Sword of Dawn

A large number of hideous projected residents melted quickly in the storm like wax figures in a raging fire, and were torn to pieces. Gawain heard the roar of the old priest coming from in front of the church—after he really showed his fangs, the other party had already No longer maintaining the gentle and polite illusion before, a crazy and distorted mind is the real form of the other party!

More projection residents rushed out from the streets and alleys, flocking to the exploration team in the center of the square in waves. The owl priests guarding the team all cast mental attack spells, constantly reducing the number of enemies. On the other side, Archbishop Magnum's thunderous roar sounded again: "Psychostorm!!"

A new storm hit, and the slate floor on the square was blown to pieces by this "real storm", and the "projection residents" that kept pouring in were wiped out one by one, and the howling sound of the storm even overwhelmed the magnificent holy sanctuary above the church. Joy, the discomfort in everyone's minds that their minds were peeled off and their resistance consciousness faded quickly diminished.

Immediately afterwards, Archbishop Magnum raised his hands again, his voice was louder than thunder in the storm:

"Heart-spirit-wind-storm!"

"Heart-spirit-wind-storm!!"

Chapter 0785 Return to Reality

The psychic storm roared and raged, forming a real "storm" in this world formed by psychic power. Where powerful magic power swept across, many things composed of dreams and projections fell apart and disappeared!

Archbishop Magnum raised his hands high, with a happy smile on his face.

In such a strange place, facing a group of distorted projections and sinister traps at the mental level is really not an easy and pleasant experience.

To tell the truth, he is really not good at cracking this layer upon layer of mental traps that are hard to guard against.

But if it comes to the stage where both sides show their blood... oh well, then he will be in good spirits!

After all, he was a priest for the God of War before he took up the dim career of being a cultist.

The God of War sect has relatively weak influence in the Ansu-Cecil region, and the number of believers is not large, but in the Typhon Empire, the Church of the God of War is the most influential sect, and the army of Typhon is full of churches of the God of War The pastors are all grumpy old pigeons...

In the howling mental storm, Gao Wen, who was in a state of psychological invisibility, narrowed his eyes slightly.

The pale golden runes summoned by Archbishop Yuri flickered around the exploration team, forming a solid spiritual barrier. Outside the barrier, there was a powerful storm that seemed to destroy everything. Inside the barrier, there was no waves.

So these golden runes are used to defend teammates from damage...

With some dumbfounding thoughts in his mind, Gawain looked past the exploration team of the Eternal Sleepers and turned to the church steps not far away.

After all, the psychic storm can only deal with those fragile projected residents and the square space that will not resist. The old priest with strange magic spells is still standing firmly at the end of the church steps. Some kind of protective spell has helped him resist the damage of the psychic storm. , with a fanatical and frightened expression on his face, he stared at Selina Gerfen who was walking up the stairs step by step.

Obviously, the current Selena is only a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, but as she walks forward step by step with a lantern in her hand, there is a huge and terrifying aura spreading around her, and the aura even gradually suppresses the sky above the church. The holy and majestic sacred music suppressed the divine magic performed by the old priest with all his strength.

Gao Wen was not surprised by this situation.

After all, this exploration team is the elite among the elites of the Eternal Sleepers, and the leader of the team is a legendary strongman who was called the "Saint" 700 years ago.

Although this legendary powerhouse has fallen in the real world, in this world supported by soul and spiritual power, her strength will not be reduced in the slightest—maybe even stronger.

In the initial exploration, it was the strange characteristics of Phantom Town itself and the overflowing power of No. [-] sandbox that surpassed everyone's understanding, creating crisis and pressure, but now... it has reached the stage where the two sides face each other, confronting each other head-on In the movie, how could a priest who is just a projection be Selina's opponent?

"The supreme narrator of the upper class! Lower your strength! Punish these thugs who disturb the peace of the church!" Facing the extremely unfavorable situation, the elderly priest roared. He seemed to have finally made up his mind and was ready to use a huge price to reverse the situation. With the power, the layers of halos behind him suddenly expanded, even covering half of the square, and his voice also merged with the ubiquitous holy music, resounding through the entire town, "May your kingdom come down on earth!" , your will will be fulfilled, may you do it in the world, as in the pure land of heaven—”

Over the church square, the magnificent and holy "Voice of Heaven" became loud and clear again. In the halo behind the elderly priest, layers of phantoms seemed to break through some kind of barrier and "squeeze" into this world. This is similar to the divine descent technique The scene was obviously beyond the expectations of Daniel and others——

Such a projection, believing in the projection of the "upper narrator", can not only release ordinary divine spells, but even perform divine descent? !

