division of blocks is still very clear.

"The entrance is at this location, two floors underground, next to the wine cellar and the grain depot - it used to be the wine cellar and the grain depot. There are two passages to enter, but both passages have to go from the ground, so it is probably impossible."

Rebecca looked curiously at the sketch that Gawain drew casually: "It is also a wine cellar and a grain storage, but I never knew there was a third room between them..."

"It's not a room, but a mezzanine. Some architectural tricks have been used to hide it between the walls and the supporting beams." Gao Wen smiled. The monsters emerging from the wasteland of the empire and the crazy old imperial army will attack the door almost every ten days and half a month. The earliest Cecil Territory was almost built according to the standard of the war fortress. In this case Next, dark passages and walls are essential things, they can be used for emergency evacuation, and they can also deliver supplies when under siege."

Knight Byron looked carefully at the simple map, then drew his long sword and drew it obliquely below the map: "So we are going to the entrance on the second floor of the castle...and we cannot pass through any passages on the ground including the atrium. .Here is where we are now. The Mausoleum of the Ancestors is an underground structure built in the southeast direction of the castle. About one-third of it overlaps with the foundation of the castle..."

"In this overlapping area, there should be a passage," Gawain interrupted Byron, "The mausoleum was built 700 years ago, and the craftsmen at that time were the same people who built the war fortress. Standards and regulations are built, and backup channels must exist."

As he said that, he gave Rebecca a strange look: "You really don't know anything about it? This should be the knowledge passed down from generation to generation in the Cecil family."

Rebecca lowered her head shyly: "I..."

"Ancestor, we have let down the glory you fought for the family back then." Hetty bit her lip and said with difficulty, "The Cecil family has experienced many things in the past 700 years..."

"Okay, I see," Gao Wen waved his hand, and this is not the time to tell a story, "After I leave here, I will ask you to find out what happened in the past 700 years. The most urgent thing now is to find the secret passage from the mausoleum. way."

Rebecca, Hetty, Byron, and the three crouched in front of those simple maps and began to study, but although they knew the castle of the Cecil family, they didn't know the structure in the tomb—this mausoleum with a history of 700 years It is not a tourist attraction with two silver coins and one ticket, let alone strolling here every now and then. Even when the mausoleum was not closed 100 years ago, the heirs of the family could only enter the mausoleum a few times in their lives—and it was not allowed Close to the resting place of the ancestors.

Who knows where the secret passage is!

In the face of this problem, even Gao Wen's memory is useless. After all, when he died, he must not have imagined that one day he would have to get up and think about it...

But when the few people were at a loss, Amber, who had been staying by the side obediently, suddenly said, "Hey... I might know the way..."

Immediately, all eyes in the tomb fell on the half-elf thief.

Amber's neck shrank suddenly.

Hetty frowned: "How do you know?"

"I..." Amber was a little scared, but after seeing Gao Wen's encouraging gaze, she became more courageous, "I got in from there...the direction should be similar, I guess it's the secret passage."

Gawain nodded: "Very well, you lead the way."

Amber patted her chest: "As long as you don't pursue the fact that I dug your ancestral grave..."

Hetty glared at the unrestrained half-elf, raised her staff and turned towards the door of the tomb, while Gawain stopped suddenly before taking a step.

"Master Ancestor?" Rebecca looked at him curiously.

"I also have to bring a weapon." Gao Wen said, although he is not the legendary Grand Duke who opened up the territory 700 years ago, he still has the common sense to find a self-defense weapon in this dangerous place.

His gaze swept across the tomb, and a soldier took the initiative to take off the sword at his waist and was about to hand it over, but Gao Wen waved his hand to decline the soldier's kindness.Guided by his memory, he came to the black steel coffin, and began to search inside the coffin.

In the coffin, he found a heavy long sword that was pitch-black, with a crimson-red blade showing faintly near the gauntlet.

The moment the long sword was in his hand, a feeling of familiarity and ease came to his mind, as if every pattern on the sword fit perfectly with his own palm lines, it was unbelievable. Gao Wen subconsciously swung the long sword twice, each time Every waving movement seems to have been honed through thousands of tempers.

He knew that this was the memory left by his current body—even though his soul had changed, every muscle still remembered how to use this weapon.

This was arguably a surprise, but not too unexpected.

In addition to the remaining memories of the body, all the combat knowledge of Gawain Cecil during his lifetime can also be found in his mind, not only basic sword and riding skills, but also those supernatural powers that are almost magical in Gawain's view. Some of it is undoubtedly exciting, but now is not the time to experiment and learn.

Let's get rid of the current bad situation first.

Rebecca's eyes widened when she saw the black long sword, and even her voice trembled a little: "This is... the legendary Ansu Trailblazer sword?"

Hearing Rebecca's voice, Hetty, who had already walked to the door, turned her head in an instant. She stared fixedly at the sword in Gawain's hand, and couldn't hide her excitement on her face: "The Pioneer Sword?!"

"Now it's just a sharper sword," Gawain sighed, "It's been 700 years, even if the weapon blessed by the elves won't be worn out and corroded, the magic power inside has dissipated and needs to be recharged." I don't know how long it will take."

Saying that, Gawain turned his head and looked in front of the coffin. There was a small stone platform there, but there was nothing on the platform, which made Gawain frown instantly: "Wait, I should still have a side from the coffin." A shield that never leaves you? Didn’t you bury it with me? Why is my big shield gone?”

The expression on Hetty's face was hard to see for a moment: "Ancestor... your descendants once again failed your favor, Ansu Kingdom Guardian Shield was removed from the mausoleum by your descendant Grumman Cecil 100 years ago It was taken out, and then lost on the battlefield..."

Hetty spoke hesitantly, obviously there were still many things that he didn't dare to say, perhaps because he was worried that after telling the big event 100 years ago, the ancestor in front of him would die in a hurry on the spot - although there was a coffin next to him and it would be very difficult to bury him again. It's that easy...

Gawain could sense Heidi's hesitation, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he frowned and cursed: "A prodigal bastard... Fortunately, the sword was placed in the coffin, and that Grumman wasn't so mad that he took the old ancestor's coffin Pick up a suit and come out!"

Hetty and Rebecca could only listen with their heads down in cold sweat. The old ancestor jumped out of the coffin and cursed at his great-grandpa. !

Fortunately, Gao Wen was only a little annoyed at the lack of a piece of equipment that might come in handy. After cursing, he stopped talking and led everyone out of the tomb.

After leaving the tomb and coming to the stone hall, Rebecca looked around and waved to the corner: "Betty! Come out! It's safe!"

Gawain looked over curiously, and saw a thin and small girl who looked a little younger than Rebecca timidly walking out from the shadow of the corner. The little girl was wearing a coarse dress and her face was There are still a few freckles that belong to puberty on the face, flaxen hair hangs loosely behind his head, and he holds a frying pan tightly in his hand.

After seeing Gao Wen, the little girl called Betty showed obvious hesitation and nervousness on her face. With her not very bright mind, she probably never imagined where this sudden stranger came from...

"This is the maid from the castle. We don't know how she was left behind by the first group of breakout teams. Anyway, she followed in such a daze," Rebecca briefly introduced the little girl, "Betty, this is ..."

A slight vibration from above the mausoleum interrupted Rebecca's words.

"It's not the time to talk," Gao Wen raised his long sword and looked at Amber, "Now, lead the way."

Chapter 0006 What the hell is this?

An excellent master of stealth skills, a professional in shadow power, and a lover of grave digging, Ms. Amber has a wise saying: the road is there, and the door is just an ethereal decoration. All you need is a sprig of celery.

Well, maybe there is no celery in this world, but for Amber, celery is not needed to open the door of an ancient tomb.

With just a little shadow tricks, some knowledge of ancient prohibitions, and a little bit of luck, the half-elf thief easily broke the prohibition in the tomb of Cecil's ancestors. The channel that the card does not know appears in front of everyone.

Then everyone followed Amber into this passage.

The passageway of the tomb made of rocks and soul bricks is much wider than expected. Even heavily armored knights like Gawain and Byron who are nearly two meters tall will not feel cramped in the passageway. The walls on both sides of the passageway The infused lampstands inlaid on the top had been exhausted, but after Hetty cast a few basic spells, these 700-year-old ancient lampstands lit up one after another, indicating the direction of the road ahead.