At this moment, Archbishop Yuri even hesitated for a moment, he even wanted to wait for the old priest in front of him to complete the divine spell to see what he could conjure—but he immediately suppressed this dangerous idea, because This idea itself is most likely induced by the enemy.

But before he was ready to interrupt the enemy's God's Arrival with other Eternal Sleepers, the magnificent magic was suddenly stopped.

The sound of the holy music in mid-air stopped abruptly, and the phantoms that emerged from the layers of halos disappeared instantly. The old priest tried his best to perform the divine descent technique, but there was no response.

Even the elderly priest himself was stunned for a moment, and then showed a horrified expression: "Master...why...why?!"

Selena stepped on the last step in front of the church. She raised her head and looked up at the elderly priest who was in a state of bewilderment and despair. Even though she was looking up, her momentum seemed to be overlooking: "You look surprised...that is, Say, your divine art was originally able to summon part of the power projection of the upper-level narrator?"

"You heretic, what did you do!?" The old priest woke up startled, couldn't help taking a half step back, and looked at Selena who was holding a lantern in horror and anger, "Why... why can't I feel the power of the Lord, Why can't I hear..."

"I didn't do anything," Selena looked at the other party quietly, "Need I remind you again? You are just a projection, this town is also a projection, and everything here is a projection.

"If you can still hear the voice of your 'Lord' in the previous prayer, then it must be a hallucination.

"If you can still use the divine spell bestowed on you by your 'lord', then you are only overdrawing the power of this phantom town.

"Because you are just a projection."

The lantern in Selena's hand emitted a milky white light, like the waking sunlight shining into the depths of a dream, piercing through the mental protection of the elderly priest.

And the word "projection" that Selena kept mentioning, also followed the power of this light, piercing into the depths of the opponent's closed and locked consciousness.

The entire phantom town shook violently.

The high and low spiers fell apart silently, and the streets were full of cracks in the blink of an eye. Everything began to disintegrate irreversibly, as if some kind of pillar supporting this world had disappeared. The town came to an end in the blink of an eye.

Obviously, after confirming the power limit of the projection priest in the town and realizing that the "upper narrator" in the No. [-] sandbox may establish a connection with this phantom town through "magic", Selina Ge Erfen no longer intends to keep this dangerous "sample".

"No...it shouldn't be like this..." The old priest in front of the chapel backed away in horror, until he reached the gate depicting the emblem of the upper narrator. There were black cracks all over his body, as if he was Like rapidly cracking porcelain, the scene was terrifying, "The Lord will protect me, the Lord should be omniscient and omnipotent, Lord...why can't I hear..."

Selena glanced at the projection priest who had begun to question her own existence and even the upper-level narrator with a little pity, and then walked towards the church door ahead: "The mission is over, evacuate."

The members of the exploration team silently followed the figure holding the lantern. One by one, they passed the projection priest whose figure had begun to appear illusory. Shadow, can no longer stop anyone.

Gawain stood quietly from the beginning to the end, watching the members of the Eternal Sleeper Exploration Team pass through the gate of the church one by one, their breaths disappearing into this "town after the bell" one by one, until He was the last person to leave before he stepped forward and came to the door of the church.

The sky had already darkened, and the town began to gradually collapse and disintegrate from the outside to the inside. Buildings collapsed in the distance, and the torn apart black fragments flew towards the chaotic and gloomy sky like fallen leaves rolled up.

The fragmented body of the projecting priest leaned against the door of the church, with fanaticism and bewilderment mixed in his eyes.

Suddenly, an uninvited guest was reflected in his pair of eyeballs that were about to be shattered.

Gao Wen deliberately removed the effect of psychological invisibility, as if to verify something, he stood quietly in front of this projection.

"Can you see me?" He lowered his head and asked unhurriedly.

"You are..." The projection priest's eyes slowly widened, and he looked at the stranger in front of him in astonishment, "You are... what?!"

"It's interesting to see..." Gao Wen smiled slightly, and then shook his head, "It's a pity that you are just a projection, and the connection with the No. [-] sandbox has been lost, otherwise I really want you to help me send A word to the upper narrator."

The consciousness of the projection priest has begun to slacken, and he subconsciously repeated: "Send a word?"

"Wanderer outside the domain, I will visit your lord soon."

The last ray of light in the town disappeared.

The longest-surviving No. [-] sandbox overflow projection in the psychic network disappeared with it.

In the familiar light and shadow switching and brief dizziness, Gawain returned to the real world.

The sound of crackling melon seeds came from the side, and Gao Wen just turned his head when a handful of melon seeds was handed to him: "Here, eat melon seeds."

Gao Wen didn't take the things that Amber handed over, but muttered to himself as if full of thoughts: "After this, the Eternal Sleepers should take positive actions against No. [-] sandbox..."

In Phantom Town, the nameless projection priest did indeed use the power of divine magic—although his last divine descent spell failed, "divine magic" itself means that the "upper layer" in No. [-] sandbox The "narrator" already has the characteristics of a god on a certain level!

And the deep pollution encountered by Yuri and others in the process of calibrating their minds shows that the "god-like existence" is not just a superficial appearance, but has really been able to produce hidden pollution and have a substantial impact on the outside world!

The Eternal Sleepers will not sit back and watch the development of the situation, even if they take risks, they should take further action.

And Gawain himself... the last thing he said to the projection priest was not casual, because he had already expected that the actions of the Eternal Sleeper would have a high probability of failure.

The upper-level narrators "created" by the Eternal Sleepers themselves are too restrained in their own power.

Gao Wen has already decided to find a way to intervene in the follow-up actions of the Eternal Sleepers, and even... When they open the No. [-] sandbox, find a way to go in and find out!

Amber was used to Gao Wen being in a daze from time to time, so she put the melon seeds back into the snack box in front of her with ease, and said casually while continuing to chew: "Is there something bigger over there?"

"En." Gao Wen casually responded, and then his eyes fell on Amber.

You need to pay attention to things in the mind network, and you also need to pay attention to things in the real world.

The figure of Selina Gerfen appeared in his mind.

"Amber—is the search task assigned to you still in progress?"

"You mean the whereabouts of Selina Geerfen?" Amber nodded, "It's still under investigation, and I already have a highly suspicious target..."

"Highly suspicious target?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "What is it?"

"The Kant area and the Glenn area have temporarily delineated these two suspected locations," Amber put down the melon seeds, clapped her hands, and said seriously, "there was a 'sacred object' of the Eternal Sleeping Order like the 'Dream Lantern' in the former, The latter... Patty's tiara was a very suspect object.

"If Selina Geerfen is transferring her soul with the help of magic props, then these two things are the most suspicious, they may both be 'containers'.

"Of course, the dream lantern has been transferred to Cecil City now, but it has been dismantled into parts by Rebecca, and has been studied by Kamel many times, and it can be determined that its interior is 'empty', so I think, If it's a container, then Selena should have left before that..."

Amber analyzed the situation in an orderly manner, and Gao Wen looked at her with more surprise.

It seems that even if he did not get the key clues in this exploration, the goose in front of him will find the clues of Selina Geerfen sooner or later by virtue of the intelligence power he has at hand. Can narrow the scope to the latter side.

Gao Wen laughed, shook his head, and interrupted Amber's words.

"Make arrangements. I'm going to visit Glenn."

Amber slowly opened her eyes.

After observing Gao Wen's expression for a second, she blurted out: "Oh my god... have I been busy all this time?"

Gao Wen: "..."

Why is this guy getting sharper and sharper recently?

Chapter 0786

Although the winter is not over yet, there is still a cold wind blowing outside, but the sunshine these days is exceptionally fine.

On a sunny day, Patty's favorite thing to do is to stay in a place where the sun can shine, listen to the maid telling her a story in the rare physical comfort, or watch those interesting magic net programs.

There are many interesting things on the Magic Web, including stories about distant places, unheard of knowledge, and novel and interesting magical creations. Movies" stuff.

It was a drama performed on the magic net terminal, and more and more people were talking about it recently.

Patty hadn't been to the theatre--she'd lost the chance to go out just before she was old enough to go to the plays with her parents, but she had, and her mother had hired the best company in the neighborhood , had them perform a classic farce at the castle, and Patty couldn't remember exactly what that play was about.