"I'm really just a little thief, and I usually just stutter," Amber said modestly as she walked in front of the team, "I'm a descendant of the forest elves, and I respect the souls of my ancestors, so why would I just dig a grave?" What about the tomb?"

Gao Wen dismissed her statement: "I'm so proficient, how can I explain?"

Perhaps because she confirmed that her life has been saved, this half-elf with no racial reserve at all is as thick-skinned as the tomb door she just pried open: "Lockpicking and cracking techniques are standard in our profession. , my basic skills are solid, is there something wrong?"

At this moment, Rebecca, who was walking in the middle of the line, suddenly asked, "Are you a citizen of Cecil Territory?"

Amber frowned and thought for a while: "I've lived in this place for several years, but I haven't applied to become a formal citizen, but according to your Cecil's rules, those who have lived in this place for more than three years and paid taxes on time are considered citizens. Min...then do you think I count?"

Rebecca shook her head: "It doesn't count if you don't apply."

"Oh," Amber drew her voice, "then why are you asking me this?"

"I am the lord of Cecil Territory," Rebecca said seriously, "so if you are my subject, I have an obligation to protect you."

Amber: "...then you said this earlier! Is it too late for me to change my words?"

Rebecca looked serious: "It's too late."

Gawain glanced at Rebecca, who had a serious face, and Amber, who had no morals at all, and shook his head amusedly.

Although I was in such a mess when I woke up, the feeling of being human again was much better than the previous bloody state.

He looked at Hetty who was walking behind him. This lady who didn't know how many times he was his great-granddaughter had sneaked his gaze over more than once. Silence meant, so I had no choice but to take the initiative to ask: "Whatever you want to ask, just say it."

Heti was slightly startled, but quickly took a deep breath and calmed down. She looked at Gao Wen's face that was exactly the same as the family portrait, and carefully chose her words: "Ancestor... I still can't believe it, you really are... ..."

"That's right, it's really that Gawain Cecil, the pioneer 700 years ago. I can recite my life experience for more than 30 years, or ask me to tell you about the second era of pioneering. Things? But to be honest, these alone may not prove anything. An excellent historian may be more credible than what I said. After all, I am not very eloquent." Gao Wen shrugged, "You just want to confirm Let me know if I'm true or not?"

"Please forgive my doubts," Hetty said hastily, "but it's a bit... Although there are stories of the resurrection of heroic spirits from ancient times to the present, it's another matter to see it with your own eyes. I heard that there are some paladins He and the silver moon elves can feign death for several years or even decades, relying on the power of holy light and elf secrets to preserve their souls and vitality, but I have never heard that human knights can do the same thing, let alone ...you have been dead for 700 years."

"To be honest, I don't know what's going on," Gao Wen said shaking his head. Although he really wanted to make up a logical, well-founded and convincing theory on the spot to bluff the great-great-great...great-granddaughter in front of him, but Neither his own knowledge nor Gawain Cecil's memory could find a usable theory, so he simply admitted that he couldn't explain all this, "Maybe it has something to do with what I experienced before I was alive. You know, I once received the blessings of the elements when I led the ancestors to open up the wilderness, which probably changed my physique."

"Is that so..." Hetty said noncommittally, then suddenly raised her head and looked at the road ahead.

"There is an air current," she said in a low voice, "and there is a different magic element reaction, the front should be the end of the mausoleum area."

Gao Wen nodded, and at the same time clenched the Pioneer Sword in his hand - an inexplicable palpitation made him feel that the front might not be safe.

"Be vigilant," Knight Byron, who was walking in the front with Amber, seemed to have sensed it too. He drew out his fine steel broadsword, and brushed the sword with his other hand at will, and the blade immediately raised a layer. There was a slight silver light, "You three, pay attention to protect the back."

There was a sound of metal rubbing, and the three soldiers were ready to fight. Although they were only the most basic fighting professions, after all, they survived the battle against monsters and were carefully cultivated by the Cecil family. The fearlessness and composure on their faces at the moment quickly calmed the nervous Huber and the little maid Betty who was protected in the middle of the team.

Although the passage of the tomb is deep and long, it always comes to an end. The soul-restraining stone bricks inlaid every ten meters on the stone walls on both sides are the signs of the mausoleum area. I found a slightly open place like a crossroads.

This is the junction of the mausoleum area and the underground area of ​​the castle, and it is also the transportation hub leading to those ancient dark passages.

Amber pointed to one of the forked roads at the "crossroads": "I got in from there. It leads to a dry well outside the castle, but that side must have been occupied by monsters now."

Gawain looked at Heidi: "Which side is west?"

Hetty reached out and sketched a simple magic rune in the air, and the rune then turned into a glowing streamer, wobbly pointing in a certain direction.

"It's over there." Gao Wen said, but the moment he finished speaking, a sense of crisis suddenly hit his heart.

There was no time to think about it. This experienced body reacted one step faster than his thoughts. Gawain almost subconsciously raised the pioneer sword to block it, and immediately felt a hammer blow. The impact came from the blade.

His body swayed slightly, then stabilized his figure, and the attacker finally appeared in front of everyone—accompanied by an indistinct, murmur-like sound, three shaky tall figures came from the intersection. Walked out of one of the dark corridors!

That is not the appearance that any creature in nature can have, but more like the monsters cobbled together by the evil creativity of necromancers and demon warlocks. They are nearly three meters tall, like shriveled and deformed giants, but However, their bodies are formed of amorphous substances that flow like mud. Those mud-like things undulate on their body surfaces, and even reveal huge cavities from time to time, and in the cavities, you can see blood red skeleton.

"Ah!" The moment she saw these three monsters, Rebecca let out a short exclamation, and Betty quickly bit her lips, as if she would cry out of fright at any moment, Hetty raised her staff With a heavy landing on the ground, a weak detoxification technique was activated, offsetting the fear effect of the monster on everyone, and at the same time she quickly said to Gawain: "Ancestor, these are the monsters!"

At this time, Gao Wen had woken up from the shock of seeing the inhuman monster for the first time, and the corresponding memory appeared in his mind: "It turned out to be these things?!"

At this moment, the three monsters had already launched an attack again, and they kept making murmurs as if in a dream. At the same time, two of them rushed towards Gao Wen and his party with great strides, and the remaining monster raised its arm, and a ball of dark energy arrows Then it condensed in front of its arm, and flew straight to Amber standing at the front of the team in the next second!

"Wow!" Amber let out a short exclamation, and the whole person shrank into the shadow behind Knight Byron in an instant, and appeared in another shadow ten meters away in the next moment, while Knight Byron raised his silver-filled Hui's broad sword, after a roar, took the initiative to meet one of the rushing monsters.

"Heidi, Rebecca, get rid of the one who can shoot Shadow Bolt! Try not to use arcane magic, as arcane magic is almost useless against these things! Amber, you and the soldiers protect the caster!" Gawain shouted Dao, then waved the long sword, bit the bullet and rushed forward.

He never wielded a sword to fight anyone.

He had never seen anything inhuman.

Although he has experienced rebirth through time travel, he has only stood on this foreign land with his own legs for the first time until today.

So he didn't know at all what he could do at this moment with the fighting instinct left in his body and the fighting knowledge in his mind that didn't belong to him at all, plus an ancient long sword that had lost its magic power degree.

But many times, fate will not give you the right to choose.

You stand here, the monster stands there, there is no way around you, and all you have is a 700-year-old antique sword in your hand. You could have a shield, but the shield was destroyed 100 years ago. The prodigal son is gone, what else can you do in this situation?

Damn it, damn it!

Isn't it a distortion?

Gawain Cecil 700 years ago, one person could beat a hundred of them!

There are only three today, can't it be solved?

Chapter 0007 Those old things

When he grasped the long sword tightly and rushed towards the ferocious monster, Gao Wen no longer felt nervous, hesitant, or afraid. If he had to say something, it would be just a little bit of trance and unreality.

He still clearly remembers the moment when his plane crashed.

He also clearly remembers the 10,000+ years that he hung in the sky above the world.

He has not yet adapted well to the identity of Gawain Cecil, who fell from the sky.

However, at this moment, he clenched an ancient family long sword, and swooped at a strange monster who didn't know whether it was a demon or an undead.

boom!

A huge impact came from the blade, and all the distracting thoughts in my mind disappeared in an instant.