She didn't make it to the end of the scene, and was sent to the doctor by the maid and the housekeeper.

But only from those fragmented childhood memories, she still felt that the dramas she had watched back then were definitely not as interesting as the "Magic Shadow Drama" on the magic net terminal.

The sunlight quietly poured into the room, outlining a warm and bright area in the room. Patty sat happily in his little wheelchair, looking at the magic net terminal not far away without blinking. In the holographic projection, the immigrants who have finally arrived at the southern port safely after all the hardships are helping each other down the springboard, and the port personnel in the uniform of the sheriff are maintaining order.

This is the third time she has seen this scene.

The personal maid stood quietly by the side. This mild-tempered lady looked at the scene in front of her with a smile on her face. When the witch lady appeared in the picture, she heard the little lady's excited voice: "The witch The lady lives in Cecil City, doesn't she? Does she really welcome travelers at the port?"

"It's just a show, Miss Patty," the maid said with a smile as she bent down slightly, "but Miss Witch really lives in Cecil City."

"That's great..." Patty couldn't help but sigh softly, "I also want to visit Cecil City..."

"When your health is better, there may be a chance." The maid said gently.

"...Not yet, Mom will be worried," Patty shook her head lightly, and then returned her attention to the Phantom Show, "Is everyone watching this? Will there be a new Phantom show?"

"Yes, everyone is watching it. Madam showed it for everyone in the castle three times. Everyone in the castle has seen it, and more and more people outside the castle are watching it. Many people have watched it more than once. As for Will there be a new phantom drama...I don’t know, but there should be.”

"That's great..." Patty sighed again, "Then you like to watch it too? Do you like Mr. Knight?"

The personal maid thought for a while, then nodded with a smile: "That Mr. Knight? Of course, many people like him, and I like him too, but my favorite is the weaver girl..."

"why?"

"Because I have an older sister who is a textile worker," said the maid. "She is working in a factory now."

The maid answered patiently, but the little girl still had a lot of questions: "Is the mechanical ship really that big? Can everyone live on the ship for a month or two? Is it really that cold outside the castle? Why didn't the lord at the beginning Distribute charcoal to people who are about to freeze to death? He already has so much charcoal... Do people really go to catch mice to eat when they are very hungry? Do they still do it now? Why did Mr. Knight run away when he saw the sheriff after getting off the boat? What? He is obviously a good person..."

The maid looked at the girl in the wheelchair dumbfounded. She had already answered some of these questions more than once.

But she bent down again and patiently explained from the beginning.

……

In the long hall of Glenn Castle, the Viscountess Glenn, who had high cheekbones and a tall stature, and whose appearance had regained a bit of her former beauty, stood in front of the steps, welcoming Gao Wen and his party who came here as guests.

When the Duke of Gawain became His Majesty Gawain, this ordinary visit became very meaningful. Although His Majesty's New Deal has been promoting the system of streamlining etiquette and reducing ceremony expenses, as a well-educated noble Ma'am, Ropeni Grant still strives to be as decent and meticulous as the system allows.

"I salute you, my supreme majesty," the Viches raised her skirt and bowed in salute, while the attendants and knights in the castle lined up neatly on both sides of the long carpet, like two neat rows of sculptures, "you made this castle Be honored."

"Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome - the last time I came to visit, the etiquette was much simpler," Gao Wen smiled and nodded in response, with a relaxed tone, "Just treat it as a friend's visit."

"I'm honored—but there are always necessary etiquettes." Countess Luo Penny straightened her waist, showing a sincere smile on the face that was always tense, "I have already arranged for your entourage The rest room has been left, and dinner has been prepared—of course, it is in full compliance with the regulations of the Government Affairs Office."

"That's good, I worked hard to arrange it," Gawain nodded, "Is Patty in the room?"

"Yes, she should be watching a phantom drama at this time, with a maid accompanying her," the Viscountess replied, "Do you want to see her first? I'll send someone..."

"No, she's not in good health, I'll go find her," Gawain interrupted the Viscountess, and said with a smile, "She hasn't seen me, 'Uncle Gawain', for a long time. Wouldn't it be a surprise for her to come?"

"Of course—she has mentioned you more than once recently," the Viscountess said with a smile in her eyes, "she very much hopes that you can continue to tell her those stories."

Gao Wen was silent for less than a second, and said softly, "Is that so...that's great."